Chapter Seven The Most Powerful Army of the Song Dynasty
"I'm worried that this is just the result of your passion. I was suddenly hit by a flood and almost drowned. I have seen many people in my life who woke up and realized enlightenment. As your biological father, it is a father's duty to teach you and guide you to be a good person.
responsibility, but you don’t want to listen.”
Zhao Mingcheng thought: You are not upright yourself, but you actually quoted Mencius' great principles to educate me. I won't listen.
hypocritical!
Seeing that Zhao Mingcheng's eyes were calm and he remained silent, it was obvious that he had made up his mind, but seeing that he was weak and weak, he didn't know if he could even lift the spear.
Zhao Tingzhi thought, this brat has been pampered and pampered since he was a child, and he has no idea about the hardships of living people. Now that he is thinking of joining the army, he probably wants to borrow his own power.
This brat really doesn’t know how much he weighs!
Apart from himself, he is nothing.
After a period of silence, Zhao Tingzhi said solemnly, "If you insist on joining the army, I will not stop you. But after you join the army and enter the camp, you cannot tell others that I am your father; even if you say so, I will
If you deny it, you will be the one who cannot step down when the time comes. If you can agree to this condition, then I will agree to let you join the army."
"Then I will make a three-part agreement with my father."
Zhao Tingzhi originally thought that Zhao Mingcheng would back down, but he didn't. In this way, it seemed that his father was unkind.
After all, he is his beloved son, so if he can do it without beating or scolding, it is better to give him good words and persuasion.
But when Zhao Tingzhi saw the disdainful look in Zhao Mingcheng's eyes, he was immediately irritated. He looked at the fold in Zhao Mingcheng's arms and said angrily, "If you can persist in the army for three years without pretending to be my son, Zhao Tingzhi."
Yue, I don’t have to wait for you to get married and separate, I will give you all this property."
"It's a deal."
"It's a deal."
The father and son were suddenly at war with each other. The two elder brothers were stunned and could only communicate with their eyes.
Zhao Cuncheng: It seems that something is wrong with Defu. His father is currently the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Censor, Zhongcheng. He is already the second-in-command in front of the emperor. Isn't the third brother afraid of arousing his father's disgust by making such a fuss?
Zhao Sicheng: Not necessarily, not necessarily. My father treats the two of us as subjects, and treats Defu as a child. My father may just be angry for a while. When Defu finds out that he can't survive without his father, he will come back then.
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Zhao Mingcheng returned to his yard, thinking that today's communication was still very effective.
He happily took a bath and asked Qingluan to prepare a set of clothes for him.
When night fell, his second brother, Zhao Sicheng, came to look for him.
"Second brother, you happened to be here. I just have something to ask you."
Zhao Sicheng stared at Zhao Mingcheng's clothes and couldn't help being frightened, "You're really going to leave."
"Leave tomorrow."
"So urgent?"
"I'm afraid that my father will change his mind, so I want to leave early. By the way, brother, do you know which is the most elite army in the world today?"
The most elite ones are naturally the Two Tigers of the Northwest, the Zhe Family Army and the Yang Family Army, but that place is remote and bitterly cold. If my silly brother went to the northwest, he might be killed by bandits on the way.
Zhao Sicheng was scared just thinking about it.
In order to make his younger brother disillusioned with military life and change his mind, and not to stay too far away from home, so that he could help secretly, Zhao Sicheng said, "Of course it is the Longwu Army in our Bianliang City, which is the best in the Forbidden Army."
branch."
"Longwu Army? Or the Forbidden Army? Second brother, tell me quickly."
"Our army in the Song Dynasty is divided into four types. They are: the Forbidden Army, the Xiang Army, the Xiang Army, and the Fan Army."
"The so-called Fan Army is an army composed of some border ethnic minorities ruled by our dynasty. They all actively asked to join the Song Dynasty army, because only after joining the Song Army can they enjoy the power of the Song Dynasty. You are a Han Chinese, and you want to
Fan Jun, you don’t have the qualifications either.”
"The rural army, as the name suggests, is the army in the countryside. It is the lowest-level army. It has basically no combat effectiveness. It is generally used as a labor force and can be ignored. If you join the rural army, you will be planting rice and planting rice for others? Are you going?"
Zhao Mingcheng shook his head.
"The Xiang Army is higher than the Xiang Army. It can take on the task of local security or suppressing bandits. Although its combat effectiveness is not strong, it still plays a role in the local area. They are not the central regular army, but they have slowly become local officials.
and the general’s personal servant.”
"Although these three military branches have a large number of people, they are not the main force of the Northern Song Dynasty army. Basically, they can be ignored in fighting."
Zhao Mingcheng was surprised, "There are already three branches of the military, but they are not the main force, so why are they ignored?"
"The most important military force of our dynasty is the Forbidden Army. Broadly speaking, the Forbidden Army is divided into two parts, the Forbidden Army in Beijing and the Forbidden Army in remote areas. The Forbidden Army in Beijing is the hundreds of thousands of Forbidden Army stationed on the border of Kaifeng Prefecture on Gyeonggi Road. It was also the strongest in the early days of our dynasty.
A big army."
"The Imperial Guards are stationed in the border areas of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei and other places. However, the border areas have always been bitter and cold, and the generals are also very lazy, so most of the border guards are of low quality."
Zhao Mingcheng: "Second brother is saying that the border army is not as strong as the forbidden army in Beijing, but a country's national defense strength is not strong enough. Isn't this very dangerous?"
Zhao Sicheng had to lie in order to keep Zhao Mingcheng.
"There are many accumulated problems in our country, and they are not as simple as you think. Therefore, the most controversial thing in the country has always been the reform..." Zhao Sicheng stopped mid-sentence, "Don't worry about these things anymore. Do it."
Just be a wealthy and idle person. If you have to join the army, just go to the Imperial Guard in Beijing."
"Thank you, second brother, for your advice."
"We are good brothers from the same mother. How can we thank you for this? It's hard for you to lose your memory, right?"
The two brothers sat under the moon and talked.
"I want to do a great cause that spans the world."
Zhao Sicheng only felt that Zhao Mingcheng was drunk by the water. His upbringing did not allow him to curse directly, so he had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, you can do your great things, brother, I will always support you."
The next morning, Zhao Mingcheng dressed in civilian clothes and prepared to go to the military camp at dawn. When he went out, he happened to meet his father, who was dressed in neat and bright court clothes, and his two brothers.
The three of them stared at Zhao Mingcheng. Zhao Tingzhi's face turned pale with anger when he saw this scene.
Zhao Sicheng pulled Zhao Tingzhi and said, "Father, Defu is young and vigorous. It will be fine when he passes this stage."
"Huh! You fart after him!" Zhao Tingzhi made a long face, swung his sleeves, shook his winged hat, and walked away.
When Zhao Cuncheng saw it, he was furious and said, "Since you really want to go out, you must not mention your father's name to outsiders. You will bring disgrace to the old Zhao family."