At the end of October of the fifth year of Jingkang, not long after entering the early winter, four or five snows had already fallen, and the weather was cold and evil. When the war between Tongguan and Hedong has gradually subsided, the weather is cold, the soldiers are all frozen, their faces are blue, their hands are purple, and they are holding iron weapons like ice tops, and they can't fight anymore. And after a autumn of consumption, the originally raised fat and healthy war horses also began to lose weight, and they needed to be well maintained, and after the cold winter, they must be thin and weak, and it was difficult to bear the heavy war.

In this case, the Jin soldiers were unable to fight again, slowly withdrew from the Tongguan Valley Road, began to retreat to Luoyang, Tokyo, Hebei and other places, and retreated to the east of the river, need to cross the Yellow River, and although the weather is cold, the Yellow River is frozen to the point that it can cross the river in vain but it is still impossible, the ferry has been guarded by the Song army in advance, and even in several important ferries, regardless of the cold and freezing, mobilize migrant workers to start building city defenses, in order to prevent the Jin soldiers from taking advantage of the situation again.

The war of the sneak attack on Chang'an made the Song court begin to pay great attention to the defense of the river, and the Hedong has been heavily subordinated, and the new army began to organize drills in the ice and snow.

Although the war was no longer the focus of the imperial court's attention, because of the heavy snowfall, and even the drought in the summer and autumn seasons, the situation was so serious that the emperor and the government hall repeatedly issued edicts and decrees, severely reprimanding the local government to pay attention to helping the people, opening porridge factories, and distributing winter clothes, so that the people would not suffer from hunger and freezing.

In the early November of the fifth year of Jingkang, finally there were three sunny days, and the black clouds that had been pressing on people's heads had signs of gradually evacuating, but unfortunately the snow disaster had become a trend, although Zhao Huan repeatedly urged and even crossed the political affairs hall and personally ordered the dismissal of several county orders, and sent the edict to prison to police officials who were not effective in disaster relief, although Yu Ping, the chief official of the Dengwen Division, was not in Chang'an. Under such severe pressure, due to the limited conditions, the war caused local damage, and a large amount of civilian materials were spent on the war at the front. There are still a large number of disaster reports reported to Chang'an, and the incident of freezing and starving people was still news at first, and later it has become a common thing.

It is in Chang'an City, every day of relief, and even the imperial court and government mobilized a large number of manpower to cut down trees around Chang'an, and distributed it to poor small households for free to burn charcoal for heating, but there are still poor people who die of cold and starvation every day by carrying out the corpses of Chang'an, and they are buried by themselves if they have the conditions, and they are unable to bury them. It was unified in the Yizhuang established by the government.

Zhao Huan lives in the deep palace. Every day, there are disaster reports on Guanshan Sixth Road and Hedong and other places, and the government affairs of the rest of the roads cannot be taken care of for the time being, and all the body and mind are used to deal with this natural disaster. All the methods have been exhausted, but there is often a feeling of powerlessness.

Looking at the report on the desk, Zhao Huan smiled slightly bitterly.

Shangshu Zuo servant shot and Chang'an Mansion Yin Xie Liang reported: "The ministers went to Yizhuang, and the corpses of 15 people went out of the city today, which has been greatly reduced compared with the past. Your Majesty loves the people like a child......"

After the cold number of corpses, there are such eulogies, and now it seems that they are extremely glaring.

Zhao Huan sighed, stroked the cold mahogany table with his hand, and muttered softly: "What about the historical knowledge accumulated for thousands of years. Under the power of heaven, the power of human power is too small. ”

"Your Majesty?"

The waiter waiting on the side didn't know what the emperor commanded, so he had to bow forward and look at Zhao Huan with inquiring eyes.

Zhao Huan was dumbfounded, he couldn't think of any excuses for a while, and remembered his plans to come these days, so he waved his hand and ordered: "Go and summon Kang Chengxun." ”

Seeing that the chamberlain turned around to leave, Zhao Huan ordered again: "Let him take the deputy general of the Holy Army in front of the palace and above, and enter the meeting together." ”

"Yes."

The chamberlain replied softly and flatteringly. Hurriedly went to deliver the edict.

Zhao Huan made a decision in his heart, but he felt that this warm spring palace was extremely breathless, let out a long breath, walked to the door of the palace, and pushed the door of the palace open.

Today's weather is fine, the sun's rays are strong, shining on the empty square in front of the palace, which is particularly dazzling.

It's just that this sunshine is too gentle, and people can't feel the warmth at all, as soon as Zhao Huanfu went out, a cold wind came to his face, blowing on his warm body, but he couldn't help but shiver violently.

As soon as the fur cloak that was sent up by the inner servant was pushed away, Zhao Huan looked at the world outside the hall. Outside the low palace walls, there is still snow on the street, and there are not many pedestrians.

He sighed deeply, and then inhaled suddenly, only to feel a cold wind go straight into his chest, cold and uncomfortable.

Because it was uncomfortable to stand, he walked down the stone steps made of white marble, not beware of the stone steps being frozen and slippery, his left foot could not be controlled for a while, and his body was tilted, and he actually fell on the stone steps of this hall.

"Your Majesty!"

Not only were the dozen or so eunuchs in the palace who followed him frightened, but even the guards in front of the palace who were scattered nearby to guard were also shocked.

Zhao Huan's waist and legs were in pain, and he couldn't stand up for a while, and was about to struggle up, when someone next to him hugged his arm and helped him up.

Seeing that the young class's frightened face turned pale, although Zhao Huan fell to the ground uncomfortably, he smiled and said, "I just slipped and fell, why bother." ”

Although the emperor said comforting words, he himself hurriedly knelt down in front of the steps, met his head again and again, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has slipped, and the minister can't help him by his side, and the minister is guilty of death!" ”

"Why bother."

Zhao Huan's face showed displeasure, waved his hand to rebuke the attendants and the guards who rushed over, and called the kowtow class to get up, seeing the black green on the other party's forehead, Zhao Huan's heart was even more angry, and he reprimanded at the moment: "I practice martial arts and archery every day, run and exercise, which day does not fall a few times, I have already told me not to make a fuss, you are so cowardly, don't be a military attaché, don't wait in front of my eyes, go down!" ”

The class of direct guards is not young, it seems that they are always in their early twenties, and when they were reprimanded by Zhao Huan like this, their eyes were full of tears. It's just that the emperor scolded him severely, and he didn't dare to defend himself, so he had to kowtow again, and then wanted to turn around and withdraw.

After Zhao Huan's attack, he looked around coldly, only to see that the rest of the Banzhi guards were gloating, he felt a burst of disgust in his heart, knowing that today's guards were Guan Shaanxi Inner Palace, most of them were the children of the Gongyun Wuchen family selected by Guan Shaanxi Sixth Road, and the person in front of him was obviously a newcomer, not these old people, so no one mentioned him, and no one interceded.

Originally, he didn't want to pay attention to the intrigue between the guards, but when he saw the guard's sad expression when he turned around, he actually felt a little familiar, so he called him back again, turned his face and asked him, "What is your name, when did you enter the inner hall, and what position?" ”

The guard was a little depressed at this time, and when he heard the emperor's question, he just looked wooden and replied mechanically: "The minister is Zhenyanwen, and it is only half a month to enter the inner hall of Shaanxi, and now he is only after work." ”

"Oh."

Zhao Huan responded first, and then he already remembered that this Zhe Yanwen was the eldest son of Zhe Keqiu, and soon after Zhe Keqiu became an official, he apologized for his sin, and then committed suicide. Zhao Huan knew that he was going to die, and the disadvantages outweighed the benefits after his death, so he didn't deliberately stop it, but after his death, he added an official, and then personally ordered to make up for the fold to ask the sons to join the army, and Zhe Yanwen was the eldest son who could be asked for the eldest son, and he could enter the inner temple according to the convention, so he made up for it according to the routine.

It's just that this person is the eldest son of the inspector of the school, but at this time, he has to leave work and only have a tasteless position, which is the lowest role in the palace attendants, and the reason why he is so frightened is obviously because he is usually excluded.

Zhao Huan understood the joints, and his heart burst into flames, and he couldn't help but say to Zhi Yanwen: "Your father's sins, I have been forgiven. He himself atoned for his sins with death, and even washed away the snow of his past. You fold the family for generations on the edge of the town, the merit is far greater than the excess, your uncle can be saved, the brother folds the Yanshi, the fold Yanshi, are all in important positions, I believe in it, you are a child of the folded family, take out a little ancestral heroism, don't be afraid, do you know? ”

"Yes, thank you for your majesty's teachings!"

Zhi Yanwen was moved in his heart, and couldn't help but meet again and again.

Zhao Huan didn't care about him this time, just waved his hand and summoned a Zuo Wulang, and ordered: "Remember, inform the Cardinal and let Zhe Yanwen make up for Cheng Jielang." ”

From a military attache who was transformed from a scattered palace attendant to a positive nine grades, there was originally nothing, but the emperor personally issued an order, but it was a rare honor, and the military attache glanced at Zhi Yanwen with jealous eyes, but he had to agree repeatedly.

After this trouble, Zhao Huan only felt that his heart was depressed, as if he had nothing to worry about, and he felt that he was very worried, and he was even more determined to leave the palace.

When Kang Chengxun led many generals from the front of the palace to arrive, Zhao Huan glanced at everyone and saw that Zhang Xian, the newly appointed head of the Fengsheng Army, was standing at the head of the generals, looking at this young officer with an arrogant face, Zhao Huan's heart was full of joy.

He himself looks like he is only in his early thirties, but in fact, he is very important, his scheming is deep, he has a lot of experience, and the sum of the two lives, his body is getting younger and younger, but his mind is getting older and older.

Since the Yichuan Longkou several battles, the original soldiers and horses of the front division of the palace have been sent to the front line of Taiyuan, and there are no remaining soldiers in Chang'an City except for the direct guards of the inner temple, so although the financial situation is becoming more and more difficult, the new army is still being trained. Because the local armies are no longer under the name of the palace front division and the guard department as they were originally been, but changed to the imperial front armies, crowned with numbers, Zhao Huan discussed with the cardinal government, Chang'an City and the emperor's side, there must still be a considerable number of guards and pro-military. So he ordered the reorganization of the Fengsheng Army under the name of the former division of the original hall, and transferred back to Zhang Xian to serve as the head of the capital.

Glancing at everyone, Zhao Huan did not enter the hall, but was saluted by everyone in front of the steps, and after Kang Chengxun got up, he frowned and ordered to this confidant hall marshal: "I am determined to go out of Chang'an, patrol to Tongguan, and turn back before the year." ”