Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 868 The Old Dog in the Army
"Cabinet?" Li Gang looked at the emperor suspiciously, and even thought that this was a topic the emperor deliberately picked up in order to divert the topic.

Zhao Huan explained in detail the power and composition of the cabinet, as well as many constraints.

The word cabinet originally came from the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang worried that the power of the prime minister was too great, so he abolished the prime minister to strengthen the monarchy. Named the cabinet.

Zhao Huan's purpose, of course, is to establish a group decision-making error correction mechanism, so as to prevent Song Huizong from being incompetent and harming the country and the people.There is also the predecessor of his body, the stupid behavior of opening the door and stealing.

In Zhao Huan's philosophy, the emperor is a cancer of the Central Plains dynasty, because the emperor himself has such extrajudicial power and is not bound by any laws, and this kind of extrajudicial person seriously violated his new laws The starting point of the law is anti-exploitation.

The courtiers discussed in low voices, and finally Li Gang shook his head and said: "Officials, the purpose of the cabinet is to rectify mistakes. This is a matter of admonishment, and building another cabinet, isn't it a bit of a fuss?"

Zhao Huan walked down the platform, asked Zhao Ying to move a chair, sat down with the courtiers, and said: "The one who advises the platform only has the right to speak out. If the emperor insists on his own way, who can stop it? For example, right now, I agree with you." Yue Fei's son, didn't you just come to the palace? Not everyone is like me, with soft ears and can listen to people's persuasion."

"I prepared the big round table a few days ago, just for this matter. After thinking about it, the cabinet is very necessary."

Li Gang looked left and right, closed his eyes for a long time, and said: "Actually, most of the officials and the common people don't know the names of magistrates. Most of the people who know the names are when they have accidents."

"Until now, the reputation of benevolence and benevolence in the official family has shocked the world, but in some remote places in Sichuan and Shu, it is not known that the Supreme Emperor has abdicated."

Zhao Huan thought about it carefully, and it seemed to be the case. For example, when he was Dousheng Xiaomin in his previous life, he didn't know who the magistrates were. Most of them only knew what they were called after they were on the news.

Li Gang continued to say happily: "Officials, during the Anshi Rebellion, about 5000 Tang troops from the Western Regions were transferred back to the mainland to suppress the rebellion, and Hexi and Longyou were transferred internally. Tubo took advantage of the gap and attacked the Hexi Corridor. In the first year of Guangde, Lanzhou , Kuo, He, Du, Tao, Min, Qin, Cheng, Wei and other states all fell into the hands of Tubo. After that, the Tang army in the Western Regions hung alone outside the territory for several years. Wait for 45 years."

Zhao Huan nodded, indicating that he had heard about this period of history, and said with a sigh: "Sighing for the tears of heroes through the ages, I have never been ashamed of the nine heavens. But what does this have to do with the cabinet we are talking about?"

Li Gang couldn't understand what he said, so he had to make it clear: "Officials, we are all officials' courtiers. Even if there is such a cabinet, it is not decided by the officials. Once the emperor and the courtiers, it is the same. According to the officials, all the officials from the three provinces and the six ministries have entered the cabinet, and then? Don’t they all follow the leadership of the officials? It doesn’t matter whether there is a cabinet or not.”

"Besides, the official family is His Majesty, the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven cannot or cannot make mistakes."

Li Gang made his words clear and transparent. Is this so-called cabinet really useful?

The cabinet ministers are appointed by the emperor, the promotion and promotion of the cabinet ministers is determined by the emperor, and the power of the cabinet depends on the emperor's will.

Zhao Huan nodded knowingly, the Son of Heaven was not wrong, it was all the courtiers who were wrong, just like when the Supreme Emperor was wrong, it was Cai Jing and Tong Guan who were wrong.He has completely suppressed the affairs of the cabinet, and he still wants to use the cabinet as a tool to correct the emperor's mistakes, but as Li Gang said, the emperor is not wrong, and the mistakes are all the courtiers.

The starting point of the cabinet is to replace Zhu Yuanzhang's abolition of the prime minister system and establish a group planning organization with the purpose of consolidating the imperial power.It is not that the Song Dynasty did not have a prime minister, but the establishment of a cabinet conflicted with the power of the prime minister.

"Returning to what you asked me, why did you agree with Yue Fei and Han Shizhong not to enter the army?" Zhao Huan sat upright, looked at Wang Bao with a smile and said, "General Wang must know what an old dog in the army is."

Wang Ting was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "I know, it's just called differently. Soldier, ruffian, old dog, and son of a bitch are all insults to us."

When Zhao Huan heard these words, he also said with a smile on his face: "These words are all insults to generals, and many of them started from the lowest ranks of soldiers. The Yongding army started as a soldier, although Shen Cong has a relationship with his family's foster father, Zhong Shaobao, but he also relied on his own ability to enter the Imperial City Division."

"The reason why these people are scolded is because they know the army they are in charge of very well, they know the soldiers under their command very well, how many stone bows they can pull, how far they can run with a load, and how much food they can eat in a day. He knows everything about rice and noodles, what he likes to eat the most, what he likes to do the most, who he has conflicts with, his personality, how many people there are in the family, how many acres of land he has, and so on.”

"These old dogs, who know so much, they can't deal with these soldiers, so they can only scold them secretly, no matter how cruel they scold them."

"Some of the soldiers are thorns, and some are unconvinced. We are all old men. If we get together all day, we will inevitably be vindictive, but these thorns just can't deal with these old dogs. Because these old dogs are one step at a time. The footprints climbed up from the bottom, and the thorns played with them are all leftovers from these old dogs, how could they possibly win?"

"The most important thing is that these old dogs are still smiling silly all day long, as if I am very honest, just look at Wang Bao's smile now."

Listening to what the official said, Wang Ting remembered how he was in the army back then, with a silly smile on his face, he remembered the group of recruits back then, just as the official said, they walked all the way they fell down once pit.

When the courtiers turned their heads, they saw the simple and honest smile on Wang Ting's face. This smile was indeed very confusing, without any aggressiveness at all.

Zhao Huan looked at Wang Ting's appearance and continued: "Although these people are the most scolded, the old dogs have won the trust of the soldiers and obeyed these old dogs, because these old dogs can The one who survived the battle with them."

"This formed the unity of the army and soldiers, and they were united as one, and their combat power was extremely strong. This is also the reason why during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the military leaders raised their arms, and the emperor would rather have a kind, and the strong soldiers and horses lived there."

"That's why you are here today, isn't it? My Li Xiang, the times have changed."

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

　　
　
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