On the April day of the Song calendar, the temperature is not low. The third floor of the cement floor is much stronger than the blue brick floor, and the Shangshu Xiong Shang of the Ministry of Rites is full of joy from the heart, pouring tea for everyone in the conference room. Sitting back in his position, Xiong Shang Shang said proudly: "Since the battle of the Gaoliang River, it has been many years since I saw Youzhou City in the Great Song Dynasty. This time to recapture the capital, the recovery of Youzhou is just around the corner. It's a real surprise. ”

Wen Tianxiang has been very tired casually these days, but watching his son's body begin to develop in the direction of recovery, he also has a smile. Pinching his fingers and calculating, Wen Tianxiang replied: "It's been 303 years." ”

The Battle of Gaoliang River was a battle in which the Song army was defeated by the Liao army at the Gaoliang River (now Xizhimen, Beijing) in order to capture Youzhou (now Beijing, known as Nanjing) in the fourth year of the Song Taiping Rejuvenation (979).

In order to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun (Beijing to Shanxi Datong) that were ceded to the Khitan by Shi Jingjiao in the Five Dynasties, Taizong of the Song Dynasty transferred his troops to attack Liao without rest and preparation, in an attempt to take advantage of his unpreparedness and seize Youzhou in one fell swoop. Liaojingzong Yeluxian learned that Youzhou was trapped, and urgently ordered reinforcements from the elite cavalry. The Liao army counterattacked, the Song army was attacked on three sides, and suddenly there was a great chaos, the whole line retreated, only more than 10,000 people died, and Song Taizong fled in a donkey cart. The Liao army pursued to Zhuozhou (Zhuo County, Hebei).

After the Battle of the Gaoliang River, the Song army continued to be defeated in the Song-Liao War until the final signing of the Lanyuan Alliance.

"The official family is wise and martial, not only recovering Sanjing, recovering the tombs of the previous emperors, but also recapturing Youzhou. As long as Yanshan and other passes are guarded, Hebei will be able to sit back and relax. Henan is even more stable. I don't have to worry about Mongolia anymore...... Yidi invades. "In the past, Xiong Shang only called Mongolia Yidi when he was angry in private. This time he has been able to directly refer to Mongolia as Yidi in public.

Of course, Wen Tianxiang was equally happy, but he recalled Zhao Jiaren's look after learning that he had conquered Dadu. That unhappy expression is not pretended no matter how you look at it. So he just gave a simple hum.

"Wen Zhizhou, let's see Tai...... How should I salute after thanking Daoqing? Xiong Shangshu asked tentatively. Receiving Xie Daoqing is a very polite errand, and it is best for the Ministry of Etiquette to be in charge. But Xiong Sheng didn't think that Zhao Jiaren would deliberately make things difficult for his subordinates, and letting Wen Tianxiang come over naturally had a purpose.

"What are Xiong Shangshu's plans?" Wen Tianxiang didn't come up and pointed fingers.

"It's better to receive it as a concubine. I know that the official family has stripped Xie Daoqing of all his honorific titles, but after all, she was the empress dowager of the Great Song Dynasty. This has to save some face for the royal family. ”

"When did Xie Daoqing give the Great Song Dynasty royal face? As far as she did, she completely regarded Da Song as something in her hands. If there was no Zhao Guanjia coming forward after President Lin'an surrendered, what was she? Wen Tianxiang recounted his basic views and began to use new words extensively in his speech.

Xiong Shang is also completely familiar with the new vocabulary, because it can better express personal thoughts. Nodding, Xiong Sheng replied, "That being said, we can't treat her as a prisoner." ”

"Xiong Shangshu, Xie Daoqing is the Xie family, she is so perverse, let the Xie family take her away."

"Good!" Xiong Sheng couldn't help but slap the table and cheered.

The other participants also nodded their heads, and Wen Tianxiang's words solved the fundamental problem that plagued everyone. If Xie Daoqing was just a member of the Xie family, Da Song would have no reason to give her preferential treatment. The reason why it is difficult to handle her is because Xie Daoqing is regarded as the Zhao family.

After rejoicing, Xiong Sheng frowned slightly, "Can the official family agree to this?" ”

"The official family left these things to us to do, and we can naturally call the shots. If the Zhao family sends someone to greet Xie Daoqing, we still need to ask the official family. If the Xie family is asked to greet Xie Daoqing, we only need to give the official family a recital. ”

Xiong Sheng nodded again and again after hearing this. also asked Zhao Jiaren to give instructions, Wen Tianxiang said it very decently, and Wen Tianxiang also took responsibility. Xiong Shang, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, can stay out of the matter and do not have to take responsibility for this matter alone. As an official, we all know the truth of doing more and making more mistakes. Someone shares the responsibility, and Xiong Sheng is of course extremely willing.

After discussing the fundamental issues here, they began to search for people who could recognize Xie Daoqing. As for the other concubines and clan women who were sent back, they should also look for people who can prove their identities according to the list. After all, it had been almost ten years since they were taken to the north.

After making a plan, Wen Tianxiang and Xiong Shangshu wrote a copy to Zhao Jiaren. As Xiong Shangshu expected, Zhao Guanjia did not reply at all. However, Xiong Shangshu misunderstood, Zhao Jiaren was not satisfied with this plan, but did not go to see this twist and turn at all. At this time, Zhao Guanjia was looking at the big sand table in Hebei with a gloomy face, there were mountains and rivers on the sand table, and there were key points that the Song army needed to hold. This set of defense looks too passive! Moreover, in the situation that Hebei has not yet been pacified, the defense system of 40,000 or 50,000 people itself also needs a lot of logistics.

"Officials, as long as they can hold all the main passes. It would be difficult for the Mongol army to counterattack Hebei. Most of ......"

"It's Youzhou City!" The new chief of staff intended the words of the staff officer.

"Yes, yes, yes! Youzhou City has an important position and is stuck on the traffic artery. As long as our army can ensure the water transportation from Zhigu Village to Youzhou City, it can hold all important passes. The Mongols could not enter Hebei. The staff officer in charge of the explanation continued to tell the plan of the staff department.

Zhao Jiaren was silent for a long time, but sighed, "Alas! Youzhou is too far away from our current core area! ”

In the 21st century, Henan is the hinterland of China, and now Henan is still the front line. Although the Zhao family already knows this reality, they are still often troubled by this reality.

For these 13th-century Song generals, they had long accepted this reality, but they didn't think it was strange. The reconquest of Youzhou 300 years after the Battle of the Gaoliang River had already made these generals feel that the strategy of the Great Song Dynasty had made a fundamental breakthrough.

Without waiting for these generals to speak, Zhao Jiaren said: "We are only controlling Zhigu Village to Da ...... now Youzhou line. The Mongol army will not stop there, and we must be careful. ”

"Yes!" The generals replied. Many of these people breathed a sigh of relief, Zhao Jiaren didn't rub sand in his eyes, and it was a great torture for them to make a defense plan in front of Zhao Jiaren in the past few days.

As soon as Zhao Guan's family left, the generals immediately sent a telegram to Zheng Jie in Youzhou, telling him about the officials' worries.

Zheng Jie received the telegram two days later, and his heart was also uneasy. After winning the battle to regain Youzhou, many people felt complacent. But Zheng Jie didn't feel that way. He fought so many battles with Zhao Jiaren, and every time he didn't say that the enemy was the first, at least he forced the enemy to fight head-on with the Song army.

Although the strategic goals of the Song army have been achieved this time, it is obvious that the Song army is being led by the Mongolian army. If it weren't for the well-trained and well-prepared Song army, especially the participation of steam wagons and ships in transporting troops, God knows what the battle would have been. Everyone else is easy to deceive, but the Zhao Guanjia can't be deceived no matter what.

was thinking about how to deal with Zhao Guan's family, and the correspondent sent a piece of information. A large group of Mongol cavalry moved south from the north against the mountains. As soon as he heard the cavalry, Zheng Jie felt a tremor in his liver. The Mongol cavalry caused too much trouble for the Song army this time, covering up reconnaissance and harassing logistics. Zheng Jie felt that even if he couldn't talk about two eyes, he could be regarded as a rat eye. This gave the Mongol army ample room for action. If the two sides can really engage head-on like the war commanded by Zhao Jiaren, Zheng Jie believes that he will definitely be able to fight better.

"Send a telegram to the staff, we need more cavalry." Zheng Jie gave the order to the telegraph operator.

What made Zheng Jie so distressed was Hao Ren's soldiers and horses. The soldiers suffered a lot on the way home, and everyone was very uncomfortable at first. However, the closer you are to home, the less uncomfortable it becomes. When they arrived at Zhangjiakou, the soldiers were full of urgency to return home. And Hao Ren Wanhu also met Boyan Marshal in Zhangjiakou, and unexpectedly learned that Boyan brought Hao Ren's family out when he retreated.

Seeing his wife, Hao Ren Wanhu only felt that a heart was completely put back in his stomach. While repairing, Hao Ren learned about the news from Hebei at this time. I learned that the Mongolian army was engaged in some things in no man's land in Hebei. At this time, Hao Ren was furious and couldn't help but scold Bo Yan.

After listening to Hao Ren's angry words, Marshal Boyan asked: "On the grassland, wherever the Song army goes, the Mongols will run away. Everywhere we went, those Han people would bring food and drink, and show us the way. If you don't kill those people, do you still want to keep them to send food and drink to the Song army, and lead the way for the Song army? ”

The teacher of benevolence and righteousness is Hao Ren's ideal, and the ideal is often so vulnerable in the face of cold reality. It is obvious that Boyan commanded the massacre not to satisfy his personal **, but for the sake of the entire battle situation.

Looking at Hao Ren's expression that was a little distorted because of excitement, Bo Yan said indifferently: "You don't have to worry. I have tried my best to persuade the relatives of the government soldiers in those places to move north, and there are not many no-man's land. You can divide your men according to geography and go out of the no-man's land to settle the stations of those family members. We don't have that many troops in the rest of the country, and you can let those people go home. ”

Hao Ren glared at Boyan fiercely, and said coldly: "I will personally take them back to their hometown." ”

"Eternal Heaven bless." Handsome Boyan indifferently expressed his blessings.

Hearing this blessing without negative emotions, Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, and finally said: "I also wish the Immortal Heaven to bless the handsome Boyan." ”

After rectifying and resting, Hao Ren Wanhu led a part of the government soldiers to the south, bypassing Youzhou City and entering the central and western regions of Hebei. The Song army had not yet had time to enter this area, and Hao Ren was ready to take as many people as he could.

Hao Ren didn't know that his actions had greatly stimulated Zheng Jie, and he would not hesitate in the slightest if he knew it. Zheng Jie's telegram was sent to Hangzhou, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the military department. Transporting horses by sea has proven to be completely undesirable, and sending more cavalry is a nuisance. The Hebei Song army did need more cavalry, and the contradiction between the two made many people in the military department begin to criticize Zheng Jie's incompetence.

Zhao Jiaren didn't care about the affairs of the military department at this time, and his eldest son Zhao Qian returned to Hangzhou. Zhao Qian had returned from Hanzhong, and he was fighting in the troops under the command of Li Yun. After conquering Chang'an, Li Yun did not stop, but waved his army westward and entered Hanzhong. Annihilated the enemy in Hanzhong, he attacked Shangyong from Hanzhong. The Song army in Xiangyang also launched an attack on Shangyong, and finally solved the Mongol army in the Hanshui basin under the attack from both sides, and opened up the Hanshui.

Li Yun's troops are basically Jiangnan people, and many of them have not returned home for a long time. So with the consent of Zhao Guan's family, the troops went straight down the river to their hometown. Zhao Qian was also able to return to his home where he had been away for a long time.

When Qin Yuzhen saw her son, she couldn't help but shed tears, and even Zhao Jiaren secretly wiped away her tears. Daughter Zhao Ruoshui couldn't help but say: "Dad, you are patriarchal." I usually say it very well, but I cry when I see my brother come back. ”

After a day or two of repairs, Zhao Jiaren looked at his son Zhao Qian's captain's class badge, and his heart was satisfied for no reason. As children grow up, they always want to see them get better and better. Zhao Jiaren asked, "What are your plans for retirement?" ”

"I want to go back to school." Zhao Qian replied.

Zhao Jiaren shook his head, "You know, I have always advocated that people should study. However, in my personal experience, you should now complete the stage of learning and excelling. If you do a little more practice, you can learn from the best. ”

Zhao Qian has been scientific knowledge since elementary school, although he has also read the Four Books and Five Classics, but he has only read them. For example, 'university' was told to Zhao Qian by Zhao Qian's mother, Qin Yuzhen. Zhao Qian can remember that the content of the university is probably that he leaned on his mother's side and felt that his mother was so warm. That's probably the impression. For the "Analects", the one that can be recited is probably only the first paragraph. So Zhao Qian asked puzzledly: "Dad, I have only heard of learning and excelling." You made up the latter paragraph. ”

"I didn't make it up. This is the original sentence of the Analects. Zi Xia said: If you are excellent, you will learn, and if you are excellent, you will learn. The reason why you meet people who only talk about the second half is because they only want to improve their status by being officials. As for the officials, they have no desire to continue studying. I don't think that's right. People must progress, and society must progress. If you want to improve, you have to rely on learning, you have to rely on time. Learning and learning are complementary things. You have learned, and you naturally want to do it. If you are useful, you will inevitably encounter difficulties, and after recognizing difficulties, you will know that you are insufficient. At that time, I had to continue to study. ”

Zhao Qian knew that his father always had a reason to say, so he listened patiently. Before leaving home to join the army, Zhao Qian admired his father's knowledge and ability to do learning. Naturally, I won't refute my father's opinion.

"So, I'd like to give you a job. If you do it for a while, you will probably know what major to study. Zhao Jiaren concluded.