Reconstruction...... The Protectorate of the Western Regions?!

Zhao Shu was slightly stunned, the Western Regions Protectorate, what a distant name!

Since the Anshi Rebellion, the Western Regions Protectorate has completely disappeared, and along with it, there are Jiannan Dao and Liaodong Protectorate!

"Eleven Lang, you are serious, have you carefully considered the difficulty of rebuilding the Western Regions Protectorate?!" Zhao Shu suppressed the inexplicable excitement rising in his heart and asked in a deep voice.

Xin Xi smiled slightly, nodded and said: "The reconstruction of the Western Regions Protectorate is imperative, and all the problems that may be encountered in it, the minister has already had his own considerations. ”

"Oh?!" Zhao Shu's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "Then you can tell me about it." ”

"Five o'clock! First, there are many good horses in the Western Regions, although Dawan sweat and blood horses are extremely rare, but after all, there are still them, and in addition to sweat and blood horses, there are also other superfluous good horses, which are the war weapons that my Great Song Dynasty must fight for! ”

"Second, the threat of Tibet, if you want to get rid of the threat of Tibet, it is impossible to send troops from the Central Plains for a hundred years, after all, Tubo has many high mountains and snowfields, and the Great Song Dynasty forbidden army cannot adapt to the environment! But if you can rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate, and send troops from the east and west together, you can get rid of Tubo for five years at most! ”

"Third, the remnants of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, in the historical records, it is said that during the Tianbao period, due to the Anshi Rebellion, Gao Xianzhi had to give up the Western Regions Protectorate, but His Majesty must also know that before the Anshi Rebellion happened, Gao Xianzhi had already been defeated, and Gao Xianzhi, as a foreign race, filled with the lives of tens of thousands of Han family Erlang every time he fought, so those Tang Dynasty remnants were actually abandoned by Gao Xianzhi, but even so, the remnants of the Tang Dynasty still insisted that they were the foundation of the Han people! After nearly three hundred years of perseverance, the minister thought that it was necessary to take them back to the Central Plains and vent his anger for them, after all, Chen Tang of the Han Dynasty once said, 'Those who offend my Han Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away!' ’！ ”

"Fourth, in the West, there are also many things that I did not have in the Great Song Dynasty, such as Damascus steel, such steel, and the weapons cast out of it are all sharpened like clay! If the Great Song Dynasty wants to be strong, this is a thing that the Great Song Dynasty must fight for. ”

"Fifth, does Your Majesty want to ...... Achieve the general reputation of the Han Wu Tang Sect?! After Xin Xi finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Shu directly.

Zhao Shu is a hard-working emperor, and, to a certain extent, he is a rare good emperor, his courage is the highest among the many kings of the Northern Song Dynasty, and his insight and strategy are far better than his son Song Shenzong, the only pity is that Zhao Shu in history died too early, otherwise he may not be able to give the Great Song Dynasty a hundred centuries of prosperity and strength, and may not be able to leave a benevolent and prosperous era in later generations like the rule of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty.

It's a pity that he died too early, and the successor Shenzong was less than twenty years old, and between the blood and energy, he naturally had a little less concerns, not as stable as Zhao Shu, that is, he appointed Wang Anshi as the prime minister, eager to change the law and innovate, and finally brought the Great Song Dynasty into a downhill road.

Zhao Shu's eyes flickered slightly, it was the first time he had heard someone describe the land in the Western Regions like this, and before Xin Shiyi, all the scholars and doctors, or generals and martial artists, or Confucian scholars, people in the world, everyone thought that the Western Regions were a bad land, without the slightest value.

It can be said that throughout the history of the Central Plains for more than 5,000 years, in addition to Qin Shi Huang's idea of going to the west, and Emperor Yang of Sui also had the idea of expansion, it was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who only repelled the Xiongnu and went home to live on an acre and a third of land.

And the Tang Dynasty, which inherited the accumulation of Emperor Yang of Sui, was the same, and looked down on the land of Siyi, so Li Er, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, got the false name of a heavenly khan, and stopped the army.

Otherwise, with Li Er, who inherited the accumulation of Emperor Yang of Sui for 20 years, and has the reputation of Emperor Yang of Sui in front of him for those gossips and all kinds of cruelty and inhumanity, Li Er actually has the opportunity to shape the entire Tang Dynasty like the Yuan Dynasty later, and the territory can cover the entire Asian, European and African continents!

Xin Xi waited slowly, he believed that in his current era, whether it was Zhao Shu at this time, or Shenzong Zhao Ji later, these two most ambitious emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty would definitely be interested in these things he proposed!

Fortunately, he came to this era, the two emperors of this era are the real most enlightened emperors, if it was earlier, when he met Renzong, Xin Xi's remarks would be absolutely useless, because, after the Qingli New Deal, Emperor Renzong had already lost his enterprising spirit, and he only wanted to take care of the Great Song Dynasty.

If you play some more and meet Zhezong, the son of Shenzong, or Huizong, the brother of Zhezong, then this idea of expansion is also categorically impossible, because Zhezong is too cowardly, after all, he is a young emperor, and everything is decided by Empress Gao, and Huizong, this is a painting that has been delayed by national events, the country or something, expansion or something, far less important than one of his paintings.

After a while, as Xin Xi guessed, Zhao Shu's breathing became a little short: "According to what you said, this Western Regions Protectorate really has to be rebuilt, but there are too many things involved!" ”

Sighing slightly, Zhao Shu said: "There must be someone in the court who obstructs in every way, even your mentor Ouyang Xiu, and he may not agree with your idea of expanding outward, after all, Confucianism pays attention to the inner king and the outer sage, the external humility, the internal strictness, and the strict self-discipline, do you think that since the past dynasties, why do you have such preferential treatment for the small countries attached to the Central Plains, whether it is the Ming monarch or the faint monarch?!" It's all Confucianism! ”

Zhao Shu shook his head, although China is not like those countries in the West, where the power of the church is higher than the imperial power, it is undeniable that Confucianism, which occupies the mainstream, to some extent, has been restricting the imperial power through a certain moral high ground.

Except for Qin Shi Huang, who dared to burn books and pit Confucianism, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who was dissolute and arbitrary, there was no emperor in the entire history of China who was not dominated by Confucianism.

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, after discovering the demise of the Han Dynasty, the fundamental reason was that after the Confucian scholars, they were still tightly restricted by the Confucianism that was about to die after the Confucian scholars changed to Taoism as the mainstream!

At this time, Zhao Shu is the same, Confucianism is indeed beneficial to making the whole society orderly and governing the country, but everything is a double-edged sword, Confucianism is beneficial to the society and the society, but it also uses his set of morality to regulate the society, hindering the progress of the whole society!

It can be said that Xin Xi wants to change the ending of the Great Song Dynasty and the ending of China being humiliated by foreign races, what he wants to fight against, in the final analysis, is not the unreasonableness of one aspect, but the entire Confucianism that has dominated China for 5,000 years!

Don't think that Confucianism did not have 5,000 years in the Song Dynasty, strictly speaking, since the Western Zhou Dynasty took advantage of the Shang Dynasty to attack the East and destroy the Shang Dynasty, Confucianism began with the Zhou rites.

Even earlier, all norms and order and etiquette were the beginning of Confucianism!

Xin Zhen shook his head, but nodded again: "The minister knows!" The principle of Confucianism is a double-edged sword, with mixed pros and cons, so although the minister knows the disadvantages of Confucianism, he will not want to completely get rid of Confucianism! ”

"So what?!" Zhao Shu asked softly.

"It is up to the ministers to suppress the disadvantages of Confucianism, and it is up to Your Majesty to promote the benefits of Confucianism for the society of the country!" Xin Zhen slowly spoke: "The minister will stand in the shadow and do everything that the minister should do!" ”

That is, he Zhao Shu came to sing red face, Xin Xi came to sing white face, set up a stage to act, and drove Confucianism to the place where it was really needed!

"This ......" Zhao Shu hesitated slightly, if he suppressed Confucianism, he would inevitably offend the majority of the people in the world, so that once he lost his power one day, I am afraid that he would not be able to die well!

Thinking of this, Zhao Shu was inexplicably moved, the Shadow Guard Army is really the real humerus henchman of the Great Song Dynasty!

But then I thought about it: the commander of the Shadow Guard Army is so easy to lose power?! Unless he, Zhao Shu, died too early, otherwise, the commander of the Shadow Guard Army could not be replaced for no reason!

But the problem came again, he was more than ten years older than Xin Xi, if he died in front, Xin Xi would be forced to step down from the post of commander of the Shadow Guard......

sighed slightly, anyway, it is still far away, big deal, when he is dying, he will confess to succeed him as the emperor's son, and keep Xin Xi's position until Xin Xi also dies.

Thinking of this, Zhao Shu slowly breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Xin Shi and nodded, but said: "But, Xin Shiyi, you are not qualified enough after all, and the reconstruction of the Western Regions also needs to be prepared, therefore, after this matter, I promise you all the necessary needs to establish in the Western Regions, prepare first, and you, it is better to prepare for the imperial examination, when you are admitted to the Jinshi, I will let you go through the experience first, and then, make you the prime minister, only in this way, can you really suppress those scholars of Confucianism!" ”

Confucianism, Confucianism. It is also like Taoism and Taoism, there are very clear boundaries, Confucianism is knowledgeable, and Confucianism is those who will only pursue the principles of their ancestors!

Xin Xi nodded slightly, but at the same time, he also had other ideas in his heart, such as establishing a pluralistic academy, incorporating all schools of thought into the academy, breaking the situation of Confucianism's monopoly, and disintegrating the power of Confucianism little by little, and for example, the establishment of military academies has cultivated a group of middle-level officers and even high-level generals who can handle it!

Only education can fundamentally change a nation!

This is the reason why Germany was able to rise in the eighteenth century!

Thinking of this, Xin Xi realized that there was a lot more to do, although in the past half a year, he had already controlled the Shadow Guard Army, and he was even able to communicate with Zhao Shu on an almost equal footing.

But, it's still far from it!

In this earthly web, he is still a tightly wrapped mosquito, and he has not yet become a spider that can walk freely on this web, let alone want to break this web?!

"Yes, these ministers understand! Before coming back, the minister had already arranged for people to contact the remnants of the Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, he also began to build a new intelligence agency in the Western Regions, at most one year, the intelligence agency could be slowly improved, and in three years at most, the minister was sure that he could recover the Western Regions in one fell swoop and rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate! Xin Yan spoke loudly, his face full of confidence.

Zhao Shu shook his head: "This is the best, but, Eleven Lang, let's try to make money for the Great Song Dynasty first, otherwise, if the treasury is insufficient, no matter how good the idea is, there will be no way to implement it!" ”

"By the way, Your Majesty, please hit Dali first!" Xin Zhen opened his mouth abruptly.

Zhao Shu looked stunned, didn't he talk about the Western Regions, why did he talk about it and become Dali again? !

In the past few years in Dali, Ke'an has been very divided!

"Why?!" Zhao Shu asked inexplicably.

Xin Zhen's eyes flashed slightly: "The minister saw an elephant in Tianzhu, and Cao Chong called the elephant an elephant!" This elephant is one zhang high, three zhang long, running, like a mountain, can cause the earth to shake the sky, and the speed is not slower than the war horse! The minister thought, first lay down Dali, communicate with Tianzhu, buy elephants from Tianzhu to tame, once there is a war with Liao, the Great Song Dynasty does not need to blindly defend, but can go north, in this way, you can first suppress Liao, and only by suppressing Liao, can the Great Song Dynasty rest assured to rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate! ”

This!

Zhao Shu was worried in his heart, although he also knew that Xin Shiyi's suggestion was really good, but through today's conversation with Xin Shiyi, he vaguely felt that the Great Song Dynasty seemed to be brought to an era of annual conquest by Xin Shiyi!

I don't know if it's good or bad!

But at the same time, the ambition in Zhao Shu's heart was also slowly stimulated, and the nickname of Taizong was snatched away, but the nickname of Wuzong is still there!

If he can really encompass the land, he can really conquer a large territory and expand the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, after his death, on top of that temple, he will become a Song Wuzong who is not inferior to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu! Or will Emperor Wu of Song sound better?!

"But yes, I will definitely support you, but you need to deal with other things yourself!" Zhao Shu said slightly: "Now that the treasury is empty, and there are still 130 million national debts owed to the people, if the treasury has no money, UU read books .net I will not go to war!" ”

Xin Xi was slightly stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, this time he provoked the war between Western Xia and Tubo, and it seemed that he had not received any income at all, so this special battle was very meaningless!

Shaking his head slightly, Xin Xi thought of making war money, after all, just relying on those few industries, 130 million yuan, when will it be rectified? !

"In that case, can Your Majesty allow the minister to take charge of the Western Army again?!" Xin Xi said indifferently, since you want to make war money, you have to take advantage of the fact that Western Xia and Tubo are still fighting, otherwise when the war is over, you will still have a hairy war wealth!

"Western Army?!" Zhao Shu's face was full of doubts.

Xin Xi opened his mouth and said: "The minister has a way to earn back 130 million guan through the war between Western Xia and Tubo!" ”

Zhao Shu got up suddenly, took two steps back and forth, and said loudly: "Accurate!" ”

At this time, in the courtyard hall, a little maid ran out quickly, bowed slightly to Zhao Shu and Xin Zhen: "Your Majesty, Commander Xin, Master Xuyi invites the two of you in!" ”