Xiao Ming wanted the Northern Expedition, which was very much in line with the meaning of Zong Ze and others, but there were still many people in the court who held opposing opinions, and some officials led by Wang Boyan believed that the imperial court had just relieved its breath, and it was not suitable to make a big move against the Jin State, and if a large amount of money was spent on fighting, other aspects of the country should not be done.

This is also targeted, Zhao Gou in the Tianfu after the emperor's throne, announced a thrifty strategy to restore the country, the royal degree and the civil and military ministers of the hundred officials must be halved in accordance with the rules and regulations, the emperor because he did not get married, the harem only maintains the necessary personnel, fortunately, Xiao Ming will save Empress Wei, as the queen mother of Gaozong's imperial seal, can still support the harem shelf.

On the other hand, although there is no detailed breakdown of the expenses of Xiao Ming's Southeast Fifth Road Envoy, there are still some people who are calculating small accounts, and they think that for the cost of a war against Jin, the tax money and grain of the Southeast Fifth Road are too much, and although Xiao Ming has renovated the roads and repaired the capital, he has spent too much!

At this time, the forbidden army of the original Song Jing Division withdrawn from the Yongxing Military Road returned to Tokyo, and from the perspective of the battle situation, the Jin State had completely occupied the land of Taiyuan Shuozhou, and captured Longde Mansion, threatening Jinzhou and Fenzhou of the Great Song Dynasty to the south, and the northern gateway of Tokyo Bianliang has been opened, which means that Tokyo Bianliang is now directly under the threat of the Jin soldiers going south.

The Gyeonggi Forbidden Army was originally the guard of the imperial city, when the second Jin soldiers besieged the city, they supported Taiyuan to the north, and the Song army retreated to Fenzhou after the defeat, and this time it retreated in accordance with Zong Ze's requirements to prepare for the phased Northern Expedition, among the generals, several of them were Xiao Ming's old subordinates, Yang Xiong and Wu Jue and others.

After Yan Zongfu captured Qin Fengfu, he continued to exert pressure on Jingzhao Mansion, and after the defeat of the Jin Guo East Road and the Middle Road and retreated to the Yellow River, he increased his troops to the West Road, and the Great Song Dynasty lost the Tianqian in the west after losing Tongguan, and the army gathered in Xijing in Henan Province, Xiao Ming wanted to go north but did not consider the defense line of the West Road, that was because he had his own methods.

Wu Jue and others brought back a piece of news, the largest rebel army on Hedong Road was thought to be led by General Yang Qizhong, this person led nearly 150,000 rebels, after the Jin army attacking Yan'an Mansion was blocked, it actually entered the territory of Western Xia in the northwest direction, Xiao Ming just smiled knowing after hearing this.

At the same time, in less than half a month, the Jin State suddenly gathered 200,000 troops to suddenly attack the Song army defense line on the front line of Hejian Mansion, Daimyofu, and Xiangzhou.

But at this juncture, Wang Naidao, who stayed behind in Zhending Mansion, betrayed and surrendered, and the last important town of Hebei East Road, Daimyo's Mansion, stayed behind, and Yuzhou Jiedu made Liu Yu also defect to the enemy, causing the two roads in Hebei not only north of the Yellow River, but also the land in the south to fall into the hands of the enemy, and the situation became precarious.

At this time, Zhao Gou's attitude suddenly became ambiguous, and in the face of the large-scale invasion of the Jin soldiers, Emperor Gaozong changed his previous attitude of resolutely resisting the enemy, and suddenly discussed with Wang Boyan and others about peace talks with the Jin State, which made Zhao Ding, Hu Quan and others puzzled, and also made Zong Ze and others anxious.

But Gaozong's order to him was to stick to the Tokyo line, and send troops and horses to support the war in the west, in November, the Great Song Emperor Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, suddenly issued an order to summon the Tokyo Forbidden Army Tai Lieutenant, Jingdong two road marching road chief Xiao Ming to Beijing, Xiao Ming suddenly a little confused, he was preparing for the Northern Expedition, and Yang Qizhong in the Western Xia also got in touch.

But he still followed Gaozong's will to enter Beijing, Xiao Ming was given Xiao Ming a first-class Longfu Shaobao by the Song Dynasty this time, Shangzhu State, Marquis of Jiannan, and the governor of the special entry into the political affairs, and was removed from the post of Captain of the Forbidden Army and the general manager of the Jingdong Two Roads March! This is a kind of bright ascension and dark descent, but it gave him the title of Zheng Erpin, and the title of Marquis! According to the custom of the Great Song Dynasty, if you are knighted, you will have your own food estate.

And the marquis is second only to the duke to a certain extent, with 12,700 households and 4,600 households, and Xiao Ming's fief is in his hometown of Lin'an County in Hangzhou! This is not the end, Gaozong Zhao Gou also gave him an official position of a scholar of the Guanwen Temple and a bachelor of Hanlin.

Xiao Ming didn't figure out what these official titles of the Great Song Dynasty meant, but later he learned that they were all inexplicable things, like the rank of Shangzhuguo, which was originally the grade of the second grade, but the title of the marquis was from the grade of the first grade, and the grade of the scholar of the Guanwen Palace from the second grade, but the Hanlin Bachelor's promise was a grade of the third grade!

All this shows that Gaozong Zhao Gou is now a little confused, or he has ulterior motives, he not only gave Xiao Ming an honor above the civil official, but also gave him a high-ranking official in political affairs, but he did not have any military position, according to the tradition of the Song Dynasty, of course, it is to be a civil and military force, this is understandable, but according to Xiao Ming's qualifications, there should be no problem in joining the Privy Council to consult the military.

But there is no such arrangement, Xiao Ming only learned the truth of the matter after contacting Xue Bingchang, Xue Bingchang's promotion of the pedestrian division was not in vain, and now he has developed a huge network of intelligence forces, and because of his meritorious service from Long, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the four compartments of the Dragon Shenwei, so from the official position of Wupin.

"Mr. Xiao!" At this time, only Xue Bingchang still called him Mr. Xiao, and the economic interests between them were too complicated, and the two of them belonged to the interests of each other, so Xue Bingchang still told Xiao Ming the truth, and he told Xiao Ming that the reason why such a thing happened was because Jin Guo suddenly secretly sent an envoy to the peace talks.

Xiao Ming nodded, probably guessed something, he asked Xue Bingchang: "Does the official family want to raise me in the imperial court and not be sick?" ”

Xue Bingchang said: "It may be so! However, the title of bachelor among civil officials is the biggest for you! ”

The pavilion bachelor is not as good as the palace bachelor, Duanming Palace, Baohe Palace, Guanwen Palace, these halls are special palaces to see the royal map, when the Guanwen Palace is the most noble, the Guanwen Palace Bachelors and University Scholars have always been rich and full of learning, such as Sima Guang when Shenzong, but let Xiao Ming be the bachelor of this Guanwen Palace, but also reflects some of Zhao Gou's inner thoughts.

Before this, Emperor Huizong seems to have Feng Xiaoming did a bachelor of Huiyou Pavilion, which is not in the Thirteen Secret Pavilion bachelors, Longtu Pavilion, Tianzhang Pavilion, Baowen Pavilion, Xianmo Pavilion, Huiyou Pavilion, Fuwen Pavilion, Huanzhang Pavilion, Huawen Pavilion, Baomo Pavilion, Baozhang Pavilion, Xianwen Pavilion and other pavilions are the grades of civil officials can not be limited, he is just a title in civil officials.

Since Xiao Ming is allowed to be the biggest civil official, and he also participates in political affairs, he can't become a Hanlin, Zhao Gou's purpose is to let Xiao Ming fight with those scholars such as the Imperial History Hanlin Bachelor from now on, and it is best to leave military affairs alone.

If the conditions can be met, the Jin State is willing to repatriate some of the captured people and their subordinates to return to the Great Song Dynasty, and surrender most of the land.

This time the peace talks were also carried out in secret, Zhao Gou discussed with Lu Yihao, Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and others, how to deal with it? Wang Boyan said to Zhao Gou: "The opportunity is rare! ”

His meaning is very clear, and Zhao Gou is also very clear, once Wang Boyan once reminded Gaozong Zhao Gou not to keep shouting: "Welcome the two saints back to the court", and asked him: "The two saints return, what should you do?" "Zhao Gou is dumbfounded here, according to legal theory, if Qinzong is not dead, his Gaozong is not legitimate, and this peace negotiation with Jin Guo can discuss the list of repatriated personnel.

Zhao Gou also knew that it was unreasonable for Jin Guo to propose to remove Xiao Ming's military power, but it was Lu Yihao and others who strongly agreed to be able to negotiate peace. But the compensation for Xiao Ming's resignation from the military was rewarded with that series of rewards.

Xiao Ming said to Xue Bingchang: "You say that my King of Western Xia and King of the Western Regions are uncomfortable? What does official position mean to me? ”

Xue Bingchang needed to be a microphone for Xiao Ming, so he listened to Xiao Ming's words very carefully, Xiao Ming told him that he had never commanded a single soldier in the army of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was his own guardian and Xiangyong who led the team to fight, so it was not at all possible to support the army and self-respect, besides, now is the time to vigorously carry out the construction of the railway, and if you don't make money with a lot of money, how can you have the time and leisure time to fight with those Confucian bigwigs above the court! These official positions are not as good as they are inappropriate, just keep your title and mainly go to the work of the Ministry of Industry!

So the next day, Xiao Ming resigned, claiming that his energy was limited, and the Ministry of Industry Bureau was currently working the construction of the railway, and he did not have the energy to do anything like the Hanlin editing of scholars and the like, and asked His Majesty Gaozong to choose capable officials of the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with the work of his Ministry of Industry!

Such a statement can be satisfied to a large extent Gaozong Zhao Gou, Xiao Ming went to all the official positions, only retained the title of marquis, and he was the special envoy of the Ministry of Industry, and in the future, he would make money for himself by focusing on the railways of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau, and this reason could be said anywhere, so Emperor Gaozong encouraged him to give another 20 hectares of fiefdom, and allowed Xiao Ming to build a mansion in Hangzhou.

Although there is a lot of grace from the saints, after all, Xiao Ming has still been cleaned up, and there are also many discussions in the government and the opposition, and it has spread to the people, not only generals like Xiang Yue Fei and Wu Jue in the army are dissatisfied with Xiao Ming's dismissal, but even Chen Dong, a bachelor of the Baohe Palace, has begun to entangle and connect with the students, preparing to write to the emperor again and retain Xiao Ming's official position!

Xiao Ming has made up his mind at this time, he came forward to quell the speculation and dissatisfaction from all sides, claiming that he took the initiative to resign, everyone is in their posts, and his majesty the emperor must not be forced.

When Xiao Ming left, he still left by train at Chenqiaoyi, he wanted to go straight to Xuzhou, his more than 10,000 new guards and tiger guards had already left by car in advance, and thousands of people came to see him off on the day of leaving, Zong Ze took Yue Fei, a general at all levels, Yang Xiong, Wu Jue and others also came to see him off.

Xiao Ming was very moved by this, especially the old commander Zongze, who was old, heard that Gaozong was not allowed to cross the river north for the Northern Expedition, the old general was almost sick with anger, and he had been suffering from an old backlash attack on his body, Xiao Ming had a golden needle for him to pull out the poison, and now his condition is somewhat better, but this time he worked tirelessly to send himself in person, Xiao Ming was honestly afraid.

For this dismissal and departure, Xiao Ming has his own psychological preparations, he has a lot of things to do, but it is not good to say it to Zong Ze and others, everyone said goodbye at the station, and the train pulled Xiao Ming directly to Xuzhou.

After this incident, Wu Jue was sent to Jingzhao Mansion to garrison, Yue Fei went south to Jingxiang, Zong Ze was sick in bed, Gaozong was in peace talks with Jin State, and also achieved good results, there are a large number of ministers of the Qinzong Dynasty ready to be sent back, one of them is called: "Qin Hui!" ”