The reason why Zhang Song stayed in the inner court's secretary was willing to be a clerk with almost no power to be a clerk in the miscellaneous case was that he had no selfishness. He was unwilling to be sent to a remote Xia County as a chief clerk, but instead wanted to step closer to his official career. To realize this wish, it was obvious that he had more opportunities to show his talents in the inner court, which was closest to the emperor.

After entering the secretary's supervisor with the idea of ​​"shocking", Zhang Song found that the matter was not what he thought. The secretary's supervisor was originally an institution that handled private affairs for the emperor, and Zhimi was responsible for managing all kinds of trivial matters in the prison. The things he had to deal with every day were more affairs that had nothing to do with government affairs, and as a newcomer, he was difficult to touch on.

However, Zhang Song found that the working atmosphere of the Secretary-General was very good. In theory, the imperial city should be a clear place for hierarchy, but he felt that the boundaries of the upper and lower hierarchies here were not as clear as outsiders thought, and the relationship between each person was more like a family. Everyone did not feel privileged because they were the people around the emperor, nor did they discriminate or exclude themselves because they were a newcomer or even the criminal official.

The little emperor did not have as god-like as outsiders guessed, and was more like an ordinary person in the inner court. He knew everyone around him and could call out their names accurately. Even the little yellow sect with a low status was no exception. He would joke, say hello, and take the initiative to return politeness. Moreover, his attitude was easy-going, naturally, and he was definitely not the kind of approachable person who pretended to be approachable, and he would not beat and scold him at any time.

Zhang Song also found that the little emperor's life was very casual, just as it was said when he was in Qiongzhou. Every morning, he would have sex and training with the officers and soldiers of the guard camp in the early morning. He did not wear silk, silk, and satin, but often he wore old military uniforms. He was not picky about food, and there was no special situation. He ate the big stove in the palace like everyone else.

It is undeniable that working in the inner court is very hard. According to daily arrangements, the young emperor will attend court meetings, hall meetings, or meet officials in the morning, and review official documents in the afternoon, sometimes very late. What makes Zhang Song strange is that even if the time is very full every day, the young emperor will still arrange two and a half days to go to the Royal Academy every ten-day and insist on teaching students.

Whether the emperor attends meetings, meets officials, or travels, they must be accompanied by officials from the Secretary-General. Their tasks not only record the emperor's conduct, but also arrange their itineraries, prepare for inquiries, and find information. Therefore, as long as the young emperor does not rest, the secretary-general must be accompanied, and they have few people, and sometimes one person has to be used as two people.

Although he was busy every day, Zhang Song quickly fell in love with the life of the inner court. The interpersonal relationships here are simple, there are few intrigues in the outside world, and the working atmosphere is relaxed and pleasant. Of course, this place is the center of the country after all, and it will inevitably involve military and national affairs. One of the tasks of the secretary-in-chief is to prepare briefs based on memorials transferred by the ritual office and various ministries and provinces every day, classify and sort out various documents, and verify the relevant content.

After his internship, Zhang Song was also allowed to attend the regular meeting of the Daily Secretary’s Supervisor and participate in the discussion. The content of today’s discussion is about military strategy. After hearing the emperor’s name and question, he thought for a moment: “Your Majesty, I think the plan to advance eastward can be given priority!”

"Tell me what you think!" Zhao Bing said calmly.

"I heard from Your Majesty when I was in the Imperial College in Qiongzhou. Your Majesty once said that the battle between the two countries is not only the number of troops, the sharpness of swords and guns, but also the competition of economic strength, whether the food and salary are sufficient and whether the resources are abundant." Zhang Song said, "So I think the basis of victory lies in developing the country's economy, making the country rich and the people strong, and to improve the potential for dealing with war. On the contrary, it is necessary to weaken the economic strength of the enemy's country and make it difficult for them to support a long-term war. Therefore, I think that the plan to advance east better can achieve this goal."

"Please look at your Majesty!" Zhang Song said as he drew a circle on the map on the table. "Everyone knows that the Khitan, Jurchen, and Mongolia are all nomadic living and do not focus on developing maritime strength. However, they all attach great importance to the Yiwulu Mountain area of ​​Chengzhou, Luzhou, Shunzhou, Xianzhou, Ganzhou, Yizhou and its affiliated prefectures and counties, and regard this as the capital to dominate the northern country."

"Since the Khitan destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, Yelu Bei was enfeoffed here. The Yelu Bei family regarded this place as a place of dragon development. After the death of the Yelu Bei family members, they would be buried in the Yiwulu Mountain area." Seeing everyone's seriousness, Zhang Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "The Yiwulu Mountain area was originally an important agricultural and animal husbandry industrial base in the Bohai Kingdom, and also had a strong handicraft foundation. The more than 60 emperors of the Yelu Bei family, the princes all liked to enclose land in their hometowns. The Xiao nobles who married them also established their own private cities in Yiwulu Mountain, making it the political and economic center of the Khitan for a hundred years."

"At the same time, the Yiwulu Mountain area was also the hub for the Khitan's invasion of the north and the eastern expedition, so it stocked up a large number of weapons and equipment, reaching 950,000 pieces. The Liao army used the Xian and Ganzhou of Yiwulu Mountain as the base to attack the Jurchens in the north; fought with our dynasty at Feihukou and invaded Goryeo in the east. The weapons and armor of the Liao army were all taken out from Xianzhou, and combined with the strong smelting and handicraft foundations of the place, and the Ganzhou of Yiwulu Mountain, Xianzhou became the manufacturing base for armor and weapons in the Liao Dynasty."

"Yes, the status here is no less than that of Luoyang, Kaifeng, and even Lin'an in our dynasty!" Zhao Bing nodded. He knew that the prosperity of the Bohai region in these three dynasties was related to Yelu Bei. The unlucky chief Abao son accepted the "legacy" of the Bohai Kingdom because Yelu Bei liked to study in the Yiwulu Mountain area, making it the center of Han culture in the Liao Dynasty. His entire status in the hearts of the nobles of the Liao Dynasty was like the modern Haidian District.

"After the Jurchens destroyed the Khitan, they also took a fancy to this place and launched three attacks, robbing a large number of weapons and equipment. The Liao royal family and Xiao relatives were unwilling to give up. They resisted the Jin people in this area for eight years. Unfortunately, the Khitan never combined the horse farm resources in Mobei with the military strategists in the area. In the end, Yelu Dashi, who obtained the horse farm resources in Mobei, had to go west. After the establishment of the Jin Kingdom, the Khitans launched many riots, and they still used this area as the main base."

Zhang Song, who was recognized by the emperor, continued: "After the Mongolians destroyed the Jurchens, the Yiwulu Mountain area was still valued by the Mongols. They concentrated all the craftsmen who had plundered from the Central Plains and Jiangnan in this area with Dadu and Shangdu as the core. As far as I know, the more than 50 smelting and weapon workshops in the Wubei Temple in the Mongolian Yuan were concentrated in this area except for the four parts of the Central Plains. There were fifteen places for producing armor alone. If our army could occupy this area, it would not only destroy the weapons production base of the Mongolian Yuan and cut off their weapons to aid, but also be used by our dynasty, greatly weakening their war capabilities."

"What Zhang Lang said is true, but this area is separated by Yanyun, and our dynasty has not been able to cross for three hundred years. Is it too early to talk about collecting it lightly?" Xu Wu frowned. As a military general, he certainly knew the difficulty of seizing the Yiwulu Mountain area. This not only requires breaking through the Yellow River, but also the barriers of the sixteen prefectures of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, but also the barriers of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. It is not easy!

"Master Xu, my intention was not obtained by a battle. It can also achieve the goal when advancing eastward to capture Hebei Road and Jingdong Road." Zhang Song chuckled, "Before the migration of Jingdong Road southward, it was the place where our dynasty horse storage and gold production was the highest. The annual gold output was more than 7,000 taels, accounting for 90% of the country's production, and war horses accounted for 40% of the country's production; and the pig iron production reached more than 550,000 kilograms after Yuanfeng, second only to Hebei Road. Hebei Road was the second place in the country in the country that year, and the pig iron production reached more than 4.1 million kilograms. To seize two places, the disadvantages of lack of horses and insufficient iron production in our dynasty can be solved in one go!" Zhang Song explained.

Zhao Bing nodded secretly after hearing this. This guy said it was right. Jingdong Road and Hebei Road were very important to the Song Dynasty. Jingdong Road of the Northern Song Dynasty included 18 prefectures such as Songzhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou. Hebei Road was not the entire Hebei region today. It included Daming Prefecture, Zhenzhou, Yingzhou, and Beizhou and 24 prefectures such as 14 military prefectures. Not only half of the country in the north, but also had special meanings to the Lao Zhao family.

Kyoto Road was later divided into Jingdong East Road and Jingdong East Road, but its political and economic status and strategic position remain unchanged. The capital of Jingdong Road Songzhou was still Nanjing of the Northern Song Dynasty. After the Jingkang Incident, it was also the location of Zhao Gou's Grand Marshal's Office. Zhao Gou established the initial team with Hebei Road as a base, and relied on the resources of Kyoto Road to establish the Imperial Camp Command, and collected Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and other teams.

Zhao Gou once showed great patriotism and refused to allow the Jin Dynasty to continue to occupy Hebei Road and Jingdong Road. He even did not hesitate to fight with the Jin Dynasty, shouting: "Even if you kill my father and brother, I will fight with you for Jingdong!" The meaning of this is not that Zhao Gou really wants to avenge the Jurchens, and he does know the importance of Jingdong Road and Hebei Road.

Therefore, when Zhao Gou first took power, he was like this. The gold produced on Jingdong Road could allow him to solve financial problems and recruit a large number of soldiers and horses. Of course, even if he ran away, he needed the support of money. Moreover, Shandong had the most war horses, with the highest quality and fast charge speed, and even comparable to the Western Horses. It was the first choice for the gathering of the imperial army of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!