When Zhao Puye was punishing Lu Duosun, Song Jiu did not speak, so he could not say that Lu Duosun was too evil. When he was the prime minister, he was a prime minister with great potential. However, he served as prime minister for many years and even served as prime minister for nearly seven years, so he became more and more arrogant and offended many people.

But Chen Yilun is different. He is a founding father, a good man, and has a good popularity. Moreover, Chen Yilun consciously requested to retire, but he also disagreed. He insisted on spoofing him as a false minister of the Ministry of War, and then he wanted to ruin his reputation, so he didn't even let his son down, even a small official. This was done too much.

Some ministers had a trace of resentment flashed in their eyes.

There is another background. Although there are many wars in recent years, under the leadership of Zhao Kuangyi, the current affairs are not too bad. However, they are far from being compared with when Song Jiu was the chief magistrate. Or it can be said that there was no war at that time, the internal treasury was abundant, the tax was good, and the state expenditure was not as much as it is now, so it was able to collect less taxes.

However, some people can detect the difference. At least in those years, Song Jiu played an extremely important role as a lubricant, and had good interactions from Zhongshu to the local area. There were few perseverance in the entire officialdom, and it was full of positive energy.

But after Song Jiu left, Lu Duosun was arrogant and Zhao Pu was cruel. The sunny atmosphere in the officialdom disappeared in a blink of an eye, and they all became intrigues, which made many ministers who worked hard but were not good at fighting in the court very uncomfortable.

Wang Pu can no longer speak.

It’s okay for people to curry favor with Zhao Pu, but he is different. He is the prime minister of two countries and four dynasties, and the old man of five dynasties, who took the lead in being Zhao Pu’s thugs, which is too flattering.

Zhao Kuangyi suddenly said, "Song Qing, you are becoming more and more rampant."

We can fight for it, even if there are all kinds of ridiculous reasons for the past few months, we cannot put them on the table.

However, it is not placed on the table. How could Song Jiu be Zhao Pu's opponent? Only by putting it on the table can Zhao Pu feel uncomfortable.

"Sanchao. Song Qing, you go to the palace immediately."

A strange order. If Zhao Kuangyi takes action, why did he ask Song Jiu to enter the palace to have an interview alone?

Song Jiu came to the inner palace.

Zhao Kuangyi asked: "I ask you, how capable is Chen Yilun as a prime minister?"

"mediocre……"

"Is Ludoson a gentle and respectful person?"

"Your Majesty, Zhao Pu is not."

"No matter Zhao Pu, I will ask you again, is Wang Renshan greedy?"

Song Jiu sighed. Wang Renshan, in charge of the three departments, did a good job, but he was indeed greedy and did too much. This made Zhao Pu seize the handle.

"As for Chu Zhaofu, if I give him an evaluation, how about the corpse position and food?"

“…”

"You don't have to fight. This is not your director. Do things with peace of mind. As long as you are like before, with me here, you will keep you safe." Zhao Kuangyi said, and shook his head. This kid was stupid.

Song Jiu was a little dazed at first, and suddenly understood, Wang Renshan, Chen Yilun, Chu Zhaofu, Lu Duosun... but it was hard to speak again at this time.

Zhao Kuangyi didn't say much. He also talked about the serious matter: "Song Qing, you said the Liaodong victory, why did the Khitan troops attack our dynasty in three directions?"

"Your Majesty. I think it may be that our dynasty built a fort on the front line. The more troops stationed, it posed a serious threat to the Khitan. It made the Khitan unable to destroy the rear. Just as the new soldiers arrived, the fort was built, and the army was a little disordered, so the Khitan wanted to attack instead of defending, so that our army would not dare to go deeper and deal with Liaodong with peace of mind. And if we want to deal with Liaodong, we can no longer be like in spring. This time, the military force must be heavy. Even if the Khitan dispatched too many troops, it would still take time to prepare. At this time, in Yanyun, the Khitan had ready-made troops stationed..."

“About that.”

"But your Majesty don't worry. The Khitan used not much force this time. Then we divided the troops into three routes, three gates on the east route, Yanmen on the middle route, and Fufeng on the west route. In my opinion, our dynasty will definitely win this time. Even in the prefectures, the Zhe family will give them a headache."

Song Jiu suddenly became thoughtful.

"what's on your mind?"

"I am thinking about two things, the first thing is offense and defense."

"Off and defense?"

"From the combat effectiveness, our dynasty is almost the same as the Khitan. If our dynasty army goes deeper, the right time, place, people and people are not here, there will still be no victory. However, the Khitan comes to our dynasty's border, the result will be the opposite. Moreover, from the perspective of the minister, if the enemy is underestimated again, once the defeat is defeated, the consequences will be unimaginable. Not only will the loss of morale, but overall, the Khitan is a cavalry and is also braver than the soldiers of our dynasty. The main reason why the stalemate is now and there are wins and losses is that the elite in the army are still there. They have more combat experience in fighting in the past ten years. Once these soldiers die, they are all new soldiers..."

"What's the point of offense and defense?"

"Related, I just came up with an idea to build a village fort in a planned manner."

"oh."

"It is divided into two parts, three passes, and three passes west. The three passes cannot advance north. The north of the three passes is the Juma River. The north side of the Juma River is mostly plains. The enemy is mainly cavalry, with fast speed and rivers behind to resist. It is not easy to build a village, and even if a village is built, it is not easy to defend. However, it is different from the west of the three passes. Most of them are mountainous areas, where the enemy's cavalry has little advantage. Taking advantage of the enemy's chances of being distracted from Liaodong, and in addition, the hard battles in recent years have led to few people on the border. , advance northward in a planned manner, Qigou Pass, Feihu Pass, and Hengshan. Occupying these places has the advantage of being condescending, followed by rugged mountain roads. As long as several guards are built in a few dangerous places, you can defend them. And step-by-step advancement is also to reduce pressure on Liaodong and protect this piece. The enemy is even less good at siege tactics, and can form a clamping attack on the southern part of Youzhou. At the same time, use our strengths to train troops in actual combat and grow rapidly with new recruits."

"Train troops through actual combat?"

"Your Majesty, how many generals are born like Huo Qubing in ancient times? Even the late emperor had great martial arts skills, they grew up step by step in the army. For example, when I first arrived in the army, I didn't know anything, even in Guangnan. It was not until several years in Liaodong that I grew up a little. This is the case with generals and soldiers. Why is the army strong at the beginning of the founding of the country? It is because all the soldiers in the army are veterans who have fought for a long time."

"That would cost a lot of money and a lot of troops would be added."

In the early years of the Song Dynasty, there were only about 100,000 soldiers. By the end of Zhao Kuangyin, the number of soldiers had increased to 200,000, and the capital had 100,000. Outside, there were 100,000 soldiers. This was a reasonable increase in number, such as Jinghu and Kuixia. If the forbidden soldiers were not stationed, those who were born in the forbidden soldiers would not know how rampant they would be.

When Zhao Kuangyi wanted to take back Yan Yun, the number of injunctions increased to more than 300,000, and the number of wing soldiers was also increasing. Many strong archers were added to Hebei and Hedong. The latter was of military service, but both of them had to be raised for money.

In addition, the high-paying pension and reward system proposed by Song Jiu.

However, Song Jiu's proposal did not increase the burden on the court. As more than 70% of the forbidden soldiers were transferred from cities to villages, the maintenance cost was declining, and it was enough to make up for the high-paying pensions and rewards. However, on the other hand, it stimulated the soldiers to dare to fight bravely.

However, the former cost has not been saved.

This has become a serious burden on the court.

Song Jiu proposed that although it was good, it would cost money to build a fortress like this. At the same time, every time a fortress was added, soldiers would be added, so the court would have to expand its army. Don’t compare the more than one million ban soldiers of the Song Dynasty to the present. At that time, the population of the Song Dynasty was more than 10 million households, and at that time it was only more than 4 million households. At least 200,000 households in the middle were Song Jiu’s contribution.

Song Jiu thought for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, I am an idea, Your Majesty think twice."

“Tell me.”

"It is unlikely to increase the ban on the monarchy. In that case, the court will have a heavy burden. But I thought about Yang Guang's construction of the Grand Canal. If there was no Grand Canal, would there be a prosperous era in the Tang Dynasty? Even our dynasty would be favored by the Grand Canal."

"yes."

"The Grand Canal is not bad. It's because Yang Guang's repairs were too fast. In fact, increasing troops is inevitable. Once it is time to send troops to Yanyun again, it is just that the government's troops are insufficient. For example, Jiaozhi is insufficient, so after Hou Renbao's defeat, Li's surrender. Although our dynasty was dissatisfied, I silently looked at it. However, I thought of the time when Heichi Changzhi was in Qinghai. So I had an idea, but I was afraid that someone would use it to destroy Pan Mei."

"Tell me, it's an idea, how can I destroy it?"

"My idea is to transform some archers and tyrants into informal sources of soldiers on the front line, or to name them as village soldiers. The court subsidizes some fees and provides their weapons, farming during farming, training during slack farming, and combat in wartime. Even if the combat effectiveness is poor, it is still possible to defend the fort."

This idea won't cost much money, and they trained soldiers from Hedong and Hebei. They are familiar with the Khitan and will have a good geographical advantage when conquering Yanyun in the future. The borders are often violated by the Khitan, and they also have hatred of the Khitan and are very brave in combat. They have also solved the problem of military strength.

But its biggest flaw is Pan Mei.

The generals of Hebei led the troops of each state. This article was the same as Song Jiu proposed. The Jiedushi and the observation commander were abolished. The observation commander was appointed. The area of ​​the jurisdiction was small and the harm was not great, so they could give them independent command rights. Now, there was no harm added to the addition of some rural soldiers. However, Hedong was different. The entire Hedong War Zone was under the jurisdiction of Pan Mei. Once this move was implemented, Pan Mei would have a force of his own. The range from Taiyuan to the north belonged to Pan Mei, and the number of troops would not be small. Then Pan Mei would become a real Jiedushi and a powerful Jiedushi.

Zhao Kuangyi hesitated.

Whether Song Jiu or Pan Mei, he still believed that although Pan Mei did not perform well in the Youzhou battle, she was very loyal to Song Jiu in Zhuozhou.

But the father-in-law and son-in-law are the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture and the other is the jurisdiction of Hedong. It is unlikely that the suspicious Zhao Kuangyi is not worried at all.

If it weren't for Song Jiu and Pan Mei, who were the others, Zhao Kuangyi would immediately reject it.

However, this suggestion is indeed good. Song Jiu said something, not a lot. Anyway, there are some archers and tyrants in Hedong and Hebei, but they are just a little improvement, giving some subsidies, distributing some weapons, increasing training and obligations. Then the court would spend a little money, but get a mobile army. At the same time, the front line was empty, and a large number of camps and fields could be set aside for these rural soldiers to farm and support the family. If the enemy attacks, the families of these rural soldiers will enter the fortress without the encouragement of the court, and they will also bravely defend the forts and villages.

But it's...Pan Mei.

Zhao Kuangyi smiled bitterly: "Song Jiu, you are indeed a honest gentleman."

"Actually, all ministers can protect Pan Mei. It's not Pan Mei, but they are afraid of destroying the system. Just like Emperor Xuanzong of Tang used Xue Na as the governor, it was also good at first, but after starting this, he became less and less restrained in the future, and eventually he caused bad consequences."

"Tell me the second one."

"The second is armor."

"armor?"
Chapter completed!