Lord Moyu was forced to open

"Your Majesty! We congratulate the Great Song! Congratulations to Your Majesty! This is a great joyous event for our Great Song!

Now, the control of the Song Dynasty court has greatly increased, whether in the north or south, or in the east or west!

From now on, the Great Song Dynasty will no longer be afraid of local unrest. Our Great Song Dynasty's heavenly soldiers can be delivered to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty at the fastest speed at any time to suppress all disobedience!
Your Majesty! The Song Dynasty will last for ten thousand years!"

Facing the respectful regards of the ministers, Zhao Jun also smiled, slowly stood up from the dragon chair and said to the officials:

"Since the time of my last emperor, the Song Dynasty has been in turmoil due to local unrest and foreign threats. Although I have rebuilt the Song Dynasty, as the territory of the Song Dynasty has expanded, the threat of local instability has reappeared.

but!
From today on, I can proudly announce to the people of the world and to the ancestors of my Great Song that my Great Song will no longer be in danger of being out of control.

The heavenly soldiers can arrive at any territory of ours in an instant, and the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty will extend to any territory of ours!

Our Song Dynasty is stable!"

After saying this, Zhao Jun turned around and looked at Zhao Jian, who was standing in the front row of civil servants and was still a little confused.
"Prince, I will teach you today that this railway will be the lifeblood of our Song Dynasty from now on.

The railways are getting bigger and longer!
The stronger the Song Dynasty's control over its territory, the more stable its national destiny will be.

In the future, you must not give it to others because of the loss. That would be tantamount to letting others take control of the famous instrument, which would bring disaster to the country!"

Listening to Zhao Jun's teachings, Zhao Jian seemed to gradually understand the meaning of his father's words. He immediately bowed and promised:

"Don't worry, father. The only important thing for the country is the famous instrument. I will definitely remember your teachings. No matter what happens to this railway in the future, I will firmly hold it in my hands and not let it fall into the hands of others!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Hearing the little guy's assurance, Zhao Jun was extremely satisfied and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

All the officials also smiled kindly.

……

Since then, with the completion of the two railways, the entire Song Dynasty began to usher in tremendous changes. Various materials from the north and the south began to communicate and complement each other, which enabled great development in all places. The originally poor places became prosperous because of their own characteristics and the completion of railways, and the people began to gradually become rich.

When they have money, they want to visit other places, which allows places with beautiful scenery but no other special products to make money.

The scholars who had traveled to study in previous years were able to travel to more places and meet more colleagues because of the completion of the railway. With the mutual exchanges, the literary world of the Song Dynasty began to explode, and all kinds of new ideas and new works came into being one after another.

Merchants brought goods from all over the world to places that needed them more, making a profit, and the local people also got what they desperately needed.

The entire Song Dynasty began to prosper because of these two railways.

The economic prosperity has led to a greater demand for railways, and people have begun to pursue faster trains and longer railways.

Driven by the general trend, more funds were invested in the research of steam engines, and more and more railways began to be built.

The entire Song Dynasty seemed to be on the fast lane and speeding away!
Economy, culture and military are all flourishing!
This prosperous scene continued until a small village in Jianjiang County was invaded by the Red Barbarians, which shocked the entire Song Dynasty!

"What! The Red Barbarians actually attacked the coast of our Great Song Dynasty! What do they want to do?!

What is the East China Sea Fleet doing? Why haven't they caught these red barbarians yet?
Does the Red Barbarian want to die? !
Their actions are a provocation to our Song Dynasty!"

When the news of the attack along the coast reached Bian Jing, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked by the news, but they were immediately filled with deafening anger!
Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, it has always been the Song Dynasty that has attacked others. When will it be the turn of others to attack the Song Dynasty? Do you think the swords of the Song Dynasty are not good enough?
Zhao Jun's face was extremely gloomy as he sat on the dragon throne. He did not expect that such a thing would happen when the Song Dynasty's national strength was booming. Those damn Europeans actually dared to attack the coastal areas of the Song Dynasty. Are they so arrogant because they have never been beaten?
However, the specific situation was not known yet, so Zhao Jun had to suppress his anger and wait until all the officials had digested the news before he spoke to them:
“Three days ago, a coastal fishing village in Hang County under the jurisdiction of Jianjiang Ning’an Prefecture was invaded by the Red Barbarians. More than 200 people in the village were killed, and all their property was robbed.

The whole village was almost turned into a wasteland!

This matter has now spread throughout the entire territory of our Great Song Dynasty. People all over the world are watching the attitude of the court. The accumulated majesty of our Great Song Dynasty is now suffering serious provocation!

My dear ministers, how do you think the Song Dynasty should respond to this situation?

How can we satisfy the people and maintain the dignity of the Song Dynasty? ! "

As soon as Zhao finished speaking, a military general immediately stood up and said loudly:
"Your Majesty! We are rough people and don't understand the great principles, but we know that we can't keep silent when we are bullied, otherwise others will think you are easy to bully and will continue to bully you!
We can't just not fight back when we're hit!
Your Majesty! I beg your Majesty to send me to Jianjiang. I will build a Jingguan for the Red Barbarians who attacked our Song Dynasty and skin them alive!

Let them pay for what they did!"

As soon as he finished speaking, other generals stood up and challenged to fight.

As for the civil servants, no one said anything weak this time.

The Song Dynasty has been so powerful in these years, but now it is being bullied. If they dare to be weak at this moment, they can forget about staying in this court. No matter what, the Song Dynasty cannot lose face!
And some radical civil servants were shouting that the nine generations of revenge could still be avenged!

Listening to the noisy voices below, some asking for battle, some calling for revenge, Zhao Jun did not respond immediately. Instead, after a moment of silence, he suddenly turned his head and looked at the Minister of the Navy, Li Erniu, who was standing in the front row of the generals, and asked:
"General Li, what I want to know is, where was the East China Sea Fleet of the Song Dynasty when the Red Barbarians landed on the sea border of the Song Dynasty?"

Li Erniu had a bitter smile on his face at this time. When the incident happened, he knew that this day would come. No matter what, their navy was responsible for defending the sea borders of the Song Dynasty.

Now that there are problems in the sea, the first ones to be held accountable are their East China Sea Fleet.

Can……

Thousands of words turned into a bitter smile, and Li Erniu finally had to bow and reply:
"Your Majesty, when the Red Barbarians landed on Jianjiang River, the nearby fleet happened to discover that the Red Barbarians were looting our Great Song merchant ships, so they went to hunt down the Red Barbarians who looted the merchant ships. When we rescued the merchant ships and came back, the Red Barbarians had already left."

Zhao Jun narrowed his eyes and said, "In other words, you were lured away from the mountain by someone?"

Li Erniu nodded with a wry smile.

Zhao Jun was silent for a while, then stood up suddenly, with a fierce momentum rising, and shouted coldly without any emotion:
"Li Erniu! Since the establishment of the East China Sea Fleet, you have enjoyed the best treatment from our Great Song Dynasty, the most military funds! The most generous conditions, and the most supplies!

In recent years, the Song Dynasty's investment in the navy has been three to five times that of the army!
Even your soldiers are composed of the elite troops from our Great Song Army!
I invested so much money and so many people just to let your East China Sea Fleet defend the sea borders of my Song Dynasty!

What happened? What happened? You are telling me now that you were lured away from your mountain!

Tell me now! How are you going to explain this to me! How are you going to explain this to the hundreds of millions of people in the Song Dynasty!
Your salary is the blood and sweat of the people!
How can your East China Sea Fleet be worthy of the taxes paid by the people!
The money they earn through hard work is given to you so that you can protect their safety and let them live and work in peace and contentment!

But now! You actually told me!
You were actually lured away by someone's clumsy trick!

Is that why the Red Barbarians were allowed to land?
Don’t tell me this! Go tell the more than 200 people in Haining Village who died at the hands of the Red Barbarians!”

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(End of this chapter)