Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 818
As long as the coastal islands are occupied, once the imperial court frees up its hands to solve the Jiaozhi issue, it will not go south by land, but land in multiple places, and advance by land and water.

As for Champa, they pride themselves on solving the problem of the Three Buddha Qi stronghold and establishing the sea road. Whether or not they can take Champa is up to the court.

"Officials are always unexpected. You are planning to give up the original sea route." Zhu Lian looked at Wang Xiu with a bit of taste.

"No, the original sea route can't be given up, there are multiple roads and multiple ways out." Wang Xiu smiled very comfortably, and said in a gentle voice: "Each sea route has its own characteristics, and the cost of coastal roads is high. They are only used for military ships going south and immigration. Merchant ships We still have to go the old way.”

"I really don't understand you. Don't say that the second thing is to solve Hexi." Zhu Lian didn't care too much. She didn't know the ocean as well as Wang Xiu did, so she couldn't understand Wang Xiu's real purpose of managing the ocean. It seemed to her that it was just to expand the territory. There was no competition for those places outside of Huaihe, and Hexi could still make her interested, after all, it was a strategically important place.

"You know this too?" Wang Xiu seemed surprised and looked at Zhu Lian exaggeratedly.

Zhu Lian was in a better mood, but still worried: "Are you really going to start a war with the party?"

"The imperial court does not have the conditions to fight the Jurchens, but it does not mean that it cannot fight the Dangxiang people. If you want to form a powerful horse army, you must recover Hexi, and if you want to recover Hexi, you must eliminate Dangxiang." When Wang Xiu spoke, His eyes flickered with determination.

Dingnan Wuzhou and Liangzhou were originally the places where the Song army and horses were supplied. During the Taizong and Zhenzong eras, the court’s horse army was not as good as the Khitan, but it was also the strongest in the Song Dynasty. The Song army was capable of launching an offensive against the Khitan. It is unimaginable after the Renzong era.

At that time, the Song army's horse army was not large, but it was all Liangzhou horses, equipped with the best soldiers in the world, and dared to confront the Khitan horse army several times.

The heyday of the Song Dynasty horse army was the era of Emperor Zhenzong, and a powerful force of 15 horse troops was formed.In Hebei and the Khitan battle, once fought with the pure horse army, achieved the great victory of Yangshan, killed [-] generals of the Khitan command army level, beheaded more than [-] ranks, wrote the last glory of the Song horse army, and forced the Khitan Chengtian Empress Dowager Consider the North-South Alliance as well.

It is a pity that with the rise of Li Jiqian, Li Deming and his sons, Li Yuanhao was finally achieved. The Song Dynasty lost the largest horse producing area, and the horse army gradually declined.When the Jin army went south, there were more than 5000 battalions of [-] people in the entire Guangrui Army, and there were only a thousand horses.

At that time, he had gradually 78 strong horse troops, which were captured from Tiansijian and Jinjun. There were only about [-] horsemen, and he did not have the ability to continue fighting because he did not have a stable source of good horses.

For so many years, he tried his best to develop the horse army, but he was reluctant. The horse army of the Song army has grown to more than [-] horsemen, mainly concentrated in the western servants. More than half of the horses are not good horses. The new-style chariots are still drawn by mules and horses. .

"It's really decided?" Zhu Lian asked Wang Xiu very seriously. Since Wang Xiu has decided, she will support it.

Wang Xiu nodded, and said firmly: "I just lack a good reason, and I'm considering it now."

In war, it is true that the weak prey on the strong, and the big fist is the master, but everything must be reasonable, that is to say, if you stand at the height of righteousness, you will be famous as a teacher.Even the most barbaric Mongols in later generations need a reason to start a war, and they don't just fight casually.

"It's up to you, you always have a reason. However, you keep calling yourself sick, and Mr. Tang has to compromise. It's not a solution." Zhu Lian gouged out Wang Xiu's eyes, revealing a faint resentment.

"I'm not angry! Don't worry, I have my own measure. I will come out when it's time to go out. Don't ask too much. You should take good care of your daughter-in-law. She will be a big mother." Wang Xiu said gently Laughed, and made a joke by the way.

"You! Don't want to be a big daddy anymore." Zhu Lian retorted without hesitation.

"Time flies, how fast it flies! Time is really running out, I must hurry up and finish it, the most troublesome things must not be left to future generations."

"You mean the royal family and the two prefectures?" Seeing Wang Xiu's serious look, Zhu Lian seemed to understand the third thing a little bit.

"You think right. The third thing is to separate the internal and external treasury. The Dianzhong Province has completely become the internal affairs office of the big house, and the outer dynasty exists independently. The forbidden army belongs to the family and the country, not the royal family." Wang Xiu said the third thing , should be the beginning of the third thing.

"Dian Zhongsheng, what are you going to do? Do you want to promote the dual monarchy?" Zhu Lian is ice-snow and smart, and knows the elegance of the sound. It seems that Wang Xiu wants to limit the imperial power.

She usually reads the books written by Wang Xiu, and savors the other party's thoughts carefully, but she is very resistant to the dual monarchy. Strengthening the power of the two governments and putting the power of the scholars on the same level as the imperial power is very dangerous to the royal family. , can not but be wary.

What to say, the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor ruled the world together, this sentence is good, but it is the emperor's favor for the scholars, and it does not mean that the power of the scholars and the imperial power go hand in hand. There is a distinction between primary and secondary, completely suppressing the imperial power. This result can only be that the royal family is replaced by careerists.

She couldn't believe that Wang Xiu would do such a thing as pushing her son into the fire pit, but the dual monarchy could indeed stir up the madness of the scholars, which made her frightened for a while, and hoped that Wang Xiu would think twice before acting.

Wang Xiu understood that it was difficult for Zhu Lian to understand, so he said patiently, "Do you know what is the most stable?"

"How do I know that you can't disregard the relationship between father and son because of the whims of the officials. He is still young, not yet 20 years old. Even if Meng Lang does something, you, as a father, should teach him patiently." Zhu Lian said angrily. To be honest, he didn't think that Wang Xiu was targeting his son, but he wanted to discuss this matter.

Wang Xiu smiled faintly, and said: "Even if he is twenty, a monarch who does his part is doomed to have a bleak future."

"Then you can't engage in the so-called dual monarchy. Once powerful ministers appear, what will you do?" Zhu Lian glared at Wang Xiu like a young tiger.

"Hey, as long as there is a reasonable system, strong public opinion supervision, and a solid foundation of public opinion, so what if there are ambitious people? The triangular bracket is the most stable. Why?" Wang Xiu didn't care about Zhu Lian's anger. , Speaking his mind, he will never allow anyone to hinder him, not even Zhu Lian.

"Because its three fulcrums interact and cancel each other out, it is the most stable situation. Although the dual monarchy is not the best medicine, it can be regarded as the best choice at present. The separation of imperial power, political power and legislation , Cultivate the thoughts of scholars and people to participate in and discuss state affairs, and strengthen children's people-oriented education, so that your son and grandson's country can continue for a longer period of time, and the world will not be taken away by others because of the existence of a prodigal son."

(End of this chapter)