It’s no wonder that officials from Lingnan were not happy with the imperial court’s relocation. The main reason is that in this world, household registration discrimination is particularly serious, and fellow villagers like to stick together.

For example, why did former Prime Minister Zhong Yunzhang not resist fiercely after Li Jia captured the city and quickly accepted his fate? It was not that he and Li Jia were both from Yongzhou and had a relationship with each other.

Li Jia's father was able to serve as the commander of the Yongzhou town army for a long time, which was partly due to Zhong Yunzhang.

Therefore, after Li Jia became emperor, Zhong Yunzhang was not punished for not standing in line in time. He just went home to recuperate.

In Lingnan, the civil service class was divided into two major factions, local and foreign, in the early years of the Southern Han Dynasty. Especially after Liu Yan appointed Northern scholars on a large scale, the local scholars in Lingnan were particularly dissatisfied.

However, there was nothing to be done to dissatisfaction, the writing style was poor, and the senior officials in the court were all northerners, but they managed the development of Lingnan very well. Moreover, with the rise of the eunuchs, the civil servants began to unite.

With the succession of Liu Yuan to the throne, the power of the eunuchs reached its peak, and the civil servants were forced to divide into the eunuch faction and the gentleman faction.

After Li Jia took office, the castration faction was wiped out and the gentleman faction won a great victory. It can be said that all the officials in the court had no nostalgia for Liu Yuan at all.

Now, Li Jia leads the imperial court to go north to Changsha, and those local factions are panicking again. The northerners occupy the center of power, and these local factions will definitely be squeezed out.

Regional discrimination is too serious.

We Lingnan people finally took power, and now we are about to lose it. How is this possible?

Therefore, in October, when the large-scale public examination was held, officials from all over the country came to us with their advice and memorials, but unfortunately, the emperor ignored them.

The senior officials of the imperial court were far-sighted, so they naturally suppressed them one by one, and the entire central government began to clean up and relocate in an orderly manner. At least by the end of November, all central government offices must be relocated.

Tokyo.

"Oh? The Puppet Tang Dynasty actually dared to move the capital to Changsha?" Zhao Kuangyin was shocked when he heard the news. The meaning of it made people think deeply.

"Your Majesty, it's true!" Fan Xianggong was a little frightened when he saw the emperor's angry look. Especially when he recalled the murderous expressions of Zhao Kuangyin's men after the Chenqiao mutiny, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. He said quickly.

"Last year, the puppet country did not hesitate to sacrifice its national power. Taking advantage of our country's suppression of the rebellion, it went to Hunan and surrendered to Nanping, with hundreds of thousands of troops. Compared with Jiangnan, it is not inferior at all. Our country needs to be vigilant again and again!"

Prime Minister Wei Renpu also said softly, with a serious look on his face.

Wei Renpu was a veteran of four dynasties. He served in the Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and Northern Song Dynasties. He experienced the arrogance and luxury of Shi Chonggui, and also experienced the Zhou Shizong and Guo Rong who worked hard to govern.

Because he was favored by two generations of emperors, Zhou Taizu Guo Wei and Shizong Guo Rong, he was always unwilling to give up, unlike Fan Zhi, who was looking forward to the Guo family returning to power. Therefore, there were always some veterans gathered around him, and Zhao Kuangyin was always cautious about him.

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"What the two ministers said is absolutely true!" Privy Councilor Zhao Pu also nodded repeatedly and agreed: "Now, the new leader of the Southern Tang Dynasty has succeeded to the throne, and the court is in turmoil. It has no choice but to promote old ministers to balance those important ministers. In a few years, the Southern Tang Dynasty is stable.

It won’t work.”

"Furthermore, His Majesty followed Shizong and sent troops to Huainan to seize the fourteen states in Huaibei. The Southern Tang Dynasty lost all courage and lingered on. It only wanted to enjoy wealth and honor in the south of the Yangtze River. Now it has become a turtle in a urn!"

"Therefore, the most important thing about our country is the Pseudo-Tang Dynasty. Although the country is a remote place, it has three parts of the country in the south, so it should not be underestimated!"

After hearing the words of several prime ministers, Zhao Kuangyin also agreed. Although he was not good at governing the country, he knew how to fight.

This national power is just like the military power. When it first rises, it is unstoppable, unstoppable and invincible. The armies of the countries in the south are weak and may be difficult to resist.

Their military strength must be defeated and their energy and courage must be cut off.

"The pseudo-Tang Dynasty in the south used the name of the former Tang Dynasty to expand aggressively. Now, I have heard that they are doing something to promote talents and win the hearts of scholars! I heard that in Fuzhou and other places, more than half of the household registrations have been lost, and scholars and common people are flocking to them.

, it can be seen that this is a good way!"

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said: "This method is very good, we should also learn from it!"

"Nowadays, it is undesirable for the military to be strong but the civilized to be weak. Civilian and military should be balanced. The two cannot be biased. If the civilized are weak, they should support the civilized!"

Hearing the emperor's words, Fan Zhi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, in this world, warriors are the first to fight for deer. If the puppet country does this, it can be said that it is destroying both hands. It is not advisable, and it is not advisable!"

"Besides, although the Central Plains is large, there are many vassal towns. If this strategy is implemented, wouldn't this be a gift of talents to the vassal towns?"

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin calmed down instantly. It was indeed true. His court controlled less than half of the counties in the Central Plains, and other vassal towns accounted for more than half. If there were talented people in the local area, it would be equivalent to recruiting talents for the vassal towns.

In the previous imperial examinations, coming to Tokyo to take the examination was to serve the imperial court.

No, no!

Zhao Kuangyin was really anxious to win over people's hearts, especially those of scholars. After all, it was really disgraceful to bully orphans and widowers to seize the world.

If we gather the hearts of scholars, wouldn’t our image in future history books be beautified? It would also be able to demonstrate orthodoxy.

It is not enough just to change Guo Rong's two sons back to the Chai family.

"Your Majesty, the puppet country has moved north to Changsha. It is obvious that its intention is nothing more than the Central Plains!"

Zhao Pu has a long-term strategic vision, knows how to invest, and is also clear about the general trend of the world. Therefore, although he is a scholar and hates warriors, he deeply knows that warriors can protect his wealth now.

It's not too late either.

Nowadays, we still need to focus on martial arts.

"The puppet country, unlike the Liu family, lives in a corner, but is determined to conquer the world. It has tried many times to revive the Tang Dynasty and restore the world. Now, it has moved north to Changsha just to compete for the world!"

"I wish to invite your Majesty, but I have to take it seriously!" Zhao Pu stood up and bowed down.

"I'm already aware of his wolfish ambitions!" Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "It's just that the imperial treasury is still in short supply, so I need you to manage it well!"

"Hmph, as for the puppet country, it's just in the south. If they dare to covet our Central Plains, let's show them how powerful the Song Dynasty is!"

Zhao Kuangyin snorted coldly, got up from his position, walked a few steps, thought for a while, and said: "Xi Shizong, we have been together for ten years, but now it seems that it is inappropriate!"

"I wonder when the national treasury will be able to accumulate the strength for a war?"

Facing several ministers, Zhao Kuangyin asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this autumn's harvest will allow the court to take a breather, and next summer's harvest should be able to save some food!" Fan Zhi was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay, next year, there will be a battle!" Zhao Kuangyin said fiercely.

After several ministers left, Zhao Kuangyin left Zhao Pu alone.
Chapter completed!