Suddenly, it's spring.

The Fenshui is murmuring, the flowers are blooming on the riverbank, and the grass and trees on the embankment are full of greenery. Birds chirped in the sky, and the geese returning from the south lined up in a neat queue and swept past Taiyuan City to continue north. After the peach blossom flood, there is a thick spring color that cannot be dissolved.

The demarcation mission led by Han Jin, in the tents on the border line, argued with the Liao people for several months, and finally could no longer smell the horse manure on them. Yixing successfully completed their mission, heading south from Katsushu and returning to Tokyo via Taiyuan Castle.

The negotiations were not all smooth sailing, and the Liao people were never the ones who could talk well. Talking and fighting at the same time is also unavoidable. Throughout the winter, there were constant clashes on the border in the northeast of the river, not only in the newly acquired Shengzhou, but also in Fengzhou, Fuzhou, and even Yanmen Pass, where there were records of the two armies scouting horses and patrolmen fighting on the border, which made sparks fly on the negotiating table.

When the situation was at its most tense last month, even Han Gang took 3,000 soldiers and horses and set off to Linzhou to take charge. Although the handsome flag is planted at the head of Linzhou City, it also has the meaning of deterring the Liao people, but it is more to prevent the Liao people from going crazy, just in case.

Fortunately, there was no fight after all. The new Liao commander who replaced Xiao Shisan's town to guard Xijing Road did not dare to rashly challenge Hedong, which was guarded by Han Gang and tens of thousands of proud soldiers.

Han Jin and the Liao people talked about the most difficult situation, that is, to fight for a mountain and a soil ridge. The border thus drawn is basically based on the Line of Actual Control between the two sides.

The eastern part of the New Territories, that is, here in Shengzhou, the Line of Actual Control is the national border, and the war has not changed, and there is no need to take a few points at the negotiating table. The middle section is bounded by the Hanhai Sea and the desert, and several oases in the desert have not changed according to the previous ownership of the two families, such as the land Jinze, which once allowed Li Jiqian to avoid it and made a comeback in the future, is now also in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty - because everyone in the desert Hanhai is not interested, the demarcation of the national boundary in the middle section is the first to be completed.

As for the western section of the New Territories, because it is too close to Xingling, especially the Qingtongxia, which is directly inserted into Xingling's waist ribs, it is a must for the Liao people. After a quarrel, the Qingtongxia still belonged to the Song people, but within fifty miles south of the mouth of the Qingtongxia Gorge, the Song people were not allowed to build any walled cities.

According to the alliance of the Yuanyuan, if the Great Song Dynasty wanted to repair the city walls on the border of Hebei and Hedong, it must notify the Liao State, and at the same time, the border villages must not be built. The military fortress in Shengzhou was also based on this clause, and after the signing of the demarcation treaty, it could no longer be built at will. The treaty that Qingtongxia was not allowed to build a walled city was even more harsh. As a result, the officers and troops could only garrison Mingsha City, which was sixty miles to the southwest and the valley of the Yellow River was much wider. The terrain there is far less than the dangerous Qingtongxia, and it is necessary to station twice or even more than three times the soldiers and horses to ensure that it can withstand the invasion of the Liao army. At the same time, this agreement also made it impossible for the tens of thousands of remnants of Western Xia who migrated to the southern valley of Qingtongxia to settle down.

However, as long as Mingsha City is in hand, Jingyuan and Qinfeng in the south of the Yellow River Valley, and Xihe and Ganliang in the west, these four roads still do not have to worry about the threat of Liao soldiers and horses. This is equivalent to concentrating the amount of defensive power of the previous three roads of Qinfeng, Jingyuan, and Xihe on one point in Mingsha City, but it can't be considered too bad.

This is the first time since the alliance that such a treaty does not take advantage, but it does not suffer losses. According to the news coming back from the city of Tokyo, the Son of Heaven and the two governments were very satisfied with this demarcation treaty

The officials who participated in the demarcation mission were inexplicably excited about this, and they stood tall and folded their stomachs. It's like a big war out loud.

But then again, if Xingling's losses are included, it is not that he does not suffer a loss, but that he suffers a big loss.

"The boundaries are punched out. Without a big knife and spear, the pen tube can't fight for an inch of land. Zhi Keshi sneered in a low voice, "Even if you have the talent of Su Zhang, without the Six Kingdoms and the Qin State behind your back, how can you argue with the world?" ”

Huang Sheng panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he was a little relieved. Then he reproached in a low voice: "Zunzheng, you can't talk nonsense!" Don't look at the occasion either! ”

"This is what Long Tu said two days ago." Fold can be suitable for the front of the Nunu mouth.

Huang Sheng cast his gaze forward, and twenty steps away, Han Gang was walking with Han Jin. The two laughed and laughed freely, and they seemed to have a good relationship like brothers.

"Look at Long Tu's current appearance, would he say this in front of Han Liunehan?" Huang Shang retorted.

Zhi Keshi said with a smile: "The little brother didn't talk nonsense in front of outsiders." ”

"Do you know if there are any people around who are deaf and clear?" Huang Sheng was slightly angry: "Today is still Neihan, and when he returns to Beijing, he is in power, if you give him a good idea, can you please him?" ”

“…… The ruling ......" Zhi Keshi shook his head and smiled coldly: "It's a pity that Longtu, the work of panic can't even occupy a place in the Xifu." ”

Huang Sheng was anxious and angry, his eyes turned left and right to look around, "Say less!" ”

"Yes." Zhi Keshi nodded, and finally stopped saying sour words, and said: "Yuan Houzhi went out, Han Yuru lowered the hemp, and there was a new person in the East Mansion." However, in a few days, maybe the East Mansion will change again. ”

Huang Shang was relieved, "Who knows, maybe Lu Jifu can survive this time." ”

Zhi Keshi rolled his eyes: "The hand practice method is the target of the public, and the current Heqing Haiyan is no longer the current situation of last year." Whether or not to continue to implement the Hand Practice Method depends entirely on the mind of the Son of Heaven. And Yushitai's impeachment of Long Tu in winter was unsuccessful, which was already a shame, but this time, it was bitten hard and would never be released again. ”

After Han Zhen went back, he was basically sure that he was going to enter the East Mansion. Han Gang received news in Hedong that he was going to take the place left by Yuan Jiang, who went out a month ago. Yuan Jiang, an old minister, is over seventy years old, and after this foreign appointment, he will probably be a minister. The Zai Fu of the Great Song Dynasty rarely served as a minister in the two prefectures, Han Qi and Fu Bi both went out from the position of prime minister, and returned to their hometowns after serving as magistrates for two years.

In the political hall, there are Wang Qi, Lu Huiqing and Cai Qu at the moment, and another Han Zhen is added, which is one phase and three ginseng. However, Lu Huiqing has had some trouble recently and has become the new prey under the mouth of Yu Shitai.

The hand practice method has always been the main point of Lu Huiqing's attack, and before that, for the sake of military spending, Zhao Ji suppressed all the opposition. However, now that the new border covenant has been signed, seeing that peace is coming, whether he will be crossed the river and the bridge demolished is really a matter of two questions.

But it's inconvenient to talk about this topic, Huang Sheng pursed her mouth, raised her eyes to look ahead, and refused to speak.

Han Jin and Han Gang walked side by side, stepping on the green land on the riverside, and said as they walked: "This time the demarcation proposal is also thanks to Yukun. Without Yukun's hard work,"

Han Gang shook his head and said humbly: "Han Gang is just beating gongs and drums, how dare he say that he is hard in front of Brother Yuru?" It was Brother Yuru who suppressed the arrogance of the Liao. ”

"What really made the Liao people speechless and indisputable was still relying on Yukun. As soon as the walled fort on the northern boundary of Shengzhou is completed, the Liao people will be indisputable,"

personally went out of the city to see off Han Zhen and his party, Han Gang, the handsome minister of Hedong, gave Han Jin enough face. Moreover, Han Zhen was able to stand up at the negotiation table before, and Han Gang's help in the back contributed a lot. Even though Han Gang's age is jealous, Han Zhen is not exempt from vulgarity, but he has to leave a favor in front of Han Gang.

"Brother Yuru said the opposite." Han Gang smiled and sent the resignation back, "It is Brother Yuru who knows that Dao Yuru will definitely be able to successfully demarcate the border, so Han Gang is in a hurry to build the walled city." Otherwise, once the boundary is demarcated, it will have to be the same as Hebei, and the city can no longer be repaired at will. ”

By the end of the winter, the walled city on the border of Setsushu had been completed, and the planned defense system had been formed, and it was connected with the northern defense line of Toyoju, Fuzhou. In the future, if the Liao people want to invade the south, it will be very convenient for several military states west of the Yellow River to support each other.

However, during the arduous work that lasted for several months, more than 500 Montenegrin party members died of exhaustion and disease, and as many as 1,000 were injured or even slightly disabled. Such hatred must be difficult to erase, and I don't know how many years it will last.

But Han Gang didn't care very much, as long as the officers and soldiers had enough strength to suppress all rebellions, even if they gritted their teeth with hatred, they didn't have to be honestly obedient and obeyed. If the official army doesn't have that strength, even the current honest and obedient Fan will still have different intentions.

And the reason why he was so anxious was also because there was the alliance of the Yuanyuan in front of him, and once the Zhilu Dao demarcation treaty was signed, it would be difficult to build a new walled city. At present, the fortifications of the fortified cities in various key positions have been built, although there are still many places that need to be filled, but it can be put to the next time.

As the city got farther and farther away, there were fewer liquor shops on both sides of the official road, and there were more and more fields. The water and soil around Taiyuan City are good, and most of them are planted with wheat, and by mid-March, the wheat that has begun to be jointed has reached more than two feet high, and the narrow green leaves are raised high.

Since February, there have been several spring rains, and the fields outside Taiyuan are full of green. The wheat seedlings in the fields are growing happily and lushly. A gust of wind blew, and the wheat field rose and fell like waves on the water.

Han Gang looked at the green wheat waves and was happy in his heart. He went out of the city to see off Han Jin, and in fact, he also had the idea of inspecting the local seedlings by the way.

Han Jin saw Han Gang looking at the wheat field on the side of the road, so he said: "Look at it like this, Hedong should be another bumper year this year. ”

Han Gang retracted his gaze and smiled at Han Jin: "Speaking of which, the name of Yuanfeng is still good, and it is the right time." ”

Han Zhen looked up at the sky where the clouds were gone: "The name of Yuanfeng was given by the Son of Heaven himself, and the Son of Heaven was ordered by the Heavens, so it is reasonable to be able to reflect it." ”

"With this year, it's been three years in a row...... Compared with the last few years of Xining, there is really a big difference. Han Gang said, "In the past three years of Yuanfeng, there was some drought in Hebei and Shaanxi last spring, but it didn't last long. ”

"Expensive rice hurts farmers in disaster years, and cheap rice also hurts farmers in good years. Yukun should be careful. ”

"Thank you Brother Yuru for your advice."

Han Zhen smiled: "But there is no need to worry about Yukun here." ”

"If you don't deserve Brother Yuru's praise, even if you can stabilize food prices, you will also take advantage of the light of last year's war. He didn't know that in order to make up for the deficit in last year's war, in the next two or three years, Chang Ping had to open up to collect grain. It is true that food prices will not fall for a while. ”

Along the way, it has been sent to the south of the city for ten miles. In the ten-mile pavilion on the side of the road, a feast has been placed.

Han Gang and Han Jin entered the pavilion hand in hand. Although the dishes on the table are not sumptuous, they are all carefully prepared by celebrity chefs and brought in food boxes.

Han Gang raised the wine glass that had been filled and said loudly: "The two countries of Song and Liao, after the alliance of the Yuanyuan, have not had a major war for more than 70 years. However, the peaceful days of China are thirty years after the alliance of the Yuanyuan. When Yuan Hao raised troops, there was no peace in the northwest, and the smoke continued for decades, and the soldiers and civilians in Hedong and Shaanxi died in the king's affairs. Now that the Western Xia has finally been destroyed, Brother Yuru has signed a new covenant with the Liao, but this peaceful day has finally come again. Let the others go first, and first wish the Son of Heaven a long life, and the world is peaceful. ”

"Yukun is right." Han Zhen nodded, raised his glass together, and said to everyone: "When you drink this cup, I wish the Son of Heaven a long life and peace in the world!" ”