Qin Hui finally left reluctantly and went to the Pingding Army to find Yue Fei, the number one warrior in Xiangzhou who appeared out of nowhere.
After sending away the treacherous minister Qin Hui, Zhao Kai approached Du Chong, the "second treacherous minister" under the Marshal's Mansion in Hebei.
Of course, Zhao Kai didn't know how badly Du Chong had screwed up the Song Dynasty in history. The reason he regarded Du as a traitor was because he actually wanted to stage a "coup" while he was away and push Zhao Zhi to power.
Fortunately, Zhao Zhi was cowardly enough, Chen Ji was firm enough, Lu Yihao was aware of current affairs, and Pan Cailian was responsible enough... so they didn't let the traitor Du Chong succeed.
Zhao Kaixin said: Of course I am not afraid of this natural choice, but Zhao Zhi, a coward, will be in trouble! It's not easy to be a marshal, and it's even harder to think about it - he is not the king's son, nor is he a little kid. Once he gets to the position, there will definitely be a group of people attached to him. If he is kicked out again, there will be a round of internal reshuffle in the commander's office... All the losses will be the anti-gold power!
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai, who was in the Chongzheng Hall of the Imperial City of Daming Mansion, looked at Du Chong with colder and colder eyes. It was so cold that Du Chong even shivers down his spine. He kept cheering himself up: I am a civil servant, I am a civil servant. Civil servants...
Civil servants are not easy to kill!
Although Zhao Kai is a bit angry, he also knows this rule. If he were an official now, he might kill Qin Hui and Du Chong.
But he is not yet. He is just a king with a lot of troops. Although he has some troops, most of the officials who control the territory are civilian officials.
If he killed Du Chong, a state magistrate who was a Jinshi, without any reason, I am afraid that the entire Hebei officialdom would turn against him.
And he is also reasonable...at least he thinks he is quite reasonable. Although Du Chong wanted to make strategic plans, he was the only local official in Hebei who personally led troops to protect the food supply and came to Daming Mansion to support the Hebei Marshal's Mansion. If we kill him, will local officials from other places dare to surrender?
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai's expression calmed down, but his brows furrowed, "Prefect Du, the solitary king received the report today that the 7,000 remnants of Guo Yaoshi who were defeated in Wei County have fled into Cangzhou with 7,000 people. They are now in Cangzhou. If they are stationed in Changlu Town and Qianfu Village, they are likely to invade Qingchi County, the Cangzhou Administrative Office!"
Du Chong was shocked when he heard the news. He looked at Zhao Kai blankly and thought: This king will not let me lead troops to attack Yaoshi Guo, right?
Zhao Kai looked at Du Chong and said, "Prefect Du, you are a civil servant. Although you can strategize, you cannot kill thieves on the spot. It is not appropriate to fight against Pharmacist Guo."
"What the king said is absolutely true!" Du Chong breathed a sigh of relief, "I, scholar, really don't know how to lead troops..."
Zhao Kai winked at Liang Fangping who was standing aside. Liang Fangping immediately stood up, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I am the envoy of the system, so let me fight against Pharmacist Guo!"
you? Can you beat Pharmacist Guo?
Du Chong really didn't expect that Liang Fangping would come forward, so he was surprised.
Zhao Kai nodded and said: "Okay, since Commander Liang can go, Prince Gu is relieved... Governor Du, why don't you go to Prince Commander's Mansion as a military counselor and hand over all the governors of Cangzhou?" Give Liang the command."
Du Chong understood immediately that Zhao Kai wanted to seize his military power and territory!
Although he was reluctant to give up, he also knew that he had made a mistake in supporting Zhao Zhi. Now he had to show off and see if he could make some recovery?
"Your Majesty asked me to serve as a military advisor, which is what I want. Besides, I am a civilian official and cannot lead troops... I have long been unable to control the 4,000 Cangzhou soldiers on hand, and now they are all led by Senior Officer Liang."
The attitude is quite good!
Zhao Kai nodded with a smile and said, "Senior Du is from Xiangzhou, right?"
"My hometown is Anyang, Xiangzhou," Du Chong replied with a smile, "the same county as the Han family in Xiangzhou."
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "In a short time, I will move to Xiangzhou, so I need Senator Du, a native of Xiangzhou, to lead the way!"
Most of the gloom in Du Chong's heart disappeared at once, and he replied with a smile: "I grew up in Xiangzhou, and I can walk three times in Anyang City with my eyes closed!"
Zhao Kai was also very happy. With a leading party, he knew where to go to recruit Xiangzhou's strong men to serve as soldiers, and where to go to clear the fields and inspect the land. So he smiled and nodded and said: "Then there is Senator Lao Du."
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After successfully removing Du Chong's military power and recruiting Du Chong's 4,000 Cangzhou soldiers, Zhao Kai began to prepare to move the town and recruit new soldiers in Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Xinde Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Zhaozhou and other places. .
If you want to resist gold, you must have enough troops! What should I use to resist? And it is best for these armies to be firmly controlled by the Marshal's Mansion...that is, the armies belonging to Zhao Kai!
There are quite a lot of local armed forces of all kinds on the ground in Hebei. Just when they poured into Daming Mansion, there were tens of thousands of armed forces claiming to be rebels.
However, officials from the Generalissimo's Mansion, as well as officials from the Daming Mansion and the Hebei Transportation Department, did not treat these rebels who looked much like refugees. The reason is very simple. These rebels are difficult to use and quite expensive.
Rebels don’t mean free! It can't be free. Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism cannot be eaten as food. Moreover, the rebels must be equipped and trained, and a considerable number of them must support their families. How can it be free? In the process of formation, the rebel army has formed its own system, and the internal personnel are mixed. It is usually difficult to count the number of people, and it is difficult to organize them without a lot of effort. With this little effort, wouldn't it be better to go directly to several state capitals near the Taihang Mountains to recruit hundreds of thousands of hardworking and simple mountain people?
If the Hebei Marshal's Mansion had a lot of money, it might as well recruit more rebels to support them and slowly reorganize them, but the problem is that Zhao Kai is almost out of money now. Not only can't they support the rebel army, but they can't even support too many serious officers and soldiers!
"Your Majesty, we can't recruit so many new soldiers. We can't afford them. We're almost out of money!"
In the palace of Daming Mansion, Zhao Kai was discussing with his subordinates about recruiting and expanding the army, when he suddenly heard an unexpected question - no money!
How could Da Song have no money? Zhao Kai thought: Isn’t it said that the Song Dynasty was particularly rich? Isn’t it said that the Song Dynasty was prosperous and the Yu Dynasty was great? How could he suddenly be like Qiong Ming and have no money?
No, if you don’t have money now, wouldn’t that be worse than being poor? Qiong Ming lasted more than twenty years from the time he defeated Saerhu to the time when Emperor Chongzhen died of poverty!
The Song Dynasty's resistance to the Jin Dynasty had just begun. Why was there no money? Who is talking nonsense?
Thinking of this, Zhao Kai hurriedly followed the reputation and found that the person talking nonsense was Lu Yihao, who had just been promoted to chief historian.
Lu Yihao saw Zhao Kai's eyes and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, when Chang Shisi moved the name from Kaifeng Mansion, he brought a total of 3.3 million silver, money, silk and other goods.
Later, he took over about 350,000 shi of silver, money, silk cloth and 550,000 shi of rice and grain from the Hebei Transshipment Treasury. During the Battle of Wei County, he also seized about 230,000 shi of gold thieves' grain and horse materials in Linzhang. The total is around 4.43 million.
As for the troops and horses funded by Chang Shisi, there are currently 8,000 Tiance troops, including 5,000 cavalry, 2,500 auxiliary troops, and 500 infantry guards; Wei Fuyi has 6,500 troops, including 300 cavalry. , 1,200 auxiliary troops; the Shuaifu Ya Army has 6,500 troops, including 300 cavalry, and 1,200 auxiliary troops; the Daming Army has 5,000 troops, including 1,000 auxiliary troops; the Cangzhou Army has 5,000 troops, including 1,000 auxiliary troops; Thousands of people. A total of more than 31,000 people and more than 15,000 horses. Just the food and materials for these troops cost as much as 120,000 yuan a month! Since the beginning of the year, 300,000 yuan has been spent on this aspect.
The total number of officials in the Shuai Mansion and the Hebei Transshipment Department is in the thousands, which also requires the expenses of Shuai Mansion Chief Shi Si, which costs about 20,000 yuan a month!
There is also the cost of the previous battle in Wei County, including rewards, pensions, and the cost of supplementing equipment and horses, which totaled more than 380,000 yuan!
In addition, a total of 450,000 yuan was accrued for the expenses of moving the town and two recruitment departments!
Adding the above expenses together, the total is more than 1.28 million, so Chang Shisi still has about 3.15 million in silver, money, silk, and grain that he can spend on hand.
Your Majesty, it’s only March of the eighth year since peace was declared... If we keep spending money at the current rate, these 3.15 million will be exhausted before the end of the year! "
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