Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 97: Forcibly instilled sense of ownership
Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin's eyebrows that had been knitted together relaxed again.

He sneered, waved his hand to signal Wang Jien to go down first, and said: "Although you have always been bold, you are by no means a person without seriousness and brains. I understand Cao Bin. Even if you support him, he will never be so unwise. What do you two have to rely on? You can't really want to rebel."

Zhao Guangmei's expression was normal, and she picked up a piece of mutton chop from the table and said while chewing: "I'm not supporting Cao Bin, it's the trading company that's supporting him, and it's supporting me. The trading company is not my trading company, it's our Zhao Bin." The family is a trading company of the Song Dynasty."

"What's the difference?"

"Big brother and second brother, haven't you guys learned in detail how Cao Bin purged the Forbidden Army?"

Seeing both of them frowning, Zhao Guangmei simply explained: "There are two types of power, one is top-down and the other is bottom-up. Normally, the power of the court almost always comes from the top. But commercial banks do the opposite and work from the bottom up, which is the biggest difference between commercial banks and other yamen."

"Although I appointed Cao Bin to clean up the Forbidden Army, at the same time, I gave Cao Bin almost no power. Instead, I formed an inspection team through elections. The soldiers in each battalion elected representatives through voting to follow him. work."

"These elected representatives are all veteran households. Almost without exception, they were born and grew up in the military. Among the middle-level generals in the military, which one is wise, which one is wise, which one is barbaric, and which one is just flattering? They know their true abilities better than anyone else, so I directly asked them to provide Cao Bin with a list of suspects, and then let them collect evidence. Once the evidence is conclusive, the person will be arrested and sent for trial."

"The military court of the commercial bank only has the power to hear cases, but not to judge cases. I specially set up a jury system, which is composed of my brother-in-law's retired veterans, veterans, and widows of martyrs. It is a part-time system. Every trial is held The specific persons selected for the case were selected completely at random, and the jurors had no knowledge of the specific facts of the case in advance.”

After saying this, even Empress Dowager Du couldn't help but be very interested and said: "Then who will you listen to?"

"Listen to the jury."

"But according to what you said, these people don't understand the names of punishments and don't understand the law. Wouldn't they unjustly accuse a good person?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "But they represent the tooth soldiers. These people are the real bottom support of the trading company, and they are also the core idea of ​​my purge of the Forbidden Army. The so-called laws, in my opinion, are just that." Son, I am doing this to cultivate the sense of ownership of the Forbidden Army. As for whether they are wronged or not, what does it matter? If the soldiers in the army feel that he deserves to die, he will die regardless of whether he is wronged or not. Of course, If the soldiers in the army think he doesn't deserve to die, what does the law mean? After all, things in the army are different from those outside. It's good to be simple and rough."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Are the words of the jury better than mine?"

"Yes, it works better than you."

"What did you say?"

"I said, it's easier than you. Brother, even if you remove me, I still have to say this. I didn't instruct Cao Bin to do this thing in advance, but I think he did it well and beautifully. He If I don't do this, I really have to withdraw him and don't need him anymore. If brother wants to punish Cao Bin, punish me first."

Zhao Kuangyin was very angry when he heard this: "Why, the trading company is not the trading company of the Song Dynasty? The Forbidden Army is not my Forbidden Army?"

After hearing this, Zhao Guangmei put down his chopsticks and looked directly at Zhao Kuangyin and said: "Brother has said before that he wants to share the world with the Ya soldiers. Is it just talk? The most fundamental way to control the sense of ownership among the soldiers is to make them believe that they Really powerful."

"How should this power be reflected? Voting is undoubtedly the simplest way. The supervisory representatives are voted by the soldiers one by one. The jury is also randomly selected from the veterans. If they are supervisory representatives, the jury Things that have been determined by the group can be easily overturned by the will of the eldest brother. Then the right to vote becomes a decoration? If you don't give them such a little power, then what is the master? How can we make them believe it? Does the Song Dynasty really want to share the world with the tooth soldiers? Cao Bin does not represent me, and it is not me he defends to the death, but the result of the tens of thousands of tooth soldiers, one vote after another. The will of tens of thousands of people in the Forbidden Army should be above the imperial power!"

"Imperial power, above?"

Zhao Kuangyin stared at Zhao Guangmei, who looked at her calmly.

"Then what if one day Cao Bin arrests my people too?"

"If all representatives of the tooth soldiers jointly testify and are found guilty, it means that brother, you have seen the wrong person. It is better to kill this kind of person as soon as possible." Zhao Kuangyin slammed the table when he heard this: "Do you think this is the case? Don’t you dare to kill Cao Bin or touch you?!”

Zhao Guangmei said calmly: "If eldest brother forces the emperor's order, I will definitely block it, but I also know that I will not be able to block it. Cao Bin will definitely die. If you want to destroy me, it is just a matter of words. But, what next? With your prestige, brother, I believe that the imperial army dare not disobey your orders, especially since this matter itself is not a big deal, but what next? Are our Song Dynasty going to follow the old path of Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou?"

"........."

"If Brother doesn't want to share the world with Ya Bing, I will definitely object strongly. Brother, of course you can depose me, but this matter will definitely accumulate resentment among the Forbidden Army. In the future, Brother, a hundred years from now, I'm afraid this world will inevitably have to change dynasties. ”

"There are only two ways to stabilize the Forbidden Army. Either give the Forbidden Army real power, or completely abolish the Forbidden Army. From now on, the Song Dynasty will be strengthened and the Song Dynasty will be weakened. I personally am firmly opposed to the latter one, so brother, the power of the trading house has never been From top to bottom, but from bottom to top, I am serious about sharing the world with Ya Bing. This is my political philosophy and will never change."

Zhao Kuangyin was silent after hearing this.

Seeing this, Zhao Guangmei hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Soldiers without patriotism are just a group of bandits. Of course, the teachings of Confucius and Mencius may be a good supplement. However, not to mention how many people in the army will learn these so-called Confucian cultures, just learn them. Do they really believe it?"

"Why are the Forbidden Army always disloyal? Why is the military discipline of the Forbidden Army so terrible? Because in the traditional view, the world belongs to our Zhao family and to your official family. They serve as soldiers to support their families. The purpose of making a living is to get promoted and make a fortune, in short, it is not to protect the family and the country."

"Only by making the soldiers believe that I, Zhao Song, really share the world with the soldiers, and letting them know that they are the masters of the country, can these soldiers really be used."

As he spoke, Zhao Guangmei's tone was obviously a little angry.

But it was Zhao Kuangyin who couldn't fix it.

"As a prince, you are deliberately cultivating this power that is completely above the imperial power. I really don't know if you are confident or arrogant. By doing this, aren't you giving the army a mind of its own?"

Zhao Guangmei said disdainfully: "Brother, what gave you the illusion that the army does not have its own thoughts? If the army does not have its own independent thoughts, how can it have your yellow robe? Kings of all ages have wanted the army to be an obedient hand. But the sword is still sharp, but which dynasty or generation has truly achieved this? Taking a step back, brother, there is no immortal dynasty in this world."

Zhao Kuangyin was stunned for a long time, then simply picked up the chopsticks again and said: "Forget it, since you insist, then it's up to you."

Then, I ate big gulps.

He is just a Shi Hanqing, and he is not worthy of seriousness with Zhao Guangmei. The reason why he asked this question is just because the line of straight men like Du Yuhou in front of the palace is indeed a bit special, and the matter involves the second child. He feels that the third child will not say hello. It's just that I feel a little uncomfortable doing things.

Since the third child didn't know anything about it, he naturally stopped asking.

In essence, Zhao Kuangyin is actually a very confident king. He believes that his Forbidden Army officers and soldiers are loyal to him. Since everything is what the officers and soldiers want, let the officers and soldiers do it themselves.

Although the idea of ​​sharing the world with tooth soldiers sounds fresh, it is actually not the same thing. He, as an emperor, has never acted arbitrarily and made decisions out of words.

As Lao San said, the Forbidden Army has its own ideas a long time ago. Otherwise, the world would not have been able to change six dynasties and fourteen emperors in less than 50 years.

And the meaning of Lao San is actually not new. It is better to block it than to open it up.

(End of this chapter)