The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

In the new year, Zhao Qi changed his habit of going on tours in recent years, stayed honestly in Bianjing, and lived a busy life of going to court every day to pay tribute to the emperor and his wife sooner or later. This article was first published in March, the emperor

Summoned the navy commander and four navy commanders, ordered them to conduct long-distance training and draw a chart. They were given a strange task, which was to encounter no one or no state-occupied places where the warships reached

The islands erected the sovereignty of the Song Dynasty and marked them into the sea chart to declare sovereignty.

Everyone was very surprised. There were countless islands of all sizes in the vast sea, but they were rarely visited by people, and they were not suitable for human habitation, and they could not send troops to guard them. I wonder what the emperor wanted these deserted islands? But Zhao Xiao understood that the current countries are now due to science and technology and navigation technology.

I don’t know that the sea contains rich resources and military value, but when everyone knows it for hundreds of years, they often fight for reefs, fighting to the death.

Zhao Qiong knew this truth from the future. According to the accepted norm in the world in the future, whoever discovers and names the islands first is who they are. Now he is the first to take advantage of the opportunity that the maritime power awareness of various countries is not strong, and he will take advantage of the opportunity of the lack of strong awareness of maritime power in various countries to make the surrounding areas of the Song Dynasty.

The islands beyond were all taken into their arms and left ironclad evidence, saving the 'descendants' of the country were still fighting for these things, and they had been struggling for several islands for decades and could not win the lawsuit.

I have to be pickled by the birds. In the future, I have done a serious business, and I have never worn a red scarf in my previous life...

In April, Ma Kuo reported from Dali that the Dali incident was peaceful, and the proposal to return to Song was unanimously approved at the 'All Dali Tribe Conference'. The Gao family and Dong family, who had opposing opinions, had already been attacked by the Song army and the armed forces of various tribes.

He was expelled from the list and was executed first. Master Jin He was revenged. However, when he subsequently implemented a policy to implement the rule of Dali, Zhao Qiong and several ministers had differences and debates.

According to the past practice of the Song Dynasty, the policy of restraint was often implemented for ethnic minority areas. The essence was that "local officials governed local people" recognized the hereditary chief status of all ethnic groups. Give them official positions and titles, the government implemented indirect rule, and the imperial edict from the central government of the court

In fact, it was not truly implemented. Zhao Jie insisted on one step, and the government sent traffic management to directly implement the rule, and levy taxes, build cities, and set up schools like the mainland prefectures and counties; at the same time, the original tax system of chieftains was abolished, and

Like in the mainland, taxes are levied on acre of land.

The two views were at once uncontested. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the policy of restraint was implemented in this way for the residences of all ethnic groups in the northwest and southwest. Under the historical conditions at that time, it did achieve good results, increasing the territory of the Song Dynasty.

Border defense stability. In the early days when Zhao Jie was in charge of the northwest, he also handled the newly acquired land. However, there were also some disadvantages. Some local officials were hereditary to slaughter the people, causing trouble for the border, massacre the Han people, and occupy their land. Some tribes were internal

Armed battles, wars, and even surrender to the enemy country because of the dispute over land or inheritance rights, and in turn they became enemies with the Song Dynasty.

In fact, the rulers of the Song Dynasty were not all fools, and they also realized the disadvantages. After that, they also wanted to take over the throne to the government, but they often aroused strong opposition or even betrayal. In the end, only Linzhou in the northwest was

Successfully acquired it as a state-owned property. On the contrary, when Zhao Jie was in charge of the northwest, he asked the tribes of the prefectures and the Hezhong prefectures to give up their "hereditary" and returned to the Song Dynasty sincerely. Because of the lesson, everyone was worried that Dali had just surrendered and seized its power, which would cause rebellion.

, which will cause uneasiness among the tribes of Guangxi and the north and south sides of Guangxi, causing chaos.

Zhao Qi knew that the Ming and Qing dynasties had encountered similar situations in later generations, but they successfully changed their territory and brought the throne into government management. Of course, there were some twists and turns, but the reform was finally successful.

.Now the Song Dynasty is strong and internally stable, and some minor unrest can be completely suppressed. Now the Dali Kingdom has disintegrated and the biggest opposition force has been eliminated. It is a good time to implement reforms and cannot be given up easily. And the abolition of the hereditary inheritance of the throne

The system can reduce the factors of rebellion, strengthen the government's rule over the border, and is conducive to the social and economic development of ethnic minority areas. It should be promoted.

After several debates, everyone realized that time was not waiting for anyone, and Dali was waiting for the central government's opinions, so the two sides compromised each other and made a move. First, they tried it in Dali, and gradually implemented the rest. So Zhao Xiao issued an order.

, The Secretariat issued a policy on Dali:

The title of Duan Heyu, the title of King of Dali, and the title of King of Dali, was allowed to inherit the title, but the government was not allowed to open a government and retain the army. This was actually equivalent to the title of honor left. When the hereditary system of the guardian officials was abolished, the patriarch himself was based on them.

The attitude of the person who automatically handed over the prints was given a reward, or a member of the current military position. The person who resisted was punished, confiscated his property, and moved him to the mainland provinces and arranged another land house.

Life. While establishing prefectures and dispatching officials, military institutions are established. In the areas where land is relocated, household registration is checked, land is measured, taxes are collected, cities are built, and schools are established. At the same time, the original tax and service system of chieftains is abolished, just like in the mainland,

Taxes are levied on the land acres, but you can enjoy certain discounts.

In order to solve the accumulated problems of the separatist separatist rule in other regions over time, two methods are adopted: one is to go from top to bottom, first change the prefecture, and then change the prefecture. The other is to seize all favorable opportunities, if some local officials die and succeed, they will succeed.

If no one is involved in the clan, he will be sent to take over the position. If the tribes fight against each other, they will be sent to take over after being pacified. Some local officials commit crimes, or if they are suppressed, they will be dismissed for crimes and will be resigned from the dynasty.

If some people apply to the government for the change of land and return to the relocation, they will follow the people's wishes to remove the leader from hereditary and change it to relocated officials. In short, if you have the opportunity, you will immediately change the relocation...

In May, good news came again. The new gunpowder developed by Genyuan was successfully piloted and solved many problems of mass production.

Zhao Qi went to watch the trial explosion in person. After commending meritoriously, he ordered the workshop to immediately send someone to learn to take over the production. When Zhao Qi 'fixed' the formula of black gunpowder, he knew that this thing was still not powerful enough for military use, but

Due to the limited knowledge of other varieties of explosives, it is impossible to manufacture them at all. At least the nitric acid used to produce nitro gunpowder is known by yourself how to make it in the laboratory and cannot be used for large-scale production.

However, Zhao Qi knew that Western alchemists could make nitric acid in the eighth century, and during their expedition to Arabia, they invited all these "talents" to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, based on their own knowledge, as long as they produce ammonium nitrate and add diesel and wood chips, they could

The power of creating 'earth gunpowder' is definitely much worse than that of modern production, but it is much more powerful than black gunpowder. But this can also be called an epoch-making progress.

Unfortunately, the quality of steel is still unable to withstand the power of new gunpowder, which means it cannot be used as a launching drug, otherwise it will cause the gun to explode and cause the tragedy of gunfire and death. However, the new gunpowder is more than the same weight.

Black gunpowder is much more powerful, and can be used to load flowering shells or make explosive packs to improve the lethality and destructive power of shells and become a new weapon for siege and breaking villages.

Zhao Jie was happy about getting another weapon, but he was still worried about the issue of confidentiality. Now all countries know that the reason why the Song army was able to win invincible is entirely due to the sharpness of the emperor's head and firearms, and both were good.

Destroy the Song Dynasty. Therefore, when the firearm was born, keeping confidentiality became the top priority. Zhao Qi also made various arrangements to prevent leaks. But at that time, he was less than a thousand soldiers and only tens of thousands of guns. If he keeps a close eye, he can ensure that the secret is not

Being leaked.

But as the team grows, the number of weapons increases and the battles increases, and the number of people familiar with weapons increases by hundreds of times. Although Zhao Qiong repeatedly emphasizes the management of firearms and uses harsh military laws to restrain them, and pay attention to it after the war.

Constrain lost weapons and equipment. However, there are all kinds of birds in the forest, and some people still take risks to steal guns for huge profits. Some foreign spies tried their best to collect firearms from battlefields and workshops, bribed craftsmen, hoping to crack them.

Secret, that method is really hard to guard against, it is hard to block...

"Your Majesty, those who have studied and exposed to new types of gunpowder have sent people to keep an eye on it. Anyone who has had contact with them has been recorded!" Li Jun told the emperor that since the Arabs entered Genyuan, the emperor

He handed these people over to him, not only to be responsible for safety, but also to prevent them from contacting people from outside and leaking secrets, although the chance of this is very small.

"Well, the others are okay. Those two alchemists who are studying "歌歌" must be clear. As long as the secrets created by the 歌歌 are not leaked, they cannot make gunpowder even if they get something." Zhao Qi nodded and said,

Of course, this secret related to national security is that the fewer people know, the better. The materials and methods required to make water are all mastered by these two people and themselves. In fact, killing people to silence their eloquence is the best way, but Zhao

Kazuki felt that these two people were useful, so he just took strict supervision.

"Yes, Your Majesty has a very clever idea. You process the materials you need in different locations, some are true and some are fake, and they are ground into powder. The color and weight are similar, and it is not impossible for professionals to distinguish them.

The steps are also the individuals who are responsible for the truth. If they want to get the truth, they will still not be able to get what they need unless they can instigate all the people in the workshop!” Li Jun said with a smile. He was the emperor who took secrets to be kept.

The method is extremely admired.

"Last time you reported that two gun makers in the workshop were missing. Have you found out where they are now?" Zhao Qiong asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have found out that those two guys are now in Shangjing City in the Jin Dynasty. They were bribed by the Jurchens and fled with collected gun parts and samples, and crossed the border with spies from the Jin Dynasty!" Li Jun

Report… (To be continued...)