Chapter 283: Descending South
Zhao Zhongzhen was a little puzzled, but he didn't seem to understand, he knew that whether it was his father or the king, he would not harm himself, but he didn't understand why these two people would be incompatible, and he didn't know if he could be the emperor in the future, but if he was the emperor, he could do a lot of things, thinking of this, Zhao Zhongzhen nodded, whether the king controlled the military power or not, it seems that it doesn't matter much now, and he wants the king to assist him, just like the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, and he has no military power.
Seeing Zhao Zhongzhen nodded, Yingzong finally felt a little relieved, the Great Song Dynasty is not afraid of foreign enemies now, because some of them are soldiers that cannot be consumed, and they are afraid of civil strife, but the more he is afraid of something, the more he will come~, Zhao Zhongzhen came back a few days ago, and suddenly Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang retreated from the court and asked to see, Song Yingzong Zhao Shu announced the prime minister to the vertical arch hall, Zeng Gongliang dragged a tray in his hand, there were a few books on the tray, and he stood there with his head down and waited for Yingzong,
He wondered, this book really appeared, and it also appeared in the palace of Handong County, what is going on,
Zhao Shu walked into the vertical arch hall, saw the prime minister holding the tray in a daze, the emperor sat down on the throne, then coughed, the prime minister looked up, Zhao Shu, who was emaciated, was looking at himself, and hurriedly offered the tray in his hand: "Shengshang, you let the king find the book next to him." ”
"Oh." Zhao Shu was also stunned, he picked up a book and looked at it, it didn't matter if he looked at it, but he sat up straight when he saw it,
In the earlier collection of the book "Wujing General Essentials", there is only a table of contents, although the content can still be found in the "Guangbei Siege Works" (Song Dynasty Arsenal), but why did it not enter the book at that time, and once these contents are circulated it is a big loss in the military, and Qin Minxue did not reveal the content of this book to himself, Zhao Shu did not read it carefully, and today I saw a shock in my heart, how to make all kinds of gunpowder, rockets, and poisonous gunpowder in the book, the distance of fire attack in the siege and defense of the city, and the range of rocket equipment in the defense of the city, the overview here is very fine,
"Good book, really good book, Zeng Xiang, when the emperor ordered you to compile this book, it can be said that all the armed equipment of my Great Song Dynasty was collected here, how did this kid next to the king find this book,."
Zeng Gongliang's sweat has come down, if it is found out that it is the omission of the year, then his responsibility will be great, but now since it is not an omission, he is still very nervous, because this is related to the emperor's own brother: "Your Majesty, this book was found in the palace of Handong County." ”
"The county king's mansion, what did the county king do with this book." Zhao Shu couldn't help but ask,
Zeng Gongliang stepped back on his front foot, and then Qin Minxue arrived, Zhao Zongxuan's attitude towards himself was simply too bad, Qin Minxue made a secret visit to Shaozhou for a few days, and found that the king of the county contacted the soldiers of Guangnan and Nan, and now he couldn't care about looking for King Ying, so he hurried back to the capital.
Hearing this news, Zhao Shu was taken aback, it turned out that his younger brother was antipathetic.
"You can see the king in Shaozhou." In order to confirm that Wang Fang found this book from the county king's mansion, Yingzong Zhao Shu asked,
Don't mention this, Qin Minxue is not angry, but he didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the emperor, so he had to say: "See, he was taken to the county king's mansion, and he was left there by the county king, it seems that the county king admires him very much." ”
Unexpectedly, Yingzong laughed after hearing this, and sure enough, this kid still has a heart, which also proves two points, the first county king has been prepared; The second king is still concerned with the court,
Things are always one thing after another, Zhao Shu is thinking about how to deal with the problem of the county king, and suddenly heard the summons of the queen mother, it is estimated that it is a matter of urging the prince to establish a prince, this time Zhao Shu has an idea, he has evidence of Zhao Zong's misdeeds in his hands, but now whether to tell the queen mother the problem,
Zhao Shu didn't expect that he didn't say anything, but the queen mother sighed: "King Ying, this kid is still very sensible, and he will come to see me when he recovers from his illness. ”
Why did the queen mother suddenly change her tone, was she testing herself, Zhao Shu hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, King Ying is still young, and now he is a prince......
Before he finished his words, the queen mother said: "The establishment of the crown prince is just to reassure the people of the world, and the prince also has the opportunity to participate in politics, so there will be major events in the future so that there will be no chaos." ”
The queen mother's attitude turned around, so that Zhao Shu was a little confused, this matter is Shi Zhaoxi's credit, it turned out that the king set up a counter-plan, Jiang Youdao returned to Shaozhou, and informed the county king of what happened in Yongzhou, and reminded the county king to be careful of Shi Zhaoxi, the county king was extremely depressed, found a fault with Shi Zhaoxi, beat him dozens of boards and dismissed him from the position of general manager, Shi Zhaoxi suffered this loss, wrote a letter and told the queen mother Cao that she was wronged, the queen mother was very angry, sure enough, it was a brother who was deducted from the mold, turned his face and didn't recognize people, It depends on the owner to beat the dog, Zhao Zongchu dared to be so unreasonable before he became a prince, presumably he will not be an obedient lord when he ascends the throne in the future.
There is no Shi Zhaoxi by Zhao Zongxi's side, naturally there is one less person next to the king who is always wary of himself, plus Jiang Youdao does not dare to go against Wang Bian clearly, Wang Bian in the name of supervising silver refining, back and forth between Shaozhou and Yongzhou, in fact, he has replaced the guards around him with his own people, plus Zhao Zongchu is favored by Wang Bian, and there is no prevention against him at all, Wang Bian ordered Wazhuang to be in charge of Guangyuan Gold Mine as a whole, and his side followed Zhi Kejun, Zhang Ping, Han Derong and Wu Ling, when he came and went to various states, Wang Bian visited Yu Jing, Sun Wei and others, as well as Nong Jifeng's old friends, and the old department of Di Qing,
Although Di Qing Pingnan and these people were in the same situation back then, but now the situation is different, who doesn't want to live a stable and peaceful life, and Nan Jifeng also has a certain influence in Guangnan, not to mention that the name Wang Bi has long been known.
Zhao Zongchu, the king of the county, was fooled by the king like this, thinking about sitting on a silver mountain and having a lot of wealth; While dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period of competing for the Great Song Dynasty, and the strategists and shogunates around him all saw that he only believed in the king, and no one wanted to say more.
In this way, it was a year smaller, and in the third year of Zhiping, Zhao Zhongzhen was officially canonized as the prince and renamed Zhao Ji, and the emperor Song Yingzong decided to eradicate the troubles for his son, and summoned Zhao Zong, the king of the county, into Beijing.
When the king heard the news, he immediately anxious about all the strategists of the shogunate, the military generals of Shaozhou, and prepared to stand on their own, he sent people to gather the people of the two states of Guangnan, and the people were sent out, but after half a month, only sporadically came the military generals and 5,000 soldiers and horses of several states.
Yingzhou, Lianzhou and other places closest to Shaozhou have only strengthened their vigilance, and there is no movement at all.
In the council hall of the county king's mansion, Zhao Zongxun, the county king, who was about to establish himself as the emperor, sat and asked with a calm face: "Why haven't these people come at this time?" ”
There were more than a dozen people sitting in the hall, and the king who was the leader thought for a while and said, "King Jun, it's better to wait." ”
Jiang Youdao stood up: "King Jun, you can't wait any longer, the news that you want to stand on your own has already spread, if the imperial court sends troops, I'm afraid that troops will come to the city soon." ”
The king of the county waved his hand: "What are you afraid of, I Shaoguan has a reputation of being a man since ancient times, and now there are more than 10,000 people and horses from all walks of life, as long as the silver two and one arrive, are you still afraid that you will not be able to recruit soldiers, as long as you hold Shaozhou City, you can cut off the connection between Guangnan and the imperial court, and then we will occupy Guangnan to compete for the world." ”
Wang Bian snickered in his heart, what are you beautiful about a lonely city, I'm afraid that as soon as Nan Jifeng's troops arrive, you won't be able to defend this lonely city, if it weren't for the fact that there are many people in the council hall now, and my guards are waiting outside, I will solve you, bear with me, in order to let Nan Jifeng win down Guangyuan, this credit is still left to him to stand,
Jiang Youdao glared at the king fiercely, knowing that this kid must have done a ghost, but he didn't dare to say it, the king of the county ordered, Shaozhou entered a state of alert, the city gate was closed, and he was ready to fight with the imperial court, and at the same time issued an edict to the world to establish himself as the king of Handong, the news reached the imperial court and shocked the government and the opposition, Zhao Shu was angry, his younger brother not only did not accept the order, but also made trouble, Zhao Shu ordered to send 20,000 soldiers to the south to quell the matter, the prince Zhao Xuan was willing to personally lead the order to lead the troops to go, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, the prince had such courage at a young age, All of them raised their big fingers,
Although Yingzong also remembered Zhao Ji's safety, he knew that it was difficult for an emperor without merit to convince the public, and this was also an opportunity for Zhao Ji to perform.
Zhao Ji was ordered to go south, all the way very happy, is there any joy in the war, he is very happy, first, he has not fought, second, he knows in his heart that there are Wang Bi and Nan Jifeng in Guangnan to respond, this battle will definitely be won, as a result, the army arrived under the city of Shaozhou, even three days of attack did not take Shaozhou City, the soldiers lost three or four thousand, Zhao Ji was shocked,
The prince who grew up in this deep mansion compound, who has seen the smoke and flames of war, where has he seen the corpses everywhere, a few days down, the corpses of the soldiers piled up under the city are more than half a person high, and the number of points is less than half of the soldiers, Zhao Ji is very anxious in the military camp outside the city: Dead again, Brother Wang, where are you, why don't you come and help me,,
The king of the county is proud of the spring breeze in the city, not only that, but the commander of Lianzhou east of Shaozhou led 3,000 troops to support the king of the county, and the commander of Yingzhou south of Shaozhou led 3,000 troops to support the king of the county; Yongzhou commander Nan Jifeng took a thousand elite soldiers and ten carts of silver taels to the south gate of Shaozhou City.
Wang Jian also smiled when he heard the news, Zhao Ji's sharpness has almost been frustrated in the past three days, he can't let this kid be too proud, give him a little scare first, and now it's time to surprise him.
Shaozhou City, in addition to the north line of strict defense of the Song army, the east gate, the south gate have been opened, Lianzhou Yingzhou commander and Nan Jifeng have come to the county king's mansion, to make a long story short, Shaozhou city guards have been tired of defending the city for days, Wang Fang suggested that it was replaced by Lianzhou and Yingzhou soldiers,
That night, the king of the county was setting up a banquet in the house to receive the wind for everyone, and suddenly heard the deafening fighting outside the city gate, and the sound was getting closer and closer, it turned out that the Yujing troops of Lianzhou had opened the city gate, and let the Song army enter the city, and the soldiers ran in to report that the king of the county was taken aback, and was about to get angry, but found that there was no one else around, and there was no other way but to tie his hands and capture,
"Next to the king, I treat you well, why do you want to yin me,,, I won't let you go~,,。" When Nan Jifeng's knife was on Zhao Zongchu's neck, Zhao Zongchu shouted angrily,
The king smiled: "It doesn't matter if you let me go or not, the important thing is that with my king by my side, I won't let the Great Song Dynasty be destroyed in the hands of you people." ”
More than a month later, Wang Fang accompanied the triumphant return of the prince Zhao Ji back to the capital, this walk for more than two years, went south to find gold and silver mines, and with Nan Jifeng to form an alliance to protect Guangyuan, Wang Pan knew that the time for the prince to ascend the throne is getting closer and closer, the road behind will be more difficult to walk, for Xining to change the law, Wang Anshi countless rivals, Wang Pan can change the fate of Xining's failed change, change the situation of poverty and weakness in the Great Song Dynasty, and can compete with the Great Liao, Western Xia, and the Wanyan clan that is about to puff up,