Zhao Xu sat on the imperial carriage and slowly drove into the city gate in a sing of praises.

Queen Meng pursed her lips, her pretty face was very nervous, and she held Zhao Xu's hand tightly in her left hand.

Zhao Xu looked at her and said, "It's okay."

Queen Meng smiled lightly and then frowned.

Zhao Xu was shocked and hurriedly said, "Do you feel uncomfortable in your stomach?"

When Empress Meng saw Zhao Manse care, she felt warm in her heart and shook her head and said, "He kicked me."

Zhao Xu reached out and touched it. Sure enough, he could feel the little guy inside moving. He shook Queen Meng's hand and said, "Give birth should be the greatest thing in the world. Saint, thank you for your hard work."

Queen Meng almost burst into tears, and Jin pursed the corners of her lips and said a word, just shook her head hard.

Zhao Xu gently hugged her and whispered: "It's okay, no one can bully you with me."

Empress Meng could no longer hold it back, leaned her head against Zhao Xu's shoulder, and cried silently.

Zhao Xu patted her gently, thinking in his heart how to curb the uncontrollable revenge of the "New Party".

And this scene fell into the eyes of many people.

The emperor and the empress hugged each other and were warm and affectionate, which moved many people so much that they almost burst into tears.

Zhao Xu's imperial carriage entered the palace directly, and most of them were arranged to disperse by Cai Bian, while senior officials from the Political Affairs Hall, six ministries and other departments gathered in the Political Affairs Hall.

Zhao Xu returned to the palace and went straight to the birthday palace.

Concubine Zhu pulled Zhao Xu, crying and laughing, and her mouth was filled with "My son is mighty and will live up to the late emperor."

Zhao Xu was very relieved and caught a glimpse of Zhao Si and Zhao You'e. These two little guys have not seen each other for more than half a year and seem to have grown a lot taller.

Zhao Xu comforted him for a long time and left Qingshou Hall, but did not go to the Zhengshi Hall, but Zichen Hall.

Officials of all sizes of the Political Affairs Hall have received the order and have turned to Zichen Hall.

Zichen Hall was the place where the Song Dynasty held a court discussion and had not been used for a long time.

Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others came in, and all senior officials from all walks of life knew about the past that was not long ago.

Their expressions were a little complicated. The "Holy Pose" in front seemed to be able to see the shadow of Empress Dowager Gao and Zhao Xu who was facing the court officials.

There were also the screams of Liu Shian outside the hall, the smell of blood!

Zhang Dun and Cai Bian stood in front, their expressions as usual, and they could not see anything at all.

But there are many people who have more complicated thoughts.

In the Song Dynasty, there were actually many reforms, such as the "Qingli New Policy", such as the "Wang Anshi Reform", and the "Wang Anshi Reform" are strictly speaking, the strictest, the largest moves and the most far-reaching influence.

Although the current official family "son inherits the father's business", they have only been in power for more than a year. The reforms are mainly concentrated on "court affairs", "Kaifeng", "military reform". Many new laws of "Wang Anshi's reform" have not actually revived. Relatively speaking, they are very "restrained".

But now we have broken too many "unwritten rules" that they think are indestructible, such as the purge of court officials, the reform of court bureaus, and the "not killing scholars and officials"!

Today, too many rules are broken!

These actions have already shown consequences. Even if public opinion will not be imposed on Zhao Xu, the "New Party" will be more and more blamed, and it will not be able to be shaken off.

The court officials were very quiet. In Zichen Hall, no one dared to talk nonsense and waited quietly.

Zhang Ju, Guo Cheng, Zhe Keshi, Zhong Jian's "great meritorious ministers" are also here at this moment. They are wearing military uniforms and are clearly distinguished from civil officials.

The civil servants and military generals in Zichen Hall all had their own thoughts at this moment, looking at the side door from time to time, waiting quietly.

At this time, Zhao Xu took a bath, changed his court clothes, and had already arrived at the back hall behind Zichen Hall.

He sat there, drinking tea quietly, his face as usual, and his heart slowly pondered.

Tangerine peel stood on one side without a sound, and her eyes occasionally swept across the Zichen Hall in front of her.

Too many big things happened in the Zichen Hall opposite, but in fact, this back hall is the most harsh place. So many things have actually come to fruition here.

Zhao Xu held the teacup and felt a little moved.

His first time here, he was trembling and filled with uncertainty about the future.

Empress Dowager Gao was like a mountain, pressing him tightly, and the sound of "destroyed emperor was established" kept hovering in his ears.

Now, as time goes by, he has come to this long-lost place again.

For some reason, Zhao Xu, who had completely settled in the throne, was still a little nervous.

Zhao Xu turned the teacup and said silently for a while: "Pipi, what kind of attitude would my grandmother look like when she sees this scene?"

Chen Pi was stunned and hesitated for a long time, but didn't know how to react. She was a rare silence.

Zhao Xu glanced at him without making things difficult for him.

In fact, he couldn't explain clearly. Empress Dowager Gao knew what his attitude would be like to defeat Xixia.

Empress Dowager Gao has always been "compromising and concessioning, cede land and seeking peace" to the outside world. Although he was so successful, he was afraid that the criticism of "military military force" would be inevitable?

Zhao Xu looked up at the Zichen Hall in front. How many court officials inside really supported him to "in-chief the emperor" and launch the Northern Expedition?

Zhao Xu thought a lot, but shook his head secretly. Suddenly he smiled again and said to himself: "Everyone is opposed, Mr. Zhang should support me, right?"

Chen Pi didn't know what Zhao Xu was thinking, and her scalp became numb and she became even more and more afraid to speak out.

Zhao Xu took another sip of tea, put down the teacup, stood up and said, "It's almost done, let's go."

"Yes." Tangerine peel responded.

Zhao Xu sorted out his clothes, left the back hall, and went straight into Zichen Hall through the side door.

"Your Majesty is here!" Chen Pi shouted sharply on Dan.

As Zhao Xu walked out, Zhang Dun, Cai Bian, Zhang Qi and others raised the scepter and bowed: "I will meet the official family, and the official family will live forever!"

Zhao Xu sat straight on the chair, looking at the crowded Zichen Hall, with more than fifty people, and smiled and said, "It's a bit crowded. Please bear it for a while, and you all don't have any gifts."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" A group of people raised their scepters and returned to both sides.

Zhao Xu sat on the chair and swept over one by one, and found that there were still many who didn't recognize each other, at least they had a good face.

No matter what, today is a summary meeting.

Zhao Xu had already had a curse, so he spoke directly: "Today, let's talk about this war. Let's listen to it first. Today, everyone is very tired. After listening, we will find an opportunity tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and we will discuss it carefully."

"I will listen to the holy teachings." The court officials bowed again.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, took the teacup handed by Chenpi, but did not drink it, and said, "Let's talk about this war first. We have planned this war for a long time, and it has started before the New Year. Li Xia is too arrogant and arrogant, and he always holds the edges and is troubled by it. If Li Xia is not defeated, our dynasty will not concentrate on handling internal affairs at all. Therefore, this battle is really not good, and we will win, and we will win!"

"The Prime Minister of the Shun, Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was the general planner. From the beginning, the strategy and tactics, soldiers, armor, food, etc., all made sufficient preparations. The army was mobilized 300,000 yuan, the money and grain were 2 million yuan, and there were countless others. Xu Shangshu stared at the Liao Kingdom on Hedong Road. Princess Zhang presided over this battle. I couldn't go over and boosted my morale."

Zhang Feng, Xu General listened silently. Seeing Zhao Xu so humble, he wanted to speak, but Zhao Xu's eyes pressed back.

Guo Cheng, Zhe Keshi and others understood Zhao Xu's role in this battle, either open or secret, but if Zhang Feng and Xu Jiang didn't speak, they were even less qualified.

The other people's eyes were on Xu Jiang, and Zhang Qing's back flashed, thinking in his heart that these two people were probably going to be promoted.

Zhao Xu paused and continued, "Li Xia was frivolous and came too quickly, and surrounded Pingxia City. Guo Qing's family had 20,000 people defended the city for more than ten days, resisting the revolving attacks of more than 100,000 Li Xia's army. He was calm and calm, and commanded calmly. He not only defended Pingxia City, but also gave the army time to reinforce, which also caused the Xia army to suffer heavy losses in Pingxia City!"

"Then, Zhang Qing's family dispatched troops and launched a full-scale counterattack against Li Xia. The general managers of Xihe Road, deputy general managers, Jingyuan Road, and even Hedong Road all performed remarkably, which severely damaged Li Xia's arrogance."

"When Empress Liang saw that she could not defeat Pingxia City, she suffered heavy losses, so she had to withdraw her troops. Our army then followed her and fought and chased her, forcing the Xia army to retreat all the way to Lingzhou."

"At this time, all armies won almost all the lines, and successively captured more than 30 cities of Li Xia, capturing nearly 30,000 Li Xia's soldiers, and hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep! Not to mention money, grain, gold, silver, jewelry, etc."

"Is Zhe Keshi here? Oh, the Qing family is exempt from courtesy. The Zhe Qing family is brave and resourceful, pursues the Xia army, and judges accurately. He defeats Li Xia in one fell swoop and joins the army, and captures important officials such as Wei Ming Abian, the commander of Li Xia's six armies alive!"

"This is a great achievement!"

"After that, the Liao Kingdom intervened, and had to silence and wait for the opportunity."

"Just a while ago, the opportunity came. Zhang Xianggong once again dispatched troops and generals, with Zhong Jianzhong as the commander, sent cavalry, and fought all the way to Li Xia's Xingqing Mansion. The Xia people were frightened and dared not go out."

"The Liao people intervened again and forced each other with force, and Zhong Jianzhong had to withdraw..."

In the Zichen Palace, many frown, their eyes were angry, and their faces became colder.

The Liao people were too much. The Xia people were their ancestors of the Song Dynasty. The sect leader punished the vassals. Why did the Liao Kingdom intervene three times?

Cai Bian's expression moved and did not speak.

There are many like him, and they can hear that the officials are avoiding the important and deliberately jumping up their anger at the Liao Kingdom.

What does this mean? Are the officials ready to go to war against the Liao Kingdom?

This is not a good sign!

However, Zhang Dun, Zhang Feng and others were silent, bowed and listened quietly.

Zhao Xu said, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "This great victory has not happened in decades. You guys will tell me how to reward me?"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Such great achievements must be rewarded heavily. However, the Song Dynasty has always suppressed military generals, and the "reward" is not that heavy, and it is mostly flashy and unreal.

But Zhang Shi was Zhang Dun's brother, and all the great heroes were there, so they did not dare to speak rashly.

Zhang Dun and Cai Bian also didn't speak, but they didn't speak because he vaguely knew what Zhao Xu meant and didn't agree.

Zhao Xu put down the teacup, as if he was ignorant, and said with a smile: "Why don't you guys say anything? Well, then, Shangshu Wang, tell me."
To be continued...