Chapter 241 The general trend is gone
"I have thought about the name a lot, but there is no suitable word. Let me think about it again." Zhao Huan hesitated for a long time, but he did not give the name a good name.
The two words Huangpu are the answer that first appeared in Zhao Huan's mind. However, this is a place name. If it is called Bianjing Military Academy, it is really a bit inconsistent.
The Bianjing Martial Arts Hall was once an idea.
The emergence of the term "Martial Arts Hall" represents the move of Chinese military officers from the hereditary system of generals to the new training system.
However, Zhao Huan felt that it was not suitable for the naming rules of the Song Dynasty, especially the dynasties that appeared in the martial arts hall, which were the ones he hated more.
Zhao Huan felt that he was alone, so it was normal for him to have preferences.
His favorite name is the Song Army Command Academy, which is the mediocre name that he finally confirmed.
If you are too high-profile, you will appear swaggering. Down-to-earth services are the style Zhao Huan wants.
"Have you had any unusual movements from the Supreme Emperor recently?" Zhao Huan asked blankly.
Li Gang shook his head and said, "I wrote a letter to ask the Supreme Emperor to return to the capital, but the Supreme Emperor was not deceived. After all, the Supreme Emperor is very smart."
Li Gang really didn't know what adjective to describe Zhao Ji, so he had to use the word cleverness.
"But I not only cheated me, but also forced me. The Supreme Emperor lived a carefree life in Lin'an, but his life was extremely extravagant and his expenses were extremely expensive. I sent a famous prostitute Li Shishi to ask her to spend the Supreme Emperor's money."
"The Supreme Emperor has no money, so he will naturally come back." Li Gang bowed his head and said.
Zhao Huan nodded. Zhao Ji was also a genius. It was a good idea to force Li Gang to this point.
"The prime minister of the Song Dynasty conspired with famous prostitutes. It is not good to say that this is said to be famous for the Dazai." Zhao Huan shook his head and said.
Li Gang was stunned when he heard this. He knew that the official had misunderstood him. He smiled and said, "I didn't come forward, I just sent a few scholars to deceive Li Shishi."
"It is not realistic to expect a woman to accomplish anything. I have also photographed Zhao Mingcheng. Zhao Mingcheng loves gold and stones, and the Supreme Emperor loves stones. He once set up a special birthday gift to collect strange stones in the world. This learning of gold and stone is the most expensive."
"Then your plan is. I will supervise the establishment of this military academy and the new army." Zhao Huan had a very poor opinion of Zhao Mingcheng, but based on the idea of using waste, he just let Li Gang do it.
At this time, Cai Jing and Tong Guan were standing on the Lin'an city wall, with melancholy on their faces.
"There are more and more imperial guards returning to the north." Cai Jing suddenly said.
Recently, the imperial guards outside Lin'an City are running away. To be precise, since the Supreme Emperor clearly rejected the grain merchant's request for settlement, the imperial guards have completely lost confidence in the Supreme Emperor.
There is no airtight wall in the world. Zhao Ji's roar on the flower boat is everywhere he is rumored by people with ulterior motives. It is what Sichazi, the Imperial City of Lin'an.
Even though Cai Jing paid out his own pocket and settled the payment for the grain merchants and ensured the normal supply of grain and grass, it still could not stop the banished army from being disloyal.
Although the imperial guards were stupid, they didn't know that Bian Jing was in the south and north, they were not stupid, they knew who was good and who was bad.
"Today's 35,000, tomorrow's 35,000. In this month, the 400,000 imperial guards will be completely gone, alas." Tong Guan was also helpless.
The imperial guards were about to run away, but he had no choice. The supervision team was quite capable, but he could not stand the collapse of the camp.
The collapse of the camp was a very interesting phenomenon in the Song Dynasty. The imperial guards encountered battles and fled in groups. The supervisors were also powerless, and there were too many people and they could not be restrained at all.
"Does the Supreme Emperor know? The soldiers outside Lin'an City collapsed the camp." Cai Jing asked with great concern.
Tong Guan nodded, shook his head again, and said, "I told the Emperor about this matter, and the Emperor replied, "I know, I don't know if I know, or I don't know."
"The Emperor of the Supreme Emperor has been very interested in writing lyrics recently, especially after Li Shishi came, his poetic sentiment was even more intense, and he published three long lyrics in a row."
Cai Jing frowned and asked, "When I write lyrics, why does Prince Tong look bitter?"
Tong Guan shook his head and said, "You don't know. If I were writing lyrics, compiling music, and singing lyrics, could I still be so sad? The Supreme Emperor has recently become obsessed with inscriptions for ancient paintings or written lyrics himself. Do you know the price of this ancient painting. It's really a huge cost."
"I recently wrote an inscription on the painting of Han Gan, a former Tang painter, which is easy to say. A picture of "Herdsmanship" is only hundreds of thousands of yuan, but the day before yesterday, the Supreme Emperor wanted to find Wu Daozi's painting. I'm afraid it would be a disaster. How long can the 40 million yuan last?"
Cai Jing was silent for a long time and said, "Make a fake, use fake paintings to fool it."
Tong Guan patted the railing hard and said, "Do you think I don't want it? I found a famous Jiangnan artist to do fake paintings, which is no different from the real ones. So I took the fake paintings to find the Emperor. The Emperor himself was proficient in calligraphy and painting, so he was a little suspicious about fake paintings. He was originally fooled by a few words."
"The result! A surrendered official came to Bianjing, named Zhao Mingcheng, who is the husband of Li Jia, Bianjing. He is so good at gold and stone. He could tell in a few seconds that it was a fake. It was angering me."
Tong Guan hated Zhao Mingcheng, but there was nothing he could do. Now Zhao Mingcheng is very favored by the Supreme Emperor.
It's difficult.
"What do you say about the Chen family in Huainan and Huainan? Did their head come to Lin'an?" Tong Guan asked when he thought of the military rations.
Cai Jing shook his head. The originally set ultra-low grain price has already made these wealthy people feel a little bad about the Supreme Emperor.
However, the situation in the north was not yet determined, and the rich merchants bet on both sides, dealing with each other, giving some money to the new emperor and providing food and grass to the Supreme Emperor.
But now the situation in the north has been completely settled, the new emperor has completely defeated the Jin people and returned to the dynasty, and the rich merchants have completely entered the new emperor's camp.
"Don't talk about the head of the family. Recently, I couldn't find the shopkeepers of the Chen family and the Cui family. I heard that they all withdraw from Lin'an and completely cut off the relationship between the Supreme Emperor." Cai Jing said helplessly.
"The rich businessmen are just the first step. The small businessmen behind will be moved and completely cut off contact with the Supreme Emperor. By then, the military rations will be unsustainable, and the imperial guards will collapse the camp faster." Cai Jing knew the situation very well and said worriedly.
What does the general trend mean? This is called the general trend mean!
The Supreme Emperor's reign has been unpopular for the past twenty-six years.
In the third year of Xuanhe, the scorched earth policy of winning 10 in Yangzhou and Xuzhou and other places made the Jiangnan people hate him to the core.
If it weren't for the 400,000 imperial guards under Lin'an City, they might have had an assassination or riot.
Now the imperial guards are fleeing, and this deterrent force is gradually weakening, the morale of the army is disintegrating, and everyone is planning a future. Cai Jing has already felt that the storm is coming.
The wind is blowing.
With strong winds blowing, Cai Jing reached out and grabbed the sky of Lin'an City. The West Lake, with the setting sun, was as quiet as ever.
"Tao Fu, something is not good! Lin'an Palace was surrounded by soldiers of the Huaying camp!" A messenger ran over in panic.
Chapter completed!