Xiao Tianjian left Nanjing City again at the beginning of March and embarked on the road to Beijing, although this time he went north, even if he still wanted to go to the palace again, not to mention that the cabinet ministers did not agree, even the generals in the army would never do it, so Xiao Tianjian regretted that he could only choose to compromise, but he still decided to be as close to the battlefield as possible.

So he went to Beijing to sit in Beijing on the pretext of going to inspect the capital of Beijing, where he came to directly "follow" the battle of the Northern Expedition.

After the enlarged meeting of the Imperial Cabinet in January decided on the Northern Expedition, the huge war machine of the Great Middle and North Korea was once again running at a high speed, and this time the Northern Expedition was different from the Northern Expedition three years ago, and after nearly three years of development, the economic foundation of the Great and Middle Korea has far exceeded that of that year.

The most important thing is that Dazhong and North Korea now have no worries about the south and northwest, and can concentrate more domestic resources to fight this decisive battle.

Therefore, this time, Dazhong and North Korea were able to mobilize nearly twice the number of troops and massive materials that were far more than the first Northern Expedition to carry out this Northern Expedition.

It was impossible to conceal such a large-scale military preparatory action from the Jiannu in Liaodong, so the Dazhong Dynasty did not deliberately conceal it this time, and used the government as a mouthpiece throughout the country to publicize the brutality of the Jiannu and their threat to the Han people, and announced that they would carry out a disciplinary action against the Jiannu, calling on wealthy families from all over the country to donate money and materials or buy war debts to support the war operation against the Jiannu.

Of course, this kind of propaganda will have a certain effect, so many people in China still support the actions of the imperial court, and what reassures the people everywhere is that this time the Great and Chinese Dynasty did not increase the taxes in various places because of the army's food and salary, but raised it by selling high-interest war bonds, and the grain collection was also a means of purchasing money from the people, rather than following the example of the Ming Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty to increase the number of salaries, salaries, and salaries to the people, so as to pass on the burden to the people.

In this way, the burden on the common people has not increased, the court takes money to buy grain, the common people and some rich gentry feel the generosity of the Dazhong court to them, and are willing to sell the surplus grain on hand to the government, some people with money in hand, for a time there is no idea of opening industry and commerce, plus the current policy of the Dazhong Dynasty also restricts the rich from land annexation, and the spare money in hand can only be stored in the cellar is useless, it just so happens that the Dazhong Dynasty has launched a high-interest war debt, for these rich people, The purchase of bonds can not only make their wealth appreciate, but also allow them to earn a loyal and patriotic name, so the effect of the sale of war bonds this time is quite good, rich people from all over the country have paid for it, and soon the Dazhong Imperial Court raised a large amount of war funds, solving the problem of lack of money to support the Northern Expedition.

With money, it was much easier to buy grain, and a large number of grain from the tun and the people were purchased in a centralized manner, and then began to be transferred to the north through various channels.

In order to reduce the problem of excessive consumption of land transportation, the northern transportation of materials from all over the south, Dazhong and North Korea still decided to focus on waterway transportation, and this time the main force of transportation to support the Northern Expedition was not the first year of Tianyuan mainly relying on canal transportation, and now with the surrender of the Zheng Group, Dazhong and North Korea have done their best to build sea power, and encourage private construction of sea ships, and also canceled the Ming Dynasty's restriction that the construction of sea ships can not exceed the four hundred brigs. Let the wealthy people and shipbuilders build as many ships as they want.

So in just two years, the shipbuilding industry that has long declined in various coastal areas and major rivers has begun to revive again, and a private shipyard has begun to be built, once the civil power breaks out, it is quite terrible, so in the past two years, the number of ships in the groundwater has increased, and the originally relatively calm sea surface has begun to appear again at this time.

Although the cao boats on the canal can provide relatively strong transportation capacity, they are far worse than those by sea, so this time the main force of the south to the north to transfer war materials was replaced by sea ships, and a large number of materials were loaded in various places and then taken the sea route along the coastline to the north, assuming the main transportation force of the Northern Expedition.

In order to prepare for this large-scale military operation, the military department designated Tongzhou at the end of the canal as the assembly point for the materials transported by the canal, and because the sea transportation was mainly this time, Xiao Tianjian simply ordered Shanhaiguan to be used as a gathering point for the unloading of seaborne materials, anyway, the Qinhuangdao port in the later generations was originally a famous natural ice-free port in the north, this era because of the Xiaoice River era, although the Bohai Sea will freeze in winter, but after February, the sea ice has begun to melt, and will no longer affect the movement of ships and in and out of the port.

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian issued an order to order the Dazhong Army stationed in Shanhaiguan to lead, and Yongping Mansion requisitioned the local people to quickly build wharves and a large number of trestle bridges at the selected location in Shanhaiguan for a large number of ships to dock and unload their goods later, and establish a huge material reserve point in Shanhaiguan to accept and hoard all kinds of combat materials transported from the north.

At the same time, Weihaiwei and Dengzhou in Jiaodong have also become two important reserves for receiving materials and a gathering place for the army.

The ships that undertake these transports, the Great China and the DPRK did not let the navy be responsible, but opened to the civilian ships to help the imperial court to transport, instead of adopting the means of forced requisition, all the civilian ships that undertake the transportation of these goods, can obtain the freight offered by the imperial court, to ensure that their interests will not be damaged, the private shipowners naturally applauded this, and enthusiastically participated in this transportation.

Therefore, after February, a large number of supplies began to pass through the canal boats and a large number of sea ships began to flow towards the north in a steady stream, and the guards stationed in Nanjing were also ordered to pull out, board ships in Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Nanjing and other places, and directly take the boats to the north, so that not only reduced the consumption of long-distance marches on the way, but also saved the army from the pain of long-distance marches on foot.

Xiao Tianjian also embarked on the road to the north in March, this time Lu Xiangsheng because he was the prime minister, to be responsible for presiding over government affairs in the rear, so it was a pity that he could not follow Xiao Tianjian to the north, so this time to follow Xiao Tianjian to the north is mainly Li Xin and the staff of the military department, and the group took a dozen boats along the canal towards Beijing.

After a twenty-day journey, Xiao Tianjian and his entourage finally arrived in Beijing, and the military and civilian officials in the north got the news that Luo Li, Wang Chengping, Diao Zheng and the current governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Zhang Erzhong, had already been waiting in Tongzhou in advance to meet them.

As soon as Xiao Tianjian's boat arrived at the Tongzhou wharf, the drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the guards and Yulinwei of Liu Yao's department, who arrived in advance, had already controlled the area around the wharf and arranged a strict cordon to ensure the safety of Xiao Tianjian and his party.

After Xiao Tianjian landed on the shore, he met with the ministers, exchanged pleasantries for a while, and did not stay in Tongzhou for long, and after briefly inquiring about the hoarding of materials in Tongzhou, he immediately rushed to Beijing with these people.

Entering Beijing City again, Xiao Tianjian felt a lot, in the blink of an eye, it has been more than two years since the last time he left here, when he stepped into this majestic capital again, the relics of the war here have disappeared, and the battle-damaged city walls and battlements have been completely repaired, although according to Xiao Tianjian's holy edict, all places, including Beijing, can not build a large number of buildings or new city walls or yamen and the like, can only be repaired on the original basis, and there is no need to pursue luxury, Minimize financial expenditures, but after all, Beijing has been determined as the future capital of the Great China and North Korea, and the personnel sent by various ministries to prepare in the early stage should try to restore it as much as possible.

Therefore, when Beijing City and Xiao Tianjian left here last time, the changes were still quite large, the city wall became much cleaner, and the cracks on the city wall were also repaired, becoming much more solemn and majestic than before.

After entering the city, Xiao Tianjian also noticed a situation, that is, Beijing City has become much cleaner in the past two years, the reason is very simple, Xiao Tianjian knew that in the second half of this year in history, there was likely to be a large-scale plague in the north, which led to Li Zicheng easily taking Beijing City, and later Li Zicheng's Dashun army may also be infected with plague on a large scale, so the combat effectiveness became very low, which eventually led to a rout in front of the Qing army.

Regardless of whether this happened in history or not, Xiao Tianjian took this possibility very seriously, which led to his decision to postpone the relocation of the capital to Beijing.

In order to avoid the occurrence of this large-scale plague, Xiao Tianjian has sent medical officers from the Taiyi Bureau to the north since the beginning of last year, not only in Beijing, but also in the entire northern towns, all of which require local officials to pay attention to the problem of hygiene, as much as possible to exterminate rats, and at the same time to raise more quicklime to continue to spread in the towns, in addition to requiring the garbage in the towns to be cleaned up in a timely manner, and the excrement of people and animals should also be dealt with.

As a result, the sanitation situation in many towns in the north has undergone great changes in the past year or so, and Beijing, as the future capital, has received even more attention, and the previous situation of garbage in the city has been improved and has become much cleaner.

After Xiao Tianjian saw this situation, he was much more relieved, and now the situation in the north has stabilized a few years in advance, the number of displaced people has decreased, and the people's livelihood has been much more stable, so that the possible plague situation has been avoided to a large extent, so Xiao Tianjian expressed satisfaction with the work of the Taiyi Bureau in the north in the early stage.

The Forbidden City is still the same as it was at the beginning, Xiao Tianjian did not let people repair here, and the main repair was only the yamen to be used by various departments in the city in the future, but it was not expanded, but only cleaned up and strengthened on the original basis, so the cost was not very large.

Most of the palaces in the Forbidden City are still closed, leaving only more than 200 eunuchs and old palace maids who have nowhere to go in the Forbidden City to be responsible for daily maintenance, and a company of Yu Linwei stationed here is responsible for the usual security of the Forbidden City, and the province allows thieves to sneak into the city and steal the priceless treasures inside.

When Xiao Tianjian entered the Forbidden City, he still only used the Wuying Palace, and as soon as he arrived, he summoned the generals and began to inquire about the preparations before the battle.