Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Regarding the officials' lament, Zhao Pu thought about it and carefully tried to persuade him:

"Since Di Hanchen is able to hold the position of Privy Councilor with his tattooed face, it is quite remarkable for his talent.

"Perhaps Nong Zhigao is really great, so..."

Later generations called Di Qingbai's tattooed face. After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Pu realized that this was probably referring to tattooed face.

The practice of using 黵面 as characters to identify military numbers is not new. It was first used by Zhu Wen and many later generations followed suit, including the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Pu was born in the official shogunate, served as Jieduzhang Secretary, and now has the power to participate in all affairs of the Privy Council. He is even more familiar with the practices of the Song Dynasty today.

First measure the talent, then walk around, then try to see, then go to the grave, and give money, clothes, footwear and official status. These are the steps to gather the refugees who have reached the end of the road and join the Forbidden Army.

However, this kind of tattooed soldiers is far from being considered as the main force of the Forbidden Army, so even among the Forbidden Army, tattooed soldiers are still humble.

Zhao Pu had seen with his own eyes how tattooed soldiers were treated with contempt by their colleagues in the army, so he had some admiration for them.

"Moreover, at that time, there was a party plan in the west of the Song Dynasty, and a Khitan plan in the north, or all the best soldiers and generals were sent to the northwest, and even to the south, they were corrupted."

"After all, we, Song Dynasty, will win this battle between Song Dynasty and Xia Dynasty. From this, it seems that the Forbidden Army is not hopeless."

Later generations mentioned Xixia more than once, and Li Yuanhao's name was heard more than once. Judging from his position and surname, it is not difficult to guess his predecessor. They even discussed the specific arrangements of the disaster army more than once in private. .

But no matter how many times they discuss it, the final conclusion can only be comforting.

The reason is very simple. First of all, the four states of Xia and Yin where the Dingnan Army was based were quite desolate. The Dangxiang people regarded it as their ancestral land and would never leave it. The Song people were unwilling to go there because they thought it was poor.

Secondly, both Li Yiyin, the previous military governor of the Dingnan Army, and Li Guangrui this time, can be said to be respectful to the Song Dynasty.

Now that the Song Dynasty is busy attacking the Southern Tang Dynasty first and then the Northern Han Dynasty and Khitan, it is unwise to rush to attack the party members.

Zhao Pu's statement made Zhao Kuangyin reluctantly accept it for the time being.

But then he remembered the Zhenzong's alliance under the city, and Zhao Kuangyin felt vaguely suspicious:

Really won?

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People in Han Chang'an have been watching Guangmu for a long time, and they can basically understand some of the newly coined words of later generations, but occasionally they may have doubts.

"Is this Da Song Meng a good word?"

Zhang Fei was a little puzzled:

"Why do I remember that the Tang Dynasty dream was about Xuanzong's cheap son An Lushan?"

Pang Tong laughed: "Yide asked if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty knew it? The people of the Tang Dynasty must know the meaning of praise and criticism."

Liu Bei tried to analyze:

"Both of them came to the court from poor and humble backgrounds."

"Needless to say, Di Hanchen, if it weren't for An Lushan's evil intentions, the government's inability to observe people, Xuanzong's unwiseness, and unclear prime ministers and assistants, such disasters would not have happened in the Tang Dynasty."

Fazheng raised his head and smiled:

"My lord, these words should be recorded as words and thrown into the light curtain, so that the Emperor of Tang Dynasty can see them."

Then everyone in the hall burst into laughter.

Ma Chao thought about it and suddenly realized:

"Then my lord, with his current foundation, can he be called a great man's dream?"

Liu Bei also thought about it for a while and then looked subtle.

Zhang Fei calmly moved his butt away a little, deciding that it would be better to keep a distance from Ma Mengqi for the time being.

[We talked about the Song Dynasty’s emphasis on civil and military affairs in the last issue. Generally speaking, the status of military generals in the Song Dynasty was in a state of gradual decline until the balance between civil and military forces was completely unbalanced.

The most famous thing about Zhao Da's dynasty is of course his ability to release military power over a glass of wine. However, judging from historical data, Zhao Da was only a little stricter on the command of military generals, but he was still able to delegate power when using troops.

For example, although the border generals such as Guo Jin, Li Hanchao, and Yao Neibin who were guarding the north at that time did not have too much autonomy, they at least had some.

For example, during the reign of the Southern Tang Dynasty, General Zhao gave Cao Bin full authority to decide on all matters, and those below the deputy general who disobeyed orders could be executed immediately.

As a result, when Zhao Er came to power, Cao Bin during Yongxi's Northern Expedition led an army of 100,000 but was not even given the position of privy envoy, let alone the autonomy to kill those who disobeyed and disobeyed.

As a result, the deputy general was greedy for the military exploits of the other two groups and forced Cao Bin to march and was defeated. In the end, when Zhao Er concluded that Yong Xi's Northern Expedition was defeated, he lightly threw the responsibility to Cao Bin. It turned out that he was playing with toilet paper.

In addition, some scholars believe that the successive defeats in the Battle of Gaoliang River and Yongxi's Northern Expedition caused Zhao Er to completely lose confidence in using foreign troops. In addition, Zhao Dacuan's family fortune had been completely defeated, so the Song Dynasty under the leadership of Zhao Er began to shift from external expansion to external expansion. Internal governance and recruiting civilian officials to jointly prevent and attack military generals are also methods to consolidate rule.

The Song Dynasty tradition of using civil servants to control military officers was also formed during this period. Suspicion of military generals also began to become a necessary skill for civil servants. The prestige of generals was trampled on the ground repeatedly during the Zhao Eryi dynasty.

The famous general Guo Jin died at the hands of the supervisor Tian Qinzhao.

Another general, Yang Ye, was also forced by the supervisor Wang Qian to have a good strategy that was not adopted and ended up in danger. As a result, Wang Qian not only refused to save him, but also ran away. He was praised as "expert in side affairs, knowledgeable about the enemy's situation, loyal and brave" "Yang Ye died heroically in battle with the soldiers."

Later, Wang Fuzhi summarized the survival rules of the generals of Zhao Eryi Dynasty: be kind and honest, make concessions gracefully, relieve the suspicion of the emperor, and eliminate the jealousy of the ministers.

The translation is: be a good person with your tail between your legs.

Not to mention the Zhenzong dynasty, the Chanyuan Alliance was "famous throughout the ages", and negotiating peace became the "political correctness" of the Northern Song Dynasty.

"After the peace talks, all military equipment will be abolished" was the angry curse of the Song Dynasty people at that time.

After the Chanyuan Alliance, if the generals worked diligently, they would be scolded for causing trouble. If anyone expressed concerns about the Khitans, they would be ridiculed by the civil servants for being arrogant.

Under such circumstances, the status of military generals plummeted again, almost becoming a street rat. It was also during the Zhenzong period of Song Dynasty that military generals completely lost their command power on the battlefield, and the use of civil servants to control military forces officially became a reality.

Wang Su, the son of Wang Dan, the prime minister at that time, once followed his father to the Privy Council for business. He happened to encounter a conflict between the military commander Ma Zhijie and the civil servant Wang Qinruo of the Privy Council.

As a result, Wang Qinruo scolded Ma Zhijie directly in the Privy Council, making Ma Zhijie cry on the spot.

When Zhenzong died, all the important ministers at that time were discussing the matter of establishing a crown prince. As a result, Wang Deyong, who was the privy envoy at the time, was pushed aside and could only complain helplessly: "Where can I put this Bodhisattva?"

As a result, these words were heard by the civil servant next to him, and he was rudely retorted: You know nothing! (How did the old Yamen know?)

Of course, not everyone has seen this extremely deformed trend. At that time, Yin Zhu, a scholar from Luoyang, complained angrily:

When the number one scholar ascends to the throne, he has hundreds of thousands of troops, restores Youji, chases powerful enemies into the desert, returns with a triumphant song, and offers sacrifice to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Its glory is also beyond reach.

Later, during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Yin Zhu passed the Jinshi examination, which coincided with Fan Zhongyan being demoted for blaming Prime Minister Lu Yijian.

Yin Zhu stood up and said that he and Fan Zhongyan "should be punished together as teachers and friends", and was demoted to Yingzhou.

Later, when the Song-Liao War began, Yin Zhu was re-appointed as the judge of Jingyuan Qin Feng's Jinglue to appease him, and he recommended Di Qing, who was still a low-level officer at the time.

And when Di Qing was later implicated in the "Minister's Money Case", he stood up and defended his case, and Di Qing was spared.

As a result, Yin Zhu was demoted to Junzhou because of this incident, and eventually died of illness. 】

〖Guo Jin won’t say it anymore. Yang Ye’s death is really a pity. This man was already very famous in the Northern Han Dynasty and was specially given the surname Liu. After the surrender to the Song Dynasty, he was the person who was the most familiar with the Liao Kingdom and should have given it a lot of attention. It was so brilliant, but in the end, Zhao Er's eggs in Gaolianghe were frightened away, which ultimately made Yang Ye die so aggrieved.

Zhao Er: After pinching a handful of king bombs, I just want to single out a 3. Hey, it’s just for fun~

Zhao Laoer is really well versed in political games. He recruits a group of people to fight against others. If the group outside can't be beaten, he will find a group from inside to fight.

In this way, we can understand the bird-like behavior in the later Northern Song Dynasty. There were raging soldiers and raging generals, and the generals had to act like dogs in front of the civil servants. So why did everyone fight so hard? They just asked the scholar-bureaucrats to write proclamations to curse the enemy troops to death.

The scholar-bureaucrats chose peace talks, and the results were outstanding! The scholar-bureaucrats used Sui coins, and the effect was outstanding!

Li Shimin: If the general is weak, the army will not be strict, the commander will not be powerful, the officers and soldiers will do their own thing, and the soldiers will be in chaos, and the soldiers will be in chaos, which is chaos.

Brother, you are so talented in writing, I like it. 〗

In the palace of General Chang'an of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei opened his eyes slightly, then looked down at the words "Here are some bird soldiers" written on his hand, and blushed slightly.

He didn't care that his straightforward words would be seen by future generations, but seeing the admiration of future generations for the Tang Emperor's casual words...

He crumpled the note into a ball and shook his head as if nothing happened:

"After all, isn't this just talking on paper? After reading a few books, don't you think you are a grandson?"

Naturally, no one has any objections to Zhang Fei's words. After all, whether it is Hanzhong or Yongliang, or last year's expedition to Liangzhou to quell the chaos, everything can be said to be good.

And now, not to mention all the military advisors in the palace, even Mi Zhu and Jian Yong have been in battle. Even Zhang Zhongjing, who has traveled south and north for so many years, is very knowledgeable and rarely pragmatic.

Pang Tong knocked on the table and said bluntly:

"Later generations said that this Song Dynasty promoted martial arts. When talking about the Tang Dynasty before, they also said that this Song Dynasty was good at practicing military arts. I thought he must have high opinions."

"Sun Tzu's The Art of War begins with a statement that soldiers must be aware of the major events of the country. It is difficult to live up to what he said at the beginning, let alone what to do!"

"The general who knows the military is the one who commands the people and is the master of the country's security."

Ma Chao also agreed: "Rather than using literature to control the generals, it is better to say that using literature to enslave the generals."

He has read a lot, but he doesn't usually reveal it, and his sudden expression of opinions at this time attracted everyone's sideways glances.

Kong Ming sighed softly, feeling that some of his previous doubts about Song had been explained:

"First, we should emphasize culture over military affairs, and then replace war with peace."

"No wonder in the Song Dynasty, the country was rich, the people were poor, but the army was not strong..."

"That's right, all the money can be used to make brothers with the enemy."

Zhang Fei's face was full of disgust, and the sourness in his words made Kong Ming helpless:

"Yide is not an official in the Song Dynasty, so why do you care so much?"

Zhang Fei said seriously:

"I am not angry because of those fellow warriors who risked their lives to kill the enemy."

"Soldiers must personally face the battle and fight for their lives with the enemy. Life or death depends on one breath..."

At this point, Zhang Fei sighed and couldn't go on, but Kong Ming understood what Yide meant.

When soldiers go to the battlefield, they entrust their lives to the commander-in-chief. Their lives are equal to each other and they only seek victory, so as to protect their families and their country.

As a result, the Song Dynasty called the enemy bandits brothers, gave away the people's fat to gain favor, and gave the country's wealth to appease the wolves.

In this case, what do you want these soldiers to do? How about just approaching speculation to show your sincerity to your brothers?

"Fortunately, there are many scholars in the Song Dynasty, and there are also many knowledgeable people."

Lu Su felt a little relieved:

"This Yoon Soo is a true gentleman."

Zhang Fei nodded in agreement while rewriting the note in his hand, and then threw it into the light curtain.

〖Zhang Fei: Zhao Dake, please don’t go blind again. 〗

In the Bianliang Palace, Zhao Kuangyin ground his teeth.

Although I know that Zhang Hou is giving a kind reminder, why does it make me feel a little angry when I read it?

And why don’t you want to say thank you at all?

After much hesitation, Zhao Kuangyin reached out and wrote on the stone table:

〖Zhao Kuangyin: I should remember Emperor Wen’s words carefully and take them as a warning〗

As for Tang Taizong, don't even think about calling him "Your Majesty"... After all, who is not an emperor anymore?

Putting these things behind him for the time being, Zhao Kuangyin turned his attention to the light screen, and then said with a smile:

"I have gained something today... this Yang Ye should be that Liu Wudi."

Zhao Pu recalled the information he had read before:

"Liu Wudi...is that Liu Jiye?"

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said:

"In my opinion, there are only two people in the Northern Han Dynasty who can be called relying on it, one is called a strong city, and the other is called a fierce general."

"If these two are eliminated, the Northern Han Dynasty will be able to conquer without a fight."

What Zhao Kuangyin said also made Zhao Pu sigh with emotion:

"Liu Jiyuan, the king of the Northern Han Dynasty, is an incompetent person, but we have the strong city of Taiyuan to stop us from going north in the Song Dynasty, and Liu Jiye, who has won the reputation of being invincible in the battle with the Khitans, is really..."

In fact, Zhao Pu felt that calling Liu Jiyuan "incompetent" was considered a compliment.

Because before Liu Jiyuan succeeded to the throne, there should be four people in the Northern Han Dynasty who could be called dependents.

The fierce general Liu Jiye, the fierce general Zheng Han, the strong city of Taiyuan, and the Tuhun army.

The reason why there are only two items left now is to ask Liu Jiye, the king of the Northern Han Dynasty.

After he succeeded to the throne, he listened to the slander and killed the fierce general Zheng Jin. Two years later, he worked with the officials to kill the commander of the Tuhun army, Wei Chou, which caused the morale of the Tuyu army to collapse.

No wonder the affairs of the Southern Tang Dynasty are not over yet. The officials are already preparing food, grass and weapons to prepare for the attack on the Northern Han Dynasty. This is indeed a golden opportunity.

"It doesn't matter, the Northern Han Dynasty is not my enemy!"

Zhao Kuangyin said with unusual certainty.

He still remembered the artillery that Zhenguan Jun and his ministers talked about.

Preparing gunpowder was not troublesome. As for the cannon body, he also consulted craftsmen and came to the conclusion that bell-casters might be able to do it. Before the New Year, he had ordered the Imperial City Department to search for skilled bell-smiths.

Moreover, even if the artillery is difficult to control, one can still ask Zhuge Wuhou how to break the city. But he still remembers the map of Chang'an that Wuhou sent to future generations last year.

Although Chang'an and Taiyuan cannot be compared, they are Zhuge Wuhou after all.

In short, now facing the Northern Han Dynasty's fortified city of Taiyuan, Zhao Da felt that his ancestors had many solutions.

Guo Jin was originally a fierce general, and Yang Ye's reputation as "invincible" was gained from his victory over the Khitans at Yanmen Pass.

In this way, as long as the Northern Han Dynasty is defeated and Yang Ye is persuaded to surrender, the Northern Expedition to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun is just around the corner.

"The matter of peace and tranquility will never happen again!"