Open a market, facilitate trade, and transport supplies to Xixia.

Han Zhang fought the war like this, causing the Zhou Dynasty to suffer heavy losses, losing troops and generals, and the economy was on the verge of collapse.

The reason why no one criticizes him is that what Han Zhang did was in the interests of the emperor and scholar-bureaucrats.

Han Zhang's greatest achievement in the northwest was the successful suppression of the Wu Xun Group of generals.

For generals, Han Zhang can kill with one word.

He killed wherever he went in the northwest, successfully combating the arrogance and domineering spirit of the generals.

Then Han Zhang had a record of repeated defeats and successfully suppressed Wu Xun.

He successfully entered the Privy Council and became the Deputy Privy Councilor.

The Privy Council is the highest military institution in the Zhou Dynasty, equivalent to the Ministry of National Defense, and is responsible for the organization, dispatch and command of the national army.

The privy envoy is the number one, known as the military minister, and Han Zhang is the deputy envoy and the military number two.

He had already become a high-level official in the country, and then Han Zhang just wanted to carry out political reforms in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He made a big fuss, but ended up in vain.

When the reform failed, Han Zhang left Bianliang again and went into hiding.

Han Zhang went to Hebei and Hedong and guarded northern Xinjiang for ten years.

Because Han Zhang paid protection money to the Liao State in the anniversary year, it actually didn't make much sense for Han Zhang to guard northern Xinjiang.

The significance of Han Zhang's ten years in northern Xinjiang was mainly to suppress military generals.

Han Zhang is still the same as before. He kills and kills military generals. If he is afraid of killing others directly, the army and generals will naturally be as honest as cats.

Because the suppression of military generals was so successful, Renzong transferred Han Zhang back to Bianliang as a privy envoy.

This time I am number one, Minister of Defense, and continue to suppress the military.

After working for two years and achieving good results, Han Qi was immediately appointed prime minister by Renzong.

After becoming prime minister, Han Zhang changed.

In the past, Han Zhang's work was still in line with the standards of a scholar-official.

After becoming prime minister, Han Zhang became less and less like a scholar-official.

Doing all kinds of things is mostly for your own selfishness, and what you seek is your own family's private interests.

I don't know if he has been corrupted by power, or if he has reached the peak of human status and no longer needs to pretend, his true nature has been exposed.

Even forcing the old emperor to establish a heir apparent was the result of Han Zhang's desire to follow the dragon and support him.

After all, as long as the emperor agrees to establish the throne, no matter who sits on the throne, he will pay tribute to Han Zhang.

Of course, we cannot completely deny Han Zhang, who was recognized by the emperor and civil servants before.

He still made contributions to the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrat group. Han Zhang's greatest achievement in his life was to suppress the warriors.

The army of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not an army of the people. Military discipline was strict and no one committed any crime.

The Xiang army, frontier army, and even the imperial army of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all filled with a large group of ruffians.

Arrogant and unreasonable behavior, arrogance and domineering, lack of military discipline and wanton behavior are common occurrences.

After Zhao Zongquan succeeded to the throne, he first needed to pay more than 10 million yuan in rewards (protection fees) to the imperial army.

Otherwise, the Forbidden Army would mutiny. It can be seen that the military generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty did have the actual need to suppress and suppress.

This is the result of Han Zhang's continuous suppression of Xiao for twenty years. If he had not suppressed him, the martial arts group could have become even more arrogant.

The Zhou Dynasty did not value culture over military affairs and continued to suppress military men.

Before foreign invasion, the Zhao family would no longer be able to secure the throne.

To find fault with Han Zhang, we can only look for it after he became prime minister.

The Han family's wanton land annexation in their hometown of Xiangzhou is a problem.

However, the Zhou Dynasty did not restrain land annexation. Even if the Han family made some excessive moves during the land annexation, they could not shake Han Zhang, who the emperor was determined to protect.

Then there is Han Zhang, who promotes his own son wantonly.

He arranged for his five sons to enter the imperial court, and their positions were all quite high.

In addition to being the eldest son, Han Zhang can be regarded as a middle-aged man and a qualified official.

The other sons can be regarded as vegetarians.

This problem is considered serious, but for this kind of thing, ordinary prime ministers can be dismissed, but it is difficult to dismiss Han Zhang who has become shameless.

If you want to remove Han Zhang, you still have to destroy the relationship between Zhao Zongquan and Han Zhang.

Sheng Changbai was thinking about how to deal with criticism.

Gu Tingye ran to the Sheng family to find Sheng Changbai, hoping to instigate rebellion against Sheng Changbai.

It's not just people from the Huangbo faction like Sheng Changbai who are taking action and thinking about how to deal with people from the Huangkao faction.

People from the Huangkao faction are also taking action, contacting people privately, promising various benefits, and attracting people to their side.

"Zecheng, why are you so confused? The officials want to appoint King Xianshu as the emperor. This is a sign of your majesty's filial piety. Your majesty wants to be a most filial person. We, the courtiers, must support him."

Gu Tingye is a proper imperial examination sect. This is a power struggle between civil servants and the emperor.

It has nothing to do with Gu Tingye, a noble military commander.

The conflict between the two parties did not affect Gu Tingye's interests at all.

In this case, Gu Tingye of course stood with the emperor, currying favor with and supporting the emperor.
Chapter completed!