The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 802 Reasons for Attacking Shu
It is estimated that Zhao Kuangyin didn't pay too much attention to the other functions of this big weekly magazine, but just noticed two things.

One thing Zhao Xu said was to publish the policy of the Song court, which was to let the common people know the policy of the court.

The other is to write on it all the rewards and punishments of officials by the court. This is what Zhao Kuangyin values ​​most, and he doesn't care about the others.

So he said to ask Zhao Xu to do this as soon as possible, and to list everything as soon as possible,

"Don't worry, this Dasong Weekly is a job that your daughters-in-law want to do. If you ask me to do it, they will have to take my skin off."

Zhao Xu revealed the purpose of coming this time, which was to be busy with those women's affairs.

"They came up with this thing, isn't it possible?" Zhao Kuangyin didn't look down on women, he also thought that women should have children and carry on the family line.

"That's right, they think it's very boring to do nothing like this, so they want to find something to do. It's not that they came up with this Dasong Weekly."

Zhao Xu didn't blush at all when he told a lie, but he worked really hard to keep those girls from pestering him.

"Okay, she is indeed my daughter-in-law. She is really extraordinary hahaha, okay!" Zhao Kuangyin praised Zhao Xu's wives at this time.

That's my wife, okay? You can also blame me for praising me. Why are you praising your daughter-in-law?

"Father, you still haven't heard clearly, they are responsible for this matter, you have to figure it out!"

"What, no way, how can this woman show her face in public? I think it's better to let other people take responsibility."

Zhao Kuangyin also didn't want these people to show their faces.

"Oh, these women can also hold up half the sky. They also want to do something. You must know that these women have a lot of energy. As long as they have something to do, they can't focus on fighting for power and profit."

When Zhao Xu said this, Zhao Kuangyin was also shocked. He knew what Zhao Xu had. What Zhao Xu wanted to express was that there were some inner struggles in the palace since ancient times because they had nothing to do.

If they are busy now, they won't have so much thought to think about other things, Zhao Kuangyin understood it in this way.

"Besides, if my father and our royal family do this, it will also give them a taste of us having fun with the common people. Isn't this the best of both worlds?"

Zhao Xu felt that this was quite a good thing, and it would help to slowly improve the status of women.

This is another deep meaning of Zhao Xu's. Do you think he would put in so much effort to get this woman to come out and do such a thing just for the sake of those wives?

"Okay, let them give it a try, and just tell me about the effect of the implementation. By the way, I'm going to attack that Shu country this time. Do you have any opinions?"

Zhao Kuangyin also agreed, and the conversation turned to the other side, he was going to attack the Kingdom of Shu.

According to the trend of history, Zhao Kuangyin also destroyed Hou Shu first, but that was only decided when he had a reason to send troops, but now he directly said that he would send troops to Shu, what did he think?

"Can you tell me the reason?" It's hard for Zhao Xu to tell you to fight, since you can win anyway.

"Originally, according to the strategy of first the south and then the north, I wanted to unify the south, but now there are three forces in the south, Wuyue, Southern Han and Tang. These are three countries, as long as the Southern Tang is wiped out, but now I don't have any. Confidence."

Zhao Kuangyin felt that he had no confidence in attacking the Tang Kingdom now. What if it failed? If it failed, the situation after the Song Dynasty would be quite dangerous.

So Zhao Kuangyin thought over and over again and decided to take down the Kingdom of Shu first. He believed that the power of the Kingdom of Shu at this time was not very strong, and the odds of winning were very great.

"I have discussed with Miao Xun and the others, and I also think it is feasible to attack Shu. In fact, I have a deeper reason."

"One is that we are basically encircling the Kingdom of Shu now. Especially after taking down Jinghu, we also have direct contact with the Kingdom of Shu in the south, and the border also has friction from time to time."

Zhao Kuangyin turned his back to Zhao Xu and told the real situation. Most of the things that Murong Yanzhao reported recently were conflicts with the Kingdom of Shu.

Since Murong Yanzhao took down Jinghu, he has not been appointed as the deployment of the southeast camp, responsible for guarding.

Recently this Murong Yanzhao reported that at the border between Wuping and Shu, there were always battles between the armies of the two sides.

It's just a small fight with weapons, and neither side has any major disputes, but this is also quite frequent.

Murong Yanzhao didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he wanted to write to the court urgently, only then did Zhao Kuangyin know,

Zhao Kuangyin also felt that this was unusual, what the Shu Kingdom wanted to do, but he didn't say to investigate thoroughly.

He thinks this is completely unnecessary, and small conflicts are inevitable, just like the Northern Han and Khitan sometimes have constant conflicts, and things on the border are accompanied by friction.

But Zhao Kuangyin was quite excited this time, and felt that this time was an opportunity because he felt that this could be expanded.

Yes, it is to expand, and you can give yourself an excuse, and this excuse is to send troops to Shu.

The banner of the Song Dynasty is the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, and there must be a reason for sending troops, a legitimate reason.

So Zhao Kuangyin gave Murong Yanzhao the order to be ready, if something like this happens again, hit him with one word!
This incident also became an excuse for Zhao Kuangyin to attack Shu, or the reason Zhao Kuangyin himself said now.

"This can be regarded as a reason. I'm afraid you have long thought about cleaning up the Shu Kingdom. This is a good reason for you to send troops, but I think it is not enough. Father, you must have other reasons. ?"

Zhao Xu also knew that the friction his father said was just an excuse, and the reason Zhao Kuangyin said should be behind.

Otherwise, Zhao Pu and Miao Xun would not support Zhao Kuangyin's attack on Shu first, which shows that there are more important reasons behind it.

Zhao Xu was not a fool, and this Kuang Yin was even more not a fool. Who would do such a thing of destroying the country without any benefit.

"I knew you would ask this question. It is because of this that I am more determined. This is helpful to the unification of the Song Dynasty, and that is the abundant grain production of the Kingdom of Shu!"

It turned out that Zhao Kuangyin wanted food, this is what he wanted to talk about the most, and this is the most fundamental thing.

Because food and grass are needed for war, this Shu country happens to have the most abundant and fertile land, and the grain output is very high.

If the Kingdom of Shu can be taken down, then the Kingdom of Shu will become the granary of the Song Dynasty, which can make the economic strength of the Song Dynasty even stronger.

In particular, it can provide a large amount of food for the great cause of unification in the future. From this point of view, it is of great benefit to the Song Dynasty to be able to destroy the Kingdom of Shu.

(End of this chapter)