The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is springy with deep vegetation.

In other words, in the late spring of the third year of Jianyan, with the retreat of the Jin army, the fourth large-scale war between Song and Jin officially came to an end. However, the scars and various legacy problems caused by the war were very difficult for both sides.

It's a big trouble...

Among them, not to mention how the Jin army suppressed the rebels in Hebei, and how the upper-level officials became unruly, but in the Song Dynasty, there were also various turmoils.

Let’s talk first: how to restore production and order in Henan, how to deal with the civil and military mess in Guanzhong, how to deal with the many warlord forces in the Jingdong area, and then how to quell the rebellion in the southeast... It seems that everything is a top priority, and it is

It's a matter of fundamental importance.

Among them, almost every matter must be mixed with important personnel issues, economic issues, and military issues, so it is inevitably difficult to deal with them.

But how to say it?

Sometimes the words can be said the other way around. These things are right in front of us. No matter how difficult it is, we have to bite the bullet, right?

In fact, relying on the results of the previous war that could barely be called a victory, and the Zhao Guan family reorganizing their troops slightly in Heyin in February, it was a bit of a relief for the Song Dynasty Central Committee who had just returned to the old capital of Tokyo to settle down.

There is a place to start...

That is to say, military affairs are used as the program to spread things out.

For now:

Han Shizhong's left army of the imperial camp suffered the most serious damage in this battle, so the imperial court asked him to return to Huaixi to rest and recuperate. He was also responsible for the security of the hinterland in Henan and west of Beijing. He would wait for his troops to recover before making other comments;

Zhang Jun's imperial right army returned to Xuzhou to suppress the Jingdong area, which in fact generally reduced money and formed a separatist state;

Although Li Yanxian received the title of Commander of the Central Military Capital of the Royal Camp, his defense area was too important and he returned early... Obviously, the status of the Commander of the Central Military Capital may not be worthy of the name... However, even so, Xijing Luoyang this time

He simply put it under his command formally, and after the rebel armies in Xijing and Ruzhou, including Xiao Zhai, Niu Gao and others, were reorganized, they were all led by him. Lu Qing, the former three-yamenbu commander who had been garrisoning in Xijing, officially resigned from the three-yamen position and became the emperor.

The deputy commander of the battalion left the Xijing area;

It will definitely be difficult for the Eight-Character Army to return to Hebei. In addition, Wang Yan made it clear that he did not want to be subordinate to his former subordinate Yue Fei, so he was appointed as the deputy commander of the imperial camp, alongside Wang De, and stationed in Zhengzhou and the west of Kaifeng.

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Wang De, another deputy capital commander of the imperial camp, added Kaifeng's four-wall defense envoys and officially stationed them around Tokyo;

As for the huge imperial camp former army formed by the merger of the former Jeju governor and the Tokyo left-behind department, in theory, it should have been unified and used by Yue Fei, the capital commander, but in fact it was divided into two, and some of them followed the new imperial guard.

The deputy commander of the battalion, Lu Qing, went to Jeju and Nanjing to join forces with Zhang Jun to suppress the bandits in Jingdong. The other part followed Yue Fei himself and went south to put down the rebellion in the southeast.

In fact, it stands to reason that since Yue Fei has been in Jeju for a long time, he is familiar with the geography and people of Jingdong. For example, Zhang Rong from Liangshanbo will definitely recognize him, so it is most appropriate for him to join Zhang Jun in flanking the Jingdong warlord... But it really doesn't happen.

Method, everything should be prioritized.

According to the discussions between officials and governors, the prosperous land in the southeast was the foundation for the Song Dynasty to raise troops, and the rebellion must not be allowed to continue to spread. Relatively speaking, Jingdong has been in chaos since the beginning of last year. In the short term,

It is indeed difficult to annex the entire Jingdong area that has become a warlord and is supported by the Jin Army.

Therefore, it is natural to focus on the southeast first.

As for why Yue Fei went to quell the rebellion?

Of course, it's because his subordinates have the best military discipline. If you had to switch to Zhang Jun, who was the closest, you might as well let the rebels hide in Jiangning Mansion!

Therefore, this awkward military arrangement was formed due to the vigorous promotion of the Zhao Guan family.

Of course, right now it’s all about emergency measures. If there are holes, just mend them. Why isn’t that awkward? And God knows what new troubles and crises will come at any time.

"What happened?"

In the city of Tokyo, to the north of the Bianhe River, next to the Xiangguo Temple, the prosperous place in the inner city of the past has regained a little vitality. Above a restaurant, someone poked his head out of the street window, but he could see a knight coming from the imperial palace in the distance.

People were speeding up and down the street. "Which team is this today? Or are they all coming from the south?"

"God knows..." The one who answered in front of the messy table with cups and plates was Fan Zongyin, a member of Zhongshushe. He laughed when he heard this. "In the past, Tokyo in the Song Dynasty was now the gate to the north. Since it was the gate to the north, naturally the news

They are all from the south, why should brother Taifa (Li Guang) care?"

This joke was not funny. In fact, after Fan Zongyin finished speaking, several people present, such as Lin Qi, the Minister of Household Affairs, Li Guang, the imperial censor, and Li Ruopu, the Hanlin scholar, could only smile bitterly.

"It's a pity that there are no acquaintances in the Privy Council..." Lin Qi, the most mature man, was the first to say something after twisting his beard. "Otherwise, we would know to some extent whether there is a rebellion in the southeast. We are worried and will be in chaos."

"When I was in Nanyang in the past, I made friends with Wanqi Yuanzhong..." Li Guang, who turned around from the window, replied with some embarrassment. "But after this man's achievements in accompanying him, he has a solid foundation for self-reliance.

, he started to be independent when he was in Heyin, and after coming to Tokyo, he repeatedly made friends with the clan and relatives, and he didn't look like a scholar, so I cut off all contact with him."

"He means that he considers himself a close minister." Lin Qi said to him. "It's not right to say what kind of character someone is without permission. However, let's stop it. I am too talkative..."

"Liu Ziyu is a famous minister and has always been upright. If you want to find a figure in the Privy Council, why not contact him?" Fan Zongyin thought thoughtfully.

"Liu Ziyu may not come..." Li Guangqing knew that the other party wanted to say that there was a Bashu official behind Liu Ziyu, a confidant of the officials, but he kept shaking his head.

"That's not what I meant." Lin Qi continued to twist his beard and shook his head. "I am saying that in the current situation, it doesn't matter whether you know the military situation or whether there are people in the Privy Council who know each other."

"That's right." Li Guang also came to his senses. "In this current situation, it will only be useful if the minister directly intervenes."

Having said this, everyone in the audience looked at the youngest Fan Zongyin.

And Fan Zongyin finally shook his head seriously: "To be honest with you, I did go and ask yesterday. Mr. Xu is probably willing to speak for Mr. Li. I didn't go to Mr. Wang at all. As for Mr. Lu from the capital..."

"What did Mr. Lu say?" Lin Qi couldn't help but become serious.

"Lv Xianggong said that this kind of thing is not something that the prime minister can decide at all. It still depends on the officials' wishes and the two Xianggong's own attitudes..." Fan Zongyin replied Zhengse.

"Actually, it makes sense." After the restaurant was quiet for a while, Lin Qi sighed. "We are just busy, but we have to be busy."

Everyone was completely dejected.

Let us say that these people gathered together despite their busy schedules today because of the recent turmoil in Tokyo... You must know that after the military personnel have been roughly arranged, the title of the Prime Minister is the top priority, and

As everyone expected, Lu Yihao came from behind, and with his merits of guarding Nanyang that day and urging the officials to go to war personally, he successfully surpassed Wang Boyan and was promoted to Privy Council. As soon as he returned to Tokyo, he became the official Prime Minister of the West Prefecture.

However, although they are both serious Xianggongs, this Xianggong Lu is different from Xianggong Lu.

Lu Yihao had just become the Privy Councilor, and he began to monopolize the power and take over all the affairs of the Privy Council.

If any official in the Xifu dares to disobey him, he will face him on the spot, and he will be punished on the spot, ranging from a fine to a salary, or even kicked out of the Xifu. As for military affairs and personnel, anyone who is disrespectful to him or disrespectful will be punished directly.

From Han Shizhong's ordinary control of the imperial camp to the ministers of various ministries, he never made false remarks and had no habit of taking revenge overnight.

As a result, everyone was horrified, and Wang Boyan, the deputy privy envoy, was also dismissed.

But that’s not all, because there is a tradition of officials passing notes to the Four Prime Ministers to discuss matters... which means being a hands-off shopkeeper... so many important events are just reported to the official Lan in the imperial city behind Xuande Tower.

, the four ministers will discuss the matter in front of the right gate of Xuande Tower, where the former Shangshu Province and now the Capital Province and the Privy Council are located.

However, since he became the Privy Councilor, Prime Minister Lu would often force many matters to be handled by the Privy Council on the grounds that they were related to military affairs during the Four Prime Ministers' Meetings. In the end, it would naturally be handled by him.

Among the four prime ministers, Wang Shuxiang is a deputy and is naturally a head shorter. Lu Xianggong is a serious prime minister, but he doesn't dare to fight. Xu Jingheng dares to fight, but because of the grouping rules of the East and West mansions, he can't get past Lu Haowen.

, so Lu Yihao not only took control of the Privy Council, but also gradually overpowered the other three ministers, and seemed to have monopolized power.

That's all.

In the past two days, as Yue Fei quickly left for the south, Lu Yihao suddenly took advantage of the topic and repeatedly criticized Li Gongxiang who was far away in Yangzhou...

To be honest, there was no precedent for a prime minister to impeach a prime minister in the Song Dynasty, otherwise Lu Yihao would have directly impeached Li Gang and harmed the country.

But even if direct impeachment was not possible, with Lu Yihao's almost naked statement, everyone in Beijing could not help but feel panic.

If Mr. Lu really replaces Mr. Li and becomes the leader of the hundred officials, then with his power, who can be better? Even if he does not replace Mr. Li, but just overthrows Mr. Li, his power will be reduced?

Therefore, several of Li Gang's confidants in Beijing contacted Fan Zongyin, who spoke appropriately in front of Lu Haowen and Xu Jingheng, in an attempt to appease him.

But it's obvious that the situation is too bad.

Because in the final analysis, this is not just a problem of Lu Yihao's arrogance, the real problem lies only with Zhao Guanjia and Li Gang.

Li Gang's own military skills were too poor, and it was a sin these days to forcefully control the military even though he was not good at it. Li Yanxian's example was there, and Zong Zhongwu's foil was there, but he still did it again and again.

To cause trouble... With tens of thousands of troops behind the imperial camp in hand, at the critical moment, not only could he not help the front line, but he also messed up his position. He was the one to blame for being criticized this time!

At the same time, what frightened the confidants like Mr. Li even more was that they suddenly realized that with the Zhao official family defeating the Jin army and returning to the old capital, the old situation of mutual support between the official family and the public was no longer meaningful...

...Up to now, who would still doubt the Zhao Guan family's intention to resist the Jin Dynasty and his ability to resist the Jin Dynasty? And where is the appeal of Li Gongxiang needed to organize and establish a court team for the Zhao Guan family?

In a word, Zhao Guan's family now does not need the banner of Li Gongxiang to set up his character. Please support him. This official's own dragon banner is already effective.

This group of people was essentially worried that the Zhao Guan family would cross the river and burn the bridge.

"Fan Zhixu is dead." After the scene became quiet for a while, Fan Zongyin, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly revealed the news with a hint of bitterness.

"When did it happen?" Someone looked up in panic. "How did you die?"

"I don't know, it must have happened not long after arriving in Zunyi. Anyway, when I handed over the document, it said that the forage yard he was guarding caught fire, so he died in Zunyi." Fan Zongyin answered casually.

"That's it?"

"Perhaps so..." Fan Zongyin's tone became increasingly bitter. "But there are also other rumors. The son of the controller Zhai Chong, Zhai Biao, has just returned to the imperial court recently. According to him, he drunkenly told people that he went to Zunyi to do business and missed the war and

Credit.”

"The official..." Li Guang couldn't believe it.

"The officials cannot be at ease!" Lin Qi didn't take it seriously. "And so what if the matter was made clear? Wasn't Du Chong also killed in public? But then came the battle of Yanling, and the officials returned to the old capital.

Don’t we all dare to speak?”

At this point, Lin Shangshu paused for a moment, twirled his beard again and sighed: "Actually, this is the fundamental reason why ministers like Li Gongxiang are in office. After all, the official family is young and acts fiercely, and there is a minister to restrain it.
To be continued...