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Chapter 245 Chapter 257

Dong Tiancheng's words have already reached this point.

But some people were still not reconciled, and after Dong Tiancheng finished speaking, he deliberately asked, "General Dong, your Majesty's personal expedition is not a trivial matter, and there must be no mistakes along the way. What should I do? Isn’t King Zhennan a rebel?”

Dong Tiancheng turned to the questioning official and began to explain it seriously. His words were not so much for the questioning official to hear, as they were for all the people present, including those sitting on the dragon chair. Zhao Qi, the new ruler of the Great Song Dynasty, was included.

"Officials fought in person and defeated the Northern Yuan army, gaining their reputation. At that time, even if Zhennan King rebelled, he would not be able to find a name. With the remaining prestige of defeating the Northern Yuan army, we were still afraid of Zhennan King's 10,000+ mobs ?”

A group of courtiers.

I silently agreed in my heart.

Zhao Qi, who defeated the invading army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and relieved the crisis in Xiangyang City, won the hearts of the people all over the world and stood at the commanding heights of morality. The King of Zhennan rebelled, and Zhao Qi could not find any excuse to raise troops.

Unable to find a favorable excuse, King Zhennan raised his troops, which was a rebellion.

At that time, not many people were willing to respond to Zhao Du's rebellion. Even if they became Zhao Du's subordinates, they would try their best to escape.

No one is willing to bear the infamy of being a rebel for the rest of their lives, otherwise Timely Rain and Song Jiang wouldn't think about recruiting security.

Unlike Zhao, Zhao Qi, who was famous for defeating the invading army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, would respond to him as many people as he wanted.

Under this situation.

The rebellious Zhaodu will be defeated sooner or later.

This is one aspect.

On the other hand, Zhao Qi, who defeated the army of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and carried the prestige of a great victory, has enough strength and courage to fight with the leader of the rebel army, Zhennan Wang Zhaodu.

It is estimated that it will not be long before Zhennan King's rebel army will be defeated by Zhao Qi.

This is also the principle that Dong Tiancheng put forward to secure the internal affairs first and fight the foreign ones. He and the foreign country must first secure the internal affairs, which is the same principle.

The only difference between the two is that one is external and the other is internal.Internally, it gives people a feeling of being in a nest.Externally, it will reflect a kind of national righteousness, and it can also gain a good reputation.

For so many years in the Song Dynasty, there has not been an emperor who dared to fight in person. Regardless of Zhao Qi's final itinerary, whether he can go to the front line of Xiangyang City in person, as long as he calls out the name of in person, he will stand on the commanding heights of righteousness and has won great benefit.

"The battlefield is ruthless, and the sword has no eyes. Your Majesty will come to the battlefield in person, just in case..." Some officials were worried about the safety of Zhao Qi's dragon body.

of course.

Worry is false.

It is true to dissuade Zhao Qi from driving her own conquest with excuses.

The imperial conquest is not an instant journey, there are too many scruples in it.

"The battlefield is ruthless, and the sword has no eyes, but as long as your majesty shouts the slogan of the imperial conquest and goes to Xiangyang City in person, the reputation will stand on the side of the official family. At that time, if Zhennan King Zhao wants to rebel, he will definitely Think about it first, Your Majesty, subduing the enemy without fighting is the most brilliant way." Dong Tiancheng said lightly.

After all, Zhao Qi is a newly enthroned emperor, with a lot of enthusiasm, and wants to do something big that the previous emperors failed to do, and then pass on his fame through the ages.

Presumably because of that, even after Dong Tiancheng finished explaining the reason why he had to go to the imperial conquest, he didn't give the courtiers a chance to object. This matter is settled like this, the government affairs will be taken care of by Jia Xiang and Household Minister Zhang Xulong for the time being, and the rest of the cabinet ministers, three days later, will accompany me to march in person, if you have nothing to do, just go away."

"The ministers are waiting to leave." Under Zhao Qi's order to drive away the guests, a group of ministers retreated slowly.

Looking at the backs of the ministers going away, Zhao Qi fell into deep thought.

He gained a lot from what happened today.

On the one hand, Zhao Qi really wanted to teach Bei Yuan a lesson.

On the other hand, Zhao Qi wants to show her mighty virtue through the personal conquest by the imperial driver, and at the same time gain fame and popular support. Just like what Dong Tiancheng said, an emperor, with fame and popular support, is still afraid of his subordinates rebelling? ?

Will not.

He, Zhao Qi, knows the truth of subduing others without fighting.

By defeating the powerful Northern Yuan army, forcing Zhennan Wang Zhaodu to give up his rebellious thoughts, this is one of them.If Zhao Duru voluntarily gave up the rebellion, he would give him a slack job in Lin'an City, thus gaining the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, this is the second.The third is military power. An emperor without military power is like a toothless tiger who is at the mercy of others. After this imperial conquest, even if the military power does not fall into Zhao Qi's hands, it will fall to Zhao Qi's confidants hands.

Given these three points.

Zhao Qicai decided to go to the imperial conquest. It is estimated that Jia Sidao also wanted to understand these points, so he did not insist on objecting, but silently expressed his approval.

Zhao Yu drove the conquest in person, and all the affairs of the court fell into the hands of Jia Sidao.In fact, it is not the case. Don't forget that Zhang Xulong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is Jia Sidao's opponent.

It was Zhao Qi's brainstorm to hand over the court affairs to Jia Sidao and Zhang Xulong who belonged to Jia Sidao's opponent.

greedy.

When it is infinitely magnified by others, it becomes ambition.Under the influence of ambition, some things that I didn't dare to think about or do before will be boldly done.

The time has come.

Zhang Xulong and Jia Sidao can't do without turning their faces.

Don't forget that Zhao Qi also kept Jinyiwei Xu Yunlong. Xu Yunlong gave Zhao Qi a good impression. In just a few days, he organized the general framework of Jinyiwei.

Let Jin Yiwei keep an eye on Jia Sidao and Zhang Xulong, which can prevent them from disregarding the interests of the court for their own self-interest.

Under such a strict arrangement.

Jia Sidao and Zhang Xulong should be able to complete the tasks assigned by Zhao Qi very well.

Being an emperor is hard.

It is even more difficult to be an emperor who has just ascended the throne and has internal and external troubles.

Because of this difficulty, Zhao Qi felt very uneasy.

After all, this is the first major battle that concerns the fate of the country since he took the throne. Tens of thousands of people from both sides are fighting on the front line of Xiangyang City.

The battlefield is ruthless.

The sword has no eyes.

During the battle, I don’t know how many men in the Song Dynasty would shed blood on the battlefield, how many fathers lost their sons because of it, how many sons lost their fathers because of it, and how many wives lost their husbands because of it.

Zhao Qi's heart.

Suddenly felt uncomfortable, but for the sake of Song Dynasty, for her own throne, and for the Zhao family's country, Zhao Qi forced herself to harden her heart.

this night.

Zhao Qi sat alone in the hall, staring at the huge map quietly, staring in a daze all night!
In fact, not only Zhao Qi was the one who was in a daze that night, many people were sleepless.

I feel sleepless because of Zhao Qi's personal conquest.

Dong Tiancheng, Jia Sidao, Zhang Xulong, Xu Yunlong, Beiyuan Dahan who was far away in Xiangyang City, and Zhennan King Zhaodu who had gathered an army of 10,000+ were all sleepless.

(End of this chapter)