Zhao Zhen could not make a decision, so he called Zheng Lang to the inner palace again.

Zheng Lang said: "The whole people of Xixia are soldiers, so a small country can send hundreds of thousands of troops to fight. Therefore, Zhang Fangping proposed to restore the old system in the early Tang Dynasty, let the people recruit military service, farm in leisure, and serve as soldiers in war, and reduce state expenses. However, the bravery of our soldiers and generals is far less than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and there is also a shortage of fast cavalry. The foreign enemy Xixia is not weaker than the Tubo in the Tang Dynasty, and the Khitan is slightly better than the Turks. Once the troops are turned into farmers, it takes a long time to gather the army and cannot react in time. The army is gathered in a hurry, and some people cannot leave their homes and cannot effectively distinguish the gathering of each soldier, and the impact on their families will have on their families. It will endanger the people and even the national security."

"Yes." This sentence came to Zhao Zhi's heart.

"Therefore, I used the Baojia method, which is a compromise. It reduces the ban on the ban and reduces the country's financial burden. If you raise troops like this, don't say that the more than 1.3 million troops at the peak of Qingli, even 800,000 troops are also a serious burden on the country. The country needs a permanent army, and then it is accompanied by Baoding, Qiangren and archers as a reserve. It does not worry about the army and can reduce the country's fiscal expenditure. The Western Xia is poor, but it cannot be done. Their permanent troops are less than 100,000 troops. Their permanent troops are less than 100,000.

Most of the other soldiers were semi-cultivated and semi-pardoned, but why could they ensure that a large army attacked? The country was small and the army was easy to gather, and most of them were cavalry. They gathered quickly and were mainly encroached on plunder and were motivated. However, the country was small and the land was barren, which was their biggest flaw. Although they were called a country, their population was only slightly more than the people in the capital. During the war, the army came from these poor population bases, and the taxes were also from this poor population base."

No need to say anything more.

As long as there are large-scale tribes in Xixia migrate to the Song Dynasty, the population of Xixia will inevitably decline seriously, and the national strength and military number will also decline.

Even though the population declines, space will be diverted to give the remaining people more arable land and pastures. As long as the Song Dynasty dares to collect, the war will continue to be imposed under the high pressure of the Khitan and the Song Dynasty. Taxation increases, the population increase speed cannot keep up with the migration speed, and the country will eventually become weaker and weaker.

Xixia would not sit idly by and would inevitably continue to adopt high-pressure measures to prevent the people from moving. This would lead to serious contradictions, the internal population would decrease, and the unity would not be possible. The decline of Xixia is inevitable.

There was no such crisis in Xixia in history. It was because the Song Dynasty's policy of taking in the surrendered tribes of the Western Xia was always very conservative. Many ministers, including Sima Guang, adopted a conservative policy and did not accept the surrender of the Western Xia tribes, forcing the Western Xia tribes to be loyal to the descendants of Li Yuanhao. Of course, when the war came, the Song Dynasty suffered a lot.

Zhao Zhen walked a few steps and said, "I am not against taking in the Western Xia tribes, but the woman. She is Empress Yuanhao, and it is also the Empress Dowager of Xixia..."

Zheng Lang was also silent for a while.

In history, Wuyi Jieshan and his daughter were kidnapped by the Khitan. Zheng Lang suspected that he did not hide and intentionally placed Wuyi Jieshan in the Li Palace and let the Khitans abduct. However, in order to give an explanation to the people in the country, he was even more bold than Yuan Hao and dared to take the initiative to attack the Khitan.

Regardless of whether the Khitans were defeated or not, they were the most powerful country on this land.

The Song Dynasty was even a victory, and it could not change its cowardly foreign policy.

It doesn’t matter if the father and daughter are not taken in or removed. Once the father and daughter are taken in, it will inevitably be fired on the border, and war is also possible.

A moment said: "Your Majesty, because of his identity, once he does not take it in, it proves that my courage is not strong enough. If you can take it in, there will be accidents."

"I feel embarrassed, too."

Zheng Lang thought for a while and said, "It's better to let Han Qi go out to Yanzhou. He has a very high prestige in the hearts of the people of Xixia and be prepared for defense. I wrote to Wuyi Jishan and asked them to join our court in two or three months. At that time, the Khitan would probably take Ning Ling away. Compared with Ning Ling, it's nothing to do without moving his father and daughter. But to prevent accidents, the court acted in a low-key manner and placed his tribe in the south of Weizhou. He also used this excuse to delay it for two or three months, and then awarded the title of Duke Wuyi Jishan, a third and fourth-rank official, but it cannot be widely publicized."

Zhao Zhen reluctantly agreed.

Zheng Lang was not negligent. This matter was completely different from the historical direction. Without any reference, the fatal thing was that he might not be in the Privy Council soon, and the Yellow River broke the dike a few months later... Of course, Zheng Lang would never be afraid of Xixia, but he had to eat one bite at a time. Zheng Lang had a deep understanding of how much money he had to spend after a war. In the future, the Song Dynasty could only fight one war, not Xixia, but the south. If the Song Dynasty wanted to go further, it was necessary to integrate the south.

At this time, there was no need to go to a large-scale war with Xixia.

After thinking about it, he first wrote a letter to Wuliujishan. His envoy was still at Zhang Ji's place and could not wait for a long time. Then he went to the secret camp and asked Wang Yong to select another fifty scouts, headed by Wang Song, to sneak into the territory of Xixia and observe the movements of Xixia. Then he wrote a long letter to Wang Song pass it over to Zhao Shanjin. At this time, it was not called Zhao Shanjin, but Xia Sheng. There was this person, because of this name, the instructor was dissatisfied with him, and this person was very brave, so he had a conflict and killed the instructor, and was secretly executed by Di Qing. Zhao Shanjin then sneaked into Xixia with the name Xia Sheng and defected to Mozang Epang. Perhaps because of this name, Zhao Shanjin was the most favored by Mozang Epang among the six people. He wrote another letter to Han Qi and gave him another instructions.

After finishing, report to Zhao Zhen.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen finally let go and said, "Zheng Qing, although he is good, he has lost the right way."

Zheng Lang believed that although Zhao Zhen was becoming more and more skillful in using the strategy, he was definitely a gentleman. He said: "Your Majesty, when Ximen Bao was in charge of Ye, he saw that Ye was in a low and his industry was depressed. After visiting, he realized that he was trapped by He Bo's marriage. The witch colluded with officials and exploited the people's wealth, so he summoned the three old officials and the nobles and the people two or three thousand people to marry him on the shore. The witch came out of the woman in the curtain, and the leopard looked at it and said that the woman was not good. He had to bother the big witch to report to He Bo, and he would ask for a better woman. He would send him a day later. Then he gave him a great witch and threw him into the river. He said, why did the great witch not return for a long time? He asked his disciples to go and inform him again. Another disciple came out to jump into the river. After a while, he threw another disciple in the river. If he threw three disciples, Ximen Bao also said, "Witch, disciple,

It was a woman, and she could not do anything for nothing, and she would bother the three elders into the river. She knew that she would join the river with Hebo. She would join the three elders in the river for a long time. The elders and officials stood in the river for a long time. Ximen Bao also said, "The witches, the three elders would not return." What should I do? Those who wanted to throw themselves into the river and the elders and all knelt down their heads and their foreheads were bleeding. Their faces were as if they were dead as death. After a long time, Ximen Bao said that Hebo had stayed guests for a long time, and wanted everyone to go away. The officials and people in Ye were frightened. From then on, they dared not say that they were marrying a wife for Hebo. So Bao sent the people to twelve canals, luring the river water to irrigate the people's fields, and the Ye land was very serious. The way in front was strange, and the way in the future was right. Although it was weird, the way in the use was right. Although it was right, it was weird. Therefore, the Book of Changes divided it with yin and yang, rather than good and evil. The ministers also blurred the distinction between good and evil in benevolence and righteousness."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "Good."

In fact, Zheng Lang's words can still be transformed into two words and adaptable.

The further we go, the more dogmatic it becomes, and the party struggles are serious. We are right, and those who disagree are wrong. We seem to be good at it. We all want the Song Dynasty to be strong, but we all take the opposite path. Zheng Lang tries to reverse this bad trend.

Because I have to be low-key, not many ministers know about this.

The first first month is about to end, and Ming Hao’s memorial arrives in the capital.

Beizhou is more serious than Zhao Zhen imagined.

The walls of Beizhou were tall and strong, and they could not be defeated. Ming Haofa 20,000 migrant workers built Tushan. In one month, they were in line with the city wall. So they set up a battle building on the top of Tushan. The mountain moved forward and the building moved forward. It seemed a good idea, and Wang Ze seemed very stupid, and he also set up a battle building on the city wall, which was called Xihuihui.

Minghao was very happy, no matter what kind of battle tower you have, once you meet, the official army will crush you, the group of thieves, to death with number. Continue to practice, and finally meet happily. But the result is very miserable. Wang Ze not only practices the joyful meeting, but also piles up many flammable objects in the joyful meeting.

The battle towers of the two sides finally met. Ming Hao commanded the Song Bing to jump from the battle tower to the top of the city and tried to capture Beizhou. A large number of Song Dynasty soldiers entered the battle tower. Seeing that Beizhou City was about to be taken down, Wang Ze was calm and a rocket shot in. The battle tower immediately burned. Seeing that the situation was not good, some people fled back from Tushan in time, while some people had time to escape and let the fire be burned alive. The fire burned for three days and three nights without stopping.

The matter was very complicated. So many migrant workers were mobilized to prevent Beizhou City from taking down. In turn, the enemy burned many soldiers to death. Minghao could not hide the knowledge of the matter, so he submitted the report and pushed the responsibility to Li Xing, a rank of third squad, saying that it was Li Xing's suggestion that Li Xing beheaded and reported to the court. He also used the plan of the military academy Liu Zun that Tushan was built in the north city, and he feinted the attack from the north and the tunnel in the south city was actually attacked.

Is it a good idea?

It doesn't seem to be.

How many tunnel wars have been there in ancient and modern times? It was only because Guo Ziyi achieved achievements when he defended Bingzhou, or was inside Bingzhou City, not outside the city.

Even Zhao Zhen knew that this was a stupid way, so he summoned all the important officials to discuss.

Zheng Lang was the Privy Councilor and the best military tycoon. He was the first to read this memorial first.

But he knew it more clearly.

It was just this stupid and stupid method that seemed to have finally made Wen Yan win the credit.

There is another reason. Wang Ze’s morale has become weaker and weaker until now.

One thing can prove it.

Wang Ze was very embarrassed under the fierce attack of the official army. He heard that the Khitan envoy returned to the Khitan and conspired to hijack the Khitan envoy to coerce the court. He let Minghao's spies learn that he sent An Su to ambush the west gate of Beizhou. That night, Wang Ze did leave the city with 300 people. An Su sent ambush, and all 300 people killed and captured the prisoners.

It’s not that the enemy is brave, but that he is forced to force him.

Another thing can be proved that Wang Wenqing, Guo Bin, Zhao Zongben, Wang Shun and others, who saw Wang Ze's subordinates suffered many casualties, especially the wounded soldiers, were in pain, but they could not see Wang Ze perform any Buddhist treatment, and finally became suspicious.

They were also Wang Ze's officers under the tent. Once the city was broken, they might be punished and conspired to surrender to the court. While patrolling at night, they used arrows to write letters on the city and shot them into the large camp of the Song army, and they were about to serve as internal support to break the city together. The next night, they put down the rope and hurried the officials and the army entered the enemy building. After taking hundreds of people, Wang Wenqing was overjoyed and thought he could make a contribution. However, these hundreds of Song Dynasty officers and soldiers suddenly had a strange idea and wanted to make a contribution. They pulled the rope back and prevented the Song army from climbing the city. Then they set fire to the enemy building. Wang Ze and Wang Kai were so angry that they wanted to jump off their feet at the city. They knew they would be defeated and sent people to cover the city.

A fire rushes to wake up the thieves, and countless rebels flocked to the city. After a while, the officers and soldiers who climbed the city were defeated. Under the cover of Wang Xin, they released ropes and shook the blue. That night, if these hundreds of officers and soldiers had not been able to specialize in their skills, they would have probably taken down Beizhou. After hearing this, Zhao Zhen was also so angry that he jumped, but the courage to specialize in this attack also means that they were very brave and could not have an attack. Without investigation, they were granted the title of Wen Qing, Bin Xitou to worship the officials, Zong Ben, and Shun Youshi Jun.

Everyone just sighed that they had not achieved success. But they ignored the most important thing, and the morale of the rebels in the city was already depressed.

There is one more thing to prove.

Seeing that Beizhou was unable to support it, Wang Ze secretly sent someone to notify the soldiers of Shenzhou. His believer Pang Dan asked them to raise an uprising in Shenzhou and responded to each other. Pang Dan and his disciples planned to kill the military academy on the New Year's Day and rob the soldiers of the treasury to respond to Beizhou City. But this time they were very surprised that the governor of Shenzhou was the famous Three Tiger King Ding of Jiangdong. He was not even afraid of the powerful and did not fear these rebels. But I don't know how many people would participate in the rebellion, and sent their confidants to the commander outside the city, but actually did it.

After a few days of investigation, he summoned his officials and kept the wine as usual. He did not dare to move. Wang Ding captured the 18 conspirators of the plot and was imprisoned. After receiving the confession, he reported to the court and waited for the transfer envoy to come for trial. The transfer envoy had not arrived, but because there were many believers, the city of Shenzhou was turbulent and undercurrents were turbulent. Some soldiers participated in Wang Xin's Buddhism. Seeing the people's hearts fluctuated, they wanted to rob the 18 people. After hearing this, Wang Ding said to the secretaries of the law: "I can't drag you down."

Before the Forwarding Envoy arrived, several of the rebellious people were killed in the market. When the heads fell to the ground, these believers were stunned. Are they really not afraid of death? The county was safe. The Forwarding Envoy arrived and tortured again and all were killed.

In this matter, everyone only saw Wang Ding's decisiveness, but also did not see Wang Ze's embarrassment.

Why did he want to be the emperor when he took Beizhou City in the past, instead of taking advantage of the victory to expand the results of the war, and now he has caused trouble in Shenzhou?

The embarrassment of Beizhou finally made Wang Ze realize that the crowds of a city could not defeat the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

So Wen Yanbo went to Beizhou City, and the soldiers entered Beizhou City from the tunnel and established the Powang Ze.

Zheng Lang didn't need to go there, but Wen Yanbo defeated Wang Ze and then did something. Everyone carried the flower sedan chair together, indicating that Hao was successful. He said that Jia Changchao had made contributions. In the end, the three of them were promoted. Ming Hao was the deputy prime minister. Zheng Lang was not rejected. The key was Jia Changchao. Because of Wen Yanbo's merit, he was promoted to the prefectures of the Grand Tutor and became the title of Duke of Anguo, and soon entered the court. This person came to the court again, which was far more harmful to him than Xia Shu. No matter what, he said some good things for Xia Shu. Xia Shu couldn't erase this relationship and did not dare to use too much tricks to himself. Otherwise, Jia Changchao, the Khitans and his ranks, and Jia Changchao had become political enemies for life. This person must not return to the court again!

Zheng Lang passed on the memorial.

After seeing it, the ministers kept silent, but knew that the emperor was angry. A small Beizhou mobilized tens of thousands of troops, three tiger generals, a former prime minister, a Kaifeng prefect, and a general of a famous family. He used countless manpower and financial resources but could not take down Beizhou. What a shame.

Pang Ji couldn't make a statement, Ming Hao was exactly what he recommended.

Wen Yanbo suddenly said, "Your Majesty, let me go to Hebei."

Among all the big guys, Zheng Lang was inconvenient to go as the Privy Councilor, and it was too much of a loss. The remaining ministers who could understand military affairs were Pang Ji, but Pang Ji recommended Ming Hao and had lost his voice. The second was himself, and he couldn't drag him over. So he asked the emperor to speak, so he might as well ask for recommendations on his own initiative.

Zhao Zhen said: "Accurate."

It’s impossible not to change Minghao.

Zheng Lang glanced at Wen Yanbo and said before Zhao Zhen issued an order, "Your Majesty, let me go."

Zhao Zhen said: "No."

What kind of discipline does a small rebel actually use the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture?

Chen Zhizhong said: "Xingzhi, it is inappropriate for you to go."

Song Xiang continued, "Xingzhi, even if you go to wipe out the traitors, you will laugh at the world."

Xia Shun said: "If you do it, you cannot go forward. With your ability, you will definitely make achievements. However, the court has many troubles and cannot expect you to be alone, which is not good for the country."

Zhang Fangping was so angry that he wanted to beat him up. Is there anyone who said that? Others can say that, but you can't say that Zheng Lang was trying to seek justice for you regardless of the power of the gentleman.

But Zheng Lang was not angry. Xia Shu was smart but was mistaken for Zhao Zhen because others didn't know about it, but only Xia Shu knew about it. He agreed and fell too deeply, but instead became disgusted by Zhao Zhen, so he didn't make it long. Moreover, this incident would happen soon, and it was not suitable for him to stay in the capital.

Xu said: "Your Majesty, the rebellion of Beizhou is just a trivial matter. I have neglected it and even dragged it to this day. I am wrong. Therefore, I asked for orders to move forward to make the merits and punished me. Moreover, Beizhou has been delayed for a long time and will shock the world, which will make many people have unpredictable intentions. Also, the movements in Xixia are unclear, so the affairs of Beizhou should not be delayed any more."

The last article Zheng Lang refers to the fact that Jishan defected to the scene. Other ministers did not know about it, so Wen Yanbo said: "West Yuanhao is dead, the border is peaceful, and there is no need to worry about it."

"I'm not like this, just in case." Zheng Lang said, and said to Zhao Zhen: "I have also thought about Beizhou, so I am prepared to leave. I have been able to achieve Beizhou and guarantee that the thieves will be wiped out in ten days."

Wen Yanbo dared not speak anymore this time.

Wang Ze rebelled for several months, and the officers and soldiers did not break through Beizhou. Even if Wen Yanbo took the initiative to ask for it, he would still bit the bullet and ask for it. How could he guarantee that Beizhou City can be taken down in ten days?

Zheng Lang also said: "But when I go to Beizhou, I need some conditions for the imperial court."

Zhao Zhen asked, "Say."

Obviously, Zheng Lang's words just now made him moved. Jia Changchao could not do it, Minghao could not do it, what if Wen Yanbo could not do it? The court was so embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, Jia Changchao is very proficient in classics, but he is neglected in administration and military affairs, so the thief was not aware of his jurisdiction. The thief Pan Fangjing was afraid, so he took a letter to Daming Mansion to report Wang Ze. However, he was beheaded by Jia Changchao. Later, he concealed this mistake and said that it was not weird. The thief made an appointment to rebel on New Year's Day. Why did Pan Fangjing assassinate Jia Changchao in Dongyue and alarm the court?"

There is no reason at all.

Even if Pan Fangjing wanted to learn from Jing Ke, why did he write a book to report Wang Ze’s rebellion in detail?

He continued: "With the constraints of Jia Chang Dynasty, the army cannot be united, and it is difficult to defeat the thieves. Therefore, I think that Jia Chang Dynasty cannot live in Daming Prefecture, and the north is the important place of the country, and a capable minister needs to preside over it. I think that Jia Chang Dynasty should be transferred to Xijing."
To be continued...