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At the eastern foot of Guangwu Mountain, at the intersection of the Bianhe River and the Yellow River.
The military camp where the remnants of Kaifeng's army were stationed in the past was completely silent. The only sound that could be heard was the sound of various military flags fluttering in the wind above the camp head.
The remnant generals of the camp army, including the generals, deputy generals, and generals from the capitals of Ma Changyou, Xia Chu, and Wang De, all gathered in front of the commander's tent. Dozens of people stood in awe and paid tribute to those who had just arrived. He was left behind in Tokyo, the Xuanfu envoy on Gyeonggi Road, the Yingtian envoy on Gyeonggi Road, the right to know the affairs of Kaifeng Prefecture, the direct bachelor of Longtuge, and the court invited Dr. Zongze to pay his respects.
Zhao Kai's method of employing people is to use people without suspicion and without suspicion, which is very similar to Sun Quan's work during the Three Kingdoms period. The scale of delegating power to his subordinates is also extremely large, especially those important ministers who are pushed to the front line to shoulder the thunder. They must be given sufficient power.
Zongze is now an important minister who can carry thunder!
To keep the Chang'an court safe and peaceful, someone had to carry the thunder at Hedong Road and Kaifeng Mansion.
On the Hedong side, Zhao Kai has arranged elite soldiers and generals, and has also asked his brother Zhao Zhi to take charge. He has also arranged Zhejiajiang, Ma Kuo, Ji Yi, Zhao Bushi (shouxiangzhou) and others outside Taiyuan Prefecture. It's considered sufficient insurance.
As for Kaifeng Mansion... After much deliberation, there is only this Zongze "Grandpa Zong"!
It seems that he was the one who regained Kaifeng Mansion in history - at least in the history that Zhao Kai knows, it was he who snatched Kaifeng Mansion back from the Jin people...
And Zongze now also thinks that he is going to regain Kaifeng Mansion this time!
Therefore, after being welcomed into the Chinese army's tent by important people, as soon as he sat down, he went straight to the point and asked the generals below who would be willing to accompany him to regain Kaifeng Mansion.
The reaction of the generals was... stunned!
Not scared, but stunned!
What does it mean?
Zongze looked at the group of unpromising warriors below and his eyebrows furrowed - he couldn't be that cowardly, could he? Isn't there a good man?
Thinking of this, Grandpa Zong's face grew long, and he stroked his beard and said: "Doesn't anyone dare to go to Kaifeng Mansion? Then...I will go with Wang Youwu (Wang Shan)!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Wang Shan, who had been recruited by the Taihang Mountain bandits. This guy looks very tough, with a sinewy face, thick beard, and fierce eyes... he must be very talented!
When Wang Shan saw Zongze's glare, his heart was filled with anger... A hero just fights for one breath! At the critical moment, don’t lose your share!
"Don't worry, bachelor. With me, Wang Shan, Kaifeng Mansion can be like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den, and I can survive!"
Zongze nodded, and then looked at the man with the most fierce appearance and the most majestic physique among the generals below.
The man Zongze took a fancy to also had the surname Wang, and his last name had the character "De". He was originally the top general of the Yao family army, and had fought for Yao Gu, Yao Pingzhong and his son for many years, but he was rushing towards...the backer behind him suddenly disappeared!
So now that he saw Zong Ze's expectant eyes, he could only stand up and say loudly to Grandpa Zong: "Commander Xuan, it's not that we don't want to go and recover Kaifeng Mansion, but that Kaifeng Mansion has been recaptured long ago!"
Already recovered? Zongze was stunned. Someone else was sent from above? Why don't you tell me?
"Who is so talented?" Wang Shan blurted out.
Wang De replied: "That man is a descendant of King Fu Yao. His uncle is Baixiang. He is worshiped by General Zuo Jinwuwei."
What a big mistake!
Kaifeng Mansion, which both brothers Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan "don't want", has actually been taken over!
The person who took over the Kaifeng Mansion was actually the great-grandson of Zhao Tingmei who was tricked by Song Taizong. His name was Zhao Shuxiang. He was two generations older than Zhao Kai and the same generation as Song Shenzong. Before the fall of Kaifeng Mansion, he was a "sanitation guard".
Oh, it's not about environmental sanitation, but it means "environmental protection and protection". In fact, he is just a free-spirited military officer. He has a total of 48 titles, including general, general, and general. He just used the titles of General, General, and General of the Sixteenth Guards of the Tang Dynasty. It was not a real job, but just for fun to coax a group of junior members of the old Zhao family.
But this Zhao Shuxiang was a somewhat capable "environmental guard". When Emperor Zhuangzong (Zhao Ji) of Song Dynasty fled in person, he escaped with him because of his good martial arts skills.
After Emperor Zhuangzong of Song Dynasty died, he led dozens of cavalrymen and fled back to Kaifeng Mansion. As a result, when he returned to Kaifeng Mansion, most of the people in Kaifeng Mansion City had fled, leaving only an empty city, some poor people, refugees who could not escape, and some rioters who came from nowhere... In short, What a mess!
And this Zhao Shuxiang is really smart. Seeing that no one wants such a big Kaifeng mansion, he wants it for himself... and he has made a name for himself as Kaifeng Fuyin in Kaifeng mansion!
He also used this sign and his identity as the "Zhao family" to gather a group of soldiers and civilians, and also sealed a lot of officials.
The most exaggerated thing is that he also asked his subordinates to call him the king...
"What? He, he is already the king?" Zongze stared at the group of people below, "You, you just don't care?"
Wang De spread his hands and said, "Bachelor, we sent someone to ask. But this Zhao Shuxiang said to him that he was the Emperor of Hedong, the current Emperor of Chang'an. He also said that when the late emperor died, he personally passed down the imperial edict and ordered the emperor to The third son ascended the throne, so..."
It turns out that Zhao Shuxiang and his men witnessed Zhao Ji's death and heard Zhao Ji's last edict!
With this excuse, of course Zhao Shuxiang ignored Yu Wenxuzhong, Yao Gu and others, and became the "King of Shutdown" in Kaifeng Fucheng.
At that time, Yu Wenxuzhong and Yao Gu were clay bodhisattvas who could not protect themselves. Of course, they did not dare to go to Kaifeng Mansion to catch Zhao Shuxiang.
As for the Jin soldiers in Huazhou, because Zhao Shuxiang's fish was too small and Kaifeng Mansion had long been empty, there was no value in robbing them, so they just pretended not to see them.
So a Kaifeng government that neither surrendered to Zhao Kai, nor was loyal to Zhao Huan, nor took refuge in the gold thieves, has existed from May to now in late August...
"Okay, I get it!" Zongze breathed out and said to Wang De, "Wang Tongzhi, how many people do you have available?"
"There are 3,000 elite soldiers." Wang De replied.
"Okay!" Zongze nodded, "Follow me...I'm also bringing 2,000 people, so we have a total of 5,000 people, going to Kaifeng Fucheng!"
Ma Changyou, the commander-in-chief of the capital, who was already old and a little confused, asked, "Then...where is Zhao Shuxiang? Is he a member of the Emperor of Chang'an?"
Zongze smiled and said: "Yes, that's why the Emperor of Chang'an sent me to Kaifeng Mansion to replace him!"
Ma Changyou breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Fortunately I didn't fight him...otherwise the sin would have been huge!"
After Zongze learned about the situation in Kaifeng Mansion, he did not get up immediately. Instead, he rested in the Guangwu Mountain Camp for three days. During this period, he also walked around to check the terrain - this was the ancient battlefield where Chu and Han fought for hegemony!
At the same time, he also inspected the situation of the troops stationed here, and wrote a secret report to Zhao Kai, asking Wang Shan to send someone to Chang'an immediately, and then led Wang Shan and Wang De's 5,000 troops to take over Kaifeng Mansion.
The promised recovery turned into a takeover, which is a bit disappointing...
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"Official..."
"Call me big brother, call me an official, you will get a good reputation! A good minister, I have been waiting for you... Is it going well to fix the Yanyan Road? The local Western Army generals are not looking for trouble for you, right?"
In Chang'an City, Daming Palace (actually a Xuanfu Si Yamen) and Chongzheng Palace, a banquet was already served at this time.
Zhao Kai was treating Han Shizhong, who had just returned from Yanyan Road, to dinner.
After pacifying Shaanxi, Zhao Kai's good brothers were assigned important tasks. Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, Li Xiaozhong and other five people were sent by a pacification envoy and military envoy to Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road. , Jingyuan Road, Huanqing Road, and Yanyan Road were responsible for clearing fields, reorganizing the army, and establishing military mansions.
These tasks seem to be going smoothly - after all, the fundamental interests of the generals of the Western Army have not been touched!
But it cannot be said that there is no resistance at all - the intensity of the reform is actually not small!
The "Twelve Ranks System" (originally called the "Twelve Ranks of Tiance", but now there are local armies other than Tiance, so the word "Tiance" has been removed) can protect the economy of the generals of the Western Army. The benefits also gave them a wide enough upward path. But once this system is implemented, the Western Army will "turn private affairs into public affairs."
Because it is the "Twelve Ranks System" that protects the fundamental interests of the officers and soldiers of the Western Army, not the generals, the Western Army will evolve from the private soldiers of the generals to the public weapon of the country.
In addition, there is not enough land in Shaanxi to satisfy the thirst for land of the Five Route Army soldiers. It is inevitable that the Five Route Army soldiers will go eastward... This makes the relationship between the Five Route Army soldiers and the imperial court closer, and with the West The relationship between the military families is becoming increasingly alienated.
In this case, the generals of the Western Army would certainly feel uneasy... After all, they were not sworn friends with Zhao Kai!
"Brother," Han Shizhong looked at Zhao Kai with a smile, and whispered, "You are like a dragon or a phoenix among people... and you have been on expeditions for many years, do you have enough people around you to serve you?"
"That's enough!" Zhao Kai said with a smile, "It's not like I haven't endured hardship..."
At this point, he felt something was wrong. He said Song Zhuangzong's son!
"Brother," Han Shizhong didn't seem to hear anything wrong, "You are not afraid of hardship, but can Concubine Liu (Guo Tiannu) bear serving you alone? I heard from my Hongyu that she has been getting older recently!"
"Really? I don't think so..."
Han Shizhong smiled and said, "Brother, you are the master of the Ninth Five-Year Plan! How can you only have three ladies? If you only have three ladies, we brothers will be embarrassed to take them home one by one. Look, brother-in-law , already a lieutenant, and only a woman..."
"Then I have to..." Zhao Kai felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
He hasn't worked hard enough yet, so why is he embarking on a path of debauchery and immorality? Is this possible?
Han Shizhong smiled and said, "Brother, you need to recruit more concubines! Every general in the Western Army has good women similar to Concubine Liu. Why don't you recruit more than ten or twenty people and use them as concubines for the army?" ah!"
