Regarding the sudden dispatch of the Zhennan Army to the Eastern Province and the Western Province of the Bajin Empire, in addition to the five big families of these two provinces, the most frightened ones were the Kyoto Province of the Bajin Empire and the big families who controlled the military power.

Although the excuse for the Zhennan Army to send troops was because the five big families of the Eastern Province and the Western Province colluded with the Silver Wolf Empire, they even came up with favorable evidence.

But who knows if the Zhou family behind the Zhennan army will want to continue to get involved in the remaining two provinces of the Bajin Empire after the Zhennan army captured the eastern provinces and the western provinces.

However, even if the big families of Kyoto Province and Northern Province knew the truth of the cold lips and teeth and had the intention to send troops to support, they had to extinguish this idea when they saw the offensive of the Zhennan Army.

Since fighting a war cannot solve the problem, then we have to find another shortcut.

In a palace in Tiansheng City, the capital of the Han and Tang Empires, Prime Minister Guo Fujin reported to Emperor Ouyang Hui: "Your Majesty, the royal family of the Bajin Empire has officially proposed that the imperial court can stop the military operations of the Southern Jin Army from invading the eastern and western provinces of the Bajin Empire. ”

Emperor Ouyang Hui pursed his lips and said: "The royal family of the Bajin Empire has been exiled to Tiansheng City, and it is rare to still worry about the affairs of the Bajin Empire, is there anyone who has contacted the royal family of the Bajin Empire?" ”

At this time, Zhao Rongguang, the commander of the embroidery platform, said: "Your Majesty, someone has indeed contacted the royal family of the Bajin Empire, and it is a member of the Zheng family in the Kyoto Province of the Bajin Empire.

According to our investigation of the embroidery table, the Zheng family seems to have made some promises to the royal family of the Bajin Empire. ”

The Zheng family in Kyoto Province can be regarded as the strongest family in the Bajin Empire, not only controlling most of the Kyoto Province, but even the capital of the Bajin Empire is also controlled by the Zheng family.

The Zheng family contacted the royal family of the Bajin Empire, but they also rushed to the hospital in a hurry, hoping that the royal family of the Bajin Empire could persuade the court of the Han and Tang Empires to stop the invasion of the feudal kingdom by the southern Jin army.

Emperor Ouyang Hui waved his hand and said, "Don't bother with the royal family of the Bajin Empire.

If the Zhou family can take the eastern provinces and western provinces of the Bajin Empire, it can be regarded as opening up the territory and expanding the territory of our Han and Tang Empires, and it is too late for me to be happy, where will I stop it.

What's more, even if I have the heart to stop it, that Zhou Rui may not be able to listen, I still have this self-knowledge. ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin hesitated for a moment at this time and said: "Your Majesty, Zhou Rui is already the envoy of the Three Towns Festival, if Zhou Rui is allowed to take the Eastern Province and the Western Province of the Bajin Empire, it will be equivalent to two more feudal towns."

The power of the Zhou family is enough to replace Shuodong Town and become the first domain of our Han and Tang Empires, and it seems that the imperial court will have to put more effort into the Zhou family in the future. ”

Emperor Ouyang Hui sighed and said, "Solving the problem of separating feudal towns is still a distant matter for the imperial court.

The most important thing for the imperial court now is to regain control of the forbidden army as soon as possible.

If the imperial court can't control the military power, other things are just empty talk, and I can't even choose the crown prince. ”

The forbidden army of the Han and Tang Empires currently has a total of 12 infantry divisions, which are stationed in Tiansheng City and the four acropolises, and the strength of each forbidden infantry division is about 15,000.

However, the military power of these 12 forbidden infantry divisions was not in the hands of the royal family of the Han and Tang Empires, but fell into the hands of the four families of Tiansheng City.

These four families in Tiansheng City not only control the military power of the forbidden army, but also control the government and control the taxes collected by the household department of the imperial court every year.

The treasury, which is equivalent to the imperial court, also fell into the hands of these four families.

After Prime Minister Guo Fujin and Zhao Rongguang, the commander of the embroidery platform, glanced at each other, Prime Minister Guo Fujin said: "Your Majesty, many generals in the forbidden army who are loyal to the imperial court have made it clear that they are willing to return the military power to the imperial court.

The minister thought that the plan to seize the power of the forbidden army should be implemented. ”

In fact, the so-called generals in the forbidden army who were loyal to the imperial court were just bought by the embroidery table.

In order to buy off the generals of the forbidden army, Emperor Ouyang Hui even contributed many treasures in the imperial treasury.

When Emperor Ouyang Hui heard this, he couldn't help but get nervous, "Prime Minister, is the time really ripe?" ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, according to the arrangement of the embroidery table, the minister feels that he is at least seventy percent sure. ”

Zhao Rongguang, the commander of the embroidery platform, followed and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't give it a go, the imperial court may never be able to regain the military power of the forbidden army.

Don't miss the time! ”

Emperor Ouyang Hui pondered for a long time before asking, "Zhao Rongguang, are you really seventy percent sure of the embroidery table?" ”

"Your Majesty, seventy percent is the most conservative estimate, thanks to the support of the imperial treasury, our embroidery platform has made many generals of the 12 forbidden army infantry divisions re-choose to be loyal to the court and the royal family."

Under the persuasion of the two confidant ministers, Emperor Ouyang Hui finally made up his mind, "Then I will bet once!" ”

At this time, Emperor Ouyang Hui and Prime Minister Guo Fujin did not see it, and Zhao Rongguang's eyes flashed with a trace of intriguing brilliance.

In the early morning of May 1, 1539, Zhou Rui gave the lottery system a three-star lottery card for use in May, and only 20,000 gold bricks, 80,000 German Mauser 98K rifles and 300,000 boxes of 7.92x57mm rifle bullets were issued.

Now the Ganyang Arsenal has already been put into production, and the weapons and ammunition currently produced by the lottery system can already be produced by the Ganyang Arsenal, and the output is still very high, which can basically meet the needs of the Fengwu Army, the Zhenwei Army and the Jinnan Army.

For example, the monthly output of the German Mauser 98K rifle has reached more than 40,000 pieces, and with the familiarity of workers with the production line and production process, there is room for further improvement in the monthly output in the future.

Therefore, Zhou Rui still hopes to drive more warships, after all, the cycle of building warships is too long, and the strength of Ganyang Shipyard is insufficient.

At present, the main task of the Ganyang Shipyard is still to repair the warships of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet that were injured in naval battles, and as for the construction of new warships, except for a few submarines, only 8 large armored cruisers are under construction at the Ganyang Shipyard at this time.

As for 20,000 gold bricks, for Zhou Rui, who still has hundreds of thousands of gold bricks in the lottery system, it is almost a dispensable reward.

It seems that today's luck is not good, and you have to wash your hands before opening the lottery card next time.

After opening the lottery card, Zhou Rui was just about to go to bed, and Hu Yi hurriedly came over with a telegram.

"Great Marshal, there is news from Heavenly Saint City that the imperial court has taken action against the four families who control the military power of the forbidden army!"

Zhou Rui took the telegram and looked at it, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "It seems that the imperial court has learned from the successful experience of our Zhou family, and many generals in the forbidden army have been secretly bought by the imperial court." ”

"Marshal, judging from the current situation, the imperial court's operation this time should be successful, but in the end, the power of the forbidden army will not necessarily be spent on whom."

"You mean the commander of the embroidery table?"

"Dashuai, Zhao Rongguang is definitely not a simple character."

The mention of Zhao Rongguang made Zhou Rui think of Zhao Yan all of a sudden.

Zhao Yan has long since evaporated from the world, and even the "ghost" has not found any news about Zhao Yan.

"Now our Zhou family's hand can't reach out to Heavenly Saint City, just continue to wait and see.

Your 'ghost' will continue to cooperate with the Jin Southern Army in the future, and take down the remaining cities in the eastern and western provinces of the Bajin Empire as soon as possible.

Strive to completely solve the two provinces of the Bajin Empire before the expeditionary forces of the Golden Lion Empire, the Red Tiger Empire, and the Silver Wolf Empire arrive. ”

This time, the Han and Tang Empire's imperial court seized the power of the forbidden army was very successful, under the leadership of the embroidery table, it took only two days to eradicate the four families who controlled the power of the forbidden army in one fell swoop, and recovered the power of the 12 infantry divisions of the forbidden army.

However, unexpectedly, although the court of the Han and Tang Empires withdrew their military power, the new commanders of the 12 infantry divisions of the forbidden army were all born in embroidery tables.

"Bang-" Emperor Ouyang Hui slapped the dragon case in front of him, "Zhao Rongguang!" Why didn't he dare to come to see me? ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't expect Zhao Rongguang to be such a person, and now the 12 infantry divisions of the forbidden army have all fallen into the hands of Zhao Rongguang.

Even the city defense troops responsible for the security of Tiansheng City are now under the control of Zhao Rongguang, and now there are only more than 1,000 palace guards left in the hands of the imperial court. ”

Emperor Ouyang Hui gritted his teeth and said: "I have always trusted Zhao Rongguang so much, but I didn't expect that at the most critical time, he stabbed me in the back. ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Rongguang sent someone to send three conditions. ”

Emperor Ouyang Hui smiled angrily and said, "I actually learned to talk to me about the conditions!" What are the three conditions? ”

First of all, Zhao Rongguang asked the imperial court to appoint him as the governor of the forbidden army, commanding the 12 infantry divisions of the forbidden army.

The second point requires Zhao Rongguang's second son, Zhao Shijie, to serve as the secretary of the household department and take over the entire household department.

Point 3...... The third point is ......"

"What's the third point?"

"Let Your Majesty canonize Zhao Rongguang's daughter Zhao Xiuyao as the queen!"

"What? Canonized Zhao Rongguang's daughter as queen? What about my queen? ”

"Zhao Rongguang means...... After the abolition. ”

"Bastard! I want to break Zhao Rongguang's corpse into pieces! ”

Prime Minister Guo Fujin said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, now that Zhao Rongguang is in control of the 12 infantry divisions of the forbidden army, there are some things that we have to compromise!" ”

In the Zhao Mansion in the Heavenly Saint City, Zhao Yan asked Zhao Rongguang with a puzzled expression: "Father, since you have already controlled the military power of the 12 infantry divisions of the Forbidden Army, why do you want to let your daughter enter the palace?" ”

It turned out that the Zhao Xiuyao mentioned by Prime Minister Guo Fujin was referring to Zhao Yan.

In fact, Zhao Rongguang really has a daughter named Zhao Xiuyao, but Zhao Xiuyao was born to a concubine, and not long after Zhao Yan returned to Tiansheng City, Zhao Xiuyao died of illness.

In order to hide Zhao Yan's identity, Zhao Rongguang asked Zhao Yan to impersonate her sister Zhao Xiuyao, who was two years younger than her.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Xiuyao's appearance was originally somewhat similar, and with some makeup, even the subordinates of the Zhao Mansion thought that Zhao Xiuyao was cured.

After Zhao Yan replaced her sister Zhao Xiuyao, she almost didn't go out of the door, which is also the reason why the "ghost" couldn't find Zhao Yan.

Zhao Rongguang sighed and said: "This time for my father is a dangerous move, although our Zhao family temporarily controls the 12 infantry divisions of the forbidden army, but our Zhao family's foundation is too shallow, and we have to borrow the façade of the court and the royal family."

And as long as you give birth to a prince, as a father, you can push my grandson to the crown prince and inherit the throne in the future. ”

"But...... But ......"

Zhao Rongguang looked at his daughter and still hesitated, so he persuaded him: "My father knows that you still think about Zhou Rui in your heart."

But since you chose to leave in the first place, even if you take the initiative to go back now, Zhou Rui may not accept you.

And you are just a concubine by Zhou Rui's side, and after entering the palace, you will be the queen of the world, and your son will be the emperor of the Han and Tang Empires in the future.

As the saying goes, the major events in the world must be divided for a long time, and they must be divided for a long time, maybe when my grandson inherits the throne, the problem of the division of our Han and Tang empire domains has been solved. ”

On the evening of May 10, in the city lord's mansion in Ruigu City, the eastern province of the Bajin Empire, Di Qingzhao, the eldest son of the head of the Di family, said to his father Di Shiheng: "The Jin Southern Army sent someone to send a message that as long as our Di family chooses to surrender, the lives of all our Di family can be guaranteed."

And it will leave a part of the property for our Di family to maintain their livelihood in the future. ”

Di Shiheng, the head of the Di family, smiled bitterly and asked, "How many troops do we have in our hands now?" ”

"Father, there are still more than 60,000 people here in Ruigu City, and more than 50,000 people in the other two cities that have not fallen.

However, due to a lack of weaponry, many recruits were armed with only a broadsword and a grenade. ”

Di Shiheng shook his head, "It seems that there is no hope at all.

When the Zhennan army came over, I don't know how many of these armies had defected.

Forget it, if you don't insist, if you persist any longer, our Di family will likely be uprooted. ”

"Father, will the Zhou family behind the Jin Southern Army speak and count?"

"Judging from the past, the Zhou family is still credible, not to mention that they should also hope to use our Di family as an example."

After the Ruigu City Di family of the Eastern Province of the Bajin Empire chose to surrender to the Southern Jin Army, it seemed to have a chain reaction, and the historians of Sangdao City in the Eastern Province, the Deng family of Zhuyang City, the Liao family of Huangsha City, and the Zhu family of Degang City in the Western Province soon announced their surrender to the Southern Jin Army one after another.

This also made the southern Jin army only have more than a month to capture all the eastern and western provinces of the Bajin Empire.

At this time, the joint expeditionary force composed of the Golden Lion, the Red Tiger, and the Silver Wolf had not yet been truly formed because of the Golden Lion Empire.

Subsequently, Zhou Rui renamed the eastern province of the Bajin Empire as Jindong Town, and the western province of the Bajin Empire as Jinxi Town.

And to the court of the Han and Tang Empires, please make yourself the envoy of Jindong Town and Jinxi Town.

At this time, Zhao Rongguang, who had already controlled the court of the Han and Tang Empires, was unwilling to offend Zhou Rui because of such a trivial matter, so he happily asked Emperor Ouyang Hui to make a holy decree and canonize Zhou Rui as the envoy of Fengwu, Zhenwei, Jindong, Jinnan, and Jinxi Five Towns.