In the early dynasty, the two upcoming decrees were being fiercely debated, and the court meeting was an effective means used by the emperor Zhao Ji to check and balance the Zhizheng Hall.

It is the second time that the overseas real lord sub-feudal system has passed in the court, and the military clause in the first plan was strongly opposed by the court officials, so it was not passed, and today is the second time after the revision.

There is no longer a problem with the army clause, all overseas fiefdoms cannot have an army, only the militia is organized in accordance with the Great Song Dynasty Militia Law, and the number of militia does not exceed half of the total number of fiefdoms, that is, it cannot exceed 5 percent of the total number, and there are also restrictions on equipment, and military crossbows, firearms of mass destruction, and warships of more than 10,000 stone cannot be owned.

In addition, the military clause was also abolished in the overseas territory management system, and merchants could not even own the islands and land purchased by the militia, and if the army needed it, they could ask for help from the nearest overseas government.

Both laws were adopted after revision, but there were still some details that needed to be improved.

"Your Majesty, there must be a scope for private purchases of islands and fiefdoms, and Weichen suggests that within thousands of miles along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty, private individuals cannot become lords and lords, and at most they can purchase manors, and the management is regarded as the manor in the Great Song Dynasty."

It was the supervisor of the imperial history Cai Qu who put forward this suggestion, and his plan was approved by many ministers, Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, Cai Yushi's suggestion is indeed very timely, and Wei Chen will add another point, not only within the thousands of miles of the coastal area of the Great Song Dynasty, but also in the land of the Great Song Dynasty that has formed states and counties overseas, it can only be suitable for manors, including Kunzhou, Luzon, Lunan, Baozhou and the southern continent prefectures and counties. ”

Zhao Ji nodded and asked, "Do the other ministers approve of Cai Yushi and Wang Xianggong's plan?" ”

Fu Bi and the others discussed for a moment, and Fu Bi bowed and said, "The ministers all support!" ”

Zhao Ji said happily: "This article is added to the two laws as a supplementary regulation, in addition to this, what other suggestions do you have?" ”

Fu Bi said: "There is also the authority to recognize kingdoms, principalities, counties, counties and townships, and the prefect agrees that it should be directly managed by the prefect, and no longer through the overseas economic strategy, as well as the overseas division of the imperial family, should also comply with the overseas sub-feudal decree, and then there is about overseas supervision, and separate supervision regulations should be formulated. ”

Fu Bi's proposal was unanimously approved by the ministers, and Zhao Ji nodded, "It can be approved!" ”

Zhao Ji asked loudly again: "In addition to the above suggestions, do you have any suggestions or objections that need to be added to the Overseas Partition Law and the Overseas Territory Law?" ”

Zhao Ji asked three times, but no one objected again, so Zhao Ji nodded and said: "Since there are no new objections, then the two items just now can be passed after they are perfected, and no longer be discussed in court." ”

The early dynasty dispersed, and everyone walked out of the main hall in twos and threes, but several ministers came to the Ziwei side hall to wait, and the Son of Heaven summoned them to discuss other matters.

Fu Bi smiled at everyone: "It just so happens that everyone is here, let's vote too!" ”

Everyone smiled bitterly, the Son of Heaven clearly said that it was passed, what is the point of voting in the Zhizheng Hall, but everyone has no opinions, after all, during the court meeting, the Son of Heaven has clearly consulted everyone's opinions, and several ministers have also discussed, so it can be regarded as a vote in the Zhizheng Hall, but there is just one less ceremony of raising hands.

The crowd raised their hands in favor of the adoption of these two laws.

According to the list, there are currently one kingdom, seven principalities, ninety-seven counties, and more than two hundred counties and townships.

The only kingdom is Fanning's North Island, which will be crowned as the Chu State, and the South Island as the Principality of Jin, mainly Cao Tong was named the Duke of Jin, and the other six principalities are all near Luzon, almost all of them are relatives of the emperor, and the conditions for sealing the kingdom are relatively strict, even if the heirs and county kings of the first product cannot be sealed, and the royal family is no exception, only the principality can be sealed, and only the king of Zhengyipin is eligible to seal the kingdom.

At this time, a eunuch shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

When the Son of Heaven arrived, all the ministers were in place, and at this time, the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji walked into the main hall, and everyone stood up and saluted.

Zhao Ji waved his hand, "You don't need to be polite, everyone can sit at will!" ”

Everyone sat down, and Zhao Ji said: "I have gathered everyone to discuss this matter, I received an urgent letter from the King of Chu early this morning, he suggested that I increase my troops by another 200,000 to form a crushing trend against the Liao State, I think it is feasible, so I want to discuss it with you." ”

Everyone is a little strange, the transfer of troops has always been the right of the Son of Heaven, since it is considered feasible, then the transfer of troops is enough, what else to discuss?

Is it for the supply of grain and grass materials, but Youzhou has mobilized grain and 500,000 quintals of forage for half a year for millions of troops, as well as various military funds, there should be no shortage of grain and grass, what else do you have to discuss?

It was Fu Bi who reacted the fastest, and he smiled slightly: "Your Majesty wants to drive the expedition in person?" ”

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that the official family wanted to take the imperial conquest in person, so they had to bring half of the imperial court with them, no wonder they had to discuss with the Zhizheng Hall.

Zhao Ji blushed slightly, nodded and said: "The letter from the King of Chu also suggested that I should drive the expedition in person, and it was originally planned to destroy Liao in two years, but now it seems that the time to destroy Liao will be greatly advanced, this is a major event in the hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty, and I want to witness it with my own eyes." ”

Wen Yanbo also smiled: "This is indeed a centennial event, we all want to witness it with our own eyes, even if Your Majesty doesn't want to go, we will encourage Your Majesty to drive the expedition in person." ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed and immediately said: "Since you Aiqing agree, I will immediately issue an order to mobilize 200,000 militiamen from Jingdong Road, Kaifeng Mansion, Yingtianfu and Henan Mansion to rush to the capital, plus 100,000 Imperial Forest Army, a total of 300,000 troops to follow my Imperial Expedition." ”

Zhao Ji's decree was quickly sent to the state capitals of Jingdong Road, Kaifeng Mansion, Henan Mansion and Yingtian Mansion, and 200,000 militiamen quickly assembled in the capital.

Just seven days after Zhao Ji's order to gather troops was issued, 300,000 troops followed Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, and hundreds of courtiers to the north to Yanshan Mansion.

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The siege of Liaoyang City has been going on for ten days, the Song army used super trebuchets to carry out a brutal attack on Liaoyang City, burning the whole city three times, and two earth-shattering thunderstorms bombarded the whole city, more than half of the residents and 30,000 troops were killed in the flames and explosions, Liaoyang City has been riddled with holes, there is hardly a complete building, and Yelu Hongji's palace covering thousands of dollars was burned to the ground.

That night, it was another night of explosions, but this explosion was aimed at the city wall, the Song army used 120 large iron fire thunderbolts of the blast type, and the continuous earth-shattering explosions made the earth tremble, as if a small earthquake had occurred, and half of the city wall of Liaoyang City in Tokyo, which was fifty miles in circumference, was blown down, and dust and smoke filled the city.

At dawn the next day, the sun shone on the badly damaged city walls, and everywhere there were large areas of the collapsed walls, and the situation inside the city was completely exposed, and the city was completely dark, and the buildings near the city walls were completely burned down, and there were ruins everywhere.

Cao Shi looked at the tragic scene in the city, shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's too cruel." ”

But he said coldly: "General Cao, this is a war of annihilation, there must be no kindness of a woman, it is related to the long-term peace and stability of Liaodong, there must be cruel means to deter the Khitans, if the means are too soft and gentle, there will be endless troubles in the future, especially the 40,000 troops in the city are the elite cavalry of the Liao State, if possible, it is best to annihilate them all." ”

At this time, a huge cavalry rushed out of the city, nearly 20,000 people, and the seed immediately ordered: "Send a signal at once, the enemy army has been killed!" ”

This is the 20,000 elite cavalry led by Xiao Weixin to break through, the 40,000 cavalry in the city were burned and half killed, Xiao Weixin saw that the general trend had gone, so he gave up Liaoyang Mansion and led the remaining 20,000 cavalry to break through, as for the tens of thousands of newly recruited soldiers in the city, he didn't care.

They did not stop, and fled north quickly, preparing to flee to Shangjing.

At this time, several rockets rose into the air and exploded in the air, which was to tell the army in ambush in front that the enemy army had broken through.

The 20,000 cavalry galloped all the way north, about fifty miles, and the Liao River in front of it turned and flowed eastward.

It is convenient to enter the hilly area in front, in front of it is a long river valley, it is twenty or thirty miles long, the two banks are cliffs, the Liao army slowed down along the riverbed, they slowed down, many soldiers saw that the water was not deep, they jumped off their horses, went to the river to drink water and clean, Xiao Weixin also relaxed a little, they fled for fifty miles, should get rid of the pursuit of the Song army.

However, the lack of river water made him a little strange, it was the season of high water, how could the river be shallow?

Suddenly, there was a muffled thunderous sound behind him, and as soon as Xiao Weixin turned around, he was suddenly frightened, only to see the white waves raging, and the raging river water was like a wild horse on the loose, surging towards them.

He turned his horse's head and galloped, and the soldiers shouted in terror and urged their horses to flee for their lives, and the thousands of soldiers who were bathing in the river had no time to flee for their lives, and were instantly swallowed up by the river.

The Liao army fled for their lives in the river valley, but the river was getting faster and faster, constantly engulfing the fleeing Liao army, and when it was still five or six miles away from the mouth of the river valley, the rushing river swallowed Xiao Weixin and his three hundred personal soldiers, and none of the 20,000 cavalry escaped, all of them were submerged by the rushing Liao River.