"Your Royal Highness, although you are exiled to our dynasty, you can't even disclose your identity, but after all, the crown prince of your country, even the county lord matches you, and you also bend your identity."

"Gong Zheng, what else do I have the face to mention the crown prince."

"The crown prince is the crown prince, whenever and wherever he wants. Moreover, most of you won't be able to go back, if Her Royal Highness the princess marries you in the future and stays in the country, it won't be far away to marry your Khitan. Of course, I would like you to go back, albeit hopefully. It is this hope that your country wanted to marry Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but it was a forced nature, and the eldest princess was young, and if she married far away from your country, she would be humiliated. You are different, you can't go back, Her Royal Highness the princess has been in the capital, even if you can go back, it must be my dynasty to help, I have been kind to you, and I have been with me for many years, don't you treat Her Royal Highness the princess well? ”

To put it simply, it is the same as marrying a daughter, but the nature is completely different.

Zheng Lang said: "Your Highness, from a personal point of view, I don't want you to be wronged, in the past, I went to your country, your mother often asked me to teach calligraphy, at that time your mother was still young, she was already smart and clever, I heard the news of your mother's death, I was very sad. Now every time I think about it, people and ghosts are confused, and my heart is still sad. ”

"Zheng Gong ......" Yelujun finally couldn't help it and cried loudly.

"Alas...... Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, you can go with me to the suburbs of Beishan to pay tribute to your mother. ”

"Okay," Ye Lujun wiped away his tears with a handkerchief and walked out of the study with Zheng Lang.

In fact, Cui Xian had doubts about Yelujun's identity very early, and when she saw the two of them walking out strangely, Yelujun's eyes were still red, and she didn't ask. The two rode in a carriage to the top of the North Mountain outside the capital, and Yelujun cried again while burning paper money.

It was getting dark, and the two returned to the city. As soon as I got home, two eunuchs came out. said to Zheng Lang: "Your Majesty ordered Gong Zheng to enter the palace to see you." ”

"Obey," Zheng Lang followed the two small yellow doors to the inner palace.

There is a banquet in the inner palace, and Gao Taotao is sitting in the middle, and now Zheng Lang and Gao Taotao are getting old, Zheng Lang is a moral gentleman, a model for the world's corporal doctors, Gao Taotao did not avoid suspicion, and walked out directly from behind the screen.

Seeing Zheng Lang, Gao Tao said, "Zheng Qing." I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”

"Empress Dowager, the old minister took the child to Beishan to pay tribute to his mother."

"That kid is pitiful, too."

"Yes, the Queen Mother, the master said that the parents are kind, the children are filial, the elder brother is friendly, and the younger brother is respectful. The big one is the country. In particular, the Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties killed father and son, brother vendetta and even the country was quickly defeated. However, several generations of our ancestors, including Your Majesty, have been filial to our parents. For brotherhood and friendship, all the kings can ascend to the pole safely, and the power is smoothly transferred. The Khitan lord killed his wife and son, and the Khitan will be even worse in the future. ”

What Zheng Gong said is extremely true. You have to keep it in mind. ”

"The sons obey the orders of the queen mother."

Zheng Lang said again: "But that child is safe, and he may not be a good man." ”

"Oh."

"This son likes article calligraphy. Reading is a good thing, you can learn from books, govern the family and assist the country, but you can't read dead books, reading books is to absorb knowledge from books and use it in practice. Therefore, Guogong Zhao Pu only read half of the Analects, but he was a good face of my Great Song Dynasty. However, many scholars and doctors now read poetry, books and scriptures, but they cannot do their duties as ministers. This is one of them. Second, you can't indulge in reading dead books, let alone indulge in some small paths, as a scholar, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it may be a beautiful thing, but as an important minister in the court, it may not be a beautiful thing. If people's energy is limited, they will be scattered in other areas, and they will be delayed in government affairs. As the master of people, we can't indulge in these small paths. Therefore, several ancestors, whether it is poetry and articles, or qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, can not be called good, but they are good people. His Majesty Renzong, in particular, will not know anything, but will only be an official. Therefore, he became a sage through the ages. ”

Gao Tao and Zhao Ji let out a long sigh after hearing this.

Zheng Lang was also obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting when he was young, and even made countless elegant things in order to learn calligraphy, painting and piano art. But after taking power, all these hobbies were delayed one by one, and now his attainments in calligraphy are not as good as his student Su Dongpo, nor as good as his former friend Cai Xiang. Not to mention the painting art, even the piano was sealed for Renzong and stopped playing.

But they don't know Zheng Lang's intentions yet, and Zhao Ji will be born in the year after tomorrow. This may not be, Song Xiaozong's calligraphy is also good, but he does not lose a good master. Li Shishu also loves Danqing, but he is the first emperor of the ages.

However, Zhao Ji's harm is extremely cruel. Therefore, Zheng Lang came to this conclusion rudely.

Zheng Lang said again: "The old minister talked to him about it, and he is willing to marry Princess Shushou. ”

"This kid can't go back, Shushou marries him, and Shushou is not wronged in his identity."

"The old minister also thinks so, and if he is used in the future, I will lose some morality in the court, so I will compensate for it."

"Well, Zheng Qing, have you eaten?"

"Not yet."

"That's right, a meal."

"Thank you, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother." Zheng Lang was not restrained, and dined with a dignified and calm attitude. Gao Tao was very happy when he saw it, and thought in his heart, this is the heavens helping the Great Song Dynasty, so this courtier was lowered. The food was silent, and the three of them did not speak.

After eating, Gao Tao talked about business and asked, "Zheng Qing, do you plan to use troops in Western Xia?" ”

"Ninety percent of the future Xixia will change, if there is a change, use soldiers, if there is no change, there will be no soldiers, if there is a change, if there is no soldier, there will be no such opportunity in the future."

"If the army is used in the next year, the mourning family is worried about money." This is the main goal of Gao Tao to call Zheng Lang to the inner palace, if it is a few years later, the debt will be repaid, and the country will be full, but it is not very opposed, and now it is too hasty. There are several comparisons, the Song Dynasty conscripted Li Jiqian, and the cost amounted to more than 100 million, and he had to use tea and salt to exchange grain and grass materials from the people for support, otherwise the country would not be able to bear it. The short battle of Lanyuan cost more than 70 million yuan. The battle of Qingli cost nearly 200 million. To recover Hehuang, only tens of thousands of soldiers were used in the early stage, and only more than 100,000 soldiers were used in the later stage, and the cost reached nearly 70 million yuan in a short period of time. Once Western Xia is recovered, the scale of the war will be several times the cost of these battles. It is certainly not enough to save now and have a surplus in the next two years. Then you must borrow again, or harsh the people, now the country and the people, if not forced by the Western Xia and Khitan, almost an unprecedented prosperous era, as long as the debt or harsh, the situation of this prosperous era will be destroyed. This is not the result that Gao Tao wants to see.

"Empress Dowager Qiyu, the old minister also knows that it is not enough, it is enough, and when the Western Xia Kingdom is in danger, there are smart people in the Khitan who advise the Liao lord to send troops to help, and the battle will expand, and the cost will be higher. I don't know if there will be disasters or other changes in the next two years. But the old minister has another way. ”

"Tell me about it."

"Queen Mother, these ten years. Although the country's financial situation is good, the expenditure is huge, and it is repaying the debt, even if Xining's finances are so tight for seven years, they have survived. Therefore, the country's reputation is good among the people, but there is one thing that the imperial court has not done. Banks make profits mainly by lending. Lending to private individuals has always been burdened with some risks, and in fact, there have been some dead debts in banks. But what if the state borrows? Although the interest rate is high. But in the end, half of the profits were returned to the imperial court, and after deducting this half of the interest, the actual interest was not heavy. With bank support, do you still have to worry about money? ”

"Zheng Gong. It's a good idea, why didn't you just say it? Zhao said.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is afraid of controversy, and this idea is best not until a certain time. Your Majesty should not make it public. ”

Gao Tao couldn't help but be happy.

But when Gao Tao mentioned this matter, Zheng Lang also said his other thoughts by the way: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty." The minister also has an idea, please refer to the Queen Mother and His Majesty. The recovery of Hehuang is mostly an offensive and defensive battle, an ambush war, which is a manifestation of strategy and has nothing to do with the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. There are two real field battles, one is the battle of the valley mouth, which cannot be counted, it is just a collapse battle, and it is still impossible to see the combat effectiveness of the soldiers. The only real field battle was the battle outside the city of Kuozhou. ”

"Hmm."

"Although there was a great victory in the battle outside the city of Kuozhou, Wang Shao said one thing to his ministers, our army's great victory was won because of the lack of party command ability in southern Jiangsu. However, when Wang Shao commanded the battle, he found one thing, although our army was strict in discipline and the generals were brave, but when the soldiers of each team were mobilized, they were a little astringent, and they were not round enough. This is to deal with the Tubo army that has dispersed with all confidences, and of course, it still has the upper hand against the Western Xia army. But against the Khitan army, I am afraid it will not be enough. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Ji asked in surprise. In his heart, he thought that the Song army was strong enough at this time, and if it weren't for the fact that he didn't startle the snake, he would be able to fight the Khitans.

"Your Majesty, militarily, you must trust Wang Shao's judgment. Therefore, the old minister has an idea, worship the general. ”

"Greetings?"

"Well, Wang Jiefu talked to Lao Chen, thinking that the scale of setting up a regiment is still small. However, the old ministers did not agree with Jiefu's suggestion, and if it was further expanded, the commanders of each regiment would have some military, political and financial powers, which would cause bad signs, and the scholars and doctors would also oppose it. And the scale is large, it is inevitable that the brave generals will be in charge, but many of these generals have official positions and are often transferred, and the transfer of a group of generals is not a big problem, and if tens of thousands of people are transferred, it will inevitably be inconvenient. But this is an era of peace, if it is an era of war, you can refer to Jiefu's opinion, expand the scale, let the generals know the soldiers, and the soldiers know the generals, then when the major generals are fighting, because they are familiar with their subordinates, they can move freely, and there will be no jerky operation as Wang Shao said. When the war is over, it can be disbanded, and the previous measures will be continued to ensure that the major generals understand the core of the soldiers. ”

"How do you worship the law?"

"Ten generals, each temporarily leading 20,000 horses, can ensure that this army can operate independently. Ten lieutenant generals, each temporarily leading 10,000 horses, then they can ensure that they can independently march the army in front and rear. Twenty generals, each with 5,000 men and horses, can ensure that as a deputy army, cooperate with the middle general. ”

"So many people ......?" Gao Tao asked in surprise.

Obviously, this worship will be prepared for the summer war, this is 400,000 horses, and it is impossible to use all the forbidden soldiers, it is inevitable to use soldiers from all over Shaanxi, and there may be more than 100,000 horses. Not to mention, after so many soldiers and horses go down, at least three or four hundred thousand people will be escorted and prepared for grain and grass. How much does the state need to spend on this?

And Gao Tao also had a doubt.

After successive reductions, now the country only has about 600,000 forbidden troops, and 400,000 forbidden troops have been mobilized at once. What about Gyeonggi? If the Khitan took advantage of the Song Dynasty's northern and internal strength to be empty, and the army marched straight in, the Song Dynasty would have been destroyed by the Khitan even if it got the Western Xia.

PS: During this period of time, there are often interruptions, there are two reasons, the first one is about 100,000 words, it can't be finished, and all kinds of ideas in my heart are uncertain, and it has to be slow. The second reason is to open a new book, which has been conceived for a long time, is not a historical novel, and has a different style. The ideas of the two books are tangled together, and the thoughts are confused, so they often go to the cave. However, the idea of the new book is basically mature, and there will be no delay in updating. The new book will be an interesting novel, saying that because she wants to erase the destroyer, the female calamity uses her essence blood, doppelganger, and negative thoughts to curse the protagonist, but it doesn't work. Hongjun went to find the end of the boundless sea, arranged the formation, and with the help of the power of Duobao, Laozi, and the primordial three heavenly venerables, he obliterated the protagonist for the second time, resulting in the main to the bottom world, the Song Dynasty. Then the protagonist climbs step by step to the high-level world and the world of the god list. The story in the Song Dynasty will use the official history, the Water Margin, the Legend of Yue Quan and the Legend of the White Snake, and then the Broken Void and the two heroines, Yue Fei and a villain Guo Yaoshi, go to the Tang Dynasty. The theme is a combination of cultivating immortals and fantasy, but it still walks through the corridor of Chinese culture, history and legends. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )