Shen Kuo was a scientist in the Northern Song Dynasty. He had made groundbreaking contributions to astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and geography. He was also the author of the book, Dream Stream Pen Talk.
Zhao Xu was naturally very clear that Shen Kuo had just passed the Jinshi examination for five years. He had accumulated military merits in the battle between Shaanxi and Xixia and was transferred back to the capital to take charge of the Military Equipment Bureau.
Shen Kuo had modified the Military Weaponry Supervisor's crossbow and God Arm Bow.
Zhao Xu had promoted him to the position of Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War so that Shen Kuo could develop the military industry of Great Song.
Shen Kuo had the ability to do so.
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Funing Palace.
Zhao Xu opened the system. The small map showed the Song and Liao borders.
Yue Fei had arrived in Cangzhou within three days. This was the front line of the confrontation between Song Liao.
It had been sixty-three years since the Song and Liao sides had a large-scale war. The last time they fought was during the Zhenzong Dynasty.
Zhen Zong originally wanted to move south to avoid the war. Under Kou Zhun's strong suggestion, he personally led the army to gain an advantage, and then…he would pay the Liao Kingdom a protection fee (year coins).
During Renzong's reign, the Song court became weaker and weaker, and the tribute became the Liao Kingdom's little brother.
"Since I, Zhao Xu, have come, then the end of the Khitans has arrived.”
Zhao Xu looked at the Song soldiers marching on the northern front line. After the battle in Xixia, the morale of the Song soldiers was high. Although it was cold in spring, they were still bravely advancing.
One soldier is a bear, and the general is a bear.
Fan Quanfu, who was at the front line, had already handed over his military power, and Yue Fei took over.
On the small map, the enemy and the enemy were clearly separated. The Liao army, which was mainly cavalry, was skilled in riding and shooting, and their armor was completely different from the Song army.
The Liao Kingdom mainly used leather armor and light cavalry to facilitate combat.
Most of the Song soldiers were infantry, and they had all kinds of armor. There was gold armor, long and short headgear, gold spine armor, chain armor, chain armor, and the most popular one was zipped armor.
As soon as Yue Fei arrived at Hebei Province, he commanded his cavalry to carry out three or four probing attacks on the Liao army, gaining a lot.
The Liao army was shocked and did not dare to counterattack. Instead, they sent messengers to Kaifeng to inquire about the news.
The situation at the Song and Liao frontlines quickly calmed down, while the Xixia Empire was still licking its wounds after its defeat.
The Liao Kingdom's reinforcements were also on their guard. Empress Dowager Liang was also very worried about the Liao Kingdom. Compared to the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom was even more barbaric and had no morality to speak of.
Zhao Xu observed the war in the south. The 20,000 imperial guards led by Xu Feng had yet to reach Guangdong and Guangxi. It was rainy in spring and the roads were muddy. The 20,000 troops were still in Anqing Prefecture.
However, the Guangdong and Guangxi regions had been thrown into chaos by the Jiaozhi soldiers. The prefectural and township armies under the command of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lu Wenzhong, were too weak to be a match for the Jiaozhi people. Many prefectures and counties were spontaneously resisted by the people.
Compared to Jiaozhi, Great Song was more popular.
According to Xu Feng's speed of advancement, it would take him another ten days to arrive. At that time, he did not know how the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi would deteriorate.
Zhao Xu decided to order Xu Feng's 20,000 men to be stationed in Lingnan to guard against Jiaozhi.
After personally drafting the decree, the sky outside Funing Palace was already close to dusk. The palace lights had just been lit, and the evening of spring came especially quickly.
"Your Majesty, the rice in the imperial kitchen is ready.”A palace maid walked in and said softly.
"Ask the imperial kitchen to send the wine and dishes here. Zhen still has a memorial to deal with.”
Zhao Xu said without turning his head.
Zhao Xu had been extremely busy these past few days. He had started the reform and was fighting the Liao, Xia, and Jiaozhi wars at the same time. He couldn't afford to be careless.
With every effort, there was a reward. The Eternal Emperor's points rose steadily, reaching 597 points.
The system continued to provide information. Some small information did not cost a lot of points, but it was very precious to Zhao Xu who had just accepted this empire.
The system's intelligence was both internal and external. Not only did it include information about the Liao Kingdom, Xixia, and Jiaozhi, but it also included information about the Menggu Grassland, the Jurchen, the Uighurs, the Indians, and even the officials in the imperial court.
Combined with the intelligence from the Detective Division, Zhao Xu quickly had a clear understanding of the situation of the court officials.
Zhao Xu knew who were treacherous officials, who were loyal officials, who were two-faced, and who were accomplices.
After the Qing Palace Hall berated the officials and added five heads, the officials were shocked. As for the reform, the officials who understood it naturally carried it out, and those who did not understood it pretended to carry it out.
Under the guillotine, there were no unharmed eggs. The civil officials understood this principle. Many times, the intellectual needed someone to forcefully guide him. The process.
If the emperor was a coward, even the best reform would be a mere formality and become a piece of waste paper.
The laws of the Great Song were reactivated. In the past, the laws of the Great Song were specifically targeted at generals and ordinary people. The scholar-bureaucrats had a protective umbrella, so they could not be punished.
The heads of the five Zhizhou clearly told the scholar-bureaucrats that the good days of not being able to punish a doctor were gone forever.
Ever since the reform, Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo had been given great power by Zhao Xu. Sima Guang had become a decoration, a mascot, and a symbolic figure to numb the scholar-bureaucrats.
Zhao Xu wanted to use the leaders of these scholar-bureaucrats to suppress the huge scholar-bureaucrats.
To be honest, 90% of the ministers in the court were scholar-bureaucrats, including Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo.
Wang Anshi and Su Dongpo also had a large number of fertile farmland and money houses.
"We'll start with the Qing Miao Law first. The scholar-bureaucrat reform will be the next step.”Zhao Xu thought to himself.
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