Zhang Shijie's sudden illness made the scene a little weird. Zhao Bing couldn't help but become nervous. He clenched his fists secretly, and found that his palms were full of sweat. According to the customs of the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council and the Secretary of the Central Committee were called the two governments, which were the governments and managed government affairs. The Privy Council was the Secretary of the Central Committee, which was in charge of military affairs, and both were the central government agencies.

When the Privy Council established Privy Council and deputy envoy, the chief official was called the Privy Council, and the assistant official was called the Tongzhi Privy Council, or simply the Zhiyuan, the Tongzhi Yuan. He was appointed as the scholar and the deputy officer was appointed as the military minister. In the early Song Dynasty, the Secretariat and the Privy Council held two positions of civil and military affairs, but the prime minister was unable to pre-military military affairs because he did not take the Privy Council. During the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the Privy Council was abolished and returned to the Ministry of War. Emperor Shenzong thought that "the ancestors did not return to the Ministry of War, so he ordered officials to govern them and maintain their own system. How could they be abolished?" So he kept him.

During the Qingli period, Song used troops to Xixia, and the prime minister served as Privy Councilor, which set a precedent for the government to be in charge of military affairs. After Ningzong, it became a common practice for the prime minister to be in charge of the Privy Councilor. Until the Mongol Yuan captured Lin'an, the left prime minister Chen Yizhong was still the Privy Councilor who served as Privy Councilor when the founding of the Dynasty. After Chen Yizhong left, in order to balance power, Lu Xiufu was promoted to Right Prime Minister and Zhang Shijie was appointed as Privy Councilor. However, Lu Xiufu lacked prestige and the government was also controlled by him. This situation continued until Zhao Bing succeeded to the throne.

After the Battle of Yashan, Zhao Bing made efforts in the face of Zhang Shijie's repeated defeats and regained power. Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang were divided into left and right prime ministers, and Ying Jieyan and Liu Fu were the leaders of the government, which was considered to stabilize the government. In order to balance power and restrain the two provinces, he still used Zhang Shijie, whose wings were cut off as the Privy Councilor, thus achieving a situation of both civil and military rule.

In recent years, Zhang Shijie has actually played more of a "shadow" role. Zhao Bing has always placed the army under his absolute leadership in terms of protection and political needs. Later, he established the Military Affairs Office to almost deprive the Privy Council of all the power. From the perspective of ability, he also felt that Zhang Shijie was out of date in military thought and could not keep up with his pace of reform of the army.

In terms of command, Zhang Shijie was born in an infantry army and was very unfamiliar with water war tactics. The two defeats of Jiaoshanshui and Yashanshui battle fully demonstrated this point. Qiongzhou was surrounded by water on three sides and lacked strategic depth. Only by relying on the navy can he resist the enemy and keep his final foothold. In addition, since firearms began to be promoted in the Song army, the form of war has changed, requiring new tactics and tactics. However, Zhang Shijie accepted this slowly and was even skeptical. Therefore, he could not let him command with confidence.

From a strategic perspective, Zhao Bing found that after a series of failures, Zhang Shijie had lost his ambition and only hoped to defend this corner of Qiongzhou and lack confidence in the counterattack of Jiangnan to recover the Central Plains. As a result, he became increasingly conservative in military concepts. He was worried that his commander would bring this decadent spirit to the generals, but for political reasons, he could only continue to use him as the Privy Councilor to prevent scholars from interfering in military affairs, although he was stubborn.

Later, in order to improve the status of military men and suppress the increasingly restless scholars, Zhao Bing decided to implement military reform, and generalize military politics to the Ministry of War and military orders to the Privy Council. At the same time, he established the structure of using military men as the Privy Council envoy and scholars as the Minister of War. After the military reform, for the same purpose, Zhao Bing still regarded Zhang Shijie as the Privy Council envoy, but still did not delegate power, and controlled both the Ministry of War and the Privy Council in his own hands.

After so many years, the court seemed to have accepted the fact that the military officials were in charge of Privy Council. However, Zhao Bing knew that this was still a superficial phenomenon. The scholars were always worried about the loss of military power, but were frightened by the situation and had to temporarily accept the reality. Sure enough, after the relocation of the court to Lin'an, someone wrote a letter to ask civil officials to take over the Privy Council. Although he failed, he could not help but make Zhao Bing be alert all the time...

Now that the war is about to begin, Zhang Shijie suddenly fell ill and there is no suitable person to take over, Zhao Bing couldn't help but worry that someone would take the opportunity to attack. The few priests in front of him were strict, Jiang Yan and Liu Feng were their own people and would not oppose him. Wang Yinglin once served as the political affairs officer of the magistrate. This time he was reprimanded in his sixties. He also knew that it was the little emperor who raised himself up for the sake of power balance to reconcile the conflicts with the scholars in Jiangnan and fill the political space after the Wu family lost power. He should not clearly oppose himself, and at most he is neutral.

At this moment, the attitudes of the two left and right prime ministers Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang became the key. Zhao Bing thought that no matter whether they were unique to scholars or their temperament, he thought that Lu Xiufu would not recommend himself, although according to convention, he should especially serve as the Privy Councilor. The only one left was the right prime minister Wen Tianxiang, and Zhao Bing guessed that he must be very conflicted at this moment.

Wen Tianxiang was fair and upright. From the perspective of scholars, he should naturally oppose the military man as Privy Councilor. However, Zhao Bing not only gave him life-saving grace, but also knew what he wanted. It was because he was disgusted by the ministers in the court that he had to fight alone, resulting in defeat and captured. However, after being rescued, he did not remember his faults, and he opposed the conspiracy and appointed him as the right prime minister, and had great trust. He also knew the little emperor's thoughts, and if he proposed, he would be betrayal to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I ask Your Majesty to personally lead the Privy Council!" Lu Xiufu suddenly stood up and saluted and broke the silence.

"This..." Lu Xiufu's request was beyond Zhao Bing's expectations. All the words he had prepared just now failed. He was confused for a moment and didn't know how to answer. Should he follow the situation or refuse.

"Your Majesty, don't refuse. Now the government and the country are familiar with military affairs. Now the Mongolian Yuan wants to go south again. The Shushu General is sick. Please ask Your Majesty to put national affairs first!" Seeing the little emperor's confused look, Lu Xiufu realized that his words were a bit abrupt and politely said again.

"I'm going to give a comment!" Jiang Qi also stood up and said, "Your Majesty young man took charge of the troops, formed the commander's army, and re-created the imperial guards. He personally led the army to defeat Liu Zheng, killed Zhang Hongfan, defeated Ali Hague several times, and conquered Jiangnan. He was famous all over the world. He personally respected the Privy Council, which was exactly where everyone wished!"

"I'm going to give you an advice!" Wen Tianxiang said immediately, "Now the enemy is in front of you, Your Majesty, don't refuse again!"

"I am following the proposal, I beg your Majesty to take charge of the Privy Council!" Liu Fu then replied.

"I have no objection!" Seeing that everyone's eyes were all focused on him, Wang Yinglin saw that half of them had passed, and even if he abstained from power, he could not stop him, and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, since the ministers have asked, and it is a time of life and death, Your Majesty must consider the country!" Ying Jieyan knew that the young emperor always attached importance to military power and would never give it lightly to others. It would be a blessing for anyone to take over military power so smoothly, so he naturally had no reason to object.

"Since that's the case, I will be the only one who can take the Privy Councilor to return it after Zhang Shushu recovers!" Although he misjudged the situation, Zhao Bing felt that this was the best and nodded to respond.

However, even so, Zhao Bing still found it difficult to let go of his doubts. Lu Xiufu asked him to take charge of the Privy Council in person, which was nothing more than to know the current situation and could not cope with his ability. Those arrogant soldiers and generals were all their confidants, and it would be difficult to adjust without his approval. Therefore, it would be better to follow the trend than to act in this matter. The emperor personally took charge of the Privy Council in person, so there would still be a chance in the future, and there would be no need to compete for the long term at this time.

But Zhao Bing also felt that he was too dark-hearted. He always set people as "bad people" in his heart, always considering things in the most unfavorable aspects, but forgot that there are still good people in the world. Perhaps Lu Xiufu did this, seemingly compromised, but in fact, it was to avoid disputes between the Privy Councilor, and the military should be the military or the scholars. Now he is in power, and he has not lost anything, which is conducive to consolidating the good relationship between the two.

"At present, the Mongolian Yuan intends to go south, and the army has gathered in Jiangbei. The Jiangdong and Huguang war zones have formulated response strategies according to the development of the situation. I think all my dear friends have received it. I would like to hear what everyone thinks!" If you are willing to plant willows, you will become a shadow of willows. Unexpectedly, Zhang Shijie's disease actually cured his heart disease, so that he could successfully dispatch the army. Now he can only suppress secret joy and cough and discuss matters.

"Your Majesty, I am very appropriate to respond to the enemy's invasion by attack instead of defense." Wen Tianxiang said first, "Our dynasty has only been one year since its recovery of Jiangnan, and the food and grass have been slightly accumulated, but it is not enough to support large-scale wars. It is the best choice for the enemy to disrupt the deployment of the enemy with small-scale local wars, so that they can give up the southern invasion.

"Your Majesty, I think that when the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty had not launched an attack and the peace talks between the two countries had not ended, I would first use the navy to stop the Goryeo navy. Is there any suspicion of breaking the alliance and provoking war?" Lu Xiufu said at this time.

"Prime Minister Lu should not be too pedantic. The Mongol Yuan is a jackal. He has never given up on his desire to destroy our Song Dynasty. Instead of being proficient, righteous, honest and shame, wouldn't he beg for a tiger?" Jiang Yu waved his hand and said, "When the Mongol Yuan went south to invade our dynasty, he did not take into account the oath between the two countries. If he waited for a large-scale attack, he would lose all his opportunities and be passive everywhere, and the current strategy would become nothing."

"The army is not famous, but the accident cannot be accomplished!" At this time, Wang Yinglin said, "The so-called army is not famous. Sun Tzu once said the five key points of using military force: Tao, heaven, earth, general, and law. The so-called Tao means that the subordinates and the superiors share the same desires, so they can live with them and die with them without fear of danger. If the reputation is not upright, the words are not smooth, and if the words are not smooth, the things will not be successful."

"Your Majesty, if you promote this, sending troops as you know, will lose the effect of surprise attacks, and you may even take advantage of them by the enemy!" Jiang Qi had no way to refute this great truth, so he could only look at the little emperor.

"What Prime Minister Lu said is reasonable, and the master must be famous!" Zhao Bing did not support Jiang Qi this time and touched his chin and said.

Zhao Bing understood what they meant. The "Tao" here is the name of the teacher, which is why we fight. The best strategy for a teacher is to stand at the commanding heights of morality. But he knew that the reason in this world might have nothing to do with what you really think, but what you said must be: sunny and can withstand the test of morality. This is the characteristic of Chinese society.

China has always been famous for its masters. In fact, when it comes to persuading and supporting the public opinion of the people, they often don’t listen to the truth. Most of the time, they cannot tell the difference between right and wrong, and only have good or bad in their minds. Simplifying the view of right and wrong is a powerful tool for public opinion propaganda. Therefore, the stereotype on the stage is so serious and the people are so happy to hear.

Morality is the criterion for judging good people and bad people in the minds of ordinary people. This is also the value at this time. No matter how dark you are, what you show to the world must be sunshine; and the general public may not necessarily believe in your sunshine, but in order not to show their own darkness, they have to pretend to believe in your sunshine, so a group of people who may or do not believe in this kind of sunshine come together.

This requires that no matter what you do, you need a high-level reason, a reason that can surpass your own interests. Maybe you have ulterior motives at first, but you have to appear so passionate and just. Over time, everyone becomes involved in the role and gradually forgets what their true thoughts are. Therefore, to gather the firm beliefs of their subordinates, you will inevitably be able to possess more passionate power and allow more people to surround a great goal.

In addition, for the enemy, the famous division is actually a fight against the opponent's slander. In history, every time a rebellion or war is launched, both sides will provoke ten major sins, ten major hatreds, etc., that is, the bandits in "Let the Bullets Fly" originally wanted to kill Mr. Huang, but he wanted to eliminate him in the name of equalizing the rich and poor. The purpose is to attack the enemy's public opinion and destroy the spirit. War is not only a duel of force, but also a struggle for the people's hearts. Clarifying the identity of the opponent's thief seems to be able to better combat the enemy's internal confidence and destroy the enemy at more levels. This is the so-called "famous" significance.

"Your Majesty, there must be a proper way!" Jiang Xu frowned and said.

"I think it's the moment when the merchant ship returns. There will be pirates on the way, plundering merchant ships, killing people and robbing people. Can we go on the battle in the name of escorting? It's often difficult to distinguish between soldiers and bandits..." Zhao Bing thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty is right. The Goryeo Navy intercepted and looted merchant ships have happened many times. Since he is willing to be a thief, he naturally cannot escape the suppression of our Song Dynasty King's Army. Haha..." Wen Tianxiang nodded and responded, but as he spoke, he was happy first.

"I think it is feasible. The suppression of siege in the Song Dynasty was an act of protecting the territory and ensuring the people. It would be a great act of justice for the four barbarians and merchants to surrender and congratulate them!" Wang Yinglin also politely said.
Chapter completed!