"What? Recruiting relatives in martial arts? Su Lin nodded. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Zhen was a little puzzled, "That's the way the rivers and lakes use recklessly, you are a princess, show your head, and go to compete with those rough and reckless people, this is really indecent......"

Zhao Zhen's words, Su Lin didn't mind, as soon as this idea came out, she had a lot of plans in her heart.

"Yes, you don't know, if you want to say that our Great Song Dynasty, throughout ancient and modern times, it was a rare prosperous era for thousands of years, whether it was politics, economy or culture, it had reached a peak."

Zhao Zhen felt very novel when he heard Su Lin's words.

"Lin'er, what is politics?"

"Politics is the general term for the national politics and governance of a country, and politics is the system and order of the dynasty, and the social state of peace and tranquility."

"I see, Lin'er, your summary is very appropriate, so what does the economy mean?"

"Well, the economy is actually quite complicated, but yes, you can understand it as a country's taxes and financial resources. As for culture, I don't think it needs to be explained, it's just the style of writing. ”

"That's right, but what does this have to do with you having to compete with each other."

"yes, in fact, I haven't finished what I said just now, our Da Song can be said to be all good, but there is only one that is very bad."

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?" ”

"That's the military! You can understand it as the army. ”

Zhao Zhen said with a straight face when he heard this: "These are all national affairs, you as a woman don't interfere in these things, if this is spread, even I can't excuse you." ”

Su Lin sighed in her heart after hearing this, thinking that Zhao Zhen was still relatively open-minded and could listen to her words. I didn't expect this to be such a big reaction when it came to the army.

"Father, in fact, I want to recruit relatives through martial arts, in fact, it is also for the court. Father, don't you know that there are countless outstanding people in the rivers and lakes, these people do not accept the law, and violate the ban by force, if they are not managed, sooner or later they will become a big trouble! ”

Zhao Zhen frowned when he heard this, in his opinion, although those people all have unique skills, how can they be compared to the army. Even if it really makes trouble, it will be a plate of scattered sand, and it will not become a climate.

But he didn't know that hundreds of years later, there was a monk named Zhu Yuanzhang, who led these people, who was born recklessly, but won a piece of the world.

"Lin'er, what you said is a bit excessive, those are some reckless people, I have a million army in the court, how can I be afraid of them."

Su Lin felt a little funny when she heard it, the million-strong army is true, but this is really the defeat of the army. In the early days of the Song Dynasty's army, it was indeed very good.

During the Zhenzong period, the Weilu army battled, and the 40,000 cavalry of the Song army fought against the 60,000 Liao cavalry, including the Tielin army, and as a result, the Liao army was beheaded 20,000; The defense of Yingzhou killed and wounded 60,000 Liao troops; In the battle of Sandu Valley, the 6,000 Song army defeated the 30,000 Tubo army and killed nearly 10,000 Tubo troops.

However, after making peace with Liao, the main opponent of the Northern Song Dynasty was the Western Xia, which had just been founded. After the war of the emperors of the five dynasties of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Western Xia was declared a vassal to the Song Dynasty in the second year of Chonghe, but in the 12th century, the military and political government of the Northern Song Dynasty had been seriously corrupted, and the foreign was strong and the middle was dry.

Although the Renzong period had not yet reached that point, the Song Dynasty was far from the territory of the Western Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. One of the key reasons why the Northern Song Dynasty failed to conquer the nomadic states as the Han and Tang dynasties was the lack of high-quality war horses.

The government of the Northern Song Dynasty raised no more than 210,000 horses, while Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty had 400,000 horses, and the Tang Dynasty had a maximum of 706,000 horses, creating a world record. For the Liao State, which has a vast grassland hinterland, without strong cavalry, even if the Song Dynasty recaptures the sixteen states of Yanyun, I am afraid it will not be able to go on an expedition.

The number of armies in this period is staggering. During the Qingli period, there were 1,259,000 troops! And the forbidden soldiers, horses, and infantry are 826,000 people!

There are more than one million troops, and the forbidden soldiers are the main force of the army, there are more than 800,000!

Moreover, the provisions of the forbidden soldiers are more generous according to the regulations, and the monthly salaries are paid in equal parts, there are rewards for the New Year's Festival, there are gifts for the ceremony, and there are other lines of money for the march. However, some wives were attached to the camp, and the military officials were seriously detained, and the life of the forbidden soldiers was very difficult, especially the low social status, and they were deeply bullied and abused by the generals and colonels, so that mutinies often occurred.

What combat effectiveness does such an army have? It was Su Lin who saw it at the time, and it was hard to believe it. No matter how much tax the imperial court has, it can't afford to support so many people, not to mention that it is still raised for nothing, and if there is going to be a war, don't think about counting on them.

But these things, Su Lin was difficult to explain clearly to Zhao Zhen for a while. Even if Zhao Zhen has the intention to rectify the military, but the situation of the imperial court emphasizing literature and ignoring military force has always been a long time, and the two changes of Ouyang Xiu and Wang Anshi during the Renzong period have failed one after another, which shows that some things are not as simple as imagined.

"Father, you must not underestimate those people. Have you forgotten the incident in the Qingli period, you read my poem, isn't it difficult to calm the anger in your chest? I think I am a dignified Song Dynasty, it is the orthodoxy of China, the Heavenly Empire, and it should be congratulated from all directions. But now, there is Tubo in the west, Dali in the south, Liao and Western Xia in the north. ”

"This is called orthodoxy, this is a dynasty! The country that I and the people worked so hard to build back then was all lost to you unscrupulous descendants! ”

Su Lin said and spoke, suddenly couldn't suppress his emotions, maybe he was an angry young man in his bones, and his heart would be different if he wasn't of my race, Su Lin unconsciously brought this sentence out!

And when Zhao Zhen heard this, he was also startled and stood up.

"What, what, you and the people?"

Su Lin only reacted at this time, she accidentally said the wrong thing, and then looked at Zhao Zhen's expression, red and white for a while, some surprised, some panicked, and some disbelieving.

"Lin'er, what did you just say? What you and the people! ”

Su Lin said this, as if she had been vented, and her mood calmed down.

"It's nothing, Father, you heard it wrong. Father, please believe Lin'er, Lin'er really wants to help you. I plan to recruit those people in the rivers and lakes for my use, and recruiting relatives is only the first step, and I am very clear about the current situation of the imperial court. The army of the imperial court is definitely a big problem. But don't worry, father, I'll help you solve it slowly, you just need to take care of your health, okay, I've stayed long enough, Lin'er retired first. ”

Looking at Su Lin's back, Zhao Zhen suddenly sat on the dragon chair. Suddenly, I remembered that I had read the royal exclusive secret case when I was a child, and the Tang Dynasty part seemed to mention that Emperor Taizong had two queens, one of whom was titled the fairy queen. But at that time he was still young, although he ascended the throne, but there was still a Empress Dowager Liu above, so he simply read more books when he had nothing to do, and he didn't care too much about it at that time.

But now that I think about it, could it be her? It's been hundreds of years, is she really an immortal?