What Zhao Zhen is best at is not Daming's attack, but on the contrary, he is good at slow attacks. This is determined by his personality and the nature of the Zhao Song family. Planning and then acting is something in the Zhao family's bloodline.

This is true for both Taizu and Taizong, including Emperor Zhenzong. Although Taizu Chen Qiao's decisive mutiny was rebellious, he had formed an interest group with the generals and court officials of the Later Zhou Dynasty before this.

Taizong's three failures in the Northern Expedition were not because of his aggressiveness, but because he did not realize from the very beginning that he had not prepared enough.

The emperor seems to be openly ignorant and bold in his actions, but in fact he is cautious and then acts, because he does not know that a certain decision will involve interest groups and a large number of vested interests.

These people may be rich and powerful, ordinary people, or even the most inconspicuous farmers, but this is the case in China. As long as there are many people and wide range of people, the consequences will be unimaginable disasters.

Zhao Zhen has been using foreign troops for so many years and has planned everything before sending troops. Although it seems to be reducing the largest casualties and achieving the greatest results, it is actually the worst case scenario to win.

A dignified army and a righteous flag are the way to use troops, but Zhao Zhen put this on the most basic requirement.

Whether it is external conquests or internal governance, Zhao Zhen is constantly changing his means and constantly formulating the most perfect plans. Although sometimes the plans cannot keep up with the changes, it is much better to do it than not do it.

Compared with external conflicts like Dangxiang and Khitan, the internal conflicts such as the wealthy families in Dongcheng, Buddhism and Confucianism are more complicated. We cannot look at these interest groups, and their harm will even exceed that of peasant uprisings.

Most dynasties are destruction in the increasingly depraved interest groups. No matter when that dynasty begins, all interest groups support the rule of the emperor because they are bound by interests, because only in this way can they gain more benefits.

After the dynasty reached its peak, these interest groups began to gradually go against their families, and conflicts began to arise between the two sides and confront each other, which was an inevitable fact.

By the end of the dynasty, these interest groups had begun to threaten or even control politics to a certain extent, and at this time they found that the rulers of the nature of the problem were already unable to return.

What Zhao Zhen has to do now is to start to rectify these interest groups before they have begun to penetrate the court on a large scale and interfere with politics.

To be honest, when Zhao Zhen decided to rectify the interest groups at the beginning, he felt quite relaxed because in his opinion, the original interest groups in the Song Dynasty had almost been suppressed by himself, while new interest groups appeared later.

But when he was working hard to take action, he found that with the intervention of capital, the formation of interest groups was rapidly entering people and the development speed was even more terrifying.

Even with a little mental preparation, Zhao Zhen himself was still shocked, and what made him even more depressed was that almost all these interest groups were created by him.

What is self-binding? What is raising a tiger to cause trouble? What is leading a wolf into the house?

Zhao Zhen knew that this was the disadvantage of his vigorous development of capital, building new factories, and promoting commercial and economic prosperity. These methods solved the most fundamental land annexation problem of dynasties, but also triggered another problem that had never occurred in previous dynasties.

Capital has driven the development and connection of interest groups, making these interest groups more united and powerful, possessing more wealth, and making them more greedy.

Shi Heng and others defected, smuggled with Tubo, even the rebellion of the Maitreya religion and the turmoil in the Shendu City were all done by them.

The carriage passed through the bustling West Street and arrived at Zhuque Street, which is the central axis of the Great Song Dynasty Shendu City. From the southernmost Anmen to Zhuque Gate and then to Xuande Gate, this Zhuque Street runs through the entire Shendu City. Even the Ganyu Hall is located on the central axis of Zhuque Street.

Compared with Tokyo City, Shendu City is an absolutely symmetrical city. No matter how large it expands, the shape of Shendu City has not changed.

Zhao Zhen sighed countless times that Jiangrao of this era was brilliant in his skills. The style of Shenducheng included both the majesty of the Han and Tang dynasties and the exquisite and restrained unique to the Song Dynasty. These two styles were superimposed on each other, not only without a sense of incongruity, but even gave people an incredible magnificence.

The Chinese civilization collided countless times in the Song Dynasty, soft and absorbed.

This is also the situation that Zhao Zhen hopes to see, not only in architecture, but also in Rao's heart, cultural, commercial, and even military.

If thousands of years of civilization cannot become a carriage that will always be at the forefront of history in its own hands, Zhao Zhen will regret it forever.

In this international metropolis, vigorous vitality can be seen everywhere. When passing Nanmen Street, Zhao Zhen asked Sancai to stop.

Zhao Zhen has not experienced the ordinary life of Shendu City for a long time. Although he is an emperor, he still regards himself as the most ordinary person in his thoughts.

The palace is his destination, his home, and his place under his control, but the market is also his birthplace.

Back then, he made his first pot of gold by buying ice cream from the market. Although it was through Cai Boyi's management, Cai Ji was still born in the market.

After getting off the carriage, he wandered around the lively market on Nanmen Street. Sancai followed Zhao Zhen like an official family, and Zhao Zhen was wearing Yanju clothes and could not tell that he was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, but a leisurely rich man.

The people from the Personal Guard Division have been scattered around. They will protect Zhao Zhen secretly, but they will never appear or interfere. This is the best guard.

There are always so many people on the street. Zhao Zhen has become accustomed to the noisy here. Of course, as long as anyone who has been to Nanmen Street will be used to it.

Jia Changchao was the governor of Peking Prefecture. Although he was a little slick and had defected to interest groups, it did not affect his political achievements. For example, he managed Nanmen Street very well.

He submitted a "Shendu Neizhi Commentary" to the Central Court, and it appeared on Zhao Zhen's desk. The content of this memorial was the management of the South Gate Street, West Street and East Street in Shendu City.

Especially in view of the prosperity of merchants on Nanmen Street, the importance of proper management is explained in detail.

Nanmen Street is the most prosperous place in the entire Shendu. It is the main road second only to Zhuque Street. The street is extremely wide and can almost accommodate six carriages to drive side by side.
Chapter completed!