After taking a look at these brothers, who all fought side by side and carried him to the throne together, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

If so, if none of them can be trusted? Who can be trusted in the entire Song Dynasty?

Zhao Pu is right, in this world, many people cannot help themselves. Times create heroes, but heroes create times?

Prevent the gradual change.

Now that you are sitting in this position, no matter how careful you are, you can't be too careful, let alone brothers.

"Why did Your Majesty say this? Now that destiny has been decided, who dares to have different intentions?"

"Otherwise, although you have no different intentions, if your subordinates want to be rich and noble, and put a yellow robe on you, just like me, you are grateful for the brotherhood and the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and do not want to be the emperor. I am afraid that by then I will I can’t help myself either.”

The emperor's words instantly shocked everyone, sending chills down their backs and feeling extremely horrified.

The drunkenness dissipated instantly.

This is in the palace, not a military camp. They are just drunk cats without weapons. If one of them cannot cope with it well, they will be attacked by swords and axes, and their heads will be dislocated.

As for taking a gamble to see if the emperor dared to kill them, they didn't have the guts to avoid chaos in the court.

Liu Chengyou of the Later Han Dynasty has proven that emperors are all brainless...

Thinking that their lives were at stake and their families would be implicated, many generals and commanders couldn't help but cry in horror. The power of the imperial power was so terrifying.

Shi Shouxin was calmer. He knew Zhao Kuangyin better. He knew that he had always been broad-minded and he needed to be closer to him, so he knelt down and cried:

"I have always been loyal to Your Majesty, so I am naturally very loyal, but I know that people's hearts are full of miscalculations. I beg Your Majesty to show me a clear path!"

Zhao Kuangyin felt much relieved when he saw the tyrannical generals crying and crying, and he quickly helped everyone up.

Sitting on the chair, Zhao Kuangyin sighed and said slowly: "Life in this world is as short as a fleeting moment, so those who want to get rich just want to gather more money and have more entertainment to save future generations from poverty. You might as well Give up military power, go to the local area, buy more good land and beautiful houses, and establish a long-term inheritance for your children and grandchildren; at the same time, buy more singers, drink and have fun day and night, till the end of your life; I will marry you again, and there will be no suspicion between the king and the ministers. , isn’t it great that the top and bottom are in peace?”

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

Shi Shouxin and others dared to have other ideas. Seeing that the emperor had made his words very clear and there was no room for maneuver. Moreover, the emperor had firmly controlled the Central Forbidden Army at that time. Several generals had no other choice but to bow their heads and obey orders. Thanks to the Emperor for his kindness.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded with satisfaction and drank a few more glasses of wine.

But these generals are nothing but the same thing, and the best wine is now worse than horse urine.

The next day, Shi Shouxin and others claimed that they were ill and demanded to be relieved of their military power.

The emperor readily agreed, and ordered the generals to be relieved of their posts as military guards and to serve as military envoys in local areas. He also abolished the inspection department in front of the palace and the command department of the guards, horse and infantry forces.

Zhao Kuangyin also fulfilled his promise to marry a senior general of the Forbidden Army, marrying his widowed sister to Gao Huaide, and later married his daughter to the son of Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi, and married Zhang Lingduo's daughter to Zhao Guangmei, the third brother of Taizu.

Many people believe that releasing military power over a glass of wine means spending money to buy the power of generals and depose them as rich men, thus causing a significant decline in the strength of the imperial army.

This statement is wrong. Zhao Kuangyin only wanted to carry out the reform of the Forbidden Army, so as to drive these Forbidden Army generals out of the capital and send them to local areas as military envoys.

For example, Shi Shou trusted the military governor of the Tianping Army, Shi Shouxin was the military governor of Tianping, Gao Huaide was the military governor of Guide, Wang Shenqi was the military governor of Zhongzheng, and Zhang Lingduo was the military governor of Zhenning. All of them were dismissed from their military posts. In front of the palace

The deputy inspection will not be eliminated.

He also sent Li Hanchao to guard Guannan, Ma Renyu to guard Yingzhou, Han Lingkun to guard Changshan, He Weizhong to guard Yizhou, He Jijun to guard Dizhou, Guo Jin to guard Xishan, Wu Shouqi to guard Jinyang, Li Qianpu to guard Xizhou, Li Jixun to guard Zhaoyi, Zhao Zan to guard Yanzhou, and Yao Neibin to guard.

Dong Zunjie of Qingzhou guarded Huanzhou, Wang Yansheng guarded Yuanzhou, Feng Jiye guarded Lingwu...

Basically it's the border.

In order to bribe these Forbidden Army generals, Zhao Kuangyin spent a lot of money: "If you manage the benefits, you can do it with them, and their trade will be exempt from taxes."

Moreover, Zhao Kuangyin was extremely tolerant, even to the point of conniving.

For example, the fierce general Wang Jixun "specialized in cutting off his slaves for pleasure." The so-called cutting meant cutting the meat into pieces.

One day, the wall of Wang Jixun's house collapsed due to heavy rain, and a large number of slaves escaped from the cage and ran to the government for help. When the matter came to Zhao Kuangyin, he was "horrified" and issued a particularly harsh sentence to Wang Jixun: "Kill him."

He was deprived of his official title and returned to his private position. He was still ordered to guard it with soldiers. He was also exiled to Dengzhou." However, this judgment was just a show to the outside world and was not actually implemented. Before Wang Jixun could set off for the exile, he had been

He was awarded the title of Deputy Chief of the Right Prison Gate.

After that, he was appointed to Luoyang, where he intensified his cannibalism. "The children of the citizens were forced to serve as envoys. If they were not satisfied, they would be killed and eaten, and the bones in the coffins would be discarded in the wild."

As a result, human traffickers and coffin dealers have crossed the threshold, and the market is crowded.

The people of Luoyang were helpless and resigned to their fate.

Until Zhao Guangyi didn't want to see the military commander and was afraid of the former military commander, so he beheaded him.

Official statistics are as follows: In just five years, from the sixth year of Kaibao to the second year of Taiping and Xingguo, Wang Jixun killed and ate more than a hundred slaves with his own hands. Such a crazy person could actually

In Zhao Kuangyin's era, he was free and unrestrained.

In the face of power, people's lives are worthless.

During the Zhao Kuangyin era, all these warriors concealed themselves, and the emperor's position was stable, but the people of the world suffered.

Of course, if these people were in the Ming Taizu era, a man who could whip his own nephew to death if he was ruthless, they would definitely be skinned and cramped to serve as a warning to others.

Zhao Kuangyin had extremely high demands for literati. Wang Yuanji, the governor of Yingzhou, embezzled more than 700,000 yuan in bribes in one month (which is nothing compared to the crazy money-making of military generals). Zhao Kuangyin personally issued a special edict and ordered him to be executed (according to the press release)

The crime does not end there) as a punishment.

By the time of Zhao Guangyi, the power in Yurouxiang was inherited by the literati, and the generals would step aside and behead them if they committed the slightest offense.

The imperial army in the Northern Song Dynasty was led by the Palace Commanding Department, the Guards Horse Army Commanding Department, and the Guards Infantry Commanding Department, the so-called three yamen.

After removing the military power of Shi Shouxin and other senior generals, Zhao Kuangyin selected some more junior people with low personal prestige and easy control as generals of the Forbidden Army.

As a result, Zhao Kuangyin took full control of the Forbidden Army, and no high-prestige general could threaten the imperial power.

The release of military power over a glass of wine was suitable for Zhao Kuangyin, because he was promoted to the position by the generals, and nominally, he was only the representative of the Forbidden Army.

For Li Jia, there is no need. The world is conquered step by step by himself.
Chapter completed!