The longer Emperor Yongtai held power, the more powerful and majestic he became.
After hearing what Emperor Yongtai said, Jia Yun did not feel much relieved. Instead, she said in a deep voice: "I don't know, what else is going on in this capital that your wise and mighty Majesty doesn't know about?"
"Jia Yun!" Emperor Yongtai's eyes were filled with a look of crazy anger.
Jia Yun still had a smile on her face and looked at Emperor Yongtai in front of her calmly, and then said: "The King of Beijing has indeed approached Wei Chen and planned to form an alliance with me to form a party for personal gain. However, I know that His Majesty is a brave and brave man. Mingjun, of course, is not willing to go along with him.
Presumably, His Majesty also knows the relationship between the Jia clan and King Beijing. It is probably inevitable for human beings to interact with each other.
If any of my ministers violate the rules, do not abide by the king's laws, are not loyal to the court, or are not loyal to His Majesty, Your Majesty will punish them and have their heads hung on the east gate as a warning to others. "
"Yun Aiqing, why is this necessary?" At this moment, the look in Emperor Yongtai's eyes gradually revealed a hint of contemplation.
Jia Yun's collusion with King Beijing was just a guess and test of Jia Yun in his mind, but he did not grasp any real clues. It is impossible to really cure Jia Yun with such a baseless guess. sin.
Everyone cares about face, and killing people in anger for no reason is the behavior of a tyrant, not a benevolent king.
Emperor Yongtai was an emperor who loved great achievements. How could he let himself be infamous in front of the world? He doesn't want to be the king of the country.
If Emperor Yongtai acted recklessly relying on his status as emperor, then he would not be far from death.
Not to mention that King Beijing and others were eyeing him, but even the royal family members, civil and military ministers would have dissatisfaction.
Immediately, Emperor Yongtai adjusted his mentality, but said with a smile: "He may have the intention of dragging you onto the pirate ship. It's a pity that I have been on the throne for many years and have already mastered the military and political power. How can I let them do this?" What opportunity can Xiaoxiao take advantage of?"
After saying that, Emperor Yongtai remembered what he had just recorded on the secret book. He narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Jia Yun and said, "The Huns in Mobei have been dancing very happily recently. I just don't know what you are thinking." ?」
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jia Yun frowning and carefully considering how to answer Emperor Yongtai's question.
After a long time, Jia Yun replied: "Your Majesty is worried about the peace faction within the court?"
Since ancient times, the imperial court has had two general factions that are common to the outside world.
One is the conservative, who usually maintains that the laws of the ancestors are immutable. The laws of the court are the rules established by the ancestors' sanctuaries. Not a word can be changed. If they are changed, they will mess up the sacred laws of the ancestors, which will cause chaos in the world.
This is people following inherent, past, outdated dogmas and rules and shouting for their own interests.
This is because reform will inevitably bring about destruction, and destruction will inevitably damage their interests.
Rather than carrying out drastic reforms, breaking everything and starting over, it is better to maintain the status quo and the wealth in front of us.
Different from the peace faction represented by the conservatives, there is the war faction. qδ.net
Most of the time, the warring faction advocates using absolutely violent means to expand territory, fight enemy countries, advocate launching wars, and hope to obtain endless benefits from such foreign wars.
As the saying goes, when the cannon goes off, there is a thousand taels of gold.
The same is true in this feudal society.
Once a war breaks out, the money will be like running water. To gain benefits from it, the profit operation space for lining your own pockets will expand, far more than the wealth that can be obtained in peacetime.
Whether it is the war faction or the peace faction, they are all considering their own interests and are by no means truly well-intentioned.
In feudal society, the civil servant group is generally soft-boned and advocates peace and surrender. The Song Dynasty in particular is the most typical example of the civil servant group governing the country. Even if the Song Dynasty won the foreign war, the civil servants also actively advocated ceding territory and paying indemnities. and other behaviors that undermine power and humiliate the country.
, to maintain their status and identity.
After all, the biggest opponent of the civilian group is the military attache group.
The military attache group has always been a militant group, advocating the use of force to expand territory, granting marquises and titles, and taking the path of seeking fame immediately.
Once there is no war, peace at home, and peace in the world, then their generals will have little room to perform, let alone such beautiful things as being granted lordships and generals.
If a general is selected from the army, how can he become a prince through the imperial examination?
The civil service group relies on civil service examinations to gain titles and promotions. The more peace there is, the greater the room and energy they can exert. Naturally, they hope that the world will be peaceful and free of war, even if it means sacrificing the interests of the court and losing power and humiliating the country. of.
The military general group is on the contrary. They must rely on military merit to quickly climb up the ranks, obtain military exploits, and become generals. Only by launching war can they obtain a higher social status and complete a rapid jump in class.
Since ancient times, emperors have reused civil servants and suppressed generals in peaceful times.
After all, the emperor knew better than anyone else that as long as he had the military power, he would have the most wisdom in the world.
This was especially true for the emperors of the Song Dynasty.
Even if they lose their power and humiliate the country, they will never give those generals any chance to betray and rebel.
Even if they know they can win, they won't try hard.
This was also the sequelae after Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin released his military power after a cup of wine. This led to the emperors of the Song Dynasty in the past dynasties to indulge their subordinate civil servants. Instead, they tried their best to suppress the military attachés.
So that later emperors, even these ruling emperors, found something wrong and wanted to change it, but it was too late to regret it.
If the civil service group is too powerful, the imperial power will be suppressed, and even the emperor will be just a mascot without much actual authority.
This is why Emperor Yongtai asked Jia Yun what she thought of the war.
Jia Yun, Minister of Military Aircraft Department, as the leader and role model of the civil service group, his opinions can represent the opinions of the entire civil service group.
Previously, Emperor Yongtai pushed Jia Yun to the throne in order to reduce the backlash caused by his own war within the court, especially the collective opposition from the civil servant group.
And if there is Jia Yun as a buffer and leader, then even if the civil service group is reluctant and intends to oppose it, they will surrender when they see their boss. Even if there are occasionally one or two ruthless people with a stronger backbone, But he couldn't stop everyone from gathering firewood and was ignored.
In addition, Emperor Yongtai also had a trick up his sleeve, that is, once the war became tense or there was a major defeat, he could also shirk responsibility and let Jia Yun take on this responsibility. donkey.
