The struggle of the reborn prince

After entering November, Zhao Tun announced that he would spend the Spring Festival in Luoyang this year and would not return to Tokyo. He did this to let the people know that their emperor would not leave Xijing because he was assassinated; the two were to create public opinion for moving the capital The preparations above allow both the government and the opposition to have an adaptation process to reduce resistance from all parties; the three improve the status of Xijing and strengthen the power of the court by celebrating the new year in Luoyang.

With the promulgation of the emperor's decree, the panic caused by the assassination of the emperor dissipated, and everything returned to normal, and the people looked forward to the scene of having fun with the emperor.However, the powerful departments in Xijing and even Song Dynasty did not dare to take it lightly, and secretly strengthened their control.After a series of investigations by the Intelligence Agency and analysis by relevant departments, everyone believed that the Mulaiyi Kingdom had not been able to infiltrate the Song Dynasty's high-level for the time being, but the infiltration of the grassroots could not be ruled out.Therefore, it is necessary to further strengthen the protection of the emperor and transfer all suspicious elements away from the emperor.

At this time, it was the annual recruitment of recruits and the time for veterans to retire, so they took the opportunity to first rectify and adjust the Guards.Soldiers who can pass the review will be ordered to retire from active service, and those who have doubts that cannot be ruled out for the time being will be transferred to other troops or sent to military academies in the name of training and training.In order to ensure combat effectiveness, the Guards changed their practice of training recruits in the past, and the vacancies were replaced by selection from various departments of the army.

The selection of the Ministry of War, the Guards and the Imperial City Division is jointly responsible. Loyalty to His Majesty and the courage to sacrifice one's life for His Majesty are the first. That is to say, one must be politically qualified and have a clean family background; superb martial arts skills and excellent military quality are necessary conditions. It's better to be a sergeant who has served for more than three years and has actual combat experience; then there are requirements for faith.Local religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Shamanism are not prohibited, but those who believe in Islam must be strictly censored.Prevent being used by extreme cults.

The internal guard brigade, the last line of defense around the emperor, has also been adjusted and strengthened, and the commander is still Wangfu after recovering from injury.Increased the number of personnel in the Emperor's Personal Guard 'Shadow' unit.They will protect the emperor around the clock. To put it bluntly, they will stay close to the emperor like a shadow. Even when they are in court or meeting with ministers, they must hide in the dark and be ready to rush out to protect the emperor.

At the same time, a task force composed of elites from the Action Team directly under the Intelligence Department, the Military Intelligence Division, the Special Operations Brigade and the Mountain Force of the Imperial Army was also secretly prepared.Their selection conditions are more stringent, requiring team members to have actual mountain combat experience, accurate marksmanship, good at camouflage and lurking, proficient in reconnaissance, infiltration, climbing and other mountain tactics, proficient in using various weapons and having super field survival ability.The most demanding thing is that the team members are required to look like Tuque or Persians. It is best to master Persian, read and write Arabic characters, and be familiar with the customs and religious habits of the Alamut region.

Due to the particularity of the nature of this task.It was determined that the size of this contingent should not be too large, otherwise it would not only easily expose the target, but also put a greater pressure on the logistics supply. Therefore, the personnel were limited to 120 people and organized into four teams.Each team can carry out missions alone or cooperate to deal with larger targets. Before that, they have to receive strict mountain combat training and learn the language and characters of the target area.In order to be able to better hide themselves and carry out actions.

On the other hand, the Song Dynasty's intelligence network was fully deployed, collecting information about the Mulaiyi Kingdom, and infiltrating into its territory through various means.Know everything about the target’s residence, habits, appearance, life details, family members, guards, etc. It’s best to even know how many times he eats every day and what he eats.Go to the toilet a few times to figure it out.As another component of the Song Dynasty's intelligence system, the Four Halls, also began to send personnel into the Mulaiyi Kingdom in the name of merchants.Their task is to establish a base of operations for the contingent, provide material support and deliver information, and provide evacuation channels for them after completing their tasks.

Zhao Tun is the king of a country.Naturally, he has no chance to relive the heroic dream of defeating the enemy chief, and his heart is full of loss and helplessness. Now that he has gained status and power, he has also lost his 'freedom'.All he can do is to provide guidance based on what he has learned from his previous life and the actual situation, and try his best to pass on what he has learned to them.In short, he is very clear that this kind of blind operation of special operations deep behind the enemy is difficult to succeed, on the contrary, the more fully prepared, the greater the chance of success...

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In the twelfth lunar month, the emperor worshiped his ancestors and returned to Xijing. Envoys from various countries and local guards all went to Luoyang to pay homage.Luoyang City, which has been silent for hundreds of years, has ushered in its long-lost splendor. The whole city is decorated with lanterns and festoons to welcome the New Year. The majestic city and grand palaces are presented in front of people's eyes, making visitors from all walks of life feel the re-emergence of the Song Dynasty and once again become the center of the world.

After the new year, Zhao Tun issued an edict ordering the Ministry of Industry to rest the road from the Central Plains to the north and south of the desert, and build post stations along the way.The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials sent officials to the newly acquired places such as Northwest and Gaochang to set up prefectures and counties to fully restore the rule of the Song Dynasty.At the same time, large-scale immigration was carried out, and 30 retired state troops and forbidden soldiers and [-] soldiers from Southeast and Sichuan were recruited to the northwest to reclaim and defend the border to consolidate the border defense.He ordered the Secretary of Agriculture to promote new crops to the northwest, and began to use cotton farmers captured from Gaochang to teach cotton.

In March, Shengjia returned to Beijing to preside over the imperial examinations. He ordered the Ministry of Rites to add engineering and agricultural subjects to the next imperial examinations to select talents in construction, water conservancy and agriculture.And allocated special funds to order the prefectures to set up elementary schools in the townships, implement free education for school-age children, and set up special funds to expand county schools and recruit students.At the same time, great Confucians of various schools are encouraged to open academies, open libraries to teach apprentices, spread knowledge, and select talents.

In April, the expeditionary navy of the Seljuk Empire returned to Quanzhou and reported victory to the capital. The dragon was overjoyed and issued a decree to reward meritorious service. Cheng Xishou was granted the title of Shangzhu State, and Jin was granted the title of Duke Fubo; Ma Wei, Li Quan, Wang Gang was granted the title of General Protecting the Country, promoted to Lieutenant General, and was granted the title of Marquis; all meritorious personnel in various ministries were also given awards and ordered to go to Beijing to offer captives.In May, Cheng Xishou led his troops to Beijing to present the spoils of war, and the people in the capital of the Song Dynasty gained insight again.

Looking at the mountains of gold coins, Zhao Tang was of course grinning from ear to ear. He knew that looting is the fastest way to get rich, otherwise there would be no continuous wars that lasted the entire human history. Contrary to his expectations, this is equivalent to several years of tax revenue from the Great Song Dynasty. With the support of this large amount of wealth, he can do more things and speed up his preparations for war.

What Zhao Tun valued more was the books "invited" to the Song Dynasty by Arab scholars, craftsmen and "stolen". Song's cultural and technological level has reached a new peak and laid a solid foundation.He immediately ordered the establishment of Xihua Pavilion in Xijing to store the stolen books, organized scholars proficient in Arabic and "invited" scholars to translate and edit, and selected a group of young talents to study in the cabinet.

'Gen Garden', a mysterious place that contains countless secrets of the Song Dynasty, naturally would not give up this opportunity to learn. They took all the top scholars and craftsmen they captured into it, in order to transform what they learned as quickly as possible. For practical technology, to improve one's scientific research level, break through the bottleneck that is difficult to overcome, and then absorb and use it for oneself, and put it into practice.Make Dasong's technological level ahead of the world.

Although many handsome and tall Arabian war horses died on the way, more than [-] horses survived the long journey to the land of Song Dynasty, and they soon became the emperor's new favorite.Zhao Tang knew that these war horses would help improve the horse breeds of the Song Dynasty, but the population was still too small and needed to be bred to form a large scale. The strength of the Song cavalry army.

As for the beautiful Persian singers presented by the expeditionary army, Zhao Tun knew that he was not blessed to accept them, so he rewarded them all to the soldiers with meritorious service, not even his father. lineage.Those exquisite gold and silver utensils are all filial to his father, and he only left those sharp swords as rewards. Another harvest is to figure out the reason why he was assassinated from the record of the expeditionary army.

The expedition of the Song Army defeated several armies of the Seljuk Empire, broke through the city of Baghdad, took away a large amount of property and people, and forced the Caliph to pay a huge amount of treasure and sign a series of agreements to sell sovereignty before redeeming himself , from becoming a captive of the Orientals.This event can be said to have shocked the entire Islamic world. Several Crusades failed to break through Baghdad and capture the caliphate, but in the end, the Easterners who were thousands of miles away from the ocean did it, and let them know the origin of this Eastern country. Name - Great Song Empire.

Zhao Tang knew that the expeditionary force's move had shocked the Arab world, opened up maritime trade routes and gained great benefits, but he had also become the public enemy of the entire Muslim world, which was probably worse than the crusaders who conquered them several times.They were afraid of the power of the Song Dynasty and dared not speak out, let alone send troops to attack. They might have already said many bad things about themselves in front of Allah.

As a heterogeneous Mulayi kingdom in Islamic countries, although they are enemies of the Seljuk Empire, they believe in the same god after all, which also makes them think that their god has been insulted, and they are angry and think that Song Dynasty sent an assassin. I want to kill myself, the 'head of heresy'!In this way, they can not only vent their anger, but also become heroes of the Islamic world with this behavior, which will help them promote their own theories, recruit more believers, and become new religious leaders in the Islamic world.Zhao Tun also became a victim on the altar of the Sheikhs of the Mulaiyi Kingdom, a stepping stone on the road to success... (to be continued...)