Time flies, time flies.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and the trilemma that Yang Congyi was worried about has not happened.

After three years of recuperation and recuperation, Hedong and Guanzhong have recovered their vitality, and the four major horse farms established in the vast and sparsely populated land are also on the right track, and each horse farm has nearly 10,000 large and small horses.

In the past three years, although drought and flood disasters have occurred every year, fortunately, there have been no nationwide natural disasters in the entire Great Song Dynasty, and not too much national strength has been consumed.

As a political and economic center, after more than ten years of development, the population has already exceeded one million, Tiannan and Haibei businessmen gathered, all kinds of common and uncommon talents also gathered in Bianjing, with the arrival of countless talents and businessmen, all kinds of materials and crafts are also available, only the unexpected, there is nothing that cannot be found.

As merchants traveled back and forth between Bianjing and other cities, coins and materials circulated greatly, and the whole north was full of vitality and vitality.

The economy is prosperous, the world is stable, and the imperial court's tax revenue naturally increases steadily every year.

And Lu You's return office and city department have also handed over a huge amount of wealth to the household department and the inner treasury in the past three years.

After the inner treasury was rich, Emperor Zhao Yan naturally no longer skimped with money, and allocated 3 million yuan to the military department every year, expanding the scale of the east and west workshops every year, and constantly producing armor and weapons.

In addition to allocating funds to the workshops in Bianjing East and West, Zhao Yan also allocated funds to the Daimyofu and Jinan and Yidu workshops to produce armaments for the army.

In addition to the production of armaments, the anxious Zhao Yan threw a lot of money and built large granaries in Kaifeng Mansion, Daming Mansion, Jinan Mansion, Xingren Mansion, Yidu Mansion, Guide Mansion, Yangzhou and other big cities, where water and land transportation is convenient, and purchased private grain and grass on a large scale, all of which were hoarded for the needs of the Northern Expedition.

In three years, Yang Congyi and Shi Hao withstood the pressure from top to bottom, the imperial court did not do major things, Taixue was not established, and martial arts was not established, and almost all their minds were put on stabilizing central and local governance and accumulating national strength.

In just three years, the results are remarkable, although it does not fully have the ability to start a big war, but at this time the Great Song Dynasty is no longer afraid of war, because the treasury has a surplus, and there is no problem with food and salary.

If the problem of the treatment of officials can be solved and guaranteed, the vast majority of officials will naturally not oppose the imperial court's use of troops abroad, so the recovery of Zhending Mansion and the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is on the agenda.

In April of the twelfth year of Beiding, 30,000 people of the Mingfu Division of the Guanzhong garrison were ordered to be transferred to Xingren Mansion on the bank of the Yellow River.

In May, 30,000 garrisons on Huaixi and Jinghu North Road were ordered to be transferred to Guide Province.

In June, Yangzhou and eastern Zhejiang mobilized 20,000 garrisons to Jeju.

At the same time, countless merchant ships loaded with grain and grass went south along the Yangtze River with only one purpose, to take advantage of the high price of grain and grass in the north to make a big profit.

Beginning in August, huge ships docked in Laizhou Bay, and countless grains were transported into the nearby heavily guarded granary.

From the first ship full of grain and grass to dock in Laizhou Bay, in the following three months, the sea ships entering the port did not stop, and the grain from Sichuan, Jinghu North Road, Jinghu South Road, Jiangnan West Road, Jiangnan East Road, Huaixi, Huaidong, Zhedong, Zhexi and other places arrived in Shandong in a steady stream.

In addition, the grain that arrived in Shandong by sea also came from Nanyang, the South China Sea Protectorate, the Nanyang Protectorate, the purchase and exchange of a lot of grain over the years, the high temperature and humidity of the South Seas are not easy to preserve, most of them are transported to Liuqiu, stored in the Liuqiu left-behind camp, this time also transported to Shandong.

Sea transport is busy, and so is land transport.

Due to the good effect of the hardened official roads in Shandong and Jinan to the Daimyo, the main official roads in the Daimyo, Kaifeng, Xingren, Guide, Suzhou, Bozhou, Yingzhou, Luzhou, Chuzhou, Yangzhou and other places, with the joint efforts of the officials and businessmen, have almost all been hardened in just six or seven years, and since then, regardless of rain or shine, the passage of large and small vehicles has been unimpeded.

The large-scale hardening of official roads has given rise to carriages with larger and stronger carrying capacity, and the carriage and horse workshops in Yidu and Jinan have been able to get more steel because of their official background, and the carriages and horses are becoming stronger and stronger, and it is not bad to run five or six thousand miles, which is also a common thing.

Jiangbei's roads, carriages and horses transport advantages are not small, so Jiangbei away from the Yangtze River waterway transport tasks are basically handed over to land transportation, from south to north, the official road on the car like a long dragon, day and night, the destination of the Daimyofu, Jinanfu, Hejian Fu.

When the grain and grass materials went north one after another, the final controversy was also launched in Bianjing City, because until this time, there were still voices in the court against starting a war, which was unbearable for Zhao Yan!

Any good or evil thing cannot be supported by 100% people, Yang Congyi understands, Shi Hao also understands, but Zhao Yan can't figure it out, recover Zhending Mansion and unify the sixteen states of Yanyun, such a great cause through the ages, why are some people opposing it, some people not supporting it, give them one last chance to reason today!

In the Daqing Palace, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military stood neatly in the hall, and Zhao Yan sat on the hall alone.

"Shi Xiang, sent to Liaoyang Mansion, has the person who submitted the credentials selected?" Zhao Yan asked.

Shi Hao flashed out of the queue and said, "It's decided." Chen selected two people from a group of Jiangnan students, and the two of them were eloquent and generous, and they could take up the position. The ministers have been issued by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Rites to select officials, and within three days, they will be able to set off and rush to Liaoyang Mansion. ”

"Why is it selected from the students in Jiangnan, there is a court in the hall, and there are thousands of civil and military officials, can't you find a suitable person?" Zhao Yan immediately asked, his eyes wandering away.

"Although there are many officials, they all have responsibilities, and the ministers have to do it." Shi Hao's face was calm.

"I think it's too much of a good life in Bianjing, I am used to singing, dancing and drinking every day, I am used to enjoying it, I can't stand the bitter cold in the north, and I am even more greedy for life and afraid of death, so I don't want to be this envoy!" Zhao Yan broke through his words and showed no mercy.

The Chinese military minister of the palace, some people looked ahead, not moved by Zhao Yan's words, some people looked avoided, did not dare to look directly, and even more people looked at the nose and nose, as if the emperor's ridicule had nothing to do with them.

The civil and military officials were speechless, and Shi Hao was also speechless.

"The major affairs of the country must be handled by students who have no official or position, so you can stay in Bianjing with peace of mind!" When Zhao Yan saw the appearance of the ministers in the palace, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

They don't care about the great cause of the ages, so what's the use of keeping them in Bianjing?

At this moment, Zhao Yan couldn't wait to let them all go home to retire.

In the end, reason prevailed and suppressed the anger in his heart.

After the mood calmed down, Zhao Yan suddenly raised his tone and announced a news that shocked the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces: "The recovery of Yanjing is a major event for the ages, and I want to drive the expedition in person and advance and retreat with my Great Song Dynasty soldiers!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, and even Yang Congyi and Shi Hao were a little confused.

Driving a personal expedition?

Zhao Yanke has never mentioned this matter to them, and he has discussed the Northern Expedition many times before, but he has not revealed in the slightest that he wants to go with the army to march in person, and now he is announcing the news in front of the Manchu Dynasty, what is he going to do?

Yang Congyi and Shi Hao glanced at each other, and Shi Hao shook his head at him slightly.

I don't know if Shi Hao said that he didn't know, or he didn't agree with the emperor's personal expedition, or he didn't let Yang Congyi express his opinion.

Zhao Yan's sudden arrival disrupted Yang Congyi's previous deployment.

He wanted to oppose it very much, but in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, he couldn't do such a thing, and he couldn't say it, after all, his power was too great, and openly opposing the emperor would inevitably shake the government and the opposition, and the world might be in chaos immediately, so he had to be cautious.

"Your Majesty, it has only been more than ten years since the capital was moved to Bianjing, and the previous lessons are vivid, the stability of Bianjing is above all else, and you must not leave Beijing!" Mo Ji, the governor of Guanwendian University, quickly came out to oppose Zhao Yan's personal expedition.

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were shocked, and even Zhao Yan's face changed.

At that time, Zhao Yan was because of the royal conquest, from Lin'an to the north to Defu and Wanyan Liang to negotiate peace, and then inspected Bianjing, Xingren Mansion and other places, delayed in the north for a period of time, Emperor Zhao Gou returned to Daqing Hall in Lin'an, so that he could not return to Lin'an, almost lost the throne, this is Zhao Yan's heart pain!

Now this matter has been mentioned by Mo Ji in public, although it is not explicitly said, but most of the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty are witnesses, who doesn't know?

Mo Ji's words immediately made Zhao Yan a little unable to get off the stage, the imperial conquest is indeed dangerous, the front is defeated, the emperor's life is in danger, even if the front is undefeated, the rear is in chaos, and the throne is also dangerous.

In front of Wanyan Liang, he led a million-strong army south to invade the Song Dynasty, and Wanyan Yong proclaimed himself emperor in Liaoyang Mansion in the rear, and captured Yanjing, the capital of Jinguo, and Wanyan Liang had to run to Datong Mansion.

Later, when there was the Northern Expedition, Zhao Yan drove the expedition in person, and experienced the changes in Lin'an, if it were not for the support of Chen Kangbo, Shi Hao, Yang Congyi and other main battle factions, he would have lost the throne a long time ago, where is there the prosperity of Bianjing today!

Although this is the case, poking Zhao Yan's sore spot in public still makes Zhao Yan very uncomfortable, but he can't refute it for a while, not to mention how uncomfortable he feels.

"Don't say anything wrong!"

Just when the ministers were shocked by Zhao Yan and Mo Ji's words, a sudden exclamation sounded from the hall.

Everyone looked back, but saw a middle-aged man in a red official robe walking out of the ranks, and after a closer look, it was Xin Qiji, who had just been transferred to Bianjing a few months ago to serve as Zuo Shilang.

As everyone knows, Xin Qiji served in Jiangnan in his early years, and later appeared in Hedong for no reason, served as the deputy commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and also served as the pacification envoy of Hedong for a period of time.

Later, in view of Xin Qiji's assistance to the Northern Expeditionary Army to recover and pacify Hedong, the emperor ordered him to pay tribute to Lang, so that he could get the real official position of Bianjing, otherwise he would have worked hard in Hedong for several years.

After Mo Ji entered Hedong and went out of Taiyuan Mansion, Xin Qiji's power in Hedong was restricted, and most of his errands were concentrated on raising military supplies and logistics supplies and transportation, and he was suppressed to a certain extent in the development of his career, so that after several years, there was no political achievement that could be put on the table.