Zhao Lie was the prince, except for a few people such as the Queen Mother, who was afraid of losing power, and Zhang Shijie, who was worried about the seizure of military power, most of the courtiers were welcome. Without him, this prince is too capable of fighting! And right now, what the Great Song Dynasty needs most is an emperor who can fight.

This emperor, it doesn't matter whether he has imperial skills or not, it doesn't matter whether he can govern the country or not, as long as his surname is Zhao, he has a set of military affairs, and can lead his subjects to take the gradually relieved dynasty away from this small island and fight back to the Central Plains, that is the most ideal king at present. And Zhao Hunt fully meets the expectations of the government and the opposition, which is very suitable.

In this regard, many ministers will have a word in their hearts: it came into being.

In order to appease the hearts of China and foreign countries, Zhao Lie proposed to vacate the throne for three years at the first court meeting presided over by him as a prisoner, waiting for the return of the young emperor, and then assisting the young emperor, willing to be the forerunner.

Zhao Lie's statement was made clear to the Empress Dowager Yang before the court meeting. Empress Dowager Yang was both surprised and moved when she heard this, and her heart was extremely comforted, and she immediately said that this proposal should be handed over to the ministers for discussion at the court meeting. If the ministers think that they should be vacant for three years to wait for the emperor's return, then wait for three years; If the ministers think that they should ascend to the throne immediately, then they will ascend the throne immediately, and she will never object, and will happily hand over the state seal.

Zhao Lie was very satisfied with such a response, and it was far better to retreat than to force the palace with Chiguoguo.

Sure enough, as soon as the ministers heard this, they objected one after another - how could the throne be vacated for three years? The country has no king, just like the palace has no beams, and the boat has no oars. How else to decide on state affairs and command the world? Go on like this, sooner or later.

So the ministers persuaded him again and again, of course Zhao Lie would not agree - everyone wanted to persuade him, his mouth moved, his pen shook, once he adopted, he was from the minister of the dragon, Jane was in the emperor's heart, and he didn't have to worry about being rich and wealthy for generations. Such a book...... No, it's a good thing that doesn't cost a lot of money, who doesn't rush to do it?

Immediately ascend to the throne or wait, Zhao Lie has his own overall considerations, and he will not let some courtiers with selfish desires rush to the throne, and now is not the time.

As a result, Zhao Lie repeatedly resigned, which was not the kind of "resignation" trick of the emperors of previous dynasties before he took the throne, but a sincere resignation. In the end, Chen Yizhong synthesized the opinions of Zhao Lie and the courtiers and proposed a one-year period. A year later, if the young emperor does not show up again, it will be regarded as a death, and the prince will immediately ascend the throne.

The resolution was submitted to the harem, and the Empress Dowager Yang was satisfied with the result, so she issued a decree to summon the world.

Empress Dowager Yang still has a glimmer of hope, but no one knows better than Zhao Lie that the young emperor will never come back. Delay ascending the throne for a year, in exchange for the Empress Dowager Yang's complete death, in exchange for the ministers' hearts, why not? What's more, he was not mentally ready to be an emperor.

Zhao Lie has always thought that he is an ordinary person, and he never thought that he would become an emperor one day, even if he was promoted all the way to the rank of lord, he was both a marquis and a duke, but in this last days, at the end of the world, he did not enjoy the benefits of these titles at all. Even if he is a duke and an official is a second-class official, he is not allowed to go to the battlefield with a gun like a soldier? And what about being emperor? Don't you have to go to war? It seems that it is indeed not necessary, and it is impossible.

Security is safe, but it raises a bigger question - who will command his martial arts team? Who can he trust to hand over such a force capable of subverting the dynasty? There is no doubt that it can only be held tightly in the hand. In this way, this peerless army is equivalent to being encircled in the palace as a guard, which is simply self-abandoning martial arts and letting Maxima die in front of the trough.

It's a big problem to solve. Fortunately, it is not urgent at the moment, and I hope it will be solved in time.

The matter of ascending the throne is established, and the next step is to integrate the military and government.

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At the end of March of the third year of Xiangxing, another merchant ship left the port of Xindi, and the Han and Tibetan ships that came and went did not glance at this inconspicuous ship. No one knew that there was a thin boy in the cabin who almost became the king of Yacheng and the lord of the Great Song Dynasty.

The destination of this merchant ship was Gannan, and the owner of the ship was Jiang Zongjie, the leader of the crows, and this veteran was ordered to secretly return Zhao Dan to the Central Plains.

Of course, Zhao Lie would not embarrass a non-threatening child, but he must not let him stay. To send him away, to a place where no one knows anymore, is to completely cut off some people's thoughts, and also to let this little boy live.

However, Zhao Lie still didn't expect that Zhao Dan wouldn't live long after all. Originally due to injuries and illness, coupled with the turbulence of the sea, Zhao Dan fell ill soon after arriving in southern Gansu, and died in less than half a month, just like history.

Zhao Lie doesn't care about all this, he is now integrating the army under his command, and he is busy all day long.

At this time, the strength of the Xing Dynasty was as follows: the Dragon Bird Army (including the headquarters of the Wan'an Army City) had a total of more than 2,300 guns. After defeating the Hague, he surrendered more than 5,000 people; Defeated Ali Hague, and then surrendered more than 10,000 people, plus the remnants of the Song army in Yacheng and Changhua, a total of 20,000 horses.

20,000 horses, which sounds like a lot, but in fact there are only about 5,000 soldiers in the interior, and non-combatants such as auxiliaries, craftsmen, boatmen, and family members of the army account for three-quarters. However, because of the muskets, the conditions for soldiers can be further relaxed, and many auxiliary soldiers who are not suitable for fighting in battle are not a problem to shoot at all, and they are all qualified musketeers. As a result, the number of soldiers reached as high as 8,000, but non-combatants still accounted for more than half.

Of course, Zhao Lie will not let his soldiers and horses be so bloated and low in combat power, they must be selected, planted, and eliminated!

The new dragon sparrow army must be different, different from all the armies of this era.

Zhao Lie divided the 8,000 soldiers, of which 3,000 were musketeers, 1,000 crossbowmen, 1,000 sword and axe soldiers, and 3,000 gun soldiers. After the musket, the role of bows and crossbows gradually weakened, but the Song army originally had many crossbowmen, and the crossbowmen accounted for nearly half of them, and there were a lot of bows and crossbows and arrows captured. Although the power of this long-range weapon is not as good as that of a musket, the firing speed is enough to make up for it, and the lethality is not small, but the cost of training and maintenance is high, and it is not comparable to a musket. Since there is, of course we must use it, and make the best use of it.

Zhao Lie planned to place this thousand crossbowmen and a thousand guns and brand soldiers in Yacheng as a permanent garrison. Then the 2,000 troops were divided into three, which were commanded by Wang Ping'an, the former commander of the palace, Huang Tiancong, the deputy commander of the guards, and Yang Xingyong, the commander of the Tianwu army. Among them, Wang Ping'an commanded 1,000 men and horses, and added an additional 100 musketeers. Huang Tiancong and Yang Xingyong each commanded 500 people. However, if there are more than 50 soldiers and horses, they must hold a Privy Council letter. When Zhao Lie was not in Yacheng, the Privy Council was the head of the Privy Council with Ma Nanchun, who signed the same book.

From the above arrangement, it can be seen that Zhao Lie took great pains. He hasn't become an emperor yet, and Yacheng is not yet his hall, so the balance of power must be maintained.

Wang Ping'an, the veteran who followed Zhao Hunt at the beginning, has no doubt about his loyalty, and in the absence of available people, he made a comeback again and became a confidant general arranged by Zhao Hunt in the rear. Huang Tiancong was originally a subordinate of Zhang Shijie, but he fought effectively and did not get involved in the succession incident, so he was considered a neutral. As for Yang Xingyong, he is just a tool in this incident, and he is not wronged to deal with it, but leaving him in his original position and guarding the palace can at least make Empress Dowager Yang feel at ease. There are only a few hundred people, and there is no wind and waves.

The most important reason why Zhao Lie made these arrangements was that it was impossible for him to live in Yacheng permanently, and he didn't even have much time to train the new army. It is now the end of March, and more than three months have passed since the defeat of Ali Hague, and Meng Yuan must have received the news and may be ready. With Ali Hague in front of him, Meng Yuan will definitely learn a lesson, and once he sends troops to war, it will be a shocking blow.

Yacheng is the base camp of the Xing Dynasty, and the Wan'an Army is a military base, both of which are not suitable for the battlefield, and the most suitable battlefield is in - Qiongguan!