Two days later, the first batch of rewards were issued in the imperial court, with Li Yanqing, Dong Ping and Yao Pingzhong making great contributions to the defense of the capital, and crowning Li Yanqing as the crown prince and the privy councillor, and giving him the title of Duke of Chu; Dong Ping commanded the envoy before sealing the palace, the general of the left guard, and the Duke of Liangguo; Yao Pingzhong was the former deputy commander of the palace, the general of Jin Wuwei, and the Duke of Juan Guo.

The news came out, which made the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty in an uproar, on the one hand, although the reward was amazing, the three of them were actually crowned the princes of the country, and they were all from the second-rank official rank, and they were only one step away from being crowned king, but thinking that the Son of Heaven had just ascended the throne, it was indeed necessary to seal the heavy lord to envelop the heroes.

On the other hand, many important ministers in the court also found a trace of strangeness in the reward, that is, although Li Yanqing has a high name, he is exactly the same as the other two in terms of official rank and title, which is not so much an exceptional promotion of Dong Ping and Yao Pingzhong, but a secret suppression of Li Yanqing.

When the news spread, the Jingzhao army was angry, Wang Gui and Niu Gao rushed to the military office with a group of generals, noisy and shouting, Li Yanqing heard the movement outside and walked out quickly.

From afar, I heard Wang Gui roaring loudly outside the door, "We fought to the death to kill the enemy, the casualties were the most heavy, the Jin soldiers attacked the city more than 40 times, more than ninety percent of them were withstood by us, Dong Ping only defended once, Yao Pingzhong didn't even see the shadow of the Jin soldiers, why should we be crowned high-ranking officials?" ”

"Wang Gui, have you said enough!" Li Yanqing shouted loudly and walked out of the gate.

When the generals saw the commander come out, they all stepped forward and talked about it, Li Yanqing waved his hand to quiet everyone down, and he glared at Wang Gui angrily, "Everyone is in the same hall as a minister, is there anyone like you who names names?" ”

Wang Gui stiffened his neck and said, "I can't say what they did?" ”

Li Yanqing glared at him fiercely, and said to the generals: "This time to defeat the Jin soldiers and defend the capital, it is not my Li Yanqing's merits, but the merits of thousands of soldiers and you, I don't care what official position I appoint, but I want to ensure that the interests of the generals are not harmed." ”

"I'm afraid that we won't be able to go up, and we won't be able to go up!" Niu Gao didn't talk much, but he hit the nail on the head.

Li Yanqing also knew that Niu Gao was reasonable, and he said slowly: "The interests are earned, I will do my best to fight for the benefits that everyone deserves, everyone go back and wait patiently first, and stop arguing about the imperial court." ”

The boss spoke, and the generals had to go back to the camp separately, Li Yanqing glared at Wang Gui again, "You especially have to control your mouth, if you dare to talk nonsense, you won't stay in the capital." ”

Wang Gui's face was pale, obviously unconvinced, he turned around and left, and after a while, the generals dispersed, at this time, Liu Jian asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do?" ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while, "First go to the Privy Council to meet the high privy envoy, and then go to the palace to thank you, and then mention the matter of the generals." ”

Liu Jian hesitated and said: "Actually, I think Wang Gui is not bad, in this matter, we can't be too weak, otherwise the Zhizheng Hall will continue to pinch us, everyone is true to serve the country for resisting gold, but also hope to be promoted and make a fortune, if the court does too much, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of the soldiers." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "I know, I will fight hard for my brothers." ”

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Li Yanqing really didn't care what kind of official title he was awarded this time, he knew that the current reward was far from the final result, but the struggle had just begun.

Li Yanqing then came to the Privy Council, found the Privy Envoy Gao Shen, the two giants of the Privy Council, Tong Guan was executed, Gao Yu was dismissed, Gao Shen was promoted to know the Privy Council, Zhao Huan's confidant Geng Nanzhong served as the Privy Councillor, and the position of the same Privy Council was vacant, Li Yanqing was named the same Privy Council, which can be regarded as making up for the last vacancy.

"The Privy Council doesn't have any real power now!"

Gao Shen personally poured Li Yanqing a cup of hot tea, brought it to him and said with a smile: "Do you really want to move the table case to the Privy Council?" ”

"If the imperial court dismantles the defense envoys, I will have to come if I don't come."

"Don't say it, today the Zhizheng Hall has been arguing fiercely about this matter for a morning, and the three prime ministers of Bai, Wu, and Li are all in favor of abolishing the defense envoys, but He Qiangtou and Sun Fu are resolutely opposed, and the Zhizheng Hall has not been able to reach an agreement."

He Qiangtou is the university scholar He Li, who replaced Li Gang as a subordinate and entered the Zhizheng Hall as a minister, and is also a famous anti-gold faction in history, known for his stubborn temper.

According to the rules of procedure of the Zhizheng Hall, such a major militaristic decision to abolish the Tokyo Defense Envoy must be unanimously passed before it can be implemented, at least there is no opposition, since He Li and Sun Fu oppose it, the dismantling plan cannot be passed, unless the Son of Heaven vetoes the resolution of the Zhizheng Tang and uses the imperial power to forcibly order the abolition, this possibility is not impossible, but the emperors of the Song Dynasty did not dare to use such drastic means easily, otherwise they would stand on the opposite side of the civilian clique, and the political cost would be too great, not to mention the new emperor who had just ascended the throne.

Therefore, Li Yanqing is not worried about the dismantling of the military government by defense, this matter is extremely important to Li Yanqing, once the military government is abolished by the defense, according to the routine of the Song Dynasty, the 30,000 Jingzhao army under his command will return to the forbidden army, and his military power will be deprived.

This is really not He Li and Sun Fu helping him, but Jin Bing is eyeing him in Hebei, and anyone with a little brain will not cut off his siblings, Bai Shizhong, Wu Min and Li Bangyan want to flatter the Son of Heaven, take the opportunity of this dismissal to deprive Li Yanqing of military power, and then reappoint the defense envoy according to the changes in the situation, and the impact is not great.

Li Yanqing took a sip of hot tea, muttered and said, "Is there any news from Zhang Xiangguo?" ”

Zhang Xiangguo is Zhang Bangchang, he has been ordered to send an envoy to the Daimyo's Mansion and the Jin State three days ago to negotiate the withdrawal of the Jin soldiers from Hebei and Hedong, Zhang Bangchang is the main envoy, and the deputy envoys are Geng Nanzhong and Ma Zheng, which is also what the Jin State promised before, and the second round of negotiations will be launched as soon as possible after the Jin State withdraws north.

Gao Shen shook his head, "There is no news for the time being, but after hearing that Yan Xian is not in the Daimyo's Mansion, but is presided over by Wanyan Zongwang, I don't think it will end so soon." ”

Li Yanqing secretly thought, Wan Yan Xian must also go back to Yanshan Mansion to meet the wolf lord of the Jin State, the attack on the Song capital failed, and Yu Gong and private Yan Xian also had to give an explanation to the wolf lord of the Jin State, but once Wan Yan Xie also returned from Yanshan Mansion, it was the beginning of the second Song State offensive of the Jin State.

Li Yanqing nodded, these are all questions he asked casually, he came to the Privy Council today for business, he clenched his fists, put them on the table, leaned forward slightly and asked, "Is there a conclusion on the defense plan on the south bank of the Yellow River?" ”

This is what Li Yanqing is most concerned about at present, seeing that the thaw of the Yellow River is imminent, if a strong defense can be deployed on the south bank of the Yellow River in time, then the Jin soldiers will basically not be able to cross the Yellow River.

Gao Shen's face showed a hint of embarrassment, Li Yanqing immediately saw it, and hurriedly asked, "Is there resistance?" ”

Gao Shen nodded, "The resistance is very great, mainly because the financial consumption is too great, to complete this deployment, it will take at least thirty or forty million taels of silver, and it will take a long time to build trebuchets and cannons and sky-shaking thunder, as well as the construction of fortifications and the requisition of the people, there are too many involved, the opposition of the Zhizheng Hall and the imperial court is very large, and the officials do not approve of it, only on the recruitment of new soldiers, the Zhizheng Tang has reached a consensus." ”

Li Yanqing didn't expect the imperial court to approve his plan immediately, he just hoped that Zhao Huan and the imperial court would realize the seriousness of the situation, even if they didn't take the initiative to attack the Jin soldiers, but the necessary defense should still be there.

Historically, Li Gang was deposed because of this incident, Zhao Huan and the imperial court were lucky and refused to spend financial resources on the defense of the south bank of the Yellow River, Li Gang insisted on it, and finally angered Zhao Huan and the civil official group, but I didn't expect that the imperial court was still so short-sighted, and Li Yanqing showed a look of extreme disappointment on his face.

Gao Shen patted him lightly on the shoulder, "It's up to people to make things happen, it's up to heaven to make things happen, you've done your best, but the negotiation of the Jin soldiers' withdrawal from the capital is too smooth, and the official family and the Zhizheng Hall also have great hopes for the Jin soldiers' northward retreat, and it's a bit out of place for you to propose coastal defense now." ”

Li Yanqing was helpless, so he had to let out a long sigh, "What about recruiting troops?" How was it decided? ”

This is the only plan adopted by Zhao Huan, although it is far from Li Yanqing's plan, but it is better than nothing, now the Song army only has 130,000 troops in the capital, even if he does not propose a recruitment plan, Zhao Huan will take the initiative to recruit troops.

"The plan has been decided, and the military department is fully responsible for recruiting a total of 200,000 new troops from Kaifeng Prefecture, Yingtianfu, Yingchang Prefecture, Zhengzhou, Caizhou, Chenzhou, Yingzhou, Ruzhou and other three prefectures and five prefectures, and Dong Ping and Yao Pingzhong are the commanders of the left and right new armies, each responsible for training 100,000 troops."

"That's not my business?" Li Yanqing sneered.

Gao Shen nodded slowly, "Not only is it none of your business, but also none of my business, by the way, I have been appointed as the transfer envoy of Zizhou Road and Chengdu Prefecture, and I will leave Beijing in three days to take office." ”