Chapter 428: Great Liao's Southern Invasion

Above the court, Zhao Xu, who was correcting the recital, suddenly received a request from the privy envoy of the Privy Council.

Zhao Xu is also wondering, tomorrow is the day of the Great Dynasty, what has to be reported now?

"Xuan. Zhao Xu was strange, but he also understood that there was no matter of urgency, and the Privy Council envoy would not be in such a hurry to ask for a meeting. Besides, the Privy Council is in charge of the whole ** team, and once something happens, it will definitely be a big deal.

"Xuan Privy Council sent Master Li to an audience. "The eunuch preached.

After a while, an old man who looked a little jade tree in the wind walked in in a neat official uniform and saluted, "See Your Majesty." ”

"No need to be polite, this is not the court, what is the matter with Aiqing here?" Zhao Xu put down the fold, looked up at the other party and asked.

"The minister has an urgent military report, and according to the report of the Liao State spies, the Liao Emperor has signs of southern invasion. The minister has ordered the border armies to strengthen their defenses, but the matter is too big for the minister to call the shots. Privy Envoy Li reported.

"What is the morale of the border army? Can it resist the large-scale southward invasion of the Liao State, or should we mobilize troops from other places to support?" Zhao Xu asked directly.

"The officials can rest assured that the border army is fully armed, the military expenditure is sufficient, the morale has been boosted, and the defense of the Liao army is more than wrong. Privy Envoy Lee replied.

"Okay! But everything is foreseen, and everything is not foreseen. Send someone to check the morale of the Beijing army, and those who are not qualified must be corrected in time, understand?" Zhao Xu asked rhetorically.

Zhao Xu's eyes are not unable to rub sand, when Empress Dowager Cao was in power, the armaments below were lax, empty salaries, and the soldiers were not trained enough, and their morale was low. Zhao Xu is a man Qing'er in his heart.

After Zhao Xu came to power, he slowly reversed, gradually loosened the suppression of civilian officials on military attachés, and at the same time reduced redundancy.

The redundant officials and redundant army of the Northern Song Dynasty were the most famous in the previous dynasties.

Zhao Kuangyin was not righteous, so he had to abolish his martial arts and come up with a redundant system of checks and balances for officials, so as to suppress military force with literature.

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In Zhao Xu's generation, Zhao Xu got the jade seal of the country, and he returned to his destiny. The position has been secured, and he is not afraid of the military attaché rebelling, so he is gradually loosening the suppression of the civilian officials on the military attachés, adjusting the redundancy of the army, cultivating the old and weak, strictly investigating military discipline, establishing the military discipline department, setting up the five armed forces supervision and protection office, and serving as war command and staff officers, without logistics self-care.

The military department is only in charge of logistics and does not have the right to dispatch troops.

The Privy Council manages the stationing of troops in various places and has the power to dispatch troops, but not the right to command wars.

The military power has been received from Zhao Xu.

With military power, coupled with the name of righteousness, Zhao Xu's reforms were also carried out slowly. He plans to spend 10 years slowly sorting out government affairs, solving the problem of redundancy, and reforming maladministration.

The problem is that there is still too little time, and Zhao Xu is also afraid of problems, so he specifically pointed it out.

Privy Envoy Li immediately saluted and said, "The minister understands, and the minister will personally supervise the corrections." ”

After Wang Anshi's reform, Sima Guang's anti-government, and then Zhao Xu's ascension to power, he once again deeply supported the reform, so the political situation was very tense. The political contradiction is very big, but it is only because Zhao Xu has obtained the jade seal of the country, the destiny of heaven, and he can control the situation, so that the reformers and conservatives will not fight head-on.

Party strife has always been the most taboo thing in the DPRK situation.

If it weren't for Zhao Xu's outstanding means, I am afraid that the current Great Song Dynasty would continue to decline, and it would not be impossible to end up in the end.

Fortunately, the six doors suppressed the rivers and lakes, balanced the order of the people, and were able to alleviate the contradictions among the people.

Fortunately, this is the Song Dynasty, if this is in the Ming Dynasty.

The pressure on the emperor to reform would be even greater, even life-threatening.

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty were famous for asking for money and not dying, and for the sake of money, the emperor dared to kill!

The scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty at least had the backbone of the style, paid attention to the appearance of eating, and dared to fight with the emperor, but they did not dare to kill the king. The Song Dynasty did not have the eunuch dictatorship of the Tang Dynasty, and the feudal towns were chaotic. The power of foreign relatives has also been suppressed and integrated by civilian officials.

Of course, when he is on a pilgrimage, he is not afraid of civilian officials, because he has military power in his hands, and his reputation is beyond doubt.

Although the southern invasion of Liao was a major event, it would not let the sky fall.

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If the Liao State had invaded the south in the early years, the Great Song Dynasty might have suffered heavy losses, resulting in a major defeat.

But the current Da Song is completely different from previous years.

Zhao Xu's reform in the court situation needs to be done slowly, but the reform in the army can be drastic. After a few years, the results have been obvious.

Today's Great Song army has been reborn, especially the border army. The armament is neat, the morale of the whole army is high, and the logistics are sufficient.

The Great Song Dynasty is not the Ming Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty is much richer than the Ming Dynasty.

Money is enough to solve most of the problems in the army.

All that remains is to fight a few tough battles and bring out the military spirit of the army.

Of course, even so, Zhao Xu did not dare to underestimate the invasion of the Liao State.

Now Liao, the national strength is at the peak, and the combat effectiveness of the army is the first in the world.

This must be admitted, and now the army of the Liao State ranks first in terms of the surrounding countries, and the Great Song Dynasty ranks second.

It's just that the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty is much thicker than that of Liao, and if it starts, if it is consumed, Liaoguo can't afford it. Otherwise, the Song Dynasty would have been gone a long time ago.

Therefore, for the southern invasion of Liao, the Great Song Dynasty still attached great importance to it.

Early the next morning, Zhao Xu convened a court meeting to discuss the matter collectively.

After the discussion of the princes of the court, the division of labor clearly began to prepare for resisting the invasion of the Liao State.

At this time, although the combat effectiveness of the Great Song Dynasty army was not as good as that of the Liao State, the national strength was still the first in the world, so although the princes above the court had a peace faction, they were not kneeling and licking factions. The Liao State took the initiative to invade the south, but it still let the princes of the court work together to the outside world.

To tell the truth, during the period of Song Zhezong, the civil officials above the court all had the arrogance of the Heavenly Empire.

Although in Yang Pan's view, the Great Song Dynasty, which is still handing over the New Year's coins, is really not a heavenly kingdom.

Zhao Xu suddenly had an idea, taking advantage of this war to defeat the spirit of the Liao State and put an end to such a thing as New Year's coins. He wants to be a man who is the first emperor of the ages, how can he have such a degrading thing as a year coin?

If the emperor knows, it is equivalent to the blood god son knows, the blood god son knows, and Yang Pan naturally knows it.

Yang Pan then remembered that the Great Song Dynasty was still in a weak state at this time.

Even if Zhao Xu's government has improved somewhat, it will take time to completely get rid of the weak state.

"500,000 Liao army, I really hope that the Liao State can invade the south later, give me some more time, and when I recover the cultivation of the realm of heaven and man, I can use the Zhuxian Sword." Yang Pan shook his head and sighed.

"Hey, by the way, I remember that in the original book, there was a battle for the throne of the Liao Congress. Why hasn't it happened yet?" Yang Pan said to himself suspiciously-

The revision arrived, and the two chapters were still normal in the evening.