As Ren Baozhong said, although some things may seem complicated and overwhelming, as an official there is no need to worry about everything. He only needs to pay attention to the key points that need to be paid attention to at his own level.

In fact, not only Ren Baozhong, but also Wang Yan, who was in charge of the central affairs of the imperial camp, and Liu Ziyu of the Ministry of War, all made corresponding summaries to Zhao Guan's family through the Privy Council and gave their own suggestions.

A few days later, towards the end of March, Zhao Jiu also waited for feedback from several commanders and generals in charge.

But to be honest, although these people gave answers to Zhao Jiu's straightforward questions, the level of the answers they gave seemed a bit uneven, and their positions were somewhat difficult to explain.

First of all, in terms of the content level of Zhazi, Wu Jie and Yue Fei are undoubtedly the highest. They know very well what the intentions of Zhao Guanjia are, and they have given reasonable and evidence-based explanations, and the answers are similar to those of Zhao Jiu and his close circle.

The answers obtained in advance are basically the same.

Basically, it is because Yue Fei made it clear that he hopes to increase the number of imperial naval forces to ensure the freedom of advance and retreat on the Eastern Front. Wu Jie directly suggested that if it is really difficult to expand the imperial army, it can be done at a low cost.

Maintain some Xiang troops in Kansai, that is, reserve troops... Moreover, he clearly expressed certain doubts about the potential plan of temporarily large-scale conquest of party soldiers, which was informed by Zhao Guanjia.

To put it bluntly, although Yue Fei was the one who proposed the strategy of marching from Hedong, as a native of Hebei, and most of the soldiers he led were exiles from Hebei, he definitely still hoped to open the situation directly from the Hebei plain.

It’s also human nature.

Relatively speaking, Wu Jie’s private goods are relatively heavy.

Who can be used to form a reserve army in Kansai? They are not the Western troops who were replaced when they were reorganized and compressed into the imperial rear army!

As for the hostility of the Western Army to the Party members, it has always been there, but Xixia has perished, and the key is that the court is asking you questions at this time. Isn't it because there is no money and can only selectively expand the army? Then in the Western

Is it cheaper to have a reserve army when the army grows larger, or is it cheaper to recruit a large number of party members at once using a method similar to blood tax?

Even further, you must know that the reintegration of Ningxia Road and Shaanxi Road triggered a series of Han-Tibetan antagonism issues. At this time, you, Wu Jie, are too good at uniting colleagues by talking about this?

If there are people who are too full of private goods, then there will naturally be those who have the most upright stance.

Li Yanxian and Zhang Rong were very suitable. The former just emphasized the necessity of setting the main attack direction in the east of the river, while the latter simply said nothing and just guaranteed that the river would be fine.

However, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the two most senior commanders, were obviously perfunctory.

Of course, Zhang Boying need not say anything. He has actually been dismissed from his post, and his thoughts are on the fleet that has not returned for a long time. As for Han Liangchen, Zhao Jiu can probably guess what this guy is thinking, but as long as this guy doesn't delay things, Zhao Guan's family will also

I'm just too lazy to distract myself from talking about it.

As for Wang De, Li Qiong, and the newly appointed imperial camp commander Wang Yan, including the Minister of War Liu Ziyu, and even the prime minister Zhang Jun, Chen Gui had a slight deviation in the final answer, and then unanimously put forward a common suggestion

——They advocate that the expansion of the army should start from the imperial camp. Some even think that all the posts that can currently be expanded should be given to Wang De and Li Qiong to ensure that the troops directly under Tokyo can form a balance with the Kyoto and Kansai directions.

This is a typical position issue. Although it is not as obvious as Wu Jie's, it actually made inappropriate suggestions.

In fact, this is not the time for the Zhao Guan family to withdraw military power, right?

This is not to say that the more centralized power is, the harder it is to release power, but that this legion system centered on individual generals is a legacy of history, a military trait naturally formed after the Jingkang collapse, and an established

Reality, and changing the established situation is bound to cause turmoil.

He even said that the Northern Expedition was a battle that staked the fate of the country. Even if it succeeded, once it failed, it would probably take another ten or twenty years to muster the courage and gather strength. In this case, Zhao Guanjia would not even mention withdrawing his troops.

Damn it, he can bear it if he comes to Jinggou Town again!

Back to the present, although the imperial court has gathered opinions from all sides, this matter is extremely involved after all, so from mid-March to late March, the Privy Council adjusted the plan several times. Although it gradually stabilized, to be honest, everyone,

Including the Zhao Guan family, they have always felt that some places are still not satisfactory.

Of course, everyone knows in their hearts that with limited finances, there will definitely be dissatisfaction, so it is estimated that after further adjustments, this matter will be completely settled after the first morning of April.

However, in late March, when the imperial court was gradually finalizing its military expansion plan, due to the really helpless traffic conditions of this era, a very ironic thing happened - the imperial court received former ministers Li Gang and Li Boji from the southeast.

A memorial with strong words.

You don't need to read the content, just count the time, and you will know that this memorial is obviously in response to the imperial court's radical Northern Expedition. However, the people in charge of the various departments who read the content mostly took a breath, and then they immediately knew that this

Mr. Li Gang and Li Xianggong were obviously in trouble because of the unprovoked expulsion of his third brother Li Jing from the court.

"I beg you to resign..."

"Please fuck me!"

On the west side of Yanfu Palace, in the courtyard of the main hall of martial arts, under the spring rain of ox hair as precious as oil, Prime Minister Zhang Jun had just raised his hands and struggled to say three words, when he was stopped by Zhao Guanjia, who was standing there with his back reading the memorial.

He stopped drinking.

Not only that, the memorial in the official's hand was also thrown directly onto the wet ground with these words.

Obviously, Zhao Guan's family was angry.

Seeing this situation, almost everyone among the civil and military officials, close ministers and servants who had gathered here for the Northern Expedition, including the Banzhi Jiashi students here at the martial arts school, fell silent in shock.

Even the few officials who came in a hurry had serious expressions on their faces.

The people in front were frightened to some extent by the rage of Zhao Guan's family. As for the prime ministers who had read the memorial, it was not that they were courageous, but that Li Gang and Li Boji had gone too far this time. His memorial was almost

It can be called a tear in the face.

If a prime minister who abdicated peacefully and whose political influence has not disappeared publicly betrays a reigning prime minister, the political consequences are self-evident... After all, according to the rules, if a censor publicly impeaches a prime minister, the prime minister will

It is necessary to resign as a routine, and then leave the decision-making power to the officials... This is an important means for the court system to suppress the rulers.

Although Li Gang is not the censor, his impeachment may have greater political power than the censor!

To put it bluntly, ordinary people cannot afford this memorial, and even the prime ministers may not be able to afford it. Only the Zhao Guan family can afford it.

To be more specific, in this memorial, which was delivered through public channels, Li Boji directly impeached Zhang Deyuan for being a villain and a person who harmed the country.

Taiwan’s unscrupulous and cliquey people!

Faced with such a direct attack, Zhang Jun, the person involved, must make a quick and direct political response, let alone other things. So it is no wonder that after reading this memorial at the Chongwen Academy, several prime ministers

He hurriedly rushed to Zhao Guan's house, who was watching the Northern Expedition drill at the martial arts school.

But no one expected that Zhao Guanjia would be so angry after reading this memorial, and they would be furious in public... It can only be said that this official's temper has indeed increased.

"Look what he wrote?!" After Zhao Jiu turned around, he snatched the muddy memorial from the hand of Lan Gui, the chief warden of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had just picked up the memorial, and then threw it away.

The sleeves were dripping with water. "Who is the gangster?! Who is Zhongzhi?! Doesn't doing things according to his ideas mean he has 'ulterior motives'?"

After finishing speaking, the official slammed the memorial to the ground again, and then turned his back again.

Lan Gui, the chief security officer, had no choice but to lean over and pick up the memorial from the soaked ground, and then tidied it up.

Facing the official's back, to be honest, the scene is still a bit strange... Zhang Jun bowed his head and said nothing, so he didn't mention it, but the matter involved the prime minister and the other three ministers, including many people below Wang Yan who were here before, although there were many

You can talk nonsense, and some people are willing to say it, but it's hard to interrupt.

The rain was getting thicker and heavier. Zhao Jiu, who was in casual clothes, looked up at the raindrops all over the sky. After a long time, he finally took a breath, but then looked back:

"Come in, everyone. Don't get caught in the rain. Put the sand table in the hall away... Don't be in a hurry."

However, after he said it, the official did not go to the martial arts hall in front of him. Instead, he snatched the memorial from Lan Dabaan's hand again, then turned around and went out, and finally walked not far outside the martial arts hall.

Walk to Xinggang.

Everyone around looked at each other, how could anyone really go into the martial arts hall to take shelter from the rain? From the provincial prime minister Zhao Ding down, almost everyone went out with Zhao Guan's family. Even Wang Yan, who was originally hosting the deduction here, also gave the order.

After those sandboxes, he hurriedly chased up Xinggang.

It is said that on the apricot hill, there are fine apricot trees transplanted from all over the country during the reign of Emperor Taishang Daojun. They almost cover the entire hill. It is March at this time, and the apricot flowers are in bloom, and the hill is full of green trees.

The color, covering most of the spring rain for everyone in Denggang, actually created a scene of fireworks in March.

However, Zhao Guan's family likes to come here recently, or at least he came here today, obviously not because of the apricot flowers on the hill, because after he came to the apricot hill next to the city wall, he entered the thatched pavilion on the top of the hill.

, he stood directly outside the thatched pavilion with his hands behind his hands, and then, ignoring the rain, he looked directly across the apricot blossoms and looked further into the distance.

This is the best bird's-eye view point in the entire imperial city and even in the northern part of the inner city.

On a clear day, you can even see the edge of the inner city. Zhao Guan's family has actually been here several times.

However, looking from here through the drizzle, only the outlines of buildings are visible in the entire imperial city, and the entire inner city of Bianliang is also hidden in the mist.

To the northeast, far beyond the inner city wall, the Iron Tower of Kaibao Temple can still be seen in the distance.

Moreover, the noisy sound outside Donghua Gate can still penetrate the drizzle all over the city and the misty fragrance on the apricot hill to reach the thatched pavilion.

It can be regarded as having a unique flavor.

After watching for a while, perhaps because the misty and misty scenery suppressed the anger in his heart, Zhao Guanjia finally turned around, but still did not enter the thatched pavilion. Instead, he read Li Gang's memorials in his hand outside in the rain again.

But to be honest, even after he regained his composure, when he looked again, Zhao Jiu didn't look for long before shaking his head in public, but he was not as annoyed as before.

After reading it, Zhao Guanjia handed the memorial to Wang Yan, who had the highest status except for the four prime ministers at that time, and asked Wang Yan and others to pass it on for reading.

But at this time, these people knew why the officials were so angry.

Because this memorial goes far beyond what Zhang Jun said when he presented the memorial in the martial arts academy... Li Gang not only personally attacked Zhang Jun and impeached Zhang Jun, but also directly personally attacked Zhao Guan's family and punished Zhao Guan's family.

Initiated direct remonstrance.

Of course, there must have been criticism of Zhang Jun’s package.

"The world is not owned by Your Majesty alone... I am tired of hearing this and don't know how to change the words." Zhao Jiu sneered with his hands behind his hands. "Also, just because Mr. Zhang's wife Yuwen is the niece of Mr. Yuwen, we say that they

The power is spread all over Kansai, and there are suspicions of being affiliated with the party. What about the person who captured my son-in-law? So if Wang Xianggong captured my first number one scholar, does it count as forming a party? Lu Gongxian's family has been married to the Meihua Han family for several generations.

What's going on? What about the two generals of the Zhe family and the Yang family? They are still generals with heavy troops, do they have more ulterior motives?"

After Zhao Jiu finished speaking, Zhang Deyuan immediately came out and gave the necessary explanation: "In order to let the officials know that I was not in the position of prime minister when I married Yuwen, but I was just handling affairs in Kansai a few years ago.

, it was inevitable to meet Yu Wen by bus, so naturally there was some friendship between superiors and subordinates. However, Yu Wen knew that I had never had a wife because of the Jingkang Rebellion, so he recruited me as my nephew-in-law... At that time, I only thought this was a good thing, but

Forgot the duty of a minister to avoid suspicion."

Zhang Jun had to explain - as a prime minister, this matter was mentioned in the memorial to impeach him. According to political rules, he had to explain it in front of the emperor. If he went back to say no, he would have to write a self-defense document.

But Lu Benzhong on the side, Zhe Yanzhi, who was summoned to participate in the martial arts deduction, and Yang Yizhong, who didn't even say a word, were in trouble... The three of them had already mentioned their in-law affairs at Zhao Guan's house.

I had no choice but to go out, but today's matter happened to be Zhang's, and essentially had nothing to do with them, so I couldn't even intervene to apologize, so I could only stand around the four prime ministers.
To be continued...