After receiving the silver and horses paid by the Western Xia to the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Yan really withdrew his troops as promised, and returned the Xishou Baotai Military Division, Baojing Military Division, Yingli, Mingsha and other places to the Western Xia. The one who came to receive these places was Ren Dejing's younger brother Ren Decong.

When the two sides were handed over, Ren Decong told Yang Yan again that the 30,000 horses and horses that the Jin army had assisted in Western Xia did not withdraw to the Jin army, but instead settled down in Xiazhou. This caused Ren Dejing to panic greatly, for fear that as soon as the Song army withdrew, the Jin State would come to attack Lingzhou, so he asked Yang Yan to also leave a part of the men and horses to garrison the Jingsai Military Division to fight against the Jin army.

It turned out that after Li Renxiao received this suggestion from the Jin State, he immediately consulted with Li Renyou, the king of Yue, Lang Zhenzhong and others, and the monarchs and ministers of the Western Xia also thought that for the time being, keeping the Jin army stationed in the Western Xia was also a good way to contain Ren Dejing. Because the strength of the current right Ren Dejing has risen sharply, he has surpassed the monarch with the scriptures, and there is the support of the Southern Song Dynasty behind him, once the Song and Jin Dynasty withdrew their troops from Western Xia, it is difficult to compete with Ren Dejing with Li Renxiao's strength alone, so although he knows that retaining the Jin army is to lead the tiger and drive the wolf, it can only be so.

However, the Jianing Military Division is also Ren Dejing's sphere of influence, and now Ren Dejing's nephew Ren Chunzhong is the commander of the Jianing Military Division, I am afraid it will be difficult to let it out for the Jin army to be stationed, so it is the second best thing to let the Jin army's men and horses garrison in Xiazhou.

Although Xiazhou is not as big as the threat of the Jianing Military Division to Lingzhou, but the important town on the eastern border of Western Xia, once an accident occurs, the Jin army can not only bypass the Jianing Military Division to attack Lingzhou, but also directly rush to Xingqing Mansion, so the Jin army is also very satisfied with this. After all, Li Renxiao is still the monarch of Western Xia, and the garrison involves the Jin State, although Ren Dejing is dissatisfied, he does not dare to have any objections.

After learning of this situation, someone suggested to Yang Yan that even if the Song army withdrew now, then it should be requested to the Western Xia, and the Jin army should also withdraw from the territory of the Western Xia, otherwise the Song army should be invited by Ren Dejing to leave a part of the troops in the Jingsai Military Division to help Ren Dejing garrison to fight against the Jin army.

But it was vetoed by Yang Yan. Because the Jin army was stationed in Xiazhou, it was requested by the Western Xia court and belonged to the internal affairs of the Western Xia, and the Song Dynasty had no right to interfere. And the Song Dynasty succeeded in negotiating peace with the Western Xia, and the Western Xia paid the silver and horses according to the agreement, so the Song Dynasty should also withdraw from the Jingsai Military Division in accordance with the provisions of the treaty. In terms of the situation, Ren Dejing could not represent the Western Xia Dynasty to invite the Song army to garrison.

Once the Song army is also stationed in Western Xia, it is equivalent to asking the Jin army to directly carry out confrontation, which is also something that Yang Yan is trying to avoid now. Although there will be a battle between Song and Jin sooner or later, what the Great Song should do at present is to digest and consolidate the victories after this war as soon as possible, and strive for a period of development time to accumulate strength and prepare for a decisive battle with the Jin State.

And now the Song Dynasty has obtained the strategic location of Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, and it is also connected with Ren Dejing's sphere of influence, once there is an accident in Western Xia, it can also immediately send troops, or attack Xingqing Mansion, or rescue Lingzhou, and there is a large buffer space between it and Xiazhou, and it is difficult for the Jin army to stop the advance of the Song army, so it is only necessary to pay close attention to the movements of the Jin army and be ready to deal with emergencies at any time, and there is no need to garrison troops in Western Xia.

At the same time, having the Jin army stationed in Xiazhou is not necessarily a bad thing, it can form a threat to Ren Dejing, so that he understands that without the support of the Great Song Dynasty, he and Ben will not be able to gain a foothold in Western Xia, so Ren Dejing will have to be desperately attached to the Great Song Dynasty in the future, and he will not dare to have different intentions. Therefore, Yang Yan politely declined Ren Dejing's invitation to garrison, but promised that once a war broke out, the Song army would immediately send troops to help. Then after handing over the place, he led the army back to Lanzhou.

At this time, Liu Heng and Wang Yan both arrived in Lanzhou to welcome Yang Yan's triumphant return with his army. At the same time, the imperial court also sent a decree to Lanzhou, announcing a series of new arrangements in Sichuan.

In the holy decree, Wang Yan, the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, was first commended for his political achievements in Sichuan over the years, and Wang Yan was transferred back to Jiankang, and was entrusted with important tasks, while Liu Heng stayed in Sichuan, succeeded Wang Yan as the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, and was responsible for the implementation of the new laws of the Jingjie Law, the Shecang Law and the Farmland Water Conservancy Law in Sichuan. He also appointed Yue Lin as the envoy of Chengdu Fulu and the governor of Chengdu, and went to Chengdu to take up his post on the same day to assist Liu Heng in implementing the new law in Sichuan.

At the same time, the imperial court also ordered that Zhuo Luo and the Southern Army Division be changed to the Gaolan Army, together with Xining Prefecture, Huangzhou, Kuozhou and other places, all classified as Lintao Road, Lintao Road originally had five counties, plus these four counties, now it is also based on the scale of the beginning, can become a separate road, no need to be attached to the Lizhou West Road, so the pacification envoy will be set up in Lanzhou, but it is still under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan Xuanfu Mission. Among the silver and horses compensated by Western Xia, 300,000 taels of silver were left in the treasury in Sichuan, 5,000 war horses were used by the army, and the rest were brought back to Jiankang by Wang Yan.

Then the holy decree praised the victory of the Song army in the battle against Western Xia, and promoted Yang Yan to the envoy of Zhenning and Chongxin Army. Although according to Yang Yan's record, he did not think that he had to lead the two towns to make the festival, but with the age that he was only twenty-six years old, not to mention that there was no one before, I am afraid that there will be no one in the future.

Of course, Yang Yan was not the only one who was rewarded, and Cao Xun was crowned as the envoy of the Jingmen Army, Gao Zhen was the envoy of the Wugang Army, and other meritorious people were also sealed, but Yang Yan and the Song army also stayed in Sichuan for the time being, on the one hand, to stabilize the newly acquired place, and on the other hand, they also took this opportunity to reorganize the imperial garrison in Sichuan, and then return to Jiankang.

According to Yang Yan's original planning, there are four imperial garrisons in Sichuan, namely Xingzhou and Chengzhou on Lizhou West Road, Xingyuanfu and Jinzhou on Lizhou East Road, but now there is Lintao Road, so Yang Yan had previously suggested that the imperial court should set up a imperial garrison in Lanzhou, which was also agreed by the imperial court, and this time it was also reorganized.

Sichuan is rich in products and fertile fields, and has always been an important area of the Great Song Dynasty. Now it is connected with the Jin State and the Western Xia, which is the most important thing. Sichuan Xuanfu envoy has jurisdiction over Sichuan Four Roads, and now Lintao Road must be added, which has great power, and Sichuan is far away from Jiankang, and it is difficult for the imperial court to control it in a very timely manner, so the candidate of Sichuan Xuanfu Envoy is very important, and it must be a minister that the emperor believes.

And once the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy has been in office for a long time, it is inevitable that local forces will not be formed in Sichuan, when Wu Xuan Dan served as the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy for more than 20 years, so that the power of the Wu clan spread throughout Sichuan, so that two years ago there was a rebellion of Wu Xi, and now it is difficult to clear the Wu family in Sichuan, and there must be no second Wu clan, so the post of Sichuan Xuanfu envoy must not be held by one person for a long time.

Wang Yan succeeded Yu Yunwen in the third year of the Gandao (1167) and served as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan, and he served for six years, and it was indeed time to change it. Moreover, Wang Yan has also made a lot of political achievements in Sichuan, whether it is in the southern invasion of the Jin army, the rebellion of Wu Xi, or now the war against Western Xia, he has done his duty and made a lot of contributions, so he should also be transferred back to Jiankang to take office.

Liu Hui is the deputy envoy of the privy council, in order to be qualified to serve as the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, he went to Sichuan as a minister to pay for the peace talks with the Western Xia, after more than two months, he also has some understanding of the situation in Sichuan, and now he succeeds Wang Yan, and can also carry out work immediately, and the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy now has the task of implementing the new law in Sichuan Wulu, which is also an important work, Liu Heng has always participated in the implementation of the new law in Jiankang, and is also more experienced, so he served as the new Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, is the most suitable candidate.

Now the rest of the country is basically empty of land, only Sichuan Wulu remains, and Sichuan has fertile land and thousands of tilts, and it is also the area with the strongest local power, and it is also the area with the most hidden households. Therefore, Zhao Chen left Yang Yan in Sichuan, on the one hand, to rectify the imperial garrison, on the other hand, to provide necessary support to Liu Heng, and at the same time, to transfer Yue Lin, who had experience in actually implementing the new law, to Sichuan to assist Liu Heng in carrying out his work. It is necessary to ensure the smooth implementation of the law on the border of war.

After the decree was given, everyone took up their duties. And Wang Yan returned to Jiankang this time, he must be the ruling minister, so he was not dissatisfied, and after handing over to Liu Heng, he returned to Jiankang with the silver and horses compensated by Western Xia. Yang Yan also sent the front secretary of the palace to urge the front army to escort Wang Yan, Baiyin, and horses. At the same time, he also asked Wang Yan to bring back a letter from home to report his safety.

After Liu Heng officially took office, he began to implement the new law in Sichuan Wulu, first of all, naturally the implementation of the meridian boundary law, verification of land, household registration. Because of the aftermath of the war in the Western Xia, and the civil uprising on Hunan Road first, they knew what the results would be if they destroyed the new law, so although most of the powerful forces in Sichuan were unwilling, they did not dare to openly oppose the decision-making of the imperial court.

At the same time, Liu Heng and Yue Lin both have considerable experience in implementing the new law, first starting from Chengdu Fu Road, and the top is closely watched, and the officials below naturally do not dare to slack off, and they are all conscientious, and the inventory work is going relatively smoothly. However, Sichuan is too big, and the local forces are intertwined, although they dare not object, but they will never honestly report the hidden land household registration, so it is not so easy to find out, in the first two months, Liu Heng and Yue Lin did not dare to relax for a moment, and carefully checked the land in each area.

And Yang Yan also began to pay for the reorganization of Sichuan's imperial garrison, Sichuan originally had three imperial garrisons, all of which were Xingzhou Meng Zongzheng, Xingyuan Mansion Wang Dajie, and Jinzhou Li Haoyi, and now all of them are retained, and among the two new imperial garrisons, Yang Changpeng served as the commander of the Lanzhou imperial garrison, and Yang Juyuan served as the commander of the Chengzhou imperial garrison.

After the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Changpeng has been guarding Lanzhou, this time the war against the Western Xia is also a great achievement, and Yang Juyuan is because of the pacification of Wu Xi's rebellion after the emergence of the uprising, and later out of Sichuan to fight, but also made a lot of achievements, before has been the first commander of the Xingzhou Imperial Garrison, by these two to serve as the new Imperial Garrison is also expected.

The total number of approved personnel and horses is 30,000 people in Lanzhou, 35,000 in Xingzhou, 20,000 in Xingyuanfu, 15,000 in Tianshui, and 20,000 in Jinzhou. The total is 120,000 horses. Because Sichuan has to face the borders of Jin and Western Xia at the same time, it is also appropriate to have more people.

However, the original establishment of the imperial garrison in Sichuan has basically remained unchanged, except for some increases or decreases in the number of approved troops, so that the number of garrisons is more even, so there is not much opposition, and the entire reorganization process is very smooth, and after two months, the reorganization is basically completed. After the remaining horses and the horses taken from the capital of the Western Xia army supplemented the losses of the forbidden army, there were more than 7,000 horses, which were also distributed to the imperial garrisons in proportion to the number of each army.

Due to the need to fight against the Western Xia, the intelligence network organs of the Great Song Dynasty in the Western Xia also exposed a lot in order to cooperate with the Song army, and all the exposed personnel and institutions were also withdrawn to the Great Song Dynasty for resettlement. Lai Wenzheng, Zhu Que, Zhao Cao, and others were also working hard to restore the intelligence network, but because the Great Song Dynasty was now able to trade with the Western Xia and had the original foundation, the new intelligence network was established very quickly, and it took more than two months to start building results.

At the same time, Yang Yan did not give up his intelligence collection of Mongolia, and obtained a lot of information about the history, current situation, and relationship between the various tribes in the steppe. Therefore, although Yang Yan has never been to the grassland, he knows the general situation on the grassland.

During the war against Western Xia, Ali had twice led caravans into the steppe, and after these contacts, Ali also revealed a little bit of his true identity and the purpose of coming to Mongolia, Temujin saw that he was really a secret envoy of the Song Dynasty, and he was also very happy, and began to negotiate with Ali several times about the alliance with the Song Dynasty.

This time, it was Zhao Cao who accompanied Ali to the Mongolian department, and when Temujin learned about it, he also met with the two in person. After learning that the Song Dynasty had defeated the Western Xia Dynasty and obtained the right to trade in the Western Xia, although the Mongols and the Song Dynasty were not connected, it was much more convenient to come and go, so Temujin also thought that the time was ripe, and sent two people, Zabal Huo and Huo'er Chi, to follow Zhao Cao and Ali to the Great Song Dynasty, hoping to get in touch with the Great Song court.

After leaving the grassland, Zhao Cao still stayed in Western Xia, and Ali took Zabal Fire and Huo'er Chi to Lanzhou, met with Yang Changpeng, and explained the situation. Yang Changpeng didn't dare to slack off, and immediately sent someone to inform Yang Yan.

When Yang Yan received this news, he was also very happy, and immediately ordered someone to invite Ali, Zabal Fire Destroyer, and Huo'er Chi to Xingzhou. At this time, the reorganization of the soldiers and horses of the Sichuan Imperial Front Garrison was completed, and the implementation of the meridian law was also very smooth, and the imperial court issued an order to transfer Yang Yan and others to lead the army back to Jiankang. So Yang Yan returned with Ali and Zabal Fire Man, Huo'er Chi and others.