Li Zhang returned to the capital to celebrate his father's birthday, and as soon as he entered the city, he first went to Da Nei to ask to see the emperor. The palace gate had already been instructed when Li Zhang would arrive and when the emperor would see him, so Li Zhang was quickly led into the Chongzheng Palace.

After saluting, Zhao Zhen looked at Li Zhang and asked, "It's only been more than a month since I went to Chunze Prison, right?" Why is it so dark? ”

Li Zhang said: "In this month, except for seven days, I have been crawling on the school field every day, and the sun is naturally dark. ”

Zhao Zhen sighed: "It seems that this training is really not easy. Sure enough, it can't be done in a single sentence. How have you been training in the past month? ”

"There is a lot of progress, or it can be said that it is a long way. When there were only about 20 people in the Bow and Arrow Courtyard, I couldn't see anything, but now there are hundreds of people sitting and lying down, all of them are the same, just like the forbidden army on duty. ”

"Oh? So? Li Buqi is really attentive. ”

Li Zhang said: "Li Buqi said that he could not meet his requirements, and it would take at least two or three months to practice to the extent that the order was forbidden, although everyone was like one person." At that time, you can practice weapons and formations. ”

Zhao Zhen suddenly asked: "I heard that Li Buqi has only been training for a few days, and he has a high prestige in the army?" ”

Li Zhang was slightly stunned, but he didn't show it on the surface. As a relative of the emperor, although the background is a little worse, the emperor's mind can still be touched. The biggest concern of the Great Song Dynasty officials was which officer had prestige in the army and would lead the soldiers to rebel in the future. After all, this is how Song Taizu ascended to the throne. Therefore, why did the emperor and civil officials withhold the soldiers' salaries from the officers, and the soldiers turned a blind eye to the unpaid service? Isn't it just to drive a wedge between the generals and make it impossible for the officers to unite the soldiers?

The emperor and civil officials even did not hesitate to destroy the army in order to prevent the generals, which shows that they are scheming. Once Li Buqi is labeled as buying people's hearts in the army, it will be completely impossible to turn over.

If it were someone else, Li Zhang might not argue for him. But since he came into contact with Li Buqi, Li Buqi has played a role in infiltrating his thoughts, and he thinks that Li Buqi's approach is reasonable, so he can't help but defend Li Buqilai.

In fact, the minister thought that it was Li Buqi who had prestige, but it was better to say that Li Buqi acted justly and said that what he said was reasonable, and everyone had to listen to him. For example, every day, Li Buqi would talk to the sergeants about the ancients when he practiced his military posture. He first talked about how the Hu people killed the Han people and how they fed on our Han people during the Wuhu Rebellion, and he told the soldiers that they would rather be prosperous dogs than chaotic people. He also talked about how the five dynasties and ten kingdoms of the late Tang Dynasty were chaotic, and they did not listen to the attack, and told the soldiers that no matter which country won or which country lost, it was the Han people who lost, because it was the sons of the Han family who died. Then he told the sergeant that it was Emperor Taizu who cleaned up the golden urn and ended the troubled times, so that he had today's peaceful life, and if the people did not want to experience the troubled times of 'people are not as good as dogs', they would have to defend the Great Song Dynasty and defend the official family if they did not let their fathers and children be slaughtered. ”

Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up: "Oh? That's what he said? ”

Li Zhang said: "How dare the minister deceive the official? How many sergeants are listening? Moreover, he asked the ministers, Wang Zhaoming, and Ge Shengwen to be close to the soldiers. He said that only when he was close to the sergeant could the sergeant listen to the reason we gave to the sergeant. By the way, the gentleman Li Buqi was looking for had not yet arrived, and he asked the three of us to teach the sergeants to read and write, and in the process of literacy, we had to talk about the ancients, and he said that only by talking about the ancients could the sergeants truly understand loyalty. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Well, he wrote this method in the training strategy, and I also think it's good." ”

Li Zhang thought about it and decided to tell Zhao Zhen the most exciting information: "Ge Shengwen didn't agree with Li Buqi's method at first, but Li Buqi said that if we lead the army into battle in the future, we must have a good relationship with the sergeant. Shockingly, he said that some of the officers were actually killed by arrows fired from behind in the formation. ”

Zhao Zhen didn't understand: "Is it your own person who missed?" ”

"No, it's on purpose. It's to avenge the grievances of weekdays. Originally, Ge Shengwen and I didn't believe it, but Wang Zhaoming said that some officers shot to death hated soldiers during the exercise, and Li Buqi was right. ”

Zhao Zhen can stuff an egg in his mouth: "And such a thing?" ”

"Li Buqi said that it is recorded in ancient books that a coachman was resentful because he did not get a leg of mutton, and deliberately drove a chariot carrying the commander into the enemy's army during the battle, resulting in a great defeat for his own side."

As soon as Li Zhang said this, Zhao Zhen immediately remembered that there was really such an article in the book. At that time, the teacher also used this as an example to be fair to his subordinates, and it seems that this matter is the same in ancient and modern times.

Li Zhang is Zhao Zhen's cousin, so naturally he will not harm Zhao Zhen, so Zhao Zhen can still listen to Li Zhang's words. Hearing Li Zhang's words, Li Buqi did things for good reasons and legitimate, and he never forgot to affirm the rationality of their Zhao family as emperor, he really had nothing to complain about.

Zhao Zhen then encouraged Li Zhang, and specially advised: "You must follow Li Buqi to learn the method of military training." I will be promoted to you in the future. ”

In fact, the emperor is really busy now. In March, Lü Xianggong finally recognized the situation and resigned, and in April, Lü Yijian dismissed the military affairs, and the emperor thought that a big stone on the road of reform had been removed and could be implemented with his own hands.

Zhao Zhen first appointed Yan Shu as acting prime minister, and in April, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were appointed as privy deputies, and Fu Bi was promoted to senior minister, and Ouyang Xiu and other people who advocated reform were also promoted. A series of personnel adjustments are enough for the emperor to bother, how can he care about a small van army.

However, there was no rain in the spring and summer of this year, and there was a severe drought in many places, especially in Yizhou, Jingdong Road, after several years of locust plagues, suffered from a century-old drought, and many people starved to death. But the Yizhou government still collects taxes. The hungry people could not bear it anymore and rushed into the government to grab food. Song Renzong urgently ordered the inspection to make Zhu Jin lead the "thief and tiger winger" to suppress. However, most of the tiger winged soldiers were born in poor and homeless people, and their salaries were often deducted by the officers on weekdays, and they had to march in a hurry under the urging of leather whips and sticks, so they pulled up the anti-flag under the leadership of the soldier Wang Lun.

This matter originally had nothing to do with Li Buqi, but he couldn't stop someone from getting maggots when the emperor was scared. Fortunately, thanks to Li Zhang's protection, the emperor did not have bad thoughts about Li Buqi.

Now, not only did the emperor's suspicion about Li Buqi almost dissipate, but he even had some resentment in his heart against the person who reported to him—what is the case, you only said that the officers and soldiers had a close relationship and that there was a possibility of rebellion, but you never told me that the army of the Great Song Dynasty would lose the battle because of this. The soldiers killed all the officers, and they beat them up!

In addition, the emperor also had doubts in his heart, was this rebellion also because of the usual mistreatment?

Therefore, the emperor completely put down the matter of Li Buqi. He didn't believe that with his cousin and two nobles watching, Li Buqi could still pull out an army to rebel. So let's leave a few half-old children to get the training of the army, he, the emperor, still has a lot to worry about.

PS: Some book friends say that pig's feet should be their own emperor, and some people think that pig's feet are too bitter, and there will be a special chapter below to explain, and now we have to maintain a little suspense.