Zhao Bing did not want to summon his "ancestors" or did not intend to whitewash him. He said that he had no dime to do with him at all. He just stood on a fair and fair standpoint and was just talking about the matter.

In the first year of Duanping, Caizhou, the last capital of the Jin Kingdom, was captured and the Jin Kingdom was destroyed. Song general Meng Gong led his army to Lin'an, the southern capital city, and sent the remains of Jin Emperor Ai to the Taimiao to comfort the ancestors who had been bullied by the Jin soldiers. The whole country was filled with joy, and a series of celebrations were held in the court, which can be said to be in full swing.

And in this year, after Shi Miyuan, who had been in charge of power in the Southern Song Dynasty for more than 20 years, the young Lizong finally came to power. He intended to do something, led a "double and smooth reform", eliminated bad policies, promoted a large number of newcomers, and was even more eager to get rid of the shrinking defense impact of the steadfast policies left by Shi Miyuan, and cooperated with his so-called "double and smooth reform" with active and enterprising military actions.

On the Mongolian side, Khan Ogedei, considering the lack of food and grass and the weather became hot, retreated north of the Yellow River, and Henan became an unoccupied area. In the south of the Yellow River, there were only two mobile troops, Subutai and Tachaer. The rest of the garrison troops were the Han troops who surrendered to Mongolia and were reorganized. Moreover, there was no clear regulation on the ownership of Henan between the Song and Mongolia at that time, Henan became an unoccupied blank area.

Li Zong was in a strong spirit and was about to take a plan to recover. At this time, the Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui brothers proposed to take advantage of the opportunity of Mongolia's retreat to send troops to the north to pacify the Central Plains, defend the Yellow River, occupy Tongguan, and recover the three capitals. Zheng Qingzhi, the right prime minister and Privy Councilor, also changed his previous attitude of ruling and strongly agreed to send troops to the Central Plains. He adopted the suggestion of "staying at the gates and guarding the rivers" proposed by the Zhao brothers, namely, guarding Tongguan in the west and confronting Mongolia with the Yellow River in the north. This requires the recovery of the Central Plains, including the Kaifeng Prefecture of Tokyo, Henan Prefecture of Xijing and Yingtian Prefecture of Nanjing.

Because Emperor Lizong had a good vision, at least Zhao Bing thought it was a good match at that time, and the cards in his hand were also good, and he decided to send troops with certain forward-looking and reasonableness. From a political perspective, he was to get rid of Shi Miyuan's shadow, establish his prestige through a victory, and pave the way for his innovation; from a military general's occupation of the "Three Capitals" not only achieved the goal of returning to the Central Plains, but also greatly changed the embarrassing defensive situation after the southward transition. Maybe he could still prolong his life for the Song Dynasty, so naturally he didn't have to work so hard.

The problem is that his grandfather obviously had never experienced his own suffering, nor had the opportunity to travel through a thousand years, so although he held a good hand, he did not get the result he wanted. At that time, the Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zheng Qingzhi, Minister of War Shi Songzhi, Deputy Minister of War Qiao Xingjian, and Zhendexiu, who was highly valued after Shi Miyuan's death, the Deputy Minister of the Privy Council Wu Yuan, and the Huaixi General Wu Qian and other ministers all opposed it.

Emperor Lizong did not recognize the current situation, nor did he estimate the seriousness of the consequences. Instead, amid such opposition, he issued an edict to "seek for frankness" to express his intention to do good deeds, but this only shows his work, but he still decided to send troops. What's more serious is that Emperor Lizong had just taken power and did not realize the true meaning of "human hearts are unpredictable", so he couldn't play around with it. He met a group of pig teammates, and his failure laid the groundwork at the beginning of the decision.

In addition, he had very limited knowledge of the Mongol Yuan under the cover of Shi Miyuan, especially his terrifying destructive power. He really had no grass left, and chickens and dogs rose to heaven, so that there were only seven enemy troops guarding Luoyang City. He also fantasized about feeding the local area to solve transportation difficulties, which led to a serious shortage of the difficulty estimate.

But nothing can stop Li Zong from realizing his ambitions, and the game started in this atmosphere. But Zhao Bing felt that the outcome of the war had been decided at this time, so he had discovered that the emperors of the Song Dynasty had a common problem. They had the courage to take risks, but they did not have the courage to try their best. In this kind of national fortune gambling, they were still timid and timid, and they were greatly reduced in both wars and peace. Since they did not do their best, they dared not buy insurance or make risk plans, so that the elite troops entering Luoyang could not even retreat in an orderly manner, wasting life.

The destiny of the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty was destined from that moment on. As for the monarch and ministers of Lizong, Lizong naturally would not admit that he was "dark", and Zheng Qingzhi would not think that he was "very treacherous". The subsequent review was naturally the emperor issued an edict to guilt, and all the war-torn factions were dismissed, while those opponents became real winners. Lizong, who suffered heavy setbacks, was also addicted to women. Since then, no one has mentioned the Northern Expedition.

However, Zhao Bing believed that Li Zong had certain responsibility for the failure, but the opponents should bear the main responsibility. It was precisely because of their non-violent non-cooperation and their life-and-death execution that they dared to pull back. At that time, the Jinghu Commander Shi Songzhi's failure to cooperate, Shi Songzhi's excuse was that there was no food transportation at that time. When the Jin Dynasty was destroyed, the transportation was transported from the Jinghu Commander, and Duanping entered Luo from the two Huai Rivers. Judging from the fact that Zhao Fan was transferred to the Jinghu Commander after Duanping entered Luo, Li Zong was fully capable of appointing a Jinghu Commander who cooperated with the Northern Expedition, but it was this "negligence" that almost all the Song army in the Northern Expedition starved to death.

Serious mistakes in decision-making and execution system, and serious internal frictions led to irreversible results. This was a lesson for Zhao Bing, and also made him realize how correct the sentence "A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole". Although he is full of confidence in his plan, the chaos in the current internal affairs made Zhao Bing lack confidence. A big defeat is unacceptable for him who has just "taken into power", so he would rather miss it than act rashly...

"Your Majesty means to give up regaining the two Huai Rivers!" Lu Xiufu finally smelled the smell in the little emperor's words. It would be better to say that he was asking a question and confirming it again.

"Yes, it's better to wait for a while if he won an unsure defeat!" Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"Your Majesty has always said that it is difficult to find fighter planes, but this time the recovery of the two Huai Rivers has become a highlight of the fighter planes. I don't know when I will wait next time!" Zhao Mengjin said anxiously, "Your Majesty, and the training of all the troops at present has been completed, and their morale is strong and they may not be defeated."

"Is there really no problem?" Zhao Bing waved his hand and interrupted him, "You are complaining about trivial matters, and they are stumbling against each other and taking action. Who on the battlefield can guarantee that they will not rob the spoils of war because of the competition for merit. Will they become old and do not obey orders, ignore the situation of the war, stab each other in the back, and destroy each other?"

"Attack, protect each other; retreat, stay together." After hearing this, the generals stood up and saluted each other and said together.

"What you say is always better than singing. Come and ask me for your orders when you do it!" Zhao Bing snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates will never let down their expectations!" Everyone saluted again.

"Generals, don't say more. It's my official disappointment to Your Majesty and you've been burdened!" Lu Xiufu stood up and smiled awkwardly. He heard that the little emperor was pointing accusations and blamed himself for not being able to manage the government properly.

"I have said this. It's okay for me to control it. Not practicing internal affairs has led to today's chaos, which has affected Prime Minister Lu!" Zhao Bing politely said to Lu Xiufu.

"I think Your Majesty still puts the overall situation first. Now that the Mongol Yuan Dynasty is not dead, my heart is not dead, and a war breaks out at any time. Now, we should first embed the outside and then settle the inside!" Lu Xiufu sighed. He also knew the significance of the two Huai Rivers to the Song Dynasty, and as the prime minister, he would leave a glorious mark on his way to recover the history of the two Huai Rivers.

"I also think, but now the court has formed a party, the internal affairs are in chaos, the government is inconsistent, and there are endless incidents of deceiving superiors and concealing subordinates. I dare to take this risk. Will you dare?" Zhao Bing shook his head and asked back.

"My...I, I dare not!" Lu Xiufu hesitated and said politely. He knew that if he was defeated and the Song Dynasty did not perish, he would also take responsibility and would also leave a name in history, but it was not in "Biography of Loyal Ministers" but in "The Treacherous Chapter", which was not something he could bear.

"Prime Minister Lu hurried to meet him. I think there is something important to report!" Zhao Bing stopped discussing this matter at this time, but asked.

"Oh, I forgot." Lu Xiufu knew that the little emperor did not want to discuss this matter on this occasion, so he smiled mockingly, "Your Majesty, the Lantern Festival is coming, and I was ordered to ask Your Majesty to enjoy the lanterns on the city wall and have fun with the people."

"Oh, how did Prime Minister Lu arrange the lantern appreciation?" Zhao Bing sighed lightly. In fact, he had been full of infinite imagination about the Song Dynasty Lantern Festival in history books in his previous life, but after a lantern festival in Qiongzhou, he issued an order to stop it. He just clicked some lanterns along the street to decorate the atmosphere. But he heard that to celebrate the regaining of Lin'an last year, the grand event of the lantern festival was recreated and Aoshan was slated. This year it was a wedding and a ruler. I don't know what scene would be created.

"Because your Majesty was not in the palace this year, the Empress Dowager ordered the Empress to host this year's Lantern Festival. The Empress ordered Aoshan to be set up at the palace gate, and issued an imperial edict to introspection all departments to make lanterns, and ordered Pingjiang to enter the lanterns as usual. All guilds in the Beijing area should make lanterns, and all restaurants and shops along the streets should be decorated with lanterns. All government offices should hang lanterns, and ordered the Jiaofangsi to rehearse singing and dancing..." Lu Xiufu reported.

"I understand, this prodigal girl..." Zhao Bing stroked his chest with his right hand, clenched his fists with his left hand and pounded the table viciously.

"Your Majesty, don't be impulsive!" Lu Xiufu had never seen the little emperor curse in public, and the scolding was so vicious, but he was cursing novelty, but he could have concluded that it was the queen, which made him feel bad, so he hurriedly persuaded.

"Ni Liangdian's army was with me to return to the palace!" Zhao Bing seemed to have not heard it, and then pounded the table and said.

"Yes, I obey the order!" Ni Liang stood up to receive the order without any hesitation, and then went out to mobilize the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to do this!" Zhao Mengjin was indeed surprised. He wanted to move troops for some trivial matters, which was too much.

"You should also go back to the palace with me immediately with full arms!" Zhao Bing stood up and tidyed his collar, flattened his collar, stretched out his hand back. Chen Dun, who was standing beside him, immediately took the armed belt hanging on the hanger and handed it to the little emperor. He tied his belt and looked back.

"Your Majesty, the queen has no major mistakes in doing things as usual. Why is that?" Lu Xiufu saw the little emperor leave his seat, put on a hat, hung a sword on his waist, and looked murderous intent on his face. The generals present did not dare to say anything more and put on their military uniforms and put on weapons. He hurriedly blocked the front.

"I have repeatedly said that Jiangnan has decided to do everything, and all things are in trouble. All things must be paid first, and national affairs should not be wasted. But how to do it? How much manpower and material resources should be wasted on a mountain? A lamp is probably enough to spend more than a month on ten middle-aged families. I don't know how many people's families are destroyed because of the lamp. Is this a small matter?" Zhao Bing cleaned up and asked.

"Your Majesty, our dynasty has held a Lantern Festival in the Yuan Dynasty for years to declare peace in the district and peace in the world. Last year, Your Majesty's wedding was held, and now he is in charge of power, so it is also a great celebration. The Queen is doing this for Your Majesty's good, so why bother to get angry?" Lu Xiufu advised again.

"I always thought that Lu Prime Minister understood my heart, but today it seems to be a bit unfair." Zhao Bing looked at Lu Xiufu for a moment and said, "Since Lu was born as a Jinshi and studied hard in the Imperial Academy for many years, he should know that Grand Secretary Su's "Ask to Buy Zhejiang Lanterns"; if you have experienced the pain of the country's destruction, you should also know that peace cannot be embellished by a lantern club. Can this self-deception trick and the strategy of fooling the people really make people believe in the world? This can only make the people laugh at our clumsiness and incompetence, and scold our greed and shamelessness!" Zhao Bing said angrily.

"Your Majesty, I... I think that since this matter is already done, I can only make up for it later. And the empress has received the imperial edict from the empress dowager. Your Majesty rashly leads troops back to the palace and cleans up the harem. Wouldn't it make the world laugh, and make the empress dowager frightened and the ministers frightened?" Lu Xiufu felt ashamed when he heard this, but he still stood in front and did not let go, pondering for a moment.

"I have become a laughing stock for all the people in the world. Are you still afraid of adding some more jokes? Lu Xiangruo feels embarrassed and can avoid it." Zhao Bing said with a chuckling.

"Please retreat and do not make us embarrassed!" At this time, Zhao Mengjin and Jiang Jin stepped forward and bowed to Lu Xiufu.

"Your Majesty also think twice, don't be impulsive!" Lu Xiufu looked at the generals standing beside the little emperor, knowing that as long as the emperor looked at him, they would pull him away. He also knew that not only he was pulled away at that time, but the civil officials completely lost their power. From then on, the imperial power will be supreme and the military man took charge of politics, so he still did not retreat, and he still politely advised him seriously.

"Oh, this matter is my family matter. Prime Minister Lu should avoid it. I have a sense of responsibility!" Zhao Bing looked at Lu Xiufu's firm eyes and sighed lightly, then raised his hand to push Lu Xiufu away and strode forward, and came out with the generals.

"His Majesty……"
Chapter completed!