The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 221: Getting a girl is like Zhao Fujin

In fact, nothing specific can be discussed at the court meeting.

The main thing is to set the tone, and then arrange the people for the specific operations.

There are big meetings for small things and small meetings for big things. This has always been the case.

In terms of specific candidates, Li Gang failed to make the decision this time.

It's not that Zhao Fujin felt that his ability was not enough to deal with the current complex situation, but that Li Gang was very introspective and took the initiative to take charge of logistics matters and not participate in military decision-making.

If we say that during the first Kaifeng defense war, Li Gang was pushed to the shelf, and an outsider did the work of an insider.

So this time, Li Gang really felt that with the gathering of high-ranking generals and the complete talent gradient of old, middle-aged and young people, he didn't have to worry about it at all. Professional matters were left to professionals, and he was better at logistical support and being the man behind them.

Li Gang felt this way himself, so Zhao Fujin naturally didn't force it.

As for the real trader, Lao Zhongxiangong has the greatest prestige. If he is given full command, there will definitely be no objection from the DPRK and the Central Government.

But Zhao Fujin thinks...it's not cost-effective!

This kind of "not cost-effective" was considered by Zhao Fujin from the perspective of an emperor.

This battle is a battle for the fate of the Song and Jin Dynasties. If you win, your achievements will be immense and your prestige will be great. Anyone who can obtain this skill will be inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in the Song Dynasty.

Give such merit to a 76-year-old man, and within a few years, it will become a sad honor.

It is of no use to the court.

But if this merit is given to someone else, who can still do more for the Song Dynasty with this merit, wouldn't it be a better choice?

Yue Fei?

Han Shizhong?
Or...

Zhao Fujin only hesitated for a moment, then kissed him: "Li Bangyan, I have been granted the title of Grand Marshal of the Anti-Jin Army, and will be fully responsible for this battle of Kaifeng."

There was silence in the main hall for an instant. Everyone, including Li Bangyan, looked at Zhao Fujin on the dragon chair and was stunned for more than ten breaths.

Li Bangyan himself was stunned. He looked at the generals in the other row and saw that most of them were looking at the officials with calm expressions. Only Gao Chong curled his lips with disdain.

Looking at the row of civil servants, the expressions are extremely rich. Li Gang's face is livid, Li Ruoshui is heartbroken, and Tang Ke's expression is sinister...

In the entire hall, the calmest one was Emperor Daojun, because he closed his eyes slightly and closed the window of his soul. No one knew what he thought about this matter.

Zhao Fujin raised the corner of his mouth slightly and continued: "Zhong Shidao, let the left marshal supervise the army, Zhang Shuye, the right marshal supervise the army, Taiyuan General Yue Fei, be the left deputy marshal, the Minister of War Han Shizhong, be the right deputy marshal, you guys I will assist Li Bangyan with all my strength. In addition, the young general Gao Chong, for his meritorious service in killing the enemy general in the battle of Taiyuan, was awarded the title of Brave General with Golden Armor. Yang Zaixing, for his meritorious service in defending the city in the battle of Taiyuan, was awarded the title of General of Hussars on the left wing, and he will obey the orders of the marshal!"

Everyone who was named came out one by one, followed behind Li Bangyan, and bowed to Zhao Fujin on the dragon throne to thank him!
After retiring from the court, Emperor Daojun invited Zhao Fujin to the side hall of Chuigong Hall.

First, he greatly admired Zhao Fujin for throwing the blame and forcing King Zhao Huan: "My son knows the way of being a king very well. Although the cession of the three towns in Taiyuan was just a bait-and-switch move, there are many pedantic people in the court, and the market is full of pedantry." The common people are more black and white, and their arrogant opinions will always damage the power of God. It is wonderful to be able to blame the matter on others, which is a once and for all solution."

Zhao Fujin walked up behind Emperor Daojun, squeezed Emperor Daojun's shoulder and said softly: "I thought daddy wanted to blame me for leaving this matter to my eldest brother."

"Harm, let alone the king, even if you leave it to dad, dad also thinks that what you did is right. If you talk about benevolence, justice, morality, etiquette, justice and shame in matters in the temple, then you will not be able to sit on the throne. These things Moral matters are for the education of the people and for the use of ministers, not for the emperor to create a prison for himself."

Emperor Daojun's views are not profound, but they are true.

The vast majority of emperors have no sense of morality at all.

For people like Song Renzong, who had high self-moral requirements, only one or two of them could die a good death over the past thousands of years, and that was because they were born during the rising period of the dynasty's national destiny.

Zhao Fujin smiled noncommittally and said, "Then daddy called me..."

Emperor Daojun patted Zhao Fujin's hand and sighed: "But it would be unwise for you to leave the fight against the Jin to Li Bangyan. This man can adapt to the wind. He has excellent flattery skills and can lead troops to fight. He knows nothing. By appointing him as the commander-in-chief, you are joking with the lives of our Zhao family."

Zhao Fujin chuckled: "I also arranged for Lao Zhongxianggong and others to assist."

Emperor Daojun was puzzled. If this was the case, why not just appoint Mr. Laozhong as a general?

"Hey, Lian Po is old." Zhao Fujin sighed.

"The Minister of War, Han Shizhong, is also good. Dad heard that he is brave and resourceful, and he is also loyal to you. Wouldn't it be better to use him?"

"Yong is brave, but besides fighting, he can't do anything else." Zhao Fujin pouted.

"Other things?" Emperor Daojun was even more puzzled. Apart from the Jin army's siege, what other things are there now?

Zhao Fujin had no intention of discussing state affairs in depth with Emperor Daojun before. Firstly, he felt that Emperor Daojun was frivolous and ineffective, and secondly, he did not fully trust Emperor Daojun at all.

But in the past six months, Emperor Daojun's cards have been pulled out one by one by Zhao Fujin. Li Xinjun, but sincerely began to appreciate this daughter, thinking that she is the light of the Zhao family!
And Zhao Fujin also left enough escape paths for each other. From the beginning, he did not engage in a large-scale purge. He even kept the six thieves in the Department of Integrity and Education and did not kill them all.

In Zhao Fujin's view, killing people cannot solve the problem.

In the official history, when Zhao Huan came to power, did he kill too few people?

The result is still not the same.

Because of this, the father and daughter can have this scene today.

That being the case, let’s have a good chat!
Zhao Fujin let out a long sigh: "Dad, our problem in the Song Dynasty is not only foreign troubles like the Jin Kingdom, but more deadly, internal troubles!"

Emperor Daojun frowned and thought: "You mean three redundancies and three costs?"

This issue had already been raised during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, so that the subsequent reforms in the court were all focused on how to solve this problem. For example, Qingli's New Deal was to reduce expenditures, and Wang Anshi's reforms were to increase revenue, but not only did they fail to revitalize the Song Dynasty, , but caused a lot of party disputes.

But in the hands of Emperor Daojun, he deposed Enyin, which alleviated the problem of redundant officials to a certain extent.

In his opinion, he was more successful than the previous emperors and sages.

But in Zhao Fujin's view, Emperor Daojun was playing a hellish joke.

Because the statement "three redundancies, three costs" proposed by Song Qi and then exaggerated by Wang Anshi was not a chronic disease of the Song Dynasty at all, it could only be said to be a minor illness at most.Treating a common cold as cancer treatment, even at the expense of surgery and chemotherapy, isn't this just killing yourself?
"Isn't that the problem?" Emperor Daojun's eyes widened.

Zhao Fujin smiled and nodded, and frankly told Emperor Daojun about the theory of dynasty fundamentals that surprised Emperor Daojun.

Chenqiao mutiny, how did you, Zhao Da, become the emperor? You have no idea?

There are civil servants inside who will make you auspicious, and they will issue edicts to abdicate for you, and help you bully orphans and widows. Outside, there are imperial guards who will put you in yellow robes, promote you to the top, and help you kill all the generals who disobey. You, Zhao Da, are just sleeping. After one sleep, he conquered the world.

These civil servants and these forbidden troops are your class base and your original shareholders.

Now that you are listed, you have to give them dividends, otherwise your class base will be lost. Not only will you lose your class base, but it will also become an unstable opposition.

These civil servants can use their pens as swords to peel off your underwear for the common people. They can tell you about the tears of Zhao Da's crocodile, the sound of Zhao Er's ax and the romantic affair of Xiao Zhouhou, and then tell about Zhao San's enshrinement of Taishan. What a joke... The legitimacy of Lao Zhao's family to conquer the world will soon be gone.

The soldiers of the Forbidden Army will be more direct. They will either occupy the mountain and become the king, or rise up. I will kill whoever breaks my pot!
The old Zhao family simply did not dare and could not solve the problem of redundant officials and redundant soldiers.

If you expect people like Wang Anshi to solve the problem for you, that would be a hell of a joke.

The same class can fight among themselves, but how can they overturn their own tables and revolutionize their own lives?
"Dad, why do our ancestors have such obsession with Yanyun Sixteen Provinces and insist on taking them back?" Zhao Fujin asked.

Emperor Daojun was stunned. Before he could say anything about his grand sentiments about his family and country, Zhao Fujin continued with a smile: "It's not like we lost these places. The reason why our family wants to get them back is just because we want to bring them back." To build a great achievement will give our family another layer of legitimacy to rule the world and expand our base."

When Emperor Daojun joined forces with the Jin Dynasty to fight against the Liao Dynasty and wanted to take back the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, although he didn't think about it in such a theoretical way, he still had the intention of stabilizing his imperial power.

After Zhao Fujin said this, Emperor Daojun seemed to have some realization: "You mean, three redundancies are not a problem?"

Zhao Fujin spread his hands: "I didn't say that, I just said that the basic market cannot be moved. Even if it is to be moved, a new basic market must be opened first, such as taking back the Yanyun Sixteenth State, or destroying the Jin Dynasty. country, to unify the world. Whether it is Fan Zhongyan or Wang Anshi, they have changed the original basic foundation without a new basic foundation, and failure is inevitable."

Emperor Daojun was enlightened and his heart was surging. He never expected that his daughter could actually say such truth.

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was extremely aggressive in military affairs, and his country was empty of ten houses, but he could still sit on the throne. His basic strength was unparalleled martial arts?" Emperor Daojun learned and sold it.

Zhao Fujin nodded: "Yes, if he can't improve people's livelihood, he can only expand. Expansion is his basic base. If he loses the battle against the Xiongnu, he will not be able to secure this country."

"Then our basic base is now composed of scholar-bureaucrats and imperial troops?"

"This is the basic class structure. These two waves of people are the biggest supporters of imperial power."

Emperor Daojun nodded thoughtfully and stroked his beard, but then he thought: "That's not right, but what does this have to do with you appointing Li Bangyan as the anti-Jin general marshal?"

Zhao Fujin smiled slyly: "Of course it does matter. I asked Li Bangyan to declare war on Jin. He carried the coffin and scolded him angrily. Although he has washed away some of the stains of being a fence-sitter before, his reputation in the court and among the people is still not enough. This time I If we give him this incredible contribution, he will have a reputation that is lower than that of one person and more than ten thousand people. And with this reputation, there will be fewer obstacles for him to expand our basic base for the Song Dynasty."

"What basic plan?"

"money!"

Zhao Fujin shrugged: "In the final analysis, redundant officials and redundant soldiers are because our Song Dynasty treasury is not rich enough. If the annual expenditures of these civil servants and imperial troops only account for half of the court's taxes, or even less, then Dad feels that this is still 'redundant'" '?"

Emperor Daojun was silent.

Indeed, although the Song Dynasty was wealthy, the wealth lay in private merchants and the scholar-bureaucrat class, not in the state treasury.

Wang Anshi tried to peel off the skin of the scholar-bureaucrats and these merchants, so he encountered great resistance. As a member of the scholar-bureaucrats, he did not have the courage to directly overturn the table. Even if he had, the imperial power behind him would not have the courage to overthrow himself. class base.

So the reform ended without a cure.

After Cai Jing came to power, he obviously absorbed Wang Anshi's failed experience and started to use low-level financial means that ordinary people could not understand. He used banknotes, salt banknotes and other financial tools to make money from the people. At the same time, he also made great efforts to improve people's livelihood. Welfare projects, such as elderly care, medical care, and education, have weakened social conflicts.

Obviously, Cai Jing is better at playing than Wang Anshi.

So much so that during the reign of Emperor Daojun, the treasury was full and the scholar-bureaucrats were making a lot of money. Rich merchants began to use money to control their power and began to invest heavily. Some succeeded and some failed, and they could only blame themselves. For this reason, I cannot blame the imperial court.The ordinary citizens have benefited from welfare projects and are grateful.

If we want to say who is suffering, it is the peasant class.

"Do you think Li Bangyan can become the second Cai Jing?" Emperor Daojun asked.

Zhao Fujin waved his hands repeatedly: "No, I don't need a figure like Cai Jing by my side. I want to use Li Bangyan to invigorate domestic commerce."

"Isn't business prosperous enough now?"

"It's far behind!" Zhao Fujin was full of confidence: "Given the current situation of the Song Dynasty, it is not difficult to quadruple the business volume. If the business volume quadruples, the court's taxes will also quadruple. By then, the redundant business will be doubled. Officers? Redundant soldiers? Are these still problems?"

Daojun and Emperor persuaded him with full sincerity: "If this is the case, if everyone goes into business, who will plant the land? Where will the food come from?"

Zhao Fujin chuckled and patted Emperor Daojun on the shoulder: "There will be people who will grow food for us in the Song Dynasty. Not only rice and wheat, but also corn and potatoes that dad has never eaten."

"Corn? Potatoes? What the hell?"

Zhao Fujin smiled but didn't answer: "If Dad has nothing else to do, I have to go and do some work first."

Emperor Daojun stood up quickly: "That was all after the war, but now, if you leave the war to Li Bangyan, maybe there will be no post-war."

Zhao Fujin waved his hand lightly: "Jin Jun, rotten sweet potatoes and stinky bird eggs are nothing to worry about. You can rest assured to hide in Longde Palace for a while."

Emperor Daojun blushed.

Jin Jun, who frightened himself to the point of crying, pretending to have a stroke, and asked for the Zen throne, was so unbearable in the eyes of his daughter?

Then was I a clown six months ago?
Seeing Zhao Fujin walking out of the Chui Gong Hall, a flash of bright red was like a fire in the sky of snowflakes, warming people's hearts and full of hope. Emperor Daojun put his hands behind his hands and sighed softly: "I should be able to win a girl like Zhao Fujin. In my life, I will only look at it after two steps at most." But my son has already seen ten steps into the future, he is far-sighted and far-sighted.”

The chamberlain who was waiting on the side covered his mouth and smiled: "Your Majesty, please go back to the palace?"

Emperor Daojun nodded and was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something and muttered: "No, if Li Bangyan obtains this skill, his achievements will surpass his master..."

The chamberlain groaned: "Your Majesty, please stop worrying. Look at the imposing manner of the official family and think about their skills. Not to mention one Li Bangyan, even ten Li Bangyan can't climb the Wuzhi Mountain of the official family." Na."

(End of this chapter)