Xiao Chanbu trembled all over, covering his mouth with one hand, trying to suppress the cry of crying, and stretched his other hand along the waist of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu, and hugged him off the ground.
The two figures disappeared in the palace little by little.
After Cao Wei and Kou Ji disappeared, they looked at each other, their eyes were extremely complicated.
Zhao Zhen stood in front of the seat with his hands on his back, without any expression on his face.
It's not that Zhao Zhen's mood is calm.
Those who are familiar with him know that when Zhao Zhen has no expression on his face, the mood is the most unsettling.
Cao Wei and Kou Ji saw Zhao Zhen's expression and stood silently in the main hall of the palace without words.
Zhao Zhen stood there in silence for a long time before speaking slowly, "I originally thought that if the enemy bowed his head, I would laugh, but now the enemy has bowed his head in front of me, but I am not happy at all."
Zhao Zhen can't be happy, and Cao Wei and Kou Ji can't be happy.
Somehow, when they saw Yelu Longxu put their heads on Xiao Chanbu's shoulders, they couldn't tell.
Yelu Longxu is not a foolish king.
On the contrary, he is a strong, courageous, capable, and capable hero.
During his reign, the territory of Liao Kingdom reached an unprecedented peak.
During his reign, the Liao Kingdom and all nations came to Korea.
Such a hero, logically speaking, even if it is death, it is also attracting attention.
But now he died quietly in Youzhou City, and Xiao Chanbu, the only one who could help him howl, did not dare to cry loudly.
As an emperor, Zhao Zhen naturally felt unhappy when he saw Yelu Longxu's death like this.
Cao Wei and Kou Ji felt that the late heroism is really a great tragedy in the world.
The defeat of Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu was defeated by military strength.
The defeat of the Liao Kingdom this time was defeated by time and by the twilight of the hero.
For superpowers like Liao and Song Dynasty, one or two disastrous defeats cannot determine the survival of a superpower at all.
In the past, Emperor Taizong of Song conquered the Liao Kingdom three times, losing three times, one after another.
However, Da Song did not subdue the country after three fiascos, but has survived to this day.
This fact suffices to show that a disastrous defeat in one or two battles is not enough to determine the survival of a superpower.
If Liao Emperor Yelu Longxu had a better body, or was younger than a teenager, he would definitely not choose to bow to Song Dynasty.
Even if he could not defeat the Song Dynasty, he would find a way to escape from the Sixteenth State of Yanyun. Then he dealt with the civil strife in the Liao Kingdom, accumulated enough strength, and led the army to come back.
But his body is so bad that he can't sit up anymore.
Even if he tried to escape, he couldn't escape from Da Song.
He couldn't handle the boats and carts along the way, and he would die on the road.
He has no chance to return to the capital, nor does he have a chance to make a comeback.
His son Yeluzong was really young and could hardly hold power. Even if someone assisted him, it would be difficult for him to suppress the eight Khitan tribes and other tribes by virtue of his personal prestige.
In today's chaos in Liao, it will be very difficult to survive.
If all the elite of the Liao soldiers were buried in the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, Yelu Zongzhen would not have the ability to protect himself, even if he left the customs alive, he would soon be beheaded.
So Yelulongxu had to cut the flesh to survive.
The Liao Kingdom is now in danger of survival, partly because of the Great War between Song and Liao, and partly because of the change of the throne.
After Zhao Zhen sighed for a long time, when Kou Ji and Cao Wei were silent, he sighed and said: "Four brothers and Cao Aiqing are dissatisfied with the promise to let Yelv Zongzhen live?"
In many cases, people all over the world believe in the idea that the spring breeze will regenerate without cutting the grass.
Zhao Zhen gave Yelvzong a real way to survive. In many people's eyes, he was just asking for trouble.
When Zhao Zhen saw that Cao Wei and Kou Ji were silent, he obviously thought they thought so.
Kou Ji and Cao Wei looked at each other and shook their heads together.
"The ministers didn't mean this..."
Ssangyong Club, Wang Jian Wang's negotiations, not the two of them can participate.
If Xiao Chanbu had been begging Zhao Zhen for life in place of Yelu Longxu, the two of them would definitely not remain silent.
There is a word called'passover'.
In private, the two of them can overstep a little bit unscrupulously, but in official terms, there is absolutely no overstepping.
The more they get to the point where they are both, the more they should abide by certain rules.
If Kou Ji was just a seven-rank little official, then he would have passed.
Whether Zhao Zhen is playing the board, reprimanding, or even beheading, the impact will not be too great.
But Kou Ji is now an extremely human minister, and a lot of his subordinates have passed away, each holding important positions.
If Kou Ji overstepped on a formal occasion, it would be sending a signal to his followers.
'I am not satisfied with the man sitting on the throne, you can figure it out. '
What can you do if you get this signal
Either kill the person on the throne, or make Kou Ji a minister of power.
Or just put a yellow robe on Kou Ji and seek to usurp the throne.
Therefore, those who are familiar with the court will find that the more officials and the more profound the people, the more they like to maintain the imperial power.
Because they know in their hearts that their every move can make the world change a color.
Before Lv Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and others, they were not the emperor in the courtroom before they took up the post of Ping Zhang Shi and Shen Zhi political affairs under the school of Tongzhong.
However, after they were promoted to Ping Zhangshi and Shenzhi political affairs under the school of Tongzhong, they would almost never be the emperor again.
Even if there is a political disagreement, they will discuss it in the Shishitang in private, and they will never talk about it in the palace.
If there is a big disagreement, they quarreled in the hanging arch hall, and once the emperor made a decision, they would follow it.
Is there no way to embarrass the emperor with their power
Wouldn't they be wrong if they violated the yin, quit the court, and even confided the emperor secretly
They stand out among hundreds of thousands of officials and rank as the center. They can no longer be proficient in the small methods in the officialdom, so how can they not be able to use them.
With their status, even if it embarrassed the emperor, the emperor could not kill them.
In the final analysis, they were unwilling to embarrass the emperor, just defending the emperor's power.
Of course, there are also factors to maintain one's own status.
In short, the higher the status, the harder it is to overcome.
Because others are thousands of miles away from Lei Pond, and you may be only half a step away from Lei Pond.
When Zhao Zhen saw Kou Ji and Cao Wei shook their heads together, he sighed: "I originally thought, after Yelv Zongzhen left the customs, I instructed Liu Heng to bring back Yelv Zongzhen's head to me at all costs.
But now I can only give it up. "
Kou Ji and Cao Wei were taken aback, and looked at Zhao Zhen in amazement.
Zhao Zhen said indifferently: "I just promised Yelu Longxu that Yelv Zong will really go out of the customs, but I did not promise that after he leaves the customs, I will not send anyone to deal with him."
Kou Ji and Cao Wei thought about it, and nodded slowly.
Zhao Zhen just promised Yelv Longxu to let Yelv Zongzhen go out, but he did not promise not to attack the territory of the Liao Kingdom, nor did he promise not to send people outside the pass to hunt down Yelv Zongzhen.
But why did it give up? !
Kou Ji and Cao Wei looked suspicious.
Zhao Zhen seemed to see the thoughts of the two of them, he took a sigh of relief, and said quietly: "He is like a rascal and a rogue, leaving his life in front of me.
He can play a rogue, but I don't want to.
I will then call Liu Heng back to fight against those murderers with you.
My move can be regarded as freeing Yelvzong's way of life.
After I, Da Song, resists those murderers, I will send people out to open up the territory.
At that time, I will send Japanese soldiers and Jiaozhi soldiers to be the vanguard.
If Yelvzong really died in the hands of Japanese soldiers and Jiaozhi soldiers, it would be no wonder I. "
When Cao Wei and Kou Ji heard the words, they were taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud together.
After laughing.
Cao Wei hesitated: "We asked Jiaozhi to send reinforcements, but we paid a great price. If we ask them to go out to help us attack cities and land, I am afraid we will have to pay a greater price."
Zhao Zhen said calmly: "By then, I will naturally reward them."
Cao Wei stared at Zhao Zhen in a bit of amazement.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "The official's point is that with my current military front, Jiaozhi has no room to negotiate with me.
Either obey, or wait to be destroyed by us.
After all, we are not thinking about Jiaozhi a day or two.
Now the neighbors around him seem to be left alone. "
Hearing this, Cao Wei was taken aback for a moment, then he couldn't laugh or cry.
Obviously it was very domineering, but Zhao Zhen said it in such a tactful way, and he didn't react for a while.
Zhao Zhen ignored Cao Wei's reaction. He solemnly said: "Since Yelu Longxu has been subdued, then we don't need to stay in Youzhou City.
Cao Aiqing, you quickly send orders to Li Zhaoliang and Wang Kai to march on the third line with all your strength!
Fu Yanyun! "
When Cao Wei and Kou Ji heard this, their expressions were straight.
"Fu Yanyun!"
"Fu Yanyun!"
"..."
The restoration of Yanyun is just around the corner.
Naturally, Zhao Zhen, Kou Ji, and Cao Wei will no longer hesitate.
Zhao Zhen only agreed to release 50,000 Liao soldiers from the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, but he did not agree to release other Liao soldiers from the Sixteenth State of Yanyun.
Zhao Zhen said in a golden mouth that 50,000 would be 50,000, not more or less.
After Cao Wei left the palace, he immediately sent someone to pass orders to Li Zhaoliang and Wang Kai.
Kou Ji did not leave the palace, because he did not intend to participate in the subsequent war.
He had to stay in the palace and arrange the governance of the Sixteenth State of Yanyun with Zhao Zhen.
The territories have been beaten down, and we can't ignore it, and we can't ignore it.
Need governance.
There is a saying that it is easy to fight the country, but difficult to manage the country.
After the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures were taken, how to assign officials, how to implement the Song Dynasty’s decree, and how to get the people of the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures out of abject poverty as soon as possible, all need to be resolved.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen discussed it all night and ran into a problem.
What problem
There are not enough officials.
Kou Ji didn't like to use dog legs, and Zhao Zhen didn't like to use the old ministers left by Liao.
Kou Ji simply doesn't like dog legs.
Zhao Zhen has his own standards for employing people.
In Zhao Zhen's words, my Dasong generals worked so hard to regain Yanyun, and the officials should be dispatched by my court.
Instead of using those old ministers who surrendered.
When they were in Liao, they killed the people in the fish and meat township.
Now that Yanyun has recovered, he will continue to use them to harm the people in the village
What's the use of regaining Yanyun
The imperial court won't get any big benefits except for one more territory.
The people are the same.
On the contrary, those dog-legs go from side to side and eat their brains full of fat
Why
It is precisely because of this concept of employing people that Zhao Zhen insisted on sending new officials to Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture.
However, the monarch and his ministers sat down and planned for a whole night before they found out.
Da Song's current officials seem to be insufficient.
There were more than eleven states at once, and Da Song needed to send as many as tens of thousands of officials.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji calculated all night, and they only made up 10,000 people.
Zhao Zhen suddenly felt that he was a bit of a failure as the emperor, and there would be a situation where no one used it.
Kou Ji thinks this is very ridiculous.
In the Song Dynasty, the number of officials was huge, and it was always a huge disaster.
Today, the officials of the Song Dynasty are actually in a situation where they are insufficient.
"Should I get excited and start an Enke?"
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Zhen suddenly asked Kou Ji.
If there are not enough officials, the Enke will be added. This is the most direct means for the court to increase officials.
Kou Ji thought about it, and said, "It's not quite right... Nowadays, the official selection of Da Song is very rigorous. An official has to go through at least three years of experience as an official before he can be appointed.
Even if Enke is opened now, the selected Jinshi can barely be used after three years. "
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said, "Then tell me, where do you go to select officials?"
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, "Choose some big officials to serve as officials... Some outstanding Mengxue gentlemen can also be appointed as judges, judges and other deputy posts in the yamen."
Zhao Zhen can understand the selection of outstanding Mr. Mengxue.
When Mr. Mengxue applied for enrollment in Mengxue again, Zhao Zhen promised them that as long as they had been teaching for a certain period of time, they would be allowed to serve.
Zhao Zhen has now made them official, which can be regarded as fulfilling his promise.
However, Zhao Zhen couldn't understand the words of appointing those big officials in the yamen as officials.
Officials and officials are completely two classes.
Officials who are appointed by local officials are almost rare.
Because the ruling and opposition parties do not recognize officials from official backgrounds.
In the court, officials with Jinshi background are the first class. As long as they don't make mistakes, they are the first choice when they are promoted.
Officials with recommended backgrounds are second-class. When they are promoted, they are eligible for promotion only if they do not have an opponent with a jinshi background.
Otherwise, they will not be promoted for almost their entire lives, unless they are recommended by the central government officials.
Officials from official background are third-class officials, and seventh-rank officials are almost their limit.
There are almost none that can cross the threshold of a seventh-rank official.
The two words of birth can be said to represent almost everything in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, the mass selection of officials as officials will arouse dissatisfaction among all officials from the government and the opposition.
In their view, even if the imperial court is to select talents, it should open up a section to recruit talents instead of appointing a group of officials.
If Kou Ji chooses an official as an official and spreads it out, he will definitely scold him.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and hesitated: "Fourth brother, isn't it appropriate to elect an official as an official?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "In my opinion, some good officials are far better than most Jinshi."
Zhao Zhen pondered and said: "I agree with this. It seems that the officials in charge of the locality are the officials, but in fact they are the officials. When some officials arrive in the locality, they almost do nothing.
It's all those officials who are managing the place.
The selection of officials as officials is obviously not inconsistent with the imperial decree for appointing officials.
At that time, officials from both the ruling and opposition parties rioted, which would be a problem. "
Kou Ji smiled and said: "At special times, treat them specially. If anyone disagrees, the official will send someone here as an official. If they are still not obedient, they will be thrown to Dali to teach the people."
Zhao Zhen thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, in extraordinary times, I used some extraordinary methods, and it is understandable."
"Then it's so decided?"
"Ok!"
Just when the monarch and the minister reached this place, a long horn suddenly sounded outside Youzhou City.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji both got up, walked outside the palace, looked at the sky that had just brightened, and headed towards the direction of the Liao State Army and Horse Camp.
Zhao Zhen sighed: "Yelüzong truly told all the people of Liao the news of Yelulongxu's death."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "Yelüzong really tolerated the news all night. It seems that the soldiers and horses that Liao Emperor Yelulongxu left to protect him had quietly left the soldiers and horses outside Youzhou city last night. camp."
Although Zhao Zhen agreed to let Yelv Zong really go out.
But it's not that Yelvzong really doesn't move, but Zhao Zhen doesn't move.
Zhao Zhen just gave Yelv Zongzhen a chance to get out. If Yelv Zongzhen couldn't catch it, then Zhao Zhen would not be polite.
Zhao Zhen pondered and said, "Cao Wei should have done something too."
As soon as Zhao Zhen's voice fell, the deafening drums of war sounded in Youzhou City.
The sound of soldiers and horses running, and the chanting of chants, instantly filled the entire Youzhou City.
After Cao Wei ordered all the soldiers and horses, he hardly hesitated, and sent them out of the city to annihilate the Liao soldiers and regain their lost ground.
After hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses left Youzhou City, they never came back.
After Yelv Zongzhen announced the news of Yelu Longxu's death, he hardly hesitated, and took Yelu Longxu's body and led his troops to leave the Liao State Bingma Camp outside the city.
When Yelu Longxu was dying, he left his last words and asked Yeluzong to burn his body and raise it in the Sixteenth State of Yanyun.
But Yelv Zong is obviously not an obedient baby.
After he officially announced that he had taken over the throne of the Liao Kingdom, the first thing he did was to disobey Yelu Longxu's will.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, led by Gao Chu Gong, Chong Shiheng, and Di Qing out of Youzhou City, they spread out in a fan shape.
The three men were divided into three groups.
Gao Chu Gong led a part of the soldiers and horses, chasing after Yelv Zongzhen, and did not give them the slightest chance to breathe. As long as they caught up with the soldiers and horses led by Yelv Zongzhen, it was a slash and forced Yelv Zongzhen to flee.
Even if Yelv Zong really wanted to stop, he couldn't arrange any means to stop Gao Gong.
Chong Shiheng and Di Qing led soldiers and horses, rushed to other places, and began to recover some other cities in Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture.
After receiving the military order from Cao Wei, Li Zhaoliang and Wang Kai also quickly led their troops to attack the Liaotu areas under Yingzhou and Yunzhou.
The Liao army was defeated, and Yelv Zongzhen led the remnants to flee for his life. In other places, facing the powerful soldiers of the Song Dynasty, there was almost no resistance.
So the Song Dynasty was like a broken bamboo along the way, almost riding horses rushing to siege the city and the land along the way.
Yelv Zongzhen led the remnants to escape from the customs, and when the soldiers of the Song Dynasty came to Yuguan (Shanhaiguan), the time was just 15 days after Kou Ji arrived in Youzhou City.
Since Yelv Zongzhen sent soldiers and horses to sweep the road ahead of time, and led a large number of remnants to escape, when he escaped outside the customs, the number of soldiers and horses under his command exceeded 50,000.
One of Di Qing’s generals led 10,000 cavalrymen and rushed out of the pass. He abruptly chased Yelv Zongzhen’s soldiers and horses for more than a hundred miles, killing only five of Yelv Zongzhen’s soldiers and horses. After ten thousand, he led his army to return.
"Yan Yun! Returned to Song Dynasty!"
On the head of Yuguan city.
After Di Qing's attendant entered into the city with a group of heads, he snarled vigorously with the biggest voice in his life.
Yanyun returned to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty was ashamed.
All the previous humiliation seemed to dissipate cleanly with Di Qing's roar.
"tiger!"
"tiger!"
"tiger!"
"..."
After Di Qing called out Yan Yun to return to Song Dynasty, what he answered was the excited roar of soldiers.
Until this moment, the officers and soldiers deeply realized what is called the pride of a soldier.
"Yanyun returns to Song!"
The news passed through the pass and reached the land of Yanyun behind the pass.
The people in the city of Yanyun Land included loud weepers, hysterical shouters, and those who carried candles and paper money to the grave to pay homage to their ancestors.
The words "Yanyun Gui Song" is like a fire, igniting the people of the entire Yanyun Sixteen Prefecture.
Everywhere in Yanyun, the most common saying among the people is, "Go home!"
"Go home?! What a good one is home!"
In Youzhou City.
Zhao Zhen stood in front of the palace and heard the shouts from inside and outside of Youzhou City, his expression excited.
He pointed to the most cheering place in Youzhou City, and said loudly to Kou Ji: "They are all my people!"
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen pointed to various places again, and said solemnly: "They are all my people! As their king father, I should bless them!"
"Chen Lin! Chen Lin!"
"The servants are here!"
"The order is passed on to exempt them from paying taxes for three years and allow them to recuperate."
"The official... has been exempted for three years..."
"Then get waived for another year!"
"Here!"
"By the way, send the news back again and tell me everyone in Da Song, Yan Yun is back! I have brought Yan Yun back!"
"Here!"
"Hahaha..."
Zhao Zhen burst into laughter, with unprecedented invigoration.
Although when Yelu Longxu personally found him to be soft, Da Song had almost no obstacles to win Yan Yun.
But when Yan Yun really recovered, Zhao Zhen still couldn't control his excitement.
It's not enough for him to be happy, and he wants everyone to be happy with him.
Not only that, he also pulled Koj to drink with him.
After drinking too much, he said something that shocked his jaw.