Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1090
The world has once again entered a state of short-term recuperation. Song, Wu, and Wuyue countries need to recharge their batteries and prepare for the next stage of attack or defense, while Xiangfu, Liao, and even Dali are secretly preparing Conquer the world or share a piece of cake.

However, the court of Song State sent troops to Wu State twice but returned without success, and even suffered some defeats. All forces in the world suddenly discovered that Song State was far less powerful than when Song Taizu and the legendary emperor Ye Chen were there.

Zhao Dezhao and even Li Mingxuan couldn't imagine that if they sent troops to attack Wu, hundreds of thousands of cavalry from Liao suddenly went south, and Xiangfu's 20 troops suddenly marched east. A good general and his [-] elite army.But can they stop the armies of the two most powerful countries in the world today?Even if they could stop it, Song's finances would not be able to support a three-sided war.

Therefore, in order to be able to hoard a large amount of food and weapons and equipment quickly, the court has money to use.Zhao Dezhao listened to Li Mingxuan's suggestion, appropriately raised the agricultural tax, and greatly increased the commercial tax.Whether it's Li Mingxuan, Lu Yuqing, or even Zhao Dezhao himself, they all know the truth that "the people can carry a boat or overturn it", and the disadvantages of unscrupulously raising taxes, but they have no choice because they don't have the means to accumulate wealth like Ye Chen. The loss of the most prosperous Jiangnan, coupled with the disastrous defeat of the three wars with the Xiangfu country in the past two years, and the fiasco of the war with the Wu country a year ago, has exhausted the treasury of the Song country, and the army has also suffered.

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South China Sea, Jinyuan Island, is also the capital and meeting hall of Jinyuan Prefecture where Xiangfu Guoyuan is overseas.

Kou Zhun and Liu Jinyuan looked at the large map on the wall that was six feet wide and long. To the north of Jinyuan Island, and the former Wa Kingdom, and now the Xiangfu Kingdom Wa Prefecture, the navy base that is about to form a line is even more eye-catching.

The two analyzed the current situation on the mainland, and discussed when the navy would send a large army to land on the mainland so that they could better cooperate with Xiangfu's own army to fight the world?And where is the landing most in line with strategic requirements?Xiangfu Kingdom is tens of thousands of miles away, and communication is inconvenient. Kou Zhun can only cooperate according to the general strategic thinking proposed by Ye Chen before coming here, so the analysis and judgment of each of their actions is particularly important.

The chief civil and military official of Jin Yuanzhou, who has become the overlord of the sea, talked about his happiness, and laughed confidently from time to time.In just over half a year, Kou Zhun has also changed a lot. One side is in power, and one side is in charge of power alone, which makes his aura more calm and restrained.Kou Zhun, who would have been a famous figure in the Song Dynasty in history, was carefully cultivated by Ye Chen and some of the later generations' knowledge and viewpoints, and was deliberately honed and forged from small to large. In six years, he made what he had The extraordinary potential has finally been gradually developed, with the ability to stand alone as a frontier official, and even laid a solid foundation for ruling the world.

It's just that the news from the Mainland Security Department the day before yesterday mentioned that "Shui'er is missing and has not been found so far", which made Kou Zhun very worried all the time, but he could only sigh.

"The teacher can't find Shui'er, even if I'm in the mainland, so what?"

"Maybe it's because the girl Shui'er doesn't want to go back to the teacher's side."

As he was thinking to himself, a soldier came in to report: "Lord Kou, Marshal, Master Su brought a naval commander to see him urgently."

The two looked at each other, and Kou Zhun said, "Let them in."

The Master Su mentioned by the soldiers is Su Zengshu, the military advisor of Liu Jinyuan's Dajiang Gang back then, and later the envoy of the Intelligence Analysis Department of Huaxia Weifu Nanfu, and now the chief of staff of the Jinyuanzhou Navy, and also the envoy of the Jinyuanzhou Branch of the Ministry of Security , responsible for all intelligence matters, with great power in his hands, he can be regarded as the third person in Jin Yuanzhou, second only to Kou Zhun and Liu Jinyuan.Under normal circumstances, he would not personally send information if there was no important matter, let alone bring a naval officer.

"Lord Kou, general!" Su Zengshu walked in with a solemn expression, leading a naval officer, and saluted the two.

When Kou Zhun and Liu Jinyuan saw the person next to Su Zengshu, they couldn't help being surprised. The person who came was none other than Liu Zhiwei, the deputy brigade commander of the first brigade who was in charge of developing the naval base outside.But the latter appeared here at this time, and it was said earlier that it was an emergency military situation. What kind of military situation made the deputy brigade commander come back from a long distance? Could it be that something happened to the first brigade of the expeditionary navy?

"My subordinate Liu Zhiwei pays homage to Mr. Kou and the Marshal!" Liu Zhiwei paid his respects.

"Don't be too polite, get up!" Kou Zhun looked calm, without any nervousness.Liu Jinyuan next to him also nodded.

"Thank you, sir and handsome!" Liu Zhiwei got up.

During this process, Kou Zhun looked at Liu Zhiwei intently, seeing that Liu Zhiwei did not look nervous or anxious, he was even more determined.

"Deputy Brigadier Liu, Qi Haitao made a special trip to ask you to come back. Why is it so important?" Kou Zhun asked Liu Zhiwei after he sat down and served tea.

Liu Zhiwei will now find out how the fleet of the big island is black and black, and how to track it all the way to find the island, and then how to capture the port on the island, and find that the island is actually a descendant of the royal family of the Sui Dynasty more than 300 years ago. things said again.

At the beginning, although Kou Zhun and Liu Jinyuan were taken aback, they were fine. They just thought that they would need to send at least five more brigades to take down each other.But Kou Zhun didn't know what suddenly came to his mind, and he stood up abruptly, with an agitated expression and scary bright eyes.

Although Kou Zhun was young, everyone had never seen Kou Zhun lose his composure so much, so their hearts immediately rose to their throats.

"Master Kou remembered something and lost his composure." Liu Jinyuan couldn't help asking.

At this time, Kou Zhun took a deep breath, sat down slowly, his face had returned to normal, but he said solemnly: "I suspect that the descendants of the royal family of the Sui Dynasty have the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in their hands!"

Liu Jinyuan and Liu Zhiwei were stunned for a moment, but Su Zengshu, who was a scholar at the same time, was shocked and his eyes shot out.

Liu Zhiwei was even more confused: "Isn't Yuxi in the hands of Emperor Song?"

Kou Zhun shook his head and said, "Nowadays, Emperor Song has jade seals. Liao Kingdom, Wu Kingdom, Wuyue Kingdom, and even Dali Kingdom, as well as His Majesty, have jade seals. But these jade seals are not handed down."

"The real Jade Seal of the Nation has been the token of the Chinese emperor since Qin Shihuang, the first emperor appeared in the Central Plains. The emperors of all dynasties have taken this seal as a symbol, and regarded it as an important weapon of the country. Those who ascended to great positions but did not have this seal , I always feel that there is a lack of confidence. When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, he claimed that the greatest regret in his life was the seal of the country. Naturally, such a treasure cannot be compared with ordinary gold, jewels and jade. Its value has far exceeded the treasure itself Hundreds of millions of times. There have long been rumors that although the style and printing of the jade seals of the Tang Dynasty are similar to those of the Chuan Kingdom, they are only imitations of the Chuan Guo Yuxi. The jade seals of other countries after that are not even counted as imitations. The jade seal with the dragon as a new seal, which is printed with the words "Desire of Haotian, Emperor Shouchang", came from the state of Jin. In the past, Emperor Taizong of Khitan sent troops to the south to destroy the state of Jin and obtained his national seal. Since then, he has been regarded as Khitan At that time, the remnants of the Jin Dynasty gave birth to the Han Dynasty, and a branch of the Han Dynasty gave birth to the Zhou Kingdom, and Zhou changed its flag to become the Song Dynasty, so the Song Dynasty’s jade seal was also not the real Chuanguo Yuxi. The most important thing Yes, it is said that when the Li family established the country in the Tang Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty fell, a prince of the Sui Dynasty disappeared mysteriously, and the jade seal passed down from the previous dynasty in the Sui Dynasty also disappeared along with it."

Kou Zhun finished all the historical allusions he knew in one breath, and Su Zengshu, Liu Jinyuan, and Liu Zhiwei finally understood the importance of the Jade Seal of Chuanguo, and roughly understood the reason why Kou Zhun lost his temper in such agitation just now.

"Master Kou, don't you suspect that the Chuan Guo Yuxi is on these descendants of the Sui Dynasty royal family..." Liu Jinyuan expressed the guesses in everyone's minds.

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "That's right, if the people on this island are really descendants of the royal family of the Sui Dynasty, then the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom is likely to be on them. You should know the importance of the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom to a dynasty, especially It has irreplaceable significance. The so-called divine right of the king, and the Jade Seal of the Kingdom has gone through more than 1000 years. Every time the dynasty changes, he must be an important target for competition. Whoever gets it will have a morally orthodox position.

"God bless Your Majesty, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven." Liu Jinyuan on the side said loudly.

Seeing that everyone has understood the importance of this matter and the reason behind it, Kou Zhun has regained his composure, sat down again, and said to the people who had also stood up: "Everyone sit down, is there anyone on the island?" The Jade Seal of Chuanguo is not sure yet! What's more, even if there is one, the island must be captured first."

Liu Jinyuan couldn't help but said: "The Jade Seal of Chuanguo is very important, but what is important is our strength. For example, although the Sui Dynasty had the Jade Seal of Chuanguo in its hands, it was handed down for two generations, and then the country was destroyed, leaving a descendant Fleeing overseas, imprisoned on the island."

Kou Zhun shook his head and said: "General Liu's words are certainly reasonable, but if our Xiangfu Kingdom is strong enough, and if we have this handed down jade seal, it will be icing on the cake. Your Majesty will send troops to conquer the world and take the Great Song Dynasty. The name is justified, and when the time comes, as long as this thing is revealed, the scholars of the world will not be far away. General Liu should know that because His Majesty rebelled against the Song Dynasty back then, many scholars in the Central Plains and Jiangnan are still unwilling to submit to His Majesty. But if With the Chuanguo Yuxi, it will be different. Therefore, no matter what, we must take down this big island controlled by the descendants of the royal family of the Sui Dynasty."

(End of this chapter)