Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

When everything was arranged properly, it was already noon, and Zhao Chen called some officers from Zhejia Army and Jingyuan Army to talk together! Li Gang, Yue Fei, Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Kai and others were also by the side!

The generals of the Zhejia Army are still a little uneasy. Although Zhao Chen has promised to forgive the crimes of all the soldiers of the Zhejia Army, they are still afraid!

One of them was tall and stout, with a huge scar on his face. The scar stretched from his left cheek to his neck, blood and flesh rolled, and he looked extremely hideous!

At this moment, the man couldn't bear it any longer, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, you promised to forgive our sins, is it true or not?"

Zhao Chen looked at this man. Although this man looked ugly and hideous, Zhao Chen's face did not change at all. His expression was still gentle, and he said, "What's your name? Do you hold any position in the Zhejia Army?"

The man said: "The last general, Yang Zhong, is just a small lieutenant of the Zhejia Army! They dare not come to see His Majesty, but I dare to see His Majesty!"

Zhao Chen couldn't help laughing, seeing that this man was a rough man, he was pushed out by other Zhejia soldiers, and Zhao Chen said at the moment: "I am the emperor, the so-called king is not joking, I say that I forgive your crimes, naturally It is to forgive your crimes, there will be no mistakes!"

The general named Yang Zhong couldn't help showing a smile on his face, and said: "Your Majesty, don't lie to me!"

Zhao Chen said: "I will never lie to you!"

Yang Zhong nodded and said, "I believe Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I have one more question to ask!"

Zhao Chen said: "Whatever you want to ask, just say it! No matter what you say today, I will listen carefully and answer carefully!"

Yang Zhong's eyes showed a look of anxiety, and he said: "Your Majesty, we are all subordinates who can ask for a discount. If you ask for a big treason, although your Majesty forgives us, he will never promote us in the future! Isn't that the case?"

Hearing Yang Zhong's words, the rest of the Zhejia Army officers also looked at Zhao Chen, and the officers of Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, and Jingyuan Army also looked at Zhao Chen, and they wanted to see how Zhao Chen was doing. answer.

Zhao Chen thought for a moment, and said: "I only have two conditions for promoting people! As long as you can meet these two conditions, no matter whether you are a subordinate who can ask for it or not, you will be promoted!"

Yang Zhong hurriedly said: "I don't know which two conditions are it?"

Zhao Chen said: "First, you must be loyal to me, and second, you must be talented! As long as you can achieve these two points, you have made a big mistake before, and I will promote you!"

Yang Zhong was overjoyed, and said: "In this way, I will definitely be promoted! I am a congenital master with outstanding martial arts. When the Jurchens invaded last year, I also led troops to stop the Jurchens. Later, I was injured by the Jurchens. I left this scar on my body! It’s just that I was working with Mr. Zheer at that time, and Mr. Zheer was defeated by the Jurchens, but I killed dozens of Jurchens at that time, so Mr. Zheer hated me, and after the event, he will I was demoted from a lieutenant general to an ordinary school lieutenant, and then Mr. Zheer went to Sichuan. I still can’t be reused in the army! If, as His Majesty said, only value talent and loyalty, I will definitely be able to get promoted! I respect Your Majesty is absolutely loyal, there is a word Zhong in my name, which was chosen by my parents, let me be loyal to Song Dynasty and Your Majesty! Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

He said this call, which was quite confusing. Zhao Chen laughed when he heard this, and said: "Very good! If you are really loyal to me and really talented, I will definitely be able to promote you! And I won’t promote you just because of your few words, and wait until later, when you show your loyalty and talent!”

Yang Zhong laughed loudly, and said: "What your Majesty said is that words alone cannot be believed! Even if your Majesty looks at the junior general, the latter will definitely let your majesty know his loyalty and talent!"

With such a rough man standing up to speak, the tension in the room has been reduced a lot! Those Zhejia army generals were thinking about the "two conditions" that Zhao Chen said. They were nervous at first, but now they are much more relaxed! Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi and the others were also thinking about the two conditions Zhao Chen mentioned, and they secretly admired them. These "two conditions" are the best way to buy people's hearts! Ordinary military officers will definitely try their best to show their loyalty and talents when they hear these "two conditions" so that they can be promoted!

"From yesterday to today, everyone must be tired! Yue Fei, arrange lunch immediately so that everyone can have a good meal! After eating, let the soldiers have a good sleep! Let's talk about other things tomorrow! " Zhao Chen said again.

Yue Fei hastily agreed!

Half an hour later, the lunch preparations were finished, Zhao Chen and the others had lunch together in the room, and the soldiers of Zhejia Army and Jingyuan Army outside were also having lunch! From yesterday to now, these soldiers are indeed exhausted, especially those soldiers of the Zhejia Army. , but my heart is still terrified, so I dare not rest!

After lunch, these soldiers began to lie down and rest after receiving Zhao Chen's official order!

"How is the situation in Hanzhong City?" At this moment, Zhao Chen asked again about the situation in Hanzhong City.

"Your Majesty, Kang An has completely controlled Hanzhong City! Now he is cleaning the streets of Hanzhong City! In addition, the order of Hanzhong City is normal, but the people are frightened and hide in their homes. They dare not come out for a short time!" Li Gangdao.

Just now someone from Hanzhong City had come to report the news to Li Gang, and Li Gang will tell Zhao Chen now.

"Very good! I'm going to stay in this barracks for a few days, and Hanzhong City will be handed over to Kang An for the time being! As long as there are no accidents or major disturbances in Hanzhong City!" Zhao Chen said.

"Kang'an reported that he would impose a curfew in Hanzhong City, and no one would be allowed to go to the streets after dark! After a few days, His Majesty will slowly lift the curfew after returning to Hanzhong!" Li Gang said.

"Okay, I'll let him do this!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty hasn't fallen asleep since last night, and he must be very tired. Why don't you go to sleep first?" Li Gang said.

"Okay!" Zhao Chen nodded!

Zhao Chen didn't wake up until night! After waking up, he entered the barracks of the Zhejia Army. At this moment, many soldiers of the Zhejia Army had woken up after sleeping all afternoon! Seeing Zhao Chen approaching, they knelt down to welcome him!

"Get up quickly!" Zhao Chen smiled, and he helped a soldier up himself!

When these soldiers saw Zhao Chen coming in, they were filled with respect and awe, and they didn't dare to breathe! Standing there quietly one by one, with extremely serious expressions on their faces!

"Come on, sit down! I'll talk to you!" Zhao Chen laughed.

The soldiers were startled, and after a while someone finally sat down, and then more and more people sat down!

"Are you all Hanzhong soldiers?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your Majesty, most of us are from Fuzhou!" said a soldier.

Fuzhou is probably located in what is now Fugu County, Shaanxi, and it was an important military stronghold in the Song Dynasty! Zhejia has guarded Fuzhou for generations, and many soldiers of the Zhejia army also came from Fuzhou! But last year when the Jurchens invaded, Fuzhou had fallen, and now Fuzhou is owned by the Jurchens, so these people can no longer return to their hometowns!

"I see! Are you homesick?" Zhao Chen said.

"Think!" Almost in unison, all the soldiers nodded.

"Very good, I will definitely lead you back to your hometown and take back Fuzhou in my lifetime!" Zhao Chen said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the soldiers said one after another.

"You were in the Zhejia army before, did you deduct the military salary?" Zhao Chen asked again.

Almost all the soldiers of the Zhejia Army nodded their heads one after another, and some soldiers were extremely indignant, apparently they had been deducted too much! Withholding military pay is almost a bad habit in any army in ancient China, and it is normal for Zhejia Army to have such a thing!

"How much were you deducted last month? Tell them all! I will use the money from the treasury to make up for you! From now on, Yue Fei will serve as the commander of the Imperial Army for me. He will never dare to deduct the military salary. If he deducts the military salary, I will be the first to forgive him." Him!" Zhao Chen said.

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, the soldiers below showed extremely joyful expressions on their faces! They didn't expect Zhao Chen to make up for them the military salary that was deducted last month! As for what Zhao Chen said later, they were skeptical!

"Your Majesty, the last general will never do anything to withhold military pay! Don't worry!" Yue Fei had been standing beside Zhao Chen, and at this moment Yue Fei said firmly!

"Very good! I have already asked Mr. Li Gang and Li to go to Hanzhong City to bring the money, and we can make up all the military pay deducted last month by tomorrow! Everyone has to wait!" Zhao Chen said.

The soldiers below are all very excited, needless to say!

"At noon, I talked to General Yang Zhong of your Zhejia Army. I told him that as long as he is loyal to me, as long as he has talent, I will promote him! Now I want to tell these words to all the officers and soldiers of the Zhejia Army, no matter you Regardless of your current status, no matter whether you have made mistakes before or not, as long as you can achieve those two, I will never be stingy with the official position in my hand, and I will reward you with a lot of official positions! I don’t pay attention to background, no matter Whatever your background, as long as you can do those two things, you can be promoted!" Zhao Chen said again.

The soldiers of the Zhejia army below were in an uproar, and everyone talked about it!

Originally, the Western Army was decadent, and the army was very particular about background! If one is born noble, there is no problem at all in wanting to be a high-ranking official! If one's background is low, it will be difficult to get promoted no matter how talented one is! For example, Liu Guangshi, who was rewarded by the imperial court as soon as he was born, became a member of the third class! And Han Shizhong, who is also a famous general of ZTE, took 16 years to get the position of the third class! Liu Guangshi didn't have any military exploits, and he was able to control more than 100,000 Liu family troops at a young age. Han Shizhong made outstanding contributions, defeated Xixia many times, and captured Fang La alive among thousands of troops, but such credits only made him a lieutenant general! Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yanwen, and Zhe Yanzhi are destined to control the Zhe family army by nature. If Wu Jie and Wu Lin hadn't met Zhao Chen, it would be impossible to get ahead!

Now Zhao Chen doesn't pay attention to his background, but only pays attention to his loyalty and talent. The soldiers below are surprised and unbelievable!

"Is what His Majesty said true?" Someone still couldn't help asking.

"Of course it is true! You spread my words. I want everyone to know the two conditions for my selection of talents. Apart from these two conditions, there will be no other conditions! If you don't meet these two conditions Two conditions, no one can be reused!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is holy!" The soldiers of the Zhejia Army below couldn't help shouting, everyone was excited at the moment.

"Yue Fei, is dinner ready? I will have dinner with everyone tonight!" Zhao Chen laughed.

That night, Zhao Chen sat down to eat with a group of Zhejia soldiers. Many soldiers were so moved that they wanted to cry! Feudal society pays most attention to rank and status, Zhao Chen is undoubtedly the highest-ranking person in the world, and these ordinary soldiers belong to the lowest-ranking group of people, but Zhao Chen doesn't care about their vulgarity, sits among them and eats with them! Don't let them say that they have seen or heard such a thing before, they dare not even think that such a thing will happen in the world!

"Your Majesty is really the eternal sage!"

"It's really a crime that deserves death!"

"Such a majesty loves soldiers like sons, how can he not be loyal to him?"

For a while, there were whispering voices everywhere! All the soldiers felt their hearts agitated, and some couldn't help turning their heads to wipe away their tears!

In the distance, Wang Shu, Zhao Zhe, and Liu Kai were inspecting the barracks. When they saw the scene here, they couldn't help but stay there!

"Your Majesty actually had dinner with those ordinary soldiers! This..." Zhao Zhe couldn't believe it!

"Your Majesty is so noble, how can you be with them?" Liu Qi couldn't believe it.

"In the history books, it was said that Liu Bangxiong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was generous, easy-going, and good at buying people's hearts. I didn't believe that even a guard at the gate could talk to him! Just imagine how it is possible for an emperor, the Ninth Five-Year King, to bend down and talk to him. An ordinary soldier talking? But now, seeing what His Majesty has done, I believe it!" Wang Shu nodded and said.

In the eyes of Wang Shu and the others, it was almost a "disgrace" for an emperor to eat with a group of soldiers. Those lowly soldiers were almost a desecration of the emperor's noble status! But Zhao Chen didn't care, the expression on Zhao Chen's face was still so easy-going, as if this was a perfectly normal thing! They admired it to the extreme!

"He actually bends down to talk and eat with the soldiers. I'm afraid that this Zhejia army will really be used by him in a short time! I admire him more and more. I hope he not only buys people's hearts, but also other things." The method is to rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty!" Wang Shu secretly said.

That night, Zhao Chen came from one camp to another. On the one hand, he appeased the soldiers, and on the other hand, he introduced Yue Fei to the Zhejia soldiers! He told these soldiers that Yue Fei was in charge of the Forbidden Army instead of him. Yue Fei held his Shangfang sword in his hand, and what Yue Fei said was his word!

It was not until midnight that Zhao Chen returned to his room to continue resting!

Early the next morning, Zhao Chen woke up early, still walking in the barracks of the Zhejia Army, still staying with the soldiers! He asked about the family situation of the soldiers and some trivial matters of life, but the more he did this, the more grateful the soldiers were! These things are very common in the army of later generations, but they are extremely rare in this era! Zhao Chen also watched the news broadcasts for more than ten years back then. He had never eaten pork but also watched pigs running. He still knew how to "inspect the army" and "deep into the army"! Later generations are no longer a hierarchical society, and the presence of the chief among the soldiers still excites the soldiers, let alone a feudal society with strict hierarchy? As the Emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, he personally went to the army to chat with the soldiers. It would be strange if the soldiers were not moved!

Zhao Chen stayed here for three full days, and he didn't leave Nanzheng and return to Hanzhong until May 24th! Yue Fei was left in Nanzheng by him. From now on, Yue Fei will be under the control of the imperial army, and he will stay here for a long time!

As for the Jingyuan Army, some of them followed Zhao Zhe to Dashan Pass, and will be stationed at Dashan Pass in the future, while the other part followed Liu Kai to the direction of Shu Dao, and incorporated the 30,000 Zhe Family Army of Shu Dao!

Zhao Chen returned to the palace, just arrived at Qianqing Palace, and saw Lin Baozheng kneeling there trembling!