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"I almost flattened the west city gate!" Wanyan Jiamu sat down and yelled, "What do you want to do by withdrawing troops at this time!"

"The situation has changed."

Chapter 30 The situation is in my hands

"Officials, the Jin people have stopped attacking the city." Gao Qiu told Zhao Ning the good news immediately.

"As expected."

"The official Shengming."

"It's not my sages, but the loyalty and bravery of the soldiers at the top of the city."

"Yes, the official said so."

The news also spread to the two governments and the three divisions, as well as various yamen in Tokyo.

The siege that lasted for nearly two hours was finally over.

The golden man's attack was once again blocked.

If the successful defense of the city last time made the people in the city think it was more or less luck, then this time, it will undoubtedly further strengthen the confidence of the people in the city.

For Zhao Ning, the success of defending the city this time has undoubtedly brought his prestige in Tokyo to an unprecedented height.

However, Zhao Ning knew that this was just a small success in defending the city.

It's not a victory, let alone a final victory.

However, he still wants to take advantage of this success to spread the word in the city and further deepen the concept of "we can win" in the minds of the people.

It would be even better if the ideological stamp of "must win" can be engraved on the minds of the people and the army, but that is unlikely.

The number of casualties was soon reported. As many as 86 people were killed in the battle at Nanchengmen, 112 were seriously injured, and 363 were slightly injured.

There were 60 dead, 87 seriously injured and 238 slightly injured in the battle at the West Gate.

As the coordinator of the overall situation, Zhao Ning has only one thing to do now: maintain the confidence of the soldiers and civilians who defend the city.

Only by maintaining the current state can we stabilize in the next confrontation.

Victory in war is not about defeating the opponent once or twice.

War is a long-term process, so it must be stabilized.

The core meaning of stabilizing is to maintain the current morale.

With what to maintain?

Use action.

[-]. The "Tokyo Daily" published the names of the war dead, and the whole city praised them.

30. Issue pensions, [-] pensions per person for the war dead.

[-]. Establish a martyr's shrine, and send all the war dead to the martyr's shrine for the respect of all people.

Come and appease the families of the war dead, materially and spiritually, for everyone else to see.

If other people are willing to sacrifice their lives for the country in the war, they must show corresponding affirmation.

Zhao Ning explained to Qin Hui and asked him to organize tomorrow's "Tokyo Daily" headline.

In fact, Zhao Ning also wanted to write a summary of this battle of defending the city. He wanted to tell the public what we should do next, reminding everyone not to drift, but to be steady.

For the time being, however, he conceded the front page to honoring and eulogizing soldiers who died in battle.

In the afternoon, he recalled Zhang Shuye again, and discussed with Zhang Shuye about the issue of compensation for soldiers killed in battle and seriously injured soldiers.

In the end, Zhao Ning made a final decision: each person who died in the battle had 30 guan, and each level increased by 10 guan.Seriously injured 15 runs, each level increases by 5 runs.

What is the level of this amount?

An ordinary first-line embargo is about 400 liters per month, and a higher-level ordinary embargo is only 600 liters.

30 Guan is equivalent to 3 Wen, 60 months of salary, about 5 years.

How is the amount of this kind of pension compared to before?

The Northern Song Dynasty had its own pension system.

The imperial court stipulated that for those who were seriously injured for catching and killing thieves, they would be paid two thousand dollars, and those who were slightly injured were paid one thousand.

The two thousand here refers to 2000 words, which is 2 guan.

As for the deputy commanders and above in the Forbidden Army, and the commanders (commanders) of the army, the seriously injured were given 7 pieces of silk, and the light ones were given 5 pieces of silk.

5 horses were seriously injured and 3 horses were slightly injured.

In the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the price of a piece of silk was about 1.5 guan.

7 pieces of silk equals 10.5 punctures. Mainly, this is the serious injury of the commander of the military capital, who is equivalent to an officer at the rank of a commander.

So, let's take a look at the temporary pension amount set by Zhao Ning again, and you will know how much it has increased.

Why did he set it so high?

To be honest, this is indeed higher than before, but compared with the salaries of those civil servants in the Song Dynasty, it is not high.

900 per month for a prime minister!

Therefore, the deconstruction of the salary in the Song Dynasty was too pyramid-shaped, which is unreasonable.

Although this is only a temporary pension, in fact, Zhao Ning used this as a reason to start planning military and political reforms.

This is just the beginning without a trace.

If you want to defend your home and country, you must rely on the soldiers, and if you want the soldiers to contribute to the country, you must protect their most basic things.

There were 4380 hits for the dead and 3000 hits for the seriously injured, a total of 7380 hits, plus the slightly injured, almost 8000 hits.

At present, Zhao Ning is short of money, but this money can still be used.

"Zhang Qing, send someone to complete this matter today. Send all the money to the homes of the dead and hand it over to their relatives. It must be completed today."

"Yes, the officials don't worry, I will arrange it now."

Zhang Shuye also knew the importance of this matter, so he sent it for others to see, so that everyone can see the court's current attitude towards the dead.

As soon as Zhang Shuye left, Wang Huaiji came: "Officials, King Yun (yun, four tones) begging to see you."

King Yun?

Zhao Kai?

What is he doing here?

Zhao Kai is also very special in the royal family of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The throne almost became Zhao Kai's.

"Let him in."

Not long after, Zhao Kai came in.

"The minister sees the official family."

"What does King Yun want from me?"

"I heard that the Jin army has retreated, so I came here to congratulate the officials."

"That's nothing to congratulate."

Zhao Kai is Zhao Ji's third son, and Zhao Ji loves him the most because he is handsome and talented, and he once took part in the imperial examination under a pseudonym and won the first prize.

It is said that Zhao Ji always wanted to abolish Zhao Huan and establish Zhao Kai. If the Jin army hadn't suddenly gone south, Zhao Ji's six gods had no master to pass the throne to Zhao Huan, maybe Zhao Huan would really be abolished.

It is also said that when Zhao Ji was passing the throne to Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan refused to take the throne. Zhao Kai tried to force his way in outside the palace, hoping that Zhao Ji would pass the throne to him.

"The golden man is ambitious. Our army fought the enemy bravely and repelled the golden man. Naturally, it is gratifying to congratulate."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Kai took out a packaged item and said, "By the way, official, this is the minister's secret."

Mishu is a kind of secret performance system in the Song Dynasty, that is, the small report system.

Secrets can be delivered to the emperor through a variety of channels, one of which is to pass them on to the emperor through clan princes or relatives.

Zhao Ning took it over, and it was a strictly sealed memorial.

The density system in the Song Dynasty was also very strict. If any traces of unpacking were found, they would be strictly investigated and severely punished.

Zhao Ning opened it curiously. What's inconvenient for the ministers to say publicly at this time?

After he opened it, he saw that it was written by Mo Chou, and it was actually a letter of invitation, and it was related to today's defense of the city.

The general meaning of Mo Chou is that the court can take advantage of the victory and pursue it, and take the initiative to send troops to attack the Jin people.

Isn't this bullshit!

Also take the initiative to attack!

After only a little bit of success, he was gone!

Do not!

This is not floating, this is definitely speculation.

Follow the wind to make the rudder, do what you like.

They thought that the emperor's recent performance was a decisive battle to the death, so when they saw the victory in defending the city today, they immediately began to cater to it.

Zhao Ning looked at Zhao Kai, he didn't know why it was Zhao Kai who sent this secret, and he didn't know whether Zhao Kai knew the content of this secret, he said: "It's Mo Chou's secret, it's for the I take the initiative to send troops, and take advantage of the victory to pursue."

Zhao Kai said: "I think what Mo Chou said is somewhat reasonable. Now our army's morale is at a high level, so we can take the initiative to attack."

"You think so too?"

Zhao Ning immediately became vigilant, if Mo Yan was the only one who thought this way, how could Zhao Kai also think so?

You know, like Mo Chou, Zhao Kai is also a peacemaker.

Isn't it funny that they suddenly want to take the initiative?

"Yes, I think so too."

Seeing that Zhao Kai seemed to have something else to say, Zhao Ning said: "Okay, I understand, you go down first."

"The official family..."

"I'm a little tired, so I'll talk about it another day."

"My minister retire."

At this time, in the tent of the head coach of the Jin Army.

Wanyan Zongwang's tone was fairly calm, but there was a hint of gloom between his brows: "The situation has changed."

Today's siege is completely different from the previous siege, and the morale of the Song army is completely different.

After a moment of silence, Liu Yanzong said: "It's all my fault this time. I misjudged the situation and suggested that the deputy marshal attack the city."

Seeing that Liu Yanzong admitted his mistake, Wanyan Jia's mother immediately climbed up: "Liu Yanzong, how are you going to explain!"

Zong Wang said: "You can't blame Liu Yanzong either, one moment is another moment."

Shi Li'ai said: "Marshal, the morale of the Song army is at its peak right now, we can no longer attack the city rashly."

"What good advice do you have?"

"Build more trebuchets. We have too few trebuchets this time. If we can repair 200 trebuchets, it will be easier to attack the city."

"At the moment, the siege is the main task, consuming the morale of the Song army, waiting for the best time."

Chapter 31 Oops, Not Bad, I Can Gain Popularity While Lying Down

Shi Liai was so angry that she almost went to see his ancestors in the morning, but now she finally recovered.

His words are now beginning to be recognized by almost everyone.

Before that, some members of the Golden Army wanted to quickly capture the city of Tokyo, paying attention to quick battles and quick decisions.

For example, Wanyan Zonghan himself wanted to make a quick decision.

From his point of view, it is normal to have such thoughts.

After all, the 15 army now consumes tens of millions of catties of food every month.

If you stay in Kaifeng for three months, you will eat 3000 million catties of grain.