"Baokang Army Festival Envoy, Sichuan Xuanfu Envoy, Concurrently Yingtian Ambassador, Minister Wang Yan: Today, according to the army Shen to recover the next item: According to the Lanzhou garrison Yang Changpeng Shen: At noon on March 29, the western thief generals Yeli Gangxian and Li Wei led more than 3,000 horsemen to cross the river and invade our border. Changpeng set up an ambush in Baigang Village, Wuli, Lanzhou, lured the thief army into the village, ambushed the soldiers, Changpeng led the army to cut off the back road of the thief, when the sword beheaded the thief general Yeli Gangxian, defeated the thief army. 2,239 people were beheaded, 740 people were captured, 7 people including Li Wei, the deputy general of the thief and the partial general, were captured, and 1,250 war horses, swords, guns, banners, etc. were captured. ”

When this good news spread from Sichuan to Jiankang, it was already April 10, which was the fastest speed from Lanzhou to Jiankang. After receiving this good news, the whole court was shocked. This was the first victory won by the Song army since the Western Xia began to invade the northwest border of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was basically the total annihilation of the invading Western Xia army, and the results were also very impressive. Zhao Chen was greatly relieved. Yang Yan was right, it was less than a month before there was a report from the northwest.

And this is just the beginning, in the following half a month, the Jiankang Imperial Court received five shortcuts from the northwest in a row, one of which was a victory, three were small victories, and one was a defeat. Although the results of the later battles were not as good as Yang Changpeng's, they must have won more and lost less, and compared with more than a month ago, Yijing was much better. It can be said that the Song army on the northwest frontier, after surviving the initial surprise, finally stabilized and began to show its combat effectiveness.

In fact, more than a month ago, the Song army did not suffer many defeats, but every time the Western Xia army was able to kill and capture a large number of people from the Great Song Dynasty, and in the face of the multi-point attack of the Western Xia army, at the same time, it was a full cavalry, coming and going quickly, which made it seem that the Song army had no way to deal with the Western Xia army. However, as the Song army adjusted its tactics and moved all the people back to the city, the advantage of the Western Xia army was greatly reduced.

Yang Changpeng also set up an ambush in a village outside the city to lure the Western Xia army into a village that was not conducive to the performance of the cavalry, and defeated the Western Xia army for the first time. When he took the initiative to attack, he used Yang Yan's suggestion to concentrate his forces and encircle and annihilate the Western Xia army all the way. The two-pronged approach finally reversed in one fell swoop the situation in which the Song army had been passively beaten more than a month ago.

And the commanders of the two Western Xia Army, Wei Ming Jizhong and Gao Shan, both saw that the Western Xia Army had suffered defeats in recent times, and they also knew that the Song Army had found a way to deal with the Western Xia Army. The order was immediately given to stop the raiding and other ways to be found.

As Yang Yan said, although the Jin army had increased its troops on the border, there was no sign of any intention to invade the Great Song Dynasty. It only strengthened the management of the merchants in the field, and strictly controlled the smuggling of horses, which also caused the number of horses purchased by the Great Song Dynasty to drop sharply in the past few months. Last year, you could buy more than 2,000 horses a month, but this year, you can buy 2 or 300 horses a month, which is good. However, in the end, there was no conflict on the border, and the court was very satisfied with this.

Of course, not everyone is happy with the current result, and the ministers who took advantage of the border crisis some time ago to trigger attacks on the new law from both the government and the opposition are also a little disappointed. Without the pressure at the border, opposition to the new law will be much less effective. Therefore, in private, there are even some people who complain that Xixia is anticlimactic and cowardly. If the pressure on the imperial court continues on the border, perhaps the emperor will decree that all new laws will be stopped.

As the situation on the border gradually stabilized, the voice of opposition to the new law also decreased significantly. Shi Miyuan, the transfer envoy of Jiangnan West Road, first wrote to the imperial court, and the opposition to the new law was actually a few large households with a large amount of land, and he was dissatisfied with the fact that the imperial court found out that their family had hidden a large number of private land and hijacked households, so they deliberately incited the tenants to make trouble, and now they are all dealt with according to law. The establishment of the Liangzhejiang Road made Yue Lin also write to the imperial court, and the situation was roughly the same as that of Jiangxi Road.

The news they brought back showed that the basic situation in the implementation of the new law in Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang, Liangjiang, Liangguang, and other places was good, but because of the different conditions in various localities, it was inevitable that there would be some deviations, and at the same time, there were also phenomena in some localities where local officials were ineffective in implementing the new law, and even took advantage of the opportunity of implementing the new law to collect money and harm the people. These problems are basically not expected from the original, and they can all be gradually improved and corrected, and have little to do with the rights and wrongs of the new law itself. It also made Zhao Chen feel at ease.

The officials of the DPRK and China who supported the new law were very proud during this period of time, and they felt quite proud of their eyebrows. And the officials who opposed the new law did not hang their heads, because the Lianghu Road, which had the highest voice against the new law, has not yet received specific news, because it was Jinghu South Road, which provoked the people's uprising, the imperial court sent Yang Yan, Wang Huai, and Ji Weizhong, the chamberlain, to investigate, and it has been a month, although the local people's uprising was quickly quelled and did not cause turmoil, but the specific cause of the people's uprising has not yet been completely concluded.

Judging from the official documents they sent back to the imperial court, the process of investigating and collecting evidence was very difficult, and many of the parties and officials either disappeared or insisted on it, because the new law was not good, and then they remained silent. Even the magistrates of Ningxiang and Xiangxiang counties are sick at home and ignore county affairs.

So, on the surface, it is now the officials who support the new law who have the upper hand, but it is difficult to predict the final outcome of the debate against the new law, and the officials who oppose the new law still have a chance.

By the end of April, there was no concrete result on Lianghu Road, and Liang Kejia, Hong Shi and others also launched a counterattack in the DPRK, insisting that the direct cause of the civil uprising on Hunan Road was the new law harming the people, and the reason was that Yang Yan and others had not found out any other reasons so far. This shows that the new law does have some harm to the people, and although it has achieved some success in other places, it does not mean that it can be applied to the whole country, and even if the new law is not abolished immediately, it should be stopped immediately in Hunan Road.

Although Zhao Ruyu tried his best to refute the opinions of Liang Kejia, Hong Shi and others in the court, he did not have much evidence on the situation of Lianghu Road, and he also seemed a little lacking in confidence. As a result, the officials who opposed the new law gradually regained their disadvantage, and the outcome is not necessarily known.

And Emperor Zhao Chen was also a little annoyed, and finally issued an edict to edict Yang Yan and others back to Jiankang. And together with Wei Qi, the envoy of Jinghu South Road, and Sun Tao, the governor of Tanzhou, they also sent an edict to Jiankang to inquire in person.

The ministers on both sides were a little overwhelmed by the emperor's move, and they did not understand what the emperor meant. Liang Kejia, Hong Shi and others were also a little nervous, Yang Yan and others were originally officials sent to the local area by the imperial court, so they couldn't find out for other reasons, it was a matter of course for the emperor to edict them back to Jiankang, but why did even Wei Qi and Sun Tao edict back to Jiankang together? It is even more strange to ask in person, nothing has been found out, what can be asked in person?

Some people also think that this means that the emperor is very dissatisfied with Yang Yan and the others for not being able to find out the results this time, so he has to ask in person; No one is even very optimistic that the emperor has approved the situation of Lianghu Road, so he plans to stop at Lianghu Road to implement the new law, and also intends to reward Wei Qi and Sun Tao before recruiting them back to Jiankang.

Liang Kejia and Hong Yi were certainly not so optimistic. However, now it seems that it is certain that Wei Qi and Sun Tao have done a good job, and Yang Yan and the other three have not found any evidence against them on Lianghu Road, so the emperor personally asked, and the result is probably the same, and there is nothing to be afraid of. But even though I think so, I'm still a little uneasy.

The edict reached Tanzhou, and Yang Yan and others immediately took the edict and returned to Jiankang.

In the morning of this day, the stars were still bright, and the court was still dark. On the majestic Wende Palace, the lights have long been bright, and the incense is begging. The inner servants are ringing, solemn and solemn, and silent. On both sides of the road of His Royal Highness, the warriors of the armor stomach are sandwiched, holding the flag in their hands, standing with bated breath, majestic and solemn. The civil and military officials wore crowns, and walked respectfully to Danqi.

After kneeling down to the mountain and shouting after the completion of the service, the civil and military arrangements stood solemnly. Zhao Chen Zhengse admonished: "Now that I am in the south of the Great Song Dynasty, I am troubled by internal and external troubles, if I no longer cheer up and improve myself, I can only wait to be killed, so I am determined to implement a new policy, in order to rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty, recover the lost land, snow the shame of the ancestors, and promote the prestige of China." As a minister, he should be loyal and do his best to be loyal to the king. ”

The ministers of civil and military affairs responded in unison: "Your Majesty, my Emperor is decisive. The ministers should be loyal to the festival to repay the saints. ”

After the opening, the deacon's chamberlain immediately said: "Your Majesty, Yang Yan, the current commander of the soldiers and horses of Jinghu South Road, Wang Huai, the prison envoy of Jinghu South Road, Ji Weizhong, the governor of Jinghu South Road, Wei Qi, the envoy of Jinghu South Road, Sun Tao, the governor of Zhitan Prefecture, and others are waiting to see it." ”

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Xuan Yangyan and the others go to the palace." ”

The palace suddenly echoed with a pager. In less than a moment, Yang Yan and the other five people dressed up and walked up to the hall.

After paying homage, Zhao Chen said: "Yang Yan, Wang Huai, Ji Weizhong, I took you and the other three to Tanzhou to investigate the cause of the civil uprising, and now it has been more than a month, I don't know what the result is?"

Wang Huaiyan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers have been inspecting for a month, and it can be concluded that it is indeed because the new law is inappropriate and increases the burden on the people that this popular uprising was provoked. After finishing speaking, he secretly glanced at Liang Kejia and Hong Shi, and the two also nodded slightly to him.

Zhao Chen smiled slightly and said, "What a new law harms the people?" But what Ju Zhen knows, things in Hunan are not like this? ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was immediately in an uproar, and the ministers were all talking. In the ears of Wang Huai, Wei Qi, Sun Tao and others, they didn't just hit a thunderbolt, and they were speechless for a while, unable to say a word. Liang Kejia and Hong Shi also trembled in their hearts, not understanding what the emperor meant by this.