I don’t know who cut out the thin leaves. The spring breeze in February is like scissors.

In early February, as the large-scale war came to an end, the greenery in the mountains and fields swept across the Lianghe area south of Yanshan, and the spring of the tenth year of Jianyan had fully arrived.

Taking advantage of such greenery, the sixth prince of the Jin Dynasty, who had not been summoned twice by Zhao Guan's family, led Datong to stay behind. Both Luguan and the Privy Council were ordered to lead Hong Ya, the Minister of War, and arrived under the escort of the Khan of Eastern Mongolia, Hebule.

Moved to Anle County, Dingzhou.

However, after going back and forth like this, the Anle at this time had already been occupied by the Song army. Therefore, the two took a short rest, asked for some supplies from the Song army in the city, and then rode the Mongolian horses presented by Hebule again in a hurry.

Heading northeast, we arrived at the city of Dingzhou in the evening.

The city of Dingzhou is more than a hundred miles away from Zhending, and there are three medium-sized rivers in the middle. This distance is quite embarrassing to say whether it is close or far.

Of course, Xun Luguan and Hong Ya didn't expect to be able to live comfortably here for a long time, even if this was a state city... Their plan was very simple, rest for one night, and tomorrow morning, while the city was still under the jurisdiction of the Jin Kingdom,

, try to collect some defeated troops, supplies, and livestock, and then take the local officials in the city who are willing to leave, and continue to retreat.

In fact, due to the distance, Dingzhou, which had learned the news of the defeat ahead, had long been in panic, and Mao Shuo, the governor of Dingzhou (in the Jin Kingdom system, the governor of the governor was the governor), had also promised to meet them the next day.

Let's go north together.

But when they waited until the morning of the next day, the tenth day of the second lunar month, they had only eaten half of their breakfast. They were shocked to find that they seemed to be dragging their feet.

"Mao Zhongquan (characterized by Mao Shuo), what do you mean?" After sighing, Hong Ya held a hot pancake at the dining table in the back hall and asked coldly, attracting Nian Lu who was drinking noodle soup.

I was puzzled for a moment.

"I don't have any other intention. I just asked the Sixth Prince, Mr. Hong... if he could eat faster?" Mao Shuo, who was sitting across the table, laughed dryly and tried his best to answer. "Leave early?"

"Is that all you mean?" Hong Ya sneered at him.

"Shilang Hong is overthinking." Before Mao Shuo could continue to speak, Xian Lugu, who had just drank a gulp of noodle soup, began to disagree. "Mao Ci Shi Jingkangzhong was a general of the Song Dynasty, and then served as an official in the Qi State of Liu Yu.

A subordinate, and then became an official in his own country and the governor of a state. This status was destined to be tolerated by the Song people, so they were so anxious... Actually, Mao Cishi, don't worry, Zhao Guan's family is still decent, as long as it is not

If we resist, even if the Song army comes to the city, they will at most not allow us to take away the livestock and property in the city."

Mao Shuo laughed dryly again, but did not respond.

"The Sixth Prince oversimplified the history of Mao!" Hong Ya waited patiently for Lu Guan to finish, then took a bite of the pancake, and then continued to look at the person opposite him coldly. "Mao Zhongquan, tell me the truth.

, did the Song people come with some words or messages, so you changed your mind and didn't leave? Otherwise, how could you not drink a sip of soup at home, but just sit there and urge us to eat and leave quickly? "

Zulu Guan was finally stunned.

And Mao Shuo sighed slightly, and finally became serious: "The Sixth Prince has a distinguished status, and Mr. Hong is my old boss, and I don't want to hide it... Just recently in the morning, Song Qi came to the city and sent three messages.

The will comes."

"Who are you? You need three special edicts from Zhao Song officials to recruit you?" Hong Ya became more and more angry. "I have been with the Sixth Prince twice and I haven't seen a special edict!"

"Wait a minute, you two." Mao Shuo stood up immediately after hearing this.

"I have something to say." Hong Ya quickly pinched the pancake and scolded him sternly. "The two of us came out with the terms of the peace negotiation between Zhao Guan's family and Yanjing, not escaped. If you act smart, you will only make Zhao Guan's family dislike you!

"

Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of well ropes for ten years, and Xunlu Guan was also nervous for a while.

"Xianggong Hong is thinking too much!" Mao Shuo turned around helplessly and stamped his feet. "I'll go get the three decrees for you two!"

After all, Hong Ya and Xun Luguan lost the interest in dining and could only sit and look at each other.

After a moment, Mao Shuo turned around and came back, bringing with him the three black and white notices... Hong Ya just took a glance and saw the big seal on it, and then he understood in his heart that there was no doubt that this was indeed the official family of Zhao Song.

Purpose, but it is obvious that the purpose of this announcement situation cannot be personal.

"I won't read it, and you shouldn't read it. Just tell me what it means!" Hong Ya felt a little depressed for a moment, but stood up and poured a bowl of noodle soup for himself and Xun Luguan from the big basin in the center of the table. "Look.

Let’s see what purpose made you change your mind.”

The other person just took a sip, and here Mao Shuo simply said bluntly:

"The three edicts were all drawn up the day before yesterday, that is, on the eighth day of the lunar month. They were just delivered this morning...all related to farming matters."

"farm work?"

"That's right." Mao Shuo said with emotion according to the notice in front of him. "The first edict is to request the military and local officials of the five states south of Yanshan: Fanhe East Road, Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, Datong Road, and Yanshan Road.

, regardless of whether the person appointed is from the Jin Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, he must fulfill his responsibilities, guide and appease the people, and supervise the spring plowing."

Zhen Luguan and Hong Ya looked at each other, their interest suddenly waning, and they were speechless at the same time.

"The second decree." Mao Shuo paused for a moment, and after observing the expressions of the two people opposite him, continued. "It's a little bit about military affairs, but the main subject is still farming. It means that if there are areas in the local area that have been abandoned due to previous military operations,

The large tracts of cultivated land, or the cultivated land left behind by the dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom after their flight, should be reported early in the morning, and they should be cultivated as extensively as possible without wasting it. If they are really unable to do so, they will definitely send soldiers and civilians, auxiliary soldiers and some prisoners there to come.

The land should be cultivated roughly according to the land, and the cultivation should be maintained as much as possible."

Hong Ya was still speechless, but Lu Guan couldn't help but laugh dryly: "The Zhao Guan family is a benevolent emperor after all."

Mao Shuo ignored the other party and continued to talk about the third edict: "This third edict is both military and political, but it still focuses on farming... It means that the Zhao Guan family wants to pick out a lot of things from the imperial palace for consultation.

', and a large number of Jinshi were recruited from the army to accompany the army, either in groups of three or in teams of five, and escorted by small groups of troops, they went to the surrounding military states to inspect spring plowing..."

"High! It's both a high-level plan and a high-level means!" Before he finished speaking, Hong Ya raised his voice in response, and then sighed in a low voice. "It's really brilliant! No wonder Mao Zhongquan changed your mind early in the morning... I just didn't know.

Is it Zhao Guan's own pen and ink, or is it Mr. Lu who has gotten better these days and made the arrangements?"

"What's the difference? Isn't my husband also used by officials?" Mao Shuo shook his head slightly first, then nodded slightly. "But no matter what, he is indeed a master."

Of course it was brilliant, even Zhen Luguan nodded.

The situation is high, so there is no need to say more... No one else knows about such a great victory as Huolu. It has been seven or eight days. How can Dingzhou, which is hundreds of miles away, not know about it? How can the three people here not know about it? And this is such a great victory.

, that official did not make great achievements and make a grand progress, and did not massacre prisoners to show his majesty. Instead, he focused on the farming work that was forced by the season. Everything was done with farming as the axis. It really seemed to have a pattern and the priorities were clear.

Pros and cons.

In addition, just talking about the methods, it is actually very clever.

For example, take the first decree. Regardless of whether you, a local official of the Kingdom of Jin, accept it or not, you can always do it, and you should do it. No one will say that it is wrong for you to appease the people, restore order, and attach importance to spring plowing.

However, there happened to be a hint of foreshadowing and psychological hint.

Therefore, the second decree gave some people who originally wanted to surrender the opportunity to follow suit.

The next third edict is even more interesting. The so-called inspection of spring plowing, of course, refers to inspection, supervision, and inspection of spring plowing matters. But since it is an inspection, there will inevitably be judgments. Since it is a judgment, there will inevitably be advantages and disadvantages.

Forget about anything else, back to the Hebei local officials appointed by the Jin State, how should they face the working groups sent by Zhao Song officials?

First of all, should we open the city gate and let Song’s working group in?

If you don't open it, that's fine, that's a matter for the military; but if you open it, will one of the most important psychological thresholds be passed?

Next, it is normal to perform poorly. Once the emperor and the courtiers, these are the replacement of two countries. So what if he leaves office safely?

But if someone is really rated as having excellent spring plowing work, what does that mean?

It can’t be said that I accepted Zhao Guan’s order to appease the people and supervise spring plowing, and did a particularly good job. Even the imperial envoys of the Song Dynasty agreed, but then they turned around and said I was a traitor to the enemy country and chopped them off with a knife, right?

Nine times out of ten, they will take advantage of the situation to stay in office or transfer to another position.

So, how about working hard... and giving it a try?

Of course, in fact, this is not over yet. The spring plowing is over, and the working group stays in one place. Can we take advantage of the situation to take over and clean up the property and land that the Jin Kingdom previously allocated to those Meng'an, Mouke, and Puliyan?

Will it be possible to further fulfill the pre-war promise of the Zhao Guan family after spring plowing?

People like Mao Shuo don't know about these later events for the time being, but just the previous considerations, just the political attitude contained in the three decrees, and just a little bit of power were enough to shake the hearts of many local officials of the Jin Kingdom.

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You must know that everyone wants to make progress.

All in all, if the three wills are implemented, the spring plowing will be remedied to the greatest extent. Regardless of the spring plowing, even the descendants will have steps, thereby avoiding a large number of punishments, reducing the turmoil of social order, and also

It can be regarded as an orderly step in transforming military achievements into political achievements.

It can only be said that Hebei has indeed changed after the war, but it is not as crude and direct as imagined.

"So Mao Cai Shi was worried that if I left too late, the back-foot work team would come in and cause trouble?" The sixth prince was not stupid when it came to Lu Guan, but he didn't react as quickly as Hong Ya and was as thoughtful as he was.

"That's true." Mao Shuo responded with a slight embarrassment, but shook his head slightly. "In addition, I also want to persuade an old friend... Mr. Hong?"

Hong Ya sighed in the sudden realization of Lu Guan, and bowed his head in silence for a moment, as if he was feeling emotional that Mao Shuo had not forgotten his old love, which touched his heart.

But after a moment, he still shook his head slightly, causing Zhi Lu Guan to feel slightly relieved.

Of course, what Zhen Lu Guan didn't know was that Hong Ya's expression was just perfunctory, and there was no disturbance in his heart at the moment... This is not to say that Hong Ya only thought about glory and wealth, and did not think about staying in power.

When the Song Dynasty stabilized, he had thought so for a long time, otherwise it would not have led to Zhending's surrender... But didn't the Zhao Guan family not want him?

Especially when he returned to Zhending for the second time but was not summoned, this person who was almost perfect at guessing his thoughts became more certain about the official's thoughts... Whether he really wanted to promote that kind of thing

Negotiating the terms of peace was still a typical alienation strategy. Anyway, the official did not want to see Hong Ya reacting in front of his eyes.

When I returned to the north with Xulu Guan, I was certainly excited about the best possible outcome, but more importantly, I felt helpless.

Turning back to the present, Mao Shuo, the governor of Dingzhou, was moved by the vague and conditional pardon from the Zhao Song official family... This man was a recognized capable official and believed that he could manage Dingzhou properly, so he chose to stay in Dingzhou.

Dingzhou, returning to the Song Dynasty... At the same time, no matter how emotional Xun Luguan and Hong Ya were, they could only set off on the road in a hurry after breakfast with the attitude of being expelled.

This time, the two of them did not find themselves in trouble on the road. They took off lightly and galloped for a whole day. Along the way, they passed through Wangdu and Beiping counties, both of which passed through the city without entering, until they reached Baosai City, the capital of Baozhou.
To be continued...