Qiming 1158

Chapter 272 Zhao Zuoliang's Visit

This happened in mid-February, early March, the time has ended, but Yu Wei is still there.

Su Yonglin's powerful army formation ability and decisive killing methods also made many people fear him, but also admire him.

They saw with their own eyes that Su Yonglin killed people with powerful force, and showed no sympathy for his opponents.

At the same time, they also saw with their own eyes that Su Yonglin rectified military affairs, changed military regulations and military laws, and made the army's orders clear and clear, and corresponding solutions to various problems could be found.

The messy situation was quickly sorted out, and it gave people a sense of clarity. Everything was different from the past, and everything seemed so new and dynamic.

So they understood a little why the original Shengjie Army had such a strong fighting power.

There are some things you really can't accept.

You can't do it well by yourself, and some people can easily solve all the problems without admiration.

Su Yonglin has completed the rectification of the army, integrated the military forces in Hebei, and put them all under his own command. The goal of the next stage is to improve the training level and organization of the army, so that it can be regarded as a combat-effective army. .

Spirit is soft power, fist is hard power. Spirit alone is not enough. You can't just pursue standing to die, you have to find ways to stand and live, and even stand to give money to earn money.

In order to achieve this goal, the original military training regulations of the Shengjie Army have also been implemented.

The hot training has begun.

In the process of this plan, Su Yonglin unexpectedly welcomed Zhao Zuoliang's visit.

He really didn't expect Zhao Zuoliang to visit him.

After all, the two of them have been nodding acquaintances all the time, and he could feel Zhao Zuoliang's estrangement and indifference towards him, and even his faint alertness.

Of course, he definitely can't say that he has a good impression of Zhao Zuoliang.

It's just that Zhao Zuoliang is a little more rational than the other Zhao family members, and the things he does are better, not as reckless as Zhao Kaishan.

This is the news that Su Yonglin has inquired about, and it is also his basic view of Zhao Zuoliang.

But after Zhao Zuoliang came, he basically aimed to shock him for a whole year.

Zhao Zuoliang personally came to discuss marriage with him.

Talking about Su Yonglin's own marriage, the object is Zhao Zuoliang's daughter.

"General Su is not too young anymore, it's the time when we should talk about marriage. The old man has a young daughter, twenty-eight years old, beautiful, well-educated, very intelligent, not yet married, I don't know if General Su would like it. People? If not, what about the little girl?"

For this person who came to the door to talk about marriage, Su Yonglin even felt that he was here to make things happen, to have fun and find him to have fun.

Zhao Kaishan's uncle is an indispensable helper who assists Zhao Kaishan in governing the family all the year round.

So close relationship, but come to me to talk about marriage?

It doesn't seem real at all.

But looking at his very serious expression, Su Yonglin felt that this matter really didn't seem like a joke.

The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker, the marriage is definitely not a joke.

Especially people like them.

And to be honest, Su Yonglin is not a hot commodity in the marriage and love market.

During this period of time, not to mention the high-profile families, even the ordinary landlords and tyrannical families did not show much thought.

Occasionally, some people come to talk, but they don't sound sincere, which makes Su Yonglin's marriage a bit of a difficult situation, as if no one wants it.

This somewhat embarrassed the growing Su Yonglin Group.

But this also made Su Yonglin feel the real political environment in which his entire group was under the pressure of Ginting, as well as the real attitude of the local forces in Hebei towards him.

They still haven't made the preparations to really turn to him and turn their backs on Jin Guo.

Even if some clans participated in the rebellion, they also split up. Only one clan followed Su Yonglin to rebel, and the other was obedient.

Some families simply ignore them, being neutrals and helping no one—or whoever wins helps whomever.

It's really a sight to behold.

Su Yonglin imagined that this kind of embarrassment would be broken by a certain tough family, but he never thought that this kind of embarrassment would be broken by Zhao Zuoliang.

He had heard before that Zhao Kaishan was fighting corruption, but it turned out to be his family's responsibility, and Zhao Zuoliang was forced to resign. Zhao Zuoliang was forced to resign, handed over his power, and went home.

He still thought it was a bit funny at the time, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zuoliang would appear in front of him at this time to talk about marriage with himself.

Zhao Zuoliang is a figure at the level of Zhao Kaishan's uncle. After all, he is also an important figure in the Zhao family. How could he come here to talk about marriage with himself?

Could it be that someone in the Zhao family felt that Zhao Kaishan was unreliable and wanted to leave a way out for himself?

Although Zhao Kaishan is indeed a pit man, but at this moment he is still in the period of success. Without his analytical ability, it is difficult to see that Zhao Kaishan is heading for demise.

At this time, he made the decision to turn his back on Zhao Kaishan and join him. Could it be that he was a prophet?

Zhao Zuoliang has this level?

"You are the elder of the Zhao clan, with a high status and a close relationship, and as far as I know, the Zhao clan's perception of me is generally negative, so I really don't understand that you will come here to talk to me about marriage. , can you please enlighten me?"

Zhao Zuoliang was straight to the point, and Su Yonglin stopped hiding and asked directly.

Two very direct people will be very comfortable to talk to, and there will be no barriers.

"This time back home, let me start to reflect on what I did for Zhao, what I got, and what was left in the end."

Zhao Zuoliang began to tell Su Yonglin completely what he had experienced.

Starting from a series of encounters after returning home, the taste of grievance is beyond words.

Su Yonglin was silent for a long time after hearing this.

He didn't expect Zhao Zuoliang to start thinking about the relationship between individuals and clans.

This is a minefield in realpolitik.

It is a minefield that even the emperor will not touch.

There is no doubt that in Su Yonglin's future road planning, there is a goal of disintegrating the clan. Although the methods are different, the goal is certain.

Since the end of the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the gentry politics dominated by aristocratic families has been destroyed.

After the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, Confucianism gradually moved towards its revival.

After Confucianism reached its peak from the White Tiger View Conference in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it went downhill with the great division of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and lost its glory in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Although the Sui and Tang Dynasties were unified, the cultural situation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties continued, and the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were paralleled, and Confucianism did not completely become the mainstream.

Until the Song Dynasty, as the military became increasingly conservative, the Song Empire needed an idea that could fully guarantee the status of imperial power to become the leading idea in governing the country. In this context, Confucianism completed its revival and regained its the same status as the national constitution.

The Confucian literati painted the Three Cards and Five Constants and invited them to the stage again.

Under this framework, an ultra-stable social structure was born.

In the traditional social structure below the county level, the clan is a very important link.

Due to various considerations such as transportation, administrative costs, and maintenance costs, feudal rulers did not resist sharing local grassroots power with traditional clans.

The emperor is the suzerain of the world, the head of the family is the suzerain of the clan, and the husband is the suzerain of the family.

Within their respective frameworks, they all have unquestionable powers over other officials, clan members, and family members.

If someone doubts, then the vested interests will use the law, clan rules and family laws to punish the rebels and maintain their power and status.

Countless families and families form clans, and countless clans form countries. One ring is linked to another. In a society, there are people from every social class who can enjoy the benefits of the Three Cards and Five Persistences.

Even a poor ghost has the power to dispose of his family, and his wife and children cannot disobey him.

The ultra-stable social structure was thus formed, and to a great extent, the cost of feudal empires for grassroots governance was reduced.

Because all the beneficiaries of the three cardinal guides and five permanent system will maintain this system unconsciously.

It was in the Song Dynasty that this system was carried forward once again. The social stability was unprecedentedly enhanced compared to the previous dynasties, and the power to maintain stability was unprecedentedly enhanced, which greatly reduced the cost of ruling the Song Dynasty and the cost of maintaining stability.

There is no need to move the political power down indefinitely, and there is no need to increase the expenditure of officials indefinitely. Relying on a unified ideology and the Three Cards and Five Standing Committees, the Song court can also achieve the goal of maintaining local stability.

The clan is this important stability maintenance institution between the common people and the government.

The empire's finances have never been so generous. Among the many expenditure items, only the cost of maintaining officials can be a little sloppy. If you can cut expenses in this regard, how can the rulers object?
This of course also invisibly increased the power expansion of the clan in the local area, and formed a grass-roots ecology in which the government and the clan shared power.

It's just that this ecology has helped the empire maintain stability and cut administrative expenses, but it will also recover this dividend elsewhere.

There is no such thing as both. When rulers make judgments, there is often a judgment of the lesser of two evils.

This is the same thing.

The clan reduced the cost and difficulty of ruling the court, and helped the court pay the cost of rule and stability. So is this cost given to the court in vain?

Could it be that the clan is a charitable organization, and it also gives tax and mobilization level for the management of the imperial court for free?
of course not.

(End of this chapter)