Just when Zhao Jiu's mind was drifting to somewhere unknown, in the wooden shed in front of the imperial tent, which was as bright as day, a group of professional political elites of the Song Dynasty had already guessed what Wang Boyan was thinking!
Among them, Scholar Kobayashi saw the most clearly - the key lies with Zhang Suo, a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion, Xin Daozon and Xin Xingzon who recently returned from the southeast, and Lin Huiqi, the head of the Ministry of Personnel. The arrival of these people not only made the bureau more bloated, but also put Wang Boyan and his greatest ally Wang Yuan into a delicate situation.
Needless to say, Zhang Suo can replace Wang Boyan at any time as long as the government needs him. Xin Daozon and Xin Xingzon (the one who stole the credit from Han Shizhong) are from a family of generals in the Western Army. They have four brothers and six or seven cousins with great influence. This time, because of the rebellion in Hangzhou in the southeast, they are appointed under the command of Li Gang, which makes them more or less have the support of Li Gang. Therefore, there is a tendency for them to replace Wang Yuan.
As for Lin Huiqi, his actual name is Lin Qi, but there is no other way, because Mr. Lin's biological father who has passed away long ago was also called this name, so he can only add a taboo in his heart... Well, no matter what, this new person in charge of the Ministry of Personnel is basically Li Gang's confidant, or even his personal friend. Like Zhang Suo, he is a symbol of Prime Minister Li Gang's distant display of influence.
So in this situation, isn't it natural for Wang Boyan and Wang Yuan to be vigilant and cheer up in order to avoid political death, and then work hard to expand their influence, trying to win over former colleagues in the Grand Marshal's Office such as Yang Weizhong as external aid, and at the same time prevent Yang Weizhong from returning to the throne and dividing Wang Yuan's power?
However, the official never responded. Did he not take it seriously? It was impossible that he was stunned at such a critical moment, right?
Could it be that the emperor wanted Zhang Suo to be the governor of Nanjing? Or the governor of Jingdong? After all, it was an open secret that the emperor was particularly lenient to Zong Ze, the governor of Jingdong. So if he were to appoint another general in Nanjing, shouldn't he have lower qualifications? And it would be best if he had a good experience with Zong Ze?
Isn’t that Zhang Suo?
No wonder Zhang Suo has been gathering militia and training soldiers in Shouchun these days, but has not given them any serious assignments!
Thinking of this, Scholar Kobayashi couldn't help but despise Prime Minister Lu Haowen as usual, since Prime Minister Li was about to kill Prime Minister Wang Shu with a hammer from a distance, and Prime Minister Wang Shu was struggling to death, regardless of other things, you, the Prime Minister of the East Palace, should take advantage of the advantage to show your presence, right?
Regardless of whether it is to help beat Wang Boyan to death and take the opportunity to promote his own people, or to secretly help Wang Shuxiang, you have to do it, right?
How can you stand there pretending to be dead? Do you still have the manners of a Song Dynasty gentleman?
"I don't think it's necessary!"
At this time, the Chief Censor Zhang Jun suddenly stepped out. "I would like to ask you to report that Yang Weizhong is a mature and prudent general, and he should return to the emperor's presence and take charge of the affairs of the Palace Front Office... As for the Nanjing direction, if we need to appoint a general, why not let Zhang Longtu take the position? Zhang Longtu has been involved in many wars, and he and Zong Liushou had a smooth cooperation in Hebei affairs before. Moreover, Yue Fei, the commander of the Tokyo Liushou Office who has made great contributions this time, was originally promoted by Zhang Longtu. If Zhang Longtu goes to Nanjing, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds!"
Zhao Jiu's heart moved slightly, because this was exactly what he had imagined before, and the relevant information about Yue Fei was what he valued most. The relationship between Zhang Suo and Yue Fei was also the real reason why he kept Zhang Suo behind to train troops in Shouchun and waited for the opportunity to strike... Therefore, no matter if the other party did it by accident or by chance, as long as he hit the mark of what he was thinking, it would be fine.
"That's right, then let's do it this way." Zhao Jiu paused for a moment, then immediately agreed, but changed the subject. "In fact, whether it's Yang Weizhong returning to the imperial court or Zhang Suo leaving Nanjing, it's all after this battle. We have to wait for Jin Wushu to withdraw his troops... How should we reward Yue Fei, Zhang Rong, and Fu Xuan?"
Everyone was stunned. To be honest, they had not considered such a low level.
Among them, Yue Fei, who had the highest status, was a commander, but he was the commander of the Tokyo Garrison, a ragtag army promoted by Zong Ze. He was not on the same level as the commander of the Imperial Camp. This was like the gap between the previous wing troops and the imperial guards. Are the commanders who were promoted in three months the same as the commander who was promoted after twenty years like Han Shizhong?
As for Zhang Rong, a bandit commander... that's even more embarrassing! It's not as good as Fu Xuan, a commander of the Eight Character Army who was recruited!
Of course, since the emperor has spoken, we can naturally discuss it in front of the emperor.
"Yue Fei is currently a Wugong Lang (35th rank, 7th grade), and he can be promoted five ranks to Wujie Dafu to show his favor and honor." After a pause, Wang Boyan, the prime minister of the Western Palace, gave a reasonable reward. "As for the others... He was promoted from a death row prisoner to a commander in three months, which is already the highest level of favor and honor. It is really difficult to promote him in terms of assignment, otherwise he will easily take advantage of the favor. I think that more money and rewards can be given. As for Fu Xuan, he can be promoted one rank and given the title of commander, making him Yue Fei's deputy. Zhang Rong, give him more praise, and it is enough to recognize that rookie commander!"
Zhao Jiu was speechless for a moment, because he was no longer a novice. When Zhang Yongzhen was posthumously awarded the rank of seventh rank, he felt it was unfair. However, he later found out that Zhang Suo's famous Longtu Pavilion Scholar was only a seventh rank. Yang Yizhong's proud position of Zhihou was actually an eighth rank!
In short, this is a problem of the deformed official system of the Song Dynasty. The rank of the Beijing officials is low, and has nothing to do with the civil and military officials. And in the most difficult level of rampant, Yue Fei himself would probably have nothing to say.
Otherwise, do we have to rely on this battle to establish a festival?
A 26-year-old general, are you kidding me?!
But then again, isn't this Yue Fei? Isn't this Zhao Jiu just reflecting on his jealousy?
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