After more than a month of long-distance voyage from Longzhu Island, the smooth development of the sea frontier greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

While the officers were relaxed, they also had some other thoughts. They originally thought that the South China Sea was a miasma of life and settlement, but now that they saw it with their own eyes, it was a rare fertile land, and if the Great Song Dynasty wanted to expand its territory, it would be much less resistant to the South China Sea than the two strong neighbors in the northwest. Xu Xiaoyun proposed in the military discussion that "lost in the northwest, taken from the South China Sea", rather than the people and money of the northern expedition, it is better to give up Hebei, let the two countries of Liaoxia compete in the north, the Great Song Dynasty stick to Henan and even the Jianghuai line, concentrate manpower and material resources to expand the power of the South China Sea, and then do the plan of Xu Xu Beitu after the national strength is strong in the future.

This proposal was put forward by Xu Xiaoyun, and it immediately caused a lot of repercussions among the officers of the naval division.

At this time, the general trend of the DPRK was to devote its national strength to recover the old frontier, therefore, the controversy between the two factions of the "Northern Expedition" and "Tuohai" in the naval division was also very 'fierce', and even Zhao Xingde had to personally warn the officers to learn from the previous experience of the decline of the country caused by the old and new party struggles in the imperial court, and the military discussion stopped at the dispute between the gentlemen. Although the Nanhai Navy Division is not a dead thing that only carries out military orders, such major national policy matters should be subject to the decisions of the imperial court center, and finally limited the controversy to the scope of military discussions, and did not deteriorate to the point of "party dispute". After this incident, Zhao Xingde suddenly found that even he himself could only stabilize the situation, even if he said it himself, he could not completely convince the officers. Many young men and officers in the navy division have a teacher-student friendship with Zhao Xingde. Zhao Xingde's hard work on these people is really not enough to cultivate his parents and sons. After discovering this, his mood was a little complicated, not only relieved that Xu Xiaoyun, Feng Mi and others were becoming more and more independent, but also a little faintly lost in his heart.

"Others will be nothing more than to coerce them, to 'lure' them with profit, and to tie them up with righteousness......"

Zhao Xingde turned his head to look, but it was Zhou He standing beside him, and said in a low voice: "Like General Zhao, let the generals discuss, I really have never seen it." But I have never heard of such faithful service to the generals. Is there a trick to this? ”

"What's the trick." Zhao Xingde shook his head and said.

Zhou He is a little older than him, and since the two of them took the ship to sea, they have worked together in harmony, and the relationship between the generals and the supervising army in other large camps of the imperial court is very different, and they speak a lot more casually. Looking at Zhou He's unbelieving look, Zhao Xingde groaned for a while and explained, "For example, if a carpenter makes a tool, he must follow the texture of the wood to last a long time." The military is talking about national affairs, and for the generals, it is also a clear view of 'sex'. As the saying goes, the benevolent see the benevolent, the wise see the wise, the wise see the wise, and the stones of other mountains can attack the 'jade'. The generals in the army are all pillars of talent, and they also have the heart to help the world and save the people, at the beginning, Zhao also had some advantage of the situation, forced to understand people, and later, they learned from each other, and they saw their hearts more and more clearly, and then the road was a personal practice, and there was no need for Zhao to do more. ”

"But why do I think that talking there every day has nothing to do with the military affairs of our sailors."

Du Fujiao didn't know when he arrived at the back, and he was puzzled. Although he occasionally participated in the military meetings of the officers, he was never interested in the national affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, Du Chuijiao was worried about the price of Zhengxintang tickets all day long, but as a Xia ** official, he still had some consciousness of worrying about the country, he looked at Zhao Xingde, and said worriedly: "General Zhao, I don't know that after we beat Basra, the loot we 'get' over there will be divided on the spot?" Or is it sent to the river by land to be sold? Or was it transported back to the Song Kingdom by sea to sell? It stands to reason that the army in the river has grabbed enough, our sailors were originally dispatched to military affairs, and they have traveled thousands of miles to send them food, and they eat 'meat', so we have to drink soup. According to his opinion, once the army in the river is out, there will be no suspense about a big victory. The Anxi Military Division just relied on his huge power in the Protectorate Mansion and the General's Mansion to force the sailors to do hard work.

"What do you say?" Zhao Xingde was stunned for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and asked, "Where is it cost-effective?" ”

"Of course, it was shipped back to Song Guofa and sold." Du Blowhorn was interested, and his eyebrows flew and he danced, "The price of big food in the Song Kingdom is much higher than that in the river, and the high price is still secondary, and the treasure of this ship will definitely skyrocket." His fist slammed into the air, and he said in annoyance, "His 'milk' and 'milk', the price must be very low now!" ”

"Then you don't have to regret it." Zhao Xingde was amused by him, and continued, "Because others may not be able to buy it." ”

Everyone was happy, however, behind Zhao Xingde's smile, there was a deep worry. The Southwest Sea Division seems to be smooth sailing, however, in the two ongoing wars between the East and the West, the Navy Division cannot influence the outcome. Defeat in any major war will have disastrous consequences. The sea breeze was slightly drunk, blowing the hem of his clothes, but at this moment, his mind was not on the calm sea, but more than ever, he wanted to be on the battlefield and march with his army in the bitter cold wind.

............

Soon after the first lunar month, heavy snow fell in Ezhou, and the goose-like 'feather'-like snow flakes came one after another, and the whole city and outside became a world of ice and snow.

Late at night, the Prime Minister's Mansion was still carrying lanterns, and the Northern Expedition had reached a critical time.

"Yue Shuai, is there any news?" Deng Su stared at the scribe and asked in a deep voice.

The rectification of the state and county was abandoned due to the opposition of the vast majority of scholars and politicians, and the Northern Expedition had become the last chance for the imperial court to turn the situation around. If there is no progress in the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that after this year, the phase will have to be replaced. However, Deng Su was worried here, Yue Fei on the Hebei front, and Cao Liangshi, who was sitting in Bianliang, seemed to have a "drag" formula, and always refused to send troops to capture Sanguan and Youzhou under the pretext of poor baggage. Deng Su repeatedly urged to no avail, and couldn't help but wonder if the intentions of these two people were in collusion with the forces of the Li Society in the state and county, and some people had already proposed that Wu Zilong was the prime minister and Cao Liangshi was involved in politics.

After repeated urging, Deng Su finally lost his patience.

On the second day of the first lunar month, the 20th battalion of the newly reorganized training in Ezhou swore to go out, and 10,000 horsemen escorted grain and grass to Hebei to reinforce the Northern Expedition. Wang Wuguan, the 'servant' of the Ministry of Officials, wrote a letter and suggested that Wang Gui be appointed as the envoy of the Hebei Road System to take over the military power of the Hebei front. Although Yue Fei still maintained the name of the commander of the Northern Expedition, he was actually assigned the command of the front line by Wang Gui, and the commander was also placed in the daimyo, responsible for the second-line defense and baggage transportation behind the Northern Expedition army. At the same time, Liu Duan, the 'attendant' of the Ministry of War, replaced Cao Liangshi as the post of staying in Tokyo, and Cao Liangshi was removed from the post of secretary of the Ministry of War and reappointed as the transfer envoy of Hebei and Henan, who was responsible for supervising and urging all states and counties to transfer grain, grass and baggage to the army.

After Deng Su hesitated for a long time, he finally agreed to Wang Wuguan's letter.

At the same time, Deng Su used Yue Yun's contribution to defending Gyeonggi to quell the rebellion, and asked His Majesty to be crowned the Marquis of Dingxi.

When Cao Liangshi and Yue Fei seized the command in Bianliang, which led to the situation of the three towns in Henan, the old things are repeated, if Yue Fei supports the army and respects himself, and refuses to 'hand' the right to send troops, he will have a "general will not be subject to the orders of the monarch outside", or even "the side of the Qing monarch", the face of the court will be ugly. Yue Yunnian is less than thirty years old, although he has made great achievements in quelling the rebellion, the intention of the military department is still to suppress it, so as not to reward the merits in the future. The reason why Deng Su fulfilled the good story of the Yue family's father and son for two generations and thirty feudal marquis was to let Yue Fei know that he only needed to retreat from the current situation, and the imperial court would repay him with a generation of generals like Yang, Cao, and Liu. However, after the edict and the decree were issued at the same time, Deng Su was still a little apprehensive, and waited for the reaction of the north almost day and night.

Although he was convinced that Yue Fei was a loyal and brave general, with his strong temperament, it was not easy to accept orders honestly.

"Xianggong, Yue Dashuai's recital has been handed over!" The scribe carefully presented a notebook.

"Why don't you rush it?" When Deng Su saw that this fold was actually just an ordinary black cover, he frowned, and reprimanded sharply, "The two countries are 'fighting' at war, and the change of commander before the army is the most negligent. How can such a major matter be handled carelessly? He was anxiously waiting for the news of Bianliang, so he was very angry, and his tone couldn't help but be a little stern, Xiangye was as majestic as a mountain, and he usually saw him and Yan Yue's 'lust' scribe who could withstand such a fright, and immediately stammered and defended: "This, this, when it came out of Bianliang, it was like this, I originally thought it was an ordinary military book, villain, wait, etc., but also after dismantling, I found out that this is Lord Yue's recital." ”

"Humph!" Deng Su didn't have time to pay attention to it, and opened the fold to look at it.

The black 'colored' patent leather recital is the most inconsequential of the state and battalion performances, not only walking slowly on the road, but also pressing to the end of the recital will be classified. From Bianliang to here, I don't know how much time has been delayed. However, as his gaze moved, Deng Su's face did not improve, but became more and more 'gloomy', and even a little angry. This twist is not a secret fold, so after the scribe had read the content in advance, he cautiously looked at the "pale" and "gloomy" face of Xiangye, and secretly annoyed: "Why did you let yourself encounter such a thing?" He hurriedly buried his head deep again, "When the gods fight, don't hurt the villain." ”

was silently muttering, "pop-" There was a loud noise, almost the soul of the scribe came out, he looked up and peeked, Deng Suzheng was almost angry and slapped the fold on the bookcase. Xiang Ye was so angry that even when Cao Gu rebelled and attacked Ezhou, the scribe had never seen it. "Disarm and return to the field, return to your hometown to recuperate, Yue Pengju, you are not coercing the imperial court, so what is coercion?"

In the twists and turns, Yue Fei actually asked to be relieved and returned to his hometown to recuperate on the grounds that he had a foot disease and could not treat things as an excuse, and all major events in the Northern Expeditionary Army could be 'handed over' to Wang Gui and the generals. Although it is written respectfully and tactfully, it still makes people feel a faint sense of pride, dissatisfaction, and alienation. Deng Su looked at it, only to feel a surge of anger surging above his head. "This is to blackmail the imperial court." He confirmed this judgment, "And there will be something to be ashamed of!" I'm afraid it's a trick to collude with Wu Zilong and Cao Liangshi. It won't be long before the Qing Dynasty will make up some episodes of 'jealousy of the virtuous and jealous of the ability and cruelty of the loyal and good'. He originally had three points of regret that Wang Gui had seized Yue Fei's military power, but at this moment he didn't even have a single point left, and he didn't even care to vent his anger, he only thought about how to break this situation of 'pumping' wages from the bottom of the kettle.