Wang looked at Zhong Zhen's expression, and knew what this kid was thinking, and he said lightly: "When I was in Linchuan, my father told me about this question: Now the imperial court does not send troops not because your father is cowardly, but because there is no money to fight; Our Great Song Dynasty is not without military generals, but soldiers do not know generals, and generals do not know soldiers. There was a big stone beside the Zhuo Xi Spring, and the king pointed to the stone and said to Zhong Zhen, "Sit down, and I will tell you about it." Zhao Zhongzhen was quite obedient, sat down obediently, but made up his mind in his heart, no matter what you Wang said, I won't go back to the capital anyway, unless you go back with me, "Brother Wang, then you tell me about it, if what you say makes sense, I will listen to you." ”

Wang Bian sorted out his thoughts, no wonder Yingzong said Zhongzhen, he has not been in contact with the government, naturally he does not know the problems that the Great Song Dynasty is facing now, Wang Bian wants to persuade Zhao Zhongzhen to reconcile with Song Yingzong's father and son, because Zhao Zhongzhen's body is related to the country of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also related to the fate of his own family. As soon as Wang said the first sentence, Zhong Zhen asked, "What is a question left over from history?" ”，

Wang Bian explained: "It is a problem left by your ancestors that has not been solved until now. Zhong Zhen smiled: "I don't believe it, there are any problems that will always stay and cannot be solved." After he finished speaking, he tilted his head and looked at the king, his expression was slightly naughty,

Good boy, it seems that he is deliberately making trouble, and this king still does not educate and educate him, "Let me ask you, what kind of garrison system was stipulated by Song Taizu in order to prevent the soldiers from being arrogant. ”

Of course, this is difficult for Zhao Zhongzhen: "The system of the forbidden army being guarded by several times, the local soldiers and armies are useless, and the defense on all sides must send the central forbidden army, but it is not possible to let him stay in one place for a long time, for example, if he is in Hebei this year, he will be transferred to the central government every other year, and then transferred to Shanxi every other time." ”

Wang said: "Now that you know that it is easy to do, these armies are so adjusted, is it necessary to give more money to the soldiers, and besides, the soldiers in our army have not retired, recruiting new recruits every year, but they are transferred every year in action, how much financial and material resources need to be consumed, although they do not fight, but there is no difference between the funds and the war, the army is always running on the road, and the generals and the army are separated, the army is transferred in batches, and the generals are still there without moving, after a long time, the soldiers do not know the generals, the generals do not know the soldiers, you say, If the soldiers and soldiers who lead the troops do not understand each other, can they win the battle? ”

Zhao Zhongzhen pondered these words next to the king, and felt that there was some truth, his expression was not as naughty as just now, and he asked seriously: "If it is according to what Brother Wang said, then why not let those veterans retire and reduce the number of soldiers." ”

Wang sighed, the child is the child, thinking is too simple, he said patiently: "Do you know that once out of the Great Wall, it is the Great Plains, so to fight in the north, you must have cavalry, and the Great Song Dynasty to deal with the enemy in the north must be cavalry, and the horses required by the cavalry are only produced in two places, one in the northeast and one in the northwest, one is the so-called Jibei field, that is, the area of Recha today, and the other is the area of the Ganliang Hetao, which must be a cold place in order to raise horses, and horses can not be scattered one by one, there must be beautiful grass and sweet springs, There is open land, in order to be raised in groups, in order to be used for cavalry out of the fortress for long-distance pursuit, and these two places of horseback, when the Great Song Dynasty opened the country, just one was taken by Liao, and the other was taken by Western Xia, which was not in the hands of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Zhongzhen scratched his head, what did Wang Bian say have to do with raising soldiers, Wang Bian didn't pay attention to him but continued: "On the Shanxi side, Taiyuan to the north, there is a Yanmen Pass, but this is not the main line of defense, the main one is still in Hebei, there is no danger to defend here, the main line of defense is the Juma River, also near Zhuozhou, because it is too close to each other and loses its strategic depth, it can only invest more troops in passive defense, so, back to the question just now, the army of the Great Song Dynasty can only be a passive defense in the face of Western Xia and Liao, and it cannot be attacked. It is precisely because we have to use these soldiers and raise them all year round to prepare for war that we have to maintain these soldiers that we have today's situation. ”

When Zhao Zhongzhen heard this, this matter turned out to be so complicated, he never thought that the young man in front of him, who was only a few years older than himself, would actually break through the shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty's use of soldiers, and the words of the king made him feel that his father, the emperor, was really difficult to do, and he had a headache when he heard it, if this really started with Xixia, could he win, he hurriedly asked anxiously: "Brother Wang has a solution to this matter." ”

Wang Fang thought to himself, it was time to recommend Wang Anshi to the future emperor, he shook his head: "The solution, this has to ask my father, he once played a book of ten thousand words to Emperor Renzong, which contains how to solve the problem, and what I said is just the result of my father's analysis." ”

Zhao Zhongzhen's face was sad, and he said with a sad face: "It seems that what my father said is right, I really still know too little, but if the situation is so serious, isn't the Great Song Dynasty in danger." ”

Seeing his desperate look, Wang was busy comforting: "Alas, it's not so serious, our Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to scholars, although the army has not been sorted out, but the cultural governance can still be revived, and there is no major problem inside, and it is not impossible to save it slowly." Although Wang said this, Zhao Zhongzhen was still extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and thought that he was inconsiderate of his father, so he felt a little guilty in his heart.

Seeing Zhong Zhen like this, Wang thought that it was better to persuade him to return to the capital as soon as possible now, although he didn't think of how to donate those books for the time being, but the matter of the books was compared with the Great Song Sheji, naturally the latter was more important, thinking of this Wang and said: "Since you already know that your father is in trouble, and you see that your uncle is in Shaozhou, why don't you ask him to send you back." ”

Zhao Zhongzhen immediately stood up and said a little unhappily: "No, I have been out for so long, and my father has not sent anyone to look for me, I don't want to go back like this, if you don't look for me in the future, I will simply follow Brother Wang around, and it is not bad to be happy." As he spoke, he walked towards the resting meditation room.

It turned out that he was still vomiting, why didn't the emperor look for Zhao Zhongzhen, Wang Bi didn't know, but he knew that Zhao Zhongzhen's current age was the period of youth rebellion, and it was already like this, so he was not in a hurry, so he said: "It's okay" and I won't say more,

The sun sets, the temple is extremely quiet, Zhao Zhongzhen, who returned to the meditation room, is much quieter than usual, he holds a book in his hand as if he is reading, but from time to time his mind wanders, what the king said today, recorded in his mind, he always tries to find a solution, but these problems have become a strange circle that the emperors of the Song Dynasty can't get out of, not to mention that he is such a child, the king does not bother him, he also has a lot of things to think about in his mind, the more he thought about what he said in the afternoon, the more he thought about it, the more he felt reasonable, It is said that the Great Song Dynasty was a poor and weak dynasty, but in this situation, I found that this was not the case.

The culture and technology of the Great Song Dynasty are the most brilliant among the countries in the same period, not only that, the system of the Great Song Dynasty follows the disadvantages of the five generations, if the Northern Song Dynasty is not heavy on literature and light on martial arts, and unifies the people ideologically, there are no major problems inside, and these are definitely not a sentence of poverty can be summarized, just take the alliance of Tanyuan, how important and hard-won the development in peace is, the two people are each with their own hearts, heard the knock on the door, a little monk with a meal sent into the meditation room, the king remembered to see the king of Handong County on the road, He stopped the little monk and asked, "This little master, when we came today, we saw the king of Handong County, did he also come to offer incense?" ”

The little monk replied while setting up the meal: "Yes, the county king came yesterday, and he returned to the county king's mansion in Shaozhou after the incense this morning." ”

Zhao Zhongzhen, who greeted the king, "Zhongzhen, did you hear it, the palace of Handong County is in Shaozhou." ”

Zhao Zhongzhen raised his eyelids and glanced at the king: "I don't want to go back to the capital yet, when I finish the affairs of Guangnan with you, let's go back to Linchuan, I want to listen to what Ling Zun has to say." ”

Wang Bei couldn't help but smile, his words Zhao Zhongzhen really took it to heart: "What's the use of listening, the emperor hasn't found you since you came out this time, I don't know what it's like to be in a hurry, besides, how do you know that he didn't look for you, what's more, you are not afraid of anything big in the capital, if you become the emperor in the future, it is still useful to listen to my father's words, if you can't be the emperor, what's the use of listening, I think you might as well just follow me around and be happy." He said and looked at the frowning Zhao Zhongzhen with a smile, and thought to himself: I asked you to go back to the capital, but you didn't go back, just go against the grain, I said I wouldn't let you go back to see what you said,

Zhao Zhongzhen became serious: "Do you think I am willing to be the emperor, what's so good about being the emperor, it's just ...... If you don't become the emperor, you really can't solve any historical problems, I am a prince and a subject of the Great Song Dynasty, alas...... How can you not worry about Da Song?"

Wang Fang patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "My father-in-law Bao Cheng also said the same back then, if he doesn't do the job of prime minister, how can he do things for the people, if you abstain from the crown prince and the throne, of course I am willing to take you, but if you have the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty in your heart, don't be angry." After speaking, he looked at Zhao Zhongzhen,

Zhao Zhongzhen's eyes were red, and he sighed, "Brother Wang, I listen to you, tomorrow I will first offer incense and pray for blessings, and when I return to Shaozhou City, I will go to the county king's mansion to find my uncle." ”

How did they know that Zhao Zongchu came to the temple to pray for blessings so that he could successfully succeed Zhao Shu of Song Yingzong in the future and ascend to the throne of the Great Song Emperor, and the suspicious Qin Minxue was also staring closely at the door of Zhao Zongchu, the king of Handong County.