Chapter 80: Turning into a Dragon in the Clouds

The Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Great Song Dynasty, which was discussing the increase of troops in the northwest, suddenly received a recital from the crown prince Zhao Huan, recommending Zhao Ta, the prince of Yan, to lead the troops to the west as the deputy envoy of the northwest Zhulu Jingluo to pacify and set up. (The fastest and most stable update, ReadTalk.com, N.) His proposal immediately caused an uproar, and Taishi Cai Jing was the first to jump out to oppose it, resolutely resisting it on the grounds of violating the ancestral system. But his two deputies, Wang Huang and Li Bangyan, sang the opposite, thinking that Prince Yan knew the army and was good at martial arts, and had the talent to govern the place, and Xuanfu Northwest could not only reflect the emperor's attention, but also deter the small barbarians, it was unavoidable, and the Taizu Taizong Dynasty had a precedent for the prince to lead the troops, which was not considered a violation, and sending Prince Yan to lead the troops was just to restore the old site!

Seeing that several rulers took one side and argued endlessly, Zhao Ji had a headache. From the inside, he is a little reluctant to give up the second boy, this child is not only sensible, but also coaxes himself to be happy, and filial piety, which is simply his intimate little padded jacket. As for what to beat the minister, kill the corrupt officials, and clean up the place, Zhao Ji thinks that his son is doing even better, although he is greedy, those people are also appointed by himself, but the world is his own, and it is natural to put it in his pocket, if others pretend to be in their pockets, they are thieves, not to mention beating them, they should be killed, after all, what he does is to maintain the world of his own family, there is nothing to do, and what he does is also in line with his own heart!

Another is from his father's point of view, the northwest is bitter cold, and the border is constantly troubled, although he is sure that no matter how far the battle goes, his son will not be unable to eat, let alone come forward to pick up a big knife, but after all, there is still a risk. Thinking that he has been outside since he was a child, he now feels guilty, and now that he has only been back to himself for only a year, he sent him to that kind of place again, and his heart is even more unbearable! Thinking that his eldest son actually recommended his younger brother to go to that dangerous and poor place, Zhao Ji rubbed the fire in his heart, and looked at Wang Huang and several people also felt unpleasant, and the old lady with white hair felt intimate...

The dispute for a long time was fruitless, and Zhao Ji did not express his position, he went out in a depressed mood, this time he did not go to look for flowers and ask willows, but went to Taiyi Palace. This Taiyi Palace Master is another immortal of the Great Song Dynasty - Zhang Xubai, the official Taixu Doctor, Jinmen Yuke, and the name Mr. Tongyuan Chongmiao. In his palace, Zhao Ji personally ordered the addition of four halls: Hongdao, Zhenxue, Huibin, and Yinzhen. He also built a nunnery and a small xuan, and the names were inscribed by Zhao Ji himself.

Zhang Xubai was recommended by Lin Lingsu, the three of them have a close relationship, often learn Taoist theories together, talk and drink, but he is not quite the same as Lin Lingsu, he doesn't like to be involved in political affairs, he doesn't love gold and silver, Zhao Ji thought about giving it to him, first a large sum of gold and silver, he didn't want it; Someone persuaded him to take advantage of the opportunity to help people speak and dredge up the relationship, Zhang Xubai shook his head, saying that the prime minister is there in the court, and it has nothing to do with me. He used his skills to exchange some royal wine and food with the emperor, and other than that, he didn't want anything, he was an alternative 'fairy'.

Why does Zhao Ji like him, not only because he just doesn't love money, but because this master is the best at predicting. It is said that people in the supernatural world can say something about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, but he is the one with the farthest span and the most accurate predictions. No one can say exactly what happened on which day, and it is accurate, but it can be done in vain.

Master Zhang likes to drink, often gets drunk, and is a typical person who spits out the truth after drinking. Whenever he was drunk, he would suddenly lie down, lie on Zhao Ji's lap, muttering to himself, and saying something about the clouds and mountains. These words will be fulfilled after some day. What's more, when he is happy at a certain moment, he will directly say what will happen on which day, which is extremely rare, so Zhao Ji does not care about his profligacy, but pays more and more attention to him.

The so-called 'who can ask about the state's major affairs' is also a big deal, so Zhao Ji wants to ask Providence. As soon as he entered the Taiyi Palace Hidden True Hall, he smelled a strong smell of wine, "Zhang Hu, are you drinking again?" Zhao Ji asked.

"Your Majesty, the people are 'drunk and the sun and the moon are long', is there wine today!" Zhang Xubai saluted, "I know that the emperor will come today, so I have prepared a cup of chopsticks for you!" ”

"Oh, that Hu Ke knows what I'm doing here!" Zhao Ji looked down and saw that the position of the top of the short table was kept, with a pair of clean cups and chopsticks, and he smiled and sat down cross-legged next to him. …,

"Happy things, embarrassing things, national affairs, family affairs, let's talk about it after drinking!" Zhang Xubai did not answer, and poured wine for the emperor.

Zhao Ji shook his head and smiled, knowing that he was this virtue, and he didn't take it to heart, so he pushed the cup with him and drank it. The two of them drank from sunset until dark, until the drums beat more, and they were both half-drunk at this time, and it was difficult to speak.

"Zhang Hu, I have a difficult matter to solve, the people in the court asked my son to lead the army to the west, I don't know if it is possible!" Zhao Ji said after another drink.

"But the second prince?" Zhang Xubai, who was drunk in a daze, suddenly sobered up, straightened up and asked.

"Exactly!" Zhao Ji looked at him drunken and said.

"Jin Lin is a thing in the pool, and he will turn into a dragon when he encounters a storm!" Zhang Xubai said in a rare and serious manner, but in a blink of an eye, it changed again, "Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, Your Majesty, whether we can sit together and drink together again in the future depends on him!" After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine jug and drank it all to his mouth, fell to the ground and fell asleep, no matter how Zhao Ji shook it, he no longer opened his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Zhao Ji thought for a while, but he still couldn't understand it, and turned his face to ask the little Taoist priest who was waiting on the side.

"In the previous sentence, my master has made it clear that the second prince is not a mortal, as long as he has the opportunity, he will make meritorious contributions, and the latter seems to say that the emperor may only rely on him to live a good life in the future!" The little Taoist priest said that he glanced at the emperor and said timidly.

"Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, it depends on the individual's creation, let him go!" Zhao Ji said something to himself, stood up with a self-deprecating smile, and staggered out of the Taiyi Palace with the support of Xiao Huangmen.

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Two days later, the monarch and ministers discussed the matter of sending people to supervise the army, and Zhao Ji approved the prince's request and ordered Prince Yan to serve in the northwest. The big idea was decided, but several people quarreled over the power of Prince Yan, Wang Hao and others meant to let Prince Yan hang a false name of the deputy envoy of the Northwest Zhulu Jingluo to appease him, and drive him out of Beijing, and did not want him to actually lead the troops to avoid future troubles. But Taishi Cai Jing didn't do it, thinking that the prince was the first product of the dynasty, although the Taiwei was the ultimate military attaché, but it was a second grade, how could he be subservient, he should let Prince Yan lead the northwest roads to pacify the envoys, lead the army and government, and Tong Guan was the supervisor of the army...

After arguing for a long time, the two groups of people each took a step back, still with Tong Guan as the main envoy and Prince Yan as the deputy envoy, but Ren Hedong Road was appointed as the envoy of the slight control, and the commander-in-chief was the military and political leader of the whole road, and he had the right to participate in the military affairs in the northwest and supervise the officials of the northwest roads, so this matter was settled. Subsequently, Shangshu Province issued an appointment by decree, ordering Prince Yan and 20,000 forbidden troops to accompany him, and to increase his troops in the northwest on November 23. Of course, considering that the road is far away this time, and it is to go to the front line, Zhao Ta was allowed to select the elite from the four armies of the forbidden army stationed in Beijing, "Praise Japan, Tianwu, Longwei, and Shenwei" as pro-army.

Zhao Ta received the holy decree, surprised and delighted, happy that the stone in his heart finally landed, and he had been planning for many years, and finally had a result; What is surprising is that Lao Cai Jing has given himself a lot of face, and he has won himself all the way.

In the early years of the Song Dynasty, this was just one of many temporary assignments or honorary titles, and later it gradually became a high-ranking military and political commander in the theater at the forefront of the dynasty's military struggle.

As the senior military commander of the imperial court, the envoy has a certain amount of military power, and leads the army relatively independently. It exercises the function of suppressing thieves and sentencing thieves internally and controlling barbarians externally. Economically, it is possible to demand that part of the tax revenues paid by the local prefectures and counties to the imperial court be retained so that they can use it for their own use. They can even take advantage of their own advantages as military and political chiefs in the theater and in their hands to strengthen their control over all kinds of profit-making industries in their own theaters, meddle in monopoly industries, increase the income of the military and department, and support the army and the war through various 'income generation'.

In addition, while performing its economic functions, the control envoy is also responsible for the people's livelihood affairs in the area under its jurisdiction, because the control department is often on the front line, and the war has caused a major threat to the lives and lives of ordinary people, resulting in the destruction and displacement of people's families, and if they are ignored, it will inevitably cause resistance from the lower classes, so since this matter is closely related to the military struggle, the control envoy must assume responsibility. On the one hand, he can provide relief to the homeless and hungry people, and he can also adopt the policy of reducing rents and exempting miscellaneous taxes for the soldiers and civilians under his jurisdiction, so as to reduce the economic burden.

Another privilege is in terms of personnel, and the reason why Tong Guan can call for wind and rain in the northwest is inseparable from this. First of all, the system enables it to decide the rewards and punishments for the promotion and punishment of military personnel at all levels under its subordinates. Second, the system enables it to have an absolute say in the recruitment and recommendation of its staff, and can also exercise the power of selection, recommendation, and supervision of local officials in the prefectures and counties inside and outside the theater under its jurisdiction. Thirdly, the system enables the presiding over the imperial examinations and the establishment of cultural and educational institutions in the region.

This kind of power is added together, a system is the princes of one side, this is exactly what Zhao Ta dreamed of, he didn't expect that he could get such a big power, and this kind of power is not very glorious, it can be said that it was exchanged for the life of a traitor, but what he wants to do is to do good things for the country and the people, which makes him feel that it is really a great irony!

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