This morning, the Son of Heaven Zhao Xuan finally received the complete report sent by Fan Ning, this heart-wrenching report, Zhao Xuan read it three times, which made his blood boil, he couldn't sit still, and paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands in his hands.

In the Whale Sea, 6,000 Liao army sailors were annihilated, the Liao navy was annihilated, and in Bohai Port, the Liao shipyard was burned, so that the Liao could not build large ships within three years, and on Juehua Island, 10,000 Liao troops were completely annihilated, and more than 6,000 people were captured, and in Liaoyang Mansion, the imperial palace was burned, the Liao treasury was scraped, and more than 200 powerful and high-ranking officials were captured.

If it weren't for Fan Ning's repeated emphasis at the end of the report, the Song army only gave full play to the advantages of the naval army, and in the confrontation of the land cavalry, it was still far inferior to the other party, and it was necessary to persist in a protracted war, and could not change the original plan, etc., Zhao Ji really couldn't help but give an order and asked the Song army to attack Youzhou Mansion in an all-round way.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, the rich minister and the minister have arrived!" ”

"Please come in."

Zhao Ji resisted the excitement in his heart and sat back in his seat.

After a while, Fu Bi and Wen Yuanbo walked in quickly, and the two of them bowed and saluted: "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"The two ministers are exempt from the courtesy, give the seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two sat down in the seats next to them, and Zhao Ji asked, "What did the Queen Mother say?" ”

Due to the death of Cai Xiang, the governor of the political department, so that the governor of the government hall was vacant again, Zhao Ji nominated Wang Anshi to serve as the governor of the political affairs, but the personnel power above the third grade is in the hands of the queen mother, and it must be approved by the queen mother to take effect.

Fu Bi bowed and said: "The Queen Mother said that Wang Anshi could be approved as the governor of the council, but she thought that Zhang Fangping's personal spirit was a little heavier and the overall situation was a little lacking, so she suggested that Zhang Fangping be reappointed as a scholar of Baohe Palace, and Sima Guang would be appointed as the governor. ”

Zhao Ji was silent and speechless, he knew that the imperial grandmother didn't like Wang Anshi, and introduced Sima Guang, who was strongly opposed to the change, into the Zhizheng Hall, obviously to contain Wang Anshi.

Zhao Ji was helpless, so he had to nod and say, "Since the Queen Mother has decided, let's decide so!" I have invited the two ministers over today, and there is one more important matter to discuss. ”

He handed Fanning's official report to Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo, "You guys take a look first, and we'll talk about it after reading it." ”

Fu Bi read it in detail, and after reading it, he handed it to Wen Yanbo, and when Wen Yanbo finished reading it, Fu Bi smiled and said: "After reading the briefing, I have always been confused, how did they have time to transport more than 20,000 horses, and now I understand that they first put the horses on the island in the south of the Liaodong Peninsula, and then transported them away one by one, and the Song army controlled the sea and did have a lot of advantages." ”

Zhao Ji nodded and said: "More than 20,000 horses are good, but I think the biggest trophy is people, more than 6,000 Liao soldiers and more than 200 powerful ministers, how should we deal with it?" ”

"Nature is for exchange!"

Wen Yanbo said without hesitation: "Before the Liao cavalry invaded Hebei and plundered more than 10,000 people, the Liao State must return the people before we can release them." ”

"What about the rich minister's opinion?" Zhao Ji asked Fu Bi again.

"Wechen also means this, but how to change it, Wechen feels that it is still up for discussion."

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Ji didn't quite understand.

"Your Majesty, our people in the Great Song Dynasty are like pigs and dogs in the eyes of the Liao people, if we take prisoners of war and powerful ministers to exchange for the people, it is too cheap for the Liao State, Weichen thinks that it is enough for two hundred and thirty powerful ministers to exchange more than 10,000 people, and six thousand prisoners of war should be disposed of separately and not join the exchange scope."

Wen Yanbo also nodded, "Your Majesty, what the rich minister said makes sense. ”

Zhao Ji said with a smile: "Then how to deal with more than 6,000 prisoners of war, presumably Fu Xianggong already has an idea!" ”

Fu Bi said lightly: "These more than 6,000 prisoners of war are almost all Han soldiers, and they are also discriminated against in Liao, Weichen suggests, treat them preferentially, and then release them all back to Liao, I believe it will have a great impact on all Han troops, Liao people treat them like pigs and dogs, we treat them like brothers, and we will catch Han prisoners of war in the future, and they will be treated like this, which will play a vital role in stabilizing the people's hearts after we recapture Youzhou in the future." ”

"Clever!"

Wen Yuanbo gave a thumbs up and praised: "Zhuge Liang captured Meng Shu seven times, touching with sincerity, we also captured the Han army seven times, treated them with brotherly kindness, after seizing Youzhou, the Han people returned to their hearts, and the rich minister was indeed far-sighted." ”

Zhao Wei deeply agreed, "Xiao Fan Xianggong did not kill the Han people in Liaoyang Mansion, it is also for this reason, everyone has the same view of the heroes, I will hand over this matter to the Zhizheng Hall to deal with, about Wang Anshi and Sima Guang into the phase, I will make a decree today." ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

At this time, Zhao Ji remembered something again and said: "Xiao Fan Xianggong has such a meritorious achievement, how should he reward him?" ”

Fu Bi said with a smile: "He has been appointed to the throne of the extremely popular minister, leave some leeway first, and the promotion will not be used for the time being, you can reward his wife, children and mother, in addition, Your Majesty needs to reward the three armies, I see that his report proposes to ask for another 200,000 old sheepskins to the soldiers, which can be fulfilled." ”

Zhao Ji took two steps with his hand in his hand, turned around and said, "I want to make him the king of overseas counties, what do the two ministers think?" ”

Wen Yanbo also said: "Weichen also thinks that his promotion and knighthood can be postponed, and he can give some rewards in materials, such as rewarding him with gold and silk, he must also be rewarded to the three armies, which can improve his prestige in the army, and it is also a good way to reward his family, his mother can be named Mrs. Guotai, his wife can be named Mrs. Guo, posthumously named his father, etc., which is better than sealing him personally." ”

"The two ministers have a point, and I have adopted it!"

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In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Ji issued several wills, Wang Anshi, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and participated in the governor's affairs, Zhang Fangping was reappointed as a scholar of the Baohe Palace, and Sima Guang was promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the governor of the political affairs.

Zhao Xuan also issued a decree to reward the three armies of Hebei and the navy, reward one million taels of silver, 500,000 horses of colored silk, and make Fan Ning outstanding meritorious service in the Liao expedition, reward 30,000 taels of gold, 100,000 horses of colored silk, and give Danshu iron scrolls.

Zhao Ji immediately sent people to Fanning's mansion to seal Fanning's mother as Mrs. Guo, his wife Zhu as Mrs. Guo, his eldest son Fan Jing as the captain of the light car, the second son and the third son as the captain of the cavalry, and posthumously named his father Fan Tiezhou as the pillar country, and the family was extremely glorious.

When the news of the reward reached Hebei, the three armies cheered long live, and Fanning immediately used his reward as a training reward for generals and soldiers, winning the praise of the whole camp, and all the armies of Hebei and the Bohai Sea Army ushered in a jubilant New Year.

Compared with the jubilation of the whole country in the Great Song Dynasty, the Liao State was gloomy, especially when Tokyo was attacked, the imperial palace was burned, the treasury was robbed, and the emperor's relatives and important ministers were arrested.

So much so that Wanyan Hongji had just returned to Shangjing, and had to brave the heavy snow to set off for Tokyo, Wanyan Hongji's palace had been burned down, and he had to stay in the military camp outside the city.

When Yan Hongji stood in front of the ruined walls of the burned palace, the heart-piercing pain and shame made him unable to hold back any longer, and angrily reprimanded Xiao Weixin: "As the commander, you don't even know the most basic art of war, and you actually took all the troops away, didn't you think that the Song army would come from the sea?" ”

Xiao Weixin's face was full of shame, and he knelt down and said: "Weichen deserves death, it snows heavily, Weichen thinks that the coast has frozen, and there will be no problem, so he brought the army to Jinzhou, it is Weichen who is not thoughtful, and all the responsibilities are borne by Weichen alone!" ”

In fact, Wanyan Hongji should bear most of the real responsibility, after Xiao Weixin left with 50,000 troops, Wanyan Hongji led the army to leave Liaoyang Mansion and go north, at that time the commander of Tokyo was him, not Xiao Weixin, it was his own negligence, and now he put all the responsibility on Xiao Weixin.

Wanyan Hongji also understood in his heart that when he saw that Xiao Wei kept saying that he would take all the responsibility and take all the responsibility, he relaxed a little in his heart.

Wanyan Hongji snorted heavily: "I will think about how to deal with you when I go back, but now I want to know that in the past two months, my Great Liao has been repeatedly attacked, and I am very passive, who is colluding with the Great Song Dynasty to report the news for the Song army?" ”

Xiao Weixin hurriedly said: "Weichen received the eagle letter from Yanshan Mansion this morning, which was sent from the capital, and he knew that His Majesty was rushing to Tokyo, so he did not transfer it to Beijing. ”

"Where's Eagle Letter?" Wanyan Hongji immediately asked.

Xiao Weixin hurriedly presented a tube of eagle letters, Wanyan Hongji unfolded it and looked at it, and anger suddenly erupted in his eyes, it turned out that it was the Jurchen Wanyan Department colluding with the Great Song Dynasty!

He gritted his teeth and said slowly: "If you don't kill these barbarians, I will not be a human being!" ”