Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 74 This is not how money is spent

Not saying anything made Zhao Kuangyin a little angry.

"You don't want to borrow? Why don't you borrow? Do you think that the money that comes into your pocket is yours? Most of your money came from the pockets of the Imperial Guard soldiers."

In his opinion, Zhao Guangmei is his biological brother. The so-called Tian family is selfless, what is yours, mine, and the country's. How can such things be so clearly distinguished?
What's more, you still want to compete for the heir apparent, or at least be one of the heir apparents. Wouldn't it be selfish to cover your pockets at this time?How can this look like a gentleman?
"Brother, calm down, calm down, sit down first."

"Humph!"

"Let me guess, how do you plan to take back this military power, okay?"

"Humph!" Zhao Kuangyin was still very angry.

"You want to have a drink to release your military power, but you don't want to go to war, and you don't want to be ruthless. I'm sorry for these former brothers who sent you here, so although you want the military power, you definitely can't treat them badly, right?"

"As for the compensation for them, first of all, it lies in marriage, such as Zhang Lingduo and Gao Huaide. You will even order that in the future, all the children of the royal family must give priority to the descendants of these generals."

"Second, reward them with a large amount of property and allow them to go to various feudal vassals to serve as vassals. At the same time, they are allowed to purchase land and property, raise singing and dancing concubines, and live in peace and contentment. Moreover, they are also allowed to enjoy the taxes of the vassal."

"To put it bluntly, from now on, although they have no military power, they have become the real relatives of our Zhao and Song Dynasties. They have been relatives of the emperor for generations. In essence, you are raising them as clan members. In fact, this is Except that their surname is not Zhao, their descendants are no different from the clan princes of our Zhao family, right?"

Zhao Kuangyin was even more surprised when he heard this, because Zhao Guangmei actually guessed his thoughts to almost the same extent.

Wizards!

"Since you have guessed it, why are you still unwilling to borrow the money? You are also a prince. If you can remove their military power at this time, wouldn't it be a good thing for you?"

Zhao Guangmei curled her lips: "If it's really me who inherits the throne, do you think I won't be able to suppress them?"

"........."

"Besides, even if I am not the heir to the throne, brother, although your approach is excellent, in my opinion, there are still flaws, at least I think it is not very good, at most it can only be regarded as unsatisfactory."

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little off guard. You must know that he had spent most of his energy on this matter for more than half a year since he took the throne. However, Zhao Guangmei saw through it at a glance and actually complained about it?

"In this way, I took back the military power, and they can enjoy wealth forever for generations to come. What's wrong with it? This can be said to be a win-win situation, so what's the disadvantage? Is it true that they stay in the army? Will it be better?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and nodded in agreement with Zhao Kuangyin: "Brother is indeed right. Throughout history, your handling method should be the best among the founding emperors of the past. But eldest brother, there is no real win-win situation in this world." If you think you won something and they also won, then who lost?" "Who lost? Then tell me, who lost?"

"It is the people of the world who have lost."

Zhao Kuangyin was shocked: "What's the explanation for this?"

"You need to spend money to bribe them, and they will naturally need to spend money to bribe their subordinates and supporters. You put them to work as governors. If they take advantage of the power in their hands to seize land and property, plunder Do you care if your beloved is a slave? If you don’t care, how will we, the descendants of the Song Dynasty, care about it? In their eyes, these are what they deserve, and they exchanged them with the military power in their hands. Then what do you say, If people want to file a complaint, where can they go?"

"After all, land is something that is limited. If they circle it once, the tooth soldiers below them will circle it ten times. It is difficult for the local government to check them. In the future, they will intermarry with our Zhao family for generations. These The more people’s descendants multiply, the more fertile land they will need.”

"Brother, land annexation is a problem that has existed in all dynasties, and it cannot be controlled at all. However, no matter how hard you can control it, at least you can't just let it go from the beginning, right? If you do this, the land annexation in this dynasty will be so fast , must far exceed that of previous dynasties, so how will the refugees who have lost their land be resettled? Will they all be forced into the Forbidden Army to dilute military households? Can such an army still fight a war?"

Zhao Kuangyin really didn't think that far, or he thought about it, but he didn't take it as a big deal. He couldn't help frowning and said: "Then if it is according to what you said, besides killing the heroes, there is nothing else." Is there any solution?"

Zhao Guangmei sighed: "As the saying goes, take history as a mirror. Brother, what you did is quite similar to Han Guangwu's strategy of retreating heroes. However, even though Han Guangwu was talented and reckless, this move ultimately laid the foundation for the rise of powerful families. The Eastern Han Dynasty The speed of land annexation is far faster than that of the Western Han Dynasty, so the speed of political corruption in the Eastern Han Dynasty is almost the highest in all dynasties in my opinion."

"Take the Sui and Tang Dynasties as an example. During the Sui Dynasty, the national power was not weak. However, Yang Jian appeased a large number of the heroes of the previous dynasty, so that the Guanlong nobles always had a lot of power, annexed countless fields, and controlled several Thousands of domestic slaves died in their second life. Could it be that Yang Guang did this all by himself? Why did he have to do it?"

"If it weren't for Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident, which suppressed a large number of Guanlong nobles, especially the [-] Taiyuan Yiconong who followed Li Yuan, would the Tang Dynasty's Guo Zuo really have lasted longer than the Sui Dynasty? What?"

"This is the cruelty of politics. The more appeasement one treats the founding nobles and former ministers, the harder it will be to suppress land annexation, and the shorter the country will be. On the contrary, the more suppressed it is, the faster the land annexation will be. The slower you go, the longer the country will be."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin's face had unconsciously put on a mask of pain.

"There may be some truth to what you said, but they are all my brothers, sworn friends who live and die together. Our family is what it is today, mostly because of their recommendation. How can I bear to do harm to you?" What about them? If I really kill the heroes and kill them all, then am I still a human being? They say the emperor is ruthless, but if I really kill them all, third brother, won't you be afraid? "

"I'm afraid, if you really want to drink from a golden cup with you and show no mercy, I will immediately invite you to leave. I will never set foot in the capital again, and I will never dare to mention the matter of fighting for the reserve again. ."

"Could it be that you have the best of both worlds?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "I have always said that I agree with you spending money to buy military power from them, and I also support our Zhao family to marry them for generations, and we will be relatives forever from now on. Otherwise, I would not have been so early. Just marry Zhang Ling'er, I haven't consummated the marriage for so long, but money shouldn't be spent like this."

(End of this chapter)