Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 629 What is the most important thing in the hearts of officials?

Zhao Huan never underestimated the power of the conservative faction, even Zhao Ying, his most loyal servant, chose to remain conservative.

I repeatedly told him not to stare at important officials, but he still performed his functions according to the established historical habits.

"Our current military rations can probably last until March next year." Zhao Ying replied with a smile.

After the initial surprise, Zhao Ying said with a very relaxed expression, "It's different from the official family now."

"When the official family first marched on Hedong Road, the situation in the court was so turbulent. No one knew where the future of the Song Dynasty was. It was even a question of whether Taiyuan City could be defended. At that time, people were tempted. Everyone is making their own calculations."

"So when Bamen came to Beijing, everyone was from the perspective of a bystander. Before the matter fell on their own heads, everyone was shrinking."

The smile on Zhao Ying's face reassured Zhao Huan a lot.

He also heard at first that someone was going to make trouble, so he thought of the Bamen's entry into Beijing. He drove his wife and children to the desperate Bamen, and paid the price of his life.

But the scar left on Zhao Huan's heart by this incident is not that simple.

"Who is it?" Zhao Huan asked suspiciously.

Zhao Huan is a very reasonable person and never likes to be oppressed by power.

Even for someone like Kong Duanyou who is good for nothing except reading, Yu Wenxuzhong has prepared all the ironclad evidence for Kong Duanyou, and is waiting for the officials to do it.

However, Zhao Huan, who was furious, still endured until after the New Year, before he thoroughly investigated all the facts of the case, and a wave of clarification began.

"It's not clear yet. Liu Shan, the guard of Shanhaiguan, said that the military rations of Cangzhou, Jinkou, and Yanjing have been delayed for several days and have not seen Shanhaiguan." Zhao Ying put the letter in front of Zhao Huan.

How many days?

Zhao Huan opened the letter and looked at it for a long time, then slowly closed the letter and said: "Let me find out the letters of Mr. Yuwen and Li Dazai."

On Yuwen Xuzhong's note, he still had a peaceful appearance, saying that it was inconvenient for the Jiangnan fleet to go to sea during the rainy season, and a delay of a few days was not a big problem.

However, Li Gang's letter was a very simple letter of greetings, and did not mention the delay of grain and grass.

"Their two notebooks have no substance." Zhao Huan still kept the notebook on the table, frowning and looking at the three notebooks on the table.

Could it be that Li Gang and Yu Wenxu Nakano got involved?
Zhao Huan frowned, and opened the Great Emperor System. Among the foreign ministers, Li Gang's personal loyalty to Zhao Huan was already at the top of the list, as high as 93 points, and a loyalty of 90 points could help the emperor go through fire and water.

And Yu Wenxuzhong followed closely behind at 92 o'clock. This supervisor of the Imperial City Department who had suffered countless grievances in the Kingdom of Jin now has a bit of a personality cult towards Zhao Huan.

Whoever offended the officials, Yu Wenxuzhong would use his own power to frame the ministers who disobeyed or offended the officials.

Zhao Huan never believed that such a cult of personality was beneficial to the Song Dynasty, so he exiled Kong Duanyou at the beginning instead of killing Kong Duanyou by borrowing a donkey from the slope.

After that, a large number of officials with a score of 90 or more, scrolling through several pages, could not find anyone whose loyalty to the emperor was lower than 70 points.

70 points is a very high score. Although I am a little confused about the government order, I will strictly implement the government order.

Zhao Huan looked around for a long time, but he couldn't figure out who was messing with him.

"I have exhausted my benevolence." Zhao Huan leaned on the recliner, playing with a wool ball in his hand, teasing A Bao.

Zhao Huan always felt that he, a white-fronted worm, had grown into a cat completely, and was lazy every day. Now that the weather was hot, he just stayed by Zhao Huan's side and didn't even bother to move.

Because there is an ice mirror prepared by Zhao Ying, this place is the coolest.

"Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat all day long, and if you continue to eat, the fat ones will not be able to walk." Zhao Huan looked at the meat in A Bao's bowl, and carefully checked the food and grass.

The half a year's food and grass that Zhao Ying said, if you save some food, can almost support Zhao Huan's men for more than a year.

Moreover, it is not that there is no grain production outside the customs. After a year, everyone tightens their belts, and they can live on.

"Aww!" Ah Bao gave Zhao Huan a dissatisfied look, rubbed his big head against Zhao Ying's body, and continued to eat the cooked meat in the bowl.

Zhao Huan didn't feed A Bao raw meat, and he didn't like the taste either.

"Who the hell is this? How courageous!" Zhao Huan asked in a daze as he looked at the huge geomancy map.

At this time, the city of Bianjing was peaceful, and there was no tension at all when Bamen entered Beijing.Ordinary people don't seem to know that someone is going to take action against the emperor who was personally conquered by Yujia, and they even hope that the emperor of Song Dynasty will bring them more good news.

Li Gang was sitting in Huiying Pavilion, Li Qingzhao looked at the Zhazi in his hand and said, "We want to do something, should we tell the officials?"

Li Gang said helplessly: "Officials are fighting on the front line, and they have a lot of affairs. Don't bother him with such trivial matters."

Li Qingzhao closed the notebook, stared at Li Gang, shook his head, and said with a smile, "Is Li Dazai afraid that the officials will reunite?"

Li Gang nodded vigorously, Li Qingzhao, this woman, is exceptionally smart, sitting in the Shang Palace Bureau, she seems to be listening to politics behind a curtain.

The courtiers were worried that Li Qingzhao would become Wu Zetian's reincarnation, so they repeatedly attacked her.

But this can't shake Li Qingzhao's status in the slightest.

"Of course." Li Gang held a teacup in his hand and said absentmindedly.

Li Qingzhao took a sip of tea, and asked with a smile: "The official family has never been a person who likes to sit back and forth."

"When the official family first came to the throne, the family officials and Zhao Kai, Cao Lin, Wang Chen, and Guo Feng acted as monsters, and the official family did not even have marriage officers. Most of the six thousand marriage officials are still alive, and most of them are in the army. And the military academy. They are in important positions, and the officials have not made things difficult for them."

"The Bamen entered the capital only to kill the chief villain. All the 14 soldiers outside the city returned to the fields, and they were not even sat down at all."

"Since the official's ascension to the throne, the officials have treated our subjects with benevolence and kindness. In Li Dazai's eyes, are the officials still not benevolent enough?"

"What else does he have to do to prove that he is benevolent enough?!"

Li Gang's face turned bitter. Li Qingzhao's series of questions made Li Gang speechless. The officials are very kind, especially when they treat Song people, they are especially willing to give them an extra chance.

"People will always change." Li Gang said with a sigh.

Li Qingzhao stared closely at Li Gang and asked with a straight voice: "That naughty boy, just like that, what else can he become!"

Li Gang didn't know how to explain to Li Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao was particularly difficult to talk about anything related to Zhao Huan, and his words were as vicious as a street shrew.

Li Gang thought for a long time before he said: "The officials are benevolent. I even had a letter with the officials about this. Benevolent people should be treated differently, and what they say is ugly. But the officials still do their own thing. Unmoved."

Li Qingzhao's expression eased a lot, and a smile appeared on his face again, and he said, "I've heard that Dazai was right with the officials that time. He's just like that, so don't take Li Dazai too seriously." .”

Li Gang looked at Li Qingzhao's smiling face, and knew that he had finally stood on a position, so that Li Qingzhao could listen to what he said.

He smiled and asked: "Li Gongzheng thinks, what is the most important thing in the hearts of officials?"

Li Qingzhao thought for a moment and said, "Women."

"Look at him! Go to Laizhou! Is that the royal conquest? And bring this Zhu Fengying, prostitution day and night! How can there be a Mingjun! Hmph!"

Li Gang drank half a sip of tea and almost spit it out. After swallowing it forcefully, he coughed twice.

This is an official family matter, and it is not up to him, a foreign minister, to speak, and the matter between the official family and Zhu Fengying is unclear.

He shook his head again and again, Li Qingzhao was a woman after all, and when it came to Zhao Huan, he seemed a little emotional.

Li Gang said with a smile: "The officials are kind to the Song people in their hearts, and hope to give them a chance. They hope that the people of the Song Dynasty will have a better life."

"Officials are diligent in government affairs, they are not ashamed to ask questions, and they never talk about it. This is the performance of a Mingjun. It is also for the prosperity of the Song Dynasty."

"But someone thinks that in the heart of the officials, they are extremely eager to win the war against Jin."

"And it's the kind of unscrupulous, all-oriented desire for victory. It even reached the point of paranoia. This kind of desire is likely to make the officials uncharacteristically deal with the delay of the military rations."

"Oh? Paranoid?" Li Qingzhao asked suspiciously.

Li Gang took out a notebook from his wide sleeve and said, "This is the last page of Zhong Shaobao's record of his family. It records the power and success of the plague and smallpox."

Li Qingzhao took it in his hand and looked at it for a long time before he said in surprise, "This..."

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