Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 37 Enchanting
On the streets of Kaifeng, Zhao Kuangyin dismissed his attendants and drove lightly with Zhao Pu. They found a stall and sat down on the street to eat. Zhao Kuangyin ordered a bowl of wontons stuffed with chicken, while Zhao Pu I only ordered a bowl of noodles.

"The official family has newly gained the world, and people's hearts are not at peace. You always do so little and don't have any followers. If something unexpected happens again, will you regret it?"

Zhao Kuangyin waved his hands indifferently and said: "What can happen if I go out to eat a bowl of wontons? The emperor's prosperity has its destiny. If I really go out for a walk, something will happen and kill me. That means I don't have that fate. Then is it safe if I don't come out? Let's eat some noodles, the food will be cold in a while."

When Zhao Pu heard this, he smiled bitterly, stopped trying to persuade him, and continued to eat the noodles with chopsticks.

"It's always boring to stay in the palace. It's better to come out and take a breather. Look at the business of this small shop. It's just like before. There's no worry on the faces of the people, just like when I wasn't the emperor. Isn't this right? Does it mean that the people's hearts are attached to it? For this reason, our dynasty is expected to be a little longer-lasting. Besides, if we speak out some things, we don't have to worry about the ears and eyes around us."

"The officials are benevolent and love the people. They return to their hearts from all over the world. The Zhao and Song Dynasties will naturally last for thousands of years and last for a long time."

Zhao Kuangyin, on the other hand, ate wontons and said disdainfully: "That's nonsense. How can there be an everlasting dynasty in this world that can be passed down for hundreds of years without chaos, just like the Han and Tang Dynasties? I am already satisfied."

After thinking about it, he said quite proudly: "Fortunately, my two younger brothers are both quite capable. I heard that the second brother has been doing well recently and is very diligent. It seems that he may be able to do a good job in the future." Lord, let alone the third child. These few times he has been out incognito, people in the market say he is a wise king, hahaha, even if his hair has not even grown, he is a wise king. In the future, the world will be handed down to them, and they will be able to keep it. live."

When Zhao Pu heard this, he said calmly: "The third young master... is indeed smart. Sometimes I even feel that he is too smart."

"Too smart? How do you interpret this statement?"

"The official, have you ever mentioned to him what we have been planning recently?"

"Ok?"

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned when he heard this. He stopped eating wontons and stared directly at Zhao Pu.

"Why do you ask this? Only heaven and earth know this matter. You know it and I know it. Although the third child is smart, this is a matter of life and death. How can the city government get involved in it at his age?"

"Did you really say that? Then... maybe he guessed it himself, so I asked him whether he was too smart."

"What did he tell you?"

"He said that our Privy Council is planning big things recently, and he is unwilling to participate."

Zhao Kuangyin was shocked, and then hesitantly said: "The big event he is referring to is... the transfer of the Guards Department."

"If that's the case, why don't you want to participate? I think the third young master has a sharp temper and is eager to do things to prove himself. If it's just for the Guards Department, shouldn't he take the initiative to participate, even if he can't stop him?"

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he couldn't sit still at all, and his expression became more solemn: "Our plan... is it really so obvious? Can even a kid guess it?"

The plan to release the military power over a glass of wine actually involved many steps, and there were many elements of conspiracy in it.

The first step, which is what he is currently doing, is to transfer a large number of senior generals from the former Imperial Guard Division to the Imperial Guard Division, and then transfer a large number of senior generals from the former Imperial Guard Division to the Imperial Palace Division. At the same time, a large number of The middle-level officials were transferred from the Palace Department to the Guards Department.

For example, Shi Shouxin, who was formerly in the Front Division of the Palace, went to the Guards Department to serve as the deputy commander. For example, Gao Huaide was transferred from the Guards Department to the Palace Front Division as the deputy inspector.

It seems that all the brothers who gave him the yellow robe have been promoted to a higher level, and by doing this, normal people would think that he is strengthening the control of the Guards Division's military power.Because Zhao Kuangyin himself was born in the Palace Division, and the Guard Division was Li Chongjin's territory before, and the relationship between the Palace Division and the Guard Division has never been very good, so he exchanged his trusted brothers on a large scale, at least on the surface. , he only targeted the Guards Department.

However, only Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu knew that he actually did this to separate his sworn brothers from his old subordinates. After all, when a new official takes office, it will take at least several months to get familiar with the work. In the short term, They may not even recognize their new subordinates.

In any slightly larger company, collective rotation at the director level would be a disaster if nothing happens, let alone a forbidden army in Nuo Da.

Once this first step is successful, his second step is to disrupt the middle and lower-level Forbidden Army system in the name of eliminating the old and the weak, and completely break the original Forbidden Army command system before they were transferred.

As a result, even if these people return to their original troops, they may not be able to find their own people and they will not be able to handle them with ease.

In this way, his centralization plan can continue to the third and fourth steps, until he finally achieves the release of military power through drinking wine, quietly deposing all the senior generals in the Forbidden Army, and preventing the country from causing turmoil.

But all this must be based on the premise that this is a conspiracy. Once it is seen through, these people can easily form a group, making it impossible for him to even carry out the second step. Then his third step I couldn't walk at all, and I didn't dare to walk, let alone the next four or five steps.

On the contrary, if no one can see through this step or guess his back-up plan, these people will actively break the old system because they have all been transferred due to promotion.

The best way for the new leader of the department to seize power is to initiate a major personnel change below. What Zhao Kuangyin wants is for them to take the initiative to expand this personnel change and then lay off some elderly people on a large scale.

Zhao Guangmei's current daughter-in-law is Zhang Lingduo's daughter, and Zhao Guanglan is planning to marry Gao Huaide. How dare he tell his family about this?Even if only a little bit of information is revealed, this matter may be wasted.

So when Zhao Pu said this, Zhao Kuangyin was sweating from behind.

He has just taken the first step in this move!Someone actually saw it through?

Even if Zhao Guangmei is a genius, he is only 13 years old after all. If he, a 13-year-old child, can see through the trap he has laid, what about others?What about his brothers?What about the staff behind his brothers?

He simply didn't dare to continue thinking about it.

"Could there be... any misunderstanding?"

"Probably not. He and his ministers strongly recommended the surrendered general named Yang Ye, and said that this person would probably become one of the best generals in the Song Dynasty in the future."

Well, there is no need to guess anymore. After all, people like Shi Shouxin and Gao Huaide are not very old. If he hadn't seen Zhao Kuangyin's true intention and knew that he wanted to evacuate them all, Yang Ye would never be able to do it again in his life. Don't let him get ahead.

"He's only 13 years old. He's not smart at all. He's just a bit evil. But what does he want to do by bringing this matter up?"

"I don't know. Why don't the officials just go and ask in person? I think the Third Young Master is very sharp. Although he has a smart mind, he has a straight-forward temper. He shouldn't hide his thoughts from you. If you ask, he might just say ”

"A smart person, do you know how to hide your thoughts?"

"Although I don't have much contact with the Third Young Master, I think he is... he knows how to do it, but he doesn't bother to hide it."

(End of this chapter)