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Chapter 103 Sweeping Liuheqing-3

"The third thing," Zhao Xingde took a deep breath, with a trace of ashes in the cold air, "Escort my envoy to Luoyang and convey my two requests to the Xia court." His words were slow and clear. Yang Zaixing listened and widened his eyes in surprise.&&

In Luoyang, two stone lions in front of the government office were majestic. There were two yamen runners standing at the door. The yamen of the Henan prefect of the Song Dynasty was now renamed as the Luoyang Prefecture Office. However, from the outside, everything was the same as before. After the Chang'an Relief Office ordered Yuan Xingzong to be transferred to the Luoyang Prefecture Office, except for a few relatives, the officials who were originally left behind in the Western Capital and Henan prefecture of the Song Dynasty were retained. Yuan Xingzong identified the wise and foolish, and used them in detail. For several months, those who were rewarded were convinced. After Cao Xi was granted the title of Marquis of Dongning, he immediately handed over military power and took his eldest son to Dunhuang to receive the title. Before and after that, there was no major turmoil in the entire Luoyang market.

In the Luoyang Order Office, Liu Wengu stood up, bowed to Wu Jie and Yuan Xingzong, and said respectfully: "First thing, the Song Dynasty has recovered Henan. Since the two countries are right and wrong, please ask the Daxia court to switch trade; the second thing, if the Song people living in Guanzhong want to send money and grain to help their families in Guandong, please let the Xia court go. I hope that Lord Yuan, Lord Cao, who sees the same race and race, will give it permission. Lord Zhao is willing to give it a compassionate attitude on behalf of dozens of prefectures and counties in Henan and millions of people, and is very grateful." Although he was respectful, he was neither humble nor arrogant. His words and words were gentle and polite, but his behavior was very neat, revealing a unique vitality of young people.

"Mr. Liu was young and Yingfa, so he took on the important task of this messenger. It seems that General Zhao is not only a concise in employing people, but also value you very much." Yuan Xingzong looked at Liu Wengu and said in a mist, "Can you tell me about General Zhao's current situation?" Seeing Liu Wengu's face showing surprise, he smiled slightly and explained, "General Zhao brought a brigade of lonely troops, conquered Henan, and appeased the people, which is quite admirable." He turned to look at Wu Jie, "General Wu also talked about some stories about Lord Zhao. He is indeed not an ordinary person, so I asked this more." Wu Jie nodded with a smile, indicating that there was indeed such a matter. However, Yuan Xingzong, the Luoyang Order, did not know that Zhao Xingde's identity as a general, nor did he know that the marching department had prepared a mansion for Zhao Xingde's family in Luoyang.

"It's good," Liu Wengu suppressed his thoughts and said slowly, "Since the restoration of the capital, Lord Zhao has dispatched all generals to conquer Dingzhou and counties, recruited heroes and gathered the people. Henan under Lord Zhao's rule was full of devastation and was in ruins, but it was like plants and trees that had experienced fire disasters. Although only embers were seen on the surface, the rhizomes were still there, and they were only thriving when the wind and rain were urging."

Wu Jie looked at Yuan Xingzong and smiled. The Military Intelligence Department had its own eyes and ears in Guandong. Since Zhao Xingde entered Bianliang, the general idea was indeed as Liu Wengu said. The Song army almost completely gave up the prefectures and counties near the river, and only built some beacon towers near the river bank. It was a wise choice to move the people to the depths of the defense.

More than ten days ago, the Ezhou court issued a report that Zhao Xingde's official position was changed to a remnant from Tokyo, and was added to the pacification envoy of Hebei, and his troops were transferred to the Tokyo Remaining Office. Wang Gui was promoted to the southeast camp to deploy. The people who should stay in Ezhou and the newly trained firearms camp were merged into a new southeast camp. In the southeastern prefectures and counties, Zhao Xingde's memorial for grain requests and news of the recovery of Bianjing were spread everywhere. Under his constant request, he also sent food and grass to the north intermittently, but the number was far from enough for more than two million soldiers and civilians as claimed in the Zhao Xingde's memorial. Before the Liao army withdrew its troops, it plundered all the granaries of Henan's treasury. The people of Kanto sent money and grain to their families, which was not only blocked by the road, but also a drop in the bucket.

Liu Wengu said that to gather the people was mainly to move the remaining people living in remote places, especially the southern bank of the Yellow River, to the vicinity of Bianliang, so as to facilitate the protection of the official army, so as to avoid being harassed by the Liao army or robbed by the robbers. After experiencing military robberies in Henan, most of the wealthy families moved south, and ordinary people were either killed or abducted by the Liao army. The remaining people were few and more land, which was suitable for the system of military farming. The people were organized into military camps according to their original origins, with hundreds of households as one camp, five camps as one camp, and ten camps as one army. The men under the age of 14 and under fifty were all incorporated into the regiment training.

Under the leadership of the officers, they took advantage of the autumn and winter to build camps and train the queues. The elderly, weak, women and children were busy sowing wheat seeds. Most of the land near Bianliang was mature and could be harvested after spring. Underage boys were also organized into the camp, and some guards and literate soldiers were taught. The so-called recruitment of heroes was actually used to suppress and pacify. The Liao army in Hebei was not very disturbed now. In addition to Zhao Xingde's headquarters, major generals such as Yang Zaixing, Lu Mingyu, and Luo Xianshi were all trying to eliminate the robber camps, which could not only obtain strong men, but also grab some food and grass.

Yuan Xingzong asked inquired: "As far as Yuan knew, since the Liao army invaded the south, the Central Plains had been in trouble, and most of the soldiers in Henan had moved south. Even the puppet dynasty of Bianliang had suffered from the lack of suitable officials. General Zhao comforted the refugees, but how could so many people come from for a while?" Wu Jie looked at Liu Wengu and smiled and said, "If General Zhao had no men under him, I could send some soldiers here. It was also his old subordinate, and it was easy to use."

Liu Wengu was stunned and did not understand what "it was also an old subordinate" means, but he could not ask Wu Jie directly for a moment. He had to suppress his doubts and bowed to him, "All things are in trouble, and people are indeed needed everywhere. Fortunately, when Lord Zhao was training the Baoyi Army in the southeast, a large number of scholars joined the army. The Taixue classmates alone had more than a hundred and dozens of people under Lord Zhao's command. During the marching and war, Lord Zhao's lecture hall guided the way to govern the world and the country, and it was not stopped every day, and everyone was quite profitable. Therefore, despite the complicated affairs since the restoration of the Central Plains, Lord Zhao's command was full of talents, and he could barely handle it."

"So that's it. Lord Liu is from the right path of the Imperial Academy," Yuan Xingzong bowed and smiled, "I'm disrespectful, I'm disrespectful."

"Where, where, Lord Yuan is the Grand Secretary for the Tengce Academy," Liu Wengu bowed and said, "The one who is disrespectful should be the one who is inferior."

Since Yuan Xingzong served as the Luoyang Order, he had many contacts with the former officials of the Song State and knew that the officials of the Song State attached great importance to the "right path" origin. Since Luoyang returned to Xia, he studied in Chang'an. The Kanto scholars from the Dunhuang Bachelor's Mansion were like crucian carp people crossing the river, which was also a manifestation of the Kanto people's attention to the "right path". Therefore, Yuan Xingzong also followed the local customs. As long as the other party was from a Jinshi or an Imperial Academy, he would first "disrespect" first, and would show off his identity as the Chang'an Bachelor's Mansion from time to time. After winning the acceptance of the Kanto officials, it would be much more convenient to do things.

"In just a short time, General Zhao must have done so many things, and he has worked hard to do it." Yuan Xingzong sighed, "Although our two countries have some entanglements, they are not hostile. Since the Song Dynasty has recovered Bianliang, the Prime Minister's Office has never had an order to prohibit trade with the Song Dynasty. Now it is natural to switch trade. It is human nature for the people of Guandong to send money and grain to help their families. It is reasonable and the official will not stop it." He paused and asked the side, "What do General Wu think?"

"That's true." Wu Jie said with a straight face, "These both are natural things, and there is no need to send an envoy to request it."

He brought 10,000 cavalry into Luoyang, took over the troops of the Xijing camp of Song State, and was busy eliminating the original imperial guards and retaining the strong. The treatment of the strong imperial guards was naturally very happy, but the redundant soldiers who were laid off were difficult to resettle. The number of camps in Luoyang was related to the number of lieutenants. The Guardian was very cautious and could not settle them until now, and the people in the Song army camp were also panic. In the past ten days, Wu Jie was so busy that he had no intention of caring about these two unpainful requests.

"Mr. Liu, on behalf of my Lord Zhao," Liu Wengu stood up and bowed to the ground again, "Thank you, two Gao Yi."

The Chang'an City Foreign Chamber of Commerce Autonomous Region is full of traffic from morning to night, and it is very noisy. The two major wars in the west and east seem to not only not affect the market in Chang'an, but instead have a unique prosperous scene during the war. From Kanto to Chang'an, wealthy merchants often spend a lot of money on refuge, and the market prices of various breeding industries, shops, mills, mineral deposits, and workshops have been raised a lot. Due to the need for war, iron ore and iron plants are more than twice as expensive as before.

In the accord of Changsheng Building, Chunyu Yue picked up the wine glass and smiled and said, "Today I borrow Duke Li's wine, I wish the Duke and the three of you the first trip."

Zhou Longxi, Cheng Changgeng and Zhu Shipeng raised their wine glass together and smiled and said, "Chongyu Xingshou, please be polite." Chunyu Yue is the leader of the tin iron and wood artifacts. The Chunyu Iron and Steel He runs is very prosperous, both iron and military artifacts, and is almost bought as soon as the goods are released. As an iron smelting master, he collects nearly a sky-high price of apprenticeships from the Ordnance Department every year. Even the deep-rooted leaders of other guilds were very jealous of him.

"The eight major industries in Chang'an, the four leaders gather here," said Li Chan, the civil guard of Chang'an, and the Korean Duke Li Chan, "What a grand event, this is the face of Chunyu Xingshou." He raised his wine glass, without the airs of the founding Duke, and said with a smile, "Come on, I would like to pay my respects to you." Hezhong mobilized an army of 600,000. Although the General's Mansion did not transfer the troops from Guanzhong to participate in the war, in order to supply Hezhong, the Prime Minister's Mansion had to purchase a large amount of grain in Lumei, Ross, Western Regions and other places with gold and silver. The national treasury must issue bonds again to collect all the gold and silver. Therefore, when Chunyu Yue said that the first gathering of the Five Elements Mansions was to make a contract, and Li Chan was asked to testify, and Li Chan agreed immediately.

"The Duke of the Kingdom is too humble," Zhou Longxi smiled first, "If it comes to industry, any of our corpses is better than Bu Fu Haixing. Even if you have the intention, you will not be able to enter." The capitals of the people laughed. Fu Haixing is a huge creature with a hundred years of business, with business spreading all over the world, from Lu Mei to Song, and there are semicolons everywhere. Not to mention anything else, just issuing and redeeming gold and silver vouchers is enough to make a fortune every day. The original Fu Haixing's general account was located in Jinling, and before the Liao Dynasty invaded the south, it moved to Chang'an, and South Korea was one of the wealthy families holding large shares of Fu Haixing.
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