Chapter 25: The Process of Zen Concession (2)
A group of Zhao family members sat in a room for a meeting. Although Taiwei Zhao's diehards did not attend the meeting in person, the faces on their faces when they sent these people into the conference room already proved that they were angry.
The Zhao family felt that they had been misunderstood. Zhao Taiwei's ironcore has 10,000 reasons to support Zhao Taiwei as an official, but the Zhao family does not have these reasons. In a sense, after President Lin'an surrendered, the reasons of the Zhao family were greatly harmed. Only Taiwei Zhao's followers benefited from this tragic event.
"Zhao Sanlang wants to be an official, if we sign the persuasion form, we will probably be beaten to death when we go home, right?" The young soldier with the highest rank in this is the same as Zhao Jiaren, and he was also very helpless when he said this.
The rest of the Zhao family also had such expressions, and the suffering of the Zhao family was not something that outsiders could know. In the eyes of outsiders, Zhao Jiaren is also a clan relative, and he naturally has the power to ascend to the throne. In fact, traditionally, there is no such thing at all. Royalty and clan have never been the same thing.
The royal family is the emperor's family. The clan is the Zhao family. The imperial family has the power to be the emperor, but the clan does not. Although there is an emperor from the clan, he must first be adopted by the royal family. If it is a norm for Taiwei Zhao to be the emperor directly from a clan, everyone in the Zhao family has the right to be the emperor.
"If we don't co-sign, I don't think the captain will be angry, right?" A battalion commander sighed.
This view is shared by the Zhao family. Since they are all members of the Zhao family, Zhao Jiaren should be able to understand the suffering of the Zhao family. However, a battalion staff officer raised a different opinion, "If we don't sign it, we probably won't want to be promoted in the future." Do you think the teachers and the people in the school will be considerate of us? ”
As soon as these words came out, the Zhao family continued to frown. Before the surrender of President Lin'an, the clan was treated well.
For those who live outside Quanzhou and are aged 10 and above, the monthly subsidy is 2 yuan and 1 stone meter; For those aged five and below, 1 yuan and 0.5 stone rice per month. The elderly living in Quanzhou City have 13 guan money and 1 stone rice per month, those over 20 years old have 9.1 guan money and 7 buckets of rice per month, those over 10 years old have 4.7 guan money and 4 buckets of rice per month, and those over five years old have 1 guan money and 4 buckets of rice per month. If someone's daughter marries, there will also be a rich dowry. If he is unmarried for life, he (her) will be supported for the rest of his or her life.
By the time Lin'an surrendered, there were about 3,000 members of the Zhao clan, accounting for only 2% of Quanzhou's population of 1.5 million at that time, but their expenses were far more than half of Quanzhou's income from money and grain. Half of Quanzhou's annual income is used to pay for the expenses of these imperial relatives.
Of course, the real bulk of Quanzhou's income is Zhao Taiwei's navigation union, and the Zhao clan is not qualified to take a share of it. And this made many Zhao clan relatives feel that Zhao Jiaren was not doing things properly.
After the surrender of Lin'an, Zhao Jiaren quickly seized local power. He immediately carried out a drastic reform of the finances of the Great Song Dynasty and established a financial budget system. All money is spent only to useful units. A large number of officials and retired officials were no longer paid, and the treatment of the Zhao clan was also cut.
For Mr. Zhao, this made the financial situation of the area under his control extremely good in an instant. The three major heads of the Great Song Dynasty, officials, clans, and state-owned enterprises, these three major pieces were originally not had the opportunity for Taiwei Zhao to interfere, and now they were all completely defeated by the surrender of General Lin'an.
Throwing away the financial burden, Zhao Taiwei's new imperial court directly changed from a financial deficit to a fiscal surplus every year, which allowed Zhao Taiwei to have a large amount of money to invest in science and technology and education every year.
For the clan, their days plummeted. Originally, the clan had hardcore crops, and it was good to receive money from the government on time every month. If you need to use money on a large scale, you can also borrow money from the government. Now they have to eat themselves. Zhao Taiwei did not block their way, for example, in all civil servants, all kinds of new enterprises, the army, all kinds of business that the people can engage in, the clan can go.
There was a knock on the door outside the conference room, and the Zhao family at the door got up and opened it.
The correspondent standing outside asked, "The commander asked me to ask, have you thought about it?" ”
The Zhao family sighed. A lot of things are really interlaced.
Looking at the performance of these people, the correspondent sighed: "Chiefs, hurry up, okay." The commander was still able to calm down, and many other commanders began to scold his mother. ”
In normal times, my comrades in the army would not say such ugly things. The current Song army is under the leadership of the academy led by Zhao Taiwei, and the army has three major disciplines and eight points of attention, and the army is a soldier of the people. The army is a comrade who defends the country, the people, and the Chinese nation. Of course, we should treat comrades as warm as spring. Even if you are dissatisfied and want to scold your mother, you have to scold and accuse in front of you. scolding the mother behind her back, that means that everyone is really annoyed. It shows that these Zhao family members are guilty of public anger.
"We'll do it as soon as possible!" The Zhao Jiaren at the door replied, and then closed the door.
Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally someone spoke, "Actually, the captain is good to us." ”
"This ...... It's not a good or bad thing for us people. Someone sighed.
For example, the Zhao clan in the army now has people who are brave in battle and have clear brains, and they are quite recognized in the army and have become deputy division commanders. According to the standard of Captain Zhao's expansion of the army by 30 divisions, this person is also ranked in the top 100 in the entire army. These few people who are meeting now are not of high status, and they can all climb to today's status step by step by hard work.
It's just that there are too few such people in the Zhao family, or they are all weak or a very small number of strong people in the Zhao family, because they are desperate and don't want to be willing to fall, so they come out to work. Most of the Zhao clan relatives have been raised as wasters. Every day, he is keen to run a drama troupe, or pretend to read books.
After these people suddenly interrupted the court's offerings, they naturally had no good opinion of the ruling Zhao Taiwei. In fact, these soldiers did not dare to return to their hometowns. Although they can be said to be very unusual in the world of ordinary people, according to the current "Military Service Law", they can work in public security, taxation and other departments after retiring from the army. Entering is the identity of a cadre.
The Zhao family is literate, as long as these people are willing to take the military academy, the chance of passing is very high. After graduating from a military school, they were given the opportunity to climb to a higher position in the army. The treatment during the service can be much higher than that of the rice worm, and the social status is even different. Soldiers have the obligation to defend the country and are the people's soldiers. However, soldiers also enjoy many privileges, such as the special passage for soldiers and teachers provided by those public agencies, which is not just a decoration.
No matter how beautiful it is in normal society, as soon as these people return to Zhao's group, they will be underestimated. It is believed that he was begging for food under 'Zhao Saburo'. It is these people who are from their own homes, and there are not a few who ridicule them.
In the end, it was Battalion Commander Zhao who put forward his opinion, "The signature still needs to be signed." If you have food in the army, will you eat those old guys when you go back? ”
If you don't become the battalion commander, you don't have this pride, and someone asked uneasily: "The old guys asked, what should we do?" ”
"If you're scared, lie to them that they don't have a signature. Can they still run to the army and ask for autographs? They couldn't get through the door. "Now that the battalion commander has been released, he is no longer polite to speak.
These words made the Zhao family, who had seen how the new government in Quanzhou treated these old guys, laughed out loud. It's not that the Zhao clan resisted, they even ran to the parade. Then the army rushed out and carried the protesters to the barracks, where they were held for a few days. Seeing the fierce military training of thousands of strong young men, the diehards did not dare to make trouble anymore. Of course, it also led to the Zhao family who were in the army being greatly discriminated against by the Quanzhou clan.
The army was a tool used by Zhao Jiaren to suppress the Zhao family.
"It would be nice if it would be good after signing." Someone made a final complaint.
Battalion Commander Zhao sighed: "What are the benefits of signing, I don't know." There must be a disadvantage in not signing, that's for sure. I'm going to sign it, what about you? ”
"Sign! Sign! Damn, it's really a toss! The Zhao family made a final complaint.
Within 10 days, the 30 divisions of the Song Army that had been built or were being formed were all passed and signed. It was not easy to get the signatures of the troops below, and the higher-level commanders and all the members of the Privy Council also hurriedly signed their names.
Since then, the persuasion table of the entire Song army has been sent to the court. According to the habit of Zen Rang, Zhao Taiwei can't sell melons and boast about himself, he has to show some humility. Try to avoid the road in public. Taiwei Zhao is busy with his affairs in private, and naturally someone will do it in public. Li Hongjun, the secretary of the ministry, took this general signature of the whole army and gathered the secretaries of all the ministries, "Zhugong, I have expressed my attitude before, I think that only Taiwei Zhao can save the Great Song Dynasty." It is my glory that I can follow Taiwei Zhao to contribute to the Great Song Dynasty. Now this signature has to be seen by everyone. ”
Li Hongjun is regarded as the minister of the hidden mansion in the 'Six Books of Shangshu', and he is the minister of the dragon. Although people who know Li Hongjun's experience from the dragon can only sigh at the history of their few broken ships and pirates. At that time, all Li Hongjun wanted was to have food and clothing. Now Li Hongjun is not simply food and clothing, but really in power.
Xu Yuanzhi had no intention of being overwhelmed by Li Hongjun at all. He just mumbled and didn't say anything. The first person to know Zhao Jiaren in the six Shangshu was Xu Yuanzhi, and the earliest collaborator was also Xu Yuanzhi. Even Li Hongjun didn't dare to put on a score in front of Xu Yuanzhi.
Then his gaze fell on the face of Shang Shuxiong Shang, the only one who was not from Zhao Jiaren's faction. Xiong Shang laughed, "Martial arts, the dry city of the country." Since the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have all expressed their positions, how can I be willing to be left behind. I also support Taiwei Zhao as the Son of Heaven. ”
"In that case, the ministries should hurry." Li Hongjun replied. He was worried that there were people in the army who didn't have long eyes, but now that the army is completely stable, he should see if anyone else doesn't have long eyes.