Chapter 1061 Knock Sober

Su You said: "Before Pangu, the sky was the earth, and the earth was the sky. At the time of the Yellow Emperor, it was not long away from the world of Pangu, so although the heaven and the earth were divided, the pure air on the earth still existed, so there were many divine beasts and different grasses. ”

"Where are you now?"

"When I was a child, I also took the theory of the gods, and deliberately did an experiment to extract the pure and pure water from the water through distillation, so as to raise fish."

"It turned out that there was a problem, the fish became thinner and thinner, and many of them got sick, and they died quickly."

"Goldfish, on the other hand, raised in ordinary water sources, are lively and robust, and can spawn and reproduce every year."

"So the minister knew that cultivating immortals is actually the same as raising fish, and needs an environment."

"Therefore, the ancient immortals can be born in the market and travel all over the world; The medieval immortals can establish a country and turn the people into people, and call the king the emperor; In recent times, the immortals are mostly hidden in the mountains and forests, and occasionally appear in the world. ”

"The reason is very simple, because the environment has changed, and they come to the world, I am afraid that they will not be able to adapt for a long time."

"In the same way, if we go over there, shouldn't it be the same?"

"Therefore, in today's world, unless you are reborn, cut off the edge of the dust, abandon your home and country, escape into the mountains, find a place where the aura still exists, go through years of penance, cut the marrow of the Book of Changes, or Linqiong Taoist can be expected, and the guests of Hongdu are hopeful."

Zhao Ji thought for a while: "What Mingrun said is very true. From now on, I will enter the palace once every three days to explain my knowledge. ”

Su You arched his hand: "The minister obeys the order." ”

Three days later, Su You arrived, bringing some experimental equipment and a scroll.

When the scroll was opened, it turned out to be a seated portrait of Empress Dowager Cao.

The painting is highly realistic, and it is a hyper-realist work painted by Zhang Dunli by combining traditional painting techniques and new perspective principles and sketching methods.

The Empress Dowager Cao on the picture is lifelike, and even the wrinkles and shadows on the corners of her eyes and finger joints are clear and distinct, comparable to later photos.

As soon as Zhao Ji saw the silk painting, he burst into tears: "Grandmother of the Emperor...... I miss you so much......"

Su You hurriedly held on: "Your Majesty, this is a masterpiece of Princess Weiguo's concubine, although it is a realistic picture, but after all, it is still a painting." ”

"In order to comfort His Majesty's filial piety, the Empress Dowager began to prepare after her trip."

"In fact, there are still some background details that need to be improved, but I can't bear to read Your Majesty's heart, so Zhang Yuma rushed to work for three days in a row, and after the general error, I first took it and looked at Your Majesty."

Zhao Ji's heart was agitated, and he seemed to be a little reluctant to believe that the painting was fake, until his trembling fingers touched the silk of the picture, and the tears finally couldn't stop flowing.

Su You bowed and said: "Please also ask Your Majesty to mourn, if Your Majesty is too much to mourn because of this, it will be the sin of the minister." ”

"When the Empress Dowager was dying, she still told her ministers to assist Your Majesty and realize your ideals. Your Majesty, in fact, in the eyes of the elders, the greatest comfort is probably that the descendants will become instruments and glorify the ancestral industry, right? ”

"The Empress Dowager once stopped Her Majesty's desire to go west, but I think that even the kindest people are not willing to be neighbors with thieves."

"The Empress Dowager was worried that the country was not ready, so she buried her intentions in the deepest part of her heart, and she had to come forward to stop Your Majesty."

"And according to the deduction of the Military Aircraft Department, Your Majesty, the opportunity to ask for the West...... It was indeed as the Empress Dowager expected. ”

The major military events, Shengsheng dragged Zhao Ji back from his deep feelings: "Now that the military recitals on the side of the road have come up, isn't the Great Song Dynasty already full of soldiers, strong soldiers and horses, and even needs to be cut off the army?" ”

"If it's not an abundance of troops, then why do you need to cut the army?"

This Nima, this is a cauldron that has been buried since the Taizu period, and it has been carried until now that it can't be carried before I begin to have the idea of throwing the pot, which is called the soldiers are strong and strong?

Su You arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the figures reported by various sources are not to be trusted by the ministers, and the reason why they are asked to report is not to count the actual strength of my Great Song Dynasty, but to ...... It's just a matter of how much they have eaten. ”

Zhao Ji was surprised: "What do you say? ”

Su You said: "In fact, it is very simple, the number of troops in each army is not only reflected in the number of soldiers reported in various places. ”

"According to the statistics of the ministers, for the purpose of an army, grain, grass, beans, leather, oil and salt, military tents, cloth, swords, guns and arrows...... There are always a lot of things to remember, but there are certain numbers. ”

"Most of these things can be sold, but there are some things like knives, guns and armor that you can't stretch out indiscriminately."

"So the minister inspected the privy entry and exit, and found a problem, the demand for ordnance in the military in various places is far less than the demand for other materials."

"The reason is very simple, there is a serious shortage of military strength in various places, the local officials have greatly reduced the number of troops, and the grain, grass, salt and cloth they have received have been sold by them and pocketed, and a lot of the military salaries issued by the imperial court have also gone into their pockets."

"And those who can't be sold and don't dare to sell are naturally not in much demand, not only are they not much, but they are not even enough for normal consumption."

"Your Majesty, the situation of the four armies has been very clear during the Xining period, the total of the four armies is less than the number of the three armies, and most of them are like troops."

"Your Majesty made up his mind at this time, and while ordering the Minister of Jiefu to place generals, change the generals, and protect the armor, he also ordered Di Yong Wang Zhongzheng to train the new army."

"Jingshi is still like this, and its path can be imagined."

"Dasu is in Pingkou, Xuzhou, why do you want to use local heroes? Obviously, the garrison is completely unreliable. ”

"Fortunately, the situation of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty is better than that of Xiongzhou, Hebei, but there is also a problem here, that is, in order to compete with the Liao State of Western Xia, the border army is engaged in smuggling trade to supplement the lack of logistics allocation."

In this way, the court is insufficient, and the border generals raise their own funds, which is the favor is tied to the bottom, and the grievance is returned to the top. The soldiers complained about the court and were grateful to the border generals, and An Lushan Shi Siming and his ilk, didn't this form a big trouble? ”

When it comes to the Song Dynasty, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is to use literature to control martial arts, often ignoring the problem of the warriors themselves.

The status of military ministers in the Song Dynasty was lower than that of Wenchen, which can be reflected in the chapter uniform. There are only crimson, green, and blue colors.

However, his salary is one level higher than that of Wenchen at the same level.

For example, it is almost equivalent to the first-level festival envoy of the civil official transfer envoy, and the main salary is 400 guan. It is almost equivalent to the regular closing of the position to make the section observation stay, three hundred times. Even the regimental training envoys at the state level have one hundred and fifty runs.

And in the Song Dynasty, if the Wenchen who could get this Yulu, he had to be a bachelor or above, which was less than the number of military ministers, I don't know how many times.

Moreover, such a festival makes the observation mission practice, and it may be that the people will no longer stay at all, and lie in the capital and do nothing to eat.

Even in "Water Margin", Xiao Li Guanghuarong's Qingfeng Village Owner is almost the level of the captain of the township militia in later generations, and he can get six or seven runs, which is the level of the county order in the civil official.

In addition, Wuchen also has a lot of rewards, not to mention a lot of money and materials, not to mention the same as Zhitian rice, and there are two more than Wenchen.

The first is the suburban reward, which is the kind of reward after the Jinmingchi vaudeville parade.

There is also an even more significant and important income—wartime bounties.

For example, Li Xian beat Qingtang, and what he gave to the sergeants was a big bargaining chip that was triple the reward.

Even so, when the army of the Song Dynasty fought, it often happened that if you didn't take the money, you couldn't move the nest, and even if you took the money, the nest often scattered home, looking for their own mothers.

With such a large expense and such a heavy salary, the Great Song Dynasty raised not famous generals and elite soldiers, but squires, masters, and hooligan leaders who drank the blood of soldiers; They are refugees in concentration camps, migrant workers who run transportation for officers, deliver couriers, open shops to sell goods, and sell liquor in wine shops.

Therefore, it is obviously unfair to completely blame the problems of the Great Song Dynasty on the civil officials.

For example, Nong Zhigao's rebellion, thousands of barbarians were able to fight all the way from the border of Jiaozhi in Guangxi to the outskirts of Guangzhou, across six states, and the number of troops expanded to nearly 30,000. And in the end, how many real soldiers did Di Qing use to deal with them?

In addition to the ones that are used for the fullest, the core role is the 2,000 cavalry of the Western Army that Di Qing brought over from the Western Army.

Remember that Fanluo is numbered, not cavalry but horses, according to Su You's ratio of cavalry soldiers to horses at that time, it is inferred that under Di Dian's command, it would be good to have 800 cavalry at that time.

But just like that, a little bit of a real soldier beat Nong Zhigao, who was rampant in the six states, to call him Dad.

Then the question arises, is the previously fragile garrison of the six states a real garrison, or is it a team of farmers who only exist on paper in peacetime and are improvised in wartime?

So again, under the avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

And Zhao Ji was still immersed in the dream of being strong and strong, and the ministers also echoed it for one reason or another, and when he arrived at Su You, he naturally wanted to beat him soberly.