At this time, Zhao Ji stared at Zhizhou Zhao Ting, who was kowtowing to plead guilty.

Zhao Ji secretly thought: If I don't have my imperial commander to personally march to the southeast, and I have sent Tan Zhen and Wang Zhen to lead more than 10,000 elite forbidden troops to guard the city of Hangzhou, then Zhao Ting, the governor of the state, might be ready to collect the gold and silver now.

Ran away.

A local official like you, Zhao Ting, who can abandon the city and flee, is probably quite corrupt financially. After the Fang La uprising is put down, I will send someone to investigate you...

Zhao Ji said impatiently: "Zhao Zhizhou, Ping Shen. What I want to hear is what specific measures and practical actions you and other local officials in Hangzhou will take to defend the city of Hangzhou and wipe out the bandits?"

The officials present were silent.

Because Zhao Ting, the governor of the state, said some official comments, he was reprimanded by Zhao Ji. Therefore, the local officials in Hangzhou stood with their heads lowered and did not dare to answer rashly.

Zhao Jineng asked the local official in Hangzhou like this. In fact, he already had an idea in mind.

However, he did not say it directly, but wanted to test the two princes standing beside him.

Zhao Ji looked around and said: "Kaier, Gou'er, you two should give your ideas to the silent Hangzhou officials!"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Kai, the King of Yun who was the first imperial examination scholar, was very smart and immediately kowtowed and said:

"My father, my son Zhao Kai, believes that although the local officials in the city cannot go into battle to kill the enemy, they can lead the government officials to bring wine, meat, money and goods to reward the city defenders and the officers and soldiers in front of the battle..."

The heads of local officials in Hangzhou dropped even lower.

Of course they also thought of the method proposed by King Yun, but most of the money and goods of the government went into the personal pockets of the officials. Where did the money for the army come from?

Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Kaier's suggestion is very good."

"Gou'er, do you have any additional suggestions?"

Thirteen-year-old Kang Wang Zhao Gou, since he followed his father to the city of Hangzhou, which he had never been to before, he inexplicably felt a sense of intimacy with this city.

Secretly, Zhao Ji thought about how wonderful it would be to live in Hangzhou when he grew up and left the emperor's palace.

After arriving in Hangzhou, Xiao Zhaogou felt as if he were returning to his hometown.

Therefore, he not only cares about the military situation like his imperial brother Zhao Kai, he also cares about the people's livelihood in Hangzhou...

Xiao Zhao Gou knelt down and replied: "I am going to tell my father, my son Zhao Gou agrees with the words of my third brother.

In the face of a powerful enemy, the first priority is to reward the soldiers and generals.

However, Erchen believes that the people in the city should be appeased.

That is to say, both the labor of the army and the peace of the people should be given equal emphasis..."

"Very good!" Zhao Ji praised: "Gouer coincides with what I thought!"

King Yun Zhao Kai lowered his head and said nothing, feeling that he was about to steal the limelight, but was snatched away by his extremely lucky ninth brother Zhao Gou.

Next, Zhao Ji issued an order to the officials in Hangzhou, saying: "Tomorrow, the army will be laid to rest and the people will be in peace..."

"The money and goods used to reward the officers and soldiers guarding the city must not be shared among the people in the city..."

"If the government money is not enough, the local officials in the city will donate money..."

Those civilian laborers who were recruited to provide logistics and move stones for the officers and soldiers defending the city must be paid according to their work...

As for the work of pacifying the people in the city, Zhao Ji also asked local officials to do it quickly tomorrow. Official public opinion mobilization and propaganda must be done well...

This was to prevent the previously exploited and oppressed people in the city from gathering together to cause riots while Fang La was attacking the city.

After everything was arranged, Zhao Jida said: "My dear friends, please go back and prepare for the work of laboring the army and bringing peace to the people!"

The local officials in Hangzhou all bowed out with a grimace on their faces...

Tonight, even if they were sleepy, they did not dare to sleep.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night of intense and busy work in preparation for ‘laboring the army and reassuring the people’…

Tonight, in the city of Hangzhou, the detective horses sent by the government and the army,

Group after group quietly left the city,

One batch after another silently returned to the city,

Constantly investigating and reporting on the military situation outside the city...

…

At the end of Yin Shi, Zhao Ji, who was already a little sleepy, was sitting in the Hangzhou government office, drinking strong tea and looking at the map of the southeast.

Suddenly, the eunuch who reported the incident received the military information reported by Tan Ma and started:

"The official family, Lord Tong Guan, who leads the Privy Council, led more than 10,000 people from the Northwest Army, took hundreds of large ships, and arrived at the Hangzhou section of the canal and parked at the dock..."

Zhao Ji immediately lost all sleepiness and became energetic.

Tong Guan led more than 10,000 people from the Northwest Army to Hangzhou. Will he bring Han Shizhong and Liu Guangshi, two of the "Four Generals of ZTE" with him?

Zhao Ji said happily: "I want to personally welcome the Western Army!"
Chapter completed!