Renzong is a good emperor, he has always been very rational, this is his greatest advantage, the entire Northern Song Dynasty, except for the most early Taizu, Taizong Zhenzong, they are the early years of the dynasty, all aspects of the problem has not yet been reflected, the entire Northern Song Dynasty belongs to the rising period, there are problems, can also be solved.

In the period of Renzong, during the decades-long reign, except for the early ruling by the Queen Mother, who did not have his right to speak, basically, Renzong has always controlled the situation in the court, and nothing he has done will affect the overall situation of the entire country.

Lu Yijian has a problem, but under his control, Lu Yijian has basically been in the center of the imperial court for 20 years, and even these 20 years are also the best 20 years in the Renzong Dynasty.

found the problem, and pushed Fan Zhongyan up, wanting to see if his so-called reform would bring new benefits to the court, but found that it didn't work, and immediately took it, Fan Zhongyan never entered the court again, but his followers, such as Han Qi, Pang Ji and others, began to emerge.

This is Renzong's strength, but also his weakness, the advantage is that the Northern Song Dynasty is quite stable and maintains the posture of a big country, and the disadvantage is that even if it is because of his own affairs, it cannot be changed.

For example, in Zhao Xin's matter, he knew that Wang De was in the back, and he might even aim directly at the king of Runan County, but on the contrary, in order not to affect the overall situation, he could only hold back, this kind of grievance is something that no king can do.

Replaced by Shenzong, it must be ignored, if it doesn't work, it won't work, and even at the expense of shaking the basic government and government, it will be used to implement a change, Wang Anshi met Shenzong, it is really lucky, if it is replaced by Renzong, maybe Wang Anshi will not even have a chance to emerge.

Compared with Fan Zhongyan, who has a noble personal character and no selfishness, Wang Anshi is still one step behind, and some of his strategies can only be catered to in front of Shenzong, and it is basically nothing more than Renzong.

But what to do, it has nothing to do with the mood, Renzong just didn't want to watch the recital about Baozhou, so he was in a daze there, and in the end, it was Concubine Shu who saw it and took the initiative to say a few words, and then picked it up again.

Mu Ran looked at it, and Renzong only said one sentence: "The Baozhou Mutiny is flat!" ”

Flat, with a simple sentence, he said the result of the mutiny thousands of miles away, but Concubine Shu's tears flowed down, yes, the court attaches great importance to the mutiny of tens of thousands of rebellious soldiers, and it is his son who is calmed down.

Next to him, the sensible Fu Kang Diji quickly patted her mother's back and said in slightly immature words: "Sister, don't cry!" (Note: The concubines and children of non-queens in the Song Dynasty are mostly called biological mothers and sisters!) ）

Concubine Shu looked at her sensible daughter, and her tears couldn't stop staying, and Renzong next to her also looked at her sadness, as an emperor, even if there were tears, she couldn't just shed them casually, she had already started to read it, so she simply continued to look at it.

Sure enough, he saw the two key points that Han Qi said, the fortress and the longbow.

Among them, the production method has been brushed aside, mainly writing the effect, the fortress is a defensive weapon, just talking about the cost and defense, especially mentioning the cost of 3000 and 800 people to resist at least 20,000 people for more than a month.

In fact, the fortress of Miaojiazhuang, not to mention 20,000 people, 200,000 people is the same result, the fortress perfectly solves the problem of defense, not to mention 200,000 people, 2 million people, when attacking the fortress, there are so many people who can go to the front line.

Especially after having a longbow, even the archers are suppressed under the premise that they can't crack the range of the longbow, unless the besieging party can risk the risk of constant losses and put the archers in the range of the longbow, which is more terrible and the consumption of the fortress is stronger.

Of course, Han Qi knew that 20,000 people, 1 month, this could not show the true strength of the fortress, but he could only say that, how to do it, through comparison, or even actual combat, the current attack of the fortress, that is, about 10,000 people, the fortress obviously has the upper hand.

Not to mention the longbow, Han Qi only put the longbow in an auxiliary position before, and after the archers practiced step by step, they discovered the benefits of the longbow more and more, and here is also the emphasis on the explanation, mainly cost-effective.

This is a new noun that Han Qi heard from Sun Ji, and although it is a new word, it sounds very reasonable.

Before, he had always felt that there were some problems with reducing the power of the Divine Arm Crossbow and reducing the cost, but now, he finally understood that cost performance was the key.

Considering the problem of attack power, sometimes, too strong attack power, but will overflow, for example, a knife is also to kill a person, the same is true for a thousand catties of boulders, you use a thousand catties of boulders, it is not a waste, even if you have money, no matter how capable you are.

The longbow not only has outstanding efficacy, but also is much higher than the short bow in terms of ability, which is easy to manufacture, cheap, and can be manufactured on a large scale, no matter which aspect, it is the inevitable choice of the Northern Song Dynasty.

After reading it patiently, Renzong let out a long breath, which was not written in great detail, but counted the advantages of two weapons, yes, both are good weapons.

Renzong is an emperor, but now, with the rise of Western Xia, there are constant offenses every year, even now, brewing Qingli and righteousness, in order to reduce the fight between each other, but is this safe?

What is the courtesy of people to stop the sword soldiers, these are just whitewashed words, as an emperor, if you want to believe this, it is very wrong, between the Liao and Song dynasties, why there has been no war for a long time, the alliance of the Yuanyuan is just the beginning, Hebei's city defense and millions of troops are fundamental.

Unlike Hebei, the northwest is more barren, with fewer people and less output, and the territory is large, so it is impossible to build cities like Hebei, which not only has a huge investment, but also the barren environment in the northwest cannot carry such a huge amount of manpower.

A strategy that can be implemented in Hebei and works very well, but it can't be realized in the northwest, which is not only a concern of Renzong, but also the people of the entire Northern Song Dynasty are also considering this problem.

Now, it has been solved by a rebellion, putting aside Zhao Xin's matter, this is a great good thing, and it is a typical example of bad things turning into good things.

The equipment of the fortress is a very effective equipment for the Northern Song Dynasty, which is good at defending the city, and the benefits to the Northern Song Dynasty are huge, and it can basically solve the problem of the northwest.

A fortress that can withstand the siege of tens of thousands of troops, costing only 3,000 runs, is much stronger than the border village in the northwest, and the most important thing is that he doesn't need any advantageous location, it can be with a moat, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

This is greatly convenient for the arrangement, a desert in the northwest, which is also one of the fundamental reasons for the elusive of the Xixia army, a 3000-run fortress, not only can play the role of the walled city, but also play the role of the mainstay, blocking the vanguard of the Western Xia, and even if the Xixia wants to pull out this nail, it will be more difficult.

The huge fortress can accommodate enough soldiers, in the place where the fortress is densely packed, even if the cavalry of the Western Xia can be crisscrossed in it, it will be restricted, as long as there is a hidden soldier in one, or several fortresses, the movements of the Western Xia can not be hidden from the Northern Song Dynasty, but the Northern Song Dynasty can suddenly launch an attack and take it by surprise, which is a strategic advantage in itself.

Not to mention the longbow, cheaper price, more outstanding performance, can change the characteristics of the Northern Song Dynasty army to defend the strong and attack the weak, in the northwest of the non-stop opening of the bow and arrow club, in fact, there are also intentions in this regard, but the bow and arrow several expensive, large-scale popularization, consumption is too large, the production is only one aspect, the cost of annual replacement and maintenance, is the big head, so big that the Northern Song Dynasty can not afford.

Now, the longbow not only increases the attack power by several orders of magnitude, it is easy to train, but it is also easy to manufacture and cheap, even Renzong is very excited, if it weren't for the fact that these two weapons are too important, Han Qi can only introduce them in detail when he mentions that he wants to report on his work, he will ask Han Qi to send the real thing.

This is good news, these two weapons can greatly solve the northwest problem, which is a good thing for the Northern Song Dynasty, and the northwest will definitely stabilize in the future, and if it is even possible, there will be a counteroffensive against the Western Xia.

That's right, counteroffensive, although the Northern Song Dynasty is actively promoting peace, but it doesn't mean that it won't attack, that's a pedantic idea, not attacking is not not wanting to attack, it's not having the ability to attack, having the ability not to attack, that's stupid.

But a moment of good mood, soon interrupted by the sobbing next to me, after watching for so long, Concubine Shu is still crying, too, the only son is gone, although Baozhou is in turmoil, but also harvested the two weapons of the fortress and the longbow, these gains are far less than the loss of a prince, is the only prince's harvest.

Baozhou, in Renzong's opinion, is already a place that makes him sound disgusted, and if it is not necessary, he does not want to hear anything related to Baozhou.

Just as he was about to go to comfort Concubine Miao Shu, the internal supervisor once again came with news, another secret letter, also from Baozhou, Renzong's face showed an impatient expression, and came, the first one was Han Qi, he was the commander of the army, after conquering Baozhou, he quelled the rebellion, and it was normal to come over and play the secret.

What kind of secret music does other people come to, after Han Qi, they must be lower than Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, or other people, what are these people doing to make trouble.

Renzong was furious on the spot, and directly ordered the internal supervisor to seal it and hand it over to the minister to deal with.

This is a common practice, although the report was reported to Renzong, Renzong felt that it was unreasonable or did not agree with the procedure, and he could still send it back, but the next sentence of the internal supervisor made Renzong stunned.

The personal inner supervisor, of course, is the most trusted person of Renzong, he is familiar with everything about Renzong, even Wang Song is his own nephew, was sent to Zhao Xin's side, he has always been worried about this matter, seeing the second letter, he knew that Renzong would never go to see it, in order to check and fill in the gaps, he took a look at the newspaper person, and immediately took it, because the newspaper person was Sun Ji.

Sure enough, hearing this result, Renzong's body shook dramatically, and he seemed to be stunned by the news, and it was easy to take over the twist.