Li Yanqing saw the old boss Fan Zhixu who had been absent for many years, in Li Yanqing's official career, Fan Zhixu had a great influence on him, second only to the seed master Dao, five years ago they strongly opposed the Northern Expedition, and were snagged by Wang Huang for the crime of forming a private party, and they were all demoted, Fan Zhixu was demoted to Bashu, and Li Yanqing was demoted to Jiayu County, and spent nearly two years in Jiayu County.

Fan Zhixu is now in his sixties, but he has always been healthy, with a youthful face and a radiant appearance.

He patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Little brother is not simple!" In just five years, he was knighted as the prince of the country, and even the old man was ashamed of himself. ”

Li Gang next to him said with a smile: "This is called the times to create heroes, Yanqing seized the opportunity to make contributions, not only to keep the Great Song Dynasty, but also to create a bright future for himself." ”

Li Yanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Don't kill me anymore, I know how many catties and taels I have, although I have made some achievements, but my qualifications are still shallow, I have to ask the two of you to help me!" ”

Fan Zhixu laughed, "This time, Governor Li and I can enter Beijing with King Kang, but you are supporting us!" ”

At this time, Li Yanqing unexpectedly saw Han Shizhong, so he smiled and said, "Let's talk about it again when we have time, I'll go see the old subordinates first!" ”

"Go ahead!"

Li Yanqing saluted and hurriedly walked in front of Han Shizhong, Han Shizhong clasped his fists and saluted, "See Dutong for your humble position!" ”

"Isn't General Han on Hedong Road?"

Han Shizhong shook his head, "After the humiliation led thousands of remnants of the army to withdraw from Taiyuan to the south, we received an order from the imperial court to let us withdraw to the Shaanxi Road, and the Hedong Road was the old general Yao Gu to sit in the town, and the humiliation and the army were incorporated into the Shaanxi Army, and he is currently serving as the deputy commander of the Shaanxi Army, and the commander is Wang Yuan. ”

"I see, then Tang Huai will be with you!"

"In! He served as a partial general under the lowly position, do they all want to see him? ”

"See you later! There are too many things going on today, and in addition, you must do a good job of protecting against the plague, and you must not be careless. ”

"I understand that there is also a plague in Changge, and I heard that it was the people who retreated south from Zhongmu County who fell ill in Changge County, so we didn't dare to stay in Changge County."

At this time, Liu Jian and Wang Gui walked up, and the two saluted Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing gave each of them a punch and smiled: "I didn't make a big deal when I went to Hebei this time!" ”

Liu Jian held back the fire in his belly, shook his head and said: "Don't mention it, we just arrived in Xiangzhou, we encountered 10,000 Jurchen cavalry from the Daimyo Mansion, we met in Tangyin County, and the result was three defeats in a row, the loss of more than 4,000 people, we were forced to retreat to the mountains of Hanoi Province, only to get rid of the pursuit of the Jin soldiers, and then the Jin soldiers returned to Xiangzhou, but always sealed the Xiangzhou line, we could no longer enter Hebei, so we had to cross the river to the south again. ”

Li Yanqing frowned, "Why don't I know anything about this?" Didn't you send a pigeon letter? ”

Wang Gui sighed and said: "The carrier pigeon was lost in the fierce battle, and we couldn't send a letter to Dutong, we suffered a defeat in Hebei, and we didn't have the shame to come to see Dutong!" ”

Li Yanqing patted the two of them on the arm and comforted them: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't take it too seriously, and your losses are not big, it is already a blessing in misfortune." ”

The two saluted together, "Thank you for your tolerance!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Tolerance is one thing, but I want to report the battle in detail, the more detailed the better!" ”

"Obey!"

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When night fell, the county hall was still brightly lit, Li Yanqing told King Kang Zhao Gou, Fan Zhixu, Li Gang and others in detail about the epidemic situation in the capital, and finally said: "The latest situation is that the boy in Wuhuai is indeed infected with the epidemic, his parents are also sick, and the other two boys are also sick, and their families have been quarantined, Your Highness, the inner city is too populated and densely populated, in order to prevent the outbreak of the plague, the temporary council decided to evacuate 500,000 people to the south." ”

Zhao Gou sighed slightly, "When we passed through Changge County, we heard that there was also an outbreak of plague in the county, and it is said that the source came from Zhongmu County. ”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Your Highness, the source of the plague is not Zhongmu County, but the Jin soldiers did not clean the battlefield after slaughtering 30,000 Song troops, and there were headless corpses all over the field. ”

Zhao Gou pondered for a long time, got up and said, "I want to go outside for a walk, Li Shaobao together!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, followed Zhao Gou out of the lobby, the two walked slowly in the county office, Zhao Gou said in a deep voice: "This plague is menacing, just now you said that 500,000 people were evacuated to the south, I was thinking about it, can we use this opportunity to move the capital?" ”

Moved the capital to Zhao Ji has already mentioned, for this reason the imperial court also specially changed Hangzhou to Nanjing, Li Yanqing did not object, he knows that the military strength of the Song Dynasty is extremely weak now, this time it is also the Jin soldiers who were forced to retreat north when they encountered the plague, if the Jin soldiers come again in winter, Bianliang may not be able to keep it, the capital is the center of the dynasty, and must not be put in danger, in fact, most of the wealth of Tokyo has gone south with the magnates, and it is imperative to move the capital.

Li Yanqing nodded, "Your Highness will return to Beijing to ascend the throne first, and then decide on the matter of moving the capital." ”

Zhao Gou saw that Li Yanqing supported the relocation of the capital, and his heart also rejoiced, and he smiled again: "The temporary council hall should not be the Zhizheng Hall!" ”

Li Yanqing also said with a smile: "That is just a necessary measure to prevent Geng Nanzhong and others from establishing the king of Daning County, it is only temporarily elected by the hundred officials, and after His Highness appoints the new prime minister, it will be dissolved." ”

"I see, do you have any suggestions for Yanqing regarding the new prime minister?"

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said: "Regarding the left and right phases, I suggest using Cai Jing and Fan Zhixu, although Cai Jing is old, he can stabilize the court, he sits in the imperial court, which is extremely important to the current situation, but Cai Jing is old after all, and his physical strength is exhausted, so he can only take up a vacant position, and Fan Zhixu will be responsible for the specific affairs." ”

Zhao Gou didn't say anything, and asked again: "What about the four deputy ministers?" ”

"I suggest that Li Gang be counted as one, he is honest and upright, very capable, and has a high prestige among middle and lower-level officials, and secondly, Zheng Wangzhi asks His Royal Highness to consider, he is related to the attitude of the Empress Dowager Zheng, and it is very important for His Royal Highness to sit on the throne, and then a lowly recommendation Xu Churen, this person has average ability, but the officialdom is very senior, he is the deputy minister, which is conducive to balancing the faction, and the last humble recommendation is profound, he is the representative of the meritorious family, which is conducive to His Royal Highness to obtain the support of the meritorious family."

Zhao Gou sighed slightly, "Yanqing left himself out!" ”

Li Yanqing laughed, "Your Highness, I still plan to stay in the north to fight against Jin, if there is no Song army in the north, I am afraid that the Jin soldiers and iron cavalry will drive straight into the south and kill in the south." ”

Zhao Gou nodded, "Okay!" Yanqing's recommendation, I will definitely consider it. ”

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The next morning, the 50,000 army continued to move north, and at dusk in the afternoon, the army finally arrived outside the Nanxun Gate, and Cai Jing, Xu Churen and other ministers led a hundred officials out of the city to welcome the return of King Kang.

Zhao Gou bathed and changed clothes outside the city, changed into the emperor's crown clothes, and Li Yanqing personally led 3,000 ironclad cavalry to escort Kang King Zhao Gou into the city and ascended the throne in the Daqing Palace.

In May of the first year of Jingkang, King Kang Zhao Gou officially ascended the throne as the emperor, changed the Yuan Jianyan, respected the imperial brother Zhao Huan as the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan, canonized his biological mother Wei Xianfei as the Empress Dowager of Xuanhe, and established Jiaguo's wife Xing Shi as the empress.

At the same time, Cai Jing was appointed as Dazai and his servant, and Fan Zhixu was appointed as Shaozai and Zhongshu Shilang, and the two were respectively the prime minister and the second minister.

In addition, Xu Churen was appointed as the secretary of the ministry, Zheng Wangzhi was the same as the Privy Council, Li Gang was the right servant of the Shangshu and the left of the Shangshu, and Gao Shen was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the right of the Shangshu, and the four of them were also appointed as the deputy prime minister.

The above six people formed the New Intellectual Cabinet Hall and dissolved the Temporary Cabinet Hall.

Li Yanqing's meritorious service is high, the king of Anyang County, the king of Anyang County, the first secretary of the palace, the prince Shaobao was promoted to the captain, and he knows the affairs of the Privy Council.

Zhao Gou issued an edict on the day of his accession to the throne: because Minister Jingkang advocated peace, which led to misunderstanding of the country, Li Bangyan was demoted to the deputy envoy of the Jianning Army, Xunzhou was resettled, Wu Min was relocated to Liuzhou, Geng Nanzhong was suspected of falsely spreading the holy will, currying favor with the Jin people, was demoted to a concubine, exiled to Lingnan, and his descendants were never hired.

Bai Shizhong, Yu Wenxuzhong, Li Ye and others were relegated to the Quang Nam states and resettled because they sent an envoy to the Jin Dynasty to request land cession.

Zhao Gou immediately issued an order to reward the anti-Jin soldiers and civilians, and granted amnesty to the world.