Wang Yan was similar, and his ability might be beyond doubt, but he was really narrow-minded. As a general, even his subordinates were jealous of him. This time he was directly transferred to a civilian position and became the governor of Qinfeng Road. Relatively speaking, Li Qiong, who performed well in this battle and was good at uniting his colleagues, was promoted to the right deputy commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp Central Army. Together with the left deputy commander-in-chief Wang De, he actually took charge of all the units of the Imperial Camp Central Army for Zhao Jiu. It is worth mentioning that Fan Yihong, an old subordinate of Wang Yan who had made great contributions in defending Sishui Pass, also took advantage of the opportunity to be promoted. The former little Fan joined the army and became an official commander of the Imperial Camp Central Army.
There were also generals and officers from Wang Xie's Central Plains army in the Western Army who were further purged during this adjustment. The last commander named Han who was retained, seeing that the situation was not good, took the initiative to resign and was transferred to a local position. However, people like Guo Hao, the son of Guo Cheng, were able to enter the imperial camp and become a commander of the rear army in order to appease the people.
After all the trouble, there were many complaints and grievances, but facing the decisive Emperor Zhao and the terrifying Lu Yihao, few dared to make trouble.
However, the fact that there were no disturbances below did not mean that Zhao Jiu could be such a rigid official. Therefore, as the autumn harvest was over, the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and the land grant had begun, Zhao Jiu specially held a banquet in Chang'an and invited Han Shizhong and his subordinates, who had not left Chang'an, the various troops in the central army of the imperial camp, Li Yanxian's troops in Shaanxi, and Wu Jie's troops in the rear army of the imperial camp to attend the banquet. It was obvious that he wanted to make a final emotional observation.
"Is Han Shizhong not angry?"
In the old palace of Chang'an, Zhao Jiu, who had summoned a group of close ministers, couldn't help but be curious. "The number of troops has been reduced by one third, but he's not angry?"
"Let the emperor know." Hu Yin responded sternly. "I went to ask, and the meaning of the Prince of Yan'an is probably that this time it is not just him who reduced the number of staff by 31, but all other places are the same. The emperor's move is for the overall situation, not against anyone. Although he is unwilling, he is not angry. Not only that, letting the three brothers Xin Xingzong, Xin Yongzong, and Xin Qizong go away together is a great act of justice..."
Zhao Jiu was silent for a moment, and was rarely confused. Was it that Han Shizhong put public interest above selfishness, or was it that selfishness above public interest?
But no matter what, as long as he doesn't cause trouble, the matter is half over.
After all, Han Liangchen is recognized as the top military official in the world, and this position was not only promoted by Zhao Jiu, but also due to luck, qualifications, and military exploits... In other words, it was indeed earned by Han Shizhong with his own life, and everyone recognized him.
Just look at their performance on the battlefield and you will know, all the dead Lou Shi will admit it!
Even if the people below are resentful, they will not be able to achieve anything if they cannot get past Han Shizhong.
"What about the others?" Zhao Jiu felt relieved and continued to ask. "Did Wu Jie and his people say that I was acting rashly?"
"No." Hu Yin shook his head repeatedly. "The places that the emperor asked me to inquire about were all fine, but Qu Duan said a few strange things, which seemed to be a complaint that the emperor was not streamlining the troops in some places..."
Zhao Jiu became more and more speechless, but he could see through Qu Duan's thoughts - the 200,000-strong army of the Imperial Camp was drawn up first, and no one else was reduced. So where would the quota of the Imperial Camp cavalry for him, Qu Da, come from?
Hu Yin said nothing more, and Zhao Jiu looked at Yang Yizhong who was standing on the side.
Yang Yizhong understood and immediately stepped forward with a bow: "Your Majesty, all the commanders of the imperial camp have sent secret letters, no one has been left out..."
Zhao Jiu nodded again, feeling somewhat relieved. After thinking for a moment, he looked at Zhang Jun, who had been wanting to speak but had never had the chance. The latter had just returned from Qinfeng Road.
"Your Majesty, please give your opinion. I will do my best." Zhang Jun, who had become much darker in the past few days, immediately bowed.
"You can host this dinner." Zhao Jiu smiled.
Zhang Jun was overjoyed for a moment, but then he said cautiously: "May I ask your Majesty, wouldn't it be more appropriate for Yuwen Xianggong to do this kind of thing?"
"No problem." Zhao Jiu continued to smile. "I have discussed this with Yuwen Xianggong recently. We both feel that Guanxi is not as good as some places in the south. In the future, Shaanxi and northern Shaanxi will still face the Jin army directly, and the rear is broken. It is time to recuperate and have a steady Xianggong to continue to take charge... So Yuwen Xianggong will have to stay in Chang'an for a while in the future. There is no need to rush."
Zhang Jun seemed to be thinking about something and nodded repeatedly.
Besides, Yuwen Xuzhong's continued stay in Chang'an obviously has nothing to do with hosting a banquet, but Emperor Zhao thinks it is particularly subtle at this time... Yuwen Xuzhong is not leaving, so he will not host the banquet, so who will leave?
What's the point of leaving?
I don’t know about that.
But no matter what, although Xu Jingheng had seriously reminded Emperor Zhao not to use Lu Yihao, the emperor still adopted many of Lu Yihao's policies. Hu Yin, who was standing beside the emperor at this time, had clearly been ambiguous about Zhang Jun becoming the prime minister, but Zhang Jun still received an almost explicit political commitment from the emperor.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the banquet was held smoothly. Zhao Jiu appeared with his attendant Concubine Wu. Then, it was announced on the spot that those who had made outstanding military achievements in the previous battle of Yaoshan and had children of school age would be admitted to the county school, state school, and imperial school according to their military achievements. Among the "righteous people" who returned a large amount of land during the land assessment, they would also be granted places in the county school, state school, and imperial school, following the example of the previous redemption of refugees in Hebei.
At the same time, starting from next year, normal examinations between the three levels of schools will be fully restored, and the palace examination will be resumed.
Not only that, for those who died in the previous war, if there were still survivors in their families, they would also be granted land. If the family had no descendants but orphans, the land would be managed by Zhao Guanjia himself, and the orphans would be taken back to Tokyo by Zhao Guanjia after the land was granted, and they would be taken care of and raised together.
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