The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 271 Mutual calculation
Zhao Tong returned home, made a pot of tea for himself, sat in the shade of a tree in the courtyard and drank while thinking.

Jiang You is the mouthpiece of the Taoist emperor. As a heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, is he needed for this kind of comfort to the army?
Even in the battle of Hehuang back then, when things like opening up territories and expanding land, the court did not send a minister to comfort the army, right?What's more, it's a heavenly official from the Ministry of officials!

Although Wang Qing was difficult to win, and the court spent time and energy racking their brains, they were just bandits in the end, not a battle between enemy countries like in the frontier.

Even if the officials value it, the court values ​​it, but the comfort army is not fighting. Sending a bachelor's servant is the highest standard, and even sending an eunuch is not a problem. come?

This is no longer a matter of importance. Sending an official of Jiang You's level is a bit too much!
Especially Jiang!
Is this still consolation?This is to monitor, why not send Yushi Zhongcheng directly!
The people below couldn't see clearly what was normal, but Zhao Tong knew it very clearly in his heart.

Zong Zejiu was an official on the border between Hebei and Shandong, so he didn't know much about court affairs. He didn't know what kind of person Jiang You was. Moreover, Zong Ze himself was straightforward and belonged to the style of literati and martial arts. Punishment for defeat, this kind of twists and turns in court, he couldn't figure it out for a while.

And the generals below are either from the Western Army, or they are not qualified to go to the court even though they are in the capital, so they are even more blind to the court, and they don't know the danger.

Zhao Tun sat under the shade of a tree and took a sip of tea lightly.

My family has been an official in the court for more than two years. Although I have caused some troubles during the period, overall it is not hurtful, and the merits outweigh the faults. The relationship between the Taoist emperor and the emperor can be said to be a kind father and a filial son. There is no gap.

Originally, I thought that this situation could last for a few more years, but I didn't expect that the Emperor Daojun couldn't bear it anymore.

The emperor's mentality, except for a very few, in his eyes, there is no difference between children and ministers.

Even guarding against children is more important than ministers.

Zhao Tang sighed softly, who asked him to lead the army, who asked him to win the battle!

But it was Emperor Daojun who sent his family to fight, and it was Emperor Daojun who sent people to monitor after the victory. Are you a little too impatient?
Although the inspector was dressed in a festive cloak of comforting the army to save the face of both sides to the greatest extent, so that the generals here would not be aware of anything, and they probably even wanted to hide it from him, after all, everything looked so grand.

But supervision is supervision. This is a good way to say it, but it is looking for trouble if it is not good.

Finding faults is something that can be said to exist or not. Although he is a prince, Jiang You has no evidence and dare not speak nonsense, but Emperor Daojun finally made a move.

Zhao Tang put down the tea bowl and looked at the tree. There was a bird with yellow feathers and red tail on the tree, chirping uncontrollably, without the singing voice of a thrush lark, and he suddenly felt extremely bored.

What order to accept, what army to comfort, all go away.

Now that Emperor Daojun made a move, he would follow up, not only follow up, but also return the move.

Zhao Tun is very tired at this time, isn't it good to be a family who love each other?It has to be like the court, where the emperor and ministers come and go to plot against each other, but on the surface they have to be polite, the monarch and his ministers are in harmony, but in fact they are wary of each other in their hearts.

As a prince, once caught in this kind of calculation, it is worse than the relationship between the emperor and the ministers.

Prince Zhao Huan was in the middle of this kind of calculation, but he was always at a disadvantage. The Emperor Daojun was not optimistic about Zhao Huan, and always wanted to find Zhao Huan's fault to abolish the prince.

Now that he has military merits, he is different from before, so he also starts to plot against each other.

Zhao Tang didn't go out of the city to receive the order, but in fact he was already recruiting.

I countered the rebellion, I made meritorious service, I was injured, I don’t want anything anymore, will it work if I quit?
Don't monitor me anymore, I'm quitting. Right now there are not only the generals of the Forbidden Army in Luzhou City, but also the generals of the Western Army. They can't figure out what's going on for a while. clear?

If you treat your own son like this, how about others?
Isn't your Emperor Daojun a great success and want to save face?
Just let the army see, you can't even trust your own son, who will work hard?Especially when this kind of thing spread to the Western Army.

You must know that some of the emperor's requirements for the commander of the Western Army are sometimes not so useful. The power of the emperor of the Song Dynasty is indeed concentrated, but that does not refer to the commander of the Western Army.

The commander-in-chief of the Western Army is generally loyal, but he has his own views on the military, and sometimes he is stubborn, even if he can't discuss it.

For example, in the battle of Fang La, Emperor Daojun failed to persuade Zhong Shidao and his brothers Zhong Shizhong to go to the battle.

At that time, the reason given by Zhong Shidao was very simple, that is, he had to sit in various roads in Shaanxi to suppress Xixia, and he could not leave.

In order to eliminate possible obstacles, the Emperor Daojun was unwilling to adopt a blunt method, and the imperial court issued a strong order to force Zhong Shidao to beat Fangla.

The discussion failed, and there was no reason to refute the reasons given by Zhong Shidao. In the end, the emperor had no choice but to appoint Tong Guan as the commander, and ordered the generals of the Western Army to fight Fang La.

Different from other places, the relationship between the court and the Western Army has always been delicate, starting from the failure of Taizong's Northern Expedition.

This is different from treating ordinary military officers and generals. The commanders of the Western Army are actually all civilian officials.

The Zhong family, the Zhe family, the Yao family, the Liu family, the Gao family...these generals are called generals, but in fact the leaders of the commanding party are all civil servants.

All the way to appease, the prefects of all states, including some generals in the army, named No. [-] generals, actually have an official position, which is a civil official.

For example, Orihiko was born as a Jinshi in Chongning. He was a civil servant, but he had been holding a military position. Those generals who were recruited to Beijing actually became civil servants when they returned to the Western Army.

The emperor treated people like the Western Army differently from ordinary military officers.

If there is no Liu family, Zhe family, and Yao family in the Luzhou army, Zhao Tian will not just show it off, who will show it to?They are all under the Gyeonggi Imperial Army's own subordinates, so it's useless to show them.

He just wanted to show it to the Western Army!

Let's see, return father and son, and send people to monitor after winning the battle, that's good, isn't it the best face for you, father?

Now I don't have any face, and I don't have a face, so I like it.

Zhao Tong drank tea here, and Zong Ze led people to welcome Jiang You at the city gate. Although there was nothing lacking in etiquette, it was awkward. This matter was really awkward.

Jiang You was also awkward, he didn't want to take on this errand at all, he would understand what the Emperor Daojun meant without saying anything, this was definitely not a good errand.

Who is Zhao Tun?Regardless of status, he is the one who turned his face and turned his back on others. Now that he has won the battle and regained the court's face, it's okay to see him coming, but he didn't realize his intentions. If he figured it out, would he give him a good face? ?

Don't even think about it!

He does have a straight voice, and he dares to yell if he doesn't like it, but he is speaking for the officials, and the officials naturally have to be refined, and some dissatisfaction should be expressed through his mouth. What people say is different. As long as those people say it, they are equal to participating in the other party. If they say it, they are warning the other party.

Jiang You didn't look good all the way, and the officials who were brought out were still a little puzzled. Why is Mr. Jiang still a little unhappy about such a happy event?But at this moment in front of the city gate, I didn't see Zhao Tun coming to greet him. Anyone with that clever mind immediately understood what was going on.

These officials all bowed their heads, and they didn't have the same elation as before. They couldn't afford to get involved in this kind of matter. Not to mention that the pressure from both sides' official positions could crush them to death, but it was already considered half of the emperor's family business, and it wasn't them. Those who can get involved, don't even think about it, don't even look at it, and stand in front of the city silently.

After a set of welcome ceremonies, half an hour passed, and then the decree was read out, and the rewards were delivered to the Luzhou Army, and another half an hour passed.

After the matter was over, Zong Ze looked at Jiang You's awkward expression that no one owed him money, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Please, Lord Shang Shu, come to the city to rest."

Jiang You glanced at him and said, "Why don't you rest, the prince is still injured, and I don't want to rest. If you don't hurry up and lead the way, I will go to visit the prince."

(End of this chapter)