Fenghou

He pondered for a long time, and pulled the rope. A guard outside walked quickly to the imperial study room, bowed and said, "See Your Majesty!"

"Go to Zhangzhou and learn more about Yue Fei's situation in Zhangzhou, especially whether Yue Fei has continued to have contact with the Western Army. You must report the truth to me!"

"The humble staff must understand the facts and report them truthfully!"

The guard saluted and hurried away.

Zhao Gou knew very well that if he reactivated Yue Fei, Qin Hui, Zhang Jun and others would firmly oppose it, so he had better investigate first.

……

Chen Qing has been rectifying the administration of officials in Hebei during this period. At the same time, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao rushed to Hebei with more than [-] officials from the Finance Department, the Official Department Department, and the Supervision Department.

Hebei Road is different from other places. The Kingdom of Jin has deeply cultivated Hebei. Almost all state and county officials are from Yanshan Prefecture. Although they are all Han Chinese, they are deeply influenced by the Liao Kingdom and have no sense of identity with the Central Plains Dynasty. .

On the contrary, the oppressed people at the bottom have a sense of identification with the Song Dynasty. These scholars are basically the beneficiary class, and they identify more with the Jin and Liao Dynasty.

Therefore, the first thing Chen Qing did after he seized Hebei was to clean up the administration of officials. He did not force or hurt these officials.

On the contrary, Chen Qing paid more attention to the gentry with deep background in Hebei prefectures. The prefects he appointed were basically famous gentry from each prefecture, such as Cui Yuan from Daming Mansion, Cui Li from Enzhou, and Gaoqu from Cangzhou. Hejian Mansion sentenced Zhao Sinan, Zhending Mansion sentenced Bai Jingran and so on.

There are advantages and disadvantages to reusing these famous noble families, and the disadvantages are visible. These famous noble families will form interest groups of officials and officials. When power and money are combined, they will control the local government. It is widely supported and consolidates Chen Qing's rule over Hebei from the root.

The advantages and disadvantages are relative terms, at least for now, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. After the rule is stabilized in the future, the official group in Hebei will be slowly eliminated.

In Daming City, soldiers are carrying a large amount of material and wealth onto the ship. This time they seized Hebei and wiped out more than 24 enemy troops. They also seized a large amount of property, including 380 taels of gold, 2000 million taels of silver, 200 million copper coins, and silk. [-] million horses, and a large amount of precious jade, bronze, porcelain, lacquerware, play stones, spices, wood, pig iron, rough copper, medicinal materials, tents, armor, weapons, bows and arrows, battle flags and drums and other materials.

The harvest was beyond Chen Qing's expectations. The reason is that a lot of wealth here was plundered from Bianliang in the past, including the accumulation of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyanchang, the two generations of Hebei lords. The ability of Jin to create wealth is very weak , As a result, the looted gold and silver wealth could not be used, and it had been deposited in the warehouse, and finally Chen Qing was cheap for nothing.

Pieces of ornamental Taihu Lake stones wrapped in thick straw were carried onto the boat. Zhou Kuan directed the soldiers to move the boat and shouted: "Be careful! Don't bump into it."

Hu Yanlei, who was in charge of escorting the boat, said with a smile: "Don't worry, old man! We will ensure that it will be transported to Jingzhao safely."

Zhou Kuan blew his beard and said: "Not only must it be safe, but it must also be completely indestructible. If a piece is broken, I will beat you to death, you little bastard!"

At this time, Chen Qing came over and said with a smile, "Since when did Lao Zhou like playing with rocks?"

"Where is the stone here? It's all money. When a stone is transported to Lin'an, it can range from a few thousand guan to as many as tens of thousands of guan. There are thousands of yuan here. Think about it, how much is it worth?"

Chen Qing was startled, "So expensive?"

Zhou Kuan said with a smile: "These are Taihu stones that were plundered from the imperial palace back then. Emperor Huizong loved them most in his life. The Huashi Gang transported this thing back then. It is said that there were tens of thousands of fine pieces back then, but unfortunately most of them were smashed by Jin soldiers. These more than a thousand pieces were collected by Wan Yanchang, and I have seen them, and they are all exquisite."

"Does Lin'an still play with stones?"

"Why don't you play? Fighting tea and playing with stones, reciting poems and painting are all elegant hobbies of aristocratic literati. Even the emperor of the Song Dynasty loved Taihu stones very much."

"It's good to be able to realize it. Replacing these stones with food will have a huge effect on restoring Hebei's social economy."

Although Chen Qing doesn't like playing with stones, he likes the fact that stones can be exchanged for food. For him, winning the hearts of the people in Hebei and consolidating his rule are the most important.

"Your Highness, is it still the old rules this time?"

Zhou Kuan said with a cheeky smile: "The money exchanged for these stones is included in the temple treasury. Your Highness has no objection!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Half of the exchanged money goes into the temple treasury, and the other half is bought into food. I have announced that Hebei will be tax-free for three years, and there are still a large number of disaster victims who need relief. You can't be a brave, you can only go in and out. "

"I've done the math. The Hebei salt tax alone can support the expenditure of the Hebei government. Their salt price is 120 Wen a catty, and ours is [-] Wen a catty. It is a tax reduction in itself."

"I see, let's follow the old rules! The temple treasury is divided into half, and the food in the warehouse is used to help the victims first. You are the God of Wealth, and it is up to you to decide how to do it."

Zhou Kuan sighed, "Your Highness is going to be the shopkeeper again."

"What is the shopkeeper who throws his hands away?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "I'm both military and political. I talked with Zhang Miao about Hebei officials before, and now I'm talking about finances with you. What about the military? I'm going to Juma River to arrange defense. You can do more work here." !"

Zhou Kuan was just joking, King Yong is the monarch, and the monarch only needs to make a statement in principle, and the rest will be done by the following. King Yong has already stated that the temple treasury will be divided into half, and that is enough. You can't let King Yong lie in the pile of money and count the money!

"The humble office will make arrangements, Your Highness, don't worry!"

At this time, two soldiers came over with a box, "Your Highness, this is given to us by Counselor Zhou."

"Old Zhou, is this also a rule?"

"Of course, after a great war, the best treasures were not selected for His Highness. To be honest, this rule is criticized!"

Chen Qing said lightly: "It means that I shouldn't be rewarded?"

Zhou Kuan was taken aback. King Yong is the monarch. How can he interfere with what he wants?

He even forgot, so he wanted to give himself two slaps, he quickly remedied: "Your Highness has a different status, humble position means that the rules are rules made between equals, such as the division of wealth between the temple treasury and the treasury, It can be said in terms of rules, but what His Highness gets is not the rules, but the system, and when the system is established, no one dares to discuss it, and the status and treatment of His Highness should also be established."

Chen Qing's dissatisfaction dissipated in his heart, and he said with a smile: "The counselor is right, it's time to establish some rules."

The first thousand and 320 chapters of the island

Three days later, Chen Qing arrived at the Juma River. The Juma River has always been the boundary river between the Song and Liao Dynasties. During the long years of confrontation, the states along the Juma River have built a large number of military facilities, including military cities, military villages, trenches, etc. , most of which are still available.

The states along the line include Cangzhou, Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Baozhou, Dingzhou, Xin'an Army, Ansu Army and Guangxin Army, etc.

Chen Qing has appointed Niu Gao as the defense envoy of Hebei, leading an army of [-] to garrison along the Juma River.

On the south bank of the Juma River in Xiongzhou, Niu Gao accompanied Chen Qing to inspect the defense. Chen Qing boarded a military city, which was one mile long and wide, and a thousand soldiers were stationed there.

Niu Gao introduced to Chen Qing: "This was built during the reign of Emperor Taizong. The successive emperors have repaired it, and it was rebuilt during the Zhenghe period, so it is very strong. When we moved in, the military city was only covered with weeds. It is found that it is still extremely strong, and each of our military cities is equipped with a large amount of fire oil, and it is difficult to capture it unless we use iron fire mines."

Standing at the top of the city, Chen Qing looked at the white Juma River a mile away, and asked again: "How many military cities are there?"

"There is a military city every [-] to [-] miles. There are about [-] along the Juma River, and there are military villages in the mountains to the west."

At this time, a fleet of dozens of ships appeared in the distance, sailing on the river, Chen Qing asked: "Is that our navy?"

"Exactly, the Kingdom of Jin doesn't have a navy on the Juma River. They usually build pontoon bridges. With a navy, they can block the Juma River and prevent the Jin soldiers from crossing the river. But..."

"But what?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"I want to say that I am humble, but we are now on the offensive, and the opponent is on the defensive. Isn't it a bit exaggerated for us to attach so much importance to defense?"

Chen Qing shook his head, and said lightly: "I believe that Wanyan and Lisa will never attack Hebei Road, but the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin might not."

At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported loudly: "His Royal Highness, Niu Dutong, the scouts have returned from the other side!"

Niu Gao was overjoyed, and said to Chen Qing: "The humble officer sent a team of scouts to the other side to investigate the situation a few days ago, and now they are back, His Highness just happened to come down!"

"Bring them here!"

Not long after, a young general led a few men into the military city. The general was called Huang Dong. He was the fastest-promoting scout of the Western Army. He was still a soldier when he attacked the Central Plains. Keqiu was promoted to the capital, and later made many military exploits, and was promoted by Yang Zaixing to be the deputy commander. Then he found the hiding place of the Jin Kingdom's navy when he attacked Shandong Road, and was promoted to the commander after his meritorious service.

This time he was favored by Niu Gao, and he was sent to the opposite bank to investigate the enemy's situation. He had been there for several days, and he just came back when he happened to meet Chen Qing to inspect the defense.

Huang Dong stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, clasping his fists in a military salute, "See Your Highness for humble positions, see Du Tong!"

"Please get up!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Chen Qingxiao asked: "Tell me about your investigation!"

"Humble job draws a map."

Huang Dong took out a map from his pocket and handed it to Chen Qing. Chen Qing took the map and handed it to Niu Gao.

Studying the map requires time and patience. Chen Qing just wants to hear the general situation, so he nodded and said with a smile: "Talk about it roughly, don't need to go into too much detail."

"Follow the order!"

Huang Dong thought for a while and said, "I heard that Yanshan Mansion has about [-] troops..."

Eighty thousand?Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, didn't he say fifty thousand?He interrupted Huang Dong and asked, "Apart from the [-] Jurchen army, are there [-] other troops?"

"Exactly! There are also [-] miscellaneous troops, including Khitan people, Xi people, and Han people from Yanshan Prefecture. They were originally stationed in Pingzhou, and they were not under Wanyan Helisa's jurisdiction. They were handed over to Wanyan Heli soon after. spread."

"You keep talking!"

"Currently Wanyanhelisa has deployed [-] troops on the north bank of the Juma River, and they are mainly concentrated in seven counties: Daxing County, Yi County, Rongcheng County, Xincheng County, Fanyang County, Yongqing County and Wuqing County , I don’t know how the specific troops are distributed, I only know that they are very strict, and everyone who enters the city must be carefully checked to prevent our intelligence scouts.”

"It's hard work, go down and rest first!"

Huang Dongxing bowed and retreated, Niu Gao smiled and said: "Wanyan Holisa actually divided up the seven counties, isn't he afraid that we will concentrate our forces to defeat them one by one?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Wanyan Holisa is our old opponent. He is very cautious and will withdraw his troops at the slightest sign of disturbance. So don't look at him dividing his troops into seven counties now, but only once we cross the Juma River , he must immediately shrink his forces to Daxing Mansion."

"Your Highness is right, but considering the humble position, can we recover the remaining power in Hebei and take Yanshan Mansion in one go?"

Chen Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course I know very well that it would be easy for an army of 30 to take Yanshan Mansion in one go. Why didn't I take it? Has Niu Dutong thought about this problem?"

"Humble and dull, please tell your Highness!"

Chen Qing nodded secretly, this Niu Gao is really old and knows how to advance and retreat, he shouldn't be silent when he speaks, and he should become dull when he understands. In contrast, Yang Zaixing only understands military affairs, but I don't understand officialdom.

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Our goal is not the Yanshan Mansion, but the Kingdom of Jin. The biggest problem of the Kingdom of Jin is the lack of population. He has to collect manpower from all over the place to put on the battlefield. This will consume a lot of national power. I will use everything Opportunity to destroy the vital forces of the Jin Kingdom and consume the national power of the Jin Kingdom, I am now waiting for the deployment of the Jin Kingdom to see how they send troops to the Yanshan Mansion?"

Niu Gao nodded, "I understand, in the eyes of His Highness, Yanshan Mansion is just a mill, use it to grind away the military strength and national power of Jin Kingdom!"

"Well said, that's what it means!"

Chen Qing said again: "You lead an army of [-] to defend here, and at the same time, you must strengthen intelligence collection. Once you find that the Jurchens have increased their troops in Yanshan Mansion, you must notify me immediately!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Go to the county seat! You send someone to find Tang Huai for me."

Chen Qing left Juncheng and went to Ba County to rest.

……

At dusk, Chen Qing was studying sand tables and maps in the lobby. At this time, Tang Huai rushed over and knelt down on one knee in front of the hall to salute, "Your Highness, I see Tang Huai!"

"General Tang, please come in!"

Chen Qing ordered his soldiers again, "Go and invite Niu Dudu!"

The soldiers rushed away.

Chen Qing smiled at Tang Huai: "I just discovered some omissions on the sand table!"

Tang Huai hurriedly walked to the sand table, Chen Qing pointed at Bohai Sea with a wooden pole and said, "General Tang found out that there is no island in Bohai Sea, isn't it a bit strange?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, in fact, Beizhi also discovered that there should be a string of Penglai Islands above Dengzhou, but there are no islands on the sand table. The surveyors and mapping soldiers probably have no way to go into the sea to find the islands. The entire sand table is very rough, the main reason is that this is the territory of the Liao and Jin Dynasties, and it is inconvenient for scouts to investigate."

"You're right! That's why."

At this time, Niu Gao also hurried over, and when he came to the sand table, Chen Qing gave him a brief introduction.

Niu Gao laughed and said, "If there is an island in the Bohai Sea, it will become the second East China Sea island!"

"There just happens to be an island!"

Chen Qing pointed to the northwest of the Bohai Sea with a wooden pole, close to the Liaoxi Corridor, and said to the two: "There should be an island here, called Huludao, and the navy can occupy this island. ambush."

Niu Gao nodded, "This is a good way. Once the enemy's main force passes through the Liaoxi Corridor, the scouts will find it, and then send an eagle letter through Huludao!"

Tang Huai immediately understood King Yong's intentions, bowed and said, "I understand, let's deploy immediately!"

The first thousand 320 chapter two conditions

Chen Qing began to return to Jingzhao. After more than a month of fierce fighting, he was really a little tired. He boarded a [-] stone boat from Jinan Mansion on the old course of the Yellow River. To his surprise, Li Qingzhao took a few maids on board too. As soon as the big ship goes to Jingzhao.

In the cabin on the third floor, several people were sitting at the table drinking tea, Chen Qing said with a smile: "I thought Mr. Yi An was going to stay in his hometown."

Li Qingzhao sighed, with some sadness in his eyes, "Everyone I know in my hometown is gone, and I am alone. I am afraid of being alone, so I should go back to Jingzhao! Where my relatives are, my hometown is where I am."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "This is the best way. The concubine and Qiaoyun have been thinking about you all the time. My two precious daughters also need to be enlightened by Master. I'm afraid I will have to work hard on you."

Li Qingzhao also said with a smile: "Although the two little guys are naughty, they are cute and smart. I also like them very much. I am in good health. There should be no problem teaching them."

After finishing speaking, Li Qingzhao yawned slightly. Chen Qing saw that she was tired, so he got up and said, "Mr. is tired, go to rest early! I will also go back and sort out the battle report."

"I'm going to rest for a while, Your Highness please!"

Chen Qing got up and went back to his own cabin. As soon as he entered the cabin, a soft and delicate body was thrown into his arms. The big white sheep, the two fell on the quilt, and became crazy.

I don't know how many times the flowers bloomed and faded, and it was getting late, the two finally had a rest. Chen Qing lay down exhausted, and Yao Mei lay on her husband's body, so tired that she couldn't move.

"What have you been doing for more than a month?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"I miss my husband most of the time, even in my dreams!"

"Dream what?"

Chen Qing teased and said, "Is it a spring dream?"

"I won't tell you!"