A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

Shen An's return was a day and a half later than the messenger reporting victory.

People were lazily basking in the afternoon sun, and the scouts were back.

In fact, there is no need for him to come back, the lookout post has already seen that.

"Mr. Shen has made his triumphant return, ring the bell! Ring the bell!" he shouted excitedly.

More than ten riders were galloping in front. After approaching the city wall, the Song army on horseback proudly said: "Our army triumphs!"

Song Jun on the top of the city slapped his chest hard and shouted: "Good man!"

"Dang Dang Dang..."

The bells echoed at the top of Baozhou City, and the soldiers and civilians in the city were alarmed.

Han Qi didn't sleep last night, but Shen An still didn't come back. At this moment, he was sitting under the city wall, his chair tilted back against the city wall, his legs dangling in the air... drool was dripping from the corners of his mouth.

Hearing the bell, Han Qi opened his eyes, wiped his saliva, and shouted, "Why are you ringing the bell?"

Someone at the top of the city shouted: "Ms., Mr. Shen is back!"

Han Qi jumped up and shouted: "Open the city gate, open the city gate."

The city gate opened wide, and he walked out quickly. Standing outside the door and looking around, he saw a crowd of people...

"Why do you look like common people?"

Gradually, those people came closer, and someone shouted: "They are all common people!"

Han Qi stood on tiptoe and looked around, and saw thousands of people meandering towards them.

They dragged their children with them, and the old man sat on the cart and looked at the chaos.

"Where are these people from?"

Han Qi was still stunned, but Shen An had already arrived. He dismounted and shouted: "This is Prime Minister Han. He has received the news and has come to greet you personally."

These Laishui Han people couldn't help but get excited when they saw Han Qi.

"I've met Xianggong Han."

The Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty actually came to greet us. It seems that the future will be very good!

Han Qi glanced at Shen An and wondered what was going on? Also, why did I come to greet them?

Shen An stepped forward and whispered with a smile on his face: "They are Han people from Laishui..."

Han Qi understood in an instant. He smiled and said: "The Northland is the Northland of the Song Dynasty. After this battle, the Liao people will definitely be frightened. The day when the Song Dynasty will regain the Northland is not far away. If you return now, this will be the end of tomorrow." Great righteousness and general knowledge... the officials will be happy, the army and the people of the Song Dynasty will be happy..."

These are horse bones!

The Han people in the north have no sense of belonging to the Song Dynasty. If they want to attack the north in the future, the position of the Han people is crucial. Otherwise, even if they recover the land of Youyan, what will happen to those Han people who are hostile to the Song Dynasty?

At that time, the Han people would become opponents instead of helping others. This was not what the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty wanted to see.

So Laishui Han became the first horse bone, which was bought by Shen An and Han Qi for thousands of gold.

"Quick, go get some hot soup cakes!"

Han Qi walked into the middle of the people, greeted them with greetings, and smiled like Maitreya Buddha.

"This kid!"

A child over three years old reached out to Han Qi, and Han Qi picked him up without any hesitation, wiped his snot away, and said with a smile: "This child looks like Han'er at first glance, he is smart. "

The child's mother was a little timid, "Yes! She is smart."

Shen An came over and said: "The Liao people learned things from the Han people, but they didn't learn the essence. The good things we have inherited for thousands of years are still there, engraved in the bone marrow, and will not be forgotten for thousands of years."

Han Qi nodded and praised: "Yes! Don't forget those things passed down by word of mouth..."

He secretly wiped the snot from his fingers on Shen An's clothes and said, "Let's all go to the city and have a rest. After we have eaten enough, we will have a good night's sleep. We will return to Beijing in a few days."

"Back to Beijing?"

These people were a little panicked, and Shen An comforted them: "The officials are kind, I'm afraid it would be an honor to meet you."

After these people entered the city, the subsequent carts came, full of heads.

Some of those people were grinning, and some were still surprised...

These heads were all wrapped in lime, but even so, when a gust of wind blew, an inexplicable smell attacked Han Qi and the people behind him.

"vomit!"

This smell is very strange, and you probably won't smell anything similar or identical to it anywhere else.

Han Qi turned around and frowned: "What's there to vomit? You don't come forward to kill the enemy, and you vomit when you see the head. So what are you doing here? Are you here for an outing?"

The retching officials raised their heads and forced smiles, but their faces were as pale as a woman who had just discovered that she was unexpectedly pregnant.

Han Qi turned around, his throat swelling a few times.

Killing an enemy was great, but then he almost vomited his intestines out while hiding alone in the house.

Smelling this smell at this moment, Han Qi felt that he could save his dinner.

"Prime Minister Han, our army killed 2,963 enemy soldiers in this battle. The corpses were too big, so we took the heads."

Shen An said it very normally, but Han Qi shuddered, "You want to build a Jingguan again?"

Shen An nodded and said matter-of-factly: "So many gains would be wasted if we don't build the Jingguan!"

"You..." Han Qi had a confused look on his face, "Were you a murderer in your previous life? You often built buildings in Beijing, and the envoys from other vassals in Bianliang looked frightened when they mentioned you. Is this going to be okay?"

"OK!"

Shen An was happy, "Those are those who fear power rather than morality. I would rather be afraid of them than let them... But I can also make them like you!"

He feels like a chameleon, he smiles brightly when he needs to be friendly, and is kind and approachable, making people feel at ease. When he needs to be fierce, he can be cold and murderous, making those messengers tremble in fear.

Han Qi said sadly: "You are still young, you must learn to live in harmony with others, and don't be unconventional. Things like building a Jingguan are appalling. You have done so much... let me do it this time."

Shen An was stunned and immediately said: "I have thought about it..."

He had already thought about how to do it, but Han Qi kept shamelessly intervening. What the hell is this? "There are still those corpses that need to be dug out. They are very dirty. I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

"Ahem!"

Han Qi coughed a few times and said disdainfully: "It's all ready."

Damn it!

Old Han was actually prepared?

Shen An couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

Then came the Zhujing Temple.

Of course it was the prisoners who did this. When the huge Jingguan was formed, the prisoners knelt on the ground and howled.

This is a shock to the enemy, but an encouragement to our own people.

The soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty stood in front of the capital, looking excited.

"Prime Minister Han, the Jingguan Stone is ready."

A huge Jingguan stone was pulled over, and Han Qi walked over, "Bi Mo!"

Someone gave him a pen and ink. Han Qi picked it up, thought about it for a while, and then started writing.

——Starting today, the Song Dynasty was established!

Then came a series of titles, and finally Han Qi's name.

He threw away the brush, turned around and said: "In the past, the Song Dynasty had to bend down when facing the Liao people. After this battle, the Song Dynasty's waist stood up."

After a hundred years of reincarnation, the Song Dynasty has stood up from today.

"Starting today, the Song Dynasty is established!"

"Is the Song Dynasty now established?"

"Yelu Hongji vomited blood and sent tens of thousands of troops to attack us but we were defeated. Will the Song Dynasty be established now?"

"Then...then we won't be afraid of the Liao people from now on?"

"You're so scared! Next time the Liao people come again, I'll chop them to death!"

"Yes, there are so many of us, and ten of us can kill one person. How many people in Liao country are there enough for us to kill?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The soldiers and civilians were laughing, laughing heartily.

Han Qi sighed: "This is the morale of the people, which is forged by victory after victory. This spirit cannot be vented or suppressed... After ten years of this, the Song Dynasty will have a completely new look."

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, repeated victories in battles made the people feel very high. At that time, the Han people were confident and not afraid of any challenges.

However, the Song Dynasty has been suppressed for hundreds of years since its founding, and it is only now that it gradually begins to stand up, which is extremely rare.

Someone came to report: "Prime Minister Han, Duke Shen, our army killed 13,532 Liao soldiers in this battle... captured 6,401 horses... and several other swords and guns... …”

"good!"

Han Qi laughed and said: "The Liao army captured more than 13,000 people, but the Liao army only had more than 200,000 elites. Will Yelu Hongji feel distressed? Of course he will, hahahaha!"

The Liao people claim to have an army of one million, but the real standing army and elites are only more than 200,000, and the rest have to be recruited temporarily.

The so-called million-strong army is intimidation.

"The Liao people will mobilize." Shen An analyzed: "Once Yelu Hongji decides to have an all-out decisive battle with the Song Dynasty, UU Kanshu www.uukｎshu.net will mobilize and recruit those fierce tribes from the grasslands..."

This is inevitable. At this moment, the Liao Kingdom's rule over the grassland is still very stable. Once they are recruited, there will be more troops.

"Is Da Song afraid?"

Han Qi said confidently: "Those tribes recruited are quite fierce, but once they are defeated several times and the news spreads back, the grassland will boil, and those tribes will be restless and want to break away from the Liao Kingdom and stand on their own... By that time , the Song Dynasty will... go north to destroy the country!"

The Liao Kingdom was not tolerant of the rule of the grasslands, but wherever there was oppression, there was resistance. The frequency of resistance on the grasslands was directly proportional to the intensity of taxation.

Shen An looked at Han Qi and was quite shocked.

In the future, as the Liao Kingdom became more and more corrupt, the demand for taxes became greater, so the grassland became their treasure house, constantly increasing taxes and constantly asking for rare and rare treasures.

Excessive oppression will naturally trigger a backlash, and the Jurchens rebounded, sweeping across the Liao Kingdom and establishing the Jin Kingdom.

"Goodbye, Prime Minister Han."

Shen An said this sincerely.

No wonder the Song Dynasty in history was able to maintain a peaceful situation with the Liao Kingdom despite its decadence, just because there were such a group of important ministers in power.

They can see the general trend, even if their vision is not far-reaching, they can still maintain the balance of power.

After Wang Anshi and Sima Guang came to power, the Song Dynasty gradually became terminally ill and there was no chance of salvation.

Han Qi said with bright eyes: "At that time... Shen An, the Song Dynasty destroyed the Liao Dynasty... I'm afraid I won't be able to see you in the position of Prime Minister, but I hope to go to Youzhou to see it before I die. Can it be done? ?"

"become!"

Shen An said seriously: "It will definitely happen!"

Han Qi laughed and raised his right hand.

Shen An also raised his right hand.

The hands struck each other.