One hundred and three preparations

At this time, in the Central Plains, the Song army and the Jin army took the Yellow River as the boundary, held each other, and were safe for the time being, but on the northwest front of the Jin State, the war was still continuous, and the rebels of the Song Army and the Jin Army were sending their own troops to attack the Xijing Road and Hedong Road of the Jin State respectively.

After the Song army recovered the land of Guanzhong, Yang Yan also immediately ordered Yang Changpeng to immediately lead the army to support Bi Zaiyu, and at the same time ordered Meng Zongzheng to garrison troops in Tongzhou and Fangzhou, nominally to prevent the Jin army, but in fact to threaten the Jin rebels.

However, now the Song army and the Jin rebels are still in the Miyue period, so Yang Changpeng does not need to detour to Anxi Road, and directly passes through the rebels' occupied area and joins Bi Zaiyu. At this time, Bi Zaiyu could command and dispatch the military horses and passed through 100,000 and became the second largest group army of the Song army after Yang Yan. Therefore, it also launched a further attack on Datong Mansion.

Although the Jin army still had 1670,000 troops on the front line of the Yellow River, it was necessary to guard against the attack of the Song army that could move at any time, and not a single soldier could be mobilized. At this time, Wanyan Changzhi was able to mobilize less than 100,000 troops in Zhongdu and Taiyuan. Although the Jin State still has nearly 200,000 troops in the north, the northern defense line of the Jin State is too long, at least about half of the men and horses have to be stationed in the area of Shangjing Road, and only about 100,000 troops are available, and more than half of them are used to defend the Mongol army, so in the face of the attack of the Song army, Yang Woyan can only hold Datong Mansion, but he is also unable to repel the Song army.

However, the terrain in the Datong area is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is difficult for the Song army to capture Datong Mansion for the time being, so it can only sweep the peripheral areas of Datong one by one. And Wanyan Changzhi sent Shi Moyan to lead 30,000 horses to hold Ulzhou, so as to avoid blocking the attack of the Song army.

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For a period of time, although Zhao Chen was in Bianliang, the military and political power in the entire Central Plains was in Yang Yan's hands.

However, while the Song soldiers and horses were repairing, Yang Yan did not blindly wait, and at the same time was actively preparing for the next Northern Expedition.

If you want to cross the Yellow River first, you need to have a large number of boats. Although the Song army began to collect ships after occupying Kaifeng Prefecture, when the Jin army retreated, almost all the ships in the lower reaches of the Yellow River were mobilized, and they all stayed on the north bank of the Yellow River at this time, so the number of ships that the Song army was able to collect was less than 100. It is obviously impossible to force the crossing of the Yellow River. There were a lot of warships under Li Gongzuo, but there was a clear distinction between sea ships and river ships, and Yang Yan had no choice but to order to dispatch ships from the Yangtze River.

On the other hand, Yang Yan also ordered the staff department to actively participate in the activities to listen to the intelligence of the Jin army, grasp the distribution of Jin troops in Hebei, as well as the mentality and views of the people and officials of the Jin State, so that after the Great Song Dynasty began the Northern Expedition, it could be targeted.

And just after Zhao Chen left Bianliang and returned to Jiankang, Yang Yan began to further consolidate the rule of the Great Song Dynasty to recover the locality.

Although the remaining Jin soldiers south of the Yellow River were basically wiped out at this time, the Jin State had been under continuous control of this land for nearly 40 years, and the foundation was quite deep. Although the Han people had a great sense of belonging to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, and because of the strict discipline of the Song army, they also won the hearts of many people, but many Jurchens also emigrated to the areas around Kaifeng Mansion and Henan Mansion through the scriptures, and there were commoners and nobles, and they were absolutely hostile to the control of the Great Song Dynasty.

If it's also an ordinary citizen, it's nothing. But the Jurchen aristocracy is different, although their number is not large, they often have a lot of wealth, occupy a large amount of land, and employ a large number of tenant serfs. It's just because the Song army's army is stationed here now that they don't dare to act rashly, and once the Great Song Dynasty restarts the Northern Expedition, the army crosses the Yellow River and the control is relaxed, but it's hard to say. If the Jin State sends people to sneak in and organize this group of people, although it can not say that it can drive away the Song army, it can also create a lot of trouble for the Song army. The outside must be safe first, and it must be guarded against before it burns.

When the Song army had just recovered Kaifeng Mansion, Yang Yan ordered people to check the household records and distinguish between the Han and the Jurchens, which was actually preparing for the present. Due to the complete information and the help of the latent staff department, it was quickly cleared.

So Yang Yan ordered that all the property and property of all the Jurchen nobles should be confiscated, all the money and materials in the family should be confiscated, the real estate should be sealed, and all the family members should be gathered, and they should be lived in a designated place, and they would be strictly guarded by the Song army. All the hired peasant tenants were relieved of their employment and regained their freedom, and their fields were temporarily continued to be cultivated by the original hired peasant tenants, and the income from the fields also went to the hired peasant tenants this year. As for next year, we will wait until further notice.

Most of the peasant tenants were Han Chinese, and the Jurchen aristocracy was also very strict with them, and it was common for them to be beaten and scolded. Therefore, the Song army captured the Jurchen nobles, and they were also very relieved, and the land and property were also distributed to themselves, although it was only a year, they were not happy. And with the loss of money and land, the Jurchen nobles have no capital to make trouble, and they are closely guarded, so they don't have to worry about what big waves they will make again.

Of course, this decision was not made by Yang Yan alone, but was agreed by Zhao Chen, Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan and others, on the one hand, in extraordinary times, it is necessary to act very and manage with an iron fist, on the other hand, now the financial constraints of the Great Song Dynasty, the confiscated money and materials can just be used for military purposes, and it is also to relieve the financial pressure of the Great Song Dynasty.

At the same time, there is a somewhat unspeakable reason, that is, the Great Song Dynasty is destined to move the capital back to Bianliang, once the capital is moved, then all the officials will also have to move to Bianliang, at that time the emperor has a ready-made palace to live, but other officials and their families need to be placed in a place to live, the current Bianliang simply can't accommodate so many people, and it is impossible to drive the people away, so they have to take the Jurchens to open the knife, and the vacated real estate is temporarily sealed, that is, in order to disperse to the officials in the future, anyway, it is to rob the Jurchens, There is no burden in anyone's heart.

For example, Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan, Li Xianzhong, and Yang Yan, as well as Yang Yan, all made the first move, and took advantage of this opportunity to choose a mansion for themselves. This self-interest is still allowed.

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Just then, news came from the north. Genghis Khan Temujin of Mongolia swept the Western Liao with the scriptures, killed the prince Qu Zhulu of the barbarians, and learned that the Jin Kingdom was severely damaged at this time, and immediately left Borshu and Chilaowen to garrison the Western Liao, and led the army back to Mongolia, and also prepared a full-scale attack on the Jin State. The 10,000 pioneers of Jebe and Butai joined Mu Huali with Yijing.

After Yang Yan learned about it, he couldn't help but be surprised and delighted, with the full strength of the Mongolian army attacking from the north, the certainty of defeating the Jin State was even greater. However, once the pace of the Song army could not keep up, the Mongol army seized Yanyun and even Hebei, but it was also a big trouble. So Yang Yan immediately ordered someone to expedite the news with eight hundred miles to send it back to Jiankang, along with his worries.

Almost a month later, the imperial court finally sent a holy decree ordering Yang Yan to continue the Northern Expedition. And with the holy decree, there were actually Yang Yan's family members, except for Tassel and Zhao Qianru, the rest of the ladies and their children rushed to Bianliang.

It turned out that after Zhao Chen returned to Beijing, there was another debate between the DPRK and China about whether to continue the Northern Expedition. Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan insisted that they should continue to march to completely regain the lost territory and complete the Northern Expedition, but Zhao Ruyu and Fan Chengda believed that the financial resources of the Great Song were insufficient now. According to the Privy Council's estimates, according to Yang Yan's plan, about 3,000 to 40 million yuan would be needed to complete the Northern Expedition. With the current financial capacity of the Great Song Dynasty, this year's Spring and Autumn Taxes, plus the total economic system money, can only be between 25 million and 30 million yuan. Therefore, it is better to take it slowly, even if it is only for a year, it can also allow some room for maneuver.

And just when the two sides were arguing, the news of Yang Yan's return to Mongolia and his own worries reached Jiankang.

When Zhao Ruyu saw it, he immediately changed his opinion. He is a person who is familiar with historical events, and of course he knows that Yang Yan's worries are not unreasonable. Although an agreement was reached between the Song and Mongolians, didn't the Great Song and the Jin State also reach an agreement to jointly destroy the Liao? As a result, after the destruction of Liao, Jin Guo immediately turned his face and denied it, and whether the agreement was useful or not depended on his own strength.

Of course, the strength of the Great Song Dynasty now is far from being comparable to that of the time when it was in alliance with the Jin Kingdom, but it is very difficult for others to spit out the fat in their mouths again at any time. In Zhao Ruyu's view, there is no difference between Mongolia and the Jin State, they are both barbarians who do not pay attention to faith and righteousness, and only know force, and they are not trustworthy. But the Great Song Dynasty could not provoke another strong enemy before the Jin State was destroyed. It would be better to have less unnecessary trouble, so now grit your teeth and carry out the Northern Expedition to the end.

With Zhao Ruyu's approval, things were much easier, and the imperial court immediately reached a unanimous opinion.

And after Zhao Qianru learned about it, she also planned to move her family to Bianliang. Zhao Chenzhi has no opinion on this point, he has to move there sooner or later anyway, and let Yang Yan settle down in Bianliang as soon as possible, so that he can fight hard.

After getting Zhao Chen's permission, Zhao Qianru immediately began to arrange, and Xiangran Jiankang couldn't leave anyone behind, so she decided to let Tassel, Lin Yinzi, Lin Yanhong, Ye Muxue and their children move over Bianliang first, and Zhao Qianru, Yan Rui, Tie Chenglin, and Gu Xueping still stayed in Jiankang.