As the crown prince, Zhao Lie was the crown prince. Except for the empress dowager party who was afraid of losing power and Zhang Shijie who was worried about the loss of military power, most court officials were welcomed. No, this crown prince was too capable! And at present, what the Song Dynasty needed most was a horse emperor who could fight.

It doesn't matter whether this emperor has the imperial skills or whether he can govern the country. As long as his surname is Zhao, he has a military strategy and can lead his subjects to take the dynasty that he gradually recovers from, and fight back to the Central Plains, that is the most ideal king at present. Zhao Lie is completely in line with the expectations of the court and the opposition, and it is the most appropriate.

In this regard, a word flashed through many ministers' minds: it came into being.

In order to appease the hearts of both China and the outside world, Zhao Lie proposed to have a throne for three years at the first court meeting chaired by him as a state supervisor, so as to wait for the Shao Emperor to return, and then assist the Shao Emperor, willing to be the foreman.

Zhao Lie made this statement to Empress Dowager Yang before the court meeting. Empress Dowager Yang was surprised and moved, and felt extremely comforted in her heart. She immediately stated that this proposal should be left to the ministers for discussion during the court meeting. If the ministers think that they will be vacant for three years and wait for the emperor to return, then wait for three years; if the ministers think that they should ascend the great treasure immediately, then ascend the throne immediately, she has no objection and will hand over the national seal with pleasure.

Zhao Lie was very satisfied with this response. It was much better to retreat to advance than to force the palace to be forced to do so.

As expected, when the ministers heard this, they all opposed it - how could the throne be left for three years? A country without a monarch is like a palace without a beam and a boat without oars. How can we decide on national affairs and command the world? If we go on court, we will not be able to continue like this sooner or later.

So the ministers repeatedly persuaded him to enter, but of course Zhao Lie would not agree. Everyone would think about it. His mouth moved and his pen shook. Once adopted, he would follow the minister of the dragon. He was simply in the heart of the emperor. He would no longer have to worry about wealth and prosperity for generations. Such a book... no, no, no one would rush to do a good thing that is worthless and profitable?

To be on the throne immediately or to wait. Zhao Lie has his own comprehensive considerations, but he will not let some court officials with selfish desires rush to take the throne. The time is not yet.

Therefore, Zhao Lie repeatedly pleaded, which was not the pretentious "refusal" trick of emperors before taking office in previous dynasties, but sincere refusal. Finally, Chen Yizhong combined the opinions of Zhao Lie and the court officials and proposed to be a one-year period. A year later, if the young emperor did not show up again, it would be regarded as his death and the crown prince ascended the throne immediately.

The resolution was submitted to the harem, and Empress Dowager Yang expressed satisfaction with the result and issued an imperial edict to summon the world.

If Empress Dowager Yang had a glimmer of hope, no one knew better than Zhao Lie that the young emperor would not come back. After a year of delay in ascending the throne, Empress Dowager Yang gave up completely and the ministers returned to him. Why not do it? More importantly, he was not mentally prepared to be an emperor.

Zhao Lie never thought he was an ordinary person and never thought that he would become an emperor one day. Even if he was promoted and promoted, he was a marquis and a duke, in this end of the world, he did not enjoy the benefits of these titles at all. Even if he was a duke and a second-rank official, he would not have to go to the battlefield like a soldier with a gun? So what about becoming an emperor? Don’t you have to go to the battlefield? It seems that it is not necessary, and it is impossible.

Safety is safe, but another bigger question arises - who will command his martial arts team? Can he be assured to give such a force that can subvert the dynasty to? There is no doubt that he can only hold it tightly in his hands. In this way, this peerless armed force is equivalent to being encircled in the palace as an imperial guard, which is simply abolishing his martial arts and making a thousand-mile horse die in front of him.

This is really a difficult problem. Fortunately, it is not imminent at the moment, and I hope it can be solved in time.

The matter of ascension to the throne was established, and the next step was to integrate the military and political affairs well.

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At the end of March of the third year of Xiangxing, another merchant ship sailed from Xindi Port. The hans and the foreign ships did not look at this inconspicuous ship. No one knew that there was a thin boy in the cabin who almost became the king of the Cycling City and the lord of the Song Dynasty.

The destination of this merchant ship is southern Gan, and the owner is Jiang Zongjie, the leader of the black crow. This veteran was ordered to secretly send Zhao Dan back to the Central Plains.

Of course, Zhao Lie would not make things difficult for a child who was not threatening, but he must not be allowed to stay. Sending him away and sending him to a place that no one knows again is to completely cut off some people's thoughts, and to make this child survive.

However, Zhao Lie still didn't expect that Zhao Dan would not live long. Originally, due to injuries and illness, and the bumpy Shanghai was torture, Zhao Dan died shortly after arriving in southern Gannan and died in less than half a month, just like history.

Zhao Lie no longer cared about all this. He is now integrating his troops and is busy all day long.

At this time, the troops in the morning were as follows: the Longque Army (including the troops left behind in Wan'an Army City) had a total of more than 2,300 guns. After defeating Hushu Hague, more than 5,000 were reduced; defeating Ali Hague, more than 10,000 were reduced, and the remaining troops of the Song army in Yacheng and Changhua were 20,000 troops.

There are 20,000 soldiers, but in fact there are only more than 5,000 soldiers in the inner city, while non-combatants, such as auxiliary soldiers, craftsmen, ship workers and family members, account for three-quarters. However, due to muskets, the conditions for combat soldiers can be further relaxed. Many auxiliary soldiers who are not suitable for fighting are no problem at all, and they are qualified musketeers. In this way, the number of soldiers reached 8,000, but non-combatants still accounted for more than half.

Of course, Zhao Lie would not let his troops be so bloated and low in combat power. He must select, eliminate, and eliminate them!

The new Dragon Bird Army must be different from others, and it is different from all the armies of this era.

Zhao Lie divided the eight thousand war soldiers, of which three thousand were musketeers, one thousand crossbow soldiers, one thousand knives and axe soldiers, and three thousand spear card soldiers. After the muskets, the effect of the crossbow gradually weakened. However, the Song army originally had many crossbow soldiers, and nearly half of the archers and crossbow soldiers occupied nearly half of them, and there were also many crossbow arrows seized. Although the power of this long-range weapon is not as powerful as that of muskets, its firing speed is enough to make up for it and its lethality is not small. It is just that the cost of training and maintenance is high, which is not as good as muskets. Since there is one, of course it must be used, and it is enough to use it for the best use.

Zhao Lie planned to arrange these thousand crossbowmen and one thousand spear-card soldiers in Yacheng as permanent garrisons. Then the two thousand troops were divided into three, and were commanded by Wang Ping'an, the deputy commander of the guards' personal army, Huang Tiancong, the commander of the Tianwu Army, Yang Xingyong, the commander of the Tianwu Army. Among them, Wang Ping'an commander of 1,000 people and an additional 100 musketeers were added. Huang Tiancong and Yang Xingyong commander of 500 people. However, if more than 50 troops were mobilized, they all needed to hold the card of the Privy Council. When Zhao Lie was not in Yacheng, the Privy Council was Ma Nanchun, the chief of the Privy Council.

From the above arrangement, we can see that Zhao Lie took great pains. He has not become emperor yet, and Yacheng is not his one-man show, so we must maintain the balance of strength between all parties.

Wang Ping'an, the veteran who was in charge of Zhao Lie, had no doubts about his loyalty. In the absence of available people, he returned again and became a confidant general arranged by Zhao Lie in the rear. Huang Tiancong was originally a subordinate of Zhang Shijie, but he was able to fight hard and did not get involved in the battle for the throne. He was considered a neutral faction. As for Yang Xingyong's incident, he was just a tool and it was not unfair to deal with it. However, he was left to serve as the original position and guarding the palace, which would at least make Queen Mother Yang feel at ease. There were only a few hundred people, but he could not make any trouble.

The most important reason why Zhao Lie made these arrangements was that he could not live in Yacheng forever, and he didn't even have much time to train the new army. It is now the end of March, and more than three months have passed since Ali Hague's defeat. The Mongols must have received news and may be ready. With Ali Hague's mistakes ahead, the Mongols will definitely learn from their lessons. Once the troops are sent to war, it will definitely be a shocking blow.

Yacheng is the base camp of Xingchao, and Wan'an Army is a military base. These two places are not suitable for battlefields. The most suitable battlefield is - Qiongguan!
Chapter completed!