In the palace, Zhao Pu was summoning the envoy of the Liao State.

At this time, the negotiations had ended, the covenant had been concluded, everything had been settled, and the Liao envoy was leaving. And today is a farewell party, which can be regarded as a farewell to the Liao envoy leaving.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and when eating and drinking, Zhao Pu suddenly sighed: "There is no century-old strong army in the world, how mighty the Song army was in the past, it will decay in less than a hundred years; And the Liao army is also dominating the world, and it has decayed in less than a hundred years; At this time, the Jin army, which had just been established for less than 15 years, also began to decay. Messenger, why do you say that? ”

The envoy of the Liao State said: "There is no war in the world, Wen Tian is martial, and he is naturally decayed; Under the protracted war, the treasury was exhausted, the people were war-weary, and naturally decayed; Tired from a long battle, unprofitable, and naturally decaying! ”

The envoy of the Liao State gave three reasons.

Zhao Pu nodded and said, "I don't know your surname?" ”

"A lowly person is not enough to worry about!" The envoy of the Liao State said.

Zhao Pu suddenly asked, "How can I be immortal?" ”

The envoy of the Liao State said: "Everything will decay, there are five decays of heaven and man, and it is only a mortal dynasty." In the world, there is no immortal dynasty, just as there is no immortality! ”

Zhao Pu said: "Not bad! But I want to build an immortal army! ”

The Liao envoy shook his head, a little unconvinced.

In history, there is no immortal strong army. Wei Wushu is extremely powerful, with more than 70 battles, 62 victories, and 8 draws, but after a few decades, it is still rotten, losing the city and losing the land, and it is extremely tattered; Qin Ruishi destroyed the Six Kingdoms, but decades later, he was defeated by a group of rabble; And how powerful the Liao army was back then, but a hundred years later, it also decayed, and it was defeated piece by piece.

Zhao Pu said: "Life lies in movement, if you want to be immortal, the only way to be immortal is to keep making enemies." Constantly looking for enemies, only when the wolf comes, the sheep can always keep their energy vigorous. The Tang Army is an immortal strong army! ”

"Tang Jun?" The Liao envoy nodded.

In the world, there is no immortal strong army. If you have to find one, it must be Tang Jun. The strength of the Tang army lies in the fact that it has been fighting wars all the time and without interruption. It's just that the Tang army was too capable of fighting, which led to the division of feudal towns, the weakening of central power, and finally perished.

"Although the Tang army is strong. But after all, there will be the scourge of separating the feudal towns! The envoy of the Liao State said.

"Dividing the feudal town?" Zhao Pu sneered, "I'm not afraid of the feudal town, I'm afraid that the feudal town will not be able to be divided!" ”

The envoy of the Liao State was stunned for a moment, and wondered: "What does this mean?" ”

Zhao Pudao: "There are many reasons for the decline of a dynasty, and some are the corruption of officials. Some are in the harem, and some are eunuchs. Some are foreign relatives who are in turmoil. There are also families who are in trouble............ There are many reasons, but in essence, there is only one reason, and that is that the people have no land and no enough to eat! As long as the people have something to eat, who will rebel? As long as the people do not rebel. Other issues, just minor ones! ”

The envoy of the Liao State nodded, and it was actually the same.

The people's demands are very low, as long as they are well fed. Who will toss, who will rebel.

"And the land is limited, most of it is occupied by the bureaucracy and gentry, and with the social stability, the land annexation will become more and more serious. The only way to solve the problem is to forge a sword into a plowshare! Acquire a lot of land from overseas, move the surplus population there! ”

Zhao Pu made a claim.

Casting swords into plowshares is the slogan of the aggression of the Western colonizers, and it is also the beginning of the suffering of the West.

It's just that Zhao Pu doesn't need to be so brutal, because the Great Song Dynasty is too rich, and it is also the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, so it can take a more flexible and flexible way, and this will inevitably build some "capital protectorates" and cultivate some powerful feudal towns.

"A strong army will never go out of style, and Wen Tian and Wu Huan will never be able to. A dynasty is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, only by being brave and just advancing, can you live better! ”

"Your Majesty, it seems that you want to bring the Great Song Dynasty to the other extreme!" The envoy of the Liao State sighed.

"The country is picturesque, and the emperor is needed to write!" Zhao Pu said in a calm tone, "As for the evaluation of future generations, I don't bother to pay attention to it, people live for themselves, not for the evaluation of future generations!" ”

The envoy of the Liao State was silent.

Zhao Pu said: "Before parting, I want to give the messenger a gift, please don't refuse!" ”

"What gift?"

"Take part in the Guards parade! Liu Yu is called the emperor, and I want the Northern Expedition to kill this rebellious minister and thief! Zhao Pu said murderously.

"Military parade?" The envoy of the Liao State pondered.

"It's a mule or a horse, take it out and slip it!" Zhao Pu said lightly.

The military parade is more for showing off force and showing great martial arts. It's just that the quality of the Song Dynasty army was so poor that it was disgraced and thrown to my grandmother's house, so a military parade was never held. It seems that only by deceiving oneself in this way can one gain a kind of numbing self-confidence.

And Zhao Pu wants to show strong force through the military parade, deter the Jin Kingdom, deter those bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods, and give the people of the Great Song Dynasty self-confidence.

In this era, the king wants to enhance his prestige, the reform of the law is too slow, the governance of corruption is too entangled, and the effect of showmanship is too poor. Only by building a strong army is the greatest means to show the majesty of the king.

Morality cannot make people fearful, but power can make people fearful.

In administration, no matter how good Zhao Pu does, there will always be criticism; In terms of changing the law, try to be roundabout and flexible as much as possible, but it will still touch the interests of some people; In the court, no matter how Zhao Pu governs, how to grasp the balance, and how to alleviate the struggles of various factions, the negative impact still exists.

Governing the country is like farming, no matter how well the land is planted, if it can't be sold for money, it will still be a failure.

And even if there are achievements, they will be easily covered up by some criticism and some social stains.

Only violence, only blood, can hardly show the majesty of the king.

Just like the Great Song Dynasty, the literati always criticized Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, saying that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless in military force, and it seems that the Song Dynasty did not love force and did not like to fight. The actual reason is that even if the Great Song Dynasty is desperate, it can't beat the results of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty! It can only belittle Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and obtain false honors.

The throne of the emperor is not decorated with jade, not decorated with flowers, but made of white bones.

Zhao Pu believes that once he defeats the Jin army and recovers Youyun and other places, even if he changes the law, there are some loopholes, some maladministrations, some improper policies, and some moral stains, they will be covered up one by one, and no one will accuse him, only praise him as a holy monarch;

Once the Northern Expedition failed, even if it had made remarkable achievements in law reform and economic construction, it would not be good in the end, and one carelessness would be notorious.

Military success or failure is a test of whether politics is qualified!

The failure of Wang Anshi's reform was not marked by Sima Guang's coming to power, but the failure of the Five Roads War. (To be continued......)

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