This winter is very cold. Strong snowstorms have occurred in many places in the north of the Song Dynasty for several days. Even in the south, there are frozen lakes and cold-resistant plants that have frozen to death. This has never been born in previous years.

Older people say they have never encountered such a scene.

Obviously the weather began to gradually become colder, and Zhao Zhen felt that his memory was correct. In history, the Little Ice Age did appear during the Song Dynasty, which was also the prelude to the beginning of the Ice Age of Emperor Hongwu.

Even Hangzhou, which is as warm as spring and pleasant as all year round, has encountered unprecedented heavy snow. Many places in the Song Dynasty have frozen to death. Hunger is no longer a direct problem that the people have to face at this time. Cold can also kill people!

Zhao Zhen got up from Helan's snow bed, stretched his waist and opened the door and took a breath of fresh air. This was his habit for many years, and the air caused was the freshest, but today he quickly closed them, and the cool air just now almost made him breathe.

Helanxue came out of the warm quilt, stroked Zhao Zhen's chest and said, "Official family, the cold in winter is the most invading the body. Don't hurt your body. I will change your clothes for you, and you will go out again."

Helanxue was obviously trained by the queen. She was dressed in a tidy and straight suit. Zhao Zhen only needed to spread her arms. The rest was her clothes. The winter clothes were made of silk cotton to keep warm and cold. It was not heavy at the same time, so it was quite appropriate to wear them.

Looking at the beauty in front of him, Zhao Zhen patted her buttocks and smiled and said, "Go back and rest! I'm going to court! If you have nothing to do, you can go to chat with those in the harem, so that you can save yourself from being lonely here."

Helanxue's big, lively eyes turned around and nodded slightly, "I will obey Your Majesty's will..."

Zhao Zhen left step by step. Last night's memorial made him very worried about the impact on the Liao Dynasty this winter. That's right, it was its influence on the Liao Dynasty. The territory of the Song Dynasty was as vast as that of the Liao Dynasty, but the difference was that the Song Dynasty was closer to the south and food was not a problem.

But the Liao Dynasty is different. Although the Liao Dynasty is also vast, it is all northern land, which means they will face a stronger challenge of cold currents. At this point, their ability to deal with disasters is very detrimental. Although they are used to hard life, the disaster is completely different. This severe cold may even prompt the Jurchens to become crazy.

Zhao Zhen was worried about the Liao Dynasty, but in fact he was worried that the Song Dynasty, the northern nomadic peoples would definitely move south under the pressure of the cold. This kind of invasion was necessary because they would freeze to death when they stayed in the north.

Don’t say that northerners are more resistant to freezing than southerners. The body structure of people is similar. They just live in the north for a long time and have adapted to the northern climate. If they are outdoors for three or five hours, no one can withstand it. Of course, they are not those special people whose bodies are different from ordinary people...

Instead of being frozen to death or starving on your own land, it is better to use this life to find a way out, or at the worst, to make a way out for future generations and even clans!

So this is not only a natural disaster in the Liao Dynasty but also a new challenge that the Song Dynasty is about to face.

Zhao Zhen knew the terror of those who were forced into a dead end. In order to survive and to continue their bloodline, they must exchange their future for life. The most direct means are war, aggression and killing.

This is the era of cold weapons, this is a feudal dynasty. There is no better way to deal with disasters. If you can't survive on your own, you will attack the place that is suitable for survival. If Zhao Zhen had done this, he would have done this.

When using troops in the South China Sea, it was also for the sake of interests. Judging from the huge temptation, Zhao Zhen could not control himself, let alone the Liao Jurchens who were facing disasters?

After Zhao Zhen went to court, the first thing he did was to issue an order to withdraw his troops from Xixia as quickly as possible and to withdraw his troops quietly. Zhao Zhen issued a strict order. All the retreating soldiers were not allowed to return to the city in triumph, and could only go home to visit relatives before the New Year, and return to the army again when the New Year was about to come.

Zhao Zhen would not be stingy with rewards. Even if the property of rewards to the three armies was empty, he would not hesitate to emptiate his inner warehouse. He also issued an order to transfer the rewards to the army. If he was a little greedy, he would be exiled to Shamen Island.

Zhao Zhen would never make any mistakes made by Emperor Taizong back then. He would reward all his merits and punish all his faults. Only in this way can he rectify the three armies.

The court officials in the palace did not understand why the government was so urgent. You should know that the cost of the Dangxiang people's relocation was just criticized, and the other side had to reward the three armies. Even for the Song Dynasty, it was a double blow, which was no less than adding insult to injury.

In the eyes of court officials, even the emperor's inner warehouse was a luxury, because in the eyes of court officials, the inner warehouse belonged to the Song Dynasty... It was half a public treasury, how could the government call it at will?

Of course, Zhao Zhen had enough excuses, and Taizong's mistake left a big hidden danger. Everyone knew about the cowardly incident, so the court officials naturally had the will and could not stop Zhao Zhen from calling the money and spending in the warehouse.

Otherwise, once it is spread, the reputation of their assistant minister will be ruined. Besides, these civil officials have made contributions. They cannot erase their contributions because of the official rewards to the three armies, right?

In the end, Bao Zheng had no choice but to agree to the emperor's will to reward the three armies and called on the money from the in-house warehouse to replenish it.

However, when Pang Ji stayed to report the matter, he asked more, "I don't know that the official family rewarded the three armies and transferred troops back to the court. What's the purpose?"

Zhao Zhen looked at his curious appearance and still expressed his concerns, "I am worried about the stability of the north. This winter is very cold, the Liao people and the Jurchens are not having a good life. What should I do if the hungry wolf is forced to get angry?"

Pang Ji and Bao Zheng were shocked suddenly. There were only two of them in the Wende Hall. They looked at each other. No wonder the official family was so anxious to mobilize troops back, and they were secretly mobilizing troops, obviously to guard against the north.

Although both of them were civil officials, they still knew a little about military affairs. In addition, they had experienced the court in the past two years and instantly understood what Zhao Zhen meant.

This is to prevent the Liao people from going south. In the past, the Song Dynasty had such experiences over the years. Whenever the Liao people lived in a hurry in winter, they would send rangers to harass them, either plunder food or plunder property.

Now that the Song Dynasty occupied Yanyun, the northern barriers were available, the Liao people restrained themselves, but the more tight the Liao people's necks, the more the Liao people's struggles will be more powerful!

What the two of them were even more worried about was that the capital of the imperial capital was far away from Tokyo Bianliang in the past, but now it is extraordinary. The capital of the Song Dynasty was in the land of Yanyun. Not only that, the people of the Song Dynasty had many exchanges between Peking Prefecture and Datong Prefecture. Now, Yanyun is lost...

The two of them could hardly imagine the scene like hell. Although the carbon basin in the hall was burned as warm as spring, they felt the biting cold and couldn't help but tighten the court uniforms on their bodies...

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