"I want to reward the queen and the governor of the capital!"

Song Zhi, who couldn't help but be overjoyed, returned to the house, went straight to the back of the bookcase, waved his hand to let Jing Xinmo grind, and he lifted the jade pen and planned to personally write an edict to praise.

Before hearing these news, he said that if someone could defeat Yuan Mujin and the Beihu army, he would not hesitate to share the world with them.

Of course, Gongtianxia was just talking—maybe he did have this intention in the desperate time before, but in the blink of an eye, it had happened, and those words were naturally just talking.

It is impossible to share the world, but rewards and rewards are indispensable.

Zhao Xuanji Jue to the official residence of the first rank of the metropolitan governor, is already unsealable, at most increase the food - Daqi has not yet had a different surname, so Song Zhi groaned a little, and decided to add officials to Zhao Beiwang, Zhao Ning and others.

Zhao Yujie followed beside him, and when Song Zhi was about to put down the pen, he bit his lip lightly, and suddenly said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a courtier like the Zhao family, it is really a blessing." ”

Song Zhi was in great excitement, just glanced at her, and said casually with a smile: "The Zhao family is the first family of generals in the imperial dynasty, and when it comes to the war period, it is natural that they should make more efforts to make contributions to the imperial court." ”

Zhao Yujie nodded like garlic, and looked sincerely agreed: "In the Hedong Army, the Metropolitan Governor only relied on more than 100,000 horses to make the more than 200,000 troops of Chalahan unable to advance for several months, and firmly controlled the land of the Three Jin Dynasty;

"In Yunzhou, the chief manager only relied on more than 100,000 miscellaneous soldiers to destroy 40,000 elite soldiers under the command of Borshu, and now he is fighting with the main force of Borshu, and the land of Qilu and the region connecting the Central Plains have let him defend it;

"Now that the queen has returned to Bianliang, she has turned the tide and beheaded the king's extreme realm at the time of the survival of the society, and ordered hundreds of thousands of troops to counterattack Yangliucheng, keeping Tokyo, and the people surrendering to ......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yujie paused deliberately, and didn't look at Song Zhi's face, and said quietly:

"Do the math, most of the existing million army of the dynasty is in the hands of the Zhao family, with the ability of the first family of the Zhao family, it will definitely be able to lead these armor soldiers to make great contributions, right?"

The grinding action of Jingxin grinding stopped.

The jade pen in Song Zhi's hand froze in mid-air.

The room was suddenly quiet.

The atmosphere was suddenly dreary like a stagnant lake.

After a long time, Song Zhi lost the jade pen and sat down behind the bookcase. The look of excitement on his face had completely vanished, replaced by a grim and solemn look, and his eyes were even more gloomy as sharp as a sword.

Zhao Yujie did not strike while the iron was hot.

Jing Xinmo didn't dare to speak arrogantly.

Only the spring breeze crashed into the house through the window, turning the rice paper with a rattling sound.

After a long time, Song Zhi's face returned to normal, and he could no longer see the slightest abnormality, he said lightly: "Companion, how many available soldiers do I have in my hands now?"

Jing Xinmo lowered his head and whispered: "Back to Your Majesty, there are only 20,000 garrisons around Luoyang......

"Twenty thousand?" Song Zhi laughed.

The irony of this laugh is indescribable.

"I heard that Gao Furui is coming?" Song Zhi asked again.

Jing Xinmo bent down and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the day before yesterday arrived." ”

"He's got a lot of legs. Song Zhi snorted coldly, "I want to use Gao Furui as the envoy of the Bianliang Festival and return to Bianliang to dominate the Central Plains soldiers and horses, what do you think?"

Nowadays, the Great Qi Dynasty has only one Jiedu envoy, that is, Zhao Beiwang, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu.

Song Zhi set up this festival envoy, quite a last resort.

At that time, the Beihu army was attacking fiercely, and the imperial court could only defend the Central Plains with all its might, and it was no longer able to support the Jin land, and the Zhao family from Jinyang actually controlled most of the people and material resources of the Jin land.

The Song Dynasty set up a festival envoy with local military and political power, which was not only to push the boat along the river, but also for the overall situation of the national war.

At this time, the addition of defensive envoys was not only to lead the Central Plains soldiers and horses, but also to prevent the Zhao clan from appearing too prominent and dominant.

Jing Xinmo buried his head lower: "This is a military matter, and the old slave does not dare to say anything." ”

Song Zhi was noncommittal, beckoned, and motioned for Zhao Yujie to sit down beside him, "You have been in charge of the cabinet, and you have also handled a lot of military affairs, you are familiar with these officials in the court, do you think Gao Furui is useful?"

Zhao Yujie sat down and expressed her opinion without concession:

"Your Majesty, Gao Furui has great talents and can be used. It's just that there are too many troops in the Central Plains, and they are just handed over to one person, so I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of them, and Gao Furui's qualifications and prestige are not enough. ”

Song Zhi glanced at her: "According to your meaning, the queen should continue to stay in Bianliang to preside over the overall situation?"

His tone was very unkind.

He knew the relationship between Zhao Yujie and the Zhao family, and he didn't believe that Zhao Yujie would sit back and watch the Zhao family's momentum rise.

Zhao Yujie said with a smile: "What the concubine means is that Your Majesty can set up a few more envoys to command the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains respectively, and then send someone to replace the queen mother as the commander and coordinate the soldiers and horses from all walks of life." ”

Song Zhi bowed slightly.

In this way, we can avoid the problem of a certain person alone leading hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Central Plains and having too much military power to lose, and at the same time, we can allow all armies to have unified command and avoid poor military orders from hindering the war situation.

Zhao Yujie had such a plan, which made Song Zhi very satisfied, but the question then appeared: "If there are more knots to lead the troops and horses, what is the difference between the situation and the current defense envoy leading the army?"

Zhao Yujie couldn't answer this question.

Song Zhi changed the question, and then asked, "Who can succeed the queen as the handsome?"

After thinking about it, Zhao Yujie hesitated a little: "It's not that there are no candidates, the deputy governor ......"

Song Zhi waved his hand: "The war situation is pressing, and the cultivation is not in the realm of Wang Ji, and he cannot dominate the overall situation." ”

Zhao Yujie looked at Song Zhi and pondered the other party's intentions: "The concubine thinks that the family and the Hanmen King Extreme Realm can't be used, so why don't you let the Wang Extreme Realm of the clan go?"

Song Zhi looked satisfied.

He didn't want to hand over hundreds of thousands of troops in the Central Plains and such a core and such an important area to the people of the family, because when the merit was discussed after the war, the strength of the family would inevitably grow, which was not in line with his established national policy.

But replacing Zhao Qiyue with someone from a poor family, I am afraid that the people of the family will not be convinced, and it will be difficult to find enough prestige. In this way, sending a Sect King Extreme Realm cultivator over would be the best way.

In fact, it was best for Song Zhi to return to Bianliang by himself, and now that Yuan Muzhen is seriously injured and can't show up, he has no mortal threat.

But Song Zhi couldn't take that risk.

He didn't witness how Yuan Muzhen's injuries were, just relying on Zhao's one-sided rhetoric, he couldn't act rashly, if Yuan Muzhen reappeared soon and he was forced to flee again, it would really be a dignified sweep.

Besides, if you can escape last time, you may not be able to do it next time, before Yuan Muzhen didn't know the role of the jade seal of the country, but now that he has precautions, he will be targeted next time.

"Your Majesty, after thinking about it, the concubine thinks that the festival envoy still needs to be set up. ”

Zhao Yujie said tentatively, "The queen returned to Bianliang and turned the morale of the army and the people and the situation of the war in one fell swoop, and the prestige at the moment is extraordinary. ”

Song Zhi groaned.

Zhao Yujie said it well, he ran away, Zhao Qiyue went back, and won the war, especially the Zhao clan defeated Yuan Muzhen, which changed the overall situation of the national war, and the momentum has become like the sky, and the imperial family is too unbearable compared to it.

I'm afraid that people's hearts will change.

At this time, he, the emperor, had to show his presence.

There is no better way to do this than to give the generals a knighthood.

The generals were given real benefits, and they would naturally remember the emperor.

In addition, Song Zhi had other considerations.

That is the overall situation of the national war.

Although there was a great victory, the gap between the combat strength of the Great Qi army and the Beihu army was still there, and the disadvantage in the number of cultivators in the royal division could not be made up for in the short term.

Song Zhi would not be naïve to think that after the national war, Daqi would have the upper hand.

The current situation only means that Daqi has the opportunity to defend the Central Plains and stabilize the general trend.

With an elite army of 200,000 under Borshu's command, how can Yunzhou compete?

Once Yunzhou is lost, and Yangliucheng is not quickly captured, Borshu's troops are bound to attack the Central Plains in an all-round way, and then a large army will need to be strictly defended in local prefectures and counties.

Even if Yangliucheng is recovered, and Zhao Ning can defend Yunzhou for a while, will the Great Qi army be able to immediately counterattack Hebei? The distance between being able to defend the city and being able to attack the city is too much.

Moreover, Beihu, who has already obtained Hebei, will inevitably remobilize its military strength - for example, forcibly abducting Hebei Qingzhuang to enlist in the army, and bribing Shu landlords from all over the country to let them follow the army and attack the Central Plains again.

Even from the Dadan Division, which had already been conquered by them.

In this case, how to make the Qi troops everywhere fight to the death has become the most important issue.

There is only the sealing of the festival.

Because the Jiedu envoy has local military and political power, it is always necessary to divide the prefectures and counties, so these prefectures and counties are both defense areas and mountains, and in order to protect their own interests, the Jiedu envoy must fight hard.

Once one's own state and county are conquered, the Jiedu envoy loses its jurisdiction, and it is no longer a Jiedu envoy.

Song Zhi is not a mediocre and incompetent emperor, and by now, he has a clear understanding of the war situation, and there is no lack of long-term consideration, a full-scale war in the Central Plains is imminent, and the battle for one city and one place will become extremely bloody in the future.

Only by setting up a festival can we make all parts of the country stronger than usual like Hedong.

In addition, the soldiers under the command of the current defense envoys and regimental training envoys are all from displaced people, and many of them are dragged with their families, and they were supported by sergeants before, and the situation is not very good, and the loyalty of these displaced troops to the dynasty is questionable.

If you want the soldiers to fight hard, it will not work to rely on the righteousness of the family and the country.

Gotta give them a stronger reason.

Let the Jiedu envoy in the jurisdiction, divide the land and buy houses for the soldiers to set up a good home again, these soldiers in order to protect their family business and relatives, will also struggle to resist the invasion and plunder of the Beihu army.

Third, the national war has been fought until now, the imperial tax revenue has been greatly reduced, and the war has consumed extra money, and in the long run, the imperial court will inevitably be unable to bear the salary of a million troops, and the exiled army can not be resentful?

Only by giving Jiedu a place and letting Jiedu prepare money and food for himself can this problem be solved for the dynasty.

In all fairness, the division of feuds and festivals was extremely damaging to the power of the imperial court.

But in Song Zhi's mind, no matter how strong and harmful these knots are, they will not hinder the imperial power more than the family gate valve.

When the war is over, the country is stable, and the imperial court cuts the feudal domain step by step, is it still not captured?

Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could even cut the power of many kingdoms, if it weren't for the national war, he would have collected the power of so many families in Daqi step by step, and he couldn't cut the power of some jiedu envoys?

Besides, this is also a time of war, and it has to be done as a last resort.

The land annexation is serious, the government military system has been destroyed, and it is difficult to pick it up, and under the conscription system, it is not enough for the displaced army to fight.

The Northern Hu army was too strong, and Song Zhi had no better way to defeat them.

Of course, setting up the Jiedu Envoy and dividing the prefectures and counties to establish feudal towns for the Jiedu Envoy does not mean that Song Zhi will let it go, he looked at Jing Xinmo: "Big Companion, is Feiyuwei enough manpower now?"

"The Flying Fish Guard is at your Majesty's disposal at any time!" replied Jing Xinmo.

"Okay, you choose a group of capable people to come out, and then I will send them to the various feudal towns to serve as overseers. At that time, the Jiedu envoy's every move will be controlled by the Flying Fish Guard. Song Zhi said in a deep voice.

"The old slave obeys the order, and he will not miss His Majesty's affairs!"

"Grind it. ”

After agreeing on this matter, Song Zhi stood up and picked up the jade pen again, preparing to continue drafting the edict praising the Zhao family.

The cultivators of the Zhao clan united with the masters of the rivers and lakes to defeat Yuan Muzhen, and Zhao Qiyue won a great victory, all of which needed to be rewarded by him, the emperor, and Song Zhi would not be confused in this kind of matter.

If there is no reward for meritorious service, where is the wisdom of the emperor? The rewards and punishments are not clear, how can the officers and men of the three armies fight hard?

Besides, the national war is now inseparable from the Zhao clan at all.

As for letting Zhao Qiyue leave Bianliang, there are excuses.

And the matter of dividing the festival envoys, because it involves all aspects - such as which states and counties are under the jurisdiction of each festival envoy, it still needs to be carefully studied, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

After Song Zhi finished writing the edict, Zhao Yujie suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, what if the queen refuses to come back?"

Song Zhi frowned slightly.

It's not impossible.

The military power of hundreds of thousands of troops in the Central Plains, Zhao Qiyue finally mastered it through a big victory, let her come back at this time, what if she shirks in every possible way to find a reason?

Before asking Zhao Qiyue to return to Bianliang, Song Zhi didn't think about letting her hold heavy troops.

He was going to be abolished, and there is no need to say much about the relationship with Zhao Qiyue, if Zhao Qiyue was already resentful, and deliberately bit the military power in this situation, it would be endless troubles.

"What do you do?" asked Song Zhi.

Since Zhao Yujie opened this mouth, there should be a way.

Zhao Yujie remained silent: "Relying on external pressure alone, things are always difficult to do, and if you don't get it right, there will be problems, but if there is internal thrust, this thing will be easy to do." ”

Song Zhi nodded slightly.

The meaning of these words is very clear, if the defense envoy and regimental training envoy in the army are not satisfied with Zhao Qiyue, make some noise and chaos, or show that Zhao Qiyue does not have the ability to deal with the complex situation on the side of Bianliang and the family and the Hanmen generals, Song Zhi will have an excuse:

"Then send an order to Kong Yanhua and ask him to contact the various defense envoys to do something—I want to divide the envoys of the festival and give him a tiger skin banner to win over people. ”