Chapter 522 Big Action
"You haven't figured out Your Majesty's character yet? The more you stop many things, the more you are, the more firm your Majesty is." Han Zhang sighed. "Huh?"
Shen Xianggong was stunned when he heard this. When he thought about it carefully, he seemed to be like this.
After Zhao Xing ascended the throne, the more people he opposed what he did, the more he insisted on.
On the contrary, Zhao Xing was not so persistent in some things that had few oppositions. Even if they didn't say it, Zhao Xing would take the initiative to ask them what they mean as a reference.
Han Zhang has figured out the rules for so long and has even made some guesses about it.
He felt that Zhao Xing did not agree with the behavior of most officials in the court. Once more people opposed it, in Zhao Xing's view, the decision he made was right.
When most people don’t object, Zhao Xing will instead feel that there is something wrong with his decision.
It's just that he couldn't tell you about these, so he changed the topic and said, "Do you know where Empress Dowager Xiao and others have gone?"
"Huh?"
Shen Xianggong was stunned and exclaimed, "Yes, where are Empress Dowager Xiao and others?"
The official army was in charge of the army, and Empress Dowager Xiao and others followed him. Now the official army returned to the court, but Empress Dowager Xiao and others disappeared.
The officials in the court had ignored this issue before, but now they have reacted after hearing the reminder of Grand Duke Han. "I think Privy Councilor Zeng should know, right?" Han Zhang said.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Shen looked at Zeng Gongliang.
When faced the eyes of the two, Zeng Gongliang smiled bitterly, "Since the grandpa has guessed, why is it difficult for me to do something?"
"I was just guessing, but now I can be sure. Empress Xiao should have been let go by His Majesty, right?" Han Zhang asked.
"Your Majesty let go..."
After this, Xianggong Shen said, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind and exclaimed: "Your Majesty let go of Empress Xiao, is he trying to disturb the Liao Kingdom?"
"Not bad."
Han Zhang nodded and said, "Although Yelu Yixin officially ascended the throne, his time to ascend the throne was too hasty. In addition to the people who had already surrendered to Yelu Yixin, he had no time to eliminate his dissidents. In the Liao Kingdom, in addition to those who had already surrendered to Yelu Yixin, there were also some people who were loyal to Empress Dowager Xiao and Yelu Chongyuan."
"If Yelu Yixin won, many of these people would change their courses and turn to Yelu Yixin for their own status."
"But Yelu Yixin was defeated, and he also suffered heavy losses. Now Yelu Yixin's strength is not enough to completely suppress these people. Yelu Yixin will inevitably take ruthless measures in order to stabilize the situation."
Gonggong Shen nodded slightly after hearing this and recognized Han Zhang's analysis.
Why do we kill us no matter whether we are fighting for the throne or fighting for dominance in the world?
Even if the other party has no threat, even if he does not kill him, he will be imprisoned?
The purpose of doing this is not only to worry about the other party, but also to those who are loyal to the other party.
Take Li Shimin as an example. After the Xuanwu Sect Incident, he recruited all those loyal to Li Jiancheng.
Even a high position will be given.
Doing this is not just a simple display of one's own mind.
The most important reason is that Li Jiancheng's lineage is already dead.
As the saying goes, the money falls and scatters, and the masters are gone, and those people are even loyal to them. Even if they are given a high position, there is no great threat.
But the Liao Kingdom is different now. Empress Dowager Xiao and her son are wandering away, and Yelu Chongyuan's son is still alive.
Those who were originally loyal to both sides still have hope in their hearts.
Yelu Yixin is not that he doesn’t want to kill these people, but that he can’t.
At the beginning, many people on both sides surrendered directly to Yelu Yixin. Once Yelu Yixin did too much, everyone who surrendered would be in danger.
If the Song Dynasty and Xixia were not on the side, Yelu Yixin might not care.
But there are also the Song Dynasty and Xixia around. The Liao Kingdom has been in chaos for a long time. In order to seek stability, Yelu Yixin needs to stabilize those people and slowly remove these people by boiling frogs in warm water.
But the Song Dynasty had no time to give Liao Kingdom rest and recuperate internal rectification.
Now Yelu Yixin is suffering a great defeat, and those who were originally loyal to Empress Dowager Xiao and Yelu Chongyuan will inevitably be moved.
If Yelu Yixin wins, although they know that they are unlikely to gain Yelu Yixin's trust, they will inevitably be idle in the future, but they dare not have any other thoughts.
But now Yelu Yixin is no longer enough to shock them. If Empress Dowager Xiao contacted and won over, even those who were originally loyal to Yelu Chongyuan would be attracted by Empress Dowager Xiao. "The Liao Kingdom suffered a great defeat and was seriously injured. Next, Empress Dowager Xiao would definitely give Yelu Yixin a headache and had no time to take care of him, so Your Majesty insisted on sending troops to Xixia." Han Zhang said. "Your Majesty is so far-reaching?" Mr. Shen exclaimed.
Zeng Gongliang shook his head slightly. Only he knew that all this was not Zhao Xing's plan, but Empress Xiao escaped by herself.
At that time, Zhao Xing didn't know that Hehuang would send troops to Xixia, so how could he have such a far-reaching plan. "That's why I said, this matter cannot be stopped." Han Zhang shook his head slightly. "But although this battle has a certain chance of winning, once it fails, the consequences of the Song Dynasty will be unbearable." Shen Xianggong frowned.
He still prefers not to send troops for the time being.
No matter how well Zhao Xing plots, he is not sure he can win.
Shen Xianggong also knows that planning is in people’s way of accomplishing things is in heaven, and most things in the world cannot be 100% sure.
But in his opinion, once the Western Xia is not successfully destroyed, the war will be delayed for too long, and the consequences will not be affordable to the Song Dynasty.
"But I can't persuade Your Majesty now!"
Han Zhang shook his head and said, "Since Your Majesty has a plan in his mind and has made up his mind, forcing him to stop him is not a good thing. But you don't have to worry too much. If the progress is not going well, you can still persuade Your Majesty. Your Majesty is not a person who completely listens to others."
When Mr. Shen heard this, he was silent. He understood Han Zhang's meaning.
Now that the official has decided to persuade him, so I will support him first.
Under the current situation of Xixia, even if it cannot be destroyed quickly, it will not be defeated.
If it goes well, it will be much easier if it doesn’t work out.
Although he still disagrees, it seems that this is indeed a better solution now.
Back at the palace, Zhao Xing wanted to discuss the operation of military forces against Xixia again.
What surprised him was that this time, both Han Zhang and Shen Xianggong had acquiesced to this matter and did not object to it anymore.
Although I don't know the reason, it just fits Zhao Xing's idea, and he didn't delve into it.
The next day, Zhao Xing summoned Liang Yimeng again and agreed to exchange Empress Liang for Lingzhou City and several nearby cities.
Liang Yima was ecstatic when he heard this, thanked him repeatedly, promising that when Empress Liang returned to Xixia and controlled the situation, she would hand over Lingzhou City and the three nearby cities to the Song Dynasty.
After hearing this, Zhao Xing threatened and said that if the Liang family was playing tricks on him, he would raise troops to attack Xixia.
Then they arranged for people to send Liang Yi to the West Xia.
The night before leaving, Zhao Xing summoned Queen Liang to the palace again.
This time, if Queen Liang is allowed to return, even if she can destroy Xixia in the future, she may not be able to capture Queen Liang alive. Isn’t it a pity that she will no longer favor her?
After Liang Yiban and Empress Liang left Bianjing, Zhao Xing sent a secret decree to Gu Tingye.
Let him pay close attention to the situation in Xixia, and at critical moments, he can hold a secret order, mobilize all troops on the northwest border, send troops to attack Xixia, and destroy Xixia in one fell swoop. Arranged these and Zhao Xing asked people to pay close attention to the situation of the Liao Kingdom.
Whether his plan can be achieved depends not only on what Hehuang and Xixia can become, but also on how much noise Empress Dowager Xiao can cause in Liao Kingdom.
If Empress Xiao cannot cause trouble in Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yixin will have no time to take care of him.
When Yelu Yixin learned that the Song Dynasty sent troops to Xixia, he would definitely stop it.
After finishing all this, Zhao Xing was busy dealing with the money house.
In addition, Zhao Xing was not idle and worked a lot in the harem.
It is worth mentioning that during this period, Yu Yanran gave birth to a daughter for him.
Not only that, Rulan is pregnant, and Shulan is pregnant again.
The implementation of the money shop has also been relatively smooth.
Although some people secretly incite the people to start a turmoil and ask the court to cancel the promotion of money houses and new coins.
After all, there are not many people who dare to do this. Zhao Xing had asked the Imperial City Department to arrest the officials and merchants involved in the minting of counterfeit coins. Except for Li Jie who was exiled to the frontier, all the others were executed, which scared them.
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Although there are still some people who are not afraid of death, Zhao Xing did not spoil them and asked the Imperial City Department to investigate strictly, and would be executed if they were found.
The implementation of new currency has no impact on ordinary people. Although some people secretly provoked it, it did not cause much trouble.
Moreover, only a few merchants in the world participated in the minting of counterfeit coins. For most merchants, they still support new coins and money shops.
Although the money dealer exchanges new coins are not friendly to them, if the money dealer can start the Song Dynasty, it will be very convenient for them to do business.
They will lose a lot of money when exchanged for coins, but the silver coins are not only exquisite in shape, but also solve the problem of quality.
The shops they opened do not need to distinguish the quality or weigh them in the future. They can be said to have gains and losses.
Of course, this has a lot to do with Zhao Xing's strength.
Zhao Xing killed so many officials, and even many officials were shocked, let alone these businessmen.
Until the end of the year, the ten money houses operated very smoothly, earning a lot of money for the court, and completely solving the dilemma of the court's lack of money.
Seeing this, Zhao Xing just instructed Sheng Wei to promote the bank and new coins as soon as possible in the entire Song Dynasty, so he did not pay much attention.
After the new year, Zhao Xing began to reform the administration of officials and the army.
The new assessment system implemented before has also achieved good results.
However, rectifying the administration of officials will not only change the assessment system.
The division of responsibilities, restriction of rights and supervision of officials are all essential.
This time the officials in the court could no longer sit still.
The division of powers was eliminated, and many departments in the court lost their role.
Zhao Xing laid off these departments.
In order to resettle these abolished officials, Zhao Xing asked many elderly officials to retire. In addition, the officials who had previously dealt with the officials involved in the minting of counterfeit coins and the officials who prevented the promotion of money shops and new coins, many positions were vacant and could barely be resettled.
No need to lay off a large number of officials.
How can those older officials who have been laid off be willing?
In addition, Zhao Xing laid off some departments, and although the officials of the abolition were placed, fewer positions could be held in the court later.
It not only affects their present, but also the future of their descendants.
In addition, Zhao Xing also changed the rules of Enfeng.
There are many bright eyes that can lead to the bright eyes of Yinfeng. If you have high official positions and titles, almost all the descendants in your family can get Yinfeng.
But Zhao Xing stipulated that from then on, all Yinfeng and bright eyes will be cancelled, and only officials of the fourth rank or above can get Yinfeng.
And only one son can be sealed, even the current husband is no exception.
In addition, in the future, only officials with false positions can only reduce their rank and receive basic salary and cancel all other benefits.
You should know that although the salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty are high, they are so high that they are combined with all kinds of bright eyes.
The basic salary is actually not high, let alone the price reduction.
For example, an official who had a false position in the fifth rank could only receive the salary of a fourth rank official, and it was the basic salary.
Zhao Xing didn't want to completely cancel the Yinfeng.
It's just that this has too much resistance, so there is still some room for it.
But even so, it aroused opposition from most officials in the world.
Learn from the civil and military skills and sell them to the imperial family.
Why sell it to the imperial family is not to win a wife and children, and to enjoy wealth forever for future generations.
Zhao Xing did this, which was equivalent to cutting off the path of their descendants to enjoy wealth forever, and how could they accept it?
For a moment, the letter of opposition from the letter poured into Bianjing like snowflakes, and there were officials in the court who were deceased to speak out every day.
But Zhao Xing was very strong, and he had completely captured the imperial guards of Bian Jing.
Immediately mobilized tens of thousands of troops into the city and directly controlled the city of Bianjing.
Officers who have been advised will only take care of their own interests and eliminate all fame and fortune.
Not to mention that they are chased after death, they must destroy their reputation.
At this moment, Han Zhang resigned from the position of Grand Guardian on the grounds of his old age, and received Zhao Xing's permission, and Shen Gong took over the position of Grand Guardian.
What happened next made officials all over the world completely lose their voices.
The Imperial City Office arrested the Xianggong Li, who had the greatest opposition in the court, on the grounds of rebellion.
The officials in the court who opposed it were full of righteous indignation at this matter, but Zhao Xing put the evidence in front of them and they became honest in an instant.
Many people even began to feel anxious all day long.
Evidence shows that last year's rebellion was initiated by Li Xianggong colluding with people from the wizard sect.
Although Mr. Li did not admit that he was a rebellion, he said that he did not want to see Zhao Xing rushing to war and bring the Song Dynasty into the abyss, so he had to stop it in this way.
But it is an indisputable fact that he colluded with the Wizard Sect. The evidence is conclusive, and the leader of the Wizard Sect and a group of senior executives were arrested, so he could not deny it even if he wanted to.
And the news came out that the people in the Central Plains were extremely angry.
Last year, many of their families were destroyed, not only did they suffer heavy losses, but many of them had their families died in rebellion.
After learning that the rebellion was caused by the Lord Li, they rushed to Bianjing and requested severe punishment for Lord Li.
In this case, who dares to plead for Mr. Li?
Not only did Xianggong Li be arrested, but many officials who were involved in the planning were arrested.
Zhao Xing's cancellation of other Yinfeng Mingyu attracted opposition from many officials, and these opposition officials were mainly Xiang Gong Li.
They were afraid that Zhao Xing would consider them to be a rebel party on this excuse, and they would not dare to plead for mercy.
(This chapter ends)