Chapter 124: A Rich Country and a Strong Army

"I don't know this at all, but when I open my eyes, I'm in the middle of the ancient city. There are even people from the pre-Qin period around him. Speaking of this, Chen Ping was also embarrassed, "And from the people's mouths, we are actually people who have been ancient hundreds of years ago." It is really incomprehensible that any Celestial Master can actually resurrect a deceased Heroic Spirit! ”

"You're right!" Li Zuoche also sighed, "The student is one of the people who was resurrected by Zhang Jiao. Not only me, but also the princes and deceased such as King Chen, who opposed Qin at the beginning, have also been resurrected and fought against the Han Dynasty! ”

"But there's a whole new situation lately, some Heroic Spirits have appeared out of thin air for no apparent reason, and I've already encountered several of them myself." Li Zuoche continued, "If my guess is correct, Mr. Chen, this should be the case for you. Speaking of which, Mr. Chen, your fate is good, those of us who have been resurrected are like being implanted with a sense of allegiance to that person in our minds. Although it can be slowly worn out, this process is really uncomfortable! ”

"A sense of allegiance?" Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly smiled, "I said how can so many people hold the banner of the Yellow Turban, even if that Heavenly Master is very capable, those guys are all unruly, how can they be so obedient to serve others!" ”

Naturally, the two people explained the situation to each other, and it was needless to say more. Although ordinary people or Di Qing and others also know a little bit about the situation. However, after all, many things are conjectured by the middle and high ranks of the army or even just a few staff and military advisors, and it is naturally impossible to inform all the generals.

The two sides exchanged for a while, explaining the general situation, and they did not continue to talk, Chen Ping, Wu Huo and others stepped forward to see Bao Hong.

"By the way, there are also a few capable people in the city, and I have communicated with them and seen their abilities." Di Qing continued.

"General Di doesn't need to care, everyone knows our rules, as long as it's ability, don't take anything into account, don't worry about it, don't worry about it!"

Bao Hong knew in his heart what kind of person Di Qing was talking about, and he was waiting for Di Qing's recommendation with great interest.

"This is Liu Qi, a righteous soldier in the city, brave and good at fighting, and he is also very skilled in the art of war, and the last general is also deeply admired!" When Di Qing heard this, he didn't say much, and directly introduced.

Liu Qi is a fierce young man with a sharp edge, heroic spirit, not to mention a tiger general.

This is Shi Dakai, who was recruited by the Yellow Turban Army. I thought it was an ordinary Yellow Turban soldier, but I didn't expect that after some exchanges, I found that this person can be called a general's talent, and the last general will be the master of surrendering, please ask the general for permission! Di Qing continued.

"It doesn't matter, it is your own function to recruit the rebels, and if you come out to lead the troops, you will naturally have the right to decide on the spot, and you don't need to consult me!" Bao Hong said with a smile, "However, since we have surrendered, then we can just follow the rules of our talent selection." ”

"General Xie, Kaig!"

Shi Dakai is a relatively strong young man, who is more fierce than Liu Qi.

And, obviously, this person is also very confident. Bao Hong just said that according to the general rules, this person can confidently agree, which shows that this person is very confident in his ability.

"As for this Mr. Wang Anshi Wang, the last general doesn't have much ability to evaluate. However, the first thing to say is the truth, but it has saved us a lot of troubles to appease the people. Di Qing continued.

"I have talked to him a few times about this Mr. Wang, this person does have the ability to govern the country through the world, among the people I have seen, only Xiao He can be slightly better, and it is difficult to say who is stronger or weaker with Cao Shen!" Chen Ping explained on the side.

Wang Anshi's concept of politics lies in reform, and the fundamental purpose is to 'enrich the country and strengthen the army'.

The fundamental purpose of Wang Anshi's reform was to change the situation of poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty, and to strengthen the ability of external defense and internal bombardment, so as to consolidate and strengthen feudal rule. It took nearly 15 years from the implementation of the new law to its abolition by the old conservatives. In the past 15 years, after the implementation of each new law, although it has inevitably produced major or minor drawbacks, it has basically achieved some results, and the effect of "enriching the country and strengthening the army" is very remarkable.

The measures to strengthen the army by changing the law have reversed the passive situation in which the northwestern frontier defense has been repeatedly defeated in battles for a long time. Under the command of Wang Anshi, Wang Shao led the army to attack Tubo, recovered five prefectures such as He, Tao and Min, expanded more than 2,000 miles, and received 300,000 accounts of the Qiang people. This was the last unprecedented military victory of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was also the only example of the Northern Song Dynasty court opening up its territory and showing its might and winning a complete victory when the Han nation fought against the surrounding minority regimes during the two Song dynasties. At the same time, it cultivated outstanding generals such as Wang Shao and Zhang Qi, and established a favorable front to attack the Western Xia region, which set off earth-shaking changes in the war pattern between the Song and Western Xia.

Really speaking, the development of the early Han Dynasty is actually fundamentally speaking, and the purpose should be similar. It's just that the Song Dynasty's troubles in the north are too difficult, so they are more eager for the purpose of 'enriching the country and strengthening the army'.

And the Han Dynasty, although relatively not so eager, was not very stable.

At that time, the outstanding military strategist of the Xiongnu Mao Dunshan unified the Xiongnu tribes, destroyed the Donghu in the east, drove the Dayue clan in the west, and merged the Aries King and Lou Fu King in the south, and served the Hun Yu, Qu Chu, Ding Ling, Qi Kun, Xin Meat and other tribes in the north. The Xiongnu had a strong military force, with more than 30 thousand "people who controlled the strings", and constantly raided the northern border counties of the Western Han Dynasty.

As for the Han itself, due to the long-term war, the economy of the Central Plains was ruined, the population was sharply reduced, the people were poor, the treasury was empty, and the military strength was weak. There are also hidden dangers of the henchmen of the kings with different surnames, and they urgently need a time to consolidate the political power, develop the economy, and enrich the country and strengthen the army.

In this case, Liu Bang led the army to conquer unfavorably, and there was the siege of Baideng, so he had no choice but to adopt a friendly defense strategy against the Xiongnu.

And after Xiao He's decision, Cao Shen's follow, and Wenjing's great rule, only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty completed his efforts in one battle and beat the glorious achievements of the Huns.

Speaking of which, Cao Shen succeeded Xiao He as the prime minister, abiding by the laws formulated by Xiao He without changing, and Xiao He was as famous as Xiao He in Han history, and the resignation of "Xiao Gui Cao Sui" became a good story in history.

Cao Shen practiced his pure and inactive practices, and the people were at peace and quiet. It can be said that this theory is clearly the statement of Huang Lao's governance of the country, and according to this theory, the rule of Wenjing also follows this system.

The rule of Wenjing was the prosperous era with the highest level of economic and cultural development in Chinese history. The rule of Wenjing also laid a solid material foundation for the later Han Wu Emperor's conquest of the Xiongnu.

If you really want to talk about the level of Cao Shen and Wang Anshi's policies, no one knows, Chen Ping may have his truth in saying this! (To be continued.) )