The Dachaohui, which opens in November, is one of the nine ministers in the Secret Pavilion, and is probably the one with the most actual power and responsibility among the nine ministers. He directly changed from the chief judge to a co-criminal.

It's jaw-dropping.

But at this time, Zhao Guan's family got angry and walked away, leaving Beijing directly to inspect the river defense.

In this regard, some people think that this is the official's intention to avoid the trial of the case and avoid the concubine's intercession in order to reduce unnecessary trouble. However, some people say that this is the official's hint that the Ministry of Punishment should relax its hands and deal with it strictly and quickly.

I mean, there are still people who are a little entangled about the issue of the Imperial City Department and the takeout... But no matter what, the Zhao Guan family's attitude of leaving Beijing to inspect the river defense was uncompromising, even decisive.

He said it that day and left the next day without any discussion at all.

It should be noted that it has snowed intermittently in the past few days. Although there is no snow, it is still muddy and will freeze sooner or later, which makes the road conditions quite bad... But Zhao Guan's family is still on the road.

Not only that, this official also set off directly without any extra people on this trip. He had a thousand soldiers and horses and four or five followers.

One thousand soldiers and horses, five hundred are the imperial squadron, and five hundred are the cavalry in the Yuetai camp.

Among the attachés, the highest-ranking one was Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the water supervisor of the capital, followed by Fan Zongyin, a Hanlin scholar, Lu Benzhong, who had just been promoted to a direct bachelor, Ren Baozhong, the chief minister of the Gemen, and Yu Yunwen, who led the Military Statistics Department.

He was really desperate and left as soon as he said he was leaving.

And this group of people, after leaving Yuetai, went northwest along the Bian River, but first arrived at Heyin, an important town on the river... This place is not only the location of Biankou, but also the shipyard of the Royal Navy Navy. It can only be said that they were inspecting

It’s not a bad idea to start from here for river defense.

Turning back to the front, when they came to Heyin, Zhang Rong, the commander of the Royal Navy Navy, came to greet them early. Zhao Guan's family was as loyal as ever, and they put down their pretensions and went directly to join hands with them to enter the shipbuilding yard. After entering the site, the officials were pretending to inspect.

The ship was being built for a while, and then we left the dry dock and went to the military camp.

One more thing here, as early as the Shenzong Dynasty, dry dock technology became famous all over the world through the successful repair of a huge building ship in Jinmingchi, and then was fully promoted.

As for the shipbuilding technology itself, whether it is sea-going ships or inland river ships, the Song Dynasty is basically the world's leading level. After all, in another time and space, Zhong Xiang Yang Mo's uprising lasted for five or six years. In the later stages, even Dongting Lake

The rebels were able to start large-scale production of ships of various sizes, which shows the maturity of related technologies.

So when it comes to the current situation? Burning Xiao Wu Xun from the beginning? Of course, the Song Army, which controls the river defense, has no reason to give up these excellent surface technologies.

However, according to military intelligence reports, after suffering several losses, the Jurchens also supported the Qingzhou pirates before. They searched for relevant craftsmen in Hebei, with the vague intention of using the old Yellow River route to build their own docks and fleets.

Surely? This is not the time to discuss such matters.

When Zhao Guan's family left the dock and moved into the military camp that was integrated with the shipyard, they inevitably had to have a temporary extra meal at noon, but instead used pigs and sheep bought from Zhengzhou in the south as rewards? From the royal camp officers to the craftsmen and civilians in the shipyard, including

Zhao Guan's family? Everyone has a bowl of meat and half a glass of wine.

In the afternoon? The official personally went to see the winter fabrics related to the Royal Navy Navy that had been distributed last month. He walked around in a big circle and examined them carefully for more than an hour. Then he took advantage of the warm winter sunshine in the afternoon.

, turned to the river, and then boarded the embankment in person? Then he checked the embankment, fortifications, and river conditions again.

All I can say is that after working as an official for a long time, I have mastered the art of pretending. For those who don’t know, I would think that Zhao Jiuzhen only knows this.

"Zhang Dutong, I checked the documents of the Ministry of War and said that some spies mentioned something vaguely. It seems that the Jurchens also have a dry dock in Daming Mansion? And they also want to build ships?" The person who asked the question was Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the water supervisor of the capital.

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Moreover, as a senior official, Liu Hongdao's entry into the capital was obviously a little lower than other frontier officials, and he was even suspected of being vacant. And he himself was a little resentful at the beginning, just thinking that he could enter the central government, and still be in the capital.

Being able to gain a secret pavilion identity and being closer to my hometown that had just been recovered not long ago, I was able to endure it.

But following Zhao Guan's family this time, Liu Hongdao was thinking about his two positions. Why didn't Liu Hongdao know that the officials obviously had some specific arrangements for him. If the two responsibilities of Minister of War and Water Supervisor were put together, he might not be unable to make meritorious deeds, and even

It is very likely that the Zhao Guan family is making some overall arrangements for the future Northern Expedition.

Therefore, after leaving Yuetai, Liu Shilang became more and more interested in him. He took the initiative to handle many general affairs along the way, making the three ministers Fan Zongyin, Lu Benzhong, and Ren Baozhong feel like they had eaten something... Lu Benzhong

He simply fell into the role of reading the official newspaper to the officials every day.

"That's what happened."

Zhang Rong was wearing an imperial cotton robe that he had just bought last month. Hearing this, he stood there with his hands tied and let out a breath of white air. "The Jurchen dog gains wisdom after every bite. Move the dock behind the Daming Mansion."

It’s really hard to deal with. But, if you ask me... let me put it bluntly, it is a good thing that the Jurchens put their heart into building ships."

"Oh?" Liu Hongdao became more serious.

"The truth is like this." Zhang Rong frowned and explained. "Liu Shilang thought, there are ships coming out from the north, where can we get such agile water combat experts? The same archers on land.

Accurate shooting is not the case on a ship. There is also the manipulation of large and small ships. There are often dozens of big ships and hundreds of people stepping on the wheels. How to maneuver left and right, how to move in unison, big ships and small ships, ships retreat and advance.

, are all saying...the newly formed Navy army is definitely no match for us!"

"What if the Jurchens have more ships? I am a native of Qingzhou. I have heard from people since I was a child that when pirates fight at sea, no matter how familiar the sailors are, they can't compare to having more ships and bigger ships..." Liu Hongdao was still serious.

"Relax, Mr. Liu." Zhang Rongwen still replied neatly. "What you said is absolutely correct, but that is the sea, but this is the Yellow River. The sea is boundless and the wind and waves are strong. In that kind of place, if people don't

How can we shelter if we have boats as our support? More boats are better than fewer boats, and big boats are better than small boats. But as for the Yellow River, Liu Shilang, see with your own eyes, it is only so wide. The old river mouth over there is not as wide as this.

In this situation, even if the Jurchens stock up a bunch of ships and come out, I can still rely on the imperial navy to feed them on the river for the officials."

Liu Hongdao looked at the glittering river surface and woke up early, and even the people around him nodded.

Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, also looked at the sparkling river surface under the afternoon sun. While nodding, he continued to listen to the news seriously: "I don't care about this matter, but other than that? Does Zhang Dutong still have any problems?

Why? I came out this time just to put aside the superficial appearance and clarify some military affairs from all aspects... Some things may not seem to affect the war at this time, but what about one year, two years, three years and five years?

As long as Zhang Qing has an idea in his heart, no matter what it is, just say it."

"To be fair to the officials, I... I actually have some thoughts. For example, even though I am used to it, I still feel the benefits of the hard work of the people along the river making ice in winter." After Zhang Rong listened carefully, he quickly rolled up his sleeves and spoke sincerely.

On the contrary, he probably felt that his posture was a little awkward, so after saying a few words, he actually put it down again. "We have to do it for hundreds of miles, and usually do it every day. After doing it for many days, we can't tell which day it will be."

If it gets cold and freezes overnight, the Jurchens can come and harass us if they want."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Without waiting for Zhao Jiu to speak, Liu Hongdao immediately responded. He was not showing off this time, because ice-breaking in winter has always been a regular winter corvee launched by the Metropolitan Water Supervisor in the name of river control. "In my opinion, ice-breaking has nothing to do with

Not breaking the ice is not the same thing at all... Without breaking the ice, the ice layer will thicken day by day, and the Jurchens can prepare properly in advance, and after making proper preparations, they can directly attack with a large army, but if they break the ice, it will be

Suddenly the ice was thick, so the Jurchens could only take advantage of the opportunity to harass. Moreover, if the ice was pounded every day and it was frozen overnight, it can only be said that those days were extremely cold, and under the severe cold, the Jurchens were harassing, but the intensity was not enough.

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"Of course I understand this." Zhang Rong shook his head. "I just feel that the people along the river have an extra corvee for nothing. In the winter, they even watch a few fewer Cuju matches than others, which is also embarrassing..."

"It is true that the people are working hard, but how can we not work hard in the north, south, east and west?" When Liu Hongdao heard this, he disagreed and even got excited. "Ice must be pounded along the river, and taxes must be increased in the south. In Bashu, it is

They simply paid taxes in advance, which was almost equivalent to draining the family's wealth and hurting the people inside... And if we talk about corvees, before the rebellion was suppressed, there were many corvees in the south, but there were only a few since last year. That is, we don't talk about the south, only the north.

, and the corvee in Kansai is the heaviest, because the main battlefield of the war in recent years has been in Kansai! Doesn’t Zhang Dutong know that the official family mobilized 100,000 corvee in Hedong before?!"

These words were caught off guard. Just when many people thought that Zhang Rong was going to get angry, the Jiedushi, who was a water bandit, was not angry at all. Instead, after listening carefully, he nodded seriously: "What Liu Shilang said makes sense, I just

Looking at the things in front of me, I never imagined that it would be more difficult elsewhere.”

Zhao Jiu was silent for a while, and then asked again: "I remember that I started to complain about ice-making when I first returned to Tokyo. Was it because I had been crying about suffering before, or was it becoming more and more painful? Is it the entire lower reaches of the river?

Do they all cry out for suffering, or do they differ from place to place?"

Zhang Rong was a little confused when he was asked. He lowered his head and thought for a long time before answering seriously: "The official question is really...it is that in recent years, more and more people have complained about suffering, and then how many people around Tokyo have complained about it along the river

The louder it is, the higher it is from Luoyang and the lower one is Shaoxing, it will be less loud."

"This is because when the situation calmed down, some people forgot about the beastly behavior of the golden man and gradually became intolerant of hardship." Lu Benzhong finally interjected.

Zhao Jiu sighed slightly in his heart, but there was no superfluous reaction on his face, he just nodded lightly:

"That's a bit like this, but it's also because Tokyo's economy has recovered and prices have risen, making money and food in the surrounding areas less valuable. Especially in winter, people along the river make ice every day, which wastes many opportunities to go to the city to help in the off-farm period. Naturally, this will happen

Resentment... However, we must still make ice, there is nothing we can do about it, not to mention that once the Northern Expedition is completed, this matter will disappear... Of course, when I talk about this matter, I have other thoughts."

As he said that, Zhao Jiu glanced at Liu Yan, who understood. The imperial squad members also took the initiative to arrange their swords and pushed back some of the local officials and low-ranking navy officers who were accompanying them.

Those who stayed in front of Zhao Guan's house, including Liu Hongdao and others, immediately stood up. Zhang Rong was startled for a moment, and after seeing the reactions of the people on the left and right, he quickly stood with his hands crossed.

"What I mean is that we can make some preparations in advance. If there is a sudden freeze, we will do the opposite, cross the river and stab the Jurchen, and use offense as defense..." Zhao Jiu ordered seriously. "If you don't seek victory, you won't be able to win."

I want to capture them, I just want to disturb the enemy, and then the entire army can return."

Hearing this, many people below Liu Hongdao were startled, but they soon realized that even Zhang Rong knew that the Zhao Guan family's move was probably not for military capture, but because Zhang Zongyan had just lost a battle across the river, and wanted to use this to boost his morale.

morale.

As soon as the thought came to this point, everyone from Zhang Liu on down agreed with it.

And sure enough, Zhao Guan's family led a few people to discuss it again on the river embankment. In the end, Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the water supervisor of the capital, took over the coordinating power of this operation, and asked him to mediate with the troops in the imperial camp.

Coordinate the selection of battlefields and even have the power to reserve specific military supplies.

The matter was agreed upon in this way, but what caught Zhang Rong off guard was that in the next few days, the Zhao Guan family, who had clearly patrolled the river, had no intention of moving. They just sat there in Heyin, and they actually stayed there until Yang Zhengpin came to Tokyo.

The execution was executed, and the document that the imperial concubine's uncle was exiled together with the Prime Minister of Dali Temple was sent... This seems to really support the theory that Zhao Guan's family came out to hide from trouble.

However, this view quickly disappeared, because Zhao Guanjia still did not move after personally approving these judgments. In the winter, this official family actually brought a few scattered ministers and a thousand soldiers.

Ma, is he nesting in a military camp next to a shipyard?

I was so stuck that I didn’t even go to Zhengzhou, which was dozens of miles away. The governors tentatively invited the officials back to Luan but refused, which made many people panic...

After all, no matter what the three major cases, no one will give face to the other, but after all, the official's trip to the northwest destroyed Xixia, conquered Khitan and Mongolia, and recovered many states and counties.

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His power continues to grow, right?
To be continued...