Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Zhao Chen left Wugong County on the fifth day of April and headed west!

Kang An took hundreds of soldiers from the imperial camp and left with Zhao Chen!

But this time their whereabouts were unusually concealed, they were all dressed in the clothes of ordinary Imperial Guard soldiers, so that no one would know about them! Now the situation in Guanshan is dangerous, Zhao Chen's every move may affect the situation in Guanshan, so he still pretends to stay in Guanshan!

On April 15th, they came to Dasan Pass!

On April 18, they returned to Hanzhong! Even if they came back, they didn't alarm the ordinary people, only a few senior officials in the imperial court knew about Zhao Chen's return!

After returning, Zhao Chen immediately went to see Li Gang! Li Gang was naturally very excited to see Zhao Chen's return!

The first thing the two discussed was the establishment of the General Staff Headquarters. Zhao Chen explained exactly what the current General Staff Headquarters has been established in Guanshan.

"In the future, there will not only be a staff headquarters, but also a staff headquarters in each army, and even a staff organization in each division!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, does this mean employing too many people?" Li Gang asked.

"No! The staff headquarters needs thousands of people, and the staff organizations of each army and division need very few people! These staff organizations were originally established for the convenience of commanding the army. If there are too many people and the system is cumbersome, it is not as good as Don't set it up!" Zhao Chen said.

"What Your Majesty said is true! But, so the Privy Council is going to be revoked?" Li Gang said.

"Exactly! This matter has to be handed over to the teacher!" Zhao Chen said.

"The old minister understands! The Privy Council has a lot of people, so it's okay for others to talk about it, but Qu Duan..." Li Gang pondered.

"I will personally persuade Qu Duan! I have already written to ask him to take up the post at the General Staff Headquarters, but he has not gone to take up the post! This time, besides dealing with Sichuan affairs, there is one more thing to do is to persuade him!" Zhao Chen road.

Li Gang nodded, and then he was relieved! To be honest, Li Gang also knew that Qu Duan was very talented, and he didn't want Qu Duan to waste his talent by staying in Hanzhong! He felt at ease when he heard that Qu Duan had made arrangements!

"Sichuan, this is a very troublesome matter!" Zhao Chen said slowly, knocking on the table with his hand.

"Yes, the problem in Sichuan is indeed troublesome! In fact, the key lies in people's hearts!" Li Gang said.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen asked with some doubts.

"Since the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty, people in Sichuan have been unstable. This is the key issue!" Li Gang said.

"Why are people's hearts always unstable?" Zhao Chen asked.

"At the beginning, Emperor Taizu took Hou Zhou and replaced him, but Shu was still under the rule of Shu King Meng Chang! Meng Chang was very kind to the people, so he had a high prestige in Shu! After Taizu's army entered Shu, , Meng Chang surrendered, and after the death of Emperor Taizu, it was rumored that Meng Chang was poisoned to death by Emperor Taizong! Moreover, when Taizu's army entered Shu, they burned, killed, looted, and did everything, just to transport the looted property It took more than ten years! All these made the people of Shu very dissatisfied with the court! When Emperor Taizong was in power, he was very strict with Shu and the taxes were so heavy that Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun rebelled, and then rebelled Although it was pacified, Emperor Taizong killed more than 100,000 rebellious Shu people! Later, although the emperors of all dynasties have always appeased Shu, the people of Shu rarely have hearts for the court!" Li Gang said.

"So that's how it is! No wonder the cult can stir up trouble in Shu!" Zhao Chen nodded and said.

"That's right! Cults can make troubles, mainly because of people's hearts! The chaos of cults in Sichuan is easy to eliminate, but people's hearts are hard to appease!" Li Gang said.

"I will personally go to Sichuan to deal with this matter!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, you want to go to Sichuan in person?" Li Gang was taken aback and said.

"That's right! Sichuan has a lot to do with it. Although I now occupy Shaanxi, Hanzhong, Sichuan and other places, government orders have always been difficult to implement in Sichuan! This Sichuan has almost become a country within a country, and this phenomenon cannot continue! If Sichuan continues to In this way, not only is the cult causing chaos, but other unstable things will happen in the future! If I want to conquer the world, defeat King Kang and Jurchen, I must first solve the Sichuan problem! So I decided to go to Sichuan myself!" Zhao Chen said.

"But, Your Majesty, will there be any danger?" Li Gang asked.

"I went there in low clothes, and few people knew my identity, so what danger would happen?" Zhao Chen said.

"But..." Li Gang wanted to persuade him again!

"The affairs of the imperial court should be handled by the teacher! In addition, all military affairs will be handed over to the General Staff Headquarters from now on! I will rush to Sichuan as soon as possible, and today I will first solve the problem of Qu Duan!" Zhao Chen refused to let him speak. , stood up, said.

Li Gang knew that Zhao Chen was a strong man, and once he made a decision, it would be very difficult for him to change, so Li Gang had no choice but to nod his head and agree!

"Thank you teacher! I hope the world will be peaceful sooner, so that the teacher can have a good rest!" Seeing Li Gang's wrinkled face and exhausted appearance, Zhao Chen sighed softly and said.

"Serving the country, the veteran is willing to devote himself to death!" Li Gang shook his head and said with a smile.

At the moment, Zhao Chen stopped talking and took a few people towards the Privy Council!

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The structure of the Privy Council in the Song Dynasty was also extremely complicated, and there were thousands of officials here!

Zhao Chen went straight to the innermost part of the Privy Council!

In the innermost room, Qu Duan was sitting at the table reading a book!

He was fascinated, but just as Zhao Chen came in, he immediately raised his head and looked over! He used to be a general in the Western Army second only to Zhong Shi Dao, and his martial arts were exceptionally brilliant! Even if Zhao Chen enters the innate realm, he is far from being his opponent!

"Your Majesty!" After seeing Zhao Chen's face clearly, Qu Duan was taken aback, knelt down hastily, and said.

He was shocked and didn't understand why Zhao Chen returned to Hanzhong at this time, but he didn't get any news! For a moment, he felt a little uneasy!

"General Qu, get down! What book are you reading?" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

"The last general is reading the military book written by General Di Qing!" Qu Duan said.

"Oh, it turned out to be General Di Qing's book of war! General Di Qing is also a well-known general in my Great Song Dynasty. During his campaign against Western Xia, he wore disheveled hair and wore a copper mask in every battle. He rushed to the front alone. He was so brave. , Twenty-five battles in his life, without a single defeat! His demeanor is memorable!" Zhao Chen said.

"That's right! General Di Qing has been on the battlefield for decades, and I don't know how many feats he has made. After a hundred years, he is still famous! Maybe after a thousand years, someone will still remember his name! I, Qu Duan, are far inferior to him!" Qu Duan said. With a long sigh, he said.

In history, Di Qing was a famous general in the Song Dynasty! Although Qu Duan is a famous figure in the Western Army in this era, he is still far behind Di Qing!

"Who says General Qu is not as good as him? As the saying goes, heroes come out of troubled times, and now is a time of troubled times, when real heroes come out in large numbers! I can guarantee that Yue Fei's name will surpass Di Qing in the future!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is right!" Qu Duan sighed again and said.

At this juncture when the Jurchen invaded and the Han people were about to perish, anyone who could stand up against the Jin soldiers and make meritorious deeds would surely surpass Di Qing in reputation! After all, Di Qing is in a time of peace. Although Xixia is a great threat, it is far from being comparable to Juzheng! Xixia is only raging in the northwest, while Jurchen has occupied the Central Plains and is about to destroy the Han people! Yue Fei defeated Jurchen in two battles, and his name will definitely be left in history!

"Why does General Qu look so sad?" Zhao Chen looked at Qu Duan and said with a smile.

"Nothing!" Qu Duan shook his head lightly.

"General Qu, I asked you to be the Chief of the Operations Department of the General Staff Headquarters, why are you unwilling to agree?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the last general has no talent or ability, not enough for this position!" Qu Duan bowed his head.

"I don't think so! You are a well-known all-rounder in civil and military affairs in the Western Army, everyone knows it! You have defeated the Xixia Army many times before, how can you say you are incompetent? I think you have a complaint against me!" Zhao Chen sneered.

"Your Majesty, the last general would never dare to have such an idea!" Qu Duan said.

"Manly man, dare to act! You pat your conscience and say, do you really have no complaints against me?" Zhao Chen said disdainfully.

He also knew that Qu Duan was talented, but Zhao Chen looked down on Qu Duan's character! Qu Duan's character determines that it is impossible for him to do real great things. Qu Duan can only be attached to the strong, and can become the sword in the hands of the strong! It has been two and a half years since he called Qu Duan from Jingyuan to Hanzhong, and Qu Duan's temperament must have been completely tempered in these two and a half years, and it will be much easier to use him now!

Hearing Zhao Chen's words, Qu Duan fell silent!

"Is it the king's land under the whole world, and the king's ministers on the shore of the land! This world belongs to me! The original road belongs to me, and the Jingyuan army also belongs to me. You used to be an envoy of the original road, and you were able to control hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The army relies on the power that my father bestowed on you! After I took power, would it be a problem to take back this power? I appointed you as a privy envoy to take charge of the country's military affairs. Isn't this power better than the original one? What is the original route?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, the last general's position as Privy Envoy is only in name only!" Qu Duan said with a wry smile.

"In name only? I established the Military Aircraft Department, and the power of the Privy Council is indeed much smaller! But I only took away the power to deal with emergency military situations. If you really want to do something, with your position as a Privy Council envoy, it is impossible not to fail." Come out! But look at you for the past two and a half years, what have you done? You read books and drink tea in the Privy Council every day, and you don’t manage any affairs! Are you plausible?” Zhao Chen said.

Qu Duan bowed his head and remained silent!

"Qu Duan, you are also a good man, do you really want to see yourself in the Privy Council for the elderly, and see yourself wasting away the years without accomplishing anything?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty...I..." Qu Duan opened his mouth, and finally let out a long sigh!

"In the future, Yue Fei, Liu Qi and others will be recorded in the annals of history as national heroes. Even if Li Gang, Wang Shu and others assisted me in defeating the Jurchen, they will be famous for a generation! But what about you? Since the Jurchen invasion, you have not done anything Things that are beneficial to the country have always been unknown, and the history books only record that you once served as the envoy of Jingyuan Road and the privy envoy, and you did nothing, do you think this is good?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty...I..." Qu Duan showed a painful expression on his face, and finally he still sighed!

"A good man, full of martial arts, full of talent, you have accomplished nothing, not only you feel aggrieved, but I also feel aggrieved for you! Tomorrow, you immediately go to Wugong County to take over the post of chief of the combat department of the General Staff Headquarters! I hope you Don't let me down! The major offensive strategies in the future will all come from the General Staff Headquarters, which can be said to be related to the overall strategy of the world! If you work hard, your reputation may not be as good as Yue Fei and Liu Qi in the future!" Zhao Chen said.

"The final general knows!" Qu Duan gritted his teeth and said.

"Liu Kai, Zhao Zhe, and Wang Shu are all your old subordinates, and they will cooperate with you!" Zhao Chen said again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Qu Duan nodded.

"I hope that in the future we can gallop on the battlefield together, eliminate the Jurchens, and rejuvenate the Song Dynasty! Qu Duan, I have high hopes for you!" Zhao Chen said.

Qu Duan showed shame, excitement, excitement and other expressions on his face, and he nodded again after a long time.

On this day, Zhao Chen entertained Qu Duan in the palace, and the two talked for a long time! Zhao Chen comforted Qu Duan earnestly, only then did he realize that Qu Duan is actually very talkative, and his personality can be said to be "docile", so he doesn't have to worry about Qu Duan's rebellion! Moreover, Qu Duan's talent is indeed very small. After reading the infantry drills, Qu Duan actually put forward many suggestions of his own. This made Zhao Chen very happy, thinking that he really did not use the wrong person!