The defeat of Goryeo at the city of Guozhou made Goryeo give up for the bald head east of the Yalu River. However, what made them most angry and puzzled was why the female Nao people also had firearms in their hands. The strength of Goryeo soldiers was far inferior to that of Goryeo. In previous battles, the reason why the female Nao people had firearms that they had never seen before. This time, Goryeo people used firearms in their hands again. This time, Goryeo people used firearms to cause huge damage to Goryeo. Once the main force of the female Nao people's troops crossed the Yalu River, Goryeo had no natural danger to defend. Goryeo sent envoys to negotiate with the female Nao people, and on the other hand, they also sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to question why the female Nao people also had firearms in their hands.

The compensation for the female Nao people caused Goryeo to lose blood again, and the female Nao people also received corresponding satisfactory rewards. Most of the money will be used to pay for the firearms and weapons sold to the female Nao people. The Chilibo originally wanted to use these batches of weapons to solve the problem of instability within the tribe. Unexpectedly, when the Dasong firearms arrived, the biggest crisis he faced was Goryeo, and this batch of weapons was worth the money when they were used on the Koreans.

The Zhilibo was quite appreciative in the sale of weapons and arms to the Song Dynasty. The weapons sold to him by the Song Dynasty were symbolic and paid some money. The main educational method was to purchase credit and the expected promise. The Zhilibo promised the Song Dynasty that after integrating the various divisions of the Nuzhi tribes, he would launch an attack on the Liao Kingdom and work together to destroy the Liao Kingdom. His request was time.

This was nothing in Wang Jinghui's eyes. The Mogus coalition launched a war in the Khitans on the Yellow River. Although they didn't know what the Mogus coalition had, they had never stopped the firearms and other weapons and equipment they had obtained too slowly. It seemed that the capital was still very strong. I think that for the Khitans, there should be no problem with Mogus supporting him for a year, and the Khitans have not started to mobilize Yanyun's army so far, which made the Song Dynasty's senior management very annoyed. In addition to stepping up the hoarding of combat materials, they were intensifying training of the cross-sea landing combat troops on Jingdong East Road and ready to land in the hinterland of Liao at any time.

If Wang Jinghui had not been unwilling to take such a big risk, the Song Dynasty could have sent troops to Yanyun and Mogus to attack from north to south to get what they wanted, but doing so was just a waste of money. History has reached this point, but he did not want to see the Liao Kingdom perish so early. With the Liao Kingdom, he could have the most effective deterrent to the people of the Pub, while the Song Dynasty obtained Yanyun in order to consolidate its northern security - the choice of the capital was very problematic. The Liao Kingdom controlled the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, which allowed the Song Dynasty to fight again and again in the conflict between the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. If it failed, it would directly threaten the state power. The choice given to the Song Dynasty is either to move the capital or to seize the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to seek strategic survival space for itself. The Song Dynasty has developed to this point. Naturally, the interest in seizing the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun was far greater than moving the capital.

However, Wang Jinghui made two preparations again - one was to actively prepare for the war against Liao; the other was to choose a better position for the Song Dynasty - he was unable to be sure whether the rise of other grassland nomadic peoples would pose a threat to the Song Dynasty after the Liao Dynasty. If only the level of the Jin Dynasty raised Yanyun and the Sixteen Prefectures would be enough, but if there were a ruthless character like Yuan Meng in later generations, maybe the Song Dynasty would have to retreat to the Yellow River or even south of the Yangtze River in the future. It was very necessary to prepare in advance to manage the South. It was also considered to leave an additional layer of insurance for future generations. Moreover, the development of the South was also a basic national policy for the Song Dynasty.

When the Goryeo envoy came to the Song Dynasty through a boat and worked hard, it was almost two months since the Battle of Guozhou. The Song Dynasty explained this that the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty reached an agreement, and the Song Dynasty could sell firearms and other weapons and equipment to the Liao Kingdom. As for the firearms in the hands of the female straight men, the Song Dynasty would never admit it, but it was ruthless that the Khitans bought the firearms and gave them to them, which was not something that the Song Dynasty could master.

The Goryeo envoys were helpless in the explanation of the Song Dynasty. They did not have an intelligence system like the Song Dynasty. Although some of the Goryeo people came to the Song Dynasty a few years ago by taking advantage of the Song Dynasty to develop overseas trade. Some Goryeo people even passed the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty and were appointed officials of the Song Dynasty, but the Goryeo people at the strategic level were obviously unable to get the intelligence at the strategic level. Not only that, if the Goryeo people could understand the internal situation of Liao, they could easily calculate the female Nao people in the Song Dynasty. Although they would not be like this, they were somewhat wary of it.

After the Goryeo Envoy received the reply from the Song Dynasty, the Goryeo Envoy not only conveyed the greetings of King Goryeo to the Song Dynasty emperor, but also placed a big order for the Song Dynasty military industry with the Great Song Dynasty firearms and other weapons supplies. The Goryeo people were already eager to see the land east of the Yalu River. This failure did not make the Goryeo people give up. They would still launch an attack on the female Nao people, which was no big deal for the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty's monarch and ministers had already seen this. Even if the female Nao people could not take over the squad of the Bu people and continue to harass the Liao Kingdom, the Song Dynasty would not have too much burden. Moreover, watching the Goryeo people and the female Nao people conquer each other, from another perspective, it was in line with the strategic goals of the Song Dynasty. Moreover, there were many benefits to the two.

Compared with the continuous conquests in the north outside, the Song Dynasty entered the stage of development and accumulation. In addition to obtaining a large number of war horses to form its own cavalry troops in the newly acquired territory of the Western Xia, the Song Dynasty also had to invest huge sums of money to build its brand new army - a hot weapon unit completely armed by muskets and artillery. This was the first army in human history to fully use hot weapons to fight. Wang Jinghui and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to this.

This army, completely armed with hot weapons, was composed of drawn out from the elites of the imperial guards, with a total of about 20,000 people. In addition to the 13,000 musket army, there are also 5,000 cavalry and 2,000 artillery soldiers. In addition to the muskets that are equipped with crossbows and swords, there are also three-eyed muskets proposed by Wang Jinghui - the design distance is closer to only an effective killing distance of 40 steps, but it can be fired in three consecutive times. The size of the gun is somewhat like an enlarged version of a revolver in later generations.

After equipped with the three-eyed musket, the close combat power of the cavalry was greatly enhanced. Due to cost issues, each cavalry was equipped with two such three-eyed muskets. Basically, a cavalry unit with 5,000 people was also very powerful. As for the two-thousand-man artillery unit, it was equipped with fifty cannons. In contrast, the Kaifeng city wall was equipped with a full hundred cannons. The proportion of the Song army was still rich in the past ten years. The victory in ten years has somewhat regained a lot of confidence in the Song army. Especially the pacification of the Western Xia made the Song monarchs and ministers at least not afraid of war. In addition to the previous "strong, weak branches" policy, and compared artillery applications, it was difficult to imagine that the army's artillery could be equipped with fifty cannons ten years ago.

The establishment of this army in the Song Dynasty was not for sight. The initial equipment cost of such an army exceeded 7 million chunks in one sentence, which was a veritable "Golden Army". Fortunately, the training of muskets used by the "Golden Army" is not difficult to train the army into an army. The advantages of the musket army show that it is better than cold weapons from the training of the army. Musket soldiers do not need to be brave enough to the three armies, they can only master the basic movements such as loading, aiming and shooting, and clearing the chamber are basically qualified. Moreover, Wang Jinghui also adopted the tradition of European troops in the 18th century, using big drums to serve as musket soldiers to transmit signals, and using the drum beat frequency of the drummer to control the musket soldiers' movements. This actually produced a very good effect when training again.

"People said 'being known by birth' that they didn't believe it, but when they saw this scene, they had to admire him!" Wen Yanbo looked at the army of hot weapons being trained in the weapons test site, stroked his beard and smiled at the officials next to him.

"Haha, with such an army here, my Song Dynasty is just around the corner! But I heard that Jae-Jia is preparing to clean up Jiangnan. I wonder if the emperor knows it?" Wang Anshi said.

"It doesn't matter whether he can go down to Jiangnan. This is also his habit. If the ability to escape in the court is this person, the emperor must know it, but he probably won't take it too seriously!" Wen Yanbo looked at Wang Anshi with a smile.

Shen Kuo and Su Song, who were beside him, naturally knew that the "that person" in Wang Anshi and Wen Yanbo's mouth refer to Wang Jinghui. Now Wang Jinghui is indeed instructing his servants to pack up their belongings and prepare to go to Hangzhou, Jiangnan. He would not do much to stay in Kaifeng, Biandu, so he would not be able to get along with Jiangnan to seek peace for a moment.

As the Song Dynasty developed stronger and stronger, Wang Jinghui's thoughts on retreat became stronger and stronger. Moreover, the future development of the Song Dynasty still depends on the south. Money is the wilderness of the south and the wilderness of the south. He also wanted to see the scene of "huguang is familiar and the world is sufficient" in his lifetime. In the standards of later generations, the current south has more development potential compared to the north and the south. Wang Jinghui still had great concerns in his heart about the power of nomadic peoples sweeping the world. It was not only divided by the need for balanced development between the north and the south, but also to seek to establish an organic combination of the north and the south for the Song Dynasty to exert greater power. Wang Jinghui would also turn his attention to the south.

"It's a pity for the prince-consort to be so talented..." Shen Kuo said softly. Although Shen Kuo is also a hot person now, news came from the inner court that it is said that Shen Kuo is likely to be promoted to Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor, and Su Song may also be promoted to Deputy Minister of War. After all, Su Song is relatively old now. According to Su Song's resume, he will be promoted to Minister of War in a short time to become Minister of War. Retirement is also very respectful.

Although there were differences between new and old parties in the court, Wang Jinghui and other marks began to slowly show their marks in the court. Apart from Guo Kui’s title, Shen Kuo, Su Song, and Xue Xiangzhi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, these people clearly had the mark of "son-in-law".

I believe that more and more people in the court will be in the "Championnaires" in the future. Now it is just a beginning, because the largest Huaying Academy and Xihu Academy in the Song Dynasty are both private property of Wang Jinghui. These two academies, one in the south and one in the north, have almost become the academic centers of the two great Song dynasties. With their enviable faculty, all talents in the world yearn for this, which makes the two academies stand out in the "Talents Ceremony" once every three years. It can be imagined that in ten years, twenty years or even more distant future, these students who graduated from the two academies will inevitably form a huge force due to their common background, which is beyond the reach of both the new and old parties!

While Wang Jinghui was paying attention to the battle for hegemony between the Song and Liao sides, he had to think of a way out for his future destination. The most important purpose of his huge sum of money to run a school was to pass on his thoughts to more people, so that people of this era would have more active ideas and long-term vision. Compared with the battle for hegemony between the Song and Liao dynasties, he valued the future direction of the Song Dynasty more - he was not an immortal person after all. Although his physical health can be foreseen that he would live longer than ordinary people, he did not have the arrogance of "establishing a foundation for a hundred generations", but he would never let go of his ability to do more things for this nation with his own strength.

In the past two years, he has gradually felt that he would be the biggest obstacle for students because of his personal disciples. Although his students have no complaints about him, Wang Jinghui has cultivated these outstanding talents to spend time at home, but to do things for the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

The reason why Wang Jinghui started to feel retired was because Ouyang Xiu finally passed away. Because of his appearance, Ouyang Xiu lived a few more years than in history, but his life span was not something that humans could do. However, Ouyang Xiu basically became a banner of the Great Song Dynasty Huaying Academy in the last few years. Having such a person in charge of Huaying Academy allowed the academy to develop rapidly. This old man trained countless students in Huaying Academy. According to Wang Jinghui's view, Ouyang Xiu's political achievements were far less than his educational achievements. It seems that he had done the right thing to establish Huaying Academy and invited Ouyang Xiu.

It is worth mentioning that after Ouyang Xiu's death, due to the intervention of Han Qi, Wang Jinghui and Fu Bi, the court concluded that Ouyang Xiu was the word "wen". This also allowed Ouyang Xiu's generation to avoid the frame-up of some villains in the new party in history because of the new party. He was not the "Ouyang Wenzhong Duke" in the later generations of Wang Jinghui, but the current "Ouyang Wengong". Only in this way can he be worthy of the style of Ouyang Xiu's literary tycoon. At the same time, under the leadership of Wang Jinghui, a bronze statue was cast for Ouyang Xiu at Huaying Academy, and in this way commended Ouyang Xiu's achievements to commemorate Ouyang Xiu. This practice almost made everyone praise it. Obviously, no one in this era could question Ouyang Xiu's academic achievements, which also made some officials in the old party who had opinions about Wang Jinghui re-recognize this young prince-consort.

It is impossible to say that Huaying Academy had a certain influence on the court for Ouyang Xiu, and prompted the court to finally make a final evaluation of Ouyang Xiu. This also made Chang Yi and others' abacus fail. The "Ouyang Xiu bronze statue incident" caused a great response in the Song Dynasty scholars. Wang Jinghui summoned the administrators of Huaying Academy and Xihu Academy and many academic backbones. He announced that as long as anyone who has made outstanding achievements in a certain aspect, he could erect bronze statues in Huaying Academy and Xihu Academy as a commemoration and for future generations to remember. Of course, the premise must be that this person is a talent for teaching or learning in Huaying Academy and Xihu Academy. Huaying Academy and Xihu Academy are in line with each other. This decision caused a sensation among the scholars of the Song Dynasty. Many celebrities and students flocked to the two major academies, and the addition of outstanding talents also laid the position of the two major academies in the Song Dynasty.

Wang Jinghui was very happy to see that the academy he runs prosper, but because of his special status, he became more and more determined to retire, which also prevented some people from using this topic to frame him. Now Emperor Zhao Xu is in good health and the royal family has a very good trust in him, but these are not reliable in Wang Jinghui's eyes. It is better to take this opportunity to slowly fade out of the political arena of the Song Dynasty. There is no need to do this when going downhill, as it will not be trusted - especially the suspicion of the royal family.

Of course, Wang Jinghui's movements could not be hidden from everyone's eyes. The Song Dynasty's recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is just around the corner. At this point, the senior leaders of the Song Dynasty's rulers were very clear in their hearts. When they saw Wang Jinghui's actions, they immediately realized that the prince consort wanted to retire. Perhaps this time, he might really retreat behind the scenes and recover the Song emperor of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Zhao Xu understood that Wang Jinghui wanted to retire safely before he fulfilled his dream, which also made Emperor Zhao Xu feel a little interested.

Sure enough, in February of the sixth year of Xining, Wang Jinghui wrote a letter to Emperor Zhao Xu, requesting that the whole family be able to settle in Hangzhou. Although few people knew about this memorial, it caused a small storm among the top leaders of the Song Dynasty. In the end, the Supreme Emperor came forward to calm the remarks of the ministers and allowed the prince-consort to go south to settle in Hangzhou.
Chapter completed!