Du Zhongxiao looked at Zhao Zhen with a fat body, a majestic face, and a sharp voice, which was very different from when he first returned to Beijing. He was drinking and thinking about this matter. He slowly realized that with the destruction of Dangxiang, he had the upper hand in the Khitan war some time ago, and the emperor had changed.

Zhao Zhen ascended the throne when he was young, and Empress Dowager Liu took power. It was not until she was in her twenties that Empress Dowager Liu left. During this process, Zhao Zhen maintained a good relationship with Empress Dowager Liu. When Empress Dowager Liu left, she learned that her biological mother was Concubine Li Chen, and she was impulsive and thought about destroying Empress Dowager Liu's clan. In the end, she stopped and took great care of Empress Dowager Liu's family. Liu Yongnian, the deputy commander of Dingyuan Army who went north, was a member of Empress Dowager Liu's family and had been loved by Zhao Zhen since she was a child.

Judging from Zhao Zhen's experience, he is a very tolerant and moderate person. He has his own opinions on the country, court, and officials. In order to win the hearts of the people, he will deliberately regulate his behavior. When Zhao Zhen met the ministers, he always followed the rules of not making fires in winter and not having fans in summer. Because when the ministers met the emperor, there was no brazier in winter and no fans in summer. The emperor did this, which meant to empathize with the ministers.

Yuan Hao's rebellion against Song was a great stimulation to Zhao Zhen. At the beginning, he mobilized a large army to break through the party. As a result, he failed to meet his wishes and was defeated one after another. The whole country was helpless, which disappointed Zhao Zhen very much. During the Qingli period, he transferred Fan Zhongyan to Beijing and carried out the Qingli New Policy. It was obvious that he still wanted to do something at that time. However, in addition to making some achievements in education and appointment and removal of officials, the Qingli New Policy disappointed Zhao Zhen, so he quickly stopped. After the Qingli New Policy, Zhao Zhen gave up and no longer had major reforms.

In the first year of Jiayou, Zhao Zhen was seriously ill and was unconscious for a long time and often talked nonsense. Thanks to ministers such as Wen Yanbo, he maintained the government affairs until half a year later Zhao Zhen woke up again. Therefore, in the court now, Wen Yanbo has a very strong status and is beyond the reach of others.

Zhao Zhen's illness was cured, and it was after Du Zhongxiao conquered the Western Regions. Immediately afterwards, Di Qing and Han Qi led a large army to destroy Dangxiang, and took Shuozhou, Dezhou and other places when the Khitan destroyed Yelu Chongyuan. The Song Dynasty gained the upper hand. This series of events stimulated Zhao Zhen and gradually gained the ambition of his youth. Especially the military reforms led by Du Zhongxiao, Zhao Zhen has always participated in it and has a deeper understanding of military affairs than before. Now, in Zhao Zhen's eyes, it seems that it is not difficult to reorganize the imperial guards. As long as he follows the steps, it should not be difficult.

Zhao Zhen is not a strong-willed and talented person, nor is he a person who can handle specific affairs well. Once there are difficulties, he often retreats. If he estimates that things will be successful, he just needs to just live and maintain his actions. If the officials do not do well in the affairs of the court, he doesn't know what to do. His strength is that he can restrain himself and use officials well. Of course, the premise is that an official is to let him use it.

With the continuous military victory, especially this training, the first army was organized, which gave Zhao Zhen great confidence. After returning to Beijing from Du Zhongxiao, Zhao Zhen also learned a lot of military knowledge, and now he has great confidence in training the imperial guards. With this, Zhao Zhen's health has improved a lot and his spirit has been strong. Correspondingly, he has been inquired about affairs in the Korean Central Committee.

After the wine came, Zhao Zhen raised his glass and said, "Today's first army that has been trained north and returned to the Hebei Imperial Army. This is a great thing. It is not difficult to train all the Imperial Army in two or three years. Let's drink a glass, and today our monarch and ministers will talk about some gossip."

All the ministers drank the wine and thanked them together.

Zhao Zhen and several Hanlin scholars talked about some poetry and articles, and Du Zhongxiao and generals such as Zhao Zi, Yang Wenguang were talking about gossip.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Du Zhongxiao said to Zhao Zi: "This time Dou Shunqing went north, what do you think of the Dingyuan Army now?"

Zhao Zi said: "The original Dingyuan Army was completely broken up when I returned to Beijing. The current army is reorganized later. Although there are old people, most of them are newly summoned. To be honest, in my eyes, it is difficult to compare with the old army for a while."

Yang Wenguang said: "Your original old army has almost fought for us since we saved Tanglong Town. We have made countless military achievements. How can the new ones be compared? However, I talked to Dou Shunqing that the current soldiers are trained strictly, and the generals in the army are complete, and the command is very smooth, and they are not comparable to the original imperial guards. Their army is considered to be after the training of the imperial guards is completed."

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, the current imperial guards are difficult to train like this, even if they are qualified. The training can be completed in more than two months because they have already been trained once. Although many things were not satisfactory in that training, most of the soldiers were trained strictly, and many people are suitable for the new army. In addition, the talents trained by the military academy in recent years are not short of grassroots generals."

Zhao Zi said: "In a few months, it can be seen that the training of the imperial guards can only be like this. According to the requirements of the Hequ Road army, it is realistic. Without a few major battles, the army will not be able to be trained."

"Yes, the army is fighting, and if it doesn't fight, it's a castle in the air." Du Zhongxiao nodded. "After the imperial guards were trained and moved to the border garrison, there was actually a peaceful day. If the generals were not careful, it would not be easy to ensure combat effectiveness."

After saying that, Du Zhongxiao raised his glass and drank a glass of wine with the two of them.

The combat effectiveness, system and assembly of the army are of course important, but the most important thing is to train in actual combat. Without actual combat, the combat effectiveness of the army is a castle in the air. No matter how good it is on paper, it cannot be put into practice. Du Zhongxiao said that this is the reason for this after the entire army is completed and the training is completed. Only after a war can the ideas during the training process be put into practice.

Thinking of my previous life, I don’t know how many countries’ reforms and other major national plans were used to operate them with those theoretical experts, and most of them were not effective. Theory is not truth, not natural correct, but just a summary of correct experience. Only by combining practice and deepening the theory can success. Theories that are not combined with practice can only be used as textbooks and cannot guide practice.

Over the years, the combat effectiveness of the imperial guards who have been retrained and trained is not as good as that of the Yingtianxiang Army that Du Zhongxiao trained in Suizhou. There are various reasons for this, but the most important thing is that there was no theory at that time, but the theory was summarized from practice. The subsequent imperial guards had to go through a lot of practice to achieve the effect of the year. Such an effect could only be achieved after a long period of war.

The banquet in the back garden is relatively casual. Some people are willing to surround the emperor, some like to be alone, and a few people gather together to drink and enjoy themselves. The etiquette in the palace is at this time, and there are all kinds of people during the drinking process. Every time, a few people will not end.

Du Zhongxiao was not used to this kind of occasion, and could not tell him about it with the officials around Zhao Zhen, so he drank with several familiar people. Anyway, he would not talk about government affairs at this time, he was just drinking and having fun.
Chapter completed!