"How long?"

"Five years."

"Can't wait five years!"

"The minister said that he would take Yanjing within five years."

"Okay, I'll give you five years. If you take Yanyun within five years, I will crown you king according to the ancestral teachings! Zhao Yan looked at each other, his eyes were extremely firm.

"You don't have to be crowned king."

Yang Congyi excused himself: "Does the emperor still remember what the minister said to the emperor at the Zhenjiang ferry? ”

Zhao Yan's thoughts fluttered, but he didn't answer.

Yang Cong said righteously: "When he was stationed on the Yangtze River, the other side was Wan Yanliang who was gathering heavy troops to prepare to cross the river, and at that time the minister told the emperor that the dream of the minister in this life is to recover the Central Plains in the north and seize Yanyun!" And the emperor said that as long as he survives the disaster, he will try his best to help his ministers realize their dreams no matter what! The dream of the minister in this life has not changed, so the minister does not need merit, and he does not want to be rewarded, and now he has the opportunity to realize this dream, and the minister is very happy and content. ”

Zhao Yan remembered the past of the Yangtze River.

After a while, he still said: "I support you to recover Yanyun and unify the world, that is what I should do." If you can recover Yanyun, whether it is me or the imperial court, we should give you a reward and give you a celebration! The ancestral training of recovering the king of Yanyun is known to the world, don't want the throne, what do you want? ”

Faced with Zhao Yan's question, Yang Congyi suddenly relaxed, and said with a smile: "If the minister can successfully recover Yanyun, he just wants to leave Bianjing, be unrestrained, and take his family to travel all over the mountains and rivers of the Great Song Dynasty. This is the minister's wish, and it is also what the minister wants most! ”

"If you can really recover Yanyun, and I don't give you anything, and drive you out of Bianjing, what will the people of the world think of me? You'd better be practical and stop talking in your dreams. Zhao Yan didn't believe in his so-called wish at all, and took a step back and said, even if he believed it, it was impossible to agree to his request.

Yang Congyi sighed softly, and then said helplessly: "Your Majesty, to be honest, the minister doesn't like Bianjing, and he doesn't like Lin'an, to put it bluntly, he doesn't like to stay in the court, he doesn't like to listen to them, and he doesn't want to fight with them." If the minister can really recover Yanyun, the emperor can seal it as he wants, but the minister hopes to give the minister an idle position, and if the time comes, if the minister will be guilty in the court, then he can only resign and escape into the mountains and rivers. ”

Zhao Yan listened, seeing that he didn't speak.

"However, all this is still too early, and whether we can successfully recover Yanyun is still two words." Yang Congyi changed the topic and stopped talking.

"Oh, what's the difficulty?"

"A large amount of military grain and grass is needed to fight a war, but the treasury has not been abundant in recent years, there is not much grain and grass saved, and there is no manufacturing of ordnance, which is only one aspect." Yang Congyi paused slightly.

Then he said solemnly: "The most troublesome thing is that there are not many people in the DPRK and China who support the Northern Expedition now, and after a few years of not fighting, they have already begun to enjoy a peaceful life." In addition, the ministers were even more worried that the emperor's will on the Northern Expedition would be shaken by the courtiers, and if the ministers were in command of the troops abroad, and the court was full of rumors and suspicions, the Northern Expedition would not be successful. The minister wants to smash Huanglong and recover Yanyun, but he doesn't want to repeat Yue Fei's mistake and do that useless work! ”

Zhao Yan was silent.

Previously, he used Zhou Zhen to launch an attack on Hejian Mansion, but he was met with huge resistance from the DPRK and China, but the results of the Northern Expedition were not good, the situation in the north became complicated, and the opposition and impeachment of the DPRK and China were even stronger.

Bianjing is almost the same as Lin'an, the wind of extravagance and enjoyment is flourishing, who still cares about the homeland in the north, and who still remembers the ancestral teachings of a hundred years ago?

At that time, the ministers of the main battle faction he brought out from Lin'an, after five or six years of peaceful life, they lost their enterprising spirit in the past, and they were all high and powerful, but they only cared about enjoyment, did not want to take any responsibility, did not want to do any practical things, got by, and passed the buck.

But Bianjing, which had not been decided for a long time, could not do without them, because most of the local governors were their people, and without them sitting in the middle of the court and maintaining the relationship between the central and local governments, Bianjing would soon lose control of the localities, and Bianjing could not afford this result.

Yan Yun must be recovered no matter what!

No matter how many opposing voices there are in the DPRK and China, and how much pressure there is, Yanyun cannot be unified, and if there is no high prestige, how can it be intact in the future to subdue the hearts of the people of Jiangnan Baizhou.

Zhao Yan had already made up his mind, and Yang Congyi's words made his heart of the Northern Expedition even stronger.

"Don't worry, with me, I will ensure that you are safe and lead the troops outside until Yanyun is recovered!" Zhao Yan looked at Yang Congyi and gave him the promise he wanted.

Then he continued: "You and I have known each other for more than ten years, and when I was in the general camp in Huzhou, I knew that you and I had the same ambition, and we both wanted to recover our homeland in the north. Over the years, no matter what has happened during this period, I have never doubted your original intention to recover the north. As long as I'm here, no one will be allowed to let you follow in Yue Fei's footsteps! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister remembered!" In the face of the emperor's promise, Yang Congyi didn't say much.

"If there is any other request, as long as I can do it, you can just mention it." Now that he has decided to hand over the Northern Expedition to Yang Congyi, Zhao Yan no longer has any scruples, and just wants to provide him with all convenience.

"The Northern Expedition can't rely only on generals to charge, it must be accompanied by civil officials who understand the place and the court, because many things are inseparable from them." Yang Congyi replied.

"Just tell me who you want and where do you want them to go?" Once the decision is made, Zhao Yan no longer drags his feet.

As soon as the emperor asked this, Yang Congyi no longer hid it, but only listened to him say: "The minister has the courage to speak out." Yu Yunwen wants to dominate Sichuan and Shaanxi, seize Hedong and Guanzhong, and he can't do it without his cooperation. Shen Jin wanted to dominate Shandong, and a lot of materials for the Northern Expedition had to enter from Shandong, and only Shandong could provide them. Zhang Xiaoxiang was in charge of the Daimyo's Mansion, and he had to prepare the military grain and grass needed by the Northern Expeditionary Army on the spot, and was responsible for all the material and logistics supply. Xin Qiji wants to dominate Luzhou and Liaozhou, and seize the frontier position of Taiyuan Mansion, which needs him to operate. With their full assistance and cooperation, there will not be much problem in taking Hedong and Guanzhong, and taking Yanyun will also have a greater certainty. Several of them are active main battle factions, and they used to know the ministers, and with their cooperation, the ministers trusted them! ”

Zhao Yan did not immediately reply after listening.

After thinking for a while, he replied: "Although Yu Yunwen has run Sichuan Shu, he is now old, and it is not yet known whether he is willing to go to Sichuan Shu to govern." Shen Jin can be transferred back to Shandong, and Zhang Xiaoxiang can also be sent to the Daimyo's mansion. But Xin Qiji should still be in Jiangnan, I haven't heard that he has been to Bianjing, since you want him by name, I will send someone to find him. ”

"The minister still has some friendship with Lord Yu, and the minister can invite him to Sichuan by himself. As for Xin Qiji, he is indeed still in Jiangnan, and he doesn't know where he is serving now, his official position is not high, so he doesn't bother the emperor if he looks for him, just ask someone to find him. It's just that when the time comes, if anyone in the court doesn't want to see him, he will ask the emperor to keep him no matter what, because maybe after recovering the north in the future, he can still play an immeasurable role in stabilizing the north and stabilizing the people's hearts. ”

"Okay, I'll keep it for Da Song. As for Yu Yunwen's entry into Sichuan and Shu, you still don't want to participate, I will tell him personally. How is it? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Any more requests?"

"The ministers of the Hui Yi fleet may have to borrow some of it, and when the time comes, please ask the emperor not to be careful."

"As long as the accounts are clear, you just call."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty!"

When Yang Congyi first returned to Bianjing, he entered the palace to face the saint, which took three hours, talking about state affairs and family affairs, and even accompanied the emperor to visit the imperial garden, and stayed in the palace to have a royal meal with the emperor.

A few days later, Zhao Yan issued several edicts one after another, all of which were very important personnel adjustments.

First of all, Zhang Xiaoxiang of Hubu Langzhong was appointed as the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion and the pacification envoy of Jingbei Road as the Hubu Shilang, and rushed to the Daimyo Mansion within ten days to take up his post, and the former Daimyo Prefecture was transferred back to Bianjing to standby.

Then Shen Jin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, was appointed as the prefect of Yidu Prefecture and the pacification envoy of Shandong Road, and went to Shandong within ten days, and the former prefect of Yidu Prefecture returned to Bianjing to standby.

According to the emperor's edict, he will set off within a month to rush to Sichuan and Shu, and serve as the envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi.

The successive appointments of the three people caused an uproar in the DPRK and China.

With the Song and Jin Dynasty negotiating peace, most of the main battle factions in the DPRK and China were turned into the main peace faction, and several courtiers in the emperor's edict were all people who made great contributions in the battle against the southern invasion and the Northern Expedition of the Jin State.

Needless to say, Yu Yunwen fought in Taipingdu that year, making him a weak scholar, famous all over the world, from the text to the military, after several tosses and turns, he achieved the high position of the secretary of the military department, participated in political affairs, and was the same as the ruler. Now that he has been transferred to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and let him monopolize the military and political power, everyone is full of doubts about what is the so-called matter.

Although Shen Jin did not have the fame of Yu Yunwen, nor did he have the Jinshi and the first background like Yu Yunwen, he went north to Shandong as the deputy envoy of the Hui Yi Department in the Northern Expedition, and single-handedly collected hundreds of thousands of righteous troops in Shandong, seized the whole of Shandong from the hands of the Jin, and quickly pacified millions of people in the nine prefectures of Shandong, and later assisted the Northern Expeditionary Army to seize the Daimyo Mansion and other places, and cooperated with the Northern Ming Mansion of Beijing to cut off the connection between Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion and Wanyan Liang of Bianjing, which directly contributed to the peace of Song and Jin, and Wanyan Liang withdrew from Bianjing.

When the imperial court was not aware of the situation in Shandong, he ruled Shandong for more than three years in the name of Shandong Jiedu, with a very high reputation and a force of his own.

At the beginning, he was worried about the uncontrollable situation in Shandong, so he was transferred to Bianjing as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and now he is released back to Shandong, which is definitely not a good thing.

In the eyes of the courtiers, although Shen Jin was already a jinshi when he was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Huiyi Department in Lin'an, he concealed his identity, went north to Shandong without authorization, recruited hundreds of thousands of righteous troops to attack the city and plunder the land, and served as the envoy of the festival for three years.

This time, the emperor suddenly issued an edict and put Shen Jin back in Shandong, how could he not let the courtiers talk about it?

As for Zhang Xiaoxiang, although he is not very old, because he is the first place in the imperial examination in Shaoxing in the 24th year, the champion and the first, and his reputation is not low, he was not very smooth in his career, but because of his outstanding achievements in governing local states and counties during the Northern Expedition, he has risen to the top since then, especially when he moved the capital to Bianjing, entered the court, and was promoted one after another.