Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 255 Who dominates the country?

"Hahahahahaha, everyone says that His Highness the King of Qin is the most upright person in the world. He always only takes what is straight and never seeks what is wrong. What he pays attention to is an upright person. Why, when it comes to the crown prince and the successor? , even you can't help but use secret means to deal with those who 'write letters to express their opinions'? Huh, sure enough, I know that since people in this world have entered the court, where can they find gentlemen?"

On the racecourse, Xiao Chuo smiled happily. This girl had an unusual persistence in stimulating Zhao Guangmei.

You must know that Zhao Guangmei's image outside, whether in official circles or among the people, is that of a half-saint. Even those civil servants who don't like him, although they oppose him, do not lack respect for him.

As for her, she always wanted to sarcastically mock him whenever she had the chance, as if to prove that all crows in the world were as black as black. Could it be that this was the legendary "No Great Man"?

However, Zhao Guangmei gave her a look and said: "You are overthinking. If I wanted to wear small shoes for them, I would have worn them long ago. Although the rumors outside are exaggerated, they are generally good. I am indeed I never use dirty tricks, but it’s not because I have a noble character. You know, my character is actually average, but because there is no need. No one in this world is worthy of letting me use dirty tricks. What I want, It’s fair and square, you can get it.”

"Humph."

Xiao Chuo snorted, really unable to refute.

This can be said to be extremely crazy, but it’s still damn right.

The saint Zhao Guangmei is really not strong in character, but in terms of ability. This person is simply bottomless.

He is truly my mother’s man.

"If you don't wear small shoes, what are you going to do?"

"These people wrote to the court to request the establishment of a prince. In fact, there is nothing wrong with them legally. The Song Dynasty was established in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Although the weather was smooth and the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, the people came from troubled times and experienced a lot in 50 years. After six dynasties, although the life of the common people has become easier, they must still feel uneasy in their hearts. The imperial court should have appointed the crown prince earlier and the world would be more stable. This matter actually makes sense. Since it makes sense, Of course we have to adopt it.”

"what?"

"I have already written to my eldest brother, hoping that the court can discuss the matter of establishing a prince, not for our generation, but to set a rule for future generations. This matter can be discussed through etiquette."

"........."

Xiao Chuo was stunned and had a feeling of shock: What the hell did you think.

"Zhao'er is indeed the crown prince. How can the eldest son of my official family in the Song Dynasty not be the crown prince? It's just that although he is the crown prince, it is true that Zhao'er is young and has little knowledge after all. It is the time when he needs experience, so the southwest he is facing now Yi, the country of Dali, is very important, and he is governing there. Isn't this also a way of accumulating experience?"

"There are quite a few warriors around Zhao'er now. Xin Zhongfu is a talented man with both literary and military skills. Cui Yanjin is the most powerful general in our Song Dynasty, not to mention his Shatuo people army. But now he is expanding his territory. The southwestern barbarians won't have any decent resistance at all, and what they need more is people who can help him govern the place. The team around him is still too thin."

"Since these people who wrote the letter have categorically said that Zhao'er is a good prince of the country, they should share the worries of the country, the people, and the prince. Zhennan Mansion needs them so much. I have written to Brother, allow Zhao'er to open the government, and let the three divisions of Yitong be under Zhao'er's account. Many chieftains among the southwestern barbarians have already paid tribute to me as ministers of the Song Dynasty, but they have returned to their hometowns. It is really inconvenient to have only one Zhennan Prefecture, we should set up some prefecture and county magistrates."

With that said, Zhao Guangmei made a bang, snatched the ball from Xiao Chuo's horse with a horse stick, took the ball and charged and shot. After the ball went in, he couldn't help laughing.

Xiao Chuo was confused.

Amputating the leg below the neck because of pain in the ankle?
Kaifu Yitong Sansi, what does this special girl mean?During the Han and Tang dynasties, this of course meant prime minister and important ministers. If an ordinary prince was given this title, it would mean heir apparent.

But this set of political rules was completely destroyed in the late Tang Dynasty. The political rules in the late Tang Dynasty were all in chaos. The proliferation of high-ranking officials led to serious devaluation, such as the Thirteen Taibao, the Prince Taibao, etc., who originally wanted to live. The supreme favor was given to thirteen people in one breath, and all of them belonged to the same family. The word "taobao" immediately became worthless, so much so that now, even many rogues in the countryside and gangsters in the city have become Even when calling names, I dare to call myself XX Taibao.

The same is true for Kaifu Yitong and the Third Division. In fact, the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty had similar functions, that is, they were everywhere. The generals of the Forbidden Army wished that more than half of them had the dutiful duty of Jiedushi.

In fact, Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Guangmei, and Zhao Dezhao were all given the title of Jiedushi as early as the founding of the Song Dynasty. At the same time, after so many years, the titles were also followed by "Teacher of the School" and "Zhongshu's Men". "Pingzhangshi" and "Shizhong".

In addition to the three of them, there are at least twenty other living ministers Xiao Chuo who have similar titles.

These once high-end and extremely symbolic official positions were all sold wholesale in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin was always happy when he was trying to get rid of official positions.

Therefore, soon after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the official system became extremely chaotic, and it had to be set up layer by layer. Each official had a bunch of official positions, and even officials, positions, and commissions were separated. When people are doing things, they will find a bunch of fathers above their heads. They don't know who they should go to without knowing any connections. They don't know who they should give money to when giving bribes or gifts.

History books call this redundant officials, but in fact the problem with the Northern Song Dynasty was not that there were too many officials, but that the powers and responsibilities were too confusing. This really cannot be blamed entirely on Zhao Er.

It can be said that it is meaningless to add the third division of Kaifu Yitong to Zhao Dezhao at this time.

However, precisely because it is meaningless, it appears to be particularly meaningful.

Because of this, Zhao Dezhao became the only civil and military person in the Manchu Dynasty who took off his pants and farted.

They were originally a bunch of symbolic official positions, but now they symbolize too many people, so I picked one out and symbolized it again. Then, as long as everyone else, including Zhao Guangmei, did not take off their pants, Zhao Dezhao was different.

In particular, at this time, Zhao Guangmei also wanted to start a grand discussion about the prince in the Song Dynasty.

This is a plan to overturn the table, completely abandon ethics, and give the areas such as Southwest Dali and Southwest Yi to the eldest nephew as a fief, so that he can break the earth and become the king. I want to seize the eldest nephew's throne with peace of mind, and tell the world clearly that I don't want to be a B. Faced?

Or...are you really going to use the trick to assign the title of "Prince" to Zhao Dezhao?

Rationally speaking, Xiao Chuo felt that the former was the right choice, but based on her understanding of Zhao Guangmei, it was impossible for Zhao Guangmei to choose the former. He might really want Zhao Dezhao to be the crown prince.

This is going crazy!
You must know that Xiao Chuo is also a child of the ruling class. The Liao Kingdom fully imitated the Tang Dynasty system. In addition, they had their own internal peculiarities. This resulted in every transition in the Liao Kingdom being fought with military force, and the scale was really large. Not too small.

But just like the Tang Dynasty, all parties involved in the mutiny were from the same family. Even when Shu Luping was alive, he was actually fighting with his own son. That's why there was no change of dynasty. Women in this world except Wu Zetian However, no one outside the country would kill his own son, which is why the Liao Kingdom has been stumbling over.

The most ruthless emperor's family, Xiao Chuo has a deep feeling about this. Of course, he also understands how dangerous it is to seize the direct descendant, and how bloody it is behind it.

Why does it feel like child's play in Zhao Guangmei's hands?
Just as he was thinking about it, the ball came back, and Zhao Guangmei came over on horseback: "Let's play ball."

"I won't fight anymore, I'm not in the mood anymore."

"Okay, it's better not to play ball. To be honest, I really don't want to ride a horse. Well... I don't like football either. I don't particularly like polo and Cuju. I just like to watch others play. Also, in last year's league, you guys The Liao Kingdom was too cruel, and they beat our Song Dynasty seven to one, and the eldest brother was so angry that he couldn't kill anyone."

"What are you doing, match-fixing?"

"I plan to get some coaches from you to help us train the players."

"Borrow our Daliao coach to train your Song team. After training, we can play against Daliao. What do you think? There is still a war between our two countries."

"What's the point? It's not like we won't give you money. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Just give it a kiss."

"Hey, what are you doing? There are so many people watching."

"What are you afraid of? Who in the world doesn't know about our relationship?"

"Go to hell, we, Daliao, are enemies of your country, Song."

This is really not nonsense. In fact, Song and Liao have indeed entered into a war relationship again.

Aren't the Guiyi Army leading the Uighurs to fight west? The first one to fight is the Gaochang Uighurs. The Gaochang Uighurs are Buddhist Uighurs. In fact, they have always had a good relationship with the Guiyi Army. They can't resist returning. The soldiers of the rebel army just wanted to surrender, and after they surrendered, they could fight against Tibet together.You must know that there are a large number of Han people in the Gaochang Uighur territory, all remnants of the prosperous Tang Dynasty in the past. After all, the Tang Dynasty was not far away from extinction, and these Han people have not forgotten their identity.

But Yelvwuzi disagreed. After all, the Gaochang Uighurs and Qiuci Uighurs had always been vassal states of Daliao.

People named Zhao, please don't go too far. You can't pry this corner endlessly. You pry one here and there here and there. I'm almost hollowed out. Do you think we don't dare to fight?

Laughing to death, the Guiyi Army just got a war loan of [-] million, and the purpose was to fight, no matter who to fight. So, the Gaochang Uighurs fell into civil war, the pro-Song faction and the pro-Liao faction started fighting, and the Guiyi Army and the Yelvwu hostages also directly Intervention, armed intervention.

Who knows if Yelu Wuzhi has any selfish motives? If the Daliao ship sank, he would most likely be the first to run away, and he might even escape unscathed.

Then the business between Liao and Song was still booming. Yelvxian couldn't stop even if he wanted to. His sister-in-law was still in love with the crown prince of the Song Dynasty, and now they were in love again.

"What are you doing? Don't touch me."

"Touch me, touch me. I haven't touched you for a long time. Counting the time, I haven't seen you for more than two months."

"Haha, it's not like you don't have a wife, you have so many concubines."

"That's different. You know, I only have you in my heart."

"Get lost. You can't do it today. You can leave in a moment."

"Are you menstruating? Isn't this the wrong day? I figured it was coming."

"I am pregnant."

"Are you fucking pregnant again?"

"Why are you still swearing? Are you unhappy that I'm pregnant?"

"be mine?"

"Go away, no."

"Don't be angry, don't be angry, what about that? Can we discuss it? Whether the second one is a boy or a girl, let him be named Zhao. After all, I am also a great King of Song and Qin."

Xiao Chuo glanced at him.

"For a girl, let her surname be Zhao. For a boy, her surname must still be Xiao. I am not your wife."

"It can be."

"It can't be."

"It can be,"

"It can't be"

"It can be."

"Haha, let's wait and see when Daliao really lets you subjugate the country."

"Well, I believe this day won't be too far away."

"Get out of here!"

The ruling class is actually a very broad concept. In fact, who is the ruling class in a country?Do Xiao Chuo and Xiao Siwen count?Does Yelu house quality and Yelu Xiezhen count?
It seems to count.

However, when the building is really about to collapse, it seems that none of them are counted. It seems that only Yelvxian is in charge.

Although Yelu Xian was promoted by Yelu Wuzhi and Xiao Siwen, he did not have much power.

Or is it true that as long as the interests are large enough, the ruling class can betray the country?
This was true in the Liao Dynasty, but what about the Song Dynasty?

Who was the ruling class of the Song Dynasty?
In fact, the reason why Zhao Guangmei came to Yingchuan to play polo with Xiao Chuo was because he didn't dare to stay in Kaifeng or Luoyang. The officialdom of the two capitals was now in turmoil.

Zhao Kuangyin, who had been "dissolute and immoral" for the past year and ignored the government affairs and only cared about the new palace, also skipped his vacation in a panic and rushed back to Kaifeng from Luoyang.

I heard that Zhao Guangmei was playing polo in Yingchuan. Once he got angry, he led two thousand squads of cavalry into Yingchuan. Those who didn't know better thought that he was going to attack the city.

In this way, he finally met Zhao Guangmei.

In fact, the two brothers haven't seen each other for nearly a year now.

"What do you think, kid? Tell me!"

"What do you think?"

"Are you still pretending? Why do you want to publish a book like that? Isn't this to put Zhao'er on the fire? Yes, I know. For more than a year, I have ignored these rumors and deliberately let them go. You are angry with me Yes, but if you are angry, don't lift the table. I am also a father after all. I am not so decisive when it comes to this kind of thing. You have to understand. Besides, what if you have a bad situation? What should I do? Isn't it better to train Zhao'er in advance to be prepared? Since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the world has been too chaotic. We in the Song Dynasty must put an end to all this. There can be no accidents. You have to understand me."

Zhao Guangmei smiled when he heard this and said: "Of course I understand, brother, but you don't understand me. I just want to roast Zhao'er on the fire, because he is the prince, shouldn't he be roasted on the fire?"

"What do you mean? Don't tell me that you don't want to be the heir to the throne now. If you believe it or not, tell me again. You can see if I beat you or not and that's it."

"Of course I also want to be the prince, but there is no contradiction between me being the prince and Zhao'er being the prince. I even think that the second brother should also be the prince. Even Fang'er should be considered as a candidate for the prince. Well... ...When he is older, the relationship between us should not be a mutual backup."

"What's the relationship supposed to be?"

"Brother, who will be the crown prince of the Song Dynasty and your successor should not be decided by you, nor by me, nor by ethics. Our generation must establish a solid foundation for future generations. It’s the law of our ancestors.”

"What else could it be decided by?"

"It's the people."

"People? Elections like that of the Yizimen or the trading houses."

"Voting is useless. We need to be democratically elected, but not elected by the people. This is a question of political participation. In fact, Xiao Chuo and I were talking about this just now. Brother, what is the difference between the Liao Dynasty and the Song Dynasty? Why did the Great Song Dynasty During the Liao and Tang dynasties, each generation would fight against each other at the time of handover. You think, at this time, who is the ruling class of the Song Dynasty? Is it still the soldiers? Or is it the trading houses? The bureaucrats? In short, it cannot be It's just our old Zhao family, so what's the difference between us and Yelvxian, a lonely man?"

But Zhao Kuangyin was stunned by Liao.

(End of this chapter)