Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

The battle report was sent back to the capital again and again, and Zhenzong was very angry, "What the hell is going on! Is that Dangxiang really an invincible teacher? Why did my army lose every battle against Dangxiang!"

At this time, Huang Ninghui didn't dare to speak anymore, because he was one of the generals in the main battle. Now that the battle is not going well, it is useless to say anything else.The officials didn't dare to say much, they looked at each other and lowered their heads.

Defang said, "Your Majesty, the Dangxiang region is barren and lives mostly on nomadic hunting. The soldiers will be fierce and good at fighting. At this time, the morale is high. Our army is marching westward to conquer, and it is difficult to adapt to the regional differences. The soldiers are exhausted from years of fighting. , the only plan for now is to withdraw the army, retreat to the border town, and protect the defense line from being breached."

Zhenzong was very unwilling, but now the fact of the defeat was in front of him, so he sighed and asked, "Brother Emperor, do you want to mobilize the northern generals to increase the number?"

"Your Majesty, the northern part is an important city for defense against the Liao people, so it is not appropriate to send troops there."

"Then what should we do if the party attacks the city aggressively after the withdrawal of troops?"

Defang turned around and looked at Zhang Qixian, "Your Majesty, I think Mr. Zhang has countermeasures.

"Oh?" Zhenzong looked at Zhang Qixian and remembered what he had played before, so he said, "Zhang Aiqing, what countermeasures do you have? Let's talk about it now."

Zhang Qixian came forward and said, "Your Majesty, there are many tribes around Dangxiang, who have been bullied and harassed by Dangxiang all the year round. I think that you should send envoys to contact them and give them the official position of leader so that they can attack Dangxiang and disperse Li Jiqian's troops. , can prevent the party from continuing to invade the east.”

Zhenzong thought for a while, then nodded, "Then follow what Zhang Aiqing played."

Afterwards, Zhang Qixian sent an effective minister to the northwest, passing through Guazhou and Shazhou, and contacted the various tribes in the northwest. A lot of troops were dispersed, and they were unable to continue to advance eastward, which caused a short-term peaceful situation between Song Dynasty and Dangxiang.

In October of 1000, the third year of Xianping, Emperor Zhenzong ordered Hanlin scholars to inherit the decree, Song Bai and others continued to revise Tang Duyou's "Tong Dian".In September of the fourth year of Xianping, Song Bai and others published a new hundred volumes of "Continued Tongdian", and Zhenzong issued an edict to enter the secret pavilion of Tibet.However, because of its complexity and confusion, it was criticized by people at the time, so it was not widely disseminated.

In October, Zhenzong read the catalogs of the Taiqinglou group books and found that many of them were missing, so he ordered the world to purchase the missing books in the official collections such as the History Museum, Zhaowen Museum, Jixianyuan, and Mige, at a price of [-] yuan per volume Buying, whoever sells three hundred volumes of books, the imperial court may allow this person to be hired.

After the Shaanxi garrison stationed troops, they needed a lot of supplies such as grain and grass, and the transportation was huge, which cost a lot.In December, Shaanxi transshipment envoy Liu Zong and others said, "The area of ​​the military area is wide-spread in Sichuan, and the land is fertile. If you set up farmland, you will definitely be able to make a profit."

Therefore, according to Liu Zong's suggestion, the imperial court set up farmland affairs around the military city, reclaimed 2000 hectares of land, arranged for 500 soldiers, and bought [-] cattle for cultivation.In the near north of the military city to Muxiakou, fortresses were set up in front of and behind the military city, and the land was divided into farms.He also ordered Zhijun Li Jihe to set up envoys for the garrison system, and he would choose envoys to be in charge of the four villages, with [-] people in each village serving as the garrison.In this way, frontier defense and farming are combined, reducing the burden of supply and demand transportation.

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