When Zhao Pu was evil about Lu Duoxun, Song Jiu didn't speak, and he couldn't say that Lu Duosun was evil, and he was also a prime minister who made a difference, but he served as prime minister for many years, and even served as prime minister for nearly seven years, so he became more and more arrogant and offended many people.

But Shen Yilun is different, the founding father, a good man, and his popularity is better, and Shen Yilun consciously asked for Zhishi, but he didn't agree, he had to spoof him into a virtual military department secretary, and then wanted to stink his reputation, and even let go of his son as a petty official. This is going too far.

A hint of resentment flashed in the eyes of some ministers.

There is also a background, although there have been many wars in recent years, under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyi, the current politics are not too bad, but it is far from being compared with when Song Jiuwei participated in political affairs, or it can be said that there was no war at that time, the treasury was full, the taxes were good, and the state expenditure was not as much as it is now, so it could be levied lightly.

However, some people can perceive the difference, at least in those years, Song Jiu played an extremely important role as a lubricant, and there was a good interaction from the middle book to the locality, and there was very little anger in the entire officialdom, which was full of positive energy.

But after Song Jiu left, Lu Duoxun was arrogant, Zhao Pu was ruthless, and the sunny atmosphere of officialdom disappeared in a blink of an eye, and one by one became intrigued, which made many ministers who were immersed in hard work and not long in court battles very unaccustomed to it.

Wang Pu couldn't speak.

It's okay for people to talk to Zhao Pu, he's different, that's the prime minister of the four dynasties of the two countries, the old man of the five dynasties, taking the lead as Zhao Pu's thug, it's too flattering.

Zhao Kuangyi suddenly said: "Song Qing, you are becoming more and more rampant. ”

It's okay to fight, even if there are all kinds of ridiculous reasons in the past few months, but it can't be put on the table.

However, it is not placed on the countertop. How is Song Jiu Zhao Pu's opponent? Only when it is placed on the countertop, Zhao Pu will be uncomfortable.

"Scattered. Song Qing, you enter the palace immediately. ”

A strange command. If Zhao Kuangyi did it, why did he let Song Jiu enter the palace for a separate interview?

Song Jiu came to the inner palace.

Zhao Kuangyi asked: "I ask you, how is Shen Yilun's ability to be a prime minister?" ”

"Mediocre ......"

"Is Lu Duosun a gentle and courteous man?"

"Your Majesty, neither is Zhao Pu."

"Don't care about Zhao Pu, I will ask you again, is Wang Ren greedy or not?"

Song Jiu sighed, Wang Renzhen did a good job in charge of the Third Division, but he was indeed greedy, and he did too much. This allowed Zhao Pu to grasp the handle.

"As for Chu Zhaofu, if I give him an evaluation, how about a vegetarian meal in the corpse position?"

“……”

"You don't have to fight, this is not your forte, do things with peace of mind, as long as you are like before, I am here, I will keep you safe." After Zhao Kuangyi finished speaking, he couldn't help but shake his head. This kid is stupid.

Song Jiu was in a trance at first, and suddenly realized, Wang Renzhen, Shen Yilun, Chu Zhaofu, Lu Duoxun...... But it's hard to talk anymore.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't say much. And to get down to business: "Song Qing, you said that Liaodong was victorious, why did the Khitan soldiers attack our dynasty in three ways?" ”

"Your Majesty. Yichen thought, it may be that I am building a fortress on the front line. The garrison was also increased, which faintly posed a serious threat to the Khitan. So that the Khitan could not destroy the rear with peace of mind. It happened that the new soldiers had just arrived, and the fort was built, and the army was a little disordered, so the Khitan wanted to attack instead of defend and achieve a victory, so that our army did not dare to go deeper, so that they could deal with Liaodong with peace of mind. And if you want to deal with Liaodong, you can't do it like in the spring, this time the troops will definitely be heavy, even if the Khitan sends too many troops, it will also take time to prepare. And at this time in Yanyun, there is a ready-made garrison in the Khitan......"

"That's about it."

"But don't worry, Your Majesty, the Khitan does not use many troops this time, and then the troops are divided into three roads, three passes on the east road, Yanmen on the middle road, and Fufeng on the west road.

Song Jiu suddenly pondered.

"What are you thinking?"

"The minister is thinking about two things, the first thing is offense and defense."

"Offense and defense?"

"From the point of view of combat effectiveness, our dynasty is almost the same as the Khitan, if we go deep into the army, the time and place are favorable, and the people are not there, it will still not be a great victory. However, when the Khitan came to the border with China, the result would be the opposite. And from the minister's point of view, if it is a hasty to send troops to the enemy again, once defeated, the consequences are unimaginable, not only the loss of morale, overall, the Khitan is cavalry, but also braver than our soldiers, the reason why there is a stalemate now, there are mutual victories and defeats, the main reason is that the elite of the army is still there, they have been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years, and they are rich in combat experience. Once these soldiers are killed, they are all recruits......"

"What does it have to do with offense and defense?"

"Related, the minister just came up with an idea, and there is a plan to promote the construction of the fort."

"Oh."

"Divided into two parts, one part of the three passes and one part west of the three passes. Sanguan can not advance to the north, the north of Sanguan is the Juma River, the north of the Juma River is mostly a plain area, the enemy is mainly cavalry, the speed is fast, there is a river in the rear to resist, it is not easy to build, even if it is built, it is not easy to hold. However, from the west of Sanguan it is different, mostly mountainous, where the enemy's cavalry has little advantage. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the enemy was about to be distracted from Liaodong, coupled with the bitter fighting in the past few years, the border people were scarce, and there was a plan to advance to the north, Qigou Pass, Feihu Pass, and Hengshan. Occupying these places has the advantage of being condescending, followed by rugged mountain roads, as long as a few dangerous places are built, they can be defended. And step by step, in some respects, it is also to relieve pressure on Liaodong and keep this chess piece. The enemy is not good at siege tactics, and can form a flanking attack on the southern area of Youzhou. At the same time, we should make use of our strengths to train our troops in actual combat and grow rapidly with new recruits. ”

"Training troops in actual combat?"

"Your Majesty, how many people are there who are born like Huo to be sick in ancient and modern times? Even the martial arts of the first emperor were born up step by step in the army. For example, when the minister first arrived in the army, he didn't understand anything, even in Quang Nam. It wasn't until a few years in Liaodong that it grew a little. It will be so, and so will the soldiers. The reason why the army was strong at the beginning of the founding of each dynasty was that all the soldiers in the army were veterans of long-term wars. ”

"That will cost a lot of money, and it will also cost more troops."

In the early years of the Song Dynasty, there were only about 100,000 forbidden soldiers, and in the last years of Zhao Kuangyin. The forbidden army has increased to 200,000, and the capital is 100,000. 100,000 wheels outside. This is a reasonable increase in the case of Jinghu. Kuixia, if the forbidden soldiers are not stationed, those barbarians still don't know how the road will be rampant.

In the hands of Zhao Kuangyi, who wanted to recover Yanyun, the number of forbidden soldiers increased to more than 300,000, and at the same time, the number of soldiers was also increasing, and many strong archers were added to Hedong, Hebei. The latter is in the nature of military service, but the first two have to be supported at a costly fee.

Coupled with the high-salary pension and reward system proposed by Song Jiu.

However, Song Jiu's proposal did not increase the burden on the imperial court, as more than seventy percent of the forbidden soldiers moved from the cities to the countryside. The cost of alimony is falling, and it is enough to compensate for the high salaries and rewards, but on the other hand, it stimulates the soldiers to dare to fight bravely.

However, the former cost is not saved.

This has become a serious burden on the imperial court.

Although Song Jiu's proposal was good, it would cost money to build a fort like that, and at the same time, every time a fort was added, soldiers would be added, so the imperial court would have to expand the army. Don't compare the more than one million forbidden soldiers of the later Song Dynasty with now, the population of the Song Dynasty was more than 10 million households at that time, and there were only more than 4 million households at this time. There are at least 200,000 households in the middle that are Song Jiu's credit.

Song Jiu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is an idea, Your Majesty will think twice." ”

"Tell me."

"It is unlikely that there will be an increase in the number of forbidden soldiers. In that case, the burden on the court would be heavy, but the minister thought of Yang Guang to repair the Grand Canal, if there was no Grand Canal. Will the Tang Dynasty have a prosperous era, and even our dynasty will be benefited by the Grand Canal. ”

"yes."

"The Grand Canal is not bad. It's that Yang Guang repaired too quickly. In fact, it is inevitable to increase the troops, once the time comes to send troops to Yanyun again. The forces in the hands of the imperial court alone are not enough. For example, Jiaozhi, it was the lack of troops, so after the defeat of Hou Renbao, the Li clan returned to obedience, and although our dynasty was dissatisfied, it also tacitly ignored it. However, the minister thought of the time when the black tooth Changzhi was in Qinghai. So the minister has an idea, but I'm afraid that someone will use it to defy Pan Mei. ”

"Say, it's an idea, how can it be destroyed?"

"The idea of the minister is to convert some archers and strong men into informal sources of soldiers on the front line, or name them as village soldiers, and the imperial court will subsidize some expenses a little, provide their weapons, cultivate them during farming, train during farming, and cooperate with the army in wartime, even if the combat effectiveness is poor, it can still be used to defend the fort."

This idea will not use a lot of money, and they will train the township soldiers in Hedong and Hebei, they are familiar with the Khitan, and when they conquer Yanyun in the future, they will have the advantage of geography. The border was mostly violated by the Khitan, and they also had hatred for the Khitan, and they would be very brave when fighting. The problem of troop strength was also solved.

But its biggest flaw is Pan Mei.

The generals of Hebei divided the troops of each state, and this article was the same as Song Jiu's proposal, abolishing the Jiedu envoy and placing the observation envoy, and the observation envoy made the jurisdiction small and the harm was not great, so they could be given the right to command independently. Now adding some more village soldiers does not add any harm. However, Hedong is different, the entire Hedong Theater is under the jurisdiction of Pan Mei, once this move is implemented, Pan Mei has a force of his own in his hands, and this range belongs to Pan Mei from Taiyuan to the north, and the number of troops will not be small. Then Pan Mei will become a real knot, or a powerful knot.

Zhao Kuangyi hesitated.

Whether it is Song Jiu or Pan Mei, he still believes that although Pan Mei did not perform very well in the Battle of Youzhou, he was very loyal to Song Jiu in Zhuozhou.

But this pair of Weng sons-in-law, one is the prime minister of Xifu, and the other is in charge of Hedong, and it is unlikely that the suspicious Zhao Kuangyi is not worried at all.

If it weren't for Song Jiu and Pan Mei, it was someone else, Zhao Kuangyi would have vetoed it immediately.

However, this suggestion is really good, Song Jiu said some, not a lot, anyway, Hedong and Hebei have some archers and strong men, just a little improvement, give some subsidies, distribute some weapons, increase some training and obligations. Then the imperial court is equivalent to spending very little money, but getting a mobile army, and at the same time, the front line is empty, and a large number of camps can be set aside for these village soldiers to cultivate and feed the family. If the enemy comes to attack, the families of these village soldiers will enter the forts, and they will bravely defend each fort without the encouragement of the imperial court.

But that's it...... Pan Mei.

Zhao Kuangyi smiled bitterly: "Song Jiu, you are really a sincere gentleman. ”

"The actual ministers can be the guarantor for Pan Mei, if it is not Pan Mei, it is afraid of breaking the system, just like Tang Xuanzong took Xue Ne as the temperance envoy, and it was good at first, but after opening this head, it became more and more unrestrained, and eventually caused bad consequences."

"Tell me about the second one."

"The second is armor."

"Armor?"

"It's the armor, and I think the armor needs to be improved to make the army faster." (To be continued......)