Regarding civilian officials, Zhao Zhi's control is relatively loose, because in his view, even if the civilian officials have any intentions, they will not be beyond their control. However, for military generals, Zhao Zhi's attitude is exactly the opposite. The control is very strict, and the military

There must be a supervisory army, and if they go out to fight, at least one censor will be sent to accompany the army to supervise. If they make a mistake, they will be dismissed from office or put to death in the worst case.

Sima Zhong, the deputy envoy of Qianhedong Road Jiedu, stayed in Jinyang. During the White Turbans rebellion, faced with the rebels' overwhelming superiority, he defended Jinyang for more than a month, severely defeating the White Turbans' vigor and buying precious time for the court.

, which gave the court enough time to deploy troops, arrange the battle situation, and finally successfully suppress the White Turban Rebellion. Sima Zhong could be said to have made a great contribution, but soon after the war, what awaited him was not a reward, but a prison sentence.

What's the reason? It's just that Liu Zhiheng once persuaded Sima Zhong to surrender. This was taken advantage of by his political opponents, who wrote to Zhao Zhi to impeach him, saying that Sima Zhong had different intentions in the face of Liu Zhiheng's persuasion to surrender.

Just four words, he had a different intention, and he was still trying to catch the wind. Zhao Zhi immediately recalled Sima Zhong, dismissed him from all official positions, and sent him to Dali Temple for interrogation. Although Sima Zhong was finally cleared, the person who wrote the impeachment letter also falsely accused him.

For this crime, Sima Zhong was dismissed from office and exiled. However, Sima Zhong also lost his military power. Zhao Zhi asked him to abandon military service and become a civil servant, so that he would no longer have any military power.

It can be seen from this that although it was finally proven that Sima Zhong was innocent and had no second thoughts about the imperial court, the thorn in Zhao Zhi's heart was obviously not completely eliminated. The deprivation of his military power is the best witness.

, of course, Zhao Zhi also gave some compensation to Sima Zhong, so that he could participate in political affairs and concurrently serve as the inspector of Jiangnan Province, supervising the entire judicial and official administration of Jiangnan.

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In the promotion and appointment of officials, Zhao Zhi also treats civilian officials and military attachés differently. For civilian officials, Zhao Zhi values ​​​​their talents, followed by their virtues. For example, Qin Anming loves to make small reports and likes to talk about people and things behind their backs, but he does have

Caigan was also very sincere to Zhao Zhi, so Zhao Zhi reused him. Another example is Zheng Renjie, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was impeached many times for openly accepting bribes. He was in charge of the personnel power of the court, and many officials rushed to please him.

, giving him money, hoping to be taken care of in his official promotion, is this true or false?

It's true, but Zhao Zhi didn't do anything to him, and still reused him to manage the bureaucracy. What's the reason? Because even if Zheng Renjie is corrupt, he still has rules and a degree, a person with virtue but no talent. Such a person,

Zhao Zhi likes him, but he won't reuse him. He doesn't accept any money he gives him. He is a man of both political integrity and talent. In today's era of smooth communication, Zhao Zhi has long been unheard of, so there is no need to bribe him.

They can also be promoted to important positions. The last kind of people are those who are talented but not moral. This kind of people can also be divided into two categories. One is greedy for money and does not do anything. They are officials just to make money and have no bottom line. The other is

People in the former category are those who are greedy for money but are willing to do things. Zheng Renjie will not accept their money. If he does, he will not be able to escape if something happens. Zheng Renjie chooses the latter category.

Excellent people who receive money to do things, like Zhao Zhi's recommendation, can often be promoted and reused. Yang Yu relied on bribing Zheng Renjie. He was talented and had made many political achievements in the local area. He was recommended by Zheng Renjie and was immediately reused and promoted.

He was promoted to the position of Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of Rites.

Between Ma Wu and Huang Zhi, Ma Wu is inferior to Huang Zhi in terms of qualifications, military exploits and title, but the former is able to gain great trust and importance from Zhao Zhi. What is the reason?

Huang Zhu was a man of great authority on the battlefield, brave in battle, fearless of death, and accomplished many meritorious deeds. However, in the officialdom, he was cautious and did not offend others easily. A royal censor once pointed at his nose and scolded him. Although he was not disrespectful at all, Huang Jian could not speak out, and was ridiculed as a timid general and a mediocre general. However, those who had a close relationship with Huang Jian knew that Huang Jian was by no means timid or mediocre, at least in his career. Not on the battlefield.

But such a person who rarely makes mistakes, is diligent, and has good character cannot be trusted by Zhao Zhi. Although there are old grievances between the two mixed in, it is by no means the main reason, because this is a common phenomenon. Zhao Zhi distrusts most generals.

Of course, there are also people Zhao Zhi trusts among the generals. Li Zhong and Zhao Bo'an have an extremely close relationship with Zhao Zhi, and have won Zhao Zhi's trust and reuse. Among them, two of them are loyal to Zhao Zhi and have personal feelings for them. Inside, Li Zhong and Zhao Zhi met when they were poor and humble, and became sworn brothers. Zhao Bo'an was the adopted son of the late emperor Pingzong and Zhao Zhi's adopted brother. They had a very deep personal relationship and they always followed Zhao Zhi's will. In doing things, I have never acted on my own initiative.

Among all the military generals, there was only one person who had neither an excessive personal relationship with Zhao Zhi nor extraordinary talents, but a simple relationship between monarch and minister, and yet was trusted and reused by Zhao Zhi, and that person was Ma Wu.

Ma Wu was born into a wealthy landowner family. He did not like studying since he was a child. In his youth, he committed a crime for causing serious injuries and was sentenced by the government to join the army in Longyou.

Ma Wu has military skills and is quite brave in battle, but he is far behind Huang Zhu. Among all the generals, he is only average. He also has a rough personality, likes to curse people, is informal, likes to fight against injustice, and likes to fight against injustice. Although Ma Wu is not greedy for money, he is extremely lustful. He has more than forty wives and concubines, which is in sharp contrast to Huang Cun, who has one wife and one concubine each, one son and one woman. His character and improper private life are naturally incompatible. He offended many people, and ministers often wrote letters to impeach him, but Zhao Zhi always ignored him and instead used him more and more.

One of the things that Li Xun remembers most deeply about Ma Wu is that the Battle of Longyou is about to break out. Ma Wu is entrusted with important tasks. Before leading the army to the battle, Zhao Zhi once said to Ma Wu that if he wins this battle, I will give him a heavy reward. As for you, Ma Wu said to Zhao Zhi carelessly, if we lose this battle, my head will be given to you, the emperor. If we win, I will not want anything else. The emperor will reward me with a few beautiful maids. .

What was Zhao Zhi's reaction after hearing such a bold statement? He laughed loudly, not angry at all, and immediately rewarded Ma Wu with three beautiful palace maids, and said: If you come back victorious, I will reward you with three more.

The three of them drank very late. Li Xun and Zhu Zhengguo didn't drink too much, they were just half drunk. Shan Qiu drank on his own because of worries. He drank a lot and ended up drunk. Li Xun asked him to stay at home. Go to sleep.

Before leaving, Zhu Zhengguo pulled Li Xun and asked: "You seemed to have something to say to Shan Qiu just now. Why didn't you say it in the end? Is it because I'm here and it's not convenient for you to say it clearly?"

Li Xun punched Zhu Zhengguo hard and said with a tigerish face: "We are brothers. Is there anything I can't say in front of you?"

Immediately, he expressed what was on his mind.
Chapter completed!