The first thing he did when he entered the city was to dismiss Li Gang.
This was a strategy that Zhao Huan had formulated long ago. He could not do without Li Gang, a famous loyal official of the Song Dynasty, to consolidate his position, but he also could not let Li Gang continue to dictate the war.
Li Gang is different from others. He prefers to do practical things, but it is obvious that there is a saying in this world:
Good intentions do bad things!
Li Gang may have already known this result, so he just kept silent and obeyed his orders.
The many officials behind him were all shocked and didn't know how to deal with themselves. It wasn't until Zhao Huan walked past them expressionlessly that they finally recovered.
"Here's Qu Duan, find him!"
The second thing Zhao Huan did when he entered Chang'an was to re-activate the famous general Qu Duan.
Qu Duan originally served as the commander of the Jingyuan Road Economic and Strategy Department, stationed troops in Jingzhou, and defeated the Jin soldiers many times. He can be regarded as a veteran of the Song Dynasty.
His father, Qu Huan, once served as the head of Zuoban, and later died in the battlefield. Then when Qu Duan was three years old, he was appointed as a loan officer to the third class by his father's influence. Yes, this guy was a person under the Enyin system of the Song Dynasty that Zhao Huan hated deeply.
If this were not the case, Li Gang would not directly abolish all his official positions just because he offered his advice. In the final analysis, he was still fulfilling the tasks assigned to him by Zhao Huan and solving the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty...
But Zhao Huan didn't let him kill anyone indiscriminately!
Zhao Huan could understand why Li Gang took Qu Duan for surgery. Qu Duan was a man who was astute and knowledgeable, good at writing articles, and rich in military strategies.
For this kind of thing, you can say that he is willing to be civil and military, or you can say that he is a talker. After all, up to now, he has relied on the favor system and has not participated in any imperial or military examinations.
The qualifications of successive generals of the Qinfeng Road Team, Jingyuan Road Tong'anzhai Soldiers and Horses Prison, and Jingyuan Road Third General were basically promoted by their peers, and they did not have much actual merit.
The only record should be that five or six years ago, when Xixia invaded Jingyuan Road, Shuai Si Diao commanded Li Xiang to resist, and Qu Duan was also dispatched to resist.
Li Xiang stationed his troops in Berlin Fort, and the scouts he sent were a group of two swordsmen. Then they were raided by Xixia and the army was defeated. In this defeat, the twists and turns were revealed.
He fought hard to defeat the enemy, rectified his soldiers and returned to the city. This was originally a more dazzling existence, but the overall remaining Western army was not effective.
At that time, Zhong Shidao was deposed during the Liao Kingdom. The Jin people invaded Hedong in a large scale. Zhong Shi Dao and others led troops to rescue, leaving the rear of the Western Army empty.
Therefore, in the following battle, the Xixia army advanced all the way, Xi'an Prefecture and Huaide's army fell one after another, and the whole situation was in a state of decay.
Zhenrong was in the strategic area of the enemy's approach and had no defenders. Xi Gong, the economic and strategic envoy, was jealous of Quduan's military exploits in the Battle of Fort Berlin and asked Quduan to report to Zhenrong and the commander of the economic and strategic department.
From this moment on, Qu Duan blocked the Xixia army, and Zhao Huan resisted the attack of the Jin people, so he had some success.
But with this record and the final result, it was obvious that he had not caught Li Gang's eyes.
Therefore, this guy who was born in Mengyin, had not completed the imperial examination or military examination, had no obvious military exploits, and dared to argue with him in military discussions, naturally became the target of Li Gang.
Of course, the most important point is that this guy is not popular, even very bad. He had a very tough temper at the beginning, and he has done this thing like disobeying orders on the battlefield not once or twice.
After all, he stands very tall. Wu Jie was his deputy general then and is now his immediate boss.
Although Wu Jie kept his mouth shut about this Quduan incident, people such as Longtuge, Wang Shu, who was in charge of the Sixth Army of Shaanxi and Sichuan, Pang Shicai, the commander, He Shifan, the general of the Shaanxi Control Department, etc. Qu Duan’s review...
Especially Wang Shu, who was well-known as the main war figure in the court. They spoke ill of Qu Duan together, and the result was self-evident.
Fuck him to the end in one go.
Now that Zhao Huan has come to Chang'an, he naturally wants to reorganize the military. There are indeed a group of people in this army who should be eliminated, but among these people, they are definitely not crooked.
When everyone heard that Zhao Huan was going to use Qu Duan again, many people couldn't help but stand up.
"Your Majesty, I have my own report!" Wang Shu, who was born in Longtuge, was the first to stand up, "Qu Duan is a cunning and willful man, and he is not a good general.
When the Jin army invaded Shaanzhou, the ministers and others resisted desperately and called Qu Duan to join Yongzhou and Yaozhou. Qu Duan refused and refused to accept the order.
Later, I led the Yan Yan army to Longfang first, and Qu Duan claimed that he had submitted a petition to avoid fighting with the Jin people.
There are so many things like this that it’s too many to write down. Your Majesty, please punish Qu Duan! "
Wang Shu spoke so sincerely that Zhao Huan became angry.
This anger is not only directed at Wang Shu, but also because these things are all true.
This guy Qu Duan has really done this. Not only that, why Li Gang trusts Wang Shu is because Wang Shu has a good character.
There was more than just this matter between the two of them. During the last war, the Jin's scouts had found out that Qu Duan and Wang Shu were at odds, so they concentrated their forces to attack Yan Yan.
At that time, Wang Shu did not have enough soldiers and horses. Most of the elite troops in Shaanzhou were on Jingyuan Road, and Qu Duan commanded all the elite troops on Jingyuan Road and were stationed in Chunhua.
Again, I will never fight!
In order to resist the Jin Dynasty, Wang Shu sent official documents every day to urge Qu Duan to advance, and sent more than ten envoys and Jinshi to persuade Qu Duan.
However, Qu Duan did not listen!
Wang Shu knew that the matter was urgent, so he sent his subordinate Yu Tao to supervise the division. As a result, Qu Duanhui played a trick this time.
Fooled him again.
In the end, the golden man succeeded, what a success!
During this process, three things happened that made Zhao Huan want to commit suicide.
First, Wang Shu kept sending people to urge Qu Duan to send troops, but Qu Duan said directly, "You see Li Gang is so powerful. He was beaten like a third grandson when he met the Jin people. I am not as good as him, and the soldiers and horses are not as good as him." Not as good as him.
So I definitely can't do it...
Secondly, Wang Shu was unable to support himself in Shaanzhou, and the Jin army rushed to attack Yan'an. Wang Shu collected scattered soldiers and went to rescue them. On the way, all parties gathered soldiers, but when they reached Ganquan, Yan'an was lost.
Wang Shu knew that he could not take back Yan'an, so he chose to hand over all his troops and horses, and led more than a hundred cavalry and officials to Xiangle to express condolences to the army.
Then he wanted to make Qu Duan obey his wishes, but this time Qu Duan didn't give him any face.
Not only when the concubine Wang entered the city, he ordered each city gate to lose half of the concubine's cavalry, causing the concubine to dismount and lose face, but also when he saw the concubine.
He shouted directly and asked: "You know how to be temperate and love your body, but you don't know how to love the emperor's city?"
The two sides had a quarrel and broke up unhappy.
If the first two things are due to Qu Duan's resentment, and the two sides have different strategies for dealing with the Jin people, then the third thing is more awesome.
Qu Duan wants to kill people and seize power!
Moreover, Qu Duan did not have this idea. He actually did it. He came to Ningzhou overnight and met with Xie Liang, the envoy of Shaanxi Province. He also wanted to request that he could imitate the scholar-bureaucrats in "Spring and Autumn" who killed first and then reported.
After being rejected in the end, he wanted to do it first. Finally, Wang Shu realized that something was wrong and petitioned for punishment. However, Qu Duan was still not enough, so he had to detain his officials and seize his seal of temperance to settle the matter.
Even so, Qu Duan almost went on a killing spree at that time, beheading many of the generals who had rescued Yan'an and taking back power.
In the end, the army dispersed without causing too much killing.
But the loss of Shaanzhou for the first time is inseparable from these bad things.
Wang Shu didn't say these things, because he knew that if he did, not to mention all the twists and turns, everything on Jingyuan Road would be overthrown and started all over again.
There are really countless people affected.
Therefore, in this situation, one insists on avoiding fighting to preserve the power, and even wants to kill his comrades to gather power.
The other one fought everywhere, fighting to the death for Shaanzhou, and is still hiding it from Qu Duan now.
Is it possible that it’s not clear who is good and who is bad here, who should be trusted, and who should be reused?
But it was because Zhao Huan felt depressed after seeing what the Imperial City Division handed over, because this is a fact, but there is another thing that is also a fact.
Wang Shu has no ability to fight. Every time he charged and attacked, he was defeated. This is also true.
Qu Duan's avoidance of fighting was the best result and the most appropriate result, whether in history or today, from Zhao Huan to Liu Xi and even Liu Qi.
There is no doubt that the strategies of both sides are more inclined to the wrong side.
But the reality is like this. Right people do such fucked-up things, but a person who desperately resists for the sake of the world is moving forward on the wrong path.
What can Zhao Huan say, blame Wang Shu, blame Qu Duan, or blame himself?
It’s none of his business!
This is the most uncomfortable thing for him. This world and this court are never black and white. This kind of thing is the most uncomfortable for you.
"Wang Qing, please step back first. I already know about Qu Duan and what happened between him and Wang Qing.
It was really not easy for Wang Qing to be so wronged and still be able to hide it from Na Qu Duan for the sake of the overall situation.
I am not that ignorant lord, and I know what should be done and what should not be done.
Please step back first. "
After hearing this, Wang Shu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Zhao Huan's eyes. At the same time, everyone on the other side also wanted to continue to dissuade him, but when they saw Zhao Huan's gloomy face, they hurriedly Choose to keep your mouth shut and dare not say more.
Qu Duan's coming was not Zhao Huan's purpose. He just wanted to use Qu Duan's mouth to say what he wanted to say.
“At this time, we are unable to compare with the Jin people, so please Your Majesty, please hold on and wait for the Jin people to withdraw on their own.
They came from afar to plunder. Even if they occupied the land of Shaanzhou, Sichuan and Shu, they would not stay here for long.
After their army evacuates and the remaining rebels confront each other, we will naturally be able to begin to recover Shaanzhou, Sichuan and Shu.
The best policy is not to fight at this time! "
Qu Duan, as always, insisted on avoiding a fight, but this time Zhao Huan defied all opinions and agreed!
But just when Qu Duan wanted to further tighten his command authority, a problem arose.
Zhao Huan did not give him a chance to continue, but directly took over the command.
"Send orders to Wu Jie and Li Yanxian to each guard the key points. If there is any need, I will satisfy you!"
"His Majesty..."
"Why, General Qu wants to kill me too and seize the military power of the Song Dynasty?"
"The general will not dare..."
"Then shut up!"
