Knowing that the Liao Kingdom and the Western Regions were both fierce and dangerous, due to the slow transmission of information, Tokyo could not find out the results in time, which made the atmosphere in the court a little dull and depressing.

The only good news is that the river management project will be completed in early in mid-to-late April, but this will not completely dilute the dullness in everyone's hearts, and waiting has always been the hardest thing to do.

Rather than having Yang Yi come in, no news is the best news, especially in the Western Regions. The longer the time passes, the stronger Yang Yi's confidence in Zhong Jianzhong will be.

Because from the news that has been sent back at present, although Zhong Jianzhong is in danger, it has never been completely defeated. This is unreasonable, and it is unreasonable that Zhong Jiazui likes thousands of people the most. Now Yang Yi is feeling more and more relaxed.

As the chief examiner of Ensemble, Li Qingchen was imprisoned in the Wucheng King Temple. The court's preparation for Yan Yun was further accelerated, so Yang Yi could no longer be "ill", otherwise Old Man Zhang, who was too busy to get married, would probably be really angry.

Yang Yiman lowered his sleeves and took a shortcut into Zuoyemen. The construction of Mingtang in Zuoyemen was still continuing, but the construction effort was not much, and the progress was very slow. This is understandable. The court is now full of everything and has no care about it. It is a blessing that the construction of Mingtang has not been stopped.

The Mingtang occupied the territory of the former Secretary-General. The new Secretary-General moved to the east side of Qianbulang on Yu Street. It has not been completely built yet. The Secretary-General can only temporarily stay in a temple next to him to do business.

Qin Zigui has complained to Yang Yi many times for this reason, but was repaired by Yang for a while, but finally he did not dare to complain again.

Qin Zigui was a member of the Dingxiang disaster relief work. In addition, he was originally a Tanhualang, but now he has been promoted to Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary General Secretary Secretary Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary General Secretary

When Yang Yi passed by their business hall, Qin Zigui happened to come to the yamen. When he saw Yang Yi, he couldn't help but laugh: "Brother Ren Zhi, your illness is healed? Hahaha, when he saw Brother Ren Zhi, he couldn't help but think of Wang Jinggong coming..."

Yang Yi understood the meaning of Qin Zigui's jokes. At that time, Wang Anshi was called "stubborn husband" and never gave in front of Emperor Shenzong. Once the proposed policy was not fully supported by Emperor Shenzong, Wang Anshi was "ill". Sometimes he was sick for a month, which made Emperor Shenzong so anxious that he scratched his head. He asked for it three times and five times. He had to agree with his opinion that Wang Anshi would come to court with illness.

Yang Yi turned around and thought, uh... it seemed that he had been "ill" several times. Will he also be called "bachelor of law" in the future? Inappropriate, inappropriate.

He glared at Qin Zigui and said, "Zigui! If you want to be sick, I can help you, ensuring that you can't get out of bed for three months. How about it? Free experience, do you want to try it?"

Qin Zigui's smile stopped and he replied embarrassedly: "Brother Ren Zhi laughed. My body is okay. I can't get sick or sick."

"So I'll help you."

"Isn't this a problem for Brother Ren. Uh, I'm already feeling unwell and discomfort..."

"Hahaha!"

Yang Yilang laughed twice, took the horse away, and took the guards of the prime ministers dismounted, handed the horses to the inner palace guards, and slowly walked to the Bachelor's College.

The Song Dynasty did not hold a court meeting, but a five-day dynasty. There was no need to go to Wende Hall in Pingli, and just engage in his own government office. The time to go to the government office was around 7 o'clock in the morning, and Yang Yi could barely accept it. Otherwise, if he had to get up in court in the middle of the night every time, he would probably have collapsed.

As soon as Yang Yi entered his signing room, an official from the rank of the rank hall hurried to ask for a meeting and brought Yang Yi a secret letter.

"Master Yang, Governor Ma ordered me to hand this over to you. Governor Ma has personally gone to the Political Affairs Hall and reported to you my husband."

When Yang Yi received the letter, he saw that this was an urgent secret letter from Shangjing. Because it was delivered by a carrier pigeon, the content was limited, but the information conveyed by the hundreds of fly-headed characters on the letter made Yang Yi shudder.

On the Hulunbuir Prairie, Changdi fought against Yelu Yanxi with 60,000 troops, and defeated Yelu Yanxi in one fell swoop. More than 300,000 Liao troops collapsed, and more than 100,000 Liao troops surrendered to Changdi. The whereabouts of Liao master Yelu Yanxi was unknown, and he served as the minister of the Secretariat, and served as the minister of the Central Committee, Lu Lisi, the political affairs officer of Zhao, Yelu Zongge, the king of Min, Yelu Weiye, and Xiao Tayi, deputy envoy of the Privy Council of the North Court, were captured. After careful calculation, more than 60% of the senior officials in the decision-making level of the Liao Kingdom were captured.

This limited-education secret letter also focused on a name: Wanyan Aguda.

Seeing this name appear, Yang Yi couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart, Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Aguda, you finally came out!

Moreover, it emerged ten years earlier than the original history. Now history has changed, but Wanyan Aguda has not only not been submerged in the torrent of history, but also emerged earlier.

Yang Yi didn't have to think too much, put away the secret messenger and rushed to the Zhengshi Hall.

As expected, in the Political Affairs Hall, except for Li Qingchen who was locked in the Wucheng King Temple, the three provinces were in charge of the capital, and the six ministries' yamen were all sent to inform the Qianbulang on the Imperial Street opposite the gate of the palace.

Seeing Yang Yi hang, Zhang Dun glanced at him with a little dissatisfaction, but fortunately, he finally saw him at the critical moment. Zhang Dun first asked him, "Ren Zhi, what do you think about this?"

When Yang Yi fell, he seemed calm and clear, and sat down in the lower seat and replied, "Mr. Zhang, this is no big deal. There is not much luck in the abdication. Isn't it what we expected early in the morning?"

Yang Yi's words made Zhang Dun, Xu General, Cai Bian and others who were sitting there were slightly stunned. To be precise, it was not expected that Yelu Yanxi's defeat was not expected, but that Yang Yi, a genius, had predicted.

When Yelu Yanxi was going to command the imperial army last year, Yang Yi asserted that he would be defeated, and now he is really given a gift by Yang Yi.

The eyes of the crowd looking at Yang Yi were a little complicated; Bi Jing was not a matter of fact, Yang Yi was equivalent to killing Yelu Yanxi early in the morning, and this kind of prediction ability was awe-inspiring.

More than 300,000 troops o! This is already 80% of the Liao Kingdom's troops. If it is thrown into the Hulunbuir grassland, what is even more fatal is the emperor's disappearance and 60% of the important officials were captured. This will inevitably lead to the collapse of the Liao Kingdom's administrative power and it will be difficult to make quick remedies.

This situation has a lot to do with the Nabo system of the Liao Kingdom. This Nabo system is a kind of rule. The military and political officials of the decision-making level have never stayed in Shangjing, but followed the emperor, and rotated the Nabo land in all seasons. This time, Yelu Yanxi led the imperial expedition in person, just like a rotational herding of the Nabo land. The Liao Kingdom's decision-making level followed the emperor, and even when the army was defeated, he was given a baton.

All of this seemed to be within Yang Yi's expectations last year, and he repeatedly urged the court to prepare for the war. No wonder even Zhang Dun looked at him with a strange look.

Soon, the six ministers and the queen mother Liu Qingjing also rushed to the Political Affairs Hall.

Liu Qingjing said clearly: "Our ancestors and ancestors of our dynasty have never forgotten to recover the land of Yanyun. They have personally fought for this many times and paid heavy value. However, the emperor was not blessed, and the land of Yanyun has been occupied by the Khitan. Now our Song Dynasty is in full swing, and the Khitan is about to die. It is a good opportunity to recover Yanyun according to the will of ancestors. The court has begun to prepare for war in great intensity since last year, and has consumed countless money and food for this. The battle to recover Yanyun is no longer allowed. Now all ministers only need to discuss the reasons for sending troops and the specific time for sending troops, and how many troops are recruited."

At the critical moment, Liu Qingjing was a woman who was very successful in his words.

The important minister in the middle could not help but exchanged glances. Cai Bian first answered: "What the Empress Dowager said is that Yanyun's land should be recovered as soon as possible. However, although the Khitan has lost more than 300,000 troops, the Liao lord is missing, and the situation is not clear. What I mean is to wait and see. After the situation in the Liao Kingdom becomes clearer, our dynasty can formulate a strategy for sending troops based on the facts."

Zhang Shangying, Minister of Personnel, said toughly: "Empress Dowager, I think there is no need to wait any longer. The Khitan army is over 300,000, and the Liao lord is missing. More than half of the important officials are captured. The Liao Kingdom will definitely be in chaos. This is the best time for our dynasty to send troops. If the Liao Kingdom is completely stolen by the Chief, it will definitely become a strong enemy of our dynasty. It will be too late to send troops again."

Empress Dowager Liu looked at Yang Yi, then turned to Zhang Dun and asked, "What do you think Zhang Xiang thinks?"

Zhang Dun replied: "The old minister also sent troops immediately in agreement. The court has been preparing for the Battle of Yanyun for nearly a year. Most of the troops have entered Hedong and Hebei. The military funds have also accumulated a large number of military funds on the border cities. It is no problem to send troops to Yanyun immediately at this time. The key point is that our dynasty still lacks a reason to send troops."

Reasons are very important. Only with great righteousness can one be a grand army. Otherwise, the army will be unknown and have poor morale and will be eyeing each other. It will be extremely unfavorable, both in military and political terms.

Yang Yi said: "The Queen Mother, the enrollee of the Office Pavilion had contacted King Yelu Mingwo of Zhao many times. At this time, the whereabouts of the Lord of Liao Yelu Yanxi were unknown. Our dynasty was just right to support Yelu Mingwo and asked him to proclaim himself emperor in Youzhou. Then he asked our dynasty to send troops to quell the rebellion."

The enrollees of the Zhifang Pavilion have been actively contacting King Yelu Mingwo of Zhao. It was not only Yang Yi who knew about this. Zhang Dun and Xu Generals all knew about it. However, they disagreed with it at the beginning and thought it would not be of much use, so they did not care about it.

Now that Yang Yi mentioned it, they remembered this and looked at Yang Yi strangely again. Yes, if they could help a puppet up and ask him to invite the Song Dynasty to send troops, they would have the best reputation.

The question is, did Yang Yi seem to have predicted that the Liao master Yelu Yanxi was killed or captured in battle? Otherwise, the move of King Yemingwo of Zhao would not be of much use.

Yang Yi did not explain and continued: "Our dynasty can make the final preparations for war while trying to support Yelu Mingwo. If you can't help it, you can just use another name. In short, the situation cannot be delayed. The Liao Dynasty's Jing Huaduo is in the two southwest capital roads. These two roads are best taken before being destroyed by the war. This is crucial to the future recovery of people's livelihood."

The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the money bag and is most concerned about economic issues. Cai Jing immediately agreed: "Master Yang is right. The damage to animal husbandry by war is relatively more severe. The southwest two capital roads are the main farming areas of the Liao Kingdom, and most of the living are Han people. It is necessary for our dynasty to seize these two capital roads before the bottom of the jurisdiction to reduce the damage to the war. In this way, the court can spend less money on the recovery of people's livelihood after the war."

The important minister in the Political Affairs Hall said, and I discussed it enthusiastically. The Privy Councilor Xu Jiang said: "Although Yelu Mingwo is the legitimate grandson of the Liao Xingzong, his reputation in the Liao Kingdom is far from that of King Yelu Chun; not to mention that Yelu and Luwu, who are still respected in Shangjing, are still recuperating in Shangjing, and Liao Kingdom has established a new lord. I am afraid that most of the subjects will tend to Yelu Chun or Yelu and Luwu. It is probably not easy for our dynasty to support Yelu Mingwo."

Empress Dowager Liu said to Yang Yi: "It was Yang Qing who proposed to support Yelu Mingwo. You should do it in detail."

"The Empress Dowager, all the ministers, Yelu Chun is indeed of the highest reputation, but he followed Yelu Yanxi to the north of the Mobei. Although the secret letter he sent back did not mention his capture, he did not mention whether he fled back to Shangjing. According to my analysis, when Yelu Yanxi was defeated, Shangjing was blocked by the rebels of Wushumali. Yelu Chun was not dead, so it would be difficult to return to Shangjing immediately. Although Yelu and Luwu had a high reputation, they were old and had not healed. In addition, their injuries had not healed, the subjects of the Liao Kingdom were probably unwilling to follow a general. Although Yelu Mingwu was not famous, he was the first grandson of the Liao Xingzhong, and he was only forty-two years old. As long as our Song Dynasty expressed his full support, he had our dynasty as a strong backer. As long as the Khitan subjects did not want to fall under the command of the chief, I believe they were willing to support Yelu Mingwo as the chief."

Empress Dowager Liu nodded and said, "What Yang Qing said is very reasonable. Dear Prime Ministers, what do you think?"

Zhang Dun replied: "Empress Dowager, the old minister thinks you can give it a try."

After Zhang Dun made his statement, no one objected. Anyway, that's the case. If Yelu Mingwu could not be supported, the Song Dynasty would still send troops to Yanyun, but it was just another reason. As for how to deal with Yelu Mingwu after the incident was changed, Shi Jingtang, the son emperor, is a good example. Let him become a son emperor in Mobei and help the Song Dynasty guard the northern border, which should be a good choice; now Mobei is vast and empty, and many people make a living by nomadic life. It is very difficult for the Song Dynasty to send officials to govern. It is better to let a son emperor guard it first.

As for whether the Khitan will rise again in Mobei and become a strong enemy of the Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry about this. The emergence of the flintlock rifle can already mark the past of the nomadic era.

Finally, it was the question of how many troops to be dispatched. Yang Yi still believed that military forces were expensive but not too expensive. The Liao Kingdom had a vast territory and too many troops to be dispatched. The court would bear huge logistical pressure. Yang Yi believed that dispatching 100,000 troops was enough.

His proposal was supported by Cai Jing first, but Cai Jing loved him so much.

If it were like Taizong or Shenzong at that time, if they were always raising 200,000 to 300,000 troops, Cai Jing would probably have no place to cry.

One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand.
Chapter completed!