Zhao Ji's sonorous and powerful words deeply moved Zhao Ji, and coincided with what he thought, and only by doing so can he do it once and for all. If Zhao Ji might have ignored it in the past and let the situation develop, he would never have such an idea now, he would never have such an idea if he wanted to fight, and he would never back down.

Zhao Ji praised: "What Goo'er said is deeply heartfelt, this is the key, and I am very gratified. ”

So, Zhao Ji directly issued a holy decree to use troops against the Western Xia, and sent 30,000 troops of the Great Song Dynasty to the front line to fight with the Western Xia army. At the same time, Li Gang could go to Yan'an Mansion as the commander-in-chief, and sent Wu Jue and Song Jiang as deputy generals, more than a dozen pioneers, and issued a holy decree to Taiyuan Mansion to send troops to support Li Gang.

In order to prevent the Jin State and the Liao State from taking advantage of the situation, Song Huizong ordered the troops of Hejian Mansion and Zhending Mansion to strengthen their defenses, and they must not act rashly, so as not to give the Jin State a handle. The matter was handed over to the commander of the book, and he led several lieutenants and dozens of pioneers to go.

Song Jiang's participation in this struggle against Western Xia made Zhao Gou a little surprised, not only that, but even the crown prince Zhao Huan and others were stunned. However, Zhao Ji did not explain much. In addition, the fold can be saved is a strong party in the clouds, and the three generations are all generals in the DPRK, which can be on a par with the Yang family.

The first time Zhao Gou heard of this person, there were only a few records in the official history, and he didn't know about his deeds. However, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, even if Zong Ze, Li Gang and others admired him, especially the three generations of people who had served in the army, all of whom were well-known generals, but they rarely entered the court, and they all occupied the prefecture alone, guarding the northwest border, and no one acted rashly.

If you trace back to the past, I am afraid that the Zhe family is even more famous, and can monopolize Fuzhou, guard the northwest, and do not have to enter the court, but it is to get the holy decree of Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, but the privilege of hereditary Fuzhou, there is no other semicolon in the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhe family is full of loyalty, loyal to the imperial court, even if Zhao Ji is mediocre and incompetent, he still sticks to the northwest, and will never let foreign enemies step into the Central Plains half a step.

It is precisely because the Zhe clan is stationed in the northwest border that it rarely enters Beijing, and it is not easy to leave the post without permission unless it is a major event, which is also the holy decree of Taizu, and no one dares to disobey. In addition, the army did not have literati to control the army, which was also a rare situation in the Great Song Dynasty.

Everyone heard that Zhe Kecun went to Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, and he himself was a general who fought against the Western Xia army all year round. The victory of the 'Battle of Hengshan' also had a lot to do with Zhe Ke, but he did not enter the imperial court, nor was he greedy for fame and fortune, and he was stationed in the northwest frontier with peace of mind.

"Are you wondering, why didn't I let General Zhe stay in the northwest, but let him go to Zhending Mansion?" Song Huizong Zhao Ji glanced at it, caught a glimpse of everyone's puzzled eyes, and said lightly: "General Zhe has been stationed in the northwest border for many years, and the Western Xia army has no scruples about this raid. However, General Zhe did not receive my will and did not dare to easily transfer troops to punish the generals, and my behavior also told him that he could give it a go and not have to worry. ”

"Master Li, I asked you to bring a message to General Zhe: If the Western Xia army makes a comeback again and raids the Great Song Dynasty, don't worry, I allow him to have the right to transfer troops and send generals, only to win and not to lose, so that the Western Xia monarch can see the heavenly power of the Great Song Dynasty."

Li Gang replied respectfully: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"General Zhe has been in the northwest for many years, and the military heart has long been stable, but the Zhending Mansion, the Hejian Mansion Army and the Yan'an Mansion Army are not far away, so the only way to let General Zhe go to Zhending Mansion to wait for work and wait for the army's heart to stabilize. If the Jin State and the Liao State lead troops to invade, they can let him send troops to resist, so as not to be helpless. ”

Although Zhao Ji did not say it directly, everyone also heard that Zhao Ji wanted to be familiar with the military affairs of Zhending Mansion and Hejian Mansion, and directly lead the troops to fight when necessary, that is to say, Zhao Ji was taking precautions in case Jin and Liao sent troops to raid, it can be seen that Zhao Ji has a long-term vision, which is far from comparable to the past.

"From now on, I will let everyone know what is mighty. Whether it is the Jin Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom, or the Western Xia Kingdom, as long as they dare to take a step beyond the Lei Chi without authorization, I will let them have no return. Zhao Ji said loudly, glancing at everyone lightly, "I know that you are divided into the main battle, the main and the two factions, no matter how you fought before, from now on you will go all out to meet the foreign enemy, if anyone violates my will, it will be disrespectful to the will, and there will be no forgiveness." ”

Everyone replied respectfully: "The minister's order! ”

Zhao Ji said nonchalantly: "It has been a few months since the martial arts assessment, and the next thing is the real big thing, that is, the election of talents." ”

"The Book of Rites, tell me about it!"

The secretary of the Ministry of Rites is Pan Lianggui, with a face of national characters, righteous and awe-inspiring, his eyes do not squint, and he bowed and replied: "Back to the emperor, since the minister served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, a total of 2,130 Jinshi have been elected, 410 Jinshi A Division, 1,100 Jinshi B Division, and 619 Jinshi C Division. ”

Zhao Ji asked again: "How much do you want to be an official now?" ”

Pan Lianggui said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, there are only 357 people who have entered the court as officials, both in the A and B branches, and only the Jinshi in the C branch are excluded without exception. There are also some people in the first section who are not officials, and there are no vacancies in various official positions in the DPRK and China, so they have to be idle. ”

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "Why are there so many vacancies?" ”

Pan Liangchen replied truthfully and did not hide anything. The imperial examination in the Northern Song Dynasty followed the Tang system, and the content of the Jinshi examination was complicated, and the subjects to be examined were the scriptures, Moyi and poetry, but the examination of the Jinshi was based on sound and rhyme, and it was ancient and modern; The Ming Jing only remembers and recites the scriptures, and its righteousness is useless to learn.

After Wang Anshi was appointed governor of the government, he began to change the content of the imperial examination, canceling the poems, scriptures, and ink meanings, and focusing on the scriptures, theories, and strategies. The so-called meaning of the scriptures, similar to the treatises, is a short essay, which is limited to using the sentences in the scriptures as the title and using the meanings of the scriptures to play.

In addition, Wang Anshi's reform of the content of the examination lies in the application of the scriptures. In the eighth year of Xining, Song Shenzong ordered the abolition of poetry, pasting scriptures, and Moyi scholars, and issued Wang Anshi's "Three Classics and New Righteousness" and treatises, and strategizing scholars. In addition, the "Yi Guanyi", "Book of Songs", "Book of Books", "Zhou Li" and "Book of Rites" are called the Great Classics, and the "Analects" and "Mencius" are called the Classics, which are set as the required reading for the examiners.

It is clearly stipulated that the Jinshi examination is divided into four sessions: one is a major examination, two are combined with the classics, three are examinations, and the last examination is a strategy. The palace examination is only a test of strategies, and it is limited to more than 1,000 words. In addition, so far, the selection of inspection officials has been based on Wang Anshi's 'three-way method', which divides the Tai Academy into three classes: outer house, inner house, and upper house, with 2,000 people in the outer house, 300 people in the inner house, and 100 people in the upper house.

If the children of officials can enter the school without taking the exam, the children of ordinary people need to pass the exam before they can enter. Not only Tai Academy, but even local states and counties continue this way, so it is easy to leave loopholes when electing officials, and they are manipulated by people with intentions, which also leads to the fact that election officials do not value talent, but background, which also leads to the fact that some officials have too many positions, and some are vacant, and it is difficult for the children of the people to be officials, and the children of officials are easy to be officials, and there is also a way to bribe, which also leads to a lot of scholars in the DPRK, but there are very few real vacancies, and this part is that the children of ordinary people account for the majority.