The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

Zhao Qi was immersed in guilt. It seemed that he was not a good husband. He held hundreds of thousands of soldiers and a great country, but failed to bring a sense of security to his wife, so he secretly did this harmful thing.

The affairs of the country. "Manage the family, govern the country, and pacify the world." I can't manage my own family well, and I still talk about how to govern the country and build a world of harmony.

"Your Majesty, don't blame yourself too much. At this step, things are just to keep the emperor. Even if it is a bit extreme, they are kind-hearted. It's just for their own interests and there are no too many political purposes." Li Jun knew that the emperor looked wrong and knew that he

Hearing that the queen was involved in this matter, he was in a bad mood, and the next thing must be said, "But later someone discovered that this was an opportunity to subvert the country and bring down His Majesty, so they participated and things changed.

It's complicated..."

"Are there any royal family members involved?" Zhao Qiong asked after breathing a long sigh and calmed himself down.

"Your Majesty is right. We found that the people from the Kang Palace and the Zhongshan County Prince's Mansion became active after the Chamber of Commerce, and there were signs of joining forces between the two palaces!" Li Jun said.

"Haha, so many years have passed, it is not easy for him to endure it." Zhao Qiong said with a sneer. His good brother has not left the door for so many years, and it seems that he is not idle.

"Your Majesty, King Kang is indeed not simple. His suspicion has made us relax our vigilance over the years, but secretly accumulated strength, which caught us off guard." Li Jun said a little discouragedly. In the early days of the emperor's succession, his foundation was unstable.

Those unstable factors have been strictly monitored, and in recent years, the emperor's foundation has become increasingly solid. He has always been very low-key, so he lifted the strict control of him and turned to daily surveillance, but unexpectedly he took advantage of the loopholes.

"Oh, what happened?" Zhao Qi asked curiously. He understood that the temptation of the throne could make people rush to death for thousands of miles, or make father and son brother become enemies. He was the one who ascended the throne.

One day, I realized that I had embarked on a path of no return and that the conflict between me and Zhao Gou was irreconcilable. But he still showed mercy and did not kill him. He just hoped that he could be content with himself and realize his wish to be a free prince for himself.

"King Kang, he imitated what His Majesty did in Xiangyi and bought a large amount of land outside the capital to build a manor. On the surface, it was used to farm and rent and subsidize the mansion, but in fact it had another way!" Li Jun said...

Power is like opium, and it is difficult to let go of it if you have it. Although Zhao Gou only served as the Grand Marshal of the World for a few months, he was also quite frightened and suffered a lot. But he was like a star supporting the moon

The feeling of Junlin's supreme authority in fighting hundreds of millions of people's life and death made him extremely obsessed and unforgettable. Even after many years, he always thinks that he is only one step away from the peak of power, and his heart is unbearable as if he is bitten by thousands of ants.

Zhao Gou regretted his indecisiveness at the time. He did not immediately return to Beijing to succeed the throne when the two emperors broke the north when they were traveling north. As a result, Zhao Jie took the lead, received the robbery, rescued the empress dowager, and seized it.

Since then, he has been in a passive position everywhere. The newly established forces have quickly collapsed and divided them. He has returned to the past overnight and has become a neglected prince.

In the tormented reflection again and again, Zhao Gou did not realize the mistake he made, but attributed his failure to his bad luck, his subordinates' infidelity, and his second brother's insidiousness.

As he lived in jail, his resentment became increasingly deepened. Even his various benefits to him in the past turned into resentment, which became evidence that he had long been ill-behaved.

Although Zhao Gou became more and more angry with Zhao Qi, he admired his experience of starting from scratch. He was determined to imitate his method to accumulate strength and wait for the opportunity to regain his throne. But he also knew that as his second brother's "number one" enemy, he must

He would be under strict surveillance, so he stayed silent for three years. Only when everyone had forgotten him did he decide to implement his plan.

First, Zhao Gou bought a farmhouse in western Jingxi under the pretext of subsidizing his family, and then bought a large area of ​​nearby land in the name of others. In ordinary people's eyes, a prince who lived on his salary alone did not have that much money to buy so much land.

, so this did not attract the attention of the Intelligence Department, and avoided Zhao Qi's ubiquitous eyes and ears. However, everyone neglected a problem. Zhao Gou once accumulated huge wealth for the Grand Marshal of the World in this name, and

After the General's Mansion was forced to disband, the whereabouts of the money were unknown, but in fact it was in the hands of Zhao Gou.

When Zhao Gou had land and money, he began to gather old subordinates and recruited frustrated politicians and scholars who were dissatisfied with the current emperor. Zhao Jie's series of actions just gave him a chance.

During the Jingkang period, in order to expand its troops, the General Office recruited a large number of rural warriors, defeated soldiers and green forest bandits. However, after the General Office was disbanded, these people were reorganized, some joined the state army, some returned to their hometowns, and some were unable to withstand the military discipline.

The constraints of the two rivers became bandits and were active in the border areas of Song and Jin. However, with the recovery of Yanjing, these people lost the foundation of survival. Under the encirclement of the Song army, they quickly collapsed and scattered everywhere. Some people were desperate and relentless.

He joined Zhao Gou's subordinates and buried his name incognito and became an armed force under his command.

After Zhao Jie ascended the throne, he rectified the administration of officials and solved the problem of redundant officials. He was inevitably punished and abolished a large number of corrupt officials and mediocre officials who were in corpses. In order to consume and resettle idle officials who had accumulated over the years of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty did not hold an imperial examination for many years.

This of course also caused dissatisfaction among some scholars who had studied hard for many years; and his implementation of the policy of equal importance to both civil and military affairs also caused resentment from a group of scholars and officials who were indifferent to the emperor. Therefore, these people who were dissatisfied with the emperor became Zhao Gou to recruit him.

The target of the group soon gathered a group of people under his command and became a staff member who gave him advice.

Although Zhao Gou pieced together the team, he was not stupid either. Of course, he would not take action rashly when his opponent was at its peak. He placed most of the people in the manor and recruited soldiers and horses to carry out training secretly as his capital for his rebellion.

The confidant was brought by his side by his name as a housekeeper, a tutor, etc. In addition to these, Zhao Gou also sponsored some scholars to send them to the academy to teach them as famous teachers, and tried to get them to the Imperial College, so that they could become their reserve force and internal support...

"Was the Tai student Fuque wrote a letter from it? King Kang's people started it in conjunction with each other?" Zhao Qiong asked in a deep voice after listening to Li Jun's report.

"Your Majesty, after investigation, the leader is indeed related to the Kang Prince's Mansion. It was them who helped to induce the letter and contacted the students of the state and the people who blocked the Liao King from entering Beijing were also related to them!" Li Jun replied.

"King Kang is getting more and more difficult, he actually thinks so far-reachingly!" Zhao Qi couldn't help but sigh. It seems that desire and hatred can also make people progress.

"He is far behind His Majesty. King Kang wants to follow His Majesty's actions back then, but he only has the form and unknown essence!" Li Jun smiled, "He recruited all the thieves and giant bandits, who are brave and fierce, killing and robbing people and robbing people!"

They are all good players, but they are far from marching and fighting. They can be imagined by their training. As for the scholars who have joined him, they have never seen anyone with a strange plan. They are all corrupt

Those who are illegitimate and cynical are just greedy for money and are bribed by King Kang!”

"Don't underestimate these people, because they have no loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness in their hearts, and act without any scruples. They are good at conspiracy and tricks, and they will inevitably be cruel and they must not be careless. Otherwise, we will suffer the loss!" Zhao Qi disagreed.

He reminded Li Jun to say that.

"Yes, my subordinates have received education!" Li Jun responded quickly.

"How many troops can King Kang use and what equipment can he be equipped with?" Zhao Qiong nodded and asked again.

"Report to Your Majesty, because the matter was hasty and his defenses were very strict, our spies could not investigate in detail, and they could only calculate based on the population that they could mobilize at least 3,000 troops. But the spies found that they were actually imitating our beaded guns, so

It is estimated that its combat effectiveness should be equivalent to the combat effectiveness of one of our brigades!" Li Jun said.

"Haha, don't worry about this. Even if he is equipped with a bead gun, it is just a waste of money, which limits his combat effectiveness!" Zhao Qi smiled and considered this when he brought this cross-age weapon into this era.

question.

In the early stages of use, there are very few people who can access firearms, and confidentiality is not a problem, but after large-scale equipment, the management of guns of tens of thousands is a problem. To learn how to use guns, you must be familiar with the structure of the gun and the people who know it.

There are too many secrets, and there is no way to talk about them. In addition, guns are inevitably left behind in the battlefield and captured by the enemy. As long as you spend some effort to study, it will not be difficult to copy them successfully.

But if you have a gun, you must have a bullet. The bullet is powered by gunpowder. Gunpowder has also appeared in this era, but there is a big difference between the formula and the formula used by gunpowder. Zhao Qiong only needs to keep the secret of the gunpowder formula,

With the technological level of this era, it is impossible to decipher. Even if someone else makes a gun, he will only be half-dead, and his range and power will be greatly affected, and he may even hurt himself. He has always listed the gunpowder formula as the highest secret

, only controlled by a few people, this confidentiality work is much easier, so he is not worried about the leakage of firearm manufacturing technology.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, we have nothing to worry about. King Kang must have discovered the defects in their imitation firearms. What should he do next?" Li Jun knew the power of the firearms, once the rebels were in charge,

Making them in batches would be a great threat to them. I heard the emperor sighed and said with relief.

"I guess that the local prefectures wrote letters and he fell into the ghosts. He instigated some officials who were under his control to write letters, but most of them did not know the truth and followed the trend to write letters to show their loyalty. In this way, the world knew about the abdication.

I will use this to force me to give way. If I give up now, I have already released it. He is waiting for the day when the abdication edict is issued..."