Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 108 Famous General Pan Mei
The name Shi Yuanliang brought was "Pan Mei", who was recommended by his uncle Shi Shouxin.

Zhao Dezhao had heard of this name in his previous life. This person was a famous general in the early Song Dynasty, but what really made this person famous in later generations was "The General of the Yang Family".

Pan Mei is the prototype of the villain and treacherous minister Pan Renmei in "The General of the Yang Family". Zhao Dezhao didn't know exactly what enmity Pan Mei had with the General of the Yang Family in history, but his relationship with the General of the Yang Family was obviously not yet established. It happened because Yang Ye, the first general of the Yang family, is currently serving in the Northern Han Dynasty, and he has not yet surrendered to the Song Dynasty.

Since this person is a well-known general in history, his ability to lead troops is naturally not bad. It should be more than enough for him to assist in fighting a weak Southern Han. Zhao Dezhao is still very satisfied with the candidate recommended by Shi Shouxin.

Zhao Dezhao knew early in the morning that what kind of person to recommend as Nanzheng's deputy commander was a yardstick to measure Shi Shouxin. To be able to bring out a character like Pan Mei should be regarded as the old guy's sincerity.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Dezhao entered the palace and reported the candidates recommended by Shi Shouxin to the emperor's father.

"Pan Mei?" Zhao Kuangyin looked surprised and looked at Zhao Dezhao suspiciously: "Pan Mei can be regarded as a heavy general, but she has seldom led the army in recent years. How did you think of using Pan Mei as the deputy commander? Could it be Someone recommended it to you?
Facing Zhao Kuangyin's questioning eyes, Zhao Dezhao was a little flustered for a moment, and his thoughts changed sharply.

The emperor's father himself relied on forming cliques in the army, and then launched a mutiny to rise to power, so he must be very taboo about forming cliques in the army, otherwise Shi Shouxin would not be afraid of being like that.If the truth is told now, not only Shi Shouxin will be in trouble, but Pan Mei will also suffer. There must be a satisfactory explanation for this matter.

Fortunately, his brain was not slow, and Zhao Dezhao finally thought of a saying in time: "Father, it is precisely because Pan Mei has seldom led the army in recent years that my son thought of using him. A person with general talent should be used. Partial."

Zhao Kuangyin said "oh", and said lightly: "Pan Mei doesn't get along well with anyone, she only gets along well with Shi Shouxin. I thought Shi Shouxin was the one recommended for you. If it's really Shi Shouxin's hands and feet, then he But it’s really boring.”

Zhao Dezhao's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't know if his father had really seen through his dealings with Shi Shouxin, or was he just probing?

Immediately he calmed down, and said: "Daddy, what my son thinks is that the more generals who have seldom led troops in recent years, the more opportunities they should be given to make meritorious deeds. In this way, the prestige of the important generals in the army will be affected. It can be roughly balanced, so that no one family dominates the army."

Zhao Kuangyin kept his head down and kept walking back and forth, as if he still didn't believe what his son said.

Zhao Dezhao thought for a while, then said with a smile: "Isn't it because Zhou Shizong was too guarded against his relatives and broke the balance among the Imperial Army, making Dad, your family the only one who dominates? Well? The reason why my son uses Pan Mei now is to learn from Zhou Shizong's teachings."

Back then, the Chen Qiao mutiny was an extremely sensitive topic. After all, it was a glorious thing to bully the orphans and widows left behind by Zhou Shizong. If any minister dared to joke about this with Zhao Kuangyin in the court, it was purely because he wanted to use his physical body Some of Zhao Kuangyin's violent temper.

But it doesn't really matter if a son jokes with his father in private.

Moreover, talking about the Chen Qiao mutiny will produce a miraculous effect of "interrupting normal thinking".

Sure enough, Zhao Kuangyin's attention was interrupted in an instant, he raised his foot and kicked at his son, and scolded with a straight face: "You boy really have hard wings, dare to make fun of you!"

"Daddy, Pan Mei is the deputy handsome candidate, are you sure?"

"I never said he couldn't do it at the beginning!" Zhao Kuangyin glared at his son angrily.

"The matter should be sooner rather than later, so please ask Dad to issue a formal order earlier, so that the Ministry of War can prepare for sending troops."

After Zhao Dezhao said this quickly, before his father's patience ran out, he immediately slipped out of Funing Palace and went straight to Gongxue.

After Xue Juzheng's death, with Zhao Kuangyin's permission, Zhao Dezhao didn't have to go to Tiantian Palace to attend classes, in fact, he gained freedom from attending classes.

But as long as Zhao Dezhao can spare time, he still stays in the palace school every now and then, talking nonsense with the friends there, mainly to teach them geography, and tell anecdotes from overseas by the way. The four oceans in the state have already finished talking about the three continents and the two oceans.

When Zhao Dezhao arrived outside the classroom in the palace school, a middle-aged Confucian student in charge of teaching was explaining the meaning of the article to a group of teenagers in the audience.

Since Zhao Dezhao beat Xue Juzheng in class, the teaching habits in Gong Xue class have changed a lot. Students are no longer required to memorize by rote, but to explain first and then recite. There are still rulers, but basically they are not used.

Zhao Dezhao stood outside the door and listened for a while, and what he was talking about seemed to be an article in "Mencius" "A person who gets the right will get more help, but a person who is not right will get little help."

"The people of the region don't take the benefits of closing the frontier, and the country doesn't take the danger of mountains and streams...how should we understand this sentence?"

The middle-aged Confucian scholars on the podium looked around at the teenagers, but no one responded.

"Virtue is not danger!" Zhao Dezhao coughed at the door, and said, "If you are a king and don't cultivate virtue, then everyone in the boat will be an enemy country."

This sentence is a very famous saying that Wu Qi said to Wei Wuhou in "Historical Records".

At that time, Wu Qi accompanied Wei Wuhou on a cruise on the Xihe River on the border of the country. Wei Wuhou said with emotion that the natural danger of the Xihe River is the treasure of the Wei State, and Wu Qi said, "There is no danger in virtue."

It means that if you don’t practice virtue, my lord, the dangers of mountains and rivers are useless, even everyone on this boat will become your enemy.The gist of these words is very consistent with Mencius's article "Getting the right way will help you a lot, but losing the way will help you little", so it is very appropriate to use it here.

"Your Highness!" The middle-aged Confucian scholar followed the voice and noticed that it was Prince Tianshui who was coming.

He quickly greeted Zhao Dezhao with a flattering smile on his face, not daring to put on airs of a teacher at all, and bowed to Zhao Dezhao respectfully.

This gentleman did not have the character, education and status of the previous Xue Juzheng, so of course he would not receive special respect from Zhao Dezhao. He just waved his hand to show off the courtesy and said with a smile: "Sir, I suddenly have some lectures today. If you are interested, could you let me teach the students instead of sir?"

The middle-aged Confucian scholar couldn't help but stare blankly, looking at Zhao Dezhao with rather strange eyes.

(End of this chapter)