The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 176
The death of Zhong Shidao did not have any impact on the court of the Song Dynasty, but Zhao Huanfa's imperial decree aroused opposition from many people.

"Your Majesty, since the beginning of my dynasty, I have always valued literature over martial arts. Now that General Zhong died of illness, His Majesty came to pay his respects in person and fasted for three days. I am afraid it is against my court's etiquette." Li Ruoshui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said at this time.

Zhao Huan looked at Li Ruoshui in front of him. Li Ruoshui didn't have any opinion on the way of being a teacher. At this time, he spoke up because of the basic national conditions of the Song Dynasty, which emphasized culture over military affairs.

Zhao Huan naturally understood the reason for this. The reason why he insisted on paying homage to Master Zhong was nothing more than wanting to improve the status of generals.

The founding ancestor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, became the emperor because of the addition of a yellow robe. Later, in order to prevent his subordinates from obtaining the throne in the same way, he let those brothers who fought with him go home after a cup of wine.

Zhao Kuangyin learned the lesson of the demise of the Tang Dynasty, and believed that in order for the Song Dynasty to be stable, it was necessary to maintain internal stability and prevent military generals from disrupting the country.

In this way, the Song Dynasty began the basic national policy of emphasizing literature over military affairs. In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination system even had the selection of military champions, but in the Song Dynasty, this kind of selection has disappeared.

Weak scholars were only practiced in the Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty and previous dynasties, scholars were not weak. Confucian Confucius was also a person who was proficient in the six arts, and he was also very good at riding and shooting.

And what Zhao Huan has to do now is to change this situation. By going to pay homage to the teacher, he wants to send a signal to the entire Song Dynasty that today's world attaches great importance to generals.

This naturally aroused the resistance of a group of scholar-bureaucrats, so the advice of many civil servants in the court today appeared.

Zhao Huanduan sat on the dragon chair, and when he heard what Li Ruoshui said, he didn't rush to speak, but said calmly: "What do you love?"

"I also think that this matter is inappropriate. The arrogance of warriors is difficult to control. If Your Majesty goes here to pay homage, I'm afraid it will encourage the arrogance of this group of people, and I may not be able to stabilize our dynasty." Xu Bensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War, also stood up and said.

Although Xu Bensheng was the minister of the Ministry of War, he was a civil servant. It could be seen that Zhao Huan's approach was indeed opposed by many people. Even Li Gang did not speak out at this time, after all, Li Gang was also a civil servant.

Zhao Huan nodded and asked: "Then I'll ask you, if General Zhong hadn't used his soldiers like a god to repel Wan Yanchang's [-] troops this time, I would have been able to sit quietly like this Is the court governing here?"

"If it weren't for the great victory in Zhengding City, the Jin army seemed to have lost all of its vigor, how could the siege of Bianjing be solved?"

"You only think about the arrogance of the military generals, who are difficult to control. Now the foreign enemies are in the front, but it is these generals who are defending the enemy. If it is not for these generals, I am afraid that the arrogance is now the golden army?"

Zhao Huan said three sentences in a row, and all the courtiers below bowed their heads and fell silent. In fact, they didn't really want to care so much about a dead person. The reason why they are talking to Zhao Huan now is nothing more than Thinking of suppressing the arrogance of generals is also a kind of struggle for power.

"I just want to say one thing, if you have meritorious deeds, you will be rewarded; if you have demerits, you will be punished; if your merits and demerits are clear, our dynasty will be stable. The general is very old, but he is still in command. Now he died of illness in the army. I went to pay homage. But you have blocked it time and time again, are you worthy of the spirit of General Zhong?" Zhao Huan said at the end, his voice suddenly increased, and he pointed to the people below.

All the courtiers hurriedly knelt down and shouted in unison: "I am guilty!"

"You are guilty, and the crime is very serious. When you go back, you will write a copy of your guilt and hand it over. I want to see what crime you have committed." Zhao Huan ordered.

These courtiers couldn't help grinning secretly, talking to themselves why they were free to speak out. This kind of teacher is dead, but this group of people want to compete with a dead man. Now it's better, not only have they never competed This dead man now has to write a letter of guilt.

The Zhong family is also a family of generals, and his younger brother Zhong Shizhong is also a general. The Zhong family was very grateful for Zhao Huan's visit to the memorial ceremony. Of course, not only the Zhong family was moved and inspired, but also many generals in the Song Dynasty , Originally, the status of military generals in the Song Dynasty was extremely low, but now the emperor personally came to pay homage to Zhong Shidao, and the hearts of all the generals finally felt a sense of elation.

I think back when the Jin army attacked Daming City, the guards fled in all directions. In order to encourage all the soldiers to fight against the enemy, the Privy Council envoy once said to the guard, if you can repel the enemy, I will recognize you as my leader in the future. son.

At that time, when the general heard this, he immediately stopped running away and killed back again. This was considered to have repelled the Jin army at that time, which is enough to show how low the general's status was at that time.

Zhao Huan elevated the status of generals in order to counteract the power of the many literati and bureaucrats. The art of the emperor emphasizes the way of checks and balances.

After the death of Zhong Shidao, there was a vacancy in the post of anti-gold commander. Zhao Huan ordered Zong Ze to fill it. If you take it lightly, Jin Guo should not let it go.

The location of the peace talks between Song and Jin was in Daming City. The envoy sent by Song State was Yu Wenxu, and the envoy sent by Jin State was Wanyan Zonghan.

"Today is different from the past. I will make great efforts to govern your Majesty. I have great talents. Now is the time when the army is strong and the horse is strong. The condition I mentioned just now, then we will continue the peace talks. If we don't agree, then we have to come back by ourselves." Yu Wenxu said to Wanyan Zonghan in front of him said that although Yu Wenxu spoke forcefully at this time, he actually lacked confidence in his heart.

Wanyan Zonghan heard what Yu Wenxu said, sneered, and said: "There is an old saying in your Song Dynasty, which is called a snake swallowing an elephant if the heart is not enough. I, Dajin, will definitely not agree to your greed. If you want peace talks, then You have to show sincerity."

Yu Wenxu also knew that Jin Guo would definitely not agree to the request he made. If he wanted to take Youyun Sixteen States back without a single soldier, Jin Guo was not stupid, so naturally he would not do such a thing , But this negotiation is asking for a lot of money, and paying back the money when it lands.

If you seek the top, you can get the bottom, if you ask the bottom, you will naturally get nothing. Now Yu Wenxu is also striving to maximize the interests of the Song Dynasty.

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