After Yuwen Xuzhong introduced the Western Regions, he said to everyone: "The land of the Western Regions is complicated, the Turks, the Uighurs, the Great Cannibals and the Liao people are all mixed in, and now the Dangxiang people have also entered the Western Regions, and it has become a pot of porridge, if we want to enter the river, we must defeat these forces one by one!"

Han Shizhong looked at Yuwen Xuzhong, stepped forward and said: "We know Lord Yuwen's thoughts, but the remnants of the defeated generals of Western Liao can establish such a foundation, not to mention that I am a great Song Dynasty, the goal of my Great Song soldiers is the Abbasid Dynasty of the black-clothed cannibals, and to avenge the shame of the former Tang Talas, the stronger the Western Regions, the stronger the Western Regions, the more able to show the strength of my Great Song Dynasty, and to be truly ashamed." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Speaking of this, Han Shizhong said to Zhao Shu: "Your Majesty, the minister hopes that the Ministry of Industry can build a batch of long lances for the cavalry, follow the example of the former Tang Dynasty, and restore the use of cavalry horse lances. ”

As soon as Han Shizhong finished speaking, Su Zhiyuan's face on the side was stunned, and he stepped forward with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, although the horse lance is good, but the choice of materials is extremely harsh, and it also takes a long time to forge, but it is not as good as spears and other weapons, now the Ministry of Industry forges a large number of weapons, just the Mo knife and the horizontal knife are expensive, not to mention those fine armor and crossbows and other items, the Ministry of Heavenly Engineering manufactures a large number of puppets, and also needs to consume materials, if it is a large number of forging horse lances, it is not only not beautiful, but also increases the financial burden!"

Wu Jie, who was behind Han Shizhong, looked at Su Zhiyuan, and said with a dissatisfied face: "What Lord Su said is bad, although the spear, Mo knife and other items are good, but they are only suitable for foot soldiers, the horizontal knife is sharp, but it is not enough in horse warfare, everyone in the Western Regions is a cavalry, if there is no powerful weapon to counterbalance, how to enhance the strength of my Great Song Dynasty, all cavalry in the former Tang Dynasty has a long lance, this is a militaristic weapon, now the Western Liao, Jurchen and Western Xia cavalry have more scimitars and less horse lances, if my Great Song cavalry is equipped with such sharp weapons, it will definitely be able to sweep these thieves." ”

When Su Zhiyuan spoke, Jiang Kui coughed lightly, and Li Gang, who was originally silent, also stepped forward with a smile and said: "General Su, although the horse lance is good, but the manufacturing time is too long, the manufacturing material of one horse lance is enough to build ten strong bows and crossbows, and the time it takes to form can also allow the Ministry of Industry to create more Mo knives." And the manufacture of the long lance of the Tuomu in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the former Tang Dynasty consumed almost, at present only Bashu and the south have grown, the cost of transportation is too high, as far as is known, the reason why the former Tang Dynasty has many long lances, is because of the warlord clan that has been passed down from generation to generation, and not everyone has the long lance. ”

Li Gang also did not approve of these military asking for long lances, which cost a lot of money, and could be completely replaced by other items, if they were lost on the battlefield, they would instead finance the enemy, especially in the current period of peace in the Great Song Dynasty, the influence of the military was constantly decreasing, and if it was to create a long lance for the military, it would inevitably enhance the influence of the military in all aspects of government and politics, but it was not beautiful.

Although the practice of using civil and military to control military in the Great Song Dynasty was banned by Zhao Shu, it was difficult to change the tradition of civil and military lightness and antagonism.

Li Gang objected, Tang Huai and other generals also came forward to debate, they all fought with Zhao Shu's fist and knife, naturally not afraid of these civil officials, they are all dreaming of the use of horse lance, now the focus of the Great Song Dynasty is in the construction of the country, unable to fight abroad, in order to appease the soldiers, they naturally aim to improve the welfare and weapons of the soldiers.

Zhao Shu looked at the appearance of these people, waved his hand and said with a smile: "The Ministry of Industry will start to make horse lance, after Zhao Ding comes back from Fusang, he will bring back a large amount of silver, which is not only enough to make horse lance, but also to appease the civil society." ”

"Your Majesty's words are true? Now there are hundreds of thousands of cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty, if everyone is equipped with a horse lance, it will need millions of taels of silver, after having a horse lance, the Governor's Mansion is afraid that it will have to train heavy armored cavalry, these requirements for war horses are also extremely strict, and the need is a huge number, Lord Zhao Ding is afraid that he will not be able to bring back so much money, especially Fusang is a barren small country. ”

Li Gang said leisurely, if it weren't for the last time when the entire civil service system made a big mistake, he would have come up with another direct advice at this time.

Li Gang's words made everyone in the Governor's Mansion suddenly displeased, Zhao Shu smiled and said: "Fusang is a small country, lack of materials, but it is rich in silver, the people of the Ministry of Heavenly Works control the Qinglong puppet, and they are already mining silver in Fusang, and the money that comes back this time is enough for the Ministry of Industry to start manufacturing horse lances and other items! Although the war was fought at the right time, place, and people, I still hope that the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have the most sophisticated weapons in their hands, so that they can kill more enemies and suffer less damage!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Shu looked at Han Shizhong and other generals and said solemnly: "I will give the Tiger Ben people of the Great Song Dynasty the most sophisticated armor, the sharpest weapons, the strongest war horses, and the most generous rewards and guarantees for the Tiger Ben family, but I also hope that I will do everything I want!"

"Your Majesty's blade is pointing at the sword mountain and the sea of fire, and we will also fight to the death!" Han Shizhong and other generals immediately cheered loudly.

Jiang Kui and other civil officials who watched it were helpless for a while, His Majesty won with soldiers, won the world with soldiers, and took over the world with soldiers, and now he takes care of these Qiu Ba too well, it is really not a blessing, which makes Li Gang and these scholars even more worried.

It's just that Zhao Shu didn't care too much, and continued to Han Shizhong and the others: "The land in the river, I must get it, the Western Regions are the places pioneered by the ancestors of my Great Song Dynasty, I want to rebuild the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Metropolitan Household, and before that, the Great Song Dynasty must have a strong national strength to support this campaign. Therefore, the Governor's Mansion cannot take any action for the time being, and I know that the military generals of Shanhaiguan are eager to fight, but they cannot move for the time being, and the construction of the country is not allowed to have any differences. Afang Palace is related to the creation of the Shenzhou, this matter has been handed over to the Governor's Mansion, you can go to the land of the Western Regions to investigate and find this matter, and it happens to also explore the situation in the land of the Western Regions. ”

When Han Shizhong heard this, he immediately clenched his fists and bowed down and said, "The minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust!"

Han Shizhong had already made up his mind, and after the court discussion, he immediately sent the soldiers in the army and the Military Intelligence Department to the Western Regions to investigate the affairs of Afang Palace, and brought Afang Palace back at all costs.

Zhao Shu looked at Han Shizhong, got up from the throne and said with a smile: "Shizhong, I can tell you that as long as the Grand Canal, Chidao, post station and northern barbarians and other things are settled, I will send troops to the Jurchens, at that time, I hope you can sweep the Jin Kingdom in one fell swoop, I don't like that there is an unstable factor in the head of the Great Song Dynasty!"

When Han Shizhong heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty, we are ready, as soon as the army moves, it will definitely go straight to the Huanglong Mansion." ”

When Han Shizhong answered, Jiang Kui and the others also understood that this was His Majesty's reminder to them to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

"Jiang Kui, you must pay close attention to the affairs of the northwest, there can be no slackening in the construction of the Hetao, the supply of materials must also keep up, the resettlement of the northern barbarians must also be carefully handled, and the contradictions between Hu and Han must be dealt with carefully. ”

Zhao Shu is most concerned about these domestic matters now, only a strong national force can support his future conquest of the Jurchen, Western Xia and Western Liao, and he must sweep away these northern barbarians and eliminate any possible threats.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the dredging of the Grand Canal is almost complete, the excavation of a section of Yanjing is about to be completed, the bridges on the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Huai River are gradually completed, and the northern barbarians are slowly scattered to various places!"

Jiang Kui said with a smile, with a hint of joy on his face, these days he has cleaned up the entire bureaucracy, abolished some bloated institutions and idle officials, some powerful officials have also been rectified, a large number of young officials have been appointed, and now the court has all been twisted into a rope.

(There's something to do today.,Only one chapter has been updated.,Forgive me.,I'll make it up later!) (To be continued.) )