Whether it is the coordinated command of the large corps, or logistics scheduling, or the quality of the army, they were all first-class in the world at that time.

There is also an emperor like Zhao Kuangyin who has been cut all the way from the bottom to be the commander-in-chief.

(It is said that Zhao Da is good to everyone, good to his younger brother, good to ministers, and good to the common people, but he has high demands on himself)

It's a pity, no matter how strong the Song army is, it is also the era of Zhao Kuangyin.

After the car god drifted, all the elites of the Song Dynasty were lost, and even the famous founding generals like Cao Bin were killed, which is equivalent to the British Duke of the Ming Dynasty being killed in a civil fort.

Since then, most of the soldiers recruited by the Song Army were bandits, refugees, and ruffians.

why?

Chariot God is disgraceful, he is afraid that the army will become bigger.

This guy doesn't have much prestige in the army, and he lost a big battle, so he can only frantically use the retraction strategy to suppress the warriors.

In the future, the Forbidden Army of Song Dynasty can be said to be worse than one year, and the ones who can really fight are the Northwest Forbidden Army who have been fighting Xixia for a long time.

Even the imperial army on Gyeonggi Road is mostly a group of rogue bandits, and most of the upper-level officers are dudes, who are here to fool around.

There are still many people who are empty-paid. It is said that there are 80 forbidden soldiers, but there may be less than 20, and there are a lot of old, weak, sick and disabled.

Even the quotas in the Shenzong era are still receiving military pay.

Concealing the report from top to bottom, not practicing martial arts, moths are all over the sky.

In the past two years, a group of imperial guards have been rebuilt, almost a change of blood.

But far from enough.

There is a very important article in the new military law that those who enlist in the army must be children of good families.

In fact, this article has been implemented since the recruitment of the Guards Brigade last year.

Why was Tang Jun so powerful back then?

Because the army in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty were all educated children from good families, such as Yue Fei.

Soldiers were a symbol of honor in the Tang Dynasty, and not all cats and dogs could come in to eat and drink.

From this point, we can see Zhao Ning's determination to really revive the Song Army.

Everyone said: "Your Majesty is wise, the new military law will be strong, my great Song!"

Zhao Ning said again: "I have also set up the lecture hall. The new army must be able to read and write, and the soldiers must have faith. They must have faith in the imperial court and the Song Dynasty. Only such an army can win the battle."

Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, I am worried that if you let go too much, it will make the warriors arrogant."

"I know what you mean, but now it's not an internal defense, but to reopen the situation. In the near future, Song Dynasty will take the initiative to send troops to Xixia and Jin Kingdom."

"If you want to change form in offense and defense, you must expand your martial arts!"

The more Zhao Ning spoke, the sharper his tone became, his whole body was like a sharp sword out of its sheath, his eyes became deeper and deeper, and even his tone naturally became aggressive: "Dangxiang has been lying in the northwest like a poisonous snake for nearly a hundred years, Jin The country hangs a sword over our heads again!"

"We can't destroy Xixia, conquer the Kingdom of Jin, I can't sleep!"

Zhang Jun immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, even if I die from exhaustion in Shaanxi, I will revive our Great Song army and conquer Xixia!"

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Zong Ze: "Zong Shuai, what do you want to say?"

Zong Ze said in a rather deep tone: "The old minister also agrees with what His Majesty said. Judging from the current layout of our army, it really needs to be strengthened. Whether it is recruiting troops, logistics supplies, or armaments, of course, the most important The only thing we need is to revive the military system, reduce redundancy, and get to the bottom of it.”

"Where is Mr. Li?"

Li Gang said: "I also agree that most of the recruits in our army are refugees or recruited bandits. They are vicious and difficult to tame. They eat and drink at ordinary times. When there is a big disaster, they will disperse in a hurry. It is difficult to make a big deal."

Li Gang continued: "Let's say that in September last year, the Jin army went south and crossed the Yellow River. The retreat in Shijiaquan Town, southwest of Cangzhou, was the leader of the civil rebel army on Hebei East Road in the first year of Jingkang named Li Chun. It is famous, but it will collapse when it encounters the Jin army."

"It's not that Li Chun is not brave, it's that his people are mostly refugees. The refugees join the army. Some are willing to die to protect their families, but most of them are just for a bite of food. When the Jin people came in large numbers, these people suddenly panicked. At a loss, they fled by themselves and affected the army."

"This kind of situation happens all over the place." Li Gang also sighed for a while. His Eastern Front can be said to be the weakest and the weakest. The only one who can fight is Han Shizhong.

And more are just the rebels in the area of ​​Hebei East Road, or the soldiers and civilians recruited temporarily.

Lack of formal training, fear of war, vulnerable.

Li Gang even thought that it was God's favor that he could defend the Eastern Front until now.

Li Gang seemed to be the one with the most emotion, and he continued: "To tell you the truth, the Jin army that went south to Cangzhou in September last year, I later found out that it was Liu Yu's men and horses, and it was far different from the elite Jin army. If so, the defenders of Shijiaquan Town are also vulnerable, this is my fault."

"Liu Yu?" The name immediately attracted Zhao Ning's attention.

The military intelligence department has reported this name to himself once.

Chapter 316 Wanyan Zongwang's Political Offensive (Second Change)

Not only did the Military Intelligence Department mention Liu Yu's name, for a time traveler like Zhao Ning, Liu Yu was very famous.

This guy was one of the biggest traitors at the turn of the Song Dynasty.

The puppet Qi he established spread across the Central Plains, and as the lackey of the Kingdom of Jin, it brought catastrophe to the Central Plains.

Li Gang continued: "This Liu Yu was originally an envoy of Hebei West Road. He abandoned the city and fled in the first year of Jingkang, and then defected to the Kingdom of Jin. For this reason, a group of officials in Hebei were also instigated by him and surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin."

Zhao Ning asked, "How many people does Liu Yu have in Hejian Mansion?"

"I have sent people to inquire about Liu Yu's people in Hejian Mansion. There are no less than [-] people in Hejian Mansion. His people robbed Hejian Mansion by force, plundering people's wealth everywhere, and there are Jin people backing him."

"Did Liu Yu proclaim himself emperor before?"

"This thief is ambitious, but in the third year of Jingkang, he planned to proclaim himself emperor and Jianyuan in Jinan Prefecture."

Zong Ze said: "Your Majesty, why don't you send an army to conquer and wipe out this thief!"

Li Gang said: "This thief is now surrendering to the Jin people, which is considered the Jin army. If we go to conquer, we will be the first to tear up the armistice contract."

Zong Ze nodded and said, "It would be fine if this thief is still in the Hejian Mansion, wishing to become emperor, then it has nothing to do with the Kingdom of Jin!"

Zhao Ning said: "This matter will wait and see, but the Cangzhou area really needs to strengthen its military strength. I plan to transfer Yue Fei to Fucheng to garrison and help you train your troops. Li Qing, you can take drastic measures against Cangzhou's military and government. Anyone who refuses to obey military orders will be dealt with by military law." !"

"There is not much time, so let's show the Bodhisattva's heart with thunder."

Li Gang suddenly felt less pressure: "I obey the order!"

Zong Ze said: "Your Majesty, there is one more matter that must be investigated."

"What's the matter?"

"In the past two years, there have been a lot of thieves gathered in various places in Hebei and Hedong. These thieves took advantage of the imperial court's lack of time to take care of them, and gathered people in the local areas. They caused harm to one side and became more and more powerful."

"Among them, there was a bandit named Wang Shan in the east of the river. In the first year of Jingkang, the king's decree was issued, and the soldiers of the king of Qin from all over the country rushed to hear the news. "

"Four years to Jingkang, Wang Shan claimed to gather 70 people."

As soon as he said this, everyone was shocked.

Zong Ze continued: "However, this cannot be true. I have sent people to investigate. Wang Shan's tribe does not exceed [-] people. They are all refugees and bandits, occupying the Pingding Army and Liaozhou area."

"There is another bandit named Zhang Huaizhi who gathered [-] people in Shenzhou, Hebei West Road."

"There is also a thief named Li San'er, who gathered tens of thousands in Qizhou."

"That's interesting." Zhao Ning was not angry, but laughed instead.

People are puzzled.

Zhao Ning pointed to the map and said: "Pingding Army, Liaozhou are bordered by Taiyuan Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture, Shenzhou and Qizhou are between Zhending Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture, here are very close to the sphere of influence of the Jin people. "

Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, what do you mean is that they are backed by golden people?"

"We signed an armistice agreement with the Kingdom of Jin, but the Kingdom of Jin is not willing to really give us time to recuperate. If I am not mistaken, the Kingdom of Jin will push out Liu Yu and continue to establish the Puppet Qi. Liu Yu will use the identity of the Puppet Qi Emperor , to recruit these thieves and use them for him."

Everyone fell silent, what Zhao Guanjia said was not unreasonable.

Zong Ze hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, I have something here, which was sent by the gold thief."

"Oh, what?"

Zong Ze took out Wanyan Zongwang's "Song Xing Lun" and submitted it.

Zhao Ning took it and quickly read it.

After reading it, he didn't say anything, and asked Zhang Jun to read it again.

Everyone stopped and couldn't help but look dignified.

Zong Ze said: "This article has already spread in Hebei, and I'm afraid it will spread to the capital soon."

Zhang Jun said with emotion: "This is the theory of punishing one's heart!"

Zhao Ning did not expect Wanyan Zongwang to have such skill.

To be honest, this trick really hit Zhao Ning's sore spot.

The geographical gap between the north and the south in the Song Dynasty was very serious.

For example, during the Zhenzong Dynasty, Song Zhenzong wanted to use Wang Qinruo as his prime minister.

The prime minister, Wang Dan, publicly stated: I saw that there were no southerners in the ancestral dynasty. Although it was said in ancient times that there is no way to establish a virtuous person, it is necessary to have a virtuous person.As a prime minister, a minister dare not suppress others, this is also a public discussion. "

In the end, Zhenzong didn't let it go.

It was not until after Wang Dan's death that Wang Qinruo was able to take the position.

The same is true for imperial examinations.

Scholars in the south of the Yangtze River studied hard, but some southerners who passed the exam, such as Yan Shu and Xiao Guan, were suppressed and discriminated against by northern officials.

Even Kou Zhun, an important minister known as the "upright and upright gentleman" in the Zhenzong Dynasty, strongly opposed allowing southerners to participate in politics.

There was a "Guanlong Group" in the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the nobles of the dynasty were mainly the Guanlong Group.

Similarly, the Song Dynasty had the "Central Plains Group", and the Song Dynasty was the foundation for the Later Zhou Dynasty, which was located in the Central Plains.

Those who followed Zhao Kuangyin to conquer the world were all from the Central Plains.

Later, when the Great Song Dynasty was destroying the Kingdom of Shu, General Song slaughtered the city in Shu, which caused a great resistance. Zhao Kuangyin was furious when he learned of the thunder, and dismissed the commander-in-chief of defeating Shu.

But it is also enough to explain the gap between regions.

The so-called northerners are people from the Central Plains, that is, their own people, while the southerners are outsiders.

But when Wang Anshi reformed, the dispute between the North and the South intensified.

Sima Guang, the leader of the northern faction, once said to Shenzong: Fujian people are narrow and dangerous, but Chu people are easy. Today, the two prime ministers are all from Fujian, and the two participating in politics are all from Chu.

Wang Anshi is from the south, and Lu Huiqing is from Fujian, and they were both scolded by Sima Guang.

Wanyan Zongwang launched such an inflammatory article on regional discrimination at this time, which undoubtedly sprinkled a handful of salt on the wounds of the Song Dynasty, which had already had severe conflicts between the North and the South.

If this article spread to the south, wouldn't it arouse the collective resonance of the southerners?

We work hard and pay heavy taxes to help the North?

What did those northerners say about us?How to suppress us?

Xu Han said: "Your Majesty, do you want to block this speech among the people?"

Zhao Ding said: "Since ancient times, people's mouths are better than Fangchuan's. How to seal them up?"

Zhao Ning said calmly: "Your Majesty is right. Such remarks cannot be sealed, so there is no need to worry. The taxation of the New Deal has been reduced a lot. If the South also implements the New Deal, who would blame the court for it? How about taxing the south to support the north?"

Zhao Ding pondered for a while and said, "I'm afraid that the new policy will fall to the south, and some big families will use the excuse of heavy taxes to support the north to resist the imperial court."

What Zhao Ding said hit the point. According to the new tax policy, every farmland with more than [-] mu will get [-] per mu.

Here is more than [-] mu, and less than [-] mu is one out of ten.

Five out of ten is definitely a heavy tax.

As long as the new policy of the imperial court follows the south, those big households in the south who hold a large amount of fertile land will inevitably use Wanyan Zongwang's article as an excuse to make a big fuss and gather local interest communities to fight against the imperial court.

He even threatened the court in disguise to give up the land of Hebei and Hedong.

At that time, the secretive old factions in the DPRK and China will definitely stand up and build momentum in order to fight against the New Deal.

Wanyan Zongwang's political offensive is not weak.

But Wanyan Zongwang may have underestimated Zhao Ning's determination to reform the Song Dynasty.

Chapter 317 Developing armed forces behind enemy lines? (third change)

"I am walking the Dao, what is the Dao?" Zhao Ning looked around, "The Daoist, the world is for the public."

The world is public means that the world belongs to everyone, and the position of the emperor is passed on to the virtuous and not to the son.

This is the words in the Confucian classic "Book of Rites·Li Yun".

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