Chapter 75: Li Gui refuses to appoint Zhao Yuyou, and he is domineering

It is said that Zhao Jin arranged the affairs of northern Xinjiang and led the people back to the south. Yanhan now has four major governors of Zhendong, Zhenxi, Zhennan and Zhenbei, which can be called the four front armies, defending one side respectively. The tigers and Tiqi directly under the jurisdiction of Zhao, together with the Beijing camp led by the generals stationed in Beijing, can be called the Central Field Army and is a strategic mobile force.

This time, only 5,000 tigers and Ti horses were dispatched to resist the coalition forces of Kazan and take advantage of the Northern Expedition. There are not many soldiers, but the use of them. Thanks to the addition of the Kazan Tattars and Chuvash, the result was twice the result with half the effort.

Yanhan has been planning to attack Rostov for a long time, and it is scheduled to be completed when the Futon Canal is completed in August this year. In order to ensure that there were sufficient troops and food for the attack on Rostov, the Northern Expedition did not mobilize many troops. In addition to 5,000 tigers and horses, because Moscow unexpectedly sent troops to Liang Zan, Li Tu, the chief Sima of Yanhan, led 5,000 Beijing battalions to Suzhou to sit in case.

Now that the Northern Expedition has been completed, the Governor's Office of Zhenbei has been established, and Zhao Jin has transferred Li Gui, the governor of Kuangzhou, as the governor of Zhenbei. This means reuse. Unexpectedly, Li Gui came to Mingzhou to see him, but he refused!

It turned out that Li Gui listened to the messenger explain the situation of the Northern Expedition. Li Gui was very unhappy to hear that thanks to the efforts of the Tatars in the northern Xinjiang, and there would be many local Tatar soldiers in the town's governor's north. Li Gui was usually responsible for defending the people of all ethnic groups in northern Xinjiang, including the Tatars. Because Li Gui was a member of the Party and had a deep hatred, his whole family died at the hands of the Mongols, and his ancestral home country Xixia was destroyed by Mongolia. The Dangxiang people are the leading nation of Xixia. When Mongolia destroyed Western Xia, their methods were extremely cruel. After the Yuan Dynasty, the tribes of the Dangxiang people have disappeared and become one of the many ethnic groups that have disappeared in the long river of history.

Li Gui refused to be the governor of Zhenbei, and Zhao Yu was stunned that he did not consider this in advance. If you don't want to do it, you can't press his head and let him do it. What should you do? The candidate for the governor of Zhenbei was determined after thinking about it for a long time. Who else can hold it besides Li Gui?

Zhao Jin was deeply worried for a moment and sighed to Li Tu: "Han Gaozu's song: 'And the fierce warrior is guarding the four directions!' Now I have the same trouble. Who has enough ability and qualifications to defend the northern border for me?

Li Da thought for a moment and suggested, "It can make Lu Yizhen north and Li Guizhen west."

When Zhao heard this, this was also a way. Nodded: "It seems that's the only way." So Li Gui was appointed as the governor of the west of the town, and the deer was changed to the governor of the north of the town. The west of the town is more important than the north of the town, and the change of deer from the west of the town to the north of the town is suspected of lowering their status. However, the Lu people were loyal and did not care about it. They immediately left for the governor's office in Zhenbei. Li Gui just thanked him and went to the town's west governor's office.

The strength of the governor's office in the north of the town consists of more than 2,000 horses from the deer tribe, more than 2,000 horses sent by the imperial court to the governor's mansion in the north of the town, about 4,000 horses selected from the Tatars, and about 3,000 horses selected from the Chuvash and other local ethnic groups, with a total of about 12,000. There are only more than 90,000 local people left, and a large number of people will emigrate from the Volsey region to redevelop this fertile land. In order to assist the north of the town, Zhao Jin took Xiao Ruoying's general Tao Yixin as the governor of Baozhou, and transferred General Tober to guard the 30 connecting fortresses on the west bank of the upper Volga River, and General Xibruo was responsible for guarding the fortress on the east bank of the upper reaches.

Li Da took the 5,000 Beijing camp to the governor's mansion in the west of the town and turned into a garrison on the spot, and Li Gui also brought 2,000 people from his own. With other additions, the total strength of the governor's office in the west of the town has reached 16,000.

Li Gui's refusal to be the governor reflects the existence of ethnic conflicts in Yanhan. Zhao Jin is well aware of the difficult situation of Yan Han and that if all ethnic groups do not unite, they will be in danger of subjugation. Therefore, since the founding of the country, he has worked hard to resolve the contradictions of the people. With Zhao's prestige, most of the soldiers obeyed the king as gods. The people of this era are not as complicated as the thoughts of the people of future generations. They rarely have any ideas. The king will listen to whatever they say. As long as they can have enough to eat and live a good life. Only no one is encouraged, and ordinary people are only interested in things that are closely related to their own survival.

Of course, if someone agitates, the situation will be different. The instigation for religious differences, ethnic differences and class differences is the root of many civil strife throughout the ages. Zhao Jin stood in the position of the ruler and naturally hoped that there would be no civil strife in his country and more civil strife in foreign countries.

Therefore, after returning to Beijing, Zhao Jin specially wrote to Li Gui to comfort him again and again, saying that he could understand his ideas and only hope that he would think of the country and put aside his opinions. Li Gui also wrote a letter of acquit, saying that he would be loyal to his duties and do a good job in the town's governor's office. This unexpected disturbance stopped.

Dang Yuzhen and Yuxiang have been accompanying Zhao Jin during the Northern Expedition. Yuxiang doesn't know how to fight, so she can't help. However, marrying a girl who made him fall in love at first sight has made Zhao Jin very happy. He was in a high mood all the way, which is not good for making all kinds of choices wisely. Yuzhen still needs to be familiar with the situation in Yanhan and surrounding countries, and this journey has not played much role. On the contrary, Li Baozhao came up with two key strategies. However, through the conversation with Li Yuzhen all the way, Zhao Zhen is very sure that she will become a good assistant. So after returning to the capital, he officially established Yuzhen as the virtuous concubine and Yuxiang as the concubine Shu.

Speaking of the harem system of the Middle-Tu Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty system recorded in the Book of Rites is: "The ancient emperor set up six palaces, three wives, nine concubines, 27 women, 81 imperial wives."

In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the four concubines of "Gui, Shu, De and Xian" were the first-class concubines second only to the queen, and took "Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong and Chongyuan" as the nine concubines. The status is equivalent to Jiuqing, among which "Sanzhao" is equivalent to the upper three ministers, from the first grade; "three cultivations" and "three Chong "It is equivalent to the second grade of the sixth minister. The lowest status among the concubines is 81 imperial wives: "Muguang, Maode, Zhenyi, Yaoguang, Zhenning, Guangfan, Lingyi, Neifan, Mu Gui, Wande, Mingwan, Yanwan, Miaofan, Huizhang, Jingmao, Jingsu, Qiongzhang, Muhua, Shenyi, Miaoyi, Mingyi, Chongming, Lize, Wanyi, Peng Yuan, Xiuxian, Xiujing, Hongshen , Yanguang, Yirong, Huishu, Xiuyi, Fangwan, Zhenshen, Mingyan, Zhenmu, Xiufan, Surong, Maoyi, Yingshu, Hongyan, Zhengxin, Ningwan, Yingfan, Huaishun, Xiuyuan, Liangze, Yaozhang, Xuncheng, Runyi, Ningxun, Shuyi, Rouze, Muyi, Xiu Li, Zhaoshen, Zhenyuan, Su Gui, Jingshun, Rouhua, Zhaoshun, Jingning, Mingxun, Hongyi, Chongjing, Xiujing, Chengxian, Zhaorong, Liyi, Xianhua, Sirou, Yuanguang, Huaide, Liangyuan, Shuyi, Maofan, Liangxin, Yanhua, Hui'e, Suyi, Miao Rule, are all equivalent to the four grades. In addition, there are female court officials at all levels from the fourth grade to the ninth grade, that is, the high court ladies, who are responsible for managing various court affairs.

Yan Han doesn't have so much attention to appearance. The king's official wife is called a concubine, and there is no difference between high and low. Select a competent steward from among the maids of honor as a court lady, called a concubine.

Although there is no difference between high and low, in the traditional concept, "noble, beautiful, virtuous and virtuous" are still different. Because the Song Dynasty was full of "benevolence and morality" and especially emphasized the word "de". In order to correct the deviation, Zhao Jin deliberately removed the high status of the word "de". At the beginning, he set up Hui Niang as Huifei, which actually replaced the name of Defei.

Why should we correct the deviation? Just like in modern times, China has suffered a lot because of conservative and old traditions, and Chinese revolutionaries have vigorously rebelled against tradition. Whether it is good or bad, as long as it is traditional, it is contrary. This looks reckless, but it's like the principle of "severe illness requires strong medicine". Even if it is too much to correct the bias, it is not enough to correct it.

"De" is not bad, but the "De" of the Song Dynasty is too widespread, so Yan Han wants to correct it. The spread of "benevolence and righteousness morality" has led to the extinction of fighting spirit and blood. The excessive gain of literati has caused the status of martial arts. No wonder some descendants wrote: "The vertical Confucians rise and the strong men die, and Shenzhou is full of praise for benevolence and righteousness". The result is "a once the captives were in the Central Plains, the scholars ran away and the cowardly people cried."

Yan Han is at the Eurasian junction, surrounded by great enemies, unable to establish a country without force, and no strong fighting spirit cannot exist. Therefore, "benevolence and morality" is required to be used cautiously and rarely in Yanhan, from top to bottom. Even the concubine has canceled the title of "Defei".

Then "Gui, Shu, Hui, Xian" is respected and ranked in no particular order. Now there are three, and there is a shortage of noble concubines. This vacancy is obviously reserved for one person...

The rest of the "Huai, Li, Mu and Ya" concubines have mixed names. They seem to be idle roles, each with their own peace of character and no struggle. But not necessarily...

Like Concubine Muila, there is a natural enemy in her heart, which is the Byzantine princess Su Feiya. It's just that this big enemy hasn't been married yet, and there is no need to fight for the time being. Chao Muyila is fully prepared for this future war in his heart. She wanted to maintain the king's attachment to her, so she deliberately did not leave. Usually, if Zhao Jin doesn't think of her, she will never take the initiative to seduce Zhao Jin. This is to keep the king fresh about himself. Don't be too intimate too early. As soon as Su Feiya comes, she will be put aside and have no ability to fight back at all! Because she deliberately kept it, Zhao Jin only knows that this beloved concubine is very good at sex in **. She is a natural beauty who is good at using her body to charm people, but she doesn't know that she is more powerful! Chao Muila actually suppressed his inner enthusiasm and desire, kept a proper distance from the king, and waited for the arrival of the future enemy... That was a life-and-death struggle!

The great enemy who was still on the edge of the sea at this time was quite pitiful. She didn't know anything. Her desire to get married is getting stronger and stronger, but her brother is trying to delay her marriage. In other European countries, young ladies look for lovers at a young age and learn various skills to please their future husbands. If anyone is still a virgin at the time of marriage, it is a shameful thing. Su Feiya, the daughter of the former patriarch of the Christian Orthodox Church and the sister of the current patriarch, has been severely restrained since she was a child, like a bird locked in a cage. It seems that I can only marry shamefully in the future... At that time, can it be a well-prepared enemy opponent?

(to be continued in the next section)