Chapter six hundred and ninety third the difficulty of the road
On the land of Youyan, people migrated north one after another from Jizhou and Yanzhou.
Yanzhou Prefecture is set as a companion capital. First of all, expansion is certain, and then various yamen will be moved into the city.
As a result, a large amount of labor is needed, and the Youyan people who have just come out of the refugee camp have become the best candidates.
They can choose to stay in Yanzhou Prefecture, and the government will open eight halls to apply for naturalization in Yanzhou Prefecture.
However, it is hard to leave the hometown after all, so many people still choose to return to their hometown, and the city of Tanzhou gradually becomes lively.
In the report of the victory on New Year's Day, the imperial court swore to the people that Youyan would no longer become a battlefield.
The officers and soldiers of the Song Army would move the front to the north until they completely defeated the Northern invaders. No one would have believed this before, but the credibility of the court today is too strong.
At several critical moments, when the court was short of money, Yang Lin preferred to issue national bonds instead of imposing exorbitant taxes or changing his new policies. The edicts issued by the court were strictly implemented several times in a row, making the people gradually choose to believe him.
This court.
The changes that have taken place in the northern border in recent years are astonishing. A few years ago, Hebei was a borderland, and was often attacked by foreign tribes.
After the first Youyan War, Hebei became the hinterland, and Youyan became a borderland.
In order to prevent the Jurchen Tatars from plundering the population and clearing the country, the imperial court moved a large number of people to the Jizhou area and built Tanzhou and Jingzhou into military towns.
Now that the border has moved several hundred miles north, Youyan now has a thick barrier, and the relationship between the North and the Central Plains has become closer.
As for the Northern Han'er, the reason why they were separated from the Central Plains Dynasty was because they had been separated for too long. They were originally from the same clan, so it was not difficult to regain the Northern Han'er's loyalty.
In Bianliang City, many people gathered in wine shops to celebrate. The Song Dynasty had won more battles in these years than before combined.
Even when the country was founded, even several separatist countries in the south of the Yangtze River were destroyed, but they were not as prosperous as they are now.
On the outskirts of Bianliang City, a group of people were preparing to leave. They were the Khitan envoys.
Because Yelv Dashi protected the Liao Kingdom Zuo in the west, this year, as usual, an envoy was sent to Bianliang to celebrate the New Year.
However, the Song Dynasty only sent people from the Western Regions Protectorate to Fuliao City to check the situation, and did not send envoys from Bianliang. The road was too far, and it was estimated that it would take half a year to reach Fuliao City.
Gao Bing stood on the outskirts of the city, smiling and waving, and several sworn brothers waved goodbye.
I could see a trace of sadness in the corners of his eyes. Gao Bing was a very emotional person, otherwise he wouldn't have so many friends.
Whether he was a former member of the imperial army, an envoy to the Khitan, or later he took charge of the new army in Beijing, there were many people who had a close relationship with him.
Among them are civil servants like Qin Hui and Bai Shizhong; there are also young Khitan nobles like Yelu Muxun and Yu Shinan; and there are also some extravagant men like Song Jiang and Hua Rong...
Not to mention anything else, at least Gao Yanei's ability in making friends and public relations is very good.
The Khitan people held dozens of newspapers about the "New Year's Day Victory" and embarked on the return journey. This time, the Song Dynasty actually drove the Jurchens two hundred miles away from the Great Wall, which made the Liao people look with admiration.
Yu Shiqing had already made up his mind to lock up his younger brother after he returned. He must not be allowed to successfully instigate His Majesty to go eastward.
Khitan Erlang avoided the west just to avoid the danger of annihilation and to preserve his bloodline for the Khitan.
If we ignore the current good situation and forcibly march eastward, we will be sorry for our ancestors.
Yu Shiqing turned around and saw that the third brother looked ugly and lowered his head not knowing what he was thinking.
"Sanlang, we are about to return to Daliao, but you are frowning. Why?"
Yu Shinan sighed, with a lonely look on his face, and said disheartenedly: "Whether it is Youyan or the Huanglong Mansion that Aguda returned to, this is our land of Daliao, and it once belonged to the powerful Liao Empire."
"Now it has become a battlefield between Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty. How can it not be heartbreaking?"
As soon as he said this, several sworn brothers and sworn brothers around him felt the same and started sobbing.
This patriotic sentiment was originally very touching, but other people in the Khitan mission had the urge to drive them away and let them fend for themselves.
If these seven scourges reach Fuliao City, they may cause some trouble.
At the foot of Bianliang City, it was not until the smoke and dust raised by the Khitan mission disappeared that Gao Bing turned around and headed toward the city.
As soon as I arrived at the gate, I saw a group of people rushing toward the city gate. If I looked carefully, there were also soldiers from the Long Live Battalion.
Since the soldiers of the Wansui Battalion appeared wearing armor, it must be the Shao Zai himself. Gao Bing took a closer look and found that among the crowd, there were two brothers, Lu Qian and Lu Wang, who were inseparable from the Shao Zai.
He led people to greet him. When Lu Qian saw him, he smiled and said, "Ya Nei, what a coincidence!"
Gao Bing didn't bother to correct his statement. Anyway, he accepted his fate and asked, "Is Shao Zai here?"
"It's in the car." Lu Qian said with a smile: "Shao Zai, dozens of his disciples, went to the outskirts of Bianliang City to see the legendary rail carriage."
Gao Shan rolled his eyes and said, "I'm fine with you, so just go with Shaozai."
At this time, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and Yang Lin's eldest disciple, Wu Min from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, showed his head and said: "Commander, my teacher, please come up and accompany us."
Gao Bian immediately abandoned his horse and got on Yang Lin's carriage, which was full of familiar people.
Ma Kuo was very close to Gao Bing. He patted the futon beside him and said, "Third brother, come here."
In front of Yang Lin is a drawing of a rail carriage, provided by the Guangzhou school building that designed this method.
This matter was originally proposed to solve the earthquake relief problem. Although it did not come in handy, Yang Lin attached great importance to it.
It would be extremely difficult to manage a vast empire if transportation was always so inconvenient.
Once you leave Gyeonggi Province, you have to go up a mountain and the emperor is far away, because you have to go to Beijing on a monthly basis.
Moreover, the road was bumpy, which Yang Lin knew very well. Every time he went out on patrol, it cost him half his life and caused his bones to fall apart.
No wonder the ancients said that traveling is difficult. Due to the transportation and roads of this era, it is even more difficult to travel far away.
Gao Bian came forward and looked around, not understanding anything at all. He just felt that the track carriage would save some energy.
Yang Lin and several of his disciples and grandchildren were discussing with great interest. He increasingly discovered that the wisdom of the Han people in this era should not be underestimated.
Various suggestions have been put forward, some are reliable, and some are far-fetched.
It was even said that it was dragged away by a hot air balloon and a kite, which made Yang Lin dumbfounded. However, he never suppressed any idea, but encouraged everyone to try and experiment.
In many fields that people think are outside common sense, there may not necessarily be new paths that are completely different from those of later civilizations. The main thing is to cultivate the ability and consciousness of today's young people to experiment.
Soon the experimental road on the outskirts of the city arrived. Everyone jumped off the carriage and walked over surrounded by Yang Lin.
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