With the Black Tiger Army's departure, tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Imperial Army were lured to the North Camp. Many of them were even considered deserters.
Because for the Imperial Army, if they could join the Northern Camp, they did not need to worry about the punishment of the military law. The son of the Eight Virtuous Kings would help them handle everything.
Therefore, tens of thousands of people left without any burden this time.
The army's registrar had already made preparations. To them, this kind of thing was already nothing out of the ordinary. After all, their young prince's habit was to choose soldiers from the Imperial Army.
To Zhao Xuan, the Imperial Army was indeed a good place.
Especially at this moment, the Northern Song Imperial Army had not yet rotted to the point where most of the soldiers were from good families selected from all over the country. Their combat strength was guaranteed to a certain extent.
And now, the people his subordinates had brought were undoubtedly the true elites. After all, those who could catch the attention of the Black Tiger Army soldiers had to have some skills.
However, the commandants of the Imperial Army's various camps couldn't take it. In the past, they would turn a blind eye to the loss of eight or ten soldiers, but now, dozens of soldiers were missing.
More importantly, they had only counted together. Tens of thousands of people were missing. This was not something they could bear.
Thus, the military report was quickly reported to the three divisions in front of the palace, and then to the Bureau of Military Affairs.
At this moment, the Bureau of Military Affairs Envoy was Xia Song. When he saw the report, he smiled bitterly. Of course he knew that Zhao Xuan was recruiting soldiers for the newly established Dragon Xiang Guards.
But he hadn't expected Zhao Xuan to be so capable of poaching thirty to forty thousand elites from the Imperial Army.
"Forget it. After all, it's the imperial family's personal army. It's not good for the soldiers to be too weak. Moreover, by doing this, it will reduce our trouble. Tell the subordinates to cooperate with them and change their military records!”Xia Song said to his left and right.
Although Zhao Zhen had said that the Dragon Xiang Guards were a matter for the Zhao Imperial Family, did they not need the Imperial Court to help them recruit soldiers?
Recruiting soldiers had always been a troublesome matter, but now that Zhao Xuan had chosen someone from the Imperial Army, he was happy to relax. When the Imperial Army was recruiting, he would just have to fill in the gaps. As for the Imperial Army recruitment, it was a routine, so it wasn't that troublesome.
In Bian Capital, besides Xia Song, there was another group of people who were in a dilemma. They were none other than the princes of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, this group of princes was perhaps the most boring group of people. They could not participate in politics or lead the army. They were kept in captivity by the emperor in the capital of Bian, like pigs.
Now that the news of the establishment of the Dragon Legion Guards had spread throughout the city, the princes naturally began to plan.
Zhao Zhen had clearly stated in the decree that the Zhao Imperial Family would split the military expenses of the Dragon Xiang Guards, including the rations.
But at the same time, their descendants would also be assigned positions according to their contributions.
Some kings were disdainful, but some kings were ecstatic.
They weren't happy about a mere captain of the Dragon Xiang Guards. Most importantly, they saw that Zhao Zhen had relaxed the restrictions on them.
Today, they could let their descendants take charge of the army, but who knew that tomorrow, they would not let these princes participate in politics in the court.
For example, the father and son of the Eight Virtuous Kings. One was the current Virtuous King, and his son was the commander of the Dragon Xiang Guards.
Similarly, there was a group of people who were in high spirits. They were Zhao Xuan's underlings.
Although Zhao Xuan wasn't often in the capital, he was still a member of the Great Song Imperial Family. The task of saving the Song Imperial Family's descendants had long since fallen on his shoulders.
There were too many members of the royal family in Bianjing, and many of them had committed crimes. When Zhao Xuan returned from Europe, the first thing he did was to make his royal brothers in the capital submit to him.
If it wasn't for the fact that in the Song Dynasty, the Crown Prince was a supreme official term, Zhao Xuan would definitely have made a move in Bianjing.
The truth was that more than half of the young men in the Zhao Imperial Family were following Zhao Xuan.
To be able to enter Zhao Xuan's eyes, it also meant that these people weren't particularly talented, but their character was decent.
As for those who refused to change their ways, they retreated when they saw Zhao Xuan.
The last portion did not follow Zhao Xuan, but followed Zhao Zongshi and his brother.
Who was Zhao Zongshi? If nothing unexpected happened in history, the son of Zhao Xuan's royal brother, Zhao Zhen, would soon die.
After that, Zhao Zongshi would be brought into the palace to act as a fake son. In the end, when Emperor Renzong really did not have a son, Zhao Zongshi would become the emperor. He would be Song Yingzong in history.
Of course, Zhao Zongshi hadn't been brought into the palace yet, but he couldn't stand the fact that their faction was powerful.
Zhao Zongshi's father was called Zhao Yunrang. In terms of seniority, he was Zhao Xuan's imperial brother.
Interestingly, Zhao Zhen's father, Song Zhenzong, Zhao Heng, had lost his eldest son for a long time after his death. At that time, Zhao Yunrang was also brought into the palace as a foster son.
Unfortunately, after Zhao Zhen was born, Zhao Yunrang was sent out of the palace. However, to compensate him, Zhao Yunrang was one of the few princes who could participate in politics in the Northern Song Dynasty.
More importantly, this old man could give birth. Zhao Yunrang had 22 sons in his life, and Zhao Zongshi was his 13th son.
This was also the reason why Zhao Zongshi and the others did not mingle with Zhao Xuan. Their father had a high status and many brothers, so they naturally formed a small group.
At this moment, Zhao Xuan and his brothers were all at home. They were either trying to persuade him, crying, or starving themselves.
All in all, it was just one word, money!
Starting from 200,000 strings, Zhao Xuan promised them that each of them would have a Rank-6 Zhaowu Commandant. The more money they had, the higher their position.
That's right, what Zhao Xuan did was to openly sell his position in the Dragon Xiang Guards.
However, he had a strict restriction on the rank of the official. He only sold it to the rank of a Wandering Knight General, which was from the fifth rank. If he led an army, he would lead about 2,000 people.
No matter how high a commander was, Zhao Xuan would have to test them.
But even so, the Wandering Cavalry Generals from the fifth rank, the guerrilla generals from the fifth rank and below, as well as the Zhao Wu Commandant and Zhao Wu Deputy Commandant, as well as the commandants below, were enough for these royal children to divide.
As expected, in less than two days, especially after the kings learned that Zhao Xuan had poached tens of thousands of elites from the Imperial Army, they were moved.
Fifty thousand strings!
Eighty thousand strings!
100,000!
150,000 strings!
200,000 strings!
At this moment, all the princes displayed their heroism, especially Taizong's youngest son, the King of Wei, who had taken out five hundred thousand strings of military supplies for his son.
Apart from that, there was also military rations!
If military supplies were real money, then military rations were worthless.
For the kings, which family didn't have thousands of hectares of land? Moreover, these lands were all good farmland. The grain produced every year was simply not enough for them to eat. They couldn't sell it for a price, and they didn't have to pay taxes.
As a result, a piece of data that shocked the Great Song Imperial Court quickly appeared.
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