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The fourth year of Jianxing in the Song Dynasty (1129 AD). The first month.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Li Hu left Yangzhou and rushed to Jingxiang. The Tiger Guards who were standing up, Abaddon's Tiger Lie 2nd Army, Hailasu's Tiger Lie 9th Army, Zhe Kecun's Tiger Lie 15th Army, and the Sixteenth Army who were heading to Jingxiang.

At the same time, Yang Keshi from Kaifeng led the 26th Army of the Huli Lie and the 27th Army to the south and met the main force in Changsha.

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On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Princess Luo Sinan invited the prime ministers from the East and West Mansions to discuss matters at the Han Palace and coordinated the matter on the southern expedition.

Li Hu decided to launch a southern expedition and reported a specific attack strategy. The implementation of this strategy requires the joint efforts of the East and West governments, but the two governments have different divisions of labor and different positions, so the contradictions are becoming increasingly greater. Although "separation of military and political affairs" helps centralization, the disadvantages are that the contradictions between military and political affairs are very prominent, especially the strategic decisive battle, which requires the close unity of the East and West governments. However, the current strategic decisive battles one after another, and the contradictions between the two governments are becoming increasingly fierce. The Han Palace and the Grand Marshal's Mansion have to spend a lot of energy to coordinate in the center.

The most distinctive feature of the national policy of the Song Dynasty was decentralization. The establishment of the east and west governments in the center greatly weakened the power of the prime minister and established the four divisions at the road level. The formation of local separatist forces was completely eliminated. In order to curb the threat of military personnel to the national destiny, the Song Dynasty implemented the strategy of using civilized military power on the basis of "decentralization". The final result was that although the power was centralized, both the prime minister and the military power were greatly weakened, and this weakening quickly amplified the drawbacks of the national policy, which affected the survival of the national destiny. The passiveness in military affairs, the failure of reform in the middle and late Song Dynasty, and the sudden decline in prosperity were directly related to this policy.

During the reform, Li Hu abandoned the strategy of "using culture to control military affairs", and the solution was "separation of military and political affairs". "separation of military and political affairs" was actually "decentralization of power", but only controlled "decentralization" within the two scopes of "military and political affairs" to ensure that he could effectively control authority, which continued the drawbacks of this policy.

The strategic decisive battle involves all aspects, and neither the Eastern Palace's Seminary Hall nor the Western Palace's Privy Council could be completed alone. In the past, the prime minister had great power and could coordinate and command, but now the prime minister's power has been severely weakened, and only the emperor himself has this power.

The emperor represented the highest imperial power, but he was only one person. He had to rely on the Council and the Privy Council to complete this work. The priests of the Council had their own interests and requirements, and the Prime Ministers of the Privy Council were the same. The East and West governments were thus in a fierce conflict. The emperor's main work was not decision-making, but coordination. In the end, in order to achieve the goal, all parties had to compromise with each other. The result of the compromise can be imagined.

In the past, the prime minister exercised power by the agency of the Prime Minister. The interests of the prime minister and his subordinates were consistent. There was no irreconcilable conflict, and there was no compromise. However, the prime minister's power was too great and obviously threatened the imperial power in peacetime. Therefore, all dynasties have tried their best to crack down on and weaken the prime minister's power, and concentrate the power to the emperor as much as possible. The national policy of the Song Dynasty itself was not wrong, but it was overcorrected. Once it was a critical moment that was related to the fate of the country, such as during the Song and Jin war, the drawbacks of this national policy were exposed and eventually led to its own defeat.

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At the beginning of the establishment of the Chang'an imperial court, the Seminary Hall and the Privy Council were able to maintain consistency in major decisions, but with the deepening of the reform and the continued strategic decisive battle, the contradictions between the two governments quickly intensified.

Luo Sinan's solution was very simple. He used the Han Palace to exercise imperial power and actually controlled the final decision-making power. On this basis, she worked closely with the Privy Council and the Regulations Department. While formulating and implementing reform measures, she commanded the strategic decisive battle and consciously left and isolated the meeting hall.

This method can effectively exercise power when Chang'an's actual control territory is small, the Han Prince's Mansion, the Grand Marshal's Mansion and the Regulation Department can exercise power effectively. However, when the actual control territory continues to expand, the importance of the East Mansion will quickly become prominent. Chang'an must fully play the role of the central administrative agency, otherwise not only will the central power be seriously weakened, but the central policies will not be effectively implemented.

As a result, the Han Palace fell into a dilemma. Luo Sinan had to spend a lot of time and energy to coordinate the East and West governments, and had to make compromises and concessions in many decisions.

When Li Hu's southern expedition strategy was delivered to Chang'an, the Privy Council of course strongly supported it and quickly formulated a specific plan. In addition to attack strategies and troop deployment, the most important thing is logistics supply, including the recruitment of civilians, the allocation of war materials, etc.... These preparations require close cooperation from the central administrative agencies and local government agencies.

For the deliberation hall, the most urgent thing about the southern expedition was the raising of money, grain and various war materials, and these things were directly linked to the imperial court's wealth. The expenditure of the financial resources should be considered in the actual situation of national strength and cannot be done to fish out of the pond. Therefore, the deliberation hall bluntly rejected Li Hu's idea of ​​launching the southern expedition in March, believing that the southern expedition must be postponed to late autumn, September or October.

The priests in the deliberation hall directly rejected the plan of the Southern Expedition in March, which in fact was equivalent to vetoing the Southern Expedition plan of the Privy Council. There was no room for negotiation between the East and West governments, so the conflict between the two governments intensified unprecedentedly and directly quarreled with the Han Palace.

As early as the end of the Central Plains War, Yue Fei went south to fight against Jianghuai and Wang Yuan advanced east to recover Shandong, Luo Sinan had already realized that the crisis of central power in Chang'an was getting worse and worse. She had already begun to think about solutions, but unexpectedly, when Li Hu arrived at Jianghuai, he took out a decision to march south in March. This decision directly triggered the conflict between the east and west governments, and the crisis of central power in Chang'an suddenly broke out.

Luo Sinan was caught off guard and could not find a solution for a while. She also considered compromising with the two governments to alleviate the crisis. However, Li Hu was too determined and had already taken the main force to Jingxiang. The decisive battle situation had already been formed. If the Han Palace compromised with the two governments at this moment, the time for the southern expedition would inevitably be postponed, but Li Hu might not be willing to accept this compromise.

Whether Li Hu accepts Chang'an's final decision is actually not the biggest problem that has troubled Luo Sinan. The biggest problem is that Li Hu's absolute authority must be maintained and the absolute authority of the Han Palace must be maintained. This is related to the interests of the Hulien people and the future of Middle-earth. At this point, Luo Sinan must not give in, and she will definitely not allow herself to give in.

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On the 12th, the ministers of the Council of the Council, Li Gang, Huang She, Chai Yun, Li Fu, Zhao Mingcheng, Huo Liuge, Fan Zhichang, Liu Wei, and Zong Ze all arrived. The censor Zhang Xiaochun and Jingzhao Yin Ma Kuo were also invited to come. Yuwen Xuzhong, who had just entered Beijing, Wu Min also participated in the meeting as a Hanlin bachelor and a political affairs officer.

The officials of the Privy Council include Dong Xiaochou and Liu Yanqing, and Zhe Keqiu. Chu Xiaoyao, the commander of the Chang'an garrison army, was also invited.

The Chief of the General of the General's Mansion Yuanye, the Chief of the Prince of the Han Dynasty Hu Tu, and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Chief of the Regulation and the Chief of the Chief of the Regulation and Procuratorate attended the meeting.

There is another behind-the-scenes person, that is Wuyan. Although Wuyan did not show up, he was in the side hall. He was always providing advice and suggestions to Luo Sinan based on the deliberation process.

Before this, Luo Sinan had discussed the strategy of the Nanzheng with Hulie Central Officials, Li Gang and other central officials of the Song Dynasty, and officials of the United Chamber of Commerce headed by Changsun Kangning, and listened carefully to their opinions. This time, all the central officials were gathered together to coordinate so as to find a compromise plan that can be accepted by all parties. Of course, the premise is that the Nanzheng must be launched in March.

It took five hours from morning discussion to afternoon, and only one quarter of an hour was rested in the middle, without any results.

Luo Sinan was very angry and asked everyone to discuss overnight, so that they would not leave the Han Palace without any result.

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The central officials were in groups of three or five, looking for a place to rest.

Luo Sinan arrived at the side hall and scolded Li Gang and Huang She and other officials in the lobby in front of Wuyan. In the past, Huang She, Chai Yun and Huo Liuge in the lobby were able to remain consistent with the Han Palace. This time it was not possible. The reason was obvious. They were also members of the lobby. When Luo Sinan was cracking down on and weakening the power of the prime minister, their interests were also seriously damaged. The tiger and fierce people gradually became divided in the fierce power struggle, and this trend became more and more obvious and unstoppable.

"They started from the stability of the country's destiny and rejected the strategy of the southern expedition in March. This was not wrong." Wuyan sighed, "Think carefully, the Hu Lie Army has had too many decisive battles in the past two years, and the national strength is no longer able to support it. After the Han King drove the Jurchens out of the Central Plains, he immediately fought westward, defeated the Dangxiang people, and stabilized the northwest; then Yue Fei fought a decisive battle in the Central Plains, recovered Shandong, and captured Jianghuai; just a few months later, the Han King wanted to fight south again and crossed the river to pacify the southeast. Can we imagine that with Chang'an's financial resources, can it really be supported?"

"Of course, of course it can be supported." Luo Sinan said without hesitation, "I have already talked with Changsun Kangning that the Union Chamber of Commerce will prepare money and grain at all costs to help the Tiger Lie Army pacify the Southeast. In addition, Yuwen Xuzhong and Wu Min also calculated carefully and calculated according to the financial status of the southeastern prefectures and counties. As long as the army successfully crossed the river, it will definitely obtain a large amount of wealth from Liangzhe and Jiangnan. These wealth can not only support the continuous combat of the Southern Expedition Army, but also further alleviate the financial crisis of the court."

"Can the Union Chamber of Commerce really take out money to lend it to the court on credit?" Wuyan shook his head and said, "According to Changsun Kangning's method, the Union Chamber of Commerce can only maintain the expenses of the Southern Expedition Army for half a month at most. After half a month, it will rely on the army to plunder all the way. This is too dangerous and cannot ensure the huge military demand of the Southern Expedition Army."
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