Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 234 Emperor Taizong, the hole you dug is too big!
Speaking of why there are no fields on Hebei East Road and Hebei West Road, we must first start with the failure of Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi's second Northern Expedition.

Li Gang felt a headache when he thought of this.

Song Taizong is the great-great-great-grandfather of the current emperor of the Song Dynasty. It stands to reason that Song Taizong's various policies cannot be violated in the Song Dynasty, which pays great attention to the laws of the ancestors.

But in Li Gang's view, Song Taizong's Hebei defense was too child's play.

In dealing with the relationship with the Liao Kingdom, Emperor Taizong first shifted from "preparing the frontiers to communicate well" to "mapping the Khitan", then from "mapping the Khitan" to "uniting the barbarians to attack the Liao", and finally from "linking the barbarians to attack the Liao" to "linking the barbarians to attack the Liao" "Cultivate virtue to cherish far away".

As soon as Xiude came out with Huaiyuan's slogan, the entire Song Dynasty completely lost confidence in plotting against Yanyun.

Even the emperor has lost his fighting spirit and expects his subordinates to work hard?

The siege of Baideng Mountain by Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, is it a shame?It was a great disgrace, not to mention marrying the princess of the clan to the Xiongnu, but also giving a large amount of cotton, silk, grain and wine as bargaining chips to appease the Xiongnu.

However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty avenged his ancestors, and worked hard for 60 years. Every year, the visiting team must work hard to detect the enemy's situation, draw maps, and understand the habits of the Huns.

Then Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty made the final decision and the name of the Huns disappeared in the long river of history.

When Li Shimin was blocked by Jieli at the gate of the capital, was he ashamed?It's a great shame.But Li Shimin directly wiped out the Turks.It also made the title of Turks disappear.

Song Taizong's double-strand arrow, is it a shame?It is quite a shame to return home in a big defeat.

Then Song Taizong decided to dig the entire east and west roads of Hebei into ponds and swamps, intending to stop the horses and gallops of the Northern Yi cavalry.

From the ancestral method of central defense, passive defense, and peace talks, to the current cultivated land on the two roads in Hebei, no one knows how much there is.

The defense system based on ponds, marshes, depressions, and lakes has been verified by facts, like a child's play.

After all, as soon as winter arrives, it freezes... How can we stop the golden cavalry from going south?
At the time of the Taizu Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, he gave the generals of the Northland considerable autonomy. Those whose families were in the capital were treated very generously. Every time they were summoned, they would sit and eat with each other. .

Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin once said, "The frontier ministers are rich and noble, able to support the dead, and they are regarded as spies. They know the enemy's situation and their invasions. They set up ambushes and cover up attacks. Most of them lead to victories. There will be no trouble in the north for 20 years."

In the time of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, with the strategic thinking of strengthening the walls and clearing the wild, each protected the city and was not allowed to go out to fight. Due to the situation, they were only allowed to rely on the city for defense and were not allowed to take the initiative to attack.

This kind of strategic guiding ideology that does not allow out of the city to fight directly led to the east and west routes of Hebei, and only the city can be defended.

But the people outside the city had nowhere to hide, and the soldiers in the city could not come, so they could only let the Liao people rob them.

It is even more difficult for the common people to live in the east and west of Hebei. There are military disasters and man-made disasters, and there is no land to plant.

The people from the east and west of Hebei, who were gradually fleeing, directly turned Hebei into a red land.

Not only that, this passive defensive mentality of not allowing them to go out of the city to fight directly led the Liao people to adopt the strategy of bypassing the strong city, ignoring it, and driving straight in, wantonly plundering the hinterland of the Song people.

When Wang Chong led 20 soldiers and horses, watching the fierce battle between Emperor Zhenzong and Emperor Shengzong of Liao Dynasty, there was a legal basis for holding back the troops. That was the strategic guiding ideology from Song Taizong - not to go out of the city to fight at will.

This kind of guiding ideology turned Hebei two roads into a red land with no people, no cultivated land, and only Yangdian.

The most important item in Li Gang's memorial is to fill in the water puddles on the east and west roads of Hebei, cultivate the land in the first year, and equalize the land in the second year.

But Li Gang knew that it was too difficult.

For more than 130 years, Da Song has been digging pits in Hebei, and only Da Song himself was the only one who fell out of the pit.

How to fill this hole?It was Li Gang's big worry, but he had no clue. When the work relief supervised the repair of the Yellow River dam, when it reached Daming Mansion, it stopped and moved to Hedong Road.

It's not that there is a problem with food or money, but that it is unnecessary to go further.

This pit.Li Gang scratched his head.

Cheng Chu was also scratching his head, Da Song Chazi is very capable, there is no doubt about it.

But if you want to know how many fields there are on the east and west roads of Hebei and how many people they can accommodate, this is undoubtedly embarrassing for the Imperial City Secretary.

Chazi is also a human being, not a god.

Zhao Huan's reply was very simple. In the next year, he must clarify the properties of the east and west roads in Hebei, and overcome difficulties if there are difficulties.

Li Gang also had no choice but to wave his hand and let Cheng Chu lead Cha Zi to do it.

The officials led [-] kinds of elite family troops and [-] unruly Jiesheng troops to drive away the Jin people. Can this difficulty be called difficulty?
"Get over it." Li Gang asked Cheng Chu to prepare to check the properties on Hebei East Road and West Road, while he himself was busy.

Rebuild the Military Weapons Supervision in Bianjing City, but this time, Li Gang decided to build it outside the city.

This is authorized by officials.

As for the purpose, it is to reduce the contact with the people in the city for the craftsmen who are preparing for the siege work of the Military Weapons Supervisor.

Prevent leaks.

With the continuous deepening of mechanical principles, more and more weapons are used in actual combat, especially the giant trebuchet, which are all secrets among secrets.

These are all lessons learned before.

As for safety, military fortresses will be built around to defend Bianjing with horns.In case the golden soldiers come again next time, they can only hide in the city, which is too aggrieved.

Promote new officials, and some generals have been promoted to general positions, so naturally the chief military officers will be assigned to these generals.

The pattern of civil servants governing has quietly changed.

Li Gang clearly realized that Song Dynasty will usher in a brand new pattern.

But some people do not have such a clear understanding, such as Zhao Ji.

He heard a little about what his eldest son did on Hedong Road, and he was addicted to the melodious sound of the qin and flute, unable to extricate himself.

When he received Li Gang's letter, he asked Tong Guan to open it and read it first. After laughing up to the sky, he suddenly asked, "Do you know Li Gang? What do you do?"

Tong Guan was silent for a long time and said: "Li Gang is now the grand chancellor, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty. Now the official...His Royal Highness, when he is not in the capital, Li Gang is in charge of the court. The emperor and grandson are too young to be in power. The princess concubine goes north to plead guilty. Da Song, now Li Gang has the final say."

"It's me! It's me who has the final say! He is Zhao Huan! Zhao Huan is a yellow-mouthed kid! He doesn't count! Li Gang is his dog's leg, he can have the final say? Ah?! It's me who has the final say! You Do you know?" Zhao Ji shouted angrily.It looks like crazy.

Tong Guan shook his head, the Supreme Emperor had fully understood his authority, and he was afraid that he would not be able to come back, that's why he looked like this.

Especially recently, the Cui family in Huaibei and the Chen family in Huainan have tried their best to collect food in order to compete for the food business thrown out by the officials.

The harvested grain has been received in Lin'an City.Zhao Ji was angry but could do nothing.

Because Zhao Huan returned victorious, his reputation reached a peak, and now no one can disobey Zhao Huan's orders.

Not even the Supreme Emperor.

Of course, this is not the reason for the Taishanghuang's anger. Tong Guan clearly knew why Zhao Ji was so angry with Li Gang.

Zhao Ji has been in power for 26 years, and has been making checks and balances with several big generals, but he has made no progress. As a result, not long after Li Gang became prime minister, he cleaned up these big generals.

There is only one person left in each family, waiting for Zhao Huan to return to Beijing for adjudication.

With such a fierce ability, who can bear it?

Zhao Ji was very uncomfortable, that is to say, he had been the emperor for 26 years, and it was not as good as Li Gang being the prime minister for one month.

Lao Tzu is no match for his son, this is normal, Zhao Ji lost to the new emperor in terms of courage, military affairs, and government affairs.

But losing to Renchen made Zhao Ji very angry.

Obviously, this is not how strong Li Gang or Zhao Huan are, but that the emperor Zhao Ji is really bad.

The only thing Zhao Ji is proud of now is calligraphy.

　Four changes are expected today.Well, can I ask for a monthly pass?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)