"How do you want me to save them?" Shen Long did not go to help them, but asked instead, "If we just defeat the Jin Kingdom or Mongolia, this matter will not be difficult to handle. I will fly directly to the northeast and kill Wanyan. Ancestors, just go to the Mongolian grasslands and spread some medicine to kill all their cattle and horses, but will this prevent the demise of the Song Dynasty?"

"Without the Jurchens, Mongols, and other foreign races would rise. Maybe without the Jurchens and Mongols to contain them, the Khitan would turn to covet the Song Dynasty and immediately send troops southward? What if the Khitans and Dangxiang people came from the north? Attacked from both sides by Xi Mian, the Song Dynasty might be able to withstand it?" After Shen Long talked for so long, his mouth was a little dry, so he picked up a bottle of dark brown drink and drank it.

"Since Taoist Master Hong can destroy the Mongols and Jurchens, he can also deal with the Khitan and Dangxiang, right?" Wang Yu raised his head and asked.

"I didn't say that I could destroy the Mongols and the Jurchens. I only said that I could kill the leaders of the Jurchens and make them unable to unify; poison the Mongolian cattle and horses, and freeze to death and starve to death." Shen Long shook his head and said, " Of course, I can also go to Xingqing Mansion in Xixia, kill Empress Dowager Liang and Bingchang, find Yelu Hongji's Nabo, and kill him too, but what about after killing them?"

"If the Empress Dowager Liang and Yelu Hongji suddenly die suddenly, Xixia and Liao will be in chaos, and war will break out! We, the Song Dynasty, can take this opportunity to conquer Yanyun in the north and regain Lingzhou..." Wang Yugang stopped after saying a few words. Mouth.

"The Northern Expedition to Yanyun and the recapture of Lingzhou will not be possible with the current army of the Song Dynasty." Wang Anshi has a much deeper understanding of the Song Dynasty than Wang Yu. He knows that the Song Dynasty is now the Western Army in the northwest because it has been fighting against Xixia all the year round. There is still a certain amount of strength, and the imperial troops in Hebei Road and Kaifeng are completely unable to fight.

Moreover, most of the elites in the Western Army are owned by local generals, such as the Fuzhou Zhe family, Linzhou Yang family, Yao family, Zhong family, etc. Even if they can use the power of the Western army to wipe out Yanyun and regain Lingxia, these families will also As they continue to grow during the war, it is hard to say that they will still listen to the Song Dynasty as they do now.

"When the Xixia and Liao kingdoms were in chaos, war would start all over again. Since the Song Dynasty did not have the ability to quell the war, it could only sit back and watch other heroes regroup. When the north and northwest settled down again, Jiefu said, would they still only be able to calm down the war? Are you willing to collect a few coins every year? And ignore the great country in the south?" Shen Long sighed, "You have to be strong to make iron. The Song Dynasty's own army is not strong, and sooner or later it will fall at the hands of foreigners."

"You two, get up quickly." After saying so much, Shen Long finally took out his hand to help Wang Anshi and his son up, "But there is nothing you can do about it. The Song Dynasty won the country improperly. Since Taizu, you have been guarding against the rebellion of the generals. In this country, warriors have no status, and all the good men rush outside the Donghua Gate to roll their names, so how can the military be strong?"

"It is the ancestral system of the imperial court to be able to control the civil and military forces..." and it is also the most unshakable part of the ancestral system. Even if Wang Anshi said that "the destiny is not enough to be feared, the ancestors are not enough to follow the law", he would at most dare to come up with it. He wouldn't dare to make such a small fuss like Bao Jia Fa no matter how big it gets.

"Civilian politics is right, and military intervention in politics will inevitably lead to political instability. However, this does not mean that you regard military generals as the lackeys of the enemy. You must know that military personnel are also the foundation of the country! If there are no military personnel, who will guard the borders of the Song Dynasty? Han Qi Killing Jiao was used to reprimand Di Qing. You scholars in the Song Dynasty showed off this matter widely, but you don’t know how many warriors’ hearts were chilled!”

"What other victories did Han Qi win? I heard that after the defeat of Haoshuichuan, Zhang Yuan wrote a poem saying, 'How did Xia Song rise, Han Qi is not surprising. Sichuan is full of dragons and tigers, and he still talks about military opportunities.' Han Qi will I am so ridiculed that I am completely ridiculed." Having said this, Shen Long was also a little frustrated. Obviously, this kind of thing cannot be changed overnight.

"Hey, that's all, let's not talk about this anymore; literati should curb the ambitions of generals, but they shouldn't be curbed like this. I'm tired of talking about this recently, so let's stop here." After saying this, Shen Long got up and prepared to see them off. go out.

But in this situation, how could Wang Anshi and his son go back to sleep peacefully? They pulled Shen Long's sleeves and refused to leave, "Please also ask Director Hong to teach me how to save the Song Dynasty."

"Haha, I am an outsider. I only know this after reading a few pages of history books. How about Jiefu and Yuanze who have a thorough understanding of the Song Dynasty? How to save the Song Dynasty? Jiefu and you have to figure it out for yourself! Jiefu It is right to advocate reform, but the means of implementing the reform and the content of the reform are both debatable. I will look for records and historical books from Shenzong's time, and then find a few later generations' evaluations of Jiefu's reform. You can take it back and read it first. Let's see." As he said that, Shen Long put his hand into his sleeve and groped around, but he was actually looking for something in his pocket.

Although the sleeves were wide, they seemed to hold nothing, but Shen Long kept taking out books from them, and soon the desk was filled with books. The covers of these books read "Records of Shenzong" and "Song Dynasty". "History", "History of Wang Anshi's Reform" and other words.

"The History of the Song Dynasty was compiled by Tuotuo, the prime minister of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and there are many omissions; while the actual records are compiled based on original materials such as archives and daily notes, but neither the daily notes nor the archives can guarantee the accuracy of the facts. They are exactly the same. Can these Jiefu understand it?" Shen Long pointed at these books and said, "As for the evaluations about Jiefu's reforms, the time interval is even longer. The people who wrote the books may have different understandings and opinions about the Song Dynasty. It was also a judgment based on the environment he was in at the time, just like Su Laoquan's "On the Six Kingdoms". It is okay to use these as reference materials, but they must not be taken completely seriously."

Su Laoquan was Su Shi and Su Zhe's father Su Xun. In "On the Six Kingdoms", he put forward and demonstrated the argument that the destruction of the Six Kingdoms "was caused by bribing Qin", but his intention was to satirize the Song Dynasty for Xixia and Liao. currency.

"I understand." Of course Wang Anshi knew that archives and daily notes would be deliberately modified by people, and the information passed down to later generations must be different from the real situation at that time; and he himself had written a lot of historical treatises, and he knew the secrets inside. After all, the views of future generations are different from those of the current generation. The suggestions of future generations can be used as a perspective to judge the problem. If you copy them as they are, you will be trying to find a way out of the boat.

For example, if Su Xun returns to the Warring States Period, even if he urges the six countries not to bribe Qin, it will be useless. Qin's military strength is there. As long as the six countries cannot defeat Qin, they must cede territory.

"By the way, Jiefu should have read "The Biography of Shang Yang", right? What do you think?" Before Wang Anshi could answer, Shen Long took out another book from his sleeve, "Don't answer in a hurry, this book is the same as "The Biography of Shang Yang". "The Biography of Shang Yang" is similar, Jiefu can also read it."
Chapter completed!