Water Margin: I, Wang Lun, will have many children and many blessings in Liangshan.

"Officials, the only current plan is for the minister to lead the main force of the Western Army to send troops to attack."

The small hall at the inner east gate is usually used for worshiping the prime minister, but Zhao Ji was so frightened that he walked all the way here. Cai Jing, Cai You, Tong Guan, Zhu Meng, Li Yan, and Liang Shizhong all came here one after another. Arrive.

All the high-level officials involved in the prime minister, privy council, financial planning, etc. are here.

Tong Guan proposes to lead the main force of the Western Army to attack, but everyone has nothing to say.

Zhao Ji nods frequently.

The reason is simple, Zhao Huan can see it , it is impossible for Zhao Ji not to see it. He was still negligent before.

He only thought that Wang Lun was good at running the place and would be content with being a little rich. He was a bandit leader who liked farming and doing business.

Without ambition, no matter how great his ability was, it was useless.

This time He was completely fooled and awakened.

Wang Lun did not claim to be king, which really confused Zhao Ji.

Later generations may think that there is nothing great about slowing down to become king.

But after Zhu Yuanzhang officially implemented slowing down to become king, he built a high wall , before the grain was accumulated, how many heroes could think of these nine-character rules?

Before Qin, only nobles could be kings, and princes and generals really had to rely on blood.

Not to mention this period.

At the end of Qin, most of the princes were Descendants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, but there were also commoners without blood who took advantage of the situation. In the end, the local tycoon Liu Bang took over the world. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it was Liu Xiu, a descendant of Liu Bang, who won the world with the recommendation and support of the nobles.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, It is a naked carnival of powerful families.

Even though Liu Bei is a royal family, the one with the worst foundation is Uncle Liu.

In these times, names are very important.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, among the princes, Liu Bang also called Pei Gong early, and Xiang Yu became the overlord early.

All the princes became kings one after another. , and claimed to have aristocratic blood.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to become a shepherd, governor, or prefect recognized by the court at any cost.

Only with official positions can you have territory, and only then can you turn potential strength into actual strength.

Name is very important!

Cao Cao swept the heroes of the north , the support of the family from which one comes, one's own vision, skills, and military leadership are very important.

Obtaining Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty early and holding the emperor to command the princes is definitely a stroke of genius.

Fame and righteousness are more important than later generations imagined. There are many.

Like Wang Lun, he has several states in his hands, not to mention that he has not been crowned king or duke, and he has not even taken the title of general. It will only give people the impression that he is not enterprising and is content with being a little rich.

In addition, last year and The imperial court negotiated peace talks and let go of Shijiedu and nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses.

In the eyes of outsiders, a hero who really has the ambition to conquer the world would not do this.

Keep the talents and retain the army. This is the right thing to do.

Because of this , although the imperial court did not order Liangshan to accept the order at that time.

However, Huizong was relieved and calmed down Fang La first.

Liangshan later did not send troops to respond to Fang La, which made Zhao Ji and others laugh at him.

After the beginning of spring, he was already in Wang Qing was considering whether to conquer the land, or to threaten Liangshan to recruit troops. There was endless discussion, but no conclusion was reached.

The reason was that the summer harvest had not been harvested, and the tax reserves were insufficient. The time to take action was before and after the summer harvest, when there was sufficient food and grass.

As a result, Liangshan grabbed it before the summer harvest. Take action.

It completely disrupted the deployment and preparations of the imperial court.

Moreover, the Liangshan soldiers and horses were not moving, and the movement was like thunder!

In an instant, the army of seven states had fallen, and news of Liangshan soldiers and horses going south came from the south.

Hebei, Huaihe Once Dong is lost, things will become serious.

On the one hand, it threatens the heart of Kaifeng. The thieves send troops from Daming Mansion and can reach Kaifeng City in ten days.

This is also the fundamental reason why Zhao Ji's expression changed drastically.

If the emperor had not had a natural psychological advantage over"thieves" and was not so fearful of foreign enemies, Zhao Ji could have considered running away.

When the Jin soldiers were still on the north bank of the Yellow River, Zhao Ji hurriedly passed the throne and ran away from Kaifeng.

The first time the Jin soldiers failed to break through the city, they fled after extorting money.

This gave Zhao Ji a sense of luck.

As a result, he didn't run away the second time.

Liangshan is a strategic location in Hebei Province, facing Kaifeng from a high position. He can cross the river and attack at any time. When the time comes, he will be unable to escape even if he catches a turtle in the jar.

This is the most important thing for Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

Secondly, these places are wealthy places in this era.

Although Hebei, the Central Plains, and Shandong were not as important as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

This was the core area of ​​China at that time.

This can be seen from the demographic composition of the early Warring States period.

In the early Warring States period, the Qin State had 15.6 million people, the Zhao State had more than 3 million people, the Korean State had more than 1 million people, the Wei State had more than 1 million people, and the three Jin areas had a population of nearly 6 million. It was the Qin State. about four times.

The Chu State's territory was more than twice the size of the Three Jin Dynasties, but most of the Jingman land was undeveloped, and its population was not as large as that of Han, Zhao, and Wei.

Therefore, in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, Wei was able to suppress Qin.

South Korea can withstand Qin.

Zhao State can also suppress Qin State and fight.

The population of Qi State is also more than three million, so when Qi State was strong and prosperous, it and Qin State were called the Eastern Emperor and the Western Emperor.

The land of Sanjin is now Hedong Road and Gyeonggi Road.

The hometown of Qi State is now Jingxi, Jingdong, Huaidong and Jiangnan Road.

The hometown of Chu State is now the core of Lianghu Road.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the two lakes had just been developed, and the population was far less dense than that of Jingdong, Hebei, and Hedong.

The richest people in the world are those in the capital, west of Beijing, east of Beijing, Hebei, Jiangnan, and two Zhejiang provinces.

These are the places where the population is densely populated.

The people are brave and brave, and the soldiers dare to fight. There are also Hedong and Shaanxi.

Liangshan takes several states to the west of Beijing, all of Jingdong, all of Hebei, and half of Huaidong.

Just calculate the accounts and you will know that you will soon be able to compete with the imperial court.

Internal thieves are always more dangerous than external aggression.

This is what Zhao Ji is most uneasy about.

He still knows what kind of virtue he has.

There are rebels and bandits everywhere in the world, attacking states and conquering governments.

You can't say that you are a righteous emperor and the world is peaceful, right?

But Zhao Ji never paid much attention to it.

The Song Dynasty had a tradition of peasant rebellion.

If you can fight, keep fighting; if you can't, then recruit.

Can it really shake the country?

Now it seems that the Liangshan bandits really have the ability to shake up the country!

"We can only send out troops in large numbers."

Zhao Ji looked at his confidants and gritted his teeth in a rare way.

Emperor Daojun is an artist, and he rarely looks so wise and decisive.

"The minister obeyed the imperial edict. Cai Jing bowed his head slightly and said:"

The treasury will first allocate three million yuan of money and one million stones of military rations. In addition, the weapons supervisor will allocate long spears, rifles, swords, swords, hundreds of thousands of ring-headed knives, and hundreds of thousands of bows." Three million arrows, ten thousand armor and ten thousand horses for military use"

"Very good."

The treasury of the Song Dynasty has never been rich. (To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

During the reign of Shenzong, he received more than 60 million yuan. Shenzong, who thought he was rich, launched a five-pronged expedition to Xixia and suffered a disastrous defeat. Wang Anshi had been defeated for many years. The business has lost everything.

Now the annual income is only about 50 million yuan, and with Huizong's lavish spending, it is impossible to save much.

Cai Jing's statement is to represent the political affairs hall and fully support the imperial court's crusade against the Liangshan bandits.

"The ministers and others also have millions of dollars and food as gifts."

Li Yan and Liang Shizhong also expressed their stance. They are Zhao Ji's housekeepers and helpers in collecting private wealth. They have to express their opinions at this time.

These big shots also know the tradition of the Song Army.

When fighting in battle, there are no rewards. If you can maintain it, Half of the combat effectiveness is good.

For major festivals such as the emperor's accession to the throne, the Qianqiu Wanshou Festival, and the New Year's Day, it is customary to reward the imperial troops. Otherwise, trouble will occur.

This is also a tradition that started in the Five Dynasties.

The proud soldiers and generals of the Five Dynasties, Although the emperor must be bribed, otherwise he will betray you at any time.

The Song army is not like this, but without money and food, it is impossible to make the bulk of the soldiers work hard. With millions of money and food, three or four hundred thousand soldiers and horses can be mobilized. This battle is considered to have start-up funds

"I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money next time, so you still have to make preparations."

Cai Jing and others naturally agreed.[]

Faced with thugs who captured multiple military states in an instant, the civil servants and eunuchs of the imperial court also had to work hard to cooperate.

They still understand that there is no reason to complete the eggs after re-nesting.

"Next is strategy. Zhao Ji calmed down a little and said in a deep voice:"Do you think it is better to go straight to the home base of Liangshan in Yunzhou, or to go to Daming Mansion to join the people on Hebei Road and fight with the Liangshan bandits in Hebei?""

This question has probably troubled Zhao Ji for a long time. When it was raised, he had no intention of reaching a conclusion. It is really difficult to say.

Cai Jing frowned and said nothing. He, a civilian prime minister, does not know the military.

This kind of matter should be left to the Privy Council. Dealt with it.

Speaking of which, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty was responsible for both civil and military affairs, and assisted in the management of yin and yang.

Logically speaking, the privy envoy is under the prime minister, above the deputy prime minister and the counselor of political affairs.

He knows the affairs of the Privy Council, and he knows the affairs of the Privy Council at the same time. The same as participating in political affairs, but slightly inferior.

After all, the Privy Council, which manages national government affairs and only handles military affairs, and is also constrained by the political affairs hall in terms of logistics and personnel, must be relatively weaker.

The official career of the Song Dynasty bureaucrats reached the pinnacle of two Mansion.

If you first enter the Privy Council and then enter the Political Hall, you can all be called in power.

The Prime Minister, the Privy Council, Yuan Cong 100 people, the Deputy Prime Minister, the political affairs minister to the Tongzhi Privy Council, Yuan Cong 70 people.

As usual, there are cool umbrellas.

A cool umbrella , it can only be used when in power. Even if you are a high-ranking and veteran official who wears a purple uniform and does not have an umbrella, it cannot be said that your official career is perfect.

Before Tong Guan, there were no eunuchs who held the position of Privy Council. There were also military generals who were appointed to the Privy Council, but they could only serve as deputy envoys to the Privy Council. , and knew the Privy Council.

Di Qing once served as the Privy Council, but was attacked by the Manchu civil servants, and soon died in depression.

After that, the Privy Council was controlled by civil servants.

Generally speaking, there was no prime minister and Privy Council in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty As his authority grew stronger, Xiang Fubi dared to say to the emperor: I can do something about Yihuo. This frightened Song Yingzong.

Later, Fubi could no longer serve as prime minister.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, the prime minister also served as a privy envoy and was promoted at the same time. In the imperial camp, Zhao Gou was simply out of his mind to set this precedent.

The repeated emergence of powerful ministers in the Southern Song Dynasty was also related to this system.

At this time, not only was Tong Guan the privy envoy, but he also had military power, and the prime minister (Wang Zhao) was not allowed to interfere with the political affairs hall. , this person was always in charge of all major expeditions. Because of his military merits, eunuchs were granted the title of king of the county and were in charge of the Privy Council, which was also an anomaly that was not seen in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji's various military and political arrangements really confirmed the judgment of frivolity.

At this time, Cai Jing was silent. Tong Guan and Cai You, the deputy privy envoys, looked at each other. The other party only nodded slightly. It was obvious that the privy council was only following Tong Guan's lead.

Tong Guan cheered up and said:"In my humble opinion, thieves and bandits are After operating in the Yunzhou area for many years, the people were bewitched by it and their hearts turned towards the thieves. They went on a large-scale expedition, but it was impossible not to send elites to stick to their base. In addition to the city, the people were all owned by the thieves. The king's army may have to spend a lot of time on the expedition. Not necessarily meritorious. The bandits can digest the prefectures and counties in Hebei and Huaidong. When the main force returns, the king's army will be exhausted and will probably be defeated again. It will be too late to regret it."

I have to say that Tong Guan has two shabu-shabu masters.

He also studied in the palace.

His words are very structured and organized.

His analysis is quite reasonable.

He directly dispelled Zhao Ji's hesitation.

That's right, the main force of Liangshan soldiers They are all out, but it does not mean that they will not leave troops to guard the old nest.

After many years of operation, the people have already attached themselves to it. The officers and soldiers are old and useless, and the main force comes back to attack...

Once the main force is defeated, the court will be really in danger.

Rendezvous with Hebei at Daming Mansion Even if the soldiers and horses attack, they won't win, but they won't be defeated miserably. At least they can maintain the stalemate.

It won't cause Zhao Ji to run away immediately.

"good!"

Zhao Ji greatly appreciated it and praised:"Tong Qing is worthy of being the first general of this dynasty. I have made up my mind to attack the Liangshan bandits according to the method Tong Qing said!".