At the beginning of the lanterns, the royal court and the palace are always bright, and the lights are transparent inside and out

One person, wearing a dragon robe, tied his hair without a hat, twisted his beard, accompanied by several ministers on the side, watched the table at night densely packed with sand tables on the military distribution map

It is said that the person wearing the dragon robe is none other than Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty

The ministers were the founding Yuan Xun of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Pu, Xiang Gong, Gao Huaide, Feng Jiye and Pan Mei

It is said that at this time, it was Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty, fifteen years after the Chenqiao Mutiny, and the seventh year of the Song Dynasty in the ninth year of Kaibao (976 AD).

In the heart of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, there has always been a dream, that is, to unify China and recover the world

Or at the beginning of the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty by Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, there was a good story between him and Zhao Pu, who was also a lifelong friend of the prime minister

It is said that at the beginning of Zhao Kuangyin's founding of the country, seeing that there were many separatist forces in the world, he pointed to the sand table full of military distribution, pointed to Zhao Pu, who was the prime minister, and said to Zhao Pu: "I can't sleep, because outside the bed is other people's territory." ”

Zhao Pu disrupted the sand table in his hand, and bowed his hand and said, "The emperor should not worry too much about this matter, if he is the Son of Heaven, he should recentralize power, reform the military system, consolidate the rule, repair the royal power internally, govern the king externally, and gradually seize the world."

Since then, Zhao Kuangyin has cultivated the royal power internally, consolidated his rule, ruled the king externally, and occasionally defeated several rebellions of the former and later Zhou disciples

This laid the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty

However, in Zhao Kuangyin's mind, he still can't be satisfied, his dream has always been to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun in the north, and his dream has always been to sit in China and dominate the world

A few times I dreamed back, a few times I haunted

Internally, he has always believed that someone takes the benefits of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and cannot be an assassin of the Later Zhou, and always wants to take revenge to vent the hatred of his courtiers, after all, during his reign for more than ten years, some people have always criticized the Zhao family for the world to be deceived by the world, many times, he can dream of the Later Zhou Emperor Zhou Shizong's entrustment to himself before he was critically ill, and several times he can dream of being forced by himself to move out of the palace Zhou Gong Emperor Chai Zongxun and the Later Zhou, orphans and widows, and dreaming of the resentful expression of Wei Renpu, the prime minister of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who had high hopes for him

Whenever he thought of this, he was relieved and said, "If the husband wants to win the world, what kind of trouble; The old man wants to be in a family, so why settle down

What's more, he was on duty when he led the troops and held great power, if he didn't follow the account, his net worth and life would be small, and he was afraid that a group of brothers who were born and died would be big

The Chen Qiao mutiny was a last resort, who could know that after quelling the rebellion, he would not be given a death because of his high merits? Throughout the ages, has there been few such deaths?

When I think about it, I feel much more at ease and feel much calmer

In other words, Zhao Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is a martial artist

At the beginning, when Zhao Kuangyin was still at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he adopted the strategy of Prime Minister Zhao Pu, first the south and then the north, first pacified the weak remnants behind the Northern Song Dynasty, and then raised troops to slow down the north, and then unified the founding strategy

After fifteen years of arduous conquest, it was finally exchanged for a good situation in which the Northern Song Dynasty unified the south and the north dominated the Khitan

When he finally relieved himself, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he was old, and most of his youth was given to conquer the world, and most of his youth was given to the southern and northern wars

The days are very long, the world is very short, I can't wait for the clouds to sweep the world overnight, and I can't wait for the people who want to step on Loulan overnight, there have been many people since ancient times

However, he fought for half his life, and his two attacks on the Northern Han Dynasty were in vain

Both attacks on the Northern Han were defeated by the support of the Liao State

This time, Zhao Kuangyin learned that Bianbei was visiting the Malay newspaper, looking at the map of the world's forces hanging on the wall, and thought about it more than once in his heart, and the opportunity finally came. Once again, he was ambitious, and hurriedly recruited several personal staff members to come to a meeting to discuss the strategy of attacking the Northern Han Dynasty

It was July, and the windows were open inside and outside the royal court, and the cool summer breeze blew in through the windowsill, although it was not a little cool in the middle of summer

Several military ministers standing next to the sand table looked at the surface of the sand table in front of them silently, and they were all trying their best to speculate whether there was any other deep meaning in the Holy Master's summons

"Everyone, Aiqing, I summoned you to come late at night, or for this matter", Zhao Kuangyin raised his hand and motioned for them to look at the sand table on the table

Several ministers looked at the sand table, still silent

"Last time, my Song Dynasty went to the Northern Han Dynasty, both because of the Liao State. But this time today is different from the past, I heard that for some reason, the Northern Han rejected the unreasonable demands of the Liao State, and the two countries broke off diplomatic relations. This is a great opportunity for our Great Song Dynasty to pacify the Northern Han Dynasty and dominate the world.

Prime Minister Zhao Puyan said, "Long live my lord, recently the old minister walked in the market, heard that there are children in the market reciting nursery rhymes, the gentleman and the child, from the night, stubborn in the night, so he has to say many things."

"Oh? And what else is there? Zhao Kuangyin fought in the north and south for most of his life, and he could see everything immediately in his eyes, hearing this, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, knowing, who must be joking with himself, who is playing tricks, doing things one or two, and said slowly, "You tell me"

Zhao Pu coughed lightly and said, "The children's song is just a direct metaphor, and the approximate meaning is just the meaning of a gentleman who starts and is stubborn to play." However, Your Majesty, after years of conquest, my Great Song Dynasty has been short of materials, the people are exhausted, the first two times to send troops to the Northern Han Dynasty, not long after the time, and then to start a campaign, but also please Your Majesty to the people's food and clothing of the world as their own responsibility, or a later Northern Expedition is better"

Zhao Kuangyin pondered for a long time and asked the others, "What do you think?" Do you know how people in the market talk about widows? ”

Xiang Gong glanced at the officials on both sides of his side, and said with a deep salute, "Long live Qi Song, I also think about it, it is what Fang Jian Shoufu said is very true, he has been fighting for many years, and if the soldiers are tired, we should recuperate for a period of time, and we can fight again, what Shoufu said is extremely true."

Zhao Kuangyin said coldly, "Phew! I just said that there was a mistake in the communication between the Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao State, how could you not hear about it? According to the methods of the past and the present, it was the time when the army was used"

Zhao Pu and the others hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed

Zhao Pudao, "Your Majesty, the Liao State and the Northern Han Dynasty have always had a good relationship, and we have attacked several times, and the Liao State is obliged to send troops to rescue." If we attack at this time, although there are rumors that the two countries are at loggerheads, it is possible that the two countries will be reconciled under our influence again, and the two countries will be reconciled and war with our country will start again. According to the minister's opinion, it is better for our country to recuperate and recuperate for a period of time, and when the Northern Han and Liao are really bad to the point that they don't save each other, it is not too late for our country to go abroad to collect it."

Zhao Kuangyin laughed, thinking in his heart, if he didn't fight at this time, he might not have a chance. However, when he heard that Prime Minister Zhao Pu's words were not unreasonable, he helped Zhao Pu to rise up, and also advised all the senior officials to get up

Then he said slowly, "Today's night discussion of our monarchs and ministers will end here, whether to fight or not, and to see tomorrow's border report in detail."

The ministers bowed and saluted

Zhao Pu was behind everyone, and wanted to say something several times, but he seemed to stop talking when he gave a salute a few times

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the sand table in front of him and asked, "Is there anything else Zhao Aiqing has to do?" ”

Zhao Pu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally just arched his hand and said, "Long live my lord, it's not early at night, it's better to rest early and pay attention to your body."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "Aiqing has good intentions."

"Then your majesty will say goodbye and say goodbye," Zhao Pu bowed and saluted

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Zhao Pu and left, as if he heard it, "Zhao Aiqing, when have you been so polite to me?"

Zhao Pu turned around, still holding his hands, bowing and bowing, and left the royal court

Speaking of Zhao Kuangyin, looking at the sand table in front of him, and looking at the deployment of military forces of various countries hanging on the wall, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart

I saw that it was already half a hundred, and my desire to recover the world was getting stronger and stronger day by day, and I had to do it this night meeting

Since the two Northern Expeditions to the Northern Han Dynasty, they returned in vain, and there were critics and arguers, and the criticism of those who opposed the previous dynasty increased Zhao Kuangyin's idea of strengthening his authority

It's a starry night, and the idea of crusading against the Northern Han Dynasty is discussed at night

Although many people disagree, their thoughts are still more stubborn, it is okay to be defeated, and their authority cannot be challenged, so they have a heart in their hearts - fighting