Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

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Wei Ling is 19 years old and Zhenzong (Zhao Heng) is 33 years old

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In September of the fourth year of Xianping, officials of Song Confucianism and Confucian classics Xing Yu (word: Shuming) and other officials presented many scriptures edited by the colonel, a total of 160 five volumes, and Zhenzong decreed that the engraved and printed books be issued nationwide.Xing Yu also wrote "The Analects of Confucius", "Er Yashu", "The Justice of Filial Piety", and Sun Shuang wrote "The Justice of Mencius", which is in line with the justice of the nine classics compiled in the Tang Dynasty, and the justice of the thirteen classics is now available.

In the eighth year of Kaibao, the strong men in Pingliang and Panyuan counties of Weizhou were recruited to serve as city gods, and they were officially named Baoyi Army Archers, and they were divided into towns and villages. ("Baoyi" is the designation of the township soldiers in Shaanxi area) At the beginning of Xianping, there were only more than a thousand Baoyi guards at the border of Qinzhou, and they were divided into groups.Until September 1001, the fourth year of Xianping, the imperial court enlisted young men along the border of Shaanxi to expand the Baoyi Army, with a total of 790 people. The recruits could also receive food and wages, and they guarded the border counties together with the regular imperial army, greatly improving their defense capabilities. (By the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the counties of the states again showed that there were only 510 soldiers in the Baoyi Army, divided into 31 commands. In the fourth year of Xining (1071), the Baoyi Army was officially abolished.)

In August, Li Jiqian led a crowd to attack the Qingyuan army. Liu Yin, the Zhijun, and Ding Zan, the prisoner, led their own troops to resist, but the reinforcements from neighboring states were delayed.In September, Li Jiqian and his son Deming attacked the south and north gates respectively, and the Qingyuan army fell.

In October, Zhang Qixian, Minister of the Ministry of War, who was ordered to go to Jing, Yuan, and Qingyuan states to appease the generals, returned to the capital. On the court, Zhang Qixian reported the situation of this trip to the border. The army of various states comforted the soldiers, and learned that the conditions in Lingzhou and other places are harsh, and it is not easy to defend, so I think that the troops of the states at the border should be expanded to strengthen the border defense."

"Zhang Aiqing has worked hard on this trip, the expansion of the border town is imperative, and I will send troops to conquer the party." Zhenzong said

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's appropriate to attack the party at this time." Zhang Qixian said

"What? It's not suitable for conquest? The party has repeatedly violated the border town, and there is no integrity at all. If you don't send troops to conscript, then Li Jiqian will think that I, Song Dynasty, are afraid of him!" Zhenzong said angrily

"Your Majesty, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, we have been fighting for years. The lives of the people at the border are difficult, and there are countless casualties. It can be seen from what Li Jiqian did. Discussion is not enough, and prevention is more than enough.”

"Master Zhang," Wei Zhaozhong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said, "If you are not young, you must eliminate him before his wings are full, otherwise he will become a disaster in the Northwest in the future."

Zhang Qixian shook his head and said, "No, although Li Jiqian is not full-fledged, his soldiers and generals are all nomadic, and they live by hunting every day. There are a few advantages, but after many years of fighting in the Great Song Dynasty, the soldiers are exhausted and it is difficult to support this kind of guerrilla."

Wei Zhaozhong interrupted, "I said Master Zhang, how did you grow the ambition of the enemy and destroy the prestige of our Great Song Dynasty?"

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