Zhao Ji used the head-touching attack again, caressing the top of Zhao Kai's head lovingly, and asked:
"Kaier, during the eight years of Zhenghe when you were the number one scholar, I made you King Yun. Later, I promoted you to the Imperial City Secretary. At present, there are major national affairs and Huan'er needs to contribute to the country. Are you willing?" Zhao Kai has always known that his father is very fond of him, but he wonders if there is any major state affairs this time that he needs to contribute to?
Zhao Kai was so happy that he hurriedly reported back: "My sons and ministers should try their best to contribute to the country. Please express it clearly from my father."
Zhao Ji stroked the head of Zhao Kai, who was kneeling in front of him, and spoke softly, telling him that there will be big changes in the capital in the near future.
Zhao Kai asked in confusion: "My father, the country is now peaceful and the people are at peace, the capital is prosperous and prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the officials are doing their jobs, how could there be such a big change?"
"The country is peaceful and the people are safe?
People live and work in peace and contentment? Hahaha!" Zhao Ji laughed and said: "Kail, you didn't leave, go for a walk outside, I wonder how the people in the southeast are living now!"
Zhao Kai replied: "It is true that I have never left the capital."
Zhao Ji nodded. He knew that Zhao Kai had never left the capital. He probably didn't know that people all over the country were revolting because they really had no way to survive. Peasant uprisings sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
However, people like Zhao Kai who were raised in the imperial city were still favored. How could the prince understand the sufferings of the people? What's more, the historical affairs of the Northern Song Dynasty were in the hands of six thieves. They tried their best to whitewash the peace and concealed or failed to report
Peasant uprisings across the country.
Zhao Jidao: "I have been in the capital for the past two days and have big plans. Kai'er, you must take charge of the Imperial City Division under your jurisdiction.
The Imperial Guards from all departments of the Imperial City Department are standing ready, but they will obey my orders!"
"I obey the order!" Zhao Kai said uneasily.
Zhao Kai is nineteen years old this year. In ancient times, a crowning ceremony would have been held at this age, or at the age of twenty, indicating that he had reached adulthood. Moreover, Zhao Kai matured very early.
His talents and IQ are very high, otherwise he would not be able to pass the imperial examination. Zhao Kai, who is knowledgeable about the past and the present, was very panicked after hearing what his father said.
When asked by his father, it seemed that the Imperial City Division he was in charge of had not obeyed his father's orders in the past.
Zhao Kai hurriedly kowtowed and said: "My son was given an official position by my father and promoted to the Imperial City Division. I have always listened to my father's orders."
Zhao Ji nodded. After all, Zhao Kai was right. He behaved quite well now and had no intention of rebelliousness. However, the Imperial City Department was a secret service agency of the Song Dynasty, equivalent to the Jin Yiwei of the Ming Dynasty. p>
The predecessor of the Imperial City Division was the Wude Division.
From the Song Dynasty to the Later Zhou Dynasty, Taizu inherited the Wudeshi from the Five Dynasties period and appointed Wang Rengan, an old official of the shogunate, as the Wudeshi.
After the founding of the Song Dynasty, in the Taizu Dynasty, a large number of elite troops were assigned to the Wude Division, and a new army was established that was independent of the Dianqian Division and the Guards.
Song Taizu once said: "Although there are police in the capital, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in the imperial city."
The military strength of Wude Division was unprecedented in the Taizu Dynasty.
During the Taizong Dynasty, that is, the dynasty of Zhao Guangyi, the direct ancestor of the original owner of Zhao Ji's body, the number of troops in Wude Division was greatly reduced, and the number of troops in Wude Division was in the thousands.
On November 10, the sixth year of the Taiping Xingguo reign (981), Taizong Zhao Guangyi changed the Wude Division into the Imperial City Division.
As far as Zhao Ji knows, the current number of troops in the Imperial City Division is almost 10,000 less.
In the five years of Zhenghe, the original owner of this body, Song Huizong,
The Imperial City Division has five commanders under its jurisdiction, namely: the first command, the second command, the third command, the fourth command, and the fifth command. The imperial guard under its command is 3,000 people.
The Imperial City Division also has six commanders under the jurisdiction of the [Marriage Officer], namely: the first command, the second command, the third command, the fourth command, and the fifth command; and the third command outside, Huangyuan, Zaoyuan, a total of about five
Thousands of people; five hundred people entered the inner courtyard; one hundred people each for fast travel and long travel; three people for the secretariat; thirty people for the cao department.
……
Zhao Ji is really worried that such a crucial Imperial City Division is in the hands of Zhao Kai!