Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 395 0390【Concluding a Peace Treaty】(add more for the penguin boss)
The car is chaotic, the horse is Xiaoxiao.

Zhao Fujin lifted the curtain of the car, looked back, and saw that the city wall of Tokyo was getting smaller and smaller.

She is 20 years old and has been married to Cai Kuang for more than three years.

There is no need to talk about happiness or not. When they first got married, they were still in love. Since she became pregnant, the couple have been together less and separated more.

Cai Kuang was a romantic and talented man, and even became a close minister of the emperor.Playing with Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty during the day, and playing games at Fanlou at night, it is not uncommon for him not to stay home for half a month.Even if you go home to rest, there are still more than ten concubines at home.

"Sister, have you seen Zhu Chenggong?" Zhao Fujin asked curiously, "Some palace people say that he is handsome, handsome and knowledgeable. Other palace people say that he is tall and thick, and eats children's hearts and lungs. In order to catch more children to eat. Which one is real?"

Zhao Fujin recalled: "I only glanced at it from a distance, and it was indeed very handsome."

"That's good," Zhao Fujin cheered up. "When I marry my sister, I will persuade him not to rebel. Daddy will be happy and give him a lot of gold and silver treasures."

Zhao Fujin sighed: "Oh, you will know when you grow up."

Zhao Fujin is only 14 years old this year, and he lives in the palace and has never seen the world, so he always has all kinds of weird fantasies.

It's not that Song Huizong didn't want to marry his daughter who was already old, but that the adult emperor had to marry or die of illness. Zhao Fujin was already the oldest.

Get off on the way and rest at the post house.

The two imperial concubines, the five concubines, and Li Shishi felt awkward with each other, and basically seldom communicated with each other.

Especially the five concubines were very scared.Because their family members were held hostage in Tokyo by the emperor to remind them to always remember their mission.

In fact, it's all nonsense, the water poured out by a married daughter. Hanzhong and Tokyo are thousands of miles away, who cares about whom?
Of course, Song Huizong also knew this. His real expectation was that what he sent was stunning.There is a great chance to seduce Zhu Guoxiang. At that time, several women will compete for favor, make friends with foreign ministers, and factions will fight together, maybe they will mess up Hanzhong.

Each of them went on the road with their own concerns, and the snowflakes became bigger and bigger.

Yang Zhi withdrew his troops from Tongguan a long time ago, leaving only [-] soldiers waiting to escort them back to Hanzhong.

All the way to Huazhou, there was a sudden blizzard, making it difficult for cars and horses to travel.

After staying for two days, it snowed heavily and cleared up at the beginning of the day.

Li Bangyan ordered the magistrate and county magistrate to send people to sweep the snow. He not only sent money to women, but also concluded a peace treaty on behalf of the emperor as a deputy prime minister.

Countless people inside and outside the city were forced to sweep snow on the official roads, and they didn't know how many people would suffer from the cold, get sick and die.

All the way to the prefectures and counties, the snow was cleared in this way, and they arrived at Wuzhangyuan before the winter solstice.

Both Luogu Pass and Dashan Pass have been returned to the imperial court, that is to say, Tangluo Road and Chencang Road and Zhu Ming are no longer there.

Anyway, you can come over at any time in the future, and there is no need to spend money and food to garrison troops so far away.

But Xieguguan was kept, and even Wuzhangyuan was included in Zhu Ming's pocket.

This is because there is a shipyard in Xieguguan, where warships are built and the water army is trained. If you go west, you can take a boat all the way to Longxi, and if you go east, you can take a boat all the way to Shandong.

Once this place is occupied, it can be attacked or defended.

Moreover, Guochuan Town and Xiegu Town are still major trading towns, and the commercial tax revenue of a town is more generous than that of many county towns.

Zhu Ming stayed in Xieguguan all the time, waiting for the imperial court to send someone to sign the peace treaty. For this purpose, he specially made a "Marshal Seal of Chuanxia".

"Generalissimo," Shi Yuangong changed his address automatically, and held out a painting with a smile, "Fortunately, this painting was brought back smoothly."

Zhu Ming asked the soldiers carrying the painting to carefully unfold a section, and it turned out to be the authentic painting of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

He asked for this painting by name, as a dowry for the emperor's married daughter.

Putting the famous painting back into the painting tube, Zhu Ming asked, "Why did you bring a bunch of women here? I think one of them seems to be Li Shishi."

Shi Yuangong approached and muttered in a low voice. After explaining the situation clearly, he commented: "That dog emperor is not only stupid, but also extremely shameless!"

As expected of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Ming couldn't help laughing, and said one after another: "Send them all back to Hanzhong, let the old man pick one or two, and give the rest to the generals who have done meritorious service."

Shi Yuangong hurriedly advised: "Absolutely not! The emperor's concubines can only be enjoyed by the minister and the general. How can they be rewarded to the generals who have done meritorious service? Even if they want to be rewarded, they should be rewarded with dowry maids."

Zhu Ming said: "If you count the concubines in the harem of the dog emperor, if you count those who are 40 or 1000 years old, there may be more than [-] of them. If Tokyo is captured in the future, will my father and I each have [-] concubines? This is so fucking busy." ?"

Shi Yuangong was stunned.

It seems... that's the truth.

Zhu Ming said: "Let the old man choose first, the remaining concubines will be given to the generals, and the dowry maids will be given to the warriors in the army."

Shi Yuangong was very considerate of Ju Ming: "The Grand Marshal can also choose one or two, all of them are stunning beauties."

Zhu Ming didn't even see the two imperial concubines, and went directly to sign the peace treaty with Li Bangyan.

Li Bangyan said: "The daughter of the Chong family can be delivered after the beginning of spring. The families of the civil servants and generals in Sichuan will be delivered before summer next year."

"There are also my old friends and the old department, and a Xiangzhou warrior named Yue Fei." Zhu Ming reminded.

Bai Chongyan, Min Zishun, and Ling Guxu, because they were friends from Zhu Ming's hometown, were expelled from the imperial court when Zhu Ming started his army, and they were all restricted to live in remote counties.

Zhu Ming also planned to ask for several subordinate officials who were the prefects of Puzhou and Jinzhou.Of course, some officials may not want to follow the thief, and Ju Ming does not insist on this.

So far, Zhu Ming still doesn't know that it was actually Wu Jie's idea to set up an ambush at Dasan Pass, causing him to lose more than 1000 elites.

Zhang Bo led an army to besiege Baoji, but Yao Gu couldn't hold out until the end of the peace talks.

More than 2 soldiers of the Western Army in Yao Guna have been kept intact, and it is estimated that they will be sent to Shandong to suppress bandits next year.

Not all the elite rebels who were ambushed during the surprise attack were killed in battle, and more than 300 people were captured.More than 100 people died due to injuries and infections, and all the rest were released and returned to Zhu Ming.

"Bring the seal!" Zhu Ming shouted.

Zheng Hong was holding the big seal, and Bai Sheng was holding the ink pad, and they would stamp it after Zhu Ming finished signing.

Song Huizong has already stamped it, and it will be stamped in Tokyo and brought over.

Li Bangyan quickly stopped him: "Don't you swear an oath not to kill the three animals?"

Zhu Ming asked back: "A two- to three-year agreement, do you need to kill three animals?"

Li Bangyan was stunned.

This peace treaty has no deadline and is a permanent truce.

But both signatories know that whoever accumulates enough strength first will tear up the peace treaty and turn to war.

Even before the war, Zhu's father and son discussed it. The rebel army had a very clear strategic goal: first, to repel the encirclement and suppression by the imperial court; second, to seek opportunities to occupy the Nanxiang Basin.

On the Shaanxi side, Xieguguan can be used as an outpost, and the rest of the territory can be given up.

Because Shaanxi has used troops year after year, and natural and man-made disasters have continued, the people's livelihood and economy have been extremely difficult.Unless there is excessive taxation, it will be difficult to collect taxes, and even money and food will be used for relief.

What's more, it is difficult to completely wipe out the Western Army. If you want to occupy the entire territory of Shaanxi, you need to fight for a long time.Sichuan, on the other hand, does not have so much military rations to support it. During the battle, it can only collect food locally in Shaanxi, which may force the gentry to recruit troops to rebel, and it will be even more difficult to deal with it at that time.

In addition, apart from Hanzhong, other places in Sichuan have not started clearing Zhang Tianmu. The next task is to do a good job in various internal affairs.

Let's put it this way, so what if Zhang Guangdao conquers Tokyo?
Song Huizong must have gone to the southeast in advance, but the north is a mess, and the Zhu family and his son have to take responsibility for governance if they occupy it.

Moreover, the larger the territory, the more troops needed, and the more serious the burden of food and salaries.

The Xiangyang Basin in Nanyang is not only a strategic location for going east, but it is also better managed than Shaanxi.The vast land and sparse population there can be used to reward meritorious officers and soldiers, and at the same time absorb refugees from the north to cultivate.Every refugee who gets two acres of wasteland has to farm one acre of rewarded land for meritorious officers and men, so as to ensure that the rewarded land will not be left idle.

Don't look at when they attacked Fengxiang, most of the soldiers only got two acres of land.

But after the whole war was over, the per capita grant of land reached eight acres, and some officers even granted more than thirty acres of land.

These rewarding fields can be sold, and the first transaction is even exempt from transfer tax.

Next, to occupy the Nanxiang Basin, at least [-] troops must be stationed there.These soldiers migrated with their families and cooperated with the refugees to cultivate, and the Nanxiang Basin could be restored to life in two or three years.

The Nanxiang Basin is not only the frontier of Hanzhong, but also connects eastern Sichuan. It can attack Tokyo to the north, and attack Jianghuai and Jiangnan to the east.Its importance is far higher than that of Shaanxi, and it will be the main development direction in the future.

After the signing of the peace agreement, Li Bangyan put aside others and said to Zhu Ming in private: "Those concubines were begged by Brother Yu from the emperor. They are all beautiful in the harem, but can they still fall into the eyes of Brother Cheng?"

Zhu Ming laughed: "It's true that all of them are stunning. Brother Shimei has a heart. You and I both know that the Great Song Dynasty will be overthrown soon. But the centipede is dead but not stiff, and we need to work hard. There will be more in Tokyo." I'm relying on Brother Shimei. In the future, there will be rewards!"

Li Bangyan is like drinking ice water in the dog days, and he feels comfortable all over: "Brother Chenggong has his ambition in the world, so why am I such a pedantic person?"

The two have their own thoughts and get along very well.

Zhu Ming even took out some gold and silver and gave it to Li Bangyan as a gift.

After sending this guy away, Zhu Ming had to stay at Xiegu Pass, because it was snowing and he couldn't go back from the Bao ramp.

Only then did he have the time to meet some women.

"Grand Marshal Wanfu!"

The beauties bowed and saluted, with some fear in their curiosity.

Zhu Ming took a glance, and the most beautiful ones were Zhao Fujin and Pei Yueli Chang'e.

But Pei Yueli Chang'e is too young, with no breasts and buttocks, Zhu Ming really can't bear it and is not interested.

This woman's facial features are extremely delicate, as if she walked out of a painting, and she is young, delicate and exquisite, which just fits the aesthetics of ancient literati.That's why Song Huizong was shocked as a heavenly man and bestowed the name "Chang'e in the Moon".

Zhu Ming said to them: "After the snow melts, we will return to Hanzhong, and you will rest at Xieguguan for a while."

"Yes!"

"It's all at the command of the general."

"..."

Li Shishi has been secretly flirting, Song Huizong bestowed her on Zhu Guoxiang, but she wanted to stay by Zhu Ming's side to serve her.

Zhu Ming just pretended he didn't see it, and said it after he went back to discuss it with Dean Zhu.

Zhao Fujin is too young, and will wait for her to grow up before bridal chamber.

Zhao Fujin can exchange feelings, after all, he snatched his wife with his own ability, and Zhu Ming was indeed a little psychologically restless after fighting for half a year.

(End of this chapter)