In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...
There are big and small things, and logically there should have been plans, but this battle was fought hastily and ended quickly, which somewhat caught the central government officials by surprise.
Especially during these days, in sharp contrast to the short, fierce and suddenly changing situation in Dongping, with Prime Minister Lu persuading Emperor Zhao to hold a special examination and granting special permission for wealthy families to redeem refugees from Hebei and set up provincial students and imperial students, many literati and wealthy families gradually gathered in the capital, and the number of them kept increasing, and the important officials in the central government could not help but be distracted.
Therefore, it is necessary to have the ministers gather before the emperor to deal with these matters directly.
No matter what, Zhang Rong was confused this morning. First, someone brought him a pair of official robes, and then someone came out from the palace to explain the etiquette... Although Emperor Zhao came to comfort him personally yesterday and he felt relieved, he still couldn't help being in a panic.
Especially when he entered the palace and saw that although the palace was desolate and sparsely populated, it still had the scale and shape of the former palace, he was even more astonished and became more cautious.
However, after entering the hall and paying homage, he looked up and saw with his own eyes that the person sitting on the throne was the same person from yesterday. Knowing that he had not met a liar yesterday, Chief Zhang finally felt relieved.
Sure enough, Emperor Zhao was still as loyal as before, and he repeatedly protected the palace, and no unnecessary incidents arose.
Finally, with the strong push of Emperor Zhao and the clear discussion in the palace, Zhang Rong, who came to Beijing in person to show his sincerity, was formally appointed as the Jiedushi, and still stationed in Dongping Prefecture, serving as the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp navy. However, he almost maintained the original size of Liangshanpo and allowed this team to continue to be an independent army.
This not only made the Liangshanpo tribe officially incorporated into the imperial camp system, but also made Zhang Rong officially the eleventh person to be established as a saint after the Jingkang period (Li Gang, Zong Ze, Yuwen Xu Zhong, Lu Yihao, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Li Yanxian, Yue Fei, Wang Yan)... From now on, this person is a prominent figure in the world, and even more so in the court.
Although several ministers had their own ideas about this, they tacitly accepted this arrangement.
However, it is worth mentioning that this acceptance is not only an approval of Zhang Rong's behavior, nor is it just obedience to Emperor Zhao's military authority. There is also something difficult to say, but it is something that the central government officials understand tacitly, and even a cliché.
The question and the answer lie in Yue Fei.
In other words, it was Yue Fei and his front-line troops in the imperial camp.
You should know that before Zhang Rong was appointed as Jiedushi, the ministers in the palace had already discussed it clearly with the emperor, and at the same time gave Yue Fei the title of Shao Bao, and concurrently took charge of the military affairs of Yanzhou. After this incident, Yue Fei, who was only 27 years old, was officially on par with Zhang Jun, 44 years old, and Li Yanxian, 36 years old, and was second only to Han Shizhong.
Moreover, his Imperial Camp Front Army was the largest army at present (with a fixed quota of 55,000), and the defense area that actually inherited the defense previously led by Zhang Suo and part of the defense of the Tokyo Liaison Office was also the largest one (Guangji Army, Jeju, Yanzhou, Xingren Prefecture, Shanzhou, Yingtian Prefecture, and also assisted in the defense of Huazhou and Kaifeng Prefecture).
In fact, as early as the Heyin reorganization, some people had been a little uneasy about Emperor Zhao letting a young man like Yue Fei inherit the huge legacy of the Tokyo Liaison Office... This was not out of jealousy or resentment, nor was it out of distrust, but was really out of public interest, because the number of troops in the Tokyo Liaison Office at that time plus the number of Yue Fei's own Jeju Army accounted for almost half of the entire Central Plains troops, and Yue Fei was so young, not to mention the previous example of Kong Yanzhou.
Therefore, everyone would have some grumbles, not to mention the central government officials who want to maintain the balance of power, which is almost an instinct.
The only difference was that Emperor Zhao was in high prestige at that time and it was difficult to refute.
Later, the central government in Tokyo gradually stabilized, the relationship between the emperor and his subjects gradually became stable, and the political situation stabilized. At this time, Yue Fei once again stood out and made many contributions - the rebellion in the southeast and the battle of Dongping Prefecture were both fought extremely beautifully.
Moreover, as this young general was officially promoted to a general, some of his other strengths also became apparent: he liked reading and could write lyrics; he even had certain political insights and was able to come up with "The Good Horse Pair"; most importantly, he had clear military discipline and outstanding personal morality, which was far superior to that of other generals.
Moreover, when discussing the quotas for each army, he did not use his troops to gain power, but directly acknowledged the accusation that the quality of the troops in the Tokyo Garrison was mixed, and agreed to the plan to cut more than half of the troops in the front army of the Imperial Camp.
All his actions were impeccable...it almost made people feel that he was like Zhuge Liang among military officials.
But the more this happened, the more alert some people became... It's really not these people's fault, because there really was a Zhuge Liang among the civil officials, which led Emperor Zhao to use Zhuge Liang to motivate the civil officials around him, but there has never been a Zhuge Liang among the military officials.
In fact, for the central government in Tokyo, they have maintained a certain degree of restraint in the face of Yue Fei this time, and have maintained considerable respect for the overall situation of the fight against Jin - apart from anything else, as Yue Fei once again made contributions, his status was improved and his jurisdiction expanded, and in fact no one really stopped him for no reason.
However, this does not mean that they cannot make corresponding restrictions and arrangements in other ways.
For example, letting Lu Xing, a veteran, stay in Nanjing City, Yingtian Prefecture, is one means.
For example, the reason why Zhang Rong's exceptional promotion was so smooth this time was actually somewhat like Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword to target Pei Gong - it always makes people feel at ease to have Zhang Rong leading such an independent army in Dongping Prefecture.
Regarding this, even if Zhang Rong had a ruthless face and a bright heart, he could not sense the trick for a moment. He just felt that the Zhao official in Tokyo was really loyal, and the gentlemen were all fair and even generous. It was nothing like what he had worried about before, not to mention the five hundred swordsmen... The worries he had when he came here were simply a joke.
If I have to say something inappropriate, it would be that scholar Kobayashi, who was said to be his guarantor and should have been traveling with him, but he acted like a taciturn person the whole time.
No matter what, Zhang Rong's entry into Beijing was handled properly and beautifully, and before he left, Emperor Zhao personally took him to the Genyue ruins for a hunting trip, and invited him to come to Tokyo again before the Mid-Autumn Festival to see those "real heroes wearing flowers".
Zhang Rong naturally agreed.