Chapter 500: The Door Opens

Xiao Zhonggong returned to the city with not only the medicine and food urgently needed in the city, but also the Shangshu Ma Kuo of the Great Song Dynasty Rite Department to negotiate the details of the dedication of the city. This made Wan Yanyong very moved, he thought that he had become a fish and meat to be slaughtered, but Zhao Er did not do that, but fully listened to his suggestions and demands, and did not put on the arrogance of the winner, and still treated him with courtesy.

On the fifth day of the first month of June, the dedication ceremony of Liaoyang City was held outside the south gate, and Zhao Ta personally attended and received the saber presented by Yan Yong, the treasury account book and the roster of soldiers. Then a holy decree was issued: pardon the soldiers and civilians of Liaoyang City for resisting the heavenly soldiers; After giving Yan Yong the title of Marquis of Liaoyang, a reward of 1,000 taels, 100 pieces of silk, swords, war horses, and Xiao Zhonggong and others under him were rewarded; Changed Liaoyang Mansion to Liaoyang Road, what is surprising is that Zhao Tan still uses Wan Yanyong as the Liaoyang Road pacification envoy, Hu Quan, the household servant, temporarily replaces the governor, and Xiao Zhonggong is the Liaoyang Road transfer envoy.

As for the army in Liaoyang City, of course, it is also the focus of the reorganization, the original 60,000 defenders have been reduced to 10,000, and the rest will be released to the people. Then Han Shizhong, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the Hebei South Road, was the supervisor of the soldiers and horses of the Liaoyang Fu Road, and the 5,000 soldiers and horses he led were incorporated into the Liaoyang Fu Road and State Army. Although the rebel generals Li Qiong and Kong Yanzhou were dead, they beheaded the two of them and spread the heads throughout the army to set an example.

Once the appointment was completed, the pre-selected officials entered Liaoyang Prefecture, where they counted the population, counted the treasury, measured the land, and redistributed the land according to the previously agreed plan. However, due to the burst of the embankment and the release of water, most of the fields around Liaoyang City were flooded, and the harvest was a foregone conclusion, and the grain stored in the city was enough to last for more than a month. Zhao ordered the river to be dredged. Expand the wharf and build a logistics supply base. The large-scale transfer of grain and grass by sea is to prevent the war from prolonging. stockpiling food and grass for winter operations; The second is to deal with the risk of food shortage in the newly harvested land.

After some investigation, Hu Quan told Zhao Ta that due to the large-scale shelling of Liaoyang City, almost all the city was destroyed, and only the inner city was still complete, and the amount of renovation work was huge, which was not inferior to rebuilding a new city. After consulting with the ministers, Zhao decided to abandon the old city and choose a place to build a new city. After the Ministry of Industry estimated that the required funds were 3 million guan, Zhao Ta decided to use the 2 million guan assets stored in the original Liaoyang treasury for the construction of the city, and allocate another million yuan from the state treasury to make up for the shortfall. This matter was planned and supervised by Zheng Qiao, a waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Liaoyang City was recovered, and everyone was very surprised. As early as when the battle plan was formulated, they made how to capture Liaoyang an important issue, and they were prepared to pay heavy casualties for this, but the result was, as the emperor used to say, 'the plan can never catch up with the change'. Except for the slight casualties caused by the naval army on the way north and the clearing of the perimeter of Liaoyang at the beginning, there were no casualties in the most arduous siege battle, and finally ended with the surrender of the defenders. This made the Song army mighty, and the belief in the emperor reached a new height, thinking that as long as the emperor was there, there would be no city that could not be attacked. Undefeated enemy forces.

At this time, in the late summer and early autumn, the weather in Liaodong gradually cooled, and the large-scale rain had ended. From April to June, Liaoyang was captured. After two months, the South Road of the Song Army had penetrated more than 1,000 miles into the territory of the Jin Kingdom and entered the hinterland of the Jurchens......

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Wan Yan Yong's defection shook the Jin government and the opposition. The fall of Tokyo and the tragic shelling have caused panic in Ginting, which was already in turmoil. The fortification of Liaoyang City was not inferior to that of Huining City, and most of it was destroyed in a single artillery bombardment by the Song army. This shows that the Song army not only has the skills in field warfare, but also has the way to attack the city. The tactics of Wushu vainly trying to block the Song army's attack with deep ditch barriers failed completely, and they were powerless to stop the Song army's continued advance.

And now there are very few courtiers left in the imperial court under the emperor's indiscriminate killing, and everyone's unanimous opinion is that the emperor has gone completely crazy, and since he is crazy, he often makes crazy moves, and everyone may lose their lives at any time. Therefore, the court has become the most feared thing for everyone, if you don't come this morning, you won't be able to go back in the evening. Therefore, the top priority at the moment was to rectify the order of the imperial court, appoint vacant official positions, restore the normal operation of the state organs, and resist the invasion of the Southern Dynasty.

At this time, the Jin Kingdom was facing the invasion of foreign enemies and internal turmoil, and was on the verge of extinction, but the initiator Wan Yan did not feel that it was his fault. However, in recent days, it has rained heavily in Huining Mansion in Shangjing, and thunder and lightning have damaged Wan Yan's dormitory and caused a fire in the palace, so that he can only move elsewhere to continue to rest. Then the local government reported that a dragon-like monster appeared in the mixed river, but it did not bring good luck to the people, but caused a violent storm, destroyed a large number of houses and official houses, and caused a large number of casualties.

After Yan Yan received the report, he was very scared, thinking that God was angry, and this meant that he was at fault, and if he wanted God to be angry, he had to admit his mistake and make a profound review - to make an edict against himself, so that God could let him go. So he held a court meeting again to ask the ministers to point out their mistakes, so that they could realize where they were wrong, but everyone knew that the emperor had long been crazy, and he couldn't tell the difference between good and bad words, and if he didn't get it right, it would be the end of the head falling to the ground, so the ministers above the court were all looking at their noses and noses, and their noses were watching their hearts, and they were silent.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is at present, and it has reached the point of life and death, how can it be reversed by a piece of paper!" Wushu said in a deep voice, he dragged his sick body to attend the court meeting, and saw that the emperor's red eyes were covered with black circles, obviously because of excessive wine, and although Jin Guo made himself like this, he had to bear the main responsibility. This time, he tried to put Wan Yanyong to death, so he forced him to leave the Southern Dynasty, which made Liaodong lose its barrier and shake the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, but he was still worried about what heaven would condemn him, and how good it would be if the thunderbolt that day would kill him.

"This ...... What the Taishi said is that it is still important to deal with the current matter, what do you Aiqing have to do? Wushu's words can be said to make Wan Yan very faceless, he said embarrassedly, but suddenly found something as if he exclaimed, "Hey, why are there so few people in the court today?" ”

"Your Majesty, in the recent rebellion case of Zong Xian and others, many courtiers were involved, and many people were imprisoned and executed, and they have not yet been promoted, and today's court meeting is to discuss this matter." Wushu's face was about to fall to the ground when he heard this, what is this thing called, he killed people to the fullest, but blamed them for not going to court, he couldn't help but rush up angrily, and replied with a black face.

"I ...... I drank a few more glasses and forgot about it. Wan Yan said with a grin, as for whether it is red or not, everyone doesn't see it, anyway, the emperor's face is always red and drunk. However, his words still shocked everyone, you turned the court upside down, countless heads fell to the ground, but after a few glasses of wine, you forgot all about it, what is this called!

"Your Majesty, for the monarch should be an example for all officials and all the people, and indulge in the things in the cup every day how to dominate the world!" Wushu had been sitting on the chair, and now he stood up angrily and played.

"I should introspect myself, and I will change it." Wan Yan Yan hurriedly nodded and said, although he drank in a daze, one thing was still very clear, it was difficult for others to succeed in rebellion, and if his fourth uncle was annoyed, he said that he could really abolish himself, and hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Your Majesty, the rebellion in the DPRK and China has been eliminated, there are many shortages, and there are thousands of state affairs that need to be dealt with, so I ask Your Majesty to appoint new officials." Wushu rushed up and saluted and said.

"Master Taishi, please play the candidate, I have my own decision." Wan Yan replied.

"The minister asked Huining Mansion to finish pasting Yan Zongmin and move to Taibao, lead the three provincial affairs, worship the deputy marshal of the left, and lead the main affairs of the sect!" Wushu sat down and said.

"Quasi-play!"

"The minister asked the king of Chu to complete Yan Zongxiong's relocation to Taifu, to be the left minister of Shangshu Province, and to lead the Taishangshu to save trouble."

"Quasi-play!"

"The minister asked Tang Kuo, the commander of the horses, to be the governor of the council and concurrently serve as the pastor of Huining."

"Quasi-play!"

"The minister asked Wanyan Alin to be the pastor of Huanglong Mansion and the head of the soldiers and horses."

"Quasi-play!"

"The minister asked the servant to be the envoy of the ministry and the envoy of the river defense."

"Quasi-play!" …… The cooperation between the monarch and the minister is tacit, the vultures recommend one, and Wanyan approves one, just like an echo worm, everyone in the hall also looks at each other, and the emperor is also a superb product when he gets this part. It didn't take long for Wan Yan Yan, who was working on the spot, to determine all the new personnel, and then immediately issued an order, and everyone went to the palace to thank him, and this major event was finalized in one morning.

After sitting for a long time, Yan Yan didn't know if he was tired, or if he was addicted to alcohol, he asked everyone to discuss with the master to decide, and he hurriedly retreated! The people in the palace sighed at this time, congratulated the newcomers, and hurriedly patted the fart of the vultures, everyone has understood today's things, as long as this sick old man in the Jin Kingdom does not die, others will never be able to turn over, and he will have to look at his face to act if he lives for a day.

The new leadership team of Dajin Guo was confirmed, and everyone also found that the newly promoted Wanyan Zongmin and Wanyan Zongxiong were both older generals who had followed Taizu to raise troops, and they had rich combat experience and fought against the Song army many times. Obviously, Taishi shifted the political focus of the Jin State to the military side in order to deal with the current crisis, and it can also be seen that he no longer has confidence in the peace negotiations since the fall of Liaoyang Mansion, and wants to replace it with two military strongmen to change the situation that the Song army has failed in the Northern Expedition of the Jin State one after another.

But whether Wanyan Zongmin and Wanyan Zongxiong can take on the heavy responsibility of defeating the Song army, everyone is still skeptical. Wanyan Zongmin rescued Pingzhou in the Battle of Yanjing, but when he had the advantage of troops, he failed to break through the Yuguan defended by the Song army for more than a month, but suffered heavy losses and has been in a state of collapse ever since; And Zongxiong is not much better, as early as when Zhao Er was still a prince, he was turned around in the war for Liaoxijing...... (To be continued......)