In Rencheng County, Li Yanqing stood at the top of the city and sighed slightly, turned around and said to Cao Ye: "Go and tell the people that starting this year, in addition to the normal tax exemption, a two-year tax exemption period will be added to Rencheng County."

"Naked job will be arranged now!

At this time, a personal soldier came to report, "General Zhang and the others arrived."

"Please come here!"

Soon, Zhang Rong and the other two were brought up, and the three of them knelt on one knee to salute, "See Du Shuai!"

"Three generals, please get up!"

Li Yanqing asked for help and asked the three of them to get up. Zhang Rong sincerely exclaimed: "Today I have seen the humble vocation. What does it mean to be a powerful enemy to ashes while chatting and laughing? The general is Zhuge Liang's rebirth!"

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I am just good at using various environments to defeat the enemy. However, today's battle was completely won. Thanks to the full cooperation of the three generals, I think I will remember the first merit on the three generals. Congratulations to the three generals for each level of promotion!"

The three of them hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Du Shuai, for your support!"

Li Yanqing nodded and said to Shi Xiu again: "General Shi is now the first-level commander, and his official rank has been promoted to the fifth-level official. I wonder if General Shi is willing to follow me or be in charge of the local area and become the chief general of the state?"

Shi Xiu thought for a while and asked, "I wonder where Du Shuai plans to let Bei Zhi take charge?"

"Jeju!"

Shi Xiu sighed, "There are old mother, wife and children in the family. My mother is old. I want to take good care of her and are willing to stay in Jeju to play for Doshang!"

"Okay! When my army leaves, I will leave a thousand soldiers for you, and at the same time, I will give you 5,000 taels of silver and 30 hectares of land. I will give you the security of Jeju."

"The humble profession will never disappoint Du Shuai!"

Li Yanqing smiled at Liu Tang again and said, "The choice just now is also suitable for General Liu!"

Liu Tang only pondered for a moment and said, "I am willing to follow Du Shuai to continue to fight against the Jin Dynasty and drive the Jin soldiers out of our Song Dynasty!"

A hint of praise flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes. This is the person with temperament.

Finally, Li Yanqing said to Zhang Rong: "I have blocked the Yellow River. Within half a year, there will be no Jin soldiers going south on the Shandong Peninsula. I will take the army away. I wonder if General Zhang is willing to continue to follow me to fight?"

Zhang Rong had made up his mind and said to Li Yanqing: "I am lazy by nature and cannot tolerate the constraints of military discipline. I still want to return to my hometown, be a big landlord, and spend the rest of my life quietly."

Li Yanqing looked at him quietly for a moment, then nodded, "Everyone has his own ambitions, I will not force you. Since you are unwilling to take up a military position, I will grant you the title of the commander of the Shangqingche. This is a fourth-rank honorary official. You can not accept the officials. The honorary official can be passed down for three generations. In addition, I will reward you with a hundred hectares of land in Yunzhou, 10,000 taels of silver, and five years of tax exemption. You should be a rich man!"

Zhang Rong was moved and knelt down on one knee again to salute, "I thank you all for your humble duties!"

"You guys go!"

The three of them thanked each other again. When the three left, Li Yanqing ordered a scout in his personal army and said, "Supervise Zhang Rong for three years. If he is honestly a landlord, then forget it. If he still intercepts merchant ships in Liangshanpo, you report to me immediately. In three years, you will be promoted to two levels!"

"Abide by the orders!"

The personal soldiers hurriedly left, Li Yanqing stood at the top of the city and looked at Zhang Rong's back and said to himself: "The opportunity has been given to you. If you are ungrateful and return to your old career, don't blame me for turning against you!"

After annihilated 30,000 Jin soldiers, Li Yanqing led an army of 90,000 to leave Liangshanpo and fought along the Wuzhang River towards Bianjing.

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Lin'an, Yinlong Villa, before dawn, a terrified scream came from the villa's bedroom. Several palace maids ran out in horror and shouted to the guards on duty outside: "Go and invite the imperial physician! Go and invite the imperial physician!"

Soon, Xia You, the imperial physician who had been stationed in Yinlong Palace, hurried over. He entered the bedroom directly under the guidance of several palace maids.

The outside of the bedroom was full of anxious eunuchs and palace maids. They looked into the palace with their necks, and there were silences of discussion in the crowd.

"It seems to be the third time!"

"This is the third time. Doctor Xia has warned the emperor two times that he should not be close to women. He doesn't listen and has become more and more fond of Concubine Liu. Sooner or later, something big will happen."

"Hey! At such an old age, I am still romantic every night. How can my body bear it?"

"The Emperor used to be like this, but his health has been getting worse in the past two years, and I don't know how to restrain myself, alas."

While they were discussing, a cry suddenly came from the bedroom. The eunuchs and palace maids outside also understood and knelt down and started crying.

In the early morning, Fan Zhixu came to the palace early as usual. The morning court had been cancelled, and all officials could sleep for half an hour. It was not as hard as before that day, as it used to be, it was really hard.

Although the morning court was cancelled, the road to speech was still smooth. There were three huge red wooden boxes in front of the gate of the palace. This was not a whistleblower in the Wuzhou era, but a box of advice for officials. The court encouraged officials to make their own suggestions on various court affairs and military affairs. At the same time, the court also had a "Chaobao", which issued a publication every three days to publish various court government affairs. Some substantial suggestions could also be published in the court newspaper, which caused a great discussion among the court officials.

This is Li Yanqing inherited and carried forward the tradition of freedom of speech in the Song Dynasty. No matter officials or the people, they cannot be convicted of legitimate speech. They can ridicule the government and make fun of senior officials, but malicious slander or vicious personal attacks are not allowed, so they do not fall into the category of legitimate speech.

Like all Lin'an people, Fan Zhixu likes the folk "Zhaobao". This is also a private newspaper that migrated from Bianliang. After a year of suspension, it began to reissue it. Its more and more work is getting better and better. The news is quick and accurate, and it is down-to-earth, and is deeply loved by ordinary people and officials.

Fan Zhixu likes to read current affairs and supplements. Current affairs conveys news from the world. Sometimes the news is faster than the court. For example, today's front page headline is, "Du Shuai designed to burn Rencheng, and 30,000 Jin soldiers died in the Yellow Spring." This news shocked Fan Zhixu. This was the Great Victory Military Newspaper that was just sent last night. The Morning Post actually came out. Where did their news come from?

Fan Zhixu hurriedly browsed the current affairs and opened the supplement. The supplement was a variety of business advertisements, renting houses, recruiting workers, and recommending the characteristics of his own store. There is a column in the upper left corner called Yesterday's Rice Price, which was published on it. The latest grain price in Ximaqiao Rice City was announced. As a prime minister, Fan Zhixu usually has no time to understand the market, so he got various people's livelihood information from the Morning Post.

The rice price above made Fan Zhixu feel a little relieved. The first-level Huzhou rice and 60 ciders of rice were basically the same as before the war started, and there was no increase in prices due to the Northern Expedition. This was also related to the sufficient preparations for the war. A large amount of military rations had been hoarded and there was no need to call for civilian rations.

At this time, the carriage slowly stopped in front of the official office of Zhizhengtang. Fan Zhixu walked out of the carriage. As soon as he walked up the steps, Gao Shen hurriedly came out and whispered in his ear: "What happened to the Supreme Emperor!"

Fan Zhixu was shocked, "Have you died?"

Gao Shen nodded, "I passed away at the fifth night at the age of 5 last night, and I am still with Concubine Liu."

Fan Zhixu sighed. The last time he was too indulged in love with Concubine Liu, which caused him to be unconscious for two days before he woke up. He didn't know how to restrain himself and made the same mistake again.

"What did Doctor Xia say?"

"Dr. Xia said that it was because of the continuous overdose of the medicine and took double the yang medicine for ten days, and he died of severe yang loss."

Fan Zhixu shook his head. In the past, the Supreme Emperor paid great attention to health preservation. In the past year, he felt a bit like a broken pot and gave up, and pursued timely fun.

"How many people know about this?"

"I have concealed it for the time being. At present, only you and I know about it in the court."

Fan Zhixu thought for a while and said, "Let's make the information public! So as not to misunderstand it."

Gao Ming understood Fan Zhixu's meaning. If he hid it, it would make people wonder what Li Yanqing and the court did. It would be better to make it public. Although it was not good for the reputation behind the Supreme Emperor, Li Yanqing's innocence was preserved.

"I understand, what if the Morning Post wants to investigate this matter?"

"Let them investigate and tell Doctor Xia to answer truthfully."

The two walked into the lobby, and Zheng Wangzhi and Li Gang were discussing the great victory in Rencheng.

"I'm really surprised. The Morning Post actually knew about the great victory in Rencheng with us. What is the reason?"

Li Gang stroked his beard and smiled and said, "You don't know this. Since the Northern Expedition, the Morning Post sent people to guard the military letter office all night. Once there is a quick report, they will spend money to buy news. Military newspapers usually combine oral reports and letter reports, so they can get news as quickly as possible."

"No wonder!"

At this time, Fan Zhixu walked in and asked, "Where is Xianggong Cao?"

"Here!" Cao Yan walked in from behind.

"It's almost time, let's start!"

Every morning, Zhizhengtang holds a brief meeting to discuss the major events of the day, and then make a real arrangement. This practice has been adhered to for almost a year. Li Yanqing would also participate in it before, and there were often senior officials from various ministries to participate, but today the meeting was held by five prime ministers.

The five people sat down in the meeting hall, and Fan Zhixu said: "I have something to tell you, the Supreme Emperor passed away last night!"

Although this incident is a bit regrettable, it is not shocking. After all, the Supreme Emperor has long disregarded government affairs and has almost no importance.

"Do you want to notify the Regent about this?" Li Gang asked.

Fan Zhixu nodded, "Of course I have to notify the Regent. The war is urgent. He cannot come back for a while. The court will be responsible for the Supreme Queen's affairs! Today, we will set the standards for subsequent affairs first. Let's see, what should we do with the funeral?"

At this time, Cao Yan, who had not spoken, said: "Just follow the standards of the late emperor! In this way, everyone has nothing to say."

The funeral of the late emperor Zhao Gou was very simple. The items he buried with were all items he liked normally, and the court did not spend much money. Although Cao Yan made sense, everyone could hear that he was obviously dissatisfied.

But then again, the death of the Supreme Emperor did save the imperial court a lot of money every year.

Fan Zhixu thought for a while and said, "Everyone vote! I agree to be buried with the standard of the late emperor, so I can raise my hand."

Cao Yan and Gao Shen raised their hands at the same time, Li Gang also raised their hands, Fan Zhixu also raised their hands, only Zheng Wangzhi hesitated for a moment, but he finally raised his hands.

Fan Zhixu nodded, "Since he has passed unanimously, he will be buried according to the standards of the late emperor."
Chapter completed!