On the twelfth day of the fifth lunar month of the fifth year of Jianzhong Jingguo in the Song Dynasty, outside Wanshengmen in the west of Kaifeng Prefecture, there were crowds of people.

At this moment, the western expansion project of Kaifeng Prefecture City has been basically completed. In addition to carrying out basic construction within the new Kaifeng Prefecture West City, this large-scale project that has made countless money through the expansion of the city has also carried out a series of construction in addition to Kaifeng West City.

A wide avenue extending from Kaifeng Prefecture City to the northeast Mutuang Horse Farm Palace has also been completed. A red castle stands every few miles along the road, tall and sturdy, and surrounded by ditches. It is obviously a military city used to garrison troops!

The Moutuogang Horse Farm is also different from the original imperial horse farm, which has no defensive capabilities, has become a military base that takes into account the functions of raising horses, garrisoning troops, and training. At the same time, the Tiansi Palace for Zhao Ji was built here, which is actually a fortress surrounded by city walls made of red bricks and rammed earth.

This series of military projects is of course the product of the confrontation between the Imperial Martial Arts and the Song and Liao dynasties. Although the Imperial Martial Arts was cancelled not long ago, there were no more brutal and expensive troops like "House Slaves". However, the renovation project of the Tiansijian Horse Farm was planned long ago and it was impossible to give up halfway, so it was completed at the end of the fourth year of the Zhongjing Jingguo.

According to the plans of the two prefectures, the new Tiansi Palace, Tiansi Horse Farm and Tiansi Camp can be used as the garrisons of the knights and the soldiers of the prefectures, and they are definitely stronger than the three imperial guards. So some should be deployed near Kaifeng Prefecture as a supplement to the Kaifeng Imperial Guard with zero combat power.

The garrisons of the three soldiers of the Imperial Front Army who were transferred back from Lingzhou were also placed in the Tiansi camp, which was a little distance away from the Fengfu. Of course, the numbers of the three soldiers of the Imperial Front Army will be cancelled. The knights of the Imperial Front Army have been temporarily disbanded and they have served for too long. It is time to go home to give birth to and educate the little knights. Thousands of house slaves and soldiers took turns to return to Kaifengfu to reunite with their families, most of them stationed in the Tiansi camp, maintaining daily training, and waiting for the final resettlement decision of the court.

For these thousands of veterans who have really fought hard battles, both principals tend to turn them into the core of the new military soldiers. It is not reassuring to use the right-list Jinshi to command the new military soldiers completely, and there are not so many right-list Jinshi available.

Therefore, Cai Jing, Su Dongpo and Zhang Kangguo all thought of using these veterans who were terrified of the Western thieves on the battlefield as backbone, plus the imperial guards, plus the right-list Jinshi, and a large number of new government soldiers to form a new army with real combat effectiveness.

By the day this new army is completed, it will probably be the time to recover Yan Yun!

The training of the Kaifeng New Army has not yet begun, but thousands of imperial warriors were summoned on the day when Xiping King Zhao Qianshun arrived in Kaifeng Prefecture, wearing helmets and armor, holding long spears in his hands, and arranged on both sides of the brand new official road outside Wansheng Gate!

These soldiers who had really fought hard battles, just standing there, exuding murderous aura in their every move, made Zhao Qianshun and his group, who were riding on the official road, feel a little chilled.

From top to bottom, Kaifeng Prefecture was naturally disturbed by the grand event of Qianshun's entry into the dynasty. This was a great victory that had never been seen since the founding of the Song Dynasty, except for destroying the Northern Han, Southern Tang and Later Shu! Moreover, how could the Western thieves be compared with the weak and incompetent Later Shu and Southern Tang? Even the brave Northern Han relied on nothing more than the Taiyuan City. In terms of population, military sources, and combat power, how could it be compared with the Western thieves who could often pull out more than 100,000 troops?

So when Ganshun and his group approached Wanshengmen, the official road was already crowded with Kaifeng people watching the fun. There were also many small vendors carrying baskets and carrying loads and selling food along the official road, which really looked like a peaceful and prosperous era.

Seeing the prosperous scene of the Song Empire, Zhao Ganshun, who was already the "monarch of the devastated country", also fell to the eighteenth floor. Although Niu Shuwen, the envoy sent by the Liao Kingdom, repeatedly promised that after he and Princess Cheng'an of Liao Kingdom, could both return the family.

But how valuable is the guarantee of a deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the Southern Court of Liao Kingdom?

The "father" in the Qionglin Palace in Kaifeng Prefecture wants to keep him in Kaifeng Prefecture to fulfill his filial piety. How dare he say no?

However, even if Zhao Ji didn't need him to stay in Kaifeng Prefecture to fulfill his filial piety, his mood would not improve much. Because the Great Bai Gao Kingdom is gone! He is no longer a Wuzou, but the Hexi Jiedushi and Anxi Protector of the Song Dynasty. This is not a nominal relegation, but a real loss of the foundation for establishing a country. Half of the land is lost, and it also includes Lingzhou, a good territory known as the Jiangnan area. The population has lost at least 40%, including the most prolific Han people in Lingzhou and the most fighting national Ding Zhuang.

By the way, even the concept of Dangxiang nationality is not allowed to be retained. In the future, there will be no Dangxiang people in Hexi, and everyone is Han. Even Zhao Ganshun himself is Han now. He has changed into Han costumes, his hair has been raised, and he has also combed a bun. Except that the bun is a bit small, it is no different from ordinary Han men.

Moreover, this change cannot be limited to the upper class of the Hexi Army, but must be transformed from top to bottom and all of them into Xia. We cannot deal with it randomly, because there will be a large-scale education regiment that will follow Zhao Ganshun to return to Hexi if he can still go back!

As the name suggests, the Great Education and Reform Group is to educate the barbarians in Hexi and have to educate them into Han people... It is impossible to resist education. Gao Qiu is still waiting in Lingzhou City to lead troops to Hexi to win people with virtue!

How many so-called Dangxiang people still have? Can you ban Taiwei Gao from leading troops to kill? You will be killed without killing you, and you will save you from being educated...

Of course, hope is not without it. Xiao Heda, who set out from Kaifeng Prefecture to welcome Zhao Ganshun to Mutuanggang, brought good news that made him a little amused.

The Laoshizi Great Educational Group not only disciplines and can also lend usury, but also lends usury. I really don’t know how these two things are related? In short, the Great Educational Group raised 5 million yuan in capital from monks, Taoists and Confucians of the Song Dynasty, so it is possible to lend money to the Hexi Army. Moreover, they are also preparing to use the form of lending to support the Hexi Army's attack on Anxi.

Although it is ridiculous, this is the only way to get the Hexi army to get military expenditure. Because the Song Dynasty court would not give the Hexi army a penny, the Hexi army was still a Western thief not long ago! If you are not destroyed, you are already very polite. Do you still want money? Dreaming!

And who doesn't know that the Hexi army was snatching Anxi to seize territory for themselves? The Song Dynasty court of course was happy to see the "Western thief" and the Black Khan Uighurs both suffered losses, but it would not spend millions to give the "Western thief" as military expenditures.

Therefore, if Zhao Ganshun wants to open up a new living space westward, he can only accept the help of the Great Education and Reform Group.

As for how many conditions the help of the Great Education Corps would be accompanied by to make the Hexi Army feel uncomfortable, Zhao Ganshun cannot control it at all now, because living is the most important thing!

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On the brand new, tall and sturdy Wansheng Gate Tower, at this time, with the sound of drums and music by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the sound of the drums and music, a pair of heroic armors from the imperial front squad appeared brightly on the Wansheng Tower, extending left and right to both sides, and standing at their respective positions.

Next is the commander with imperial equipment. These main functions are that most of the warriors who pretend to behave are meritorious officials, and they can get promoted. Now they are all in succession, standing on Wansheng Tower like singing a big show. Then, a pair of apricot yellow Zhang Gai appeared on Wansheng Tower. Below Zhang Gai was the official family of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, who owned all over the world, was wearing a dragon robe, wearing a long-winged gauze hat, and sat upright on the chariot. Behind Zhao Ji was the Concubine Xiaoliang. The chariot they sat on, as well as civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty and envoys from various countries in Kaifeng Prefecture, as well as several eminent monks, Taoist priests and great scholars. They all followed Zhao Ji, set out from Xihuang City, and walked along the high and wide city wall (the Xihuang City and Kaifeng Prefecture Xicheng) to Wansheng Tower. Wu Haogu was also among them, wearing purple public uniforms with curved collars and large sleeves, holding ivory tablets, wearing a head of a turtle head, and a leather belt around his waist. He walked among the officials of the Wuban.

The imperial throne of the official family had been set up on the Wansheng Tower. Zhao Ji slowly got off the chariot and walked to the imperial throne to prepare. A slap next to the imperial throne was for Concubine Xiaoliang. Behind Zhao Ji and Concubine Xiaoliang, there were a group of high-ranking officials and noble envoys from various countries. They stood in shifts and waited for Zhao Ganshun to go upstairs to meet his father and emperor.

"Long live the saint, long live, long live!"

As soon as Zhao Ji sat down, the people and officers and soldiers downstairs began to shout long live on the mountain. The sound of cheering shook the whole world. Zhao Ji's face was full of smiles and raised his hand to signal. The cheering still did not disappear, but gradually stopped.

Looking at the scene and looking at the Hexi army members who had already reached the downstairs of Wansheng and were standing on the official road and looking up, Zhao Ji smiled and looked around: "Is my son going to be there?"

Beside Zhao Ji, there were left prime minister Cai Jing, Zhang Kangguo, the chief commander of the Privy Council, and Cao Song, the commander in front of the palace. The right prime minister Su Dongpo took leave because he was seriously ill and did not appear on Wansheng Tower.

Hearing Zhao Ji's question, Cai Jing smiled and said, "Your Majesty, King Xiping has arrived under the city tower, and is waiting for Xuanshou to summon him."

Zhao Ji nodded and asked softly: "Where is Wu Haogu?"

The little yellow sect who followed Zhao Ji called Wu Haogu in front of him. Wu Haogu hurriedly bowed, "I am here when my minister Wu Haogu is here."

"Dalang," Zhao Ji said with a smile, "Gao Qiu and Tong Guan are not in Kaifeng Mansion, so you can take my brother upstairs."
Chapter completed!