The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 633 The time is ripe (add more)
In the five years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the national strength of the Song Dynasty was prosperous, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. With the help of the new law reform, the Song Dynasty has been changed from the inside out. If the Song Dynasty is to be prosperous and strong, the official administration must be reformed first. Praise, any decision made by the imperial court will naturally respond without delay.

If officials take bribes, take bribes, etc., it will harm one party, lose the support of the people, and make the court's decision-making impossible to implement.Zhao Gou's drastic reform of the bureaucracy made the country of the Song Dynasty prosper and become stronger day by day. Everyone praised Zhao Gou as a good emperor.

In the past five years, the road to reform and strengthen the country has gone halfway. This road is full of challenges, and Zhao Gou is not cowardly, let alone because of the interests of the powerful or landlords. He is more concerned about the interests of the people. Politicians have not seen since ancient times.

Whether it is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty or Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, there are gentry standing behind them. Although the national fortune was prosperous and the people had ample food and clothing during their reign, they were still based on the interests of the people, which made the gentry more powerful and the warlords more powerful.

Zhao Gou came from a later generation, and he deeply knew that the interests of the people were above all else. In the feudal period, the deep-rooted ideology and culture made the people's life just enough to eat and clothe. .

Zhao Gou ordered the household registration officer to report all the household registration population in various places, as well as the family situation, etc. to investigate clearly. It took five full years to make detailed files on the population and other conditions of various places and enter them into the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Privy Council, which also made those people enjoy more protection.

After five years, the commerce of the Song Dynasty has become more developed, and the people have more than enough food every year. This is what the people need, and the merchants are earning a lot of money, and they support Zhao Gou's new policy. , only the interests of the nobles and hereditary nobles were harmed, which caused complaints from Zhao's descendants and relatives.

Zhao Gou completely abolished slavery, and even incorporated this law into the laws of the Song Dynasty.Anyone caught trafficking in human beings will be punished with death.In addition, Zhao Gou said that those people who live in very difficult times, as well as those who are lonely and widowed, can enjoy a monthly pension of two taels of silver from the court as long as their heirs join the army, which is enough for a family; deduct.

At the beginning, Zhao Gou promoted this precedent, which caused many officials to object, but he didn't care at all, insisting on mandatory implementation, and the national treasury alone spent tens of millions of taels on this project every year.However, Zhao Gou will not keep distributing them. He will stop distributing those who have labor force after relying on their labor, in order to support them to live on.

In addition, Zhao Gou also added a new policy. Anyone who enters Beijing to take the imperial examination, regardless of literature and martial arts, as long as the top three can get 100 taels of silver as a reward from the court.Zhao Gou strengthened the rigor of the laws of the Song Dynasty, and even strengthened the centralization of power, bringing power to the center, that is, the Privy Council and the six ministries.

At the beginning, the Privy Council was the only one, but Zhao Gou later changed this and divided the power into six departments, and the Privy Council was only in charge, that is, to weaken the power of the Privy Council and increase the power of the six departments.As for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Zhao Gou even empowered them to supervise the illegal activities of officials.

As long as officials know the law and violate the law, they will be submitted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for interrogation, and then sent to the Ministry of Punishment for processing.When the Metropolitan Procuratorate judges that there is nothing wrong with it, the Ministry of Punishment can no longer pursue it; if there is something wrong or a serious crime, it will be sent directly to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the subsequent punishment will be very severe.

Through the content of Wang Anshi's reform, Zhao Gou continued to implement it, corrected the shortcomings, and continued to make up for it, making the Song Dynasty stronger and stronger.For five full years, the harvest has achieved remarkable results, which is what Zhao Gou is looking forward to.

Officials are constantly being rectified and sorted out. There are still people who are corrupt and accept bribes. Zhao Gou is really helpless. He can't really kill them all. In the end, he decided to kill only the culprit, and the other implicated people were exiled into the army and confiscated Wait.

In the sixth year of Jianye, the lord of the unicorn reappeared in the arena. Zhao Yougong followed Zhao Gou's will and secretly led the people in Amber Villa to purge the sects in the arena.Due to the rectification of the administration of officials, it was discovered that some officials in the court were actually involved with the sects of the rivers and lakes. This made Zhao Gou very angry.

Thus, the Lord of the Kirin started a new round of purges, and those famous and decent families were just passing through the scene and saying hello.As for those treacherous villains, they will naturally not be allowed to act recklessly under the open sky, and they will all be purged.

During this year, Xing Bingyi gave birth to another daughter, whom Zhao Gou named Ling'er.Moreover, in this year, Zhao Gou named his mother, Webster, Empress Dowager Cining.Because Empress Xiansu Zheng died of illness in the harem in the fourth year of Jianye, Webster guarded the spirit for her and was unwilling to be the empress dowager. In the end, under helplessness, Webster could only become the empress dowager in the harem during this year. 'Empress Dowager Ci Ning'.

Under the promotion of Zhao Gou, Liang Hongyu gave birth to a son in the fifth year of Jianye, but died early.That was Han Shizhong's eldest son, unfortunately, but Han Shizhong still named him Yanpu.The following year, Liang Hongyu gave birth to a son, named Yanzhi, Han Shizhong's eldest son.

Zhao Gou even issued a military order to let all the generals who had never married and had children go home to have children, and gave them a month's time, and even some soldiers of the Song Army were unwilling to go out again. Tell them all to shut up.

"They are the heroes of our Great Song Dynasty. If the meritorious people don't let them enjoy the family happiness, how can they let them fight the enemy bravely? Because they have concerns in their hearts. For the sake of their wives and children at home, they will definitely fight the enemy bravely! Even if there are no children left behind , at least I am not ashamed of them, the battlefield is not like other places, death may occur at any time, no one will die, this is the sorrow of the Song Dynasty!"

It was Zhao Gou who was the first to set a precedent, so that the army still had a holiday to go home to visit relatives. Even if some people were unwilling to join the army, they were still very few. Some family members supported their military service and continued to build military exploits.

Those soldiers who went home to visit their relatives saw Zhao Gou's arrangements for their families, and they became more focused. Those who were unwilling to go, Zhao Gou did not force them, and directly allowed them to take off their military status.In fact, it was also because the Song Dynasty had too many troops, disarming in disguise.

If they go home to visit relatives and are unwilling to go out again, they will inevitably be tempted or captured in the future. It is difficult for such people to continue to be loyal to the court, so Zhao Gou agreed, but they also gave them pensions, which are equivalent to rewards after retiring from the army.

Soldiers are good but not many!

Zhao Gou has always insisted on this principle. Even if there are millions of troops, the fighting power is not strong, but there are more deaths.After such a choice, all the troops of the Song Dynasty added up to no more than 30, and part of the [-] forbidden troops were cut off, leaving only [-] troops.

20 troops guard the border, and [-] troops guard all over the country.All of the [-]th army stayed behind. These people were all brave men who stood up to ten, and trained daily without interruption. This was Zhao Gou's order to prepare for the counterattack against the Jin Dynasty in the future.

In the seventh year of Jianye, Zhao Gou inspected various places from time to time, and he stayed in the capital for very little time. Those who accompanied him must be accompanied by Zhao Yougong and Gao Chong.

Moreover, Zhao Gou's tours were all private visits in micro-services, there was no pomp at all, and they would not be notified where they were going. Sometimes Zhao Gou and others arrived, and those local officials did not know.Because of this, Zhao Gou would also see that officials were incompetent, so he would investigate and deal with them; he would also find good officials who were clean and honest, and they would definitely be promoted afterwards.

To build embankments, clear river channels, expand embankments, widen roads, etc., Zhao Gou encourages businessmen to invest in the construction, that is, to fund, and even name the road after that person in recognition of his contribution to the local area. Many merchants are willing to contribute money and efforts. Zhao Gou also requires that the construction of dams must be durable for many years and can withstand wind and waves; bridges must not collapse and the quality must be guaranteed, and he will send people to investigate. This is a century-old plan , there must be no sloppy.

In the years since Zhao Gou ascended the throne, some of the ministers in the court have passed away. Among them, Xu Jingheng was really exhausted. Zhao Gou pursued his posthumous posthumous title Zhongjian; It is also a posthumous gift to the Bachelor of Guanwendian and the doctor of Tongyi, with the posthumous title of Zhongjian.

Zhong Shidao participated in the early Song and Jin battles before Zhao Gou ascended the throne, and Zhong Shidao died in the battle. Later, he was too sad and seriously injured, making him unable to lead the army. Finally, Zhao Gou agreed for him to return to Beijing to recuperate, and Zhong Shidao also asked the emperor to let him go. Zhang Jun took his place, and Zhao Gou agreed one by one, and then he returned to Beijing to recover from his illness. On the night of returning to the capital, all the ministers of the court and central government went to visit him, and even Zhao Gou came in person.

The next day, Zhong Shidao couldn't sleep, and he also told Zhao Gou to prevent the Jin soldiers from making a comeback, and also told about Zhang Jun's deeds. suggestion.When Zhong Shidao died, Zhao Gou also mourned the whole country for three days, and paid homage to him personally.

In the sixth year of Jianye, Wang Yun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, was about to go to Korea as an envoy, but he fell ill halfway, and finally Zhao Gou ordered his body to be sent back to the capital, and Wang Yun was also replaced by Zhao Ding. This was reported in advance by Wang Yun Yes, he gave Zhao Gou a message when he was dying. After his death, Zhao Gou presented him as a scholar of Guanwendian, and named Wang Yun "Zhongxian Gong", and his title was taken over by his heirs.

In addition, General Zhang Shuye also died in the siege of the Jin soldiers, and Xu Huiyan also died in battle.It can be said that many people who followed Zhao Gou had already left, and a new group of people came. This made Zhao Gou pay special attention to the health of the elders in the court, and the pulse was checked by people from the Imperial Hospital on a regular basis every month. Let go of everything and recuperate.

Xing Bingyi's father, Xing Huan, also died of illness at the mansion. Zhao Gou came in person, and even Xing Bingyi returned to the Xingfu for the first time. At that time, Xing Bingyu was already a grown-up girl, but she was not married to anyone. My sister didn't understand why, but Xing Bingyu didn't say why.

Because of Xing Huan's death, Xing Bingyi didn't want his sister to stay in the house alone, so he asked the emperor to let Xing Bingyu enter the palace to accompany him, and Zhao Gou agreed.At the beginning, Xing Huan was Xing Bingyi's father, that is, Zhao Gou's father-in-law, so that he was promoted to the post of Qingyuan Jiedu Envoy by the Order of the Privy Council.

However, Xing Huan was never proud of being favored, nor did he feel that he was indebted to Zhao Gou. He had always been frugal, upright and honest. Duke of the state, to show that Xing Huan has been upright all his life.

In the eighth year of Jianye, the Song Dynasty has far surpassed the Song Dynasty in the period of Emperor Taizu, and the national power has been greatly improved. Zhao Gou waited for a day and finally waited.After eight full years of waiting, Jin soldiers repeatedly invaded the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Gou strictly ordered everyone to only defend and not attack. Now the time has really come.

In the morning of the next day, Zhao Gou came out with a smile under the eyes of all the officials, changing his previous gloomy expression, and Zhao Yougong was also very happy.After everyone paid homage, Zhao Gou Longyan rejoiced and said: "The time has finally come, it has finally come, eight full years, eight full years, how many eight years are left in life! I have waited too long for this day, and I can finally complete it." The great cause of world domination."

Zhao You was overwhelmed with congratulations, and he also wanted to shout out together with Zhao Gou. He had held back too much anger in his heart all these years, and kept holding back. Now that Zhao Gou has said it, the time has really come, from passive defense to active Time to hit the enemy.All the conditions are ripe, and you can launch a counterattack with just one order, and you will no longer endure such aggrievedness.

All the civil and military officials looked at each other, not knowing why Zhao Gou was so happy. This made all the monks Zhang Er puzzled, they all looked at Zhao Gou in surprise, and quietly waited for Zhao Gou's next words.

(End of this chapter)