Chapter 442: Meeting

Seeing this young man, Liang Hongyu immediately lowered her head, she knew that the young man in front of her was the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, the current Xuanwu Emperor Zhao Chen!

She just glanced at Zhao Chen slightly, and only felt that this person was heroic, with a gentle smile on his face, which made people feel close. Remembering that at the earliest, everyone in Jiangnan regarded Zhao Chen as a puppet in the hands of a faint monarch and a broken begging man, and she once laughed at Zhao Chen at the beginning, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

"General Liang, please come in quickly!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Zhao Chen invited Liang Hongyu in, and then asked Liang Hongyu to sit down.

Looking at Liang Hongyu, Zhao Chen was also very interested.

Liang Hongyu is a famous figure in ancient China, she was originally from a large family, but by the time she was thirteen years old, her family was in decline, and she was forced to become a camp prostitute! After that, she met Han Shizhong and became Han Shizhong's wife, and she was also a famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty! According to historical records, when Han Shizhong went on an expedition, he generally led half of the soldiers and horses himself, and Liang Hongyu led the other half of the soldiers and horses.

Now that this legendary woman is sitting in front of Zhao Chen, Zhao Chen can't help but be interested.

In fact, he already knew the news that Liang Hongyu was coming!

Before Liang Hongyu, the intelligence from all over the northwest was continuously sent to Yanjing City and to the staff headquarters! Those personnel of the intelligence department relied on the post station to spread the news, and they kept changing horses and people halfway, and never rested, so the speed of news spread was much faster than the speed of Liang Hongyu's arrival!

"General Liang, you and General Han and General Wang are in Yinzhou City, are you feeling okay?" Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you for your care, everything is fine." Liang Hongyu said.

"The bitter cold in the northwest has made you suffer." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"We are soldiers, and it is nothing to suffer some cold." Liang Hongyu said.

"There was just a war in the northwest, and the Jurchens and Western Xia actually united to invade Xiazhou, but fortunately they were repulsed. Yinzhou is not far from Xiazhou, and General Liang must be clear about the battle situation there, so why don't you tell me about it. Zhao Chen said.

"Good!" Liang Hongyu nodded.

In fact, Liang Hongyu was not very clear about the battle situation in Xiazhou, and she only knew about Xiazhou on the day she left, but when Zhao Chen asked, she had to answer.

Liang Hongyu said for a while, and Zhao Chen nodded, which was basically the same as what he knew, far less detailed than what he knew.

"So what did General Liang do when he came to Yanjing from Yinzhou?" After Liang Hongyu finished speaking, Zhao Chen said.

"This ...... Your Majesty, Zhang Jun made a big mistake this time, I don't know if Your Majesty can spare his life! Liang Hongyu gritted her teeth and said.

"Oh." Zhao Chen smiled, he had long guessed that Liang Hongyu might have come for Zhang Jun, and now it seems that this is indeed the case.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Jun is also a young man in the army, in his early years in the Western Army, he also fought for many years, and there was no merit and hard work! After that, he chose to take refuge in Your Majesty, hoping that Your Majesty would spare his life. Liang Hongyu said.

"At the beginning of the Jiangnan Incident, what I was most worried about was the Jiangnan army in the Guanshan area! Fortunately, all of you surrendered to me and didn't take the opportunity to rebel! Otherwise, the chaos in Guanshan and the Central Plains will continue for a long time, and the Jurchens may also take advantage of the chaos! From this point of view, you all have a credit to the world and to the people! In the past, under Zhao Gou's subordinates, most of the armies were private armies, but under my hands, they could not tolerate the existence of private armies, the army was owned by the state and the imperial court, and your Han family's army, Zhang's army, etc., must change from private armies to national armies! I feel that you have made a great contribution, and now I also owe you a debt, you yourself are also quite outstanding, and you are also the pillars of the country, a few years ago, I discussed the military with the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters, and the current situation is completely different from the time of Guanshan, and then it is no longer appropriate to continue to use the military numbers of the Jingyuan Army and Huanqing Army at the time of Guanshan, so the General Staff Headquarters decided to redivide the military region, with Yue Fei as the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Datong Military Region, and Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Wang Yan as the deputy commanders of the soldiers and horses of the Datong Military Region! Zhao Chen said.

"Ahh Hearing the news, Liang Hongyu was stunned.

"The status of the Datong Military Region is extremely important, sitting in the northwest, resisting the barbarians of all ethnic groups, and appointing several generals as deputy governors, which is also the importance of the imperial court to you, and it can also be regarded as compensation for the nationalization of the private army! In the future, if you have other military exploits, you can continue to be promoted, and even take charge of a military region alone! It's just that now, such a thing has happened, and Zhang Jun's appointment is naturally impossible! When the battle was about to be fought, the defenders fled, this matter was too bad and must be handed over to the staff headquarters for trial! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, what kind of crime will the General Staff Headquarters try him?" Liang Hongyu said.

"If nothing else, it should be a capital offense." Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, you just said that he has merit, can you spare his life?" Liang Hongyu said.

"I've been thinking about it since I got the news a few days ago! After waiting for the verdict of the General Staff Headquarters, I will pardon him. Zhao Chen said.

"Amnesty?" Liang Hongyu was stunned again.

"I have the right to amnesty! Even if he is mortal, I can forgive him without sin. Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Liang Hongyu was overjoyed.

However, she felt that Zhao Chen was a little "too much"! Zhao Chen is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and now he can issue an order to exempt Zhang Jun from his crimes, so why wait until the judgment of the General Staff Headquarters to grant amnesty?

"The law of the state is made, and no one can break it! Zhang Jun made a mistake and must be judged by the General Staff Headquarters, which is respect for the law! I have the power of pardon, and that's what the law says! The emperor could not openly violate the law, and he could not be considered innocent of Zhang Jun before the General Staff Headquarters sentenced him! In the future, these will become laws! Zhao Chen said.

Hearing this explanation, Liang Hongyu knew it in her heart, but she still felt incredible! The emperor is supreme, and even the law must be subordinated to the emperor, but the emperor in front of him chose to actively submit to the law.

"The government cannot be done according to the will of the individual, but must be done according to the law! If I don't obey the law, the ministers can refuse to carry out my orders! In the future, I will continue to limit the imperial power, so that the imperial power will not become a toy in the hands of a single husband. Zhao Chen said lightly.

After Zhao Chen finished speaking, Liang Hongyu stayed there directly.

The two talked for a while, Zhao Chen asked about the specific living conditions in the northwest, and Liang Hongyu answered attentively.

"Your Majesty, the armies no longer use their previous names, what are they called now?" Liang Hongyu thought of this question and suddenly asked.

"Datong, Yanmen, Xiazhou, Yinzhou and other places in the northwest are divided into Datong Military Region, and Yue Fei is the head of the soldiers and horses, and the number of soldiers and horses has reached 200,000! The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are divided into the Yanjing Military Region, and Li Xianzhong, the former commander of the Northern Shaanxi Forbidden Army, is the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Yanjing Military Region, with 150,000 soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction! In addition, the Liaodong Military Region was set up, Liu Qi was the head of the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Military Region, and the 150,000 troops led by Qu Duan when he entered the Central Plains, of which 50,000 remained in the Central Plains to maintain law and order in the Central Plains, and the rest all went north and were led by Liu Qi, and the Liaodong Military Region had 150,000 soldiers and horses under its jurisdiction. Zhao Zhe's Jingyuan Army went south into Henan, Lianghuai and other places, and established the Southern Military Region, under the jurisdiction of 150,000 soldiers and horses, and the main purpose is to maintain stability in the south! In addition to these, the General Staff Headquarters decided to establish a navy, and the 100,000 people of the former Yangtze River Naval Division Wu Jue and Wu Ling were divided into the navy! Zhao Chen said.

"Navy?" Liang Hongyu was stunned again.

Just by listening to the name, you know that this "navy" is completely different from the former "sailor"! The navy can be in the river or in the ocean, but the navy is a complete army in the sea!

"Your Majesty, what is this navy for? And does the Navy need a hundred thousand people? Liang Hongyu said in surprise.

"After the formation of the navy, we can go to Liaodong from the sea to strike at the Jurchens! In addition, there are Japanese pirates on the sea, and we can exterminate them! Of course, these are not the main ones! The imperial court intends to use Yanjing as the capital, and from the past year to the present, the Military Aircraft Department has discussed it several times! Yanjing City can deter the northern barbarians, and can sit in the Central Plains, and can also be connected with the south of the Yangtze River through the sea, this is a good place to set the capital, but Yanjing City has a flaw, it is too close to the sea, and the enemy can also pose a threat to Yanjing from the sea, so the navy is indispensable! The Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters discussed several times, and they all agreed that it was necessary to defeat Goryeo, take the Goryeo Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula as the clusters, completely turn the Canghai Sea into the country's inland sea, occupy all the islands in it, and place the navy in it, so as to ensure the safety of the Beijing Division! In short, whether it is on land or at sea, there can be no threat from other countries around the Jingshi, how can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch, if we really want to use Yanjing as the capital, we must destroy some countries on the sea! Moreover, our merchant travelers of the Great Song Dynasty want to go to Siyi, and most of them go from the sea, which all need the protection of the navy. Zhao Chen said.

"Goryeo!" Liang Hongyu was shocked at this moment, she didn't expect that the imperial court had begun to set its eyes on Goryeo!

"Your Majesty, now that the Jurchen calamity still exists, is it too early to think about this?" After a while, Liang Hongyu said.

"The Jurchens are no longer worried! Both the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters no longer regard the Jurchens as our great enemy! Our national strength and military strength are completely above the Jurchens, and according to the calculations of the General Staff Headquarters, if we want, we can destroy the Jurchens now! It's just that the country is in ruins and can't afford to consume too much, and if a war is started now, it will inevitably affect the economic recovery of Yanyun and the Central Plains, so we decided to wait a little longer! The eyes of the imperial court are no longer just on the Jurchens, but on all the surrounding neighboring countries! Goryeo, Dongying, Annam, these small neighboring countries are all in our consideration. Zhao Chen said lightly.

Hearing this, Liang Hongyu felt that she was already difficult to think! She felt that the Great Song in front of her was completely different from the Great Song before the war, the Great Song before the war was heavy on literature and light on military force, and the country was mainly defensive, while the current Great Song Dynasty was mainly based on expansion and attack! She also regarded the Jurchens as a great enemy, and the emperors and ministers of the country had long since stopped taking the Jurchens seriously!

"As a general, you can't leave the defense area easily! Your bold coming to Yanjing City this time was also a violation of military law, but I am not to blame in the past, and I hope that I will not make an example. Zhao Chen looked at Liang Hongyu and said with a smile.

"The last will understand." Liang Hongyu nodded and said hurriedly.

She also knew that it was a violation of military law for her to come to Yanjing from Yinzhou, because she was the original Jiangnan general, so Zhao Chen was particularly favorable, if it was Yue Fei's generals who came to Yanjing without any military order, I was afraid that the staff headquarters would have captured the general now! Zhao Chen obeyed the law so much, one can imagine how the General Staff Headquarters would treat generals who violated military law. She was also secretly vigilant in her heart.

"It's your first time in Yanjing City, right?" Zhao Chen said again.

"Yes, this was the place of the Liao State before, and then it was occupied by the Jurchens, and it just returned to our Great Song Dynasty last year, so the last general has never come." Liang Hongyu said.

"You stay in Yanjing City for a while! The queen has also come to Yanjing City these days, you go to look for her, I don't think she is in a very good mood, the two of you just go out together to play Yanjing. Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

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There's another chapter, maybe until 11 o'clock. I can't wait for the children's shoes to come tomorrow.