When everything was arranged, it was already noon, and Zhao Chen called some officers of the Zhejia Army and the Jingyuan Army over to talk together! Li Gang, Yue Fei, Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi and others also accompanied them!

Those generals of the Zhejia army were still a little uneasy, although Zhao Chen had promised to forgive the sins of all the soldiers of the Zhejia army, but they were still afraid!

One of them was a long and stout man, with a huge scar on his face, which ran from his left cheek to his neck, and his flesh was tumbling, looking unusually hideous!

At this moment, this man couldn't hold back any longer, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, is it true or false that you promised to forgive our sins?" ”

Zhao Chen looked at this person, although this person was ugly and hideous, but Zhao Chen's face did not change at all, his expression was still gentle, and said, "What's your name?" What is his position in the Folded Army? ”

This man said: "The last general, Yang Zhong, is just a small captain of the Zhejia Army!" They didn't dare to come to see Your Majesty, but I dared to see Your Majesty! ”

Zhao Chen couldn't help laughing, seeing that this person was a rough man, he was pushed out by other soldiers of the Zhejia Army, and then Zhao Chen said: "I am the emperor, the so-called king has no jokes, I said to forgive your crimes, naturally I forgive your crimes, there will be no mistakes!" ”

This general named Yang Zhong couldn't help but smile on his face, and said, "Your Majesty, don't deceive me!" ”

Zhao Chen said: "I will never lie to you!" ”

Yang Zhong nodded and said, "I believe in Your Majesty!" Your Majesty, I have one more thing to ask! ”

Zhao Chen said: "What do you want to ask, just say!" No matter what you say today, I will listen carefully and answer carefully! ”

Yang Zhong showed a worried look in his eyes, and said: "Your Majesty, we are all subordinates who can ask for it, and it is a great rebellion to ask for it, although Your Majesty forgives us, but I guess we will never be promoted in the future!" Isn't that so? ”

Hearing Yang Zhong's words, the rest of the officers of the Zhejia Army also looked at Zhao Chen, and Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, and the officers of the Jingyuan Army also looked at Zhao Chen, and they wanted to see how Zhao Chen answered.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment and said, "There are only two conditions for me to promote people!" As long as you can meet these two conditions, whether you are a subordinate or not, you will be promoted! ”

Yang Zhong hurriedly said: "I don't know which two conditions are?" ”

Zhao Chen said: "The first must be loyal to me, and the second must be talented!" As long as you can achieve these two points, you will have a big mistake before, and I will be promoted! ”

Yang Zhong was overjoyed and said, "In this way, I will definitely be promoted!" I am a congenital master, outstanding in martial arts, last year when the Jurchens invaded, I also led troops to stop the Jurchens, and later was injured by the Jurchens, leaving this scar on my face! It's just that at that time, I was acting with the second son, and the second son was defeated by the Jurchens, but I killed dozens of Jurchens at that time, so the second son hated me, and then demoted me from a deputy general to an ordinary captain, and then the second son went to Sichuan, and I still couldn't be reused in the army! If, as Your Majesty said, I only value talent and loyalty, I will definitely be promoted! I am absolutely loyal to Your Majesty, and there is a word of loyalty in my name, which was taken by my parents, so that I am loyal to the Great Song Dynasty and Your Majesty! Your Majesty, rest assured! ”

He said this call, which was quite upside down, Zhao Chen laughed when he heard this, and said, "Very good! If you are truly loyal to me and truly talented, I will definitely be able to promote you! But I won't promote you just because you say a few words, and I won't wait until later, when you show your loyalty, your talents! ”

Yang Zhong laughed and said, "What Your Majesty said is that speaking with your mouth alone really can't be believed!" Although Your Majesty looks at the last general, the last general will definitely let Your Majesty know the loyalty and talent of the last general! ”

Such a rough man stood up and spoke, and the tension in the room was reduced a lot! Those generals of the Zhejia Army were thinking about the "two conditions" mentioned by Zhao Chen, and they were originally worried in their hearts, but now they are much more relaxed! Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi and others are also thinking about the two conditions that Zhao Chen said, and they secretly admire in their hearts, these "two conditions" are the best means to buy people's hearts! When ordinary officers hear these "two conditions," they will inevitably try their best to show their loyalty and show their talents, so that they can be promoted!

"From yesterday to today, everyone must be tired! Yue Fei, you immediately arrange lunch so that everyone can have a good meal! Wait until you're done eating, and let the soldiers get a good night's sleep! I'll talk about other things tomorrow! Zhao Chen said again.

Yue Fei hurriedly agreed!

After half an hour, lunch was prepared, Zhao Chen and everyone had lunch in the room, and the soldiers of the Zhejia Army and the Jingyuan Army outside were also having lunch! From yesterday to now, these soldiers are indeed tired and ruthless, especially those soldiers of the Broken Family Army, they have been kneeling for several hours, even if they stand up at this moment, their legs and feet are still sore, but although they have been promised by Zhao Chen, they are still terrified in their hearts, so they dare not rest!

After lunch, after receiving Zhao Chen's official order, these soldiers began to lie down and rest!

"How's the situation in Hanzhong City?" At this moment, Zhao Chen asked about the situation in Hanzhong City again.

"Your Majesty, Kang'an has taken full control of Hanzhong City! Now he is cleaning the streets of Hanzhong City! In addition, everything is normal in Hanzhong City, but the people are frightened and hide in their own homes and dare not come out in a short time! Li Gang said.

Just now, someone from Hanzhong City had come to report the news to Li Gang, and Li Gang would tell Zhao Chen at this moment.

"Excellent! I'm going to stay in this barracks for a few days, and Hanzhong City will be handed over to Kang'an for the time being! As long as there are no accidents in Hanzhong City, there will be no big riots! Zhao Chen said.

"Kang An reported that he was going to impose a curfew in Hanzhong City, and no one was allowed to go out on the streets as long as it was dark! After a few days, His Majesty will slowly lift the curfew after returning to Hanzhong! Li Gang said.

"Okay, I'll take care of him!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty hasn't slept since last night, and he must be very tired, so why don't you go to sleep first?" Li Gang said.

"Good!" Zhao Chen nodded!

It wasn't until the evening that Zhao Chen woke up! After he woke up, he entered the barracks of the Zhejia Army, and at this moment, many soldiers of the Zhejia Army had woken up after sleeping all afternoon! Seeing Zhao Chen coming, they knelt down to greet him!

"Hurry up!" Zhao Chen smiled, he personally helped a soldier up!

When these soldiers saw Zhao Chen coming in, they were in awe and awe, and they didn't dare to breathe! Standing there quietly one by one, with extremely serious expressions on their faces!

"Come, sit down! I'm talking to you! Zhao Chen said with a smile.

The soldiers were stunned, and after a moment someone finally sat down, and then more and more people sat down!

"Are you all soldiers in Hanzhong?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, most of us are from Fuzhou!" A soldier said.

Fuzhou was probably located in what is now Fugu County, Shaanxi, and it was an important military stronghold in the Song Dynasty! The Zhejia family has been guarding Fuzhou for generations, and many of the soldiers of these Zhejia army are also from Fuzhou! However, last year when the Jurchens invaded, Fuzhou had fallen, and now Fuzhou is owned by the Jurchens, so these people are no longer able to return to their hometowns!

"I see! Are you homesick? Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!" Almost in unison, all the soldiers nodded.

"Very good, in my lifetime, I will definitely lead you back to your hometown and recapture Fuzhou!" Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The soldiers said one after another.

"You used to be in the army, did you deduct military salaries?" Zhao Chen said again.

Almost all the soldiers of the Zhejia Army nodded one after another, and some of the soldiers were extremely indignant, obviously they were detained a lot! Deducting military salaries is a bad habit that almost any army in ancient China will have, and it is normal for such a thing to occur in the Zhejia army!

"How much were you deducted last month? Say it all! I will make it up to you with the money from the treasury. In the future, Yue Fei will serve as the commander of the forbidden army for me, he will never dare to deduct military salary, if he deducts military salary, I will not be the first to spare him! Zhao Chen said.

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, the soldiers below showed an unusually happy expression on their faces! They didn't expect Zhao Chen to make up for the military salary deducted last month! As for what Zhao Chen said later, they will be skeptical!

"Your Majesty, the last general will never do anything to deduct military salaries! Don't worry! "Yue Fei has been standing beside Zhao Chen, and at this moment, Yue Fei is categorical!

"Excellent! I have already asked Master Li Gang and Li to go to Hanzhong City to send the silver, and by tomorrow I will be able to make up all the military salaries that were deducted last month!" We'll have to wait! Zhao Chen said.

The soldiers below were all excited, needless to say!

"At noon, I talked to General Yang Zhong of your Fold Army, and I told him that as long as he is loyal to me, as long as he has talent, he will be promoted! Now I want to tell all the officers and soldiers of the Folded Family Army, no matter what your current status is, no matter whether you have made mistakes before, as long as you can achieve those two things, I will never be stingy with the official position in my hand, and I will reward you with a lot of official position! I don't pay attention to my background, no matter what my background, as long as I can do those two, I can be promoted! Zhao Chen said again.

The soldiers of the Zhejia Army below were in an uproar, and everyone was talking!

Originally, the Western Army was rotten, and the army was very particular about its origin! If you are of noble birth, there is no problem if you want to be a high-ranking official! If you are from a low background, it is difficult to get promoted, even if you are talented! For example, Liu Guangshi, who was rewarded by the imperial court as soon as he was born, became a third-class servant! And Han Shizhong, who is also a famous general of ZTE, took sixteen years to get the position of the third class! Liu Guangshi did not have any military exploits, he was able to control more than 100,000 Liu family troops at a young age, and Han Shizhong had outstanding achievements, repeatedly defeated Western Xia, and captured Fang La alive among thousands of troops, but such merits only made him a deputy general! Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yanwen, and Zhe Yanzhi are naturally destined to control the Zhe family army, if Wu Jue and Wu Ling hadn't met Zhao Chen, it would be impossible to get ahead!

Now Zhao Chen doesn't pay attention to his background, he only pays attention to loyalty and talent, and the soldiers below are surprised and unbelievable!

"What Your Majesty said is true?" Someone still couldn't help but ask.

"Nature is true! You spread my word, and I want everyone to know that there are two conditions for me to select talents, and there will be no other conditions besides these two conditions! If you don't meet these two conditions, no one can get reuse! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" The soldiers of the Zhejia Army below couldn't help but shout one after another, and everyone was excited at the moment.

"Yue Fei, are you ready for dinner? I'm going to dine with everyone in the evening! Zhao Chen said with a smile.

On this night, Zhao Chen sat down with a group of soldiers of the Zhejia Army to dine, and many soldiers were moved and wanted to cry! Feudal society pays the most attention to hierarchical status, Zhao Chen is undoubtedly the highest status person in the world, and these ordinary soldiers belong to the lowest status of the group, and Zhao Chen doesn't care about their vulgarity, sitting among them and eating with them! They don't want to say that they have seen or heard such things before, they can't imagine that such things will happen in the world!

"Your Majesty is truly a Saint Monarch of the Ages!"

"If you can ask for a crime, it is indeed a crime that deserves death!"

"Such a majesty, who loves soldiers like a son, how can he not be loyal to him?"

For a while, there were whispers everywhere! All the soldiers felt stirred in their hearts, and some couldn't help but turn around and wipe their tears!

In the distance, Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Qi were originally inspecting the barracks, and when the three of them saw the scene here, they couldn't help but stay there!

"Your Majesty has eaten with those ordinary soldiers! This ...... "Zhao Zhe is unbelievable!"

"Your Majesty is so noble, how can you be with them?" Liu Qi is also unbelievable.

"In the past, it was said in the history books that Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was eloquent, easy-going, and good at buying people's hearts, even if he was a pawn at the gatekeeper, he could talk to him, I didn't believe it! Imagine that as an emperor and a ninety-five, how could he bend down and talk to an ordinary soldier? But now that I see what Your Majesty has done, I believe it! Wang Shu nodded and said.

In the eyes of the three of them, an emperor and a group of soldiers eating together can almost be called a "shame", and those lowly soldiers are almost a blasphemy of the emperor's noble status! But Zhao Chen didn't care, the expression on Zhao Chen's face was still so easy-going, as if this was a normal thing! They are admired to the extreme!

"He actually bent down to talk and eat with the soldiers like this, I am afraid that it will not be long before this family army will be really used by him! I admire him more and more, I hope he is not only buying people's hearts, but also has other means to prosper the Great Song Dynasty! Wang Shu said secretly.

This night, Zhao Chen came from one military camp to another, on the one hand, he appeased the army, and on the other hand, he introduced Yue Fei to these soldiers of the Folding Army! He told these soldiers that Yue Fei was in charge of the forbidden army instead of himself, Yue Fei had his Shang Fang sword in his hand, and Yue Fei's words were his words!

It wasn't until midnight that Zhao Chen returned to the room to continue resting!

Early the next morning, Zhao Chen woke up early, still walking in the barracks of the Zhejia Army, still staying with the soldiers! He asked about the soldiers' families, asked about some trivial things in life, but the more he did this, the more grateful the soldiers became! These are all the most common things in the army of later generations, but in this era, they are extremely valuable! Zhao Chen has also watched the news broadcast for more than ten years, he has never eaten pork and watched pigs run, he still knows how to "inspect the army" and "go deep into the army"! In later generations, it is no longer a hierarchical society, and the arrival of the chief among the soldiers still makes the soldiers excited, let alone a hierarchical feudal society? As the supreme emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, he personally ran to the army and talked to the soldiers, if the soldiers were not moved, it would be strange!

Zhao Chen stayed here for three days, and it was not until May 24 that he left Nanzheng and returned to Hanzhong! Yue Fei was left in Nanzheng by him, and in the future, Yue Fei will be the commander of the forbidden army, and he will stay here for a long time!

As for the Jingyuan army, some of them followed Zhao Zhe to Dasanguan and stationed in Dasanguan in the future, and the other part followed Liu Qi to the direction of Shu Dao and incorporated the 30,000 Zhejia army in Shu Dao!

Zhao Chen returned to the palace, and just came to the Qianqing Palace, only to see Lin Bao kneeling there trembling!