In ancient Chinese history, there has long been the saying of "generals out of generals", that is, the phenomenon of several generations in the army and the production of generals. As far as the development of Chinese dynasties as a whole, Jiangmen has also become the backbone of the military generals group, Emperor Shuo of Sui once said to the ministers: "There must be generals in the generals, and there must be faces in the door, which is true!." "To put it bluntly, dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and rats are born to make holes.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the phenomenon of generals was still prominent, from the founding generals, the bereaved generals, and the generals who grew up in the later dynasties constituted the generals of the Song Dynasty, among them there were several generations of generals, or several generations of the situation of unifying the army, and even the martial arts family that has always been with the Northern Song Dynasty, and the generals have always occupied an important position in the military generals group at that time.

While implementing the "right to collect troops", Song Taizu also bought the upper echelons of military generals and gave his family preferential treatment in many aspects. They even resorted to the practice of marrying them in order to gain their effectiveness and resolve their contradictions. The generals not only received the treatment of security and wealth, but also established a marriage relationship with the royal family. After Song Taizong ascended the throne, he inherited the practice of his brother. As a result, a tradition of attracting upper-class military generals was formed, and later the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty established military ministers and daughters as queens, and it almost became customized. Under the protection of this ancestral law, not only did a group of generals and their families gain a stable position, but also opened the door for their children to become generals in the military.

The imperial examinations provided a steady stream of candidates for the civil service system, but they were unable to select qualified military generals. As a result, martial arts education has become a literary level rather than military knowledge for cultivating martial arts students, and it is impossible to command the army at all, let alone become a military strategist. Due to the lack of an effective officer training mechanism, the descendants of military generals are usually familiar with military affairs and become the ideal heirs to their fathers' military positions, so that the supply of military talents in the country can only be carried out through the way of passing on from father to son. On the other hand, the military attachés at the upper echelons enjoyed the privilege of subsidizing and giving priority to the transfer of their children, encouraging them to serve in the army for generations, and creating superior conditions for the development of their children. These children of the anointed Liang are often milky and have not dried up, have already obtained military ranks, and even become generals without fighting in battle. Due to their special background, their children also have more opportunities to be favored by the rulers, making it easier for them to achieve development. The family became an effective tool for passing on military knowledge and military skills, and thus the military family was born, and even though the emperor was often suspicious of private groups in the army, the phenomenon of the entire family serving in the army was unavoidable.

There is also the possibility that the "generals will go out" will cause the military forces to swell and even cause incidents. If the ruler gives too much power to a certain military commander or a certain military family, and lacks the necessary restraints to make it dominate the army for a long time, or entrenched in a certain region, and the family factors and interests continue to expand, it will inevitably contradict the central government, which will easily lead to the consequences of mutiny. Since then, the ruling group of the Northern Song Dynasty has implemented the national policy of "advocating literature and suppressing martial arts", as well as the situation of "controlling the military from the middle" and "suppressing the military with literature", and has guarded against and restricted the power of the warriors everywhere.

The situation of the Northern Song Dynasty succeeding the generals as generals and the emergence of talents naturally exists, but this by no means indicates that those who are born in the generals are good generals. In fact, there are a large number of mediocre people among them, especially among the upper classes. The children of the Gaomen rely on their family background to enjoy wealth and prosperity, and their mediocre performance is not to mention that many other generals' descendants also do nothing, but the folding family is an alternative.

During the Northern Song Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, the Fugu and Shenmu areas were the location of the Fu and Linzhou, and the Fan and Han dynasties lived together in the territory, and the clan accounts of the Dang Xiang Qiang were all over the place, and the feudal evil represented by the local tyrant Zhe clan was strong, and under the threat of the Khitan and the Party Xiang in order to safeguard its own interests, it successively attached itself to the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Zhou and Song Dynasty, established a vassal relationship to accept canonization and grain and salary, and Juelu passed it on from generation to generation, and it was actually a small court that dominated one side. It is worth mentioning that the Zhe clan is in Fuzhou, just like Li Jiqian in Xiazhou, they are all local wealthy families, and they have different attitudes towards the central government at that time, one loyal and one rebellious. ,

The northwest corner of the Great Song Dynasty garrisoned by the Zhejia family is located in the northwest of Hedong Road, which is a small part of Hedong Road located in the west of the river. They were in the wind-swept and sandy, barren and desolate corner of northern Shaanxi, up and down the big river, inside and outside the Great Wall, with thousands of people, to meet the two strong enemies of Xia and Liao, shielding the northwest, defending the township, so that the Fu and Lin prefectures could be peaceful for a long time, known as the "folded army". n

The Zhe clan from around 870 A.D. to the foundation of the Fu Prefecture, the Zhe clan is the general, and most of the children are skilled in martial arts, prancing horses and bows. Their descendants have successively served as envoys of the prefecture festival, assassins, regimental training envoys, etc., and have been in charge of military power for generations. After the five dynasties of the remnant Tang Dynasty, the famous generals were brave and resolute, brave and courageous, and the second general of Hedong was called the fold of the fold at that time, which was out of the fold of the family.

In the evening, detailed information about this matter was sent one after another, and Zhao Ta also learned that yesterday's old acquaintance was the only daughter of Qinzhou Observation Envoy Zhi Kexing, Zhi Meiluan, she grew up in the family environment of generations of famous generals, and she loved to ride horses and shoot arrows, dance swords and play knives, and learned the art of war.

Today, Zhe Meiluan led people to kill Qiao Gui's old dishes, but it was a pity that the main culprit escaped, after all, they were outsiders, they didn't know anything about the things in Beijing, and they didn't catch Qiao Gui after looking for a long time.

"Lord Wang, how are we going to deal with the aftermath?" Seeing that the prince put a few pages on the desk, he was silent and asked softly.

"Now this matter is a big deal, although Qiao Gui is a scoundrel, but he has been in business for a long time, there must be a lot of relationships between the top and bottom, I am afraid that he will not give up, and he will mobilize all the relationships to find the field, and the Zhe family can be the king and hegemon in the northwest, but it may not be able to do anything in Beijing, I am afraid that there will be a storm!" Zhao Ta said with a wry smile.

"Does the prince want to help them?" Jianxi's eyes lit up and said.

"We owe a big favor a few years ago, and we have to pay it back this time!" Zhao said.

"Lord Wang, we risked our lives to save her, it should be that the family owes us a favor, right?" Jianxi blinked and asked, whether the prince was confused, or was he evil, and talked nonsense.

"Look at this, this is what the woman of the fold family gave me before leaving!". Zhao Ta untied the jade ring tied around his waist and threw it to Jianxidao.

"Isn't this jade ring given to the little lady who sent us porridge when the prince went to Beijing for the funeral, how could it be in her hands?" Jianxi looked carefully under the lamp and said in surprise, but he also had doubts in his heart, the woman who gave porridge was sixteen or seventeen years old at that time, and it was impossible to be sixteen or seventeen years later.

"I don't know, do you remember what the little lady said at that time?" Jianxi is also one of the parties, Zhao Ta asked.

"On that day, she gave "almonds, dates, and japonica rice porridge" with walnut kernels, almonds, dates, raisins, and white sesame seeds..."

", who told you to say that there was something in the porridge, I made you remember what she said!". Zhao Ta kicked Jianxi and said.

"Hee-hee, I can still remember the aroma of that bowl of porridge! "Seeing Xi dodged and said, the days of starvation will always leave a deep impression," she said that she was sent on behalf of her young lady, and said that her young lady was touched by the filial piety of her son, and by the way, she also praised the prince for his heroic style! ”。

"Well, that's exactly what I said, thinking that the little lady is the maid of the woman of the folding family, even if it's not, the jade ring must have something to do with it in her hands!". Zhao Ta nodded and said.

"Lord, you often say, "When you receive the grace of dripping water, you should repay it with a spring", I don't know if the bowl of porridge in Lu Dao is considered a dripping grace? "I asked in a low voice.

"You kid don't have something to say, use the words to provoke me!". Zhao Ta is a little funny, this is usually greedy for money, but he is also a righteous guy. ,

"Hehe, I didn't mean that, who doesn't know that the prince of Lu Dao is righteous and thin, benevolent and filial piety is unparalleled, and if there is kindness, he will repay it, of course, he will not let go if he has hatred!" Seeing Xi gave Zhao Ta a shoulder and said.

"Damn, you haven't been in Beijing for a long time, you haven't learned anything else, but you're good at sycophancy!" Zhao Tan scolded with a smile.

"The prince already has a plan? Did we arrest Qiao Gui tonight, or cut off his head, the spies in the capital where he was hiding have been found out, and everyone is ready, just waiting for your order! ”。 See Xi grinding fists and palms.

"I know that Lu Dao fights and kills, this time we don't play martial arts, we want to play children's literature, Qiao Zhi can't die now, it's still useful for him to live, as long as he is monitored well, don't let people slip out of the capital!" Zhao Ta thought about it and had a plan.

The next day, the nineteenth day of the first month is the day of the lantern, and the palace is the same, thinking that tomorrow's annual leave is over, and he will go to the court, Zhao Ji is a little unhappy, but looking at Jia Xiang, who is kneeling in front of him and crying bitterly, is even more unhappy, "The official family, the old slave's righteous son invited a few friends to drink and enjoy the lanterns in the proud building yesterday, and the family of the Taizhou observer with the pro-soldier will suddenly arrive, regardless of the indiscriminate, he will commit murder when he comes up, not only cut off the old slave's righteous son Qiao Gui, but also killed many people, poor old slave Yizi is now home and difficult to return, hiding everywhere, and asking the official family to be my master!" ”。

"The official family, the Zhe family dared to kill people wantonly in Beijing, it seems that the official family was not taken into account, thinking that he was far away in the northwest is even more domineering, and he will be Li Jiqian (the founding emperor of Western Xia) in the future!" Liang Shicheng said with a gloomy face, this Jia Xiang is still his own master, the old leader in the Painting and Calligraphy Bureau, he has been wronged, how can he not help say a few words.

"Ahem". Zhao Ji coughed lightly, and was just about to express his opinion, when suddenly a small yellow door ran in in a panic and said: "Official, Prince Chong has entered the palace, it seems that he has been seriously injured, and his breath is dying." (To be continued.)