Knowing that His Majesty was coming to inspect the Northwest Fifth Road, Yao Gu attached great importance to it and immediately began to reorganize the army.

It's just that before His Majesty came, he first waited for the envoys of Western Xia.

"Western Xia envoys?"

Listening to the report of the guard, Yao Gu couldn't help frowning slightly.

The seed master sneered: "Li Qianshun's little son, he should have been frightened when he learned that His Majesty was coming, and sent an envoy to test it. ”

Yao Gu asked, "Who is the master, and what is it now?" ”

The guard replied: "The main envoy is Cao Jie, the secretary of the Western Xia Kingdom, and now he has reached the border. ”

Yao Gu ordered: "Let him enter." ”

When the envoy visited, he could not be the master, and he needed to be dealt with by His Majesty.

A few days later, the envoy led by Cao Jie arrived at Yan'an Mansion and learned that the Emperor of Qi had not arrived, so he stayed in the city pavilion.

Half a month later.

Han Zhen led a large army to successfully reach Yan'an Mansion.

Taiyuan Mansion is not far from Yan'an Mansion, and the reason why it took half a month was mainly to receive the prefecture capitals, counties and towns along the way, and to appease the local people wasted a lot of time.

Outside Yan'an Mansion.

Yao Gu and the seed master led a group of generals and schools to take over outside the city.

After a short time, a group of cavalry was the first to arrive and line up to protect them.

Immediately afterwards, Han Zhen came on horseback under the escort of a group of Xuanjia army guards.

Looking at the windy Daxu, the middle class of the planter clasped his fists and saluted, and shouted in unison: "The last general will meet Your Majesty!" ”

"The two Aiqing don't have to be polite, please get up quickly."

Han Zhen turned over and dismounted, and helped the two up with a smile on his face.

Although the planter is over fifty years old, his body is still tough and full of energy. Yao Gu's complexion is a little worse, after all, he was hit by an arrow in the chest when he rushed to Taiyuan last year, although it was not life-threatening, but after all, he was old, and his body bones could not be compared with the strong guy after all.

The generals behind the two quietly looked at Han Zhen, and saw that he was extraordinary, and the reverence in their hearts was even greater.

Looking around at the generals, Han Zhen praised: "Good generals are fierce soldiers, morale is high, and the Western Army deserves to be an elite division." ”

Yao Gu said modestly: "Your Majesty's false praise is not comparable to the Qingzhou Army." ”

Han Zhen Zhengse said: "The soldiers of the Western Army are not bad, but they are poor in lack of food and clothing, and the pseudo-Song Dynasty has no way, and treats soldiers like cattle and horses." ”

These words can be said to speak to the hearts of many generals.

The soldiers lack food and clothing, and they have not seen their salaries for many years, and that's it, the key imperial court is still trying its best to suppress it, and it is stigmatized as Qiu Ba and thieves with the army, even if they are generals, they are just higher-level cattle and horses, groveling in front of civilian officials, scolding and killing at will, without dignity at all.

Han Zhen continued: "But the days ahead will be better, I am here to assure you that the soldiers of the Western Army will be fed and clothed, the military salary will not be bad, meritorious service will be rewarded, and there will be punishment, and the civil and military will be in the same dynasty, and the distinction between the civil and military forces will be clear!" ”

"Your Majesty is blessed !!"

The generals were thrilled when they heard this, and shouted in unison.

Mainly in the past few months when Qi State took over the Northwest Fifth Road, the treatment of the Western Army has indeed improved a lot, not only with new clothes, full food, but even the long-lost Yulu has begun to be distributed on a monthly basis.

People's hearts are all flesh and blood, and they can distinguish between good and good, compared with what Zhao Song did, the Western Army naturally turned to Qi from top to bottom.

Seeing that the wind was rising, Yao Gu proposed: "Your Majesty, the wind and sand outside the city are strong, so it is better to go to the city first." ”

"Let's go to the barracks first."

Han Zhen commanded.

"Wechen takes orders."

Yao Gu responded, and then acted as a groom with the breeder, leading Han Zhen's war horse from left to right, all the way to the barracks.

In the barracks, tens of thousands of officers and men of the Western Army had already lined up in a neat queue on the school grounds.

With the arrival of Han Zhen, the eyes of tens of thousands of soldiers looked at Han Zhen in unison.

Straight to the top of the high platform, Han Zhen didn't have the slightest nonsense, and said straight to the point: "The soldiers of the Western Army are guarding the border, and they have worked hard. ”

With that, he waved his hand.

The next moment, carts and oxen loaded with copper coins were transported to the school grounds.

said a thousand ways and ten thousand, which are not as real as Huang Cancan's copper coins.

For a moment, the eyes of the soldiers of the Western Army were staring directly at the copper coins on the ox cart.

"Send money!"

Han Zhen didn't ink, and immediately ordered the money.

Five hundred wen per ordinary soldier is not much, but it is enough to make the soldiers of the Western Army happy for a while.

There are more generals, ranging from a few to thousands according to the official rank.

Han Zhen naturally didn't bring so many copper coins, so he used green coins for more than five times.

"Dutou, can this piece of paper be used for money?"

Looking at the thin piece of green money in his hand, a small school school looked puzzled.

This piece of paper is exquisite, and the ink can change color, but no matter what, it is a piece of paper, how can there be a yellow, heavy copper coin in your arms?

Li Yanxian said: "You know a lot, this is called green money, and it is more popular than copper money." The last time I had a drink with the king in the east of the city, I heard him say that Kaifeng Mansion is now using green money. ”

His real name is Li Xiaozhong, at the beginning of last year, he learned that the Jin people went south, in order to serve the country, he recruited 3,000 soldiers into the king of Jingqin, and the court learned that he was awarded Chengjielang.

As a result, halfway through, he heard that Li Gang was reused and was responsible for defending the city, so Li Xiaozhong wrote to impeach him for not knowing the soldiers and was about to mislead the country.

Unexpectedly, the imperial court wanted to take him to prison, and in desperation, Li Xiaozhong had to flee back to the northwest and change his name to Li Yanxian.

However, even so, he did not change his sincerity to protect his family and defend the country, and took the initiative to join the army, and with his outstanding ability, he was soon promoted to the head of the capital.

The little colonel pouted and said: "It's all funny, Kaifeng is thousands of miles away from us, what's the use?" ”

Hearing this, Li Yanxian retorted: "Who said it was useless? Five pieces of green money, take it to the pawn shop in the city, and you can exchange it for five times and one hundred copper coins. ”

The little school's face was overjoyed: "Can you exchange an extra hundred Wen?" ”

Li Yanxian reminded: "I advise you not to change, how can the pawn shop be a good match?" The quality of copper coins is uneven, which is mixed with iron money and lead money, saying that it is five times and one hundred yuan, but in fact it will lose money, pit you dozens or hundreds of yuan, all of which are regarded as pawn shop owners' kindness. ”

The copper coins at this time are indeed indescribable.

Different dynasties, different sizes, different weights of copper coins mixed together for circulation, in addition to large and small iron coins, lead coins, scratch money and so on.

The so-called scratching money is to scrape off the outer edge of the copper coin.

Each kind of copper coin, in different regions of the purchasing power, but also completely different, when trading, the seller has to check the copper coin condition, but also to weigh, in short, very troublesome.

The common people who did not know the way would be cheated every time, and even many merchants were deeply affected.

It is precisely because of this that the green money won the love of merchants and hawkers so quickly.

"Then I won't change it."

The little colonel said, happily put the green money into his arms, and immediately sighed: "Today's official family is more atmospheric than the Zhao family, in the past, we couldn't even eat enough, but now not only are we full of food and clothing, but we also have rewards and miles." ”

Li Yanxian nodded and replied: "Today's official family is a bold person, not only recaptured the sixteen states of Yanyun from the hands of the Jin people, but also in a few years, he will completely destroy the Jin country and recover the northern land." ”

"How did you know that I want to completely destroy the Jin Kingdom and recover the Northland?"

At this moment, a slightly surprised voice sounded in the ears of the two.

Li Yanxian and the little colonel were startled, turned their heads to look, and found that His Majesty had come to his side at some point.

"The last general has seen Your Majesty."

The two bowed in unison.

Li Yanxian quietly glanced at Han Zhen, and couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart, the prestige of the official family.

"Tell me, how did you know that I was going to destroy gold?"

Han Zhen looked at Li Yanxian with interest, and asked with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

This person is burly, has a heroic temperament, and just looks at his appearance, but he is a fierce general.

Li Yanxian was not stunned at all, and said loudly: "Returning to Your Majesty, the last general thinks that there is a hatred between Jin and Liao to destroy the country, and Your Majesty unites Yelu Dashi and wantonly appoints the old ministers and generals of the Liao State, obviously wanting to use them to continuously consume the national strength of the Jin State, and when the time is ripe, he will finish his work in one fell swoop and completely destroy the Jin State." ”

Han Zhen smiled and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"The last general, Li Xiao...... Hikosen! ”

Although he has changed his name for a while, he is still a little uncomfortable, and he always subconsciously says his real name.

Li Yanxian?

Han Zhen naturally knew his name, but he didn't expect to meet a fierce general after a casual stroll.

This person was not very famous in later generations, but in fact, his talent was not even weaker than Yue Fei, in the case of isolation and helplessness, and the Southern Song Dynasty did not have the slightest assistance, he recruited people and defeated the army by himself, and defended Shaanxi alone against the Jin State for several years, and finally ran out of food and died on the battlefield.

You must know that the generals of the Jin State who were crisscrossing Shaanxi at that time were Wanyan Lou Room.

And Li Yanxian relied on a group of stragglers, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, defeated the Jin army several times, and successively captured more than 50 Jin camps within a month, killed more than 1,000 enemies, captured more than 300 war horses, and finally recovered Shaanzhou.

even ambushed Yan Lou's room twice and almost succeeded, but unfortunately in the end, Wan Yan Lou's room led his personal guards to break out of the encirclement.

But whenever the Southern Song Dynasty galloped to his aid, the outcome would be completely different.

Glancing at the other party again, Han Zhen chuckled: "It's a good seedling." ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

Yao Gu and the seed master on the side were slightly surprised when they heard Han Zhen's evaluation, and at the same time secretly wrote down Li Yanxian in their hearts.

After Han Zhen and the others left, the little colonel looked excited and said: "You have all been praised by Your Majesty, and you will definitely be on the rise in the future!" ”

Li Yanxian was calm, and said in an indifferent tone: "Iron striking still needs its own hardness, if you can't make war achievements in the future, it's useless." ”

……

After the reward was completed, Han Zhen entered the Yan'an Mansion.

Settled in the mansion, Yao Guyu reported: "Your Majesty, a few days ago, Xixia sent envoys to come, and now they are temporarily living in Qingfeng Station. ”

"Li Qianshun's movements are fast."

Han Zhen couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

Yao Gu said: "If Your Majesty does not want to receive him, the last general will send him back. ”

Han Zhen instructed: "Tomorrow announce his audience to see what medicine Li Qianshun sells in his gourd." ”

In fact, he had roughly guessed in his heart, it was nothing more than that Li Qianshun was frightened and sent someone to test it, and by the way, he mentioned the matter of ceding the three states.

"By the way, what about Yang Weizhong?"

Han Zhen thought of this old acquaintance and couldn't help asking.

"General Yang has been living in the city to recuperate."

Yao Gu said, with an expression that wanted to speak and stopped.

Seeing this, Han Zhen didn't know what he was thinking, and chuckled: "I am not a narrow-minded person, and I will not embarrass him." ”

"Your Majesty is broad-minded, and the last general will admire it."

Yao Gu secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and slapped a sycophant in his mouth.

Although he can't get used to Yang Weizhong's foolish loyalty, no matter what, the friendship of robes for many years is still there.

Yang Weizhong has resisted Western Xia for many years, and he really doesn't want to see such a loyal and brave colleague beheaded by His Majesty.

(End of chapter)