Chapter 423 Everyone can drop Kai, but the official family can't drop Kai
"Official family, official family..."
When everyone left, they came out of Chongzheng Hall one after another. Zhao Huan, the official family member who was lying down with his head down, heard someone calling him. Suddenly, he looked up and saw a man standing in the empty Chongzheng Hall. He looked closely and found that it was Li Gang, the right Privy Councilor. It turned out that he did not leave Chongzheng Hall like everyone else, but quietly stayed in the hall.
Zhao Huan looked at Li Gang and asked, "Everyone has already surrendered, why did Li Qing stay alone?"
"Officials, I have something to say."
Zhao Huan felt warm in his heart. Of course he knew that Li Gang was looking for him, and now he must be staying behind to offer advice to him. When Zhao Mingcheng was there in the past, Li Gang looked arrogant and a bit like his ancestors... Now he is much more pleasing to him. He is really a loyal minister in the country! Let's hear what he said.
Zhao Huan looked around and found that there were no outsiders, so he said quietly: "What do you mean, but it's okay to say it."
"Official family," Li Gang said seriously, "Everyone can be demoted to Kai, but the official family cannot be demoted to Kai!"
After hearing this, Zhao Huan sighed: "What you say is what I think. However, all the kings are confused by Kai, and no one in the court's Chinese ministers are in charge of fighting, even the queen... What can I do if I do?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Huan's tears were about to fall. During the years he was an official, he was very diligent. The territory in the southeast was considered a well-off situation under his governance. Why did it make everyone betrayal?
"Official family," said Li Gang, "General Tiance is also the elder brother of the kings. He also changed the political practices of the princes of this dynasty, giving the kings the opportunity to be reused. And... there are a few words from the late emperor and expelled the Jin thieves to be hated by the late emperor. It is not surprising to have their support."
Zhao Huan sighed again when he heard this: "After all, I am incompetent!"
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"As for all officials..." Li Gang paused, "In fact, the meaning of all officials has been written in Zhao Wenzheng's confession, and most of them are in charge of the war!"
"What?" Zhao Huan was stunned, "Then why did they say nothing just now?"
"Official family," Li Gang shook his head, "What do they say compare to Zhao Wenzheng's confession? If the official family has the determination to fight to the death, and after obtaining the confession, they should immediately make their position. How can they make the kings and ministers comment?
Moreover, your dispute with General Tiance is actually the family affairs of Your Majesty... All the kings and the emperors are in harmony, what can the ministers say?"
Zhao Huan's brows still couldn't relax, and he said in an almost inauspicious voice: "But the ministers may not necessarily support the system of military service in the middle school, right?"
"The official family is wise," said Li Gang. "Whether the official family is better than General Tiance is to treat scholars well and rule the world with scholars and officials. If the government is in charge of military affairs, what are the officials and Tiance? Why should the ministers and the Southeast scholars fight against General Tiance for His Majesty?"
"If hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the military palaces, how can the imperial court resist General Tiance's soldiers? Isn't Zhao Wenzheng's remains? Tens of thousands of elite soldiers are not enough to defend the border defense that lasts for more than 2,000 miles..."
Li Gang nodded and said, "It's indeed insufficient."
"There are not enough people, do you need to discuss anything else?" Zhao Huan was almost crying, "What's the point of being able to fight and being the main force? He has angered General Tiance, and hundreds of thousands of troops are coming. I am afraid that I will repeat the mistakes of Xuanhe again!"
"The official family is wise." Li Gang actually nodded again.
Is this wise?
Zhao Huan looked at the elderly Li Gang in a daze, and thought to himself: This old man seems to be confused... Two Yuanshu, one is gone, and the other is confused. How can this battle continue? Should I really be the second place in Li Yu?
Alas, I ask you how much sorrow you can have, just like a river of spring water flowing eastward!
Just when Zhao Huan was so talented, Li Gang spoke again: "Even if the Xuanhe crisis occurs again, it will be better than the official family becoming a prisoner under General Tiance!"
What's the meaning?
Zhao Huan sounded a little confused.
Li Gang continued: "Before the Xuanhe crisis, you are the foundation of Kaifeng, and after the Xuanhe crisis, you are the emperor of Jinling... If you come to Xuanhe crisis again, the official may not be unable to preserve the position of the emperor. Even the emperor overseas is better than being a lifeless marquis of disobedience!"
yes!
Zhao Huan thought it was the same, it was great to run away!
In the past, he didn't know how big the world was, but now he already knew - the mission he sent to the Great Food Kingdom had already returned. The mission's official Li Guang also wrote a book "Journey to the West of the Great Song Dynasty" to Zhao Huan, introducing him to the customs and customs of the South and Western countries...
In addition, he had made plans in Japan a few years ago, and now he has a foundation on Kyushu Island.
If he wants to run away now, he has to think about it carefully. Is it better to be the emperor of Japan? Or is it better to go to the official family of the Song Dynasty in Nanyang? In short, it is better than staying in the Song Dynasty and being captured by Zhao Kai as a prisoner.
"Li Qing, what do you mean..." Zhao Huan lowered his voice, "Is it that I will let me escape overseas?"
"Official family, the old minister doesn't mean this," Li Gang shook his head quickly, "The old minister means that if there is a downside, the official family can still go south to hunt in the east... This is the strategy!"
"Yes, yes," Zhao Huan nodded repeatedly, "It's a southern tour to go east... The emperor cannot escape by running away!"
He then asked, "Li Qing has two other strategies? Come on, tell me."
"Officials," said Li Gang, "The old minister's best plan is of course to fight General Tiance!"
"Fight?" Zhao Huan shook his head, "Are there enough soldiers?"
"The government has insufficient troops and insufficient fighting style!" Li Gang said with a smile, "General Tiance's advantage lies on land... and the court's advantage lies on sea. General Tiance can come from land, and I can also go from sea. I have two thousand miles of land defense, river defense, and the enemy has thousands of miles of sea defense. My troops are not enough to defend land defense, river defense, and the enemy's troops are not enough to defend sea defense.
In this way, our dynasty would not have to support the Lu Army for 600,000... The old minister has estimated that as long as he recruited another 100,000 troops, it would be enough.
In addition, the official can also select 50,000 boat-mounted men from the expanded Land Division, so that they can follow His Majesty to leave Zhenjiang Capital..."
"Okay, it's really the best way!" Zhao Huan couldn't help but applaud Li Gang.
What is a veteran? That's it!
Escape, no, the southern tour of the east hunt was arranged so thoughtfully, and it was really improved compared to the Xuanhe period.
Zhao Huan asked again at this time: "What is the worst policy?"
"Of course, the worst strategy is to wait for the times to change," Li Gang paused and explained, "General Tiance is only barely reunifying the north now, but the Jin thieves are still strong, and King Kang's remnants are still active in the coastal areas of Jingdong. The situation may not change..."
"Yes, yes!" This is what Zhao Huan likes to hear the most. He smiled and said, "To put it in the first place, to prepare for the southern tour and east hunting as the second place, to expand the army by 100,000... No, to the outside world, to expand the army by 300,000. The three strategies are the real best strategy!"
Three strategies in parallel?
Li Gang could only shake his head in his heart when he chose Zhao Huan... The southern tour of the east hunt and the expansion of the army could also be together. But how can this battle and the two strategies go hand in hand? The people below should not be confused?
However, Li Gang didn't say much... He has been a minister for Zhao Huan for so many years. Isn't it true that this emperor of Jinling is so cowardly?
At this point, he hasn't given up spending money begging for mercy!
What if it succeeds?
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The Jinling Imperial City is stacked layer by layer, and it is quiet.
Zhao Zhi followed his sixth brother Zhao Qi to enter Zhao Huan's Jinling Imperial City for the first time, walking through the layers of city walls and palaces, with shrewd and solid buildings everywhere. Zhao Zhi walked and looked around, while thinking about how to break through this fortress-style palace that looked very solid but was actually a bit outdated.
Apart from being strong, this Jinling Imperial City has nothing extraordinary...
As long as the cannons can be transported outside the Jinling Imperial City, it will not be difficult to break the city.
In addition, you can also dig an authentic tunnel under the Jinling Imperial City and bury thousands of kilograms of gunpowder...
In short, this imperial city is not difficult for the Red Treasures of the Song Dynasty!
I don’t know how long I had been following Zhao Qi. When Zhao Zhi felt a little sore in his legs, the two brothers had already stopped in front of a building located on the halfway up to the Lion Mountain.
Zhao Qi looked up and found a very familiar plaque - Chongzheng Palace.
Chongzheng Hall is a name that the Song Dynasty imperial palace likes to use, so it is not surprising to see it in Jinling Imperial City.
There are a lot of etiquette when meeting the official family, but that is for ordinary officials. Zhao Qi and Zhao Zhi are both kings!
Moreover, Zhao Zhi's official identity was the Jiangnan Decree Envoy of the Song Dynasty... He came to announce the decree to King Zhao Huan of Wu!
So Zhao Qi did not ask Xuan Zan to lead the way, nor did he let the eunuchs outside the Chongzheng Hall report, but opened his throat and shouted: "Brother, see who is coming!"
When he yelled, he said that there were only brothers and no monarch or ministers today. In this way, when everyone met, there was no need to mention etiquette or title.
An urgent voice came from Chongzheng Hall soon: "Sixth brother, is it the twelfth brother here?"
Then there was a burst of anxious footsteps. Zhao Huan, the official of the Jinling court in the Song Dynasty, walked out of the Chongzheng Hall in a Taoist robe.
Zhao Zhi and Zhao Qi quickly bowed and said, "I have met my brother!"
The elder brother is like a father!
Zhao Zhi may not recognize Zhao Huan's identity as an emperor, but his brother still needs to respect him.
Zhao Huan stepped forward a few steps, pulled a brother in one hand and walked into Chongzheng Hall. While walking, he asked: "Twelfth brother, we brothers have not met for many years. I really want to destroy brothers... You must have suffered a lot in the past few years, right? My brother is the imperial state of Jiangnan, a rich and gentle place, and it is even more prosperous than Bianzhou. You might as well live here for a few days, so you and my brother can also get along more."
Chapter completed!