Song Gexing

Chapter 215 Zhao Fang’s secret poke
"Your Majesty has farsightedness, but how do you want to curb the birth of girls? They are not in our territory."

Zhao Fang convinced the ministers, but Han Qi pointed out that this problem was really difficult to deal with. He couldn't go to Sakhalin to garrison troops, and then go to harvest Jurchen from time to time.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Fang suggested: "Why don't we take advantage of the Liao envoy's arrival and tell him that the Wanyan tribe is too strong?"

Fu Bi thought for a while, nodded and said: "This plan is feasible. Drive the tiger to devour the wolf and let them fight."

Han Qi frowned and said, "I am worried that if the Liao Kingdom really sends troops, its power will be even greater if it annexes Shengnuzhen."

Zhao Fang waved his hand and said: "There is no need to worry at this time. We will take advantage of the fact that the Liao Kingdom is in war and destroy Xixia in advance. By then we will be stronger and integrate all the Tibetan tribes and the countries in the Western Region. What we have to worry about is the Liao Kingdom, not the Liao Kingdom." we."

Wang Yaochen agreed: "Yes, self-reliance is the foundation for invincibility at any time. The greatest harm to the Song Dynasty is not the Liao Kingdom, but being attacked from both sides. Xixia must be destroyed."

Zhao Fang looked at him in surprise. This was the first time that a civil servant proposed to destroy Xixia. What he was most worried about was that he was worried that these civil servants would stop his conquest and be scolded as a poor soldier.

Seeing his appearance, Han Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Do the officials really think that I am unwilling to destroy Xixia? I am not wary, but I will never allow rebellious officials and traitors to exist. Xixia has always been my vassal of the Song Dynasty, but To establish an independent country, what is the use of keeping these rebellious ministers and traitors?"

Only then did Zhao Fang realize that he had misunderstood the idea. Xixia was different from the Liao Kingdom. It originally belonged to the courtiers of the Song Dynasty. Li Yuanhao was a successful rebellion.

Two days later, official news came that the Liao envoys had arrived at the border. Now the courtiers knew about it, and they immediately launched a campaign against Zhang Dun to cause trouble.

However, Zhao Fang had already discussed this matter with the ministers and ministers, and the cabinet responded quickly, waiting for the Liao envoys to arrive before demoting Zhang Dun in front of them.

Zhao Fang ignored the matter now and quietly summoned the governors of the Fifth Army Commandery Mansion to discuss the matter and decide on a strategy.

"Zichun must remember that when you go to the northwest this time to reward the Western Army, don't let the censor find out about it. Also, the supervisors from all walks of life in the northwest must take precautions."

Wang Shao was excited and a little worried. Today, the emperor secretly summoned the twelve chief officials of the four major governor's offices. It turned out to be a major event to attack Xixia.

This was the greatest luck for him who had switched to a military position. It was a contribution to the destruction of the country, but Zhao Fang gave him a task that made him uneasy.

After hesitating for a while, he still said: "Your Majesty asked King Zhao to accompany you. I am worried about his safety. After all, the king has never left Tokyo, not to mention that it is a frontier."

Zhao Fang waved his hands and said: "I'm not afraid of saying ugly things. I let the second brother go to help him gain military merit. I'm just two younger brothers, so I'm a bit selfish, but don't worry about safety. Although the second brother is lazy, he has learned martial arts from me since he was a child. , the Imperial City Secretary and the palace guards will also protect him, as long as you don't let him go to the battlefield, you don't have to worry about his safety."

Wang Shao nodded and finally asked: "What if the king can't stop it?"

Zhao Fang glared and said "Hmph": "How dare he! I will issue an order to the guards. If he dares to mess around, I will tie him up. I will beat him with my own hands when he is brought back."

Now Wang Shao was relieved, but Di Qing hesitated and said: "Your Majesty's move will make the ministers uneasy. Your Majesty has military merits, so how to arrange it in the future, this..."

Zhao Fang said with a smile: "Han Chen is still so cautious. If the ministers want to make trouble, I won't hear you. Besides, the emperor's younger brother's personal conquest is not new now. Isn't that what the ancestors did? Taizong also followed the Taizu emperor back then, shit Going to the battlefield like this, our Zhao family is originally a military general, how can our descendants forget our roots?"

These words shocked the twelve military generals present and made them feel extremely excited. The emperor really did not pay equal attention to both civil and military affairs as he said.

In fact, it is no wonder that although the cabinet and the Privy Council have now divided their responsibilities, everyone still has not adapted to the long-standing habits. The generals are still worried and always feel that it is unrealistic.Especially those cabinet members now put too much pressure on the military. They are all famous officials in the world, and they dare not question anything.

Di Qing, the highest-ranking general in the military, was respectful to Han Qi and others, let alone other generals.

In the military rank system this time, only Di Qing was rated as a general, and the remaining commanders of the five armies were either lieutenant generals or major generals.

There is no way, their qualifications are indeed not enough. Even if Zhao Fang wants to give them high-level positions, he must abide by the official selection system of the Song Dynasty, selection and training.

Even if Yang Wenguang has enough qualifications but not enough merit, Lao Yang has really never participated in a few battles, which is far behind his father Yang Yanzhao.

He spent more time in the imperial army, which not only affected his rating, but also made the generals see the importance of merit.

Like Zhe Jizu, Chong Hu, and Chong Er, their merits surpassed Hu Yanshouyong, Gao Zunyu and others, not because Zhao Fang was partial, but because of their combat experience in the Western Army.

Of course, the merit level does not only mean fighting. The merit level designed by Zhao Fan also includes other things, as long as they have contributed to the country and the people.

For example, disaster relief, flood control, protecting people's lives and property, etc., but right now these people have not made much contribution in this area.

But after setting this rule, many people will definitely be willing to do it in the future. Zhao Fang is consciously changing the thinking of the army.

One thing about the ancient army is very bad, that is, soldiers are not as good as bandits. In prosperous times, it is better. Once there is a little bit of unrest, there are many people who kill good people and take credit for their merits, and plunder places.

And all of this is a matter of ideology. The army pits itself against the people. To put it bluntly, it is actually the bad nature of human beings, who like to bully the weak.

This requires strict military legal constraints and positive ideological education. If these are linked to interests, most people will naturally be willing to implement them.

Zhao Fang will never educate people just by talking. He knows that it is useless. Only benefits can make people voluntarily abide by the rules. This is human nature.

Two days later, Wang Shao set off with his team, nominally to labor in the northwest, but actually to plan with Liu Changzuo when to start.

Since he was a signature of the Navy Governor's Office, the ministers did not really doubt his purpose. However, Zhao Xin's trip made the ministers jump in anger, but they couldn't argue with the scoundrel Zhao Fang, so they reluctantly approved it.

Zhao Fang modified the ancestral system while using the ancestral system as a shield, which was extremely shameless. But the ministers had no choice. The reform was not to change all the ancestral system, but the ancestral system was still a sign.

Zhao Guangyi and even Zhao Tingmei had led troops on expeditions before, why couldn't Zhao Xin, not to mention that this time he was not going on an expedition, but to comfort the army.

If you want to say that he is young, that is even more nonsense. Zhao Tingmei was only 13 years old when Zhao Kuangyin wore the yellow robe. The next year, he followed Gao Huaide to the battlefield.

Although he had no share in the war, he did go to the battlefield. At that time, none of the sons of the old Zhao family did not learn martial arts, so their father was a military general.

(End of this chapter)