Chapter 172: Asking for the Spoils of War

For more than 100 years since the founding of Emperor Wu of the Great Jin Dynasty, the right governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion has occasionally been given to people with foreign surnames such as Ye Sheng, but the left governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, that is, the number one leader of the Dadu Governor's Mansion, has always been the forbidden body of the Ji family, and no one with a foreign surname can touch it.

The reason is simple, this position is just too critical.

In order to curb the military power of the generals, the Great Jin Dynasty actually divided this power into three, the military department is responsible for the materials of each army and the "personnel transfer" of the generals, and the generals of each army are responsible for training and leading the troops, but the real sense of the right to transfer troops is in the hands of the metropolitan governor's office.

And the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has been in the hands of the Ji family for generations, so the military power guaranteed will not be lost.

That is to say, if an army wants to conduct a war reasonably and legally, it must first obtain the documents of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and then the documents of the Ministry of War or Shangshutai, otherwise the local generals dare to transfer troops privately, as long as they are investigated, they will be charged with killing their heads.

Of course, because communication was too slow in this era, the Metropolitan Governor's Office could only control some troops close to the capital, or formulate some strategies in advance, similar to the Yunzhou Army or the Zhenbei Army, which had relatively large autonomy.

But even so, the authority of the Dadu Governor's Mansion is still extremely heavy, and it can be said that it is second only to Shangshutai in the entire court, and when it comes to war, the weight of speech is even higher than that of Shangshutai.

Even Ye Sheng back then, after returning to Beijing victoriously, was only given the position of the right governor of the Dadu Governor's Mansion by the imperial court, but Li Xin now openly broke this unwritten rule and became the head of the Dadu Governor's Mansion.

That is to say, since this edict, all the armies in the Great Jin Kingdom have theoretically been subject to Li Xin's temperance and dispatch, if anyone does not obey, it is against the laws and regulations of the country, and the imperial court has enough reasons to raise troops to fight.

After Xiao Huai finished reading this edict, the civil and military officials in Weiyang Palace were still in shock.

But no one dared to say anything.

After all, the current actual controller of the capital is this General Li, and he has now given himself the position of the governor, which means that he is still willing to follow the rules of the imperial court, if he is really unhappy, this person can turn the table at any time to reformulate a new set of rules.

Li Xin, who was dressed in a first-class court dress, stepped forward, took the holy decree handed over by Xiao Huai with both hands, he was about to kneel down to thank him, Xiao Huai hurriedly said: "The Metropolitan Governor does not need to salute, His Majesty has explained, the Metropolitan Governor can enter the court after that, praise and worship without a name, and see the king without worship." ”

Li Xin did not refuse, after he put the holy decree into his sleeve, he arched his hand to the ignorant Son of Heaven on the throne and said: "Minister, thank you Your Majesty for the promotion." ”

"From now on, the minister will definitely do his best for the Great Jin Dynasty and live up to His Majesty's trust."

The new emperor sat on the throne, and after hearing Li Xin's words, he felt bad, he stood up from his chair, and looked at Li Xin with a somewhat shrunken gaze: "Big ...... The Metropolitan Governor does not need to be polite, the Metropolitan Governor has a credit to the imperial court, these are the Metropolitan Governors...... Deserved. ”

Li Xin bowed his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, the minister still wants to recommend one person." ”

The new emperor hurriedly said: "The governor of the capital said that it is okay. ”

Li Xin nodded, and said: "Your Majesty was trapped in Shanyin all these years, and then went to the southwest, and after several twists and turns, he could return to the capital and get a great treasure. ”

Zhao Jia is already on the way to Beijing at this time, and after he enters Beijing, he will directly take charge of Shangshutai, which is something that most people know well, Li Xin said this at this time, nothing more than to bring some legitimacy to Zhao Jia, so that Zhao Jia's worship of the prime minister is not so abrupt.

At this time, in the entire court, Li Xin said whatever he wanted, and after hearing his words, the new emperor hurriedly spoke: "What the Metropolitan Governor said is extremely true, I ...... Shang Shutai will discuss this matter later, and see what kind of official position is better for Zhao Jingluo......"

At this time, the twelve-year-old Son of Heaven finally remembered what Li Xin had told him before, and hurriedly said: "Then there is, the soldiers of the Southwest Army escorted me all the way...... Escorting me into Beijing, because of misunderstandings along the way, I also injured a lot of people and horses, and these officers and soldiers of the Southwest Army are all meritorious soldiers......"

When the young Tianzi said this, he was stuck for a while, and then he remembered what he should say next, and he continued: "Hold...... The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs discussed the rewards to be given to the officers and men of the Southwest Army, and within ten days, all of them were distributed. ”

This is the most important thing at the moment, the soldiers of the Southwest Army are also people, they followed Li Xin all the way from Hanzhong to the capital, although most of the time they relied on firearms to push all the way over, but these people also have merit, and they have also made a lot of death, and now everyone has entered the capital, theoretically they have won a big victory, and they will not let burn and loot, but the benefits that should be given must be given.

Li Xin led more than 100,000 troops all the way from the southwest to the capital, relying on the money and grain that Zhao Jia had saved in the southwest over the years, it was not enough, and he could only go to "borrow money" from the local rich businessmen and tycoons along the way, so that he could fight until today.

This money can only be paid by the household department of the imperial court and from the treasury.

However, the remaining strength of the Southwest Army is only about 100,000 people, even if one person gives a reward of 30 guan, it is only 3 million guan, although this money is not a small amount for the court of the Great Jin Dynasty, but it is not difficult to take it out.

One of the more troublesome issues is the land issue.

As long as there are those in the southwest army who are willing to stay in the capital, Li Xin will give them a home in the capital, even if only half of them are willing to stay, according to the calculation of five acres of land per person, it will also cost 250,000 acres of land, which is a large amount.

Then there is the issue of rewarding these people, who have made meritorious contributions, those who should be given official titles should be crowned officials, and those who should be promoted should be promoted.

In this way, they can win the hearts of the people, so that those who will occupy a large seat in the capital in the future will continue to follow Li Xin with all their hearts.

However, Li Xin is not going to do these things by himself, and after Zhao Jia enters Beijing, he will hand it over to him to deal with the household department and the official department slowly, this kind of headache will not be able to be implemented for a while.

Hearing the words of the new emperor of heaven, the faces of the two scholars of the household department and the official department changed, and the two of them glanced at each other and sighed slightly.

They knew very well in their hearts that the tens of thousands of people in the Southwest Army would have to gnaw a large piece out of the interests of the imperial court.

But this is also a helpless thing, if the court doesn't give them a bite, these people will use knives to rob them.

Besides, it won't be long before the court knows what the surname is, and when it comes to changing the surname in the world, let alone taking a big bite, everything will be someone else's.

To put it bluntly, these are the trophies that the Southwestern Army deserves.

Therefore, these two people did not hesitate too much, and bowed their heads to the new emperor.

"Ministers, obey Your Majesty's orders."

This matter was settled, and Governor Li Dadu stood in the first row of generals and once again bowed his hand to the Son of Heaven.

"Your Majesty, the minister has one more thing to present to your Majesty......"

Li Xin paused, his voice a little low.

"According to intelligence, the Yuwen Department in Northern Xinjiang has once again made a rebellion, and it has threatened the northern Xinjiang of my Great Jin!"