Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

"Uniformed cavalry?"

In the Privy Council! Zeng Bu frowned when he received Zhao Xu's order to build Tiefu Tu.

"Lord Qi, it is said that the evil doctor Fan Zheng, the warden of weapons, created the cold-forged armor!" A Privy Council official frowned.

"Cold forged armor?"

Zeng Bu raised his brows. Cold-forged armor has always been a pain for the Song Dynasty. However, he did not expect that Fan Zheng, who presided over the Reform Arms Supervisor, could crack the cold-forged armor in such a short period of time. With the cold-forged armor, the Great Song Dynasty There is indeed the confidence to create a uniformed cavalry.

"How many uniformed cavalry do the officials want to build?" Zeng Bu asked with a frown.

"Three thousand!" the Privy Council official said solemnly.

"Three thousand?"

Zeng Bu couldn't help but raise his voice. Everyone knew that armored cavalry was expensive to build, and cold-forged armor was complicated and extremely expensive. Zhao Xu built three thousand iron pagodas in one go! It directly consumed a large amount of military expenditures of the Privy Council.

"First there was the thunder that shook the sky, and now there is the Iron Buddha Tu! This is simply a bottomless pit!" Zeng Bu said with a headache.

Zhentianlei is a gold-swallowing beast, and the Iron Pagoda is a bottomless pit. The Song Dynasty's military expenditure is already tight, and it finally has a national debt of 5 million yuan. It is a little easier to build another 3,000 Iron Pagodas, but I am afraid that it will be stretched again. .

However, the armored cavalry was very powerful and more expensive. Zeng Bu also admitted it, but what happened to this kidnapping horse? It was also wearing cotton armor.

The Privy Council official explained: "The cotton-padded armor is the result of the Ordnance Supervision Reform. It is said to be the lightest armor in the world, only thirty kilograms. There were not many good horses in the Song Dynasty, and the cotton-padded armor could make up for the Song Dynasty's disadvantage in horse power. "

"That's sheer nonsense. Even if cotton armor has built-in iron armor protection, its defensive power is inferior to that of iron armor! Is Fan Zheng trying to mess with the lives of our Song Dynasty cavalry soldiers?" Zeng Bu frowned.

Cold-forged armor has been verified by Xixia Iron Kites after all, while cotton armor was the first of its kind in the Song Dynasty and has never been verified in actual combat. Zeng Bu naturally had doubts about it.

Seeing Zeng Bu's anger, the Privy Council officials couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Zeng Yan, the weapons supervisor of Fan Zheng's reform, said that whatever weapons and armor the weapons supervisor makes, the soldiers on the front line will use them."

"Be pampered and pampered!"

Zeng Bu couldn't help but snorted coldly.

In his opinion, cotton armor can only be used as an alternative armor in winter, but Zhao Xu trusted Fan Zheng and directly applied it to the Song Dynasty cavalry.

It is not good news for the new party that the officials have so much faith in one person.

However, Zeng Bu did not act rashly. The new party's biggest opponent is still the old party.

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Lu Dafang and others naturally also frowned when they learned that the imperial court was planning to establish Tiefu Tu and Guaizima.

The evil doctor Fan Zheng does have some abilities, but the officials almost obey his words. In time, Fan Zheng will be the next Wang Anshi.

A new party created under the leadership of Wang Anshi has caused great headaches for the old party. Over time, Fan Zheng will become a leader of his own and may not be able to build a medical party.

Lu Dafang wrote hurriedly and wrote memorials to advise Zhao Xu to be close to virtuous ministers and stay away from villains, and to distinguish between loyal and traitorous people.

Of course, in Lu Dafang's works, the virtuous ministers are naturally the boastful gentlemen of the old party, and the villains are naturally the favored Fan Zheng and the new party.

"Your Excellency, the New Party has written a letter requesting Wang Anshi's vindication! Please be entitled to enjoy the temple of Shenzong and be granted a posthumous title." Suddenly the censor Yang Wei said with a panicked look on his face.

"Seriously?" Lu Dafang said in surprise.

Since Empress Dowager Gao took charge, Sima Guang came to power! The conservatives tried their best to retaliate against the new party. They praised Sima Guang, Fan Chunren and Han Wei of the old party as the "three sages", and denounced Cai Que, Zhang Dun and Han Zhen as the "three traitors". As for the leader of the new party, Wang Anshi was naturally denounced as The traitorous minister was widely slandered.

The new party demands to rehabilitate Wang Anshi. I am afraid that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is aimed at Peigong. Instead, it wants to rehabilitate the entire new party. The new party will completely overwhelm the old party.

What's more serious is that once Wang Anshi is rehabilitated, how will Sima Guang, who abolished Wang Anshi's reform, deal with himself? Today's leaders of the new party and the old party have already become absolute opposites. If one party rises, the other must fall.

Inside the Chui Gong Hall.

"Reporting to the official family, Wang Xianggong made reforms to strengthen the country and devoted himself to serving the country. After his death, he was repeatedly framed and his reputation was infamous. It really chilled the people of the world. The humble minister asked the king to be fair and allow him to enjoy the Ancestral Temple. Posthumous title." Zhang Dun wrote solemnly.

"allow!"

Zhao Xu agreed directly. He had always admired Wang Anshi's reform, so he naturally understood the significance of this move for the reform. Only by affirming Wang Anshi could he continue to implement the reform legitimately.

"My dear friends, what posthumous title do you think Mr. Wang should be given?" Zhao Xu asked.

Cai Bian stepped forward and said: "Among the posthumous titles of officials in the past dynasties, only Wen Zheng is the most elegant. Wang Xianggong has devoted his loyalty to the country and made reforms to strengthen himself, which is worthy of the posthumous title of "Wen Zheng"."

"I agree!"

All the new party ministers nodded.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly in his heart. Fan Zhongyan, the first-generation reform leader of the Song Dynasty, was posthumously awarded the title of 'Wenzheng' after his death. As the second-generation reform leader, Wang Anshi also had the posthumous title of Wenzheng. It was reasonable.

"Wen Zheng?"

Lu Dafang frowned. You must know that Sima Guang was also posthumously named Wenzheng. Now the new party proposes that Wang Anshi be also posthumously named Wenzheng. I am afraid that there is a suspicion of deliberately targeting the old party.

Lu Dafang gave a slight signal, and Yang Wei gritted his teeth and stepped forward: "I object!"

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on Yang Wei.

Zhao Xu frowned and looked at Yang Wei unhappily. In his opinion, as a leader of the reform movement, Wang Anshi deserved to enjoy the Ancestral Temple and the posthumous title of 'Wenzheng', which was more than enough. The old party was too ignorant to praise him.

Yang Wei looked into Zhao Xu's eyes and said bravely: "To report to the officials, the ministers object to giving Wang Anshi the posthumous title of 'Wenzheng', not out of selfish motives, but because Wang Anshi is indeed not worthy of the posthumous title of Wenzheng."

"Yang Wei, you are so brave. You still dare to slander Mr. Wang." Zhang Dun angrily scolded Yang Wei.

Lu Dafang stepped forward to support Yang Wei and said: "Wen Zheng is the highest posthumous title for a civil servant, but when Wang Anshi was in power and presided over the reform, the people were angry and resentful, and they were defeated externally one after another. The people were not at peace internally, and they could not defend themselves against the enemy externally. How could he deserve the posthumous title Wenzheng." "

Zhang Dun was instantly angry. Although he admired Wang Anshi's reforms very much, he understood that Wang Anshi's reforms did not make the Song Dynasty immediately strong. There was constant opposition in the country. This was the reason why Wang Anshi resigned from the prime minister twice in a row.

"Xianggong Wang cannot bear the posthumous title of Wenzheng, how can Sima Guang be worthy of the posthumous title of Wenzheng." Suddenly Zhang Dun sneered.

"Sima Guang?"

The officials of the old party couldn't help but frown one by one. Sima Guang was also posthumously named Wenzheng, and now it became an excuse for the new party to attack the old party.

Zhang Dun bowed his hands to Zhao Xu and said: "After the death of Shenzong, Sima Guang came to power. He abolished all new laws indiscriminately, deliberately suppressed the reform, and ruined the revival of the Song Dynasty. How can such sinners deserve this? Since Wenzheng's posthumous title has been given, I sincerely request the officials to issue an edict to remove the posthumous title given to Sima Guang and destroy the monument given by the officials."

Suddenly, the whole court was shaken.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, the old enemies, fought endlessly for reforms during their lifetimes. Now, several years after their death, they are still entangled with each other, driven by their successors.