After the court meeting, the dignitaries and nobles in the central capital clearly understood a signal.

The sky is about to change!

Even Wan Yankang himself didn't expect that there would be such an unexpected joy when he returned to Beijing this time. At this moment, in order to consolidate the old emperor's love for himself, Wan Yankang got up and entered the palace every day to massage the old emperor.

Wan Yan Jing has been obsessed with women in the past few years, and his body is not as good as before, according to the inference of the imperial doctor in the palace, he may only have five years of life.

After Wan Yan Kang, the filial emperor and grandson, Wan Yan Jing felt that he might be able to live for another fifty years!

In Wan Yankang's impression, his cheap grandfather seems to have returned to heaven in a few years, and with the old emperor's attitude of full support for himself, he naturally looks forward to Wan Yan Jing's life as long as possible.

Half a month later, after estimating that Wan Yan Jing's vitality had recovered, Wan Yan Kang proposed to leave Beijing and prepare to go north to take over Beijing Road.

Although Wan Yanjing was reluctant to let this grandson leave, Wan Yankang was already his chosen heir to the next generation, and he also hoped that this imperial grandson could grasp the overall situation as soon as possible.

The sooner you take control of Beijing Road, the sooner Wanyankang's authority will be consolidated!

The old emperor understood this truth very well in his heart, he stretched out his slightly thin palm and slapped it a few times on Wan Yankang's chest: "My eaglet has grown up and is going to spread its wings and fly high!" After saying that, there was a little wetness in his eyes.

After Yan Kang's massage work for a while, the old emperor originally appointed him as the general of the expedition to the north on the basis of the crown, and added him as the Beijing Road guard, commanding the military and political power all the way.

The administrative area of Jinguo adopts the three-level management of roads, prefectures and counties, and originally had five capitals and twenty roads. After Yan Jing succeeded to the throne, Linhuang Road was merged into Beijing Road, which became the Nineteenth Road.

In terms of jurisdictional area, Beijing Road accounted for one-fifth of the entire Dajin, which was the largest road in the territory of the Jin Kingdom at this time.

In terms of soldiers, Beijing Road has been laying heavy troops in the past ten years because it is bordered by Mongolia in the north, and the total number of soldiers and horses on the whole road is close to 200,000.

Logically speaking, Beijing Road is the biggest force in Daikin. But the embarrassing thing is that if you don't count the sphere of influence of White Horse City, the territory that Beijing Road actually controls in the hands of Jin Guo at this time is only half of what is on the map.

The territory accounts for one-fifth of Dajin, but due to the bitter cold near the border and the continuous war, the population of Beijing Road has been decreasing year by year, and there are only more than 2 million people so far. According to the population of 52 million in the country last year, the population of Beijing Road accounted for only one-twentieth of the country.

In this way, for every ten civilians on Beijing Road, one soldier has to be supported. In the past, most of the army on Beijing Road was fed by the center, so the military needs were not hindered. However, after Yan Kang was given military and political power, he proposed drastic reforms, hoping that the old emperor would agree.

Wan Yan Jing agreed with a smile, but also put forward one condition.

Self-sufficient, no longer ask the court for a penny!

As long as you can talk thoroughly, self-responsibility for profits and losses is the proper meaning of the question, and Yan Kang agreed without saying a word.

In modern society, many young people keep shouting for independence, and their parents and elders must not interfere in their private affairs, but when they ask for money, they will open their mouths and never mention the word independence. This kind of thing, Wan Yan Kang can't do it.

In Wanyankang's thoughts, in his own hands, White Horse City can develop from scratch and thriving, and the ready-made Beijing Road, not to mention.

But after returning to White Horse City and Xu Daosheng to make a preliminary calculation, he suddenly felt that his head was extremely big!

Last year's tax on Beijing Road was only 800,000 taels.

These 800,000 taels of silver, if only for military needs, have a shortfall of more than half.

Counting the expenses of officials in the three prefectures, six prefectures and 21 counties, the annual financial deficit of Linhuang Road is as high as two million taels!

Wan Yankang has made a lot of profits from the position of the Football Association in the past few years, and with the profit from the trade of White Horse City, he has accumulated three or four million taels of silver on hand. This money, in the hands of individuals, can almost be regarded as a rich country.

But if it is really used to fill the holes in Beijing Road, how many years can it last?

Wan Yankang convened Fan Junping, Gongsun Yu and several other civil officials, talked all night, and finally decided on three major strategies.

Elite soldiers!

Streamline!

Nacai!

The 200,000 troops on Beijing Road, except for the troops in Gyeongju, are all garbage in Wan Yankang's eyes. Wan Yankang planned to reorganize the 200,000 army, survive the fittest, and finally leave only 50,000 to 80,000 elite soldiers.

Beijing Road, there are Linhuang Mansion, Dading Mansion, Xingzhong Mansion, Qingzhou, Laizhou, Jinzhou, Taizhou, Longhua Prefecture, Yikun Prefecture, the nine state capitals of the big city, plus the 21 county towns under the rule, a total of more than 800 officials of various products, counting those officials who are not in the official goods, arresting fast, the number of bureaucrats in the entire Beijing Road exceeds 6,000 people.

In Wan Yankang's plan, the number of officials in Beijing should be cut by half to two-thirds!

After the completion of the two major strategies of elite soldiers and streamlining administration, it is necessary to carry out the strategy of recruiting talents.

Recruiting talents is not only for recruitment, but also for money.

Proper administration and reasonable taxation will surely attract displaced people from all over the world to settle down. With Wanyan Kang's current degree of favor in the court, most of the young talents in the Jin Kingdom want to jump into his bowl.

In terms of financial management, Wan Yankang plans to open a maritime trade route in Laizhou, so that Beijing Road will be connected to the grassland in the north, and the Song Kingdom, North Korea, Japan and other places can be connected by sea to the south. It is foreseeable that in the future, trade between the north and the south will surely be able to reap huge profits.

These three major strategies, first of all, must start with elite soldiers.

Gyeongju, under the control of Wanyan Hongyi, has long been the leader of Wanyan Kangma. Wan Yankang took over Beijing, but he didn't need to take care of Gyeongju.

One hundred and fifty miles to the southeast of Gyeongju is the seat of the government of Beijing Road, Linhuang House. Wan Yankang took over Beijing Road, and naturally started from here.

Linhuang Mansion was formerly known as Shangjing, which was the capital of the Liao State. After the Jin State destroyed Liao, Shangjing was the capital for a time. After King Hailing finished Yan Liang seized the throne, in order to consolidate his rule, he deliberately moved the capital from Shangjing to Zhongdu, destroyed most of the palaces in Shangjing, and changed Shangjing to Linhuang Mansion.

As the capital of the two dynasties, although Linhuang Mansion has undergone a lot of decay compared with the past, it is still the second largest city in the Jin Kingdom in terms of scale alone.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the wide and thick city walls of Linhuang Mansion are as high as four zhang, exuding a majestic and heavy taste.

Wanyan Kang personally led four battalions of cavalry, and in less than two days, he ran from White Horse City to the outside of Linhuang Mansion. When Sun Xi, the guard on the city wall, saw the smoke and dust billowing from afar and the horse's hooves like thunder, he ordered the city gate to be closed, and on the other hand, he made a quick report to Lord Yin.

Beijing Lu was the cousin of the old emperor Wan Yan Jing, who was forty-five years old at the time. This person is as his name suggests, tall and burly, and when he was young, he could make a thirty-nine-pound mace, and he was known as an invincible general in the clan.

In the past ten years, Wan Yankui has been in this position, not to mention how to manage the government, but in terms of purging armaments, it can be regarded as decent.

After Yan Kui got the news in the past two days, the imperial court wanted to replace Yan Kang to stay on this Beijing Road, which made him angry. In Wan Yan Kui's mind, Wan Yan Kang is just a hairy guy, what qualifications does he have to lead the military and political affairs of a government.

My cousin, I think I'm old and confused!

Wan Yankui thought more than once that a secret letter from Zhongdu yesterday made him think differently.

Guarding the future report, Wan Yankui did not panic at all, the people rushing at this moment, except for Wan Yankang, there will be no one else. He finished his dinner unhurriedly, and it wasn't until the second wave of heralds came to report that he straightened his clothes and armor, ordered a hundred generals, and came to the city wall of the west gate of Linhuang Mansion.

When the army arrived at the city, Wan Yankang ordered the herald to go to the city to explain his identity and intentions, and the guard general said that he did not dare to be proficient, and had reported to the lord who stayed behind, and hoped that the nobles would wait.

A quarter of an hour later, there was still not the slightest movement on the city wall, and as time passed, Wan Yankang's anger grew stronger and stronger. By the time of most of the hour, the sun had almost completely set, and only then did Yan Kui come to the city wall.

"Who is under the city!" Wan Yankui asked proudly.

Wan Yankang suppressed his anger and motioned to Tian Dali beside him to reply.

Tian vigorously urged the horse to step forward, came to the ten zhang under the city wall and shouted: "The new general who stays behind on Beijing Road and conquers the North Great, Zhao Wang Shizikang is here, and you dare not open the door quickly to greet you!" ”

Wan Yankui smiled: "When did the court dismiss the old man's post and conquer the general of the Great North, the old man is even more unheard of!" ”

Tian Dali was furious when he heard this, and pointed to the city and scolded: "Old horseman, you are not respectful to the order, do you want to rebel!" ”

Wan Yankui scolded: "I don't know whether it's dead or alive, shoot me with random arrows!" ”

When the city guard heard this, he hurriedly persuaded: "My lord, this is not good! ”

Wan Yan Kui saw that the left and right sides hesitated, so he personally took a bow and shot it vigorously towards Chengxiatian.

After Tian Dali saw Yan Kui's movements, he was already on guard, and took out the short gun on his waist in his hand, ready to block the incoming arrows.

After Yan Kui shot an arrow, he didn't even hit Tian Dali's side, so he was worried in vain.

Tian Dali laughed loudly!

After Yan Kui's martial arts have been abandoned for many years, he made a fool of himself at this time, and angrily ripped off the bow and threw it down the city wall, and shouted angrily at the same time: "Shoot me, kill this madman, and the reward is a thousand taels." ”

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, not to mention that this order is not to send everyone to death, but only to shoot a madman on the orders of the master. The generals beside him were ordered to step forward with bows.

"Vigorously, come back!" Wan Yankang's voice came at the right time, and Tian Dali also saw that the situation was not good, and immediately slapped his horse back to the battle.

At this time, Wan Yankang led the army two hundred steps under the city wall, and Tian Dali returned to the battle, and it took ten breaths at the earliest. Seeing that everyone in the city stretched their bows and wanted to kill Tian Dali's life, the soldiers in front of the White Horse City battle jumped on their horses one after another, preparing to fight.

Wan Yan Kangqing shouted: "Don't be impatient!" At the same time, he grabbed it from his back and went month by month.

It's too late, it's too soon. On the city wall, one of Yan Kui's generals just stretched his bow to the fullest, and was aiming at Tian Dali's vest, when he suddenly heard a sharp roar, and then fell backwards!

Before this person's body hit the ground, he saw two sharp whistles sound, and two more people fell to the left and right of Wan Yankui.

At this time, there was not a single arrow in the city, and three people had fallen, and everyone was shocked, while dropping the bow and arrow in their hands, they flocked to protect Yan Kui, and went to see why the three fell to the ground.

At this glance, the soldiers and generals on the city wall all gasped, and the three fallen people were all arrows in the throat, and the arrows pierced through the throats, and the tips of the arrows leaked out from the back of their necks.

Two hundred steps away, with such an accurate head and such a might, after seeing it, Yan Kui almost lost his soul, and he didn't know what to do.

After Yan Kang's three arrows blocked the enemy, Tian Dali returned to the front of the battle unscathed, and the soldiers of White Horse City roared in unison.