The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 158 The Six Great Families
Hearing this, Li Gang couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly. It is estimated that Jin Guo would have a hard time agreeing to Zhao Huan's condition. It can be seen that Zhao Huan is determined to win the Sixteen States of Youyun.

"Your Majesty, I don't know who to choose for the peace talks?" Li Gang asked Zhao Huan.

"Let Li Guang of Honghe Temple choose a suitable person to serve as an envoy." Zhao Huan said, as a wise emperor, the most important thing is to know how to delegate power. If some things are delegated to subordinates, the enthusiasm of subordinates can be improved. If the emperor had to do everything by himself, he would be too exhausted to finish.

Li Gang looked at Zhao Huan in front of him, hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Morning morning the next day.

As soon as Zhao Huan told the news that Jin Guo wanted to negotiate a peace in the court, the whole court immediately exploded.

Originally, it was Song Guo who wanted to negotiate peace with Jin Guo, but this time the protagonist changed, and it became Jin Guo who wanted to negotiate peace with Song Guo. The ministers were naturally delighted, which shows that the strength of their side has increased a lot. Significant improvement.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, this is a great thing for me. So far, Song and Jin have been spared from the war, which is a great blessing to the people of the two countries!" Li Ruoshui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said.

Zhao Huan nodded, and said: "I have been suffering for a long time, and now I have finally fought a beautiful turnaround." It's a good time, so I decided to send a large army to attack Liu Yu's puppet Qi and regain the lost ground."

After Zhao Huan finished saying this, all the officials in the court hall immediately became silent.

After a while, Zhao Ding, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up from the crowd and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, the locust plague has flooded the Shu area this year, and all the grain harvested from various places has been used to help the victims. In the six states, the food problem is really difficult to solve."

Zhao Huan frowned. It was food again. It seemed that he needed to find a way to get some high-yield food. He couldn't help but said, "Is all the food used to help the victims? How much is there in the treasury now?" Surplus food?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this year, the locust plague in Shu, the severe drought in Shanxi, and the occupation of Shandong by the Jin army. The grain production in the main grain-producing areas of our dynasty is seriously insufficient. Now the surplus grain in the treasury can barely last until next summer. If we forcefully fight against Jin, It's against me." Zhao Ding continued.

"Your Majesty, the recent natural disasters are the warnings from the heavens. At this time, I really shouldn't stir up troubles and provoke the wrath of heaven and people." Li Ruoshui stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the area under Liu Yu's jurisdiction is [-] miles uninhabited and full of corpses. If we attack this place, it will cost people and money, and it will not be worth the loss." Huang Weimin, the servant of the household department, stood up and said.

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "It is precisely because the people in Shandong are living in dire straits that they should regain their lost land. The people in Shandong are also my people. Now they are living in dire straits. Don't you think you are sitting high in the court?" Don't the senior officials feel anxious?"

Zhao Huan's words were really sharp, and all the officials in the court were speechless. To be honest, they really didn't think about the life and death of the people in Shandong.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to take this opportunity to have peace talks with the Jin army first. I will take this opportunity to recuperate. If the peace talks are successful, everyone will be happy. If the peace talks do not go well, I will take the opportunity to regain the lost ground after the national strength is restored." Mrs. Bachelor Han Feng stood up and said.

Zhao Huan saw the expressions on everyone's faces. It is obvious that a large part of the ministers who sent their troops north to the court hall are opposed to it. Even Li Gang, who is the main combat faction, did not speak out at this time. It can be seen that the Northern Expedition The timing is indeed not very ripe.

It was only at this time that Zhao Huan realized that although he was an emperor, he was not as he imagined. He could do something happily if he wanted to. The great aristocratic family had greatly restricted the imperial power, just like now, all the scholar-bureaucrats opposed the Northern Expedition, even if Zhao Huan was the emperor, he had to have some concerns.

"In this case, follow Aiqing's advice and negotiate a peace first. You can discuss a peace negotiation plan and report it to me." After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he announced that there was something to do, and he left the court.

When Zhao Huan returned to the imperial study, he felt a little upset. He didn't feel such constraints when he wiped out the six thieves, but he didn't expect that there would be so many voices of opposition when he wanted to go to the Northern Expedition.

Of course, the most important thing is that the six thieves really caused anger and resentment at that time, and all the literati and noble families were also oppressed by these six people. Seeing Zhao Huan destroying them, it is probably too late to be happy. Now that the six thieves have gone five One, the remaining one, Liang Shicheng, thanked guests behind closed doors all day long. It seemed that the deaths of the remaining five people made Liang Shicheng sense the danger, so he obediently nested up.

However, the way of dealing with the scholar-bureaucrats and several aristocratic families cannot be like these six thieves. It is like several big aristocratic families who have made contributions to the founding of the Taizu Emperor Zhao Kuangyin. If we attack them at this time, it is inevitable. It will cause a backlash from several major families. You must know that they hold the lifeline of several major pillars of the Song Dynasty, so you must be careful when moving them.

It’s like a lot of iron mines are in the hands of the Li family in Henan. Many gentry in the imperial court are also students of the Li family, and some are in-laws of the Li family. Move your whole body with one shot.

The Li family in Henan, the Zhang family in Henan, the Wang family in Shanxi, the Yao family in Shanxi, the Ma family in Zhejiang, and the Liu family in Shu, these six families almost controlled most of the economy of the Song Dynasty. Zhao Huan had a headache. As a hegemonic emperor, he needed He holds the power tightly in his own hands, but these six major families are a major obstacle restricting the imperial power.

"Your Majesty." Suddenly a ghostly figure appeared in front of Zhao Huan, startling Zhao Huan who was in deep thought.

"Huh? What's the matter?" Zhao Huan raised his head and looked at the beautiful girl in the beige military uniform in front of him. He couldn't help but smile triumphantly, obviously very satisfied with his idea.

"Liang Fengying, the benefactor of Minnv, went out for a while ago and came back yesterday. I don't know when His Majesty will meet him?" Zhang Yu said to Zhao Huan.

Only then did Zhao Huan think of it, as if he had forgotten about it.

(End of this chapter)