Throughout the world, the border defense is important

Comment on the heroic tree of national prestige

Ye Zhengze said: Your Majesty, since the founding of our dynasty, we have always paid attention to educating the people, set up schools and academies at all levels of townships, counties, and prefectures to teach and educate people, and set up martial arts classes at or above the county level. The northern Jin country is a barbarian race, and now, the descendants of Confucius are also named Yan Shenggong, and the county level and above must build Confucian temples, run schools, open science and scholars, and enshrine the four books and five classics as classics. Education is the foundation of the country, and the education of the people must not stop, therefore, Wechen advocates strengthening local schools and resuming martial arts.

After that, the fold is about to be served.

Ye Aiqing's performance, I already know, I will hand it over to the Chinese book for discussion.

After playing right, Ye Zhengze rested in Lin'an, and heard that his daughter was in poor health, so he transferred to Wu County to visit.

After Xin Qi's illness arrived, Zhongshu Province sent someone to notify Taishi and the king of Pingyuan County to summon him in Taishi's mansion. Xin Qiji knew that today's Han Yanxuan was no longer the same as the one he saw in Shinshu that year. Although he is nominally a prince, not the prime minister, but the power is greater than the prime minister, his words to the emperor, a change is a holy decree, it is really a word, see this chief minister who can change the fate of the country, but you have to think about it well, say it thoroughly.

The two met, sat courteously, and after being polite, looked at each other.

Let's look at Han Yanxuan first, who is tall and has a strong physique. Square face, full of heaven, thick eyebrows and deep eyes, light dark circles, ruddy and shiny face, sparse beard, black, low voice, with a sense of heaviness. Compared to the past, it is slightly older, but more confident and majestic.

The Xin Qijian in Han Yanxuan's eyes was also different from a few years ago, his face was slightly dark, his beard was all white, floating to his chest, and the bags under his eyes became more and more obvious, but he looked in good health, and he spoke with a lot of energy.

Xin Qiji spoke first, I haven't seen you for a few years, the Taishi has become more and more energetic, I heard that Mrs. Tan gave birth to a little son for you, congratulations.

Oh, and the child is almost six years old. Xin Dashuai is still so healthy, he is really a hero. I heard that there are many beautiful women in Lead Mountain, and every time you enjoy the flowers and drink, laugh and laugh, and endure endlessly. How many did you bring to the east this time?

The master smiled, those maids of mine are all rural village women, and they can't be elegant. The year before last, his wife Fan died of illness and was dismissed.

To tell you the truth, I appreciate this point about you, when the country is in danger, cross the horse and hold the sword, meet the enemy, and kill him upside down; When the world is peaceful, he sings the wine, the wind and the snow, and drinks him in the dark, this is the big husband, the real hero.

Taishi has won awards, that is already in the past, and Lian is quite old.

Lian Po himself is old, but in fact, his ambition is still there. Your dreams have not come true, how can you throw away your armor?

Xin Qiji looked at Han Yanxuan in surprise, and asked expectantly, what does the Taishi mean by this? Please be explicit.

Han Yanxuan smiled, in the fifth year of Shaoxi, Emperor Guangzong summoned you, you went to the book of Jingxiang, and later gave me a special book, I saw it all. It's just that I haven't turned my hand, and I invite you here today just to hear your views on this, and of course, other political affairs can also be discussed.

Xin Qiji was overjoyed, and he was so happy that he trembled a little when he spoke. Taishi, there is a saying that you may know, if you are warlike, you will die, and if you forget to fight, you will be in danger. Our Chinese nation has always paid attention to living in harmony, and it is not warlike and does not want to fight, but the barbarian clan is on his side, and if you don't want to fight him, he wants to fight you.

Han Yanxuan nodded, you are right, these barbarian clans covet the wealth of China, and they plunder my Huaxia with the courage of their husbands, kill our people, and occupy our territory, which is really hateful.

Taishi is right. If I don't offend others, what should I do? Then it is necessary to straighten out military affairs, consolidate border defense, never forget the war situation, and base ourselves on defense.

Rectifying military affairs and consolidating border defense is easier said than done.

Everything is like this, it seems difficult, as long as you try to do it, it is not difficult.

Jiaxuan, you're right, it's hard not to do anything, it's not difficult to do anything.

Rectifying military affairs, consolidating border defenses, not forgetting the war, and basing ourselves on defense is the first step, which is to ensure that no one will be attacked, and to restore the Central Plains, it will take more energy. It's harder. But if you don't do it, you will be sorry for your ancestors and ancestors, and sorry for the people.

Jiaxuan, you go on.

This is the situation today. I am a great Song Dynasty, prosperous and wealthy, but Wen Tian is martial, the border war preparation is deserted, the sergeants lack training, and most of them are reluctant to live and sleep, drunk and dream of death; And our north and west are all barbarians: Jin is only separated by a river from our country, the cavalry is much stronger than our country, the Yellow River has flooded several times in recent years, as well as earthquakes and locust plagues, which have weakened the national strength, and to the north of him, there are also the Mongols, I heard that this people are fierce and warlike, often invade and harass the Jin country, and the Jin country is helpless, building thousands of miles of trenches on the northern border, there are both internal and external troubles, so he has no time to look south of our country; In the west of Shaanxi, Sichuan, there is a Xia country, which has been too busy to take care of itself due to internal turmoil and the invasion of the Jin State over the years, and now the Mongols are strong again, and the days of death are numbered.

Oh, yes, no one has ever told me about these things, how do you know about Jin, Xia, and Mongolia?

Taishi, that's the case, over the years, as long as I have been a pacification envoy in the local area, I have to come up with some money and ask people to go to the north, obviously doing business, but actually spying on the military, which is called knowing oneself and knowing the other.

Well, the money was well spent. As you said, there are Mongols in the north of Jin Guo, and there are many disasters, it seems that he is not capable of committing my Great Song Dynasty at all.

Yes, now the combat effectiveness of the Jin soldiers is different from that of a few decades ago, and there are few generals left who can fight habitually, and it is risky to fight. His first enemy and opponent were the Mongols. But even so, we can't be as defenseless as we are now.

So what do we say, how should we deal with it?

It is necessary to change this concept of the whole country being reluctant to steal security, based on defense, and after having a certain strength, march into the Northern Expedition. Taishi, your claim is very important. I have studied all the prime ministers since Gojong and have come to a conclusion: those who can fight in the main battle will go down in history, and those who negotiate traitors will be remembered for 10,000 years. Taishi, I am a straightforward person, if you have anything to say, if you can't say it well, don't be surprised, just say it directly.

Han Yanxuan gestured, it's okay, you continue.

I'll talk about a few prime ministers of the Xiaozong Dynasty.

The first, Shi Hao Shi Yue Wang. He was a peer of Emperor Gaozong, although he entered the office late, he was promoted quickly, Gaozong regarded him as a confidant in his later years, and he was the teacher of Emperor Xiaozong, Xiaozong was canonized as the crown prince, and he contributed a lot. After Xiaozong ascended the throne, he was the prime minister, and he also fought the main battle, but a pragmatic faction, who paid attention to a stable word, on the eve of the Longxing Northern Expedition, Shi Hao affirmed Zhang Jun's loyalty and righteousness of "the great revenge has not been restored, and he was determined to use troops", but he resolutely opposed the rush to use troops, and clearly proposed that the Northern Expedition was laborious and expensive, and the domestic army was weak and mediocre, and it was a risky move to take the initiative to send troops. As it turned out, he was right, and the Song army at that time did not have the strength to attack and win.