Before dawn, the 800-mile emergency express arrived in the capital, and a team of cavalry rushed into the capital at a gallop, rushing straight to the direction of the Imperial City.

The newspapers, which smelled the major military aircraft, began to act overnight.

In the morning, before the official launch of the newspapers, the newspapers, including the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the Tabloid Newspaper, and the Herald, launched urgent special issues one after another, marking the latest war reports with large headlines.

"Bloody Battle, Recapture Jinzhou" This is a special issue of the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the title of the tabloid is "The Return of Jinzhou", and the Herald is more direct, "The Song Army Wins a Great Victory, the Battle Tide Turns".

With the rapid spread of the news in the special issue, the city was suddenly boiling, and the teahouses and restaurants in the capital were excitedly talking about the battle to turn the tide of the situation.

In the past few months, everyone has been suppressed by the Liaodong fiasco for too long, and confidence has been lost, and a key word in this is the loss of Jinzhou, almost everyone knows that the defeat of the Song army began with the loss of Jinzhou.

Now that the Song army has recaptured Jinzhou, the haze that has been suppressed in the hearts of the people of the capital for several months has been swept away.

In the Qingfeng Restaurant on Panlou Street, dozens of drinkers were in high spirits and had a great conversation.

"I said it a long time ago! As long as Xiao Fan Xianggong is invited back, our Song army will be invincible, and now it has been proved that I had the foresight at the beginning. ”

"That's it! I can't figure it out, when Xiao Fan Xianggong just recovered Yunzhou, he was dismissed, is this the legendary master of high merit? ”

"Old Wu, don't talk nonsense!" A person next to him reminded.

Another drinker said: "I believe that the official family has this kind of heart, I heard that it was someone who slandered in front of the official family, which led to ........"

At this time, the shopkeeper of the restaurant came over with a wine jug and said with a smile: "Don't talk about the past, let's look forward, let's talk about whether the Song army can capture Liaoyang Mansion?" ”

"Shopkeeper Qi, today is a big day, let's sell the wine cheaper!"

"That's it, it should be discounted today."

The shopkeeper of the restaurant hugged his fists to everyone and said: "I really want to tell you a good news, I just received the decision of the proprietor, today all Qingfeng restaurants in the capital will sell wine at half price, and when the Liao State is destroyed, the wine will be free for three days, and the family will drink happily." ”

Everyone cheered and shouted, "Shopkeeper, another pot!" Another pot of sake. ”

An old man sitting in the corner smiled slightly, and at this time, an attendant stepped forward quickly and whispered a few words to the old man, the old man nodded, asked the attendant to settle the bill for him, and he got up and went downstairs.

This old man is the old minister Han Qi who has just returned to Beijing from the Daimyo's Mansion, Han Qi resigned from the prime minister four years ago because of his resolute opposition to the Qingmiao Law, changed the sentence to the Daimyo's Mansion, and governed the Yellow River in the area of the Daimyo's Mansion, which is four years.

This time Han Qi returned to Beijing because Fan Ning resigned, and at the same time, Fan Ning politely refused the important task of Xiangguo, so Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, thought of Han Qi, recalled him to Beijing, and appointed him as a privy envoy and a subordinate of Tongzhongshu, and officially took over Fanning's phase.

At the same time, Han Jiang was dismissed from the position of Xiangguo because of his previous improper command, which led to the defeat of the Song army, and Zhao Yi, the secretary of the ministry, took over the post of Han Jiang Shangshu Zuocheng.

Han Qi got into the carriage, the carriage walked slowly, and soon came to the Xuande Gate, Han Qi looked up at this magnificent city gate, he sighed lowly, and finally came back.

"Brother Han!"

Suddenly, someone called him, Han Qi looked up, but saw that it was Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why are the two ministers here?" ”

Fu Bi smiled and said, "Just now, Han Gong's entourage came to report that Han Gong was coming, so we came to greet him." ”

Han Qi was moved in his heart, and hurriedly said: "I just asked the entourage to say hello and say that I have arrived in the capital, hey!" I also want to ask the two ministers to come out to greet them in person, I dare not be ashamed! ”

"Han Gong doesn't have to be so polite, we are also old friends for decades, please!"

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo invited Han Qi to the Zhizheng Hall, the three of them sat down, and the entourage served tea, Fu Bi asked, "How is the situation of the Yellow River governance?" ”

"It can only be said that there will be nothing in recent years, mainly because the sediment from the upstream is too large, and the riverbed continues to rise, resulting in the Yellow River needs hundreds of years of long-term continuous governance, otherwise it will burst and flood in a few years, no matter how to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, if you want to completely cure the Yellow River, you must reduce the sediment in the water, then you have to govern it upstream, and the people of the Loess Plateau will withdraw and restore it to an endless forest, the Yellow River may be good, but at this stage, it is not easy to talk about!"

Wen Yanbo said: "In the first two years, Fan Ning also meant this, to minimize the population in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, how did he say his original words, by the way, we should vigorously plant trees, restore vegetation, and reduce soil erosion, which is similar to Han Gong's idea." ”

Han Qi nodded, "I heard that Xiao Fan Xianggong politely rejected the phase, why is this?" ”

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo glanced at each other, both of them had a wry smile on their faces, Han Qi was stunned, "What, even I can't say it?" ”

"It's not that it's hard to say, it's just that I don't know how to say it."

Fu Bi sighed and said, "I'm afraid his days in the imperial court won't be too long." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Han Qi had been in the Daimyo's Mansion and didn't know much about Fan Ning's situation, he looked confused, looked at Fu Bi, and then looked at Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "Han Gong doesn't know about the Fan family's overseas purchase of islands? ”

"Of course I do."

Only then did Han Qi come to his senses, "You mean that he is going overseas?" ”

Fu Bi nodded, "If it weren't for the pressure from the Queen Mother this time, the official family would not have summoned him back to Beijing, then he would have stayed in Beidao all the time, and his whole family had migrated to Beidao, isn't his intention clear?" ”

Han Qi's brows furrowed, he didn't believe it a little, someone would give up the position of prime minister of the kingdom and go to the desolate island overseas to be the owner of the island, how could he choose this path for such a shrewd person as Fanning?

"When I was eating at the restaurant just now, I heard from the drinker that the Son of Heaven seemed to have a bit of a prejudice against him?"

Fu Bi said lightly: "It is said that he has made great contributions to the Lord and was forced to go into exile overseas, this statement is very representative, some time ago, the whole city said so, but in fact, if the Son of Heaven does not trust him, he will hand over the 500,000 troops of the Great Song Dynasty to him, and he will command and mobilize them with full authority?" Based on this, this statement is not broken, the Son of Heaven trusts Fanning very much, although he is sometimes confused, but as long as he wakes up, he still trusts Fanning, Fanning is going overseas, in fact, it is a gift from the Son of Heaven to him. ”

"Gifts?" Han Qi looked at Fu Bi puzzled.

Next to him, Wen Yanbo said: "If the Son of Heaven crowns you as the king of Han Gong and gives you millions of subjects and a large area of rich land, is Han Gong still willing to come back?" ”

Han Qi was surprised, "Is that really the case?" ”

Fu Bi nodded, "Soon will be reviewed overseas Shijue sub-feudal system, if the review is passed, Fan Ning's North Island will be named Chu State, become an overseas subject of the Great Song Dynasty, a high degree of autonomy, this is why Fan Ning would rather give up the phase, but also go overseas, the Son of Heaven in recognition of his efforts to destroy Western Xia and recover the sixteen states of Youyun and the Hexi Corridor, give him 100,000 households, if he can destroy the Liao State, maybe 100,000 households will become 150,000 households, forming a strong support for the prosperity of the Southern Continent of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"When will it be considered?"

"Come on! Ten days later, the draft will be submitted to the Son of Heaven, who will decide when to hold the court meeting. ”

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The situation in Liaodong began to become more and more tense, Jinzhou, just three days ago, Fan Ning personally led an army of 300,000 to Jinzhou, and hundreds of 10,000 stone ships from the sea also brought a large amount of grain and grass materials, unloaded in Jinzhou, should be transported to Jinzhou City by small boats.

The Liao State began to shrink in an all-round way, Yelu Hongji ordered to abandon the siege of Dadingfu, 30,000 Liao cavalry withdrew to Liaoyang Mansion, and the garrison of Liaoxi Prefecture also retreated to Liaoyang Mansion.

At this time, Yelu Hongji could no longer care about the impact of the tax on Tokyo Province, and forcibly recruited troops from all cities in Tokyo Province, and in just a few days, he collected 60,000 young men, making the total strength of the Liao army in Liaoyang Prefecture reach 160,000.

Yelu Hongji's forced conscription aroused strong resistance in all parts of Tokyo Province, and the residents of the city fled their homes one after another, which bankrupted Yelu Hongji's plan to expand his army to 200,000, and also seriously damaged the foundation of Liao rule in Tokyo Province, and completely lost the support of the people.

However, Fanning did not order an attack on Liaoyang Prefecture, and his army stopped its eastward advance after occupying Liaoxi Prefecture and confronted Liaoyang Prefecture hundreds of miles away.

In the afternoon of that day, Cao Shi, who had been besieged by the Liao army for several months, led an army of 10,000 to arrive in Liaoxi Prefecture.