Emperor Renzong of the Great Song Dynasty

Liu E's day starts with trouble.

The little emperor cried and wanted to see Li Niangniang, the cold palace caught fire, and the palace was burnt to a piece of scorched earth. Those cronies of Kou Zhun in the Ministry of Industry beat the bamboo sticks of the Ministry of Households every day to ask for money to repair the palace, and the spies from the Liao Kingdom I found out that the Liao army has assembled and is about to go south in a few days, and there is no clue about the increase in troops. This year's harvest is not very good, and there is another civil uprising in Sichuan...

Liu E's headache intensified again.

She couldn't help thinking, what was she trying to do for the sake of the great Song Dynasty with all her heart and soul, all her clothes and food, and her hard work?

The world is still the Zhao family's world. Although she is the daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, her last name is Liu.

She can't sit in the dragon chair, and can't wear the dragon robe. She has to suffer all the tiredness, suffer all the hardships, and bear the infamy.

It was easy for Kou Zhun to go to that station to play tricks and be a loyal minister, and the little emperor was even more relaxed, sitting on the dragon chair and doing nothing is the lord of the world.

Looking left and right, counting her Liu E is the most thankless.

Alas, I want to cry.

Kou Zhun is drinking again at this time, why don't you drink him to death, everyone don't worry.

Liu E thought maliciously.

Kou Zhun at this time was not as relaxed as Liu E guessed.

Although he is not like Liu E who has to take care of a lot of things in the palace and the little emperor, but the affairs of the previous dynasty are also bald.

Liu E can see the current situation in the Liao Kingdom, so why can't he see it.

Compared with the time of the Chanyuan Alliance, the current Song and Liao situation is only worse, not better.

At least at that time, there was still an adult emperor on the side of the Song Dynasty, and the personal conquest by the imperial chariot could boost some morale. There was still a legacy of the ancestors in the army.

And now, the little emperor is twelve this year, not to mention the royal conquest, Kou Zhun doesn't even dare to let him out of Tokyo City.

Even if he is allowed to join the army, let alone boosting morale, the more he is encouraged, the more likely he will be discouraged.

Today's army is even more incomparable with that time.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a system of raising soldiers.

When Tai Zu Emperor Zhao Kuangyin first founded the country, he discussed with various ministers how to keep the country peaceful forever.

The ministers thought of many ways, Emperor Tai Zu shook his head and asked them to "think more about the one above."

The ministers couldn't figure it out, Zhao Kuangyin said, it's better to "raise soldiers".

In the feudal dynasty before the Song Dynasty, professional soldiers did not account for the majority of the army.

The imperial court does not raise soldiers, but hides them among the people. The grassroots government organizes regular selection of strong men in the area under its jurisdiction for military training. When the time comes to war, the country now organizes an army, and these strong men can bring their own weapons to join the army—of course Yes, it is an obligation to join the army. If you don’t vote, you will be beheaded. After the war, these strong men can return to their hometowns.

Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin believed that this form of military organization was a great threat to his rule.

Zhao Kuangyin was born in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the warlords fought in chaos, there were many powerful people, and the army mutinied at every turn. He elected the emperor himself, and the local area rebelled at every turn.

If Zhao Kuangyin wanted to establish his own rule at the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, he had to stop this barbaric trend in society.

He believes that the reason why there were so many separatist forces in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in the final analysis, is that the military is too geographically dependent and the military is too dependent on the place.

The army comes from the local people and is supported by the local people, so I take it for granted that I just need to guard this basic area. I have nothing to do with the central government or the emperor.

The local people and the government also think that this army is raised by me and belongs to me. If your emperor wants to mobilize it, there is no way.

So if the army is not happy, it will rebel against the emperor, and bring the government and people in the whole place to establish a country on its own.If the people and the government are not happy, they will rebel against the emperor, lead the army to stand on the hills, and form a separatist force.

To end this chaos, the only way to cut off the connection between the army and the local government is to put the army directly under the central court.

So Zhao Kuangyin creatively set up the method of raising soldiers. All the troops will be raised by the emperor, and you will be raised for a lifetime. You are not allowed to retire or go home. You have to stay in the army when you are old and dead.It is also necessary to change the defense every three to five years, and transfer all the troops in one place to another to prevent the army and the place from becoming dependent.

And the army is not limited to recruiting strong men anymore, anyone can join the army and eat the royal rations.

Are there people displaced by a famine in a certain place this year?Come join the army!Next year, someone's family will go bankrupt and have no land to eat. Come and join the army!Someone committed a crime and will go to prison the year after next, come and join the army!

After everyone has eaten the emperor's food, no one will rebel against the emperor. The emperor is leisurely, and the throne is stable.

So in the end the Song Dynasty really didn't perish because of the rebellion of the local people-it was perished by foreigners going south.

And this has resulted in an extremely dire consequence-the rate of old, weak, sick and disabled troops has risen, military expenditures have risen, military discipline has been useless, and combat effectiveness has plummeted.

Because the army of the Song Dynasty was not allowed to retire, and people who were old and disabled had to stay in the army, so there were a lot of old, weak and incapable people in the army.

These people can't fight by themselves, and they have to hold back the young and middle-aged, causing the entire army to lose its combat effectiveness.

The recruitment of too many idle refugees, coupled with inadequate management, led to a very strong atmosphere of life in the entire army-the army of the Song Dynasty was like a commercial area, a residential area, and a red-light district, except that it was not like an army.

Kou Zhun is also a person who has been in and out of generals, and he knows this kind of chaos in the army better than Liu E.

At the time of the Chanyuan Alliance a few years ago, Emperor Taizu still had Yu Wei, and Kou Zhun picked and picked among the Imperial Army, and managed to cobble together a decent army of soldiers, tidy them up, and then deceive the emperor. Going to the front line, barely able to draw a tie with Khitan.

now...

Forget it.

Liu E thought that if he collected enough money, he could beat Khitan to his knees and beg for mercy. What a dream.

Kou Zhun scratched his head, and a few more hairs fell out.

Alas, it is difficult.

Zhao Yiyi was writing the homework Kou Zhun left him in the East Palace, while speculating on Kou Zhun and Liu E's psychology at this time.

Liu E must be worrying about money.

There are too many places where money is used now, and this year's taxes have not been confiscated, so there is simply not that much money in the treasury.

But the matter of money is actually not a big deal—Liu E is the queen mother, and she is backed by the imperial power, so it is not difficult to get some money to solve her urgent needs.

Let's see if Liu E can let go of this face.

Zhao Yiyi felt that Liu E could, and even if Liu E couldn't, the situation would force her to.

Bianliang, Yangzhou, Jinling, Suzhou and Hangzhou, there are so many wealthy businessmen in every city, and their families have so much money, don’t they want to destroy their homes to relieve their difficulties, and give up their small homes for everyone?

Even if they are unwilling, Liu E will try his best to persuade them, and they must be willing.

The matter of money is not a big deal for the time being.

But Kou Zhun's side is a bit difficult to deal with.

Zhao Yiyi felt that Kou Zhun must be worrying about the combat effectiveness of the army.

The enemy has assembled and moved south in a few days. Our army can't fight, and the food and grass needed by the army can't be raised everywhere. Waiting to be taken over by others?

Zhao Yiyi thought, should he build a few cannons for Kou Zhun to scare the Khitan people away, or teach Kou Zhun to mobilize the masses to fortify the walls and clear the country, and let the Khitan people fall into the vast ocean of mass struggle?

He weighed the pros and cons and decided to choose the second path.

After all, artillery is not so easy to make, but the power of the people is endless.

But how to enlighten Kou Zhun is a problem...

After much deliberation, he still chose the most mysterious method.

After all, this is not the official history, but the world where civet cats are exchanged for princes. In the civet cats for princes, there is Bao Qingtian. It is rumored that Wenqu Xingjun came to the world, and the sun is judged every day and the yin is broken at night, full of fantasy.Since this world is already so mysterious, the residents in it naturally believe in various mysterious powers.

So Zhao Yiyi decided to give Kou Zhun a dream.

In fact, it is not accurate to say that Tuomeng, after all, he has no magic tricks.

He was going to give Kou Zhun a little hallucinogenic drug to make him feel like he was dreaming, and set up a stage for him to act out a mysterious melodrama, making him think that he was instructed by a fairy.

As for who should entrust this important task...

Zhao Yiyi's eyes fell on Liu En.

Perfect AI, those who can do more work!

Kou Zhun hasn't slept well for three days.

On this day, he drank the calming medicinal soup and fell asleep, in a trance, when he heard a burst of melodious and misty music.

He walked towards the direction of the music, turned around the pavilions, and saw an old man with a white beard.

The old man was sitting under a big willow tree, playing with a few smooth and round stones in his hand.

Kou Zhun walked over and gave a salute according to the etiquette in the world: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, where is this treasured place?"

The old man grinned and gestured to him with a stone.Kou Zhun reached out to take it, but the old man refused to give it to him.

Kou Zhun went to grab them by force, and in a hurry, he snatched four of them.

The old man laughed loudly: "In the Zhao and Song dynasties, the four generations died!"

Kou Zhunru was struck by lightning, and with an "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Kou Zhun hurriedly pushed them away, stumbled and ran out of the door, sprinting left and right, and even ran under a big willow tree.

Under the willow tree, four pebbles lay quietly.

Kou Zhun's eyes turned dizzy for a while, and suddenly he turned his head and saw the old man again.

The old man pointed at him and laughed, and Kou Zhun hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "Please be merciful to the elder, please save my people in Song Dynasty!"

In the Zhao and Song Dynasties, from the founding of the country to the present, there have been four generations.

The death of four generations is not the sudden death of the country?

Kou Zhun felt sad.

Kou Zhun, is he going to be a minister of subjugation?

The old man shook his head: "It's a mistake, it's a mistake!"

Kou Zhun stepped forward on his knees: "I beg the elder for advice! I beg the elder for advice!"

The old man shook his head: "Only in this mountain, the clouds are deep."

Kou Zhun mourned and prayed: "The land in Shenzhou is sinking, and the land of the Central Plains will be trampled by cavalry again. Please also ask the fairy..."

The old man turned around slowly: "Forget it, you are not destined to save the world, just pretend that I have never been here."

The scene in front of him faded rapidly, Kou Zhun had no time to exclaim and passed out.