"The only way to be safe is to defeat all your enemies."
Zhao Chun blinked his big eyes, listening intently to his father's words.
Zhao Chun did not receive a traditional education; all his education was provided by Zhao Huan himself.
In his view, the Song Dynasty was not located at the center of the world, but rather in the east of the continent.
On the mainland, to the east lay the powerful Song Dynasty, in the middle were barbarians filled with a desire for conquest, and to the west were impoverished European villages.
However, the barbarians and impoverished Europe in between were all enemies of the Song Dynasty.
Neither should be underestimated.
After the emperor finished telling today's story, Zhao Chun was sent back.
Sima Junru entered.
"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty."
"How about it?"
"Yelü Dashi has amassed an army of 100,000 in the western border of Gaochang and defeated the Karakhanid Khanate. Now his influence in the Western Regions is growing."
Sima Junru presented a detailed report in writing.
His personal return this time indicates that the situation in the Western Regions is more severe than imagined.
"I'm not asking Yelü Dashi, I'm asking the men of the Northwest Imperial City Guard: with the weather getting colder, are they getting enough cotton-padded clothes and food in time?"
The emperor spoke gently, his tone full of care.
Sima Junru felt a warmth in her heart, and a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes.
He was not a sentimental person; a sentimental person would not be fit to be a guard of the Imperial City.
In fact, Sima Junru was known as the "Iron-Blooded Commander-in-Chief." The Imperial Guards of Yanyun and Hetao were all under his command, forming a secret force deployed by the emperor on the frontier.
Assassination, intelligence gathering on enemy forces, sowing discord, and counter-espionage—these were all tasks that Sima Junru was responsible for.
The life of the Imperial Guards was even more dangerous than that of soldiers in the army.
The emperor first inquired about the condition of the young men, which deeply moved Sima Junru.
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