Zhao Zhi saw that the prince did not object to what he said, Zhao Xiao also listened carefully, the more he spoke, the more energetic he became, and Zhao Ta was also happy to see his subordinates grow up quickly.

"Militarily speaking, after the blows of our army, the Western Xia suffered heavy losses in the population, and most of the losses were young and strong, which took time to recuperate, and a person from a child to a soldier is certainly not something that can be done in a year or two; In addition, after the defeat of the Western Xia army, the prestige was greatly reduced, and the various ethnic groups and neighboring countries in Hexi paid tribute to our Great Song Dynasty and took refuge, so the Western Xia must maintain a certain number of troops to implement deterrence and maintain its rule; Now that the Liao State is difficult to protect itself, it still needs the support of Western Xia, not to mention the loss of its backer, and it has to mobilize a large number of troops to aid Liao, how can we have the strength to attack us! Zhao Zhi said, "Economically, because of the defeat of the Western Xia, they have to pay us war reparations and pay annual coins, which is enough to consume their potential to start another war; The Western Xia was not rich in goods and had many natural disasters, but now after the opening of trade, the dependence on our economy is even more serious, and he needs not only commodities, but also commercial taxes to keep the country running. Therefore, before the Western Xia regains its strength and can get rid of our economic dependence, as long as we don't find fault, we can't fight! ”

"Hmph, you've been talking for a long time, it's not because our loyal soldiers are strong, otherwise Xixia will be obedient and obedient, and if he doesn't rob us, it's good!" Although Zhao Xiao knew that Zhao Zhi's words were reasonable, he felt uncomfortable with the role of his 'belittling' military existence, and ridiculed each other.

"Our loyal army is strong, but can we do it without financial support? Now the standard of one tael of oil, three taels of meat, one catty of vegetables, and two liters of grain per day for each of our soldiers is not to mention in our Great Song Dynasty armies, that is, the Liao State and Western Xia. Plus which of the Jurchens can compare! Your cannon is consistent money, if you don't have money, I'm afraid it won't take ten days for us to lose ourselves without a fight! Zhao Zhi saw that Zhao Xiao was not convinced, and began to reason with him

Zhao Ta looked at the two members who were blushing, but he didn't stop it, but listened quietly. A country's strategic design is a whole in terms of horizontality, and the isolated ones talk about the military and the economy in terms of the economy, and they will always be blind people touching the elephant. Losing a condescending strategic vision, what you see is always fragments. And in the absence of even a clear understanding of the actual problem, it is natural that there is no solution to the problem. In the longitudinal aspect, no country can detach itself from its own special experience and habits of thinking when understanding reality, and both of them used to be in charge of their own affairs, so naturally they did not have this kind of overall concept, but being able to consider problems in their own one-third of an acre of land is also a kind of progress, and this kind of progress is beneficial to the development of the loyal and brave army in the future

"In the history of all dynasties, the process of the rise, expansion, and competition of each emerging force. First of all, it is a history of the struggle for hegemony. Although this kind of struggle cuts across cultural, economic, and political fields, in the final analysis, the most important and ultimate confrontation is still military confrontation. Whether it is the actual use of military force in confrontation, or the mere use of deterrence and intimidation, the basic premise is to have a strong armed force and strong financial support, and there is no contradiction between the two! But in the end, neither of the two could convince each other, so they had to turn to the prince to judge, Zhao Ta did not answer them positively, but lived a thin mud, but his words were not bad.

"Lord Wang, since it is possible that Western Xia will rise again in a few years, then why don't we simply wave our troops to Hexi and completely defeat Western Xia. What about preventing him from becoming our enemies again? Zhao Xiao said.

"Because the current situation does not allow it, and now Western Xia is no longer the main enemy of the Great Song Dynasty, we must prevent the re-emergence of Western Xia at the same time, we must see that a potentially powerful enemy has emerged, and a large-scale war will inevitably occur between the two countries!" Zhao Tan smiled.

"The prince means the Jurchens?" Zhao Xiao immediately thought of the Jurchens who had risen rapidly in the past ten years, and it was only a matter of time before they established the state with an unstoppable force, replacing the Liao state.

"Hmm!" Zhao Tan nodded.

"Lord Wang. Didn't our Great Song Dynasty already sign a maritime alliance with the Jurchens, and jointly destroy Liao with them and recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun, they should be our alliance. How can it be a potential enemy? Zhao Zhi asked puzzledly, it is no secret that the envoys of Song and Jin have been in frequent exchanges in recent years.

"You must know that you are still a soldier and you must have a sense of opponent, otherwise once a military force loses its 'opponent awareness', it will also enter the downward line of degeneration. Therefore, even if our country does not set an opponent, our army must also set an opponent, and even each branch of the army must have its own imaginary enemy, and study new tactics and new tactics in order to be invincible when war breaks out! Zhao said.

"Oh, I see!" Zhao Xiao turned his face to look at Zhao Zhi with a sudden look, they were the 'veterans' of the loyal and brave army, and suddenly thought that their victory in the war against Western Xia was not accidental. At that time, when they were still in Xiangyi, thousands of miles away, when they had just begun to study military affairs, the prince had already regarded the Xia army as his opponent, and at that time, including the prince, there were less than 100 people. They not only had to understand the Xia army's establishment, banner, and troop allocation, but also to understand the history and humanities of the Western Xia, and the subsequent expansion of the army was also carried out in terms of the characteristics of the Xia army's operations and geographical environment in terms of training and troop settings, but at that time they did not understand the deep meaning of the prince's approach!

"Lord Wang, the reason why you used economic means to stabilize Western Xia and hurriedly returned to Taiyuan is that the imperial court wants to use troops against Liao?" Zhao Zhi asked Wang Ye.

"Yes, the voice of the DPRK's invasion of Liao has risen again, I am afraid that we will use troops against Liao next year, and we will definitely send the Western Army to participate in the war, so we must also be prepared!" Zhao Ta said with a gloomy face, no matter what he did, all kinds of signs showed that the wheel of history was still rolling forward according to the original trajectory

The capital has been very lively in the past six months, first of all, after Zhao Ta returned to the northwest, he used the support of the emperor to suppress the envoys and officials sent by Wang Hao, and the greed of those people also made the local Haoqiang dissatisfied, and they had to return to the capital under the double squeeze, which also made their master Wang Huang feel gloomy, so he sprinkled his anger on the upright and high-spirited Tong Guan.

Tong Guan led the troops south to kill Fang La, and sent him to the capital to behead him, the emperor was very happy, and rewarded Tong Guan, at this moment he was promoted to the Taishi, and his status has surpassed Cai Jing, and Dazai Wang Huang can only bow down. But Wang Hao was unwilling, he just touched his nose in the northwest, and let Tong Guan step on his head, so he wanted to join forces with his godfather again in the intention of making Tong Taishi down.

At this time, the emperor wanted to restore the Huashi Gang, because there were still a few stones missing from the Genyue that would be built, which was a top priority for Zhao Ji, who pursued a perfect life. The emperor's idea coincides with Wang Huang, who is the head of Huashigang and the guarantee of his superior life than the emperor, and he looks forward to the immediate recovery of Huashigang more than anyone else. But Tong Guan objected, he sighed and said - the rice pot of the southeast people has not been stabilized, so they want to do this kind of thing again!

When saying this, Tong Guan said that he was very disappointed, but it embarrassed the emperor and Wang Hao. They are all 'smart' people, how could they not hear that Tong Guan was scolding them for 'forgetting the pain if the scar is good', and they are also engaged in Huashigang, not afraid of the people in the southeast making trouble again! Zhao Ji is still a cheeky person, and he feels a little embarrassed, but Tong Guan has just made a great contribution, so he endures it.

But Wang Huang, who was not stunned by anger, saw the opportunity, your old boy is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust, and entered the palace with a share. It was a 'guilty edict' written in the emperor's imperial pen at the beginning of Tong Guan's rebellion. The content of it is nothing more than that the matter of Huashigang is a misunderstanding, and it has indeed purchased a lot of flowers, trees, bamboos and stones from Jiangnan over the years, but they are all specially purchased by the government, and at the same time, it has been repeatedly ordered to buy and sell fairly to the people. But I didn't expect that scum like Zhu's father and son would come out, they deceived their superiors and subordinates, and filled their pockets, not only harming the people of Jiangnan, but also deceiving the emperor who was far away in Kaifeng City.

Zhao Ji looked ashamed and ashamed and angry, fortunately, he didn't forget the 'imperial pen' he gave to Tong Guan at the beginning, so that he could issue a holy decree in his name in Jiangnan, but that was to help you quell the rebellion, not for you to do self-criticism for the emperor. He thinks he is a perfect person, how can he tolerate his mistakes and admit them to the world! So Tong Guan was unlucky, Wang Hao was satisfied, he successfully dismantled another person, and brought down Tong Guan, his power will rise higher, and he will even infiltrate into the army and become a big man integrating politics and the army, which is incomparable to Cai Jingjing.

Tong Guan was put on a stand by Wang Hao, although he was depressed in his heart, he couldn't help it, who let himself say something inappropriate at the right time! But the tried-and-tested Tong Guan will not be easily defeated, he knows that there is only one thing to do to regain the emperor's favor and realize his dream of becoming the king - to destroy Liao, so Tong Guan Shangluo again proposed to fulfill the contract with the Jin State and recover Yanjing. But if you want to send troops, not only must the emperor agree, but also have to pass the pass of Prime Minister Wang Huang, and now the two are on the same page, it is said that this is an extremely difficult thing, but Tong Guan's small note frightened Wang Huang, forcing him to find a way to persuade himself first and then persuade the emperor to send troops

In fact, since signing the alliance with Aguta, Zhao Ji was really happy for a few days, but later, when Aguda really sent troops to attack Liao, he regretted it a little and didn't want to send troops to attack Liao, the main reason was that he was self-controlled, and he still had doubts about the military strength of Jin. This time, Song and Jin formed an alliance to deal with the Liao State together, if they won, it will be okay, once the Song and Jin join forces and cannot defeat the Liao State, they will come to Yelu Yanxi to settle the account with themselves, then it will be troublesome

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