In front of the Chuigong Hall, where the daily ceremony is held, the court officials arranged a train and stood opposite each other at the east and west gates. According to the schedule, today we would like to meet the emperor, the ministers who said your words and thanked them will also be arranged in the order in front of the official yamen.

The ministers gathered together, and then the whip sounded, and the ministers stood up and waited, but after waiting for a long time, they did not see the emperor coming to the palace.

There was silence in the hall, and everyone was familiar with it. If it were Zhezong and the former emperor of Shenzong did not attend court, everyone might be worried about the emperor's physical condition. But today, he was famous for his good health and would not get sick all year round. If he had not become the emperor, most of the imperial physicians in the Imperial Hospital would not know him.

However, this emperor, who never got sick, has obviously shown signs of slackness in the past two years. He will miss his daily life every few days. In name, he is naturally poor in the dragon body and occasionally feels cold. However, everyone knows the actual reason. It is probably because he sneaked out of the palace to look for flowers and willows last night. It is also possible that he was having sex with a new beauty in the palace until late at night, and is still sleeping in.

After waiting for a while, Prime Minister Zhang Shangying straightened his waist and wanted to do routine work. He entered the back hall to ask about the situation. Fortunately, someone suddenly heard a sound from the side door leading to the back hall. When Zi Zhao Ji finally appeared in a hurry today.

Although Zhao Ji often asks for leave but does not attend regular daily meetings, he rarely comes late. Taking leave is because Long is not safe, and the censors in the court don’t say much. He can’t let the emperor join the work while he is sick, right? What if Long Yubintian’s condition worsens? But if everyone is late for no reason, everyone has something to say, so Zhao Ji would rather ask for leave than be late, so he won’t be too late, so a group of censors can yell in his ears.

Moreover, Zhao Ji's pace is fast and fast today. Although his face is gloomy, his complexion is very good, and he doesn't look sick at all.

This is a bit strange, nothing will happen, right?

The daily routine ceremony that had been delayed for a quarter of an hour began again, and the ministers bowed to the emperor on the imperial throne. Zhang Shangying narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Ji secretly, his face turned pale and his brows frowned. He knew at a glance what was going on.

It is mostly related to the Khitans in the north...

However, the daily life of the Chuigong Hall generally does not discuss such military and national affairs, so as not to scare the timid court officials and create unnecessary panic. This matter must be left to the Chongzheng Hall later when asked. Zhang Shangying sighed softly and said to himself: Why haven't that guy Cai Jing come yet? Do you really have to wait until he can handle all the troubles before picking up the ready-made ones?

While Zhang Shangying was complaining about Cai Jing in his heart, Zhao Ji on the imperial throne suddenly spoke: "Zhang Shangying."

Zhang Shangying was stunned for a moment and reported to the scepter to the squad: "...I am here."

"The Marine Mass Envoy Wu Haowen reported that the Roman Kingdom, the Roman King, the Great Food Kingdom, the Polo Kingdom, the Zhunian Kingdom, the Bagan Kingdom, the Sanfoqi Kingdom, the Zhenla Kingdom, the Champa, the Jiaozhi County Prince, the Liuqi Kingdom, and the Japanese Kingdom have gathered in Haizhou and planned to respect me as the great emperor who owns the four seas!"

Zhao Ji's words immediately caused a stir in the hall.

The eleven countries plus a Jiaozhi prince jointly submitted a letter to support Zhao Ji as the emperor with all the worlds, including the Roman Kingdom, the Great Food Kingdom, the Bagan Kingdom, the Zhunian Kingdom, the Palau Kingdom, the Sanfoqi Kingdom, the Zhenla Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom.

It's really an unprecedented event!

"I am congratulating you for Your Majesty, and I am congratulating you for the Song Dynasty..."

The ministers hurriedly congratulated Zhao Ji in unison.

However, Zhao Ji's interest was obviously not too high, and he was obviously still pretending to be in his heart. The Changju Dynasty did not go on for too long, and it ended in a hurry. Next, the important minister who was qualified to go to Chongzheng Hall to discuss politics, after Gong sent Zhao Ji away, under the guidance of Hemen Xuanzan, walked to Chongzheng Hall in the Qionglin Palace.

The emperor was not in the main hall of Chongzheng Hall, but in the right side hall of Chongzheng Hall where a huge sand table was collected.

This sand table was personally supervised by the military commander of Wuhaogu Dangdu. What was presented to Zhao Ji was Hebei, Hedong, and Nanjing Road, Xijing Road and Zhongjing Road in the Liao Kingdom. The mountains, rivers, cities, deserts, grasslands, and coasts are obvious at a glance.

Zhang Shangying, Zheng Juzhong and other prime ministers walked into the right hall of Chongzheng Hall and saw Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing were also inside. They were busy pushing small pieces of wood with hard cardboard into the position of the mandarin duck on the sand table with a special long push rod. The important officials glanced at the mandarin duck on the sand table, but there were many small flags, including a particularly larger flag with the words Yelu Yanxi written on it.

The Emperor of the Great Liao Dynasty has arrived at the Yuanyanglu!?

Zhang Shangying and Zheng Juzhong's two old hearts suddenly rose to their throats.

When Zhao Ji saw the ministers saluting him, he said in a gloomy voice: "Hebei Xuanfu Department reported that Yelu Yanxi had stationed in Yuanyanglu before the New Year, and the palace tents were constantly concentrating on Yuanyanglu, and the total number may have reached 100,000!"

Hundreds of thousands!?

The faces of the important officials also turned pale little by little. Khitan was no better than Dangxiang! Khitan could easily concentrate all 100,000 elite cavalry. This was not counting the data of auxiliary soldiers. If the auxiliary soldiers guarding the camp and basking the grass valley were included, the 300,000 army could also be pulled out.

I wonder how many times stronger this national strength is than Dangxiang!

Moreover, there is a bigger difference between Khitan and Dangxiang, which is that the mobility is one heaven and one earth. Although Dangxiang comes out of the battle, they are often hundreds of thousands of times, they are actually mostly walking mobility. If they are not strong in combat, they will also drag down the mobility of the cavalry.

Some of the Khitans had horses, and a 100,000 army (total number) could be paired with 300,000 to 400,000 war horses, and they could be as fast as lightning when they acted! Even if they could not defeat the new army of the Song Dynasty, with this skill of rapid movement, they could invade everywhere on the long border line, leaving the Song army running away with both legs exhausted.

In addition, the people and garrisons in Hebei and Hedong do not have to be northwest, as they are not adapted to the wartime environment at all. And they are afraid that Liao will have been for a long time!

When I heard that the Khitan was going to invade, I was most likely scared to flee! Do I still want to resist such a military and people?

Maybe, the Khitans have to fight all the way to the Yellow River again.

"Dare you ask your Majesty," Zhang Shangying finally reacted and asked Zhao Ji in a low voice, "Is there any solution for Hebei Xuanfu Department?"

"Hebei Xuanfu Department requested to prepare for war." Zhao Ji waved his hand at a small yellow gate serving in the hall. The small yellow gate held the memorial of the Hebei Xuanfu Department in his hand. Seeing Zhao Ji's gesture, he hurried to Zhang Shangying and presented the memorial with both hands.

Zhang Shangying immediately picked up the memorial and looked around. It turned out that Wu Haogu had proposed a plan to prepare for the army in this memorial.

"Your Majesty, the Hebei Xuanfu Department wants to recruit cavalry to join the first and second general of the Hebei New Army cavalry?" Zhang Shangying looked for a while and found the problem.

Most of the knights in Cangzhou are imperial knights! Although the imperial horses in front of the hall have not recruited the knights for several years, the military status of those knights is still in the palace for the hall! Once Kewu Haogu’s request is approved, these imperial knights will become cavalry of the Hebei New Army…

Zhao Ji said: "Wu Haogu said that the Cangzhou knights had not been summoned for many years and were no longer as brave as before. They must be recruited into the army as soon as possible and trained strictly, otherwise it would be difficult to be of great use in wartime. Zhang Shuye, Wang Bing, what do you think?"

Of course, Wu Haogu is fooling people.

The knights are not based on individual units, but on home units, both production units and military units. They are truly military-civilian integration! In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of more than 3,000 Knights' homes placed in Cangzhou and nearby areas, Wu Haogu adopted the method of starting from the baby and opened Jiehe Knight Primary School.

Anyone born in the Knights' House, whether they are the Imperial Knights or the Realm River Knights, can enter the school after passing the easier exam. The Knights Elementary School is responsible for their training and training!

Therefore, the targets that Wu Haogu can recruit now are not limited to the knights themselves, but also their children. The number and quality of people that can be mobilized are far better than what the senior officials in the court imagined.

In addition, Wu Haogu's fake sub-corps continued to develop. Not only did the nearly 1,000 people at the beginning trained into elite cavalry, but some of them even obtained official positions.

At the same time, the second generation of Knights also began to "recruit" (actually buying) after Wu Haogu controlled Danluo Island, and then began to train on Danluo Island, with a total of 1,500 people (1,000 people were planned to be trained).

In other words, Wu Haogu is not short of cavalry sources now, but lacks the appropriate name to officially turn the cavalry group of Beicangzhou into the cavalry of Hebei Xuanfu Division.

"Your Majesty, I think that the knights will be neglected in combat skills after a long period of peace."

"Your Majesty, the Cangzhou knights originated during the Yuanfu period of the late emperor. It has been ten years of spring and autumn. Many of them are old and may no longer be as brave as they were on the same day. If they do not train strictly, they will really not be able to use it."

Zhang Shuye and Wang Bing actually didn't know much about the situation, but no one dared to sing a counter-topic with Wu Haogu now. After all, Yelu Yanxi has been on the verge of the southern expedition. What if it is really true? Now that Wu Haogu is not allowed to train some troops, Yelu Yanxi really killed him and seized the Song Dynasty. Aren't they all become sinners forever?

Zhang Shangying and Zheng Juzhong, civil officials and chief officials, can also distinguish between priorities. Although Wu Haogu is not a good person, the officials are afraid that Yelu Yanxi is not Wu Haogu. Therefore, they all agree that Wu Haogu mobilizes the knights and speed up the formation of two generals and cavalry.

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you allocate funds to Hebei Xuanfu Department to recruit thousands or even ten thousand soldiers." Zhang Shangying still felt that it was not safe. Now Cai Jing is still rushing to Kaifeng Prefecture slowly, and I don't know when it will arrive.

Before Cai Jing arrived, he, as the acting prime minister, must not become the last prime minister of the Song Dynasty...
Chapter completed!