Chapter 137 Spring in Jianyan Eight Years

No one cared about Zhao Guan Jia's self-indulgent, hypocritical analysis, especially since he hadn't mentioned it to outsiders.

Even if Consort Pan became Worthy Consort Pan, it wouldn't shake the overall situation of the court… On the contrary, in the eyes of the chief councilors, the demotion of Consort Pan was a rare boost to the overall situation. It would make the pattern of not establishing an heir apparent while wanting to establish a crown prince, which Zhao Guan Jia had mentioned, clearer, thereby making the court more stable.

And stability was the natural pursuit of officials, especially those in power, regardless of whether they were radicals or what their related views were.

As for Zhao Jiu also seizing two million strings of cash and dismissing a 'Hanlin Academician', it wasn't a big deal at all… You should know that Cai Mao and his group were truly dregs of history, lambs to the slaughter. The fact that they were ignored by those in power and targeted by speculators as soon as they returned revealed a thing or two.

In a sense, this incident may not have brought as much shock to the upper and lower levels as that fancy hot air balloon.

As for Zhao Guan Jia using a little trick to transfer Ma Shen away, it wasn't because he was worried that Ma Shen would have too much involvement with these old dignitaries… It was true that they were all in the southeast and that they were all losers, but the Daoxue scholars and the old dignitaries weren't comrades-in-arms. The kind of thing that happened with Wang Ciweng that day was relatively rare.

Besides, even if other Daoxue scholars were losers, Ma Shen, the head of the Ministry of Justice, was definitely not a loser.

It was just that Zhao Guan Jia was mindful of the lessons of the past and worried that Ma Shen would pursue some procedural justice, just in case.

And Ma Shen indeed did not cause any trouble after returning to the court. He only submitted a memorial to advise Zhao Guan Jia and then went to work diligently.

To put it bluntly, the court's real life-and-death situation was the Northern Expedition, and the real problem caused by the Northern Expedition was the financial black hole faced by the radical faction in power. And when it looked like this black hole could be plugged by a series of measures, then the situation was of course excellent.

Along with it, all the doubts and opposition voices also subsided, and Zhao Guan Jia and his ruling team took advantage of the situation to become more powerful.

At this time, nothing seemed to be a problem.

In fact, in the following spring of Jianyan's eighth year, the entire court and even the entire society were in a high-spirited state. In February, the court took advantage of the momentum and launched a new policy aimed at reforming the imperial clan.

The so-called reform of the imperial clan was nothing more than reducing the supply of money and food, relaxing restrictions, and allowing and encouraging the imperial clan to engage in productive activities… For example, those who wanted to do business were directly given a royal operating qualification, or they were given empty promises, using shares in the maritime trading company that was still being formed to get rid of them; those who wanted to become officials were given certain bonus points in the upgrading examinations in the Imperial College, state schools, and county schools.

In a sense, this matter was actually a natural result.

You should know that the management of the imperial clan in the Great Song Dynasty was not as healthy as imagined. On the contrary, it had revealed great problems as early as the Shenzong Dynasty. The situation was complicated and the management was chaotic… but fortunately, it encountered the Jingkang Incident.

The Jingkang Incident not only solved the problem of redundant soldiers and redundant officials in the Great Song Dynasty, but it also helped the Great Song Dynasty solve the problem of the imperial clan more thoroughly than ever before. Because even if Zhao Guan Jia later brought back these close relatives of the imperial clan, it would not prevent these people from losing their most basic political influence. Moreover, because of Zhao Guan Jia's inexplicable estrangement from them, these people directly lost the protection of imperial power.

Therefore, considering that the imperial family's descendants were safe, the position of the crown prince was already secure, and coupled with the court's overall political task of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, this matter, of course, became as smooth as dealing with the old dignitaries who had fled Yangzhou.

According to the final result, even Zhao Guan Jia's dozens of own brothers, because of the demotion in Shaoxing before, their sons would also have to find their own way.

For a time, the theory that the official family was unfeeling was once again noisy, but it could no longer stir up any waves.

In early March, another matter concerning finance was completed—with the second fully loaded return of the fleet from the Goryeo direction, transit trade did indeed achieve the expected success. Zhao Guan Jia officially announced the establishment of the Great Song Royal Maritime Trading Company in front of the public pavilion outside Xuande Tower, under the vertical banner hanging from the hot air balloon.

This company had been brewing for more than a year, from the time Zhao Guan Jia proposed the plan to Zhang Jun in the winter of the year before last, to its official establishment… But this was also unavoidable, because this was a new thing, and many people were a little confused about it. A simple sentence of doing business with Zhao Guan Jia to get rich couldn't put everyone at ease.

Even Zhang Jun, who had been a general in Huaidong for so long, had spent a lot of effort to promote such a one-time maritime trade activity, let alone such a large-scale, systematic company?

In fact, before the financial black hole seemed hopeless, this matter was impossible to succeed. Only when the profits of maritime trade were displayed, this kind of joint action was successfully operated many times, and coupled with the vigorous promotion of a prestigious monarch to the court, was it possible to truly succeed.

But no matter what, it was finally successful.

This company included the royal family, the imperial clan, the silk merchants in Huaidong, all the famous porcelain kilns in the Central Plains, almost all the large maritime merchants in the north of the Yangtze River, and also dragged in almost all the temples, monasteries, and other industry merchants in the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and Jiangnan who participated in the Green Seed Loan, and automatically subsidized the close members of the imperial clan, the Secret Pavilion, the Public Pavilion, and the commanders of the Imperial Guard in the form of bonus shares… And this kind of setting almost automatically monopolized China's traditional East Sea trade with Goryeo and Japan as soon as it was established.

At the same time, all these people were only qualified to participate in funding and dividends, while the specific operation was to be handed over to the maritime merchants, silk merchants, and official kiln owners themselves. The only person representing Zhao Guan Jia and the Public Pavilion to take charge of the overall situation was called the president of the company, but it was Wang Shuzhan, the former Taichang, who had been idle for a long time.

With the matter completed, according to Zhao Guan Jia, this was just the beginning. If this method worked properly, then in the future, a Nanyang Royal Shipping Company and a Western Regions Northern Xinjiang Royal Land Transportation Company might also be established.

It was imperative to distribute the benefits equally and allow more people to enjoy the fruits of maritime trade.

Of course, everyone knew that the last sentence was nonsense!

Because everyone could guess that when necessary, Zhao Guan Jia would definitely take everyone's principal and profits and fill them into the Northern Expedition!

But what can you say?

Northern Expedition national debt had already been bought, so what about this matter?

Compared to the national debt, which already had zero interest, this company's affairs might still make a profit in the future, right? However, the premise was that the Northern Expedition was victorious!

In the words of some students in the Imperial College, Zhao Guan Jia's actions this time, rather than running a maritime trading company, were actually no different from other incidents, and were running a Northern Expedition company!

But speaking of this, we have to go back and say one more thing, since the Northern Expedition company has been successfully run again, it also shows that everyone's confidence in the Northern Expedition is actually gradually increasing.

The situation was indeed getting better… more and more people were willing to bet on this lottery.

Let's go back and look, since the Jiancai major policy was erected with great difficulty in the middle of last year, such as the official's illness, such as the harem, such as the crown prince, such as the hot air balloon, such as the old meritorious nobles, such as the imperial clan, such as the company… Each thing seemed so important, but in fact, it was just the daily life of this huge central country.

Only the court was still the court, even if it lost the two rivers, which had always been the traditional core area, it was still a central, ten-thousand-mile country. Therefore, even the daily life of this country was worth paying attention to by everyone inside and outside the game.

No, not long after the company was established, in just a few days, another matter attracted the attention of the court and the public.

"Who submitted the memorial?"

"Hanlin Academician Li Ruopu!"

"It's actually this person? This person has always been a gentleman, doesn't he understand that it's a bit suspicious for him to submit a memorial about this matter with his status?"

"There's no suspicion… Academician Li has been transferred to the Jingdong East Road as the Pacification Commissioner. The documents passed through the Ministry of Personnel the other day, and I saw them with my own eyes… This is obviously something he had planned for a long time. In order to avoid suspicion, he specially submitted a memorial about this matter recently."

"That's right, besides, Academician Li clearly has the convenience of internal memorials, but he didn't directly advise the official family, but submitted a public memorial, which is even more appropriate."

"If that's the case, then there's some truth to it… It's just, what is the official family's attitude? I'm afraid the chief councilors won't be able to intervene in this matter, right?"

"That's right, I'm afraid only Li Zhongcheng (Li Guang) is suitable to say something, but in fact, it still depends on the official family's wishes."

"Then the official family…"

"Who can guess the official family's wishes at this time?" Hu Quan, who had been silently dealing with a salted duck egg at the bow of the boat, finished eating and directly threw the eggshell into the lake, taking the opportunity to sneer and interrupt the conversation. "This matter is of great importance. I'm afraid all the Secret Pavilion officials are apprehensive. How can we know anything? Just wait for the result."

"That's true." The person who asked immediately smiled, and the others on the boat laughed along with him.

It was March, and the spring scenery was beautiful. Zhao Guan Jia opened Jinming Pool, allowing people to play at will. From Jinming Pool to the memorial temple of Yue Tai, and the Cuju (ancient soccer) field in the north of the city, tourists almost filled the roads outside the city.

Today was a rest day, so Hu Quan and others naturally had to take advantage of the situation to gather together. They found a black lacquered flat boat from the Bian River in the city and sailed into Jinming Pool.

In the distance, on the shore, a stage was set up, and the Taoist temple nearby was performing *The Legend of the White Snake*; nearby, in the lake, small boats with purple curtains often carried ladies back and forth, and their delicate laughter could be heard clearly; at the bow of the boat, the boatman's wife helped to prepare dishes… Salted duck eggs, pickled snails, boiled mung bean sprouts, almond slices, and green plums were all easy and cheap seasonal items, and of course, there was also a pot of pickled plum wine.

However, since it was a team-building activity, they inevitably had to share some information and discuss some hot topics in the court. What everyone had just said was the biggest thing that had happened in the court recently—before Hanlin Academician Li Ruopu was transferred out to an external post, he suddenly submitted a memorial, pointing out where the official family was using people improperly… This improper use of people was not to say that a specific chief councilor was bad, which minister was a villain, or which Hanlin Academician was a mere figurehead, but that the official family liked to form small cliques, making the power too concentrated.

There were only four chief councilors; there were only six ministers, and the vice ministers were not permanent; in the Censorate, from the supervising censor to the attending censor and the palace censor, the number was very small; in the Hanlin Academy, there were only a few people, and the official family's close attendants were even fewer, basically those few people.

Therefore, Li Ruopu suggested appropriately increasing the number of chief councilors, making the left and right vice ministers of the six ministries permanent, and increasing the number of censors, Hanlin Academicians, drafters, and gatekeepers.

Only in this way could the official family avoid listening to only one side and ensure that he had a reliable and large ruling team.

This matter was directly related to more than a dozen Secret Pavilion-level important official positions, so for the court officials, wasn't that a big deal? It was no wonder everyone was talking about it, and everyone was discussing it… Hu Quan and his group, even if they knew that they couldn't reach it right now, couldn't help but say a few words.

Without further ado, turning back to the present, amidst the laughter, Hu Quan lowered his head and drank half a bowl of warm tea brought by the waiter. His mouth was slightly casual, and he continued to speak: "But even so, I can roughly guess that the official family might allow the increase in the number of left and right vice ministers of the six ministries and censors. It's hard to say about the inner officials, but the number of chief councilors will probably not increase in all likelihood… at least not at this time."

"What do you mean by that?" Straight Drafter Mei Li asked curiously… He couldn't help but be curious, because his uncle had said the same thing last night. Although he had some guesses about this, he hoped that someone could confirm it.

"Nothing else." Hu Quan became more serious. "The position of chief councilor is important. A slight increase or decrease will cause changes in the court's structure. The official family's mind is still on the Northern Expedition. Before the Northern Expedition, he will definitely not allow the court's structure to be shaken."

Mei Li immediately nodded, which was what he thought.

"That's right." Someone next to him laughed again. "Not to mention anything else, if the number of chief councilors is really increased, will Lu Yihao, Prime Minister Lu, and Yuwen Xuzhong, Prime Minister Yuwen, come back? If they don't come back, will they feel wronged? But if they come back, like Yuwen Xuzhong, I'm not afraid that he will get together with Prime Minister Zhang because of his in-laws, but I'm afraid that he will be a peacemaker all day long, and then soften Prime Minister Zhao again. What should we do then? And if Prime Minister Lu enters the court, the other prime ministers are fine, but will Prime Minister Zhang still have a way to survive?"

Everyone laughed again.

Lu Yihao's personality and Yuwen Xuzhong's personality were really interesting, and it was also interesting for the official family to use these two people to go to the Northwest and Southeast respectively.

Of course, this person also meant to ridicule Prime Minister Zhao and Prime Minister Zhang by the way. Although everyone was on the boat, they couldn't laugh too much.

Therefore, everyone quickly returned to normal, put this matter aside amidst the tunes of *The Legend of the White Snake* in the distance, and then continued to talk about some other information while eating some spring vegetables.

And this kind of chat was naturally all-encompassing.

"Vice Minister Lu has been working hard for a long time, and he was finally retained, but Wu Min also went to the Jingxi East Road."

"In fact, both the Shui and Mu parties are still talking about the overall situation. Only this Vice Minister Lu is the most belligerent, so Prime Minister Zhao wanted to drive him away before."

"That's right, in my opinion… if… I mean if the two parties really have a party struggle, and Prime Minister Zhao and Zhang really fall out, it must be caused by this person."

"The official family is sitting above, how can there really be a party struggle? What Zhang Deyuan relies on is the official family's first confidant position, and Prime Minister Zhao is a true loyal and virtuous gentleman. With a word from the official family, although he doesn't agree in his heart, he still abandoned Daoxue and changed to Yuanxue."

"Let's talk less about this kind of thing…"

"Speaking of which, since the two million strings of cash last time, has the Ministry of Revenue said anything about Jiancai?"

"Of course there is… According to this calculation, I'm afraid that the three million black hole will be filled before the end of next year, and after the autumn harvest, the overall situation will be stable."

"It's a pity that Chao Gongwu hasn't come recently, otherwise, we would definitely be able to laugh at him in person."

"Don't mention him."

"But it's not just about money… The Ministry of Works has said that even if there is money, the war must be exchanged for military equipment and food, and at present, although there is the trade of cloth and rice in South Vietnam, which can directly send rice to Jingdong, what about military equipment? We can't rush it."

"Isn't the Great Song Dynasty so big, is there a shortage of craftsmen?"

"How can there not be a shortage?"

"Besides, the matter is not as simple as just military equipment. There are also military material storage along the river, and the renovation of grain routes, which also takes time."

"Speaking of which, isn't Scholar Yu doing this? It would be good to ask him, but unfortunately, he's not here."

"It's precisely because he's doing this that he's not here."

"Have you heard that the official family has created a new thing again? It is said that it was directly sent to the commanders of the military regions… It is said to be made of crystal."

"If that's the case, we can't know even if we want to."

"The Jin Dynasty has recently changed its laws, do you know? When Wanyan Zonghan was in power, because the righteous army was swarming, ordinary people were not allowed to leave their place of residence without permission, even merchants were not allowed to travel more than thirty miles a day with a road pass… After Wanyan Zonghan left, this law was abolished last year, and as a result, the righteous army flourished. Helplessly, I saw the Jin Dynasty's official newspaper the other day, and it actually changed back to the old rules, and also set up a baojia system, where ten families were held jointly responsible if one family fled."

"The Jurchen dogs deserve to die, and those surrendered dogs who came up with the idea also deserve to die."

"Speaking of the Jurchens, is Shanzhou going to send troops to Hedong Prefecture again? I heard that Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and Director of Water Conservancy Liu (Liu Hongdao) went to the west."

"It must be so."

"The official family is not stopping for a moment. As soon as the spring busy season is over, he will directly use troops…"

"It's definitely inevitable, and it will only become more and more frequent in the future, firstly to train troops, and secondly to warn both inside and outside, not to forget the war while living in peace."

"But just ambushing in Hedong Prefecture, even if it's said that we won't forget the war, after a few times, the people of the world won't take it seriously."

"There's no way… In fact, instead of worrying about this, it's better to worry about the Jurchens suddenly using all their strength to capture Pinglu, or letting Hedong Prefecture go. That would be troublesome."

"You're just talking on paper… The reason why Pinglu has been able to preserve itself many times is because there is Zhongtiao Mountain between this city and Hedong Prefecture. The Jurchens' advance and logistics must detour through the pass, while Pinglu and Shanzhou City are only separated by a river and are now connected… As for giving up Hedong Prefecture, then take it. If the Jurchens come back to seek annihilation, then abandon it again, what's the harm? The official family and the commanders are all used to using troops, and they won't be too particular about this matter."

Everyone laughed again, but there were a few more embarrassed smiles among them, and Hu Quan, the leader of the boat, had long been just eating and didn't say a word at all.

Drafter Mei was also smiling, but he knew very well what was going on in his heart.

Since he joined this small group, only a year had passed, but everything had already changed… Now, Chao Gongwu, who was talented but had different views from everyone, had gradually stopped coming; Scholar Yu Yunwen, who was both talented and knowledgeable, had not been promoted at all, but like the big brother Hu Quan in the audience, he belonged to the kind who could soar to the sky when the qualifications and opportunities arrived. Recently, he had been increasingly busy, moving around in various military camps and Green Seed Loan points… In this case, there were inevitably some mediocre people to make up the numbers, making the event gradually less interesting.

"Who has anything else interesting to say?" After a long pause, seeing that everything from the waiter had been eaten by a group of young officials in their prime, and finally only a large pot of boiled mung bean sprouts was served, Hu Quan, who was a little impatient, had the intention of returning, so he simply asked again directly.

"There is one thing… It can't be called important, but it's a bit strange… perhaps it's worth mentioning." A reliable Ministry of Justice assistant secretary frowned. "Do you still remember that someone knelt in front of the Imperial College to file a complaint before the New Year during the Imperial College's political inquiry?"

"There is such a thing… Has this matter not been resolved yet? Could it be a major case?"

"The case is in Fujian. It takes two months to go back and forth, and besides, the matter is not a heinous crime such as killing relatives and fighting for property, but a rather absurd trivial matter."

"I see, then what's so strange about it?"

"The matter is like this. It is said that there have always been foreign merchants living in Quanzhou. Perhaps they built foreign temples in the area themselves, and recently, a foreign temple was built opposite a county school subordinate to Quanzhou. But the foreign temple has to chant scriptures, which inevitably affects students' classes, so the students complained to the county magistrate… Who would have thought that such a simple matter, the county magistrate just fooled around, and finally angered the locals, who only felt that the county magistrate might also believe in foreign religions, so some local scholar-officials found old people from Fujian in Tokyo City and asked for help to make the matter bigger, properly punish this county magistrate, and by the way, tear down the foreign temple."

Hearing this, Hu Quan, who was holding a large bowl of bean sprouts, already knew what was going on, but after glancing at Drafter Mei next to him, who was staring blankly at the bean sprouts, he sneered: "If I guess correctly, Minister of Justice Ma must be standing on the side of the local scholar-officials, asking the county magistrate to make an explanation and then let them tear down the foreign temple, but the Fujian local side is just perfunctory, repeatedly maintaining that county magistrate, and the matter has been going back and forth like this, right?"

"That's right… The Fujian side, roughly speaking, supports that county magistrate." The Ministry of Justice assistant secretary immediately cheered up.

"Maoxiu (Mei Li's courtesy name), what do you think?" Hu Quan really asked Mei Li.

Mei Li also shook his head with a wry smile: "What can it be, isn't it because the court is now taking finance as the key link, and everything is done around Jiancai, and performance also depends on this… Not to mention a county subordinate to Quanzhou, even the entire Fujian mostly relies on the foreign merchants in Quanzhou to run a few more trips… Besides, the last time the official family strictly refused the matter of foreign merchants receiving royal documents and flags, the emotions of the foreign merchants in Quanzhou were also very strong. At this time, the local government in Fujian naturally doesn't want to cause trouble! If the commercial tax is reduced by a cut, it will affect their official career, whose fault is it?"

Everyone suddenly realized.

"In addition to this, there is another level." Mei Li continued with a wry smile. "Since Jingkang, the turmoil has moved from north to south, and Daoxue has also moved south on a large scale. After the Baima Shaoxing incident, Daoxue has gained the support of many scholar-officials, so that academies are established in the southeast. The county schools are fine, but the so-called local scholar-officials are mostly related to Daoxue… That is why Grand Marshal (Liu Ziyu of the Ministry of War) brought his younger brother out of Fujian, also afraid that he would take the path of Daoxue… So, according to me, this matter has fallen into the hands of Grand Justice (Ma Shen of the Ministry of Justice), otherwise, whoever else it was, they would have understood the difficulties of Fujian and suppressed this matter."

That's right, someone applauded: "But it has indeed fallen into the hands of Grand Justice, and the truth of this matter is indeed on the side of the local scholar-officials and Grand Justice. The Fujian local government can only keep circling around with the Ministry of Justice and will not be able to hold on sooner or later, and then they may have to bring it to the chief councilors of the capital province, or even to the official family."

Everyone realized even more.

However, the Ministry of Justice assistant secretary hesitated for a moment and still seriously added a point: "This matter is roughly as Brother Hu and Maoxiu said, but what I said is a bit strange, there is still one thing in it, that is, the prefect of Quanzhou is different from everyone in Fujian and advocates strictly handling this matter and immediately tearing down the foreign temple."

"Maybe he is a Daoxue person, what's so strange?"

"If that's the case, it's nothing more than that this matter will be resolved faster. Maybe it will soon reach the chief councilors and the official family… But in the end, it's a trivial matter that has nothing to do with the overall situation."

Everyone nodded one after another and stopped saying more. This matter was over, and at this time, even the pot of boiled mung bean sprouts had been eaten, and everyone looked at Hu Quan, waiting for this leader to speak, and they would disperse in a rush, prepare to return by boat, first find a place to relieve themselves, and then go home…

However, for some reason, Hu Quan was silent for a while, and after a moment, he even lost his smile and sighed, taking the initiative to speak: "After you said these things, I thought of the matter of Scholar Li suggesting expanding the scale of the Secret Pavilion's important officials. I don't believe that he has selfish motives in this matter, but he himself doesn't, but the people who gave him the idea, or the people who persuaded him to make this suggestion, may not have selfish motives…"

"What do you mean, Brother Hu?" Everyone was slightly stunned, and then someone became curious.

"Two statements… First, there are no more than six ministers inside, and nearly twenty pacification commissioners outside. The court is talking about internal and external transfer, then it is somewhat narrow for the outside right now; second, the overall situation of the court is stable, waiting for the money and food to be full and the military equipment to be fine and precise, then the major event of the Northern Expedition will start. The places to make contributions are all in the north and the center, at this time, maybe some southern envoys are eager to move and want to take the opportunity to be transferred back." Hu Quan said calmly with a smile, and everyone was stunned and quietly pondered.

At this time, Hu Quan had already looked back, which was to let the boatman turn around and dock.

Hu Quan still had some resources and channels. After this Jinming Pond meeting, in just five days, the official family issued an edict, which was just as he said, it was to temporarily not expand the chief councilors, but to take the six ministries holding the affairs of the world as important, specially establishing left and right vice ministers, and also expanding the number of Censorate members, and then slightly increasing the number of Hanlin Academicians, drafters, and gatekeepers.

Soon, the capital province immediately began to select and promote virtuous and capable gentlemen according to the official family's wishes… This was not something that could be accomplished overnight, and it was unknown how long it would take for the Shui and Mu parties to reach a compromise on this personnel matter.

But almost at the same time, the foreign hall case in Fujian finally reached the imperial court… And to everyone's surprise, Zhao Guan Jia issued an edict with a firm attitude almost without any hesitation, which was to fully support Minister of Justice Ma Shen, dismiss the county magistrate, reprimand the Fujian Road Pacification Commissioner, and order the local officials to immediately tear down the foreign temple that affected the county school.

It was only under the persuasion of Zhao Ding, Prime Minister Zhao, that he agreed to allow those foreign merchants to rebuild the foreign temple elsewhere.

Not to mention the other small waves of this matter, only to say that after this incident, Gou Long Ruyuan, a Sichuan official with qualifications serving as the prefect of Quanzhou, officially entered the vision of the chief councilors in the court and immediately received the recommendation of his fellow villager Zhang Deyuan, and then effortlessly made this person the first beneficiary of this reform—he was transferred to the Ministry of Works as vice minister and entered the capital.

In late March, the war in Shanzhou broke out again, and tens of thousands of troops, including the Royal Guard's Central Army led by Wang De, surrounded Hedong Prefecture again.

In early April, the first batch of officials promoted, including Gou Long Ruyuan, arrived in the capital. Almost at the same time, because Wanyan Bali Suyi Yelu Ma Wu was the vanguard and marched through Jishan, the Song army withdrew again.

By late April, as Wang De led his troops back, Zhao Guan Jia personally led hundreds of officials out of Yue Tai to inspect the armies.

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