Chapter 1
Then Empress Dowager Yang complained about the memorials of the Imperial students, and there was no lack of blame or boredom in his words. Especially when the Mongolian army crossed the river and invaded Jiangdong, they actually submitted a memorial to ask the Empress Dowager to negotiate with the Mongol Yuan to protect Jiangdong from the war. When the battle was fierce, he submitted a memorial to ask the Empress Dowager to take refuge. However, when His Majesty wiped out all the Mongolian Yuan army in Jiangdong, and launched all the troops in the north to fight the lost territory, he wrote a letter to ask the Empress Dowager to return to the army to avoid angering the Mongol Yuan and to re-enact the old story of his attack on Jiangnan again.
The performance of the Tai students at the critical moment made Empress Dowager Yang very disappointed with them, and he was even more dissatisfied with their hukou and writing letters to intercept the Lu Prince's car. However, due to the tense situation, they all comforted them. Unexpectedly, they became more and more severe and had to intercept the saint who were still in court. Now they were going to kneel in front of the palace to submit a memorial. Empress Dowager Yang thought he was just ungrateful and told the emperor not to spoil them anymore.
With Empress Dowager Yang's words, Zhao Bing naturally had less scruples. He roughly explained his plan. Empress Dowager Yang said he was angry and ignored it, but in a blink of an eye, he reminded him to be careful and replay the past of the assassination in the palace. Of course, he agreed and said that he had already made arrangements. If they dared to act rashly, they would definitely kill them on the spot.
At a moment, Dou Xing directed the little yellow gate to re-arrange breakfast, and the mother and son had a happy and harmonious meal. Zhao Bing was happy that the empress dowager still expressed unconditional support for him, allowing him to avoid worries. The empress dowager was happy that the young emperor still respected him as before, and did not neglect himself because he controlled the government. He would also ask for her opinions on major events.
After breakfast, according to the plan, Zhao Bing changed clothes and went to Wenyuan Hall to attend the court meeting. This meeting included Han Zhen, the assistant of the Privy Council, and Jiang Jin, the deputy envoy. It can be said that the highest decision-making personnel of the Song Dynasty were basically here. The Imperial Front Office had already compiled the contents of the restoration of the three provinces discussed on the way back to the court, and copied them and distributed them to everyone.
Then Chen Shishi and Ma Duanlin gave detailed explanations on the structure, power and authority of the three provinces and one courts and the inner court departments respectively. In fact, everyone had a preliminary understanding of this through official documents and private messages. Some people also had private messages with Wang Yinglin and learned about His Majesty's idea. They also had private exchanges, and now through the explanation again, they could understand the details of the content more thoroughly.
Of course, this text can only be regarded as a proposal, a large framework, not a plan, and it also requires discussion, modification, or even decisions on whether it can be implemented. Only after obtaining the approval of most people can we discuss it again in the classroom, prepare a detailed plan, and enter the preparatory stage. Then, a series of complicated tasks such as personnel and budget can be determined, and finally it can be established. Therefore, it is still quite urgent to complete the restructuring at the beginning of next year.
Because reform is not a small matter, although there are precedents to follow, it is also a major matter involving the foundation of the country. So everyone is still very cautious. However, Zhao Bing was not worried that they would disagree. He had made many concessions for this and achieved the goal of decentralization and governance that the scholars and officials expected. Of course, there will be differences, but as long as it does not involve principled issues, it can still be negotiated. What he has to do at this time is to keep calm, not panic, and not be anxious, and not think that all problems can be solved in one meeting.
Sure enough, just as soon as they entered the discussion, Lu Xiufu and Deng Guangjian raised different opinions on the establishment of the Provincial Escort. They thought that the scale and power of the inner court should be restricted, especially the imperial guards left the Privy Council and transferred to the jurisdiction of the inner court, and opposed it; while Liu Fu thought that the part that was used as a supervisor and military weapon should be transferred to the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of War, and could not become the private property of the royal family; Jiang Yu said that the current poor country is blessed and the emperor should reduce his tribute to the royal family.
Zhao Bing's opinion on them was expected, because the inner court did have the disadvantages they said. And what they considered was not a ten-year plan, but a hundred-year plan. They sat down and watched the royal family expand increasingly, and were born with supreme power, which would become an unshakable behemoth, making it an empty talk to govern with the scholars and officials.
Now Zhao Bing can restrain himself and still achieve a balance with the foreign dynasty. Who can guarantee that his descendants will not have any heirs like Huizong, and they will do anything excessive with almost no restrictions and a lot of wealth. At that time, the court became a vassal of the royal family, and the literati and officials became slaves to help the evil, so he could understand that they would put forward such opinions from the long run.
Zhao Bing was actually prepared for compromise and concessions. But he knew that some things were promoted, especially the concepts and advanced technologies he brought from his previous life, must be promoted and promoted under absolute authority, and funds and force are indispensable guarantees. Therefore, in order to ensure the realization of his goals, he would not retreat greatly. At least not now, but limited retreat or detour.
At present, when the two sides had no principled differences on the restoration of the three provinces and the establishment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Zhao Bing did not flatly refuse or refute your objections. After being the emperor for so many years, he knew that the discussion had many similarities with doing business at some point. He offered his own price and paid back the money. After discussing within a range that was acceptable, the matter would be done.
"Your Majesty, I think it would be against the ancestral system for all the guards in the imperial court, and would also cause estrangement between the guards and the imperial guards. It would be better to maintain the current state!" Seeing the emperor looking at him, Han Zhen thought for a while and said.
"What do Deputy Envoy Jiang think?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked Jiang Bing.
"I think what Han Zheng said is reasonable." Jiang Zhen said, "The guards in front of the imperial army are the most elite troops of our dynasty. They serve as the guards of His Majesty, guarding the capital, and following the imperial guards in person. If they leave the jurisdiction of the Privy Council and return to the inner court, their treatment and equipment will inevitably be different from those of the imperial guards, which will make their troops dissatisfied. Moreover, the guards are the place where the elites of each department are gathered. If they are independent from the outside, they will lose the opportunity to rotate with each department, which will inevitably lead to decline in the long run."
"However, I think that the imperial guards under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council will not hinder Your Majesty's recruitment. Moreover, the movement of each department requires the military talisman to be given to you, and others cannot be mobilized. Of course, the imperial city also needs to be guarded, and Your Majesty needs guarding. Therefore, I think that the existing guard brigade can be expanded, but the number of troops must be restricted. As Your Majesty's personal army, it will be under the jurisdiction of the inner court."
"Well, what do you think?" Zhao Bing asked.
"I think Deputy Envoy Jiang's proposal is very good!" Lu Xiufu nodded.
"I'm going to discuss it!"
"Okay, I feel it's quite difficult for the inner court to bear the salary of 100,000 yuan. In the future, the inner court will only retain a small-scale personal army, which will allow me to take a breath and improve my diet!" Zhao Bing said with a smile.
In fact, he also knew that the imperial guards were constantly expanding with the pro-guard battalion, and their purpose was to protect the imperial city and the royal family, which belonged to the guard forces. However, with the need for war, it was also to curb other units and was continuously strengthened, and its functions gradually became field-like and became a powerful brigade to siege cities and land. The ones who truly assumed the responsibility of escort were the pro-guard brigade and the guard battalion.
In terms of management, the imperial guards and the imperial guards were under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but everyone knows that it was only nominal, and no one except the emperor could mobilize the guards. In addition, the court's financial difficulties, the guards' salary has been paid by the inner treasury. Since Zhao Bing retired due to illness and resigned from the position of Privy Council, in order to avoid a dispute between civil and military affairs, the ministers suggested that the emperor be in charge directly. Until now, there is no official envoy in the Privy Council, and he has also occupied the pit and refused to leave.
Therefore, it is the same for Zhao Bing whether the imperial guards are still under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council or the inner court. Now the opposition of the ministers is just to maintain the status quo. He can also make the court truly take on the responsibility of raising troops. His words made the ministers feel like they were being plotted. They fought for a long time and only robbed a "broken". The more they thought about it, the more they suffered, they could not take it back.
After all, in the long run, everyone thought it was still beneficial to the country. And forcing the emperor to make concessions at the beginning of the discussion was a small victory. However, after suffering a loss, they were both cautious when discussing the stay and leaving the military equipment supervisor. Because these two departments were also holes that were not filled, and they were all money-lossing goods.
As early as Qiongzhou, the court and the inner court reached an agreement on the production and management of military ordnance. The research and development and production of firearms were allocated to the inner court, and then purchased them by the court and allocated funds to the inner court at the agreed price. But in fact, the court only paid a small part of the money, and the remaining money was always on the debt. After the Northern Expedition, the money was probably worth tens of millions of yuan.
The military weapon surveillance is no longer the workshop with only a few thousand people at the time, but has a gun shop, artillery shop, gunpowder shop, vehicle shop, two large shipyards and dozens of auxiliary workshops. It has a huge monster with nearly 100,000 officials and craftsmen. It is also a giant beast to swallow gold. No matter how the little emperor moves around, he can still maintain production and ensure military supply. They are worried that once the court takes over, they can have money to make it work normally.
As for the Inspector of the Palace, the winery in the inner court, the winery in the inner court, the material in the outer court, the cattle and sheep department, the cheese court, the wine and vinegar warehouse, the chariot and horse courtyard, the management of the royal village, the imperial garden, the imperial palace, the procurement and other affairs, everyone was not interested. This was also a loss-making product, and could only be filled in, without any input department; while the Inspector of the Internal Affairs Department was the department that managed the internal affairs, all of which were eunuchs and palace maids, and they were even more difficult to interfere, and they just asked to limit posts and reduce expenses. However, they also knew that without them, with the little emperor's stinginess, they would not raise idle people.
Chapter completed!