"Your Majesty, since Your Majesty's personal expedition, there have been more than three months away from Beijing, but the army can not be without a commander for a day, and the country cannot be without a king for a day, and now the east and west of Beijing have been recovered, and Your Majesty has gone to Xijing in person to worship and sweep the mausoleum of the Song Dynasty, Your Majesty is satisfied, so the minister hopes that His Majesty will return to Beijing as soon as possible to appease the hearts of the ministers."

Just after Zhao Chen went to Luo** to worship the mausoleum, the day after returning to Bianliang, Han Yanzhi asked Zhao Chen to return to Jiankang.

Zhao Chen pondered for a while, and said: "Although the two capitals have been restored, there is still the land of Hebei that is still in the hands of Jin Yu, and the sixteen states of Yanyun have not been recovered, how can I return to Beijing just like this?" ”

Wang Yan also came out and said: "It is still the responsibility of the soldiers at the front to recover the lost territory, not to mention that Yang Xuanfu is here to preside over the overall situation, and your majesty can rest assured that you can rest assured of military affairs." But if Your Majesty is still the king of a country, how can he live outside for a long time? Please also ask Your Majesty to listen to Prime Minister Han Cheng's advice and return to Beijing immediately. ”

Because in the previous stage, the Song army has continuously recovered the big ** lost territory, it takes a period of time to stabilize, and the vast majority of these places recovered are temporarily managed by the ****, which also involves a considerable part of the Song army's troops, and at the same time, after the previous stage of the battle, the soldiers of the Song army are also very tired, and have lost a considerable part of the troops, and the staffing of several armies is only half of the original, and it is also necessary to replenish the source of troops and re-trim. Therefore, at this time, the offensive of the Song army on all fronts also stopped, and was temporarily stationed south of the ** River, mainly to stabilize the occupied area and repair the men and horses, and wait for the strength to recover, and then cross the ** River and continue to recover the lost territory.

However, during this period, Zhao Chen also took advantage of this gap to give a comprehensive reward to the meritorious heroes of the Northern Expedition in the previous stage.

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Among the generals of the other armies, Bi Zaiyu was promoted to the festival envoy, but the current merit is not enough to serve as the two towns, so the Ning Navy Jie Du envoy was transferred to the Baokang Army Jie Du Envoy, and the town was transferred to the town Jie Du Envoy, and the title was promoted to the founding prince of Yi ** County, Feng Cao Xun was the Baoning Army Festival Envoy, Gao Zhen was the Pingjiang Army Festival Envoy, Meng Zongzheng was the Jingnan Army Jie Envoy, Li Gongzuo was the Jing Navy Jie Envoy, Chen Min was the Changhua Army Jie Envoy, Qi Fang was the Zhaohua Military Festival Envoy, and everyone's titles were also promoted to one level accordingly.

The generals Yang Changpeng, Liu Fuwu, Liu Renxian, Shi Jun, Zhang Shiyan and others, as well as Wei Jiao, Qi Dazhu, Wu Xi and other forbidden army commanders, who were not Chengxuan envoys, were also promoted to Chengxuan envoys. Even Zhang Wei was promoted to the Seventh Rank Wuyi Doctor, and was also awarded the title of Captain of the Cloud Cavalry, and his official position was also promoted to the general of the Ma Jun Si Xiao Cavalry. At the age of less than twenty, the Book of Songs is very good.

After the promotion is completed, it is a reward, and all the soldiers have different amounts of rewards according to the size of their merits, and the worst can also get ten yuan. And since the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Yan has been severely punishing the bad habit of deducting soldiers' money and food, so the atmosphere in **** has also improved greatly, and this time the rewards can basically be fully implemented in the hands of every soldier.

Of course, Zhao Chen has not forgotten the soldiers who died in battle, and for the soldiers who died in battle, he showed great compassion to his family, doubled the rate of reward according to his merits, and exempted the family from the annual tax accordingly.

The soldiers of the Song Army also felt that the hard work and blood of the previous period were not in vain, and naturally everyone was happy, and everyone praised the emperor for his sage, meritorious rewards and punishments, so the morale of the army was also greatly improved. Many people have saved up enough strength, planning to make more achievements in crossing the ** River and continuing the Northern Expedition, in order to seek more rewards.

After the reward, Zhao Chen led the accompanying ministers to Luo** to pay tribute to the tombs of the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty.

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At this time, the time turned to the next year, in the ninth year of Jianxing of the Great Song Dynasty (1179), Zhao Chen's imperial expedition also took more than three months, and Zhao Ruyu, who stayed in Jiankang, and other ministers also wrote to Bianliang one after another, asking Zhao Chen to immediately turn back to Jiankang and preside over the overall situation. And Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan and other ministers also believed that after recovering Tokyo, this time Zhao Chen's goal of personal expedition was achieved, and it was time to go back to Jiankang. Therefore, just today, Han Yanzhi proposed in the palace to ask Zhao Chen to return to Jiankang.

Zhao Chen pondered for a moment, and then said: "Tokyo was originally the old capital of my Great Song Dynasty, and Jiankang is just a place to go, and now that the east and west capitals have all been recovered, I think it is better to take this opportunity to return the capital to Tokyo, do you think this proposal is feasible?" ”

Han Yanzhi came out again and said: "Your Majesty, it is still right to be in Tokyo, and it is also the responsibility of my Great Song courtiers." Although it is imperative, the move of the capital is very important and involves a wide range of things, so it cannot be taken lightly. Now although the east and west capitals have been recovered, they have not completely stabilized, and Jin Yu is still living in the north of the ** River, which means that he must go south, so according to the opinion of Weichen, the proposal to move the capital is better to postpone one a step. ”

Wang Yan also said: "The move to move the capital, for example, is a waste of money, grain, and people's power, but now my Great Song Dynasty still has Hebei, Yanbei land is still in the hands of Jin Yu, even if it is Guanzhong, Shandong land has not been recovered, Jin Yu still has hundreds of thousands of troops, the financial and material resources of the imperial court, to supply the army action, if the capital is moved at this time, I am afraid that the Northern Expedition will be difficult to help, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." Moreover, it is still necessary for His Majesty to return to Beijing to be in the center to supply the Northern Expeditionary Army, so His Majesty is also invited to return to Beijing. ”

Zhao Chen thought about it again, and felt that his idea was indeed not appropriate, and he was indeed a little too anxious to move the capital at this time. Now the finances of the Great Song Dynasty are also very tight, this time to reward the soldiers, a total of six or seven million yuan was spent, and all of a sudden the military expenses collected last year were **** eight or eight, if you want to continue the Northern Expedition and recover the lost territory, you must collect this year's spring tax and increase the total economic system money, in order to support the imperial court to continue to use troops. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty really did not have the financial resources to move the capital, and even the restoration of the imperial tomb was impossible for the time being. However, now that the imperial court continues the Northern Expedition, how much time, how large-scale, and how much money it will take to recover the lost territory, Zhao Chen has no bottom in his heart.

Therefore, Zhao Chen nodded and said, "What Qing said is reasonable, but I didn't think about it enough. Suddenly, he said, "Where is Yang Qing?" ”

When Yang Yan heard the call on his head, he immediately came out of the queue and said, "Weichen is here." ”

Zhao Chen said: "Yang Qing, you are the master of the Northern Expedition, according to your opinion, if I want to recover the land of Hebei and Yanyun in the Great Song Dynasty, how many soldiers and horses do I still need?" How when? ”

Yang Yan said: "Back to Your Majesty, continue the Northern Expedition, about 400,000 people and horses, if the imperial court's money, food and materials are neatly prepared, next month the minister can send troops across the Hebei Expedition and recover the land of Hebei, at least half a year, more than a year, which can recover the lost land of my Great Song Dynasty, including the sixteen states of Yanyun that year." Continue the Northern Expedition, collect the detailed strategy of Hebei and Yanyun, and the minister is writing a folded version, which can be submitted to His Majesty for reading in two or three days. ”

Zhao Chen was a little happy at this time, and said with a smile: "Yang Qing is really thoughtful in doing things, and after listening to Qing's words, I can rest assured." Then he looked around at the ministers and said, "Han Qing." ”

Han Yan hurriedly came out again, and said, "Where is Weichen?" ”

Zhao Chen said: "Just wait for Yang Yan's 'detailed strategy for collecting Hebei and Yanyun' to be written, and wait for me and Qing to review it, and then return to Jiankang, what do you think?" ”

Han Yanzhi nodded, this is a major event from Guan Yi to the next stage of the Northern Expedition, and it should be completely necessary to wait for a few days, and Yang Yan finished writing the strategy, it is only two or three days later, and the Emperor of the Elbow will not be able to leave when he returns to Beijing, and it will take two or three days to prepare for the preparation work, so he can wait for Yang Yan to finish writing and prepare for the return journey, so he said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the minister thinks it is feasible." ”

Since the prime minister agreed, others naturally had no objections, so Zhao Chen's return trip was thus determined.

Two days later, Yang Yan's strategy for the second phase of the Northern Expedition was written in the scriptures and presented to Zhao Chen.

After Zhao Chen, Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan, Li Xianzhong and others saw it, they also felt that this plan was completely feasible, with Yang Yan's ability and the morale of the Song army, as well as the current situation of the Jin State, there was also a considerable grasp of success, but whether the Great Song Dynasty still had enough financial resources to support the second phase of the Northern Expedition, no one could say, after all, this involved many aspects, and it was not clear whether there were five or six days.

Fortunately, the Song army was not about to start the Northern Expedition immediately, and at the same time to approve this plan, it was best to get the unanimous approval of the other ruling ministers, and at this time, the emperor's return preparations were all arranged, so although Han Yanzhi also supported the second phase of the Northern Expedition immediately, he still suggested to Zhao Chen that he should leave for Beijing immediately without visiting, and then discuss whether Yang Yan's plan could be feasible after arriving at Jiankang Mansion.

Zhao Chen thought about it for a while, and also thought that this was the end, so he ordered to leave for Jiankang tomorrow. On the same day, Zhao Chen recruited all the ministers and crowned Yang Yan as the left-behind division of Tokyo in public, and the envoy of Jingdong, Jingxi, and Shandong roads, and concurrently served as the envoy of Hebei and Hedong roads, which means that no matter whether the Great Song Dynasty carries out the next stage of the Northern Expedition, Yang Yan will be stationed in Bianliang and confront the Jin State.