Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 466 passed resolution
Coming out of Cao's mansion, Fan Ning first sent Zhao Zhongzhen back to the palace. On the carriage, Zhao Zhongzhen asked puzzledly: "I always thought that we started with opening accounts for the soldiers. When Uncle Fan explained to the old man, why did he change the number of soldiers first?"

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Pick the persimmons that are soft, and start the reform from the easiest place. Reducing the number of troops will definitely touch the interests of many soldiers, but we will give [-] acres of land as compensation, and the interests of the soldiers will be compensated. It will be much smaller, and reducing the number of troops can give many generals who have lost their salaries a chance to pay off their debts. We can let the past go, but if we don’t know what is good or bad, then don’t blame us for being ruthless in the next step to check the empty salaries. This is called courtesy first and soldiers later. Conceive the heart of a Bodhisattva first, and then show the thunderbolt method, so that the generals have nothing to say."

Zhao Zhongzhen suddenly realized, bowed and apologized, "Uncle Fan is brilliant, my nephew has been educated."

Fan Ning said with a smile: "Reforms always come and go. Now we only need to provide 30 hectares of land to eliminate the soldiers' resistance. When [-] people are to be laid off in the future, the imperial court may not be able to provide [-] hectares of land. , so this is only because we have been exposed to the light of the experiment, and we have to find another way to compensate when the world reforms in the future, we can't wait for the sword!"

"My nephew understands, I will go and urge Han Xianggong tomorrow morning to ask him to take out the land and money."

While talking and joking, Fan Ning sent Zhao Zhongzhen to the upper east gate, and he returned to the dormitory of Hongwenguan from here. Before he officially took office, Zhao Zhongzhen was still a student of Hongwenguan.

Fan Ning then sent the carriage to Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion. He was on a business trip alone in the capital, so he must be living in Zhu Yuanfeng's mansion, not his father-in-law's mansion who is always strict about rules.

At noon the next day, the "Tabao", "Xin Bao" and "Chao Bao" all published the same article written by Cao Cong, "On the Danger of Redundant Soldiers". The sharp decline and rampant corruption within the military will be elaborated in four aspects.

When this article was published, it immediately caused a great uproar in the government and the opposition. At this time, the decision of the Jingdong Luxiang Army to carry out the reform has not been officially announced, and many people do not know where Cao Cong's sword is aimed.

Zhang Yaozuo knew yesterday that Zhao Zhongzhen was going to carry out the military reform in the Jingdong Luxiang Army. Zhao Zhongzhen stayed in the palace for several months.

What is urgent is that Zhao Zhongzhen has already been crowned the king of Liangjun, and he is patrolling Jingdong Road on behalf of the emperor. This is clearly a sign that he is about to rise to power, but what is Zhao Wenyun doing?
"A Dou! He is a Dou who cannot be supported!"

Zhang Yaozuo was so angry that he slapped the newspaper on the table, "He doesn't want to improve himself, so what's the use of me working hard for him?"

Seeing that Zhang Yaozuo shifted the responsibility to Zhao Yunwen again, Yang Kai secretly sighed in his heart, every time something happened, the responsibility belonged to someone else, this Taishi Zhang would never review his own mistakes.

"What did Jia Changchao say?" Zhang Yaozuo turned around and gave Yang Kai a hard look.

Yang Kai had a secret meeting with Zhang Yaozuo's son-in-law Li Yun this morning, and Zhang Yaozuo pinned his hopes on Jia Changchao.

Yang Kai shook his head, "Li Yun said that Jia Changchao never asked the Jia family to serve as Prime Minister for three times. Jia Changchao said that with him as Prime Minister, he is already worthy of his ancestors, and descendants have their own blessings, so it is not his turn to come." worry."

"Shameless bastard!"

Zhang Yaozuo hated his teeth so much that he wanted to bite Jia Changchao to death. When Zhao Wenyun had the upper hand, who insisted on three prime ministers to form an alliance with him?

A duplicitous bastard like Jia Changchao is even more hateful than Han Qi and Fan Ning.

Yang Kai said again: "However, Li Yun still revealed some news."

"what news?"

"The Son of Heaven is going to carry out the reform of the Xiang army on Jingdong Road, and is going to let Zhao Zhongzhen take the lead."

"The leader of the fart!"

Zhang Yaozuo said bitterly: "He's a kid, what a fool! It's obviously Fan Ning who did it, and it's his credit for picking peaches in the end."

"Master, here is the problem. I agree with Jia Changchao's point of view. This is the emperor's test of Zhao Zhongzhen. Once the reform is successful, I am afraid that Zhao Wenyun will really lose."

"Do you think that's true?" Zhang Yaozuo asked with wide-eyed eyes.

Yang Kai nodded, "Grand Master, this is a very dangerous omen. Yesterday, the Son of Heaven summoned Fan Ning and Zhao Zhongzhen alone in the Qilin Hall, and did not allow any servants to be present. I felt something was wrong. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, Son of Heaven." Something must have been promised, or hinted at, but we don't know."

The conversation in Qilin Hall yesterday was very secret, even Zhang Yaozuo, who was always well-informed in the palace, didn't know the content of the conversation, and the thing he was most worried about happened.

Zhang Yaozuo panicked and said anxiously: "We must not let Zhao Zhongzhen's reform succeed. This is our last hope. What do you think we should do?"

On the third day's newspaper, an article written by Gao Jixuan, the patriarch of the Gao family, appeared again, which was in response to Cao Cong's "On the Danger of Redundant Soldiers" yesterday. The errand was to go to Jingdong Road to target the reform of the Xiang army. It turned out that these old army leaders were all supporting Zhao Zhongzhen.

In the imperial study room, Zhao Zhen put down the newspaper in his hand, with a smile on his face. The emperor's grandson Zhao Zhongzhen did a good job, knowing that he must first win public opinion, win the support of the old military leader, and get full moral support, so that he can suppress The voice of opponents, this is the most critical point.

Of course Zhao Zhen knew that this was Fan Ning's idea, but he still unceremoniously attributed these credits to Zhao Zhongzhen. Zhao Zhongzhen is the handsome, and Fan Ning is the general. Of course, the credit for the general belongs to the marshal.

Zhao Zhen flipped through the first report sent by Zhao Zhongzhen early this morning, reporting on his activities in the past two days, including his first negotiation with Fan Ning, going to Zhu's money shop to investigate, visiting Cao's mansion, and asking Zhizheng Tang applied for financial and land support, and went to the military camp to investigate yesterday afternoon. These activities were written in great detail, with more than 1 words written, and Zhao Zhen read them all morning.

This report made him very gratified. Zhao Zhongzhen did not immediately go to Yingtian Mansion to make hasty reforms, but made full preparations, including financial resources, public opinion, internal support from the army, technical support, and investigation at the bottom.

Zhao Zhen especially appreciated Zhao Zhongzhen's idea of ​​cleaning up the overage soldiers first. This is a very excellent breakthrough, which will help the generals quickly break away from the illegal behavior of eating out their salaries. This is equivalent to self-examination and gives the generals a chance to reform. .

Of course, some accounts still have to be settled, but not now, but after the success of the reform.

What Zhao Zhen appreciates is not entirely the plan itself, but more of Zhao Zhongzhen's practice of letting the past go from now on. The problem of redundant soldiers has existed for hundreds of years. It is simply impossible and unrealistic to pursue past actions. On the contrary, it will intensify the contradictions and make the reform impossible. Only by knowing how to choose and compromise can the reform be successful.

This is the painful lesson Zhao Zhen learned from the failure of the Qingli reform. He is very pleased that Zhao Zhongzhen did not repeat his mistakes on this point.

I did not misunderstand the person!

At this time, an eunuch reported outside the imperial study, "Your Majesty, Mr. Han is asking to see you!"

"Please come in!"

Not long after, Han Qi hurried in, bowed and saluted, "I see Your Majesty!"

"What's the matter, Mr. Han?"

Han Qi submitted a resolution of the Zhizhengtang, "Your Majesty, this is the resolution of the Zhizhengtang to support the reform of the Jingdong Luxiang Army. The Zhizhengtang passed the resolution at one time and decided to allocate three thousand hectares of official land and money Fifty thousand guan, thirty thousand shi of food."

Zhao Zhen was a little surprised, "Did Xianggong Jia and Xianggong Tian raise no objections?"

Han Qi understood the surprise of Emperor Zhao Zhen. Both Jia Changchao and Tian Kuang supported Zhao Wenyun, but today's vote was indeed unexpected. Only Tian Kuang objected, but Jia Changchao unexpectedly voted for it. Land and money are really used for political reform.

"Your Majesty, Tian Xianggong thinks that there is no precedent for appropriating money like this, and it will increase the court's burden. He disagrees, but Jia Xianggong said that this is the most positive step in reforming redundant soldiers, and he fully supports it."

Zhao Zhen immediately understood, this old and cunning Jia Changchao!He started to turn, but Tian Kuang obviously hadn't reacted yet.

Zhao Zhen didn't say anything, looked at the resolution, and asked again: "No specific plan yet?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the specific plan for land, money and food has not been made out because it has to cooperate with the restructuring of the Xiangjun on Jingdong Road. After the plan on Jingdong Road is out, it will start to be formulated here. Now it is just a decision on the total amount."

"It can be implemented!"

Zhao Zhen then mentioned Zhubi and drew a circle on the resolution, approving the resolution to support the restructuring of the Jingdong Luxiang Army.

(End of this chapter)