Song Dynasty

Chapter 247 The Height of the Temple ([-])

In the early morning of the second day when Du Shu arrived in Jiankang, Du Chong took an official ship to Lin'an, saying that the Zhengshitang had urgent government affairs to deal with.In addition, there are military affairs that need to be face-to-face.

Du Shu guessed that Master had two things to do when he went to Lin'an Mansion to meet the officials.

One is to ask for credit for Wang Shen and himself, and ask for an official position.Today's Wang Daosi and the Sizhou army are already the most capable army under his uncle, and they are also his facade.Especially after pacifying Jianghan, it can be said that he has earned enough face for Du Xianggong's family.It is conceivable that Wang Shen will become his great help in the future.It's just that Wang Shen's official rank is too low today, and if he is to play a greater role in the future, he must be placed in a higher position.

Du Yuezhi is a calm person, as long as he has good wine, beautiful women, money, and romance every day, he doesn't care about his official position.The higher the position, the greater the responsibility and the more troubles, which may not be a good thing in his opinion.However, if Wang Shen was promoted enough by the court to show his ambitions, he would still be very happy.

Secondly, the uncle should go to play and invite the officials to return the capital to Jiankang.Du Shu thought it was a good thing, as long as the imperial court moved back to Jiankang, the emperor would guard the gate of the country.As all the troops in charge of the entire Jianghuai River, the uncle in charge of the defense of the Yangtze River will naturally be reused by the officials, and he may not be able to dominate the world in the future.It's just that the resistance to this matter is too great, and there may be a big mess.

Thinking of this, Du Shu felt worried.

Worrying is nothing but worrying, but life has to pass.After living in Du's mansion for two days, Du Yuezhi put this matter behind him and took his followers to visit mountains and rivers, read books, enjoy poetry and wine all day long, and he was happy.

Half a month later, he was listening to music in a tea house on this day, when a family member from Du's mansion rushed over: "Master Du, I have found you, hurry up, follow me back to the mansion, Mr. Du is back!" .”

"Ah, uncle has returned to Jiankang?"

The family member said with a smile: "Just arrived, the old man called the young man to come and look for you before he could catch his breath. Hehe, if you want to come to Jianghan for a great victory, the imperial court's reward has already come down. Naturally, the young one should hurry up to find the master, that's good too." Talk about tea."

Du Shu was very pleasantly surprised, and threw a piece of broken silver over: "Thank you for your hard work."

When he returned to the mansion, Du Chong was chatting and joking with two retainers in the hall. Seeing him coming, he waved his hand to make the retainers leave.

Du Shu hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "My nephew has seen my uncle, and my uncle has been exhausted all the way, so he is relieved."

Du Chong seemed to be in a very good mood today, so he helped him up: "You don't need to be too polite, you are still a senior member of the fourth rank."

"Zheng Sipin... This, this..." Du Shu was startled, and hurriedly asked: "But the imperial court's award has come down?"

"Naturally, the military merits of pacifying Jingchu are not small. This is the first decent victory of our dynasty in Jianyan years. If we don't reward them, people will not accept it. Besides, the imperial court is now using troops everywhere to conquer rogues everywhere. If meritorious service is not rewarded, all armies The commander-in-chief is afraid that he will not contribute." Du Chong laughed loudly: "The imperial decree has been sent to Huangzhou, and the imperial court appointed you as the personal guard doctor, the Yongzhou observer envoy, and the actual post in Ezhou. Haha, Du Fujun is also a pastor now. One party." Du Chong couldn't help but joked about his nephew.

"Is uncle teasing my nephew? My nephew is very grateful to my uncle for his help."

Before Du Shu could ask, Du Chong said, "Yozhi, you probably have to ask about Wang Shen's official position?"

Du Shu: "Just wanted to ask."

Du Chong: "Shenwu's deputy army is in control, Jinghu North Road and Xiangyang North Road recruit and set up envoys, and serve doctors."

"Recruit envoy!" Du Shu took a breath and was also shocked.Although Wang Shen used to be a defense envoy, he was both an envoy, but his status was completely different.

The defense envoy is nothing more than a local regiment training officer, while the recruiting envoy is the highest military officer in the entire Jinghu area, and the appeasement envoys and local officials in the jurisdiction are also subject to restraint.In terms of military affairs, it can act cheaply, and in terms of civil affairs, it can appoint state and county officials on its own.In the new system established by the imperial court this year, even Li Heng's Zhizhi envoy has a lower status than the recruit envoy.

To put it simply, the current Wang Shen is already the No. 1 military administration in the entire Jinghu area, the emperor who opened his teeth and built a mansion.

Of course, in my Song Dynasty, the culture was more important than the military, and Wang Shen couldn't restrain Li Heng.

This is also understandable. In the first year of Jianjian, the world was in chaos, and the imperial court used troops everywhere.The generals who can fight are only Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun.And these three people did not have any outstanding performances on the battlefield in the past year. On the contrary, it was Wang Shen who made great strides all the way in Jianghan, which greatly boosted the morale of the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, the speed at which Wang Shen was directly promoted from a small defense envoy to a recruitment envoy of the Jiezhen side was too fast, and he was only one step away from being a Xuanfu envoy.And Xuanfu envoy is even more remarkable, that was the job of the old Zhongxiaozhong, so he was called Zhongxianggong.

"It seems that uncle is going to guide Wang Daosi to become a century-old general like the old one." Du Shu thought to himself, and also mentioned that Wang Shen was excited.

Probably seeing Du Shu's excitement and doubts, Du Chong snorted: "The country is employing people, and there are not many people who can fight now, so what about promotion? Huh, just this year, Zhang Jun and Zhang Boying were also promoted. He was appointed as the commander of the capital of Shenwu Youjun, and led the Jiedu envoys of Dingjiang and Zhaoqing. He was said to be rewarded for recruiting the southeast bandits. Except for Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong, all the southeast troops and horses were controlled by him. The southeast bandits can Compared with Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, and Kong Yanzhou in Jianghan? The so-called southeast group of thieves is just a group of thieves. Zhang Jun dared to pretend to be meritorious without even gaining a few ranks. Even he was a Jiedu envoy. According to the old man However, Wang Shen’s recruitment envoy was owed to him by the court.”

"That's true. If Wang Daosi's great achievements are not rewarded, it would be unreasonable. However, uncle didn't say that your old man and the governor Fan Zongyin of the Zhengshitang and the privy envoys are at odds. Uncle supports Wang Daosi, can they nod?"

Du Chong laughed loudly: "Wang Shen opened his teeth to build a mansion, and Jiezhen is on the side. In this way, I, Du, are in charge of the two river defense points of Jinghu and Jiankang. Every word and deed of this old man is related to the safety of the world. Naturally, they don't like it." Yes. There were many objections in the court, but it was a pity that I was refuted one by one and I was speechless. In the end, I had to knock out the front teeth and swallow the blood."

Du Shu was puzzled: "I also ask my uncle to explain my nephew's doubts."

Du Chong said proudly: "Fan Zongyin is a scholar. He has no foundation in the court. After entering the political affairs hall, he also wants to do things to establish his authority. What is the most important thing in the Jianyan year-military-now The great river is difficult, and there are as many thieves as cow hair, attacking the prefectures and counties, and destroying them endlessly. Moreover, our dynasty has too many rules and regulations in the use of troops. When dispatching an army of more than a hundred people to go hundreds of miles away from the garrison, we need the military amulet of the Ministry of War. If you come and go, wait until the formalities It's over. The troops can finally go out, and the thieves don't know where they went."

"In view of this, the surname Fan said that the Taizu took back the power of the feudal towns, and the world was peaceful for 150 years. Where. Now it’s time to slightly restore the method of establishing feudal towns, divide the land of dozens of prefectures in Henan and Jiangbei, and entrust them with military power, so that they can defend the royal family. Compared with abandoning the land to the barbarians, isn’t it very different? ?”

Du Chong talked to an old fan. In fact, Fan Zongyin is only in his thirties, not much older than Wang Shen. In the history of the Song Dynasty, he is the youngest prime minister.

However, this man has limited talents and is dull, like an old man in his 60s or [-]s, without the vigor that young people should have.

Du Chong: "The idea of ​​setting up a feudal town was suggested by Lao Fan, and the officials also agreed. There are Jurchen in Jingchu, the former Tokyo left-behind judging army and the Manichean demon. It is time to set up an army. Also. Don’t let Wang Shen be the envoy, should you let Li Heng do it? Li Yanping has no soldiers and food, and he has been in Jianghan for so long, but he has fought a battle and recovered a place?”

"So, the officials agreed. Hehe, the establishment of the feudal town was what Lao Fan himself said. If you don't agree this time, you have to hold your nose and agree. Is it possible that you have to eat back the saliva you spit out?"

Du Shu couldn't help laughing: "Uncle is brilliant!"

The uncle and nephew laughed.

Du Chong: "By the way, about it, you still have a position. You are a judge in Wang Shen's recruiting envoy division. You are Wang Shen's deputy. You should pay more attention to the affairs of the military envoy."

Du Shu said: "Uncle, my nephew doesn't understand military affairs, so I really don't want to do this. Before, I was only in charge of civil affairs."

"It's really useless." Du Chong scolded him a few words and nodded: "That's right, the soldiers and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. You can manage the civil affairs. The Sizhou Army was cultivated by the old man. Keep it safe. Beware of Li Yanping's tricks. Li Heng can't meddle in military affairs, and he will covet local civil affairs, so you have to keep an eye on him. If something happens, I will make the decision for you."

"Yes, Uncle." Du Shu couldn't help but ask with a twitch in his heart, "If you dare to ask, it's all about welcoming the emperor."

"It's not easy to deal with, the commotion is too big, and the officials seem to be very resistant and they are all in Jiankang Mansion."

"Also ask for advice."

Du Qi said: "The official family is also timid, fearing women like tigers, and he plans to live in Hangzhou from now on. It is said that the official family has the idea of ​​changing the Yuan Dynasty, and the year has been determined, but it is Shaoxing. Shaoxing Shaoxing, do you still see Can't you come up with anything?" He said that Zhao Gou was as fearful of the enemy as a tiger, so why not himself.

When I was in Tokyo, I heard that the Jurchen was coming, so I fled to Jiankang without firing an arrow, resulting in the loss of two-thirds of the country.When the people of the country mentioned him, they all hated him.

Du Shu was stunned: "Then what should I do?"

Du Chong suddenly smiled: "However, Wang Shen's letter to the old man seems to have anticipated this matter, and he also came up with an idea. A while ago, the old man stayed in Hangzhou for many days and was busy with this matter."

Without waiting for Du Shu to ask, Du Chong said: "Although the idea is a bad one, you might as well try it.

(End of this chapter)