The huge imperial palace is so small under the starry sky, and the vast universe is boundless, even the Yellow Imperial Palace is nothing, let alone people, it is simply insignificant.

Under this vast universe, people will easily get lost in it, and Zhao Zhen believes that it is not surprising if the so-called Taoist people die under this starry sky.

If you don't believe it, find an open place, when the night comes, the moonlight is sprinkled, the air is full of indescribable smells, the starlight shines on the curtain-like sky, look up and ask, you will naturally integrate your body and mind into this universe, and your soul seems to rush out of the heavenly spirit cover and leave the body.

Zhao Zhen felt that his heartbeat was very fast, and it was a little abnormal.

Not to mention those old Taoist priests and old monks, I believe that in this environment, they must feel that they are about to find the Tao they have been seeking for a long time! An excitement will drive the crane west............

Of course, it wasn't something out of the ordinary, but a death from a heart attack!

Zhao Zhen habitually took two deep breaths, adjusted the excitement in his heart, and calmly analyzed the answer he got from the secret pavilion today, it was obvious that this was a seemingly correct answer, once the people were honest, no one would make trouble, and no one would respond to the rebels' uprising to subvert the regime.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the power of civil officials was dispersed, and the imperial power was more centralized, and the military generals were suppressed to death by these half-dead civil officials!

No one knows the answer to history, maybe what is in front of you is correct, maybe not, anyway, only time can answer this question, and all Zhao Zhen can do is plug all the known loopholes, that's all.

More time is not to think about this "ultimate problem" but to consider the current situation, focusing on the future is more important, but the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty has time to ponder, and the current problem is quite tricky!

The construction of the Great Wall of the Great Song Dynasty had just begun, and the pressure on the Liao people was not immediately reflected, and the economy of the Liao Dynasty was not hit as hard as imagined.

I never thought that the Liao people still had a backhand, and Zhang Jian's handling of this crisis was extremely timely, which can be said to be perfect!

I thought that for the Liao Dynasty, this catastrophic exchange would definitely be at a loss, but who knew that it would be able to solve the problem so quickly and perfectly without any experience, and as long as the Liao Dynasty stopped printing and handing over money for the time being, there would be no major problems for a while.

However, this has a fatal wound, the Great Song Dynasty does not recognize the status of the Liao Dynasty to pay money, if the merchant only accepts gold and silver transactions or Jiaozi, Zhao Zhen suddenly got up, and the frightened Sancai who was pretending to sleep on the side also woke up.

"Spread the message to Mu Xiu, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty are not in a hurry to leave the capital, and they should not be in a hurry to withdraw from the Liao Dynasty and buy and sell gold and silver or Jiaozi."

"Slave obeys!"

Sancai quickly wrote the words on the plain white silk paper in the middle of the bright yellow around him, and sent someone to send it to the Imperial Medicine Institute to deliver the message.

Zhao Zhen walked back and forth, this will be the last money that the Great Song Dynasty fished from the Liao Dynasty, the current gold and silver reserves of the Liao Dynasty have been exchanged by the Great Song Dynasty A lot, and now the goods of the Great Song Dynasty merchants can only be bought and sold with gold and silver, which means that the Liao Dynasty is transporting gold and silver to the Great Song Dynasty every moment!

Zhao Zhen made a clear distinction between the Jurchens and the Liao Dynasty, for the Jurchens, even if they could send troops without economic support, it was their forte to support the war, but it was no longer practical for the Liao Dynasty.

The Liao Dynasty, which had gradually become an orthodox dynasty, needed a lot of military expenses to maintain the army, and the military salary alone was a big head, and once the war came, it was even more difficult to use.

Therefore, the final competition in the war between Song and Liao is each other's economic strength, and Zhao Zhen has a clear understanding of this point, but Yelu Hongji does not.

Sun Ziyun: "With armor 100,000, the daily cost is a thousand gold." then raise millions of soldiers, and spend 10,000 dollars a day! This is not an exaggeration at all, and now the Great Song Dynasty implements a compulsory military system, and military spending has been reduced a lot, but the subsidies in agricultural administration are huge.

The original redundant soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty began to gradually shrink after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, and all the Xiang troops were withdrawn, leaving only the forbidden army to use, but even so, the imperial court could not afford to raise them, so they could only supplement the soldiers with compulsory soldiers.

There is no way, the ordnance of the Great Song Dynasty is too expensive, and the soldiers are equipped with plate armor on a large scale, although it saves materials compared to the infantry armor, but the armor of each member also increases the cost.

It can be said that almost all the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty came out of money, sharp and durable horizontal knives, a large number of horse lances equipped with cavalry, cavalry spears used for one-time charges, and countless crossbow arrows and gunpowder bullets, these are all military expenditures!

In order to maintain the advantage in equipment and maintain the combat effectiveness of the Great Song army, these expenses are indispensable, and at the same time, the daily training, scheduling, and consumption of military food are just as amazing.

Soldiers also need nutrition, otherwise how can they fight against the enemy with yellow muscles and thin hands? Although the cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty is elite, if you really want to talk about the height of the cavalry, the foot soldiers don't have to be inferior to the cavalry!

After counting the miscellaneous things, Zhao Zhen felt that his legs and stomach were weak, no wonder Bao Zheng's face twitched every time he reported on the New Year's Day......

The first attack on the Jurchens, and then the troops out of Liaodong, straight to the Yellow Dragon, this is Zhao Zhen's tactics, of course, there is an attack in the east, the northwest is indispensable, Ningxia has now become the horse breeding ground of the Great Song Dynasty, a large number of military horses are in the Shandan military horse farm, where the cavalry is organized, and the cavalry is trained to take things like a bag.

The fertile Hetao Plain accounted for half of the Great Song Dynasty, although the other half was in the hands of the Liao Dynasty, but this was only a matter of time, once the Song and Liao went to war, the army of Ningxia Road would definitely seize the entire Hetao at the first time, this war did not know how long it would last, and the supply of grain could just come from the Hetao.

All this is in Zhao Zhen's plan, there must be a detailed plan to destroy the Liao Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty is best at the battle of the dignified army, and only General Fei is good at this kind of thing.

The cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty was not yet elite to such an extent, and what they were best at was holding a cavalry spear and launching a collective assault of the heavily armored cavalry. Then the infantry stepped forward to crush the entire enemy formation and finally won the victory.

This is determined by a variety of factors, and the cavalry of the Liao Dynasty is indeed elite......

It was already late at night, and Sancai carefully spread a soft and warm cashmere blanket on Zhao Zhen's body, and Zhao Zhen's eyelids looking at the sky became more and more heavy, and he muttered in a low voice: "Tomorrow, Di Qing, Peng Qi, and Yang Huaiyu will perform a war game in the Privy Council." ”

Sancai nodded in response: "The slave and maid obey the order, the official family is late at night, go back to the palace to rest?" ”

Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "I'm lying down for a while......"

The easy chair slowly shook twice, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty fell asleep, as if he was the only one left in the whole world............