During this period, Zheng Lang first transferred his two adopted sons back to the capital, then transferred his son-in-law to the capital, and then called Zheng Ping and his son back to the capital together, and the family reunited.

Those who don’t know the truth think that Zheng Lang is using his power for personal gain.

But not.

At the beginning of the war, the imperial guards used by the court reached 250,000, and there were more imperial guards left. However, nearly 200,000 troops were stationed in Hedong, Hebei, Guangdong, Liangjing, Lianghuai, Liangjiang, and Liangzhe. Nearly 100,000 imperial guards were divided into Bashu, Shu, Liangguang, Liangjing, Lianghuai, Liangjiang, and Liangzhe.

In other words, there are only tens of thousands of imperial soldiers in the capital.

There are still hundreds of thousands of guaranteed soldiers, and the guaranteed soldiers cannot be said to be ineffective. First, it helps the poor, prevents the spread of annexation and tenancy, and maintains the stability of the capital area. Second, the whole nation trains troops, and some warriors can be drawn into the imperial guards, improves the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards, expands the suburbs of the imperial guards, and reduces the living costs of the imperial guards. Third, joint prevention of stealing. Of course, when they are forced to collect them, they will play a role.

However, Baoding is Baoding, and his combat effectiveness cannot reach the level of a regular army.

Zheng Langxi went there and had almost 600,000 troops in his hands, plus more than 200,000 civilians, almost 60% of the country's troops. Once he had bad intentions, the Song Dynasty would fall. Therefore, all his family members were transferred to the capital to avoid some people with ulterior motives and riots.

But this can only be understood, not spoken. Yue Fei did a foolish thing and told Zhao Gou that we have taken some of our family members as hostages in the capital. Why are you, the old man, still worried? It is hard to say below. Except for some of the troops from the court, the remaining four major military governors were all troops recruited from the Jianghuai River. It was said that it was Yue Jiafei, but most of them were Yue Fei's private soldiers, and even the supply was solved by each.

Of course, the cause of Yue Fei's death was very complicated, even if his reproach made Zhao Gou very embarrassed. He could not stand in front of the ministers, even though he was involved in the prince's affairs, even though he wanted to merge Liu Guangshi's army and welcome the two emperors Hui and Qin back, opposing Zhao Gou's peace, Zhao Gou still gave him the Grand Marshal, Xuanfu envoy and the ambassador of the War, and even had an unprecedented first-rank official position in Kaifu Yitong Sansi (Kaifu refers to the power to have Kaifu yamen, and the three officials are the three ministers, which are the most noble envoys in name. Before Yue Fei, there were only titles owned by dozens of people, including Zhao Pu, Lu Yijian, Wang Qinruo, Han Jiang, Wen Yanbo, Cai Jing and other few people). After the twelve gold medals were recalled, Zhao Gou planned to deal with Zhang Jun, not Yue Fei, who was filial and peaceful in Lushan.

Yue Fei's death has nothing to do with Zheng Lang, but the lessons of the front and back must be guarded against, and the twelve gold medals cannot be allowed to happen to him.

Zheng Lang still felt that it was not enough, so he asked Gao Zunyu to serve as the deputy commander of this trip. It was not that Gao Zunyu commanded these troops, and Gao Zunyu did not have the courage to compete with Zheng Lang for command, but that he would serve as a military supervisor.

Be careful to sail the ship for a thousand years.

It is precisely because of Zheng Lang's care in his life that he achieved such achievements.

A team of township soldiers arrived, which was really about military parade. Each team of township soldiers trained for a year, but it was still not enough. He took the excuse of the parade and reorganized again. Then he used the banner of lack of food on the front line and escorted the food and grass to the northwest as civilians.

The Khitan was still confused. The Western Xia people in front of them had been in a stalemate for a long time, so it was normal to transport food and grass. Although they paid attention to the rural soldiers system, they encouraged half-soldiers and half-agricultural people. In addition, some bad generals did not pay attention to the rural soldiers, so they still allowed them to participate in some labor. Moreover, the various militia troops of the Song Dynasty were more chaotic than the political politics of the Song Dynasty, so they did not pay much attention. Even for confusion, the Song Dynasty was still talking about the expansion of bank supervision shares for more than ten days ago. It was delayed for a long time, but in the northwest, there was money to expand shares. This was mainly to prevent the Khitans.

As the army left, Zheng Lang also wanted to leave the capital.

April came, and the important officials attended the capital meeting at Yu Dutang, which was Zheng Lang's last capital meeting. It was possible that after he retired and returned home, the Song government would ask him about national policies, but it was impossible for him to come to the capital to talk to the ministers.

The ministers sat down, Zhao Xu pronounced an order, and asked Zheng Lang to serve as the Minister of Publicity and Pacification of the Second Road of Hehuang, Shaanxi.

At this time, the picture is revealed.

The big guys who knew the truth were silent, but more people didn't know the truth. Even like the common people and the people of Khitan Xixia, they believed that the Song Dynasty wanted to reap benefits and annex the four prefectures of Hexi. They would not have thought that the Song Dynasty wanted to swallow the entire Xixia.

Some people even privately wondered why Zheng Lang said that he had resigned from his position, but why did he not resign from his position after a year?

This appointment was announced, and we would like to know each other.

Wang Anli, who served as the commander of the guild, said: "Your Majesty, you are too worried about the people."

Because of Xining’s reform, Zheng Lang made some compromises, and the contradictions were not as serious as in history. The reform itself was initiated by Zheng Lang. Although Wang Anli was used, it was not as outstanding as in history.

"Hefu, Wang Shao said that he used too many troops, and Guo Kui said that he should have more troops, otherwise it would be Li Xin's defeat. Zhang Feng did not express his opinion. Moreover, the more soldiers, the better. There are many battles in history that won more with less. Moreover, the more troops, the stricter the command ability of the commander. Therefore, Han Xin told Emperor Gaozu of Han that you can only lead 100,000 troops, and I will be the better. But I have considered it in my heart. The people of Xixia are cunning and repeated. Before Li Jiqian took the initiative, Emperor Taizong's Bi

The five groups of troops were sent to attack Li, and there were not many soldiers, and the generals were not brave. However, our dynasty returned without success. During the Renzong period, there were four famous generals of Di Qing who were alive. It is said that Emperor Ming of Tang was defeated in his later years in his later years. However, the annual military expenditure was only 15 million yuan, and the battle of Qingli cost nearly 200 million yuan, which was equivalent to Emperor Ming of Tang's military expenses for more than ten years in his later years, and even the rise of thieves among the people, but he still failed to achieve success and only protected himself to win and lose. Therefore, I agreed with Guo Kui's opinion."

The two of them were not talking about whether they could attack Xia, but about the waste caused by the large number of troops.

Zhang Qi reported from Liangzhou that it had reached nearly 50,000 foreign soldiers and Uighur soldiers and demanded to join the war. This led to the actual force of attacking Xia to reach 600,000, and many food and supplies were sent to the front, but not the front line. In Weizhou, Yuanzhou, Jingzhou, Yanzhou, and Linzhou. There was still a long road to transport food and grass to the front line from these prefectures. Even after going deep into Xixia, the road was longer and there was no good water transportation. He could only slowly push it to the front line military camps in one car.

It is still insufficient to regard 110,000 Hebei Township soldiers as civil servants. More than 200,000 civil servants have to be sent from Shaanxi to maintain food and cannot be delayed. Therefore, the actual number of people participating in the war reached more than 800,000. It is the largest military mobilization in history. So many people and horses consumed at least 20,000 stones of food and grass in a day. If you want to destroy the Western Xia, it is impossible to do so without four or five months. The food and grass consumption on the front line may cost four million stones.

Not only food and grass, but also weapons, tents, vehicles, livestock, tools, and what soldiers eat and drink. Therefore, the front line needs four million stones of food and grass, and the rear has to supply 40 million stones of food. This is just the food and grass needed for the summer destruction. The Hexi Corridor has been fighting until now. In addition to the stalemate of several other routes, the soldiers were transferred to the front line together, and the food and grass had to be transported to the front line. After the attack on the Xia Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had to appease the people and garrison, and to destroy some of the rebel tribes, and to ask for food and grass.

Just one of the food and grass is an astronomical figure. So much food and grass is not produced in Shaanxi. Instead, it is carried from two Jings, two Jiangs, two Zhejiangs, two Huaihe Rivers, two Huaihe Rivers, and east of the rivers, and one load of land from the people to the government, and then transported from the government to the capital step by step, and then from the capital to Shaanxi.

If it is commercial grain, it is just official grain. Even if it is given a little subsidy and salary in order not to disturb the people, compared with this astronomical figure, it will not only disturb the people, but will even seriously affect this year's agricultural production.

Therefore, Wang Shao said on the front line that he would not need so many troops. Even if he had fewer than 100,000 people, he would have a lot of loosening pressure in the rear.

However, Zheng Lang was worried. In history, the five Song Dynasty attacked Xia, with troops of 350,000, civilians of 200,000, and 550,000, but it failed. No matter what the reason failed, Zheng Lang did not want to repeat the same mistake.

Zheng Lang also said: "Our dynasty is not like the Qin Dynasty, and it can only win but not lose. Besides, there is a powerful Khitan staring at it, so he recruited heavy troops and destroyed the Western Xia with thunder. In order not to happen, the tragedy of the Feishui Red Cliff, he made arrangements decades in advance. I will also let Zhang Feng be the deputy commander to assist me in commanding this anti-Xia operation."

However, more than a dozen Yanchens in the Censorate were anxious. After Zheng Lang reorganized, he gave Yanchen great power, but also put some restrictions, that is, he could speak and be realistic. But now that such a big thing has happened, no matter how the Censorate or the Censorate, he doesn't know how much news is, and how many troops he sent, he doesn't discuss with the ministers, but he discusses with the three generals on the front line. Where is the family law of the ancestors?

In fact, it is the contradiction arising from democracy and centralization.

Zhao Xu was also preparing to ask this question.

In recent years, Yanchen has caused great trouble to Zheng Lang, but it has indeed played a supervisory role.

Including the Zhang Dun case, the Dali Temple impeached Zhang Dun’s father and son Zhang Yu and Zhang Dun’s uncle, County Lord Shen Qiu Bo Zhangkai, invaded the land of the people. The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture were afraid of Zhang Dun’s power and held a letter to watch. When the matter was at the Censorate, they impeached one after another. The main reason was that Zhang Dun was too strong and offended many people. Although Zheng Lang valued his talent, he could not shelter him. Moreover, the land of Zheng Lang hated the most. Therefore, the court punished heavily, and the implicated military officer Wu Qianle was suspended, and the Kaifeng Prefecture governor Qian Zao punished Tong, the Kaifeng Prefecture judge Yu Da, Xizhan Mokan for one year, and the reincarnation of Grandma Hu, and the second year of Mokan for Lu Changheng, the second year of Mokan for Lu Cao, the second year of Du Cao, the military officer Liu Zhi, the military officer Wang Ben, and the military officer Cai Minhou, the military officer Cai Minhou, the military officer Cai Minhou was replaced.

Zhang Yu should be a hundred sticks, but he should not be 80 years old. Zhang Kaile stopped. The Censorate continued to work hard and impeached the Chengdu Prefecture judge Zhou Zhidao to conceal Zhang Dun's mistake of Zhu Fu. Yuan Mo said that Zhang Dun had escaped the charge. Zhou Zhidao was a disciple of one year and was a hundred sticks.

Zhang Dun made a decision and was sure that he had made mistakes, but he didn't know about the invasion of civil land. Besides, there were so many people in the Zhang family and he had more friends and relatives. If these people made mistakes, it would not be fair to let him bear all of them.

In the end, he was released.

Zheng Lang's view on this is very fair. Although it is suspected of being a heavy sentence, it is not without benefits. It will somewhat restrict the family and relatives. Otherwise, these people will have a great influence on their strong background and commit crimes. That is, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.

But at this time, Zhang Dun's release was undoubtedly a loss.

Facing the accusation of the Yanchen, Zheng Lang said lightly: "Everyone, during the preparations for the Xia Dynasty, His Majesty was the leader. All the ministers knew about it and participated in the planning. Because they were afraid that the Khitans would participate, they did not announce it to you. The reason why they asked Wang Shao and the other two in front was because they were on the front line, familiar with Xixia, and good at military affairs. Everyone, don't bother them anymore."

This is a erroneous statement. The implication is to ask you, do you understand?

Without giving them a chance to talk about it, Zheng Lang said again: "I will send you two words before leaving."

As he said that, he cited the first word: Ping!

"A general will dominate the world with hundreds of battles, and the world will pacify and kill the general." Zheng Lang said.

One sentence shocked everyone, it turned out that it was this Ping.

"There is only one king of bees in the hive, and the drone worker of the worker of the bees is clear. As a result, it grows. If every bee wants to be a king of bees, it will go to destruction. The Tang Dynasty declined, and the military generals controlled the financial and military power. As a result, the five generations changed, the ten countries were in turmoil, and the people were living in poverty. This is the origin of the ancestors' suppression of martial arts and emphasis on literature. But if the country is stable, it does not have to kill meritorious officials. Guangwu does not kill meritorious officials, and the country will also be in great power. Emperor Taizong of Tang saw that Yuchi Jingde was domineering and only attacked, so Jingde became a good minister of the Tang Dynasty. The ancestors established the country when the system collapsed.

There are no killing or slandering meritorious officials. If you are afraid that meritorious officials will control military generals, you can make it clear that they will give them a vain position and wealth. If they slander them to attack meritorious generals, the soldiers will be disheartened. If Di Qing had not been slandered, how could he die young? Even if he successfully destroyed Xia, there is a stronger Khitan, and the foreign enemies have not been eliminated and oversuppressed meritorious generals, our dynasty will surely lead to the disaster of Wu Zetian (referring to the fact that Wu Zetian killed Wang Fangyi, Heichi Changzhi, Cheng Wuting and other brave generals. The history of how great the defeat of Wu Zhou's foreign wars was). Pacifying is not a pacifying world, but also a fair meaning."

Zheng Lang's words were a bit biased. The Song Dynasty could not say that it valued culture and over military affairs. First of all, military expenses were. The annual military expenditure of the Song Dynasty was more than five times that of the so-called military deposed by the poor soldiers. Although many soldiers lived in poverty at home, what about the military service system of the Han and Tang dynasties? That would be even more painful. Zheng Lang said that he had killed military generals unjustly. There were also weapons. Besides, the Song Dynasty attached importance to the research and development of weapons than that of that dynasty and generation, and there were military martial arts. The atmosphere of folk martial arts practice was also very strong, including bow and arrow club, horse club, sword club, and ten thousand horse club.

Martial arts are also a common entertainment activity in the Song Dynasty, such as corner horns, using sticks, dancing swords and guns, dancing swords and swords, shooting crossbows, lifting weights, and even women wore big vests and shorts to wrestle with men on the streets. Some literati and officials also had good skills. For example, the wise prime minister of the previous dynasty was once a martial arts master. If a fight was made, a king could knock down ten Zheng Lang. Martial arts were also developed in the Song Dynasty. In the early stages, even in Liu Kai and Chen Yaozi, literati and other literati were willing to automatically become generals and join the army.

The reason why it seems that the emphasis on culture and military forces is that the Song Dynasty lacked cavalry and suffered several defeats, and the cost of using troops was high, which formed an introverted pattern. The second is that the authority of the scholars to suppress military generals. Since the Zhao Zhen Dynasty, the commander was not the generals, but the scholars, relatives, eunuchs, and military generals, and military generals were just a puppet in the army.

But Zheng Lang is not easy to explain this problem, so he will become the public enemy of literati.

Therefore, I only talk about one level and let everyone reflect on it.

He raised the second word again: righteous.

"What is righteousness? It is determined by one. One is the world. The world is unified. Stop by the end. Therefore, the righteousness of justice is the time when wars stop and the world is unified. When war comes, soldiers fight tragically, their families are broken, and the people are tired. Therefore, His Majesty Zhenzong is sympathetic to the people. Even if the Khitan army is trapped in Hebei, he will not hesitate to humiliate to form a peace agreement with the Khitan. Although His Majesty Renzong has won many great victories, he still takes out money and reconciles with Xixia. But what is the actual effect? ​​The people of Xixia have repeatedly repeated, and the court had to station a large number of troops in Shaanxi. Although the Khitan is better than Xixia, the Qingli War blackmailed our dynasty and increased the annual tribute to Na. Xining has a severe drought, and once again blackmailed a large area of ​​idle fields in Hedong. The court had to station a large number of soldiers in Hedong and Hebei. It is not Zheng!"

Peace is a good thing, but this garrison also caused the people of the Song Dynasty and the economy of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, this so-called spending money to buy peace is not a good way.

"We have Xixia in the west, and after Xixia, there are Uighurs. Even if Xixia is destroyed, we may not be able to live in peace with the Uighurs. Besides, the Tubo Plateau is an unclimbable path on earth. There is Dali in the southwest, Jiaozhi in the south, Khitan Jurchens and Goryeo in the Liaodong, Japan in the overseas, and the Khitan and Mobei nomadic peoples on the grasslands in the north. Even if these nomadic peoples spent countless manpower and money on the Han and Tang dynasties, they could only conquer the country in a short time when its national strength was at its peak. It was impossible to merge weapons in the Nine Cauldrons and release horses in the Nanshan Mountains. But conquered Xixia,

There is no threat from the West. If the conditions allow, the Youyun will be taken back and the northern gate will be closed. The military expenses will be reduced by more than 30%, or even 40%. If our dynasty politics is as clear as it is now, the country will continue to generate a large amount of surplus. The two taxes may be exempted, and even the salt and wine specialization will be released to remove various miscellaneous taxes and reduce commercial taxes. If the treasury has sufficient surplus, it can easily rely on the danger of the wall, retreating and defending, and advancing without harshing the people's counterattack. At that time, our dynasty will be the right person and will be close to the realm of Datong as the Master said."
Chapter completed!