Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

"Northern Expedition! March!"

The Song Dynasty had been preparing for three years, and all matters related to the Northern Expedition had already been prepared. Fan Zheng gave an order and officially led the troops to the Northern Expedition!

Such a large-scale action by the Song army naturally alarmed the Liao Kingdom.

Now when Fan Zheng's army arrived at the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Liao envoys had already arrived outside the Song army camp!
"Yelü Nanyin greets Master Fan!"

The Liao envoy was an acquaintance of Fan Zheng, the veiled Liao princess Yelu Nanyin.

"It turns out to be Princess Nanyin. I hope you are well. I didn't expect to meet you again!" Fan Zheng said loudly.

Yelu Nanyin asked, "Why is this princess here? Doesn't Commander Fan know why the Song Dynasty would betray its promise, violate the Chanyuan Alliance, and attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?"

Fan Zheng countered: "The Song Dynasty did sign the Treaty of Chanyuan, but the Song Dynasty never recognized that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun belonged to the Liao Dynasty. The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been Chinese territory since ancient times and are an inseparable part of the Song Dynasty. They must be recovered."

"What nonsense! The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been under the control of the Liao Kingdom since the founding of the Song Dynasty?" Yelu Nanyin asked back.

Fan Zheng said proudly: "My Song Dynasty is the orthodox dynasty in the Central Plains, and we should accept the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. This time, whether the Liao Kingdom agrees or not, the Song Dynasty must recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

"You are simply taking advantage of the situation!" Yelu Nanyin said angrily.

Fan Zheng asked in return: "When the Liao Kingdom occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, wasn't it taking advantage of the situation? Since there was no war when the Liao Kingdom occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, today the Song Dynasty hopes to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun peacefully!"

"Peacefully recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun! This is impossible!" Yelu Nanyin looked at Fan Zheng as if he were a fool and flatly refused.

"Impossible? Just relying on the 10,000 elite soldiers from the Western Regions under the princess's command? I'm not being arrogant. I have an army of 200,000 soldiers under my command. They are well-armed and have sufficient gunpowder. Even if the 10,000 soldiers under the princess's command are the most elite, they are no match for the princess." Fan Zheng said proudly.

Yelu Nanyin was suddenly struck by lightning and stood there, crying.

Fan Zheng panicked immediately, and quickly offered a tissue, saying helplessly: "Don't cry anymore, if this gets out, people will think that I bullied you. You should know the current situation of Liao. Jin is already unstoppable, and Liao is not far from being destroyed. Even if Song did not send troops, Liao could not keep the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

"Is the Liao Kingdom not far from destruction?" Yelu Nanyin was suddenly shocked and stared at Fan Zheng.

If someone else had said that the Liao Dynasty was going to be destroyed, Yelu Nanyin would certainly not have believed it. However, the person who said this was the evil doctor Fan Zheng, who had never been wrong.

"The most important thing for Liao Kingdom right now is to gather its military forces and concentrate on resisting Jin Kingdom, rather than making enemies with Song Dynasty again. Only by returning the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to Song Dynasty can there be a glimmer of hope for survival." Fan Zhengdao.

Yelu Nanyin stared at Fan Zheng and said, "If the Liao Kingdom returns the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song Dynasty, will the Song Dynasty be willing to help the Liao Kingdom? Let's destroy the Jin Kingdom together."

Fan Zheng shook his head and said, "If the Liao Kingdom was willing to exchange the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for the aid of the Song Dynasty, I believe the court would certainly agree. However, the Song Dynasty has already sent out 200,000 troops and is bound to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Naturally, it is impossible for it to pay any more money!"

Fan Zheng’s meaning was very simple, that is, the Song Dynasty had already spent money on the army and it was impossible to give more money to the Liao Kingdom.

Yelu Nanyin continued to argue, "Nanyin believes in your Lord Fan's vision. He should be able to see the evil ambitions of the Jin Kingdom. Otherwise, he would not be so eager to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. I'm afraid that guarding against the Jin Kingdom is also one of the reasons."

"Princess, you are a smart person. Yes, the Song Dynasty has indeed considered this. But currently Song and Jin are allies. Moreover, with the century-long hatred between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, and the current decline of the Liao Dynasty, it is impossible for all the officials of the Song Dynasty to give up such a God-given opportunity to destroy the Liao Dynasty. It is impossible for Fan alone to change the outcome of the Liao Dynasty's demise!" Fan Zheng waved his hand.

"Is the Liao Dynasty destined to perish?" Yelu Nanyin could not accept this outcome. She was a princess of the Liao Dynasty. Once the Liao Dynasty perished, her fate would probably be miserable.

"If anyone is to blame, it should be Yelu Yanxi. He had countless opportunities to destroy the Jin Dynasty, but he missed them time and again, allowing the Jin Dynasty to grow stronger step by step. Now it is time for the Liao Dynasty to reap what it has sown.

"Royal brother!" Yelu Nanyin's eyes dimmed. Ever since her royal brother ascended the throne, he seemed to have become a different person. He became stubborn, self-willed, violent and cruel. He even ignored her advice. The Liao Kingdom was now surrounded by enemies. As Fan Zheng said, it was indeed in danger of being destroyed.

"Since the Liao Dynasty is about to perish, then as a princess of the Liao Dynasty, I must live and die with the Liao Dynasty. Naturally, there is no reason for me to voluntarily give up the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun." Yelu Nanyin said with a firm look in her eyes.

Seeing that Yelu Nanyin had the determination to die, how could he not know that he had gone too far? He immediately changed the subject and asked, "Has Princess Yelu never thought about reviving the Liao Dynasty?"

"Restore the Liao Dynasty?"

Yelu Nanyin was shocked, then her eyes dimmed and she shook her head and said, "General Fan, please don't lie to me. I am not a man, how can I revive the Liao Dynasty? Besides, with the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty surrounding us, how can we give the Liao Dynasty a chance to breathe?"

Although Yelu Nanyin was a woman, she had a sharp eye and knew that the Liao Dynasty was on its last legs. Neither the Jin Dynasty nor the Song Dynasty would sit idly by and watch the Liao Dynasty revive.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "That's right! The Liao Kingdom will surely perish, but I am a doctor, so I naturally cannot bear to watch millions of Liao people and the Liao Kingdom be buried with them."

Yelu Nanyin asked anxiously, "I wonder where this is?"

Fan Zheng remained silent.

Yelu Nanyin immediately understood what Fan Zheng meant, and said with gritted teeth: "If General Fan can really find a way for the Liao Kingdom to revive, it is not impossible for the Liao people to withdraw from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

Just as Fan Zheng said, the Liao Kingdom’s hope of retaining the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was already slim. In this case, if it could find a chance for the Liao Kingdom to survive, it might not be a bad deal.

Fan Zheng then smiled and said, "Yelü Nanyin managed the Silk Road, so he naturally knows how big the world is. Liao and Song claim to be the Celestial Empire, but they are just frogs in a well. There is still a vast world in the far west. Liao is also a nomadic tribe, so that is the most suitable stage for Liao."

"You let the Liao Kingdom retreat to the Western Regions! Establish a country in the Western Regions!" Yelu Nanyin frowned.

"That's right! The Western Regions are all small countries. Although the Liao Kingdom is destined to lose the war, it is still a behemoth compared to the small countries in the Western Regions. Relying on gunpowder weapons, it is enough to crush the countries in the Western Regions. If the Liao people move westward, they may be able to reproduce the former glory of the Liao Kingdom." Fan Zheng nodded.

Yelu Nanyin couldn't help but feel overwhelmed and excited by what Fan Zheng said.

Suddenly, Yelu Nanyin smiled and said, "General Fan has a good idea. Not only does he want to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun without spending a single soldier, he also wants to persuade the Liao people to move westward. Even if the Jurchens defeat the Liao in the future, they will not be able to inherit the Liao's strength and will not be able to fight against the Song Dynasty."

Fan Zheng said without any guilt: "Prevention is better than cure, which is the duty of a doctor. The Jin Kingdom is so brave, the Song Dynasty cannot help but be on guard, but what Fan said is the last chance for the Liao Kingdom."

Yelu Nanyin remained silent. She admitted that what Fan Zheng said was true, but she shook her head silently and said, "It is impossible for my brother to agree to move west."

Yelu Yanxi was stubborn and self-willed. He used to be the high and mighty Liao emperor who suppressed the three kingdoms of Song, Xia and Jin. How could he be willing to be a stray dog ​​and flee westward in embarrassment?

Fan Zheng stared at Yelu Nanyin and said, "It is a destined fate for a king to die for his country. Yelu Yanxi will not move west. As the eldest princess of Liao, don't you want to find a way for the Liao people to survive and revive Liao?"

"I!"

Yelu Nanyin looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

"Yes, it is Princess Yelu!" Fan Zheng nodded seriously.

"But I am a girl!" Yelu Nanyin said in disbelief.

"So what if you're a girl? The princess manages the Silk Road, she's rich, she has soldiers, and she's a legitimate member of the Liao royal family. Think about the Empress Dowager Xiao of Liao, the Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia, and the Empress Dowager Gao of Song. Which one of them wasn't a heroine? Not to mention that there was Wu Zetian who became emperor in the previous dynasty. It's not necessarily that a woman can't become emperor!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Yelu Nanyin was shocked for a long time, looking at Fan Zheng with complicated feelings, his eyes full of confusion.

Fan Zheng said again: "Compared to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the Western Regions is the last retreat of the Liao Kingdom. If the princess is willing to return the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and retreat to the Western Regions, the Song Dynasty is willing to abide by the Chanyuan Alliance and remain neutral during the war between Liao and Jin, and will not continue to attack the Liao Kingdom in the north!"

Yelu Nanyin looked at Fan Zheng with a complicated expression. No wonder Fan Zheng’s evil prescription was so irresistible, because Fan Zheng’s evil prescription was the last and best choice for those who had nowhere else to turn.

"Okay, Nanyin agrees to the conditions of the Song Dynasty! But Nanyin wants General Fan to agree to one request." Yelu Nanyin said in a strange voice.

"What is the request?" Fan Zheng was overjoyed when he heard this. As long as the Song Dynasty could recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun peacefully, he would agree without hesitation no matter how great the request was.

Yelu Nanyin did not say it explicitly, but looked at the people in the military tent vaguely.

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said, "All of you, retreat!"

"Marshal!" Lin Chong couldn't help but said worriedly.

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I have already reached an alliance with Princess Yelu, she will not harm me."

Lin Chong wanted to persuade him again, but was pulled away by Song Jiang.

"He has no tact. If he wasn't trusted by Commander Fan, he would have been framed countless times." Song Jiang complained in his heart.

Soon, everyone in the military tent had left. Fan Zheng looked at Yelu Nanyin again and said, "If you have any requests, just ask. I will do whatever I can to help you."

Yelu Nanyin's face turned slightly red, and finally she reached out and pulled the veil off her face, revealing her beautiful face.

"Princess, what's this?" Fan Zheng's heart trembled and he swallowed.

Yelu Nanyin stepped forward slowly and said, "This princess has been wearing a veil since she was young. Marshal Fan was the first person to see my appearance and he was also the one who cured it. I once swore that I would marry whoever could restore my appearance!"

Fan Zheng's heart trembled and he said, "No, Fan is already married and has sworn in public that he will not take a concubine!"

"Take a concubine?" Yelu Nanyin chuckled, then smiled and said, "This princess is the future empress of Liao, how can I marry someone else as a concubine? But I am a woman after all. If I want to secure the position of empress, I must have an heir. I cannot give birth to a child alone." Fan Zheng took a breath and looked at Yelu Nanyin in shock. He did not expect that Yelu Nanyin not only decided to establish Liao in the Western Regions in a short period of time, but also decided to adopt his opinion and become emperor. What's more, she even planned the heir after she became emperor.

"No! I can't betray Qingzhao!" Fan Zheng shook his head, but looking at Yelu Nanyin's beautiful face, his tone was not firm.

Yelu Nanyin naturally knew the lethality of her appearance to men, and she also heard the uncertainty in Fan Zheng's tone. She stepped forward, her clothes slipped off quietly, revealing her seductive body. She came in front of Fan Zheng without any shyness, and said with her red lips slightly parted, "General Fan has repeatedly advised me to consider the millions of Liao people. As a doctor, can General Fan bear to watch the millions of people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun being put into war?"

Fan Zheng's originally fragile psychological defenses collapsed again.

"Besides, I, the princess, will soon go to the Western Regions and will not disturb you and the Li family at all. If we didn't have this relationship, how could I trust Marshal Fan's evil prescription so completely!" Yelu Nanyin said softly again.

"Fan Lang!"

With Yelu Nanyin's sweet voice, Fan Zheng was defeated step by step and had no power to resist.

"I am not betraying you. I am doing this for the Song Dynasty! To peacefully recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!" Fan Zheng consoled himself, completely indulging himself in the land of gentleness.

Afterwards, the Song and Liao armies confronted each other in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and fell into an eerie calm.

The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are not far from Kaifeng City. Such a strange situation in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun immediately attracted the attention of the court and the public. For a while, rumors were flying everywhere!
"The evil doctor Fan Zheng must be leading an army of his own, could it be that he wants to repeat the Chenqiao mutiny?"

"No, I heard that the evil doctor Fan Zheng was bewitched by the Liao princess Yelu Nanyin. According to the news from the north, the Liao princess Yelu Nanyin often went in and out of Fan Zheng's military tent. This is already an open secret."

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For a while, rumors spread throughout Kaifeng City. Some gossipers even dug out the poems of Fan Zheng, Yelu Nanyin's favorite evil doctor, and went to the outer wall of Li's mansion to read the poems in person.

There is also the favor of Fan Zheng for curing Yelu Nanyin's appearance, and the reason why Yelu Nanyin is still unmarried is because she is waiting for the evil doctor Fan Zheng.

"The two of them have been secretly in love for a long time, but due to the situation of the Li family and the Song and Liao countries, they were not destined to be together."

"Now that Yelu Nanyin is stationed in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and the evil doctor Fan Zheng has gathered an army of 200,000, the two of them will definitely hit it off and prepare to establish themselves as regents in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, creating a good story!"

The rumors about the two of them became more and more true, and even more so, many people were deeply moved by their infatuated waiting.

Impeachments against Fan Zheng were endless in the court, and many people demanded that the court conduct a thorough investigation into the matter between Fan Zheng and Yelu Nanyin.

At first, Zhao Xu scoffed at this and kept all of them without sending them out.

However, as Fan Zheng continued to keep his troops in place, the situation in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun became extremely strange, and even Zhao Xu could not help but become anxious.

"Come here, send an urgent message to Fan Zheng over a distance of eight hundred miles, ordering him to immediately send troops to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun." Zhao Xu gave the order immediately.

The message was sent urgently over 800 miles, and soon Fan Zheng received a reply from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

"Your Majesty, General Fan has replied!" Soon, Privy Councilor Zeng Bu came hurriedly to report.

"Has Fan Zheng gone to war?" Zhao Xu asked hurriedly after hearing Fan Zheng's reply.

Recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun has been the long-cherished wish of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years. Now is a once-in-a-century opportunity, so Zhao Xu naturally cannot slack off.

Zeng Bu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, Fan Zheng has already replied that the general is away from home and cannot obey the king's orders!"

"What!" Zhao Xu suddenly stood up and frowned.

"Could it be that Fan Zheng has some other evil recipe?" Zeng Bu thought for a moment and said.

You know, Fan Zheng has always been fond of coming up with unorthodox ideas. It is impossible for Fan Zheng to be unaware of the court's intentions when the army went on this expedition. Such a strange move is consistent with Fan Zheng's usual style.

"Then I'll just wait and wait!" Zhao Xu thought about Fan Zheng's previous strange and evil recipes. Each one was incomprehensible, but in the end it amazed the world. He suppressed his urgency and said.

However, what shocked Zhao Xu was that Fan Zheng did not take any action, and more and more news came back that Fan Zheng and the Liao princess Yelu Nanyin were openly playing together during the day and sleeping together at night! Their affair had become an open secret in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

"You rebellious son, how dare you do such a thing? When he comes back, I will break his legs!" Fan Chunli, who had just retired, was furious. In order to allow Fan Zheng to concentrate on leading the army, he directly resigned as prime minister. However, Fan Zheng, in the face of national justice, was obsessed with the beauty of the Liao princess.

"Qingzhao, don't be angry. This time, your mother will definitely stand on your side! The princess of Liao will definitely not be able to enter my Fan family!" Ma said angrily.

Li Qingzhao said calmly: "Yelü Nanyin is a princess of the Liao Kingdom and is extremely noble. If Princess Yelü is willing to enter the Fan Mansion as a concubine, Li will have no objection, and I believe that my husband will definitely have a reasonable explanation."

Although Li Qingzhao believed in her husband, the news she received made her heart break.

Fan Chunli couldn't help but sigh and said, "I'm afraid the court can't wait any longer."

As Fan Chunli expected, as time went on, the court became less and less patient with Fan Zheng, and voices of disloyalty and rebellion filled the court.

What's worse, Zhao Xu issued twelve golden medals in one day, demanding that Fan Zheng withdraw his troops immediately and return to Beijing to report!

"Twelve gold medals!"

Everyone couldn't help but sigh, knowing that the rift between Fan Zheng and the emperor had deepened. The once close allies in reform might have parted ways.

No one expected that the great opportunity to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun would end in such a miserable way.

"Is it possible that the Song Dynasty is doomed to fail in recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?"

The whole Song Dynasty government and the public could not help but lament that no one had expected things to develop to this point.

However, not long after the twelve golden medals were issued, another piece of news came back, completely shocking the entire Kaifeng City.

"Yelü Nanxian took the initiative to lead his troops to withdraw from the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun."

"Fan Zheng peacefully recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun without spending a single soldier!"

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When this news came back, everyone in the court and the country was in an uproar. Originally, everyone in the court and the country were discussing that Fan Zheng had rebelled or had rebellious intentions, but in the blink of an eye, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were captured without any effort.

"Peacefully recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

For a hundred years, the Song Dynasty had dreamed of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. It had thought of attacking them by force and of buying them off with money, but had never thought of recovering them peacefully.

And Fan Zheng actually recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun for the Song Dynasty without spending a single soldier or a single penny. This was simply a miracle.

"No, who said that the Song Dynasty didn't sacrifice a single soldier? The peaceful recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was entirely due to the sacrifice of General Fan!" An idle man suddenly said with a smirk.

Everyone was stunned and then looked strange. No wonder there were constant rumors about the affair between Fan Zheng and the Liao princess Yelu Nanyin. It turned out that the evil doctor Fan Zheng sacrificed his body in exchange for the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

"I've long heard that the evil doctor Fan Zhengxie is invincible. Today, we are really eye-opening!"

"Who would have thought that the evil party that Fan Zheng took back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun this time was actually himself!"

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Everyone was talking about it. If they had known that sacrificing Fan Zheng's chastity could help them recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, they would have sold Fan Zheng to the Liao Kingdom long ago.

"Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir!"

"Our Great Song has finally recovered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun!"

The whole court was filled with ecstasy. No one expected the turn of events to come so suddenly. Everyone thought that the Song Dynasty was about to

"Ah! Lord Fan, why didn't you tell me earlier that you have such an evil recipe? You caused me to misunderstand!" Zhao Xu was shocked and ecstatic when he heard this.

These were the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that every generation of the Song Dynasty had dreamed of recovering, and yet Fan Zheng had recovered them peacefully without a single soldier. This was enough to comfort Taizu and Taizong. Although Fan Zheng's method of recovering the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was difficult to talk about, it was not a big deal.

"Those twelve gold medals!"

Cai Jing reminded him that when the twelve gold medals were urged to be issued, he was the most enthusiastic, but now he was slapped in the face.

Zhao Xu was shocked when he heard this and immediately sent people to retrieve it, but it was too late. The twelve gold medals had already been sent out at a speed of 800 miles, so it was impossible to catch up. (End of this chapter)