February of the sixth year of Xiande in the Later Zhou Dynasty (959).

The Later Zhou Dynasty ordered the Privy Councilor Wang Pu to go to Heyin to inspect the Yellow River embankment and set up a sluice gate at Biankou.

He also ordered Han Tong, Wu Tingzuo to send tens of thousands of people to the Xu, Su, Song, Shan and other states to dredge the Bian River. Han Lingkun led the Bian River from Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan) to the Cai River eastward to connect to the Cai River to connect to Chenzhou (now Huaiyang, Henan) and Ying (now Fuyang, Anhui) to transport the canal; he also recruited the two provinces Dingfu, and was supervised by Yuan Yan to dredge the Wuzhang Canal, flowing eastward to Dingtao (now Shandong), Liangshan Pond into the Ji River to connect to Qing (now Yidu, Shandong) and Yun (now Dongping northwest of Dongping, Shandong).

"The official family, the tea is cold!" In the Tokyo palace, the prime emperor Guo Rong, holding the tea, was a little stunned at this time. Looking at the memorial in front of him, he felt quite uneasy.

The jade-carved Queen Fu saw the appearance of the official family and couldn't help but remind her softly.

"Ah? What's wrong with the queen?" It's only been more than a year since conquering Huainan, but the prime emperor seemed to be in his teens at this time, his waist and back were bent a little, and Queen Fu felt a little sore.

"Butler, the tea is cold, stop drinking it!" Queen Fu said with concern.

"It's okay, I'm marching outside, what does cold water count?" As he said, Guo Rong drank it all and said with a smile:

"I just felt a little uneasy, and I don't know why! Prince Wang is still resting."

"With him, the memorials can be piled up on my desk!"

"The official family should take care of their wealth. These prime ministers should be assisted by the king. It is also necessary to add heavy burdens! Look at you have lost weight!"

Queen Fu said softly, her face full of concern.

"The recent incident of canal transportation is related to the stability of the world, so don't be careless!" Guo Rong said helplessly:

"This Tokyo has hundreds of thousands of people, and if it eats up to eclipse the amount of grain every day, and if the canal transportation is not cleared, the capital of this country will be in chaos!"

"When the world is unified, we will move elsewhere. Although Tokyo is prosperous, it is really not a capital!"

The queen is very sensible about political affairs, but she just smiles appropriately and does not participate in it. The official family is very capable and does not need the advice of her, the lord of the harem.

Guo Rong was very satisfied with this beautiful queen. He was able to control the harem well and maintain peace, so that he could better handle government affairs and concentrate on his energy.

"Your Majesty is uneasy, but..." the queen said softly, and before she finished speaking, she was interrupted by a burst of rapid voices, and the emperor and the empress were displeased.

"What's the matter?" Guo Rong asked directly by holding back the irritability in his heart.

"Report to Your Majesty, when Prince Wang visited Prince Li, he fainted!" The eunuch said breathlessly. These words shocked Guo Rong.

"What? What happened? "Is this happening?" Guo Rong stood up suddenly. He really couldn't imagine what he should do if he had no right-hand man?

"Let's go, prepare a sedan chair, please ask the imperial doctor, let's go to the royal palace!" Unable to resist the anxiety in his heart, Guo Rong ordered anxiously.

On March 15th, Wang Pu suddenly died, Guo Rong cried bitterly, hitting the ground with a jade axe, crying bitterly:

"How can the heaven take away my good minister!"

Eighteen days later, Guo Rong suddenly announced to the world in front of the minister that the king's army was about to attack the Khitan, with the goal of reclaiming the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, a natural prefecture that was sold cheaply by Shi Jingtang.

This is the charter for the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures in Wang Pu's "Pingbian Ce" plan.

All officials actively persuaded them on the grounds that the world was not stable, but Guo Rong refused them alone.

Wu Chengzuo, the envoy of the Southern Court of Xuanhui, stayed in Tokyo, and Zhang Mei, the envoy of the Third Department, was deployed as the capital of the Da Nei, and was in charge of the imperial palace.

Most of the military generals followed Guo Rong north, including Zhao Kuangyin, who was getting a bargain after half a year.

By the time Li Jia learned the news, it was already half a month later.

"Northern Expedition? Sixteen Prefectures in Youyun, Zhao Kuangyin-" Looking at the letter repeatedly, Li Jia kept muttering, and his heart was rumbling uncontrollably, unable to express it.

According to the historical process, if nothing unexpected happens, Guo Rong died after the Northern Expedition halfway, and Zhao Kuangyin was put on his yellow robe and established the Northern Song Dynasty.

To be honest, if it weren't for the constraints of his own identity, Li Jia really wanted to accompany this No. wise monarch of the Five Dynasties to attack the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and recover the life gates of these Han people.

Unfortunately, Guo Rong's life span was too short, which made Zhao Heizi pick up a great country.

In fact, Li Jia still recognized Guo Rong's Northern Expedition, and this was indeed a relatively suitable period.

First, the famous sleeping king Yelu Jing, who ruled the Khitans at this time, was in power. "I am good at playing games, not being close to national affairs, I drink every night, and I sleep until I reach the beginning of the day. When the Chinese people get up, they call the sleeping king!"

Li Huan, the younger brother of Li Tao, the former prime minister of the Later Han Dynasty who was once entitled by the Khitans to the north, also revealed in a secret letter to Guo Wei that Yelujing, "I am young and weak, I like my own, and my ministers are free... Now Wang Jiao is aloof, but he only wants to attack Ju, and he is indulged in favor of his inner favor, but he has no ambitions in all directions."

Secondly, at this time, the Southern Tang Bin was in vain, the Later Shu was frightened, the southern part was in a state of stability, and the external environment was superior.

Finally, Guo Rongxiong was talented and strategic. The country was booming due to reforms, the government treasury was full, the people were safe and the country's strength was greatly increased, and he could afford the heavy responsibility of the Northern Expedition.

Guo Rong seized the opportunity and made a northern expedition. In later generations, Zhao Kuangyin and Sleeping King were neighbors for nine years. Not only did he not have the slightest intention of advancing the Khitan, he even planned to spend 5 million guan to peacefully redeem the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. As for what Zhao Kuangyin said, "to protect the country and calm the people, and not to cause trouble for the barbarians", it was actually just an excuse.

Zhao Kuangyin lacks horses, can't he defeat the Khitan? This is not the case. The Khitans went south several times, but they were beaten to the point of being fleeing by Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin actually made plans to recapture the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, but was firmly opposed by Prime Minister Zhao Pu, and even spoke, rather than Yanyun than to take the throne of warriors.

"Who can choose Youyan and who can replace it?"

Hearing this sentence, Zhao Kuangyin was sweating all over. Environmental sanitation was picked up by force. Once the general was sent to recover Youyan, the general would be given military power. Zhao Kuangyin dreamed of Shi Shouxin every day, and Cao Han and his gang of martial artists were wearing yellow robes.

It is better to give up the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and make the Han people in the 16 Prefectures become slaves to the Khitans than to threaten the throne he picked up for free. This is Zhao Kuangyin's bottom line.

Therefore, Li Jia has always despised the Northern Song Dynasty. In order to maintain its rule, the ruling class would rather give up territory, give up dignity, cede land and pay compensation, and enjoy wealth.

Li Jia thought to himself: "What is the difference between this and the Qing Dynasty in later generations?"

Sitting in the palace, what I fear most every year is that the Khitan envoy went south to Tokyo, either cede land or pay compensation, or even give up calling the other uncle.

When Li Jia thought of this, she had goosebumps all over the floor.

The so-called wealth is nothing more than the wealth of the ruling class. The Northern Song Dynasty completely inherited the heavy taxes and taxes from the Five Dynasties period and was not abolished.
Chapter completed!