Cai You was in Luoyang's secret imperial city torture to the minds captured by Yun Jiejun.

In three days, more than 20 people were killed, but there was no clue at all!

In the torture room.

The young commander looked solemn, looked at the corpse in front of him and whispered: "Commander, are we, the person we caught is wrong?"

Cai You had long been suspicious, and his expression changed, saying, "If you want to dig a dike, it is impossible for the people above to participate. Since you are not in Yunjie Army, you may be from Qizhou Prefecture and Hebei two routes!"

The young commander was shocked and said, "Commander, now is the critical moment for river management. Qizhou Prefecture and Hebei cannot move lightly. Your Thirteenth Highness, Xu Shangshu, Yang Shangshu and others are all here, so we can't move..."

Cai You's eyes flashed for a while and said, "You continue to review. I'll go check it myself. This is a task assigned by the official. If you don't do it well, you and I will have to be the leader of yourselves!"

The young commander's face changed slightly, and he wanted to speak but stopped. If Cai You did something wrong, their little imperial city could not bear the anger of those big shots.

Cai You hurriedly explained, then left Luoyang and advanced east along the Yellow River.

At this time, Kaifeng City gradually cooled down with Zhang Dun's exertion.

With the Political Affairs Hall as the core, Zhang Dun restructured the power of the six ministries, seven temples, and censorate. With the increase in the number of yamen, the "idle" officials have accumulated, and roughly estimated that there are as many as 2,000!

Zhang Dun formed a dense and large team in various names, including the Ninth Route Inspectors of the Censorate, the six ministries, inspected the rivers, relieved the disaster, and comforted the military and civilians, and quickly sent out of the capital.

Su Song, Zhang Dun and Cai Bian hold "class meetings" in the Political Affairs Hall every day to sort out and plan what is happening now and next year, with ambitiousness and ambition.

Zhao Xu, who was in charge of the Chuigong Hall, listened to all directions and looked at the six routes. He had to stare at the river management of the two routes in Hebei, and he had to watch Zhang Dun unable to let him out of the circle, and he had to be busy examining Zhang Dun and others' continuous formulations, gradually developing a style of reform.

As September approaches, Zhao Xu breathes a sigh of relief.

The water levels in the two routes in Hebei are fading and there is no more heavy rain. The situation is gradually stabilizing. Zong Ze has already dispatched 30,000 troops, and everything is developing positively, which makes Zhao Xu more and more at ease and more confidence!

afternoon.

Cai You, who was exhausted, stood in the hall, lowered his head, and looked nervous.

Zhao Xu looked at him with a playful expression and said, "You mean that Yun Jiejun did not participate. I suspect it was done by someone from Hebei Road or Qizhou Prefecture?"

Cai You was not doing things well, and his heart trembled. He heard this and said quickly: "I went back to the official's house, and I went to Hebei Road and found some clues."

"Say!" Zhao Xu said in a deep voice.

Cai You tightly said, "The south bank of the Yellow River where the dike was dug is a wasteland, with mostly mountains and forests, and it is on a high ground. Even if it is dug, it cannot discharge floods. In the north, there are many fertile fields, almost all of which are in the hands of dignitaries."

Zhao Xu's heart moved, his eyes opened slightly and stared at Cai You for a moment, saying, "Tell me clearly."

Cai You said: "The south side was dug. In order to prevent the flood from shaking the river bank in this section, out of caution, the north side will not move again, but find another place to release the flood."

Zhao Xu, who had just thought of some, had a cold look on his eyes and said in a cold voice: "You mean, someone deliberately digging the other side in order to save the fertile land?"

Cai You bowed and said, "Yes."

Tangerine's scalp was numb when she heard it. Is anyone so bold? She actually did the digging of the dike for a few acres of land!

Zhao Xu's face twitched, and he was deeply angry and said, "Take it up."

Cai You was stunned and quickly took out a thick account book from his arms and said, "This is what I found out, please check it out."

Tangerine came forward and turned around and handed it to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu's face was cold and hard. He opened it and looked at him. He just glanced at him in a hurry. His pupils shrank, he looked up at Cai You and said coldly: "Is it true?"

Cai You raised his hand and said, "There has never been a false word."

Zhao Xu looked at him for a moment, staring at the black and white words on the account book again, with many familiar and unfamiliar names, with straight faces and cold eyes.

These names finally made him understand why some people dare to risk the world's ruthlessness to dig the Yellow River!

Zhao Xu's eyes twitched, and he thought about countermeasures quickly.

The names here include not only the "master" since the Yingzong Dynasty, but also the royal family and relatives, such as the Gao family of Empress Dowager Gao!

To outsiders, these fields are all "imperial fields"!

Cai You naturally read the list, and now he raised his hand and lowered his head, not daring to breathe.

When he got the list, he tried many times to cross out some people's names. Finally, "Awe" defeated his complicated thoughts and honestly sent all the lists.

Zhao Xu was still thinking in his heart. Suddenly, Zhang Dun hurried in from outside, ignoring Cai You, and said directly: "Your Majesty, 800 miles of Huanqing Road are urgent!"

Zhao Xu's expression changed and he said, "Come on!"

Without waiting for the tangerine peel to come forward, Zhang Dun handed it over directly.

Zhao Xu took it, opened it and looked anxiously, and his face changed again - Xixia is about to move!

Zhao Xu had a calm face, frowned, stared at Zhang Shi's memorial, and was calculating quickly.

Although he had known that Xixia was coming for a long time, Zhao Xu was still a little nervous when he really came.

"You go." Zhao Xu glanced at Cai You and said.

Cai You responded in a hurry and quickly withdrew.

As soon as Cai You left, Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Dun and said, "What do you say about the Privy Council?"

Zhang Dun, who also serves as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, had a firm face and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Feng has rectified Qin Fenglu and others. Currently, he has 100,000 troops against Xia, and 50,000 who can be dispatched to fight, which should be enough."

"not enough!"

Zhao Xu said decisively: "Jingyuan Road and Fuyan Road are also dispatched by Zhang Zhi. It is said that General Xu will return to Beijing. Chenpi will clean up the tiled houses in the west, select the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to enter, and involve military information such as the Western Xia, Liao, and Tubo. All of them will be summarized here. I want to check it every day!"

"Abide by the order." Chen Pi immediately responded as Zhao Xu's serious voice.

Zhang Dun had no objection to Zhao Xu's arrangement. If it were someone else, Zhang Shi would have mastered the five routes at once, and nearly 200,000 people would have to jump up.

Zhang Dun thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, judging from Zhang Feng's report, the Xia people recruited nearly 300,000 troops. The Xia people's Empress Dowager and the Emperor personally fought for it, and he looked like he was determined to win and could not be underestimated!"

Zhao Xu nodded and thought about it. It would be not enough to give Zhang Shi the military power alone, but if he had led the army in person, according to the current situation in Kaifeng City, he still didn't know what kind of accident would happen. He might have left the front foot and the throne would be gone.

After thinking about the people around him, Zhao seemed to be on Hebei Road, Zhao Ji couldn't help him, and his ninth brother Zhao Quan was still a blind man.

"When necessary, I would like to ask Mr. Xu to visit Zhang Qing's family to show my importance." Zhao Xu said.

He really has no choice.

Zhang Dun raised his hand and said, "I obey the order."

Zhao Xu's face moved again, and then said in a deep voice: "The supply of logistics, food and grass must be timely. I will allocate another 2 million chunks from the inner treasury. Responding to the invasion of the Xia people is the most priority. No one is allowed to intervene or drag him down! Well... I will transfer the Imperial City Department into the Political Affairs Hall and be assigned by you. Anyone who dares to intervene randomly and ruins our military affairs can be executed first and then reported!"

Zhang Dun looked stern and raised his hand and said, "I obey the order!"

"At later, I will convene people from the six ministries and seven temples, and I will personally deploy them!" Zhao Xu said.

"Yes." Zhang Dun said.

Chenpi looked around and held her breath secretly.

Zhang Dun made some arrangements before leaving.

Zhao Xu sat on the chair, thinking quickly.

Xixia must be fought back, and it will be fought back hard! Once it fails, the confidence of the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty will be frustrated. The failure of the Shenzong Dynasty to attack Xia in the five directions has already made the Song Dynasty lose the courage to fight the Northern Expedition. If it fails, I am afraid that even the courage to defend it will be halfway!

Chen Pi stood aside and looked at the account book sent by Cai You on the table, secretly worried.

Now that there are so many things in Kaifeng City, Xia people are coming again. If one is not good, there will be no big deal!

The news of the Xia people attacking quickly spread to the high-ranking officials of the court, and six ministries and seven temples gathered in the Political Affairs Hall.

Zhao Xu was in charge and listened to the arrangements of Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others.

Everyone present clearly felt the firm will of Zhao Xu and the court, and they all concentrated on their hearts.

At this time, Chen Pi was cleaning up a row of tiled houses west of the Chuigong Hall, which was opposite the Privy Council.

Here is a bit old, with yellow doors, palace maids coming in and out, and carrying all kinds of things.

Two vertical plaques were hung on door frames on both sides, and they said: Confidential, please enter carefully.

Some people from the Ministry of War and Privy Council moved here and quickly started working.

Zhao Xu waved various institutions of the Song Dynasty and quickly prepared for the preparations for Huanqing Road.

Zhang Dun, Cai Bian and others were "untied" by Zhao Xu and were exerted.

Just after the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, Zhang Dun cleaned up the officials of the former Six Ministry and Seven Temple Censorate, and replaced them on a large scale with the "New Party". In the name of "inspection", they sent them out of Beijing and ordered them to leave Beijing within two days.

At the same time, the order was ordered to investigate the treasury of Kaifeng Prefecture and other government offices, and the official documents from the Political Affairs Hall were sent to the whole country, and the Eighth Route Army that governed the river was reorganized and allocated.

The institutions such as the Six Ministry and Seven Temples were quickly running, like big sticks, waving in Kaifeng City, and landing across the Song Dynasty.

The city of Kaifeng gradually became stern.

...

A few days later, Xu Jiang returned to Kaifeng City and entered the palace as soon as possible.

Zhao Xu immediately called him and Zhang Dun to the "confidential room" of Chuigong Hall, and the three of them sat opposite each other and discussed specific strategies for Xia.

In the conference room of the confidential room, three people sat. Xu Jiang ignored his fatigue and thought for a while, "The official family, the Xia people recruited 300,000 troops, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor personally fought. It is obvious that his heart is obvious. But such a large scale, it takes at least one month to prepare, that is, the war may be in October, and there are still about one month. At present, the commander of Zhang Jingluo has 200,000 troops, and 100,000 troops can be assigned to combat. What the court needs to do now is to give Zhang Jingluo enough support, a clear combat strategy, and not to defend or even retreat. Second, we must make a preparatory strategy for the possible defeat of Huanqing Road. Kaifeng City is too close to Huanqing Road. Third, we must keep a close eye on the Liao people to prevent them from robbing by fire. Hebei Road cannot relax..."
Chapter completed!