Starting from Comprehensive Martial Arts: Bu Dao Lu

Chapter 243 Swallowing the Song Dynasty (4)

Zhu Qi: "Brother Emperor, the news of your coming to the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty has probably been known to the grassland. I am going to set off to the west tomorrow to prepare for the raid on the Xixia Empire."

Emperor Xiaokang pondered for a moment and said: "Forget it! Although the territory of the Song Dynasty has not yet been completely controlled by the empire, the Zhao Song royal family has surrendered, so the overall situation is fine!"

Zhu Qi: "With the advancing speed of the imperial army, in just over a month, the imperial flag will be planted all over the territory of the Song Dynasty!"

Emperor Xiaokang smiled and said: "That's right! The empire has great righteousness in its hands. Even if Zhao Song has some loyal fans, they can't make too big a storm!"

Zhu Qi: "Brother Emperor, Monk Dao Yan is very familiar with the affairs of the Song Dynasty. If I stay here to assist Brother Emperor, it will be much more convenient for Brother Emperor."

Emperor Xiaokang: "Master Daoyan is indeed a great talent. Ninth brother, your ability to recognize people is rare in the world! With Daoyan's help, the Song Dynasty will be fine! Ninth brother, I will send a message to Xiongying and send him to Dasong." Song's supplies were transferred to the Left Army! The Song Empire easily captured it and its national strength was intact, but it did not need so much money and supplies! In addition, after the Song Empire's imperial army and Xiang army were unified and reorganized, Wei Guogong also They will be sent to the Xixia Empire continuously!"

Zhu Qi nodded and said: "The army from the left is attacking the Xixia Empire, and money, food, supplies, and soldiers are all indispensable. It is okay to deal with it this way. Most of the imperial troops and Xiang troops in the Song Empire are ruffians and stay in the territory of the Song Dynasty. It’s also a scourge! It’s best to send it to the Xixia battlefield!”

Both of them knew that it would take time for Emperor Xiaokang to sort out the territory of the Song Dynasty. Although the loss of national power in the territory of the Song Dynasty was not large, it was not possible to integrate them and support Zhu Qi in his conquest of the Xixia Empire for the time being!
Therefore, the two decided that the Ming Empire would be responsible for the money, food and materials, and the Song Dynasty would dispatch soldiers.

The current situation of the Song Empire is actually quite relatively stable.

Zhu Qi's killings for more than a month had completely frightened the civil servants of the Song Empire!
Because Zhu Qi killed more civilians in this month than he did in the hundreds of years since the founding of the Song Dynasty!

The current civil servant group will never dare to obey the orders of the Ming Empire!
After all, the swords of the Ming Empire were too fast!
Moreover, since ancient times, the civil servant group has been a mere wallflower, not to mention the bloodless civil servants of the Song Empire!
Although the military generals group was more loyal than the civilian officials group, the Song Empire suppressed the military generals group too hard!
Moreover, the order to surrender to the Ming Empire was issued by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Privy Council!Even if the generals group has intentions, there is nothing they can do!I was waiting at the front with the intention of fighting to the death, but the center has fallen!

After the military generals of the Ming Empire surrendered to the Ming Empire, they suddenly discovered a new world!
It turns out that military commanders do not need to rely on civilian officials!It turns out that you can fight without being constrained!It turns out that military commanders can be trusted!

In the previous Song Empire, even a second-grade military general was not as good as a fifth-grade civil servant!

Now, after they surrendered to the Ming Empire, they suddenly discovered that there was no shortage of food and grass, their wages were no longer withheld, and even the arrogant supervisors and civil servants had disappeared!
The people who call the shots in the army are not the civil servants who do not understand military affairs, but the veterans on the battlefield!

The Ming Empire valued both civil and military affairs, and civilian officials were not allowed to interfere in military affairs!
Therefore, there is absolutely no case of civilian officials bullying military generals.Under normal circumstances, unless a scholar abandons his writing and joins the army, the civilian group will never serve in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion!
Many of the military generals of the Ming Empire today are founding heroes and have titles.In terms of status, they are even higher than those civilian officials. How could civilian officials bully military generals!

The Ming Empire's equal emphasis on civil and military affairs made many Song military generals who were dissatisfied with the civil service group quickly return to the Ming Empire and completely fall in love with the Ming Empire!

In the past, the generals of the Song Dynasty had no choice; now, since they have the choice, how can a dignified man of seven feet and a general in charge of the army be willing to nod and bow to those civil servants?
The general group quickly defected, allowing the Ming Empire to deal with the situation more and more calmly!

This world has always been a world of power!In the past, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were high and mighty, but they were only empowered by the imperial power!Without the support of the imperial power, the status of the civil servant group is no higher than that of the general group!

Even in the minds of Zhu Qi and Emperor Xiaokang, these civil servants in the Song Empire were far inferior to military generals!
Although the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army of the Song Empire were in a state of decay, the Song Border Army was indeed a strong force facing the Three Kingdoms on the Grassland!The military general group returned to its original position; the intelligence system was conquered by Dao Yan with an iron fist; the civil servant group was turned into puppets by Zhu Qi.In the current territory of the Song Dynasty, not to mention Emperor Xiaokang personally taking charge, even Prince Zhu Xiongying can handle the situation!
The court and military in the Song Dynasty were stable, and the people and the world were also extremely peaceful.

Most of the chaos among the people stems from local powerful people.

The great uprising of the Song Empire had already wiped out the local tyrants!
A few days ago, the storm that Zhu Qi set off in the Great Song Dynasty also cut off the strong backers!

Now, dozens of armies from the Ming Empire are crisscrossing the territory of the Song Dynasty. When the army took over the city, with the cooperation of the Martial Arts Alliance, some local powerful forces were easily put away by the army!
Zhu Qi easily captured the Song Empire, which made the proud soldiers of the Ming Empire, who were full of military achievements, extremely depressed!
Therefore, these arrogant generals who long for military glory have no mercy at all when it comes to cutting off local powerful men!

As long as you are on the list of the Martial Arts Alliance, no matter you are a local tycoon, a wealthy family, or a member of a high-ranking official, you will all be killed!

Zhu Qi and Emperor Xiaokang are not indecisive people. Eliminating local powerful people will have many benefits for the future rule of the Ming Empire. They will not be soft-hearted!

Of course, the Ming army only targeted powerful families, but it did not harm the common people!

The reason for this situation in the Song Dynasty is very simple!The foundation of the Ming Empire was countless common people, not powerful families.The Ming Empire's consistent policy is to suppress powerful families!

Therefore, how could these proud and powerful generals of the Ming Empire be so soft-hearted!

The people in the Great Song Dynasty were killed by this group of arrogant soldiers and generals in silence!There is no aristocratic family that dares to come forward!

As for Jianghu, it is very quiet!
The underworld within the territory of the Song Dynasty has long been infiltrated by the Sun and Moon God Sect. Most of the guides for the Ming Empire's army going north were the men of the Martial Arts Alliance under the banner of the Sun and Moon God Sect.

With the Ming Empire as its backer, the Sun Moon God Sect and the underworld forces under its command quickly cleared their name.

Become the most unprovoked force in the Song Dynasty!
No force in the Sun Moon God Sect dares to call it a demon sect now!

Those righteous sects that are enemies of the Sun and Moon God Sect may be at odds with the Sun and Moon God Sect, or they may not have the channels to join the Ming Empire!In short, most of the Jianghu forces have closed the mountain gate and ignored the disputes outside the mountain gate!
But things in the world are like chess, and everything can be done as one wishes.

In the eyes of the Ming Empire, anyone who does not surrender to the empire is a potential threat to the empire and a target of suppression by the empire!Therefore, the support of the Imperial Army for the Sun and Moon God Sect has not only not decreased, but has also greatly increased!

With the current power of the Sun Moon God Sect, it would not be an exaggeration to call it the number one force in the realm of the Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)