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Chapter 436 Almost there
"Ziyan, you are back, I really miss you."

Zhao Ji took Wang Yan's arm kindly: "I already know about Xixia's affairs, well done, well done. When you went out, I was still worried and regretful. I didn't expect you to lead troops for the first time and achieve such victories. , Xixia destroyed the country, you should take the lead. When the war is over, I will reward you well."

"Officials, I dare not rely on this merit. It is the officials who know people with their eyes, know that the ministers are capable, trust the ministers, and the quasi-subjects lead me to lead the elite of the Song Dynasty. The merit of destroying Xixia is all due to the officials sitting in the Dragon Court and making clever calculations Invincible. The rest are the frontline soldiers who throw their heads, shed their blood, and fight the enemy bravely without fear of life and death. After all, I am still a merchant. If I can have this battle in my life to fulfill my wish of the gold and iron horse, I will die without regret. The officials still reward the frontline soldiers greatly, so the ministers will not be greedy for merit."

"All rewards, all rewards." Although he knew it was flattery, but it was still so comfortable to hear, Zhao Ji pointed at Wang Yan with a smile: "This time, I have made great achievements in destroying the country, how can I treat the soldiers who have made great achievements?"

Wang Yan smiled and picked up his cup to drink tea.

Then he asked about the past year and how to manage the newly acquired land, and then let Wang Yan leave.He never mentioned that he was forced to come back when he went out for a tour before, this is the palace of the emperor.

In fact, it's not that Zhao Ji didn't take action. The war against Xixia is now ending, and many civil and military officials who have been greedy for ink have been taken advantage of during the process.This is for a legitimate reason, and no one can be blamed if it is done.For the others, Zhao Ji didn't dare to move again, he was afraid that in his unknown death palace, he was really frightened by the rampant bandits all over the place before.So he is using his wisdom to tease people secretly.

Now it doesn't matter whether the old and the new parties, or the corrupt officials, it doesn't matter what the life of the people at the bottom is. The key is that he didn't realize it before, but now he knows the truth, that is, as an emperor, he has been under the coercion of his officials. He refuses to accept, he wants to struggle, he just wants to have the same sense of security in control of everything in the past.

Now the guards in the palace have changed, and many eunuchs and palace maids have been killed in the harem, all of which are his masterpieces in the past year.When part of the Western Army and the Northern Army returned to the court, he felt that he had confidence, and maybe he would come to a wave of purges at that time.

Wang Yan could feel Zhao Ji's panic, but these things had nothing to do with him, and Zhao Ji would not say these things in front of him that exposed his inner anxiety.So he ignored it, and after reporting to Zhao Ji, he left the Xihua Gate and went home.

He led the only established cavalry unit that the Song Dynasty had placed high hopes on. If he hadn't been for his outstanding martial arts, proven his ability in strategy, and his worth as a mortgage, Zhao Ji would not have been dizzy again. Let him go into battle with a person without battlefield experience.Even if he agreed this time, his wife and children were all taken to live in Bianjing.Nothing else, it's purely to prevent him from being ordered by the emperor outside. At that time, this will be regarded as a hand of cards. If necessary, it is also a good way to cut directly to vent his anger.

The news of his return had already been reported by the soldiers, and the whole family was waiting for him. Seeing his return, Yupan, Jinlian, and Sanniang brought their children to pay a visit.

Wang Yan laughed and rubbed the heads of the few children who dared not get close to him: "There is no need to be polite, let's all go in, let's all go in."

"Daddy, did you win this time against Xixia?"

Walking with his tall father, Wang Qinghe, the nine-year-old young master of the Wang family, asked his father about the battle situation on the front line like a grown-up.

"Of course I won. Otherwise, your father and I would still be able to come back? The Li family has all fled to Mongolia, and the rest of the stubborn people will last for a few more months. Before long, Xixia will belong to our Great Song Dynasty. "

"Father, does the emperor's grandfather have to give you a promotion?"

Walking all the way to the main hall, Wang Yan answered the children's questions, and when he arrived at the place, he said: "Okay, let's go get ready, and I will take a test for the homework that I have done for more than a year, whoever is lazy, don't worry about it." Blame me for being rude."

After sending away a group of children who got in the way, Wang Yan sat on a stool and looked at the three daughters-in-law: "I haven't sent back a few letters from home for more than a year, are you okay?"

Zhao Yupan was the first to speak: "Officials are so powerful, and they are fighting for the country. The family members are useful, and Uncle Fu is well-organized, so there is nothing wrong with it. But in the future, officials should not take risks, which is worrying."

Immediately afterwards, Jin Lian wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "Yes, everything is fine, everything is fine, but the officials make me think so much. Knowing that the officials are fighting for their lives on the battlefield, I am worried all day long. Seeing that the officials have returned safely today, I am so worried." It’s the heart that’s been dropped.”

Sanniang rolled her eyes straight while watching, and although she had a good relationship, she didn't hesitate to secretly scold this little coquettish hoof who was always pretending: "At the beginning, the officials should have agreed to go with me. I have practiced martial arts for many years. It is also useful for the officials to share their worries."

Wang Yan shook his head, didn't make a fuss, and instead chatted with the three girls about the trivial life of the past year. What they talked about was the simple and warm home.

After talking for a while, he explained that he was going back to Wangjiazhuang the day after tomorrow. After Wang Yan went out to wash up, he went to the study and met the housekeeper of the capital to understand the situation.This is a test, and the children of the village who are qualified to participate in the important affairs of the Wang family have the authority to obtain most of the key information.Although he didn't know as much as Wang Fusheng, he had enough understanding of the situation.

Over the past year, many things have happened.Where has the Wang family's business expanded, what new things are there, how much income is there, the relationship between various places has been sorted out, and how many people have been recruited, these are all important things, and they are his capital.

In addition, the territory of Liaodong has expanded again.Compared with the stability of the Song Dynasty, there is no time when there is no war in Liaodong, either you hit me, or I hit you.Now that another year has passed, Lu Zhishen no longer conceals it, indulges Jin Guo to fight Liao Guo to cultivate, and starts to get serious with Liao Guo.There is Yuguan, which was taken before, and now it is inside and outside Yuguan, and the two places are blooming.The coastal areas, even all the way to Jinzhou were beaten down.

The previous actions can only be said to be minor disturbances. The main reason is that the place cannot be defended, and there are not so many people to manage it. It is an enclave.Now, after several years of training, together with some scholars sent by Wang Yan, they can be regarded as able to support the expansion of the territory, and only then did they start to send troops on a large scale.

In fact, in this era, in addition to the newly emerging Jin Kingdom, the Great Song Dynasty, Xixia Kingdom, and Liao Kingdom are all worse.The most unbearable, of course, is Xixia, the place is not well occupied, and the potential is too small.Da Song is in the middle, although it looks stronger than Xixia, but it is actually worse, after all, it occupies a good territory and has such great potential, but it turns out that it can't do anything.That is, in the original history, the Liao Kingdom was beaten like that by the Jin Kingdom. The Great Song Xingbing went to fight, and was beaten all over the head, which is really bad.

However, the situation is different now. Liaodong is in the era of three kingdoms vying for hegemony, and Liao has been suppressed very severely. Now it is difficult to cope with internal and external troubles.Facing the joint attack from Lu Zhishen and the Kingdom of Jin, they had already begun to shrink their forces, especially after Lu Zhishen had strangled Yuguan, the throat of the northern land.They almost gave up the entire Nanjing Road, that is, the large piece of land in the pass bordering the Song Dynasty.Mobilize troops to protect the area around Jinfu (Beijing), and the remaining defenses against the Song Dynasty retreated across the board, and mobilized troops to detour north to support the northern battlefield.

The place they gave up belongs to the northern part of the North China Plain. As we all know, the plain is a good area for development, and this is a fertile land.Whether it is farming or business, the development here is actually good. After all, it is adjacent to the Great Song Dynasty. The exchange of production materials is very driving the development of the region.

But they were fought hard by Lu Zhishen and Jin Guo on the battlefield, and they resisted with difficulty. One bad thing was to destroy the country.At this time, shrinking the defense line, concentrating on key areas, and maintaining the basic market is the most important thing.Especially after Lu Zhishen occupied Yuguan, their control over Nanjing Road has dropped significantly. If they don't give up, it will be a drag. This is the best choice at the moment.

And giving up the large tracts of land here has another advantage, that is, it allows Lu Zhishen to go south and border on the Song Dynasty.Although the Liao Kingdom didn't think much of the Great Song Dynasty, which had handed over decades of old coins to them, at any rate, there were hundreds of thousands of troops. At any rate, the military equipment was advanced, even if they couldn't beat Lu Zhishen's army, they could still contain some of them at the border. The main force, so their situation will be much better.

But after they gave up a large tract of land on Nanjing Road, the result was not as they expected.Da Song actually only tried to advance the defense line to the Fengnan (Tangshan) generation, and did not continue to advance, nor did he conflict with Lu Zhishen's forces.On the contrary, it was Lu Zhishen's soldiers who chased them to the vicinity of Xijin Mansion, and still caught and beat them.

Song's cowardice exceeded Liao's expectations. It's not that they don't know that the elite Western Army of Song Dynasty is all fighting Xixia. Combat power has also improved a lot.With so many troops, they dare not go north to fight Lu Zhishen.

How did he know that after picking up this bargain, the kings and ministers of Song Dynasty were all overjoyed from top to bottom.After all, he didn't do anything, and took over several states without a single soldier.When Xixia is destroyed, there is no need to spend money on material capital, and there will be no war again, so it is good as it is now.

Although the Liao Kingdom plundered the local people fiercely when it withdrew its troops, it didn't matter. The Song Dynasty might not be able to fight anymore, but it was still possible to help the local people and restore people's livelihood.The unemployed officials who only have official ranks and have no job or dispatch are overjoyed. There are a lot of positions now, which is a great thing.

The original goal was not achieved on the Nanjing road, but the Liao Kingdom didn't care. After all, it was better to concentrate resources in a few important areas than to spread them out and be attacked one by one.

After such a toss, Lu Zhishen's territory was almost the whole of Liaoning later, plus the northern part of the Guan from Tangshan to Beijing.The most forward position has reached Linhuang Mansion (Chifeng), the capital of the Liao Kingdom.

In terms of power and strength, the three parties are already the strongest, that is, the war horses that were scarce before, have been captured in the battle with the Liao and Jin countries, and now there are also established cavalry.Internal agriculture, commerce, etc. are relatively prosperous, and the infrastructure business has never stopped, which is also called a strong army.The rest is to develop slowly, balance the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, and slowly eat away at it. In another three to five years, a big war will unify the north.

In addition to these important things, there is one unsurprisingly unimportant thing.

Liangshan is gone.

Song Jiang and other Liangshan people still did not escape their original fate. After beating Wang Hu, they beat Tian Qing, after beating Tian Qing, they beat Fang La, and after beating Fang La, they went to the west.Even without Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, and Tong Guan, they are still dead.

It's still the same sentence, Zhao Ji has a grudge.The Liangshan people were too rampant, and they went to Bianjing to make a big fuss, which spoiled his interest. This is the reason why the Liangshan people should be damned.So after losing more than half of Liangshan's men and horses, Fang La was flattened, received a reward, and handed over the military power to become a local official. He was given poisoned imperial wine and died.

Song Jiang, a good brother, still took away Li Kui, a good brother, and Wu Yong and Hua Rong were buried as before.Perhaps it was only when he died that Song Jiang realized that he had gone the wrong way.

Li Kui kept clamoring for rebellion, but what rebellion should he use?The military power has been handed over, and there are no people under him, and there is no power to rebel.Even if he raises the banner again and invites his former brothers, not many people will follow him.The remaining few people are either monks or officials. No one thinks about the previous life.As for those big soldiers who joined for various reasons, the Song Dynasty government did not target them. They were either incorporated into other armies or sent back to live in their hometowns. Who would follow him?
So they died without incident.

After hearing the information, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled. He didn't care about the end of Liangshan. After explaining to the steward and letting him leave, he began to think silently.

It has been ten years since he came to this world, and from the day he arrived, he began to sit and prepare.Up to now, with the convenience of the emperor's close ministers, they have continuously infiltrated various places and established strongholds of power over the years. In major cities across the country, there are basically prosperous Zhuangzi similar to Wangjiazhuang.The local civil and military officials have almost been wooed. As for the control of the army, whether it is the Northern Army, the Western Army, or the Forbidden Army in various places, there are more or less people from him, and there are not a few who can influence them.

And those who belonged entirely to him and could obey orders without hesitation, apart from those under Lu Zhishen's command, there were also many in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty.He implemented a rotation system. After recruiting a group of new people and sending them to Liaodong, a group of people who had been beaten to death for a long time were brought back to cultivate.The purpose is to always maintain sufficient manpower available in the Song Dynasty.

The main reason is that he took advantage of Zhao Ji. Without Zhao Ji's signature, he would definitely not be able to do this in ten years because of his own secret preparations.At best, it's just a matter of running Hebei and Shandong well. Where can it be like now, where it can bloom everywhere, and there are his people everywhere, and he doesn't even know where there are his people.

It is estimated that it is almost time to prepare. Although Zhao Ji is now awakened and spends less money, he wants to govern the country well, but it is too late.Not to mention the current situation of the end of the dynasty, it is a peaceful and prosperous age, and it is not easy for him to rebel against anyone.Besides, it's all at this point, it's no good if you don't go up, and those who know the truth below are all thinking about it.

After making an appointment to go back to Yanggu County to take care of the family and start working, Wang Yan got up and went out for dinner.

The whole family eats together, and there is no room for a single table, so the scene is naturally extremely lively.There are not so many rules in the family, the children eat, drink and fight carelessly, and the three daughter-in-laws talk with a charming smile.

Wang Yan, the head of the family, didn't feel warm, he only felt noisy.The main reason is that the children have reached the age when people hate dogs. Even though they read sage books, it is useless and they are very noisy.

After dinner, it was natural for Wang Yan and the three daughter-in-laws to express how much they missed him...

The next day he stayed in Bianjing for another day, firstly to pack up the things he was going to take back, and secondly because there was a woman waiting for him, it was always bad not to go.

On the third day, only then did a large convoy leave Bianjing.He lay comfortably in the large carriage, and the cubs who could ride horses chased and played around the team on their foals, and went home happily.

To be honest, if it weren't for his donation of millions of coins a year, money would be more important. With his current level, Zhao Ji would not let him leave Bianjing.Originally, he was very dangerous if he was rich and well-off, and the imperial guards on the East and West Roads of Beijing were watching him.People from the Imperial City Division are stationed everywhere, and there are also many guarding eunuchs, so they are on guard.

This time he led the Beibei Army to the north, forcibly played the opportunity to destroy Xixia, and indirectly commanded the direction of the entire war, proving that he was a peerless general who led the charge and was the commander in chief who won thousands of miles.With Da Song's behavior, it is even more dangerous.

Someone must have told Zhao Ji that they want to check and balance him, pinch him, or kill him. After the battle in Xixia is completely over, and after meritorious deeds are rewarded, there will definitely be a large number of referrals to Zhao Ji, and then he will become a Da Song was a scourge.

However, he was not worried that Zhao Ji would listen to other people's advice and mess with him. After all, the protection fee of millions of guan a year was not in vain, and when he met Zhao Ji earlier, he had already expressed his intention of being honest and not causing trouble.The most important thing is that the current Zhao Ji doesn't trust the court and local officials, maybe even his football team, Wang Fu and other cronies don't trust him either.

He is different. He honestly submits confessions every year, and he also has a vision for national affairs. Even now, Da Song is following his strategy, but he has not implemented it properly.In these years, except for being dragged into the water by Song Jiang, Gao Qiu couldn't be helped, other times he was always well-behaved and never did anything out of line.There is no contact with the ministers of the DPRK and China. Although there are some operations in the local area, it is okay to do business.This gave Zhao Ji the feeling that it was safe.

At this time, his danger is what Zhao Ji needs at this stage. He can compete with other ministers and be able to handle affairs.

Just like what he said to that dead ghost Song Jiang, there is a reason to live only if there is value.Not only is he valuable, but he's big and needed.

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