Zhao Tong returned home, cooked a pot of tea for himself, and sat under the shade of a tree in the courtyard, drinking and thinking.

Jiang You is the mouthpiece of the Daojun Emperor. As a Heavenly Official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is it necessary for him to do this kind of thing to comfort the army?

Even during the Battle of Hehuang and the expansion of territory, the government did not send a minister to comfort the army, right? Let alone the official of the Ministry of Personnel!

Although Wang Qing was difficult to quell, and the court spent time and effort racking his brains, in the end he was just a bandit, not a frontier war with an enemy country.

Even if the government pays attention to it and the court pays attention to it, to comfort the army is not to fight a war. Sending a minister and bachelor here is the highest standard. There is nothing wrong with even sending a eunuch. As for the official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he personally leads a group of officials.

Coming?

This is no longer a serious matter. Sending an official of Jiang You’s level here is a bit excessive!

Especially Jiang!

Is this considered a comfort to the army? This is for supervision, right? It’s better to send Yu Shi Zhongcheng directly!

The people below can't see these normal things clearly, but Zhao Tong understands them very clearly.

Zong Ze had been an official on the border of Hebei and Shandong for a long time, and he didn't know much about the affairs of the court. He didn't know what kind of person Jiang You was. Moreover, Zong Ze himself was a straightforward man with a scholarly and martial style. Naturally, he wanted to win and be rewarded.

Being punished for defeat, he couldn't figure out this kind of twists and turns in the court for a moment.

The generals below are either from the Western Army, or they are in the capital but are not qualified to go to court, so they have a dark eye on the court and do not realize the dangers involved.

Zhao Tong sat under the shade of a tree and took a sip of tea.

I have been an official in the imperial court for more than two years. Although I have caused some troubles during this period, on the whole, it is not harmful. My merits outweigh my faults. In my relationship with Daojun and Emperor, I can say that I am a loving father and a filial son.

There is no barrier.

I originally thought that this situation could last for a few more years, but I didn't expect that Emperor Daojun couldn't help it anymore.

In the emperor's mind, except for a few exceptions, there is no difference between his children and ministers.

Even the protection of children is more important than that of ministers.

Zhao Tong sighed lightly, who asked him to lead the troops, and who allowed him to win the battle!

But it was Emperor Daojun who sent his family to fight, and it was Emperor Daojun who sent people to monitor after the victory. Are you a little too impatient?

Although this supervisor was wearing a festive cloak to comfort the troops, it tried to save the face of both parties to the greatest extent, so that the generals here could not detect anything, and they probably even thought that they could hide it from him, after all, everything looked so high-sounding.<

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But supervision is supervision. To put it in a nice way, to put it in a bad way is to look for trouble.

Finding faults is something that can be done if it exists or not. Although he is a prince, Jiang You has no evidence and dare not make nonsense, but Emperor Daojun still takes action after all.

Zhao Tong put down his tea bowl and looked up the tree. There was a bird with yellow feathers and a red tail. It was chirping indiscriminately. It had no singing voice like a thrush and a lark. He suddenly felt very bored.

No matter what the purpose is to accept or the army to comfort, get out of here.

Now that Emperor Daojun has made a move, he will follow up. Not only will he follow up, but he will also move again.

Zhao Tong was very tired at this time. Isn't it good to be a family that loves each other? It has to be like a court, where the emperor and ministers come and go and plot against each other, but on the surface they have to be polite and the monarch and his ministers are harmonious. In fact, in the heart

Be wary of each other.

As a prince, once he falls into this kind of calculation, he will be worse than the emperor and his ministers.

The prince Zhao Huan was involved in this kind of calculation, but he was always at a disadvantage. Emperor Daojun did not think highly of Zhao Huan, and always wanted to find Zhao Huan's fault to destroy the prince.

Now that he has achieved military success, he is different from before, and he has begun to plot against each other.

Zhao Tong didn't go out of the city to receive the order, but he was actually still recruiting.

I suppressed the rebellion, I performed meritorious services, I was injured, I don’t want anything anymore, is it okay if I quit?

You should stop supervising me. I quit. Now there are not only generals of the Forbidden Army but also generals of the Western Army in Luzhou City. For a while, they couldn’t figure out what was going on. As time went by, and the matter was spread, who would not respond?

Understand?

If you do this to your own son, how much more important to others?

Aren’t you, Emperor Daojun, a person who enjoys great achievements and wants to save face?

Let the armies see it, if you can't even trust your own son, who will work tirelessly? Especially if this kind of thing spreads to the Western Army.

You must know that some of the requests made by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to the commander-in-chief of the Western Army were sometimes not so useful. The power of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was indeed concentrated, but that did not refer to the commander-in-chief of the Western Army.

The commander-in-chief of the Western Army is generally loyal, but he has his own opinions on military affairs. Sometimes he is so stubborn that even after discussion, he can't reach a consensus.

For example, in the Battle of Fangla, Emperor Daojun failed to persuade Zhongshi Dao and his brother Zhongshizhong to go out to fight.

The reason given by Zhong Shidao at that time was very simple, that is, he had to stay in Shaanxi Province to suppress Xixia and could not leave.

In order to eliminate possible obstacles, Emperor Daojun was unwilling to take a blunt approach, and the court issued a strong edict to force Zhongshi Dao to fight Fangla.

The discussion failed, and he had no words to refute the reasons given by Zhong Shidao. In the end, Emperor Daojun had no choice but to appoint Tong Guan to take command and order the generals of the Western Army to fight Fangla.

Different from other places, the relationship between the imperial court and the Western Army has always been delicate, and it has been since the failure of Taizong's Northern Expedition.

This is different from the treatment of ordinary military attaches and generals. The commanders-in-chief of the Western Army are actually all civilian officials.

The Zhong family, the Zhe family, the Yao family, the Liu family, the Gao family...these general families are called generals. In fact, the bosses in the family who command a party are all civil servants.

The various governors and governors of each state, including some generals in the army, are named generals. In fact, they have an official position and are civil servants.

For example, Zhe Yanzhi was a Jinshi during the Chongning period. He was a civil servant himself, but he always took military positions. There were also those generals who were recruited to the capital. In fact, they all became civil servants when they returned to the Western Army.
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The emperor treated people like the Western Army differently from ordinary military attachés.

If there is no Liu family, Zhe family, Yao family, and Zhao Yu in the Luzhou Army now, they will not be exposed directly. Who will show them? They are all subordinates of the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army. It is useless to show them.

He just wants to show it to the Western Army!

Let's see, it's father and son who won the battle but sent someone to monitor. That's great. Father, don't you have the best face?

Now I don’t have any face or dignity, so I can’t help but love.

Zhao Tan was drinking tea here, while Zong Ze led his people to greet Jiang You at the city gate. Although there was no lack of etiquette, it was awkward. This thing was really awkward.

Jiang You was also awkward. He didn't want to take this job at all. He knew what Emperor Daojun meant even if he didn't say it. This was definitely not a good job.

Who is Zhao Tong? Not to mention his status, he is the master who turned his back and refused to recognize anyone. Now he has won another battle and regained the court's face. But when he saw him coming, he didn't realize his intention. If he figured it out, he would

Do you want to look good on him?

You can’t even think about it!

He does have an outspoken voice, and he dares to retaliate if he doesn't like it, but he is speaking for the officials. The officials naturally have to stay polite and express some dissatisfaction through his mouth. He said that with the Yushitai gang

When people say something different, as long as those people say it, they are interfering with the other party, and if they say it, they are warning the other party.

Jiang You was not in a good mood all the way, and the officials he brought out were still a little puzzled. Why was Lord Jiang still a little unhappy about such a happy event? But at this moment, Zhao Tao was not seen in front of the city gate to greet him.

Anyone with a smart mind will immediately understand what is going on.

These officials all bowed their heads and lost all the excitement they had before. They couldn't afford to get involved in this kind of thing. Not to mention that the official pressure from both sides could crush them to death. Let's just say that this was already half of the emperor's family affairs, and it was not theirs.

Those who can get involved don't even think about it, don't even look at it, they stand in front of the city in silence.

After the welcoming ceremony was completed, half an hour passed. Then the decree was read out and the rewards were delivered to the Luzhou army. Another half an hour passed.

After the matter was over, Zongze saw Jiang You's awkward expression as if everyone owed him money, so he could only bite the bullet and said: "Please come to the city to rest, Lord Shangshu."
Chapter completed!