Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

What’s Different About Chapter 160?

There are already many obstacles to disarmament.

This year, Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo actually accomplished it, and there were no complaints from the people below.

natural!

This must be promoted.

Therefore, Pang Ji was promoted to be the co-minister of the Secretariat, and Wen Yanbo was promoted to be the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

However, with this appointment, Zhao Xin was a little worried. Would Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi fight?

After all, the current Privy Councilor is Fu Bi.

Both of them are people with strong opinions.

and……

Zhao Xin felt that Wen Yanbo was more responsible than Fu Bi.

But this could easily lead to bad things.

"Let's take a look first."

Madam Miao’s courtyard.

now……

Even when appointing officials, Zhao Zhen had to discuss it with Zhao Xin.

It’s not that Zhao Zhen doesn’t have his own ideas.

But...

If there is someone he trusts absolutely and who can give him advice, then why would he waste so much time and energy?

More importantly, he can also understand what Zui Xinglai is thinking through this.

After hearing Zhao Xin's "Let's see first", Zhao Zhen also understood that Zui Xinglai's little head was not only thinking about who would be promoted.

We also have to consider the harmony in the court.

Suddenly, I became more trusting of Zhao Xin.

of course!

Letting Pang Ji serve as the co-minister of the Secretariat was actually a challenge for Zhao Xin.

What if one day in the future, I do something and Pang Ji doesn’t agree with me?

That's also a hassle.

But the good thing is that, based on past experience, the other party is not going to be like Fan Zhongyan and bring people to knock on the door.

and……

What Pang Ji opposed were generally the concubines and eunuchs in the harem who made profits privately and were overly extravagant.

It seems that there are not many cases of opposing other things.

By the time the military downsizing was completed, it was already November or December of the seventh year of the Qingli period.

In the middle of winter.

Seeing that the danger had been lifted, Zhao Xin also planned to let his Li Yuan army go back.

But his father insisted on seeing how his Li Yuan Army was doing.

After all, it’s only a few steps away.

Then Zhao Xin had no choice but to let his father take a look.

Standing on the city wall.

To be honest, at first glance, there is actually no difference between them and the Imperial Guards.

They are all the same weapons and the same armor.

What the soldiers learned were some combat techniques that were common during that period.

Apart from the fact that they may assemble and line up a little faster and more orderly than other imperial guards, there is really no significant difference.

Since you can't see it.

Zhao Zhen asked directly, "How is your Li Yuan army different from other armies?"

Zhao Xin said, "Other armies have all kinds of people, and the personnel are very complicated. Their goals and pursuits are also different, so it is naturally difficult for them to work together."

"My army has the same origins and the same aspirations, so they can work together."

Then...

Zhao Xin stood on a high place and shouted to everyone: "What is our goal!"

The people in the audience shouted, "Alive!"

It would have been fine if the soldier hadn't spoken, but once he did.

Immediately, all the people who came to inspect were shocked.

It's just like watching a military boxing performance by tens of thousands of people.

It’s just a bit confusing, what the hell is this life?

Zhao Zhen then asked, "The goal is to stay alive, what does that mean?"

Zhao Xin said, "Then I can't just tell them to go and die, right? On the battlefield, the goal is to stay alive!"

At this time, Wen Yanbo asked, "Then they won't run away?"

Zhao Xin replied, "Deserters will die anyway. So, what this sentence means is that they can only survive if all the enemies are wiped out. They will not stop until the enemies are wiped out!" Wen Yanbo said again, "Why not just say, 'We will not stop until the enemies are wiped out?'"

Zhao Xin then said: "This is the Li Yuan Army, which is different from other armies."

Everyone pondered over it carefully.

Pang Ji still understands.

He said directly: "If that is true, then this army is truly an iron army."

Zhao Xin then said to the soldiers: "The Prime Minister praised you as an iron army!"

The people below didn't move at all.

But everyone could see that it was not that they wanted to stay still, but it was military law that required them to stay there.

Just like this winter, it is so cold and solemn.

When everyone saw this scene, their evaluation of this army increased even more.

Naturally, there were also the leaders of the imperial guards in the field.

To some extent, they should be considered competitors.

After seeing the Li Yuan army like this, I felt a little chill in my heart.

It would be bad if the government asked them to do the same thing as Li Yuanjun.

But the good thing is...

The government didn't say anything to them afterwards.

After inspecting the army, the next thing to do was to have a banquet.

The process of banquet is to flatter each other.

His teacher Yan Shu was used to writing poems about love and romance, but this time, he took a rare challenge and wrote about the army.

Perhaps because what he wrote was fairly realistic, no one else said he was flattering.

But there is one thing to say.

What Zhao Xin disliked most was banquets like this.

Feel……

There's nothing to talk about with them.

I ask nothing of them, and they ask nothing of me.

As for making friends with them?
My father hasn't passed away yet.

How could I get so close to these ministers?

Ouyang Xiu and the others were not so bad, after all, they were his assistants in the Eastern Palace.

But even if it was Ouyang Xiu, Zhao Xin felt there was nothing good about drinking with them.

then……

Everyone saw the taciturn Prince Yu.

This seems a bit inconsistent with his usual chatterbox look.

Of course!
Although Zhao Xin doesn't like to talk much.

but……

He prefers listening to other people talk.

It feels like watching a historical drama.

The whole banquet was relatively simple. The theme of the banquet was first to talk about the current situation of the Song Dynasty and to praise Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo for their effective military reduction without causing any major incidents.

Then, tell everyone why he loves Zui Xinglai so much.

Except Zui Xinglai who is his only son.

It can be seen from this training that Zui Xinglai is definitely not a three-year-old child.

Immediately afterwards...

I hope that Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo can get along well with Prince Yu in the future.

Pang Ji and Wen Yanbo naturally nodded in agreement.

But they were all polite responses.

If something really happened, they would probably still object.

In fact, Zhao Zhen really wanted to say that many important events in the court were done by Zui Xinglai.

But when I think of what Zui Xinglai once said.

So I had to give up again.

This pot should be taken by him as the father.