What Zhao Huan said is completely reasonable!
The gang of unruly people in Kaifeng Prefecture are cowardly and cunning... Although they are all good unruly people who love the Song Dynasty, their ability to make trouble is too strong, and their ability to go into battle to kill the enemy is too weak.
The soldiers and generals of the Western Thieves (Xi Xia), who had fought with the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, knew their details best. If they heard that the Song army fighting them came from Kaifeng Prefecture, they would all want to congratulate each other and celebrate. This kind of army is still relatively capable of fighting among the weaklings in Kaifeng, and after all, it is an army organized in lines, and it is restricted by military law.
There are not many "unruly militiamen" like this in Kaifeng City today!
Because Zhao Ji had long since given up any hope for the Bianliang soldiers, and instead thought that the three Yamen soldiers spent too much money, so it would be more beneficial to use all the Western troops.
So Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others followed Zhao Ji's idea and implemented the method of "que forehead sealing". The sergeants of the imperial guards of the three yamen fled and died, but they all failed to make up for the shortage. They took their money and filled the Chun treasury for Zhao Ji to squander. However, the number of quotas is not based on reality, and the upper and lower levels are effective. They regard the military expenses of the Forbidden Army as a good way to make money. Nowadays, the actual number of the Imperial Guards of the Three Governments is not necessarily 30,000. Among them, there are probably only 10,000 serious soldiers, and the rest are probably just occupying a quota and busy with their own business.
Although there are not many serious troops in Kaifeng City, there are still a lot of weapons in stock... Most of those weapons were accumulated during the New Deal of the Shenzong and Zhezong dynasties. It is said that it can be used by the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty for decades!
The quality of these weapons is of course poor, but the quantity is always enough to arm all the strong men in Kaifeng Mansion. The strong men who armed Kaifeng Mansion and pulled out an army of hundreds of thousands were also the Song Dynasty's biggest trump card in the upcoming defense battle of Kaifeng.
But can just giving the weapons in the armory to strong men turn them into an army that can fight against gold thieves?
The answer is of course no!
The army must also have organization, training and mountain-like discipline!
The army must obey orders and obey orders!
And can those unruly people in Kaifeng obey orders? What if the imperial court gives them weapons, but they don't obey orders, have no discipline, and are self-righteous and look like traitors to everyone?
Zhao Huan glanced at the dumbfounded teacher and said slowly: "There is another point that is also very important. Don't worry about the scarcity but the inequality! The city of Kaifeng is too uneven. The rich have millions, while the poor have nothing. There is not even a place to establish a cone. And most wealthy people are not willing to join the army and fight to the death. They will only use a few small coins to force the poor to defend them against the gold thieves... This is not acceptable!"
"Isn't it possible?" Geng Nanzhong was doubtful of Zhao Huan's words, "This dynasty has always paid to hire soldiers, so why can't it be done?"
Zhao Huan shook his head and said with a wry smile: "To spend money to hire soldiers, you have to hire simple farmers or people from the mountains, who are honest and obedient, simple and brave enough to fight, and easy to train.
But who are all Bianliangzi? They are unruly people now, but they may be Chinese in the future... If they are unruly people, it will be extremely difficult to control them, and it will be difficult to use them even if they are barely organized into an army. If it is a countryman, the rich and poor must be equally divided, and the industry must be divided so that the top, bottom, left, and right are all the same. You can't be too poor, and you can't be too rich. Only in this way can we work together to fight against thieves.
Therefore, when the widow and the emperor leave, they must take away all the wealthy businessmen and nobles, officials, and scholars who cannot fight in Kaifeng City, leaving behind hundreds of thousands of middle-class and below people. Only in this way can they work together, and Saburo can also use real estate and land to drive them, and there will not be so many rich, powerful and knowledgeable people who will cause trouble with him...
Teacher, teacher, what's wrong with you? Is there anything wrong with what I said? "
"Ah..." Geng Nanzhong was stunned after hearing this. He sat there in a daze with his mouth open. Only when Zhao Huan reminded him did he realize: This is so wrong! How did you become so wise? Who taught it? Do you have other teachers outside?
Zhao Huan saw Geng Nanzhong reacting, and then continued: "Teacher, go and make arrangements... Let the third student be the leader first. Without the gang of unscrupulous people from Kaifeng Mansion to follow, the third student met Sanlang , is when scholars meet soldiers. When Sanlang cleans them up, the people of Kaifeng Mansion will naturally make a fuss, but without the third student leading them to make trouble, Sanlang will definitely be able to deal with it calmly. After these two groups of people have settled down, we You can leave safely."
Geng Nanzhong said: You are so thoughtful! But you are so wise, why don't you become an official yourself?
...
"Your Majesty, I have inspected all areas of Kaifeng Mansion yesterday. The city wall is quite tall and strong. However, the number of city gates is not enough. There are only 15 in total including Water Gate. It is easy to be targeted by gold thieves during war. Death is not conducive to the entry and exit of warriors. It would be better to open 15 more small doors to facilitate entry and exit.
In addition to Shuimen, every city gate in Kaifeng Prefecture needs to be built with gate walls to cover the city gates so that the enemy does not know when the gates are open or closed.
In addition to the protective wall gate, a sheep and horse wall must be built based on the trench to protect the root of the wall and cover the movement of soldiers. And this sheep and horse wall should also be built section by section, leaving dozens of entrances and exits to facilitate the strong men to go out of the city to counterattack the enemy.
The trenches also had to be rebuilt, and dozens of passages had to be filled in with earth so that the warriors who fought back could move in and out freely.
In addition, there are many houses and residences outside the outer trench, which must be demolished immediately. If it is really impossible to dismantle, we should try our best to transform it into a fort outside the main city of Kaifeng..."
On the morning of December 24th, just now, Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty, had a beautiful sleep with Zhu Fengying in his arms (sleeping without holding hands, because Zhao Kai was too tired and snored when he lay down on the bed). I was excitedly listening to He Guan's report, while thinking in my mind that Zhu Fengying must be "rectified on the spot" tonight... But what should I do about this matter? Although he had watched some action movies in his previous life, he had no practical experience!
Will I reveal my secrets in my haste in this life? This "real Zhao Kai" is a veteran!
Why don't you find a "school beauty" girl to practice with first?
Oh, despite the fact that he is thinking about some strange things in his mind right now, he is also listening to the serious business of resisting gold. He has discovered that he can do two things at once!
Being smart is good! You can think about how to play with the girls while thinking about national affairs.
With such an official family, why should the Song Dynasty not be prosperous?
"Dong dong dong dong..."
Zhao Kai, who was multitasking, suddenly heard a faint sound of drums.
Why would anyone play drums when it's so good?
Zhao Kai frowned and interrupted He Guan who was making a report, "Where are the drums playing?"
Dazai and servant Bai Shizhong was drowsy there. When he heard Zhao Kai's question, he immediately went out and played: "Your Majesty, this is the Dengwen drum! Someone beat the Dengwen drum...mostly three times." The students are going to submit a letter to the emperor!"
The Dengwen Drum is a drum placed outside Chongde Gate in the Imperial City of Kaifeng Prefecture. In the early Song Dynasty, ordinary people could beat drums and sing songs to redress grievances, make suggestions to the court, raise objections to policies, etc. But then there were so many people playing drums that they started drumming on trivial things.
The emperor thought it was troublesome, so he set up two yamen, Dengwen Drum Courtyard and Dengwen Drum Inspection Courtyard, to handle complaints from officials and people. The complaint has been accepted by the Yamen, so the Dengwen drum will naturally not be beaten very often... But once the Dengwen drum, which is rarely beaten, is beaten, it will not be a big deal, usually it is The third student wrote to Fu Que.
As for the ongoing incident of the third student Fu Que's letter, the courtiers standing in the Chongzheng Hall today had actually anticipated it.
One emperor and one courtier!
The officials have all changed, so naturally the six thieves favored by the previous official are now the rats that everyone wants to beat.
So the censor Yanguan in the court and the three students outside the court are all preparing to beat the mice... The question now is just who can come out on top first and beat the six thieves accurately and hard.
Not long after, officials from Zhidengwenguyuan came to report.
"Nearly 2,000 third-level students gathered outside Chongde Gate, ringing the bell and saying that they wanted to tell His Majesty something important!"
"Oh...two thousand and three students!" Zhao Kai nodded and stood up from the throne, "Then I have to go and take a look!"
What?
Go and have a look?
The courtiers in the Chongzheng Palace were all stunned. It was enough to send a minister to deal with this matter. How could the official personally come forward?
"Your Majesty," Bai Shizhong stood up quickly, "I would like to go on your behalf."
Li Gang knew that Bai Shizhong was Cai Jing's man, and asking him to come forward might protect Cai Jing, so he also went out to report: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go with Dazai Bai."
Zhao Kai waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have just ascended the throne. The three scholars and the people of Kaifeng will definitely want to see me. How can I avoid it? Now that Kaifeng Mansion is facing a formidable enemy, I will soon have to personally lead six Master, let’s fight to the death with the golden thief!”
This makes sense!
When the ministers in Chongzheng Palace heard this, they stopped stopping him. But what Zhao Kai said next surprised them again.
I only heard Zhao Kai say to the chamberlain in the palace: "I want to change my clothes. I want to change into a purple military uniform... I also need to wear a straight knife, carry a bow and arrow! In addition, I ordered Huang Wuji, the military envoy of the imperial camp (personal expedition camp), to mobilize 300 soldiers. Purple cavalry, come to Xuandemen and listen to me!"
What does it mean? Why do we need to mobilize 500 cavalry and bring swords and bows? What do you want to do? Are you going to accept the petition, or are you going to deal with the third student who petitioned?
"Your Majesty, do you really want to bring so many troops?" Li Gang, the camp envoy, thought something was wrong, so he asked.
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "I want to go out of Xuandemen and meet the third student who submitted the letter at Xuandemen. Naturally, I need someone to protect me. Li Qing, will you go with me?"
"I will accompany Your Majesty out of Xuandemen."
"I will also accompany Your Majesty out of Xuandemen!"
"There are still ministers!"
"I will also go..."
The ministers in the Chongzheng Palace expressed their willingness to go with Zhao Kai on this trip.
Zhao Kai nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "Go all, go all, let's go and see together!"
