The struggle of the reborn prince

That night, several senior generals of the Zhongyong Army gathered in the Wang Ye's camp study, and Zhao Tang informed them of the current situation. After the Wang Ye finished speaking, everyone was silent for a while.

"My lord, it's been almost a month since the southeast La rebellion, why didn't there be any mention of it in the mansion newspaper that came from the capital recently, maybe the rumors are false?" Zhao Yong was the first to lose his temper and asked.

"It's not surprising. Cai Taishi has retired, Wang Fu is in charge of the government, and now it's almost New Year's Eve. He must want the emperor to have a peaceful year and suppress Fang La's breach of Qingxi and Muzhou!" Gao Chong looked at Seeing the prince smiled and said, everyone in the officialdom of Song Dynasty knows that the emperor likes to hear good things, and everyone agrees to what he likes, reporting good news but not worrying, making the emperor act like two fools, listening to old news as news.

"No? After Wang Fu came to power, he reformed bad policies, implemented new policies, and overthrew all the policies formulated by Prime Minister Cai. The emperor praised him as 'a natural good look, a true Confucian of today'. How could he deceive the emperor!" Zhao Zhi shook his head and said.

"He is just a playboy with a good skin. Not only was he beaten by our prince, but he was also caught by me from the fence. Can a 'true Confucian' do those inconspicuous things!" Zhao Zhong once followed the prince in Beijing. 'Anti-pornography', said with a smile after dealing with Wang Fu.

"Brother Zhong, please don't say that. At least the abolition of the Ministry of Commerce by Master Wang will be of great benefit to us. The green and white salt in Yanzhou is enough for us to eat and drink!" Zhao Zhi said.

"Catching free salt, are you eating too much? Now that Fang La is causing harm to Jiangnan, the prince is very anxious, you still have time to talk nonsense!" Zhao Ren said after waiting for the two of them.

"Oh?!" Zhao Yong was the first to react when he saw the prince's embarrassment.Your Majesty is the prince's father, and you must be here for this matter, "My lord, you said that Fang La rebelled. Will His Majesty send our Hedong army to counter the rebellion?"

"It's hard to say now. Since Zhongshu refuses to report and the emperor does not approve, who dares to mobilize the army without authorization, but we must also be prepared to return to the army at any time!" Zhao Tang smiled gratefully at Zhao Ren. I know too well who Zhao Ji's father is. Sometimes he really doesn't distinguish between good and bad, and talks like farting.Not responsible at all, he likes to act emotionally. Back then he called Cai Jing the Duke of Zhou and sent someone to Jiangnan to give the old thief a jade ring.Inviting him to return to Beijing, it's not unusual to praise Wang Fu now, but after replacing Taishi Cai, he advertised that he would abolish Cai Jing's tyranny, which indeed deceived many people.It can be seen that most people are easily confused by the so-and-so new policy; moreover, Wang Fu called himself the "Prime Minister of Peace" and let the emperor enjoy peace drunkenly and the people live and work in peace is the biggest politics.But Zhao Tong knew that this matter was too big, and the price he paid was too high.In the turmoil that lasted only half a year, 200 million people lost their lives.The foundation of the Song Dynasty was shaken.

"Fang La is now claiming to be the king, coercing 20 good people, and even several states and counties, and Jiangnan is deeply affected by Hua Shigang, and the crowd responds, but those corrupt officials are unable to suppress it, and Zhongshu suppresses it. This is our Hedong The army has the intention to put down the rebellion, but it also has the intention to be powerless, and it may lead to a catastrophe in the long run!" Zhao Sha said worriedly, now that the "Southeast King" Zhu Xi learned that the capital supervisor Cai Zun would not return the piece of armor, and ordered that he abandon the city and abscond. Chen Guang was beaten to death with a cane, and Zhang Huiyan, the magistrate of Muzhou who was incompetent in governing, was dismissed and brought to justice. He tried to make an example and prevent the officials from fleeing.

"Zhao Shi is right. If there is a big problem in the southeast, we may use our western army. But now we are entangled with Xixia. If we withdraw like this, the western expedition will be a waste of time. Your lord, please make plans early. !" said Zhao Ren. In the later period of Emperor Renzong, Nong Zhigao of the Zhuang nationality rebelled against the Song Dynasty and occupied most of the Lingnan area. Di Qing and Yang Wenguang, who also transferred the Western Army, took down Nong Zhigao in half a year, so he realized that the Western Army might have to be dispatched to solve the problem.

"Although the thieves are powerful, their actions are against the sky, and it is difficult to become a powerful tool. In the end, it is only the common people who suffer!" Zhao Tong said. He knew that peasant uprisings in history still followed the feudal ideology and organizational form. Without a complete political program and long-term guidelines, even if they seize power, they will eventually enter a historical dead end.

The peasant riots that I said are too rustic. They do not have advanced productive forces themselves, and they are unwilling to appoint literati and officials as think tanks. They also use poor buddies who "made revolution" with them. The organization is pure. , but the same short-sightedness, which means that the interest in sports is difficult to produce qualitative changes.The failed peasant leaders did not see this, such as Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and Li Zicheng tortured Ming Dynasty officials and squeezed wealth after occupying Beijing.

The same is true for the Fangla Uprising. As soon as he won a county seat, he was busy "ascending the throne" as the emperor, conferring his wife and son, and conferring kings and officials on his subordinates, but he did not consider how to develop and grow. It is still difficult to leave the statement in its teachings.Manichaeism's "vegetarian serving demons", these behaviors run counter to the traditional Confucianism and Buddhist etiquette norms, and are regarded as immoral heresies. It is not acceptable for the mainstream.

Wherever the rebellious soldiers went, burning, killing, looting, and plundering good people into soldiers, those gentry and nobles became the targets of their severe revenge, and their methods were cruel and outrageous, but not all of these people were bad people, but they were Indiscriminate treatment is equal, and there is no emphasis on a united front.Another one of them, the so-called rebels, did not do production, but only plundered the government and wealthy households to maintain their operations, distributed the floating wealth to the people, won support, and joined their ranks one after another.But once the common people become "rebels", no one is engaged in production, and the rich households and government offices will be robbed one day, without these they will become robbers and bandits one day, which will inevitably arouse the resentment of the common people and lose their place. base on which to rely.

Therefore, regardless of what Zhao Tong knew from his previous life or the analysis of the current situation, Fang La is not a comrade who came through time, but is still the grass-headed king. The riots led by him must fend for themselves. Inevitably, it is just that the people in the south of the Yangtze River, after being tortured by the "Hua Shi Gang", suffered second times from these thieves and were repressed by the government and the army.

"The current situation does not allow us to continue the westward expedition no matter whether we send our western army to the southeast to suppress the rebellion. The imperial court is likely to start peace talks, and we must make corresponding preparations in the next step!" Zhao Tong said after the analysis. Days have to be calculated, and wars have to be calculated even more. Accounts must be settled before fighting, and you must not relax when the war ceases. Be careful, you may lose your capital.

"My lord, although the situation is like this, the peace talks are all negotiated by the imperial court. Now Xixia is sending envoys to the court to lobby, and on the other hand, it has bribed Tong Guan to withdraw troops. Instead, he intentionally missed us, so we can know his intentions. With the help of others to force us to withdraw our troops, we will lose the initiative in the peace talks, and we will be passive everywhere!" Wang Jin said.

"Hmph, Brother Cha, this kid has lost again and again, and he still refuses to accept it. He's playing tricks with us. I'll let him see that I can make cakes without Tong Guan's rotten egg!" Zhao Tun Knowing that what Wang Jin said was true, and the reason why the Shaanxi Army was transferred back by Tong Guan, Zhao Tong had already sent back information from the intelligence department to know the details, but it was Cha Ge and Tong Guan who sang the double reed.

Cha Ge went to Lanzhou to secretly meet Tong Guan, bribed him heavily, and stingily provoked the relationship with Zhao Tun, and reached a secret agreement with him through two prongs. As for what benefits he got, it is still unknown, and then sent troops to the vicinity of Lanzhou. After a circle, Tong Guan immediately made a fuss and shouted "Xia's army is invading Hehuang", and flew to the capital to report to the capital, dispatching troops to Lanzhou, and taking advantage of the situation to transfer back the Jingyuan Road and Yanyan Road armies that cooperated with the western expedition.Brother Cha's plan was very poisonous, which resulted in the lack of troops in Zhao Tun's hands, making him unable to continue the western expedition, and allowing Xixia to take the initiative in the peace talks.

"My lord, I think Xixia is trying to keep our Hedong army out of the peace talks. Without our participation, they can benefit from it. So now we are not only facing Brother Cha, but also some people from the court!" Zhao Ren said.

"Well, let me tell you what you think!" Zhao Tun nodded, encouraging him to continue talking. Now that Zhao Ren can see this, it shows that he has matured not only in military affairs, but also in politics.

"My lord, I think we should 'promote peace through fighting'!" Zhao Ren coughed softly, seeing that the lord didn't intend to stop him, he continued, "There is such a big thing happening in the southeast, and the Xixia side will not stop it." I know, what we can think of, the cunning of Brother Yicha must also predict that the imperial court will deploy the Western Army to counter the rebellion, and to deploy the Western Army must first end the Western Expedition against Xia. This will reverse the situation of the peace talks that were originally beneficial to us. At this time, Taiwei Tong withdrew the Shaanxi Army, and Brother Cha had reason to think that we were the ones who were anxious, not them, so that he could benefit from the peace talks. Therefore, our army should not wait for the peace talks at this time, and should continue to attack. Let them feel that our Hedong Army can not only successfully complete the Western Expedition, but also easily capture Xingzhou, force it to make concessions, and break Chage's conspiracy!"

"Okay, what you said is very good. It seems that you can become a general in your own right!" Zhao Tong said with a smile after listening to Zhao Ren's analysis, and he agreed with his idea very much. It is also a good tactic in progress.

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