Zhao Kai saw the iron-hulled gunboat drawn by Zhao Zhi, and his heart suddenly burned with anger - What a good Zhao Huan, it's only been nine or ten years since I last saw you, and you even have an ironclad!
Are you working too hard just to fight with your brothers? It would be great if you, the Southern Song Dynasty, had this kind of energy when you were fighting against the Jin and Mongolia. By the time Kublai Khan came to fight, he would have already had powerful ships and powerful guns, and could roam the world. Would you still be able to throw 200,000 people into the sea?
"Third brother, it seems that it is not possible to take the Han River to the east of the Yangtze River..." Zhao Zhi put down his brush and said to Zhao Kai, "In addition to this kind of iron-hulled gunboat, eldest brother also built a The Jiangxia Fort and the Chibi Fort also built the Chenglingguan Fort in Yuezhou. It is reported that the three forts of Jiangxia, Chibi and Chenglingguan all have more than 200 cannons... They have separated the Han River and Jingjiang River. It’s firmly sealed!”
Good guy, there are 600 cannons in three forts! There are also ironclads... This equipment is enough to fight the Opium War!
This thief Zhao Huan is so hateful!
Zhao Kai secretly gritted his teeth, but all he said was benevolence, righteousness and morality: "Our eldest brother is really judging me as a gentleman with a villain's heart! He and I are born from the same roots, how can we get in trouble with each other? Too hasty?"
While he was saying this, he was thinking in his heart: How to make blooming bombs...how to make blooming bombs? Copper shell or iron shell? Do you want to add a wooden support tail?
In addition, we have to work harder to cast camel cannons. Money is tight now, and there are not enough camels. We can only cast a few less, so let’s cast 1,000 of them first!
"Third brother is indeed a benevolent and righteous gentleman," Zhao Zhi said in agreement, "This official position belongs to third brother. I have heard from fifth brother and eighteenth brother that when our father died, I issued a will to pass the throne to you. But my eldest brother didn’t know about this when he came to the throne..."
This seat is mine! Zhao Kaixin said: My father wanted to pass the throne to me for a long time... It was because I wanted to go north to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and I didn't have time to ascend the throne, so Zhao Huanbai picked up a fake emperor from the Southern Dynasty!
"Then does he know he was wrong now?" Zhao Kai asked calmly.
"Um...this little brother doesn't know." Zhao Zhi shook his head, "I haven't seen my eldest brother for many years."
"Then let's go and meet him!" Zhao Kai suppressed his anger and smiled, "Now that the golden thief has been expelled by me, it's time for the world to be reunited. My eldest brother and I are brothers, we must treat each other first and then fight. We must give him a chance to submit to the imperial court!"
It's the boss's turn to be unlucky! Zhao Zhi thought: But he probably won't submit, right? He is going to surrender, but there is no danger of the Yangtze River. How can a small part of the Wuyue Kingdom resist the Celestial Empire? Sooner or later, he will be like Qian Chu, the last king of Wu and Yue, who tricked you into coming to Beijing... Moreover, he was a former emperor, and he was completely different from Qian Chu who had always been a vassal to the Central Plains.
But if he wants to resist to the end, he won't use me as his biological brother to sacrifice the flag, right?
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhi hurriedly said: "Third brother, I don't know the eldest brother very well, why not let the 18th brother go, he is more familiar with the eldest brother."
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "That's okay. I originally wanted Brother Shiba to go to Pizhou to persuade Zhao Gou to surrender... If you want to change with him, then I will let him go to Jinling." , you go to Pizhou."
Go to Pizhou to persuade Zhao Gou? Zhao Zhixin said: It would be safer to go to Jinling... There are a lot of brothers over there. If he wants to kill me, there will be someone to beg for mercy. If he went to Pizhou and fell into the hands of that bastard Zhao Gou who considered thieves as his father, he would have no chance of survival.
"Brother, I'd better go to Jinling," Zhao Zhi said with a serious face, "Brother, I've hated Brother Jiu since I was a child, and I have nothing to say when we meet...Brother, I'd better go to Jinling! But the eldest brother is suspicious by nature, I'm afraid he won't I will believe that Third Brother treats me sincerely."
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "I know he is suspicious, so I plan to grant a few more vassal kings and divide the towns in the southeast, so that he will not feel lonely... I will let him be the king of Wuyue. Let the fifth brother Let your son be granted the title of King of Guangdong, and he will be governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Let his sixth brother be granted the title of King of Fujian, and he will be governor of Fujian. Let his seventh brother be crowned king of Chu, and he will be governor of Huaixi. Let eighth brother be crowned king of Gan, and he will be governor of Jiangnan West Road. . Let Eleventh Brother change the title of King of Huai and control Huaidong. Twelfth Brother, you can stay in Nanjing and control Jiangnan East Road, and watch over Nanjing Yingtian Mansion for me."
"Conferring so many vassal kings at once?" Zhao Zhi did not follow Zhao Kai's lead and was confused. "Third brother, are you really not afraid of causing chaos in the Seven Kingdoms?"
"Seven countries?" Zhao Kai clasped his fingers, "Eldest brother, fifth brother, sixth brother, seventh brother, eighth brother, eleventh brother...there are only six in total! Twelfth brother, Don’t you include yourself in this, right?”
Zhao Zhi quickly waved his hand, "Don't dare, don't dare... I am very loyal to my third brother!"
Zhao Kai smiled and said: "I also trust you, that's why I let you stay in Nanjing! Moreover, the fifth brother, sixth brother, seventh brother, eighth brother, and eleventh brother are not kings, but princes." Respect the Jiedushi Road... This dynasty has Jiedushi Road, and now there are Hexi Jiedushi Road and Datong Jiedushi Road. I just plan to set up five Jiedushi Road in the southeast, and let the five Lu Jiedushi only collects taxes for me for a few years."
Then only the eldest brother is left as a king... Zhao Zhixin said: He is still a king who has been an emperor. How pitiful!
Zhao Kai then said to Zhao Zhi: "I also plan to establish the Six Ministries of Nanjing as reserve officials for the Beijing court... Jinling City and Jiangnan East Road will be under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Remaining Department and the Six Ministries of Nanjing. As for the Six Ministries of Nanjing Officials are always held by officials from the original Jinling court.
In addition, the Nanjing Remaining Department is also responsible for presiding over the Nanjing Examination. Scholars from Lianghuai, Liangjiang, Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Fujian can go to Nanjing to participate in the Examination. We can get more Jinshi, once every three years, and get a hundred people in one class.
From now on, all local officials in Huaihe, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangxi, and Fujian, whether civil or military, will be Nanjing Jinshi. Among the Southern Jinshi, those with outstanding talents could even serve as officials in the Beijing court. "
Zhao Kai was extremely benevolent this time!
Of course, setting up five military envoys, establishing six ministries in Nanjing, and holding the Nanjing Conference to try out these methods are all measures to appease the interests of the southeast.
Once the situation in the southeast stabilizes, they will be canceled one by one, and all the Jiedu envoys will become transshipment envoys. The Nanjing Sixth Department and the Nanjing Examination will not last long... It's not that you can't be an official in the exam, but A Jinshi who reaches the top in one step cannot take too much. Sufficient positions must be reserved for the technical officers who handle affairs, the secretarial officers, and the officers who lead troops to fight.
According to the current rules of the Northern Song Dynasty, magic officers are equivalent to general civil servants and are also selected through examinations. However, older soldiers will have "extra points" for taking the magic officer exam. The staff officers are the staff officers of local or military generals. They are not admitted but recruited. Officers are recruited through merit, talent or recruiting (military staff can also be recruited). Merit judging is based on the size of the merits, talent is examined in the military academy, recruiting is the same as the staff officer, and it depends on the chief. mood.
Under this official system, the openness, fairness and transparency of official appointment have declined. But at the same time, it also gives the chief more personnel rights - only when the chief has personnel rights can he command the officials below him! It also gives lower-level civil servants more opportunities for promotion. Jinshi who have passed the examination may not be as good as senior officials from the grassroots level when doing things!
However, Zhao Zhi didn't know that Zhao Kai was full of bad ideas. After listening to his words, he finally felt that there was not much risk in the trip to Jinling, so he happily accepted Zhao Kai's mission and returned home to prepare for a long trip.
I won’t leave right away, I’ll have to wait until after the New Year!
The day after Zhao Zhi accepted the mission to lure him south, Yue Fei came back from his inspection of Shanhaikou. Zhao Kai immediately asked someone to announce him to the palace, and even held a banquet in Yaochi Palace to welcome him, and by the way, he talked to Yue Fei about the crusade. Zhao Gou’s matter...
"Pengju, are you satisfied with Duke Ye's title? Have you visited your estate? It's right next to the Diaoyutai at the foot of Fragrant Mountain... This is a great place, and it will definitely be very valuable in the future! "
Zhao Kai treated Yue Fei so well! The land in Yuyuantan in Beijing was sealed to him...a total of 6,000 acres! If this spreads to the 21st century, Yue Fei's descendants will be famous!
Yue Fei was relieved of his wine glass, cupped his hand and said: "Of course I am satisfied with the official family. I have been greatly favored by the official family. I have been separated from the army and regard him as my confidant. Now I have become a very popular minister... It's so good." Great kindness, my brother just wants to fight more battles for the official family and kill more barbarians so that I can feel at ease."
When those great heroes who understand politics reach Yue Fei's position, they should lie down and pretend to be dead to avoid suspicion and do nothing... But Yue Fei's enthusiasm for doing things is still as high as ever!
"Okay!" Zhao Kai had been waiting for his words. "I will ennoble you on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. As soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passes, you will be ready to send troops... to attack Zhao Gou!"
"Beat Zhao Gou? Don't you want to persuade him to surrender?" Yue Fei was quite well informed and already knew that Zhao Kai wanted to persuade Zhao Huan to surrender.
Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai were born from the same roots! Of course we can't fight each other and kill each other... But Zhao Gou doesn't have this kind of treatment. Doesn't he regard thieves as his father? Now that he is Wanyan Zonggou, of course he can kill and scare Zhao Huan.
Zhao Kai shook his head and said: "The one I want to persuade to surrender is King Wu, not Zhao Gou... King Wu is a monkey, Zhao Gou is a chicken, and I want to kill the chicken to scare the monkey!"
Zhao Gou would definitely be unconvinced when he heard this: Why? They are all brothers, why should Zhao Huan be the monkey and he be the chicken? It's not fair!
But Zhao Gou is not here now, and Yue Fei will not speak for Zhao Gou... For some reason, he hates this Zhao Gou very much!
Zhao Kai said again: "Zhao Gou is my biological brother after all, and you are my sworn brother... It is inappropriate for you to kill Zhao Gou!"
Not suitable? Yue Feixin said: It's nothing...
Zhao Kai said: "So I am going to appoint Zhao Zhen as the Great Zongzheng, and I will go out with you with the edict to kill Zhao Gou and the bow string to strangle him... Then he will be responsible for killing Zhao Gou!"
How considerate! Even the procedures for granting death were prepared for Zhao Gou... and Yue Fei personally led the troops to fight, so Zhao Gou didn't have to worry about anything and could just wait for death.
