There is another person who has insomnia with Zhang Han tonight, that is, the current emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Yu, who was later known as Song Lizong.

is also tossing and turning, but the reasons for Zhao Wei and Zhang Han's insomnia are completely different!

At this time, Zhao Wei was leaning in the Lin'an Palace, and the dragon bed several feet wide in the emperor's bedroom was slightly gasping.

After a fierce battle, a faint flush appeared on the beautiful concubine beside her. The graceful and plump figure loomed in the light gauze quilt, and the soft voice was faintly heard in the room.

If ordinary people see it, I'm afraid they will see it in their blood. But Zhao Wei didn't even have the mood to look at the beauties around him at this time. Following his gaze, he could see that he was staring at the intricate carved patterns on the top of the dragon bed.

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Half a day. Zhao Yuyou sighed, opened the gauze tent of the dragon bed and shouted outside; "Someone! Change.

The widow will go into the garden. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several lanterns lit up in the huge room. Several eunuchs and palace maids on duty at night acted together. Except for the rustle of clothes rubbing, the eunuch palace maid didn't even make the slightest footsteps.

Maybe he slept relatively lightly, or maybe Zhao Yu made a louder voice just now.

The concubine beside her had already opened her sleepy eyes, and was stretching out her hand to gently wipe her eyes to adapt to the sudden surge of light.

Then he turned his head to look at the man under the bed, his lips opened slightly, and he asked; "Where are the officials going in the middle of the night?"

At this time, Zhao Wei began to dress under the service of the eunuch, and when he heard the question of the concubine, he smiled at him and comforted him;

"Love the concubine and sleep, the widow has some worries and can't sleep at night, ready to go out to breathe!"

"Do you need to be accompanied by a concubine?" After speaking, the concubine was about to get up, but was gently held down by a hand stretched out by Zhao Yao; "No need! Love the concubine and rest, the widow will go by himself. ”

"Hmm......" The concubine yawned knowingly, rolled over, and fell asleep again.

It wasn't until she heard a slight sound of the door that the eyes of the concubine who pretended to be asleep quickly opened.

Turning around again, his eyes stared at the door looming behind the veil, and a tear gently fell and wet the bright yellow pillow towel, and murmured;

"Official...... Alas! ”

The night is like water, and the moon is like jade.

Despite being located in the south, the night breeze in March is still a little cool.

The night breeze blew, making Zhao Wei, who was sitting on the stone steps in the garden, sneeze.

"Ah......h

Smell. The eunuch who was waiting on the side hurriedly handed over the handkerchief. Zhao Yu took it and touched it on his face twice, and handed it to the person just now.

After Zhao Wei finished wiping, someone immediately put on a mink cloak for him, and under the wrapping of fluff, Zhao Wei's body quickly warmed up.

At this time, the eunuch beside him said stubbornly; "Official, it's windy at night, be careful ......" but before he finished speaking, he was stopped by Zhao Wei reaching out;

"It doesn't matter! The moonlight tonight is beautiful, and the beautiful scenery of a good day cannot be disappointed. ”

"This ......" the eunuch sighed, stopped talking, and waited quietly again.

I saw him gently push the little eunuch beside him and whisper to him;

'In the evening, when it's cold, go and get a pot of warm wine for the official's house to warm up. ’

The little eunuch nodded hurriedly, quickly turned around and took a cigarette and wine.

After the little eunuch ran away, the silence around him returned to what he had just been.

After a short time, the little eunuch trotted back with a whole set of drinking utensils. After the big eunuch stepped forward, he nodded to the little eunuch and walked towards the official's house.

The little eunuch seemed to have all the fatigue on his body disappeared in an instant, and the affirmation of the great eunuch made his eyes narrow into a slit with joy.

"Official, take a sip of wine, warm up!" The eunuch poured the wine glass and handed it to Zhao Wei and spoke.

Zhao Yu withdrew his gaze from the moon and took the wine glass from the eunuch's hand with a hum. "Goo-dong!" He threw his head up and poured it down.

Suddenly, it was as if a line of fire was rushing down from the throat. Under the influence of alcohol, not only the body is warm, but even the neck is dyed with a hint of redness.

The eunuch was shocked when he saw this; "I can't do it! The official family can't help it! Official slow drinking... Slow drinking! The dragon body is important......."

"Ahem... Hey~"

Zhao Wei didn't answer the eunuch's words, and after coughing twice, he directly threw the finished wine glass forward. Then he stood up and raised his arms high, raised his head and shouted to the bright moon in the sky;

"A hundred years of long-cherished wish is about to come true, but you are obstructing it in every way, you can know my heart! I know my heart! ”

The loud shouts pierced through the clouds, scattering the sparrows perched on the trees in all directions.

"Official....... family!"

The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids exclaimed when they heard this! Quickly fell to his knees.

After the voice dissipated, Zhao Yu vented, turned his gaze, looked at the people kneeling on the ground, and said lightly; "Get up! What's wrong with you? ”

"Xie Guan's ......"

Hearing this, the eunuchs and palace maids stood up cautiously and stepped aside.

The eunuch came to Zhao Wei and said cautiously; "Why should the officials be so worried, this matter is the trend of the times and the will of the people. A few roadblocks are just mantis arms blocking cars! ”

Zhao Wei smiled bitterly and said; "I know that Zhang Ban is comforting the widow, but now the court is becoming more and more difficult. If the recovery of the lost territory in the north can not only boost the hearts of the people, but also deter some traitors in the court, this can be described as a good thing to kill two birds with one stone, but it is a pity that the resistance of these people is too great, otherwise this time it will ......"

The eunuch waited quietly for Zhao Wei to finish speaking, and nodded in agreement; "What the officials said is very true. But the thief's tree has deep roots, and it still needs to be slowly drawn~ Don't you hear that Gou Jian has been lying on the salary for ten years before he ......"

"Enough! Do you still let the widows watch them and manipulate the Great Song Dynasty for ten years? Before the eunuch finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Hao.

"Plop...!"

The eunuch was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and shouted;

"The old slave deserves to die, the old slave lost his words, please condemn the official!"

Although Zhao Wei was in an atmosphere, he couldn't bear to punish the other party in his heart. After calming down, he directly reached out to let the other party get up;

"Get up! What's wrong with you? Those damn ones are alive and well now! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." As soon as the eunuch got up, Zhao Yu's command came to his ears again;

"Go back, I'm tired of the night...."

Zhao Yu slowly walked towards the original dormitory under the leadership of everyone, and when he left, he deliberately looked back at the bright moon hanging in the air, the fists in the dragon robe clenched fiercely, and secretly swore in his heart;

"I will never compromise this time, this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, this important thing must be completed in my Zhao Hao's hands!"

What's the big deal?

actually made Zhao Wei, the king of a country, sleepless at night.

This has to start after the Song and Mongolia jointly destroyed Jin......

Since the fall of Caizhou and the fall of the Kingdom of Jin. Who is the happiest? One is the Great Khan of Mongolia and the other is the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Ogedai is happy because the Jin State has been a feud of Mongolia for many years, and it is also an unfulfilled long-cherished wish of Genghis Khan's life.

A few years after coming to power, Ögedei eliminated the Jin state, not only for the Mongols who had been enemies for decades, but also for his father Temujin.

Therefore, after Zhang Hanjin dedicated the body of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, a grand sacrificial ceremony was held in Wokotai. Because he, as the successor of Genghis Khan, needs to complete his father's uncontested career.

At that sacrificial ceremony, he also took off his hat and prayed in the direction of Buerhan Mountain to comfort his father's heroic spirit. But he didn't have much to be proud of, because the vast empire still had many enemies.

The destruction of gold is only the beginning, he will conquer many enemies in the other direction, and the nature of a natural conqueror will not let him be easily satisfied.

And Zhao Wei of the Southern Song Dynasty, after receiving the news of the success of the gold annihilation, his heart can be described in two words;

"Ecstasy!"

That's right, those two words.

After Meng Heng's class, Zhao Wei personally led hundreds of civil and military officials out of the city to greet him, and held a grand triumphal ceremony.

Then the charred body of Jin Aizong brought back by Meng Hui was enshrined in the Taimiao to comfort the soul of the second emperor of Huiqin.

The next procedure of the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers was quite proficient, rewarding meritorious heroes and appeasing the soldiers;

Meng Hui because of the merits of this battle. was promoted to the commander of Jiankang Mansion, and the commander of the Zhenbei Army, and was given a sword to go to the palace, which can be described as a long grace for a while. The generals of his subordinates also received heavy rewards.

Of course, Zhang Han's name is also in the list of rewards this time, but he received not a reward but a bereavement for the dead. And no one can claim it, so they can only ask their fellow villagers to transfer it back to their hometown.

I don't know how Zhang Han, who was a good colt in Mongolia, would feel if he found out?

This also paved him to return to his hometown after becoming famous, only to be told that he had long since died. Until he saw his own tablet enshrined in the ancestral hall, he couldn't help but lay the foreshadowing with a smile on his face.

To get back to the point, since the news of the victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army spread quickly in Lin'an City, it quickly spread among the residents. This rare good news suddenly filled the entire city of Lin'an in an atmosphere of joy, and the common people sang praises to Emperor Zhao!

It is no wonder that when the Southern Song Dynasty moved from the north to the south, when it was established, it was burdened with a heavy historical mission.

From the emperor to the minister, from the literati to the small people, they all have the plot of Beiding Central Plains and the shame of the past. More than 100 years have passed, and this wish is finally coming true.

It's like a prisoner who has been sentenced to life imprisonment and suddenly gets an amnesty and can breathe free air again. Then this free air that can be seen everywhere is no less than the "delicacies" on the table in his eyes.

Subsequently, news of the fall of the Jin State quickly spread throughout the ruling areas of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The ministers in the court were smiling, the diners in the wine shop pushed their glasses and changed their glasses, and the old men in the fields rejoiced. The whole country was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

At this time, the four most mentioned words in people's mouths are;

"Recovering the old capital".

"Restoration of the old capital" is a slightly more urbane word with a specific meaning. It also has a popular explanation, that is, "go back to your hometown in one go".

These words are of great significance to the Song people, who have been forced to bear this heavy dream and humiliation for more than 100 years.

The Song people tried countless times, and Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other famous generals repeatedly went on the Northern Expedition.

How! Either bad luck or providence. Every time, it is either a big defeat or a failure. Let these heroes burst into tears, and also break the hearts of the people.

The Kingdom of Jin seems to be a moat in front of the Southern Song Dynasty, making the Song people's dream of recovering the country seem so unattainable.

Therefore, for hundreds of years, the scholars and people living by the West Lake will always inadvertently look at the north and ask themselves;

Will I never be able to return to the Central Plains in my life? How come the old thief of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom is not dead.

But now, everything is so good. The Kingdom of Jin perished, and the heaven-sent opportunity to realize the dream was clearly placed in front of the Song people.

......

"Chasing the Central Plains"

This word has been the epitome of the rise and fall of the Central Plains Dynasty for thousands of years. The land of the Central Plains seems to have been endowed with a special symbol.

But whether it is the beginning of a prosperous era or the beginning of troubled times, it is often this fertile land that is most ravaged by tragedy.

At this time, the long-term war completely destroyed the grain crops and people's hope for life in the Central Plains.

The Central Plains, the land of four wars, will always repeat itself once or several times when there is a change of dynasty; The end of "white bones exposed in the wild, thousands of miles without rooster crowing" is bleak. This time is not unexpected.

But the people here always seem to have an uncanny willfulness, and every time they rebuild prosperity in this ancient land at a jaw-dropping speed. This time was no exception.

After the war against the Kingdom of Jin, the surviving people began to rebuild their homes with great difficulty. But at this time, people suddenly found that there seemed to be no owner in this land.

The entire Central Plains was in a state of anarchy. The Jin soldiers were gone, the Mongol army was gone, and the Song army, which was Han Chinese, was also gone.

"Power vacuum", "recovering the old capital".

After learning of this situation, Zhao was optimistic that this was a great opportunity to realize his dreams and ambitions, and the rule of ZTE seemed to be in front of him.

Therefore, not long after the end of the Battle of Caizhou, he sent three groups of envoys to the Central Plains in the name of paying homage to the ancestral tomb. Observe the reaction of the Mongols and the situation in the Central Plains. a bold plan for him and the prime minister; "Duanping into Luo" reinstated the Central Plains to play the front station.

It's a grand plan, and there is time for this grand plan now.

Therefore, for this important event, Zhao Yu quickly convened a court meeting and asked the courtiers to express their opinions.

As soon as the court meeting was held, some courtiers began to support Zhao Wei's plan.

The reason is simple;

The Central Plains is empty, the opportunity is rare, and God does not take it, but suffers from it.

The first to put forward this idea was the Southern Song minister, Zhao Fan, who not only provided Zhao with the rationale for the plan, but also proposed a strategic concept for action.

That is; Quickly regain the area south of the Yellow River and occupy Tongguan to hold on. Tuntian immigrants built the city and de facto resumed the occupation of the Central Plains.

Although Zhao Fan's reason was very pertinent, Zhao Wei nodded frequently when he heard it. But the wave of opposition is also high. One of the petty officials, who served as an editor at the National History Museum, was the first to raise objections;

The gist of it is: with the current national strength of the Southern Song Dynasty, it does not yet have the capital to compete with Mongolia. At that time, the Song and Mongolia demarcated Caizhou as the boundary, and if they sent troops now, it would be tantamount to a breach of contract by their own side, and they would be retaliated against by the Mongol side;

Moreover, the Central Plains is now starving, depopulated, and barren. It was not possible to provide local supplies to the conscripted army. Therefore, if the army is dispatched, the Song army will be passive in terms of strength and morality; He also emphatically said one thing;

"National strength must not be taken, even if it is taken, it cannot be defended."

To the effect that;

The Song army couldn't be defeated at all, and even if it was lucky, it would definitely not be able to hold it. In the end, it can only be a bamboo basket to draw water, and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive.