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Chapter 118: Proposed Edict

After dealing with the matter between Prince Yun and Prince Su, Zhao Huan felt extremely impressed by the relatives and nobles of the royal family who returned to Chang'an this time. These people were unusually officials and could not be dealt with by common law.

In ancient China, nothing could escape the scope of regular ethics. All the current reforms of Zhao Huan had a great impact on the old system, but they only involved the technical level, rather than being an enemy of Confucianism's core governance of the country with etiquette, law, morality and education. If he dared to do so, even the emperor holding military power would be betrayal of his relatives and ended in failure.

Wang Anshi's reform was still the great force of Emperor Shenzong. The king and his ministers were like masters and disciples, respecting and loving each other and working together to achieve their own efforts. In the end, the law of death was destroyed. Sima Guang changed all the new laws of Emperor Shenzong Yuanfeng, and returned to the old system. Even the two parties were divided into different parties by the old and new parties. The two factions fought endlessly until the city of Tokyo was broken.

All Zhao Huan's current reforms, such as abolishing prefectures and counties, merging offices, reducing redundant staff, and redundant officers, strengthening centralization, and evaluating the political achievements of officials through examinations are within the scope of the acceptance of the literati and officials' new and improved political system. Although many measures have offended a large number of officials and gentry, there are also a considerable number of knowledgeable people. If it is to touch the entire system and the foundation of Confucian governance in the root, it is at least not a wise move at this stage.

Therefore, in terms of Confucianism's meaning of being close to each other, the handling of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, Prince Yun and other princes made Zhao Huan quite troublesome, and even affected the overall situation of the war and the overall situation.

Compared with the intrigue political struggle, Zhao Huan liked the control of the entire army and dealing with the military officers from the bottom of his heart and volunteered to join in it.

At the end of the sixth year of Jingkang, because there was nothing wrong in the world, I specially reviewed the army. From Jingxiang in Sichuan and Taiyuan in Tongguan River, all over the country sent elite imperial guards to Chang'an, with 500,000 imperial guards. Together with the original Shaanxi-Sichuan Song army, nearly 300,000 people gathered in Guanzhong. Except for the main forces of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, the main forces of the Song Dynasty were mostly here.

Such a big move is difficult to reassure Jin Guo when he is in the name of proofreading.

So in the name of the newly succeeded throne, Wanyan Hesit, the upper class of the Jin Kingdom sent an envoy to Tongguan and knocked in, accusing the Song Dynasty of promoting the army and horses during the peace talks between the two countries. Without a reply, Wanyan Zongbi and other pro-war factions left Shangjing and rushed to various places in Youzhou, and took charge in the name of Shangshu Xingtai, ready to deal with the Song army's major actions at any time.

Judging from the deployment of the Song army and local governments, the garrisons from Taiyuan, Hezhong, Tongguan, Shanzhou and Huazhou will form a siege. The local rebels in Taihang will directly include the people from Hebei and the Central Plains.

If such an ambitious military plan was only regarded as a joke by the Jin military nobles four years ago, and would not take it seriously.

Before the Battle of Fuping, although the Song army claimed to have assembled 500,000 troops, no one took the bluff of the Song army to heart. The millions of troops in the Song army were only part of the Western Army, and the Western Army suffered repeated setbacks. The strength was very weak, including a large number of 500,000 troops, including a large number of wing troops. Even in the pure imperial guards, there were many old and weak who could not bear the battle.

As the world's general trend has developed to this day, no matter how stupid people are, they know that the Song army today is a world of difference from that time.

The armor was well-equipped, the food and salary were sufficient, the military was strict and the rewards and punishments were clearly distinguished. Shortly after the Fuping War in the fourth year of Jingkang, the Song army, under the leadership of the emperor, began the process of eliminating the old and weak and sufficient elite troops. With a slight increase in the overall number, it was a terrible transformation of the entire army's complete elite. Such a strong army was a dream of all dynasties since the founding of the Song Dynasty, but it quietly arrived in a few years, following the Tang army. It stood proudly on the land of China.

Countless strong soldiers and infantry wearing heavy armor, holding sharp spears, modao, and armored clothes crackling, walking by the land of Guanzhong. Behind the infantry were a large number of crossbowmen, crossbows, and thunderbolt chariots. They were tall and strong, with sharp eyes and confident eyes, skillful and fatal tactics. The ones who commanded such an army were countless veterans who had fought bloody battles, and many powerful generals who had fought for many years of war.

Such an army was not only in the second year of Jingkang and was defeated by Hebei and the imperial guards in the capital, but also in the Song army that had great military achievements when it was founded.

Under the threat of the Song Dynasty mobilizing large troops, the Jin soldiers also increased their troops towards Hebei and Tongguan. However, unlike the Song soldiers in pure infantry, the war horses were the thinner and weakest in the late winter. They usually needed to take good care of the soldiers to prevent freezing and hunger. When thousands of troops were mobilized, many of the troops were miserable. Not only did the war horses die of freezing and starving, but even the old and weak in the army died of illness due to this emergency mobilization in winter.

The Song army's military exercises are just a tradition passed down from ancient times to the present, and have been restored by Zhao Huan. For Chinese farming people, summer and autumn are busy farming, and winter is full of trouble, so the martial arts exercises are even more timely. Moreover, the troops mobilized are mostly stationed near Hedong, Guanzhong, and the cost is not much, but they have miraculous effects on the coordination of the large army.

After the military parade, Zhao Huan, who returned to Chang'an Palace, heard that the upper class of the Jin Kingdom and the mobilization of the Jin soldiers, was not as happy as Feilun imagined.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Feilun asked with caution: "Your Majesty, the chaos in the Jin Dynasty has come to this point. When the war is about to come next year, the king's army will definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Gui shook his head and said, "These are just appearances. In fact, the war between the upper lords and the main lords of the Jin Kingdom is becoming more and more intense. They can use the Supreme Emperor as a bargaining chip to force me to agree to peace talks. I can also dispatch troops and make big moves, forcing them to find out and civil strife. As long as their upper lords become chaotic, we can really be able to do it here. Feiren, you need to be careful and carefully check the movements of the Beijing, and to take a closer look, Zong Bi and others have been leading troops outside for many years.

Although the Lord and others are trusted by the Hesitate, they are mostly stationed in Shangjing without military power. If Zong Bi takes a coup in a fierce coup or holds Hesitate hostage, they will be able to regain power in an instant. This person is tough and powerful, and can adapt to the situation on the sidelines. He is also a talented person. Although he is far inferior to Wanyan Zonghan and others, he is also a rare hero among the Jin people. If this person gains power, he will definitely use the power of the whole country to face me. Although he doesn't have to be afraid of him, it is better to deal with others."

Zhao Huan made a long speech, and Feilun listened very carefully. When he heard Zhao Huan's order to pay attention to the situation of the upper class of the Jin Dynasty, he couldn't help but blush. In the past two years, although he has worked hard to reform and strengthen the role of the pedestrian department, and even used methods such as bribery and infiltration to bribe a large number of Khitan and Han officials in the upper class of the Jin Dynasty, and obtained a lot of information. However, it is too difficult to truly intervene among the Jurchen nobles and insert eyes and ears into the noble families of more than 10,000 households. The news obtained by the pedestrian department is still mostly from middle and lower-level officials and hearsays. Only after summarizing countless messages and distinguishing them can you get a few truly useful ones.

When Zhao Huan saw his expression, he knew that this confidant general wanted to comfort him, but because of this matter, he ignored it and only hoped that the other party could be more attentive under pressure.

After Feilun turned around and turned, Zhao Gui was extremely tired after a few days of military parade, but it was the end of the year. Not only was the political affairs complicated, but all kinds of official articles were also more common than usual, so he had to force his spiritual support.

By the first month of the year, in addition to government affairs, there are many rewards and lantern festivals, gamers' banquets and other services. If it weren't for the extra queen of the inner palace, he would have been less troubled, but he would have almost never come down.

Unlike the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty who handed over most of the political affairs to the two prefectures to deal with, Zhao Huan basically had to do everything himself. Since Han Xiaowei returned to Chang'an, he served as the chief edict with Hanlin scholar Wang Yongcheng. He issued local edicts every day from dozens to hundreds. Even the emperor personally inquired about the government affairs of a certain state government often. This made these positions that were originally intended to show official positions in the Qing Dynasty, and seemed complicated and tiring. Wang Yongcheng was young and quick in his writing. Although Han Xiaowei was academically pure, he always looked forward to the front and did not dare to write easily when speaking edicts due to personality factors. This made every edict that he often took a long time. When the emperor ordered him, Han Xiaowei would have to work all night.

On that day, he rushed all night. Before leaving, he remembered that the edict to Li Xianzhong had not been finished yet. He had to fold it back before leaving. He thought about it for a long time before he finished writing: "I am a young man, but he is able to be a good martial arts, and knows the differences in military tactics, talents and strong ambitions. Now he ordered you to pacify the army, and do things at a cheap price, so don't let my wishes down."

This appointment is vague and does not even have a specific official position. I received the emperor's letter yesterday, but it is almost the same as the edict I have drafted now. The edict was just a formality.

Han Xiaowei shook his head and smiled bitterly, feeling a little embarrassed. It would be fine if there were too many things to be too complicated. For example, such a vague edict, according to the old rules of the past, you can refuse to write an edict.

Even if the appointment does not match the intention of Zhizhizhi's edict, one can flatly refuse to write the edict, and the emperor and the Secretariat will never force Zhizhizhi to draft the edict that is unsatisfactory.

At this time, although the system has not changed significantly, and with Zhao Huan's authority becoming increasingly powerful, Li Gang, the only one in the two palaces who can speak with his waist and speak with the emperor, is still in charge of military and political affairs in Xiangyang. Many other ministers act according to the orders and orders. The incident of spitting water with the emperor like the previous dynasty is difficult to happen again today. How can one be able to overcome this situation by himself, a master of imperial edicts?
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