Soon after Zhi Yanchong returned to the Han Ministry, he took full control of the Han Ministry, and adjusted the interests within the Han Ministry, which included promotions and demotions, reservations, and changes.

Before Ouyang Shi left, Jinmen convened an extraordinary meeting of the standing representatives of the Yuan Department of the Han Dynasty, at which Zhi Yanchong commended Han Fang, Chong Quai, and others, and explained to the representatives of the Yuan Ministry how he got out of trouble. When the delegates heard that one of the key factors why the general was able to get out of trouble this time was that Xiao Tienu regretted his actions very much, so he changed his mind and ordered to go all out to rescue the general in order to atone for his crimes.

Betrayal is difficult to forgive in any era, and if the betrayer is not punished, it is easy to trigger the followers to follow suit. However, Xiao Tienu's rescue of Zhe Yanchong is also a great credit to the Han Ministry - if Zhi Yanchong cannot get out of trouble, or if the time to get out of the predicament is another year and a half later, then the Han Department will face a great crisis of falling apart, and even the entire Chinese civilization will suffer great hardship because of this.

At the meeting, Xiao Tienu took a list of apologies, hoping to return to the Han Department and make meritorious contributions. Some literati represented by Zhang Xuansu and Chen Zhenghui and some martial artists represented by Shi Kang and Xu Wen were very disgusted with Xiao Tienu's capriciousness and believed that his behavior should not be easily forgiven. Ouyang Shi had already seen that Xiao Tienu's betrayal had another spring and autumn in it, he secretly sneered in his heart, and expressed his hope that everyone could give Xiao Tienu a chance.

In the end, everyone turned their attention to Zhi Yanchong, because he was not only the head of the Han Dynasty, but also the direct "victim" of Xiao Tienu's betrayal, and he was the most qualified person to judge this matter.

Zhi Yanchong looked around the audience and said slowly: "General Xiao's betrayal makes me very uncomfortable. When I was still under house arrest, I often wondered if I had done something that I couldn't do to my brother and my subordinates, so that he would treat me like this. ”

Ouyang Shi sneered in his heart when he heard this, but all the representatives sighed, and Zhang Xuansu hurriedly said: "This is Xiao someone's nonsense, and the general is not at fault in this matter!" ”

Zhi Yan said: "In any case, General Xiao and I have a sense of righteousness, and he still cares about me as a big brother, so I don't want to lose a brother." I am willing to give him a chance to mend his ways, this is my selfish desire. He paused, and then said: "Now the Jin people are rampant, and the iron slave rangers are active in the north and south of Yin Mountain, which just echoes our east and west, and the momentum of the gold people is leading. At the beginning, Guan Zhong shot Qi Huan with an arrow, but Qi Huan did not think it was an enemy, but thought it was a phase, and the person who did it was a state affair. Today, for the sake of the country, we should also give him a chance. If the road back to the Han Department is blocked, it will push him into the camp of the Jin people. Once the iron slave returns to Jin, it will be a general for the Jin people, and my Han Department will add a strong enemy, isn't this terrible! So I would like to ask you to give him a chance – for the sake of national affairs. ”

As soon as these words came out, all the representatives praised Zhe Yanchong's generosity and kindness, and his weight was very large, but Chen Zhenghuixin, Zhang Xuansu and other learned people thought in their hearts: "When Guan Zhong shot Qi Huan, they were their own masters, how could they be the same as Xiao Tienu's betrayal?" However, since Zhi Yanchong had already spoken, it was difficult for them to object. And what Zhi Yanchong said is also good, if it blocks the way for Xiao Tienu to return to the Han Dynasty, it will be a move to damage the Han and benefit the gold, thinking of being the enemy of Xiao Tienu, even Shi Kang, Xu Wen and others are very troublesome! Therefore, after a round of discussions, most people agreed with Xiao Tienu's return to the Han Dynasty, but said that his behavior should be closely monitored to prevent similar things from happening again. However, there are still a small number of idealistic figures who resolutely resist, believing that although the re-acceptance of Xiao Tienu will help the current situation, it will be detrimental to the righteousness of the eternal generations, and will bury immeasurable hidden worries about the future of the Han Dynasty. However, the number of people who insisted on it was too small to influence the decision of the entire meeting.

Although the decision to let Xiao Tienu return to the Han Department was a little suspicious, in the end, everyone pretended to be confused and it passed, anyway, the Han Department is now going uphill, and promised to let Xiao Tienu come back and not lose anything in the short term, so they reluctantly acquiesced to this fact.

After discussing Xiao Tienu's affairs, some changes in the power and position of the Han Ministry were discussed, the most notable of which was that Chen Xian entered the center and became Yang Yingqi's deputy, and concurrently led the Tanggu guards. Chen Xian's entry into the center was a promotion and power increase for him, while for the Han Dynasty, the central government strengthened its control over Tanggu, which can be said to be a two-way, reciprocal, and tacit political transaction.

The meeting also decided to allow outstanding students from Tanggu Political Science School to enter the Guanning School for further study, and the first phase was divided into two classes, politics and law, and short-term training was conducted by Yang Yingqi and Di Yu respectively. At the same time, Ouyang Shi, who was originally guarding Tanggu, was officially ordered to go south.

The meeting was warm and free in the process, and the outcome was very happy for all. Yang Yingqi was very low-key throughout the meeting, barely speaking, but he was the biggest beneficiary of this change of power.

Soon the excellent seeds of Tanggu political science crossed the sea to Jinmen to pay tribute to Yang Yingqi and Di Yu respectively, and the short-term training did not waste much time for Yang Yingqi, but in just a few days of contact, the students were all impressed by Yang Yingqi's erudition and vision, even if many of these people were actually older than Yang Yingqi, but they were willing to perform the rites of disciples. Didn't the sages say it? "There is no order to learn, and the master is the teacher". Yang Yingqi is obviously the most learned and powerful scholar in the Han Dynasty, and he can worship under his disciples, in addition to getting a teacher, he has also got a big backer, what more can he ask for!

As a result, Yang Yingqi, with the support of Zhe Yanchong, further unified the forces of all aspects of the Han Dynasty, and the power of the centralized mode of "combining Zheyang and Yang" and "integrating Zheyang" reached the peak of history. After the internal problems of the Han Ministry were properly handled, there was a solid foundation for the integration of the newly joined forces, the Central Plains Anti-Jin Forces.

At this time, the influence of the Han Dynasty had penetrated into most areas of Hedong, Hebei, Shandong, and Henan, and in several years of anti-Jin activities, the gentry group in the Central Plains had been divided into two factions, the Baosong faction and the Lixin faction, most of which had already crossed south to the Song Dynasty, while the Lixin faction was interested in the new regime that had not yet been born.

The improvement of Yang Yingqi's status allowed the scholars of the Central Plains to see the hope of the great prosperity of the Han Dynasty, while Chen Zhenghui, Chen Xian, and Wang Shizhong represented three different paths to enlightenment, and most of the scholars with the fame of the old Song Dynasty could find their own models from these three people. Even those unknown young people also have the hope of coming from Guanning School, Penglai School, Tanggu Political School, Shangdang Law School and other schools.

At the same time as the status of the literati increased, the anti-Jin generals were also inspired by the martial arts of the Han Dynasty. For the first time since the Jingkang Rebellion, there was a leader in the Chinese world who swallowed Hu and Han like Zhi Yanchong, and the Han Ministry occupied the commanding heights of asking for the people's lives morally, and left an acceptable position for various forces of different origins in terms of organization. Especially the leaders of the rebels and militias in various places, they couldn't find their place in the Southern Song Dynasty regime at all, although Zong Ze Shoubian used them as soldiers as generals, but these rebels themselves knew that Zong Ze's behavior was just an expedient measure that could be barely tolerated by Zhao Goujunchen, no matter how hard they worked, they had to wear the hat of "returning thieves" under the Great Song Dynasty regime and looked down on the soldiers and regular army of the Great Song Dynasty. However, at the upcoming "China Enlarged Conference" of the Han Ministry, a considerable number of seats were left for the leaders of the rebel armies in various places, which were not only symbols of status, but also guarantees of interests.

As for the merchants, that's even less to say. Compared with Dajin and the Great Song Dynasty, the Han Ministry had a more thorough concept of private property protection, an increasingly mature commercial law, an increasingly influential chamber of commerce organization and a civil arbitration system, and they could even enter the decision-making system of the Han Ministry through certain social contributions, the Yuan Minmin Conference, and sit on an equal footing with those invincible scholars and generals. Yang Yingqi spent considerable effort to win over the literati and military generals who swayed between the Song and Han dynasties, and basically resigned himself to the merchant class, but even so, the enthusiasm of the merchants to support the Han Department was still above those squirming literati! They loved the Han tribe – not for any moral reason, of course, but because the Han regime allowed them to earn more money and protect it.

Although, behind the high passion of the group, there are also some frustrated people who have been overlooked, such as Ouyang Shi. But in this season when everyone is busy dividing pork, the frustration of a few people is not enough to affect the harmony of the Han Department as a whole.

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