Chapter 437 Zichen Hall(2/2)
Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Cun almost instantly.
This person is the Minister of Works and the leader of the "old party". Although he does not have much real power in the court, he can influence too many people and things.
What's more, the Political Affairs Hall has already spread rumors and is preparing to recommend Wang Cun as the assistant to the political affairs department. His status is second only to Zhang Dun and Cai Bian!
Wang Cun didn't expect Zhao Xu to call him his name. He felt so many eyes, and looked calm, holding the scepter and saying loudly: "I will report to the official family that this great victory should be rewarded. The court has rules and traces to follow. However, I suggest that the reward should be increased. The Prime Minister defeated Li Xia twice and made outstanding achievements. I suggest that the title be awarded. As for other generals, they can be promoted to two levels of reward according to convention to show their merits!"
‘Slip!’
I don’t know how many people complained in their hearts. Wang Cun said so much, but in fact he didn’t say anything.
Zhang Shi's contribution is indeed enough to be awarded the title. Many people know that the official has revealed his words and took the opportunity to sell Zhang Shi and Zhang Dun's face.
And the others are all ‘as usual’!
Who doesn't know that according to the convention, you want to say it?
Zhao Xu looked at him and blinked, feeling almost in his heart. After whispering a few words in his heart, he said quietly: "Wang Qing's family is right. However, the official positions and rewards of our dynasty have always been a bit confused and need to be carefully sorted out. Lord, we should clearly define it. My idea is to reform military ranks in the imitation of the Han and Tang Dynasties. In this war, the merits were first recommended by the Prime Minister, followed by Guo Cheng, and then Zhe Keshi, and Zhong Jianzhong. I think these four people should be awarded titles. To show their merits, they will also inspire the soldiers to defend their families and be proud of fighting, rather than being self-confidant, like trapped beasts, eating and waiting to die, not being enterprising!"
Zhao Xu's words were obviously point-of-mouth and insincere.
For a moment, Wang Cun dared not answer, let alone answer.
The Song Dynasty suppressed military generals at an almost unprecedented extreme. Now that they want to restore military titles, it hits the "pain" in their hearts.
Some people's eyes were circling around Zhang Yu.
They hope that Zhang Feng can come forward and stop Zhao Xu's "terrible" ideas.
Making the status of military generals too high may cause unpredictable consequences. The tragedy of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has been less than a hundred years!
Zhang Feng stood silently and motionless.
No one knows the official's thoughts better than him. Since this year, he has mentioned the "military title" more than once. Now that Li Xia has returned from a great defeat, who can stop him?
Even if he spoke at this time, the official family had enough reason and power to suppress him!
Zhang Feng's expression remained unmoved and sighed in his heart. He had no choice.
Seeing that Zhang Feng was not speaking, everyone seemed to have thought of something and kept turning around on Zhang Dun, Cai Bian, Xu Jiang and others.
The government is now reorganized, unlike before, not to mention that the screams outside the hall are faintly visible, making them feel nervous and dare not respond rashly.
Zhao Xu sat upright and saw that no one was talking, he said, "Then, this matter was decided. The Privy Council and the Ministry of War discuss with each other and report to the Political Affairs Hall as soon as possible. Next, let's talk about the military reform."
Everyone was stunned and decided?
Zhao Xu sat upright, with bright eyes and said in a deep voice: "After this battle, I have noticed deeply that the chaos of our Song Dynasty military system and the exhaustion of the army are not enough for battle, except for the Western Army, there are almost no soldiers that can be fought! The army needs to be completely reformed, and strengthening the army must always be put first!"
Some people know Zhao Xu’s goal of the military, but because of the enlarged meeting, many people’s hearts were shocked!
The restructuring of the court has destroyed the "ancestral system" and was completed under a series of major backgrounds such as the struggle between emperors and empresses and the resumption of the "new party". The court officials are in conflict with each other and have to accept reality.
However, judging from the current reforms of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, giving generals and local governments real military power is not only not in line with the ancestral system, but also a taboo in all dynasties!
Zhao Xu did not mention the specific "military reform" policy, and with His Majesty the Emperor personally led the army and returned from a complete victory. Who can resist his will at this time?
Seeing the ministers listening quietly, the more they smiled, the more they were doing, Zhao Xu glanced at Zhang Dun and said, "Next, the 'new law'. You all have a consensus on the change of the era, so I won't say much. The specific year number will be drafted by the Political Affairs Hall and left to me to choose. Next year, we must be cautious about the resumption of the 'new law', with the primary and secondary, and advance slowly, and not fully unfold."
Cai Bian looked slightly shocked. He never expected that Zhao Xu would completely reject the "full resumption of the new law" at this time!
He was secretly shocked and guessed too much bad content, so he glanced at Zhang Dun.
Chapter completed!