The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 24
"This, Your Majesty, it's not that Pindao doesn't want to agree to you, it's really impossible!" said the old Taoist with a painful expression on his face.

Zhao Huan naturally knew the difficulty of this thing, but according to historical records, the use of muskets had already begun to appear in the early Southern Song Dynasty, and this thing should be developed soon. Now Zhao Huan just wants to make this thing available. Give the time a little earlier.

Zhao Huan understood very well that in this era of cold weapons, once he possesses hot weapons, his goal of becoming an emperor through the ages can be realized.

Of course, the reason why Zhao Huan urgently needs hot weapons now is to deal with the next attack of the Kingdom of Jin. In this era of cold weapons, cavalry is the absolute combat power on the frontal battlefield, and this is precisely the shortcoming of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty lacked horses. , Compared with these peoples on horseback, there is an inherent weakness.

"Can't it be done?" Zhao Huan picked up the empty teacup in front of him and let it keep turning in circles in his hands. Zong Ze had already reported to him that this old Taoist priest was not very cooperative with the work of the Ordnance Department. Huan needs to find a way to subdue this old Taoist priest. In his opinion, the old Taoist priests of this dynasty are just like the professors of later generations. something to come.

The old Taoist held his breath, trying to support what Zhao Huan wanted to say next, so that he could respond to it, but Zhao Huan just asked a question back, and there was no more to say, but he was very flexible there. Turning the teacup in his hand, he seemed to forget that he was still sitting in front of him.

An invisible pressure pressed on the old Taoist priest. It stands to reason that the old Taoist priest is pure-hearted and ascetic, and there shouldn't be anything that can disturb his mind, but at this time, facing the coercion from the emperor But he was sweating.

"Father respects our Taoism so much that it seems to have become the number one religion in our Great Song Kingdom!" Zhao Huan said flatly.

The old Taoist didn't understand the deep meaning of Zhao Huan's words, so he responded cautiously and said, "It's thanks to the Supreme Emperor's love that he gave me a chance to teach."

"Well, but you don't want to repay the country's kindness at all, serve the motherland, but use black magic to deceive the father, causing the father to believe in your rumors. When the Jin Kingdom came to besiege Kaifeng, you didn't want to resist, but wanted to I want to pray to the old master, so that Bianjing was besieged for ten days, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed or killed." Zhao Huan said to the old Taoist in front of him with a stern voice.

The old Taoist was bewildered when he heard what Zhao Huan said. What Zhao Huan said seemed to have nothing to do with Taoism. This was clearly the Emperor's own idea. Why should he be accused of this kind of crime? On the head, this is really a crime of wanting to impose, so there is no excuse for it.

"Your Majesty, this doesn't seem to have anything to do with our Taoism, does it?" the old Taoist said bravely.

Zhao Huan also knew that it seemed a bit unreasonable for him to say this, but Taoism in the Song Dynasty was a bit too much. He snorted coldly and said, "How dare you say it's okay? You know, when Bianjing was besieged, there was still You Taoists offer advice to me without resisting, he can defeat the Jin army with Liujia soldiers, and almost caused Kaifeng Mansion to be destroyed by the Jin army, just based on this alone, I said that teaching is a demon way, but I am not right?"

Now the old Taoist is even more confused. Someone offered Zhao Huan a plan to use Liujia soldiers to defeat the enemy?Why hadn't he heard of this before, but he did know about the Liujia soldiers, it was indeed a Taoist term, he peeked at Zhao Huan with his eyes, saw Zhao Huan's face was serious and his eyes were angry, it didn't seem to be a fake, As a master of Taoism, he naturally understands that it is nonsense that Liujia soldiers defeated the enemy. If this is true, then if the emperor uses this incident to label Taoism as a demon, it will make Taoism cry It's a game.

"Your Majesty, forgive me. I don't know about this. Someone must be pretending to be a Taoist and ruin my reputation!" The old Taoist was frightened, and quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.

To say that this group of old Taoist priests, money, beauties, and power are really not attractive to them, but they also have weaknesses, that is, their obsession with Taoism in their hearts. Zhao Huan also grasped this point of the old Taoist priests, He just surrendered this guy. As for what Zhao Huan said about someone offering a plan for Liujia soldiers to defeat the enemy, it did happen, but it was not this time that Bianjing was besieged, but the next time the Jin army besieged Bianjing.

Zhao Huan successfully bluffed the old Taoist priest.

"You mean I'm framing you?" Zhao Huan said coldly.

"Don't dare to channel! It's just..." The old Taoist's face turned bitter. When he saw the young emperor just now, he still looked down upon him. ah.

"Okay, I don't want to listen to your explanation. I will issue an imperial decree tomorrow to investigate Taoism across the country, eliminate demons, and rectify the atmosphere." Zhao Huan said coldly, and after saying this, Zhao Huan was about to get up and leave.

This frightened the old Taoist. Taoism has developed from the Taishang Laojun to the present. It is really not easy. If he uprooted Taoism, then he would be a sinner of Taoism through the ages. The old Taoist knelt He fell to the ground and kowtowed "Boom, boom, boom...".

"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me..."

"Hmph! I've always been a person with clear merits and demerits. Since you want me to forgive you, then make a contribution for your crime. I will give you another chance." Zhao Huan said coldly.

People are knives, I am fish, this matter, I can’t agree to it, the old Taoist is ready to cry now, it turns out that after such a big circle, the little emperor just wants to let him continue to develop gunpowder for him If I had known that he valued this gunpowder so much, he wouldn’t have refused so simply just now. This is great. Not only did he have to live bravely, but he also lost a chance to bargain. The old Taoist wanted to cry There is.

"Your Majesty, the poor Daoist will be so heartbroken that he will complete the task assigned by His Majesty!" The old Taoist kowtowed again, and this time he kowtowed sincerely. The new emperor is completely different from his old man. When he met Zhao Ji, He only needs to flatter him that he has seen him in the sky before. If this trick is used on the little emperor now, he will probably be classified as a demon on the spot.

"Okay, then I'll wait." Zhao Huan finished speaking and walked out.

"If this matter can be accomplished, I will decree that your Lingxiao faction be the orthodox Taoist school." Zhao Huan's voice came from afar.

(End of this chapter)