Zhao Zhen didn't know that he had been regarded as an opponent by Li Yuanhao, so he stretched out comfortably, picked up the information about Western Xia on the imperial case, and shook his head slightly.

In his opinion, Li Yuanhao is brave and unscrupulous, many things like to be done by force, the Western Regions is actually a treasure land, he Li Yuanhao is not good at management, and he actually slaughtered several cities, for the sake of the gold and silver treasures.

But these gold and silver treasures should not be eaten or drunk properly, and can only be turned into national strength through trading, so how can land be important?

The yellow-headed Uighurs, the Western Uighurs, which one does not contain unlimited potential?

Zhao Zhen is very looking forward to trading with Gaochang, their animal husbandry, handicrafts have reached a very high level, p even the Great Song Dynasty of Wuhua Tianbao also looked drooling, every year from Gaochang produced white jade rings, jasper rings, iron mirrors, jade belt hinges, jade belts, jade saddle bridles, etc. are welcomed by the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Moreover, there is basically no rain and snow in the Gaochang area, and it is very hot in summer, and people wear the ground as a cave to escape the heat. Hot weather is good for crops and fruits. In particular, the abundant water flowing down from Jinling provides excellent conditions for the development of agriculture.

The Uighurs brought water around the city, irrigated the fields, and turned the water mills. In addition to buckwheat, other crops are available, and white cotton is produced, and the best white cotton is the best commodity traded with the Great Song Dynasty.

The merchants of the Great Song Dynasty had introduced white cottonseeds many times, but none of the smart Gaochang people had entered the Great Song Dynasty.

The two fat oily countries don't manage it well, but kill chickens and take eggs, which in Zhao Zhen's opinion is simply something that only a faint king can do.

Shaving his hair and inventing his own script is nothing more than a cultural rejection of the Great Song Dynasty, which seems to be different from the Central Plains Dynasty and maintains the independence of his own people, but this is also a manifestation of refusal to progress, and it is also a manifestation of closing the country.

Knowing how to learn from each other's strengths and complementing each other's weaknesses, and not knowing how to extract its essence from its dross, such a country will not have much development prospects, and will only be left behind by the wheel of history.

Zhao Zhen understands Li Yuanhao's mentality of the supremacy of force, when a person is used to solving all problems by force, this person has swelled to destruction.

It's like a person with a sledgehammer, who sees a nail or something like that in front of him, habitually smashes it down with a hammer, and after a long time, he believes too much in the power in his hand and ignores other things, such as using a screwdriver to pry the nail away......

What is there to be afraid of a martial artist who can only wield a hammer? Zhao Zhen had many ways to kill this reckless emperor.

But in the eyes of others, it was a different scene, and the two governments tried their best to distancing themselves, agreeing that there was a tendency to rekindle the border war in Western Xia, and persuaded Zhao Zhen to cancel the military exercise and Chen soldiers on the Song-Xia border in case of accidents.

Even Xia Zhu, who had a plan and then moved, was no exception, he stood in Zhao Zhen's imperial study and stared at Zhao Zhen with burning eyes: "Your Majesty, Li Yuanhao of Western Xia has wolf ambitions, once he spies on the Central Plains, he will definitely go south!" ”

Zhao Zhen glanced up at him: "Why are you even starting to worry?" Now is not the time, he Li Yuanhao has not been forced to be urgent, what are you panicking about?! ”

Xia Zhu was slightly stunned and subconsciously asked, "Haven't been forced to rush yet?" When is that ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Sancai's cold eyes, and said in surprise: "Xia Zhu was rude in front of the emperor, and forgive the ministers for being presumptuous." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter much, at this time, there are only you and me, there is no need to shy away, don't you understand what I mean?" Now the Western Xia still has the financial resources to trade in the field, once its financial resources are exhausted, the national strength will also be exhausted, and at that time Li Yuanhao will do it, you don't know what kind of person he is, but I know very well! ”

"Then my Great Song should have taken precautions as soon as possible, otherwise it will inevitably take advantage of Xixia if he is caught off guard."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "What Xia Xianggong said is good, I plan to let Fan Zhongyan go to the northwest, serve as the pacification envoy of Qinfeng Road, and be in charge of the defense of the northwest, so be sure to be prepared to keep the enemy out of the country." ”

Xia Zhu frowned slightly: "Fan Zhongyan is a good candidate, he has also been on "Northwest Military Affairs" before, but after all, he is young and inexperienced, and the position of pacifying the envoy is very important......"

Fan Zhongyan is almost forty years old, but he didn't expect that he was still young in Xia Zhu's eyes.

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly: "I know what you mean, but the only one who can take on this heavy responsibility is Fan Zhongyan, you only saw his "Northwest Military Affairs" but did not see his "Answering the Edict of Chen Shishi" I saw this is the best strategy." ”

Sancai respectfully took a note from Zhao Zhen and handed it to Xia Zhu, who was shocked by a series of measures after opening it.

Fan Zhongyan's "Answering the Edict of Chen Shishi" put forward in detail the ten points in view of the characteristics of the northwest region, which is vast and sparsely populated, the valleys are staggered, and the terrain is dangerous, and adheres to the strategy of defending the border with active defense, that is, building walled cities in key places, strengthening fortifications, and training the troops of the border fortresses, so as to achieve the goal of defending as an attack.

This kind of recital is really perfect, both in terms of defense and strategy, and Fan Zhongyan's active defense, which can be attacked and retreated, leaves enough space and time for the counterattack of the Great Song Dynasty.

Xia Zhu had to say to Zhao Zhen with admiration: "Looking at this performance, the old minister is impressed, the blue is better than the blue!" ”

It's not just Xia Zhu, even Zhao Zhen was impressed by Fan Zhongyan's strategy after seeing his performance, such a perfect strategy really can't believe that it came from Fan Zhongyan, who had never been in contact with military affairs.

He is not like Bao Zheng, Su Xun and others, who have been in contact with military affairs to some extent, and Fan Zhongyan basically has no experience in managing the army before.

Zhao Zhen plans to give him a chance, Qin Fenglu appeases the envoy is the commander of the Shuai Division, in charge of the military and defense all the way, it is the best position to train the handsome talent, I hope Fan Zhongyan will not let himself down.

Xia Zhu left thoughtfully, Zhao Zhen calmed down slightly, there is Fan Zhongyan in the northwest to preside over the defense, so basically there is nothing to worry about, the rest is to look at the movements of the Liao Dynasty, the timing of this military exercise is not set by Zhao Zhen, but the Liao Dynasty.

The reason why I say this is because the contradiction between the Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen and the Fatian Empress Dowager Xiao Yunjin has intensified, and Xiao Yunjin has almost reached an outrageous level of blackmailing power and killing for a period of time before the year, even Zhao Zhen, the master of a foreign country, can't stand it.

Brother Xiao Bodhisattva is dead, Xiao Yunjin didn't even let go of her two brothers, the whole family was killed, and hundreds of people were implicated.

Xiao Yunjin's sister, Mrs. Qin Guo, lost her father and was widowed at an early age. It's unbearable to be lonely, and often does some stealing and touching dogs. Xiao Yunjin saw that the king of Changsha, Xie Jianu, was burly and handsome, so he killed his concubine and married his sister to him. Xiao Yunjin's sister, Mrs. Jin Guo, took a fancy to Geng Yuanji, a talented household envoy, and Xiao Yunjin killed his wife and forced him to marry his sister.

In less than a year, Xiao Yunjin almost abandoned all the reform measures of Empress Dowager Xiao and Yelu Longxu, which was simply doing the Great Song Dynasty a favor, but Zhao Zhen couldn't be happy, this is probably sympathy for the Liao Dynasty, but sympathy is sympathy, Zhao Zhen will not be soft.

The military exercises of the Great Song Dynasty began at this time in order to test the reflection of the Liao Dynasty.