In late October of the fifth year of Jingkang, shortly after the early winter season, four or five snowfalls had fallen, and the weather was so cold that it was so cold. When the war between Tongguan and Hedong had gradually settled down, the weather was frozen, and the soldiers were all frozen with blue faces and purple hands. They held iron weapons like Bingtuozi, and could not fight any longer. After a autumn of consumption, the originally fat and strong war horses also began to lose weight and needed good care. After the cold winter, they would definitely be too thin and difficult to bear the heavy war.

Under such circumstances, the Jin soldiers were no longer able to fight again. They slowly retreated from Tongguan Valley Road and began to retreat to Luoyang, Tokyo, Hebei and other places. When retreating to Hedong, they needed to cross the Yellow River. Although the weather was cold, it was still unlikely that the Yellow River would be frozen to the point where it could cross the river. The ferry was guarded by the Song army in advance. Even at several important ferries, migrant workers had been mobilized to start building city defenses to prevent the Jin soldiers from taking advantage of the situation again.

The war of sneak attack on Chang'an made the Song court pay great attention to river defense. In addition, Hedong already has heavy troops, and the new army began to compile and practice in the snow and ice. Compared with national strength, the Song Dynasty, which had the determination to resist the war, was exhausted, but it was still a hundred times stronger than the Jin people with extremely weak family.

Although the war was no longer the focus of the court, the situation was extremely serious due to heavy snow and even drought in summer and autumn, which caused the emperor and the Political Affairs Hall to issue repeated edicts and decrees, severely denounced the local governments to pay attention to rescue and help the people, open porridge factories, and distribute cold clothes, so that the people will not suffer from the suffering of hunger and freezing.

In early November of the fifth year of Jingkang, the sky finally turned clear for three days, and the black clouds that had been pressing on people's heads showed signs of evacuation. Unfortunately, the snow disaster had already begun. Although Zhao Huan repeatedly blamed and urged him, he even passed the Political Affairs Hall and personally ordered the removal of several county magistrates and ordered the officials who were unable to rescue disasters. Although Yu Ping, the chief officer of the Information Office, was not in Chang'an. The subordinate departments, had a cavalry and cavalry. Any officials who shirked responsibility and slackness would report immediately and arrest them at any time. Under such severe pressure, due to the limitations of conditions, the damage caused by the war caused by the local area and a large amount of civilian resources were consumed in the war ahead. There were still a large number of disaster reports reported to Chang'an. The news was still news at the beginning, but it became a common thing.

In Chang'an City, there are endless relief every day, and even the imperial government mobilized a large amount of manpower to cut down trees around Chang'an and distributed them to the poor and small households to keep warm. However, every day, the bodies of poor people who died of cold and starvation were carried out by the various gates of Chang'an. Those who have the conditions were buried themselves and those who were unable to bury them. They were unified in the charity house established by the government.

Zhao Huan lives in the deep palace. Every day he faces disaster reports from Guanshan 6th Road and Hedong. The rest of the government affairs are temporarily unavailable, and all his body and mind are used to deal with this natural disaster. He has used all his methods, but he often feels helpless.

Looking at the report on the desk, Zhao Huan smiled bitterly.

Xie Liang, the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Governor of Chang'an Prefecture, reported: "I personally arrived at Yizhuang. Today, there were fifteen corpses left in the city, which was greatly reduced from the past. Your Majesty's night clothes and food, loves the people as much as his son..."

After the cold corpse numbers, such a cliché of praise for the sages is particularly dazzling now.

Zhao Huan sighed, stroked the cold mahogany table with his hand, and murmured: "So what about the historical knowledge accumulated over thousands of years? Under the power of heaven, the power of human power is too small."

"His Majesty?"

The eunuch who was waiting beside him didn't know what the emperor had to give, so he had to bow forward and look at Zhao Huan with inquiring eyes.

Zhao Huan was stunned and could not think of any excuses for a moment. Thinking of his plans for these days, he waved his hand and said, "Go and summon Kang Chengxun."

Seeing the eunuch turning around and leaving, Zhao Huan ordered again: "Let him take the deputy general of the Holy Army of the Palace Front Office to come in and see you."

"yes."

The eunuch responded softly and charmingly. He hurried to pass the imperial edict.

Zhao Huan made a decision in his heart, and felt that the warmth of the palace was as warm as spring, and he let out a long breath, walked to the door of the palace, and pushed the door open with his own hands.

The weather is sunny today, and the sun is strong, and it shines on the empty square in front of the hall, which is particularly dazzling.

But the sun was too gentle and it was impossible to feel the warmth. As soon as Zhao Huanfu went out, a cold wind blew over his face and blew on his warm body, but he couldn't help but tremble.

He pushed the fur cloak away from the eunuch, and Zhao Huanmi looked at the world outside the hall. Outside the short palace wall, there was still snow on the streets, and there were not many pedestrians. Even if three or five people passed by, they were still timid, as if they seemed to be in a cold air.

He sighed deeply and inhale suddenly, feeling a cold wind penetrated his chest, making him feel cold and cold, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Because I was uncomfortable standing, I walked down the stone steps made of white marble. I didn't care about the stone steps slipping, and my left foot couldn't control it for a while. When my body slanted, I fell on the stone steps of the hall.

"His Majesty!"

Not only did he follow his dozen eunuchs in the hall and lose their horrors, but he was also shocked by the guards in front of the hall scattered nearby.

Zhao Huan's waist and legs were sore that his waist and legs hurt. He couldn't stand up for a moment. He was about to struggle, but someone next to him had already hugged his arm and helped him up.

Seeing that the young class was so scared that his face was pale, Zhao Huan felt uncomfortable, but he smiled and said, "I just slipped, why bother?"

But because he was too close to the emperor and was embarrassed, the emperor said comfortingly, but he hurriedly fell to the front of the steps, met repeatedly, and shouted: "Your Majesty is falling and slipping, I am by my side and cannot help me. I am guilty of death!"

"Why do you have to do this?"

Zhao Huan looked unhappy, waved his hand to repel the eunuchs and the guards who rushed over, and called the troop who was kowtowing. Seeing the other party's forehead touching, Zhao Huan was even more angry and immediately scolded: "I practice martial arts, cavalry, archery, run and exercise every day. I will not fall a few times a day. I have told me not to make a fuss. You are so timid, don't be a military officer, and don't serve in front of me, go down!"

The squad of direct guards is not young, and it seems that they are always in their early twenties. When Zhao Huan scolds them like this, they are filled with tears. However, the emperor is severely punished and dared not defend himself. He has to bow again and then turn around and withdraw.

After Zhao Huan's attack, he looked around coldly and saw that the other guards of Banzhi were gloating. He felt disgusted in his heart, knowing that the guards today were Guanshan Inner Palace Zhi, most of whom were from the Jungyun Wuchen family selected by the sixth route of Guanshan. The person in front of him was obviously a newcomer, not an old person, so no one mentioned him, and no one pleaded with him.

He didn't want to pay attention to the intrigue in the guard room, but when he saw the guard turn around, he felt a little familiar, so he called him back, turned his face and asked him, "What's your name? When did you enter the inner palace? What's your position?"

The guard was a little lost at this time. When he heard the emperor's question, he looked mute and replied mechanically: "My memory, Zhe Yanwen, it has only been half a month since he entered the inner palace of Guanshan. Now he is just going to get off work."

"oh."

Zhao Huan responded first, and then he remembered that Zhe Yanwen was asking for his eldest son. Shortly after Zhe Kexu received the imperial edict, he apologized and committed suicide. Zhao Huan knew that he was going to die, and the harm was more than good after death, so he did not deliberately stop him. He just promoted him after his death, and then personally ordered Zhe Yanwen to ask for his eldest son to join the army. Zhe Yanwen was asking for his eldest son, and according to the convention, he could enter the inner palace, so he came in as usual.

However, as the eldest son of the military governor, the junior guard, this person had to get off work and was the lowest-ranking role in the palace servant. He was so scared that he was obviously because he was usually excluded.

Zhao Huan understood the links and felt aroused in his heart. He couldn't help but say to Zhe Yanwen: "I have forgiven your father's sins. He atones for his death and cleansed the past. Your Zhe family has been conquering the border for generations, and their achievements are far greater than their mistakes. Your uncle Zhe can survive, and your brothers Zhe Yanzhi and Zhe Yanshi are all in important positions. I believe it without doubt. You are a child of the Zhe family. Show some of the heroic spirit of your ancestors. Don't be afraid, do you know?"

"Yes, I thank Your Majesty for your teachings!"

Zhe Yanwen was moved and couldn't help but meet again.

Zhao Huan ignored him this time, but waved his hand to summon a Zuo Wulang and ordered him to say, "Remember, please inform the Huishuyuan and ask Zhe Yanwen to replenish Chengjielang."

The military officer who had been transformed from a Sanzhi Palace to a ninth rank had nothing at all, but the emperor issued the order personally, which was a rare honor. The military officer glanced at Zhe Yanwen with a jealous look, but had to agree repeatedly.

When Zhao Huanjing made a fuss, he felt that his heart was full of depression, as if he had nothing to do, and he felt that he had a lot of thoughts, and he was even more determined to leave the palace to patrol.

When Kang Chengxun led many generals in the front office to come, Zhao Huan glanced at everyone and saw Zhang Xian, the newly-sented general manager of the Fengsheng Army, standing at the head of the generals. Looking at the arrogant young officer, Zhao Huan felt a sense of joy.

He seemed to be in his early thirties, but in fact he was so serious, his scheming, and his experience. With the addition of two lives, his physical exercise became younger and younger, but his mind became older. Looking at this Song Dynasty general who became famous for his bravery and pride, he felt the other party's vitality, and he became more relaxed and happy.

Since several battles in Longkou, Yichuan, the original troops of the Palace Front Office had been sent to the Taiyuan front line. There were no remaining troops in Chang'an City except for the inner palace guards. Therefore, although the finances were getting more and more difficult, a new army was still trained. Because the local army was no longer under the name of the Palace Front Office and the Palace Guard Office as before, it was changed to the Imperial Army. With the numbers, Zhao Huan discussed with the Shufu that there would be a considerable number of guards in Chang'an City and the Emperor's side. So he ordered the reorganization of the Fengsheng Army under the name of the Original Palace Front Office and transferred back to Zhang Xian to serve as the position of Chief Supervisor.
Chapter completed!