Zhao Huan did intend to appoint Zong Ze as the commander-in-chief, because in the entire Song Dynasty, there were only two people who fought against the Jin army and made them cry out in despair: Zong Ze and Yue Fei.
Yue Fei was only twenty-three years old. If not Zong Ze, who else could he use?
Moreover, he also planned to put Yue Fei in Zong Ze's army to train him properly.
However, given the current situation, it would be inappropriate to forcibly appoint Zong Ze directly. It would be better to let him go to Cizhou to build his own army, following the course of history. In any case, that troublemaker Zhao Gou has already been transferred to Hangzhou and will not appear on the battlefield between Song and Jin, so there is no need to worry about Zong Ze and Yue Fei being delayed by that scoundrel Zhao Gou.
After Li Gang and Zong Ze left, He Ye also took his leave. He Ye guessed that the emperor wanted to reorganize the Imperial Guards and would start supporting a new military force, which would begin with this old general Zong Ze.
What was the emperor thinking? This old general Zong Ze had not made any great military achievements. On the contrary, he had been demoted and his career was not going well. Moreover, he was 66 years old. Why would the emperor suddenly send someone like this? Could someone like this win a battle?
He also felt that this new emperor's mind was too unpredictable and he didn't play by the rules at all.
If he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it. He was just an imperial censor, whose responsibility was to help the emperor supervise all officials. Now his responsibility was even clearer: whoever Zhao Huan disliked, he had to confront them.
He was in charge of arguing, while the Imperial City Guard was in charge of beheading.
Since the founding of this dynasty, the Censorate and the Imperial City Guard have never been used by the emperor in such a coordinated manner.
After receiving the order, Zong Ze quickly headed to Cizhou, while Zhao Huan, two days before Wanyan Zongwang arrived in Bianjing, went to the Military Equipment Bureau to thoroughly inspect the weapons and equipment of the Song Dynasty.
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