Chapter 54 Who Uses Who?
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The emperor was in a very bad mood. First, Tong Guan betrayed him, then the court abandoned him. Then his bad luck came, he became a puppet, and his dynasty was also in name only. **-**The troubled times have come, and in the troubled times, he won the king and defeated the enemy. He was unwilling to fail. He wanted to do his best to regain his own things and rebuild the glory of the Zhao Dynasty.
However, Li Hu is too strong and his ambitions are too great. He wants to establish his own great cause. He will not miss this rare opportunity, nor will he give Zhao Kai the opportunity to make a comeback.
The emperor was worried about his destiny and sad about the decline of the Zhao Dynasty. He could not see hope and fell into despair.
The only one who accompanies him was the Secretary of Shangshu Li Zongzhen.
When Li Zongzhen saw that the emperor gave up completely in just a few days, he was desperate, decadent and lost his fighting spirit. He was very heartbroken, so he found an opportunity to persuade the emperor.
"Li Hu is the Han Han in the north, and the Hu Lie Army is the Han and Fan army. They have just arrived in the Song Dynasty and have not yet been recognized by the Song people. If he establishes his own kingdom now, he will lose people's hearts. Not only the people in the northwest oppose him, but the people in the Song people will oppose him, regard him as an enemy, treat him like the Jin thief. He is attacked from all sides and is predictable for defeat. Therefore, Li Hu threatens the emperor and commands the world. He needs time to establish and consolidate his power step by step, and it takes time to unify the world. This time is the opportunity for Your Majesty to turn the world."
"Li Hu wants to use the great power of the Song Dynasty and the prestige of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to gain the hearts of the Song Dynasty and strengthen his own strength, and then take root in the Song Dynasty and take root in a large territory. But on the other hand, isn't His Majesty also using the power of Li Hu and the Hu Lie Army to revive the Song Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty may believe that he does not have the strength to fight against Li Hu, but I think that on the contrary, I think that Your Majesty has enough strength to fight against Li Hu. Li Hu and the northern Han Fan have not yet gained the recognition of the Song people. They have nothing but strong force. What about Your Majesty? They have the support of the Song people, the support of the people, the Northwest Army and the scholars all over the world, and these scholars are the most powerful force in the Song people. How can Li Hu govern the world without the support of the Song people? How can Li Hu fight against the Jin thieves against the attacks of the southeast rebellion without the support of the Song people? How can he gain a foothold in the Song people without the support of the Song people?"
The emperor was like a sudden enlightenment, and Huo cheerful.
Li said it right. So far, Li Hu had nothing but force, so he had to kill the emperor and command the world. His strength was relatively weak. In the process of rebuilding the court, Li Hu had to use the power of the Song people to control the power of the Song people and control the Northwest Army and the scholars of the Song people, then it would be enough to establish the strength to compete and even defeat Li Hu. On that day, it was not Li Hu who held the emperor, but the emperor was going to kill Li Hu.
"Your Majesty Li Hu is a sworn brother. Your Majesty should make good use of this and praise Li Hu high. He obeys his words. In this way, he numb Li Hu. Let Li Hu despise you and save his life. At the same time, Your Majesty secretly formed a fight between the Northwest General and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant and the Sergeant
"Watch the tiger's fight in the mountains?" The emperor had already made a rough plan for his own land. He knew how to do it. Of course, a puppet emperor would have to watch the tiger's fight in the mountains. But if he wanted to win in the end, just watching the tiger's fight in the mountains was far from enough.
"It is too negative to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. Your Majesty may save his life because of this. But it may not be able to kill Li Hu." Li Zongzhen said with a laugh. "Your Majesty must endure. To endure what others cannot tolerate. In the process of endurance, you wait for an opportunity to attack. As long as Li Hu is negligent, he will give him a fatal blow. Then the world will be under the control of Your Majesty."
The emperor smiled happily, swept away his decadent attitude, and was determined to use his own wisdom to win the final victory.
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On the 18th, Li Hu, Li Gang, Huang She and other ministers met with the emperor with memorials from the rebuilding court and discussed national affairs together.
The emperor's performance surprised several ministers secretly. He was very calm from beginning to end, with a faint smile on his face, no anger or depression, giving people a feeling of calmness and ease, and a rather kingly demeanor.
Li Gang gave the emperor a detailed explanation of the proposal.
Accepting the fact that the Song Dynasty split and rebuilding the imperial court, but because the war situation in Hebei was critical and the chaos in Bianjing was in chaos, all officials of the East and West governments fled south. It was impossible to rebuild the East and West governments in a short period of time. Therefore, after careful consideration, it was decided to establish a temporary court. The temporary court still used the East and West governments as a framework. However, the government agencies streamlined and merged a lot to support the overall situation as soon as possible and overcome the difficulties.
After the split of the Song Dynasty, two Song dynasties appeared in Central China, two emperors and two imperial courts, and the territory was also divided into two. In the future, China will fall into unprecedented chaos, and the civil war will be inevitable. In this case, the Song army no longer has the strength to guard Hebei, and the Jin army will cross the Yellow River, Shandong,
Jianghuai and other places will be in war, so the capital must be moved.
The final result agreed by several ministers was to build a capital in Chang'an.
After the temporary court was established, the capital was immediately organized and the capital was moved to Chang'an as quickly as possible, and a little vitality was retained for the Song Dynasty.
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After the establishment of the temporary court, there was another top priority, which was to report the edict of the old emperor and Tong Guan to the southeast to the world, and ruled that they surrendered and stolen the country, abandoned the country, and everyone was able to punish them. Later, they urgently ordered the local government offices to place the country first, be loyal to the Song Dynasty, and be loyal to the current emperor and the Bianjing court.
When the old emperor and Tong Guan arrived in the southeast, the first thing they did was to rebuild the court and then impose the local governments as quickly as possible. Therefore, most of the Liangzhe Road, Jiangnan Road, Guangnan Road, and Huainan Road, north of the Yangtze River, will definitely be controlled by them.
Currently, the ones that can be controlled by Bianjing include Jingji Road, Shaanxi Sixth Road, Hedong Road, Sichuan Fourth Road, Jinghu Road, Jinghu Road, Jingxi Road and Jingdong Road. However, it can be foreseeable that as the Jin army goes south, Hebei, Central Plains and Shandong will fall into war, and Jinghu will also become a battlefield for civil war. As for Shaanxi and Daibei, it is even more difficult to escape the war. Therefore, after the capital moved to Chang'an, the areas actually controlled by the Chang'an court were Shaanxi and Sichuan. If you want to protect Hedong and Jinghu, the army must do its best. As for the Central Plains, Hebei and Shandong, they are the main targets of the Chang'an court for a long time in the future.
Li Gang believed that the court could only control the northwest and southwest areas soon, which made the emperor unacceptable. He felt that Li Gang was too pessimistic. "If we can defeat the Jin army in Hebei this time, then the army could quickly go south, take advantage of the rebellion in the southeast to gain a foothold, sweep across the southeast, and then go north to Yanyun to conquer the outside of the border."
"How much does this need? Where can we raise this amazing money?" Li Gang said speechlessly. He lost the Southeast and the support of the wealthy area that accounts for more than 60% of the Song Dynasty's financial income. The front-line army will soon fall into a difficult situation of lacking military pay, food and weapons, and may collapse at any time.
"If we don't have money to support the army, will the Taoist thieves have money to support?" The emperor retorted in desperation.
Li sneered, "It was because the Jin Dynasty had no money that its army did not pay. Their army, like the Xixia army, relied on the gains of plunder to maintain the military's expenses. The Song Dynasty used money to support its soldiers because it had money, but the huge military expenditure dragged down the Song Dynasty's finances. The Song Dynasty had three disadvantages, the most serious of which was the redundant soldiers. Our annual military expenditure was more than 30 million guan, and every war of more than 100,000 people required at least 30 million guan. From this we can see where the Song Dynasty's annual financial income was spent on about 80 million guan."
The emperor knew that the Jin army did not pay, but the Jin army also needed money to fight. In his opinion, since the Song army could not fight for a long time, the Jin army would not do it. The war in Hebei has been in full swing for more than half a year, and the Jin army's treasury was almost empty, so they could not hold on.
"It is precisely because the Jin army can't support it anymore that they have to fight, fight the Yellow River, enter the Central Plains, and enter Bianjing, because they need money, food and weapons." Li Gang shook his head helplessly, "Your Majesty, our army has been supported by money. If there is no military pay, they will have no combat power, and will be passive and lazy to fight, or even collapse."
The emperor smiled bitterly. This is really a great irony. The Song Dynasty used money to support soldiers, but there was no soldiers available. He lost one battle when the Jin thieves had no money to support soldiers. They just robbed them, plunder them, and won one battle when they fought. Where was the Song Dynasty defeated and where was it wrong?
Li Gang continued to explain to the emperor.
"The Tiger and the Northwest Army are combined, about 400,000 yuan. According to the average monthly salary of each soldier of three guan, the monthly salary expenditure is 1.2 million yuan. Currently, there are more than 200,000 troops, more than 100,000 war horses on the battlefield in Hebei, and there are more than 100,000 Hebei rebels and more than 300,000 people. The consumption of food, fodder and weapons alone requires about 8 million yuan per month. In other words, no matter how we save, the Hebei War consumes at least 10 million yuan per month. From the time when the Jin army evacuated Bianjing in February to now, it has been six months. Our monthly military expenditure is more than 6 million yuan. This month, the main force of the Tiger and the Northwest Army entered the Hebei battlefield, and this number will exceed 10 million yuan. However, the reality is cruel. The national treasury has no money. Even if there is no mutiny, the court will be unable to support the Hebei War."
"Originally, after the autumn harvest, that is, November and December, the court could still collect taxes and maintain the battlefield in Hebei. But now the Song Dynasty has split and various places are in chaos. Some of the various transshipment departments support us, some surrender to the Southeast court, and some watch the changes in the current situation. How much can this tax be collected?"
The emperor sighed and bowed his head and said nothing. Now that things have come to this, I can only hide in the northwest first. Without money, no matter how powerful the army is, it cannot win the battle. Li Hu obviously intends to give up Hebei and withdraw his troops in full.
Chapter completed!