On the 21st day of the first lunar month of the eighth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, when the great change of the Shangyuan Festival finally spread from Tokyo to Bianliang to the entire capital area, and was amazed by more people, the government and the people in the capital were once again trembling. This time, because the court actively spread the news, the spread of this series of things was faster than before.

The first thing that everyone noticed was naturally that the series of names that were familiar to the people of the Song Dynasty had been listed on the list of repeated offenders and decrees - Cai Jing, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian... This naturally attracted everyone's cheers and cheers, shouting His Majesty's wiseness.

Then, it was to rectify Sun Tu and his troops' name against the thief army. The emperor had issued a special order to admit that their uprising was to be loyal to the country, not only without any fault, but also to make great contributions. As the main force of serving Wang Qing's ruling, all the generals and officials from Sun Tu were promoted exceptionally.

As the leader of the incident, Sun Tu naturally ranked first in the commander of the entire army of kings. In addition, he had made many military achievements in the north earlier, defeated Liao and defeated Jin, and recaptured the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. In terms of contributions, it was said that the Song Dynasty had never been established in a century, so naturally he had to give great rewards.

So, the emperor announced that Sun Tu was named King of Yue when he was in charge of the palace. However, Sun Tu strongly rejected it, saying that there was never a living king of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, he was demoted to the Duke of Yue with a fief of 30,000 households, and his specifications were almost the same as those of the prince. In addition, he was also appointed as the Grand Marshal, one of the three Dukes, in charge of the Privy Council and the military affairs of the world. He truly captured the military power of the Song Dynasty.

These two titles alone have set a precedent for the Song Dynasty for a hundred years, because since the founding of Taizu, there has never been such a young Duke, and no military general can truly master the military affairs of the Privy Council and the world. It has completely broken the century-old rules and ancestor family rules. Compared with this, the title of officials who added Sun Tu to the Shandong and Jiangnan areas is nothing.

Of course, after the implementation of this series of identities, Sun Tu is the most powerful person in the Song Dynasty today. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the emperor is probably already under the control of the new Taiwei Sun.

With Sun Tu's dazzling official status covered up, the rewards from others were not so eye-catching - Tong Mu, a young man in his early thirties, went directly to the Political Affairs Hall to participate in politics and took up the part-time job as the Minister of Personnel; Huang Wenbing, an unknown local official, was named the Minister of Transportation Department of the Court and the Minister of Revenue. These two people immediately took all the power and financial power of the court, and became the most powerful person in the court except Sun Tu.

Song Jiang, a small person who was a minor official and had been a bandit leader for several years, was awarded the title of Taifu and was in charge of the Ministry of War.

Dong Ping was just a governor of a state before, but at this time, he jumped over Longmen and became the governor of Youzhou. He took charge of the military power of the northern army and was about to set out north soon.

Lu Da and Wu Song, two guys who were regarded as a martial man by many, were entrusted with important tasks. They entered the front office of the hall to serve as the commander of the left and right halls, and held the power of the imperial guards to protect the safety of the capital.

...There are also too many officials and generals who followed Sun Tu to raise the army and were promoted, which made countless people who had just received the news dazzled and couldn't tell who was who. Some people even laughed at it, thanks to Sun Tu and his team who caught up with dozens or hundreds of officials in the court this time, thus leaving many positions free of charge, otherwise they were afraid that these "meanor officials" might not be able to distinguish them.

Of course, for many people, all this is actually a matter of course. Sun Tu's military operation called "Supremembering the King of Kings" was just a battle between Chinese civil and military officials in the court to seize power. Therefore, with Sun Tu's successful takeover, he and his subordinates naturally had to quickly divide the fruits of victory.

Even for many scholars or local officials, Sun Tu and his friends' actions were completely illegal. It was just that they were in power and even the emperor was under his control, so that they could seize various official positions in a legitimate way, but others had no way to do this.

Half a month later, when everyone was still discussing whether Sun Tu's move was similar to the actions of Cao Cao and others in the previous dynasty, the court issued an edict that countless civil servants and scholars could not accept. From today on, the local wing army and the township soldiers were directly under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council. Local magistrates and other officials were not allowed to interfere in military affairs. Military rations and other military supplies were also distributed uniformly by the court, and local yamen were not allowed to interfere.

This completely freed the army from the shackles of civil servants. When this edict was passed on to the world, it naturally triggered a wave of opposition and discussion. However, under the strong orders of the court and the strong support of the military generals, even the most powerful and powerful local officials in the past could only accept the fact that they could no longer interfere in military affairs.

This move also invisibly resolved a possible turmoil. Just when Sun Tu was fully controlling the power of the court and took the lead in taking the lead in taking the army completely in his own hands, many local officials in the southwest of the two Huaihe River were already conspiring to connect, thinking of raising troops again to help the king, and deal with Sun Tu, a treacherous slander who was only for the military general Zhang.

Not to mention whether the troops under their command have this ability, if they are really connected successfully and quickly launched a war, the world of Song Dynasty will inevitably start again, and it may be possible that the war will last for several years. However, with the issuance of this edict, their overall plan will completely disappear.

Several officials from the prefectures in Huainan tried to struggle, trying to forcefully seize military power from their subordinates. But as a result, they had just made a move, and the generals took the initiative. Their yamen was surrounded by a garrison in the city, and all the officials and their confidants were arrested...

If it were before, the generals who had been oppressed for many years would not dare to resist. But now, with Sun Tu as an example and the imperial edicts from the court as a basis, many generals who had already held grudges would naturally not be willing to be humiliated or even killed, so they simply led their troops into those yamen...

As a result, a war disaster was eliminated invisible, and the statement that Sun Tu had previously advocated that soldiers of the Song Dynasty should be self-improvement was officially implemented. The group of military generals, which had been suppressed and frustrated for a hundred years, finally rose today, becoming a force that could compete with civil servants in both the capital and the local area, and now it has vaguely overwhelmed the other party.

When the news came back to Tokyo one after another, Sun Tu also laughed: "Okay! They are still a little bit bloody, it's worth it that I gave them such a chance. Now the power of the civil service group has been suppressed to the lowest point, and it's time to make the next plan!"

So, after April, an edict that was even more unacceptable to civil servants and scholars in the world had been issued, and the wording of this time was more severe than before. Starting this year, the official documents in the court will no longer be in parallel ancient prose, but will write essays in oral language. In the future, the imperial examination articles will only be tested for practice, regardless of poetry and prose!

The issuance of this edict was like a violent storm blowing through the Song Dynasty, almost shocking every scholar. What kind of behavior is this? Isn’t this going to cut off their path to progress?

It is said that people are poor, wealthy and martial arts are rich, but in fact, they really need to implement the imperial examination. Children from poor families actually don’t have many opportunities. More than 80% of those who can pass the imperial examination and enter the officialdom are rich or noble families. It can be said that these scholarly children with more noble origins almost monopolized the entire officialdom and the discourse power of the entire era.

But Sun Tu is now trying to get rid of their advantage from the roots. In fact, with the wealth of the Song Dynasty today, the children of ordinary people can read some books, but when they want to go further, they find that a big natural barrier appears in front of them - ancient Chinese.

This kind of cultural style spans thousands of years of history and mixes countless allusions. The style of culture is not something that ordinary people who can recognize many words can understand. However, whether it is the so-called classics or poetry, it is based on it. This requires every scholar who is determined to learn to spend ten years or even decades to understand the content first, and then they can have their own opinions.

In Sun Tu's view, this is clearly a despicable means of dividing classes and abandoning ordinary people outside the career of officialdom. The so-called parallel prose of ancient prose may have its advantages at the beginning. For example, when paper was not invented or popular a thousand years ago, these extremely compressed texts could save bamboo and wood and other carriers. But now, the Song Dynasty is not short of paper, so why do you have to continue to guard these old antiques? After all, it is the guys who have the right to speak who are selfish and try to use this means to protect their own interests so that their descendants can take the shortcut to the career of officialdom more easily than others.

Since he was destined to be incompatible with this conservative literati force, Sun Tu naturally had to do everything possible to completely eliminate their advantages. This edict to abandon ancient prose from top to bottom was the beginning of his change of all this.

Of course, he knew that this was not an easy thing, and he would inevitably encounter various obstacles in the process of implementation, and some people would even keep jumping out to rebel. But Sun Tu was not afraid. He had completely separated the civil and military forces, so why would he be afraid that they would make any extraordinary actions?

This is a tough and long battle than any previous battle, but Sun Tu was already ready. He was patient and more confident that he would spend a few years fighting the conservative scholars in these places. After all they were suppressed, he would be able to take his last step.
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