Chapter 428: The Great Liao Dynasty invaded

In the court, Zhao Xu, who was criticizing the memorial, suddenly received a request from the Privy Council Privy Council.

Zhao Xu was also wondering, tomorrow is the day of the great court, what should I report now?

"Xuan." Zhao Xu was very strange, but he also understood that if there was nothing important, the Privy Council envoy would not be so anxious to ask for a meeting. Moreover, the Privy Council is in charge of the national army, and if something happens, it will definitely be a big deal.

"The envoy of the Xuan Privy Council, Lord Li, met with him." The eunuchs said.

After a while, an old man with a little bit of beauty walked in in neat official uniforms and saluted: "See Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite. This is not a court. What's the matter with you here?" Zhao Xu put down the memorial and looked up at the other party and asked.

"I have reported the emergency military information. According to the Liao spies' response, the Liao emperor showed signs of invasion of the south. I have ordered the border troops to strengthen their defense, but the matter is very important and I dare not make decisions." Xumi Li reported.

"How is the morale of the border troops? Can they resist the large-scale invasion of the Liao Kingdom? Should they mobilize troops from other places to support?" Zhao Xu asked the topic directly.

"Don't worry, the border army has sufficient military equipment, sufficient military expenditure, and morale has been boosted. There are more mistakes in defending against the Liao army." Xumi Li replied.

"Okay! But everything will be successful, and if it is not done, it will be ruined. Send someone to check the military morale of the Beijing army. Those who fail the qualifications must be corrected in time. Do you understand?" Zhao Xu asked back.

Zhao Xu's eyes were not unable to rub the sand. When Empress Dowager Cao was in power, the army was loose, the salary was empty, the soldiers were not trained enough, and the morale was low. Zhao Xu was in a clear heart.

After Zhao Xu came to power, he slowly turned around and gradually relaxed the suppression of military officers by civil servants, while also reducing redundancy.

The redundant officials and soldiers of the Northern Song Dynasty were the most famous in all dynasties.

Zhao Kuangyin was injustice and had to abandon his martial arts skills and develop a redundant system of checks and balances for officials to suppress military affairs with literature.

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By Zhao Xu's generation, Zhao Xu obtained the imperial seal and was destined to be his destiny. He had already settled down and was not afraid of military officers' rebellion. Therefore, he gradually relaxed the suppression of military officers by civil servants, adjusted the redundancy of the army, eliminated the elderly and weak, strictly investigated military discipline, established the Military Discipline Department, established the Five Armies Supervision Office, and served as the war commander and staff, without logistics management.

The Ministry of War only carries out logistics and has no military dispatch authority.

The Privy Council manages the stationing of troops in various places, has the right to dispatch and has no war command.

Military power has been received by Zhao Xu.

With military power and the great reputation, Zhao Xu's reforms were also carried out slowly. He was preparing to spend ten years to sort out government affairs, solve the problem of redundant staff, and reform the bad policies.

The problem is that the time is still too little, and Zhao Xu is also afraid of problems, so he pointed it out in particular.

The envoy Li immediately bowed and said, "I understand, I will personally supervise the correction."

After Wang Anshi's reform, Sima Guang's rebellion, and after Zhao Xu took office, he once again supported the reform in depth. This made the political situation very tense. The political contradictions were very large, but because Zhao Xu obtained the imperial seal and was able to control the court situation, so that the reformers and conservatives would not fight head-on.

Party struggles have always been the most taboo thing in the court.

If Zhao Xu hadn't had outstanding skills, I'm afraid the Song Dynasty would have continued to decline and ended up in destruction.

Fortunately, the Six Gates suppressed the world, balanced the order of the people, and eased the conflicts among the people.

Fortunately, this was the Song Dynasty, if it were the Ming Dynasty.

The pressure on emperor reform will be greater and may even endanger your lives.

The gentry of the Ming Dynasty was famous for asking for money but not for life. For the sake of money, the emperor dared to kill him!

The scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty at least had the character of being good, and they were very particular about being good at eating and were brave enough to compete with the emperor, but they did not dare to kill the monarch. The Song Dynasty did not have the autocracy of the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty, and the vassal states were chaotic. The power of foreign relatives was also suppressed and integrated by civil servants.

Of course, when he was a pilgrimage, he was not afraid of civil servants acting randomly, because he had military power and court power, and his status was unquestionable.

Although the Liao Kingdom's invasion of the south was a major event, it would not cause the sky to collapse.

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If the Liao Kingdom had invaded the south in early years, the Song Dynasty might have suffered heavy losses, leading to a big defeat.

But the Song Dynasty is completely different from the previous few years.

Zhao Xu's reform in the court needs to be taken slowly, but the reform in the army can be drastic. In a few years, it has achieved obvious results.

Today, the Song army has been reborn, especially the border army. The army is well prepared, the whole army is highly morale and sufficient logistics.

The Song Dynasty was not the Ming Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty was much richer than the Ming Dynasty.

Money is enough to solve most of the problems in the army.

All that remains is to fight a few tough battles and defeat the army's military spirit.

Of course, even so, Zhao Xu did not dare to underestimate the invasion of the Liao Kingdom.

Now the Liao Kingdom has its national strength at its peak, and its military combat effectiveness is the best in the world.

This must be admitted that the Liao army is now ranked first among the surrounding countries, and the Song Dynasty ranked second.

However, the foundation of the Song Dynasty was much thicker than that of the Liao Kingdom. If it was fought, the Liao Kingdom would not be able to afford it. Otherwise, the Song Dynasty would have been gone long ago.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty court still attached great importance to the invasion of the Liao Kingdom in the south.

The next morning, Zhao Xu held a grand court meeting to discuss the matter collectively.

After discussions among the court, the division of labor clearly began to prepare for resisting the invasion of the Liao king.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty at this time was not as good as that of the Liao Kingdom, its national strength was still the best in the world. Therefore, although the lords in the court had peace talks, they were not the lords. The Liao Kingdom took the initiative to invade the south, and still let the lords in the court work together to go out.

To be honest, during the reign of Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty, all the civil officials in the court had the arrogance of the Celestial Kingdom.

Although in Yang Pan's opinion, the Song Dynasty, which was still paying annual tribute, was not considered a country of the Celestial Empire.

Zhao Xu suddenly had an idea to take advantage of this war to destroy the spirit of Liao and end the things like annual monies. He wanted to be the man of the emperor for the ages, how could he have such insulting things as annual monies?

When the emperor knows it, it is equivalent to the Blood God Son knowing it. When the Blood God Son knows it, Yang Pan naturally knows it too.

Only then did Yang Pan remember that the Song Dynasty was still weak at this time.

Even if Zhao Xu's administration has improved a little, it will take time to completely get rid of his weak state.

"A large army of 500,000 Liao Kingdom? I really hope that the Liao Kingdom can invade the south later and give me some more time. When I recover my cultivation level in the realm of heaven and man, I can use the Zhuxian Sword." Yang Pan shook his head and sighed.

"Oh, by the way, I remember that in the original work, there would be a battle for Liao Kingdom to seize the throne. Why hasn't it happened yet?" Yang Pan said to himself in confusion-
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