Zhao Zhen's words stunned everyone present, and everyone looked at him in surprise, wondering how the so-called visits to relatives of the government were to explore...

The families of the soldiers were scattered in the territory of the Song Dynasty. Even the nearest Zhending Prefecture is hundreds of miles away from Xijin Prefecture. It is better if you are young and strong. How can people who are older come to visit their relatives?

Looking at Di Qing, Xia Su and others staring at each other, Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "The so-called visits to relatives are actually to let the families of soldiers transport supplies along the road. The court provides the needs along the way, including horse carriages, ox carts, forage, food, etc. They only need to transport the things to Xijin Mansion."

Xia Xun frowned and said, "What should the older person do?"

Before Zhao Zhen could answer, Bao Zheng continued: "In fact, there is no need to do this. Every village, township and neighborhood sends a respected person to organize young and strong young people. These people will be drawn from the young brothers of the soldiers."

Zhao Zhen gave a little suggestion, and his civil officials took the initiative to analyze and solve it. This was their role. The emperor gave a general direction and naturally would not consider the details, otherwise the emperor would have been exhausted long ago!

"Then this matter will be left to Xia Sheng Bao Zheng and you two. Be careful and meticulous. There is no trivial matter in the army. Visiting relatives is related to the combat power of the soldiers! "

Xia Shu and Bao Zheng looked at each other and bowed together: "I respect your majesty's will!"

Visiting relatives is a big burden for military generals, but it is not the case for civil officials. As long as the plan is well planned and proceed in an orderly manner, this matter is not difficult to solve. What civil officials are best at is overall planning.

If there are too many people visiting relatives, then the age will be limited to the dispatch of representatives. The journey is too far away? Then the court will pay for travel expenses. If the court is in losses, then let them transport supplies. There is always a way to turn losses into profits and plan the visits to relatives!

But only Zhao Zhen could think of the wonderful idea of ​​visiting relatives. Civil officials like Xia Shu and Bao Zheng could not, and could not consider this kind of issue. This is the difference between the top and the bottom.

The soldiers' homesickness was successfully resolved, which made Di Qing let go of his only worry. At this moment, the army was outside, with sufficient supplies, and the morale of the army was stable, so as long as the command was properly, there was basically no big problem.

The Liao Dynasty was slow to hold its troops, which put a lot of pressure on the Song Dynasty. Now that the troubles have been eliminated, Di Qing has hundreds of ways to test and harass the Liao people.

Zhao Zhen quickly gave him a chance: "Di Qing, you are my general, so tell me what to do next?"

Zhao Zhen's words surprised the civil officials present. Starting from Taizong, emperors of all dynasties in the Song Dynasty would not ask military generals for their use of troops, and Taizong even held all command power tightly in his hands.

Nowadays, the government is so open-minded that such inquiries are basically equivalent to delegating military power to Di Qing.

Di Qing stood up excitedly. He understood the meaning of the official family. The command power during the battle was completely different from the current military power. As long as the official family agreed with his own views, it meant that he could arrange the imperial guards of the Northern Expedition at will. The power was so great that it was unimaginable in the past.

Even though he was excited, Di Qing still maintained his style as a general and led everyone to the tent beside him. This was a standard map sent by Zhao Zhen to survey and map.

"Only, once the morale of the army is stable, the soldiers' homesickness will surely become determined to make achievements after the soldiers' homesickness is calmed down. This is the best time to adjust the combat methods. In the past, the Liao people attacked the border areas of our Song Dynasty. Now, our Song Dynasty has tens of thousands of good horses, strong armor and sharp swords. Why not fight for tooth?"

Di Qing's proposal made Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up. He only thought of shrinking defense and using the powerful material foundation of the Song Dynasty to turn Fengshengzhou and Xijin Mansion into iron walls, but he forgot that offense is the best defense.

Although he responds to changes in the same way, his shrinking defense is just a passive defense, which is basically the same as the original defense policy of the Song Dynasty. Perhaps he was more influenced by his father.

"What Di Qing's family means is that our Song Dynasty cavalry takes the initiative to attack and harass the Liao army with the method of rangers and attacking Caogu?"

Di Qing nodded and said, "The official family is wise. This method can be used to train troops and border areas, two can be used to suppress and intimidate the Liao people, and three can be used to spy on the enemy's situation."

After Di Qing's explanation, not only Zhao Zhen was satisfied, but everyone also nodded repeatedly. Cao Wei and Yang Huaiyu were even more satisfied. For them, Di Qing was giving them military merits!

Cao Wei and Yang Huaiyu's garrison were both about to rush, and they were not allowed to harass the Liao people.

Zhao Zhen saw the joy in their eyes. Although these two men were not the most handsome men, they were still quite good at leading troops. Cao Wei was just right, and Yang Huaiyu was enterprising and there was always something outstanding.

After Zhao Zhen's change, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty generally did not express too much opinions on military affairs. They all knew that the officials hated civil officials the most to bring political means to military affairs.

Bao Zheng left with many trivial matters first. Yang Huaiyu and Cao Wei, who had benefited, took back one after another. They wanted to rush back to their garrison to plan the military dispatch. Di Qing found an excuse to leave, leaving Xia Qian standing there.

After so many years of getting along, Zhao Zhen has already had a thorough understanding of the temper of these old foxes in the court, just like a civil servant knows himself.

He ignored Xia Shu at all, and Zhao Zhen habitually recorded the things he had just discussed on his essays. This was his habit and it also facilitated the eunuchs to organize and record them into a book.

Xia Shun, who had been waiting for a long time, found that if he didn't speak, the official family would never speak. He sighed helplessly: "The official family has been in the northern expedition for almost a year, and has analyzed the Jin Prefecture and determined the overall situation of Shengzhou. I wonder when the official family will continue to go on duty?"

Zhao Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Why, the Chinese ministers in the court have already said dissatisfied?"

Xia Shu shook his head slightly and said, "The official family is the emperor and the emperor. He should be in a state capital. Now, it is inappropriate to leave only the prince and the queen in Tokyo. When adding Zhao Yunrang, many court officials have given advice."

Zhao Zhen smiled. Xia Feng really wanted to persuade him to return to the court. This was as expected by him. For the court officials, keeping the emperor in front of him was the most reassuring thing.

"I can't leave now. If the army is in turmoil, I don't know what it will look like if I don't suppress it here. It seems small things can affect the entire battle situation. It's enough to have a prince and queen in Tokyo. I don't need to be at ease, but I can't live without me. Although Tokyo seems turbulent, it won't cause much turmoil. However, Xijin Prefecture and Fengsheng Prefecture will change hands if you are not careful. The Liao people are looking for opportunities. I can't leave!"

Xia Shu knew that he could not persuade Zhao Zhen and smiled helplessly: "The old minister knew that where the official family could be stable, but the king of a country must ensure the stability of the capital during his expedition, otherwise there would be chaos! Zhao Yunrang was just a fool with delusion, but will he still have someone to spy on the position of the Nine Cauldrons in the future? Your Majesty's northern expedition to make the Liao people retreat. This is a great time to return to Beijing and return to the court!"

Zhao Zhen said silently, and Xia Shu's words also represented the ideas of most civil officials in the Song Dynasty, but this was not the time to give in. The Northern Expedition was particularly important to the Song Dynasty. After seeing the army penetrated deep into the enemy territory and defeated it repeatedly, the civil officials began to float up and see victory sparsely and ordinary. They didn't know how much price the Song Dynasty paid to achieve such amazing results.
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