Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 723 It's a crime to say nothing
Zhao Huan nodded and said, "I have this idea."

"In fact, since the founding of the country in the Great Song Dynasty, there have been three redundant problems, redundancy, redundant soldiers, and redundant officials. To this day, it is still a stubborn problem in the Great Song Dynasty."

The three redundancy and one accumulation that Zhao Huan mentioned are the deep-water areas of the Song Dynasty's restructuring.

It was a waste of money. The Song Dynasty had nearly one million forbidden troops and 300 million Xiang troops, and most of these forbidden troops and Xiang troops were disarmed and returned to the fields by Zhao Huan. Only then did this phenomenon improve.

In particular, Zhao Huan's elite soldier strategy and the generous rewards for marching and fighting have changed the status of soldiers in the bandit army to a certain extent. Can't seem to be selected.

This is also the essential reason for the recent continuous surplus of national funds.

As for redundant soldiers, the army was a tool for the Song Dynasty to recruit rebels and appease the uprising people, which even Zhao Huan could not solve.

Yang Yao and Fan Ruwei were both composed of common people who rebelled in the Song Dynasty. Including the Tanzhou Rebellion this time, Zhao Huan also focused on appeasement and recruitment.

Redundancy of officials is also one of the persistent diseases of the Song Dynasty. There are too many officials and alternate officials. This has been improved on a large scale after Yuanfeng's restructuring.

The main policy is no salary if you don’t work, no money if you don’t work, it seems like a one-size-fits-all chaotic government, but it just solves the bad government of the Song Dynasty with empty funds.

Zhao Huan has been thinking about a good solution, and Zhang Xiaochun's camping order aroused Zhao Huan's thinking.

"Slightly restore the government of the feudal town, I think we can restore the agriculture and mulberry of the Song Dynasty." Zhao Huan said with a smile.

Li Gang's face was cloudy and uncertain, he looked at the official's family suspiciously, and then at Zhao Ying, with doubts in his eyes, how did the official family's crooked idea come about?Who is involved in slander again?

Li Gang straightened the long-winged hat on his head, and said righteously: "Officials, absolutely not. This is an act of Xia Jie and Shang Zhou."

Ho!
Zhao Huan was almost taken aback by Li Gang's Xia Jie and Shang Zhou.

As far as Hunjun is concerned, whether it is Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty who does not ask the common people and ghosts and gods, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who dedicated his foundation to the great Han Dynasty, or Emperor Hui of Jin who does not eat minced meat, they are not as politically correct as King Zhou of Shang and King Xia Jie.

The simultaneous appearance of these two words in front of Zhao Huan has already expressed Li Gang's firm opposition to this policy, and no discussion is tolerated, and it can even make a deadly remonstrance.

I just want the army to eat places!Why did Shang Zhou act!

Reduce the pressure on the central government's finances and reduce the consumption of transportation and people's manpower. How come it becomes a stupid policy?
In the normal historical line, Yue Fei was still the camp envoy, who was in charge of camping the fields. He grew food and supplies by himself, and what he received from the court every year was just rewards.

And after that, there was Zhu Yuanzhang's garrison guard system!

Didn’t the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty still have outstanding combat effectiveness until the end of the Ming Dynasty? Wu Sangui took refuge in the iron cavalry of Mi Qing, and his combat effectiveness was still the best in the world?

Wu Sangui's rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in his later years almost drove Miqing back outside the customs.

How did it become an act of Shang Zhou when he came to Li Gang?

"If you don't say it, you are really guilty." Zhao Huan sat up straight and asked Li Gang to explain the truth to himself.

What he said was in response to Li Gang's sentence of Shang Zhou and Xia Jie, which can be regarded as the formatted words of a serious monarch and minister.

He just told Li Gang, feel free to say anything, even if it is wrong, he will let him say the guilt.

This sentence is found in Tang Taizong's daily life record, which is basically equivalent to when the emperor and courtiers have a violent conflict, the emperor expresses his position to let the courtiers speak freely.

It is also a standard dialogue between monarch and minister.

Hearing this, Zhao Ying cheered up and threw out all the historians left and right in front of the imperial court.

Because what Li Gang said next might hit the officials, if it is recorded, it will be the evidence of Li Gang's treacherous officials.

Li Gang looked at the official's appearance, and finally let go of his heart, the official is still the official who humbly accepts advice.

The courtiers of the Song Dynasty really did not have high demands on the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

If you don't want the bravery of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, who is brilliant and powerful, who blocks people from killing people, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas, otherwise, what's the use of Yue Fei and other generals?
And don't want the emperor of the Song Dynasty to be well-versed in everything, like the reincarnation of a wise star, who knows everything politically and has wisdom in his hands.Then why do Li Gang, Zong Ze, and Zhao Ding need him?
Stamp a seal, even beggars on the Hongqiao will know it!

Obviously, the officials are in line with Li Gang's perception of Ming Jun.

Li Gang bowed his head and said: "The officials saw that this changed hands, from the locality to Bianjing, and then from Bianjing to the locality. It seems troublesome and consumes a lot, but it is absolutely necessary."

"It is the fundamental difference between Xia and Shang, the difference between family and country."

Zhao Huan had already studied this subject of home country and country, and discussed it with Li Gang when Zhao Huan was researching the name of the Xixia Kingdom when Xixia united with the Jin Kingdom and caused rebellion in Tiande Prefecture.

At that time, Zhao Huan was very puzzled, why has there not been any dynasty with Xia as the country name in the more than [-] years of Zhouyue?

According to Zhao Huan's understanding, only one Xixia and Li Zicheng entered Beijing, and apart from the short-lived Great Xia, there was no more Xia's orthodoxy.

However, Xixia is a name given by the Song Dynasty to the regime of the party members. In fact, people themselves call themselves Bangni Dingguo or the Western Dynasty, and they are not inheriting Xia's orthodoxy.

At that time, Li Gang explained to Zhao Huan the origin of Xixia's name, and also explained what Zhou Li was.

The family state is the enfeoffment of the feudal princes, and the country is the current centralized system. Even if the order is slightly different, its meaning is very different.

To follow the Zhou etiquette is not to respect those red tapes, but to follow a system of social etiquette and norms.

"If you put it this way, I understand." Zhao Huan nodded approvingly. He just wanted to further reform the three-redundancy issue, but his seemingly ingenious method actually caused endless harm.

Li Gang looked at the blank position of the historian, and said with a smile: "Officials, I have something to say. Right now, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are brave and good at fighting, and they are unstoppable. It only takes three years to flatten the Liao Dynasty if they attack the city!"

"At this time, General Yue shocked Xixia in Hetao, and the people of Xixia fled in fear after hearing his name! All this is related to the equal-field conscription system negotiated by Zhong Shaobao after the official ascended the throne."

When Zhao Huan heard Li Gang say this, he was very happy. After all, the world has become a little better because of him.

"I dare not say that, the Kingdom of Jin is still alive." Zhao Huan said happily.

Li Gang said in a leisurely manner: "The army of the Great Song Dynasty is worthy of the four words of arrogant soldiers and powerful generals."

"However, 160 years ago, Zhu Lishi, Liu Guo, Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou Dynasties all came to fifteen emperors and spread chaos in the Fifty Autumns. In 53 years, fifteen emperors and five dynasties. .”

Pride, the horse is six feet tall is pride, fierce, brave is fierce.

"Arrogant and fierce" are all commendatory words. The four characters of arrogant soldiers and powerful generals became a neutral term only after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. They have different meanings in different contexts.

What does Li Gang mean?

"However, the officials and ministers have never once mentioned to the officials the matter of guarding against soldiers, and the courtiers of the Song Dynasty have never written such a letter." Li Gang bowed his head and asked respectfully: "Is it the courtiers who are all concerned?" The old habit of emphasizing civility over martial arts is gone? So what about Zhu Guozhang leaving the court with hatred?"

"The civil servants of the Song Dynasty are still the same, they haven't changed at all, but they are not worried about such things happening."

When Li Gang said this, Zhao Huan turned around a little bit, as if it was true what Li Gang said, and no one came up with admonishment to prevent soldiers from rebelling.

There are oddities.

　Thanks to "another novice" for the reward, thank you for your support.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)