"Officials, for those newly occupied lands, your officials will evaluate and arrange those officials on their own, but one thing you must be clear about, don't let me get some incompetent idiots to go to those newly occupied lands, and block me and the people who have traveled thousands of miles to beg for a living, as for the military generals, your officials will meet with the military department in private, have a good exchange, select some brave and resourceful generals, and after discussion, let them go to take office as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the old minister will start arranging this matter." Ouyang Shuliang bowed to me and agreed. Although Ouyang Shuliang is an old man, he has a very good advantage, that is, he is low-key and obedient, so as a high-level figure of the old school, he is lucky to continue to stay in the court

"Before you came, I had already ordered the military department to send an order to the front line, so that the eastern and western armies could deal with the many affairs of those newly occupied places as soon as possible, and then return to the court as soon as possible.

"Back to Your Majesty, the ceremonies are still in rehearsal." Zheng Junyan said to me timidly

"Hurry up, there are a lot of things in your Ministry of Rites recently, so everyone has to worry about it and work hard."

"It is a blessing to be able to serve His Majesty." When Zheng Junyan heard that I didn't blame him, the heart in his throat suddenly returned to his stomach

"Have you made samples of the Ministry of Industry, military merit medals and national flags and national emblems?" I asked Xu Liang with concern

"Long live, the samples of the national flag and the national emblem have only been made, however, due to the relatively large number of types of medals, there are still certain problems in the formulation of the style, and it has not been completely finalized for the time being, but please rest assured that our Ministry of Industry will complete the tasks entrusted by Your Majesty as soon as possible."

"Hurry up, this time there is a great demand for this medal, although you are already very tired, but you can still worry more about the Ministry of Industry, don't lose face in front of the whole army."

"Your Majesty rest assured, even if the ministers are full of brains, they will not live up to Your Majesty's expectations of your subordinates." After listening to my words, Xu Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly assured me that he would be in the sky

"For the trial work of Wanyan Wu Qimai, the Criminal Department organized the trial of the three divisions, after all, he Wanyan Wu Qimai was the emperor of the original Jin State."

"Your Majesty rest assured, the old minister will take care of it."

In this way, with the continuous busyness of various ministries and departments, finally on the day of the twenty-third year of the lunar month, the eastern and western armies of the two countries of Jin and Liao, except for the troops and generals stationed in the north, returned to Bianliang, Tokyo, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, with the heavy snow that was constantly fluttering

Ouyang Shuliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Zheng Junyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, carried the Dragon Flag of the Son of Heaven out of the city for thirty miles to greet them, while I went out of the east gate of Bianliang City to wait for the soldiers who returned triumphantly

"Master Seed, look, it's the Dragon Banner of the Son of Heaven ahead." Lu Junyi said in surprise to the seed master beside him

"Only the Dragon Banner has no guard of honor, it seems that it is Lord Qincha specially sent by His Majesty, hurry, let's go over quickly." As he spoke, the Seed Master Dao Lian urged him to sit down on his war horse and trotted towards the two Qincha under the Tianzi Dragon

There were still dozens of meters away from the Heavenly Son Dragon Banner and the two ministers, Seed Master Dao and Lu Junyi both took the lead and dismounted, and walked quickly towards Zheng Junyan and Ouyang Shuliang

"All the soldiers who went out on the expedition, Lord Ouyang Shuliang, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Zheng Junyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, are here to welcome you on behalf of the Holy Driver." When Master Dao and Lu Junyi led all the officers and soldiers to Zheng Junyan, Zheng Junyan and Ouyang Shuliang bowed deeply to these soldiers who had returned from the expedition

Then he said to Seed Master Dao and Lu Junyi: "Two marshals, Your Majesty is at this time with hundreds of officials at the city gate to greet all the hard-working soldiers. ”

Seed Master Dao and Lu Junyi felt flattered for a while when they heard Zheng Junyan's words, what a great honor it was when the Son of Heaven went out of the city in person, Lu Junyi immediately turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Soldiers, His Majesty the Great Emperor of our Great Song Empire is greeting us at the gate of the city, let us speed up our pace and go to meet our emperor long live." Long live the Great Song Dynasty, long live Your Majesty! ”

With Lu Junyi's loud shout, the whole army of more than 100,000 troops shouted "Long live the Great Song Dynasty, long live Your Majesty", and the sound was higher and higher, stretching for thirty miles, until the city of Bianliang

There is still a stone's throw away from Bianliang City, the planter said, Lu Junyi dismounted, led the whole army to walk towards me quickly, the goose-featherlike snow did not stop their firm footsteps, the rattling of the nail leaves, as if to give the snow a song of iron-blooded rhythm, the two walked quickly to the place where there were still five or six steps away from me, led the whole army to worship the gold mountain and knelt down at me like a jade pillar, and shouted in unison: "The minister and the teacher, Lu Junyi, the Northern Expedition returned victoriously, with the whole army of the Northern Expedition soldiers, Long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

At the same time, all the soldiers who returned from the expedition knelt down to the ground in front of me, shouting long live

"Two Aiqing, please get up quickly, all the warriors of the empire, please get up quickly, please get up quickly, thanks to the loyal and fearless soldiers of the empire, who are fighting with all their might on the front line, only then can I have the power of the Great Song Empire today, in order to protect my rivers and mountains and protect my people, all soldiers, and be worshipped!" As I spoke, I bowed deeply to the officers and men of the whole army

As soon as the two marshals of the East and West saw me bowing to them, they hurriedly knelt down to me in fear, and shouted excitedly "Don't dare" and "Panic", and those simple big-headed soldiers, seeing the emperor of the country they were loyal to, bowed to them like dust, and many soldiers were moved to tears

Although there is an element of showmanship in it, the respect and love for these soldiers is truly from the heart.

I picked up the two of them in front of me, looking at the resolute faces in front of me, I knew that all the soldiers and generals who went out needed to rest, and even Chu Luli had not seen his baby daughter before he was sent to the distant grassland, thinking about it, Chu Luli has been with me for almost seven years, it's time to release him as an official, and when his daughter is a little older, I will appoint him to be the Taishou all the way, and of course Wu Yong (to be continued. )