Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

Because of the Jurchen invasion, Kaifeng has been dilapidated and unsightly.

Later generations, any dynasty never regarded Kaifeng as the capital again. Of course, because of its important geographical location, Kaifeng gradually became prosperous later. Now that he has just conquered the Central Plains, Zhao Chen has no intention of returning to Kaifeng.

He doesn't have much memory of Kaifeng, the only memory is in the imperial palace, but now the Kaifeng imperial palace has almost turned into ruins, and he can only remember a little bit when he gets there! All his relatives have been taken to the north by the Jurchens, and Kaifeng does not have any of his relatives.

Everyone has been traveling for many days, and now they are very tired, so are Zhao Chen and Yu Yunwen.

They are not iron men either, Zhao Chen and Yu Yunwen talked for a while, and then they went to rest first.

It was not until the next morning that Zhao Chen regained his spirit.

He first came to the city wall of Zhongshan Mansion and looked into the distance.

The snow has finally stopped, and the sun has risen, glowing red, shining on the earth.

With so many beautiful mountains and rivers, Zhao Chen is in a great mood.

In the morning, Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen, Qu Duan, Wu Jie and the staff from the staff headquarters got busy together.

Now they have just wiped out 200,000 Jurchens in the Central Plains, but there are still bandits all over the Central Plains, and they are still very chaotic. Military control is the best way to restore stability in various places.

This morning, Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen and others were discussing the details of military control.

The first is the scope of military control, including the entire Central Plains, Yanyun and other places, as well as parts of Henan and Lianghuai. In the Song Dynasty, there was no administrative division of "province", but divided into "road", "state capital" and "county". Shanxi is Hedong Road, where they are located is Hebei Road, and other places such as Shandong Road. In the Song Dynasty, on the one hand, the imperial court was directly in charge of "roads", but on the other hand, the chief executives of various state capitals were also under the direct management of the imperial court. The administrative system in the Song Dynasty was between the second and third levels! There are no "roads" in many places, only state capitals! In addition to roads, state capitals, and counties, there were many local administrative agencies named after "army" in the Song Dynasty! "Army" is generally located in frontier areas, such as the Jingyuan Army and Huanqing Army in the northwest, etc. It is not only a code name for the army, but also a geographical name. These places are sparsely populated, and the chiefs of the army also manage the places. It can be said that This is also military control, but on a much smaller scale.

From morning to night, everyone discussed endlessly.

In the middle of the night, a "Military Control Order" was placed in front of Zhao Chen. This is the result of their discussion today, and they will continue to discuss it tomorrow.

"Your Majesty, each state capital must have an army of 10,000 people enter! Each state capital has several counties under its jurisdiction, and each county must have a battalion or several battalions to enter." Yu Yunwen said.

Zhao Chen nodded.

"General Qu Duan is mainly in charge of Hebei and Shandong! After General Li Xianzhong eliminated Liu Yu, he went north into the Yanyun area and stationed in Juyongguan. At the same time, he was in charge of the military management of the entire Yanyun! Datong, Yanmenguan and other places, he will go to Datong to check and balance Datong, Yanmenguan, Ningwuguan, Xiazhou, Yinzhou and other places in Xixia. Now the infantry of the Huanqing Army in Datong and Yanmenguan are also under his command. Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and others from the army went north, and they are now in Xiazhou, Yinzhou and other places, and they are also under the command of General Yue Fei, who presided over the Datong War." Yu Yunwen said.

"Give him Datong, Yanmen, Yinzhou, Xiazhou and other places, I am most at ease! With him, there are nearly 200,000 troops in that area, it is impossible for the Jurchen to go south! Juyongguan is in Li Xianzhong's Under the guardianship, Shanhaiguan is under the guardianship of Liu Kai, so I can rest assured." Zhao Chen laughed.

"General Zhang Xian wants to go north to join General Yue Fei. However, the General Staff Headquarters is worried that Yanyun's situation is complicated, so he temporarily followed His Majesty to Yanyun Sixteen States. Even if there is a war in the Datong area, we will focus on defense. We won't go north before the peace, the 200,000 troops there are enough." Yu Yunwen said.

"Well, let him follow me to Yanjing City! Yanjing City is the center of Yanyun Sixteen States, and there must be a large army stationed there!" Zhao Chen said.

"General Zhao Zhe led the Jingyuan Army to go south into Henan, eliminate the bandits in Henan, and calm down the situation in Henan! There is Qin Hui in Henan, General Zhao Zhe is only responsible for the stability of Henan, and the rest is still left to Master Qin Hui." Yu Yunwen said.

Zhao Chen nodded again.

"General Wu Lin and Lord Zhao Ding are in charge of the Lianghuai area, including the safety of the south of the Yangtze River, and General Wu Lin is also in charge. Of course, in the deep interior of the south of the Yangtze River, there is no foreign invasion, at most it is some civil unrest, and Lord Li Gang is there. It is also impossible for Jiangnan to have civil unrest similar to Dongting Lake again! There is Lord Wang De here to monitor officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River dare not slack off! As for Guanshan, Hanzhong, and Sichuan, they are already stable! Firstly, next year, the situation in the world will definitely be completely stable! We will talk about restoring the population and economy of the Central Plains after the localities are stabilized," Yu Yunwen said.

"That's right, that's the truth." Zhao Chen smiled.

"About the military control in various places, the first thing is to eliminate the bandits in various places, and then the army is stationed in important state capitals and cities! As long as there are rebels, they will be killed without mercy, and those who gather to make trouble will be killed without mercy! Some civil disputes are caused by The military judge of the army will handle it and act according to the previous civil law! However, the previous civil law was too complicated, so we simplified it! We have been streamlining the civil law for half a day today." Yu Yunwen said.

"Also, during the Jurchen invasion, countless officials and gentry in Yanyun and the Central Plains were killed, and countless houses, properties, and land were occupied by the Jurchens. All these must be confiscated by the government! If someone takes the opportunity to seize these places, they must be dealt with seriously. When necessary, they will even be killed! After the government confiscated these places into their own hands, they can distribute them to meritorious officers and soldiers or poor people according to certain rules in the future! Especially the land, which cannot be occupied casually, must first be confiscated by the government. Li, and then the government will distribute it to the people, all of which need to be carried out by the army!" Yu Yunwen said again.

"How is the harvest in Guanshan, Hanzhong, and Sichuan this year?" Zhao Chen asked.

"This year's harvest is pretty good, especially in Guanshan and Xixia. Because countless young people have settled in, a lot of land has been developed! However, the army has spent a lot of money fighting in various places. This year's harvest can only meet the needs of our army! Your Majesty, you Do you want to provide disaster relief in various parts of the Central Plains? I'm afraid it won't work now!" Yu Yunwen said.

"Originally, I wanted to expand the army, but now it seems that I can't do it?" Zhao Chen said.

Yu Yunwen shook his head.

"It seems that we have to rest for a year! There are still many granaries in the state capitals of the Central Plains. The Jurchens have not burned all these granaries. Now the granaries in these places can at least meet the needs of the people to plant seeds next year?" Zhao Chen road.

"This should be no problem!" Yu Yunwen said.

"That's good! If there are not enough seeds, the army can only shrink their clothes and go on a diet." Zhao Chen smiled wryly.

The next day, Zhao Chen and others continued to discuss military affairs in various places, including distributing food from state capitals in various places in the Central Plains to the common people, barely allowing the common people to survive the winter, and leaving the seeds for spring plowing, which will be handed over to the common people in the spring inside! The other is how to distribute the land in various places! The population of this era is less than one-tenth of that of the later generations, and the per capita land area is huge. In addition, the Central Plains suffered from war, so there are fewer people and more land! In the past, most of the land was in the hands of landlords, and those ordinary people generally did not have land, but now all the land is distributed to them.

Everyone discussed in Zhongshan Mansion for several days, until the seventh day of October, Zhao Chen, Yu Yunwen and others left Zhongshan Mansion and headed for Yanjing.

Qu Duan was preparing to go to Daming Mansion, and use Daming Mansion as a base to handle military affairs in Hebei and Shandong. The rest of the armies also went to the Central Plains and Yanyun according to the orders of the General Staff Headquarters.

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Until October 15th, Zhao Chen finally came within the scope of Yanjing.

Zhang Xian, Kang An and others led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to come here with him.

Yanjing, here is one of the Kyushu in ancient times, it is called Youzhou! Therefore, Yanjing is also known as "the land of quiet swallows".

In the Xia and Shang dynasties, there were people living here, and it was where the Ji Kingdom used to be! After the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, the strength of the Yan State increased, and the Ji State was destroyed, and Yanjing became the capital of the Yan State!

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the Khitan people occupied the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and this was the most prosperous place in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, so the Khitans listed it as their capital and called it "Nanjing"! For two hundred years, the residents here have been accustomed to the term "Nanjing"! In the last ten years of the Liao Kingdom, because of the Jurchen invasion, the people of the Liao Kingdom did not dare to stay in the northern grasslands, so they came to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures one after another. This is the capital of the Liao Kingdom in name, but it is actually the official capital of the Liao Kingdom.

Historically, when the Kingdom of Jin was established, this place was called the "Central Capital" by the people of the Kingdom of Jin. Decades later, the people of the Kingdom of Jin moved their capital here, and it became the capital of the people of the Kingdom of Jin.

When the Mongols rose up, it was occupied by the Mongols. The Mongols called it "Dadu", which is the capital of the Mongols.

After that, until Zhu Yuanzhang revolted and defeated the Mongols, Xu Da came to Dadu! At that time, most of Xu Da's generals were destroyed, including countless palaces of the Yuan Dynasty inside! It was not until Zhu Di was named the King of Yan that Yanjing City was rebuilt! In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was also the capital.

Zhao Chen and the others have arrived at the city of Yanjing at this moment. The city walls of Yanjing give people an unusually mottled and vicissitudes of life feeling!

Over the past two hundred years, I don't know how many wars have been experienced here!

When the Song Dynasty was just established, Song Taizu tried to take back the Sixteen States of Yanyun, but unfortunately he failed. Afterwards Song Taizong mobilized all the soldiers from all over the country to conquer Yanyun. Under the city of Yanjing, the Song army was defeated, and Song Taizong was almost captured alive by the Khitans. Later, a soldier who pushed the cart saved Song Taizong's life. It is Yang Wudi, the famous golden sword in the early Song Dynasty! When the Jurchen was rising, the Northern Song Dynasty united with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, and Shi Dao, the first race of the Western Army, led the army to the city of Yanjing. However, although the Liao Kingdom was already declining, its military strength was still far greater than that of the Western Army, which was the strongest in the Song Dynasty at that time. , Kind of teacher is vulnerable! Later, Liu Yanqing, Liu Guangshi and his son came to the city of Yanjing. Their army of more than 100,000 was defeated by a mere 10,000 Khitans. The Liu family and his son fled in a hurry! Then Tong Guan came and was defeated by thousands of Khitans! Although it was also at the end of the dynasty, the weak military strength of the Northern Song Dynasty was the last in the history of the Central Plains, and it was still far behind the Khitan people! Later, Guo Yaoshi rebelled and sent Yanjing to the Northern Song court. Unfortunately, within a few years, Jin soldiers went south, and the city of Yanjing belonged to the Jurchens.

"It's been two hundred years, and this time the city of Yanjing has really returned to our Han people! Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures, this is the northern barrier of our Han people. It should have been part of the Central Plains, but unfortunately it was stolen by foreigners! From now on, This place will never be taken away by foreigners again! Let's go, enter the city!" Zhao Chen sighed for a while, and said suddenly.