During this time, Zheng Lang first transferred his two adopted sons back to the capital, then transferred his little son-in-law to the capital, and then called Zheng Ping's mother and son back to the capital together, and the family was reunited.

Those who don't know the truth think that Zheng Lang is using power for personal gain.

But no.

At the beginning of the war, the forbidden army used by the imperial court reached 250,000 people, and the remaining forbidden troops were even more, but nearly 200,000 troops were stationed in Hedong, Hebei, and nearly 100,000 forbidden troops were distributed in Bashu, Liangguang, Liangjing, Lianghuai, Liangjiang, and Liangzhe.

In other words, there are only tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers in the capital.

There are also hundreds of thousands of baoding, and it cannot be said that baoding does not work, first, it helps the poor, prevents the spread of annexation and seizure, and maintains the stability of the Gyeonggi region. The second is the training of the whole people, and some warriors can be transferred to the forbidden army, so as to improve the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, expand the suburbanization of the families of the forbidden soldiers, and reduce the cost of living for the families of the forbidden soldiers. The third is joint prevention and arrest of thieves. Of course, when you can't help it, if you recruit them, it will play a role.

However, Baoding is Baoding, and its combat effectiveness cannot reach the level of a regular army.

Zheng Langxi went, with almost 600,000 troops in his hands, plus more than 200,000 people, almost sixty percent of the country's troops, once he had bad intentions, the Song Dynasty would die. Therefore, all his family members were transferred to the capital, so as to prevent some people with ulterior motives from gossiping and rioting.

But this can only be understood, not spoken. Yue Fei did something stupid and said to Zhao Gou, we have taken some of our family members hostage in the capital, why are you still not at ease. It's not easy to say below, except for some of the troops of the four major jiedu envoys who came from the imperial court, all the rest were troops recruited from Jianghuai, saying that it was Yue Jiafei, but in fact most of them were Yue Fei's private soldiers, and even the supplies were all solved by their own means.

Of course, the cause of Yue Fei's death was very complicated, even if his question embarrassed Zhao Gou. couldn't get off the stage in front of the ministers, although he participated in the matter of the crown prince, although he wanted to merge Liu Guangshi's army into his hands, welcome back the second emperor of Huiqin, and oppose Zhao Gou's peace, but Zhao Gou still gave him the Taiwei, Xuanfu envoy and Yingtian ambassador, and even an unprecedented first-class official position Kaifu Yitong Sansi (Kaifu refers to the ability to have the right to open the palace, and the three divisions are the three dukes, which are the most noble envoys in name, and only a few dozen people such as Zhao Pu, Lu Yijian, Wang Qinruo, Han Jiang, Wen Yanbo, and Cai Jing have titles before Yue Fei). Actually twelve gold medals after the recall. Zhao Gou planned to deal with Zhang Jun, not Yue Fei, who was keeping filial piety and singing peace with the literati in Lushan.

Yue Fei's death had nothing to do with Zheng Lang, but the lessons of the car before and after had to be prevented, let alone let the twelve gold medals happen to him.

Zheng Lang was not enough, so he asked Gao Zunyu to serve as the deputy marshal of this trip. It was not to let Gao Zunyu command these armies, and Gao Zunyu did not have the courage to compete with Zheng Lang for command, but to let him play the role of a supervisor of the army.

Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years.

It is precisely because of Zheng Lang's care in this life that he has achieved such feats.

The arrival of a group of township soldiers was really a military parade. The township soldiers of each team had been trained for a year, but it was still not enough, so they were reorganized under the pretext of a military parade. Later, under the banner of lack of food on the front line. Cheng Minfu escorted the grain and grass to the northwest.

The Khitan is still confused, and the Tanguts and the Song people in front have been in a stalemate for a long time, and it is quite normal to transport grain and grass. Although they paid attention to the township soldier system, because the treatment was relatively poor. He also encouraged half-soldiers and half-peasants, and some bad generals did not pay attention to the township soldiers, so they still participated in some labor. Moreover, the Song Dynasty itself had various militia armies, which were more chaotic than the politics of the Song Dynasty, so they did not pay much attention. Even in order to confuse, more than ten days ago, the Song Dynasty was still talking about the expansion of bank supervision and shares. It's been delayed for a long time, but the northwest is at war, so there is money to expand the shares. In doing so, the main thing is to prevent the Khitan.

With the departure of this army, Zheng Lang will also leave the capital.

When April arrived, the important ministers attended the capital meeting in the capital hall, which was also Zheng Lang's last capital meeting. It is possible that after he returned to his hometown, the Song Dynasty government would ask him about the national policy, but it was impossible to come to the capital to talk to the ministers.

The ministers sat down, and Zhao Xuan issued an edict to let Zheng Lang serve as the envoy of the Xuanfu Sutra of the Second Road of Hehuang in Shaanxi.

At this time, the picture is exhausted.

The bigwigs who know the truth are silent one by one, but more people don't know the truth, and even like the common people and the Khitan Xixia people, they think that the Song Dynasty wants to take advantage and annex the four states of Hexi, and they don't think that the Song Dynasty wants to swallow up the entire Western Xia.

There are even people who wonder in private, Zheng Lang said that he would resign from the phase, why did he not resign after a year?

This appointment was announced, and we will meet together.

Wang Anli, who served as the Zhizhi Hao, said: "Your Majesty, you are too worried about the people. ”

Because of the Xining reform, Zheng Lang made some compromises, and the contradiction was not as serious as in history, and the reform itself was initiated by Zheng Lang, although Wang Anli used it, it was not as prominent in history.

"Hefu, Wang Shao said that there are too many soldiers, Guo Kui said that there should be more troops, otherwise it will become the defeat of Li Xin, Zhang Ji did not express his position, and the soldiers, not the more the better, there are many battles in history with fewer victories, and the more troops, the stricter the requirements for the commander's command ability, so Han Xin said to Han Gaozu, you can only lead 100,000 soldiers, and I am the more the merrier. But I have a lot of considerations in my heart, the Xixia people are cunning, back and forth, before Li Jiqian took off, His Majesty Taizong sent five ways to attack Li, the soldiers are not many, and the generals will not be brave, but I returned in vain. Renzong was in the summer, there were four famous generals of Di Qing, the history said that the Tang Ming Emperor was poor in his later years, but at that time the annual military expenditure was only 15 million, and the battle of Qingli cost nearly 200 million soldiers, which is equivalent to the military expenses of the Tang Ming Emperor in his later years for more than ten years, and even the civil thieves were everywhere, but they still did not succeed, and only self-protection had each other's victories and defeats. Therefore, I agree with Guo Kui's opinion. ”

The two of them were not talking about whether they could cut down the summer, but about the waste caused by the large number of troops.

Zhang Qi reported back from Liangzhou, saying that nearly 50,000 Uighur soldiers had asked to join the war. This made the actual strength of Vaxia reach 600,000 people, and many grain and grass materials were sent to the front, but not the front line, in Weizhou, Yuanzhou, Jingzhou, Yanzhou, and Linzhou. There is still a long road to transport grain and grass from these state capitals to the front line, and even after going deep into Western Xia, the road is longer, and there is no good water transportation, so it can only be slowly pushed to the front line barracks one by one.

Even if the 110,000 Hebei township soldiers are regarded as people's husbands, it is still insufficient, and more than 200,000 people must be recruited from Shaanxi to keep the grain from delay. As a result, more than 800,000 people actually participated in the war. It is the largest troop movement in history. With so many people and horses, the grain and grass consumed in one day reached at least more than 20,000 stones, and if you want to destroy Western Xia, you can't do it in four or five months, and the consumption of grain and grass on the front line may cost four million stones.

Not only grain and grass, but also weapons, tents, vehicles, livestock, tools, and food and drink for soldiers, so the front line needs 4 million stone of grain and grass, and the rear has to supply 40 million stone of grain. This is just the grain and grass needed for summer harvesting, and the Hexi Corridor has been beaten until now. Coupled with the stalemate of several other roads, the soldiers were transferred to the front line together, and the grain and grass had to be transported to the front line, and after the summer war, the Song Dynasty had to appease the people, as well as the garrison, and had to rape some of the rebel tribes, and also had to ask for grain and grass.

Grain and grass alone is an astronomical amount, and so much grain and grass is not produced in Shaanxi. Instead, it was carried from Liangjing, Liangjiang, Lianghuai, Lianghuai and Jingdong, Hebei, from the hands of the people to the government, and then from the government to the capital step by step, and then from the capital to Shaanxi.

If it's commercial grain. But this is official food, even if a small amount of subsidies and salaries are given in order not to disturb the people, but compared to this astronomical amount. Not only will it disturb the people, but it will even seriously affect this year's agricultural production.

Therefore, Wang Shao said on the front line that he did not need so many troops. Even if there are 100,000 fewer people, there will be a lot of loosening pressure on the rear.

However, Zheng Lang was not at ease. In history, the Song Dynasty fought on the five routes, with 350,000 troops, 200,000 people, and 550,000 people, but it failed, no matter what the reason for the failure, Zheng Lang did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Zheng Lang said: "Our dynasty is not like the Qin Dynasty is as reckless as the Qin Dynasty, this battle can only be won and not defeated, and there is a powerful Khitan eyeing the side, so I requisitioned heavy troops and destroyed the Western Xia with the power of thunder." Even in order not to have the tragedy of the Chibi in the water, arrangements were made decades in advance, and I will let Zhang Kai be the deputy marshal to assist me in commanding this summer operation. ”

But more than a dozen ministers of Yushitai were anxious, after Zheng Lang reformed, he gave Yanchen great rights, but also made some restrictions, that is, words and things can be, and they must seek truth from facts, but now such a big thing has happened, whether it is Yushitai or the Yuan, but I don't know the slightest rumor, how to get it, and how many troops to send, not to discuss with the ministers, but to discuss with the three generals on the front line, where is the ancestral family law?

In fact, it is the contradiction between democracy and centralization.

Zhao Ji was also about to ask this question.

Yanchen has brought great trouble to Zheng Lang over the years, but he has indeed played a supervisory role.

Including the Zhangdun case, Dali Temple impeached Zhangdun's father and son Zhang Yu and Zhangdun's uncle Shenqiu County Lord Bo Zhangkai for encroaching on people's land. The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture were afraid of the power of Zhangdun, and they all waited and watched. The matter went to the Yushitai and was impeached. The main reason is that Zhang Dan's personality is too strong and he offends many people, although Zheng Lang values his talent, he can't cover it up, and the encroachment on people's land is also what Zheng Lang hates the most. Therefore, the imperial court made a heavy punishment, the implicated soldier Cao joined the army Wu Qianle was suspended, the Kaifeng prefect Qian Zao was fined copper, the Kaifeng Prefecture judge Yu Da and Xi Zhan rubbed for one year, pushed the official Hu Grandmaster, Chong replaced, Silu joined the army Lu Changheng grinded and surveyed for two years, Hu Cao joined the army Liu Zhi, Shi Cao joined the army Wang Ben, and Cangcao joined the army Cai Minzhu cha replaced.

Zhang Yu was a hundred rods, and eighty years old, Zhang Kaile stopped. Yu Shitai made persistent efforts, and impeached Zhou Zhidao, the transfer judge of Chengdu Prefecture, for concealing Zhang Dan's misconduct of Zhu Fu, Yuan Mo falsely said that Zhang Dao escaped the charge, Zhou Zhidao was imprisoned for one year, and he had a hundred silent rods.

Zhang Dian defended himself, he must have been wrong, but he didn't know about the encroachment on the people's land, besides, there were so many people in the Zhang family, and he had more friends, relatives and friends, if these people made mistakes, it would not be fair to let him bear all of them.

In the end, he was released.

Zheng Lang's view on this is very fair, although it is widely implicated and suspected of heavy sentences, but it is not without benefits, and it will make the important ministers restrain their families and relatives, otherwise these people will rely on their strong background to do evil, and the impact will be great. That is, the pros outweigh the cons.

But at this time, the release of Zhang Dian is undoubtedly a loss.

In the face of Yanchen's accusation, Zheng Lang said lightly: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the process of preparing for the summer expedition, it was His Majesty who led it, and all of you knew about it and participated in the planning, because I was afraid that the Khitans would be involved, so it was not announced to you. The reason why they asked Wang Shao and the others in front was because they were on the front line, familiar with Western Xia, and good at military affairs. Guys, don't dwell on it anymore. ”

This is a euphemism, and the implication is to ask you, do you understand?

Without giving them a chance to be wordy, Zheng Lang said again: "Before leaving, I will send you two words. ”

As he spoke, he cited the first word: Ping!

"The general will calm the world in a hundred battles, and the world will kill the general." Zheng Lang said.

One sentence made everyone dumbfounded, and the dare to love was this flat.

"There is only one queen bee in the hive, and there is a clear division of labor between drones and workers. It grows from strength. If every bee wants to be the queen bee, it will perish. The Tang dynasty declined, the military generals controlled the financial and military power, and from the extinction, the five generations were replaced, the ten countries were in turmoil, and the people were struggling to survive. This is the origin of the ancestors' suppression of military and heavy literature. But if you want the country to be stable, you don't necessarily have to kill the heroes, and if you don't kill the heroes, the country will also be governed. Tang Taizong saw that Wei Chi Jingde was rampant and domineering, and he was just beaten, and Jingde became a good minister of the Tang Dynasty. When the ancestors founded the country, they did not kill or slander the heroes when the system collapsed. If you are afraid that the meritorious heroes will control the generals, you can pick out the vacant positions and give them the wealth, if you slander the meritorious generals, the soldiers will inevitably be cold. If Di Qing hadn't been slandered, why did he die young? Even if you succeed in destroying the summer. There is also a more powerful Khitan, the foreign enemy has not been eliminated, and the meritorious generals have been suppressed excessively, and our dynasty will become a disaster for Wu Zetian (referring to Wu Zetian killing Wang Fangyi, Heiya Changzhi, Cheng Wuting and other brave generals. The history of many defeats in foreign wars of the Wu Zhou Dynasty). Flat is not a peaceful world, and it also means fairness. ”

Zheng Lang's words are a bit biased, and the Song Dynasty cannot say that it is emphasizing literature over military force, first of all, military spending. The annual military expenditure of the Song Dynasty was more than five times that of the so-called poor soldier Li Longji, although many soldiers lived in hardship at home, but what about the military service system of the Han and Tang dynasties? That would be more bitter. Zheng Lang said that he unjustly killed the general. Han Tang also has it. Speaking of weapons, the Song Dynasty attached more importance to weapon research and development than that generation, as well as military schools - martial arts. The atmosphere of folk martial arts practice is also very strong, and there are bow and arrow clubs, horse clubs, knife clubs, and ten thousand horse clubs. Martial arts were common entertainment activities in the Song Dynasty, such as horn fighting, sticking, sword dancing, sword dancing, crossbow shooting, weightlifting, and even women wearing big vests and pants to wrestle openly with men on the streets. Some scholars and doctors also have good skills, such as the former dynasty sage Wang Zeng was a martial arts master, if there was a fight, one king Zeng could put down ten Zheng Lang. Martial arts were also carried forward in the Song Dynasty, and even in the early stage, scholars such as Liu Kai and Chen Yaozhi were willing to automatically turn into military generals and put pen to paper.

The reason why it seems to be heavy on literature and light on military force is that the Song Dynasty lacked cavalry, suffered several defeats, and the cost of using troops was high, forming a restrained pattern. The second is the authority of the scholars to suppress the generals, since the beginning of the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, it is not the military generals who are in charge, but the scholars, relatives, eunuchs, there are military generals, and the military generals are only a puppet in the army.

But Zheng Lang is not easy to explain this problem, so he will become the public enemy of the literati.

Therefore, just say a flat and let everyone reflect on themselves.

And the second word was raised: Positive.

"What is positive, from one to the other, one is the world is set in one, the world is unified, and the end is to stop, so the original meaning is to say that the war stops at the time of the unification of the world and the world. When the war came, the soldiers fought miserably, the family was separated, and the people were tired, so His Majesty Zhenzong was sympathetic to the people, even if the Khitan army had been trapped in Hebei, he did not hesitate to make peace with the Khitan in humiliation. But what about the actual effect? The Tangut people went back and forth, and the imperial court had to station a large number of troops in Shaanxi. Although the Khitan was a little better than the Western Xia, the Qingli War extorted our dynasty to increase the year's coin, and changed it to Na, and the Xining drought once again extorted a large area of idle fields in the east of the river. The imperial court had to station a large number of soldiers in Hedong and Hebei. Non-positive! ”

Peace is a good thing, but this garrison also harmed the people of the Song Dynasty and the economy of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, this so-called spending money is not a good way.

"I have the Western Xia to the west, and there are the Uighurs after the Western Xia, even if the Western Xia is destroyed, the Uighurs may not be able to get along peacefully, and the Tibetan Plateau is an unclimbable way in the world, there is Dali in the southwest, there is Jiaozhi in the south, there are Khitan Jurchen Goryeo in Liaodong, there are Wa countries overseas, and there are nomads in the Khitan and desert steppes in the north. If you want to melt weapons in Jiuding and put horses in Nanshan, it is impossible. But having conquered Western Xia, there was no threat from a strong enemy in the west. If conditions permit, the clouds are recovered, and the northern gateway is closed. Then the military expenditure will be reduced by more than 30 percent, or even 40 percent, and if the politics of our DPRK are as clear as they are now, the country will continue to produce a large surplus. The two taxes may be completely exempted, and even the monopoly of salt and wine will be released, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes will be removed, and commercial taxes will be reduced. If the treasury has sufficient surplus, it can easily rely on the danger of closing the wall, retreat can be defended, and advance without harsh people's counterattack, and then it will be the right of our dynasty, and it will be close to the realm of Datong that Master said. ”

Zheng Lang said again: "Vaxia is only the first step in the Zhengmy Dynasty!" (To be continued......)