Chapter 576: Emperor’s Inheritance

"Han Qi is going crazy."

Zhe Kexing was walking around beside Shen An carrying a wine bottle, while on the opposite side, Wen Xiaozhong was moving his body.

"Why is he so mad?"

Wen Xiaozhong's physical recovery ability makes everyone envious. He looked like he was dying at first, but now he can do a set of boxing skills.

Zhe Kexing pondered this boxing technique for a while, then nodded slightly to express his appreciation, and said: "He kicked and practiced the imperial guards in Beijing, and even said that he wouldn't live for a few years. Even if he got the reputation of being a rebellious minister, he still had to do it. The army is well drilled.”

"He is the Prime Minister. It is not a good thing for the Prime Minister to have too close contact with the military, but this also shows Han Qi's urgency."

Shen An smiled and said: "This is a good thing, but the army is not just about training... If you just practice without paying attention, in the end you will be strong on the outside but strong on the inside."

"Appreciate further details!"

Zhao Zhongzhen sneaked out. Seeing Xiao Zhong's powerful boxing skills, he wanted to learn from each other. But before that, he wanted to hear Shen An's analysis.

Shen An thought of those powerful armies in the future, and felt that the current army was tangible but spiritless: "The army's first priority is thinking. It must first let the soldiers know why they are fighting. For example, what the soldiers of the Song Dynasty want to fight for, you have to say Come out and convince the soldiers. When they heard it, they screamed and wanted to go and fight immediately."

"No soul!"

Shen An shook his head and said: "The Liao army is used to being the boss and has an inherent advantage. The Xixia people are located in the northwest, barren and destitute, surrounded by enemies, and they have to sleep with a long knife on their pillow at night. These are the reasons for fighting, inscribed In the hearts of every soldier. They have a reason, what is the reason for the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Zhongzhen said without hesitation: "The foreign enemies of the Song Dynasty were powerful."

Shen An nodded: "Liao people, Xixia, and Jiaozhi, the enemies of the Song Dynasty are very powerful, but why do the soldiers fight for the country? Why?"

Zhe Kexing sighed: "The warrior's status is low and he regards himself as a beast. Where does his soul come from?"

Zhao Zhongzhen said thoughtfully: "The army must have a soul..."

"That's right."

Shen An is instilling this concept in him, hoping that he will support military reform after he ascends the throne: "An army must have a soul, that is, belief. For example, for the Song Dynasty to expand the territory. Our land is not cultivated enough, so we have to use long knives to Seize cultivated land, seize rivers and mountains for the Song Dynasty..."

Zhao Zhongzhen lowered his eyes slightly and murmured: "The land in the Song Dynasty is not enough for cultivation. No one has ever proposed a solution. Use a long knife to seize it..."

He forgot to find Wen Xiaozhong for sparring, and hurried back to the palace to find his father.

Zhao Zongshi is reading a book.

After he entered the palace, Zhao Zhen sent a lot of books to him. Most of these books are secret collections in the palace, containing some secrets and the ways of the emperor.

This is an education method passed down by emperors.

Hearing the rapid footsteps, Zhao Zongshi put down his book, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, feeling tired on his brows: "I just left the palace and came back, but is there something wrong?"

Zhao Zhongzhen saluted, and then said: "Dad, during the late Emperor's time, the land in the Song Dynasty was still enough, and farmers had fields to plant. But now that the population is increasing, the fields in the world have remained unchanged, and more and more farmers are going bankrupt. If things continue like this, the child will think it’s not a good thing.”

"Isn't that a good thing!"

Zhao Zongshi said calmly: "Farmers need to have land for farming. The Song Dynasty did not inhibit annexation. Many of the farmers who lost their land moved into the city, and most of them worked. This is appropriate."

This is a disguised form of driving farmers into cities.

Zhao Zhongzhen said with some confusion: "Dad, if there are not enough fields, there will not be enough food to eat... Then the higher authorities will increase taxes and collect more food... Those farmers' lives will become more and more difficult."

This is a vicious cycle!

"Farmers will borrow money if they can't make ends meet, and loan sharking will roll in. Most of them will eventually go bankrupt, and then their fields will be taken away by the gentry... Many gentry never pay taxes, so the grain collected every year will be less and less... It goes on like this Go on, daddy, how many years can the Song Dynasty suffer?"

Historically, by the time of Huizong, the Song Dynasty's commerce was highly developed, but due to taxes, agriculture was in dire straits. As a result, wars broke out everywhere, and the scale of rebellion became larger and larger...

The collapse of any empire must begin from within, and the Song Dynasty was no exception.

There were more and more internal problems, but Huizong was content with himself, and was eventually robbed by the rising Jin people and taken to the north as a slave.

Zhao Zongshi frowned and said, "It's unfounded to worry!"

Don't think they are stupid. In this era, living according to inertia is the best way.

From the Han and Tang dynasties to the present, emperors occasionally had ambitions, but most of them muddle along.

Their narrow horizons lead them to feel that these problems cannot be solved and they can only muddle along.

But Zhao Zhongzhen and Shen An have been together for many years, and under the influence of day and night, they feel that this kind of thinking is really unacceptable.

"Dad, the population of Song Dynasty will only increase. What will we do if we can't support so many people?"

Zhao Zongshi picked up the book again and said calmly: "Didn't Shen An get that golden fat pill? The officials are also paying attention."

Zhao Zhen seems careless, but food security has always been a major concern for him.

"It doesn't matter how many years it lasts!"

Unless there is a major disaster, such as an epidemic, the population will only increase. However, the increase in grain production is limited, and it will eventually return to the endless cycle.

Zhao Zongshi put down the book again, looked at his eldest son, and said with a smile: "Then what do you think we should do?"

In his opinion, young people are eager but lack long-term planning and are short-sighted.

"Go outside and ask for it."

"Go outside and ask for it?"

Zhao Zongshi frowned and said, "Where can I get it? How can I get it?"

The maids and chamberlains in the palace were all looking at Zhao Zhongzhen, feeling that the young man's body suddenly straightened up, as if he was trying to destroy something.

"Dad, my son often reads history. When he sees the difficult life of those barbarians, he wonders what they should do."

This is a result of reading history, or even substituting it.

This son is good and has made great progress.

Zhao Zongshi smiled slightly, and the feeling that someone was following him made him a little embarrassed.

"Children find that their choices are almost all plunder..."

Well……

The smile on Zhao Zongshi's face disappeared.

He looked at his high-spirited son and wondered why there was such murderous intent in these words.

No one has ever counted these things, and no one has ever asked this question, so when Zhao Zhongzhen raised it, Zhao Zongshi was stunned.

Outside the palace, Zhao Zhen and Queen Cao stood on the side. Zhao Zhen waved his hand, indicating not to report.

"They couldn't survive anymore, so the first thing they thought about was to look for food outside, instead of fighting inside. After killing almost all of their own people, the remaining fields were just enough for planting, so they slowly recovered and the population slowly increased. recover……"

Zhao Zhongzhen clenched his fists and said with piercing eyes: "But in a few decades, these problems will appear again. Dad, where did the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the former Han Dynasty come from? The child thought it was because of the increasing population, but There is only so much land, and in the end the people who have no land to farm can only rise up and find a way to survive for themselves with swords and guns..."

This is my son?

Zhao Zongshi was stunned, and he threw the book on the table.

Queen Cao outside was startled and looked at Zhao Zhen.

These words are alluding to the situation in the Song Dynasty today.

Will the officials be angry?

She could only see Zhao Zhen's profile.

This profile face is very indifferent.

"In the former Tang Dynasty, the government military system was corrupted. Why? It was also because there was not enough land...Those government soldiers were supposed to be given land to soldiers, but the land was all occupied. How could there be any land to reward them? Therefore, the government military system could not be maintained. Later, it was used The recruitment system was established. Recruiting soldiers is good, but it turned those generals into vassal towns and became a powerful force, and their ambitions naturally increased."

Zhao Zhongzhen's face flushed a little. He felt that he was on the tower of Xuandemen, shouting to the world.

"Yuyang Zhi stirs the earth, shocking the colorful clothes and feathers. What is the root cause? The incompetence of the emperor, the incompetence of the ministers, the incompetence of Wen Tian and Wu Xi. The powerful are greedy, the gentry is vicious... The people of this world are suffering from evil, but the root is still in the land. not enough!"

"The rich and powerful gentry have taken away the land through clever seizures, but these lands have to be cultivated. Therefore, when the annexation is most intense, it is often when the population is the largest. At this time, as long as the people can have a mouthful of food, they will be obedient..."

"But when there is no place to eat this food, dad, do you know what will happen?"

Zhao Zhongzhen sighed: "Rebellion, ever since Chen Sheng and Wu Guang raised their arms in Daze Township, there have been many rebellions in the Central Plains. The former Han Dynasty declined due to rebellion, and so did the former Tang Dynasty... After large-scale rebellions, both the Han and Tang Dynasties declined, and then Hanging on for dear life is nothing more than making people laugh."

This is my son!

Zhao Zongshi smiled happily,

Regardless of whether Zhao Zhongzhen's words were right or wrong, just because he could say these words, Zhao Zongshi felt that no one in the next generation of the clan could match him.

When their children are successful, their parents are the happiest.

The maids in the palace were also happy. For them, the more stable the status of Zhao Zongshi and his son, the easier their future life would be.

The atmosphere in the hall gradually became more relaxed. Zhao Zongshi stood up. Just as he was about to speak, he glanced at Zhao Zhen outside from the corner of his eye.

"Daddy."

Zhao Zhen nodded slightly, but looked at Zhao Zhongzhen.

He walked in slowly, waved his hand to refuse Zhao Zongshi's offer of his seat, stared at Zhao Zhongzhen and asked, "Who taught you these?"

His eyes were cold and contained an unknown meaning. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net

The emperor cannot be controlled by others, this is a taboo!

He himself is a tragedy, so he feels this very personally, and hopes that the next generation can break out of this vicious circle.

Zhao Zongshi's heart tightened, but he did not dare to hint that his son should be careful.

Zhao Zhongzhen seemed not to know the meaning of these words, and said very innocently: "I figured these words out myself."

"Did you figure it out?"

Zhao Zhen didn't want to care about Zhao Zhongzhen not claiming to be his grandson, but he wanted to know what was behind this matter.

"yes."

Zhao Zhongzhen said: "Miscellaneous studies do not ask for eloquent talk, but for data. Every matter must be spoken by data... The data is... for example, the annual income of the Song Dynasty from the founding year to the present, as long as the If you list these annual incomes, you can know whether the development of the Song Dynasty is upward or stagnant..."

this is not bad!

Zhao Zhen nodded.

"I used to read history mainly to look at the rise and fall of the country, focusing on kings and ministers, but neglected to find the reasons. Later I studied miscellaneous studies, and gradually fell in love with inquiring about the root causes. But what are the reasons for the rise and fall of countries? I couldn't help but wonder. Go explore.”

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