Lu Haowen sat back and said calmly: "I heard that everything must have a beginning. In the past, when Jingkang was in trouble, the world was in decline. Those who advocated peace, and there were countless people who wanted to retreat. I and others were at a loss. At this time,

It was Li Gang, Li Gongxiang and Zong Zezong who stayed behind inside and outside, resisting the Jin Dynasty despite all opinions. Not only that, at that time, the official family had just ascended the throne and was exiled. If Li Gongxiang had not re-established the official position, it would have been difficult for the court.

If Feizong stayed and stayed in Tokyo, the Central Plains would be completely wiped out and the country would be hopeless... These two people are the red flag against the Jin Dynasty and the backbone of the country... Their contributions are beyond words."

"That's right. Without Li Zong and Zong Zong, the country would have been gone long ago. How could those things that happened later come about... Zong Zhongwu was older and had already died of exhaustion, so he named Zong Zhongwu

First, Mr. Li is the second best." After saying this, Zhao Jiu raised his glass and looked around. "My lords, I would like to express my gratitude to you two for resisting the Jin Red Banner."

Everyone did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly returned from Taiyuan. Li Yanxian, who was wanted by Li Gang, also calmly toasted. In fact, among the civil servants, on the surface, Wen Wu is the first to arrange, but in fact, as Lin Jingmo said, everyone is the leader.

Everyone has a strong balance in their hearts.

Moreover, the particularity of the position of Prime Minister is also here, so most of the eighteen positions are chosen by everyone in their minds, and it is nothing more than a few opinions on the last few positions.

Sure enough, after Lu Haowen proposed Zongze and Li Gang, Zhao Ding proposed Lu Haowen, Lu Yihao, Wang Boyan, Yu Wenxuzhong, and Xu Jingheng.

These five people are the rulers who have been in power since the Nanyang period. They are the father-in-law who actually maintained the country's operation and anti-golden cause during the most difficult period in the early days... they cannot be left without them.

Zhang Jun, on the other hand, added that Zhang Suo died for his country.

When it was Liu Ji's turn to speak, the deputy prime minister was somewhat unexpected. He went beyond himself and Chen Gui and mentioned Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Hu Yin and Lin Jingmo together.

The reason is that these four people are the backbone of the anti-golden army and the official arm of the imperial family who have been serving in the imperial court since Bagong Mountain.

Chen Gui took advantage of the situation and added Liu Ziyu who followed after Bagong Mountain.

Next, it was Lin Jingmo and Liu Ziyu's turn to talk, and the two of them naturally reciprocated the favor, one by one, pushing out Liu Ji and Chen Gui, the two Nanyang chief ministers.

By this time, there were already fifteen people. No wonder even Wan Qixi didn't dare to ask for such a position.

However, the last three are inevitably more controversial.

Some people suggested Wang Shu because Wang Shu not only had a firm stand against the Jin Dynasty, but was also the military and political leader of Guanzhong before the imperial court took control of Guanzhong... Some people even directly pointed out the story of Qu Duan intimidating Wang Shu and Wang Shu persisted in his position.

Fortunately, Qu Duan stayed in Yanyun, otherwise it would have been another embarrassment.

Some people also suggested Hu Hongxiu, thinking that Hu Hongxiu had made extraordinary achievements in Xixia.

Others suggested Li Guang and Ma Shen, others suggested Liu Hongdao who was serving as the pacification ambassador in northern Xinjiang, and some even suggested Zhang Cui who died in Huainan after Bagong Mountain.

In the end, Zhang Jun, who was traveling the same way, couldn't help but interject and mentioned Wan Qixi at an inappropriate time.

However, regarding these suggestions, Zhao Guanjia just poured them into his own hands and allowed the debate to continue. At the end, he just waved his hands and made a conclusion: "What you said is good... but if you put them all, it would be too much... What I mean is,

The royal concubine can come, otherwise Qu Duan will be crowned king and he will be defeated. Wouldn't it be difficult to convince people's hearts?"

Many people nodded, this is indeed a problem... Not only the internal merits and qualifications of the civil servants, but also the factors of the generals. In addition to Wang Shu, the other most obvious example is that Lin Jingmo and Hu Yin are Zhang Rong and Yue Fei respectively.

'Guarantor'.

Of course, Wang Shu himself is second only to the Prime Minister in terms of qualifications, position, and achievements, and he is also the one with less controversy.

"There must be a place for remonstrance." Zhao Jiu continued to drink a glass of wine before pointing his finger at one of the people sitting in the seat. "Fei Yushi Zhongcheng is always on the alert, and the country may fall into the state of an entire army.

Without individual identity...Li Zhongcheng is worthy of this position."

Li Guang really didn't object this time, but stood up directly to thank him.

On the other hand, he raised his eyebrows, knowing that with Li Guang, he was afraid that he would have no chance, and even if he did not claim to be a person in vain, he could not help but feel a little sad at this time.

Sure enough, Zhao Guanjia glanced at Ma Shen, continued to pour a glass of wine, and then paused: "My lords, the ten years of Jianyan we are talking about today are the achievements of resisting the Jin, Shao and Song Dynasties. As for Zhang Xianggong,

Even earlier, Zhang Shuye and Liu Kai are of course heroes, but there is no need to crowd here."

Everyone nodded, which was a matter of course.

"As for the remaining quota, I want to give it to Liu Hongdao." Zhao Jiu drank the glass of wine and finally made up his mind. "It's not that Hu Hongxiu has insufficient merit, but I want to borrow his Xixia meritorious service to let him dominate the battle and save money."

Others are not convinced... and Hu Jinglue is still young after all. In the future, this court will have to use more side affairs, and his future is indispensable... But Ambassador Liu, starting from the defeat of Qingzhou, has gone through countless hardships, defeated and won, people's livelihood and logistics, and in the past ten years,

Traveling across rivers and seas, traveling north and south, I have always stood firm and made a lot of contributions. There should be an explanation for this."

As soon as these words came out, all eighteen people were present. Many of the bureaucrats present felt disappointed, but also somewhat relieved... This matter had been tormenting them for a long time.

"The eighteen people are, in order, Zongze, Li Gang, Lu Haowen, Lu Yihao, Wang Boyan, Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Hu Yin, Yu Wenxuzhong, Xu Jingheng, Liu Ji, Chen Gui, Zhang Suo, Lin Jingmo, Liu Ziyu, Wang

Concubine, Li Guang, Liu Hongdao." After Zhao Jiu finished reading in turn, he gave serious instructions. "Let the Ministry of Rites prepare. All the prime ministers and ministers will be awarded princes. The remaining princes and counties... don't have to refuse. This is what you deserve... The control below

Officials and other meritorious officials should also be added as dukes, marquises, and uncles... Then the thirty-six civil and military ministers should write biographies and save portraits, and then divide them into two copies, one to be hung in the Secret Pavilion, and the other to be hung in the Yanjing Shangshu Desk.

Go inside."

The scene suddenly came to a standstill.

"I know what you want to ask."

Just as Zhao Ding was about to stand up, Zhao Jiu waved his hand directly. "Yes, I have made up my mind to move the capital to Yanjing... There are three reasons. First, after ten years of war, the population in the north has been lost, and the economy is weak. If the central government cannot put an absolute

I am afraid that this attitude will not be able to revive the North from its roots."

Everyone sat in silence with their hands tied, saying nothing.

"Secondly, a blank piece of paper is easy to draw on. There are many chronic diseases in this dynasty, which have caused difficulties for Jingkang. And I want to usher in the old Song Dynasty and establish a new Song Dynasty. I must find a way to get rid of the chaos of the old dynasty... The north is particularly clean up this time

It’s clean, and the roads in Hebei are mostly populated by good families and self-cultivated farmers. There aren’t many generations of aristocratic families or landowners from the entire state have a foothold... After going to Yanjing, the surrounding area will be cleaner.”

Some people hesitated to speak, but in the end they did not say it.

"The last reason is that Yanjing is the leader of Hebei, and just as the southeast is where the country's wealth is, Hebei is also where the country's military is devoted... If Hebei is not firmly controlled, how can we make northern Xinjiang peaceful?"

Zhao Jiu looked around at everyone. "After all, have you ever thought about it? We spent ten years to win this war, and what happens next? Will the world be peaceful after that? What if Mongolia rises? What happens if the Bohai people make trouble?

What to do? So what if I give birth to a girl?"

The atmosphere was completely frozen, and everyone, whether civil or military, Lu Haowen or Han Shizhong, sat upright and listened intently.

Zhao Guanjia seemed to be drunk, and his words gradually gained some emotion:

"What are you thinking about? Ten years ago at this time, here, we were a group of bereaved dogs, living in solitude, almost ready to subjugate our country. If I wanted to change my mind and return to the war, I would have to kill the chief security officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The current prime minister must be exiled... And today, we are showing merit and celebrating, but we are just celebrating that we survived this national war. But if we win the Song and Jin Dynasty war, will everything be peaceful?

"Before, on Chrysanthemum Island, I issued an edict... At that time, I could detect the thoughts of the northern Xinjiang tribes. It was just that you were tyrannical for a while, and I was careful for a while. In the long run, who cares about those things? It's me.

, do you just expect to use a few edicts to determine the foundation of eternity? It is just to use this to win a big victory, first establish a framework, stabilize it first, and then withdraw from internal affairs... Only when your own family is strong can everything be in order!

"And how to start the internal affairs? We still need you, the ministers and important ministers, that is, the prime minister to lead the secret cabinet, the public cabinet to take charge of the country, and then I will take the lead in doing the most important things that require my support, just like before

Ten years like that...

"Build the river first, but not only build the river, but also use the river to build the river to slowly and subtly do the disarmament and relocation of the capital...

"Moving the capital does not mean moving the capital all at once. There is no need. Lu Xianggong is not in good health. When the time comes, the position of prime minister can be filled by good ministers. Hu Yin will add a deputy prime minister in the name of helping to repair the river and sit in Yanjing together. Let's take our time.

Take your time, cultivate it quickly for three to five years, and cultivate it slowly for ten or eight years. Then you can slowly move the secret pavilion to Yanjing or to me. You can also open a newspaper in Hebei, and new scholars can follow me here.

Hebei inspection... After the river construction is completed, and you are almost used to it, you can officially move the capital...

"The 300,000 soldiers in the imperial camp are too many. Without the 200,000 Jurchen households, what are you doing with so many soldiers? Change some of the garrison troops and reduce the imperial camp to 200,000 first. 20,000 to 30,000 are enough in Liaoyang outside the Great Wall.

50,000 from Yanjing, 10,000 to 20,000 from Central Plains, 20,000 to 30,000 from Hedong, 20,000 to 30,000 from Guanxi, and 10,000 to 20,000 scattered in the southeast. The inland navy can maintain the Yellow River and Yangtze River, but the navy can add...

"And by reducing the number of soldiers, we can gradually reduce the tax increases and tax increases in the South. Otherwise, I will never feel at ease...

"Building rivers, disarmament, moving the capital, and strengthening control over neighboring countries are also to allow the internal recuperation, and then look at our internal foundation in the future, and then tentatively think about how to turn the three imperial edicts from three empty documents into real ones.

If you can control it, control it; if you can control it, control it; if you can control it, let it go; if Buddhism should be taught, spread it; if Confucianism should be promoted, do it; but you must act within your ability; if you take too big a step, it will be easy to talk nonsense.

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At this time, everyone was sure that the official had indeed drunk too much, but no one dared to regard these words as drunken words. On the contrary, whether it was Lu Haowen, who had already faded away, or who had just been appointed as the official deputy

National-level leaders, including Han Shizhong, who had been promoted to general and prime minister, all pricked up their ears and were as serious as they wanted to be.

Zhao Jiu poured himself wine again, but found that the jug was empty. Feng Yi, the chamberlain who had just returned to the official family, quickly offered another jug, but was repelled by Zhao Guanjia slightly impatiently:

"Compared with Northern Xinjiang, in Western Liao, when the country is a little more stable, you can confidently ask for the six states of Hexi and push the territory to Yumen Pass. Yelu Dashi will not refuse to give it, and he dare not not give it... Moreover, if

I expected it to be true. In my lifetime, I will be able to see the Yelv Stone traveling thousands of miles across the Western Regions, and I will also be able to see the country gradually decline after his death... In the past, the Han Dynasty took the Western Regions and the Huns were destroyed. If one day, it is not impossible to take the Western Regions and

It's connected to Northern Xinjiang and Ding Qingtang...but this one is far away.

"I just say that after we get Hexi, we can manage the Western Region, and we can also gradually nourish the green ponds that have been broken into pieces. The place is too poor and the geography is too great, but it can be used as a barrier or as an outside line to support one or two

Finally, if we can extend our hands to the Jinchuan and Jinchuan areas, as well as Dali in the southwest, we may have a real opportunity to do something...

"Vietnam in the southeast depends on the development of maritime trade. It only needs a strong navy. And there is really no need to think about annexation. Liu Guan. According to me, the most important thing in Vietnam is the business of feet of cloth and feet of rice, regardless of maintaining the status quo.

Or annexation by force, we must first ensure that Vietnamese rice can be transported to the southeast along the sea trade...

"So, again, there are always opportunities, but in all of this, we must pay attention to steps, geography, benefits, and within our capabilities... If we can't do it without using big weapons, we can't do it.

"There is only one place where I have made up my mind and will not hesitate to go to war. But it is not outside, but inside... In the south, annexation must be restrained! We must be in line with Hebei and the Central Plains. I dare not say that the rise and fall of the dynasty will be the same.

It depends on this, but at least it can be regarded as an important lesson from the Jingkang disaster, right? Fang La, how many days have Zhong Xiang been there? So, whoever dares to annex, who dares to dream of a hundred thousand acres of land, I will do what I did to the Jurchen Wanyan family

Like, 'destroy' him!

"In short, internally, we need to move the capital and disarmament, recuperate and recuperate, suppress annexation, encourage commerce, especially sea trade, and at the same time try our best to build rivers and promote original learning; externally, we need to appropriately strengthen control over northern Xinjiang and engage in large-scale peaceful expansion in the west.

Try not to use big weapons... This is what we will do in the next twenty years, or even thirty years... Anyway, this is the country's rough plan before my death. I don't know how much we can do, and how much we can achieve... Everyone, the grudges of the old Song Dynasty

That’s it, the journey to the New Song Dynasty is about to begin, but does anyone still have any doubts?”
To be continued...