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The army retreated and Bianjing was joking. The little emperor and a group of trusted ministers did not look north, but immediately turned their attention to the southeast.

The three imperial edicts issued by the old emperor in the southeast not only allowed Bianjing to obtain the support of the southeast food and army, but even knew nothing about the news in the southeast. Fortunately, Datong and Taiyuan still maintained contact with Bianjing, and Prince Yun had not yet publicly confronted Bianjing. In order to prevent Bianjing from being attacked by the old emperor and Prince Yun from the north and south, the young emperor adopted the opinions of Zhong Shidao and Li Gang and sent envoys to Taiyuan to win over and appease Li Hu. If Li Hu was willing to respect the little emperor of Bianjing, the situation would be very beneficial to the little emperor.

Although Li Hu led his army to Taiyuan, although it threatened the security of Bianjing, considering that Datong was attacked by the Jin army, Li Hu's top priority was to defend Daibei. In addition, the Tiger Lieutenant Army withdrew from Helan Mountain and returned from a long journey, the army was extremely tired and would not take military action south in the short term, so Bian Jing still had enough time to deal with Li Hu.

In addition, when Li Hu withdrew his troops from Xixia, Zhe Yanzhi's army returned to Shaanxi. Zhe Yanzhi could restrain Li Hu to a certain extent, and Li Hu could threaten the Jin army in Hebei when he arrived in Taiyuan, which greatly reduced the threat from the Jin army to Bianjing, and Bianjing could thus gain time and quickly deal with the old emperor in the southeast.

Zhong Shidao's half-cross attack, and Li Gang's follow-up and pursuit were all changed from defense to attack, intending to recover Youyan, Hebei. The intention was good and the strategy could be taken. However, for Bianjing, fighting such a big war, first of all, it is necessary to solve the internal stability problem, that is, the little emperor must hold the throne firmly and let the court obey his command; secondly, to solve the problems of money, food and military, without enough food and weapons, and without more troops, this battle cannot be fought; finally, there is Li Hu's problem. If the problem of Li Hu is not solved, the security of Bianjing cannot be guaranteed. Whether he is loyal to the Song Dynasty and respects the little emperor of Bianjing directly determines the safety of the Song Dynasty and determines whether the Song army's counterattack can win.

These three urgent problems began to be resolved quickly with the retreat of the Jin army.

In order to consolidate the imperial power, the young emperor vigorously adjusted the officials of the East and West governments. In just a short time, more than 70% of the main officials of the East and West governments were replaced, which was rare in the world.

The little emperor adjusted the central official again. Li Bangyan's mission was completed. The little emperor dismissed him from his post on the pretext of obeying public opinion and summoned him to the end.

Zhang Bangchang was the Grand Priest and the Minister of the Junior Affairs Office, and served as prime minister. Wu Min was the Young Priest and the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and served as deputy prime minister. Li Gang was the Minister of the Privy Council and was in charge of the military affairs of the Song Dynasty. Geng Nanzhong was the Left Prime Minister of the Shangshu, and Li was the Right Prime Minister of the Shangshu.

A few days later, Zhong Shidao was removed from his position as a member of the Privy Council and was renamed as an envoy of the Central Taiyi Palace. Zhong Shidao was actually OK to serve as a deputy to the Privy Council, which did not violate the basic national policy of "using culture to control martial arts" in the Song Dynasty. However, at this critical moment, the young emperor and his confidants dared not trust the military, so as soon as the Jin army retreated, Zhong Shidao was rushed out of Bianjing. With his departure, various king-supporting troops also evacuated Bianjing one after another. In addition to some of the troops guarding the important ferries on the north bank of the Yellow River, some returned to their original garrisons, and some went to Shandong and west to suppress the rebellion. What made Li Gang and Zhong Shidao very angry was that Bianjing actually ignored Hebei and let Hebei die on its own. Even if the Song Dynasty ceded Zhongshan (including Zhending Prefecture) and Hejian to the Jin Kingdom, what about other prefectures and counties? Don't you want it? Just give it to the Jin Kingdom like this?

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The little emperor was eager to solve the problem. After discussing with Zhang Bangchang, Wu Min and others, he decided to appoint Nieshan, the Kaifeng Prefecture, as the Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhejiang and other routes to establish a shipping envoy. The official of the Ma Jun Company, Xue An, as the deputy envoy. He went to the southeast and killed Cai Jing, Cai You, Cai Tao, Gao Qiu and others around the old emperor. He captured the old emperor. The little emperor is now in the hands of the army. He is brave and has given up his courage.

Li Hu tried his best to dissuade him. There were only a few of the most powerful confidants in the old emperor. Tong Guan is now in Taiyuan. Wang, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan and others are killed. Zhu is dismissed and driven away. The officials of the east and west governments are cleaned up again. The old emperor thought that the inside and outside were in charge of power again. At this time, the young emperor used force to solve the old emperor. It will not only cause a civil war to intensify the crisis. It is not good for the little emperor. Moreover, Li Hu's attitude is not yet known. If he has ulterior motives and supports the king to deliberately provoke a civil war, it will be bad news for Bianjing.

"It is not a must-have to throw a rat. It is better to try every means to trick the old emperor back to the capital."

After careful consideration, the young emperor followed Li Gangdi's advice and took back his appointment to Nieshandi. He sent another envoy to the southeast and asked the old emperor to return to Bianjing to preside over the state affairs.

The little emperor blamed the old emperor and his confidant ministers all for the invasion of the Jin army to further attack the old emperor's strength.

Liang Fangping was killed because he failed to block the Jin army on the north bank of the Yellow River.

When Cai Jing was demoted, his position was demoted from the Taishi to the Secretary-General and was divided into Nanjing. When Tong Guan was demoted, he was dismissed from the position of Xuanfu Envoy of Yanshan, Hedong, Hebei, and his title of King's title was abolished. When the position was promoted from the Taishi General to the Left Guard, he ordered his resignation and to live in Chizhou.

The position of the Privy Council was dismissed from Cai You, and the position of Taibao was promoted to Taizhong Doctor.

The Tao Palace, let it live.

According to the crime, this punishment is relatively light. In order to deceive the old emperor back, the young emperor did not take it in one step, but instead proceeded step by step.

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On February 22, Hebei urgently reported that the Song army in Dingzhou, Gaoyang and Hejian areas refused to accept the imperial edicts and refused to cede the land. The local military and civilians fought fiercely with the Jin army.

On February 23, the Northwest Marshal's Office urgently reported that considering that the main forces of the Northwest Army of Xihe, Qinfeng and Yongxing Routes would be guarding Bianjing for a long time, they specially dispatched Shengjie Army to guard Chang'an to ensure the safety of Guanzhong.

In addition, in order to prevent the Jin army from attacking Bianjing again, the Northwest Marshal's Office urgently dispatched the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army to the Longde Prefecture, Jinzhou and Jiangzhou on Hedong Road to garrison troops in order to support Bianjing.

On February 24, the Jin army envoy rushed to Bianjing and asked Bianjing to immediately withdraw the army from Zhongshan and the front line of Zhending and Hejian, otherwise the Jin army would attack Bianjing again. At the same time, they made a suggestion that because the Jin army failed to conquer Datong and occupied Yunzhong Road, Li Hu still had the strength, and the Jin Kingdom was willing to return Taiyuan to the Song Dynasty, but the premise was that the Song and Jin countries must work together to eliminate Li Hu.

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On February 25, Yuwen Xuzhong returned to Bianjing.

Li Hu's memorial made the young emperor and the central ministers who had been worried breath. Regardless of whether Li Hu was trustworthy or not, whether Li Hu was intent, at least Li Hu did not attack Bianjing at this critical moment, but the Hu Lili Army went south to occupy the entire Hedong Road, which still made everyone smell a strong smell of blood.

"What happened to Shengjie Army in Chang'an?" The little emperor asked Yuwen Xuzhong, "Does Li Hu want to rob with the fire? He has already controlled Hedong Road, can he still want to control the northwest?"

Yuwen Xuzhong came day and night, and he only learned about the Shengjie Army today. When he left Taiyuan, Li Hu did not say that he wanted to control the entire northwest, but now that the Shengjie Army is stationed in Chang'an, there is something unsettling inside.

"If, as you said, Li Hu launched a mutiny in Taiyuan and imprisoned Wang and Tong Guan, how did Shengjie Army arrive in Chang'an?" Li Gang was also puzzled by this. He knew Li Hu and Hu Lie Mansion. Even though Li Hu was robbed and controlled the entire Hedong Road at present, it would be too difficult for Li Hu to gain a foothold on Hedong Road. After all, it would take some time for the people of the Song Dynasty to identify with the Han people in the north. Li Hu was a smart man. He would never risk entering Chang'an, and would not hurriedly control the northwest. In fact, Li Hu did not have the ability to control the northwest now, unless he used the power of Prince Yun and Tong Guan, that is, Li Hu was still implementing the past strategies, but in order to avoid the civil war in the Song Dynasty and to avoid Bian Jing directly dealing with the king, he deliberately hid Prince Yun behind to ease the conflict with Bian Jing.

A thought suddenly arose in Li Hu's mind. The real purpose of Li Hu's mutiny in Taiyuan might be to protect Prince Yun. The little emperor was very sensitive to this. He seemed to have thought of this, so he immediately questioned Yuwen Xuzhong.

"Li Hu is lying to us." Zhang Bangchang thought for a moment and soon thought of the key points. Like the little emperor, his target was not Li Hu, but Prince Yun. Prince Yun was the one who could truly threaten Bian Jing. Li Hu, like the Jurchens, was a northern enemy. He wanted to occupy the northwest, not only needed an army, but also a king. Otherwise, relying solely on the force of the Northwest Army would be enough to block Li Hu's way to occupy the northwest. But if Li Hu and Prince Yun reached a covenant, it would be different. The king could win the world with his strength, while he could occupy the northwest with the help of the king.

"Prince Yun and Li Hu must be in a collusion." Wu Min said in a word, "But if the king wants to accomplish something, he must get the help of the Supreme Emperor, so the most urgent task now is to trick the Supreme Emperor back to the capital and completely cut off the king's mind."

"What's the plan?" the little emperor asked anxiously with his eyebrows.

"Li Hu's memorial is very useful." Wu Min said, "Show this memorial to the Supreme Emperor to let him know that Prince Yun is over, and His Majesty's throne is already solid, forcing the old emperor to give up the confrontation. After the old emperor's affairs are resolved, we can form an alliance with the Jin people and join forces to attack Li Hu. Li Hu is over, what else can the king rely on? What strength does he have to threaten Bian Jing?"

"The most urgent task is to counterattack, to recover Hebei." Li Gang became anxious as soon as he heard this. Now he spent his energy on internal strife, which would inevitably delay the best time for counterattack. "Li Hu's main force is in Taiyuan. We can cooperate with him to attack in two ways and regain Zhongshan and Hejian towns. If the opportunity is good, we can also regain Youyan."

"So what if I take it back?" Geng Nanzhong asked coldly, "It's not a cheaper thing to take it back."

"Li Hu is a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. This land is the land of the Song Dynasty. Of course we will take it back." Li Gang glared at Geng Nanzhong and asked angrily, "In your opinion, I would rather give the land to the Jurchens than to use it as Li Hu's vassal state, right?"
Chapter completed!