I became the son of Renzong

"At the age of 40, they are all battle-tested and fierce soldiers. The court cannot arrange them properly, which is a hidden danger to the stability of the country. Naturally, the country cannot return to the situation of redundant troops in the previous emperor's time."

"Now, the second prince is in Annan, and the fourth prince is traveling eastward. It's a good thing for these soldiers who have received the imperial court's compensation but can't be resettled."

Wang Anshi is indeed a capable minister with an overall view, and he does have a considerable long-term vision.

These things, originally Zhao Xi planned to push forward after a few years...

How should I say this.

In Zhao Xi's heart, Beiliao is indeed a serious problem. Although Beiliao shows signs of decline, it has not yet reached its peak.

Once something aroused the vigilance of Beiliao, Goryeo, Fusang, and even Annan and other countries, it was bound to be a war, or a war between one dynasty and all the neighboring dynasties.

However, Xixia and Dali have a short period of time to take over, and they can't fully return to their hearts. Once this war is not suitable, it will really be a disaster for the country.

As for now, at least the second child was forced to die because of failure to win the heir apparent...

"Zhongzheng, send people to the East Palace..."

Zhao Xi quickly wrote a paragraph and let Wang Zhongzheng take it away.

"It seems that some excuses still have to be used for a while..."

Zhao Xi and his son's strategy did not shy away from Wang Anshi and Su Song.

Until now, he still couldn't tell whether it was a plan or an accident.

"Officials, doing so can give the court a buffer of at least three years. After three years, even if the second and fourth princes do nothing, the court should be able to stabilize Xixia and Dali. The imperial court can also take back Yanyun first!"

Chapter 818

Things are getting a little confusing.

Originally thought that the visit of the second and fourth princes to the Prince's Mansion meant that the court's purpose was clear.

However, the second prince came out of the prince's mansion alone.

It is heard that after the Second Prince came out, his face was ashen, and he entered Concubine Hui's mourning hall and did not move again.

However, the Ministry of War and the Privy Council just issued an edict to retire soldiers this year...

Speaking of the East Palace that day...

"Daddy authorized me to sell the first-generation and second-generation guns and ammunition of the workshop city armory for [-] yuan. The [-] muskets were purchased by the second and fourth brothers respectively."

"Second brother can use food in exchange, think of a way for yourself. Dad allows you to use the channel of the Imperial City Department to contact Annan for a few days..."

"As for the fourth brother, you need to recruit your team and buy it as a merchant."

"One thing, all muskets must be used by soldiers who have served in the new army of the country!"

This is what the prince learned from Zhao Xi's few words.

"However, the old matter shouldn't just end like this. Some excuses still need to be used. There will be a large number of soldiers retiring in the near future. As for whether they can be recruited, it depends on your own ability..."

The second prince's intelligence is indeed extraordinary, after the prince finished saying these words, he simply kowtowed to his elder brother, turned around and left.

There are a lot of things that can't be said clearly, and the second prince also knows that after his father gave his elder brother various rights, it means that he wants to entrust his own destiny to his elder brother.

It's useless to say more, it all depends on doing.

If he wants to create a world in Annan, he must rely on Guochao, or rely on him, the eldest brother of the prince.

The firearms of the Song Dynasty did not mean that craftsmen in Annan or Dali could make them.In his future conquests in Annan, all his reliance will be on the eldest brother...

Through the channel of the Imperial City Division, the second prince first brought his family members back to Bianliang in any capacity...

At the beginning when he left Bianliang, he was carrying his family with a ulterior motive. Unexpectedly, he came back after going around in circles.

He did this because he wanted to show his heart... From then on, he was the general of the imperial court fighting abroad, not the second prince, and like other generals, he put his family members in Bianliang.

To say I am willing, I am really willing.

It was only after he was kicked out by the imperial army that he realized what he called extraordinary. Without the very foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, everything would cease to exist.

These years, if Duan Lianyi was not worried about Da Song, he might have partnered with Annan and buried himself.

Otherwise, after Annan laid down a huge territory, he would still have to break his head alone at the border just to enter the country.

After this incident, he also understood that perhaps family affection is the most important thing.And the eldest brother, it seems that he is really no worse than him, not only in strategy...

Maybe it's because of circumstances, who knows.

There are some things that cannot be kept from the whole world, or in other words, loopholes are deliberately left to let the courtiers know.

As for the retired soldiers, they all seemed to know what was going on.

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The funerals of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Hui were grand, and this was the first national funeral since the Song Dynasty was strong and prosperous.

The lonely figure of the second prince at the funeral, isolated by all the clan members of the Great Song Dynasty, made all the guests feel like a bereaved dog.

Although I am very puzzled about the officials of the Great Song Dynasty allowing this mourning dog to worship, it is all due to the pedantry of the Great Song Dynasty... nothing more than governing the country with filial piety.

And just after the funeral, the second prince didn't even return to Bianliang, and was escorted away by soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty under the watchful eyes of all the guests...

"The official's play..."

What's going on, everyone in Ge Laoyuan knows.At this time, he had half-retired from the court, and Wen Yanbo talked too much, and he still had the mentality of a bystander.

"Aren't you worried about raising tigers?"

Han Qi was still like that, as if he was telling Fu Bi.

Although Fu Bi is also a counselor of the old man's house, it seems that Fu Bi wants to get close to the officials, and the officials often summon Fu Bi.

"It's nothing to raise a tiger. The official's meaning is very clear. Annan and the small countries around Annan, as much as the second prince can get, is his."

"However, whether it can be won and how much it can be won depends on the support of Guochao. Looking at the retired soldiers this time, the old man seems to have seen some soldiers from the old guard battalion."

"Are there any soldiers in the old guard battalion?"

"If the imperial court says it has it, then it has it..."

When Han Qi heard Fu Bi's remarks, he also felt that he was asking a little ignorantly.

Obviously, the so-called desperadoes who fought in Annan were more like the court's vanguard battalion.