Zhao Zhen sat in the palace and opened his mouth, and the little brother below had to break his leg.

The Great Song Dynasty said that it was not too big, it was much smaller than the Han Dynasty, but with the level of transportation in this era, when the sages from all over the country arrived in the capital by the starry night, it would be a few months later.

In view of the fact that people in this era have never seen anything called democracy, Zhao Zhen specially summoned all the sages, a total of about five hundred, and it took a lot of effort to explain to them their responsibilities and powers, but whether they would need to say it or not.

Legislating is a simple thing to say, but it is very difficult to do, and with the cognitive level of these people in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen really doesn't worry about letting them toss by themselves. In desperation, he had no choice but to rely on the memories of later generations to put together the framework of several major laws that needed to be written, presumably it was barely possible for these elites of the Jixian Hall to follow the map!

Relatively speaking, these sages who have been gathered are only good at some aspects, and they have lived in places for a long time and have a better understanding of the people's livelihood, so it is more appropriate for them to be judges.

It was not easy to teach these "big" students of the Song Dynasty how to operate this matter, Zhao Zhen thought that he could breathe a sigh of relief and rest for a while, but he was really busy recently.

However, he is a busy life, and as soon as he got on track, he remembered the cause of this incident - Liangshan.

What to do with them? What a hassle! No matter how you say it, you are also a bandit, and it is not reasonable to let it go directly to reason and the law.

Thinking that these Liangshan heroes are all good guys, Zhao Zhen suddenly had a flash of inspiration, it is better to do it late than early, then it is such a pleasant decision......

Zhao Zhen had a thought, and the fate of everyone in Liangshan was innocently rewritten.

In the original world, Zhao Zhen is also a snack, a child who grew up with chili peppers and white rice, at first he was really not used to the five grains of the Song Dynasty - "rice, millet, millet, wheat, and soybean", this "rice" is also rice, which is right, but it is a crude product that has not been domesticated, and the taste is not comparable with his original world at all, it is simply rough and tasteless. Although he is now the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he can't let his subordinates go across the ocean to play for his own tongue!

However, he recently encountered a problem, and this plan was put on his agenda again. It turned out that a few days ago, the guys from the Royal Research Institute who he brought out himself complained to him that there were several raw materials that could not be found, which seriously hindered the progress of the research plan. And one of them is the well-known rubber, the steam engine plan is inseparable from it, and if electricity wants to be further developed, it must be used as an insulator, not to mention the most used tires and so on......

As a result, Zhao Zhen finally made up his mind to restart the sea crossing plan, and this navy is the top priority of this plan. However, Rome was not built in a day, and the navy could not be built overnight, so he thought of starting with the inland water army, first cultivating relevant water combat talents, and then slowly drawing on it.

"Brother Zhongxian, what do you say the emperor is looking for us this time? It can't be trying to cure our sins, is it? Qi Zhonghao asked with a little anxiety

"Big brother, you can relax, if you come, you will be safe, the emperor wants to cure our crimes long ago, why wait until this time!"

"That's right!"

"Grass people Liang Shi (Qi Zhonghao), meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!" The two came to Zhao Zhen and knelt down respectfully and kowtowed.

"Flatten! Today, I will tell you something about you, although you two and your brothers in Liangshan fell into the grass because they were forced to do nothing, but after all, you are bandits, so it is impossible for me to pardon you for no reason. ”

Hearing this, Liang Shi and Qi Zhonghao, especially the latter, thought that the emperor was going to punish his own crimes, and his face became very unnatural.

"However, if you can make a great contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, I can not only pardon you, but also make you an official and a knight, depending on how you choose......"

"What's the matter, I don't finish my words all at once, I'm scared to death!" Qi Zhonghao quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and muttered in his heart.

"Please ask the emperor to give orders, the grass people will go to the soup and fight the fire, and they will not hesitate!" Liang Shi said calmly, although he is only a scholar, his psychological quality is much stronger than that of Boss Qi.

"The grass people are willing, too!" Seeing the emperor staring at him, Qi Zhonghao also hurriedly expressed his position.

"Good!"

"I intend to form a river defense fleet to replace the existing naval forces, and your task is to assist my generals in completing the formation of the fleet as soon as possible. I will give you a year, after which you will lead your soldiers across the ocean to find a treasure for the Great Song Dynasty. I told you in advance that this crossing took a long time, and it was unpredictable, you must be prepared, like the people of the sea to ask for advice, I will also send relevant people to assist you, you will go to report to the general tomorrow, he will arrange the specific task for you, if there is no objection, go down and prepare! ”

"Thank you for the emperor's gift! Grass people retire! ”

After Liang Shi finished speaking, he pulled Qi Zhonghao, who was still in a daze, and hurriedly walked out of the palace.

At the same time, Chong Shiheng and Zhi Weizheng were holding a holy book with their heads hung down and their brows were tightly locked.

"Brother Pingjing, what do you say about this? Neither of us has ever been a water army! Oops, this one is big. ”

"This is not the point, you see this, the saint said that we want to build a new type of river defense fleet, to abandon the existing techniques of broadside warfare, mainly to advocate long-range attacks, we don't have such a warship at all now, where to find such a warship is still a problem. What's more, the Marine Corps, the landing battle or something in the back, we are unheard of, and this is what we need to explore! The most critical problem is that the time given by the Holy God is too short, and we need to complete the construction of the framework within one year and form a certain combat effectiveness within two years......"

"Why don't we go talk to the saint?" The more he listened to the correct analysis, the more dry his mouth became.

Zhi Weizheng shook his head, stared at the Holy Decree and continued: "It shouldn't be of much use, you see that the Holy Lord has even made detailed plans for the scale of the river defense fleet, which must have been carefully considered. According to Shengshang's plan, the entire river defense fleet was divided into the Yellow River Fleet and the Yangtze River Fleet, each with more than 100 new warships and more than 10,000 soldiers. I think this warship can only be discussed with the saint, and we have no choice, but we can solve the problem of soldiers first, what does Brother Zhongping think? ”

"Then according to what you said, didn't the Holy Lord assign us a staff officer, let's see their performance this time! There has never been a good opportunity to train them, and this time it should be a test for them. ”

"Zhong Ping's words are reasonable, I will assign them the task, let them come up with the solution of the warship and the convocation of soldiers as soon as possible, and then we will have a good chat with the saint......

"Report!" The two were talking happily when a voice suddenly came out of nowhere to interrupt their conversation.

"Come in!"

"Why are you two here?" Seeing that it was Liang Shi and Qi Zhonghao who came in, Chong Shiheng was full of surprises.

"Back to your lordship, the emperor asked the grass people and others to assist your lord in building a river defense fleet to atone for his past sins." Liang Shi replied respectfully.

"Oops! If you really fall asleep, come to the pillow! Brother Pingjing, I said that the Holy Lord must still have arrangements, don't you see that we have found a helper! We don't know how to fight in water, the two of them are good at it! ”

"Who's to say it isn't! We are all unfounded, and the saint is not missing anything. ”

"Your Majesty!"

"Alright! Don't be busy sighing, get to work! ”

It's the day of January again, and the courtiers gather outside the main hall to wait for the court, perhaps someone heard a hint of the wind, and many people gathered together to whisper.

"Did you hear that? What kind of river defense fleet is the Holy Lord going to prepare......"

"The river defense fleet? What the hell? ”

……

Many people walked into the Zichen Hall with such questions, this little emperor has seen too much, and everyone can't keep up with the rhythm, which is also a very depressing thing for the civil officials and ministers of the Song Dynasty who boast of being very awesome, usually they drag the emperor to run, this time they are dragged by themselves, and they feel uncomfortable.

After all the ministers bowed three times and bowed nine times, Zhao Zhen cleared his throat and said: "Since I ordered the field army and the forbidden army to start a comprehensive suppression of bandits, I have received a lot of war reports from all over the world. According to their performances, the performance of our naval forces in various parts of the country was not satisfactory, and they could not even effectively control their own jurisdiction, resulting in a flood of water thieves and causing trouble. The embankment of thousands of miles was destroyed in the anthill, and I could not let my Great Song Jiangshan Society destroy these trivial places, so I decided to form a river defense fleet to replace the existing naval forces in various places, and the elite of them could be selected to join the river defense fleet.

The Cabinet of Ministers will immediately draft a decree to recruit good water and strong people from Jingdong East Road, Huainan East Road and Liangzhejiang Road, and the first batch is expected to be 30,000 to 40,000 people, and the military salary and treatment will be on par with the forbidden army for the time being, and the third road will be ordered to complete the recruitment of soldiers within three months of the issuance of this order. As for warships, we will ask the research institute to develop new warships, and the first batch plans to build more than 200 warships, which are divided into the Yellow River Fleet and the Yangtze River Fleet, which are respectively responsible for suppressing bandits and patrolling in the two river basins. As for the details, you can discuss it yourself, and I will say so much, if you have any questions, you can raise them now. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?" Originally, this kind of matter involving money and military affairs should be the affairs of the household department and the military department, but these two departments are controlled by Zhao Zhen's iron core, and it is definitely impossible to run out and make trouble, but Yan Shu, as the prime minister, can't help but stand up and say a few words.

"Aiqing, please speak!"

"Then the old minister dared to say bluntly, the main threat to our dynasty comes from the north, which is well known, and the center of gravity of our dynasty has always been in the north. Although the new army trained by the Holy Lord has achieved remarkable results over the years, its scale is not enough to resist foreign enemies, and at this time, it is bound to affect the center of gravity of the imperial court by spreading the funds to build your river defense fleet. Therefore, Lao Chen thinks that you should pay attention to the north first, and it is better to adapt other armies so that they have the same combat power as the field army! ”

"What about Aiqing?" After Yan Shu finished expressing his opinion, Zhao Zhen asked the rest of the people.

"The ministers seconded it!" In addition to Zhao Zhen's ironclad, the rest of the ministers still thought that Yan Shu was reasonable and voted in favor.

"I don't want to hide it from you, I also think what Yan Xiang said is very reasonable, before that, I was also preparing to slowly lean towards the frontier after the reorganization of the forbidden army was completely completed. But a few days ago, I received a report from the research institute that they have some much-needed raw materials that cannot be found in the land of the Central Plains, which you think is vast. I naturally know where these things are, but God won't let us get them easily, and I'm sure some of you have seen my map of the world, and there are many things that need to be obtained across the ocean.

Therefore, I need to build a strong navy and collect all kinds of treasures from heaven for me, maybe you don't care about it now, but if you can live long enough, you will see how wise my decision is! The river defense fleet is just the beginning......"

"Initiate the emperor, the minister has his own music!" Perhaps tired of listening to Zhao Zhen's boasting there, Chen Zhizhong, the secretary of the ministry, ended Zhao Zhen's bragging.

"Uh, Aiqing, please speak!"

"The minister just heard that the saint said that he wanted to develop a new warship, and suddenly remembered that he just received an object from Jiangning Mansion a few days ago, I think the emperor will like it very much, please go and get it!"

"And this thing, go get it and let me see what kind of good thing it is!"

"Yes!" Chen Zhizhong saluted and left the hall quickly, ran to his office, and took away a guard.

After a while, Chen Zhizhong hurried back with the guard, only to see the guard behind him holding something he didn't know what it was, and covered with a yellow cloth.

Chen Zhizhong first saluted Zhao Zhen, took the "tribute" from the guards, and respectfully handed it to Xiao Shunzi, asking him to transfer it to Zhao Zhen.

The ministers of the court also craned their necks, ready to find out.