A nation is a stable community formed in history with a common language, common region, common economic life and common psychological qualities reflected in common culture.

Although the Youyun Han people in the Liao Dynasty still spoke Chinese language at this time, they had significant cultural differences with the Central Plains Han people of the same period. They were closely linked to northern ethnic minorities in terms of regional and economic life and were isolated from the Central Plains. More importantly, they were completely different from the Central Plains Han people in psychology. The two lost the key factor as the same ethnic group - a sense of identity. It is hard to say that they are still a stable national community.

The Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun have now become the most special group in the north. As the nation with the highest cultural level and the largest population in the Liao Dynasty, they are discriminated against in politics and cannot be perfectly integrated into the political life of any dynasty. No matter the northern ethnic minorities or the Central Plains Han people, they do not regard them as their own, and make them psychologically marginalized outside the various ethnic groups.

At the same time, in terms of their own mentality and cultural characteristics, the Youyun Han people are different from the Khitan and other ethnic minorities and the Han people under the Central Plains dynasty. They do not necessarily tend toward any country, but form a self-contained interest group in the competition between various northern regimes. Their advantages in population, personality and cultural level lead to them becoming an isolated and important bargaining weight in northern China and do not act according to the subjective will of any regime. When they turn to a certain regime, the side will gain a great advantage in the struggle, thereby fundamentally changing the balance of power in northern China...

Now Zhang Xiaochun calls the Yanyun Han people in front of Zhao Qi, which shows that the Han people in the Central Plains regard them as non-hermetic people, and the existence of this emotion will inevitably make the Youyun Han people unable to find recognition among the Central Plains people.

With Zhao Qi's understanding of history, it was precisely the speculative policy that was different from the Song Dynasty and had no humanity that made some Han people who had hoped for the Song Dynasty completely disappointed and even despair. In addition, their already-behaved attitude and the way of changing the world formed by the Youyan Han people who had long been seeking survival in the cracks, which made the Youyun Han people who surrendered to the Song Dynasty either rebel against the Song Dynasty or died under the contradiction between the Song and Jin countries, and there was no other way to go.

It was the Song Dynasty court that made many mistakes in treating the Youyun Han people, which led to the outbreak of the Song-Jin War. After the outbreak of the Song-Jin War, all the Youyun Han people turned around, causing more Youyun Han people to embark on another path - to defect to the Jin Dynasty. In the current complex international and domestic environment, Zhao Xiao knew that he could not change the views of the whole country, or even his father's opinions. What he could do at this time was to "know the destiny and do his best to handle the things in front of him, but it was not easy to do this!

Hedong faces defenses on two fronts of Xixia and Liao, but because most of them are mountainous areas, they can be defended by danger and facilitate defense. The army must be less than Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road, but the 22 prefectures of Hedong Road also have more than 120,000 imperial guards, of which there were 95,000 imperial guards and more than 30,000 imperial guards. These imperial guards all need to be supported by Hedong, which can be said to be a huge burden. Now, the 50,000 Yisheng Army enters Hedong and gets food, which can be imagined.

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Li Siben and Geng Shouzhong looked respectful on the surface, but looked down on him very much, thinking that he was only born in the imperial family to reach this high position. In addition to Hedong's reputation in the stable, Zhao Qiong was certainly not unfamiliar with Li Siben, who was Tan Zhen's confidant. He was very energetic to deal with it.

Geng Shouzhong was only known for Zhao Qiong. He had only heard that he had led his troops to defeat Xixia. However, as a border general guarding the Liao Dynasty, he also had a bloody battle with the Jurchens. Seeing Zhao Qiong's "weak" body, he looked down on him a little, and he became 80% disbelief of his achievements. However, he had to bow his head under the roof. He also hoped that this "boy" would pay for his salary!

Zhao Qi, a sensual man, saw their thoughts from the smiling faces of the two of them. Of course, he would not scream, but instead asked them about their well-being and greeted their families one by one. Is the old man in good health, is the child married, is he accustomed to living in Daizhou, etc.... The attitude was so good, without any arrogant attitude of the prince, nor any official accent, it was all commonplace.

Li Siben was fine. After all, he had been in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty. He was still wary of the prince and answered in a normal manner. But Geng Shouzhong was fooled by the prince's appearance. He was moved to tears and dripped on his beard again and again. Then he started to complain. He talked about the difficulties he had made after returning to the Song Dynasty. He was rolled around everywhere and was insulted by evil words at every turn.

Geng Shouzhong's words made Zhang Xiaochun, who was accompanying the comforter, feel uncomfortable, and was extremely embarrassed. He wanted to interrupt, but he saw that the prince was in high spirits and did not dare to speak. He even winked at Li Siben, but the one pretended not to see him. He completely treated his colleagues as guns and tacitly allowed him to sue him for his "scam". However, the prince listened with relish.

It turned out that it was just a routine brief visit, but because of Geng Shouzhong's long-windedness, the prince ordered someone to prepare a banquet at noon. How could the boss eat casually? According to the rules, Zhang Xiaochun refused in every way, but Geng Shouzhong was really angry and took it seriously. He sat there and didn't leave, so everyone had to eat with him.

As soon as the rice was served, Geng Shouzhong was overjoyed. The food was Liao Dynasty flavor and his appetite was just for his appetite. His favorability for the prince increased by 50%. The two of them frowned, feeling that the vulgar food was difficult to eat. They just tasted it and feasted.

After drinking and drinking tea for a while, Zhang Xiaochun couldn't help it and said that he had something to deal with and stood up to say goodbye, so the two of them could not sit down. This was the first time they met their boss and certainly would not come empty-handed. When they said goodbye, the prince personally sent it out and ordered someone to prepare a return gift.

There seemed to be not many things, each of them had a small box. When they returned home and opened it, they swallowed. The prince's gifts were more than twice as much as he gave. Li Siben was uneasy and suspected that the prince was hinting at something that he had given less. However, Geng Shouzhong didn't think so much, but felt that it was the prince's love for him and he did not think that he gave less!

The next day, the prince went to the camp to comfort the soldiers of Yisheng Army. Flocks of sheep rushed into the camp, and everyone got closer to the prince. Seeing that he was only a few followers behind him, his heart felt even warmer. Thinking about it, when Lord Tan Zhen, who proposed to form their Yisheng Army, came to the army to inspect, not only were the generals and staff members who followed him to the camp, but there were not a thousand of them. I am afraid that they would harm him.

Looking at this new boss, not only is he bigger than Tan Zhen, but he is also a prince and prince, but he doesn’t have that much force. This is a great trust in himself! But the people in Yisheng’s army are not all this kind of thinking, but think that it is precisely because of his ‘strength’ that the prince of the Song Dynasty has to put down his figure and show kindness to him and win over him in every way. The purpose is to make him work hard for him!

But no matter what, Zhao Jia's people-friendly policy had some effect, at least making these Yisheng Army people feel that the prince is still different from other Han people, and at least they would not scold him as a foreigner like they did. As the large number of stored grains in Taiyuan arrived, the imperial guards no longer ate old grains. Zhao Jia convened a meeting of officials and gentry, reiterated the ethnic policy, and warned them to treat their compatriots well. After a series of measures, the crisis in front of them eased.

In March, the annual review of Hedong will be held in Daizhou. In addition to the imperial guards and the loyal and brave army who are responsible for the garrison mission, even the Daizhou prefecture army will participate in the review. After the review, the military exercise code-named "Counterattack" will be held. Zhao Qiong has three purposes for doing this:

One is to improve combat readiness through this military exercise, because Daizhou is the first barrier for Hedong and Taiyuan, and it is the traditional path for nomadic people to invade the Central Plains. Therefore, he must be familiar with the local terrain through this military exercise, and be able to respond quickly according to the plan after the invasion occurs, know how to deal with it, so as not to panic.

Second, I hope that through this review, everyone will have some understanding of the Yisheng Army, eliminate each other's prejudice, reduce mutual friction, and thus affect the Youyan Han people who returned to the Song Dynasty, so that they can integrate into the Han people in the Central Plains...

When the loyal and brave army tiger and wolf generals who participated in the school review entered Daizhou City, the Yisheng Army, who claimed to be the number one general in Hedong, immediately disappeared. They immediately understood what a tiger and wolf army was called the army of tigers and wolves. Geng Shouzhong suddenly understood that the prince could gain such a reputation in Hedong, which was not a false reputation. He had fought with the people of Xixia and the Jurchens, and the quality of the team in front of him was no less than that of the invincible Jin army.

Next, the cavalry charge formation demonstrated by the Loyal and Brave Army, the dragon cavalry's roundabout encirclement, the infantry's defensive formation, and then the muskets and cannon shooting pushed the entire review to a climax. Amid the deafening sound of cannons, four hundred steps away, whether it was a big tree or a stone wall, they turned into powder and wood chips flying all over the sky in the violent explosion. The arrogance of the Yisheng Army soldiers who watched on the scene also turned into white clouds in the air in the explosion. They no longer dared to regard the prince's kindness as a win over, and they had to admit that the Yisheng Army was a pile of scum in front of the Loyal and Brave Army!

Zhao Qi looked at Geng Shouzhong's pale face, his hands trembling slightly, and smiled with trembling smiles. His soft hand had already made him feel his differences and sincerity. And this fire told him that he respected him not because he was afraid of him. If he wanted to rebel, he would look at the loyal and brave army in front of him. He could destroy them at any time. It would be best to put away any bad intentions...
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