Empress Qin was originally going to have a seizure with Zhao Jiaren. Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiaren sent someone back to tell her that she would be busy outside for two days on official business. Hearing this news, Qin Yuzhen couldn't help but wonder if Zhao Jiaren had an intuition of something. On many occasions, Zhao Jiaren can often show an unusual supernatural perception.

With this idea, Empress Qin felt that Zhao Jiaren could hide from the monk and couldn't hide from the temple, and when he came back in two days, this account must be calculated clearly. Within two days, the secretary came to inform Empress Qin again, "The official family is going to the army, and I will come to get a change of clothes." ”

"What is he doing in the army?" Qin Yuzhen was surprised.

"I don't know why the official family went." The secretary gave a very formulaic answer.

Empress Qin knew that it must not be Zhao Jiaren hiding out this time, but something big happened. She didn't bother to ask, and began to organize her clothes. Handing over the suitcase to the secretary, Qin Yuzhen asked, "How long will it take for the official family to come back?" ”

"I don't know. The official family has to go to several places this time, and they can't come back for a day or two. The secretary still replied in a very standard manner.

Qin Yuzhen didn't ask if something was wrong, and to this extent, the secretary probably didn't know Zhao Jiaren's specific itinerary. So Empress Qin could only wait at home. The snow has been falling for the past few days, and Queen Qin sat next to the heater and looked at the snow-white world outside. In a blink of an eye, I saw that the cat couldn't come down with the radiator, and only rubbed to her and meowed when she was hungry.

As the days passed, the snow stopped. The snow is not cold, Qin Yuzhen also went out a few times, and then she also felt that it was more comfortable for the cat to be in a warm home. The anger against Zhao Jiaren a few days ago was also gone, and Qin Yuzhen couldn't help but start to feel sorry for her husband, a person in his fifties, who still had to run outside in this winter. Don't the old guys know that they are no longer young?

Thinking of this, Qin Yuzhen could only remind herself that national politics is so complicated. Nestled in the warmth of the palace, not to mention not knowing the hardships of the place, intelligence gathering alone has been greatly limited. How could an emperor like his husband tolerate the officials below to deceive him?

Zhao Jiaren went out for seven days and sent a telegram to Qin Yuzhen. said that he was fine, it was cold, and he asked Qin Yuzhen to pay attention to her body and not get cold. After reading the telegram, Qin Yuzhen's anger almost dissipated. Zhao Jiaren does have unpleasant things in many places, at least the most basic things are still within the scope of human feelings. For more than 30 years, Zhao Jiaren always did not forget to write to Qin Yuzhen when he was away.

Five days later, Qin Yuzhen received a greeting telegram again. Now Her Majesty is worried about whether her husband is eating well outside and whether he is cold. If Empress Qin Qin knew that this was an arrangement that Zhao Jiaren had recorded in his schedule book a long time ago, and was reminded by the secretary when it came to that day, she might not have been so moved. However, Zhao Jiaren was outside, but he couldn't take care of so much. He also adhered to the attitude of solving the problem immediately when he encountered it, and wrote the telegram draft first. It's that he completely forgot what he wrote after he finished writing, and he felt that at least he wrote it himself. In those few minutes, his wife was still in his heart.

Just when Empress Qin was moved, in the Song army garrison in Zheng County, there were high-level people in the Great Song army sitting in the conference room. Zhao Jiaren sat on the main seat, his gaze sweeping over the high-ranking officers who followed him. It is said that during the Northern Song Dynasty, there were as many as 800,000 forbidden troops. The total number of regular troops of the Great Song Dynasty now is 600,000. About 100,000 of them are navy, and the rest are army.

Based on the current security situation in the Great Song Dynasty, there were less than 100,000 Song troops south of the Huai River, and they were mainly distributed in areas near the southwest. The 400,000 main forces in the north are all north of the Huai River. These armies are really stubborn and stubborn guarding the frontier. At this time, most of the 400,000 northern troops were gathered near Zheng County for the winter, and the conference room was really star-studded. Colonel-level soldiers stayed in the corner.

Zhao Qian, as a former major, also stayed in the corner. He can really sit here not because he is Zhao Jiaren's eldest son, when Zhao Qian was called to his father's side by urgent telegram ten days ago, the telegram made it clear that Zhao Qian was the first president of the Veterans Counseling Association, and some things were involved with him.

rushed to his father's side in a daze, and Zhao Qian followed his father to carry his bag and do chores. From the corner, he could only see a group of military hats and backs, and Zhao Qian couldn't see the senior soldiers in those troops, let alone his father. Zhao Qian was thinking about the current situation in his heart, and he didn't know how many senior officers in the seats in the venue would be left after this meeting. When he rushed to his father's side, his father had already met many times with senior officers, political commissars, and middle- and low-ranking soldiers, and talked about a lot of things. So Zhao Qian still can't help but remember what his father said when he called out the senior officers, "If I'm not mistaken, it seems that your biggest dissatisfaction now is that you have paid so much for the country, but you have not received the benefits you expected." ”

Every time he thought of this sentence in the past few days, Zhao Qian's heart was churning. Especially thinking of his mood when he got 10 million guan, Zhao Qian was even a little afraid. According to the common belief, if a person is admitted to the Jinshi, he is already independent. What comes out next is the person's own life. His father, Zhao Jiaren, was admitted to Jinshi at the age of thirteen, and forty years have passed now. His father's life so far is undoubtedly a life of fighting.

In the past forty years, his father has changed not only the Great Song Dynasty, but the situation of the entire world island. After these forty years, many people have become rich, not ordinarily rich. Zhao Qian still can't understand how his father can say so calmly, 'The country has paid so much, but it has not received the benefits you expect'. But Zhao Qian now feels more and more that what Dad said is likely to be correct.

Many people have paid a lot for the Great Song Dynasty, but from the military's point of view, the civilian officials undoubtedly got more. Far more than the military gets. Nearly 300,000 Song troops are now gathering in Zheng County for the winter, and one of the reasons is the outbreak of plague in Mongolia. If the army is still deployed in the area near the south of Yinshan, if the plague unfortunately spreads to the north of the Yellow River, these elites who have no opponents on the battlefield may suffer meaningless losses.

These elite troops had already swept away the north of Yinshan before the plague broke out, and if the plague could pass, it would take at least fifty years for the grassland tribes there to rise up and threaten the frontier of the Great Song Dynasty. In other words, the opportunity for the army to make a contribution has passed. At this time, it is normal for the army to hope to be rewarded for fighting for the country. Seeing that all those civilian families had benefited and strictly adhered to the three major disciplines and eight points of attention, the military, as the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, was extremely dissatisfied.

Zhao Qian felt that he was not without serving the country, compared with ordinary people, compared with ordinary soldiers, his contribution from the average point of view, is much more than the contribution of ordinary people. And Zhao Qian's income is completely impossible to measure with an average line. is the general of the Great Song Dynasty, such as Yang Tiexin, his treatment and income combined, in front of the current Zhao Qian is much inferior. Some of the things that Zhao Qian's younger brothers and sisters accidentally mentioned in their conversations with Zhao Qian are that many people have paid much less for the country than Zhao Qian, but the wealth that their family has accumulated over the years is not less than Zhao Qian.

With a strong sense of unease, Zhao Qian remained silent and quietly listened to the person in the center of the venue.

Zhao Jiaren didn't know his son's mood, and he couldn't take into account what his family thought at this time. After understanding the dissatisfaction of the troops at this time, Zhao Jiaren was also taken aback. At that time, the first thing that came to mind was the cup of wine made by Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to release the military power.

Purely in terms of military command, Zhao Jiaren did not think that he would be weaker than these generals. But the struggle of the army is not like this, you lead the troops, I lead the troops, let's compare. If the discontent of the army reaches the threshold, it will be collective discontent. Of course, the upper-level soldiers look very different from the grass-roots soldiers, but the reasons for their dissatisfaction are actually the same. The war is over, and everyone wants to be able to start a prosperous and peaceful life.

And Zhao Jiaren also went to the grassroots level to ask around to know where the fuse was, the previous retired soldiers have occupied many positions, and the current soldiers find that they can't get more, even less than the previous soldiers. After all, there are so many positions, and now that the medical level of Da Song has improved, the previous gang is still alive and kicking one by one.

Some people in the army have a rather nonsense idea, and sooner or later they will have to settle accounts for them. But these people are also pragmatic, and if they can continue to give the troops more power, they can arrange more people into the system. Zhao Jiaren would not think that these people were taking care of the grassroots soldiers. They want to take advantage of this momentum at the grassroots level and arrange more of their own people at the top. There are countless such things in history, and Zhao Jiaren himself is not a pure white rabbit, which can still be understood.

Seeing that all the people at the meeting had arrived, Li Yun, who was in charge of the meeting, stood up and said: "This meeting is to discuss the matter of the retirement of the troops, and the official family personally presided over the meeting. I'll be in charge of guiding the process. Did you hear that? ”

"I hear you." One kind of generals replied one after another.

"Now, let's ask the official to give me a lecture." Li Yun began to drive the process.

If it was the Ming and Qing dynasties, it would be lawless. In Daqing, the person in charge probably pulled out and cut it. But there will be no such problem in the Great Song Dynasty. In the Xiliu camp that year, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty also had to follow the arrangement of the army to work the army. It is not allowed to ride in the barracks, and for a relatively mature civilized country, the system itself must be respected.

Zhao Jiaren stood up and said loudly: "Hello comrades. ”

"Good official!" The congregation will immediately answer. They don't have to stand up, that's the system. If it is an official who is not confident, he probably hopes that the generals can listen to the training on their knees. Zhao Jiaren has no such fear. Correspondingly, the generals also respect Zhao Jiaren more because of this.

Zhao Jiaren spoke, "I think that all normal people don't want to live a poor life. What do you think? ”

There was silence below, and after a while, some people couldn't help but laugh.

Zhao Jiaren eased the atmosphere first, and then continued: "Everyone serves the country, of course, for the country. But if you only give, you will be iron, and you can twist a few nails. It's that I don't care, everyone has parents, so they naturally want to rely on their own income to do their filial piety for their parents. If you want to be filial, you can't just open your mouth. ”

Zhao Qian's heart twitched a little when he listened. Dad's words are right, but the Great Song Dynasty looks prosperous, and the court actually has no money. Are you really rich......

"Where a happy life comes from, it must be created by labor. I used to worry that if I was too blunt, someone would deliberately misinterpret my words. Now I tell you that I am against getting something for nothing. The first step now is to get rid of the landlords who don't work for anything. Many comrades in the army have studied courses on the means of production and productive forces. Some haven't learned. I will take this opportunity to order the school to educate the retired personnel of the whole army, so that everyone can understand that you have the strength but no land, and this is not good. But it is not okay to treat land as a commodity to be bought and sold. ”

Zhao Qian secretly looked at the officers, they were probably listening, but the big one of them was at a loss. For them, Zhao Guanjia's words are too profound.

"I think some people will think that the official family is so unfavorable. Directly took out the money and distributed it to everyone, and everyone took the money to drink wine and eat meat, and enjoyed it for a few years. This life is also refreshing. I know it's a lot of fun, but I want to tell you, what are you going to do when the money runs out? I heard a story about a young man who met an immortal. The immortal said, you met me because of fate, I can use the spell of turning stones into gold to help you conjure gold, you point to something, I will order it for you. However, the young man refused. Guess what? ”

These words are easy to understand, and many generals have their eyes lit up, and some of them frowned and began to think. Zhao Jiaren sold it a little, and then gave the answer: "The young man said that the gold will be spent one day, and I want to learn some alchemy." ”

There was a lot of movement in the conference room at once. Although no one dared to applaud loudly, they were all quite excited. Indeed, with alchemy, it is equal to having everything.

"I think some people will think that the official family is so unfavorable. Directly took out the money and distributed it to everyone, and everyone took the money to drink wine and eat meat, and enjoyed it for a few years. This life is also refreshing. I know it's a lot of fun, but I want to tell you, what are you going to do when the money runs out? I heard a story about a young man who met an immortal. The immortal said, you met me because of fate, I can use the spell of turning stones into gold to help you conjure gold, you point to something, I will order it for you. However, the young man refused. Guess what? ”

These words are easy to understand, and many generals have their eyes lit up, and some of them frowned and began to think. Zhao Jiaren sold it a little, and then gave the answer: "The young man said that the gold will be spent one day, and I want to learn some alchemy." ”

There was a lot of movement in the conference room at once. Although no one dared to applaud loudly, they were all quite excited. Indeed, with alchemy, it is equal to having everything.

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