Zhao Tong returned home, cooked a pot of tea for himself, and sat under the shade of a tree in the courtyard, drinking and thinking.
Jiang You is the mouthpiece of Emperor Daojun. As a Heavenly Official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is he really needed to do this kind of thing to comfort the army?
Even during the Battle of Hehuang and the expansion of territory, the government did not send a minister to comfort the army, right? What’s more, it’s a heavenly official from the Ministry of Personnel!
Although Wang Qing was difficult to quell, and the court spent time and effort racking his brains, in the end he was just a bandit, not a border war between enemies.
Even if the government attaches great importance to it and the court pays attention to it, comforting the army is not a war. Sending a minister and bachelor here is the highest standard. There is nothing wrong with even sending a eunuch. As for the official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he personally leads a group of officials. Come?
This is no longer a matter of importance. Sending an official of Jiang You's level here is a bit too much!
Especially Jiang!
Is this considered a comfort to the army? This is for supervision, right? It’s better to send Yu Shi Zhongcheng directly!
The people below couldn't see clearly what was normal, but Zhao Tong understood it clearly.
Zong Ze had been an official on the border of Hebei and Shandong for a long time, and he didn't know much about the affairs of the court. He didn't know what kind of person Jiang You was. Moreover, Zong Ze himself was an outspoken person with a literary and martial style. Naturally, he wanted to win and be rewarded. He was punished for defeat, and he couldn't figure out this kind of twists and turns in the court for a moment.
The generals below were either from the Western Army, or were in the capital but were not qualified to go to court, so they had a dark eye on the court and did not realize the dangers involved.
Zhao Tong sat under the shade of a tree and took a sip of tea.
It has been more than two years since I became an official in the imperial court. Although I have caused some troubles during this period, on the whole, it is not harmful. My merits outweigh my faults. Between me and Daojun and Emperor, I can say that I am a loving father and a filial son. There is no barrier.
I originally thought that this situation could last for a few more years, but unexpectedly Emperor Daojun couldn't help it anymore.
In the emperor's mind, except for a few exceptions, there is no difference between his children and his ministers.
Even the protection of children is more important than that of ministers.
Zhao Tong sighed lightly, who asked him to lead the troops, who allowed him to win the battle!
But it was Emperor Daojun who sent his family to fight, and it was Emperor Daojun who sent people to monitor after the victory. Are you a little too impatient?
Although this supervisor wore a festive cloak to comfort the troops, it saved the face of both parties to the greatest extent, so that the generals here could not detect anything, and they probably even thought they could hide it from him, after all, everything looked so high-sounding.
But supervision is supervision. To put it in a nice way, it means looking for trouble.
Finding faults is something that can be done if it exists or not. Although he is a prince, Jiang You has no evidence and dare not say anything nonsense, but Emperor Daojun still takes action after all.
Zhao Tong put down his tea bowl and looked up the tree. There was a bird with yellow feathers and a red tail. It was chirping indiscriminately. It had no singing voice like a thrush and a lark. He suddenly felt extremely bored.
No matter what kind of orders you have to accept or what kind of troops you want to comfort, just get out of here.
Now that Emperor Daojun has made a move, he will follow up. Not only will he follow up, but he will also strike back.
Zhao Tong was very tired at this time. Isn't it good to be a family that loves each other? It has to be like a court, where the emperor and ministers come and go and plot against each other, but on the surface they have to be polite, and the monarch and his ministers are in harmony, but in fact they are wary of each other in their hearts.
As a prince, once he falls into this kind of calculation, he will be worse than the emperor and his ministers.
The prince Zhao Huan was involved in this kind of calculation, but he was always at a disadvantage. Emperor Daojun did not think highly of Zhao Huan, and always wanted to find Zhao Huan's fault to destroy the prince.
Now that he has achieved military success, he is different from before, so he begins to plot against each other.
Zhao Tong did not go out of the city to receive the order, but he was already fighting back.
I countered the rebellion, I performed meritorious service, I was injured, I don’t want anything anymore, is it okay if I quit?
You should stop monitoring me. I quit. Now there are not only the generals of the Forbidden Army but also the generals of the Western Army in Luzhou City. For a moment, they couldn’t figure out what was going on. As time went by, and the matter spread, who wouldn’t? clear?
If you do this to your own son, how much more so to others?
Aren’t you, Emperor Daojun, a person who likes great achievements and wants to save face?
Let the armies see it, if you can't even trust your own son, who will be exhausted and sacrificed? Especially when this kind of thing spread to the Western Army.
You must know that some of the requests made by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the commander-in-chief of the Western Army were sometimes not that useful. The power of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was indeed concentrated, but that did not refer to the commander-in-chief of the Western Army.
The commander-in-chief of the Western Army is generally loyal, but he has his own opinions on military affairs. Sometimes he is so stubborn that even after discussion, he can't reach a consensus.
For example, in the Battle of Fang La, Emperor Daojun failed to persuade Zhongshi Dao and his brother Zhongshizhong to go out to fight.
The reason given by Zhong Shidao at that time was very simple, that is, he had to stay in Shaanxi Province to suppress Xixia and could not leave.
In order to eliminate possible obstacles, Emperor Daojun was unwilling to use blunt methods, and the court issued a strong edict to force Zhongshi Dao to fight Fangla.
The discussion failed, and he had no words to refute the reasons given by Zhong Shidao. In the end, Emperor Daojun had no choice but to appoint Tong Guan to take command and order the generals of the Western Army to fight Fangla.
Different from other places, the relationship between the imperial court and the Western Army has always been delicate, and it has been since the failure of Taizong's Northern Expedition.
This is different from the treatment of ordinary military attaches and generals. The commanders-in-chief of the Western Army are actually all civilian officials.
The Zhong family, the Zhe family, the Yao family, the Liu family, the Gao family...these generals are called generals. In fact, the bosses in the family who command one side are all civil servants.
All roads were managed and appeased, and the governors of each state, including some generals in the army, were named generals. In fact, they also had official positions, which were civil servants.
For example, Zhe Yanzhi was a Jinshi during the Chongning period. He was a civil servant himself, but he always took military positions. There were also those generals who were recruited to the capital. In fact, they all became civil servants when they returned to the Western Army.
The emperor treated people like the Western Army differently from ordinary military attachés.
If there were no Liu family, Zhe family, Yao family, and Zhao Tong in the Luzhou army now, they wouldn't show it to anyone. They are all subordinates of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army. It is useless to show them.
He just wants to show it to the people of the Western Army!
Look, father and son have won the battle but sent people to monitor. Well, father, don’t you have the best face?
Now I don’t have any face or dignity, so I can’t care less about love.
Zhao Tan was drinking tea here, and Zongze led his people to greet Jiang You at the city gate. Although there was no lack of etiquette, it was awkward. This thing was really awkward.
Jiang You was also awkward. He didn't want to take this job at all. He knew what Emperor Daojun meant even if he didn't say it. This was definitely not a good job.
Who is Zhao Tong? Not to mention his status, he was the master who turned his back and refused to recognize anyone else. Now he won another battle and regained the court's face. But when he saw him coming, he didn't realize his intention. If he had figured it out, would he have looked good on him? ?
You can’t even think about it!
He does have an outspoken voice, and he dares to retaliate if he doesn't like it, but he is speaking for the officials. The officials naturally have to stay polite and speak out some dissatisfaction through his mouth. He said that with the Yushitai gang When people say something different, as long as those people say it, they are interfering with the other party, and if they say it, they are warning the other party.
Jiang You was in a bad mood all the way, and the officials he brought out were still a little confused. Why was Mr. Jiang still unhappy about such a happy event? But at this moment, Zhao Tao was not seen in front of the city gate to greet him. Those with a smart mind immediately understood what was going on.
These officials all bowed their heads and lost all the excitement they had before. They couldn't afford to get involved in this kind of thing. Not to mention that the official pressure from both sides would crush them to death. Let's just say that this was already half of the emperor's family affairs, and it was not theirs. Those who can get involved don't even think about it, don't even look at it, and stand silently in front of the city.
After the welcoming ceremony was completed, half an hour passed. Then the decree was read out and the rewards were delivered to the Luzhou army. Another half hour passed.
After the matter was over, Zongze looked at Jiang You's awkward expression as if everyone owed him money, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Please come to the city to rest, Lord Shangshu."
Jiang You glanced at him and said, "Why rest? Your Majesty is still injured, and I have no intention of resting. If you don't hurry up and lead the way, I will go to visit Your Majesty."
(End of chapter)
