The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 214 Dialogue between Monarch and Subject
This is an opportunity. Originally, I was about to create an opportunity for myself, but I didn't expect that the opportunity would come to me now.

There are many people who are always envious of others, saying that only when others encounter good opportunities can they succeed, and if they do not succeed, they will have no chance.

But they don't know that the opportunity has come quietly when they don't know it. The opportunity is by your side, but you have not been able to grasp it.

I still believe in that sentence, opportunities are for those who are prepared, and you must always be prepared and wait for the opportunity to come.

Even if you don't have a chance, you have to create an opportunity for yourself and let yourself succeed. Only in this way will your chances of success be even greater.

Just like Zhao Pu's family is preparing all the time, waiting for the opportunity to come one day, they have already prepared quite enough.

I'm still preparing to fight for it myself even if I don't have a chance. No wonder they can become famous in the Song Dynasty in the future?
Just look at their mentality and you will know that their success is by no means accidental. You should have an epiphany by now.

Here Zhao Pu is still expounding his own views on the root cause of cholera since the Five Dynasties, so as to serve the later strategies.

"Your Majesty, this feudal town is the root of the Five Dynasties. In fact, when the feudal town was first established, it was still helpful to the rule of the court."

Feudal towns probably appeared after the middle of the Tang Dynasty, initially to strengthen local control.

At the beginning, it meant to defend the place, but I never thought that this feudal town would become the root cause of the Tang Dynasty's demise.

At the beginning, the vassal town really played a role in stabilizing the place, and Datang has been stable for many years because of this. At this time, Jiedushi did not have such courage.

Later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out. In order to quell the rebellion, the central government of Tang Dynasty added a lot of military towns, that is, military towns.

The purpose is to facilitate the command of the army to quell the rebellion, so that the feudal town formed by the heart will continue to grow.

These Jiedu envoys slowly took power in their hands and stopped listening to the command of the central government, forming a huge local force.

When the Anshi Rebellion was put down, these feudal towns were already independent kingdoms, and the Tang court had no way to mobilize them.

Therefore, in the feudal town, the Jiedushi is actually an emperor, and he has the final say on everything, and no one can interfere with military, financial, and personnel power.

In the end, the Tang Dynasty was also destroyed by the feudal towns. It can be said that the Tang Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of the feudal towns. This sentence is not wrong at all.

"Back then, Zhu Wen destroyed the Tang Dynasty and established the Back Liang, which opened the precedent for the demise of the central court by feudal towns."

"Since then, the feudal town has been threatening the central court. Your Majesty, you can see that the imperial court has been completely conquered in the past five generations, and it has always been threatened by the feudal town."

"Even if some feudal towns temporarily submit to the imperial court, it is not a yin and yang violation behind the scenes, but even so, the imperial court has nothing to do."

"In the later Zhou Dynasty of the former dynasty, due to the strength of Zhou Shizong and the strength of the forbidden army at that time, the power of the feudal town was temporarily suppressed by the court."

Zhao Kuangyin knew what Zhao Pu said, because he was personally involved in some things.

For example, the abolition of the forbidden army has strengthened the strength of the forbidden army, which is also the capital for Zhao Kuangyin to be the emperor in the future.

"I know what you said, Zhao Pu, and I understand it very well in my heart. Now we, Song Dynasty, are also facing the same problem."

It has already been said that since the Five Dynasties, they have been facing the situation of separatist regimes, and the Song Dynasty is naturally no exception.

How could Zhao Kuangyin not know what Zhao Pu said? He also thought about it carefully, of course he knew what Zhao Pu said.

"Zhao Pu, please tell me your thoughts. I want to hear your opinions. I believe you must have a countermeasure in your heart. Seeing that you are full of confidence, I know that you have a plan in mind."

Zhao Kuangyin immediately put a high hat on Zhao Pu, which made Zhao Pu very excited, even the emperor praised him, can you be unhappy?
"Your Majesty is absurd, Gao Jianchen is not, but I do have a little idea, if there is any deficiency, please correct me."

Although I have a mature idea, I can't say that I am better than the emperor. If I am better than the emperor, will the throne be given to you?

How could someone as smart as Zhao Pu make such a mistake, just saying that he had an immature idea.

This will not only allow you to express your point of view smoothly, but also leave a good impression in the emperor's heart.

"Your Majesty, you also know that the strength of the feudal town is too great, which will make the monarch weak and the minister strong. The court has no way to check and balance them."

"Why are these feudal towns so powerful, the most important of which is military power."

This can be regarded as hitting the point of the problem, just like a big snake hitting seven inches and pinching the snake's seven inches.

If you think about it, if you have guys and people in the hands of these feudal governors, how old is your court?

If you are not convinced, let's come out and fight to see who is stronger. This is really no different from the Eastern Weekend at that time.

"So, Your Majesty, if we want to solve the problem of feudal towns, we must first solve the military power in their hands. If these people do not have military power in their hands, the threat of these feudal towns will be removed by more than half."

As the saying goes: "Where the military power is, it will prosper with it, and where the military power is gone, it will die with it."These words reveal the decisive role played by military power in the transformation of the political situation since the end of Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.

If there is really no military power, those pairings are basically grasshoppers after the fall.

When Zhao Kuangyin heard this, he immediately thought of the issue of taking back the military power that Zhao Xu had told him a few times ago.

Now I have a deeper understanding, or I have a personal experience, or I can say that I am personally on the scene.

Thinking about it, I was a soldier from a young age. I was a small school in the Shuai Mansion first, and finally I was appreciated by Chai Rong.Gradually he became Marquis of Duyu.

In the end, he became the Supreme Commander of the Forbidden Army at the checkpoint in front of the palace, and he would win people's hearts at that time.

In addition, his prestige was indeed very high at the time, and soldiers and officers were willing to work for him, and he carried out his orders without compromise.

So when everyone in front of the hall checked and jumped to the throne of the emperor, none of the imperial guards objected, on the contrary they supported it very much.

So Zhao Kuangyin understood the importance of military power best. If he hadn't grasped military power at that time, the emperor's throne might be thousands of miles away from him.

So after he became emperor, he didn't loosen the control of the forbidden army at all. Now the check in front of the palace is his brother Murong Yanzhao.

Others don't want to get involved in the Forbidden Army at all, and many of the lower-level officers in the Forbidden Army are from Zhao Xu's Forbidden Army Military Academy. Zhao Kuangyin is very relieved about this.

This is also why he has been in no hurry to take back the military power of his brother Jiedushi. He feels that the Forbidden Army has always been in his hands.

"I also want to take back these military powers, but you also know that most of these people are my brothers, and I believe they will not betray me."

I don't know whether Zhao Kuangyin's words are sincere or what, only he knows best in his heart.

"I don't worry that they will betray His Majesty, but if their subordinates are greedy for wealth and honor, if there are evildoers supporting them, can they be independent?"

After saying these words, Zhao Pu fell to his knees on the ground with a thud, because of what he just said.

These words actually reminded Zhao Kuangyin to remember the incident of the Chen Qiao mutiny and avoid similar incidents from happening again.

Although he knew that the Chen Qiao mutiny was not such a simple matter, because he himself participated in it, but he couldn't say it out.

So after he reminded Zhao Kuangyin not to forget about Chen Qiao's mutiny, he immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty.

Zhao Kuangyin's face was uncertain, yes they are so loyal to him, but if someone puts a yellow robe on them, they have no choice.

This is Zhao Pu reminding himself not to forget about the yellow robe, and reminding himself of the importance of military power.

"Zhao Pu, get up, I know what you mean, let's continue."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhao Pu thought to himself that he had made the right bet again this time.

"After His Majesty settles the military power, when they bring their elite soldiers back to the imperial court, the imperial court will no longer be threatened by military power."

"However, after His Majesty took the military power back to the court, it is not easy to sit back and relax. There is one more thing that must be done."

"Huh? There are other things?" Zhao Kuangyin also understood the benefits of taking back the military power to the court, which he understood without Zhao Pu telling him.

"Yes, His Majesty's military power is only one of them. You must know that the reason why the feudal town can form a climate is not only the military power."

"Military power is only one of the important reasons for the formation of vassal separatism, and it is also the most important reason, but another reason that cannot be ignored is the power of taxation."

Every feudal town can levy taxes on its own, that is to say, their finances are independent, as long as they control how many places they own, these places are privately owned by them.

Collecting taxes from these places can ensure their sufficient military expenses. This should have been done by the imperial court. Now that the feudal towns have been replaced, how much tax can your imperial court have.

"Then what is your idea, Zhao Pu, to prevent local forces from controlling these wealth, so that they will not have the capital to make it big."

As the emperor, how could Zhao Kuangyin not know the power of this? He has been thinking about this issue, but he has no good ideas.

Now that Zhao Pu has a good idea, Zhao Kuangyin really wants to know what kind of thing it is.

At the same time, I was very happy in my heart, I came to the right place tonight, and I got something that I didn't expect.

From this point of view, it might be a good choice to promote Zhao Pu to replace Fan Zhi.

　If it rains, it will rain. Fortunately, I uploaded it on my mobile phone.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)