Zhao Zongshi and his party returned to the capital and were warmly welcomed by the people of the capital. It was as if the expedition soldiers had returned triumphantly. When the boat they were riding into the capital, tens of thousands of people who came to welcome him were already crowded with warm smiles, applause, and cheers resounded across the river.

Zhao Zongshi brought Sapu and a group of officials to Xuande Gate with hundreds of imperial guards. Emperor Zhao Zhen personally led all civil and military officials to Xuande Gate to welcome his return.

Zhao Zongshi was extremely moved and went up to kneel down to worship. "I am so lucky that Zhao Zong is not humiliated to be the one who is here to submit an order to Your Majesty!"

"Okay! OK! OK!"

Zhao Zhen was so happy that he said three good things in a row. He stepped forward to help Zhao Zongshi up and said without any concealing the praise in his eyes: "I worked hard and built a territory for the Song Dynasty thousands of miles away. Their contributions are in the country. This is my Zhao family's outstanding son. Get up quickly!"

Zhao Zongshi stood up and pulled Sap to introduce to Zhao Zhen, "This is the chief of the Kun clan. He is willing to be loyal to the people of the Song Dynasty and to Your Majesty."

Etiquette was taught on the road of Sap. Although he was speechless, his mind was very flexible. Sap immediately knelt down and kowtowed, saying to his Majesty. Zhao Zhen was overjoyed and quickly helped him up and asked him to take the third-rank official uniform to Sap. He immediately named him General Guide and the governor of Kunzhou, and was awarded the title of Duke of County.

Zhao Zhen then took Zhao Zongshi to sit in his dragon chariot and headed towards Ziwei Hall.

In Ziwei Hall, Zhao Zongshi reported in detail to the emperor Zhao Zhen and the prime minister of the Zhengshi Hall for seizing the Danluo Kingdom and Kunzhou. A few months ago, the Danluo King Gao Bo and his wife and daughter had been escorted to the capital. Zhao Zhen did not treat him badly. He appointed him as the Duke of Danluo County, gave him a mansion, and gave him a third-rank official salary, so that he and his wife and daughter could live in the capital. However, Gao Bo was sent by the court to secretly monitor him. At the same time, a battalion of troops specifically protected him, which was actually to prevent the Liao Kingdom or Goryeo from hijacking him back to the country.

Before this, Zhao Zongshi had written a report to the emperor and the court, telling the situation of Kunzhou. The court recognized the name Kunzhou and agreed to rename Sakhalin Island to Beikunzhou, adding these two territory to the territory of the Song Dynasty.

After listening to Zhao Zongshi's report, Zhao Zhen frowned slightly. He was a little worried about the situation of being unacceptable to the local conditions of the war horses, so he immediately summoned Zhang Lin, the group herder envoy, to ask.

After listening to Zhao Zongshi's description, Zhang Lin pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I think this is a normal phenomenon, especially in the pastures. Any war horse has an adaptation process in a new place. As long as it is not tropical, the climate and water are not a big problem. The key is forage. Horses will encounter some poisonous plants. Listen to Zhao Envoy's description, I think that it should be that they encounter slightly poisonous plants. When a certain period of accumulation occurs, some weak horses will suffer from collective poisoning. Yang Dujian is experienced. I believe that he will find problems and can also solve this problem."

"Can it be solved?" Zhao Zhen asked again.

Zhang Lin nodded, "Of course it can be solved. It is necessary to mobilize human hands to reduce the number of poisonous plants as much as possible. In addition, a variety of alfalfas. With sufficient good grass, war horses will take the initiative to avoid this slightly poisonous plant. In short, this is a very normal adaptation process, and your majesty does not need to worry."

Zhao Zhen felt relieved and asked again: "Is there any difficulties in Kunzhou that need to be solved by the imperial court?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the biggest problem in Kunzhou is the shortage of manpower. On the one hand, there is a shortage of officials and labor. Fan Yushi suggested hiring 10,000 workers from Japan to build cities, roads, wharfs, and log and mine. We all think this plan is feasible."

At this time, Fu Bi asked from the side: "Will they settle down in the future and turn Kunzhou into a prefecture in Japan?"

Zhao Zongshi smiled and said, "We also thought of this problem. We will formulate employment principles. The laborers will sign the contract for no more than three years and will not renew it. If the contract is over, they will be sent back to their hometown and then another group of workers will be replaced. In order to solve the population problem, we consider appropriately introducing some young Japanese women to naturalize them as Song people, marry the soldiers stationed in Kunzhou, so that they can stay to guard the border. In addition, we will open schools to ensure the orthodox education of the Song Dynasty."

Everyone nodded secretly. The key to a country's continuation lies in the father's nature. As long as the father is from Song, his wife and children will become Song people. Everyone has a consensus on this and does not oppose the introduction of Japanese women.

Zhao Zhen nodded and said, "We still need to move some Song people to Kunzhou. We can attract people to go with tax exemption and land allocation discounts. Since the land there is fertile and you can grow grain, it is best to be self-sufficiency in the grain."

Zhao Zongshi hurriedly said: "Report to Your Majesty, after the spring of next year, the army will implement military farming and plant wheat. In addition, the animal husbandry industry will also make great achievements. Next spring, the wealth minister wants to bring more wool sheep and cattle to go there."

Zhao Zhen smiled: "You won't have to go next year, I will have other appointments to you!"

Zhao Zongshi jumped in his heart, what does the official family mean? Is he really hopeful...

At this time, Wen Yanbo pondered: "With the shortage of officials, young officials can be encouraged to work in Kunzhou. As an alternate position, he will be promoted for three to five years and will have the opportunity to be promoted when he comes back."

Zhao Zhen nodded, "This plan is very good. Finally, it is used as a system, not limited to Kunzhou. It can be used overseas. For example, Liuqiu, Songma Island, Kunzhou and Beikunzhou, there may be Nanyang in the future. As long as you are willing to work overseas, even if you are selected as an alternative, you will be given priority in the future promotion."

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and asked again: "What do Japan say?"

This is a big deal. Zhao Zhen asked at the end. Zhao Zongshi took out a special report from Fan Ning and submitted it to Emperor Zhao Zhen. "This is some ideas from Censor Fan and write it into a written report. Please read it by Your Majesty!"

This is also where Zhao Zongshi is good at being a human being. Fan Ning gave the man who returned to Beijing to report his work this time, which was equivalent to giving up the first contribution of opening Kunzhou to him. He had to give up at least some achievements. Moreover, Fan Ning's thinking was much clearer than him in his strategy to deal with Japan. Zhao Zongshi was embarrassed to take this contribution away.

After reading the report, Zhao Zhen put it away and did not give it to the prime ministers for their review. Fanning's plan to support the Japanese civil war in the report could only be used secretly, and could not be made public as a national policy. At most, it was the personal behavior of the local officials themselves.

Zhao Zhen said lightly: "After the spring of next year, perhaps Japanese envoys will come to the Song Dynasty to negotiate. Censor Fan hopes that the court will be tough and will not give in. At the same time, preparing to fight against Japan in Kunzhou. I think Censor Fan makes sense. Wars are inevitable in the past dynasties to open borders and avoid land. Only in blood and fire can the cornerstone of our Song Dynasty."

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In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Zhen issued an edict to establish overseas prefectures and counties. Songma Island was renamed Danzhou, Maoren Island was renamed Kunzhou, Sakhalin Island was renamed Jingzhou, and Liuqiu Island was renamed Liuqiu Prefecture.

At the same time, he rewarded the officials who had made contributions to overseas development. Zhao Zongshi was appointed as the Prince of Julu, the envoy of Xuanfu in Hebei, the magistrate of Zongzheng Temple, Di Qing was appointed Duke Xu, the Taiwei, the overseas military commander, and other prefectures. He was responsible for the military affairs of Dan, Kun, Jing, Liuqiufu, and other prefectures. His two sons were appointed as officials. Fan Ning was appointed Duke of Jiangdu County, the Chaosan Dafu, the Secretary was appointed as the Shaoshang Supervisor, and the Kunzhou affairs. The other generals and officials were all promoted to the next level, and their salaries were doubled. The soldiers of the three armies were rewarded with 500,000 stags of money and 200,000 pieces of silk.

The emperor's reward for overseas meritorious ministers caused a sensation in the court. Zhao Zongshi himself was the adopted son of the emperor, and it was understandable that he was appointed as the king. He was rebelled continuously by the disaster victims in Hebei, so he was appointed as the Hebei Xuanfu envoy, inspecting Hebei for the emperor and pacifying the military and civilians. Di Qing himself was a Privy Councilor and was not allowed by the civil servant group. He was actually a disguised demotion. This time he was appointed as the Grand Marshal, and the Duke of the State was more of a pacification. However, Fan Ning was promoted several times after three years of becoming an official, and this time he was promoted to the fifth-rank Chaosan doctor. Most of the Jinshi who were in the same subject were still struggling to serve as an alternate.

Of course, this is also related to ability. Everyone has to admit that it is impossible for ordinary officials to be able to stand alone at a young age and open up territory for the Song Dynasty.

In the evening, the Qingfeng Restaurant was crowded with guests. In an elegant room on the third floor, a group of young officials were celebrating Fan Ning's achievements and drinking. These people were naturally Fan Ning's junior brothers. At the beginning of the year, Dong Kun passed the seventh place in the imperial examination, Lin Hong passed the seventh place in the examination, and Li Dazhi passed the three hundred and twenty-eighth place in the examination. Although Duan Yu and Lu Youwei failed the exam, they both entered the Imperial Academy and will continue their studies. In addition, Su Liang and Cao Shi, a total of seven people gathered together to drink.

Su Liang drank the wine in the glass and sighed, "I really envy my senior brother! I have been relying on the emperor's big tree and have been successful all the way, and I have actually jumped from the seventh grade to the fifth grade. I am still struggling from the ninth grade, and I don't know when I will become a regular."

Li Dazhi slapped the wine glass with dissatisfaction, "What are you doing to say such sour words? When my senior brother asked you if you wanted to go to Kunzhou together, you didn't dare to go out to sea. Now you say such sour words again, what's the point?"

Su Liang quickly explained, "I am not jealous of my senior brother, I am envious, and I regret it too, why don't I go with my senior brother?"

Cao Shi next to him smiled faintly, "It's too late to go now! The court will soon issue regulations that officials who are willing to work in overseas prefectures and counties will be directly transferred from alternates to regular positions, and will be promoted for three to five years. After returning, they will be promoted first."

Everyone suddenly became interested, "Be serious?"

Cao Shi nodded, "I'm going to hide it from you, I have been approved by the Judges Office and will participate in the establishment of Han County under Kunzhou. I will go to Kunzhou to take office next spring."

Su Liang grabbed him, "Old Cao, you have to help me. I really don't want to be this governor and I can't see any future."

Cao Shi smiled and said, "You go to Zhao Zongshi, he has the right to recommend it. With your relationship with Fan Ning, he will definitely help this. It is best to go tomorrow. Once the regulations of the Ministry of Personnel are officially promulgated, I guess officials who want to go overseas will be in trouble."

Su Liang met Zhao Zongshi and nodded excitedly, "Okay! OK! I'll go tomorrow."

At this time, Li Dazhi next to him said, "Xiao Su, I will go with you tomorrow."
Chapter completed!