Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

In the next few days, Zhao Chen still visited various places in Lin'an.

Whether it was the homes of poor people, or the homes of some wealthy businessmen, or the homes of ministers, Zhao Chen visited one after another. On the one hand, it is to appease the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, these people have some general understanding of the people's livelihood in Jiangnan, which will also greatly help the governance of Jiangnan in the future.

In just a few days, Lin'an City has completely restored its former appearance!

During this period of time, Miao Liu’s mutiny, Zhao Chenzhu’s killing of Zhao Gou and Yang Shi have happened one after another, but these things have little impact on the people. The people are just frightened and dare not come out! Now that the people come out of their homes, Lin'an City is no different from the past!

The folks praised Zhao Chen. Since ancient times, there has not been such a "people-friendly" king. For a while, the name of "Holy King" spread throughout Lin'an, even towards the counties and counties surrounding Lin'an.

The third day of April, in the afternoon.

It's time to set the sun to the west, and the canals of Hangzhou are glittering with gold.

Boats came and went on the canal, and after a while, suddenly more than ten big ships came down from the upper reaches!

Soldiers in black armor stood on these big ships. After seeing these big ships, the ships next to them hurriedly gave way.

On a large ship in the middle, an old man is standing on the bow, watching the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

Saying he is an "old man", he is actually less than fifty years old, but he is indeed very old. Now his face is full of wrinkles, his hair is already completely white, and his waist is somewhat bowed, but his eyes are unusually bright.

"I have been away from Jiangnan for many years, and now I have finally returned to Jiangnan again! As for Lin'an, this is the first time I have come to Li Gang! The scenery here is really beautiful. No wonder it is said that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below!" the old man murmured.

It turns out that the old man is Li Gang, the most prestigious minister of this era!

When the Jurchen invaded for the first time, he was famous all over the world! It was with his help that Song Qinzong defended the city of Kaifeng.

Only after Jurchen retired, Li Gang was immediately reprimanded.

When Jurchen invaded for the second time, although Li Gang was called back again, the Northern Song Dynasty was already declining, and there was too much difference between the military strength and Jurchen. In addition, Song Qinzong didn't trust Li Gang very much. He wanted peace, and Kaifeng was finally broken.

Over the years, in Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shu, Li Gang has been presiding over political affairs and civil affairs, which has been extremely hard.

He won't be able to go to bed until midnight, and he gets up again every day when it's just getting light to continue working.

This time from Chuanshu to Jiangnan, he was also busy when he was on the boat. He is studying the information from various places in Jiangnan, thinking about ways to make Jiangnan's economy recover quickly. He carefully checked the information of officials from all over the Yangtze River and how to use these officials. In addition, the commercial taxation of Sichuan, Sichuan, Hanzhong, and Guanshan has been unified, and the reform of commercial taxation in Jiangnan will also be carried out by him. This is also an extremely cumbersome task.

He didn't get out of the cabin until Lin'an was in front of him before he could rest for a while.

"Kang King's rebels were finally killed! From now on, the Song Dynasty will unify and regain the Central Plains is just around the corner, and the Great Song Dynasty Zhongxing is just around the corner! I Li Gang worked hard, but I can see the scene now, even if I die, I won't regret it!" King Kang was killed and Jiangnan was regained. There is great hope for Song Dynasty in the future. At this moment, Li Gang is excited again, his eyes are a little blurred.

More than a dozen large ships are still moving forward, and they can already see the city of Lin'an in the distance.

It was the dock ahead, and the big ship finally docked.

Li Gang was about to get off the big ship when he suddenly saw a group of soldiers standing on the dock.

Among the soldiers, Zhao Chen was standing there, Qin Hui, Zhao Ding and others were also there.

"Your Majesty!" Li Gang laughed and got off the boat.

He was about to kneel, and Zhao Chen had already supported him.

"Teacher came all the way from Sichuan and Shu, it's hard work!" Zhao Chen smiled.

"Your Majesty led an army of 100,000 and conquered the south of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop, making the Song Dynasty unify. Congratulations to your Majesty!" Li Gang said.

"This is the result of the concerted efforts of the generals! Teacher, is the situation in Sichuan, Sichuan and Hanzhong okay now?" Zhao Chen said.

"After I left, the affairs in all parts of Sichuan and Shu have been handed over to Sichuan Xuanfu and Zhao Kai is entrusted to do it! From last winter to this spring, we have overhauled water conservancy projects in all parts of Sichuan and Shu. Many people have taken the initiative to help us build water conservancy projects together. The harvest in Sichuan and Shu will be better than before! In addition, commercial taxation is unified, commerce is more prosperous than before, and the country’s tax revenue is more! Regarding Sichuan and Shu’s taxes, half of it will be shipped to the north to be used as soldier's salary and support The remaining half of the production and construction corps in various parts of Shaanxi is still used for water conservancy construction, road construction, etc. on the one hand, and on the other hand is ready to be used for the construction of private schools. Your Majesty, Zhao Kai and I are discussing to establish more in Sichuan and Shu Some free private schools allow the children of poor people to go to school." Li Gang said.

"Okay! Regarding this, the country will have sufficient tax revenue in the future, and it can be promoted throughout the country!" Zhao Chen said.

Li Gang nodded! He was very happy and excited! Since the implementation of the rent reduction order and the unification of commercial taxation, the national economy has been booming, and national taxes have increased. Under such circumstances, Zhao Chen, as the emperor, did not build the palace, but instead used these taxes to feed back to the people and use the taxes on water conservancy, people’s livelihood, and education. In this way, the healthy development of the country’s economy would naturally A year is better than a year. Li Gang deeply felt that such a situation has been rare for thousands of years! Now the country’s military strength has far surpassed that of the Northern Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years. The country’s economy has been greatly damaged by the Jurchen invasion, but if these policies can continue to be implemented, it will only be a matter of time before it surpasses the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Master Li, in Xia Qin Hui, I have admired your name for a long time!"

"Zhao Ding has seen Master Li!"

At this moment, Qin Hui and Zhao Ding also came forward to see the salute, and Li Gang also hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

For the two people in front of him, Li Gang was naturally very familiar. He is the prime minister. Zhao Chen had already said that Jiangnan would be handed over to him to govern, let him sit in Jiangnan and restore Jiangnan's economy, he naturally needs to understand Jiangnan's important ministers. He has a good impression of Zhao Ding and knows that this person is very capable. As for Qin Hui, he just knew that Qin Hui was presiding over the negotiation with Jurchen, and he was rather unhappy in his heart. However, as the prime minister, everything is based on the overall situation, so he naturally won't show his thoughts at this moment.

"What's the situation with North Yue Fei now?" Zhao Chen said.

"When the Weichen came from Sichuan and Shu, he only knew that General Yue had already taken down Datong, Yanmen, and Daixian. It's just that it was the news two months ago." Li Gang said.

Yue Fei took down Datong, Yanmen, Ningwu, and Pianguan on the third day of February. Now it is the fourth day of April, only two months. With the ancient communication conditions, from Datong to Chuanshu to Jiangnan, it is quite good that it can be transmitted in two months. As for what Yue Fei did in these two months, it was impossible for them to know.

Zhao Chen nodded gently.

He already knew the news, the information from the General Staff Headquarters was much faster than the news from Li Gang. He originally thought that Li Gang would have some new news, but it seemed that it was gone.

Zhao Chen, Li Gang, Qin Hui, Zhao Ding and others were talking on the dock. Zhao Chen introduced everyone to them. At this moment, I saw another group of soldiers and horses coming here quickly from a distance.

The leader turned out to be Wang De.

Seeing Wang De's arrival, the guard next to Zhao Chen hurriedly brought him over.

Wang De and Li Gang have known each other, but he just nodded towards Li Gang at the moment, and immediately came to Zhao Chen's side and handed a copy of the official document to Zhao Chen's hand.

"Your Majesty, this is the important information of the General Staff Headquarters! The next battle plan!" Wang De said.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen immediately took the official document and watched it carefully.

There are only a few pages in it, but it is very detailed.

Zhao Chen looked down at the ten lines, and thought while looking at it. After half an hour, Zhao Chen stopped, with a smile on his face.

"You all take a look! According to this combat plan, at the end of this year at the earliest, and next year at the latest, we will be able to lay down the sixteen states of Yanyun and restore the Central Plains!" Zhao Chen said.

Qin Hui and Zhao Ding next to them were unbelievable. At the moment, Qin Hui and Zhao Ding took the official document, and they watched closely together.

"Your Majesty, does General Yue in the north have such an ability?" Zhao Ding said after reading it.

"He should have such an ability! Among all the generals in Guan Shan, I value him!" Zhao Chen smiled.

"Your Majesty uses soldiers like a god, and every move is like a master playing chess. It is unpredictable and difficult to resist! It was the same with Emperor Jianyan, and now it is the same with Jurchen! Such a plan, Jurchen can't guess at all, at all It's impossible to guard against! The Weichen admires your Majesty! Other than that, with the ability of soldiers, your Majesty has far surpassed Taizu and Emperor Taizong!" After reading this battle plan, Qin Hui was also amazed.

"This kind of combat plan was not made by me, but by the concerted efforts of countless elites from the Operations Department of the Staff Headquarters! I can gain access to the world, and the Staff Headquarters is also very useful! It is impossible to unify the Song Dynasty and regain the Central Plains in just a few years!" Zhao Chen said.

Qin Hui and Zhao Ding had also heard of the "General Staff Headquarters" a long time ago, and knew that the "General Staff Headquarters" in Guanshan had replaced the Privy Council! Both the extermination of Xixia and Jiangnan were planned by this staff headquarters! Previously, Zhao Gou was extremely confident and believed that Guan Shan could be eliminated after uniting with Jurchen. However, Zhao Gou was completely vulnerable to the strategy of the staff headquarters. In the end, Guan Shan was safe and sound, but Zhao Gou himself had died under Zhao Chen's sword. Now this plan to regain the Central Plains and the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun seems to be so ingenious that Jurchen can never imagine it. Since ancient times, there have been a lot of famous generals, but many famous generals are only tactical and able to win the battlefield, but this staff headquarters is strategically powerful, every move and every style is straight to the enemy's confidant, making the enemy unable to resist.

"Admire! Admire! I will definitely visit this staff headquarters in the future! With this staff headquarters, the war in this world seems to be totally different!" Qin Hui said.

"The order is passed on, and the northern army is ordered to go all out. This plan must be implemented! The recovery of Yanyun and the Central Plains is already in sight. After the recovery of Yanyun and Central Plains, we will go north with the entire army. A one million army can be a battle. Destroy Jurchen!" Zhao Chen said.

He looked to the north, knowing that there must be wars there now! The peace there is never the same as in the south.

In the north, Yanmen Mountain has already entered spring.

The mountains are already lush and green, and countless animals have come out of hibernation.

In the depths of Yanmen Mountain, here is the place where Yanmen Pass is "the first pass of the Three Passes, the first pass of the Jiusai Respect".

At this moment, there is indeed a raging war here.

The Forbidden Army and Huanqing Army conquered Yanmen Pass on the third day of February.

After that, Zhang Xian led 30,000 cavalry soldiers to the south. On the tenth day of February, Zhang Xian harassed Taiyuan City and Taiyuan was shocked.

Until February 20th, the Jurchen talents in the southeast of Henan and Guanshan got news.

Wanyan Zongwang hurriedly led an army of fifty thousand northward. At the end of February, Wanyan Zongwang came to Yanmen to close.

From the end of February to mid-March, the Jurchens attacked Yanmen Pass for more than ten days, but they have been ineffective.

On March 23, Wanyan Lou's room led an army of 70,000 Jurchens.

Now Yanmen Pass has gathered an army of 120,000 Jurchens!

In the past ten days or so, the Jurchens have attacked every day.

The setting sun was like blood, and the Yanmen Pass was fighting fiercely. The Jurchen built a ladder and rushed towards it, but the counterattack from above was extremely fierce.

Under Yanmen Pass, I don't know how many corpses of young girls lay down here. It was like a meat grinder. Until now, Jurchens hadn't seen any signs of conquering Yanmen.

At this moment, the horn sounded, and the Jurchen retreated like a tide.