Zhao Yan's tone is very big, this is also normal, now Zhao Yan is in control of half of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not too difficult to form a naval fleet, and now in Zhao Yan's hands, there is a naval fleet, but the scale is not large, only dozens of warships and thousands of naval division soldiers.
Jiangning Mansion, the Great Song Palace.
After Zhao Xu ascended the throne, he announced the relocation of the capital to Jiangning Mansion, although this was an edict to respect the previous emperor, which had a certain impact on the majesty of the new emperor Zhao Xu.
"Zhang Aiqing, what do you think of the Third Emperor's uncle's request to strengthen coastal defense again," Zhao Xu asked Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Dian said to Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhao is not wrong to ask to strengthen coastal defense, now my Great Song Dynasty moved the capital to Jiangning Mansion, although it avoided the Xia army's troops, but it directly faced the threat from the sea, Your Majesty can imagine that if the sailors of the Great Xia Kingdom suddenly bypassed the heavy defense of our army from the waterway, attacked the rear of our army, and crossed the sea to attack Jiangning, how did my Great Song Dynasty deal with it, and there was no naval division and coastal defense army that has always been strong, how to deal with the threat from the sea. ” "Aiqing is courteous," Zhao Xu said; "But this is not an overnight thing to build a naval division to strengthen coastal defense, now most of the financial taxes of my Great Song Dynasty have to support more than two million troops in the north, and my Great Song Dynasty has moved to a new capital, this financial constraint, this is not easy to strengthen coastal defense."
Zhang Dian said: "Your Majesty, the early investment in strengthening coastal defense does not need to be too large, the important thing is to elect a general of the Navy who is loyal to His Majesty, this Navy Division is related to the lifeblood of my Great Song Dynasty, and who is in command still needs to be considered by Your Majesty." ” "I know, Zhang Aiqing, you go down first, I want to be alone."
Zhao Xu said with his hands behind his back.
Zhao Xu has been on the throne for almost a year, although there is no major event this year, but it is the most important year for the replacement of the throne of the Great Song Dynasty, this year I saw that Zhao Xu was constantly promoting his cronies, in order to completely master the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhao Xu's hands are many Chinese, but there are very few military generals who can lead the troops to fight, as Zhang Xuan said, it is okay to expand the water division, but who should be in command of this water division related to their own destiny, this is a very serious problem, if it is not human, I'm afraid my life will not be guaranteed.
"Your Majesty, King Chang asks to see," a small eunuch said as he came behind Zhao Xu.
"King Chang, what is he doing at this time" Zhao Xu frowned and said; "Let him in" For Zhao Hao, the king of Chang, Zhao Xu actually has no good feelings, if it weren't for the edict of the first emperor there, Zhao Hao still has some use value, I'm afraid Zhao Hao can't leave Bianjing, where will he continue to be under house arrest, now Zhao Hao is just hanging some false names, and does not hold any real military and political power, so Zhao Hao can not pose any threat to Zhao Xu, and at the same time, Zhao Hao's existence is also a means to balance Zhao Xu.
"Weichen knocks to see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live" Zhao Hao bowed to Zhao Xu.
"Second Emperor Uncle, please get up, are you in such a hurry to see me what's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, Wechen heard that Your Majesty wants to strengthen the coastal defense, and Wechen has the courage to ask Your Majesty if there is such a thing."
"Yes, but I'm still thinking about it."
"Your Majesty, Wechen was against strengthening the coastal defense before, but Wechen recently heard that my Great Song Dynasty Maritime Merchants have no safety guarantee at sea, and Wechen pleaded guilty to His Majesty for his previous short-sightedness."
Zhao Hao said respectfully; "However, it is a double-edged sword to build a powerful sailor, and if it is used well, it can defend Your Majesty and defend the Great Song Dynasty, but if it is not used well, it may also bring disaster to my Great Song Dynasty, so Your Majesty, the commander of this naval division, must consider it carefully."
"What does Uncle Huang think about this matter?"
asked Zhao Xu.
Zhao Hao immediately said: "If Your Majesty does not give up, Wechen is willing to share your Majesty's worries and solve problems, and personally preside over the preparation of the sailor, and the required expenses Wechen can raise by himself." ” Zhao Xu smiled and said: "Uncle Huang is really ambitious, you let me think about it, if there is nothing to do, Uncle Huang will step back first, I am tired, I will take a rest." ” "Wechen Retires" After Zhao Hao left, Zhao Xu said angrily: "He really dares to open his teeth in front of me, and he doesn't look at his virtues, if I hand over the water master to him, will I still have my life?"
"Your Majesty is angry, King Chang is in a hurry to seize power, without His Majesty's support, King Chang will not be able to achieve any big things."
Tong Guan, who followed behind Zhao Xu, said.
"If only Li Xian were still here, I could hand over the sailor to him as the commander."
Zhao Xu sighed; "I remember that you once placed under Li Xian's door."
"Exactly, Gonggong Li is the master of the slaves."
Tong Guan said.
"It's a pity that you don't have Li Xian's ability, otherwise I would have handed over the water master to you."
Zhao Xu said jokingly.
Tong Guan immediately said: "The slave is content as long as he serves by His Majesty's side, and the slave doesn't want to leave His Majesty." ” "I'm going to go to the Sailor Camp to have a look."
Zhao Xu said suddenly.
"Your Majesty, if it's too late today, why don't you go tomorrow?"
"Why don't you go now, I want to see what the sailors who guard my Great Song Xindu look like."
After the carriage was ready, Zhao Xu changed into ordinary clothes, and left the palace without many guards, and went to the sailor camp not far from the city, the sailor camp of Jiangning Mansion is located fifty miles east of Jiangning Mansion, originally it was only a small sailor camp, but since the Great Song Dynasty moved the capital to Jiangning, the status of the sailor camp has become important, and the entire camp has been expanded several times, and now it is quite large.
"Your Majesty, there is the camp of the sailors ahead."
Tong Guan said to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu pointed to the front and said, "You said that this is my Jiangnan Sailor Battalion. ” "Yes, Your Majesty" "I allocated 300,000 taels of silver, and the sailor camp was built like this, and I made a fence outside, and there was not even a guard in front of the camp," Zhao Xu said in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, shall we still go in?"
"Go in, I want to see what is going on in this water master camp" Zhao Xu walked forward angrily.
"Keep up and protect Your Majesty" After Zhao Xu entered, he found that there were not many people in the entire naval division camp, according to the previous scale, the entire Jiangnan naval division should have 5,000 soldiers, and in order to boost morale, Zhao Xu had allocated 300,000 taels to rebuild the camp and reissue military salaries, renovate warships and equipment, but now when he came in, he saw that the camp was expanded and quite large-scale, that is, it was surrounded by a wooden fence, and not to mention 5,000 sailors and soldiers in the camp, Zhao Xu was already very content to have 3,000 people.
Zhao Xu's heart can be said to be wow cool, Zhao Xu doesn't have to think about it to know, the 300,000 taels of silver may have already entered the pockets of corrupt officials, if Zhao Xu hadn't come to see it today, if he waited for Xia Jun to kill that day, Zhao Xu probably wouldn't even know how he died, and suddenly Zhao Xu felt that he was very dangerous.
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