I will never be Renzong

Chapter 64 Convincing Liu E
In the Ciyuan Hall, Liu E was sitting on a soft chair to rest. The more than an hour long court would make her very tired. Fortunately, Zhao Zhen came to kick her and solved it. Otherwise, I don't know how long it would have been involved.

Zhao Zhenduan sat on the sidelines, and it was really cool to scold those ministers, but the purpose of his coming to Liu E was to train the cavalry.

"Guan Jia! Although what I said today is reasonable and well-founded, it is also a bit out of proportion. Ai Jia has a few words that I hope Guan Jia will consider carefully!"

Liu E took a sip of tea, glanced at Zhao Zhen who was sitting at the side, and said.

"But please teach me, Madam!"

Zhao Zhen bowed respectfully.

"Although Ai's family doesn't read much and doesn't know a lot of Chinese characters, he still thinks that the old man Taizu said that he was right to rule the world with the literati. Governing the world is absolutely inseparable from them. If you leave them and only rely on the official family to handle the government affairs, it will be worth it. What you need to be promoted to the official family of the Song Dynasty is to learn how to control the courtiers to benefit the country. People’s suggestions can naturally be agreed to, but bad suggestions should not be criticized in court, just let them go back and discuss it later, if you think about it, you will always come up with a result that satisfies the officials!”

Liu E spoke slowly, and Zhao Zhen not only listened to it, but also understood it. The emperor's mind is a profound knowledge. Liu E's words reminded Zhao Zhen of a line from the king in later movies: the king is not the position of decision, but the position of the king. It is the duty of the courtiers to make decisions and be accountable.

Zhao Zhen comes from a later generation, so he naturally understands what the emperor's mind is, but although the current Song Dynasty has not yet reached the point of terminal illness, after the disintegration of the dynasty, various ills have accumulated all over his body, and it is only a matter of time before the outbreak. Wu is a kind of disease that is engraved in the bones. If this disease is to be cured, it must be done early.

"What the aunt said is true! My son, please take it to heart!"

Zhao Zhen replied respectfully.

"The official family doesn't think I'm annoyed by the old lady! The official family suddenly came to Chongming Palace today, but have something to discuss with the Ai family?"

Seeing Zhao Zhen's sincerity, Liu E asked slowly.

"Reporting to my aunt! Although I am negotiating peace with the Liao Kingdom, I can only seek temporary stability. If I want to seek permanent stability, the training of the soldiers must not be left behind. As the saying goes, no matter how big a country is, reckless warfare will be dangerous!"

Zhao Zhen replied.

"Aijia remembers that whether it is the imperial army in Beijing or the imperial army stationed in various places, or the Xiang army or Fanbing, the treatment in my dynasty is higher than that of the previous dynasty, and rewards will be given every big festival. Ever since Aijia closed the curtain, he has never treated any soldier of the Song Dynasty badly!"

Although Liu E was a woman, she also knew the importance of the army. After all, her brother Liu Mei was a general in the army, and he often told her what the army meant to the Song Dynasty.

"Ma'am! During Taizong's period, there were two Northern Expeditions, but they all failed in the end. I think that the Liao army is not as good as our sergeant in terms of siege ability, but in terms of field combat ability, our soldiers are not as good as the Liao army. All these reasons It was all caused by the lack of a strong cavalry in our court, today I accidentally found a soldier with excellent commanding ability over the cavalry, so I promoted him out of the ordinary!"

"The officials are talking about that soldier named Di Qing!"

Liu E turned to ask.

"Yes! Ma'am!"

"Well! The Ai family heard about Cao Lili's promotion of the official's exception. He summoned this soldier named Di Qing. I have to say that the official's vision is still good. This Di Qing is very good and has the merit of escorting him. It's okay to be promoted, but it's a pity, there are tattoos on the face left by the crime, otherwise, the Ai family would like to betroth a niece of her mother's family to him!"

What happened in the palace naturally cannot be hidden from Liu E, let alone such a big event as the commander of Si Xiao's cavalry before being promoted to the palace.

"The Ai family understands what the official means. The official wants to use this Di Qing to train a cavalry!"

Liu E looked at Zhao Zhen and said.

"Back to Madam, I have recently read the classics on the art of war, and I have also developed a strong interest in cavalry, so I really want to form a cavalry by myself. If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement for me, Da Song, right?"

"Are the officials asking for military power from the Ai family?"

Liu E said lightly.

"Ma'am! My son doesn't want to ask me for military power. My son just has some suggestions that I want to impose on the newly formed cavalry. My son has not yet crowned, and training cavalry is just a whim. But don't worry, my son will still use it Reading and listening to politics is the most important thing!"

It's true that Zhao Zhen wants military power, but it's not the time yet. Even if he wants it, Liu E won't give it to him. Instead of froze the relationship, it's better to say something nice.

"It doesn't matter whether it's state affairs or military power, what's the use of me being an old woman who keeps occupying me? The officials can rest assured that the Ai family will be handed over to the official family sooner or later, but the Ai family has to watch the official family grow into a qualified king step by step with their own eyes. Okay. The Ai family knows that the officials are here today for the funds for cavalry training, but it takes a lot of money to train new troops and replace new equipment.

But the ugly words of the Ai family are up front, the Xiao cavalry army can let the officials toss, but the imperial court will not allocate more soldiers except for the original salary and rewards. Of course, it is not that the Ai family does not support the officials to form a new army. But at the moment, the Song Dynasty’s finances are really difficult. More importantly, Song and Liao are in peace. If the court spends a lot of time building a new army, Ai’s family is worried that it will cause unrest in the Liao Kingdom. By then, the new army has not been trained , the Liao Kingdom sent troops to the south, and the Ai family was the sinner of the Great Song Dynasty! "

Liu E has been listening to the government behind the curtain for more than a year, and Zhao Zhen has also listened to the government for a year, and he has a very good impression in the hearts of the ministers, because Zhao Zhen can often resolve matters that the courtiers cannot decide with a few words. , Liu E saw it.

But there is no real family affection in the royal family. As Zhao Zhen's prestige increases, her prestige will decline, and this is what she does not want to see. Right now, it seems that Zhao Zhen wants to spend all his thoughts on cavalry, so let him Go ahead, it will save him from being the same as today, and he will die endlessly if his words are not shocking.

However, although Zhao Zhen was allowed to form a new cavalry, he also kept a secret, which was to put pressure on military salaries. Therefore, even if Zhao Zhen wanted to train cavalry, the scale would not be much larger.

Zhao Zhen originally hoped that the inner treasury could allocate 300 million guan to support him in forming a cavalry, but it seems that there is no way now, and with a lot of things happening this year, the court does spend a lot of money, although he can see Liu E left behind, but still chose to accept.

"Madam! My son has a request, and I hope Madam will agree!"

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment before saying.

"Speak! As long as it is a reasonable request, the Ai family will accept it!"

Liu E naturally knew not to make the relationship with the officials too tense.

"My son doesn't want extra money and food allocated by the court, nor does he want money from the treasury, but he wants all the proceeds from toilet paper to subsidize the new army!"

Zhao Zhen replied.

"Yes! Aijia agrees!"

Liu E thought for a while. Toilet paper is not worth much. It is obviously impossible to use it to fund an army.

But what she didn't expect was that Zhao Zhen actually formed an invincible cavalry by selling toilet paper.

(End of this chapter)