Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers shouted "Long live" together. All the soldiers raised their right hands and saluted towards the south. All eyes were on the direction where the southern cavalry was coming. There was fanaticism in the eyes of countless people!

Long live's voice was a bit messy at first, but after a while, the long live's voice became one, as if the world was shaking!

Standing there, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others felt an indescribable terror in their hearts! This is the horror produced by a single person facing the fanatical emotions of 100,000 people. In front of these 100,000 soldiers who are shouting frantically, they have an indescribable feeling of insignificance in their hearts!

At this moment, Zhao Ji suddenly had an illusion—all the way from Wuguocheng to Shanhaiguan, he always felt that his grandson was too young to control the government and the army. At this moment, he felt that it was a big mistake , not at all!

"His Majesty has arrived!"

"His Majesty was only ten years old when he left Kaifeng, so he should be a child now!"

"Your Majesty was only the Crown Prince back then, but in my heart, he is still just the Crown Prince!"

The ministers behind him were murmuring, but the banzai around them were too loud for them to hear their own voices.

Zhao Chen rode on the horse and kept moving forward. He looked at the soldiers around him and kept returning military salutes.

Finally, he came in front of Zhao Ji and others.

He stopped, and the sound of banzai around him finally stopped.

"Your Majesty!" Liu Kai stepped forward and saluted.

"General Liu, are they people from the Kingdom of Jin?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor is among them." Liu Kai said softly.

Zhao Chen got off his horse, and Yu Yunwen and others behind him also got off his horse.

Zhao Chen stared at the old man in yellow in front of him, with a thoughtful look in his eyes! When he was in Kaifeng Palace, he only met Zhao Ji a few times! When the Jin soldiers invaded for the first time, Zhao Ji was terrified, so he passed the throne to his eldest son Zhao Huan. After the Jin soldiers retreated, Zhao Ji returned to Kaifeng. Unexpectedly, Zhao Huan put Zhao Ji under house arrest, so Zhao Chen was very difficult at that time. Meet Zhao Ji!

At this moment, Zhao Chen carefully identified that the old man in front of him vaguely had the shadow of Zhao Ji back then, but he was much older than Zhao Ji back then! Back then, Zhao Ji was only in his forties, but now that Xuanwu has passed for seven years, after a few years, Zhao Ji has become like an old man in his sixties.

"Grandson has met Grandpa Huang!" Zhao Chen finally bent down to salute.

Zhao Chen is looking at Zhao Ji and identifying Zhao Ji, in fact, Zhao Ji and others are also looking at Zhao Chen!

In their view, Zhao Chen and Zhao Huan are 70% similar, but Zhao Chen has an indescribably more heroic spirit than Zhao Huan! Standing there, Zhao Chen could not help lowering their heads wherever their eyes went, and the ministers felt a sense of astonishment in their hearts.

Zhao Chen left Kaifeng at the age of ten, and then rebuilt the country in the ruins. He commanded thousands of troops to fight in the Central Plains, and set up a military aircraft department.

Generally speaking, only the founding king has such a temperament! Although Zhao Chen was not the founding king, ZTE rejuvenated the Great Song Dynasty, fought endlessly, and rebuilt the system. Everything is no different from the founding king.

At this moment, even Zhao Ji was a little appalled!

Zhao Ji had once met the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Wu Qimai, but Wanyan Wu Qimai did not have the aggressive temperament of Zhao Chen, and almost made everyone look up to him! Even in the Kingdom of Jin, it is impossible for Wanyan Wu Qimai to be as unambiguous as Zhao Chen.

"Are you Chen'er?" Zhao Ji said.

"It's the baby." Zhao Chen nodded and smiled.

It was only now that the ministers behind came to their senses and knelt down in the heavy snow.

"Grandpa, it's snowing so hard, why are you outside? Let's go, let's go into Shanhaiguan! Liu Qi, let the soldiers continue training!" Zhao Chen said.

"Yes!" Liu Qi hurriedly agreed.

Zhao Chen supported Zhao Ji and headed towards Shanhaiguan. He was surprised to see that Zhao Ji was holding a three or four-year-old child by his hand. Yu Yunwen from behind came up, hugged Zhao Xun, and walked forward together.

After entering the Shanhaiguan, they came to the lobby of the Shanhaiguan yamen, where the soldiers had already lit a stove, and everyone sat down together.

Zhao Ji is the emperor, so he naturally sits in the middle position. He sat boldly, without the slightest look of embarrassment on his face, he didn't look like a seventeen-year-old boy at all.

Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others sat on the left, while Yu Yunwen, Liu Qi and others sat on the right.

Yu Yunwen, Liu Qi and others occasionally looked at Zhao Chen with respect in their eyes, and those ordinary soldiers were naturally more so.

At this moment, Zhao Ji, Ge Bing and others finally realized that they were wrong! Zhao Chen is indeed the master of the court, the master of the Song Dynasty, and the master of the army. Zhao Chen can completely control the country and the army!

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"Grandpa, who is this child?" Zhao Chen looked at Zhao Xun and smiled.

At this moment, Zhao Xun has been held in Zhao Chen's arms, and Zhao Xun is looking at Zhao Chen curiously.

"This is the youngest son of Emperor Jingkang who was born in the north, and his name is Zhao Xun." Zhao Ji said.

"Oh!" Zhao Chen was really surprised at this moment.

At that moment, Zhao Chen stood up from his seat, came to Zhao Ji's side, and held Zhao Xun in his arms. Zhao Xun was very well-behaved and didn't struggle.

Zhao Chen looked at him carefully, and found that he was somewhat similar to his father and himself, and a smile could not help showing on Zhao Chen's face.

"I didn't expect my father to give birth to a prince in Beidi. Congratulations to my father!" Zhao Chen sat down again with Zhao Xun in his arms, and laughed.

"Emperor, I heard from the Jurchens in the City of the Five Kingdoms that you have no heirs yet, so I brought Xun'er back with me when I came back! In the future, if something happens to you, Xun'er can also inherit the throne." Zhao Ji After thinking about it, he said.

"Oh? The news about the Jurchen is a little behind. Grandpa, last winter, a concubine had already given birth to a prince, so I don't need to worry about this matter." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Zhao Ji was taken aback, with a look of disappointment on his face.

He originally thought that Zhao Chen had no heirs, and thought that it was difficult for Zhao Chen to control the court. After he came back, he would naturally manage the Song Dynasty for Zhao Chen! He watched Zhao Xun grow up and held him in his arms since he was a child. He loves Zhao Xun very much. He even intends to let Zhao Xun take over Zhao Chen's throne in his heart, but now everything is out of his calculations.

Zhao Chen was teasing Zhao Xun there, while Zhao Ji sat there, feeling a little embarrassed in his heart! He and Zhao Chen haven't seen each other for many years, and Zhao Chen has changed so much now that he really doesn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, the army in Shanhaiguan didn't kneel down. What's going on?" Ge Bing said at this moment.

"It is I who abolished the kneeling ceremony in the army! If the army wants to march and fight, if it kneels at every turn, wouldn't it delay the battle? Besides, if the army wants to win the battle, it can only be achieved if the soldiers are united. Kneel down, low-level generals will kneel when they see high-level generals, so how can the soldiers be united as one?" Zhao Chen said.

"However, when the Supreme Emperor came back, they didn't kneel down when they saw the Supreme Emperor. They really deserved to die, and they wanted to kill all the nine clans!" Ge Bing said angrily.

"Oh! Even if they see me, they don't need to kneel down!" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abandoned!" Ge Bing said.

"The 'rituals' were also formulated by the predecessors. I am the Ninth Five-Year Master. I re-enacted the 'rituals'. There are only military salutes in the army. Why not?" Zhao Chen said.

"Even His Majesty shouldn't change the rules of the ancestors!" Ge Bing said.

"If the rules of the ancestors are good, then naturally they shouldn't be changed! If the rules of the ancestors are bad, even if I shouldn't change them, someone will change them in the future! Don't talk about this matter again! Millions of soldiers in the army can accept it. You are a commoner! , why do you feel dissatisfied?" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is the Minister of Rites!" Ge Bing said.

"You were taken away by the Jurchens, and now you're back as a commoner!" Zhao Chen said flatly.

Ge Bing sat there blankly, feeling weak all over! He is a veteran of the two dynasties. He thought that he would continue to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Rites after his return, but now Zhao Chen has dismissed him from his position with a single sentence. One can imagine his mood.

"Your Majesty, what I have seen today is that the soldiers and horses in Shanhaiguan are indeed strong! I heard from General Liu Kai that the country now has millions of troops. Is it true?" Liu Shikai said at the moment.

"Not bad." Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, an army of one million is really too much!" Liu Shikai said.

"Oh? A million troops is a lot? When Kaifeng was still in existence, there were 800,000 forbidden troops around Kaifeng alone!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, at that time it was said that there were 800,000 imperial troops, but in fact there were only about 200,000." Liu Shikai smiled wryly.

"Why only two hundred thousand?" Zhao Chen asked.

"That day, the army was starved of empty pay! The country used 800,000 yuan to support 200,000 soldiers and horses, but most of the money was taken away by the generals." Liu Shikai said.

Zhao Chen nodded, expressing his understanding.

"Your Majesty, there were only about 200,000 troops in the Imperial Army that day, about 300,000 in the Western Army, and only 500,000 troops in the whole country! Now the army of one million is too much, and it must be cut down! Moreover, as we have seen today, General Liu The soldiers and horses under his command are several times stronger than those of the Imperial Army and the Western Army, and now only 200,000 soldiers and horses can achieve the effect of the original 500,000 soldiers and horses! Therefore, it is enough to keep 200,000 soldiers and horses.” Liu Shikai road.

"We're going to disarm the powerful enemy? Isn't that ridiculous?" Zhao Chen said in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, now that we have regained the Central Plains and occupied Yanyun, is this a powerful enemy brought by the world?" Liu Shikai said.

"The Jurchen clan has not yet been exterminated, and is still the enemy of our Great Song Dynasty! And after the Jurchen clan is exterminated, there are other barbarians in the north that must be eliminated!" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the Jurchen is strong, and it is not our Great Song that can fight against it! We should negotiate peace with the Jurchen and strive to become a country of brothers. Wouldn't it be good not to bully us?" Liu Shikai said.

"Ridiculous! You just came back from Jurchen, so today I don't care about your crimes!" Zhao Chen said coldly.

"Your Majesty, what crime is it?" Liu Shikai asked in surprise.

"In the Great Song Army, if there is one person who dares to negotiate peace with Jurchen, he will be killed without mercy! Ask Liu Qi, is that true?" Zhao Chen said.

"Ah!" Liu Shikai stayed there, and Zhao Ji and others also stayed there.

"There must be no capitulationism in the army. Anyone who dares to seek peace will be surrendered and killed without mercy!" Liu Kai said.

Zhao Ji, Ge Bing, Liu Shikai and others all felt that it was ridiculous. They never imagined that Zhao Chen would be so tough! Zhao Chen actually relied on force to govern the country so much!

Zhao Ji and the others felt that it was necessary to change Zhao Chen's mind!