The officials stationed by the imperial court finally arrived at the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. With them, several imperial edicts from Zhao Xu were accompanied.

These are all imperial edicts for rewards. All the meritorious people who participated in the recovery of Yan Yun received different rewards, and Ning Fu was of course ranked first.

Ning Fu originally had a lot of contributions, such as capturing the mastermind behind the palace, but this kind of contribution is not convenient to openly reward him. Now, he took this opportunity to reward him together.

Duke of Yan, Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, and Ning Fu's former official position as the chief official of political affairs, made Ning Fu the top official in the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Even Ning Fu's wife Liu Qingxin was also named the county lady. As for Ning Fu's original title of Qingping Bo, she was not reclaimed, but was rewarded to his son Ning Jing. Before the little guy started studying, he had already had it.

The title is here.

As for Zhe Keshi and Hutou, of course, they also have rewards. Hutou has now become a famous general in the army because of his outstanding performance in this battle. He is likely to replace Zhe Keshi in the future to take charge of the new army.

These rewards were also expected by Ning Fu. After all, the recapture of Yan Yun and the emperor Zhao Xu also created the momentum of revival since the founding of the Song Dynasty, so naturally they would not treat those who were worthy of meritorious people.

However, what made Ning Fu most happy was the officials sent by Zhao Xu, because after these officials arrived, Ning Fu's pressure suddenly became much smaller, and he could also prepare for his return to Beijing.

"Please look at the terrain of Gubeikou. If the Liao people want to go south, they must pass here. So I asked someone to rebuild the city gate and station heavy troops. As long as the place is not broken, there will be no loss in the rear!"

Ning Fu stood at the city gate at Gubeikou, pointed to the Great Wall defense line being built on both sides, and introduced to the other party with a proud look on his face.

This man, known as the prefect of Han, is not young at all. His hair and beard are mostly white, and there are a lot of wrinkles on his face. However, his body looks quite tough, his waist is straight, and he is very energetic.

"It turns out that one man is the pass, and ten thousand men are invincible. Duke Yan should have spent a lot of effort to capture this place, right?"

Prefect Han looked at the dangerous city gate and then said with some emotion.

"Haha, the prefect Han guessed wrong. At that time, Yelu and Luwu were just escaping and had no intention of fighting. In addition, the city gate here was dilapidated, so they couldn't defend it, so they simply threw it to us, so we took this place down.

, hardly any effort was spent.”

Ning Fu laughed and then told the prefect Han about the situation of attacking Yan Yun.

The prefect Han’s name is Han Zhongyan, and his father is the famous Han Qi.

Speaking of which, Han Qi opposed the new law. When Wang Anshi reformed, Han Qi wrote a letter to oppose it, which almost made Shenzong shake his support for the new law.

However, Han Zhongyan's attitude towards the new law is not clear, that is, he does not object or support it. He is a neutral faction. Moreover, because of his family background, the old and new parties generally dare not touch him, so Han Zhongyan's official career is quite good.

This time Ning Fu recovered the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. Zhao Xu planned to divide the sixteen prefectures into two prefectures, one with Youzhou and Shunzhou as the core, named Youshun Prefecture, and the other with Datong, that is, Yunzhou

It is named Yunxin Mansion as the core and is named Yunxin Mansion.

Among them, Han Zhongyan is the prefect of Youshun Mansion. He has just taken office now, and Ning Fu took him to get familiar with the situation of Youshun Mansion to facilitate Han Zhongyan to take over better.

After inspecting Gubeikou and approaching the city wall, Han Zhongyan suddenly asked a question: "Duke Yan, if we regain Yanyun, the Liao Kingdom will definitely not give up. If you were to call me before you, when will they come here in the future?

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"Haha, Liao Kingdom is now unable to take care of itself, so how can there be any troops to attack us?"

Ning Fu smiled and shook his head, saying that just this sentence exposed Han Zhongyan's shortcomings of not being able to understand military affairs.

But this is good. Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are different from other places. The new army took over the border defense line and did not require local officials to intervene. At least Ning Fu is here, outsiders can't control the new army's affairs.

"Duke Yan is talking about the Jin Kingdom?"

Han Zhongyan asked a little uncertainly.

Although he heard that there was a Jin Kingdom in the north of Liao Kingdom and that the chaos was quite small, in his impression, the Liao Kingdom was too powerful. A mere barbaric country in the northern border could not shake the Liao Kingdom at all.

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"It's the Jin Kingdom. Prefect Han, don't underestimate this Jin Kingdom. Those who destroy Liao in the future will probably be this Jin Kingdom!"

Ning Fu repeatedly warned that although local officials cannot interfere in the military, military and political cooperation can better exert the strength of the army, so it is necessary to let Han Zhongyan understand the current situation in the Liao Kingdom.

"A mere barbarian country can actually destroy the Liao Kingdom!"

Han Zhongyan widened his eyes even though he heard this. Ning Fu's words were beyond his imagination. Even if the Song Dynasty has recovered Yan Yun now, for most people in the Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom is still very powerful. How could it be

Being easily destroyed?

"Haha, if it can be destroyed, the prefect Han will know in the future."

Ning Fu did not have too many explanations. He could understand Han Zhongyan. After all, it is not possible to break the inherent impression that a person has established since childhood.

Next, Ning Fu took Han Zhongyan to inspect other places, and finally returned to Youzhou, and then began to prepare to return to Beijing. After all, he was a political affairs officer and could not stay here for a long time without going back.

However, before Ning Fu set off, someone suddenly rushed from the capital to Youzhou and brought a secret decree.

"I will meet the Duke!"

An eunuch rushed in and immediately saluted when he saw Ning Fu.

"You are...He Zhonglu?"

Ning Fu glanced at the other party and said, "He knew this eunuch. The other party was the godson that Tong Guan accepted in the palace, and he was the person Tong Guan trusted the most."

"That's right, I didn't expect the Duke to remember the villain!"

He Zhonglu also said excitedly.

"Where is the secret decree? Why did the official send you to pass the decree?"

Ning Fu immediately got to the point, he was about to return to Beijing, and Zhao Xu was a little abnormal when he gave himself a secret decree.

"This matter is a long story. Duke, please read the secret decree!"

Unexpectedly, He Zhonglu showed a bit of sadness when he said this, and then took off the secret order behind him and presented it to Ning Fu with both hands.

The secret order was sealed in a silver barrel and the lid was also sealed with fire paint, which was obviously very confidential.

Ning Fu opened the copper tube, then took out the secret order from it, and then opened it and looked carefully.

However, when he saw the contents of the secret decree, Ning Fu's face changed drastically. There was not much contents of the secret decree, but it was extremely amazing.
Chapter completed!