This year's winter was extremely cold, and there were strong snowstorms in many places in the north of the Great Song Dynasty for several days, and even in the south, there were lakes frozen and cold-tolerant plants froze to death, which had never happened in previous years.

Elderly people say they have never encountered such a sight.

Obviously, the weather began to gradually become colder, and Zhao Zhen felt that his memory was not wrong, and there was indeed a Xiaoice River period during the Song Dynasty in history, which was also the prelude to the beginning of the ice age when Emperor Hongwu created the dynasty.

Even Hangzhou, which is as warm as spring and pleasant all year round, has encountered unprecedented heavy snowfall, and people have frozen to death in many places in the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen got up from Helan Xue's bed, stretched his waist and suddenly opened the door to breathe a breath of fresh air, this is his habit for many years, and the air caused by it is the freshest, but today he quickly closed them, and the cool air just now almost didn't let him take his breath.

Helan Xue got out of the warm quilt, and said while rubbing Zhao Zhen's chest: "Official, the cold in winter is the most invading body, don't hurt your body, after the concubine changes your clothes, you can go out again." ”

Helan Xue was obviously trained by the queen, a Tongtian crown dress is neat and eye-catching, Zhao Zhen only needs to spread her arms, and the rest is her dressing, the Tongtian crown dress in winter is made of silk cotton to keep warm and cold, and the weight is not large, and it is quite appropriate to wear on the body.

Looking at the half-covered and half-exposed appearance of the beauty in front of her, Zhao Zhen patted her buttocks and said with a smile: "Go back and rest!" I'm going to go up! If you have nothing to do, you can go and talk to those people in the harem, the province seems lonely here. ”

Helan Xue's smart big eyes turned, and she nodded slightly: "The concubine respectfully obeys His Majesty's will......"

Zhao Zhen stepped away, last night's recital had already made him very worried about the impact on the Liao Dynasty this winter, yes, it was the impact on the Liao Dynasty, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was as vast as the Liao Dynasty, but the difference was that the Great Song Dynasty was closer to the south, and food was not a problem.

But the Liao Dynasty is different, although the territory of the Liao Dynasty is also vast, but it is all northern land, which means that they will face a more powerful cold wave challenge, and at this point, their ability to deal with disasters is very poor, although they are used to living a hard life, but the disaster is completely different This severe cold will even make the Jurchens become crazy.

Zhao Zhen was worried about the Liao Dynasty, in fact, he was worried about the Great Song Dynasty, the northern nomads were forced by the cold, and they would definitely advance south, and this kind of invasion was necessary, because they would freeze to death if they stayed in the north.

Not to mention that northerners are more frost-resistant than southerners, people's body structure is almost the same, but they have adapted to the climate of the north by living in the north for a long time......

Rather than being frozen to death and starving to death on your own land, it is better to use this life to fight a way out, or the worst of all, to fight a bloody road for future generations and even the clan!

So this is not only a natural disaster for the Liao Dynasty and the Jurchens, but also a new challenge that the Great Song Dynasty is about to face.

Zhao Zhen knows the horror of people who are cornered, in order to survive, for the continuation of the bloodline, they must exchange their lives for the future, and the most direct means are war, invasion and killing.

This is the era of cold weapons, this is a feudal dynasty, there is no other better way to deal with disasters, and if you can't survive on your side, then you will attack a place suitable for survival, and Zhao Zhen will do the same, and he did it.

The original use of troops in the South China Sea was also out of interest considerations, look, in the face of a huge temptation, Zhao Zhen can't control it, let alone the Liao Jurchens who faced the disaster?

After Zhao Zhen went to the court, the first thing was to order the Privy Council to withdraw troops from Western Xia as quickly as possible, and to quietly withdraw the troops, Zhao Zhen issued a strict order, all the soldiers who retreated were not allowed to return to the city in triumph, and could only go home to visit relatives before the New Year, and return to the army again when the New Year was about to come.

Zhao Zhen will not be stingy with rewards, and he will not hesitate to reward the property of the three armies even if he empties his inner treasury, and orders the three divisions to be sure to deploy the reward to the army, if there is a little greed, no matter who they are, they will be exiled to Salmon Island.

Zhao Zhen will never make the mistakes made by Taizong back then, he will be rewarded for his merits, and he will be punished for his mistakes, so that he can rectify the three armies.

The courtiers in the palace didn't understand why the official family was in such a hurry, you must know that this side has just approved the cost of the party's internal relocation, and there is a reward for the three armies, even for the Great Song Dynasty, it is a double blow, no less than adding insult to injury.

In the eyes of the courtiers, even the emperor's inner treasury used was extravagant, because the inner treasury also belonged to the Great Song Dynasty in the eyes of the courtiers...... Even if it is half a public fund, how can it be used by the government casually?

Of course, Zhao Zhen had enough excuses, and Taizong's mistake back then left a big hidden danger, everyone knew about the trouble, and the courtiers naturally had the intention and powerlessness to prevent Zhao Zhen from using the money from the inner treasury.

Otherwise, once it gets out, the reputation of their auxiliary ministers will be ruined, and besides, they are also meritorious, and they can't be wiped out because of the official family's reward for the three armies, right?

In the end, Bao Zheng reluctantly agreed to the emperor's will to reward the three armies, and used the money in the inner treasury to replenish it.

It's just that Pang Ji asked a lot when he stayed in the middle of the matter: "I don't know what the official family is trying to reward the three armies on the one hand, and transferring troops back to the dynasty on the other, what is the purpose of this?" ”

Zhao Zhen looked at his curious appearance, but still expressed his worries: "I am worried about the stability of the north, this winter is very cold, the Liao people, and the Jurchens are not having a good time, what should I do if the hungry wolf is forced to be anxious?" ”

Pang Ji and Bao Zheng were suddenly startled, only the two of them in the Wende Palace, they glanced at each other, no wonder the official family was so anxious to transfer troops back, and they were still secretly transferring troops, obviously to guard against the north.

Although both of them are civil servants, they still know a little about military affairs, plus they have been trained in the court in the past two years, and they instantly understood what Zhao Zhen meant.

This is to prevent the Liao people from going south, in the past the Great Song Dynasty has had such an experience for many years, in the winter, whenever the Liao people's life is urgent, they will send rangers to harass, or plunder food, or plunder property.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty occupies Yanyun and there is a barrier in the north, the Liao people have reined in, but the more they tighten the necks of the Liao people, the more the Liao people will struggle more in this winter!

And what the two are even more worried about is that in the past, the imperial capital of Gyeonggi was far away in Bianliang, Tokyo, but now it is extraordinary, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty is in the land of Yanyun, not only that, but the people of the Great Song Dynasty have a lot of people who come and go to Beiping Mansion and Datong Mansion, and now Yanyun is lost......

The two of them almost didn't dare to imagine the hellish scene, although the charcoal basin in the hall was as warm as spring, but the two of them felt the biting cold, and couldn't help but tighten the court clothes on their bodies......