Will you be arrogant if you win? Will you be discouraged if you lose? The thickness of an adult man's heart is achieved by things that he has experienced personally. Reason returned, and Song Shenzong saw the qualitative changes in the Song Dynasty's army, and his confidence and desire gradually returned...

More than two months later, good news came one after another in the northwest battlefield. First, within the Western Xia, the opposition between the royal family and the Hou tribe continued and intensified. The Renduo family and the Liang family occupied the troops in the east and west wings and stood opposite each other.

On the 18th of the month, the Fuyan army attacked again after a brief rest. Zhong Yan sent the general Qu Zhen to defeat Xixia in Jintang. In April, Qu Zhen took advantage of the victory to pursue Jialuzhai. Jialuzhai was just a village built on a barren mountain, with no fuel and water. But it was here that changed the spiritual direction of Song Shenzong and even distorted the history of the Northern Song Dynasty... This village is very inconspicuous, but it depends on which barren mountain was built on? Hengshan! This is the foundation of the founding of Xixia, and blocked between the two countries like a natural Great Wall...

For the Song Dynasty, taking the commanding heights of Hengshan was like the Liao Kingdom that controlled the 16 states of Yanyun. From then on, it was condescending and flat, and could enter the hinterland of Xixia at any time. After taking the Jialu Village, the commanding heights were obtained!

On April, the Yuanfeng restructuring was completed. This was a major event that was very important. It originated from Song Shenzong's dissatisfaction with the family rules of his ancestors. No matter how hard the officials below worked, the emperor always looked left and right and felt that they were disliked. The world was too chaotic. Standing on a high place and looking down, the six departments of the province were orderly and fully functional, but countless civil servants rushed around and walked around in various offices, and they could not tell who belonged to which department or what work they should do.

If the emperor caught one of them on a whim and asked, "Where are you?" I believe he would get such an answer, "I am from the Ministry of War", "Okay! What are you doing?" "I am using the Dacai from Chanzhou to Beijing"... This is the usual way of office since Zhao Kuangyin. You are from the Ministry of War, but you can't control the affairs of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War is just the yamen where you receive your salary. Other situations and so on, even the functions of top-level officials such as prime ministers and Privy Councilors are divided layer by layer. Not to mention doing something practical, you can't even improve some efficiency!

Want to change? Then be careful of having nightmares at night. Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Heng, Zhao Zhen, Zhao Shu... will all come together to give the good grandson Zhao Xu the emperor lesson!

This is an important means for the Song Dynasty to restrain his ministers and protect the country. It is to mat the bed and build a house inside, confusing the functions and status; the strong and weak branches outside, and to take back the military power. As long as these two points are there, the land of China will always be named Zhao! History has proved that this point is absolutely correct. The only exception is that the crisis comes from outside...

What Song Shenzong has to do now is to break up the family rules of the ancestors, combine the entire set of internal and external methods, self-castration, and destroy the bloody power of the nation, and reorganize the administrative agencies to revitalize them! During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, with the flaws in the administrative agencies themselves and the deliberate problems of Zhao Kuangyin and others, everyone should understand the necessity of re-planning the departments? Song Shenzong thought about it and created a Tang Dynasty official society with the characteristics of the Song Dynasty... He took out this book "The Six Classics of Tang Dynasty". It was written in it. Based on this as a blueprint, re-planning the official positions of the Song Dynasty! Throwing the super long-lasting and standardized terms aside, two major principles can be reduced:

1. Use the rank to change officials and reduce the rankings. Officials refer to the official who is a rank of the Ministry of War. The above mentioned people in the Ministry of War are in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue, but they still have to pay wages in the Ministry of War. Then the position of the Ministry of War is his rank of the official. Now it is cancelled, and the corresponding rank of officials will be replaced... The new rank of officials has 5 ranks, which is 17 ranks less than the old rank of officials. The new official rank is still in the 9th rank, and each rank is divided into 18 ranks, and 18 ranks less than the old rank of officials...

Three provinces and six ministries follow the name and the responsibility is true. As the name suggests, it means that the various yamen will do whatever they call from now on. The power is returned and no one is allowed to cross the line! It should be noted that some names have changed since then...

After the Yuanfeng reorganization, it was restored to the decision-making of the Secretariat in the Tang Dynasty. The Secretariat was the ruler of the Secretariat, and the Secretariat was the ruler of the Secretariat, and the Secretariat was the ruler of the Secretariat. Now, the offices of the prime ministers are no longer called the Zhengshi Hall, but they are renamed "Dutang" and the Secretariat, and the name of the Consul-General of the Secretariat was also cancelled! "Shangshu Zuo Pushe" is the former Tongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi (Prime Minister), and the Left is the supreme, and the Left is the Prime Minister. "Shangshu Secretariat, the Secretariat," and "Shangshu Zuo Pushe

The chief was the former chief minister (deputy prime minister). Therefore, on the day the restructuring of the Japanese yenfeng was completed, the original prime minister Wang Gui changed the title of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the minister of the disciple, and was also the prime minister. The original chief minister Cai Qu changed the title of Shangshu You Pushe and the minister of the Central Secretariat, and was promoted to the second prime minister. In addition, Zhang Dun was the minister of the disciple, Pu Zongmeng was the left prime minister of the Shangshu, and Wang Anli was the right prime minister of the Shangshu...

Then the Tang system was stipulated to follow the principles of the Tang Dynasty: the Secretariat drafting the order, the Secretariat review, and the Secretariat implemented it. In addition, although the left prime minister is the prime minister, the real power is in the hands of the right prime minister...

In addition, on November last year, the Privy Council was the first to complete the Yuanfeng restructuring. The Privy Council was renamed as the Privy Council Office, and the Deputy Privy Council Office Office Office was renamed as the Tongzhi Privy Council Office...

There are many other things. The Yuanfeng restructuring is very complicated, and this book does not want to involve too much (in fact, in the author's opinion, this basically does not have much significance, except for people who write Song history like me who write more words after the Yuanfeng restructuring and earn a few cents of manuscript fees). But the biggest principle: the power of the east and west governments is separated, and the military and political separation is the greatest foundation of the Song Dynasty. Song Shenzong did not move. The prime minister of the East Palace and the Privy Council of the West Palace were still in the same court, and did not concentrate on the prime minister like the Tang Dynasty.

After doing this, Song Shenzong had actually completed Sima Guang and Wang Anshi's most perfect society in their hearts. Before the Xining reform, this person said that he wanted to open up the source and the other said that he wanted to reduce expenses... Now Wang Anshi's open source nationwide, and the huge profits generated by the new laws rolled into the national treasury. Sima Guang's reduction in expenses, and the reduction of official positions has also reached...

Taking down Jialu Village made Zhong Yan unprecedentedly excited. He and his father managed the border for two generations. A detailed and huge strategic plan had long been formed. At this time, it could finally be implemented. In May, he sent his son Zhong Pu to Beijing and asked Shen Kuo, the general manager of Fuyan Road, to report to the emperor, expressing his long-standing wish, "Hengshan stretches for thousands of miles, produces war horses, is easy to cultivate, has the benefits of salt and iron, and the people are brave and good at fighting. Seize Hengshan, build ancient Wuyan City on Hengshan, and then builds hamlets along the front lines of Yin, Yu, Xia, Yan, Hui, Lan and other states, builds a steadily and steadily, and surround Lingzhou and Xingqing Prefecture, forcing the Western Xia to submit." This is completely different from the previous five routes of the Western Expedition.

From a strategic perspective, the plan is in line with Fan Zhongyan's thinking path back then. Although it is slow to take effect, there is no risk at every step. The land area of ​​Xixia is not large. With the unprecedented national strength of the Song Dynasty at this time, the overwhelming military strength of the Dangxiang people can definitely squeeze out the living space of the Dangxiang people... The best point is that there is no need to fight against the opponent's main legion at all. As long as the Song army's most traditional advantages in defending the city are enough to make Xixia be eaten away, but there is no way... If you want to say the shortcomings, it is slow to take effect and cost a lot. How many cities do you need to build and how many villages do you need to build? When will you see the people of Xixia bow down and surrender?

But Song Shenzong, who had just broken free from the mood of failure, didn't think so. He saw hope again! So he quickly sent a special commissioner to go to the northwest to check the difficulty of the operation... But at this time, Zhong Yan and Shen Kuo became nervous and felt uneasy. The special commissioner was so strange that they couldn't understand, especially the one named Xu...

A special envoy, one eunuch Li Shunju, the other is Xu Xi. Forget it, Li Shunju, he is just the emperor's caring person. Living together in the palace, it is inevitable that the sensitive Song Shenzong felt that the eunuch is trustworthy. Xu Xi was the opposite. He was originally extremely far away from Shenzong. Xu Xi was a person without a diploma. He was able to get into the civil service team completely thanks to reform. This kind of brother had a lofty ambitions since childhood and was disdainful to study. When his peers were studying scientific research, he traveled all over the country, border areas, and accumulated strange ideas. These ideas made Song Shenzong very impressed, "I have seen many people, but I have never seen anyone like you." Judging from this sentence alone, Xu Xi is better than Wang Anshi!

At this time, Xu Xi was sent to the front line to play his specialties? I forgot to say: Although this special envoy Xu had never been a soldier for a day, he liked military affairs very much. When he wandered around the world, his favorite thing was to squat in dangerous areas, his mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to kill people... Zhong Yan's uneasiness came from this special envoy Xu. He walked around and stopped, but did not examine it according to the plan proposed by Zhong Yan. It was obvious that he had some other thoughts in his mind...

On June 1, the Huanqing Road Administration reported that the commander of the Western Xia army was Wei Mingmei Jingwei, and the deputy commander Ebo encountered an invasion and was wiped out. The two commanders and deputy commanders were buried in the Song Dynasty. On the 6th, in order to get rid of the unfavorable international situation, Daliang sent envoys to the Daliao Kingdom and asked the Daliao Kingdom to mediate the dispute between Song and Xia.

In July, Zhong Yan's uneasiness became a reality. Xu Xi completely destroyed his previous idea - why should we build a village along the front line of Yin, Yu, Xia, Yan, Hui, Lan and other states? What's the difference between this? What's the difference between building a new Great Wall? Moreover, it is only the first step after it is built. We must gradually advance to the hinterland of Xixia. The national strength of the Song Dynasty will be taken away by these Tujiazhuang! Moreover, life expectancy is limited, which will be completed by several generations? It is very likely that the Emperor Shenzong himself will not see the day when Xixia is destroyed!

Xu Xi proposed a new idea: find the most sensitive point on the vast border between the two countries, and do your best to build a strong city and set up heavy troops there to guard it. It can become a bridgehead for attacking Xixia. On the premise of seizing the commanding heights of Hengshan, it plays a much stronger role than Zhong Yan's previous attack! According to Xu Xi's examination, the best city building point is Yonglechuan, the junction of Yin, You and Xiazhou!

After the plan was released, Xu Xi smiled at Zhong Yan immediately: What do you think?

Zhong Yan's face turned green. Unexpectedly, the great situation he had made through hard work would have made this military enthusiast! He replied coldly, "Mr. Special Commissioner, do you know Yonglechuan?"

"What does it mean?" Xu Xi's face was colder than him. Most arrogant people are sensitive, especially when they are eager to prove themselves!

Zhong Yan's depression was almost exploding, do you still need to ask? Do you still need to discuss such a simple question? He replied angrily, "The city you chose has no water source! I want to fight against Xixia. The size of this city is the size of the soldiers inside, and what do you want them to drink."

"I have my own tricks, you just say whether you listen to the orders or not" "Don't listen"

"I really don't listen? You are not afraid of me killing you." "Disappearing orders means death, building a city means death. Instead of dying at the hands of the Xixia people, it is better to die under the military order. You can do whatever you want."

Speaking of this, the two of them could not continue. Could it be that Xu Xi really killed a border general like Zhong Yan because of a little objection? In fact, the Song Dynasty has this rule that soldiers are the least insignificant. Even if they are killed, they will not let Xu Xi pay their lives. It is just likely to delay his plan to build Yongle City? Two measures, it is better to leave Zhong Yan a cheap life! Excluding him from the action and making him sulk from afar...

So on August, Zhong Yan was demoted to the governor of Wenzhou. The Fuyan army changed its master and became Xu Xi's team... At the same time, on the 5th, the court officially decided to build Yongle City. Xu Xi, Li Shunju and Shen Kuo led all the generals of the Fuyan army, except Zhong Yan, 40,000 infantry and cavalry, ban, 80,000 soldiers, and 00,000 civilians and men to build a city in Yonglechuan, 5 miles away from the Yinzhou of Xixia! Everyone knows that the people of Xixia will appear at any time. This is a thorn in the hearts of the people of Xixia!

However, no one expected: the first thing that appeared was the Qiang people of dozens of cavalry. Qu Zhen, the general of the Fuyan army, said that he would rush out and kill them all! Xu Xi refused, and he asked the Song army to go all out to build Yongle City!

On September 6, more than 00,000 people built Yongle City in just over 10 days, which was "blocking cliffs on three sides, mountains and rivers on the inside and on the inside, and majestic atmosphere"! Standing under this city, Xu Xi was very moved. This was his plan and his performance. He was 100% sure that this would be a nightmare for the people of Xixia. Song Shenzong was also very excited and personally named the city "Yinchuan Village". At this time, the main city was built, and a series of ancillary facilities, such as neighboring villages and water villages, were still under construction. Xu Xi left Qu Zhen, Jing Siyiren continued to work, and he and Shen Kuo brought a large number of senior officials back to Mizhi Village... As soon as they left, the forwards of the people of Xixia came! Isn't it strange? Why did the people of Xixia tolerate the Song Dynasty building such a large city under their noses, and only respond after more than 10 days of continuous construction? It's really a cold humor, it's a problem with the information of the people of Xixia...
Chapter completed!