Unparalleled Concubine - v2 Chapter 1124

   Chapter 1124 Asking for spoils

For more than a hundred years since the founding of Emperor Wu of the Great Jin Dynasty, the Right Governor of the Grand Governor’s Mansion has occasionally served as a foreigner such as Ye Sheng, but the Left Governor of the Grand Governor’s Mansion, that is, the leader of the Grand Governor’s Mansion, has always It is the ban of Ji’s family, and no foreigners can interfere.

   The reason is very simple, this position is too critical.

In order to curb the military power of military generals, Dajin actually divided this power into three. The Ministry of War is responsible for the materials of each army and the “personnel transfer” of military generals. , but in the hands of the Grand Governor’s Office.

   And the Grand Governor’s House has been in the hands of Ji’s family in all dynasties, so that the guaranteed military power will not fall by the wayside.

That is to say, if an army wants to carry out a war reasonably and legally, it must first obtain the documents of the Grand Governor’s Office, and then the documents of the Ministry of War or Shangshutai, otherwise the local generals dare to deploy troops without permission, as long as To investigate, it is the charge of beheading.

Of course, because the communication in this era is too slow, the Grand Governor’s Office can only control some troops that are relatively close to the capital, or formulate some strategies in advance, similar to the Yunzhou Army or the Zhenbei Army, which have relatively large border troops. autonomy.

   But even so, the authority of the Grand Governor’s Office is still extremely heavy. It can be said that it is second only to Shangshutai in the entire court. When it comes to war, the weight of speech is even higher than that of Shangshutai.

Even Ye Sheng back then was only given the position of the Right Governor of the Grand Governor’s Mansion by the imperial court after he returned to Beijing, but now Li Xin has blatantly broken this unwritten rule and became the head of the Grand Governor’s Mansion. doorman.

   That is to say, since this edict, all the troops in the territory of the Great Jin state must be controlled and dispatched by Li Xin in theory.

   After Xiao Huai finished reading this edict, all the civil and military officials in Weiyang Palace were still in shock.

   But no one dared to speak.

After all, the current actual controller of the capital is this General Li. He has now given himself the position of the Grand Governor, which means that he is still willing to follow the rules of the court. If he really makes him unhappy, This person can lift the table at any time and make a new set of rules.

Li Xin, who was dressed in court clothes, stepped forward and took the imperial decree handed over by Xiao Huai with both hands. He was about to kneel down to express his gratitude, Xiao Huai quickly said, “You don’t need to salute, Your Majesty has explained that you can do it later. If you don’t follow the court, you don’t praise your name, you don’t worship when you see the king.”

  Li Xin did not refuse either. After he put the imperial decree into his sleeve, he cupped his hands to the ignorant emperor on the throne and said, “My minister, thank you Your Majesty for pushing.”

   “From now on, I will do my best for the Dajin court and live up to His Majesty’s request.”

The new emperor was sitting on the throne, and after hearing Li Xin’s words, he felt disgusted, he stood up from his chair, and looked at Li Xin with a little shrinking eyes: “Da… The imperial court, these are all the governors… deserve.”

  Li Xin bowed his head slightly and said, “Your Majesty, this minister still has to recommend someone.”

  Xin Tianzi said quickly: “But it’s okay to say it.”

Li Xin nodded and said, “Your Majesty was first trapped in Shanyin these years, and then drifted to the southwest. After several twists and turns, he was able to return to the capital and climb the treasure. Of course, the Southwest Army contributed a lot, but the Southwest The Jinglue Mansion is even more laborious and meritorious, the Southwest Army escorted His Majesty all the way to Beijing, and it is entirely dependent on the full cooperation of Zhao Jia, the envoy of the Southwest Jinglue, to provide money and food supplies.

Zhao Jia is already on his way to Beijing. After he enters Beijing, he will directly take charge of the Shangshu Desk. This is something that most people are well aware of. Li Xin said this at this time. Bring some legitimacy to Zhao Jia, and make Zhao Jia’s visit to the prime minister less abrupt.

At this time in the entire court, what Li Xin said was what Li Xin said, and after hearing his words, the new emperor quickly said: “What the governor said is very true, I… Shang Shutai will discuss this matter later, and let Zhao Jinglue have something to say. good office…”

At this time, the 12-year-old emperor finally remembered what Li Xin had explained to him before, and quickly said: “Besides, the soldiers of the Southwest Army escorted me all the way… escorted me to Beijing, and because of misunderstandings along the way, They also injured a lot of people and horses, these Southwest Army soldiers are all meritorious servants…”

When the young emperor said this, he got stuck for a while, and then he remembered what to say next, and he continued: “Here…the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household will discuss the rewards for the soldiers of the Southwest Army, and distribute them all within ten days. .”

This is the most important thing at the moment. The soldiers of the Southwest Army are also people. They followed Li Xin all the way from Hanzhong to the capital. Although most of the time they used firearms to push them all the way, but these people also have credit and have died. Li, now that everyone has entered the capital, and theoretically has won a great victory, it is enough not to allow burning, killing and looting, but the benefits that should be given must be given.

Li Xin took hundreds of thousands of troops all the way from the southwest to the capital. The money Zhao Jia had saved in the southwest over the years was not enough, so he could only “borrow money” from the local rich businessmen along the way. To this day, it was obviously unrealistic to want Li Xin to give the Southwest Army the reward at this time.

   This money can only come from the household department of the imperial court and from the treasury.

However, the remaining troops of the Southwest Army are only about 100,000 people. Even if one person gives 30 guans of money, it is only 3 million guans. Although this amount of money is not a small amount for the court of the Jin Dynasty, it is worth taking out. Not strenuous.

   The more troublesome thing is the land issue.

As long as the Southwest Army is willing to stay in the capital, Li Xin will give them a home in the capital. Even if only half of them are willing to stay, it will take 250,000 mu of land for each person, which is not a small amount. number.

   Then there is the issue of rewarding these people. If they have made meritorious deeds, those who should be appointed officials should be appointed officials, and those who should be promoted should be promoted.

   Only in this way can we win over people’s hearts, and let them, who will occupy a large seat in the capital in the future, continue to follow Li Xin with all his heart.

   However, Li Xin is not going to do these things by himself. After Zhao Jia enters Beijing, he will be handed over to him to deal with the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Personnel. This kind of headache will not be fully implemented in a while.

   Hearing the words of the new emperor, the expressions of the two ministers of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Personnel changed. They looked at each other and sighed slightly.

   They knew very well that the tens of thousands of people in the Southwest Army would take a big chunk out of the court’s interests.

   But this is also something that can’t be helped. If the court doesn’t give them a bite, these people will grab it with a knife.

   Besides, it won’t be long before the court’s surnames are still unknown. When it comes time to change surnames in the world, let alone take a big bite, everything will belong to others.

   To put it bluntly, these are the spoils that the Southwest Army deserved.

   Therefore, the two of them did not hesitate too much, and bowed their heads to the new emperor.

   “My ministers and others, obey Your Majesty’s order.”

   This matter was settled, and Governor Li stood in the first row of military generals and once again surrendered to the emperor.

   “Your Majesty, I have one more thing to present to Your Majesty…”

   Li Xin paused, his voice a little low.

   “According to the information, the Yuwen Department in the northern Xinjiang has once again made troubles, and it has threatened the northern Xinjiang of our Great Jin Dynasty!”

   (end of this chapter)