Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

As the sky gradually darkened, Zhao Chen had dinner with Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others.

Last night and today's lunch, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others had a good time eating. Although the food here is average, it is much better than the food in Wuguo City! However, in the eyes of Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others, these meals are still far from worthy of the identities of Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others. In their thinking, Liu Qi treats them slowly, but he never dares to treat Zhao Chen slowly! With Zhao Chen coming, the meal tonight must be extremely sumptuous!

When the emperor used to eat in Kaifeng, there were at least one hundred and eight dishes. Which dish the emperor liked, someone would present it immediately! Now in the military camp, it is naturally impossible to be so rich, but dozens of dishes are inevitable!

However, when the food came, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others were all dumbfounded. There were only three dishes and one soup at night!

Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others all use their own food, but Zhao Chen actually sat at the same table with Liu Kai, Yu Yunwen and others, enjoying the three dishes and one soup together!

"This...doesn't have the dignity of an emperor at all? Your Majesty, how can you eat like this?" Ge Bing couldn't help but said.

"If you don't eat like this, how can you eat?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty will inevitably have dozens or even hundreds of dishes for meals! Even if it's a simple army, you can't eat at the same table with your courtiers!" Ge Bing said.

"Dozens of hundreds of dishes? Now the country is barren and a thousand wastes are waiting to be rebuilt! The Central Plains and Yanyun have just been recovered, and the south of the Yangtze River has just been pacified not long ago. Henan, Lianghuai and other places are still starving and dying. Under such circumstances, how can it be so extravagant? Waste? This year, in order to support the people of Yanyun and the Central Plains, the military rations in the army have begun to be restricted! The Supreme Emperor and you have returned from the north, so I treat you preferentially. I should sit and eat with my courtiers." Zhao Chen said lightly.

Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen, Liu Kai and others ate with big mouthfuls. Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others were stunned for a while before moving their chopsticks.

It was snowing all day today, Liu Kai went to check the defense situation of Shanhaiguan, and arranged for the soldiers to sweep the snow. Zhao Chen, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others came out of the room. This time they came to the northern city wall of Shanhaiguan.

It was snowing heavily, and it was pitch black in the distance, only the endless grassland could be seen vaguely!

"Grandpa has suffered in the north these past few years!" Zhao Chen said with emotion.

He supported Zhao Ji, and he could feel that Zhao Ji was skinny! It is conceivable that Zhao Ji must have suffered a lot in the Five Kingdoms City!

"In Wuguo City, we have to rely on ourselves for food and shelter! We grow our own food and build our own houses. We have become farmers." Zhao Ji sighed.

"Is father okay?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Your father is still suffering in Wuguo City! When I came back that day, your father was crying and howling. He wanted to come back, but the Jurchens refused! Chen'er, I have already made an agreement with the Jurchens, As long as we negotiate peace with Jurchen and recognize Jurchen as brother from generation to generation, Jurchen will release your father! You must be a filial son and let your father return!" Zhao Ji looked at Zhao Chen and said urgently.

"We will never negotiate peace with Jurchen." Zhao Chen said flatly.

"Are you so unfilial?" Zhao Ji asked angrily.

"Grandpa, the reason why the Jurchens let you back is not because of their kindness, but because they lost the battlefield, so they had to make peace with us! As long as we become stronger and keep defeating the Jurchens, sooner or later they will let you back. Father!" Zhao Chen said flatly.

In fact, he has been thinking about the Jurchen's intention to release Zhao Ji back. In his opinion, the Jurchen is definitely not for "negotiating peace", but for using Zhao Ji to disrupt his own government! Along the way, he discussed with Yu Yunwen several times, and they both felt that it was so! However, the current Great Song Dynasty is an iron-clad country. He, Zhao Chen, is the emperor recognized by hundreds of millions of people in the world. Whether it is the court or the army, no one will betray Zhao Chen. His regime is extremely strong, even Zhao Ji It is impossible to disturb the government even after returning! As for Zhao Huan, the Jurchen might not let him back easily.

"Chen'er, you are now ruling the country by force, and relying on force to take back the Central Plains, right?" Zhao Ji said.

"Relying on generals to take back the Central Plains, of course! If there were no millions of soldiers, would the Jurchens be willing to give up the Central Plains and Yanyun?" Zhao Chen said.

"It's okay to take back the Central Plains by force, but it's absolutely impossible to rule the country by force!" Zhao Ji said.

"I understand this. Of course, governing the world still depends on literati." Zhao Chen said.

"Since this is the case, we must withdraw our troops! Emperor Taizu used to drink wine to release his military power, and you should also drink wine to release your military power! After you return to the capital, you will call back all the important generals from the frontier and deprive them of their military power. , make them high-ranking officials without power, and then abolish the army, and the world will be peaceful." Zhao Ji said.

Zhao Chen couldn't help laughing out loud.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhao Ji asked.

"Millions of troops, I still feel a little small! I want to build achievements that my ancestors have never built, not just as simple as recovering the Central Plains and Yanyun! I want to conquer thousands of miles of land, let me be stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties, let me The Great Song Dynasty will continue forever! Not only can this army not be withdrawn, but it will increase! In the future, there will be Chinese flags everywhere in the world, and that is the time to stop." Zhao Chen said.

"This, this... is so aggressive, the country will surely perish." Zhao Ji said.

"Of course I won't be militaristic! If the people are rich and the country is strong, the people must be rich before the country can be strong! I took down Yanyun and the Central Plains, and I have never used troops against the north. I am afraid that it will affect the recovery of Yanyun and the Central Plains! I will never be like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty , Conquered thousands of miles of land and mountains but made the country barren and the people destitute! Our Great Song Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources and a large population. If everyone is rich, let alone a million troops, we can support even more troops!" Zhao Chen said.

"Chen'er, you are too young and not good at governing the government. After returning to the capital, I will help you govern the country." Zhao Ji thought for a while and said again.

"Then there's no need." Zhao Chen said with a mocking smile on his face.

"You are only seventeen years old! When you escaped from the palace, you were only ten years old. You don't understand anything. I have to teach you." Zhao Ji said.

"Grandfather suffered in the north, and it is enough to enjoy peace of mind after returning home! Grandpa ruled the world back then, and the people suffered a lot. The country's military power was weakened. There was the Songjiang uprising in the north and the Fangla uprising in the south. It’s not like being beaten to Kaifeng by Jurchen in a short time, and almost destroying the country.” Zhao Chen said with a cold voice.

"You!" Zhao Ji's face turned red, and he pointed at Zhao Chen with anger in his eyes.

He didn't expect Zhao Chen to expose people's shortcomings so much! Zhao Chen is his grandson, this is an act of great unfilial piety!

In fact, Zhao Chen didn't want to do that either, but Zhao Ji blatantly wanted to intervene in the government affairs, Zhao Chen absolutely couldn't agree! Zhao Chen really looked down on Zhao Ji's behavior that harmed the country and the people, so he said it outright.

"I came back this time and brought more than a thousand people. They were all Kaifeng officials at the beginning. This time, they can also be placed in the court to help you handle the government affairs." Zhao Ji held back his anger and said again.

"They are all ministers of subjugation! Kaifeng was destroyed, so there is no fault of theirs? After they came back, they were all demoted to common people and never hired." Zhao Chen said.

"How can you do this? They are all scholar-bureaucrats! Many people have been born in ten years of poverty, from childhood to scholar, from scholar to Juren, from Juren to Jinshi, and then they can become courtiers! If you do this, you are an enemy of the world's scholar-bureaucrats." !” said Zhao Ji.

"Grandpa, I established a new policy to try to benefit all people in the world. The former subjugated people cannot be hired. Please forgive me! It's getting late, let's go back and rest." The words were not speculative, and Zhao Chen was in no mood to continue. Right now.

Zhao Chen has a deep relationship with Zhao Huan, Queen Zhu and others, but there is almost no relationship between him and Zhao Ji other than blood relationship! After he came to this world, he only met Zhao Ji a few times, and he didn't say a few words. They only have blood relationship with each other! Therefore, Zhao Chen and Zhao Ji didn't have much scruples when talking, and they could say whatever they wanted.

Zhao Chen had already left, but Zhao Ji was still standing there angrily, breathing heavily.

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After returning to the room, Zhao Chen thought for a while, and asked the guards to deliver a box of snacks to Zhao Ji's room for Zhao Xun.

After a quarter of an hour, the voice of reporting came from outside, and Zhao Xun came to thank him.

"Come in." Zhao Chen smiled.

Zhao Xun came in, and Zhao Chen hugged him. He looked carefully and found that although Zhao Xun was only three or four years old, he had small calluses on his hands, obviously suffering in the north.

"Good brother, do you hate the Jurchens?" Zhao Chen asked.

"Hate!" Zhao Xun thought for a while and said.

"Even a child knows how to hate the Jurchens, but our grandfather still has to make peace with the Jurchens and let us Han people be the brothers of the Jurchens for generations to come. It's ridiculous, ridiculous! How can there be such a ridiculous thing in the world? Brother, I To eliminate Jurchen and avenge you, are you willing?" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes! When I was in Wuguocheng, those Jurchens often beat and scolded us. I was whipped by them once, and I almost died at that time. Now I still have scars on my body." Zhao Xun said.

Zhao Xun lifted up his clothes, and Zhao Chen looked, and sure enough, there was a long scar on the little child's body, which looked very hideous.

"Damn Jurchen, when I was in the Kaifeng Palace, I was almost killed by them! Kaifeng City at that time was a hell on earth, I still remember the scene at that time, many children as old as you were tortured and killed by them! Hey, It doesn't matter if you don't say anything, in short, we will have revenge." Zhao Chen said.

Zhao Xun nodded. He was young, tired all day, and now he was exhausted. He closed his eyes while talking. Zhao Chen could not help but smile when he saw it.

"I don't know what my biological child is like now? Is Yao okay?" Zhao Chen secretly asked.

When Zheyueru asked Zhao Chen to take Song Qingyao over in Yanjing City a few days ago, Zhao Chen didn't agree! Song Qingyao just gave birth to a child last winter, and now the child is only a few months old. It is too far from Jiangnan to here, and the mother and child may not be able to bear such a bumpy ride! After the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, the child will be a little older before picking up the child.

At this moment, Zhao Chen suddenly missed Song Qingyao very much.

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Chen, Zhao Ji and others left Shanhaiguan, and more than a thousand ministers and nobles who came from the north also left Shanhaiguan together.

Thousands of cavalry escorted them to leave together.

Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others were together, and Yu Yunwen rushed up from behind to greet Zhao Ji.

"You must be the minister next to Chen'er? I don't know what kind of position you hold now?" Zhao Ji said.

"Reporting to the Supreme Emperor, my minister is now the Minister of Military Aircraft, walking in the military aircraft." Yu Yunwen said.

"Minister of Military Aircraft? What kind of position is this?" Zhao Ji asked in surprise.

"After your Majesty's death, in order to deal with urgent military affairs in various places, the Military Plane Department was established to manage affairs of the world..." Yu Yunwen began to explain the Military Plane Department.

After Yu Yunwen finished speaking, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others all gasped! This Military Plane Department is completely different from the previous Zhongshu Province, Six Departments, Privy Council, etc. The emperor alone controls the national government. In the Military Plane Department, all the ministers are subordinate to the emperor. Whoever the emperor wants to come to power can go to power, and whoever wants to leave Whoever is in the Military Aircraft Department will leave! It is difficult for any minister to compete with the emperor. This is the real "arbitrary cadre"! In all dynasties, no matter how powerful the emperor was, he still couldn't reach Zhao Chen's current level!

Of course, since entering Yanjing, the Military Aircraft Department has begun to change, which is different from before.

"Your Majesty's methods are so powerful!" Ge Bing and others felt a little chills in their bodies.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to persuade Your Majesty," Liu Shikai said.

When the army crossed the border and occasionally passed by the village, the people in the village did not dodge. Some people even brought hot water and food to entertain the soldiers. Seeing this scene, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others showed incredible expressions.

Passing by a village, you can see a huge slogan "military and civilian unity as one family" painted on a village.

After they stayed in Jizhou for one night, they continued to move forward, and on February 17th, they finally arrived at the city of Yanjing.

Zhao Ji thought that when his group returned to Yanjing, Yanjing City would inevitably launch a large-scale celebration, spending hundreds of thousands of millions of silver to celebrate, but after arriving here, there will be no celebrations here!

The gate of Yanjing City was wide open, and they rode straight into Yanjing City.

Zhao Ji also came to Yanjing for the first time, looking at everything in Yanjing curiously. At the beginning, this was the capital of the Liao Kingdom, and the Liao Kingdom was the "superior country". The Song Dynasty's national power was not as good as that of the Liao Kingdom. At that time, the Song Dynasty wanted to pay tribute to the Liao Kingdom, but only ministers went to the Liao Kingdom. Naturally, the emperor could not go to the Liao Kingdom. !

"Thanks to Jurchen's destruction of the Liao Kingdom, we were able to obtain Yanjing City so smoothly! Otherwise, the Liao Kingdom's military strength is far superior to my Great Song Dynasty, and it is impossible for my Great Song Dynasty to obtain Yanjing." Zhao Ji said excitedly.

"The Liao Kingdom is not an opponent of the Jurchen, and the Jurchen is not an opponent of my million-strong army. How can the Liao Kingdom defeat my million-strong army?" Zhao Chen said flatly.

"This..." Zhao Ji was speechless.

There is a flat road ahead, but the road is closed now, and there are soldiers everywhere!

There were many shops on both sides of the road, but the shops were not closed. Many people watched the soldiers entering the city there. Some people saw the emperor riding on a horse and immediately fell to their knees. For a while, the sound of long live was everywhere on both sides of the road.

"This Yanjing city is almost comparable to Kaifeng back then, and it's still quite prosperous!" Zhao Ji said looking at the surrounding scene.

"When I first entered Yanjing, the city of Yanjing was extremely depressed! I'm going to the palace soon, so I'll tell grandpa about it." Zhao Chen said with a faint smile.

"Good!" Zhao Ji nodded.

The front finally arrived at the imperial palace. Looking at the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom, Zhao Ji suddenly felt a sense of mission. He felt that he must stop Zhao Chen from "ruling the country by force" and make the Great Song Dynasty return to the old Song Dynasty. "Promote culture and suppress martial arts", we must make Da Song a brotherly state of Da Jin, and we must disarm!

He wants to see how Zhao Chen will arrange him, the Supreme Emperor, and how he will arrange more than a thousand ministers and nobles!