When everyone present heard that Zhao Guan's family disagreed with Privy Councilor Zong Ze's words, and heard that Zhao Guan's family had a better plan, they thought hard and couldn't figure out any better way.

"I am stupid, please let the officials make it clear."

"Hahaha..." Zhao Ji laughed loudly and said:

"According to what I heard, during his lifetime, Li Renzhong managed to levy so much food from the homes of officials and civilians in the city to feed the Xia army defending the city. If I follow Zong Aiqing's words and distribute it to the civilians in the city,

Isn’t it a big loss?”

Zongze frowned, insisted on his opinion, and said:

"I would like to ask the officials to think twice. Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it! Although I am reluctant to give up so much army food to the people in the city, if the people in the city have no food, they will rebel!"

Zhao Ji changed the subject and said: "I didn't say I wouldn't give them food, but I can't give it to them in vain?"

Liu Yanqing thought he had guessed the holy meaning, so he immediately took Zhao Guanjia's words and asked cautiously:

"The officials want the people in the city to pay for food, right? The officials are wise! If this is the case, my senior officer will not have to pay for the rewards from the treasury of the Song Dynasty in this Western expedition.

?”

Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "No!"

"Huh?" Liu Yanqing shut up immediately. Unexpectedly, he didn't guess the official's thoughts.

Zhao Ji looked at the generals with confused expressions, and he said leisurely:

"My intention is to distribute according to work."

The generals were puzzled: "Distribution according to work?"

Zhao Ji explained: "When my army of the Song Dynasty attacked the city, they bombarded the east, south and west cities, causing many damage to the city gates and walls. Now, our army has occupied this city and made Xijing, the capital of the Xixia Kingdom,

, the name was changed back to my Lingzhou City of the Song Dynasty."

"Therefore, our army will occupy this city for a long time. The damaged walls must also be repaired."

Zongze suddenly realized: "The officials have great views. Could it be that the officials want to let the people in the city go to work to build the city wall so that they can share the food?"

Zhao Ji smiled and nodded.

After cultivating the teachings of teachers, Yue Fei and others all agreed: "Official sages, this method is very good."

Zhao Ji added: "In addition to building the city wall and letting the people in the city go to work and distributing food to them, this method can also be used in the future when our army's logistics supply transportation needs labor."

All the generals shouted:

"Official sage, long live my emperor..."

Zhao Jidao: "Everyone loves you, Pingsheng. Since I have proposed this policy of distributing food according to work, and since it is feasible, let's do it as soon as possible."

"In my Wu rank, Niu Gao led five hundred troops and served concurrently as the chief and deputy envoy for repairing the east city of Lingzhou;

"Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing led five hundred troops, and served as the chief and deputy envoy for the repair of Lingzhou Nancheng;

"Zhang Xian, Wang Gui led 500 troops, and served as the deputy envoy to repair the east city of Lingzhou. You must organize and mobilize the people in the city to go out to work to repair the east, south, and west cities. And let the military officials record the various projects.

According to their work performance, food will be distributed to them according to their work."

Wu Jie and other six generals happily accepted the order to retire and acted according to the order...

After Zhao Ji watched the six people walk away, he issued another decree:

"Summoned Zhang Jun, a scholar from Zhongshushe, and asked him to lead a hundred troops to protect the twelve begging envoys sent by the Xia Kingdom into the city to watch Li Renzhong, the former King of Pu of Western Xia, lying dead on the street.

A tour of the restored Lingzhou City!"

"Also, tell Zhang Jun: 'I have secretly raised the matter with you in the capital to the peace envoy of Xia State.'"

The young eunuch who delivered the order silently recited Zhao Guanjia's words several times for fear of missing a word.

After he knelt down and received the decree, he trotted out of the mansion, mounted a fast horse, and under the protection of four imperial city ministers and cavalry officers, went to the Yaogu military camp outside the East City to announce the official Zhao family's oral instructions to Zhang Jun...

…

Zongze and Zhongshidao in the government office. Among the Zhongshi, Liu Yanqing, Guo Cheng, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and other generals had just heard the Zhao Guan family's order to the young eunuch.

They all have their own thoughts...

Zhang Jun entered the martial arts school as a lieutenant at a young age due to his merit, and was promoted to Wu Dejun by the Zhao Guan family. He has entered the ranks of middle-level military commanders.

When he heard that Zhang Jun, a member of the Xuanzang Bookstore of Zhao Guan's family, could not help but tremble in his heart.

The reason is that Zhang Jun and Zhang Jun, a member of Zhongshushe who was equally valued by Zhao Guan's family, have the same pronunciation when their names are read.

However, Wu Dejun and Zhang Jun also heard beforehand that the imperial commander personally went to Zhao Guan's family in the northwest and brought a man named Zhang Jun from Zhongshushe from the capital.

That Zhang Jun's name is "Jun" from Three Drops of Water, and the character "Jun" in his own name is from "Li Ren Pian".

Zhang Jun sighed in his heart: I heard that Zhang Jun, who was only twenty-six years old, was so highly regarded by the Zhao family and held such an important position as Zhongshusheren. Although his rank was not high, he directly obeyed the emperor's orders for more than ten years.

Later, this person has the qualifications to be a prime minister!

In the future, I will make good friends with him...

Zongze, Zhong Shidao, Yue Fei and others heard that Zhao Guan's family told the eunuch who passed the order, "If you want to secretly pay Zhang Jun in the capital, you can ask the peace envoy of Xia State and mention it secretly." They couldn't guess what it was.

What a secret.

They were suspicious and did not dare to inquire.

However, when they heard that Zhao Guan's family had asked Zhang Jun, a member of Zhongshushe who had been receiving Xia envoys, to bring the twelve beggars and Xia envoys from afar into the city, their expressions were different.

They secretly thought: Zhao Guan's family may have committed the previous habit of being overjoyed at great achievements, and wanted Zhang Jun to lead twelve summer envoys. They saw that our Song Dynasty officers and soldiers could defeat Li Renzhong's troops in less than half a day.

Such a world-class feat in the Xijing City of the Xia Kingdom, right?

This move by Zhao Guan's family can make Xia envoy fear the power of God, which is understandable.

However, when Zhao Guanjia summoned Xia envoys to the city, did they want to negotiate peace with Xia Guo?

Regarding the current good situation, when the Song Dynasty and the Xia Kingdom negotiated peace, some of the generals around the Zhao Guan family were grateful in their hearts, while others were strongly opposed to it.

Several generals of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, such as Liu Yanqing, wanted to maintain the current situation and were willing to negotiate peace between Song and Xia.

Because their foundation is in the northwest, they have been generals in the northwest for generations. With the Xixia Kingdom here, they and their descendants can lead troops to guard the northwest of the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to all the princes.

However, rising stars such as Zongze and Yue Fei have no interests in the northwest. What's more, they are loyal and patriotic ministers through the ages. They do not consider personal gains and losses. They only think that the Song Dynasty can destroy the Xia Kingdom and even unify it.

China, revitalizes the prosperous age of unification of Han and Tang Dynasties.

Yue Fei took the lead and said:

"The humble minister Yue Fei reported to the officials that the Xia army was defenseless against the gunpowder weapons developed and put into use by the officials."

"Now, our army has captured Xijing City, the capital of Xia Kingdom, without any effort. The morale of our army is at its peak."

"The humble minister Yue Fei suggested that the officials should reconsider the plan earlier formulated in the capital to force the Xia State to negotiate a peace and become a vassal state of the Song Dynasty. Our army should go north in one go, capture Xingqing Mansion, the capital of the Xia State, and destroy the Xia State!"

Zongze watched the young Yue Fei go out to start the memorial, and he spoke so righteously and sternly, which shows that his loyalty is commendable.

Yue Fei's words are exactly what Zongze meant.

He immediately came out and added:

"The humble minister Zongze very much agrees with Yue Fei's advice. With such a good situation, after our army rests here for a few days, we should continue to move north and destroy the Xia Kingdom in one go, so as to eliminate this century-old scourge of Xixia."

Zhang Jun, who had just been promoted to a mid-level officer, secretly glanced at Zhao Guanjia. After observing his words, he saw that Zhao Guanjia smiled in agreement with Yue Fei and Zongze.

He immediately added: "The humble minister Zhang Jun agrees with the words of General Yue and Zong Privy Envoy."

Zhao Ji smiled. Sure enough, the Zhang Jun of this world was the same as the Zhang Jun of history. He understood the emperor's thoughts very well.

However, Liu Yanqing and Yao Gu were the first to raise objections, saying that it is very difficult to destroy the Xia Kingdom, so we should not act too hastily...

Guo Cheng remained silent and did not express his position.

When Zhao Ji saw that the two sides were arguing, he only said:

"My beloved sir, this matter has been put on hold for the time being. After the news comes back from the thirteen batches of secret missions I sent, how many local tribal troops in the Xia Kingdom will wait and see the officials of the Song Dynasty to conquer Xia before making a decision. Please put it aside for the time being.

Things about summer."

"I obey the order..."

At noon, Zhao Ji, Zong Ze, Yue Fei, Zhong Shidao and other main generals of the Northwest Army had a banquet in the government office.

The meat used in this feast is mainly the meat of the captured Xia army's disabled or killed war horses.

After the banquet, Zhao Ji led the generals to inspect the city defense...

When Zhao Ji stood on the high North City, he looked far to the north.

At this time, the sky in the distance in the north was covered with dark clouds. Under the still blue and clear sky in the south, the sky in the north looked blue and yellow and dim.

Zhao Ji pointed to the north and asked: "Xingqingfu, the capital of Xia Kingdom, is north of the city where I am standing, right?"

Zhong Shidao, the general of the Northwest Army, immediately replied: "Replying to the officials, Xingqing Mansion is in the north of this city."

Zhao Ji nodded and said: "The capital of Xia Kingdom, Xingqing Mansion, was originally called Xingzhou, right?!"

The generals of the Northwest Army all nodded, indicating that they had known about this for a long time.

Zhao Ji stood at the top of the North City, pointed to the north where the Xia capital was, and said:
To be continued...