Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 34

According to the regulations, trick officials like Hanlin painters cannot discuss matters related to the government. For example, Cui Bai should not express his opinion on whether Li Buqi is a Xia thief or a spy, but Zhao Zhen is very tolerant and just nodded, gently Said: "I will consider this matter, you should step back first."

Ding Du arrived after the painters. After Ding Du saluted, Zhao Zhen asked: "I heard that Li Buqi often goes to the scholar's mansion. Now there is an article from Shaanxi saying that Li Buqi may be a spy of the Xia thief. Do you know?"

Ding Du was stunned for a moment, but soon came back to his senses, and said resolutely: "Your Majesty, I don't know what evidence there is to say that Li Buqi is Xia Bandit's spy, but based on what I have seen, Li Buqi will definitely not fight with Xia Bandit If there is an affair, you will want to get rid of the Xia thief and then hurry up."

Zhao Zhen saw that Ding Du was so sure, so he asked: "How does the scholar know that Li Buqi is not Xia's thief?"

Ding Du said: "Li Buqi and a scholar from Shaanxi came to my home for the study of phonology, but after learning that I was editing the "Wu Jing Zongyao", I offered two things. Recently, I discussed with Yousi repeatedly. I think that these two things can greatly improve our Song's combat power, and they are the magic weapon to restrain Xia's bandits. If Li Buqi is a spy of Xia's bandits, why would he offer such things?"

Zhao Zhen immediately became interested: "What two things are these?"

Ding Du said: "The first is a strong crossbow. With iron as the tendon and iron as the pedal, I think it is stronger, has a longer range, and can wear heavy armor. It is a sharp weapon against the Xia thief's iron kite. The second is the iron nail The horseshoe is bent with a piece of iron and nailed to the horseshoe with iron nails. Although my Da Song knows how to protect the horseshoe, it is not so easy to use. It can be used for one or even three horses. I estimate that if this horseshoe is used, the cost of buying horses can be saved by at least 60 to [-] guan a year. Moreover, my Song Dynasty lost to the Xia thief Liao State because of the lack of horses. With a single horse, the combat power is not far behind that of the Xia Bandit Liao Kingdom."

Zhao Zhen didn't have much feeling for the crossbow yet, but he was excited when he heard that the adoption of horseshoes could save Da Song millions of guan for a year.In his impression, the Great Song Dynasty is short of money now, and even the national treasury was emptied in order to fight Xixia. 60, then the financial pressure can be reduced a lot.He asked excitedly: "Is it really so powerful?"

Ding Du said: "I dare not speak nonsense. I haven't heard that Xia Thief has such things. Even if there are, I will not let me learn these things in order to send a detailed work. Since Li Buqi offered these two things, how could he?" Is it Xia Bandit's spy? It should be said that he hates Xia Bandit's immortality. I wonder if there is any evidence for Li Buqi to be Xia Bandit's spy?"

Zhao Zhen looked at Gan Zhaoji, and Gan Zhaoji hurriedly said: "The text only said that all the people around Ren Fu were gone, and only Li Buqi escaped. I am a big Song of fiction."

Ding Du's beard was almost blown up: "That's why there is no need? I have seen that Li Buqi is covered with scars, except one on the back and the front. It can be seen that he fought bravely and did not avoid arrows and stones. This warrior also Your Majesty should remember the story of Li Ling. Gongsun Ao falsely said that Li Ling was a Hun and Emperor Wu of Han killed Li Ling's family, and Li Ling no longer wanted to return to Han. If a warrior like Li Buqi was treated as a Xia thief, who would dare to charge forward in the future? Your Majesty Clearly!"

Ding Du once gave lectures to Zhao Zhen. Although they basically talked about Confucian classics, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would also make great achievements, and the negative teaching materials of militarism will often be mentioned, so Zhao Zhen naturally understands Li Ling's story.

After Han general Li Ling surrendered to the Huns, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not kill Li Ling's family at first, but Gongsun Ao failed to attack the Huns. Emperor Wu ordered the family to punish the Li family.This has always been regarded as evidence of the cruelty of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, how could Zhao Zhen not know it?

Zhao Zhen respected Ding Du very much, and he always called Ding Du "Scholar" instead of his name in person, so Ding Du said that Li Buqi was not a spy of Xixia, and Zhao Zhen was still willing to believe it.What's more important is that Li Buqi can save 60 to [-] guan in a year by making the horseshoe, and if he makes the crossbow, he will have the support to win Xixia.Everything has to be done after these two things are done.

Zhao Zhen said to Gan Zhaoji: "It seems that it must be wrong to say that Li Buqi is a spy of Xia Bandit. You have to investigate this matter carefully, and you must not wrong him." Then he asked Ding Du: "Scholar, I don't know if this powerful crossbow and When will the horseshoe be made?"

Ding Du said: "I wanted to let Li Buqi go to the South Workshop to make this horseshoe first, and then present it to Your Majesty when it is finished. It will take several months to make the crossbow of a powerful crossbow, so Your Majesty has to wait patiently." .”

Zhao Zhen said: "Okay, the military situation is urgent, the sooner this matter happens, the better."

Just as the eunuch rushed to deliver a military report, Zhao Zhen's face darkened when he opened it.The military newspaper said that Yuan Hao invaded Jinming Village recently and broke Ningyuan Village.

well!Lost again!
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In the evening, when Li Buqi went to Ding Du's house to study poetry, he brought Ding Du a basket of Roujiamo and old Beijing chicken rolls.Ding Du talked about what happened today.Although Li Buqi had already made preparations, he couldn't help but wipe off a cold sweat when the situation came to an end.Fortunately, I had caught up with Ding Du's line early, and had someone to talk to me, otherwise I would have no place to reason.Fortunately, the emperor who now falsely accuses Li Buqi that Xixia deliberately released him may not believe it, but he doesn't know what kind of moths Han Qi will make in the future, so he still needs to be careful.

This incident also made Li Buqi once again realize how important connections are. Only when someone in the court can talk to you can you prevent backstabbing.In the future, we must also pay attention to cultivating more people who can speak for ourselves, whether they are in the court or in the folk.However, it will take time to cultivate such power, and now he can only gain fame by himself.

"Bachelor, boy, now that he has money, he wants to build a school."

Ding Du doesn't know much about other things besides learning, so he is most enthusiastic about running education, so he immediately asked, "What kind of school do you want to run?"

"The boy wants to take some children from poor military and Han families to school. He doesn't want them to get fame. He just wants them to learn to read and write so that they can be educated. In the future, they will no longer be vulgar and become useful to my Song Dynasty."

"Oh, a child of Junhan's family?" Ding Du was somewhat disappointed, but he understood that Li Buqi was also a child of Junhan's family.In any case, it is always good to receive some education.

Li Buqi said: "I'm young, I don't know what to do. I don't know what the bachelor wants to teach me?"

"This..." The old man was excited, and after a little thought, he started talking.Li Buqi listened excitedly by the side, but in fact he didn't take it to heart at all. He just hoped that Mr. Ding would tell Zhao Zhen about his running a school sometime, so as to deepen Zhao Zhen's impression.As for the method of running the school, Liu Zhiwei has been in school for 16 years, and his mother is a teacher, so he has already had his own ideas.

PS: Thanks to csicewolf and chgfyhy for voting up.I worked night shift yesterday, but it will still be updated normally today.

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