Song Gexing

Chapter 63 Conspiracy
When the father and son talked about this issue, Han Qi also supported Zhao Fang this time. He immediately raised his hands and said: "The King of Wei, I think, is right. The Forbidden Army does not need so many people. Your Majesty, please issue an order to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the number of the Forbidden Army. Equipment, those who pass the assessment will stay in the Forbidden Army, and the rest will be transferred to the Xiang Army and go to other places."

Fan Zhongyan and Fu Bi looked at each other, and after a moment of hesitation, they agreed. Fan Zhongyan cupped his hands and said, "Originally, with the implementation of the New Deal, sooner or later the Imperial Army would have to be mobilized. Since King Wei has brought up this matter today, let's deal with it in advance."

Now Zhao Zhen had to express his opinion, hesitating for a moment and said: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so let's start the spring of the next year."

Zhao Fang himself did not expect that he originally wanted to talk about the Imperial City Division, but ended up bringing forward the reform of the army. Although the military system was not changed, it was a big earthquake for the current army.

Once the inventory begins, how many chronic diseases in the military over the years will be revealed, and how many people can't sleep just because of empty pay.

Fortunately, not many people were present today, and they were all confidant ministers of Dingli Xinzheng, who immediately got banned, and the servants immediately acted to take down all the people who were waiting on the scene.

Of course, the kind-hearted Zhao Zhen will not kill them, but will isolate them and wait until an inventory is announced next year before releasing them.

Zhao Fang also supports this point. After all, it is a human life. There is no reason to treat human life lightly. Don't talk about false compassion. No normal person would kill people at will.

On the first day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Qingli, the cement was carried to the Daqing Hall and the hardness was tested in front of the worshiping ministers, causing a sensation on the spot.

Zhao Fang did not need to be involved in the follow-up matters. Officials from the Ministry of Industry secretly went out of Beijing to find the limestone mountains and set up a cement factory nearby.

This not only made money, but also diverted 10,000+ Xiang troops for the imperial court. These troops were turned into cement factory workers or guards, and even their families were brought with them.

Years later, Weiwang Mansion also began to be renovated, and the first batch of cement was used here, which can be regarded as a real experiment.

Zhao Fang, who had moved out of the palace and temporarily lived in Yanning Palace, began to organize his life again. After the beginning of the new year, the imperial court announced an inventory of the forbidden troops. He took the expanded Imperial City Division and began to monitor their troubles everywhere.

Following him were the Fourth Army, which was the basic base of the Forbidden Army of the Northern Song Dynasty. The so-called Fourth Army had only a little more than 3 people.

The Upper Fourth Army is the two cavalry units of Pengri and Longwei, and the two infantry units of Tianwu and Shenwei, inherited from the four elites of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

The Iron Cavalry Army and the Crane Infantry Army affiliated to the Front Division of the Hou Zhou Palace, and the Longjie Cavalry Army and Hujie Infantry Division affiliated to the Guard Division were renamed by Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty and became the Upper Fourth Army.

The military system of the Song Dynasty was basically formed in the Taizu era, but it was not really finalized in the Zhenzong period, especially the most elite Shangsi Army.

After the formation of the Upper Fourth Army, Pengri and Tianwu belonged to the Dianqian Division, Longwei belonged to the Guards' Pro-Army Horse Army Division, and Shenwei belonged to the Guards' Pro-Army Infantry Division.

But in fact, the three yamen did not have the authority to govern them. The real command power was in the hands of the emperor. This was because during the Zhenzong period of Song Dynasty, adjustments were made to the chiefs of the three yamen.

The original military system in Song Taizu's time was that the Privy Council governed the army, and the Sanya controlled the army to form a balance. There were a total of twelve officers in the Sanya.

The Dianqian Division, the Horse Army Division, and the Infantry Division each have three officers, the Du Commander, the Deputy Du Commander, and the Du Yuhou, a total of twelve.

However, during the reign of Zhenzong, the commanders of the three yamen capitals were no longer appointed, and all the three chief officials of the front department were not appointed, leaving only the deputy commander of the Ma Bu Army and the Marquis of Yu.

Immediately, the status of Pengri and Tianwu armies was promoted. The two armies were divided into left and right wings, and four commanders were appointed. Together with the four above, they became the highest officers of the three yamen.

In other words, the power of the Dianqiansi was replaced by the two armies of Pengri and Tianwu. Although the structure was still there and the officials below were still there, the chief became the highest among these two armies.

This is equivalent to the emperor taking the two armies into his own hands, because the two armies also do not appoint commanders, only the commanders of the left and right wings at the next level.

It was not until the late Northern Song Dynasty that Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was almost inactive before Gao Qiu was re-appointed to be in charge of the palace affairs department.Renzong also didn't care about the army, but after all, he was not as bad as Huizong. This time, he handed over the two armies to his son's command, although it was only temporary.

In this way, Zhao Fang has nearly [-] elites in his hands, who can completely suppress the imperial army's inspections. Especially the people who have just been recruited by the Imperial City Division, all of them want to show off.

"It can't be delayed any longer. This son of Zhao Zhen has the attitude of a dragon and a phoenix. Just as Xuan Huishi said, he will definitely be the disaster of our Daliao in the future."

"That's a good statement, but we are following Liu Hanlin's orders. If we act privately, we will investigate it in the future..."

"Brother Sun, what you said is wrong! Since the Lord of Liao is naturally dominated by Khitan people, are we afraid that the Hui Envoy will not protect us if we succeed in this matter?"

"But we've already accomplished half of what we planned to do, wouldn't it be a pity to abandon it?"

"What's the pity? She hasn't been activated yet. She doesn't even know her identity. What if she doesn't want to?"

"This... well..."

In a house in the southern part of Bianjing City, two men were arguing in a secret room. After a while, the two men walked out of the secret room, and the four people waiting in the lobby immediately got up.

"What's going on? The execution will take place in three days. If we don't decide quickly, they will be finished."

One of them asked eagerly, the two looked at each other, and the one named Sun said: "Give up the rescue, send the order, and concentrate on assassinating Zhao Fang!"

"What! Are you crazy? This is Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Is it possible to assassinate the crown prince?"

"How dare you disobey!"

The man surnamed Sun glared and snorted: "Do you think the Imperial City Division will really know the canonical punishment for killing people? Those who are exposed will probably die now. Publicizing the time and place of the execution is just to make us fooled. , I don’t even understand how I’m still alive today.”

The man looked depressed and muttered unwillingly: "Even so, there is no need to take such a dangerous move. It is not that easy to assassinate the king and kill him."

"Okay, what you said is correct, but this time something happened in Chushan, our secrets in the Imperial City Division were almost wiped out. If we don't have great achievements, you know what the result will be."

It was the man who was with the man surnamed Sun who spoke. He sighed and said quietly: "There is no turning back when I shoot. I took this road back then, but now I can only go to the dark side. Everyone, go back and prepare."

"promise!"

The four responded in low voices, looked at each other after cupping their fists in a salute, turned around and left, and quickly disappeared into the night.

"Brother Luqiu regrets it?"

After these two people were left in the lobby, the man surnamed Sun asked as if he didn't care.

The man glanced at him and laughed: "Brother Sun, there is no need to push me. We are the same. The master has given up on the stupid things my grandfather did back then, but we are not willing to accept it. We still want to go against the Zhao family, and we will not hesitate to commit ourselves to it." Thieves, they have forgotten how they fought to the death with the Liao people back then."

The man surnamed Sun who said this was also relieved. He stopped teasing and teasing the other party and sighed: "One mistake will lead to eternal hatred. The Li family has admitted defeat. Our two families..."

(End of this chapter)