The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 253
Liao.

The palace, the imperial study.

After several years of personal administration, Ye Luxian, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, appeared to be more mature and stable, and even the afterglow in the corner of his eyes showed a sharp look.

In the imperial study room, Li Yin, the emperor's master, was sitting beside him. There was a small stove in front of him. From time to time, he stretched out his hand to rub his hands to keep warm.

There was snow outside the window, and there was a lot of snow.

After reading the memorial, Ye Luxian looked at Li Yin and said, "Liu Jiyuan is quite obedient this time, and he is willing to cooperate with us in robbing Song Dynasty's food and grass."

Li Yin nodded slightly: "The harvest in the Northern Han Dynasty is not good this year. If they don't cooperate with us in robbing the grain and grass of the Song Dynasty, I'm afraid they won't be able to survive this winter."

Ye Luxian nodded, but there was a little worry: "Sir, now that the Great Song Dynasty has a strong army, but our Liao Kingdom is still in the stage of recuperation. If we attack their Great Song like this, will it anger the Great Song and attract them? They sent troops to attack?"

Li Yin was not in a hurry to answer Ye Luxian's question, but was silent for a while, and then said: "The Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, is very ambitious and has the ambition to unify the universe. Even if we don't trouble them, sooner or later they will." They will find us, but you don’t have to worry too much, the current Da Song is afraid that they have no intention of attacking them.”

"Oh, why are you so sure, sir?"

"Although the military strength of the Great Song Dynasty is not weak now, after all, they have just had a battle with the Southern Han Dynasty, and they have not recuperated. Then there is the Southern Tang Dynasty. Now the Southern Tang Dynasty Lord Li Yu is in Bianjing City. With Zhao Kuangyin and the courtiers of the Song Dynasty In my mind, I will definitely not let Li Yu go back to Jinling. In this way, the Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty are afraid that there will be a big war. If the Great Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty go to war, we will definitely not be able to take into account our Liao Kingdom and the Northern Han Dynasty, and we just take this opportunity to snatch There is no need for some property to start a real war with Song Dynasty."

After Li Yin finished speaking, Ye Luxian nodded: "Sir, what you said is reasonable, and even if the Song Dynasty really wants to fight with our Liao people, it must first solve the Northern Han Dynasty. Although the Northern Han Dynasty is weak, its powerful generals are not enough. Not much, enough for Da Song to drink a pot."

After the two of them said this, the wind and snow outside became more urgent.
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Bianjing City.

The king of Wei has ordered all the soldiers and horses of the three armies, and he can set off at any time.

But at this time, someone in the court impeached the members of the Privy Council for empty pay.

The Privy Council is in charge of the country's military affairs, and the salaries of the soldiers in each barracks are naturally under their control. Under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Households will send the soldiers' salaries to the Privy Council, and then the Privy Council will distribute the salaries to each barracks.

Because the money has passed through the Privy Council, it is possible for the Privy Council to tamper with it.

If the Privy Council reported to the Ministry of Households more information about soldiers who did not exist, wouldn't the salaries of these soldiers be divided among them?

When this happened, the court was shocked.

In fact, it is not uncommon to see empty pay in the barracks. It was only ten years after the founding of the Song Dynasty, and this was the first time that empty pay was used. Therefore, this matter quickly attracted the attention of the emperor and ministers of the court.

Empty pay is not a trivial matter. It not only seriously affects military discipline and easily corrupts the generals of the military camp, but also increases the burden on the country. With so much spare pay, how many things can the country do with it?How many more soldiers can be recruited?

The investigation must be strictly investigated. When Zhao Kuangyin said this, the day when King Wei left Beijing was delayed.

The King of Wei is the envoy of the Privy Council and the leader of the Privy Council. How can the King of Wei not take responsibility for such a major incident in the Privy Council?And once this incident happened, how could Zhao Kuangyin rest assured that King Wei would lead the army again?
The king of Wei was blocked from the capital, but the affairs of the border could not be delayed, so the court had to select generals to lead the army again.

At this time, there are many generals available in the court, Pan Mei, Cao Bin, and Shi Shouxin are all available, because Pan Mei destroyed the Southern Han Dynasty, and Cao Bin just returned from the border of the Southern Tang Dynasty not long ago, so the defense of the Northern Han Dynasty The matter was handed over to Shi Shouxin.

Shi Shouxin took the order in the face of danger and did not dare to delay. After receiving the order, he took the soldiers and horses ordered by King Wei to the border.

But when Shi Shouxin left the capital, Wei Wang was very angry at the mansion.

It is true that the Privy Council was paid for nothing, and the money was seized by him to develop his own power, but he did this matter very secretly, why was it suddenly exposed, and it was still at this juncture ?
There are oddities.

King Wei felt that this matter was very strange. Someone must be behind the scenes, but who was this person who was able to find out that he was empty-paid, and brought it up at such a critical time?

Did he see his intention to rebel?
Thinking of this, although King Wei felt resentful, he couldn't help feeling cold. If that person knew what he was thinking, he must always pay attention to himself. In this way, his safety would not be guaranteed. Because that person may destroy himself at any time.

After thinking about it for a while, King Wei decided to keep his face. Although he couldn't go to the border to lead the army, it was just a lost opportunity for him, but his own power did not suffer much loss.

And what he has to do now is to solve the matter of the Privy Council's empty salary as soon as possible.

In fact, it is easy to solve this matter, just find a scapegoat, but he must find an obedient scapegoat, and he must do it in a more secretive manner, so that no one behind him can detect anything.

Otherwise, the matter of finding a replacement for the dead ghost will become a trick for that person to manipulate himself.

When Shi Shouxin left, it was already the end of the year.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the city of Bianjing is becoming more and more prosperous. The old year is coming, and the new year is coming. Even if the family is very poor, there will be a lively atmosphere.

Kaifeng Mansion is very busy these days, and the end of the year will be the busiest time for Kaifeng Mansion, because they need to sort out and summarize all kinds of things throughout the year, and then make them into files, or submit them to the court, or These are all counted as items for the imperial court to inspect political achievements.

In fact, for the Governor of Kaifeng Mansion, these are still easy to handle. Kaifeng Mansion is at the foot of the emperor, and Jin Wang is in charge, so how bad is his political performance?Therefore, they only need to sort out the affairs of this year. The political achievements are good or bad, but they are praised or encouraged by Zhao Kuangyin.

But it is different for officials in other places. Their performance in one year depends on whether they can be promoted.

While Su Tongkan was doing this, King Jin walked in from the outside, Su Tongkan hurriedly stood up and saluted, King Jin waved his hand slightly: "King Wei stayed, Shi Shouxin went to the border, it seems that Mr. When I found out that the Privy Council was running out of money, you didn’t let the king rush to report, it seems that you are considerate.”

Su Another looked at him with a slight smile: "The prince's award is actually because his subordinates know that even if the prince reports this matter, there is nothing he can do to King Wei. Since this is the case, we must use this matter to the maximum. What good will it do the prince to make a fuss last time?"

King Jin nodded: "Sir, what you said is reasonable. Now that King Wei is staying in the capital, I just wonder if Shi Shouxin can make a difference at the border. Will this King Wei play any more tricks?"

"You can rest assured that the Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have joined forces. Although their strength has greatly increased, Shi Shouxin is a rare general in our Song Dynasty. Even if he can't defeat the Northern Han and Liao Kingdoms, he can guarantee the border of our Great Song Dynasty. There is no problem with peace."

"As for King Wei, his plan to control the military power failed this time, and he must have noticed the leak of the Privy Council's emptiness, and they are most likely to suspect the prince. When he knew that the prince has been supervising him, I'm afraid he won't touch military power again in a short time, but he won't stop doing conspiracies and tricks."

Speaking of this, Su Tongkan paused for a moment, and then said: "The new year is approaching, and the personnel of our Great Song court will definitely be transferred. The prince should evaluate the achievements of our people this year. Those who do nothing, give up."

King Jin nodded. In his opinion, if an official does nothing, it is useless to keep it.

"Now Liu Weixian Fu is at home. Judging from his current performance, he must be a useful talent. The subordinates suggest that the prince should put aside his doubts about him and use him more. He will definitely become a great help to the prince."

"This……"

"The subordinate understands the prince's worry, but the subordinate feels that the prince can rest assured that he did not intend to betray the court when he was in Xingwangfu, and he added luster to the Song Dynasty in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Such a person will not betray Song, and whoever can get him will benefit for life, if the prince really wants to achieve a career, it is best to start early."

King Jin was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Listen to Mr., but in Mr.'s opinion, how should this king win him over?"

"The relationship between Liu Wei and the prince has always been good. Although the prince has suspicions about him, there is nothing unusual about him. Therefore, the prince only needs to ask for a position for Liu Wei in the court in the early court."

"What kind of official position do you think is suitable for Liu Wei?"

"With Liu Wei's talents, he is fully qualified for the position of prime minister. However, the current prime minister, Zhao Pu, has worked hard and made great achievements, and is even more important to the Holy One. It seems impossible to ask him to move his seat. Therefore, my subordinates suggest that Liu Wei should be given the most suitable position of political affairs."

"Shenzhizhengshi?" The king of Jin couldn't help being surprised. Shenzhizhengshi was equivalent to a deputy prime minister in the Song Dynasty. In the coming years, whether it is the prime minister or the deputy prime minister, only those who are over 40 years old and have made great contributions to the creation and construction of the Great Song Dynasty can be selected.

Now that Liu Wei is only in his 20s, it's no surprise that Jin Wang is not surprised if he is made the deputy prime minister.

"It's too young." King Jin said after being surprised.

"My lord, it doesn't matter if you are young. If you have age but no ability, what is the use of it? During the Warring States period, the Qin Dynasty used nine-year-old Gan Luo as the prime minister, and Liu Wei was actually wronged when he was asked to be the deputy prime minister. "

(End of this chapter)