Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 724 The Officials Opened Their Eyes
"Tell me." Zhao Huan asked with great interest.

Zhao Huan had never seen such an uncharacteristic appearance of the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty.

Civil servants who like to spit on the emperor's face when they have nothing to do, when Zhao Huan continued to strengthen the treatment of soldiers, there was no letter to stop his actions. The motive behind it is worth understanding by Zhao Huan.

He has always believed that the main contradiction in the Song Dynasty is the conflict of interests between the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who are gradually recovering their original status and the scholar-bureaucrat class.

Zhao Huan deeply felt the consequences of this conflict of interests. He made suggestions to Zhao Ji about the restoration of the government, the haunting of Huiying Building, and all kinds of remarks and letters against Li Qingzhao, all of which were manifestations of contradictions.

However, under such a fierce conflict of interests, the scholar-bureaucrat class did not use normal means to remonstrate and discuss matters, and there was none.

This is so anomalous.

Li Gang said respectfully: "Since the official's ascension to the throne, the barbarians have been expelled to the north, and Yunzhong, Yanjing, and Liaodong have been recovered. Their martial arts have shocked the world, and the world will naturally return their hearts."

"Stop talking about those vain things." Zhao Huan said impatiently.He didn't like the way the courtiers of the Song Dynasty spoke.

Admonitions are remonstrances, a whole bunch of beautiful words, listening to them every day, my ears are callused.

Li Gang said with a puzzled face: "What I said is the truth. The hearts of the people and the army are towards the king. The pawns and merchants know about it. The officials give the soldiers food and live like a human. The soldiers and the people are naturally grateful. Everyone Going to die for the king without hesitation, what is it if it is not the heart of the world?"

Zhao Huan nodded helplessly. He couldn't say anything about Li Gang, so he changed the subject and said, "No matter the heart, people's hearts are separated by belly, who can say for sure."

Li Gang said with a smile: "Regardless of your heart, the military rations of the army are the court, or the most direct and powerful means for the officials to control the army. If the income and expenditure are not unified, and the food money is left in the local area, it seems to save money. Transportation is expensive, but it is easy to bury the root of disaster. Right now, the matter of Yongxing Military Road is a trouble."

Zhao Huan nodded approvingly, Yongxing Army Road, Yang Family, Zhe Family, and Chong Family were intertwined. Before Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he had already opened Yanchi from Longyou Duhu Mansion in order to become self-reliant.

Since Zhong Shizhong was still alive, it was naturally calm, but Zhao Huan did not dare to mobilize them.At the beginning, Sun Yi did not listen to the announcement, but it is still a problem today.

When the Song Dynasty officials and troops fought against Xixia, they had to take Yunzhong Road from Hedong Road and Hetao to fight Xixia, and there were many soldiers on the Yongxing Army Road.

Li Gang smiled and continued: "Officials often say that if people's hearts can't stand the school test, they should not try to test the school at all. If you don't collect all the money and keep it in the local area, let the soldiers camp on their own, that is to test the school general loyalty."

"It's also the same reason. The soldiers' food and supplies all come from the court. Naturally, this army is the army of our Great Song Dynasty, the army of the officials, not other people's."

Zhao Huan finally understood what was going on in the minds of these civil servants.

In fact, the logic is very simple, that is, the emperor of the Song Dynasty grasped the food and grass of the soldiers, so naturally the army had to obey the emperor's command.

And the emperor of the Song Dynasty ruled the world with the scholar-bureaucrats according to the ancestral precepts, so the emperor's things are naturally shared with the scholar-bureaucrats.

Zhao Huan agreed with Li Gang's remarks, but he had some small doubts.

"Why do I think they are afraid? When Wanyan Zongwang went south to besiege Bianjing, they were scared to death. The stronger the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, the more at ease they can be?" Zhao Huan felt that his reason was valid. foot.

Li Gang looked at the official with some surprise, and finally could only nod helplessly and said: "This is also an important reason."

"Hahahaha!" Zhao Huan laughed loudly. Looking at Li Gang's expression, why did he think his reason was more plausible?

Whether it is scholar-officials or pawns and merchants, they are all human beings, and they will be afraid, and they will also be afraid. The stronger the soldiers, the safer they will naturally be.

The Mansion Newspaper is a very boring newspaper. Most of the records are about the court performances, which is extremely boring. Compared with morning newspapers and tabloids, the sales volume on weekdays is like extra money.

However, every time the front-line army reported success, the mansion newspapers in Bianjing and the major state capitals would be sold out, and the supply was in short supply.

Only when they see the victory report published in the mansion newspaper with their own eyes, will the people of Song Dynasty heave a sigh of relief and say: "In war, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, but in the end, Song Dynasty always wins."

Or to put it another way: "A war is a game in which two armies fight and kill, and Yue Fei wins in the end. It's very simple."

These are all interesting stories that Zhao Ying told Zhao Huan. The more he thinks about his own reason, the more tenable he can stand.

Li Gang's rhetoric seems to be very reliable in terms of tallness, but his own reason is more down-to-earth.

"How to solve Yongxing Military Road?" Zhao Huan asked suddenly.

Zhao Huan never mentioned this matter, and everyone followed the old rules, escorting the food and grass to Yongxing Army Road and handing it over to the planters for distribution.

Zhao Huan was also selectively blind. He didn't care about the Yongxing Army Road, so as to prevent his backyard from catching fire when he conquered Liaodong.

Now Liaodong has been conquered, and the golden men have shrunk to Huanglong Mansion. Zhao Huan finally opened his eyes and saw the lawless land.

Li Gang said with some hesitation: "The head of the plant is still alive, so there will be no chaos."

Zhao Huan shook his head and said, "Minister Zhong is 71 years old this year, and has reached an age that is rare in ancient times. We have to think carefully."

If Zhongshi Dao had descendants, Zhao Huan wouldn't worry about it at all.

The family style of the Zhong family determines that the Zhong family cannot be rebellious. Three generations of Zhongliang, more than [-] children of the Zhong family died in battle, unjustly died on the battlefield, and their hearts have not changed.

But Zhongshi Taoist family has no descendants, and all three children died young, leaving no descendants.

As for the two children in the teacher, one likes to draw and the other likes to play the piano.

Zhao Huan didn't know whether the "hobbies" of the two children in the planting teacher were really due to their interests, or was a request from the family, and he was not prepared to know.

However, it is an established fact that the Zhong family can no longer restrain the Yongxing Army Road for the court.

"Shen Congqu? After all, he is the adopted son of Zhong Shaobao." Li Gang said with a frown.

"Isn't that another breeder?" Zhao Huan shook his head.

Before leaving, Zhong Shidao didn't know what will he gave Shen Cong. Anyway, Shen Cong was not at all enthusiastic about being sent as a general.

Shen Cong, with his temperament, would make it difficult for him to engage in such a messy affair.

"Trouble." Li Gang took a deep breath and said: "The officials and ministers think that the most important thing to solve the Yongxing Army Road is to solve Xixia. It's easy to solve."

Zhao Huan's eyes lit up, and he nodded frequently. What Li Gang said made sense.

"Official, official! Cheng Chu didn't do his job today, and the minister sent eunuchs to visit his home and found out that he was assassinated." Sun Li rushed in from outside Wende Hall in a hurry.

Zhao Huan stood up abruptly, and asked, "Is the person seriously injured? Is he still alive? Has the assassin been caught?"

(End of this chapter)