Under Zhao Yu's insistence and guarantee, Wen Tianxiang compromised and reached a consensus - to secretly arrest Qin Linfeng, escort him to the Jingming canonical punishment, disband the Weisheng Army to eliminate the number, and at the same time send capable people to the Fujian and Guangzhou regions to rectify the rule of officials and eliminate hidden dangers. However, this matter cannot be accomplished by the two of them alone, and the cooperation of other armies is also needed, and this is the real purpose of this meeting.

After a while, Jiang Cheng, Han Zhen, Dong Yicheng, Xie Fangde and others entered the audience to meet them, and after paying homage and greeting each other, Zhao Yu ordered a banquet. The banquet is placed on the top floor of the building, from here you can look north to the Yangtze River, the scenery is still good, the brazier has already been lit to bake the warmth, the ground is covered with thick wool felt, he let people put a few long places near the window, everyone sits on the ground around a few seats, and it seems to be more affectionate.

There are not many people, and everyone is considered a close minister, but it is more like a casual banquet when it is said to be a reception banquet. And everyone also knows that the little emperor has always been thrifty and doesn't like to waste, and those mere formalities are also exempted, and they are directly appetizers, and they don't feel strange, but they don't think they are outsiders, so they don't think it's a pestle. However, the food prepared is very exquisite and tastes very good.

"You Aiqing have been fighting for several months, and today we have finally succeeded, gathered on the bank of the Yangtze River, I will give you a cup first!" The first dish was served, Zhao Yu retreated left and right, leaving only Su Lan to lead the two palace maids to serve, and he raised his glass and said.

"The ministers don't dare to take credit, if there is no Your Majesty to help, how can they take Ezhou lightly!" Everyone drank it all, and Wen Tianxiang saluted.

"To be able to regain the Yangtze River, Your Majesty should be the first credit, and the ministers are ashamed!" Jiang Cheng also said that he had already learned from the battle report and Dong Yicheng's mouth that the little emperor led the escort army to win successive battles, annihilated tens of thousands of enemies, and took the lead in capturing the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and recovering Jiangdong. But his progress was slow, and it was not until His Majesty captured Ezhou City that he took Jiangling.

"Your Majesty can not only strategize, but also lead the army to attack the city and plunder the land, no one in this dynasty can match it except Taizu!" Han Zhen also saluted. He has been following His Majesty for ten years since Jiazi Town, from the reluctance at the beginning, to the unconvincing later, and then to the current respect, it can be said that he can be called an iron fan.

"I can have today's work, thanks to the support of your Aiqing, let's have another drink!" Zhao Yu raised his glass again and smiled.

"Official, don't drink too much!" Everyone drank a second cup again, but Su Lan refused to pour any more wine for the little emperor and persuaded him.

"Miss Su is right, Your Majesty is still too young to drink, don't be greedy!" Wen Tianxiang also smiled and persuaded.

"Eh, Your Majesty will wear a crown next year, not to mention young. And fight on the battlefield again, how can you miss wine! Jiang Cheng disagreed, and waved his hand. Speaking of which, their Jiang family can be regarded as having a lot of ties with the little emperor, and they have formed an indissoluble bond since Jiang Wanzai, and their cousin Jiang Xuan is also the emperor's teacher, and he also supports his succession in an extremely sinister environment. However, the little emperor is also right about them, at present, Jiang Xuan is the secretary of the military department, and he is also a member of the Privy Council, and it is only one step away from entering the prime minister, and the restoration of the glory of the Jiang family is just around the corner.

"Hehe, I'm really not strong enough to drink, so let's accompany me with half a glass!" Zhao Yu smiled a little embarrassedly and took a compromise method, but even so, Su Lan only poured him less than half a cup, and barely counted that there were no empty cups.

"Your Majesty, what kind of dish is this?" Saying that, the second dish came up again, but Wen Tianxiang hadn't seen it, so he snorted and asked.

"Braised lamb!" Zhao Yu said.

"In the past few days, these dishes have been created by the government, and this dish is cooked with the best mutton, and the taste is beautiful!" Su Lan said that she first sandwiched two pieces for the little emperor and put them on the plate, and scooped a spoonful of soup into the bowl.

"How about you Aiqing also taste the taste?" Zhao Yu said as he picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth to eat, took another sip of fresh soup, nodded and seemed to be very satisfied.

"Well, this mutton has a gluten on it, tendons and crispy, crispy and rotten, not bad!" Wen Tianxiang took a bite of meat and chewed it slowly, savoring his words.

"This soup is also extremely delicious, and the entrance is immediately refreshing!" Xie Fangde followed His Majesty's example, and took a sip of soup first, and exclaimed.

"Well, it's really good, I didn't expect Your Majesty to also have research on cooking, this mutton is more delicious than boiled and blazing!" Jiang Cheng said as he ate.

"Your Majesty, are there any precious ingredients added to this dish? If there is one, the subordinates dare not use it, otherwise they will have to make up the food money for the subordinates afterwards, and I am afraid that they will not be able to pay it! Dong Yicheng looked at the basin and drooled, but he didn't dare to move the chopsticks, and frowned.

"Hehe, this dish uses ordinary ingredients, even ordinary people can afford to eat it, and I can still afford it." Zhao Yu said with a smile, he knew that although the Song Dynasty was known for its delicious food, it was not as in-depth as the research of later generations, and it could not withstand the continuous improvement of the gourmets. And he was also tired of eating, so he 'taught' a few home-cooked dishes from his previous life to them, but he almost made the taste of his previous life. These people are also accustomed to the taste of the moment, and they naturally feel delicious when they change it.

"Han Shuai, you are also a scholar, how about Sven!" Jiang Cheng tilted his head and saw that Han Zhen, who was sitting under him, just kept eating, but he didn't say a word, and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty once said that if you want to eat enough, you can't be gentle, and you can only eat with thicker skin!" Han Zhen didn't care, and first put a piece of meat on his plate, and said without changing his face.

"yes, yes, we have to hurry up, or we'll let them all eat it!" Wen Tianxiang found that most of the meat in the kung fu basin had been reduced for a while, and Dong Yicheng also threw off his cheeks to eat after hearing that he didn't need to subsidize the meal money, and he hurriedly beckoned others to grab it.

"Your Majesty is too stingy, but he refuses to prepare more for such a delicacy!" Dong Yicheng drank the soup in the bowl and complained unsatisfied.

"Hehe, it's my sin to be delicious, urge the dining room to serve the food quickly!" A pot of meat, Zhao Yu didn't eat two pieces, but complained, shook his head and smiled.

"Official, Dongpo meat!" The palace maid who urged the vegetables went out for a short time, so she delivered another dish.

"Your Majesty, this ...... This isn't Dongpo meat! A few people looked over, only to see a piece of about two inches of square pork on the plate, red and bright, they looked at each other suspiciously, Xie Fang shook his head and said.

"This dish has been improved by the government, let's try it!" Su Lan said and touched it lightly with chopsticks, and the piece of meat immediately fell apart into several pieces, but before she could put a piece on His Majesty, several other people had already learned the lesson from the previous time and took the lead.

"It's okay!" Seeing that Su Lan was stunned on the spot, Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "Back then, the Shuai Mansion had just been established, and it would be good to be able to eat a full meal, where there is so much attention, they are all rushing to eat, and they are slow, not to mention that there is no meat or even soup!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is that His Majesty and we all ate at the same table back then, and anyone who could eat dried fish could be happy for a long time. Now the food is much better than then, and the fish and meat can be eaten as rice, but the taste of the past is gone! Dong Yicheng looked at the meat on the chopsticks but sighed.

"You haven't forgotten the difficulties of starting a business back then, and food and clothing were hard to come by. At that time, almost all of the income of the Shuaifu was obtained from the hands of the enemy, and it can be said that every grain of rice was soaked in the blood of the officers and soldiers of the Shuaifu. Zhao Yu said.

"Yes, my subordinates still remember that for two boatloads of grain, Your Majesty did not hesitate to turn against Zhang Shushuai, and afterwards I thought about it for Your Majesty. At that time we had less than a thousand men, less than twenty pairs of armor, and not all of us had swords and guns, and His Majesty had just turned five years old and dared to lead us to confront us and force them to back down. But His Majesty is working so hard just to make everyone full, and his subordinates will never forget it! Dong Yicheng ate the meat and said with tears in his eyes.

"Dong Tongzhi is really a benevolent and righteous person, let's have a toast together!" Wen Tianxiang listened and raised his glass.

"Eh, the text is wrong, not only the last general, I think that all the generals in the army are like this as long as they have a conscience, Your Majesty has a life, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of you, everyone will not frown and rush forward. Therefore, this cup should be honored to His Majesty! Dong Yicheng stood up and said.

"Yes, this wine should be honored by Your Majesty." Han Zhen also stood up and said, "Your Majesty is the Lord of Ming, and your subordinates swear to follow him in this life, and they have no two hearts. ”

"Why not, let's have a drink together, there are good dishes below!" Zhao Yu was very pleased, although Han Zhen was loyal before, and everyone had long regarded him as their own, but he had never claimed to be a subordinate in front of him, and he said it today, indicating that he had completely returned to his heart.

"Your Majesty, the minister has also eaten this Dongpo meat before, but it is not as fragrant and glutinous as today's food, fat but not greasy, with the aroma of wine, and the color is red and bright, the taste is mellow and the juice is thick, crispy and not broken!" After drinking the wine, everyone sat down again, Wen Tianxiang had already heard from the words of several military officers that they were loyal to the little emperor, so the matter of dealing with Qin Linfeng would get their full support, so he was very sure, and he said to the little emperor willingly.

"Your Majesty is really a god, this pork is not very popular, but after His Majesty cooks it, people don't want to let it go!" Jiang Cheng said.

"I don't dare to take credit, but I have made a slight improvement in Mr. Dongpo's cooking method." Zhao Hao smiled. In fact, in ancient times, mutton was the main meat eaten by nobles, and pork was mainly eaten by ordinary people in addition to sacrifices. And Su Dongpo had to eat pork because he was demoted to Huangzhou and couldn't afford to eat mutton. The method is just a simmer, and there is nothing unusual about it, except that others have seconded it and made it famous through continuous improvement, and he has just advanced the process.

"Your Majesty, that's a wonderful hand, this change pork is extremely delicious, better than mutton!" Xie Fang said slowly.

"yes, so it's not all bad, some things are as delicious as this pork!" Zhao Hao said with a pun, "Lao Tzu also said that those who govern the country should cook Xiaoxian!" ”

While talking, two dishes of squirrel fish and shredded yam were served, of course, they won the unanimous praise of the ministers, and everyone was no longer polite, and every plate was swept away. But after a few rounds of drinking, the topic shifted to the current war situation, especially how to consolidate the defense line and allocate troops.

"Your Majesty, at present, the middle and lower reaches of the river have been recovered, but the enemy army occupies Sichuan, can control the upper reaches of the river, and can send boats down the river to threaten Jiangling at any time, whether we want to seize Sichuan and Shu in the next step and remove the threat." Jiang Cheng asked.

"Now the newly restored land in the south of the Yangtze River has not been stabilized, and the current strength is seriously insufficient, and the new recruits have not been trained, so we have no ability to seek Sichuan and Shu." Zhao Yu took a bite of food and said, "But don't worry for the time being, Meng Yuan is not capable of sending troops from Sichuan and Shu in a short period of time, so the focus of our defense should also be the important town on the south bank." ”

"How can Your Majesty conclude that Meng Yuan will not send troops from Sichuan and Shu? Back then, Meng Yuan first took Sichuan and Shu, and then detoured back to our rear to break Dali, thus bypassing the Yangtze River defense line. Jiang Cheng hesitated and asked.

"Yes, but you should know that the Sichuan Shu at this time is no longer the Sichuan Shu at that time, and there is no longer enough to support the army to fight!" Zhao Yu said, and everyone nodded in unison with heavy faces.

In the Song Dynasty, the Sichuan-Shu Plain has been fertile for thousands of miles after the development of successive dynasties, known as the country of abundance, and an important source of national taxes. However, after Meng Yuan was repeatedly unable to overcome the Jianghuai defense line, he turned to capture Sichuan and Shu and carried out two large-scale massacres successively. After Chengdu was plundered, it set fire to the city, and the fire was visible for hundreds of miles, and the people in the city were slaughtered, and the number of people killed in Chengdu alone amounted to more than 1.4 million.

After the massacre, the population of Sichuan dropped sharply from more than 10 million in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty to about 600,000, resulting in the rich Chengdu Plain being uninhabited for hundreds of miles, and the people were so frightened that they hid in the deep mountains and dense forests when they heard the sound of horses. With this small population, it is impossible to support a large-scale military operation, and even if it is robbed, how much can it be grabbed, so Zhao Yu is not worried that the enemy army will send troops from Sichuan and Shu to attack the Yangtze River defense line along the river.

"Your Majesty is reasonable, but after the West Route Army left Qiongzhou, it arrived at Jiangling along the line of Qinzhou, Nanning Road, Liuzhou, Jingzhou Road, Yuanjiang Road to Chenzhou Road, and Xuzhou Road, among which many states and counties on the West Guangnan Road have not yet been recovered, and Yunnan is also in the hands of the enemy, our flank will be attacked by the enemy at any time, and the enemy army can go deep into the south of the Yangtze River if it is lost, and we should try to recover it as soon as possible." Jiang Cheng said again.

"For the time being, we don't need to consider the left flank, and the focus of our defense is still on the Yangtze River. But there's no need to worry too much. Quang Nam West Road has always been an area inhabited by the She ethnic group, and although they temporarily submitted to the Mongol Yuan, they also rebelled against Impermanence. At present, all the tribes of the Mengyuan have been annihilated, and they may not surrender to our dynasty for the time being, but they will definitely take the opportunity to expel the Mengyuan forces and close themselves to themselves, so as to leave us a buffer space and strategic depth. Zhao Yu asked everyone to get up and come to the map, and drew a line on it.

"As for Yunnan, don't worry, there is the old country of Dali, they were forced to surrender due to the power of Meng Yuan, but once the power of Meng Yuan declined, it will definitely rise up and restore the country, these can become the conditions for us to use. If necessary, a pro-Song force can be fostered to unite with our dynasty to resist the Mongol Yuan. Zhao Yu circled the original Dali area again......