Chapter 450 Big Things Are About to Happen

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 was 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 the Xixia territory, population, and all kinds of cattle, sheep, horses, etc. It was a small wave of power, which 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 adopted 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 army of the Song Dynasty. , 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 to destroy a country, of course it is 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 with no 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 Ji Su's enclave. You can't tell 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. Such great achievements in destroying the country must be heavily rewarded, and there is also a corresponding rise in military power 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 towards 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 the place stable and prosperous, and martial arts can lead troops to destroy the 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 strongest army in the Song Dynasty. In addition, with this great achievement of destroying the country, his casual official rank was directly promoted to Hussars General, 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 before, because after fighting outside for more than a year, more than 10,000 people came back together, and there were also those who were sent back before, and 6,000 heavy cavalry as backup, which is more than 20,000 people. There were also thousands of people who had been training in the barracks for several years, but did not meet the standards for entering the first echelon, which was about 30,000.

Those who came in later would be influenced as long as they trained with the old soldiers for a period of time. With the leadership of the old soldiers, they would be able to fight well.

Of course, there were clear rules for these things, and he didn't have to watch from beginning to end. He turned around and got busy with the big things that he had been preparing for a long time.

After conquering Xixia, the border line of the Song Dynasty's territory was stretched longer. Not only was the border with Liao larger, but they also had to guard against the Uighurs. Although Xixia's geographical advantages were not rich, with millions of people living in such a large area, and dozens of miles of uninhabited people, the Song Dynasty did not want to give up the land that was finally conquered. So they still deployed all the troops to defend such a long border line.

For defense, the entire border army was mobilized. Half of the victorious Western Army continued to garrison the Liao Kingdom, and the other half was transferred back to the Hebei region, while half of the poorly combat-capable Northern Army was sent to the border between Xixia and Uighur to eat dust. This arrangement is simple and clear, just for the richest Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, to drive the Liao Kingdom and Lu Zhishen's forces out of the Great Wall and dare to go out of Yuguan. This is another goal after absorbing the spoils of Xixia and recuperating for a few years.

This matter is not only on Zhao Ji's mind, but also on the court officials. It has been more than a hundred years since the child emperor Shi Jingtang ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. If they can recover it in this dynasty, they will definitely be remembered in history and passed down through the ages. No one can resist such temptation, and they all have to consider their reputation after death.

Hundreds of thousands of troops and thousands of kilometers of mobilization are not a matter of a day or a night. It was also with this opportunity that Lu Zhishen's troops, who were attacking Xijin Prefecture, suddenly deployed their troops southward and confronted the Northern Army of the Song Dynasty.

Prior to this, as early as the beginning of the fourth year of Xuanhe, the troops that Wang Yan had secretly cultivated over the years had already begun to be mobilized. The manors in various places had already received instructions on what to do at what time. Of course, it was impossible for so many people to know the news. After all, the Yellow Turban Rebellion came first, and the confidentiality level of such news was of course very high. It was just that when it came to the heads of various regions, they would first let the manors under their jurisdiction make some preparations, and only when the time came would they tell them the truth.

The troops in Liaodong had already stopped fighting and no longer went to war with Liao and Jin. On the surface, they were engaged in business development, but secretly, they had drawn 20,000 people and landed in Dengzhou by boat. After several months, they were slowly sent to Bianjing and other places through caravans. As a super city with a population of one million and a huge flow of people, the influx of tens of thousands of people could not even cause a splash.

Wu Song has also been prepared. Recently, he has been wandering around various prefectures in the east and west of Beijing in the name of sweeping away bandits. Businesses in other cities have also received notices.

For more than ten years, of course, all preparations have been made. In fact, with the current strength, it is an internal rebellion, not an external attack. Even if the news leaks out at this time due to the spread of information, it is not a big deal. It is nothing more than a battle. At this time, it is too late for the local imperial guards to go to Beijing to defend the king.

After all these preparations were completed, Lu Zhishen began to test the attack and put pressure on the garrisoned northern army. Zhao Ji issued an order to urge Wang Yan to go to Beijing, because he was trustworthy, had a strategy and could fight, and wanted to hear Wang Yan's opinion.

After sending the eunuch who delivered the imperial edict out to rest, Wang Yan walked slowly into the yard with his hands behind his back: "Is everything almost arranged?"

The old housekeeper beside him nodded and said: "Don't worry, Master, Zide has made preparations. Five days later, on the first day of May, the people we have planted in the Northern Army will cooperate with Lu Zhishen to take down the rest. Then, according to the master's previous instructions, we will start to reorganize the army and comfort the people, and march north to Xijin Prefecture."

As a confidant, the old housekeeper's son Wang Ming'an was not transferred to Cangzhou for nothing. Governing 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 and national affairs in the north because of his rebellion in the country. He can control the army and people's livelihood in the border areas nearby without delaying national defense.

As for the Western Army, although he also has his people, he did not move. Because except for this time when Zhao Ji transferred part of the troops back to Bianjing for safety, the rest were outside for national defense, and even if he wanted to return to Beijing to defend the king, he was powerless. On the other hand, he changed the regime very quickly, and the border troops had to rely on the central government to allocate supplies, which was a natural hindrance for them. If someone took the opportunity to cause trouble, wanted to establish himself as a king, or fought back and robbed the people along the way, then his head would definitely be chopped off, and he would not have the opportunity to cause trouble.

Wang Yan nodded: "That's good, Uncle Fu, please take some trouble to control the overall situation in Shandong first. After things are settled, go to Beijing again."

"Boss, you are joking. This is what the old servant should do. Seeing that our Wang family is about to be glorious, there is no such thing as hard work. It's all for our family. Boss, just rest assured. Among these places, we have the deepest control in Shandong. If there is a scoundrel who makes trouble, he will work until he dies. When we meet again, you should call the boss the emperor..."

Laughing, Comrade Wang Yan, the candidate for emperor, patted the old butler on the shoulder: "Okay, go to 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 had charming eyes...

"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."

The pregnant Zhao Yupan thought quickly and blurted out: "Official, are we going to settle in Bianjing in the future?"

"Settling in Bianjing?" Jin Lian couldn't help but frowned: "Where can Bianjing be as comfortable as our Zhuangzi? Official, 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. There is no need to rush on the way the next morning. Yupan is pregnant with Liujia. , you still have to pay attention, just go slowly while enjoying the mountains and rivers. People from Beijing are still waiting. If the official calls, 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 be a small thing if it affects the child, but a big thing if it harms her body. 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 be the use of hundreds of thousands of troops? 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...

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