Imperial Palace, Jiying Hall.

The Mid-Autumn Moon is brighter, and the August osmanthus is fragrant.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the four major festivals of the Song Dynasty, and the whole country attaches great importance to it.

The Zhao clan gathered in the Jiying Hall adjacent to the Imperial Garden today, where men drank and played chess, and women played leaf cards, which was very lively.

Except for the Zhao family, the only outsiders are the Gao Huaide family, the envoy of the German army, who is also the captain of the horse and the uncle of Zhao Dezhao.

Zhao Guangyi now has a wife and a concubine, his wife is the younger sister of Xiao Fu, and his father Fu Yanqing is the most famous tumbler in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the power is tilted towards one side.

The three sisters of the Fu family, the eldest sister married Li Chongxun, and later married Chai Rong, who was the queen of the Fu.

The second sister is also Xiaofuhou, after being sent to replace in the Later Zhou, as the stepmother of Chai Zongxun, she is responsible for raising Chai Zongxun, and is now in Fangzhou (Fang County in later generations).

And she married Zhao Guangyi, and now she is named the lady of Runan County.

However, like her second sister Xiaofuhou, she did nothing, she died before Zhao Guangyi became emperor, and she was also posthumously named queen in later generations.

The three sisters are all queens, which is rare in Chinese history.

Concubine Li is the daughter of Li Ying, this daughter is a good child, less than a year old Zhao Dechong (Zhao Yuanzuo) was held in the arms of the nurse, and her belly grew again.

If there is no accident, what she has in her belly should be Zhao Deming (Zhao Yuanyou), who is also Zhao Guangyi's favorite son.

After his death, Zhao Guangyi also wrote a poem "Poem of Thinking of the Dead" to commemorate him.

As for Song Zhenzong, he is not even liquid now, and he will not be born until three years later.

Zhao Tingmei's wife is Zhang Lingduo's daughter Zhang in the allusion to the allusion of a glass of wine to release military power, although he is eight years younger than Zhao Guangyi, he already has two sons.

The three-year-old eldest son, Zhao Degong, played very close to the sixth sister, and the sixth sister also gave him a set of nine links that were not easy to give people.

Zhao Dezhao originally wanted to make some extra money by relying on the Nine Chains, but now Zhao Kuangyin values the iron knife, which directly allows the Zuozuo Institute to produce it in large quantities.

Obviously, even if there is some profit, it will not reach Zhao Dezhao's pocket.

However, this was not something that Zhao Dezhao cared about, it was only because the East Palace did not have much money that he had occasional thoughts.

Industrial development, the initial capital demand is relatively large. But that's not the main thing, in this day and age, executive orders are more effective.

So in the end, it went around again, and it still needed power.

And this matter is not urgent.

With Zhao Kuangyin in charge, everyone seemed happy.

Zhao Dezhao and Gao Huaide's two sons, Gao Chugong and Gao Chuliang, have a general relationship, mainly because they are older and have been guarding for a long time.

Gao Huaide is now the envoy of the German army, and the garrison of the German army is Songcheng, the fief of Zhao Kuangyin, that is, Shangqiu in later generations.

The two brothers of the Gao family are Zhao Dezhao's cousins, but they are not related by blood.

Because Zhao Dezhao's aunt was originally married to Mieford, Mieford died and did not leave any children.

After remarrying Gao Huaide, who lost his wife, the two had no children.

This aunt has a strong personality, but she has a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and she loves these nephews and nieces very much.

But her personality caused the two brothers of the Gao family to be a little afraid of her, and they were more than respectful to Zhao Dezhao, but not close enough.

In the afternoon, he competed in the martial arts arena, and Gao Chugong, a fierce general, kept Zhao Dezhao and made him lose the fun of the competition.

A burst of children's crying came, and I saw Zhao Defang shouting all the time: "I am a general, I want to protect the sixth sister." ”

Three-year-old Zhao Degong was a little frightened by him, and he didn't want Jiulianhuan anymore, turned around and cried to find his mother.

The sixth sister was about to open her mouth to cry, but she was also a little frightened, and quickly ran to Zhao Dezhao to seek security.

Six-year-old Zhao Defang was a little stunned, standing in place, not knowing why it became like this.

Obviously, it was Zhao Degong who bullied the sixth sister, and then Zhao Defang helped the sixth sister to come out, but scared the two children.

Zhao Tingmei was swinging his iron horizontal knife with Gong Xian from a high place, and of course this knife was snatched from Zhao Dezhao.

Zhao Dezhao built two, one dedicated to Zhao Kuangyin, and the other kept himself.

But who made Zhao Tingmei an uncle, he pretended to ask Zhao Dezhao to look at the knife, and as soon as the knife arrived, he turned around and ran.

Zhao Dezhao had no choice but to admit it. However, he then let people move 10,000 yuan, which can be regarded as making up for Zhao Dezhao's loss.

This 10,000 yuan is now also the origin of the allusion to the value of 10,000 yuan of the iron knife.

In fact, this knife can only be used as an ornament, and it is difficult to play a real role when it comes to really killing the enemy.

Because the knife in your hand is not the same thing as the stone lock of dozens of catties during exercise.

The stone lock can mobilize the strength of the arm and the body, and the knife technique must borrow the strength of the body, and the most important thing is the wrist strength.

Ordinary knives weigh one or two pounds, at most three or four pounds, and ordinary people already feel heavy.

On the battlefield, only the two basic actions of slashing and stabbing are required, so the heavier the knife, the better.

But if you want to play with the knife, you need fifty pounds of wrist strength to dance a six-pound knife.

Just like a person with a hundred pounds of arm strength, give him a hundred pounds of iron rod, it will be difficult for him to pick up, let alone use it to hurt the enemy.

About one-tenth of the weight, and no more than 20 percent at most, is the standard for a handy weapon.

Another reason why Zhao Dezhao didn't come back with this iron knife was that he didn't take advantage of it.

The first time he built a weapon by himself, some did not grasp the center of gravity of the knife, although this knife is both sharp and tough, it can only be regarded as a medium grade for him.

He was ready to build another one for himself when he had time, not only to weigh exactly two, but also to set the center of gravity of the knife a third of the way from the tip of the knife.

Only with such a center of gravity, not only is it easier to stab, but it is also easier to cut.

Seeing her son crying, Zhao Tingmei shouted: "Fourth brother, don't bully Brother Gong." ”

That Zhao Defang was a little stunned and a little aggrieved, and when he heard Zhao Tingmei's shout, he immediately cried.

This time, it was Zhao Tingmei's turn to be embarrassed and ran over quickly. "A little thing, is it worth crying? Aren't you going to be a general? The general bleeds without tears. ”

When Zhao Defang heard the encouragement, his crying was controlled, but he couldn't suppress his sobs, wiped his tears with the back of his hand and said, "I don't cry, I want to be a general." ”

"Good boy, so good."

Zhao Dezhao coaxed the sixth sister beside him, looking at this fourth uncle who was a little out of action. What was once simple will eventually turn into ambition that does not match ability.

A golden alliance, brother to brother, is not only Zhao Kuangyin's line, but his line is even worse.

If possible, this life will give him a good result.

saved him, and also saved Zhao Dechong (Zhao Yuanzuo), the eldest son of Zhao Guangyi, who was crazy because of him.

After a few children quarreled for a while, they went to play together.

A group of women are now very obsessed with the Nine Links, sitting in a circle, and one of them is playing with the Nine Links in his hand.

Zhao Dezhao came to the main hall, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, and Gao Huaide were whispering in front of a distorted map about Pan Mei's passive situation after capturing Chenzhou.

In 963, the Song dynasty occupied Nanping, seized the north of the Yangtze River, and extended its territory to Dongting Lake.

Since last year, Pan Mei has led the forbidden army to win all battles, defeating the Southern Tang and Southern Han armies.

He went all the way to the south, and successively captured the important towns in the south, and now he has fought all the way to the north of the South Ridge.

But at this time, he did not occupy an absolute advantage in troops, because the battle line was too long, and he really couldn't fight.

From Dongting Lake to Chenzhou, the cities must be managed by people and garrisoned, and from last year to this year, the imperial court recruited a large number of literate people to go to the south to manage.

Don't say that you can read the Four Books and Five Classics, as long as you are literate, you can be entrusted with important tasks.

Even so, the officials of the Song Dynasty were still inadequate.

The ground laid down could not be digested, but only penetrated a line in Hunan, and there were also Southern Tang Dynasty and Southern Han Dynasty around, and the situation was not optimistic.

In particular, the Nanban in the mountainous areas put heavy pressure on the army.

Now that the army is vacillating between withdrawing and securing the fruits of victory, it is up to Zhao Kuangyin to make a decision.

"Since the Tang Dynasty, the Xitong barbarian and other ethnic groups have often invaded the interior and become a major scourge for the people. Liu Gang of the Southern Han Dynasty sent troops to invade Guiyang, Jianghua and other places several times, and formed a joint column with those southern barbarians. ”

This is Zhao Guangyi's words, and I heard that he wanted to withdraw his troops.

However, Gao Huaide resolutely objected and said: "These barbarians in Xitong only have an advantage by virtue of their geographical advantages and run away. If there is a recidivism, you can order Zhongxun (Pan Mei) to destroy their nest first, even if they are dead, they cannot withdraw their troops. ”

Seeing Zhao Dezhao walk in, Zhao Kuangyin turned his head and asked, "Second brother, in your opinion, should this soldier advance or retreat?" ”

Zhao Dezhao was very familiar with this period of history, and knew that it only took one year for Pan Mei to attack Chenzhou, but it took five years to digest this area later.

It was not until 970 that the Song Dynasty stabilized the area of Hunan, then attacked Guangxi all the way to the southwest, and then turned back to Guangdong.

It only took one year to break through the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty and destroy the Southern Han Dynasty.

Zhao Dezhao looked at the map and said: "Retreating is a must-do thing, once you retreat today, you want to go south in the future, and you have to fight for a long time with real swords and guns."

But now the defense makes it difficult to advance again because of the lack of troops today. Therefore, he can be ordered to use Tanzhou as a base to appease the people's livelihood, and wait for Tanzhou to stabilize before going south. ”

After the Song Dynasty pacified the Hunan rebel general Wang Duan, the people were uneasy, and there were rebellions everywhere. As a result, Pan Mei was appointed as the defense envoy of Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan).

As soon as Zhao Dezhao said this, Zhao Guangyi asked: "If the Southern Han and Southern Tang join forces, how will Pan Zhongxun deal with it?" ”

Zhao Dezhao said with a smile: "The soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty are weak and incompetent, and they do not seek merit but seek no fault. As for the Southern Han Dynasty, Liu Gang listened to the demon doctor and asked all the soldiers to leave the palace. Now that the generals who can fight have become eunuchs, are we still afraid of a group of eunuchs? ”

Zhao Guangyi was dumbfounded. "It's a rumor, how can it be trusted?"