Li Buqi remembered Zhu Di, a great bull, and blurted out: "The most effective way to swear to the Liao people is that my determination to fight to the death in the Great Song Dynasty is to express the determination of 'the Son of Heaven to defend the country'." ”

Zhao Zhen stared at Li Buqi with a pair of eyes: "You mean the royal driver's personal expedition?" ”

Li Buqi always felt that Gao Zunyu had deliberately instilled in himself the story of the court recently, so he knew very well that Kou Zhun had sent Emperor Zhenzong to Hebei to go to Hebei to drive the expedition in person, and he would be relegated to Leizhou, a place where birds don't. He didn't give up now to preserve himself and develop himself, and he didn't think of taking the risk of agitating the emperor to carry out another imperial expedition: "The minister doesn't want His Majesty to personally conquer Hebei, and the situation will not be so critical this time." The minister thought that in addition to gathering a large army in Hebei to prepare for a decisive battle, he could also choose a large state in Hebei to build a palace, or even set it as the northern capital, so that he could swear that the Son of Heaven would defend Hebei in person. The Liao people must know the determination of our Great Song Dynasty to stick to Hebei. ”

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "Well, this method is good, it's up to you to come up with it." ”

Then he asked, "Just now you said that you don't want to give command to someone who can't fight." Are you not optimistic about the generals of the border army like this? ”

Li Buqi said: "The ministers don't know about the situation in Hebei, but when they were in Shaanxi, they really frightened the blind commanders. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded understandingly: "You mean Ren Fu, right?" Ren Fu was too rash, so he fell into an ambush and lost so many people into it. ”

From Zhao Zhen's tone, Li Buqi heard Zhao Zhen's dissatisfaction, obviously the pot of good Shuichuan's failure had been carried by Ren Fu, a dead man. But now Li Buqi wants to give Ren Fu a correct name, otherwise the emperor doesn't know the stupidity of civil officials, and Han Qi will climb to the position of prime minister according to the original trajectory. Even if it is just because of personal grudges, Li Bu can't let this guy become the prime minister.

He immediately knelt on the ground and said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty, it stands to reason that ministers should not talk about important ministers of the country, but since the ministers have personally experienced the battle of Haoshuichuan, they can't help but make it clear to Your Majesty." Putting the responsibility for the defeat of Haoshuichuan on General Ren Fu alone is really wronging General Ren. ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand to let the unrelated personnel back down and warned: "Today's incident is not allowed to be spread." ”

Others retreated from Zhao Zhen and said: "You probably don't know that before Ren Fu set out on the expedition, Han Zhigui had a warrant with him, so that Ren Fu could fight if he could fight, and if he couldn't fight, he would set up an ambush according to the danger, intercept the enemy and return home, and strictly ordered' to violate the temperance, although there is merit, it will also be killed." It's just that Ren Fu was greedy for merit and fell into an ambush. ”

Li Buqi said: "When the minister was in Shaanxi, he also thought that Zhongfu was the carelessness of General Ren, but after returning to Tokyo, I heard that Han Jingluo had previously attacked His Majesty's strategy of attacking the summer thief, which said that the Xia thief poured the country into the country was only 40,000 or 50,000, and after the battle of Haoshuichuan, he said that the Xia thief used 100,000 troops in the first battle of Haoshuichuan. I don't know if there is such a thing? ”

This stopped Zhao Zhen. Since childhood, Zhao Zhen has been educated that the emperor only needs to select the virtuous and capable, and the specific things are done by the civil officials, so he, the emperor, habitually does not pay attention to the specific numbers in the compromise, the emperor, it is good to know about it.

When arguing about whether to attack or defend the Xia thief, because of the long debate, he vaguely remembered that Han Qi's recital said that the Xia thief had forty or fifty thousand troops. But when the song of the defeat of Haoshuichuan came, he was angry and anxious, and he didn't pay attention to the number of troops sent by the Xia thief mentioned above, and he was not impressed at all.

Zhao Zhen had no choice but to look at Zhang Yonghe, and Zhang Yonghe hurriedly said, "Little one remembers that there is indeed such a thing." Han Zhizhou first said that the Xia thieves were about 40,000 or 50,000, and then said that there were 100,000 people. ”

Li Buqi noticed this bug after confirming the matter from a group of yamen, maybe Han Qi said that Western Xia dispatched 100,000 people just to reduce the responsibility for his defeat, but it left an obvious handle, and he couldn't blame others if he was found out.

Li Buqi said: "At the time of the Battle of Haoshuichuan, more than 10,000 people under the command of the general were able to fight fiercely with 100,000 summer thieves, which shows the strength of our Great Song Dynasty soldiers. If the Xia thief is as Han Jingluo said, there are only 50,000 soldiers who have poured the country, and they have to guard against our Great Song Dynasty officials and troops elsewhere and guard the state capital, and it is impossible to reach 30,000 who can be gathered in Haoshuichuan, then it is easy for General Ren to hold on to Zhongfu until the reinforcements arrive, and he can naturally fight.

Therefore, the minister thought that the defeat of Haoshuichuan was mainly due to the defeat on the edge of the edge, and the marshal ministers did not know the situation of the summer thief at all, so fighting in this way was like a blind man riding a blind horse, facing the abyss in the middle of the night, there was no reason to be undefeated. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "In this way, it is indeed Han Zhigui Meng Lang." However, my Song Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, and there is a lack of people who know the army, and it is not easy to elect a person who can lead the army. When he said this, he remembered that Li Buqi had a very insightful discussion about the Liao State just now, and couldn't help asking: "Since you have been in the army, do you know who is a general?" ”

Li Buqi is not ready to recommend Di Qing now, but recommending Di Qing but not covering him will not do Di Qing any good. His eyes rolled to his heart: "Since Your Majesty has asked, the minister will come up with an idea so that Your Majesty can try to figure out whose talent is enough to take on his official position." ”

"Oh? You said. ”

"Your Majesty only needs to order the generals of the edge to write down how many troops the summer thieves have and where they are distributed within the specified time. What can be written, written in detail, and consistent with the facts shows that this person not only collects information about the summer thief with his heart, but also has the means to get the information, so that the war will have a purpose, and he will not make money for the summer thief. On the contrary, there is no intention or means at all. I don't even know how many summer thieves there are, and if we start a war, we will definitely lose, so it is better for such people to be removed as soon as possible, so as not to lose their teachers and humiliate the country. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded again and again: "It makes sense." Just how much time is it good to prescribe? ”

Li Buqi raised a finger: "A quarter of an hour, at most an hour is enough." If this official knows the situation of the enemy army on weekdays, he will naturally be able to write it out, but if he has no understanding of the situation, he will now inquire about it, and it will be strange if he does not make a faint move when there is an enemy situation. And this matter must be ordered by His Majesty to be done in order to prevent fraud. ”

The eunuchs sent by the emperor to supervise officials in various places were self-contained and only responsible to the emperor. Only by using a horse to bear can the accuracy of the investigation results be guaranteed.

Zhao Zhen was having a headache for these border marshals who had been defeated repeatedly, and he didn't know what method to use to find out whether these marshals would fight, Li Buqi's suggestion made his eyes light up: "This method is good, at least you can see who cares." ”

He also remembered that Li Buqi's analysis of the Liao State just now was very insightful, and he was also eager to search for talents who knew military affairs, so he said: "Li Buqi, I see that you have some talent in military affairs, so you should share the worries of the country, so it is better to be an official." ”

Li Buqi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister does not dare to be a military attaché. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and remembered that Li Buqi almost killed the civil official, so he also understood. After thinking about it, he said: "You are also a scholar, and you can be regarded as a donor if you offer the method of making sugar." In this way, it is okay to make you a civil official. ”

The emperor was about to give an order, but Zhang Yonghe couldn't help but look at him and said, "Official, the little one thinks it's best to say hello to Lu Xianggong on this matter." ”

The emperor knew that Zhang Yonghe had something to say, so he had to say: "Okay, when I finish practicing boxing, I will invite Lu Xianggong and Master Ding to come." ”