Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 306 Turning the Spear
Around June [-]th, Shi Congyun completed all kinds of things with lightning speed, and the court has quickly settled down and started to operate again.

King Zheng Guo Zongxun and his brothers and sisters were escorted to settle in Zhengzhou that day.

Then there is promotion and reward, to promote all his confidants.

Among them, Meng Xuanzhe changed from the dead prince to General Zuo Xiaowei, the envoy of Xuanhui South Court, and became a close minister of the emperor.

In terms of the dispatch of the prime minister's team, Shi Congyun used Luqiu Zhongqing as the privy envoy; Wang Pu added Zhongshu's assistant minister, and Tong Zhongshumen Xia Pingzhang; Shi Dou Yi was Dali Temple Minister; Pingzhang affairs; Wang Pujia participated in political affairs; Fan Zhi was still the servant of the sect, and he was the same as Zhongshu's sect;

In addition, Lu Duoxun is the servant of the household department and a direct bachelor of the Privy Council; this is a relatively large transfer, and Lu Duoxun has already begun to try to get in touch with the core military and political affairs of the country. If he does well, it will also lay the foundation for future worship.

Tao Gu, on the other hand, joined the Ministry of Rites as Minister of Rites and still acted as the Imperial Academy's edict, because Shi Congyun's impression of Tao Gu was that he had the ability to write articles and read a lot, but he was not a person who could do things.

The military commander's scheduling is more subtle. Among them, Shao Ji, Wang Zhong, and Wang Quanbin have the highest rewards among the generals.

But the official rank is still under several generals in the outer town, such as Li Chuyun, Wang Shenqi, Guo Tingwei, and Murong Yanzhao.

This is also the first time that Wang Zhong and Shao Ji's official ranks have been surpassed by others under his command.

Everyone didn't pay much attention to it, they just thought it was a reward for their merits, and this time the generals from other towns made more contributions. In fact, Shi Congyun had already started thinking about it the moment he sat on the dragon chair from his ass.

Nowadays, the power of generals must be cut. From the middle and late Tang Dynasty to the present, there have been constant wars for nearly 200 years, the world is in turmoil, and blood flows like rivers. The reason is that the power of generals is too great, and the central government cannot control it at all.

He definitely wanted to weaken the strength of the generals, but this is not a simple matter. Maybe the emperor will be reduced. There are too many such things.

Everyone knows that Zhao Kuangyin drinks wine and releases military power, but it is a story that was added to the history books when Sima Guang was in charge. People who have read too much history will definitely not believe it, because such a big thing is the root of the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms throughout the middle and late Tang Dynasty. , it is impossible to solve it so simply.

A few beautiful words solved the problem that several generations of emperors of the Tang Dynasty could not solve. The nearly 200-year war was too stupid.

This is the limitation of most historical records in China.

History is mostly recorded by civil officials, and it is impossible for most historians to get involved in the core power struggle, so there are many literati who judge others by themselves, or take it for granted. This is very common in Chinese historical records , so that some later emperors, generals or real power officials found it funny.

But this can’t be helped, at least they remembered it, so future generations must take their brains when reading history.

In the view of Sima Guang and other historians, weakening the power of generals means that the emperor can accomplish things with a few words of righteousness.

But in Shi Congyun's view, that is impossible. Otherwise, the world would not be in chaos for 200 years. It must be the result of long-term political and military struggles.

Shi Congyun also saw the clues from the history books, needless to say in the military, to clean up Li Jun, Li Chongjin and other military envoys is to knock mountains and shake tigers, but the political means are also very heavy.

So he was ready to do it as soon as he took the position. He really learned from Zhao Kuangyin.

The method is very simple, and it is also a conspiracy. Add the top few senior officials of the two divisions of the Forbidden Army to the confidant generals, and then send them to other towns, while the generals who stay in the capital to lead the army will not be given such high-level official positions.

In this way, the general of the outer town has the title of senior official of the imperial army, and he will appreciate his kindness, work harder, and be able to buy their hearts, but because they are all in the outer town and they are not in the capital, they can't control the imperial army at all, they are just empty officials.

Although the leaders in the capital had real power, they were not the top officers of the two divisions. It was more convenient for the emperor to command and control. Over time, the power of the generals was unknowingly divided and weakened.

This is Zhao Kuangyin's operation that Shi Congyun saw from the cracks in the history books. Over time, the army will become better and better to control. When the army can be controlled, the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms will come to an end, and the army cannot be controlled. The chaos will continue.

As for how to check and balance generals after completely controlling the army, it is another consideration.

So Shi Congyun spent a lot of time thinking about the Empress Dowager Fu these two days. On the surface, he said that he was going to understand the situation in the palace. Everyone thought that he went to have an in-depth exchange with the Empress Dowager Fu. Zhou Xian and Zhao Shijian were also jealous because of this matter.

In fact, they don't understand, the structure is small, what kind of character is he, Shi Congyun, is he coveting the queen mother?It is to think about national affairs!
This is the arrangement that I finally came up with, and it began to be implemented without any trace.

On June 22, there was a heavy rain in Daliang. It came and went quickly, and the scorching heat in the air was washed away.

Shi Congyun hosted a banquet in the court, entertaining all officials, and establishing a new dynasty, not only allowing all officials to meet, but also exchanging feelings with everyone, allowing them to meet his new emperor.

Shi Congyun was very casual at first, and the ministers got drunk and a few generals took the lead and started talking and laughing, talking about the glorious past, the battles fought in these years, and even happily humming military songs.

The maids in the Daqin Palace were not good at dancing and music, but the dozens of people who came back with him from the Shu area met, so they came up to perform dances and play music, and the atmosphere became better and better.

When almost all the ministers were a little drunk, someone suddenly burst into tears.

Everyone looked for the reputation, the Hanlin scholar Wang was so drunk that he lay down on the table and began to cry. While crying, he yelled loudly: "You are all old ministers of the first emperor, and now you can still laugh." title.

In an instant, the entire hall fell silent, and all the ministers showed signs of change. Even the few people who were sitting next to the king quickly moved their buttocks away, trembling with fright.

Wang Quanbin, Shao Ji, Wang Zhong and other generals glared at Wang Zhu angrily, the air seemed to freeze.

Wang Zhu, however, was still chattering on drunkenness, angrily scolding everyone for being ungrateful, and even pointing at Shi Congyun at the top to scold.
Everyone gasped, thinking that Wang Zhuo was doomed!

Shi Congyun was furious. He really thought about such a situation, and also thought that if it happened, he would pretend to be magnanimous, win people's hearts, and show his own mind.

It turned out that the old man actually scolded him in front of all the officials, and his speech was ugly, so he couldn't hold back his anger and almost rushed down to beat him up.

The man stood up directly, walked three steps in parallel and rushed to Wang Zhu angrily. No one among the officials dared to speak out.

He glared at him viciously, seeing that the old man was actually crying, crying and cursing at the same time, and he was plausible and vague, so he didn't know to be afraid.

Looking at the old man's body that was not enough to punch him, most of his anger disappeared immediately, and he thought that he would be angry with him!
Then he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, come and take him out to sober up, I think he just drank too much." The guards from outside came in and took the old man away.

The censors over there couldn't sit still and were ready to get up to join him.

Shi Congyun raised his hand: "You don't need to join him anymore, he just talks nonsense when he's drunk too much, don't pay attention, let's continue."

Many ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and the banquet continued.

Shi Congyun was also a little vigilant when he sat on it, but he didn't think much about it. After a while, the sober Wang Zhu also came in and kowtowed to him to admit his mistake. He just advised him: "Drink less when you are old, it is not good for your health. .”

The old man knelt down and thanked: "Thank you for your concern." Then he sat back.

After this banquet, the atmosphere in the court was much more relaxed, and everyone was no longer trembling like in the days when the sky changed, and returned to work, as usual.

In the next few days, memorials came from all over the country, all states and counties sent congratulations, and at the same time, they expressed their willingness to surrender to Daqin.

These are no exceptions. Shi Congyun always pays attention to the few Jiedu envoys in the border areas.

On the 23rd, Empress Dowager Fu was determined to move out of the palace and live in the Prince Wei's mansion. Shi Congyun put down the memorabilia specially for this purpose, went over to look around, and said quite dissatisfied: "You women are thin-skinned, and you have fallen asleep. What are you afraid of, at worst, I will make you a concubine in the future."

Lu Hongxia from behind Mrs. Fu glanced at him, even avoiding his naked eyes, "Please don't make jokes, officials."

"Those things that the officials do are not in accordance with the etiquette, and they should be left to the world to talk about."

"Whatever they have to say, let them say. When I am gone, your regent has done a good job. Many things have been handled in an orderly manner. This alone is enough. One day I will call the historian and ask him to write more. .Think about it and don't go."

Empress Dowager Fu still shook her head, "I appreciate the official's kindness, but it's better to live in the Wei Palace. It's not good for the official to go to Kunning Palace every day. I hope the official will be fulfilled."

Shi Congyun didn't bother to talk to her, nodded and said: "Okay, okay, whatever you want, Wei Wang's mansion is not far away, it's as if I have no legs and can't go out of the palace." Shi Congyun said indifferently, "Go It's fine outside, but the palace is really stuffy, so give me a key to the gate of Prince Wei's Mansion when the things are moved."

"This..." Empress Dowager Fu couldn't do anything about him, her face flushed red, "It's not good for His Majesty's reputation."

"Don't talk too much, this is an order." Shi Congyun said without doubt.

"Yes..." Empress Dowager Fu had no choice but to accept orders.

When Shi Congyun was about to leave, he suddenly found a tall and beautiful woman standing behind her, who seemed familiar for a while.

Empress Dowager Fu continued: "This is the second younger sister in the family. The second younger sister will see the official family soon."

The other party's complexion was very bad, and it was obvious that he was reluctant to salute, but Shi Congyun was even more curious: "She has been living in your palace?"

Empress Dowager Fu even explained: "Before the official family returned to Beijing, I was bored alone in the palace, so I asked my second sister to accompany me."

Shi Congyun nodded, and suddenly thought of a question, when he and Empress Dowager Fu applauded, where was Second Sister Fu?
"Choose a few caring maids to serve you in the Wei Palace. I still recognize you as the Empress Dowager. You can't be too shabby. You can find someone to collect your offerings in Taicang yourself. I have explained to them.

When I have time, I come to the palace to guide and guide the sixth younger sister. "

Empress Dowager Fu even pulled her second sister to bow down again to thank her.

In the next few days, Shi Congyun was tense all the time, and he also told Wang Quanbin and Shao Ji to train troops and prepare for war at any time, because the attitude of the whole world is not clear at this time.

On the 26th, Yangzhou came to the memorial, and Huainan Jiedu envoy Li Chongjin asked to enter the palace to face the saint.

At that time, Shi Congyun was dealing with the memorials with several prime ministers in the side hall of the Chuigong Hall. After Fan Zhi saw it, he immediately felt that it was very important, and immediately handed it to his desk.

Shi Congyun asked several prime ministers for their opinions. There are less than ten people here, and they are the core of power in the entire Great Qin Dynasty. Everyone's words are not so secretive.

Prime Minister Wei Renpu said directly: "Li Chongjin is a relative of the former imperial family. He has great prestige in the army and has made great contributions. I think it is not appropriate to let him enter Beijing, otherwise it will easily lead to chaos and the trouble of raising tigers.

In the future, it is best to find a reason directly and send troops to Yangzhou. "

"I promised him to protect their family." Shi Congyun said with some embarrassment.

"One moment and another moment." Li Gu also had firm eyes.

Shi Congyun looked at Fan Zhi, and Fan Zhi cupped his hands: "The veteran thinks what Wei Gong and Li Gong said is reasonable."

Shi Congyun nodded and got up to think.

In history, Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to let Li Chongjin enter the capital. Old Zhao accommodated many people, but Li Chongjin was the only one who dared not, because among the many royal relatives in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Chongjin was the one with the most ability, the most military exploits and the most prestigious.

In the battle of Gaoping, the battle of Huainan, and the battle with Khitan, he made great achievements, especially when fighting the Khitan, Shi Congyun defeated the Liao army in the north; Li Chongjin led an army alone and defeated the Northern Han army at Taihang Pass. It is the two people who have contributed the most.

If any of them made a mistake, the other would be finished. If Li Chongjin didn't defeat the Northern Han army, Shi Congyun would be taken back by the Northern Han; if Shi Congyun didn't defeat the Liao army, Li Chongjin would be flanked by both sides.

From this point of view, defeating Li Chongjin's army in the Liao Kingdom has at least four successes, which also makes their relationship more like comrades-in-arms.

He was really reluctant to let Li Chongjin die. He thought it was very important for generals like them to have a reliable teammate.

But what the prime ministers said made sense. Li Chongjin's prestige and military achievements were great, so there might be variables if not ruled out.

However, his prestige is not comparable to that of Zhao Kuangyin during the Chen Qiao Mutiny
Thinking of these things, Shi Congyun said: "Let him come first, and we'll see when we get to the capital."

Seeing that he had made a decision, several prime ministers had no choice but to nod.

The next day, King Wuyue’s memorial to proclaim his minister also arrived, and he also sent envoys to send a lot of valuable gold and silver to congratulate him on his enthronement. This is not surprising to Shi Congyun. When they are in charge, they all submit to the court and devote their energies to internal development.

The situation seems to be developing in a good direction, but the envoy who went to Hedong to seal Li Yun has not come back, and the Southern Tang Dynasty has not shown its attitude towards Qin, so Shi Congyun did not relax.

On the same day, after reviewing the memorials, Shi Congyun and all the prime ministers went for a walk in the garden beside the Chuigong Hall. The flowers and plants in the courtyard were just right and the air was fresh. Everyone recovered from the dizziness of reviewing the memorials and handling government affairs.

Shi Congyun said as he walked: "Now that I am a new country in the Great Qin Dynasty, thanks to the civil and military officials adhering to the law, many things are gradually on the right track. Now that the world is uncertain and troubled, I don't want to stop for a moment.

You guys think how we should go down next. "

As he spoke, he slowed down, and several prime ministers also stopped, thinking for a while, Wang Pu first said: "In the opinion of the veteran, generally speaking, the previous strategy of first south and then north is still feasible.

The Khitan were defeated for a while, but it is still too early to completely defeat them, but the Puppet Han Kingdom can already do it. "

Wei Renpu also nodded. He used to be an official in charge of the military, and he always had the right to speak when it comes to wars: "Before I didn't dare to send troops to the Northern Han, it was just because I was afraid that the Liao Kingdom behind me would send troops to rescue them. Waste of time and effort is not cost-effective.

The situation is different now. Last year the officials defeated the Khitan, and their elite suffered heavy losses. If they send troops to the Northern Han in the coming year, whether the Liao Kingdom dares to go south to compete with the officials is still a matter of opinion.

If there is the northeast of the river, the defense line to the north can at least be pushed to Yanmen Pass, which is more convenient to prevent the Khitans from going south, and saves money.

At the same time, the west is guaranteed, and the next time the east sends troops to Youzhou, there is no need to go through a lot of trouble. "

Wei Renpu talked eloquently: "Last year to attack Youzhou, the whole country sent troops from three directions, with more than 40 horses and more than 5 civilians. Only the commander-in-chief's [-] people went to deal with Liao, because the northeastern part of the river was no longer in our hands.

After the battle in front, we have to guard against the thieves in the direction of the east of the river. We have to take care of the war from the beginning to the end.

But as long as Hedong is taken down and the northwest defense line is pushed outside Yanmen Pass, there will be no worries about attacking Youzhou. An army of 10,000+ can directly send troops to the city of Youzhou. No matter how capable the Liao Kingdom is, it will be difficult for us to compete with Great Qin! "

After Wei Renpu finished speaking, Shi Congyun nodded again and again. He did get to the point. If Shanxi was in the hands of the enemy and they went to fight Beijing, they would be copied casually. If Li Chongjin didn't do his best last year, they would probably be useless. And back.

And the most important thing is that fighting in the north is not like fighting in the south. There are rivers and rivers in the south, and the logistical pressure is small, and each one is very rich, and the next one will get rich.

But to fight to the north, the water cannot be used, so it can only rely on a lot of manpower, which is a waste of money and money, just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to Mobei. The main force is Wei Qing and Huo Qubing each with 50 troops, but the logistics supply corps has as many as [-]!
It's the same as last year when their 10,000+ army used more than 40 civilians to supply supplies.

In many cases, even if you win, you will lose money, let alone lose, as long as you return without success, it will be a big loss, and the country will be dragged down a few more times.

Therefore, what Wei Renpu said to take the Northern Han Dynasty first, push the defense line west of Taihang Mountain to Yanmen Pass, reduce defense expenditure, and then send troops to Youzhou on the east side of Taihang Mountain is a very mature and insightful consideration.

Shi Congyun praised him greatly, and Wei Renpu stroked his beard proudly.

This is when Li Gu added: "The Northern Han Dynasty can still deal with Li Yun, if he decides to go to the military and go to Beijing for retirement, or send his son here, it will be a battle if it doesn't work.

Now that the national policy has temporarily changed, the veteran now feels that the first thing to do is to appease the southern countries, so that he can free up his hands. "

"Li Gong's words are reasonable, Wu Yue Wang Zhen is not worried, the main thing is the Southern Tang and Southern Han." After discussing with everyone for a while, he also has a number of the following national policy history.

On the 28th, envoys from the Southern Tang Dynasty also came, and they also sent a large amount of gold and silver to congratulate Qin on the founding of the country.

After Shi Congyun got the news, he thought it was finally here!
He was relieved and at the same time prepared to do something, let the officials of Honglu Temple inform the envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and meet them at a banquet in the palace tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)