After hearing what Zhao Kai said, Chen Dong and Chen Da's inner minister immediately felt that there was a chance, so he hurriedly followed the topic and said: "The official family is a wise country, a place of fish and rice in the southeast, and a prosperous land is actually the foundation of the country's military service and peace. It must be taken all of them. Never make the southeast a piece of wasteland!"

Zhao Kai nodded repeatedly and said thoughtfully: "Well," well said... If a country wants to be peaceful for a long time, it must have the northern soldiers and the southern wealth. Neither is missing! Without the northern soldiers, it cannot pacify the barbarians; without the southern wealth, it cannot use the northern soldiers! If the enemy is not peaceful, the country will be destroyed; if the soldiers are not used, the country will be in chaos!

Besides, the King of Wu who occupied Jiangnan is my elder brother, and is not comparable to the Jin thief, so there is no need to kill him. Chen Dong, do you think if I treat him as the King of Wu and Yue and grant the land of Liangzhe to the King of Wu, can I avoid the Southeast from the ravages of war?"

This is about to break the ground and be named king!

Chen Dong, Hu Quan, Yu Yunwen, and Xiao Buyan were all shocked by Zhao Kai's thoughts.

It is not enough for you to create a group of unruly and difficult-to-control military soldiers. Now you want to break up the land and become kings. Are you not afraid of causing the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and the Rebellion of the Eight Kings?

"Never forget!" Chen Dong was a little anxious, "The official family should not forget the seventh kingdoms of Han and the eighth kings of Jin!"

Zhao Kai smiled bitterly and said, "Chen Dong, what you said is wrong! The current status of King Wu is not given to me... He was not the King of Wu Yue, but the land of Lianghuai, Liangjiang and Jinghu South Road to me. How come these are the seven kings of Han and the eight kings of Jin? Besides, I am not Emperor Jing of Han, nor Emperor Hui of Jin. Even if there are more kings of the country, I will use the method of advocating grace to turn the big into small, so that they will not harm the country."

Chen Dong and others have noticed that Zhao Kai only mentioned Lianghuai, Liangjiang, and Jinghu South Road, and missed Liangguang and Fujian Roads... This shows that he doesn't mind signing a few more sect kings of the same surname!

It seems that Zhao Kaiping’s idea in Jiangnan is to first threaten military force, then win over political means, and then use the method of giving favors to differentiate them after success.

This idea looks pretty good, at least it greatly took care of the interests of Zhao Huan who had sneaked to the southeast and the royal family of the Song Dynasty.

But now the Southeast is really Zhao Huan and his brothers. Are the sons managing the southeast?

"Official family!" Yu Yunwen, who was most valued by Zhao Kai among a group of Hanlin people, spoke, "The State of Wu was shared with the literati... Since the King of Wu did not use military personnel and respected scholars, the Southeast civil and military practitioners had great benefits. Now, all over the country and abroad of Wu are controlled by the literati, and even the power of the king has been lost.

The government's method of splitting the land and becoming kings can only win over the royal families in the southeast, but cannot win over the Southeast scholars and officials. If the Southeast scholars and officials are determined to resist, then no matter how many kings of the same surname are granted by the government, they cannot seize the Southeast without bloodshed! If the government wants to take the entire Southeast, they still have to try to win over these Southeast scholars and officials!"

"Is that?" Zhao Kai still a little disbelief, "King Wu is also a founding leader, why did he lose power? Are those Southeast scholars so capable?"

In recent years, he has been focusing on the Jin Dynasty and has not cared much about the Southeast, nor has he taken the Southeast scholars and officials too seriously.

In his opinion, these people had no great ability except for writing a few beautiful articles, and their bones were very soft. They were more than once in history as surrenderists.

And Zhao Kai is not a Tartar with a rat-tailed braid with money, nor does he do anything to keep his hair or a head. What can those Southeast literati and officials resist? As long as Zhao Huan and Zhao Shu and other upper-class people kneel down, they should sing praises to themselves, the wise king who reopened the Song Dynasty.

"The officials don't know anything," Yu Yunwen also knew that Zhao Kai was not very concerned about the Southeast, so he had to explain patiently, "This dynasty... Oh, it was the Song Dynasty before the Xuanhe crisis. In name, it was the world with the scholars and officials, but in fact it was still used with both civil and military officials, and implemented the way of using civil and military officials to control military affairs. That is, it was not allowed to be civil officials in charge of military affairs, and military officials were not allowed to speak. Moreover, using the method of different paths of civil and military affairs to restrain each other, and they could not let go of their hands and feet to do things and take power. Only in this way can the king hold great power and the world be safe for a long time."

Long-term stability? Zhao Kaixin said: That is Zhao Gou's stability. Zhao Huan and I have to be the cuckold king... We have all become the cuckold kings, so why do we need this security?

Yu Yunwen continued: "But because the king of Wu has followed the officials, he did not trust the military. After he arrived in the southeast, he could dismiss the military and use the law of Confucian scholars alone. Once the Confucian scholars are used alone, they will be out of restraint and will not be able to push the blame for military affairs out of the way... Therefore, useless Confucian scholars cannot be used instead. Confucian scholars who are both civil and military can be used to make great use. Officials cannot underestimate the Confucian scholars in the southeast!"

Chen Dong also reminded: "The officials have selected few famous generals since ancient times, and used more... The Southeast Confucian ministers can achieve success through the imperial examination, which means that they are not stupid people. If they are left with the shelves, they will naturally become useless corrupt scholars over time. If they are entrusted with great responsibilities, more training, and then they will eliminate the drought and retain the essence. With time, they will of course use a group of famous officials and good generals. Therefore, the Southeast Army is not weak now, especially the Southeast Navy, which is the best in the world!"

Yu Yunwen was well aware of the falsehoods of the Southern Song Dynasty, while Chen Dong was well aware of the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty before the Xuanhe crisis. The Southern Song Dynasty was really using scholars now, which was different from pretending to trust civil officials before.

Moreover, leading troops to fight is a "empirical" job, and it will be fine if you do too much... If it really doesn't work, just replace people. Zhao Huan's Wu Jinshi was admitted to several hundred at a time, and a group of people could be eliminated during the use process.

Zhao Kai thought about it and felt it made sense, "Then how should I gather the Southeast scholars and officials for my own use?"

Chen Dong glanced at Yu Yunwen, and Yu Yunwen smiled but didn't say anything, obviously giving him the credit for his advice.

So Chen Dong said: "Officials, I think the method of attracting the hearts of the people in the Southeast is to run the imperial examination well!"

"Hold the imperial examination well?" Zhao Kai was stunned. "Does Mr. Chen think the imperial examinations are not held well now?"

Chen Dong smiled and said, "Use talents in troubled times, peace will support scholars... If peace is imminent today, the imperial examinations in the court should also change from using talents to supporting scholars."

Zhao Kai looked at Chen Dong and asked, "Holding scholars... Is the scholars aborted?"

"The official family is wise!" Chen Dongdao, "This is the way Emperor Taizu can pacify the world!"

Zhao Kai sighed and said, "This dynasty's method of pacifying the world is not just about raising the soldiers, but even raising the soldiers!"

Chen Dong nodded: "In this way, the world can be fine, the people can be rested, and the country can be safe for a long time. The so-called swords and guns are put into the warehouse and horses are put into the Nanshan Mountain. Isn't that the case? I wish Your Majesty to raise soldiers and soldiers for fifty years!"

"Fifty years..." Zhao Kai whispered, "Have the Sweat of the World!"

It is now the end of the seventh year of Hongwu in the Song Dynasty. It is considered to be the Western calendar year 1134, and it is only more than twenty years before Genghis Khan was born. Fifty years later, it is the time when Genghis Khan is the most clumsy and strong!

"Official family, what are you talking about?" Chen Dong didn't understand Zhao Kai's words, so he asked again.

"Nothing." Zhao Kai smiled, "Sir Chen, I have recorded your advice... I have to think about it carefully, you can step down first!"

Chen Dong, Hu Quan, Yu Yunwen, and Xiao Buyan heard this, so he bowed to Zhao Kai, and then left the Yaochi Hall in the Yaochi Palace together.

Seeing the four people leaving the hall gate, Zhao Kai sighed and whispered: "Twelfth Brother, what do you think of their advice?"

Then I saw a young man in his twenties, wearing a black hat and military uniform turning out from behind a screen.

This young man is Zhao Kai's twelfth brother, King Xin Zhao Zhi.

Zhao Zhi came from Jiangling. He had served as the Jinghu Road Pacifier and left Jiangling. After the war in the north came to an end, Zhao Kai ordered him to go north and just arrived in Beijing yesterday.

Today, Zhao Zhigong was one step earlier than Chen Dong, Hu Quan, Yu Yunwen, Xiao Buyan and others. He had been hiding behind the screen and eavesdropping. He knew what the four people wanted to do, so he smiled bitterly: "Emperor brother, I think it's always good to pacify the southeast without using military force... The kings of the southeast should win over, and the literati and officials in the southeast should win over. As for whether to nourish or use after pacifying, isn't it just a matter of the emperor's words?"

Zhao Kai asked again: "You have been in Jiangling for many years. Do you think the Southeast is easy to seize?"

"It's not easy," Zhao Zhi said, "We must use a naval army to take the southeast... and now Shandong has not yet settled, and the only way to take the south of the Yangtze River is to go south from the Han River. The Wu army has long been guarding Ezhou and built countless artillery towers. Our naval army may not even be able to get out of the Han River! Even if we can get out of the Han River, our naval warships will find it difficult to fight against the Wu army's tortoise shell iron-shelled ships!"

"Tortoise shell iron-shelled ship?" Zhao Kai was stunned, "What kind of ship is this?"

Zhao Zhi said: "Please borrow paper and pen to use it."

Zhao Kai nodded at Wu Meiniang, who immediately put away Zhao Kai's famous work, "The World Map", and then spread rice paper on the desk again.

Zhao Zhi took a brush and outlined it on rice paper. He quickly drew a warship with a strange appearance - the lower body of this warship is ordinary and no different from the large ship. However, a circle of baffles tilted inwards stood on the deck. The baffles were not tall, and there were two holes on each baffle. There were also a pointed roof on the top of the baffle. In addition, two cannons were placed side by side at the bow of the warship.

"Is this ship an iron shell?" Zhao Kai was a little unbelievable.

"It's not all iron," Zhao Zhi replied, "those baffles and roofs are covered with iron sheets on the outside of the wooden boards. They are very strong, and our cannons may not be able to move!

In addition, this kind of warship is very low and its hull is not large. The cannons mounted on the shore are too far away and cannot hit it at all. Moreover, there are cannons at the bow of this kind of warship, and ordinary warships are not its opponent. Unless the same iron-shelled gunship is built, the Yangtze River will be firmly mastered by the Wu Navy. However, our shipbuilding skills are not as good as those of the Wu Kingdom, and we cannot build such a ship!"
Chapter completed!