Song Gexing

Chapter 117 The case is clear

"What does the prince think?"

Pang Ji did not answer Zhao Zhen's words, but turned to ask Zhao Fang.

Zhao Fang thought for a while and said: "Gunpowder is most afraid of moisture. In fact, Bianjing is not suitable for storage, but this is a weapon of the imperial court and must be closely monitored."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. It was precisely because of this reason that the Ministry of Industry had never dared to agree to the relocation.

"If this is not the case, a special team will be drawn from the imperial city department to divide the craftsmen in charge of firearms from the military department, go south to Yingtianfu, put the firearms manufacturing and gunpowder storage there, and send an internal minister to assist the officials of the Ministry of Industry to sit in the town. It does its job there."

As soon as Zhao Fang said this, everyone immediately started talking. In terms of geographical environment, Nanjing Yingtian Mansion is very close to Feng Mansion, right next door.

To the east are Suzhou and Huaibei areas, to the south is Luyi County (later Zhoukoudian) to which Bozhou belongs, and to the north is Heze.

Moreover, this place was the foundation of the founding of the Song Dynasty. It had sufficient defense capabilities. A few years ago, three holy temples were built there to worship Song Taizu, Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong. They were regarded as the original temples of Zhao Song.

If among the four capitals, Luoyang and Daming Mansion were for military purposes, then Yingtian Mansion was purely to demonstrate the virtues of the Song Dynasty.

The entire city was modeled after Bianjing, but the scale was not that large. The Yamen such as the Appeasement Department and the Transportation Department on the East and West Roads of Beijing were also there.

Although water transportation is developed there, there are almost no floods. As mentioned above, the Yellow River's diversion to capture the Huaihe River has not yet occurred. This area belongs to the water system of the tributaries of the Huaihe River.

With Zhao Fang's strategy of regulating the Yellow River in the past few years, the historical incident of seizing the Huaihe River would normally be impossible to happen again.

As a result, it has a high status, an important location, convenient transportation, and tight defense. All indicators have reached safety standards. It is unreasonable to say that it is not good.

After everyone discussed it, Yan Shu first endorsed it and said: "I agree to move to Nanjing, and gunpowder and firearms are inherently fire-bearing. Nanjing is the land of the God of Fire."

Everyone agreed upon hearing this. The so-called land of the God of Fire meant that Yingtian Mansion was the territory of the ancient Suiren clan and the birthplace of making fire by drilling wood.

This is also the reason why Zhao Song is called Huode. The Zhao family is clearly called the Tianshui Zhao family, but it is the Huode dynasty, precisely because the land of Longxing is the hometown of the fire god.

But yes, Chinese firearms were first used on the battlefield in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, and by the Southern Song Dynasty, there were metal tubular launchers, which were the prototype of muskets.

"I'll go! Father and son will go to Nanjing to make arrangements in person. I'm good at this!"

Seeing that everyone agreed, Zhao Fang immediately jumped up and ran in a big circle. He was about to reach Nanjing and was caught back. This time he could not lose the opportunity again.

But as soon as the words were said, everyone immediately rolled their eyes. Zhao Zhen said sadly: "You can go, you can ask your two mothers, both of them agree, and Dad has no objection."

However, Zhao Fang was so excited at the moment that he didn't hear his father's teasing intention, and asked in confusion: "No, dad, this is a business matter. Besides, the harem is not allowed to engage in politics, why do you need mother and the others to agree?" "

These words made the ministers laugh. Liang Shi smiled, looked at Ding Du and said: "It seems that our Crown Prince is also confused sometimes."

Ding Du smiled and said: "Although I am confused, I don't forget the rules. It shows that everyone has the right vision."

The two were talking in a low voice, but Zhao Fang was looking at everyone because he was being laughed at. He heard it after regaining his hearing and vision.

He was suddenly startled: "Why am I confused? What did these two guys say?"

She looked at Zhao Zhen suspiciously and saw that he was smiling mischievously, and then realized something was wrong.

He asked tentatively: "Who was dad just now?" "No dad! If you don't agree, just say you don't agree. You also asked me to ask my mother, the injury on my son's buttocks is just right. How can you be like this!"

Finally realizing that he had been tricked by his father, Zhao Fang cried out unhappily.

But Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "You know your injury is just right, so why are you still bothering to go out? You should explain it to your mother first, so that you don't get beaten up again and no one will feel sorry for you."

Zhao Fang was dumbfounded. It was the first time he discovered that his father, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, could also tease people. Is this still the man who was kind and kind and won the hearts of the people?

After a long while, he finally choked out a sentence and said: "Dad is not a good person either." Then he looked at everyone and said, "And you are not good people. I have left and won't talk to you."

As he walked out the door angrily, Wang Zhongzheng happened to come in. When he saw him, he said overjoyed: "Good news, Prince! There is news from Songyang Academy..."

Zhao Zhen in the main hall heard it, and hurriedly shouted: "But the Imperial City Secretary has checked it out? Shouzhong came in and said."

Wang Zhongzheng responded loudly and stretched out his hand attentively to invite Zhao Fang in. Zhao Fang, who had listened halfway, reluctantly went in again. He had to hear the report with his own ears.

"Officials, the Imperial City Secretary has urgently reported that Gao Jin, a student of Songyang Academy, is a Khitan master. The commander who assassinated the prince is named Ming'an, and he was his scholar..."

The Imperial City Secretary is indeed not a vegetarian. After more than a month of investigation, he finally nailed Ming An and dug out Gao Jin behind him.

Also, in the Song Dynasty, there must be a way to leave the place of residence. Ming'an attacked Zhao Fang and his party no longer in the local area, and the county government will have records of his departure.

After he was suspected, Gao Jin was naturally investigated, and it turned out that there was a problem with his household registration. After following this investigation, he couldn't hide it.

"The officials don't know, maybe it's Gao Jin who slipped up accidentally, otherwise it would be really difficult to investigate..."

Wang Zhongzheng looked like a proud rooster. It turned out that Gao Jin entered the academy as a scholar from Huainan West Road and Shuzhou.

This was normal at first, Songyang Academy was famous all over the world, and many students from other places came here to study.

But after being suspected, after a secret investigation, it was discovered that he had been teased by his classmates once, saying that his accent sounded like a northerner.

He covered up this matter, and he hasn't made this mistake since then, but it was different when the secret agent of the imperial city found out, and went directly to Shuzhou to investigate his household registration.

Shuzhou was located in Anhui in later generations. This state has long been buried in the dust of history. It was probably the location of Anqing in later generations and the transportation hub of the Yangtze River waterway.

There has been a lot of flow of people here from ancient times to the present, especially when water transportation was needed in ancient times. It is also a place where many foreign people have settled in the local area.

The Gao family is indeed registered in Shuzhou, but after checking, it was found that Gao Jin's grandfather moved from Jixian County, which is the junction of Song and Liao Dynasties.

There were two places in Jixian County in the Song Dynasty. In fact, the same place was divided into two places. Jixian County, which was originally under the jurisdiction of Youzhou, was taken over by the Liao Kingdom after the Liao Kingdom occupied the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun.

Later Zhou Dynasty Chai Rong regained two and a half states, including part of the territory here. Song Taizu conquered Liao twice, and Youzhou also had support.

But in the end, the Song Dynasty gave up and continued to fight, and Youzhou was not taken back in the end, but the Song Dynasty also established a Jixian County in its own territory.

The location is Tianjin in later generations, but it is not Jixian County in Tianjin. The geographical location is different. Most of the Jixian County in later generations should be occupied by the Liao Kingdom.

In other words, Tianjin is the dividing line between Song and Liao. Both countries set up a Jixian County here, and the Gao family moved from Jixian to Shuzhou.

(End of this chapter)