In September of the second year of Baoyuan, the Song army went out of the fortress and took the initiative to launch an attack on Western Xia.

Yuan Hao responded to the battle in a hurry, and the two sides fought inseparably.

On the border of Song and Xia, there was a war.

However, Fan Zhongyan, the chief official of the northwest of the Song army, did not pay attention to martial virtues, and sent elite cavalry across the Ningxia Plain and directly into the hinterland of Li Yuanhao.

This is the main gathering area in the rear of Li Yuanhao's tribe and many tribes, that is, the residence of the families of those party soldiers under his command, and it is a very important rear base.

Li Yuanhao used to arrange several armies around here, namely the Baima Qiangzhen Army, the Right Wing Chaoshun Army and the Xiangqing Army, as escort troops to protect the rear.

But at this time, under the joint attack of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, his troops were already stretched, and he had no choice but to transfer most of his troops and horses to the south to resist the attack of the Song Dynasty's coalition army, and the hinterland was almost undefended.

So on the seventeenth day of the war, the troops interspersed in a roundabout way, as if they knew the frontline deployment of the Western Xia army well, easily bypassed the border defenders, and sneaked into the nest of the provincial Weicheng.

After the Song army defeated the Chaoshun army, they set fire to it, threw grenades, and engaged in sabotage, destroying at least thousands of tents, as well as hoarding countless grains, grass, and supplies.

Two days later, Li Yuanhao was taken aback when he got the news and hurriedly returned to help, but at this time the Song army had long since disappeared, leaving only a mess.

The Western Xia army was even more defeated on the border, especially when they heard that the rear was attacked, the army was unstable, and many leaders of the Dangxiang tribe simply left the battlefield with their tribes and returned to the rear, wanting to take their own tribesmen to escape away.

The only thing that can be regarded as a little success is that Qiyu Wangrong successfully repelled the Er, and is returning to the area of Yingli.

But in this situation, begging Wangrong cannot recover the decline.

For a time, the Western Xia was separated from Germany internally, and the external army was defeated like a mountain, showing a trend of near collapse.

In history, Li Yuanhao was originally a tightrope walker, even if he succeeded, it caused the domestic situation in Western Xia to be turbulent, and in the case of victory, he almost caused the collapse of his Western Xia Empire.

Not to mention the current defeat.

If the Song army continues to attack at this time, Li Yuanhao will continue to dream of his emperor, and he is afraid that even Xingqing Mansion will be captured.

So Li Yuanhao was about to turn white overnight, and everyone was going crazy.

But unexpectedly, more than ten days later, seeing that the situation was extremely unfavorable to Li Yuanhao and the Western Xia army was completely defeated, the Song army chose to withdraw its troops at this critical moment and retreated to within the national border.

The whole war lasted for about a month, and from the initial stalemate in Song and Xia to Zhang Kang's sneak attack on the rear, Western Xia was about to collapse, but it suddenly ended like this.

Although Li Yuanhao was beaten a little stunned, he hurriedly packed up the remnants, pacified the rear, and stabilized the collapse situation.

It was later learned that due to the sudden southward movement of the Liao army and the Chen soldiers on the border of the Liao and Song dynasties, the emperor of the Song Dynasty immediately asked the northwest side to withdraw his troops, and Fan Zhongyan was transferred to Hebei.

Upon learning of this, Li Yuanhao was glad that Yu Liao had saved his life, but looking at the devastated and extremely dilapidated rear, he could only accept the peace agreement handed over by the Song army.

While secretly licking his wounds, and swore that once all the elites of the Song army in the northwest were transferred to Hebei, when the Liao and Song Dynasty officially started the war, he would brazenly tear up the peace agreement and send troops to the Great Song Dynasty to avenge himself.

What he didn't know, however, was.

In fact, this battle was also Fan Zhongyan's strategic task to achieve the Song State.

Both crippled the Western Xia and made every effort to deal with the Liao State.

As for the question of whether the Liao State will annex the Western Xia after the Western Xia is disabled.

That's interesting.

If the Liao State attacked Western Xia at this time, the Song army would definitely be desperate.

First, the main force of the Liao State is near Zhongjing, and if the main force is transferred, there will be no worries at all on the Hebei border of the Song State.

Second, the Liao State rushed to attack the Western Xia, more than 1,000 kilometers, and fought with the Western Xia, which was still fighting with the trapped beasts, maybe it would be a defeat for both sides, if the Liao State suffered heavy losses, then the Song State had the possibility of recovering Yanyun.

Therefore, if Yelu Sect was really stupid enough to destroy Western Xia at this time, Zhao Zhen would have to wake up laughing from his dreams.

And so under this change.

The year came to November 1039.

At this time, Western Xia was hit hard, Yuan Hao shrank his forces, and the turtle guarded Xingqing Mansion.

The 150,000-strong army of the Liao State moved south to Yanyun, which later became the Beijing area, and stationed on the border between the two countries.

The armies of the two sides faced each other, and the war was on the verge of breaking out.

Yelu Zongzhen personally went to Nanjing Xijin Mansion and sent a letter of state to the Great Song Dynasty, asking the Great Song Dynasty to hand over the gunpowder formula and cede the ten counties of Nanguan, that is, the area of Xiongxian County, Hebei in later generations, otherwise the troops would come to the city and drink the Yellow River.

Zhao Zhen was rarely hardened, and after transferring Fan Zhongyan and many elite soldiers from the northwest to Hebei, he replied with a letter of state, saying that if you want to fight, then you will fight.

At the same time, a large number of firearms were also transported to the north and deployed in various cities, fortresses, and military villages.

You must know that Zhao Jun has been making the pure granular gunpowder formula for more than two years now, and the Song Dynasty has actually used these gunpowders in the original invention of firearms, and recreated brilliance, under the guidance of Zhao Jun, made several artillery.

This progress is actually very slow, because the technical content of the gun is actually not very high, and the principle is the same as that of a gun, which is fired by filling the chamber with gunpowder and igniting the fuse.

However, at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the artillery bombing rate of the Ming army in the Battle of Songjin was as high as 25%.

This shows how difficult it is to manufacture safe and stable artillery, and the slightest carelessness may cause the cannon to be destroyed and killed.

Therefore, the development process is extremely cautious, even in the testing stage, it is necessary to prepare extremely long leads, and many tests have been carried out before finally getting a few qualified products.

However, even if the number of artillery is small and the role it plays on the battlefield is limited, but the rest of the firearms have the blessing of pure particle gunpowder, and the power is greatly increased, like the kind of thunderbolt fireball thrown out through the catapult, it is definitely enough for the Liao army to drink a pot.

And just when the Western Xia withdrew from the battlefield and was unable to go south, and the Liao and Song dynasties entered a tense and exciting confrontation, at the end of the second year of Baoyuan, at the beginning of December, Zhao Jun returned to Bianliang from Shandong by boat.

In this way, from the beginning of the fourth year of Jingyou to the end of the second year of Baoyuan, Zhao Jun's national inspection lasted two years and ten months.

Along the way, he killed many corrupt officials and dealt with many local problems, but the corrupt officials in the world cannot be killed, and the difficulties encountered by hundreds of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty cannot be helped.

In the final analysis, with Zhao Jun's strength, he can help a village, a county or even a state.

But what about all the way?

What about the whole country?

There are too many pathos and too few empathizers.

If we don't find a way out of the system and productivity, there will never be a way out.

So with the results of the investigation, Zhao Jun returned to Kaifeng with a heavy heart.

When he left, Zhao Zhen sent him to the gate of the palace, and when he came back, Zhao Zhen heard the news, and he didn't even have time to put on his shoes and ran to the Xihua Gate.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Cai Qi, Song Shou, Yan Shu, and Sheng Du came to greet them.

The big ship slowly docked at the dock of the Five Kings Palace, which is relatively close to the palace, and the golden water passes directly through the back garden of the palace, raising countless precious flowers and plants in the back garden, and flows out from the Chenhui Gate.

Zhao Jun slowly walked down from the boat, and Yan Shu was the first to come over and said with a smile: "Hanlong, you are finally back." ”

"yes."

Zhao Jun sighed, raised his head and looked at the palace in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh with some emotion: "I'm finally back." ”

Lu Yijian frowned and said, "How can you go out like this, even your hair is white." ”

"Because I've seen too many people's suffering, anyway, when I think of those griefs, I often don't sleep at night, and I'm not as relieved as Lu Gong."

Zhao Jun choked back.

For Lao Lu Tou, he has always been hostile.

Let's not say that this guy designed himself in the first place, just saying that this guy belongs to a conservative interest group, he should be defeated.

Even if he now supports the Constitutional Yuan because of power issues, it does not mean that he supports the New Deal.

So I still can't maintain a good relationship with him.

lest when the New Deal reform touches the interests of the other party in the future, it will not be easy to drive him away because of past feelings.

Old Lu Tou was choked and said unhappily: "You guy, why are you still the same as before?" I haven't seen each other for so long, can't you be polite? ”

"Okay, they're all old friends, so I'm too lazy to be polite."

Zhao Jun waved his hand, then glanced around, and wondered a little: "What about Zi Zhenggong?" ”

When it comes to this, everyone can't help but be a little silent.

Yan Shu said: "Zi Zhenggong is sick, I'm afraid he won't be able to last long." ”

Wang Sui is dying?

Zhao Jun was stunned for a moment, and then sighed, "Alas, birth, old age, sickness and death, human nature." Even if the technology developed in later generations could only prolong life, but not prevent death. ”

"Okay, let's go back to the palace first, the official family is waiting."

Wang Zeng said.

On the way back, everyone was not very interested because of what happened to Wang Sui.

After all, after the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan, several of them became fixed prime ministers, instead of fighting for power and profit, and completing their own concentration of power by defeating each other.

So the relationship between the people eased considerably.

Although Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng still choke each other from time to time, they also lack the feeling of life and death and tension like before.

Wang Sui was seriously ill over there, and the imperial doctor said that he probably wouldn't survive this year.

As for the group of old men in the Constitutional Yuan, the youngest are Song Shou and Yan Shu, both 48 years old this year, followed by Fan Zhongyan and Cai Qi, who are 51 and 52 years old respectively.

Then Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng, one 60 years old and the other 61 years old. The oldest is Sheng Du, 71 years old.

Wang Sui is 6 years younger than Sheng Du and 65 this year, but he has walked in front of Sheng Du, which also makes them sigh.

After all, for them, if people can only live to be sixty or seventy years old, then they actually have a few years to live.

What's not to put down?

All the way into the palace, Zhao Zhen waited in the Xihua Gate.

Seeing it from afar, Zhao Zhen walked out of the palace gate directly, came to the outside of the city rarely, and took the initiative to come close and couldn't help shouting: "Big Han Dragon." ”

He almost called out his grandson.

You must know that in addition to Lu Yijian and them now, there are many forbidden army soldiers around, if they hear the true relationship between Zhao Jun and Zhao Zhen, I am afraid that they can ignite public opinion in Bianliang at once.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhao Jun stepped forward, arched his hand, and then looked at the person in front of him with some doubt.

This TM is Zhao Zhen?

I saw that Zhao Zhen's face was yellow and thin, his eyes were blank, his dark circles were serious, and he was much haggard.

is the same as before leaving Bianliang, judging two people.

"Hanlong."

Zhao Zhen stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, looked him up and down, and then sighed: "You have lost weight, your hair is gray, what have you suffered in the past two years?" ”

"Compared with the government's worries about the country and the people, I am still far behind. In the past two years, the official family has also been "

Zhao Jun wanted to speak and stopped.

If he hadn't known that there seemed to be only five stones scattered and no opium in these years, he would have even suspected that Zhao Zhen smoked a lot of cigarettes every day in his absence.

"In the past six months, the official family has indeed been worried every day."

Yan Shu said: "I got up early in the morning to discuss with the court, and from morning to dusk during the day, I had to deal with government affairs in the Chongzheng Palace. ”

Zhao Jun said with a relieved expression on his face: "The official family finally realized that if the Great Song Dynasty continues like this, it will destroy the country, which is a good thing." ”

"Amount"

Zhao Zhen nodded weakly, and then said, "Let's go back to the palace first." ”

And they went into the palace.

Talking and laughing all the way, I returned to the Chongzheng Palace.

Zhao Jun entered the room, glanced at the notebook, and closed it on Zhao Zhen's desk.

Everyone sat down.

Zhao Zhen sat behind the table, his hand unconsciously touched the mouse, and quickly realized what he retracted, so he turned his head sideways and asked, "This time the eldest grandson has been to the place for nearly three years, has there been any gain?" ”

"It's a big gain."

Zhao Jun sighed: "I used to only think that the people of the Great Song Dynasty were bitter, but just by reading the history books, it is actually difficult to empathize with how bitter they are." But now that I have been walking in the place for so long and seeing too many things, I understand how difficult their situation is. ”

He said and looked around, and said seriously: "In the future, we will not be rich in the new era, although it is already the second largest economy in the world, but after all, there are so many people, it is impossible for everyone to have good conditions, and there are many unsatisfactory places in the lives of the people, but at least it is difficult to starve to death anymore, and now."

At least four or five percent of the people of the Great Song Dynasty are on the verge of starvation. When there is a famine, I don't know how many people will fall. The small-scale peasant economy is tenacious and fragile, tenacious is that it carries the continuation of the Chinese nation, and fragile is that the slightest touch is on the verge of extinction.

Everyone didn't know this, and everyone's face showed a solemn expression.

Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "As Han Long said, the lack of productivity in the Great Song Dynasty, the lack of local problems, and the lack of money and food cannot guarantee that everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, and live a healthy life. ”

"It's not that it can't be guaranteed, it's just that the conditions are too harsh."

"On what terms?"

"It's simple."

Zhao Jun said expressionlessly: "Fight the local tyrants and divide the land, completely complete a major reshuffle, and distribute the landlord's land to the people, and everything can get back on track." ”

"Amount"

Everyone looked at each other, and even Zhao Zhen's face was embarrassed.

In fact, they had heard Zhao Jun say this before, or even if they didn't mention land reform, they didn't know this truth.

Shi Dan, the minister at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, had long been aware of the seriousness of land annexation, and proposed "limiting land and limiting slaves", "distributing land", "inhibiting annexation" and so on.

But in the face of opposition from the powerful and interest groups, it could not be resolved.

Now the interest groups of the Great Song Dynasty are also huge, especially the landlord class, if they really do that, I am afraid that the whole country will be full of wolf smoke in an instant, and the landlords of all walks of life will rebel one after another, and the Great Song Dynasty will immediately be on the verge of collapse.

So it's obviously impossible to do.

"It's too harsh."

Zhao Zhen coughed, and then said, "Is there any other way besides this method?" ”

"We can only come step by step, and when we complete industrialization and land annexation in the future, we can actually solve it logically, but for now, we can only patch up the seams for the time being, and alleviate the increasingly acute internal contradictions under limited conditions."

Zhao Jun sighed.

In fact, he also knew that land reform was impossible.

But it doesn't matter.

In terms of productivity, it can be solved through industrialization.

In fact, Da Song's fleet had already gone to sea to visit the Americas last year, and if it went well, it would be back next year or the year after.

Even if crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes at this time have not been bred and the yield is not so high, as a by-crop, it can be planted in mountainous areas, vegetable fields, and leftover areas on the edge of the field, without delaying the main farmland.

In this way, food production can be increased from the side.

After industrialization, it can attract a large number of rural people to the cities to engage in manufacturing and textile industries, and force rural landlords to lower land rents to attract population, which can naturally alleviate land contradictions.

In addition, although industrialization is not possible now, it can promote the development of education. As long as mathematics, physics and chemistry are popularized, it is estimated that in another dozen years, we will be able to lay a good foundation for the future by concentrating on the first industrial revolution.

Even if Zhao Jun's knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry is limited to elementary school to high school, this is enough.

The rest.

I'll leave it to the next generation.

"Is there any specific method?"

Lu Yijian and others asked about the specific operation method.

However, Zhao Zhen interrupted: "Okay, the eldest grandson has just come back, and it is the time when he is tired, so don't ask questions about the east and west, if there is anything, let's talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Yes."

And they had no choice but to answer.

Zhao Zhen summoned Wang Shouzhong to ask about the time, and the response was that it was already afternoon, so he proposed to go to Yanfu Palace to sit.

Now the harem has become the residence of Zhao Zhen's harem, because he was afraid that the two children would live in the poison palace and affect their bodies, so he simply moved the harem to the harem, and he usually lives there.

It's not good to discuss things in this way in the back garden, the place over there in Yanfu Palace is a little smaller, but there is a big courtyard, everyone sits in the house to drink tea, have a meal, and chat It's still no problem.

It's the middle of winter and early December, and there is no snow in Bianliang this year, but the weather is really cold, the trees are withering, and the leaves are falling.

Everyone moved to Yanfu Palace, and charcoal fire had been burned in the palace, making the room warm as spring.

chatted for a while in Yanfu Palace, and in the afternoon, Zhao Zhen beckoned everyone to finish dinner, and the sky became dark, and they each wanted to go back.

As usual, Lu Yijian and the others said goodbye and left first.

Then Zhao Zhen sent Zhao Jun all the way to the direction of Xihua Gate from the palace road of Yanfu Palace.

The two walked side by side, and Wang Shouzhong followed from a distance.

"Grandson."

"Huh?"

"You're emaciated, and your hair is gray."

"Brother, you too."

Zhao Jun sighed: "I didn't expect that after I left, brother, you have changed so much, worrying about the country and the people, and making people haggard." ”

Zhao Zhen felt even more empty-hearted, and sneered: "It's all for the people of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"I love to hear that."

Zhao Jun also smiled: "Only when the people are good can the country be stable, and when the country is stable, it can become stronger." ”

"Even if it's the eldest grandson, you have to pay attention to your body."

Zhao Zhen said with concern: "If you overwork, there is something wrong with your body, but it is the loss of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Zhao Jun was still very moved by Zhao Zhen's concern.

Because he could feel that Zhao Zhen really wanted him to be healthy.

During the inspection, Zhao Zhen wrote many times, hoping that he would come back early and not work outside.

It is foreseeable that at least in terms of trust, Zhao Zhen still fully believes in him.

This made Zhao Jun very satisfied, the previous many CPUs, not without effect.

More importantly, this trust leads to a good working relationship between them.

If you can't say it, you will be like Liu Chan trusting Zhuge Liang in the future, and there will be a good story for the ages.

So hearing Zhao Zhen's words, Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Brother, you too, the body is the capital of the revolution, if our ancestors and grandchildren want to make the Great Song Dynasty develop strongly, we still need to have a good body." ”

"Yes, yes, yes"

Zhao Zhen laughed again.

The two of them walked and walked, and they were already close to Xihua Gate.

Zhao Jun said goodbye to Zhao Zhen: "Brother, then I'll go back and rest today, and sort things out by the way, it's best to send me the computer tonight, I'll use the computer to tidy up and you can look comfortable." ”

He had come back to catch up with the old days, but he forgot to get his notebook back first, and he planned to enter the reforms he had prepared along the way into the computer.

Anyway, now Zhao Zhen will also use a computer, and it will seem more convenient than handwriting at that time.

It's just that what Zhao Jun didn't expect was that when he mentioned the computer, Zhao Zhen obviously hesitated and said, "Computer. Do I need a computer? ”

"Of course it's better to use a computer."

Zhao Junhu looked at the other party suspiciously: "You won't break the notebook, right?" ”

"No, no"

Zhao Zhen hurriedly denied it, and after hesitating for a moment, his face showed struggle and hesitation.

Seeing his reaction, Zhao Jun was even more suspicious, and couldn't help but say, "Brother, you won't really break the computer, right?" Once this thing breaks, it's really a big deal, and I can't fix it. ”

"It's really not bad, I use it carefully on weekdays, and I don't dare to play around"

Zhao Zhen struggled for a moment, and finally seemed to have made up his mind, and after glancing around, he came to Zhao Jun and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Eldest grandson, I actually have a question I want to ask you." ”

"What's the problem?"

Zhao Jun was confused.

"Black silk. What is it? ”

Zhao Zhen gestured, revealing an intoxicated expression and said, "Wearing it on a woman's legs, it's so fascinating?" ”

As soon as the words fell.

Zhao Jun's expression froze.

Immediately after that, his pupils shrank and his eyes widened.

Then, his face quickly turned red like a kettle.

In both ears and nostrils, it is as if hot air can come out!

It's broken, and Zhao Zhen discovered a little secret!

My TM personality is broken.

(End of chapter)