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Chapter 147 National Defense

Wang Jinghui naturally did not dare to slacken. Although Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu is no longer the emperor of the Song Empire in terms of law, he is still the Supreme Emperor. What is more important is that he is the father-in-law of the princess of Shu Kingdom! He once placed the highest expectations for this father-in-law who was hesitant about his behavior. Although it is a bit unsatisfactory now, Emperor Yingzong has changed much more than the somewhat paranoid emperor in history. The effect is that the Song Dynasty has also undergone many changes.

Although King Ying Zhao Xu was crowned as the emperor of the Song Empire after the day of the day, the better the body of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu recovered, the stronger the ability of the Supreme Emperor to "brake" against Zhao Xu in the future. Now the physical condition of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu seemed very good, and Wang Jinghui was also very surprised by this. However, he still forced himself to take care of his father-in-law who had just finished a medicine bath. Now his pulse is much more stable and he has basically passed the dangerous period. As for the effect, it will be until Zhao Shu wakes up for several days before he can see his physical manipulation.

Just as Wang Jinghui walked to a corner of the Funing Palace and asked the eunuch in charge of a basin of cold water to wash his face, he was about to collapse now, and he could only rely on this to keep his consciousness awake. Just as he was about to measure his blood pressure and body temperature for Zhao Shu, a humble voice came from behind: "Thank you for your hard work, the Empress Dowager heard that the prince consort was sleeping for the prince consort for the prince consort to sleep for the prince consort for the prince consort to repair the body!"

Wang Jinghui looked back and felt his hair standing up all over his body - the eunuch who spoke was the eunuch who was the one who asked Han Qi to "hold the opportunity" a few days ago. The first impression this guy gave him was that it was like Eunuch Zhao who was still guarding the Chuzhou study room. He even thought a little bit of a spoof: "Is there really someone in the palace practicing the "Sunflower Book" that only existed in later novels?" But practicing martial arts is secondary. But this kind of eunuch has unique skills. Since Eunuch Zhao took over the characters guarding the study room, his own guards would never step into the study room as if they had met a ghost.

When Wang Jinghui saw a tray on his hand and there were several very refined dishes on it, he said, "This father-in-law, the Supreme Emperor is still recuperating here, so it is really inconvenient to come here. Please ask the father-in-law to choose a side room that is not in trouble, and then he will come after taking the pulse for the Supreme Emperor to see the situation!"

After listening, the old eunuch looked at Wang Jinghui meaningfully and said, "The prince-consort is busy with the main business first. I will arrange a room for meals for the prince-consort." After that, he walked out softly.

Wang Jinghui was also a little sad: King Ying Zhao Xu and important officials in the court are now busy with the ceremony of the new emperor ascending the throne? Maybe his luck in the past was so good that he had such naive thoughts. If he put it on himself, even if the new emperor ascended the throne, he would always pay attention to the progress of the old emperor's condition!

Although his mood was a little distracted and he had been tired for several days, Wang Jinghui still performed his job as a doctor very seriously. He gave Yingzong Zhao Shu a comprehensive examination of his health before eating. What made him very pleased was that his father-in-law's physical condition was developing in a positive direction. He even estimated that although Zhao Shu could not control his physical activities after waking up, he could still speak.

Wang Jinghui stood up in a good mood and turned around and saw the old eunuch who had just talked to him. He said, "Please go to the sidelines for dinner!"

Wang Jinghui bowed to the old eunuch and asked him to lead the way. For a person who is familiar with Chinese history, the power of eunuchs is undoubtedly powerful. Although the Song Dynasty had much stricter control over eunuchs in the palace than other dynasties, wasn’t that a traitor like Tong Guan? Eunuchs are disgusting, but they still have to establish a good relationship with them. Although Wang Jinghui is politically idiotic, he deeply understands the principle of "being with light and dust". He still has to respect these eunuchs, and he should not be stingy in the future if he should spend money on land.

Empress Dowager Cao has given rewards in the days when Wang Jinghui treated Yingzong Zhao Shu. Not only are the best supplements such as shark fin bird's nests that Wang Jinghui is facing now, but also various treasures that only have in-house. Although he had not had time to see what Mrs. Cao rewarded, just listening to the long list, he knew that it must be "top quality and large quantity". This is an unprecedented reward in the life of the old lady, which must have made him feel a little doubtful. However, Mrs. Cao's political wisdom cannot be guessed by this rookie. Wang Jinghui had long thrown this problem out of the sky in the face of the temptation of food. Now it is a serious matter to replenish his body.

After dinner, Wang Jinghui took a short slept in the side hall under the arrangement of the old eunuch, and told the eunuch who served must wake him up in two hours. He had also taken a nap these days, but the huge mental exhaustion made this guy who usually claimed to be a "superman" in his heart fall asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.

After Wang Jinghui woke up, he immediately went to his father-in-law's bedroom to see the current situation. There he saw the imperial physician Sun Yonghe and Yingwang Zhao Xu. After the two sides met, Wang Jinghui and Sun Yonghe exchanged opinions on the current physical condition of Yingzong Zhao Shu. Both of them thought that the Supreme Emperor was in good condition now, and it was a foregone conclusion to wake up. This also opened Sun Yonghe's eyes and wanted to borrow "Wentianlu" from Wang Jinghui, and he agreed immediately.

After Wang Jinghui and Sun Yong discussed the condition of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu with the two, Yingwang Zhao Xu called Wang Jinghui out alone and walked into a side hall. Wang Jinghui looked at King Ying Zhao Xu with a haggard expression, and felt infinite emotion in his heart: When the day after tomorrow, he would really become the Shenzong in history. With his medical skills and original historical knowledge, he extended the reign of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu. I wonder if Zhao Xu, who was about to become the Emperor of Emperor Shenzong, could get out of the vicious circle of history? Looking at his expression, it seemed that he had misunderstood him. Such a big change suddenly happened in these few days, which made him a little at a loss.

After repelling the eunuchs from the left and right, Zhao Xu of Ying repelled the left and right eunuchs, he whispered to Wang Jinghui: "In order to change it, the Qiangong of the Privy Council has sent out the enhanced border secret order two days ago. A few hours ago, Tianfa Island in the suburbs of Biandu had escorted all the various firearms in stock by heavy troops onto the road. He sent them to Songxia, the passes with heavy troops on the Song and Liao border. It is estimated that the fastest Song and Liao border will be received and distributed to various garrison camps in ten days!"

The "Tianzhu Island" in Ying Wang Zhao Xu just said, is the powerful gunpowder and firearm manufacturing center of the Song Dynasty. The place is very vigilant, and its safety is comparable to that of the imperial palace under the advice of Wang Jinghui. It is simply difficult to cross the birds. Although Wang Jinghui did not take a step on the Tianzhu Island, the murderous name of "Tianzhu" was also his original work. At that time, Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu was inspired by the brilliant victory of the Song and Xia war. Wang Jinghui gave up this idea after advocating his father-in-law. However, in order to encourage his father-in-law to be immortal, he specially suggested that Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu personally nominate the Da Song Dynasty Firearm Manufacturing Center as "Tianzhu", which means "Those who violate our Han powers will be punished by heaven!" Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu happily agreed to him, and this was the "Tianzhu Island".

Two days ago, Wang Jinghui dangerously put a needle on Yingzong Zhao Shu and injected medicine to wake up his father-in-law, in addition to Han Qi and Fu Bi and his friends received the most important edict, he also knelt down and asked Yingzong Zhao Shu to issue a strict order to guard the border. In order to prevent the Liao Kingdom and Xixia from taking advantage of the situation, Zhao Shu and the ministers were not vague. On the spot, Han Qi and Fu Bi planned to write an edict and stamped the secret seals of the Privy Council and the Central Committee to send them to relevant departments for execution. This was also the last order issued by Yingzong Zhao Shu as the emperor since his reign.

In Wang Jinghui's memory, in history, after the death of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu, Xixia and Liao took advantage of the opportunity of the great Song Dynasty to make territorial demands to the great Song Dynasty, and mainly small troops, plundered the property and population of the Han people in the Song Dynasty near the border. The condition of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu has not been made public yet. The palace ban is strictly prohibited, except for a few ministers and the emperor's personal soldiers who are responsible for guarding the safety of the palace, even ordinary palace maids and eunuchs do not know that the emperor's life is in danger.

Xi just felt that the alert in the palace was much more severe than usual, and the atmosphere was a bit strange. To the outside world, it was just that Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu had to cultivate for a while. Since it was less than ten days since Zhao Shu's illness occurred, it was within an acceptable range for ten days to stop the court. If the enemy country was deployed in Biandu, the spy and merchants who smelled the strange atmosphere and returned the information to the country, it would be a troublesome thing for the Song Dynasty who had not yet prepared!

The paper cannot contain the fire. No matter how strict the palace ban is, if the emperor does not attend court for more than half a month, the ministers below will start to move. The scholars in the world will join forces with the power of the scholars to find out, which will be even more troublesome at that time. Zhao Shu's physical condition is so poor that it is inevitable that people will doubt whether he is going to die again. Therefore, the ministers who are qualified to wait for Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu in Funing Hall changed their thinking like never before before. After hearing Wang Jinghui's strong recommendation, they began to weigh this possibility. According to the usual greed of the Khitans and the Dangxiang people, this kind of robbery will definitely happen, especially the two major political forces in the Western Xia are fighting each other. No matter from any angle, launching a war against the Song Dynasty is effective for both sides. The situation between the King of Wei and the Prince of the Liao Kingdom is similar to that of the Western Xia, but it is more stable, that is, heavy troops are approaching to blackmail.

Any military mobilization of Xixia and Liao Kingdom is not good news for the important officials of the Song Dynasty. The century-long military confrontation has made them feel fearful about the enemy's army. Wang Jinghui's "prevention-oriented" strategy is in line with their intentions. However, they rejected Wang Jinghui's suggestion that the border guards use firearms to conduct large-scale military exercises to shock the high-level rule of the enemy country, believing that the military exercises in this situation can only add fuel to the fire and give the enemy country an excuse to take the opportunity to cause trouble. The political affairs officers of the Communist Party of China Zeng Gongzhu and Zhao Jie even proposed the extremely terrifying idea of ​​taking the initiative to release the tens of thousands of Western Xia prisoners, which made Wang Jinghui feel extremely disappointed and sad: What is the difference between these two guys and traitors?!

Wang Jinghui used the title of Grand Secretary to debate with them for the first time, strongly advocated that these prisoners could not be returned, and that they would even be killed than let them return to Xixia! Fortunately, Han Qi and Fu Bi were both people who had dealt with Xixia and Khitan. Wang Jinghui's position was particularly tough and he also got them. Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu were also dragged down by Wang Jinghui from the moral standpoint. Zhao Jie and Zeng Gong had no choice but to give up.

On the one hand, King Zhao Xu of Ying came to him at this time because this suggestion was first thought of by Wang Jinghui, and the incredible strategies in the prince-consort's belly never disappointed him, so he could take this opportunity to listen to the prince-consort's advice carefully. However, he didn't know that Wang Jinghui was in his heart about Han Qi and Fu Bi's suggestion to the court to hold a large-scale firearm military exercise. Zeng Gong and Zhao Jie were both "traitors". In Wang Jinghui's heart, "prevention is the main priority". However, "effective deterrence and active attack" is the real kingdom.

Now the military level of the Song Dynasty is not ripe for "active attack" to achieve "active attack". It will take a few years to go, but "effective deterrence" is the most certain thing. Especially for Xixia, "effective deterrence" is equivalent to "active attack". The last king of Xixia, Li Liangzuo, died under the powerful firearms of the Song Dynasty. He was very afraid of the Song Dynasty firearms in his heart, and even failed to imitate the results. He used horse dealers to constantly spy on the information on the Song Dynasty firearms and wanted to find the production of firearms. The artisans of the instruments and the powerful firearms were made on the Tianfei Island, which was strictly controlled by the suburbs of Biandu. There is no airtight wall in the world. This secret will sooner or later be discovered. Wang Jinghui, the "father of the powerful firearms", will also be exposed. It is not a whim to equip him with super-standard protection measures. Compared to the dream that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, which was regained the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties, was having a dream day and night, dozens of great inner guards were nothing. Even Zhao Shu sent one out without hesitation to the eunuch hidden in the palace.

Wang Jinghui said to Ying Wang Zhao Xu: "Master. Regarding strengthening border guards and vigorously transporting firearms to border soldiers, this is related to the great fortune of our Song Dynasty in the next decade. We must not be careless. According to my inference, when the Supreme Emperor's physical condition is revealed to the world, the reaction of the Liao Kingdom is still unknown, but Xixia will definitely react to this, and it will be inconvenient to mention it if the prisoners are returned. This is certain, and it is also necessary to cut off my hometown of the Song Dynasty, and it is not impossible to restore the shameful 'annual monies' again!"

Although King Ying Zhao Xu is not the emperor of the Song Dynasty in law, this is a foregone conclusion. With the handwritten instructions of Emperor Ying Shudi, the senior rulings of the Song Dynasty have always recognized it, and no one can change this fact. If Wang Jinghui still calls him "His Royal Highness of the Ying King", if Zhao Xu is cautious, then he will be better off in the future. "For the future of the Song Dynasty, it is okay to flatter him occasionally and make him feel stingy!" Wang Jinghui secretly comforted himself in his heart. In fact, he wanted to use the dignity of the emperor to trap Zhao Xu. Although the provocation method was a little low-level, it was a lot of time.

Sure enough, Zhao Xu seemed to be stimulated and said sarcastically: "Dangxiang's son has been eyeing our Song Dynasty since Li Yuanhao's founding. If they dare to act rashly this time, I will wipe out Xingqing Mansion and invite the Liang brothers and sisters and Bingchang's son to move to Biandu to spend the rest of their lives!"

Although Wang Jinghui was a little proud of his own plan, he also had a vague concern in his heart: Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu was indeed a militant. But then he felt relieved. Among the emperors of the Song Dynasty, except for Emperor Taizu Taizong, who was also aggressive and offensive, few other emperors had ambitious emperors like Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu. As long as he had long-term vision and all his talents, he might not be unable to achieve the great talent of Emperor Shenzong, surpassing Emperor Shizong of Zhou to complete the unparalleled achievements of suppressing Liao and destroying Xia, and becoming an emperor who was comparable to Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han. Of course, he could not have the ability to destroy society like Emperor Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of Han.

Wang Jinghui said: "The Lord is wise! If the Khitan and Dangxiang dare to take advantage of the situation, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty who were on high alert would definitely follow the will of the Lord to attack their arrogant arrogance! After a few years, the Song Dynasty will accumulate enough strength and the people will accumulate, the Lord will be able to destroy Xia and Ping Liao!"

King Zhao Xu of Ying laughed and said, "As long as my father said, if you plan to change, you will move forward and think far-reachingly. Back then, you strongly advised your father to reform the internal affairs first and then fight against foreign countries. I should be happy! My father once left a message to me: If you change, you will definitely help me to pacify the world and complete the unfinished achievements of Taizu and Taizong! If you change, you are willing to help me?!"

During the hour when Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu woke up, in addition to leaving a throne edict and a handwritten order to strictly guard the frontier, he also had a secret conversation with King Ying Zhao Xu alone for a while. No one knew what he and Zhao Xu said. After hearing what King Ying Zhao Xu said, Wang Jinghui realized that his father-in-law really looked down on him. He had not forgotten himself when his life was hanging on the line. However, now facing King Ying Zhao Xu's words, he felt very embarrassed: This is a contract to sell one's body!

In desperation, Wang Jinghui had no choice but to say: "The emperor will not abandon it. I should follow the emperor and do my best to serve the Song Dynasty!"

King Zhao Xu of Ying smiled and said, "If you have reforms, why worry about Daye?!" After that, the two walked to the bedroom of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu and waited for a while, but Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu didn't know when he would wake up, and Zhao Xu was about to officially hold the throne ceremony and could not stay for a long time, so he launched the Funing Palace.
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