In the third year of Duanping, Mongolia and Song Dynasty negotiated peace, and the two countries ceased fighting. The south of the Great Wall ushered in rare peace.
Since the beginning of the Mongolian and Jin War, wars have been frequent in the north, and the people have been in dire straits. Now that there is a truce, all parties have a chance to breathe.
In May, Mongolia, Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Tai each withdrew their troops.
The Qi army went on an expedition at the end of February and returned to Shandong at the end of May. Within three months, they achieved brilliant results.
During Zhao Tai's expedition, the remaining Shandong soldiers and civilians were not idle either.
After Wang Wentong learned that the Qi army had achieved great victories in Chuzhou and Chuzhou, he judged that the external threats faced by Shandong would improve, so in the name of Shandong's two-way system, he ordered the people hiding in the Yimeng Mountains to come out and hide in People from coastal islands came ashore to resume production before the farming season was over.
After Zhao Tai entered Shandong, he saw that reconstruction had begun in various places.
Zhao Tai returned to Pizhou, stationed his army outside, and ordered the entire army to take a three-day vacation. Then he rode into the city and found that there were already some people and traders in the city.
Most of these people were family members of the soldiers who had been transferred. When they learned that the army was back, their parents missed their sons, their wives missed their husbands, and their sons longed for their fathers, so they returned to Pizhou to wait for their relatives who were away from the war to return.
The merchants heard that the Qi army had won the battle, and expected that the soldiers would be rewarded and would definitely spend money at that time, so they came to Pizhou to participate in the reconstruction, renovate the shops, and stock up on goods to prepare to make money.
Kublai Khan besieged Pizhou. After Zhao Tai broke through Pizhou, the Mongolian army invaded the city and destroyed the buildings in the city. Half of Zhao Tai's palace was burned down.
At this time, Zhao Tai returned to the palace and saw Yang Guiying commanding a group of women to clean the courtyard and clean up the damaged furniture.
Yang Guiying was originally on Donghai Island. Hearing from the military adviser that Mongolia and Song Dynasty were negotiating peace, Zhao Tai should come back soon, so he returned to Pizhou from Donghai Island.
When the servants saw Zhao Tai, they couldn't help but exclaimed. Yang Guiying turned around and saw that Zhao Tai had come behind her.
The two looked at each other, with various emotions flashing in their eyes.
Although the two were in a political marriage, there was no relationship between them before the wedding. However, after a woman in this era gets married, her life is bound to her husband, and her heart gradually becomes filled with her husband.
Because if her husband is gone, it will be difficult for a woman to support the family, and she may even be deprived of her family, and she will not even be able to keep the family property left by her husband.
Zhao Tai stepped forward and took Yang Guiying's hand, his eyes full of tenderness, "I'm back!"
Zhao Tai was young and was out leading troops, so how could he not miss his wife?
At this time, the two of them looked at each other, saying that they could not express their feelings at any time, and the only way was to have a fight under the quilt.
Yang Guiying stepped forward and got into Zhao Tai's arms. Zhao Tai was immediately distracted. He couldn't help but smile in her ear and said, "I'm so exhausted for my husband. Madam, how about waiting for me to take a bath?"
Yang Guiying immediately understood the hint and shyly slapped Zhao Tai, "I'll prepare it for the king."
After saying that, she couldn't wait to ask someone to boil water for Zhao Tai. The two of them had been exposed to the rain after a long drought, and the dry wood was exposed to the fire, so they almost didn't sleep the whole night.
The next day, Zhao Tai slept until three o'clock in the morning. He originally wanted to continue sleeping, but Wang Wentong asked to see him, and Yang Guiying came in to wake him up.
After Zhao Tai got up, he washed his face and went to the hall without caring about eating. He found that Wang Wentong had been sitting and waiting for a long time.
When Wang Wentong saw Zhao Tai coming in, he stood up, saluted, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I didn't disturb your rest!"
Zhao Tai waved his hand, "I have something to see sir!"
Wang Wentong said: "The king will speak first!"
Zhao Tai pondered: "Sir, you should be aware of Gu's current situation, right?"
Wang Wentong nodded: "I talked to Brother Deqing last night, and he told me everything."
Zhao Tai recalled that he was obsessed with women last night, but the two military advisors discussed the current situation again and were concerned about the future of the Qi army, and couldn't help but be moved.
Such employees are rare. Zhao Tai scored two in one move, which made him full of confidence in Qi Jun's future.
"Although the world is peaceful now, peace is only temporary. Needless to say, Mongolia will definitely do it again once it recovers. The peace faction in Lin'an will also take action against us after they take control of the government.
hand! "Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "So it seems peaceful at the moment, but it's actually very dangerous!"
Wang Wentong nodded, "I came here today just to remind the king. The territory and population controlled by Mongolia are far greater than ours. Needless to say, Lin'an holds half of the world. Now Mongolia and Song Dynasty have withdrawn their troops to recuperate and reorganize their armies. How can we, as Shandong, fight against each other for a long time? Every time I think about this, I have trouble sleeping and eating!"
Wang Wentong knew that Zhao Tai had just come back, and he would definitely make love with the princess, take a good rest for a few days, and vent his strong energy.
At this time, anyone with a sharp eye should not disturb Zhao Tai, but Wang Wentong came anyway.
This is because in his opinion, the peace negotiation between Meng and Song was not a good thing.
Shandong has a small land and few people, and everyone is cultivating and recuperating. You can only raise an army of more than 100,000 in Shandong at most.
Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty are different. As long as they are determined, they can explode hundreds of thousands more soldiers within a few years.
In this way, the gap between Shandong and Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty will widen.
This is just like the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period. The further it lags behind, the greater the gap with the Wei Kingdom, and in the end it is directly crushed by national power.
Zhao Tai nodded, "Sir, you are worried because you are worried about me!"
Zhao Tai is also aware of the huge gap between Shandong and Mongolia and Song Dynasty in terms of land and population, but Zhao Tai is not actually worried.
Wang Wentong was afraid of being widened, but Zhao Tai felt that the longer the peace time, the better it would be for him.
Of course, if Zhao Tai does not know how to develop the economy and innovate military equipment, Zhao Tai will definitely be as worried as Wang Wentong.
Seeing that Zhao Tai had also thought of this, Wang Wentong breathed a sigh of relief, "Since the king is also worried about this matter, I will boldly make a suggestion!"
Zhao Tai showed respect by sitting upright and pretending to listen carefully, "Sir, please speak!"
Wang Wentong said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think that time has not waited for us. Our land and population are not as good as those of Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty, so we must spend more energy to offset the advantages of the Mongolia and Song Dynasties. Nowadays, Shandong's official positions are in chaos, and the army organization is also in chaos. I I thought the first thing to do was to rectify Shandong’s military affairs!”
If Zhao Tai wanted to fight Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to relying on advanced weapons, he also needed to gain institutional advantages to make the army more organized and administrative efficiency more efficient.
The last Mongolian invasion almost destroyed the local administrative system of Shandong. Zhao Tai took advantage of this great victory to rebuild the military and political system of Shandong so that his will could be better implemented and implemented, so that he could defeat the Mongols. Death of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Tai nodded frequently, "Shandong's military and political affairs really need to be rectified. Since you mentioned it, I will leave this matter to you and ask you to formulate a military and political system suitable for us in Shandong."
