Chapter 16 Heading to Longhu Mountain

(It’s really uncomfortable. I no longer have a fever and no pain, but it has completely turned into other symptoms of a severe cold. I even sweat from time to time. Please forgive me. Thank you.)

In the end, Han Mao spent a full 50,000 taels of silver to atone for the crime, which was considered to have brought the matter to light.

As for Commander Zhu who neglected his duties, he managed to save his life, but he also took out 5,000 taels of silver and was demoted to the position of head of the capital.

It's not that Zhao Tong didn't want to kill him, but in fact, even if he killed Commander Zhu, Commander Zhang and Commander Wang, it would be worse than Commander Zhu if they were not all right.

The officials within the Tokyo Forbidden Army are already rotten and deeply intertwined. It is simply unrealistic to make drastic reforms. Zhao Tong has no intention of putting too much effort into this. This is a laborious and thankless task that will most likely yield no results.

things.

On Yu day, the silver from both sides was sent to the palace. Zhao Tong ordered his people to take 5,000 taels to Broken Jade Tower and divided them among those who went to battle last night. The remaining 5,000 taels naturally fell into his own pocket.

In fact, as Zhao Tong said to Han Mao, the Prince of Qi's Mansion is a courtyard with clear water. As the Prince of Qi, he opens a mansion outside. The prince only allocates more than 10,000 taels of silver from the court every year, but he can only open the mansion after all.

For more than a year, he had to feed a large group of subordinates in the palace, so it was considered good to have a few thousand taels left.

Including what he had accumulated in the palace before, he didn't really have much spare money on hand. The salary for being promoted to the Guards and Military Division was quite high, but he had just taken over and had never seen even a penny. Now he has only 50,000 taels.

It saved the day.

There are so many things that Zhao Tong wants to do, and many things cannot be accomplished even if he has power but without gold and silver. Now, under the court and outside the countryside, crises are about to break out. All he has to do is to plan ahead and take action step by step.

Occupy the most advantageous position in the future trend, but the prerequisite is that he has money.

At first, Zhao Tong also thought about making some inventions and making some ingenious things. Later, after reviewing the situation, he found that it was not appropriate for the times. It would have been a truly peaceful and prosperous age, but now it was a fake prosperous age full of holes and leaks. At this time, he wanted to make some

When the things of later generations come out, it doesn’t matter whether they can make a lot of money, but they will attract people’s attention. One mistake will be more than worth the loss.

He now has a net worth of about 58,000 taels of silver, which is a drop in the bucket compared to the big things he wants to do. So, that night, Zhao Tong began to sit in the palace to collect money.

Zhao Tong looked at these soldiers and horses. The Song Dynasty's 800,000 forbidden troops were actually more in the north than in the south. The bulk of them were all in the northern roads. In the south, except for the Jinghu North Road, there was no establishment of more than 10,000 people.

Zhao Tong looked around silently. Yang Shicheng only brought out more than a thousand forbidden troops. He found that although the local forbidden troops were somewhat different from the Tokyo forbidden troops in terms of sophisticated armor and weapons, they were very energetic.

A few days later, Emperor Daojun's order came from the court. The deputy commander of the capital, Tan Zhen, naturally approved it. The other recommended generals also passed one by one, but the other deputy commander of the Guards and Military Division

, Emperor Daojun named someone, who turned out to be the deputy commander of the former Palace Front Division.

The road is full of verdant mountains and clear water. Strange flowers are blooming in the embroidered forest, and young willows dance with golden threads on the ground. The wind is gentle and the sun is warm, and I pass by the village of Ye Dian. The road is straight and the sand is flat, and I stay at the post office at night. The clothes are rippling.

In the world of mortals, horses gallop across the purple streets.

In this way, Zhao Tong opened the door of his house and received gifts for three days. The income was hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but it was less than he expected. In fact, some generals had been in the military for several generations.

But it was inevitable that people would follow him when he was running for office, so he had no choice but to accept it.

Zhao Tong knew that this must be Gao Qiu's fault, but he remained calm. He just tidied up the company and then prepared to go to Longhu Mountain for a walk. As for other things, he would only talk about it when he came back.

He is the king's arrival, and he is also the commander of the Imperial Guard and Military Department. He is in charge of most of the imperial army in the world, and all the local armies are under his control. Although the deployment of battles requires orders from the Privy Council, the real management lies in the two divisions and three yamen.

The truth is that you have great power.

Naturally, the money collected is the money from selling the official position. The Guards and Military Division has been reset. The Horse and Infantry Division, in addition to their respective Du Yuhou, all the idle positions above can be sold for money.

It was already early May, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Zhao Tao went to the palace to ask for his life, and met with his mother-in-law, Queen Zheng. Then he prepared a guard of honor, chose an auspicious day, and set off straight to Guixi, Xinzhou, Jiangxi.

county.

Zhao Tong promoted and commanded the capital. The two departments and three yamen only obeyed the emperor's orders and acted as a check and balance with the Privy Council, so he had the right to recommend most officials.

Except for the two deputy commanders who needed to be personally questioned by Emperor Daojun, all the other Zhao Tong planned to sell. After all, if he didn't sell, others would sell them, and then they came to him to ask for favors. Instead of letting these generals spend their money on others

There, it is better to spend it with him.

As for the two deputy commanders, he gave one to Tan Zhen, and left the name of the other blank in the fold, letting Emperor Daojun decide. If Emperor Daojun ignored it and sent it back again, he would then consider the candidates, and the rest

He also drew up a brochure with all the recommended candidates and submitted it together with the memorial.

Zhao Tong rode on horseback and watched in front of the city. Yang Shicheng not only brought out all the officials, but also brought out some soldiers and horses to line up to show his grandeur.

There are only more than 6,000 imperial troops on Jiangnan West Road, while there are only more than 4,000 and less than 5,000 on Fujian Road. As for the Xiang soldiers, there are still some, but at this time, the Xiang soldiers have long been reduced to engineer-like existences, and there is no one at all.

Combat strength.

It was noon, and all the officials of Xinzhou City, big and small, were out of the city and lined up. Even officials from Hongzhou, the capital, had all arrived. Yang Shicheng, the pacifier of Jiangnan West Road, who knew Hongzhou, also went out to greet him in person.

Let's say that Zhao Tong led the ceremonial guard and a group of people followed, sometimes riding horses, sometimes riding in cars, and finally arrived outside Xinzhou City on this day.

The Beijing army is corrupt and the Western army is good at fighting, but Zhao Tao really doesn't know what the Forbidden Army is like in the south. Although there are many civil uprisings in the south in his memory, and the local Forbidden Army is mostly invincible, this is not a reference for judging the true combat power. After all,

Sometimes fighting depends on the ability of generals.

It's like swapping the generals within the Western Army with those of the Tokyo Forbidden Army, and the overall combat effectiveness of the Western Army will immediately reach a new level.

Zhao Tong entered the city, attended the banquet, and had a few conversations with Yang Shicheng. He felt that this person was superficial and unreal, and that he must be an old man in the officialdom. He had no deep friendship with him, but he did not show it deliberately.

After two days of greetings, we left Xinzhou and headed straight to Longhu Mountain.

At this time, the large group of people had already seen the Qijun Mountain in the distance. Because this trip was an act of "repaying one's wishes" by Zhao Tao and there was no edict, so they did not notify the mountain in advance. Now they saw it not far ahead.

Zhao Tong then planned to order people to pay homage to the mountain gate first, but unexpectedly at this moment, a young Taoist priest stepped out of the road ahead.

Zhao Tong looked carefully and saw that this little Taoist priest was only fifteen or sixteen years old. He had picturesque features, red lips and white teeth, and smart and intelligent eyes. He couldn't help but secretly thought to himself that he turned out to be a young Kun Taoist with a female crown.
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