In the third year of Shaosheng (1096), the Western Xia army came to attack. The nephew of the Zheke Xing clan can lead the troops to attack the enemy army at the end of Dinghao and break it. Later, he set up an ambush on the return route of the Western Xia army, and it was broken, and his mother fled over the mountain, only to be spared. In the first year of Yuanfu (1098), Zhi Keshi led his troops to attack, captured the two major chieftains of Western Xia, named Ah Bury and Mol Dutong, and took advantage of the victory to capture Tiandu Mountain and build Anxi City. Zhezong received congratulations from hundreds of officials in Wende Hall because of this, and took Anxi as Xi'an Prefecture. This battle changed the situation of the war, and the Western Xia lost its sharpness, and it was difficult to cheer up from then on. Several generations of the Zhe clan fought against the Western Xia, before and after more than 100 years, the Western Xia cavalry has never been able to cross the Yellow River east.

In the seventh year of the Taiping rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty (982), the Liao (in 947, the Khitan changed the name of the country to Liao) invaded the Song Dynasty in three ways, and its west road directly attacked Fuzhou. Fold Yuqing and the Liao army fought in Xinzebi, broke it, and captured more than 100 people below the general. In the first year of Dao (995), Han Dewei, the general of Liao, entangled the sixteen tribes of the party Xiang Lelang and the ghost clan, and led the Liao army of 20,000 to attack Fuzhou. Break Yuqing to cut off his way back, and break it to Zihe Han. Lelang, Ghost and other tribes took advantage of the chaos to rebel, the Liao army was annihilated, and its generals were called Turkic Taiwei, Situ, and Relic, and more than 20 people were killed, and Han Dewei escaped alone.

In the second year of Xianping (999), the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao personally led an army of 200,000 to attack the Song Dynasty. Zhi Weichang and others led troops to the east, attacked Wuhechuan, broke the momentum of Huang Taiwei, and effectively contained the Liao army. In the first year of Jingde (1004), more than 10,000 Liao troops came to attack Qilan, but Chang led his troops into Shuozhou, conquered the big wolf Shuibi, annihilated thousands of enemies, and relieved the siege of Qilan.

In particular, in the early days of our dynasty, we made great contributions to the attack on the Northern Han Dynasty, the pacification of the tribes and the planning of defense. Zhe Weichang's younger brother Weixin and clan uncle Haichao sacrificed their lives for the country in the battle against the Western Xia Army. In the first year of Dao (995), after the Battle of Hehan, Han Dewei took advantage of Yuqing's illness to invade the south again. Yuqing was strong to meet the enemy, and the enemy soldiers did not dare to enter when they heard it. Zhe's mother sent someone to summon him back, and the imperial secretary said to the comer: The world is favored by the country, the border is not destroyed, and the imperial secretary is guilty. Now the enemy abandons the soldiers. No, it is his duty to die in the army. For Mrs. Bai, I don't miss me, how can I be loyal and filial! After speaking, tears rained down. He died in the army the next day at the age of 38. His second son, Weichang, later knew the state affairs. In the seventh year of Dazhong Lufu (1014), Hedong Road transported grain to Linzhou, and he led the troops to help with illness. The assistant advised him to suspend his military for the time being, and he replied: The ancients were ordered to forget their homes and die in state affairs. marched against the wind and sand and died in the middle of the road, only 37 years old. The folded family army is also the maiden family of the old lady.

After listening to Tan Zhi's exploits about the Fold family, I was also very excited at this time, it turned out that the Great Song Dynasty still had such a loyal and patriotic family of generals, for the Central Plains court to resist the invasion of hundreds of ethnic minorities and never stopped, during which several generations sacrificed their lives for the country, it is really rare, such a famous general family, a Privy Council deputy envoy I still feel that he has been wronged, and then immediately said: Zhi Yan quality can be competent. Before everyone had recovered from the exciting events just now, they heard that I was absolute, and they said in unison: "The emperor is sage!"

Seeing that all the ministers have no opinions, I also took advantage of the situation and said: This dynasty is new, and it is also an eventful autumn, especially the northern Jin people are still eyeing my Great Song Dynasty, and I am not reforming the military to invade other countries, but completely based on the purpose of self-preservation, you Aiqing think about it, the huge Great Liao Kingdom has only been close to history in just a few years, and the barbaric Jin people in the imperial court in the process of recovering Yanjing, deceived my Great Song Dynasty soldiers in disorganization, and repeatedly extorted money, Tong Taiwei and others should empathize, So under the premise that they are not strong enough, they can only be slaughtered by others, and the imperial court has always insisted on valuing harmony and common development, but this is probably just wishful thinking on our part, the imperial court has always been an ally of the Jin people out of etiquette, and the Jin people regard my Great Song Dynasty as fish and meat, and the previous maritime alliance promised the imperial court to return the sixteen states of Yanyun, and now many states behind the mountains have not been recovered, why do the Jin people dare to rebel, that is, they bully us There is no strong military, no soldiers who are good at fighting, and there are no victorious generals.

Today they only need a few states behind the mountain, and tomorrow they will dare to ask for the states in front of the mountain, and the day after tomorrow they will dare to ask for the Hebei Road, and even the area north of the Yellow River, and finally they dare to open their mouths to ask for the capital of the imperial court.

All the ministers in the palace shook their bodies at this time, and hurriedly knelt down and said in unison: Your Majesty, you will not agree to die! I waited for their words, and then asked: Since you Aiqing don't agree, what can we do if the Jin people send cavalry to rob them like they did with the Liao State? I know that there will definitely be people among you who want to say that the imperial court can add new coins to the Jin people in exchange for peace, for those who have this idea, I can tell you clearly at this time, it is really wishful thinking, the recovery of a Yanjing imperial court paid millions of guan, if a city is a few million, the Great Song Dynasty thousands of cities, what is the price? How much should Jingshi be worth?

Even if we expect the Jin people to stay in the north honestly, have you ever thought about what Emperor Tianzuo, who is now nesting in Jiashan, thinks? I think that we had a peace covenant for nearly a hundred years, and in the end, the imperial court actually ignored this and attacked the Liao State in the north and south with the Jin people, have you ever thought about it, what do the Liao people who are now staying in the center of the Jin people's court think about my Great Song Dynasty? Then I will clearly tell you Aiqing that their hatred of the Great Song Dynasty is far more than that of the Jin people, this is human nature, in front of the powerful Jin people iron cavalry, they were completely conquered, and the same for the former covenant, they still remember the court's hatred for their broken contract, this is the law of the jungle, that is, the strong have the final say, you can know. How many former ministers of the Liao State are currently agitating the Jin people to invade the Great Song Dynasty in front of the Jin people?

As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent will win all battles, it is precisely because the Liao people know the Great Song Dynasty too well that the threat of these people is the biggest and the most deadly. The Jin people have tasted the sweetness brought by the war, their pace of invasion can never stop, the huge Liao country, rich products, huge demographic dividend, beautiful cities, and many people have become their slaves, etc., do you think that the wolf will not eat meat when it is full, wrong, they are just digesting, and when they finish digesting the Great Liao Kingdom, the next thing is to show their terrifying teeth again, and devour my Great Song like a tiger wolf.

At that time, how would the imperial court deal with the tiger and wolf army of the Jin people? Therefore, from this moment on, I hope that all Aiqing will let go of being pitiful and strive to develop the imperial court's own military strength, which is the only way out. Dealing with the fists of others, except for a strong counterattack, any begging for mercy and expectation in front of them is considered ridiculous. If we blindly beg for peace, how will our descendants evaluate us, how will their history record us, how will their backs straighten in front of the enemy, how should they face the enemy's cavalry? Think of your descendants, your family members, your relatives and friends. If our generation doesn't fight, our next generation will fight.

Only then did everyone suddenly realize, and said in unison: The lower officials should die, the emperor's intentions are good, and the lower officials also understand. Seeing that someone took the lead, everyone was not far behind, and the sound of crying and kowtowing sounded in the hall. I looked at them with a solemn expression, and at this moment they must have understood the importance and urgency of developing military power. Otherwise, we can't afford to do so.

Liang Shicheng, the inspector of the school, was already in tears at this moment, so he choked up and said with tears in his eyes: The emperor's painstaking efforts, the ministers were terrified, and the lower officials were ashamed, I couldn't imagine that the emperor could think so far, and the ministers were ashamed. On the other hand, the lower officials and others, the pattern is small, the vision is humble, and they are really frogs at the bottom of the well. Today's heartfelt words of the emperor made the lower officials and others wake up suddenly, and the lower officials and other Beijing masters who have lived in the blooming flowers for a long time have completely lost the tension of the boundary in their thoughts, and they have completely forgotten the swords and swords on the battlefield, and the scene of corpses all over the field, and the lower officials and others are guilty, the emperor. After speaking, they began to cry, emotions can affect each other, once someone got up, everyone followed and cried, and some even gave themselves a slap in the face.

I ignored their cries, whether they were really crying or fake crying, and waited until their emotions were stable, after all, my goal had been achieved today, that is, to unify my thinking and vigorously reform the military administrative system. Then he looked at the maid beside him, pointed to the cup in front of the jade case, and the maid turned around and cut tea for me.

After a while, Cai Jing also choked up and said: The emperor's foresight is not comparable to that of a lower official. According to the current tax situation of the imperial court, even if the cost of recovering a Yanjing city is increased, it is not something that the imperial court can support. Spending these expenses on rectifying military affairs can achieve twice the result with half the effort, and it also avoids the damage and losses caused by the war in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. It also prevented the people of our dynasty from suffering from war. In the future, in the economic aspect, the lower officials and others will strive to ensure that the military is given priority, and they would rather tighten their belts to ensure the thorough implementation of the emperor's military reform.

Zhao Ye, the ruler and the imperial history, usually between Cai Jing and Wang Hao, the famous lubricant of the court officialdom, that is, no one can be offended, no one is partial, the critical moment is the three sons, that is, pretending to be confused, and at this moment he also trembled and said: Emperor Qi, just now the emperor's warning that we don't fight, the next generation will also fight makes the lower officials thunderous, in order to save future generations from the humiliation of the Jin people, the pain of war, the lower officials and other ministers who oppose the military restructuring are impeached one by one, which is a matter of great benefit to the country and the people, The imperial history will be strongly supported, please rest assured that the emperor will boldly reform.

Seeing this, everyone expressed their attitudes, the scene was very lively, I saw that the heat was almost over, and after taking a sip of tea, he said to the ministers in the palace: I hope that I will wait for the monarchs and ministers to be united, and the people will be rich and the country will be strong. Then he looked at the attendant beside him, and then the scream of the attendant resounded through the hall, retreat! The ministers got up and bowed down again, wiping their tears as they went.