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Chapter 370 The King of Letters ascended the throne and pacified the south

After Zhao Zhen said something, what he said in the whole of Bianliang, but people were already fanatical at this time and did not get up at all. Instead, they continued to worship Zhao Zhen.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen secretly said that the people were willing to be happy and said:

"My Song Dynasty suffered misfortune. Bianliang was destroyed by the Jin people. It was actually a tragedy for the country and a disaster for the people. Fortunately, the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty were united and they repelled the Jin people and recaptured the Bianjing. However, my father and brother died in trouble. It was because of the great righteousness of the Dragon King of the Yellow River that he preserved the dragon's body. I, Zhao Zhen, made a vow here to work hard to govern. At that time, the Northern Expedition of the Jin Kingdom will promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty."

After these words, all the people in Bianliang could hear them clearly, and everyone shouted:

"Believe in the king's righteousness."

"The sage is righteous."

After a few words, Zhao Zhen almost gained unprecedented reputation, and the rest of the royal princes were slaughtered, and almost no one could stop Zhao Zhen from taking office.

At this time, the Dragon King of the Yellow River flew up and said:

"I am guarding the Yellow River in Fengtian, and I cannot leave it for a long time. I will leave the saint for now. This thing is given to the saint."

After saying that, the Dragon King of the Yellow River circled over Zhao Zhen's head for three times, fell a dragon scale and flew away.

Seeing the Yellow River Dragon King leave, Zhao Zhen said:

"The Dragon King is righteous. I will get my father and brother's dragon body for me. I will give you a favor to you. I will send you a favor to the Dragon King."

After the Dragon King left, the golden-winged phoenix also circled around Zhao Zhen, and then fell a phoenix golden feather, which was taken into his hand by Zhao Zhen.

After nodding at Zhao Zhensan, the golden-winged phoenix flew away and flew far to the south.

Zhao Zhen held a phoenix golden feather and dragon scales in his hand, and said:

"Give me a gift to the Phoenix Holy Beast."

After hearing what Zhao Zhen said, everyone present also gave two auspicious beasts. With such auspicious blessings, Zhao Zhen had no obstacles along the way.

After all, these days, the people still believe in this kind of thing. In the past, those people could deceive a large number of people into believing that Zhao Zhen was truly following the dragon and the phoenix, which naturally convinced more.

Zhao Zhen held two corpses and waved the phoenix golden feathers. A strong wind blew up and drove Zhao Zhen down from a high place. There were civil and military officials who had been lucky enough to die, and the imperial guards were waiting for Zhao Zhen.

The following was smooth. The Liangshan army turned back to Bianliang and carried a large number of Jin prisoners, which made the Bianliang soldiers and civilians happy, just like the New Year.

Later, those civil officials had already had the cleverness to help Zhao Zhen sort out the court and arrange the funeral of the two Huiqin sects.

After all, the Huiqin Sect was Zhao Zhen’s father and brother, so they naturally held the funeral according to the emperor’s etiquette.

After the funeral, Zhao Zhen held a ceremony of ascension under the crowd of civil and military ministers and changed the reign to "Dragon and Phoenix" to commemorate the grand occasion of the dragon and phoenix singing that day.

After Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, the people of Liangshan naturally rose and all the powerful generals were enthroned. Zhao Zhen also took advantage of the fact that the original Wu of Wen was killed, completely controlled the court and implemented new policies.

These new policies were all derived from the information provided by Yu Shen over the years, based on the information given by Zhao Zhen, and he valued the poor and talented people, reformed the military system, land, etc., so that the Song Dynasty court could be clear and clear.

Not long after Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, Zhao Gou from the south also gathered a group of civil and military officials in Lin'an and ascended the throne as emperor, saying that Zhao Zhen killed his father and brother and changed his reign to Jianyan.

At this time, two Songs appeared, calling each other a rebel, and each gathered up civil and military forces and large army.

However, Zhao Zhen personally led his troops to defeat the Jin soldiers, and he was accompanied by dragons and phoenixes. At this time, he occupied Bianliang. Most people regarded Zhao Zhen as orthodox and surrendered for a while.

On the contrary, Zhao Gou was a little embarrassed. After all, he was in a state of peace. In addition, Fang La was still rampant in the south at this time, so life was uncomfortable.

But what is strange is that Song Jiang and his gang actually quietly joined Zhao Gou and brought a lot of military strength, which made Zhao Gou very happy. He enthroned many high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Song Jiang even became the Grand Marshal, which was very proud.

However, in the south, the Liangshan army that had fought against Fang La left a small part of it. With the support of Zhao Zhen's reputation, it continued to grow and suppress the entire south.

Zhao Zhen regarded Zhao Gou as almost mossy, but the north was Zhao Zhen's focus.

After Zhao Zhen rectified the court, he recalled many pro-war factions who were demoted back then, including Li Gang and others, and the atmosphere of the entire court was boosted.

At this time, Yu Shen secretly took high-yield crops such as improved rice, improved wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, etc., and various basic industrial materials, such as papermaking, printing, steelmaking, etc., so that Zhao Zhen could firmly gain a foothold.

In the spring of the second year of Longfeng, Zhao Gou from the south joined forces with Fang La to launch an attack, with Lu Junyi as the main general and Zhu Wu as the military advisor, leading more than a dozen generals from Liangshan and leading a large army to attack.

At this time, with the basic industry and drawings provided by Yu Shen, the Firearms Bureau led by Ling Zhen had already manufactured new cannons and new muskets.

This artillery has reached the level before and after the First World War. Although it is not equipped too much, its power has been greatly improved.

The new musket can be filled with bullets and fired with a striker. Although the overall level is similar to that of Hanyang in later generations, its power is incomparable to previous muskets.

In addition to new artillery and new muskets, Ling Zhen also built more new firearms, such as grenades, mines, etc., which played a huge role on the battlefield.

In addition to the huge improvement in firearms, Yu Shen also taught the military formation energy of the world [Accompanying the Legend of Tang], which made the Song army's military formation very powerful, and even some monks would hate it in the military formation.

In this battle, firearms and military formations played an important role, which was almost a crushing battle. Fang La and Zhao Gou's coalition forces were destroyed in one battle, and half of the 200,000 to 300,000 troops were destroyed and half surrendered.

The next battle was smooth and it was impossible to resist the sweep of the army. In less than two months, Lin'an was captured by Lu Junyi and Zhao Gou, Qin Hui, Song Jiang and others were captured alive.

Less than a month later, Fang La was captured on a ship fleeing overseas. At this point, the south was pacified, and the original territory of the Song Dynasty had basically returned to Zhao Zhen's command.

After pacifying the south, Zhao Zhen arranged to appease the south and promoted the new policies, new crops, etc. in the south. He believed that the south would soon recover.

Zhao Gou, Fang La and others were all taken back to Bianliang and were personally tried by Zhao Zhen.

After all, Zhao Gou was Zhao Zhen's brother. Zhao Zhen did not kill him directly. He was granted Anle Hou and imprisoned him in Bianliang without caring about worldly affairs.

Fang La and Song Jiang were asked to be executed on the street, and many of the Liangshan heroes under Song Jiang were all evil deeds. Zhao Zhen ordered the investigation and then dealt with them.

For example, the Mu Hong brothers who dominate Jieyang, Li Li who runs black shops, Zhang Heng who drives black boats, Li Kui who kills innocent people, are all sentenced to being cut, which are all very pleasing.

For example, the Shenxing Taibao Dai Zong, Xiao Li Guanghua Rong and others did not have much evil deeds and had the strength. Some people were willing to protect them, but out of their loyalty to Song Jiang, they were willing to die, which also fulfilled their loyalty and righteousness.
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