For Zeng Bu, he had already predicted the situation today since he was forced to move south a few years ago, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Zeng Bu is a narrow-minded person and jealous person, but his talent and vision are beyond doubt, otherwise he would not be the ruling.

From a few years ago when Daxia swallowed the sixth route of Shaanxi and the area north of the Huai River, he knew that the Song Dynasty could not defeat the Western Xia.

After arriving in Lin'an, Zeng Bu always wanted to regain power, not really for the country and the people, but to stop the Song Dynasty from walking into the abyss.

Zeng Bu wanted to strengthen the country and the army, and strive to make the Song Dynasty survive and perish, at least not be destroyed before his lifetime. Of course, the idea of ​​regaining his hometown in the Northern Expedition was to think about it, and Zeng Bu didn't even think about it.

However, Cai Jing's existence made Zeng Bu's idea go to waste. It was not until Daxia raised an army to attack Song again that Zeng Bu regained power with the crisis of destruction of the country, but it was too late at this time.

Lin'an was captured by Di Xiang like paper, and the king and his ministers were driven to Shezhou like dogs with a broken family. Then they fled to the southwest in a mess, but they could not escape the fate of being captured.

Later, all the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty were sent to Bianjing. Apart from Zhao Xu, the person who was most depressed and worried was Zeng Bu.

And this feeling is closer to Bianjing, the stronger it is. After entering Bianjing City and checking in the inn, it finally reaches its peak.

In the inn, except for the guards who did not allow them to communicate at the beginning, the guards relaxed after a few days, but they were not allowed to go out. They were not prohibited from walking with each other because there were also constant visits outside.

What made Zeng Bu feel more and more nervous was that most civil and military officials were visiting, but no one dared to visit the entire inn, only him and Zhao Xu. Even the infamous Cai Jing had anyone come to visit. Although it was a little less, it was not without them.

It is normal for Zhao Xu to visit him. After all, he is the king of the devastated country. It is normal for everyone not to want to contact him before the situation is clear, but he is truly excluded.

As for why this happens, Zeng Bu probably knows it in his heart.

I betrayed Ouyang Bian a few years ago, and then excluded Jiayou's second year, and vigorously cracked down on the officials of the central bank. These people are the backbone of Daxia now. Ouyang Bian is the emperor, Su Zhe, Zhang Dun and Wang Shao are all the prime ministers. Most of them occupied an important position in the court in the same year as Jiayou's second year. Central bank officials are already the largest group in the Daxia Dynasty.

In other words, the Daxia Dynasty was basically its own enemy from top to bottom.

In this case, who else dares to contact me?

It would be fine if it was just that. The problem is that as time goes by, fewer and fewer people in the inn, because after those officials were received by Ouyang Bian, they were then arranged to work and were arranged to work, so naturally they no longer lived here.

If this is the case, it would be fine, but the key is that even Zhao Xu has moved out.

In the inn, he is the only so-called criminal official!

Zhao Xu was the king of the country who lost his country, and even the king of the country who lost his country was ahead of him!

It is said that Zhao Xu went to Chengyuan and obtained a large area of ​​land income. He was basically forgiven by Ouyang Bian, but he seemed to have been forgotten!

A month has passed and no one has come to him.

Two months have passed, and no one has come to see him.

Three months are about to pass, but no one is coming to see him.

He seemed to have been forgotten.

Waiting and unknown are the most tormenting things. Compared to this never-ending wait, it is better to be punished simply, at least you can accept the arrangement with peace of mind.

It is already winter, and Bianjing City is snow-white.

The war in the south has stopped.

The exiled court formed by Zhao Xu's sons did not resist for long because Daxia won the hearts of the people.

When Daxia took over Jiangnan, he immediately announced the land revolution, which of course would make the landlords unhappy, but under the military front, no one dared to seriously oppose it, so the land revolution was progressing very smoothly.

The victory of the land revolution was to allow the vast majority of people in the entire south to support the Daxia Dynasty.

Whenever the officials and the army of the Daxia Dynasty went, the common people would eat pots of slurry to welcome the king's army. The later they came, the easier the land revolution was, because if the landlords did not cooperate and did not need the army to take action, the people would smash their doors and drag the landlords out and beat them hard, causing many bloody cases. Later, the Daxia army firmly stopped them, so that large-scale riots did not occur.

Although there are various discords, it is beneficial for Daxia to take root.

When officials from Daxia arrived in their own jurisdiction, as long as they divided the land fairly and justly, things would be very easy to carry out later. In some places, there were bandits, but after hearing about Daxia's approach, the bandits returned to their hometowns and became good people again.

This choice is not that they are kind in their hearts, but that they are forced to fall into trouble. Now if they go back to their hometown, there is land to divide and only land to cultivate. They will not think about becoming bandits.

And there is another key factor. Wherever the Daxia army goes, in addition to assisting land reform and combating rebellion, it is more about combating bandits.

There are quite a few major bandits south of the Huai River, such as the Dongting Lake bandits and the Xiangxi bandits, which are quite large in scale and have become a chronic disease of the Song Dynasty court.

More than ten years ago, when Ouyang Bian established the Banking Regulatory Guard, he shaved all the bandits of the Song Dynasty. Later, Ouyang Bian went out to the west and the Banking Regulatory Guard also went to Xixia. Later, the land policy of the Song Dynasty was rescinded again, and various tyrants and miscellaneous taxes made a comeback. The people could not survive anymore and could only become bandits. As a result, bandits in various places resurfaced, especially the bandits in Dongting Lake and Xiangxi bandits.

The Daxia Dynasty took over the Song Dynasty. With Ouyang Bian's style, these bandits could not be allowed, so when accepting land, suppressing bandits became the first priority.

The Daxia army is not a waste like the Song Dynasty army. Since it is about to cleanse the bandits, it will not be ambiguous. Dongting Lake directly lets the navy take over, and the dragons on the sea can naturally be easily captured when dealing with the small loaches in Neihu.

There are many mountains in western Hunan, so the mountain special forces are allowed to enter. In just one month, the bandits in western Hunan have basically been eradicated.

So the bandits, who had a little more informed knowledge, heard that the Daxia army had arrived, so they hurried back to their hometown to avoid being arrested and sent to labor reform.

Yes, the Daxia army was particularly keen on arresting bandits for labor reform, such as building roads and canals.

The land revolution and sweep away the bandits, these two policies alone are enough to make the people return to their hearts. The people are in the Daxia Dynasty, and the remnants of the Song Dynasty have nowhere to hide.

With the people leading the way, the exiled courts who were originally hiding in the mountains or in the vast marsh were all arrested and brought to justice one by one. In this way, the Song Dynasty was truly destroyed.

By the time Zhao Xu's sons were sent back to Bianjing, the city had been closed due to heavy snow.

Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest.

Next year will be another bumper year.

When the destruction of Song Dynasty was settled, the eighth year of Daxing in the Daxia Dynasty also came.

In other words, it was already the eighth year since Ouyang Bian entered Daxia. At the end of this year, Daxia destroyed Song and achieved unity between the north and the south!

The current territory of Daxia includes the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, the territory of the Song Dynasty, and Jiaozhi, which were originally located in the Western Xia region, the territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which were occupied by the Liao Kingdom, and the territory of the Song Dynasty, and Jiaozhi. The territory is so large that it is very close to the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Such momentum made the literati of Daxia praise Ouyang Bian's martial arts in unison, and some even shouted that Ouyang Bian's martial arts had already surpassed the Tang Dynasty. However, some opposition voices appeared, believing that although the country is very strong and war will be dangerous. They believed that at this point, it was time to rest and recuperate.

Those who hold this view are the heads of the three provinces and six ministries headed by Su Che. In other words, Su Che, Zhang Dun, Lu Huiqing and others all opposed Ouyang Bian's continued expansion.

“…In the expansion to the south, the Great Xia has penetrated into the South China Sea, and the Ryukyu Islands are all in our hands, and Jiaozhi is now our actual control;

To the east, we even had all taken over Kyushu Island and the southwest. The terrain of Dali Country is steep and there is no need to spend the national strength anymore;

As for the Tubo tribes, there were towering high places, and there was no one who thought about it because of the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties;

In the north, we have reached Dading Prefecture, and further north, we are going deeper into the desert, where desolate places have no use value.

The Book of Han says: "If you have the land, you cannot be a county or county... If you have no city or city, you will be under the control of the accumulated cities and migrate, and it is difficult to get it. If you go deep into the army, you will be able to get the food. If you transport grain for transportation, it will not be as important as the matter. If you have the land, it will not be enough to benefit..."

We have no use in such a place and have to maintain it. It is really not worth the loss!

I believe that the territory of the Daxia Dynasty has reached the point where it cannot be expanded. I would like to ask Your Majesty to let the people of the world rest and rest with peace of mind!

As long as we take good care of ourselves and let the people live a good life, that is the best and that is what meets the expectations of the people in the world!

With Your Majesty, your genius, under your governance, China will usher in an extremely glorious and unprecedented prosperity!

Since that's the case, why should we take risks? The lessons of the Sui Dynasty are still there, Your Majesty!"

Su Che tried hard to persuade each other.

Ouyang Bian smiled and shook his head and said, "Ziyou, I know your intentions are good, but I also have my own difficulties..."

Su Che said angrily: "What's the point! I think you are just greedy!"

Ouyang Bian smiled bitterly and said, "Listen to me."

Su Che snorted.

Ouyang Bian said: "...In theory, our current territory is naturally enough. The threat from the central dynasty is mostly only in the north. Now that the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been recaptured, and with the protection of the Great Wall, there are naturally no worries.

However, things are not that simple. Based on my observations and the data provided by Sitianjian, I concluded that a small ice age has arrived. You should know that in the past decade, the weather has become colder, the climate has become drier, and it has become more and more common. This is a sign before the arrival of the small ice age..."

Su Che frowned and his face became solemn. Ouyang Bian had said to them about the Little Ice Age. Su Che and his friends went to find historical materials, which was indeed consistent with Ouyang Bian's statement. The recent climate is indeed not very normal, and this Little Ice Age is indeed possible.

"...The Little Ice Age has a very big impact. First of all, there will be a temperature drop in our country. At that time, the northern region will be drought and cold, and there will be a large-scale reduction in grain production. At that time, the north will not be able to support itself, so it will have to rely on the south.

But the south has limited capacity. As the population increases, the south will become more and more overwhelmed. So I was in Jiaozhi, Ryukyu, and Qiongzhou. Those places are in the subtropical zone. The drought will not affect the cold there. From now on, there will be the granary of the Daxia Dynasty and the ballast stone of the Daxia Dynasty's ship.

However, that is far from enough. With the current economic development of the Daxia Dynasty, it is estimated that in a few decades, the population of the Daxia Dynasty may reach hundreds of millions, and the population will be several times that of today. At that time, the places like Qiongzhou in Jiaozhi and Qiongzhou will not be able to survive.

Therefore, the entire piece of the Indochina Peninsula has to be taken down. With the Indochina Peninsula as the ballast, even if the Central Plains is in a famine, they are not afraid of it.

To take down the Indochina Peninsula, then Dali must also take down. From the upper reaches, it will be much easier to beat them. Of course, they have to cooperate with each other at sea.

The second is in the north. Once the Little Ice Age arrives, it will be more difficult for places further north to survive. They either go northwest or have to be detained. When people cannot survive, they will ignore life and death.

Survival will prompt them to form a unified grassland country. When they are familiar with history, they must know this. Every time the Central Plains form a unified empire, the neighbors to the north will also form a grassland country.

Now that the Jurchen tribe has begun to overthrow the Khitan, a country is probably formed within the Jurchens. If they don’t take action at this time, they will completely annex the Khitan. At that time, a Huns in the Han Dynasty, the Turks in the Tang Dynasty, and the Han and Tang Dynasties spent a lot of energy to deal with their neighbors in the north. Zi Yu couldn’t know what it was.

So, the Jurchens have not yet taken shape, and fighting is the most economical at this time. We will destroy the Khitan and then march into the Northeast to destroy the Jurchens, or expel them to the West, let them harm the West, and let them fight for us..."

"You still want to fight the West!"

Su Che said anxiously.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "You don't worry, you have to open up the Hexi Corridor first. Why did the Han Dynasty have to open up the Hexi Corridor back then? It was because it was difficult for the enemies in the north to drive straight from the north, and they usually invade from the Hexi Corridor.

Although the four counties in Hexi are in our hands now, the yellow-headed Uighurs, Tubo tribes, and the Uighurs in Xizhou are constantly threatening the Hexi Corridor, and the exits of the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions are blocked by Hei Khan.

If we want to communicate, the West is easily controlled by others. The Daxia Dynasty is different from the past. This silk path must be held in our own hands. Otherwise, once someone pinched the throat, the Daxia Dynasty itself may die without a fight. You have seen the terrible economic crisis of the Song Dynasty."

Su Che's chest felt like someone was punched.

Su Che was indeed frightened to see the Great Depression of the Song Dynasty, fearing that such a tragic thing would happen in the Daxia Dynasty. Now the economy of the Daxia Dynasty is booming, but if you encounter such a disaster, you may be in a great state of power and may be declining!

How can this be done?

This Daxia Dynasty was created by everyone working hard together!
Chapter completed!