I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 502
With Zhao Xi's suggestion and urging, the two most important matters for the imperial court at the moment finally took shape.

This court is really fucked up, maybe it's time to standardize the court's deliberation system, and at the same time introduce the reform of the official system.

Zhao Xi always thought of going steady and steady, but he kept talking about everything, Zhao Xi really couldn't stand this kind of court.

No, another court meeting is just another yelling.

"Your Majesty, the ministers participated in the Huanqing Road Bing Ma Qin's jurisdiction over Zhong'e, and the Huichuan Army Guo Kui recklessly provoked the frontier, causing the border village to be restless..."

"Your Majesty, the strategic goal of the "Ping Rong Policy" is to form a siege on Xixia, which is of great significance. The method of Ping Rong is only to suppress and appease, and now the Tubo tribe respects Si Luo. If you intend to complete Ping Rong, conquer Gusiluo is the only way..."

"Your Majesty, Gusiluo has been friends with me for generations, and it is not against the imperial court. The conquest of Gusiluo is not the work of the sage..."

"Good friends from generation to generation? Will you plunder the border people's property if you make friends with each other? Will you rob my border people as slaves if you make friends?"

"Gu Siluo fought Xixia several times, but he never harassed the border of our Great Song Dynasty. The disaster of the border people is just a trivial matter. Our Song Dynasty is the suzerain country. How can we push Gu Siluo to Xixia's side because of a small loss?"

"Gusi Luo is the governor of Anzhou in our dynasty..."

"Xixia is still my envoy to Liangzhou, so what?"

That's it, as long as there are different opinions on such a big matter, it will definitely mess up the court meeting.

Zhao Xi has expressed his irritability several times, closing the door of the palace to make them quarrel, and confronting each other coldly; it's like watching a monkey show, and they don't care about food, just let them talk nonsense here.

Even scolding, reprimanding, ignoring, etc., all methods have been used, and they are almost dragged out like a dead dog, but they are still noisy when something happens!
This is not to blame for the ministers, the Zhengshitang is like this, as if not arguing can't prove one's ability, it seems that winning a quarrel means that one has talent!
Let's talk about today's matter.The purpose of Wang Shao's frontier affairs is to regain the Hehuang area and form a strategic encirclement of Xixia.

Before leaving, Zhao Xi mentioned to Wang Shao that the way to recover the Hehuang area is nothing more than starting from the ethnic groups and interests.

From the information reported by Wang Shao, Zhao Xi knew that Wang Shao's work was not making much progress.

Although Tubo has split, from Qingtang City, Miaochuan City, to Linchuan, Xihe River, and Taohe River Basin, it is the sphere of influence of the Siluo. Even Lanzhou, which Guo Kui took over in the past few years, is also subject to Si Luo has a great influence.

The current leader of Gusiluo is rumored to be a descendant of Songtsan Gampo in blood, and has a certain appeal among the various tribes in Tubo.

Although Tubo was torn apart because of interests, Songtsan Gampo was still very much in the hearts of the Tubo people.This also gave Gu Siluo great prestige among the Tubo people.

Wang Shao took office for a few months and did a lot of work. It is precisely because of his hard work and a certain understanding of Hehuang that he joined forces with Guo Kui and Chong E to ask for the use of troops against Hehuang.

Of course, there must be a kind of arrogance from E and Guo Kui.

Since the battle with Xixia, the entire west has been completely calm, and even the shadow of the catching soldiers has disappeared.

Even in the past few years, Zhong'e and Guo Kui have been nibbling away, going west bit by bit, occupying piece by piece, constantly challenging the limits of Xixia people's patience.

It's also strange that the Xixia people endured it again and again, without any intention of resisting.

This time the imperial court intends to regain Hehuang, which also makes these two warlike generals ready to move.It doesn't matter whether you are fighting Tubo or Xixia, as long as there is a war, it will do.

The recovery of Hehuang had nothing to do with the Huanqing Road, but it needed to be fought, and that was also a matter of Guo Kui's department.

It is estimated that it is a kind of join in the fun...

This is not a big deal. For the new army equipped with muskets, gunpowder and chariots, the conquest of Zongsiluo is really not a big deal.

Even the imperial court did not transfer any other troops, but only asked Huanqing Road to transfer some soldiers to cooperate with the Huichuan army... This is what Chong'e most hopes for.

Besides, the preservation of firearms has always been a problem. Even if Su Song is constantly improving the craftsmanship of gunpowder and bullets, the disadvantage of firearms being damp has not been improved.

Zhao Xi knew that this was a limitation of technology, and there was no way around it.

Unless there is great progress in chemical engineering, such defects will always exist.This is not a problem that can be solved by changing from bamboo gunpowder ammunition to thousand-layer paper-skinned gunpowder ammunition, let alone musket ammunition wrapped in oiled paper.

This is also the reason why Workshop City focuses most of its energy on civilian products.

As for the frontier army, even if the arsenal is made of cement, it cannot prevent the firearms from being damp and discarded.

It's time to take out those firearms that are about to become useless.

Therefore, Zhao Xi has no objection to the western army's plan to conquer Qingtang Zongsiluo, even if there are not many opponents in the Zhengshitang.

This matter has been approved by the imperial court, and the documents have already been delivered to the Western Army. Who would have thought that someone would break up this matter at the court meeting, and it would once again cause a court meeting with constant quarrels.

Whether it was Zhao Xi or the Zhengshitang, the decision to conquer Zong Siluo was based on the principle of keeping a low profile, and they were not prepared to make it known to everyone from the beginning.

Zhao Xi wanted to see how well the Western Army had mastered firearms warfare, and to see if the generals of the Western Army had changed from traditional tactics to firearms warfare.

It's not all because of lack of confidence, but simply considering that this is an experimental battle.

Of course, the reason why Zhengshitang agreed to fight against Qingtang and act in a low-key manner is indeed due to lack of confidence.

This is the first time that the old guard battalion is not the main force, and it is not an official direct line team's foreign battle.The husbands were still a little apprehensive.

Besides, I am very worried that this defeat will bring back the confidence that Guochao has built up with great difficulty in the past few years.

Therefore, the Zhengshitang has no intention of yelling at the court.

However, it is impossible to keep this matter absolutely confidential.From the mobilization of money and food by the Ministry of Households, to the supply of armaments in the workshop city, and then to the documents exchanged by the Privy Council about the front.It is not difficult for courtiers to know.

But arguing like this at the court meeting, even the Zhengshitang is quite annoying!
If the government wants to demote these officials who have nothing to do, the Zhengshitang will definitely push the boat along...

It was originally an idle matter, but after being quarreled by such a court meeting, it became no longer idle.

The court was dispersed, and the way of retreating once again expressed the dissatisfaction of the officials. Even the inner eunuch called for retreating in the middle of a dispute between the ministers and workers, and retreated without waiting for the ministers to finish speaking.

"Let's standardize the various processes of discussing and making decisions. The need for government affairs is not such endless quarrels, and the court meeting cannot be so chaotic forever."

"At the beginning, Qinzheng Palace was built with such a pattern to set up a three-level decision-making system."

"My lords are also familiar with the Hall of Qinzheng. The different settings of the main hall, the council hall, and the cabinet represent different functions. Please think about it first, and see if it can be promoted in conjunction with the reform of the official system."

It is not the most appropriate time to do this at this time, and many layouts have not yet been perfected.

But Zhao Xi was really annoyed by the chaos of every court meeting.Regardless of whether the layout is completed, maybe something can be done during the entire major adjustment.

(End of this chapter)