The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 113 Big Wedding ([-])

Gao Huan was a powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and mastered the military power of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. His son Gao Yang later replaced the Eastern Wei Dynasty as the founding emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Kuangyin thoughtfully, and said further:
"Father, you seem to use civil servants to restrict generals, but have you thought about the consequences of this?"

"Consequences, what are the consequences? That will only make me a great Song Dynasty forever. Without the threat of generals, civil servants are useless. Haven't you heard that a scholar rebelled for three years?"

Zhao Kuangyin's recognition of the threat of military generals is even more terrifying, and he really didn't pay attention to civil servants.Zhao Xu smiled wryly and said that the words of emotion just now were in vain, so he still couldn't have such thoughts, otherwise it would be really dangerous, so let's say it again.

"Father's move made the civil service must be strong, and then the generals or the martial arts of the whole country will be affected, because they can see from the imperial court's policy that the country does not value martial arts but culture, then they will abandon it. If Wen Congwu is like this, it is very likely that people will become disgusted with martial arts."

Zhao Kuangyin immediately took up the conversation:
"What's wrong with this? It's a common practice among the people. This is a sign of a country's cultural prosperity. Look at the Tang Kingdom in the south. The people love literature but hate martial arts. For so many years, the people live and work in peace and contentment. Everyone is rich. Lawbreakers, Even less, what's wrong with that?"

Zhao Xu could see that his father had really fallen into a strange circle, and he only thought of the benefits of the common people's good writing style. This old Comrade Zhao started talking again, and the more he talked, the more excited he became:
"In this way, after decades of common people's good writing style, the folk atmosphere will be clear, and the politics will be clear. At that time, the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperity of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty will surely be reproduced."

When Zhao Kuangyin said this, his eyes lit up, he yearned for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, and he also wanted to be a good emperor who was enlightened and famous in history, just like Tang Taizong Li Shimin.

But Zhao Kuangyin forgot that the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty was achieved by fighting with a knife and a gun. It was achieved in several foreign wars, and it was obtained by the tigers and wolves of the Tang Dynasty.
Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "My father, did you ever think that the common people are all proficient in writing and not in martial arts, which will inevitably make the common people weak. Then, what should we do if there is an enemy invasion? Who will resist?"

"Haha why Xu'er is so confused, the so-called soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, my army in the Song Dynasty will take on the responsibility of defending our home and country, this is the duty of a soldier, didn't you and my father and son do it like this back then? Did Da Zhou go through life and death?"

Zhao Kuangyin didn't know why his son kept talking nonsense today, the enemy is coming and we have knives and guns, so do we still need to ask?

"Father, where did the army of the Song Dynasty come from?"

"Of course, the army of my Great Song Dynasty came from the people recruited by the people. There is no doubt about it." Zhao Kuangyin replied in the affirmative.

"Then my father and the people all abandoned martial arts and followed literature. How strong can their bodies be to take on the important task of defending their homes and the country?" Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin was about to speak, Zhao Xu followed up and asked:

"Father may say that we implement a recruitment system, and soldiers have their own identities. After they enlist, they can undergo rigorous training. This will definitely improve their physical fitness, and they will soon be able to reach the standard, right? ?”

Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to nod his head. He really thought so. Soldiers are only responsible for defending their homes and the country. They are usually responsible for training, and they have to go to the battlefield when there is a war.

"What the father said is also very beneficial, so I have a question to ask the father, what is the chance of a bad horse training it for thousands of miles?"

Old Zhao opened his mouth to say something but didn't say it. No matter how hard he trains, it is impossible for a bad horse to become a thousand-mile horse. He seems to understand a little bit what his son wants to say.

"Just like a bad horse can't become a thousand-mile horse no matter how hard it is trained, a weak soldier can't become an excellent soldier no matter how much he trains, it can only make his body strong. In the future, if we rule the world, conquer Can Khitan be an opponent?"

The Khitan people lived in the grasslands in the north, and their cavalry was their natural advantage. Their soldiers were huge, and they were different from ordinary people. Zhao Kuangyin also fought against them, so he naturally knew how they were.

"The people in our country have been weak for a long time, which has caused the quality of our soldiers to decline. Not to mention that we want to unify the world, I am afraid that there will be problems in defending the country. Although these are not all caused by your raising the status of literati, there are a large part of the reason. "

"Restricting military generals is necessary. This is for the needs of centralization, but the rule of not killing scholar-bureaucrats can be removed. The status of civil servants and military generals is equal. As long as we can employ people properly, they are not good or bad."

"If you are afraid of generals' rebellion, you can reform the military system. You can even set up institutions to educate soldiers so that they are loyal to the country instead of a certain person. At the same time, you can set up an official position in the army to manage the ideological education of soldiers in the army."

Inadvertently reorganizing the political commissar system of later generations, the great leaders of that generation proposed to build the dang branch on the company, so that the dang can command the guns well, which is also possible in this era.

Zhao Kuangyin had never heard such a twisted word, and was confused by Zhao Xu, but he didn't know what to say, and wondered if it was true that he shouldn't make an oath not to kill scholar-bureaucrats as he said.

He didn't know that Zhao Xu used a sneaky concept, which was obviously not to kill the scholar-bureaucrats, but this Zhao Xu mentioned why not killing the scholar-officials would make the people weak, and it was also related to national defense.

If it is a modern person, they will soon find it tricky, but how could Zhao Kuangyin know that this place is just listening in a daze, and feels quite right.

In fact, what Zhao Xu wanted to talk about was the impact of the ban on martial arts. He had seen a martial arts drama about martial arts people who used martial arts to break the ban. The body is getting weaker and weaker, and it is slowly being wiped out by other countries.

Not to mention Zhao Xu's sneaky change of concept, Zhao Kuangyin was really shaken. He knelt down in front of his ancestor's tablet and confessed that he almost destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, and quickly erased this oath. As for adding anything else, Zhao Xu didn't care.

Later, after the release of military power with a glass of wine, the imperial court also issued an order to encourage folk martial arts, and decided that holding martial arts examinations was as important as imperial examinations, which also made an indelible contribution to Song Dynasty becoming a prominent empire.

Putting this aside for now, there are more important things, that is, the prince is about to get married, and he came to pay homage to his ancestors, and this is just an episode.Next, I still have to be busy with the big wedding.

Although the Zhao family is a royal family, they still get married according to the folk etiquette, but it is more solemn than the folk etiquette. After all, it is the face of the court, but the procedure is the universal one.

The next day, Zhao Kuangyin wrote an imperial decree asking the Minister of Rites to go to Gao's family to propose marriage. Although they were engaged before, this time they had to make arrangements. Of course, the gifts they brought were not insignificant. That's what he said.

According to the Zhou rituals in ancient times, there are three books and six rituals for marriage. Nacai is the first step in the six rituals. It means that the man wants to marry the woman, and the man's family sends a matchmaker to the woman's family to propose marriage and present gifts to propose marriage.However, the current crown prince proposed marriage, and this "matchmaker" was quite important, Tao Gu who was in charge of the world's etiquette.

This was already prepared. Of course, the Gao family agreed, and then Tao Gu proposed to the Gao family on behalf of Ze Zhao Xu. Originally, Zhao Xu wanted to propose marriage by himself. Marriage is his own business, so there is no need for someone else to replace it, but He was severely reprimanded by the old lady.

Zhao Xu kept muttering; "Who is this getting married? Isn't it my business to propose?"

Gao Guiying is destined to be the official wife, that is, the crown princess, so she has such treatment. You, like Fu Yanqing's daughter Fu Xuetong, don't have such treatment, but you have also sent a prime minister. The prime minister has high authority, but he is not in charge of the world. Manners.

As for Wang Ling'er's parents both died, the only grandfather also died, so it can be said that she has no relatives, and the queen in the harem is busy with her marriage, of course it is quite lively.

After completing the first step, it took a long time. Zhao Xu was shouting, why is it so difficult to get married? Isn't this tossing people?

Next, Tao Gu ran back and forth tirelessly and asked her name, that is, the matchmaker asked the woman's name, year Geng and "horoscope". He and Gao Guiying could only know each other so well, so there was no need to ask her name. This is an ancient ritual. Really toss people.

Tao Gu also pretended to ask, and then he gave the information he got to Si Tianjian. The guy from Si Tianjian shook his head and did some calculations, and said good luck. Zhao Xu almost vomited angrily when he found out. A few mouthfuls of blood.

This is formality, this is not a waste of taxpayers, oh, no, is it everyone's time, it is so cumbersome, and he does not believe that the Sitianjian people dare to say that Gao Guiying is not at odds with him. A match made in heaven.

It's better to let Miao Xun tell the story, this guy can really tell fortunes, so there's no need for you Si Tianjian.Zhao Xu couldn't help complaining to his father that this was formalism, but his father said that your grandmother was in charge of this matter, so I couldn't ask.

Seeing how busy they were, Zhao Xu took it easy instead, as if he was a person with nothing to do, as if he wasn't the one who got married.

In fact, he really doesn't need him, Tao Gu and the others are busy with other things, not to mention the wedding banquet, there will be someone to take care of it, and someone will teach him the etiquette, and he doesn't need to come forward for anything.

What he is doing now is waiting to meet the bride, and then Bai Yuntiandi enters the bridal chamber. Other things look like he really has nothing to do, isn't he? This guy has nothing to do and went to the harem to tease his younger brother.

(End of this chapter)