The war against Xixia finally ended. Several major cities were besieged by the Western Army for more than a month, and it was not until the end of the year that they had to surrender. Every place has die-hard loyal ministers, and every place has stubborn rebels who are unwilling to give up their rights. Such people often have very strong strength. Even at the end of the dynasty, they still have the right to control the life and death of others.
For more than a month, there has been no peace in various cities. Some people killed their wives and children, some robbed their wealth, some wanted to surrender the city, but some refused to do so, and several fights broke out in the city. In the face of an unknown fate, human nature is always on full display, and it is hell on earth.
The result, of course, was that the Song Dynasty took over all of Xixia's territory, population, and all kinds of cattle, sheep, horses, etc. It was a small wave of success, which more than offset the losses from previous wars.
As for the contradiction of population integration, the map of Xixia looks very big, but in fact there are not many people. It used to be only about three million, but now after wars and various internal conflicts, the number of people who survived in the end was even two hundred Less than ten thousand. Compared to the Song Dynasty, which had a population of hundreds of millions, these people had no trouble.
Zhao Ji accepted Wang Yan's resettlement suggestion. All the original Xixia people, regardless of Hu or Han people, stayed where they were. The adult men were screened and those who were qualified were incorporated into the army. Those who were not qualified were required to serve for ten years to atone for their sins of joining the Song Dynasty's army. , women and children still graze and farm as before. At the same time, two million people migrated from various places in the Song Dynasty to fill the population. They farmed and herded with the Xixia people. At the same time, schools were built and children of school age attended school together. Some policies must also be introduced to ensure that the Xixia people will not be bullied too harshly by the people of the Song Dynasty.
There is no way to avoid bullying, not to mention the people of Xixia who were destroyed in the national war and became the victory of the Song Dynasty. Everyone has a sense of national and national pride. Now that the Song Dynasty is enough, if it destroys a country, it is of course not honorable. It is normal to bully the people of Xixia. Not only the people of the Song Dynasty, but also the people of Xixia also naturally believed that if they were defeated, even low-class people without human rights could only swallow their anger when they were bullied, because if the trouble got bigger, the big men who were officials might not do it. If they make the decision, they may die faster.
Bullying is also habitual. At first, it may be the pride of the victorious country, but later it turns sour. If things go on like this, the resentment of the Xixia people against the Song people will definitely increase, and they will begin to miss their homeland. Under the instigation of thoughtful people, they will start to rebel. It may be easy to quell the rebellion in the early stage, but after the war, it must be appeased and the Xixia people must be given some desired benefits.
This was a bad start. Whenever the Xixia people were dissatisfied, they would rebel to seek the rights and interests they wanted. As a result, rebellions broke out frequently. It won't take long for Xixia to become an enclave of Ji Sui. You never know when another figure will appear, and he may not be the next Li Yuanhao.
Therefore, in order to prevent these things from happening, it is necessary to introduce a series of policies to protect the rights and interests of Xixia people.
However, since it was already the middle of winter after the war, the immigration matters could not be carried out. All we had to do was send some food supplies to help them survive the winter, so there was still time to make noises and arrangements in the court.
The post-war reward for this battle is of course Noisy's top priority. This kind of great achievement of destroying the country must be heavily rewarded, and there is also a corresponding rise in the military that must be curbed. This is a very troublesome thing. Moreover, there is a person like Wang Yan who made the first contribution, so how to deal with it is also a problem.
Zhao Ji wanted to lift Wang Yan up, but the other courtiers agreed and refused to comply. This is not a partisan fight, this is about preserving one's career. The people in the court were the smartest people in the Song Dynasty, and there were no fools. From the previous incidents, everyone knew about Zhao Ji's changes and felt Zhao Ji's malice toward them. Wang Yan was the main driving force in getting rid of Gao Qiu and Cai Jing. Now Zhao Ji's purpose of promoting Wang Yan is self-evident.
They all hang out in the same place, not to mention that Wang Yan has been standing for ten years. Although they keep calling Wang Yan a sycophant, they also know that Wang Yan is not easy to get along with. Over the past few years, too many people have been deported from Shandong and Hebei. In addition, it can also be civilized and martial. Civilization can make a place stable and prosperous, and martial arts can lead troops to destroy a country. If he were to serve as a minister in the same court and hold a gun for Zhao Ji, they would never have a good life.
Although Zhao Ji wanted to have his own way, the power of the civil servants was too great and he was afraid of it. Even if the Fubei Army and some of the Western Army soldiers had returned to Bianjing, he would not dare to confront the entire civilian group. Killing people is useless, but will only cause greater backlash.
Therefore, this idea had to be abandoned, but he also took the opportunity to confirm Wang Yan's leadership of the Northern Army, the most powerful army in the Song Dynasty. In addition, with this great achievement of destroying the country, his casual official rank was directly promoted to the general of hussars, his title was even to marquis, and he was also given the virtual title of lieutenant. Anyway, these are useless. They are really given casually. The scope of his power's influence is only 50,000 Fubei troops.
Wang Yan was too lazy to care about the affairs in the court, but Zhao Ji had already hinted to him that if he wanted to deal with someone, he had no choice but to get involved. Simply get some dirty information about some local officials first, and directly refer them to them. The mess in the court will have nothing to do with him.
Now that he is given the actual leadership of the 50,000-strong Northern Army, he will certainly not be polite. So he ignored what happened in the court and once again began to replenish the manpower of the Northern Army.
This time it was not as difficult as starting from scratch, because after fighting outside for more than a year, more than 10,000 people came back together, as well as those who were sent back before, and 6,000 heavy cavalry as backing. That's more than 20,000 people. There are still a few thousand people who have been training in the military camp for several years but have not reached the standards to enter the first echelon. This is already about 30,000.
Those who come in later will be influenced as long as they have trained with the veterans for a period of time. With the leadership of veterans who teach by words and deeds, their combat effectiveness will not be bad.
Of course, there were clear rules for these things, and he didn't need to keep an eye on them from beginning to end. He turned around and got busy with the big things he had been preparing for a long time.
After conquering Xixia, the border defense line of the Song Dynasty was stretched even longer. Not only did the border area with Liao State be larger, but we also had to guard against the Uighurs. Although the geographical location of Xixia was not rich, with millions of people living in such a large area, which was only dozens of miles away from human habitation, the Song Dynasty did not want to give up the land it had finally conquered. So for such a long border defense line, they still deployed all their troops to defend it.
In order to defend, the entire frontier army was mobilized. Half of the Western Army that had won the battle continued to garrison the Liao Kingdom there, and the other half was transferred back to the Hebei area. Half of the Northern Army with poor combat effectiveness was sent to the original border between Xixia and the Uighurs to eat ashes. This arrangement is simple and clear. It is for the richest man Youyun Sixteen States to drive the forces of Liao Kingdom and Lu Zhishen out of the Great Wall and dare to go outside Yuguan. This is another goal after absorbing Xixia's military gains and recuperating for a few years.
Not only Zhao Ji was concerned about this matter, but the court officials were also concerned about it. It has been over a hundred years since Emperor Shi Jingtang ceded Youyun Sixteen Prefectures. If they can regain it in their dynasty, they will definitely leave their name in history and be famous throughout the ages. No one can resist such a temptation, and all must consider their posthumous reputation.
The mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of kilometers cannot happen overnight. Also taking this opportunity, Lu Zhishen's troops who were attacking Xijin Mansion suddenly opened up their formation and went south to confront the Northern Army of the Song Dynasty.
Prior to this, as early as the beginning of the fourth year of Xuanhe, the soldiers and horses that Wang Yan had cultivated over the years had already begun to mobilize. Zhuangzi in various places had already received instructions on what time to do and what to do. Of course, there can't be that many people who know the news. After all, the Yellow Turban Uprising is ahead, so the confidentiality level of this kind of information is of course very high. But when they get to the heads of each region, they will first let the Zhuangzi under their jurisdiction make some preparations, and then tell them the truth when the time comes.
The troops in Liaodong had all stopped fighting long ago and no longer fought wars with Liao and Jin. On the surface, they were developing business, but secretly, they mobilized 20,000 people and landed in Dengzhou by ship. After a few months, It was slowly sent to both inside and outside Bianjing through caravans. As a megacity with a population of one million and a huge flow of people, the influx of tens of thousands of people cannot even make a splash.
Wu Song has also made preparations. Recently, he has been wandering around various prefectures and cities on the East and West Road of Beijing in the name of cracking down on bandits. There are also commercial banks in other cities that have also received notifications.
It has taken more than ten years, and of course all preparations have been made. In fact, with the current strength, they are rebelling from within, not attacking from the outside. Even if the news leaks out at this time, it is not a big deal, it is just a war. At this time, it is already too late for the local imperial army to enter the capital to Qin Wang.
After these preparations were completed, Lu Zhishen began to test the offensive and put pressure on the garrisoned Northern Army. Zhao Ji issued an order to urge Wang Yan to come to the capital, because this was someone he could trust and could fight with a strategy. He wanted to hear Wang Yan's opinion.
After sending the eunuch who had delivered the order to rest, Wang Yan slowly walked into the yard with his hands behind his back: "Is everything arranged?"
The old housekeeper beside him nodded and said: "Don't worry, boss, Zhengde has made preparations. Five days later, on the first day of May, our men in the Northern Army will cooperate with Lu Zhishen to capture the rest." . Then he started to organize the army to appease the people and conduct a northern expedition to analyze Jin Prefecture according to his previous instructions."
As a close confidant, Wang Ming'an, the son of the old housekeeper, was not transferred to Cangzhou for nothing. Governance of the local area is secondary, and the main thing is to win over and infiltrate civil and military officials, so as not to delay the military affairs in the north because of his domestic rebellion. It can control the military and people's livelihood in border areas nearby without delaying national defense.
As for the Western Army, although there were also his people, he did not move. Because except for this time Zhao Ji transferred some of them back to Bianjing for safety, the rest were outside for national defense. Even if King Qin wanted to return to Beijing, he was powerless. On the other hand, he changed the political power very quickly, and the border army relied on the central government to allocate supplies, which inherently hampered them. If someone takes the opportunity to cause trouble and wants to make himself a king, or fights back and robs the people along the way, then his head will be chopped off and there will be no chance of causing trouble.
Wang Yan nodded: "That's good, Uncle Fu, please do me a favor and take control of the overall situation in Shandong first. Let's go to Beijing after things calm down."
"My boss is joking, it's what old servants should do. Seeing that our old Wang family is about to be proud of our ancestors, there is no need to work hard, it's all for our own family. Don't worry, boss, we have the deepest control over these places in Shandong, such as He made a small disturbance one night, and kept him working until he died. When we see each other again, it’s time to ask the emperor to take over..."
After laughing, Comrade Wang Yan, the preparatory emperor player, patted the old housekeeper on the shoulder: "Okay, let's go do the work."
Looking at the old butler whose legs and feet were so nimble that he wanted to jump high when he walked, he couldn't help but shook his head, the imperial power was so charming...
"Official, are you going to Beijing again?"
In the courtyard of the back house, Jinlian, who was teasing the youngest Wang Qinghan who was running around all over the floor, looked at Wang Yan with a little reluctance.
"Not only are we leaving, you are leaving too."
Zhao Yupan, who was pregnant with his belly, thought quickly and blurted out: "Guanren, are we going to settle in Bianjing in the future?"
"Settling in Bianjing?" Jin Lian couldn't help but frowned: "Where can we be as comfortable as our Zhuangzi in Bianjing? Sir, did your Majesty ask us to go there?"
"No, it's just for convenience in the future. If you want Zhuangzi, we can just build another one outside Bianjing City." Wang Yan waved his hand to interrupt Jin Lian who was about to say more: "Okay, I have made up my mind, no need to say more. When Sanniang comes back, tell her that you will pack up your belongings in the past few days and take whatever you want with you. Uncle Fu has made arrangements and will set off early the next morning. There is no need to be anxious on the way, Yupan is pregnant with Liujia , you still have to pay attention, just go slowly when you are sightseeing in the mountains and rivers. The people from Beijing are still waiting, and the officials are calling urgently, so I will leave first. "
These family members could have been brought to Beijing after it was completely over, but they still had to consider Zhao Yupan. She is pregnant with a child now. If she waits until the news reaches her family, it will affect the child in a small way, but harm her health in a big way. After all, she is the princess of Zhao Song, and her biological father is the emperor. Her husband-in-law started a rebellion against her father-in-law, so she was so frightened and worried that it was hard to say what would happen.
Although Zhao Ji was a good guy, he had no intention of killing Zhao Ji, including other members of the Zhao Song clan. As long as he is honest, he will not target them, he will only eliminate some of them who have done many evil things over the years, and most of the remaining people will just demote them to live as civilians. He would not even prohibit members of the Zhao and Song clan from doing business, serving as officials, and serving in the army. As long as they had the ability, they would do so. He had this tolerance.
So now Zhao Yupan and others are slowly going to Beijing. When they get there, they see that Zhao Ji, her biological mother, and other brothers and sisters are all alive and well. Then she can rest assured and save a lot of trouble.
As for safety along the way, it has never been an issue. If he couldn't figure this out, what would the hundreds of thousands of troops be used for? There was no need for him to mess around.
The two girls nodded obediently and were served by Jin Lian, who changed into black riding attire. Without saying anything else, she rode on the horse that her subordinates had prepared and left with more than 20 subordinates wearing different styles of Song Dynasty military uniforms. Wangjiazhuang, running wildly on the official road to Beijing...
"The Point Guard Is Here"
