Handan, the capital of Zhao State, the young Zhao Houyong stood heroically on the platform, looking at the new-style cavalry galloping under the stage, his heart was full of pride!

He has been officially on the throne for five years, and in these five years, Zhao Yong can feel that Zhao Guo has undergone earth-shaking changes in his hands! The source of this change, although it was his master Dai Yan, was undoubtedly him Zhao Yong who did all this personally, as well as the general Feiyi, who was like-minded with him and could perfectly execute his will!

When Zhao Yong officially ascended the throne and married his sister Zhao Xue to the Song Kingdom, he first spent a year gradually taking the power of the entire country into his own hands. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because of his courage in dealing with the funerals of Wei, Qi and Qin, whether in Zhao or in the whole world, he has the reputation of "British Lord"! With this reputation, coupled with his patience step by step, he finally perfectly realized his plan to take over power!

After that, he began to completely transform the entire country according to what he had learned from Dai Yan before!

This is the reform of "Hufu Riding and Shooting" in the entire Zhao country! The fact that he has made this decision now is different from the Hufu cavalry and archery reform that he was forced to implement after he was defeated by Qin, Qi and other powerful countries in the original history, and after Zhao was strongly threatened by the northern nomads! This time, Hufu cavalry shooting is not only almost twenty years earlier than the original history, because this is an active reform, and there are some shadows guided by Dai Yan, a traverser, the effect is definitely much better than in the original history!

After all, an egg, if broken from the outside, is food; And if it breaks from within, it's life! Today's Zhao State, the Hufu cavalry and shooting practiced is an egg that is broken from the inside!

Zhao Yong's Hufu cavalry shooting is very different from the Hufu cavalry shooting he was originally forced to perform! In real history, Zhao's Hufu cavalry shooting is not so much a change as a military reform!

That Hufu cavalry shooting was just for the entire Zhao country to start learning the Hu people's clothing with narrow sleeves and short jackets, and to use the Hu people's fighting method - riding and archery to fight. And the purpose of the reform is actually mainly to train a strong cavalry! It can be said that this is a complete military reform!

And the only change in politics caused by this pure military reform is that those people in Zhao who have Rongdi blood, or are at the bottom, have a chance to come out! In this reform, Zhao began to appear Lian Po, Zhao Hao and other famous generals and a large number of middle and lower generals, this kind of talent with a strong fighting spirit supported the strength of Zhao for decades, until after the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, these generals of Zhao were exhausted, and Zhao began to fall into complete weakness!

However, now Zhao Yong's Hufu cavalry shooting after Dai Yan's guidance is no longer a pure military reform!

In Dai Yan's view, today's Zhao State has two economic structures, namely the agrarian economy and the nomadic economy, and the strength of these two economic structures is roughly equal and in a state of balance, which is also the root cause of many civil strife in the Zhao State. People of this era do not have this kind of vision on how to integrate these two economic structures together, but Dai Yan is a person who understands history, and of course he knows what to do!

He suggested that Zhao Yong implement the policy of "one country, two systems." This policy of one country, two systems is not to imitate the system of the later Celestial Empire for Hong Kong Island and Wanwan, but to draw experience from the once powerful Great Liao Empire in later generations!

The Liao State was originally a nomadic empire established by the Khitans, and after the Liao State, it first conquered the Bohai State in the eastern part of Liao, and then seized the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun from the civil strife in the southern Central Plains. As a result, Liao has two different economic zones: nomadic and agrarian. In order to be able to manage reasonably, the Khitans invented the bicameral system of the north and south officials.

The system of the north and south houses is a system of "governing according to customs", that is, "governing the Khitan with the system of their own clan, and treating the Han people with the Han system". Under this system, the officials in the north of the northern court of the Liao State governed the grassland with palace accounts, tribes, and subject countries, and the officials in the south of the southern court of the Liao State governed the Han prefectures and counties, rents, and military horses. This way of ruling made the Liao State the first centralized nomadic empire in history, and also made it much stronger than the previous nomadic tribal alliance, and thus became the overlord of the entire East Asia, overpowering the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia states!

And Zhao Yong's reform of Zhao Guo was taught to Zhao Yong by Dai Yan with this insight of later generations! In the country of Zhao, the system of eastern and western governments was thus established. The eastern government of Zhao was set up in Handan, and the county system was mainly used to manage the agricultural areas of Zhao State. The western mansion of Zhao State was set up in Jinyang, and in the surrounding areas of Jinyang and even in the northern part of Zhao State, Zhao Yong set up many fixed or mobile riding estates, which were responsible for managing the surrounding large and small nomadic tribes.

After such a political reform, the state of Zhao had two capitals, Handan in Tokyo and Jinyang in Xijing. And Zhao Yong will also go back and forth between Handan and Jinyang from time to time every year, in order to control the situation of the entire Zhao State!

After this kind of political reform, Zhao Yong naturally did not let go of the Hufu cavalry that implemented Hufu and vigorously trained cavalry!

Zhao Yong's reforms changed the economic structure of Zhao and made Zhao's animal husbandry begin to be valued! In such a scenario, the rulers in Zhao are no longer dominated by lords and nobles around Handan, and in the western part of Zhao State, those ranchers with vast pastures, and even some small nomadic tribal leaders, have also begun to gradually enter the political stage of Zhao.

Such a reform also made Zhao's animal husbandry stronger! With a strong animal husbandry, Zhao was able to have more horses, and at the same time, Zhao was able to train more cavalry!

Theoretically, this kind of political reform, which is carried out from the economic roots, is absolutely more powerful than a purely military reform!

But there are two sides to everything. Now Zhao Yong's Hufu cavalry and archery reform not only changed the clothing worn by the Zhao people, but also violated the interests of the nobles who were in charge of the Zhao State, and the resistance was very great!

Zhao Yong clearly remembered that when he implemented Hufu cavalry shooting, his uncle Zhao Cheng was the first to object!

As the leader of the conservative faction in Zhao State, Gongzicheng's opposition to Hufu cavalry shooting is the greatest! When Zhao Yong saw this scene, he took the initiative to put on a Hufu to go to the court, and at the same time sent a set of Hufu to Zhao Cheng, ordering him to wear Hufu too!

Gongzi Cheng first used the method of pretending to be sick to avoid wearing Hu clothes, and then saw that he couldn't hide, so he said directly to Zhao Yongchen: "The Chinese, where the wise and the wise live, where all things and wealth are gathered, and where the virtuous and sage teach." The benevolence and righteousness are also used, the poems, books, rituals and music are also used, the skills of different sensitivities are tested, the distant places are observed, and the barbarians are also righteous deeds. Now the king interprets this, and attacks the clothes of the distance, the ancient teaching, the ancient way, the heart of the people, the scholars, leaving China, and the king is willing to do it! ”

This set of doctrines is actually a typical Sinocentrism. In this set of doctrines, "China", that is, the Central Plains, is the center of civilization, where the people are intelligent, the wealth is abundant, and there are all kinds of classics such as poetry, books, rituals and music! And all around China, there are some backward ethnic minorities, all of them are some barbarians who are not polite and honest, and they do not know how to be honest! Since ancient times, only the barbarians have learned from China, and no China has ever learned from the barbarians around it!

Such a Sinocentric worldview is actually a manifestation of cultural centrism! Any great civilization, in its flourishing period, is bound to be self-centered! Since the beginning of Chinese civilization, this set of worldviews has continued to dominate the whole of China and its surrounding areas! Such a doctrine can certainly produce a confident and great civilization, but it has extremely serious flaws: it can lead people into a state of great complacency, completely denying the superiority of other civilizations!

Because of this complacency, the desire of Chinese civilization to learn from other civilizations is very low. It is precisely this kind of complacency that led to the backwardness of Chinese civilization in the whole world! In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, after China was invaded by Western powers, the biggest impact was not actually the territory, nor the plundered wealth, but such a worldview was completely destroyed! After the Opium War, Chinese no longer thought that the Chinese civilization was a great civilization, and people began to "worship the foreign and flatter the foreigners", began to think that the moon of foreign countries was rounder than China, and began to think that the air of foreign countries was sweeter than that of China, which has to be said to be a great sorrow!

Fortunately, today's Chinese civilization is at its peak of growth, among which there are arrogant and complacent people, but at the same time, there is never a shortage of truly broad-minded reformers! Zhao Houyong is a person who has truly eaten the essence of Chinese civilization, and he has confidence in his own civilization! This kind of self-confidence is not an arrogant person like Zhao Cheng who has no reason, this kind of self-confidence can make Zhao Yong learn the advantages of other civilizations with peace of mind!

Therefore, Zhao Yong retorted to Zhao Cheng: "The husband is the one, so he uses it; Celebrants, so it's convenient. It is a saint who views his hometown and is appropriate, and he is courteous because of his affairs, so it benefits his people and his country. was sent a tattoo, the wrong arm left side, and the people of Ouyue also. The black tooth carving theme, the crown of the turtle is sewn, and the country of Dawu is also. The dress is different, and it is the same. It is to use the change of the country and the change of things.

Therefore, the saint can benefit his people, and he will not use it for the same purpose; If you can do it easily, it will not be the same as the etiquette. Confucianism has a different etiquette, China has the same customs and teaching, and what about the convenience of the valley? Therefore, the change will not be one, and the one who knows cannot be one; The clothes of the near and far, the sages and saints cannot be the same. There are many different poor towns, and there are many discernments of songs. Those who do not know but do not doubt, who are different from themselves but not wrong, are also public in seeking goodness. What Jin Qing said is vulgar. What I say, so the custom.

Now there are rivers and Boluo water in the east of our country, which are the same as Qi and Zhongshan, and there is no use for boats. From Changshan to Dai and Shangdang, there are Yan and Donghu in the east, and Loufu, Qin and Han in the west, and there is no preparation for riding and shooting. Therefore, the widow gathers the boat, and asks the people who live in the water to guard the river and the water of Boluo; Change the clothes and ride and shoot in order to prepare for the side of Hu, Lou, Qin, and Han. And in the past, the master of Jian did not stuff Jinyang, as well as the party, and the king of Xiang and Rong replaced, in order to hold Zhuhu, this ignorance is also clear. In the early days, Zhongshan was responsible for the strong soldiers of Qi, invaded our land, tired our people, and diverted water to surround Shan, which was not the god of Sheji, that is, he did not defend it. The first king was angry, and his grievances could not be repaid. Today's riding and archery uniforms can be prepared in the shape of the party in the near future, and the grievances of Zhongshan can be reported far away. And the uncle also follows the Chinese customs to reverse the simplicity and the meaning of Xiang, and forget the shame of national affairs in the name of evil obedience, which is not expected by the widow! ”

For Zhao Yong, Zhao Cheng's self-confidence without reason is a clumsy manifestation of closure and complacency! He told Zhao Cheng through the examples of Wu and Yue that the etiquette, hairstyle, and even clothing were all taken by the sages according to local customs! What a truly promising monarch really wants to do is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and to do things that are beneficial to the common people, not to blindly isolate himself there!

Subsequently, he refuted Zhao Cheng through the situation faced by Zhao and the policies adopted by the ancestors of Zhao State! A truly accomplished Zhao country should never be confined to a corner of the country, proud and complacent. Instead, he should be like Zhao Jianzi, the ancestor of the Zhao family, with a pioneering vision and set his sights on places other than Jinyang and Shangdang; should be like Zhao Xiangzi, who participated in the division of the three families, and destroy the dynasty, expand the territory, and crusade against the Hu people!

As a truly confident country, Zhao can learn to wear the clothes of the Hu people, learn the fighting methods of the Hu people, and train cavalry! This is not to deny Sinocentrism, but to transform a relatively narrow and exclusive worldview of Sinocentrism into an open and inclusive worldview! Zhao Houyong is indeed worthy of being the most accomplished hero of the Zhao State in the past dynasties, and he is also worthy of being one of the greatest reformers in the pre-Qin era!

In later generations, when the Sinocentric worldview collapsed, Western-centrism swept the world. However, China does have great statesmen who saw the loopholes in Western-centrism and learned from the old paper pile of Zhao's self-confidence and pragmatism. Through the unremitting efforts of generations, they have gradually cultivated a sense of national honor, so that an open and inclusive world view has once again appeared in the world!

Zhao Cheng was dumbfounded by Zhao Yong's words, and had to agree to the suggestion of wearing a Hu costume to go to court. However, although the banner of this conservative in Zhao was convinced on his face, he was not convinced in his heart! Moreover, after the Zhao State was divided into the Eastern and Western Government Systems, Zhao Cheng was originally the prime minister of the entire Zhao State, but now he can only manage the affairs of the Eastern Courtyard, and his power was immediately reduced by half! Behind Zhao Cheng, in fact, there is also a powerful farming interest group, in such a situation, Zhao Cheng will not really support the reform of Hufu cavalry and archery!

Sure enough, in the subsequent reforms, although he did not come forward openly, he secretly and constantly instigated others to resist Hufu cavalry, and openly and secretly opposed it in the entire court.

In the past five years, Zhao Yong has exhausted his efforts for the reform of Hufu riding and archery! However, his hard work was not in vain, and under his comprehensive reform, the number of horses in Zhao State has exceeded 100,000! Among them, there are more than 40,000 horses suitable for military horses!

Today's Zhao State already has 15,000 cavalry in the hands of Zhao Yong! Back then, 3,000 cavalry of the Zhao State was able to sweep away 10,000 sharp soldiers of the Qin State, and now the cavalry is five times as strong, how powerful should it be?

Looking at the teams of cavalry, galloping under the cong platform, the young Zhao Yong smiled, and smiled very happily!

However, before Zhao Yong could continue to be happy, a messenger hurried over and reported to Zhao Yongyu: "Your Majesty, Gao Wolf is urgent, Lin Hu is invading!" ”

As soon as Zhao Yong heard this, he immediately became furious! He slapped his slap on the desk and shouted at the guards around him: "Lin Hu barbarian, the widow will definitely pay you for your blood debts!" ”

Gao Wolf is a city located in the west of Zhao Kingdom, and it is named after the grandfather of Zhao Zao, the founder of the Zhao family. In the process of dividing the three families, Zhibo asked Zhao Xiangzi for Gao Wolf and Cai Di, but Zhao Xiangzi refused, so the war between the Zhi family and the Zhao family broke out, and the three families began to divide the Jin! Gao wolf is definitely of extraordinary significance to Zhao Guo! However, now, Gao Wolf was actually invaded by Lin Hu, which is something that Zhao Yong absolutely cannot tolerate!

Therefore, he immediately ended his plan to review the newly trained cavalry today, hurried back to Zhao Palace, and summoned the ministers of Zhao State to negotiate the matter.

Seeing that the important ministers of Zhao State were coming, Zhao Yong said to them: "Everyone, now that the Gao wolf in the west of my Zhao State has been invaded by Lin Hu barbarians, the widow hopes to be able to lead the army to attack Lin Hu, let them know the power of my Zhao State, and let them not easily offend my Zhao State in the future!" What do you think? ”

As soon as he heard this, Xifu Xiangguo Feiyi, who had been following Zhao Yong's side and fully implementing Hufu cavalry shooting, immediately stood up and said to Zhao Yong: "Lin Hu barbarians wantonly invade my territory, we must give them a cruel lesson, and we must take the next wish as the forerunner!" ”

Seeing that Fei Yi agreed, Zhao Yong nodded with a smile. Then he turned his gaze to Zhao Xianggongzi Cheng and asked him, "I wonder what my uncle thinks about this?" "After Zhao implemented the Eastern and Western government system, Zhao State's wealth output actually mainly relied on agricultural areas, so Zhao Yong had to obtain the support of the Eastern Government if he wanted to start a war, and Zhao Cheng's attitude was very crucial.

When Zhao Cheng was waiting in Zhao Su, he was the prime minister of Zhao State. As Zhao Yong's uncle, Zhao Cheng has deep connections in Zhao and is highly respected, even Zhao Yong needs Zhao Cheng as the minister of the Eastern Mansion to appease the hearts of Zhao Guo. Therefore, in the past few years, although Zhao Yong knew that Zhao Cheng was dissatisfied with Hufu cavalry, he would not remove his phase at will.

As soon as Zhao Cheng heard Zhao Yong's words, he immediately said to him: "Your Majesty, your subordinates think that it is very inappropriate to send troops to Lin Hu!" A few years after the implementation of Hufu cavalry and archery in the king, the west of Taihang was all pastures, which made the domestic food of my Zhao country extremely insufficient! Sending troops to fight is to fight food, and my Zhao State does not have enough food, so how can I easily attack Lin Hu? ”

Zhao Yong said with some dissatisfaction: "Uncle, what are you talking about?" The transformation of the lands of Jinyang and Daijun into pastures in my Zhao Kingdom is so that my Zhao Kingdom can breed more horses for the purpose of strengthening the army! Now, isn't there still a large agricultural area in Handan and Hejian in my Zhao country? The first two years were all smooth, how can my Zhao State have a lot of food savings, why can't I support our army to attack Linhu? ”

When Zhao Cheng heard this, he immediately complained to Zhao Yong: "Your Excellency, although my Zhao State has these two agricultural areas, your Excellency has vigorously trained cavalry in the past few years, and the consumption of food is huge!" His Majesty thought that cavalry was Rong Di's method of warfare, although it was of great use against Rong Di, but its consumption was too great! To feed one cavalry, the food that needs to be consumed is enough to feed ten infantry, so the consumption of such a serious type of troops, Your Majesty begs the king to stop! ”

When Zhao Yong heard this, he immediately began to refute: "Uncle should know that back then, I had only 3,000 cavalry in Zhao State, and I let 10,000 sharp soldiers of Qin State have no return!" The strength of the cavalry, I don't need to say more! In my opinion, if I can have 100,000 cavalry in hand, the whole world can be left to my Zhao Kingdom to run rampant! Lone always thought that the soldiers were fine, not many, and the cavalry was the best army in the world! If there are real elite soldiers, why should we go for those weak soldiers with poor combat effectiveness? There is nothing wrong with Hufu riding and shooting, there is no doubt that the military strength of my Zhao State is growing rapidly! ”

However, no matter what Zhao Yong said, the conservatives of Zhao Guodongfu led by Gongzi Cheng always adhered to one thing: Zhao Guoguo is now short of food, which is not enough to support the war of the army attacking Lin Hu! At the same time, Zhao Guo's engineer Yin, who was in charge of equipment manufacturing, also stood up and complained to Zhao Yong under Zhao Cheng's instructions, Chen said that Zhao Guo now has no money and cannot make enough weapons for Zhao Jun to use!

The powerful conservatives in Zhao State began to oppose Hu Fu Cavalry Shooting before, and now they took advantage of their control of most of Zhao State's finances and began to jam Zhao Yong's neck, which made the young and vigorous Zhao Hou Yong not irritable!