When Zhao Jun arrived at the Dazong Mansion of the Muqin Mansion, all he saw was the corpses of Zhao Yunrang and his wife.

Young Zhao Zongshi just sat obediently on the chair outside.

He didn't know.

His parents died quietly in the back room.

He was still ignorant, just watching a large number of Imperial City Guards rushing into his family's mansion, so he sat there at a loss and crampedly.

It wasn't until a large number of Imperial City Division guards stormed the Zongzheng Mansion mansion, took all his family members away, and brought out the bodies of his parents that he realized what had happened.

Zhao Zongshi rushed forward crying, and then was pulled away by the soldiers, as if he was crazy, and his cry seemed to be heard in the entire mansion.

"Zhiyuan."

Cao Xiu stood aside, saw the manfu wailing, and couldn't bear to say, "What should I do?" ”

"Let's catch it first."

"And then?"

"And then there's the detention."

"Is it just closed?"

"What can I do then, slaughtered all?"

"Okay."

Cao Xiu had no choice but to respond.

Zhao Jun's eyes were on Zhao Yun, who was captured in the mansion, and let the heirs shuttle.

He didn't really think about what to do with them.

He is Zhao Kuangyin's lineage, and in terms of relationship, he and Zhao Zongshi belong to the super distant ancestor who can't be beaten by eight poles.

Anyway, he is not an immediate family, and it stands to reason that Zhao Yun let his family rebel, which has nothing to do with him, and it is not an exaggeration to behead him in ancient times.

But Zhao Zongshi is also Song Zhezong's grandfather, Zhezong Zhao Jun still likes it very much, and he is also the last Ming monarch in the Northern Song Dynasty, so it's a pity that it's gone.

Although the trajectory of history has changed, under the butterfly effect, it is possible that Zhezong does not exist.

But for the sake of Zhezong, he didn't directly kill him.

Let Zhao Zhen have a headache.

Anyway, it's about him, and it has nothing to do with him whether he kills or not.

At that moment, he ordered Zhao Zongshi's house to be raided, and then left and went to Sanya.

In the afternoon.

The news of Zhao Zhen's assassination spread throughout Bianliang.

Immediately after that, the army began a sweep.

Arrest the nobles everywhere.

Of course, the sons and daughters of the nobles are not only in their own mansions.

This part of the population is in the minority.

At this point in time, most people are either on the street, or drunk in green houses, restaurants or gambling houses.

As a result, the major green buildings and gambling houses thought that the government was sweeping away pornography and banning gambling, and for a while, chickens and dogs jumped.

It was only at this time that the people of Bianliang understood why the imperial court suddenly moved.

The palace change in Houyuan also frightened the hundred officials, and the civil official group quickly began to stand aside, and wrote a crusade against the Jiangmen Xungui group, which suddenly made everyone in the Jiangmen Xungui group shout and beat.

The Great Song Dynasty has been divided for too long, and "those who sing with champions outside the Donghua Gate are good" is an isolated evidence, which is not enough to be a true history.

However, it is also a fact that the civilian clique has desperately suppressed the military clique in history.

Including the impeachment of a large number of senior officials of the Privy Council such as Ma Zhijie, Wang Deyong, Zhang Qi, and Di Qing.

It can even be fabricated with outrageous charges, such as the impeachment of Wang De in the imperial history for his extraordinary appearance and possible rebellion.

Therefore, this time it can be said that the noble man fell into the water, and everyone shouted and beat him.

However, the imperial court began to worry that once it was too ruthless against the generals, everyone in the army would be in danger, so it hurriedly issued an order of the Constitutional Yuan, saying that only those who violated the law would be dealt with, and the rest would not be implicated.

So in the next few days, Bianliang was full of arrested noble children, and even if they were lucky enough to escape from Bianliang, they were quickly wanted.

Hundreds of generals and noble children, except for more than a dozen who saw the opportunity early, did not commit any serious crimes, and immediately let the Cao family convey that they were willing to obey the imperial court, and Bianliang alone arrested more than 10,000 people.

And various localities are also investigating the sons and daughters of the generals who serve in the local area.

If you add the ordinary middle and lower-level officers who are involved in the generals, I am afraid that at least more than 30,000 people will be arrested.

And that's not even counting the soldiers of these people in the army.

The Imperial City Division Prison was overcrowded, and he had to borrow the prison of Kaifeng Mansion to detain these people.

By July 17.

Almost twenty days have passed since the turmoil.

Most of the envoys in various localities who were sent to investigate the military registration have basically completed their tasks.

Except for the Xiang army in some remote places in the south, the rest of the envoys have already written down the situation and handed it back to the military headquarters.

Fu Bi coordinated the data, summarized it and rewrote it into a fold and submitted it to the Constitutional Yuan.

In the afternoon, Chongzheng Hall.

At the beginning of July, it was early autumn, but the temperature did not drop.

The so-called autumn tiger means that the temperature rises violently in autumn like a tiger.

The sun was blazing, the sun was blazing, and everyone was wearing cool silk short clothes, a bit like the silk Tang costumes of later generations.

Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jun simply wore T-shirts and big pants.

Speaking of which, Zhao Jun also went to Sichuan in April, and it was about to be summer, so the clothes in his suitcase were basically T-shirts, linen trousers, beach pants and breeches.

Eight years have passed, but I haven't worn much of these clothes, because I am afraid of wear and tear, I can only treasure them for a thought, so I wear them all by myself now.

In the afternoon, when the sun is at its hottest, the sunlight penetrates through the paper window, illuminating the entire Chongzheng Hall unusually bright.

Everyone is still the same.

Zhao Zhen sat behind the desk, facing the desk, with six chairs on each side.

Zhao Jun sat in the first seat below Zhao Zhen's left hand side, opposite him was Lu Yijian, and next to him were Wang Zeng and Fan Zhongyan.

At this moment, on Zhao Zhen's desk is the slash that Fu Bi sent to the Constitutional Yuan this morning.

"The military registration is one hundred and twenty-five thousand, I thought that there was almost 200,000 yuan for empty salary, but I didn't expect it."

Zhao Jun shook his head, raised four fingers and said: "400,000, one-third, now the number of forbidden troops is only more than 600,000, and the box army is only more than 200,000, the difference in vacancies is so big!" ”

Lu Yijian sighed: "This means that the annual military expenditure is as high as 50 million or 60 million, in addition to the equipment, equipment and food supply, the generals and nobles have to eat nearly 10 million yuan of military salary from the army every year, which is really shocking." ”

"Yes, we used to estimate that five or six million were about the same, and we thought that the generals would not be too much. So in order to appease them, I turned a blind eye to what I did to them, and I never expected it. ”

"Sure enough, there are some things that can only be figured out by checking them yourself, otherwise you will always be kept in the dark."

"After all, it was caused by our indulgence with them in the past, if we strictly checked the military registration and punished a group of over-the-top generals and nobles every year, they would not be like this."

Everyone also didn't expect the army to be corrupted to this point, and they sighed one after another.

During the Renzong period, the money actually received by the high-ranking forbidden army was consistent every month, twelve times a year. But this is a pure salary, and there are all kinds of subsidies, allowances, food, firewood, cloth, and so on.

In total, the upper forbidden army is about 50 a year, the middle army is about 30 a year, and the lower and box armies are between 20 and 10 a year.

In addition to the treatment of the inferior forbidden army and the box army, the treatment of the middle and upper forbidden army is good.

Even if the average value is about 400,000 vacancies, almost 10 million yuan of the imperial court's finances are divided among the major generals and nobles every year, and each family can get tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.

And that's not even counting the greedy munitions, reselling supplies, eating leftovers, and so on.

If all of them are counted, I am afraid that at least one-third of the annual military expenditure of fifty or sixty million in the Great Song Dynasty will fall into their hands.

No wonder Zhao Jun gave the conditions, they didn't agree.

After all, in addition to the fact that they have done a lot of illegal things for fear of being found out, compared to the situation that it may be risky to do business overseas, how can they compare to such a fixed income of hundreds of thousands of dollars a year?

"Alas, in the past, because it was all the rewards of Taizu Taizong to the nobles of the generals, neither I nor my father had ever interfered in the affairs of the army, but who would have thought of the result."

Zhao Zhen blamed himself and shook his head with a wry smile.

Zhao Jun said: "Fortunately, it can be regarded as being found out, and in the Song-Xia and Song-Liao wars, we relied on firearms to win, otherwise, if we didn't get firearms, the consequences would be unimaginable, and I am afraid that Lao Fan may not be able to win." ”

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "It's not too late, if it started like this before, I'm afraid that even if there are firearms, it will be difficult to resist Liaoxia's attack together, and now this is the best result." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded, then looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "Brother, have you seen it, how much filth is hidden under the prosperity of your Renzong." ”

First of all, there are underworld forces such as Sanssouci Cave and Ghost Fan Tower.

Then there were the corrupt officials and corrupt officials all over the Great Song Dynasty.

And then there was the army that was rotten to the roots.

This is not counting the landlords across the country who suck the blood of the people at the bottom.

Zhao Zhen said ashamedly: "Fortunately, there is an eldest grandson, otherwise the so-called prosperous era of Renzong would be really shameful." ”

"Brother doesn't have to blame himself, now the plate is small, there are less than 100 million people in the country, the boat is small and it is good to turn around, and there is still great hope for rectification."

Zhao Jun was very satisfied with Zhao Zhen's attitude, and hoped that he would be soft and honest, and he would not dare to talk back to him.

"So what should we do now?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Let's do what I said before, let's start a large-scale rectification."

Zhao Jun looked around and said, "All the vacancies have been found out, and the dirty things inside have also been found out." Although it may not be possible to hug it all, as long as more than ninety percent is handled well, it is already very good. ”

"After dealing with the vampires that oppress the low-level soldiers in this way, they can finally make the low-level soldiers see hope and greatly improve their combat effectiveness."

"There are two problems at present, one is that the military department must properly handle the military courts, military announcements, promotions, and so on, and in the future, these matters will no longer be under the control of the generals, but will be managed by the military department, and the army can also have permanent generals to ensure military training."

He said: "The second problem is the problem of reducing the army, I didn't expect that there are so many gaps, so the original plan to keep 800,000 troops is not very reliable, and there must be a new army plan." ”

"How to plan?"

The crowd looked at him.

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said, "The army should be streamlined again, and it is enough to keep 500,000 forbidden troops." The old and weak were eliminated, and the imperial court was resettled. If there is a vacancy, the troops will be recruited, and the Xiang army will be transferred to the construction corps and their salaries will be improved, so that the total army will be 700,000 as a whole. ”

There are 1.25 million soldiers on the register, and the result is 400,000 vacancies, so the actual number of soldiers is about 850,000, which is plus the local army, if not counted, then the number of forbidden troops is only more than 600,000.

Zhao Jun's intention was to abolish more than 100,000 old and weak, retain 500,000 elite soldiers, and establish permanent generals, and began to greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the army, and transitioned to the era of firearms.

At present, only 50,000 people in the entire army have firearms, and within five years, Zhao Jun plans to make most of the army have to have a firearms battalion.

For example, if the first army has five battalions of 2,500 people, then at least 500 people must be firearms battalions to fight with foot soldiers, so as to defeat the cavalry of the Western Xia Liao State in the frontal battlefield.

"Hmm."

Zhao Zhen felt that there was no problem.

Seeing that he agreed, Fan Zhongyan said: "Then I'll let Fu Bi get a charter and calculate how much it will cost the imperial court every year to do this." ”

"Let Xia Zhu dock with him, in addition to the army, the logistics department must also carry out rectification."

Zhao Jun continued: "The Sanya and the Ministry of War have merged, these noble children, the handling of what should be handled, the judgment that should be pronounced, and the rest of the people."

He thought for a while and said, "Just hang up a military commander and let them retire." ”

"Now that people are being arrested in various places, many battalion officers have a very large shortage of officers, if we can't mobilize personnel to fill them in a short period of time, it will be troublesome if Liao and Xixia call."

Fan Zhongyan asked questions.

Now the imperial court has arrested a lot of people, including many people from all over the country, and it is estimated that there are more than 20,000 people in prison all over the country.

It is still in the stage of collecting evidence, and the Dali Temple, the Criminal Court, and the police department are busy reviewing official documents every day.

The only case that was dealt with was the rebellion case, which was tried in court the next day, with many participants being sentenced to death, and the families of a large number of people involved, such as the Ma family, the Yang family, the Han family, the Zhao family, and the Wang family.

I guess the next few months will be busy.

Moreover, so many people have been arrested, and no one has filled their gap for the time being, which requires a large number of people to be mobilized.

"There were so many excellent and brave soldiers in the Song-Xia and Song-Liao wars, and the imperial court praised their heroic performance, and it was reasonable for them to be promoted to officers."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "Lao Fan, you let the military department deal with this matter, discuss a charter with Fu Bi, and make up for the excellent soldiers you trained before." ”

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth to say something, but finally swallowed it.

Lao Fan noticed this, and hurriedly said: "I won't care about this matter, and I don't think it's suitable for the Ministry of War to deal with it, let the Privy Council formulate it." ”

"Why?"

Zhao Jun was wondering, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhao Zhen, and suddenly realized: "Oh, then let the Privy Council come." ”

The military department Shangshu Fubi is Fan Zhongyan's ally, and his prestige in the army is already very high.

If the middle and lower-level officers of the entire forbidden army were all elite soldiers trained by him in the northwest, then if he ascended to the top in the future, wouldn't the entire army of the Great Song Dynasty come to his command?

So what else should Zhao Zhen be the emperor?

Let Fan Zhongyan forget it.

So although Zhao Zhen knew that he couldn't be suspicious of Fan Zhongyan, this thing was like a hunting instinct, and as the emperor, he couldn't promise to let the whole army be full of Fan Zhongyan's people.

"Then let the Privy Council draw it up."

Zhao Zhen was relieved when he heard Fan Zhongyan's words, the privy envoy Wang Deyong was still relatively loyal, and he was only a partner with Lao Fan before, and there was no superiority or superior, so there was no need to worry.

"Let's do it first, arrest people first, sentence those who should be sentenced, exile those who should be exiled, and then immediately replenish the officers and train the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Forbidden Army."

Zhao Jun looked around and said: "Now I am still more worried about the situation in Liao and Western Xia, if they take advantage of this time to send troops, it will be more troublesome, but our current firepower is not what it used to be, and they are here to deliver food." ”

"Still can't be taken lightly."

Wang Zeng said: "Let's step up the domestic military affairs first, this redundant military matter has been delayed for a long time." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jun both responded.

Since last year, the plan to reduce the redundant army has been delayed for almost a year.

It's time to start dealing with the three redundancies as originally planned.

In the end, Zhao Jun concluded: "Then the task in the second half of this year is to thoroughly rectify the situation of the army, and in February next year, the third new policy will be launched in the whole country, and the three redundancies will be thoroughly improved." ”

"Adjournment!"

Zhao Zhen saw that there was nothing to do, so he announced the end of the meeting.

The crowd took their leave.

However, Zhao Jun did not move.

Seeing that he didn't leave, Zhao Zhen glanced at the notebook he had just arrived today and asked, "Eldest grandson, what's wrong?" ”

"Do you want to ask Zhao Yunrang's family what to do with those people?"

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "If it is a crime of rebellion, the Zhujiu clan has nothing to do with me, brother, you are inside." So just punish his family, it's up to you to punish or not. ”

In ancient times, the Zhujiu clan actually had the same meaning as the three clans of Yi, and the three clans of Yi referred to the father's clan, the mother's clan, and the wife clan, and everyone within the five suits of the three clans.

It wasn't until the beginning of the Ming Dynasty that the Zhujiu clan became the one who killed all those who were related, including friends, teachers and students, and the like.

Zhao Jun and Zhao Yun asked not to say the five suits, I am afraid that the ten suits are out, so naturally it has nothing to do with it.

But Zhao Zhen is different, Zhao Yunrang is a grandfather with him.

Although Zhao Yun let his father Zhao Yuanfen and Zhao Zhen and his father Zhao Heng not be the same mother, they can also be regarded as his own uncle, so Zhao Yun let him be within the three suits.

If it is dealt with according to the nine clans, then Zhao Zhen and even the entire Northern Song Dynasty clan will not want to run away, and they will all be clicked.

Therefore, Zhao Jun's suggestion was to only kill his family and not implicate any family.

Just deal with Zhao Yunrang's son and wife, don't make the scope too wide, and Zhao Zhen won't be able to get off the stage at that time.

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but laugh and said, "When did I plan to punish him for treason?" ”

"What's the matter, your heart has softened?"

Zhao Jun asked.

"Not really, he."

Zhao Zhen said with a complicated face: "After all, I committed the crime of rebellion." ”

"What does that guy say?"

Zhao Jun asked again.

"Don't make a family ugly public"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Just declare to the outside world that it was done by the sons of Xungui, if Dazong is over there. Let's just say that they died violently, and give their husband and wife a decent life. ”

"I'll do whatever you want, I'm just worried that the grass will not be eradicated, and you will be in trouble in the future, what if the people of their family grow up and take revenge?"

Zhao Jun patted his ass and said: "But I can't make the decision in this matter, I still like Song Zhezong, so I didn't take it upon myself to give their family a treat, you can do it yourself." ”

"Well, don't worry, from this incident onwards, I will strictly guard the clan, and I will not let them do anything again."

A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhao Zhen's eyes.

The Northern Song Dynasty was still very strict in the management of the clan, not only prohibiting them from leaving Bianliang, but also confining them.

Now that this is happening again, then he will naturally know what to do.

The emperor is a tiger after all.

Even if Zhao Zhen, a tiger, is usually a vegetarian, he will not be soft when he should eat meat!

(End of chapter)