Chapter 327: Legacy
After seeing Yelu Dashi off, Zhao Jiu returned to Xingqing Prefecture. After dealing with some official documents, he led the imperial guards across the river to Lingzhou. He stayed there for two days, but then chose to go south along the Lingzhou River through Weizhou and across the vast sea to reach Huanzhou.
From here, he went south along the Jing River, passing through Huanzhou, Qingzhou, Ningzhou, Banzhou, Yaozhou and other places in turn, staying for a day or two at the shortest, and three or four days at the longest, to inspect the autumn harvest, check the government treasury, or go deep into the towns and villages. Adding the time of the journey itself, it was not until early August that he entered Jingzhao.
By the time they arrived in Jingzhao, the results of the northwest chaos had already spread throughout the world, and even the details of the Jinhepo Alliance were known to the world.
And just as Zhao Jiu had thought, this time, the Song Dynasty's first priority was to attack the enemy's plans, and the second was to attack its diplomacy. Whether it was using clever tactics to defeat the century-old enemy Western Xia in one day; or taking advantage of the Jurchens' strategic contraction to launch a large-scale sweep through the northwest; or forming an alliance with foreign nations as their vassal, all of them were unprecedented events, and they really touched the excitement of everyone in the Song Dynasty.
There was no way. Since the Jingkang period, the entire Song Dynasty had been full of bad news. Even the Battle of Yaoshan was a defensive battle. Although the real wise people knew that this result was due to the strategic contraction of the Jurchens themselves, it still seemed like a dream.
After all, even those who understand have to admit that the Zhao Song government's move of taking advantage of the situation is really powerful... People all over the world still thought that the Jurchens were beaten and retreated! What's more, winning in the court, winning in the battle of strategy and diplomacy, using the general situation and strategy to avoid fighting and gain so much territory and results is itself a thing that is extremely in line with their values.
Relatively speaking, they were more regretful about the haste of the meeting with Jinhebo and the fact that they could not participate in this grand event.
Therefore, after Emperor Zhao set out from Xingqing Prefecture, he received a constant stream of memorials and letters of congratulation along the way. When he arrived in Chang'an, he became even more aware of the drastic political, military, and even cultural and economic reactions brought about by this major march.
For example, after Zhao Jiu arrived in Chang'an, he discovered that the Tibetan tribes had already sent a large number of envoys to wait here, and many envoys from all over the Western Regions had also gathered here... According to Yuwen Xuzhong's report, almost all the Qinghai tribes north of the Dajinchuan in Tibet had arrived this time. After losing the protection of Western Xia and the Western Regions becoming the territory of the Song Dynasty's allies, these tribes completely lost the basis for their independent survival and had no choice but to surrender.
On the other hand, in the Western Regions, considering the time and distance, there are probably too many caravans taking the opportunity to disguise themselves as envoys to defraud money... This is also a traditional skill of the city-states in the Western Regions.
In this regard, Zhao Jiu would not be a sucker. Of course, he would speak nicely to the Tibetans who came. He would give official titles to those who deserve it, incorporate them into the system as needed, and give them commercial treatment as needed, but he would not give them any extra money or food.
As for the "envoys" from the Western Regions, Zhao Jiu only asked Yuwen Xuzhong to meet with them and proposed a plan to set up an independent, low-tax large market in Lanzhou for east-west transportation, and invited these experts to participate in the discussion.
Of course, the affairs of Tubo and the Western Regions are just minor details, and the violent internal reactions are the real crux of the matter.
First there was the administrative division plan... In Tokyo, I don't know who came up with it, but they directly proposed a plan to integrate the six routes in Kansai.
According to this plan, the entire six routes of Guanxi, including several states outside Hedong that have not yet been included in the administrative coordination, will be unified into three routes.
It includes Chang'an and northern Shaanxi to its north, including part of the east side of Hengshan, all the way to the three states outside the Yellow River and the northernmost Dongsheng state, all of which were unified as Shaanxi Road.
After removing some prefectures and counties in Hengshan, Ningxia Road will gain Huaide Army, Huizhou, Xi'an Prefecture, Zhenrong Army and other places in the south.
As for the remaining part, it is to take Qinfeng Road as the core to unify the control of the northwest region, including Lanzhou, the important hub of the northwest, to form a new large Qinfeng Road.
This arrangement certainly makes sense. For example, in the Shaanxi Road, there is Chang'an, the relationship hub, in the south, with envoys and prime ministers stationed there, but the north is mostly war zones. Han Shizhong and his Imperial Camp Left Army, as well as the Imperial Camp Rear Army led by Wu Jie, are obviously going to be deployed and dealt with here. This will facilitate the unified dispatch of logistics and command of responses to the military confrontation with the Jurchens.
There are also theories about the layout of Ningxia Road and Qinfeng Road. It is designed to divide the core area of the Dangxiang people, and also to incorporate some traditional Han-occupied areas into Ningxia Road to facilitate sinicization.
Zhao Jiu approved of this plan in principle, but suggested a slower pace. This was because people in various places had just emerged from military operations and were unstable, while the autumn harvest was in progress or had not yet been completed in some areas.
In a sense, this method objectively reduced the taxes in these places for half a year and provided convenience to some generals in the military occupied areas.
At the same time, Zhao Jiu himself was not idle either.
You have to know that there is already an envoy named Yuwen Xu Zhong here. According to some unwritten rules since Jianyan, the emperor and the prime ministers can basically exercise the highest power legitimately when they get together... Especially for sensitive personnel issues, it is far better to decide them here than to return to Tokyo.
Specifically, Wang Yan, the governor of Qinfeng Road, was commended and given extra rewards for his contributions in logistics coordination. He was also recalled to the Imperial Camp and appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Camp, the chief secretary of the Privy Council, and the military advisor of the Privy Council.
Hu Yin's post as the Five-Route Transport Commissioner was abolished and changed to the Minister of Works, but he would be transferred again after the Shaanxi Route reform was successfully completed.
The Minister of Works Liang Yangzu was transferred to the position of Deputy Prime Minister of the Capital Province, and the Capital Province and the Ministry of Rites were asked to discuss his various merits since the Jing Kang period, and prepare to confer a fine title on him... This meant giving him an honorary retirement as a prime minister. Considering Liang Yangzu's own political stance and consistent position, this was probably what he wanted.
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