One Piece of Song Dynasty

After delivering the letter to Zhai, Li Xin ordered someone to call Liu Fa. After Liu Fa arrived, Li Xin handed him the secret letter and said: "The Miao and Liu rebellions have failed. Your son is being hunted now, but Liu Shuai can rest assured. The people of Song Dynasty are also trying to find a way to rescue the Young Master, but as I said before, Liu Shuai should not have too much hope, after all, the Young Master is too eye-catching."

Liu Fa sighed and said, "Thank you so much, my lord, for informing me. Da Lang was confused and made such a big mistake. Life or death depends on God."

Li Xin asked: "Let's put this matter aside for now. How are the new friends doing?" After what they saw on Xinghan Island, Zhe Yanzhi and others officially joined Li Xin's staff. Except for Zhe Yanzhi who served as a staff member under Li Xin, The others were sent by Li Xin to serve as Liu Fa's subordinates in the army.

Liu Fa replied: "With the addition of General Li, General Guan, and the two wise nephews of the Zhong family, I feel much more relaxed now."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, hurry up and prepare. It should be time for us to take action soon."

Liu Fa cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

After Liu Fa left, Li Xin called Li Miao over: "Yan Si, how many people are there in Xinghan Island now?"

Li Miao replied: "My lord, counting the refugees who were rushed to Xinghan Island before the Jin army occupied Dengzhou, Xinghan Island now has a total population of , of which are in Xinghan City and are in Jilong City. Ten thousand, Yilan City , Taoyuan City , Hualien City , Hsinchu City , Tongxiao City , Fenglin City , Chiayi City , Xingdong City has not yet started construction.”

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, after the construction of Xingdong City begins, the next city building plan for Xinghan Island is Nanjing City, fifty kilometers south of Chiayi City, and Yunlin City, fifty kilometers east of Tongxiao City. Remember to ask Liu Shuai continues to expand our control area on Xinghan Island southward."

Li Miao cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

A few days later, Zhao Gouluanjia left Hangzhou and rushed to Jiangning, the anti-golden front line. It rained heavily, and the troops marched in the rain for days. Shaofen saw Zhao Gou riding silently on his horse, stern and frowning, like a silent statue, so she asked him what he was thinking. Zhao Gou gritted his teeth for a long time, and then said slowly: "If you don't have your own soldiers, you won't be able to speak firmly. Before that, we still need to change the system."

"Your Majesty wants to form his own army." Shaofen didn't understand.

Zhao Gou nodded and said, "Yes."

"What kind of military system will your Majesty change this time?" Although Shaofen was surprised, he already guessed about % of the time, "How to change it?"

Zhao Gou replied: "During the Jingkang crisis, military generals from all over the country recruited troops and horses to expand their strength. The three generals formed independent armies, and they also acted independently. I want to change it back according to the ancestral family law, and take back all the military power of the five armies of the Yuying Division. Under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council of the three provinces."

Wu Shaofen said: "Reforming the military system is not as easy as other methods."

Zhao Gou asked: "Why is it not easy?"

Wu Shaofen asked: "Because the general has soldiers in his hands."

Zhao Gou nodded and said: "You have come to the point, so why don't you change your career? Yu Huan, Miao Fu, Wu Zhan, Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong all controlled the five Imperial Army. In two years, three of them rebelled, and the remaining two became independent. Out, not to mention the military commanders and generals outside have repeatedly rebelled, why?”

Wu Shaofen replied: "The change of Miao and Liu this time was because of unfair rewards and punishments. Master Miao was jealous of Wang Yuan."

Zhao Gou shook his head and said: "The mistake is because the military power is not in the hands of the imperial generals. The generals thought that the soldiers in their hands did not belong to the imperial court or to me, so they dared to openly defy the imperial power."

Wu Shaofen said: "But now is the time for troops to be used. Your Majesty, please tell me whether the military power belongs to the Privy Council to fight, or whether the military power belongs to the general to fight." Shaofen was worried and deliberately asked in circles. Zhao Gou said: "This does not mean that the troops returned to the Privy Council are naturally not as capable of fighting as those returned to the generals."

Wu Shaofen asked: "Your Majesty knows very well that your Majesty is so afraid of generals raising troops."

Zhao Gou said: "Everyone raises cattle, horses, cats, and dogs. Have you ever seen anyone raising jackals, leopards, or tigers?"

Zhao Gou became angry and finally came to a terrible conclusion: "Generals are ultimately unreliable."

"Your Majesty," Wu Shaofen looked at Zhao Gou worriedly and said slowly, "This mutiny has changed your Majesty's temper."

Zhao Jifa smiled bitterly, but in the end he failed to laugh, and just stared ahead.

The Miao-Liu mutiny was such a heavy blow to Zhao Gou that it had a huge impact on his future life, his subsequent attitude towards military commanders, and even Yue Fei's death many years later.

The imperial chariot arrived in Jiangning on the anti-golden front line in May. He stayed at Shenxiao Palace near the river and changed the name of Jiangning Mansion to Jiankang, which is now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

As soon as he arrived in Jiankang, Zhao Gou summoned Zhao Ding to decide on a major event that would determine the fate of the Central Plains. The two of them sat on the porch, looking at the heavy rain on the porch with expressionless faces. Zhao Ding was silent for a long time, and then Fang said quietly: "There are continuous rains in the south of the Yangtze River, but there have been severe droughts in the Central Plains for many years, and the red land is thousands of miles away. Last winter, the people of Kaifeng exchanged their sons for food, and this spring they are all waiting to be killed, not only thieves and giant bandits, but also all the armies. All the vehicles carry the corpses of common people, and all the vehicles carry mummified corpses to serve as military rations."

Zhao Gou had difficulty making a decision and was extremely conflicted. He stared at the pouring rain outside the corridor and refused to nod. Zhao Ding further advised: "It has been four years since the Jin Dynasty has been suffering. The whole country has been burned and looted several times. Nine out of ten houses in the Central Plains are empty. Tokyo can no longer be defended. I believe that while giving up Tokyo, we must heavily reward those who have meritorious service." people, and kill Huang Qianshan and those who surrendered."

Zhao Gou watched the rain hitting the plantains in the courtyard, and watched the heavy rain splashing white water more than a foot high on the bluestone. He was silent for a long time in the sound of rain, and finally made up his mind: "Issue an edict to order the troops left behind in Tokyo to withdraw from the Central Plains .”

Zhao Ding nodded, stood up, saluted, and quietly retreated. Zhao Gou still sat motionless, and it was raining heavily outside the corridor.

Jiankang Zhao Mansion, "It's been exactly days since I've been facing the wall. Come out and see your wife." Myolie pulled Zhao Mingcheng to the yard. Zhao Mingcheng raised his head and let the rain drizzle on him: "You go ahead. I'm ashamed to see you, Master." Madam, madam will never see the master again."

"The emperor only punished the master to face the wall for a hundred days. Could it be that this situation is more difficult for the madam than the emperor?" Myolie held an umbrella for Zhao Mingcheng and pulled him to the room. Li Qingzhao watched this scene in the room and slammed the window. Zhao Mingcheng quickly retreated: "Madam is really more sad than the emperor. You go ahead, I won't go in."

"Madam is a manly person. She can't lose face. Please tell me the reason why I got the emperor's forgiveness. Madam will forgive me." , Madam, if you have anything to say, just speak openly."

There was silence inside, and Zhao Mingcheng waited in the rain with fear. Xing'er said: "Madam is the most magnanimous, so just say it out loud. The emperor didn't punish me either. Madam is not more powerful than the emperor, right?"

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