Zhang Jun is not Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun was one of the ZTE generals in the Southern Song Dynasty. He became a ZTE general in the Southern Song Dynasty by licking Zhao Zu.

Objectively speaking, Zhang Jun has no qualifications to tie with Yue Fei.

But Zhang Jun is different.

Three of the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty were brought out by him.

How awesome is this person?

First of all, he was the leader of the Anti-Jin Dynasty faction in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Secondly, his personal record is definitely not as good as Yue Fei's.

Moreover, he had several famous defeats.

Yes, he had some famous defeats.

Among them, the "Battle of Fuping" in Shaanxi is the most famous.

In the Battle of Fuping, the Song Army's 300,000-strong army...collapsed!

That's right, under Zhang Jun's leadership, the Song Army's 300,000-strong army collapsed!

After the collapse, Zhang Jun was entrusted with important tasks when he returned!

Does this historical data seem to be inconsistent with common sense?

If an ordinary citizen knew that Zhang Jun was defeated, he would definitely scold him.

But now that Zhao Ning is the emperor, when formulating national strategies at the highest level, he must understand the overall situation.

Zhang Jun will be closely related to Zhao Ning's defensive strategic deployment, and he is absolutely indispensable.

The Battle of Fuping attracted the main force of the Jin Army and greatly eased the crisis in the southeast of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It was a tactical defeat, but a strategic victory.

Zhang Jun himself is also a person who is open-minded, responsible and courageous in his work.

He knew that Shaanxi would be defeated, but he resolutely forced an army of 300,000 to fight against the Jin army.

You have to know that if all the generals are willing to fight to the death, the commander will be very relaxed.

If the generals are unwilling to fight, the commander-in-chief will have a huge headache. Convincing them to fight is an extremely difficult task in itself.

And you know you will lose, but you still do it. What kind of responsibility is this?

Most people would have given up the fuck and run away.

Therefore, Zhang Jun can be entrusted with important tasks.

What?

I'm definitely not looking for a scapegoat, so don't talk nonsense!

Of course, the person looking for Zhang Jun is already on the way.

Right now, there is another more important thing that needs to be put on the agenda immediately.

What's up?

Recover the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian and Zhongshan?

No, no, no, with the current strength of the Song Dynasty, it cannot be taken back.

If the Jin army can withdraw its troops, it is already a good situation.

Develop muskets and artillery?

What nonsense!

During the Shenzong Dynasty, the total amount of iron smelted in the Song Dynasty was about 100,000 tons to 150,000 tons a year, which was about 200 million to 300 million kilograms.

The common currency of the Song Dynasty, iron money, was always about 30 kilograms, so 10 million kilograms was equivalent to 300 million kilograms of iron.

This is still the iron cost of the finished product, not counting the consumption in manufacturing.

Not to mention the iron armor used by infantry soldiers in the Song Dynasty. Each pair of iron armor weighed more than sixty kilograms.

There are also agricultural tools, all of which require iron.

During the reign of Shenzong, the cultivated land area of ​​the Song Dynasty had reached 700 million acres. With so many fields, there was naturally more demand for agricultural tools.

In addition, as commerce developed, iron was needed for scales and transportation tools.

The annual production of 200 million kilograms seems to be a lot, but the population base is here, and so is the consumption of iron.

Before Jingkang, there were 13.6 million households in the Northern Song Dynasty, with an average of 5 people per household, and nearly 70 million people.

In addition, for tax evasion and tax corruption, there are still many invisible people, about 90 million, or nearly 100 million people.

Moreover, muskets and artillery cannot be created in just one sentence.

Even if Zhao Ning is a genius and creates a prototype, it is impossible to equip it all immediately.

The batches of muskets and artillery must be driven by national production capacity, and national production capacity needs to be driven by the industrialized system.

From iron smelting, transportation scheduling, parts standards, mold manufacturing, gunpowder proportioning, process polishing, etc., this production line is very complex and requires the participation of many people.

This is not playing games! This is not playing games! This is not playing games!

Does that mean we no longer conduct research on firearms?

No, click on the technology tree first, but this is not a top priority.

So what to do next?

Arm yourself!

The top priority now is to set up defenses!

With national defense and security in place, many internal matters can be slowly started to be dealt with.

Therefore, we must quickly deploy strategic depth north of the Yellow River to deal with the next time the Jin army moves south.

Hebei Economic and Strategic Envoy Zhao Ning also thought about the candidate.

Zongze!

It’s none other than Zongze!

Ordinary people take one step and see one step, or they take one step and see two steps.

But as a strategist, you have to look at five steps to take one step at a time.

Not only was Zongze determined by the Hebei Economic Strategy, but the military and political system also needed to be reformed.

How to change the military and political system?

If you don’t make major changes, making major changes is seeking death.

The Privy Council should not be touched, and the original military and political system should not be touched.

The Privy Council is involved in the military and political affairs of the country, and the scope of the involvement is beyond imagination.

Just talking about the matter of sealing by layers of bureaucrats, if it needs to be changed, the seal must be changed, and should the process be changed?

The Jin Army may be coming by the end of this year.

If changes are to be made, the changes may have just begun. The Jin army has already arrived. If the military and political affairs fail at this time...

Am I going to live in a five-star hut in the north?

What to do?

The Privy Council is overstaffed and inefficient, and there may be many corrupt officials. Is it possible to do this without reform?

It won’t work if we don’t change it, but we don’t need to change it now.

There is a way now.

A separate comprehensive yamen was established to handle the military affairs of the defense line on the north bank of the Yellow River. It was separated from the Privy Council to prevent the bureaucrats from the Privy Council from getting involved.

The top priority is to secure the defense line north of the capital.

This comprehensive yamen was called the Military and Political Yuan. It was led by Zhang Shuye. He was transferred from the Privy Council and asked Zongze to go to the front line as a strategic envoy to control the overall situation on the front line.

Let Chen Gui assist Zongze in building the city's defense.

It just so happens that Chen Gui is a military technical talent and is good at arranging troops and forming formations.

Then give me a strategy of hundreds of miles in Hebei!

As for capable officials like Zhao Ding, they stayed in the political hall and were promoted to prime ministers to handle internal affairs.

As for the young generals, most of the generals with great potential can be thrown to the Hebei defense line. This is the new army and the cradle of future military talents.

As for the so-called military academies, they existed in the Song Dynasty itself.

In the Song Dynasty, there were martial arts lecture halls and the like, and the procedures could be further standardized.

It's a matter of details.

So what does the Zhao Guan family do?

Make money!

Find someone!

Then control the overall strategy and direction.

The goal at this stage is to set up a defensive line, draw the battle into a protracted war, and put everything else behind.

At this time, Zhao Ning explained the Hebei strategy to a few people, and also told everyone the thoughts of the General Administration Council.

He also told Zhang Shuye about his future duties, and then arranged the regular duties.

When everyone heard this, they were a little confused for a moment.

The amount of information is too large and needs to be digested carefully.

However, Zhao Ding's mind was spinning rapidly as he stared at the map pointed by Zhao Guanjia.

Starting from the north bank of the Yellow River and going up to the west are the towns of Shaanxi, to the east are the Lianghuai Rivers, and to the north are the lands of Shandong.
Chapter completed!