Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 90 The Emperor's Small Eyes

Li Zhang returned to the capital to celebrate his father's birthday, and as soon as he entered the city, he went to Da Nei to ask to see the emperor.The palace gate had already received instructions on when Li Zhang would arrive and when the emperor would see him, so Li Zhang was quickly led into the Chongzheng Hall.

After saluting, Zhao Zhen took a closer look at Li Zhang and asked, "I've only been to Chunze Prison for more than a month, right? Why is it so dark?"

Li Zhang said: "For more than a month, except for seven days, I have been crawling and rolling on the school grounds every day, and I will naturally get dark under the sun."

Zhao Zhen sighed: "It seems that this military training is really not easy. Sure enough, it can't be done in just one sentence. How do you see how the military training has been going in this month?"

"I have made great progress, or I can say that it is a thousand miles a day. When I was in the bow and arrow academy, there were only a few dozen people, and I didn't see much. Now there are hundreds of people sitting, lying and walking in the same appearance, just like the guards who are on duty."

"Oh? Is that so? Li Buqi really put his heart into it."

But Li Zhang said: "Li Buqi said that he still can't meet his requirements. It will take at least two or three months to practice the command and prohibition, even though everyone is like one. Then you can practice weapons and formations."

Zhao Zhen asked suddenly: "I heard that Li Buqi only trained for a few days, and now he has a high prestige in the army?"

Li Zhang was taken aback for a moment, but it didn't appear on the surface.As a relative of the emperor, although the background is a bit poor, the emperor's mind can still be touched.The biggest concern of Song Dynasty officials is which officer has prestige in the army and will lead soldiers to rebel in the future.After all, that's how Song Taizu ascended to the throne of God.So why did the emperor and the civil servants turn a blind eye to the officers' deduction of soldiers' pay and unpaid service to the soldiers?Isn't it just to alienate the relationship between soldiers and generals, so that officers can't unite soldiers.

In order to guard against generals, the emperor and civil officials even did not hesitate to destroy the army. It can be seen that they have deliberately planned.Once Li Buqi puts on the label of buying people's hearts in the army, he will be completely irreversible.

If it was someone else, Li Zhang might not defend him.But ever since he got in touch with Li Buqi, Li Buqi had played a role in infiltrating his thoughts. He thought Li Buqi's actions were reasonable, so he couldn't help defending Li Buqi.

"In fact, I think that Li Buqi has prestige. It is better to say that Li Buqi acts justly and what he says is reasonable. Everyone has to listen to him. For example, every day when Li Buqi is practicing military posture, he will tell the soldiers ancient times. He first He talked about how the barbarians killed the Han people during the chaos of China, and how they fed on our Han people. He told the soldiers that they would rather be a dog in a prosperous age than a disorderly person. He also talked about how chaotic the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were at the end of the Tang Dynasty. The sergeant no matter which country wins or loses, it is the Han people who are defeated, because all the dead are the sons of the Han family. Then he told the sergeant that it was the emperor Taizu who took care of Jin'ou and ended the troubled times, so that we have a peaceful life today. If the people don't want to Going through the troubled times of 'people are worse than dogs', if you don't let your parents and children be slaughtered, you must defend the Song Dynasty and the official family."

Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up: "Oh? Did he say that?"

Li Zhang said: "How dare I lie to the officials? Many sergeants are listening. And he asked me, Wang Zhaoming, and Ge Shengwen to get close to the soldiers. He said that only by getting close to the sergeants, the truth we tell the sergeants. You can listen to it. By the way, the gentleman Li Buqi is looking for has not yet arrived. He asked the three of us to teach the sergeants to read first, and in the process of literacy, we also need to talk about ancient times. He said that only by talking about ancient times can the sergeants truly understand loyalty. .”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Well, he wrote this method in the military training strategy, and I think it is good."

Li Zhang thought for a while and decided to tell Zhao Zhen the most explosive information: "Ge Shengwen didn't agree with Li Buqi's method at first, but Li Buqi said that if we lead the army in the future, we must get along with the sergeants. relationship. It was appalling to say that some officers in battle were actually killed by arrows shot from behind."

Zhao Zhen didn't understand: "Did you miss it?"

"No, it was intentional. It was to avenge the usual hatred. Ge Shengwen and I didn't believe it at first, but Wang Zhaoming said that some officers were shot to death by soldiers who had hatred during the drill. Li Buqi was right."

Zhao Zhen could stuff an egg into his mouth: "Is there such a thing?"

"Li Buqi said that in an ancient book, it was recorded that there was a chariot driver with a grudge because he didn't get the mutton leg, and deliberately drove a chariot carrying a commander into the enemy's army during the battle, causing his own side to be defeated. .”

When Li Zhang said this, Zhao Zhen immediately remembered that there was such a thing in the book.At that time, the teacher used this as an example to say that he should be fair to his subordinates. It seems that this matter is the same in ancient and modern times.

Li Zhang is Zhao Zhen's cousin, so naturally he will not harm Zhao Zhen, so Zhao Zhen can still listen to Li Zhang's words.Hearing what Li Zhang said, what Li Buqi did was well-reasoned and justified, and he never forgot to affirm the rationality of the Zhao family as emperor. He really has nothing to complain about.

Zhao Zhen then encouraged Li Zhang, and specifically told him: "You must follow Li Buqi to learn how to train soldiers. In the future, I will be promoted to you."

In fact, the emperor is really busy now.In March, Lu Xianggong finally recognized the situation and submitted his resignation. In April, Lu Yijian stopped discussing military and state affairs. The emperor believed that a big stone on the road to reform had been removed, and he could implement reforms.

Zhao Zhen first appointed Yan Shu as acting prime minister, and in April, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were appointed as deputy privy envoys, and Fu Bi was promoted to be a bachelor of the Zizheng Palace.A series of personnel adjustments is enough for the emperor to worry about, how can he have the time to care about a small Xiang army.

However, there was no rain in spring and summer this year, and there were severe droughts in many places. After several years of locust plagues in succession, Yizhou on Jingdong Road suffered another century-old drought, and many people died of starvation.But the Yizhou government still collects taxes.The hungry people couldn't bear it anymore and rushed into the government to snatch food.Song Renzong urgently ordered Zhu Jin, the inspection envoy, to lead the "thief-catching tiger wing soldiers" to suppress it.However, most of the Tiger Wing soldiers were born in the poor and refugees. On weekdays, their salaries were often deducted by the officers and they had to be forced to march with whips and sticks. Under the leadership of the soldier Wang Lun, they pulled up the banner of rebellion.

This matter had nothing to do with Li Buqi, but someone with a heart could not resist laying maggots when the emperor was frightened.Thanks to Li Zhang's protection, the emperor didn't have bad thoughts about Li Buqi.

Now not only the doubts about Li Buqi in the emperor's heart have almost dissipated, but he even has some dissatisfaction with the people who made small reports to him-fuck, you just say that the officers and soldiers have a close relationship and there is a possibility of rebellion. Never told me that Da Song's army would lose the battle because of this.The soldiers killed all the officers and beat them!

In addition, the emperor also had doubts in his heart. Could it be that the rebellion of the tiger wing pawns was also due to the harsh treatment they usually received?
So the emperor completely let go of Li Buqi.He didn't believe that with his cousin and two nobles watching, Li Buqi could pull out a Xiang army to rebel.So let's leave a few half-grown children to do the military training. He, the emperor, still has a lot to worry about.

PS: Some book friends said that pig's feet should be their own emperors. Some people think that pig's feet are too hard, and there will be a chapter dedicated to explaining it. Now we have to maintain a little suspense.

(End of this chapter)