"Hahaha...... I'm back! ”

Chong Shiheng and his entourage finally rushed back to the capital after a few days of sleeping in the dust, and when they saw the towering city gate, Chong Shiheng laughed loudly, which attracted many passers-by to look at it sideways.

However, he did not enter the city directly, but turned to the direction of the camp outside the city and galloped away, which was also a matter of no choice, and the gatekeeper would not let him enter the city with soldiers and horses so swaggeringly, although there were only dozens of guards around him.

"Brother Pingjing, brother, I'll come back to the bird! How's it going? ”

"Oh, your loud voice scares me! Look at your flying dust, hurry up and change your clothes! Hurry up, we'll have to report to the Holy Lord in a while! ”

"What's the situation?"

"Hurry up! Let's talk as we walk on the road! Zhi Weizheng had been busy with the various military newspapers in his hand, and then he looked up and saw Liang Shi and Qi Zhonghao, so he asked, "Who are these two?" ”

"By the way, you two have come to see General Zhe!" Chong Shiheng beckoned to the two behind him.

"Grass people Liang Shi (Qi Zhonghao), meet the general!"

"Flatten! Zhongping: What's going on? Zhi Weizheng looked at Chong Shiheng in surprise.

"Well, that's the case, do you remember that the Holy Lord deliberately mentioned a place when he ordered me to wait for the bandits?"

"I'll it, of course I remember! Otherwise, you wouldn't have run out to play alone and throw me here, I'm too busy, let's talk about it first, and you'll have to ask me to rub it later! "It's like a cat that has been stepped on its tail, and it's just about to pinch Chong Shiheng's neck.

"Good, good! You need to have such a big temper, isn't it just a meal, brother, I invited, you can choose the place! ”

"That's pretty much it! Tell us about them! ”

"The two of them are the harvest of my circle, I plan to take them to meet the saint and see what is strange, anyway, I didn't find anything rare about them."

"It's good! Let's get going! Presumably, this will be free for the Holy Lord. ”

"Walk ......"

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"What's going on in the last few places?" Zhao Zhen returned to the Vertical Arch Hall after leaving the court to take a rest, and suddenly remembered that it had been a while since the order to suppress the bandits was issued, and he didn't know what the situation was, so he asked into the air.

"Back to the emperor, the information from the secret saucers is not a big deal, and the suppression of bandits in various places is still relatively smooth, even if there is a small loss, it is not big, you can rest assured!" A voice came from the empty hall, but there was no one to be seen.

"What about Keisei Avenue? But someone doesn't follow the rules? Zhao Zhen became accustomed to this scene and consulted his own questions.

"Back to the emperor, it is still being implemented according to the plan, and the progress of the project is within the plan, and it may be faster. In this process, there are indeed a few people who want to break the rules you have set, including officials and businessmen, but they are all caught by secret agents and inspection officials of the Supervision Yuan, and handed over to the General Court for processing. ”

"Excellent! Don't be careless, you must keep an eye on me! ”

"Obey! Please rest assured! ”

At this time, Xiao Shunzi's voice came from outside: "Emperor Qiqi, Lord Seed and Lord Zhe are asking to see outside!" ”

"Hurry up!"

"The minister Shiheng (Zheweizheng), meet the emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! The two walked up to Zhao Zhen and saluted in unison, and shouted loudly.

"Excuse me! The two Aiqing have worked hard, come, sit down and talk! ”

"Emperor Xie!"

After the two sat down, Zhao Zhen asked Xiao Linglong to serve good tea, and then said with a smile: "The two of you came to see me together today, there must be good news to share with me!" ”

"Official, you are really clever! Admire and throw yourself to the ground! The admiration for you is like a surging river...... "As soon as Chong Shiheng saw Zhao Zhen's sycophancy, he made it again.

Zhao Zhen and Zhi Weizheng looked at him with contempt, Zhao Zhen got goosebumps when he heard it, and had to interrupt him: "Talk about people!" ”

"Hey...... The minister has brought you back! ”

"People? Who? When will I ask you to find someone? Zhao Zhen was almost stunned by this headless words.

"Official, have you forgotten? Didn't you deliberately name the Liangshan area when you asked your ministers to suppress the bandits? The minister went for a walk, but he didn't find anything special, so he arrested two bandit leaders and brought them back to you. However, according to what they said, there are some problems with the governor of Yunzhou, and the minister has always kept in mind that you said that the army does not interfere in politics and does not care about this matter, but the minister thinks that he should tell you. ”

There is a problem with the officials below, Zhao Zhen can think of it with his toes, in this era of excessive privileges of scholars, it is difficult to think of problems, but this cannot be rushed, and when the three-power system he built is truly implemented, it should improve to a certain extent.

Zhao Zhen thought for a while and said, "This matter will be discussed later, let's talk about the situation of your bandit suppression first!" ”

Zhi Weizheng listened to Zhao Zhen's words, took out the notes he had made, and began to introduce the major victories and gains achieved by the bandits, and everyone was very interested. Although Zhao Zhen believed from the beginning that the new army he had trained would have no problem dealing with these bandits, he was still very happy to hear the positive results.

"Although there is nothing wrong with the battle, the aftermath must be dealt with, and the extremely vicious people will let them work for a lifetime to atone for their crimes, and those who are coerced and have not committed crimes must be treated differently, which is also owed to them by the court. Also, what are the feedback questions about this crackdown? ”

"Back to the emperor, this crackdown on bandits is okay on the whole, and the casualties are also within the expected range, which can be basically ignored. But the whole process of cracking down on bandits was not all smooth sailing, and there were a lot of troubles during the process, thanks to your foresight! Those special combat soldiers played a lot of roles, especially in the areas densely populated by lakes in the south, where many water thieves took advantage of the water advantage to make our soldiers have nowhere to go. In many places, the amphibious special combat team has become the main attacking force, and our cavalry officers and soldiers can only watch the excitement, which is a bit of putting the cart before the horse! ”

"Water thieves? Just those rabble can stop my field army? Zhao Zhen felt incredible, thinking that the field army he had created could at least surpass the army of this era, but he didn't expect that any bandit could go wrong.

"The saint laughed, those rabble are definitely not the opponents of my field army, the reason why this situation occurred is the mistake of the ministers, and the ministers will make a review!" Zhi Weizheng said apologetically.

"Review? What do you review? Aren't you all doing what I say? It's also my business to review, let's talk about it, what's going on? Zhao Zhen waved his hand to interrupt Zhi Weizheng's words, although he was just an understatement, but it set off a monstrous wave in the hearts of Zhi Weizheng and Chong Shiheng. In this era of low status of military generals, one of their biggest roles is to carry the black pot, although they have always had a good relationship with Zhao Zhen, but Zhao Zhen's approach still moved them very much.

"Your Majesty, don't you know, our dynasty has always focused on the north, and wars almost always take place on land. Therefore, they did not pay much attention to the navy, and most of the only naval forces were concentrated on the Yellow River near Gyeonggi to cope with the safety of the capital. And the ministers also overestimated the small-scale sailors formed by the local government, and as a result, the water thieves took advantage of it. Our field army has not been trained on the water, and there are few people who know how to swim, and the cavalry is even more so. In addition, they worked an expedition, and only fought with the help of the ships of the local government, although those water thieves could not defeat the soldiers, but they had to run the soldiers and watch. The bandit army of many roads reported this problem, and it was basically up to the special combat team to infiltrate and sabotage their boats, and finally they were able to capture those water thieves......"

Zhao Zhen listened to Zhi Weizheng's analysis, was silent for a while and said: "This is really my fault, I also overestimate the ability of my government to govern the prefecture, the civil officials are still reluctant to govern the prefecture, and the military aspect is not in sight." Looks like you've got something to do again! ”

"Your Majesty, just give the order! Swords, mountains, fires, and sealords are not afraid! "Chong Shiheng jumped out again at a critical time.

"Wait! And I'm thinking about it! Zhongping, didn't you say you brought two people? Brought? According to his plan, there is no plan to develop the navy for the time being, after all, the north is the biggest threat to the Song Dynasty at the moment, and he didn't expect the plan to catch up with the changes. If the navy is developed at this time, it will inevitably affect its own national development plan, and the state has so much money that everyone knows that the navy is a gold-swallowing beast. Zhao Zhen didn't think of a countermeasure for a while, so he had to let it go first.

"Well, the minister guessed that the saint might see them, and they brought them, and they were waiting outside the palace!"

"Xiao Shunzi, announce them in!" Zhao Zhen shouted at the little shunzi at the door.

"Yes!"

Qi Zhonghao and Liang Shi followed behind Xiao Shunzi, following suit. Liang Shi is quite decent, after all, he is still a person who has seen the world, Qi Zhonghao is different, how has he ever seen this battle! So, he couldn't help but shake his head and look left and right, Liang Shi had to pull him from time to time to remind him to pay attention to his behavior. The Song Dynasty was an era of eating by looking at his face, and he didn't want his first impression of the emperor to be bad.

Xiao Shunzi looked at the behavior of this earth leopard and couldn't help but remind him: "I'll see you later!" ”

"Yes, yes, the grass people remember!" Liang Shi hurriedly pulled Qi Zhonghao back.

"Your Majesty, someone brought it!" Xiao Shunzi left the two of them outside the door and came to Zhao Zhen alone and whispered.

"Let them in!"

"Come on in!" Xiao Shunzi beckoned to the two people at the door.

The two of you, next to me and I next to you, came to Zhao Zhen and knelt down in front of Zhao Zhen, and said in a stumbling voice: "Grass people Liang Shi (Qi Zhonghao) knocked to see His Majesty the Emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!" ”

"Let's get flat!" Zhao Zhen motioned for the two to stand up, and looked at the two of them carefully. He didn't find anything special, although this Qi Zhonghao looked a little brave, but he was not particularly outstanding, as for the other, he looked like a scholar, and his name sounded a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Nothing special! Could it be that this old breed band wants to make fun of me! Zhao Zhen slandered Chong Shiheng with malice in his heart, but he still habitually asked, "What are you two doing?" ”

"Back to the emperor, his name is Qi Zhonghao, and he is the big boss of our Liangshan cottage, and the grass people are the second masters...... Liang Shi pointed to Qi Zhonghao and said simply.

"Zhongping, what are you doing? Will you bring two bandit leaders back to tease me? Or do you think I haven't seen what a bandit looks like, so take two of them to let me see it for a long time? Zhao Zhen's tone was full of helplessness, this kind of Shiheng people are also loyal, and they are also good at fighting, but they don't like to do things too much.

"Your Majesty, didn't you say that you should pay attention to the water and Boliang Mountain?" Chong Shiheng passed the ball back with agility.

"O dripping god! You really shouldn't be talking too much! Zhao Zhen patted his forehead, looked pained, shook his hand at the two, and motioned for Xiao Shunzi to take them out.

Liang Shi and the others were also puzzled, what kind of nerve did the emperor make, take us here to play! But no matter what you say, your little arm can't carry other people's thighs, so why do you like it!

"Wait a minute!"

Liang Shi and the others were about to step out of the door, when Zhao Zhen's voice suddenly came from behind them. There was no way, the two had to go back to Zhao Zhen and stand in front of Zhao Zhen, who made the family the emperor!

"You said your name is Liang Shi? Why does it sound so familiar...... Have you seen me before? ”

"Back to the emperor, the grass people live freely in Yunzhou Xucheng, and they have not been to the capital, nor have they seen the emperor!" Liang Shi replied respectfully.

"Look at you like a scholar, how can you still ......?"

"Your Majesty, this minister knows, and the minister thinks you are aware of it before letting the minister pay attention to it......"

Subsequently, Chong Shiheng gave a detailed explanation of the situation of Liang Shan and his entourage to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen heard what Tang Youdao did, he was both angry and a little scared, according to the historical background he knew after a thousand years, at this time, the Song Dynasty was only the fourth generation of him, and the officials should not be like this! Why did this kind of coercion appear as prostitutes, and force people to Liangshan! Shouldn't this be happening half a century later?

The rest of the people looked at Zhao Zhen, who was panting in front of him and his face was flushed, and they didn't dare to come out with an atmosphere.

After coming over for a long time, the expression on Zhao Zhen's face slowly calmed down, and he calmly said something that everyone couldn't understand: "It seems that I am a little too gentle!" ”

Everyone is sighing that the little emperor is becoming more and more mature, and his patience has been greatly improved, only Xiao Shunzi, who has been following Zhao Zhen, feels a different taste.