Before dawn, eight hundred miles of emergency reports arrived at the capital. A team of cavalry rushed into the capital like lightning and rushed straight towards the Da Nei Imperial City.

The newspapers that smelled the major military aircraft began to act overnight.

In the morning, before the newspapers were officially released, newspapers including Xinbao, Taboo and The Guide launched emergency special issues and marked the latest battle reports with large titles.

"Bloody Fighting, Recapture Jinzhou" is a special issue of Xinbao. The title of the tabloid is "Return of Jinzhou", while the Guide is even more direct, "The Song Army Wins, The Battle Situation Turns Against".

As the special issue spread rapidly, the city suddenly became full of excitement, and teahouses and restaurants in the capital were excitedly talking about the battle to reverse the situation.

Over the past few months, everyone has been suppressed by the crushing defeat in Liaodong for too long and has lost confidence. One of the key words here is the loss of Jinzhou. Almost everyone knows that the crushing defeat of the Song army began with the collapse of Jinzhou.

Now that the Song army has recaptured Jinzhou, the haze that has been suppressed by the people of the capital for several months has been wiped out.

In the Qingfeng Restaurant on Panlou Street, dozens of drinkers were in high spirits and talked very enthusiastically.

"I've said it a long time ago! As long as you invite Xiao Fan back, our Song army will be invincible. Now it proves that I had the foresight at the beginning."

"That's it! I can't figure it out. When Xiao Xianggong Fan recovered Yunzhou, he was dismissed. Could this be the legendary master of great merit?"

"Old Wu, don't talk nonsense!" someone next to him reminded.

Another drinker said: "I believe that the official family has this mind. I heard that someone slandered him in front of the official family, which led to..."

At this time, the restaurant shopkeeper came over with a wine pot and smiled: "Don't talk about the past, everyone, we must look forward, let's talk about whether the Song army can capture Liaoyang Prefecture?"

"Shopkeeper Qi, today is a happy day, so just sell the wine cheaper!"

“That’s right, it should be a discount today.”

The restaurant shopkeeper clasped his fists to everyone and said, "I really want to tell you good news. I just received the decision from the boss. Today, all Qingfeng restaurants in Beijing will sell wine at half price. After the Liao Kingdom is destroyed, the wine will be free for three days, so that everyone can drink happily."

Everyone cheered and shouted: "Shopkeeper, come another pot! Come another pot of sake."

An old man sitting in the corner smiled slightly. At this time, a follower quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words to the old man. The old man nodded and asked the follower to pay the bill for him. He got up and went downstairs.

This old man was Han Qi, an old prime minister who had just returned to Beijing from Daming Prefecture. Han Qi was dismissed from the prime minister four years ago because he firmly opposed the Qingmiao Law and was sentenced to the Daming Prefecture affairs. He managed the Yellow River in the Daming Prefecture area for four years.

This time Han Qi returned to Beijing because Fan Ning resigned from the prime minister. At the same time, Fan Ning politely rejected the important position of prime minister. Emperor Zhao Xu thought of Han Qi and recalled him to Beijing, appoint him as the Privy Councilor, and formally replaced Fan Ning's prime minister.

At the same time, due to improper command before, Han Jiang was defeated by the Song army and was removed from the position of prime minister. Zhao Gui, the Minister of Personnel, took over as the Left Chief of the Secretary of the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, and was promoted to the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall and the envoy of Liaodong Xuanfu.

Han Qi got on the carriage, and the carriage walked slowly. Soon after, he came to Xuande Gate. Han Qi looked up at the magnificent city gate. He sighed softly and finally came back.

"Brother Han!"

Suddenly someone called him. Han Qi looked up and saw that it was Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo. He was very happy and hurried forward and said, "Why are the two husbands here?"

Fu Bi laughed and said, "Justice Han's entourage came to report just now, saying that Han was about to arrive, so we came to greet him."

Han Qi was moved and hurriedly said, "I just asked my entourage to say hello and said that I have arrived in the capital. Alas! I also have to ask my two husbands to come out to greet him in person. I am ashamed!"

"Mr. Han doesn't have to be so polite. We have been old friends for decades, please!"

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo invited Han Qi to Zhizheng Hall. The three of them sat down and the followers served tea. Fu Bi asked, "What's the situation of the Yellow River management?"

"I can only say that there will be no problem in recent years. The main reason is that the mud and sand from the upstream are too large and the riverbed is constantly raised, which leads to the Yellow River that will require hundreds of years of continuous management. Otherwise, the dike will be overflowing in a few years. No matter how you manage it, it will be a symptom-not-treatment. If you want to completely cure the Yellow River, you must reduce the mud and sand in the water. Then you have to manage it in the upstream, withdraw all the people on the Loess Plateau and restore it to an endless forest. The Yellow River may be fine, but at this stage, it is not easy!"

Wen Yanbo said: "Fan Ning also said this in the past two years, trying to minimize the population in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. What did he say in the original words? By the way, we must vigorously plant trees and afforestation, restore vegetation, and reduce soil erosion. It is similar to Han Gong's idea."

Han Qi nodded, "I heard that Xiao Fan's husband declined the phase, why is this?"

Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo looked at each other, and both of them smiled bitterly. Han Qi was stunned, "Why, I can't even say anything about me?"

"It's not that it's hard to say, but I don't know what to say."

Fu Bi sighed and said, "I'm afraid he won't be in the court for too long."

"What does this mean?"

Han Qi has been in Daming Mansion and doesn't know much about Fan Ning's situation. He looked confused and looked at Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "Don't Han Gong know about the Fan family buying islands overseas?"

"Of course I know."

Han Qi then woke up, "You mean, he is going overseas?"

Fu Bi nodded, "If the empress dowager had not put pressure on him this time, the government would not have summoned him back to Beijing, so he would have stayed on Beidao. Moreover, his whole family had moved to Beidao. Is his intention still unclear?"

Han Qi frowned. He was a little unbelievable. Someone would give up the position of prime minister and go to the desolate island overseas to be the island owner. How could Fan Ning choose this path with such a shrewd person?

"When I was having dinner in the restaurant just now, I heard from the drinker that the emperor seemed to have some prejudice against him?"

Fu Bi said lightly: "It is said that his credit is shocking the Lord and was forced to go abroad. This statement is very representative. Some time ago, the whole city said this. But in fact, if the emperor did not trust him, he would hand over the 500,000 troops of the Song Dynasty to him and he would be in charge of the full command and mobilize it? With this point, this statement will be defeated without attacking. The emperor trusts Fanning very much. Although he is sometimes confused, as long as he wakes up, he still trusts Fanning. Fanning wants to go overseas, which is actually a gift from the emperor to him."

"Gift?" Han Qi looked at Fu Bi in confusion.

Wen Yanbo next to him said, "If the emperor conferred Duke Han as king and gave you millions of subjects and a large tract of rich land, will Duke Han fulfill his wish to come back?"

Han Qi was surprised, “Is this true?”

Fu Bi nodded, "The overseas real title feudal system will be discussed soon. If it is approved, Fan Ning's Beidao will be named Chu, becoming an overseas vassal state of the Song Dynasty, with a high degree of autonomy. This is why Fan Ning would rather give up the prime minister and go overseas. In order to commend his contribution to the destruction of the Western Xia and the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and the Hexi Corridor, the emperor gave him 100,000 households. If he could destroy the Liao Kingdom, perhaps 100,000 households would become 150,000 households, which would provide strong support for the prosperity of the Southern Continent of the Song Dynasty."

"When will we consider it?"

"It's time to go! The draft will be submitted to the emperor in ten days, and the emperor will decide when the court will be held."

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The situation in Liaodong began to become more and more tense. Jinzhou, just three days ago, Fan Ning personally led an army of 300,000 to Jinzhou, and the hundreds of thousands of stone ships passing by the sea also transported a large amount of food and supplies. They were unloaded in Jinzhou and should be transported to Jinzhou City by a small boat.

The Liao Kingdom began to shrink completely. Yelu Hongji ordered the siege of Dading Prefecture, 30,000 Liao cavalry retreated to Liaoyang Prefecture, and the garrisons in Liaoxi Prefecture also retreated to Liaoyang Prefecture.

At this time, Yelu Hongji no longer cared about the influence of the tax sources on Tokyo Road, and forcibly recruited troops from various cities in Tokyo Road. Within a few days, he confiscated 60,000 young and strong men, making the total strength of the Liao army in Liaoyang Prefecture reach 160,000.

Yelu Hongji's forced conscription aroused strong resistance from all over Tokyo Road. The residents in the city fled their homes one after another, causing Yelu Hongji's plan to expand his troops to 200,000 to bankrupt, and seriously damaged the Liao Dynasty's ruling foundation in Tokyo Road and completely lost the hearts of the people.

However, Fan Ning did not order an attack on Liaoyang Prefecture. After occupying Liaoxi Prefecture, his army stopped advancing eastward and confronted Liaoyang Prefecture a hundred miles away.
Chapter completed!