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

“Expected.”

"The official sage."

"It's not me who is wise, but the soldiers at the top of the city who are loyal and brave."

"Yes, that's what the officials said."

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

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

The Jin man's attack was once again blocked.

If the success of defending the city last time made the people in the city think it was 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 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 is not a victory, let alone a final victory.

However, he still wanted to use this success to publicize it in the city and further deepen the ideological concept of "we can win" in the minds of the people.

It would be better if the idea of ​​"must win" could be engraved in the minds of the people and the military, but that is unlikely.

The number of casualties was quickly reported. As many as 86 people were killed in the South City Gate battle, 112 were seriously injured, and 363 were slightly injured.

There were 60 people killed in the West City Gate battle, 87 people seriously injured, and 238 people slightly injured.

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

Only by maintaining the current state can we be stable 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 stable.

The core meaning of stabilization is to maintain current morale.

What to maintain?

Use action.

1. The Tokyo Daily published the names of the war dead, and the whole city praised them.

2. Disburse pensions, 30 kuan pension to each war dead.

Third, build a Martyrs' Shrine and send all the war dead to the Martyrs' Shrine for all people to respect.

To comfort the families of the war dead, both materially and spiritually, and to show it to everyone else.

If you want others to be willing to sacrifice their lives for the country in war, you must show corresponding affirmation.

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

In fact, Zhao Ning also wanted to write a summary of this city defense battle. He wanted to tell the people what we should do next and remind everyone not to drift but to stay steady.

However, he temporarily gave up the front page to commending and praising the soldiers who died in the war.

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

In the end, Zhao Ning made the decision: Each person killed in battle will receive 30 guan, with an increase of 10 guan for each level. Those seriously injured will receive 30 guan, with an increase of 5 guan for each level.

What is this amount?

An ordinary first-line forbidden soldier earns about 400 cash per month, and an ordinary forbidden soldier at a higher level only earns 600 cash.

30 Guan is equivalent to 30,000 yuan, 60 months’ salary, about 5 years.

What was the amount of this pension compared to before?

The Northern Song Dynasty had its own pension system.

The imperial court stipulated that those who were seriously injured due to catching and killing thieves would be paid two thousand, and those with minor injuries would be paid one thousand.

The two thousand here refers to 2000 wen, which is 2 strings.

As for the deputy commanders and above in the Forbidden Army, as well as the commander-in-chief (commander) of the army, if the injury is serious, 7 pieces of silk will be provided, and if the injury is minor, 5 pieces of silk will be provided.

The head of the deputy capital, deputy trooper and horse commander and above, 5 horses were seriously injured and 3 were slightly injured.

The price of goods during the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty was about 1.5 pieces of silk.

7 pieces of silk is 10.5 strings. The main thing is that the commander of the military capital was seriously injured, and the commander of the military capital was equivalent to an officer at the level of a military commander.

So, let's take a look at the temporary pension amount set by Zhao Ning to see 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 civil servants in the Song Dynasty, it is not high.

A prime minister earns 900 coins a month!

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

Although this was only a temporary pension, Zhao Ning actually used this as a reason to start planning for military and political restructuring.

This is just an obscure beginning.

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

There were 4,380 killed in battle and 3,000 seriously wounded, a total of 7,380 killed. Including those with minor injuries, there were almost more than 8,000 killed.

Zhao Ning is currently short of money, but he can still come up with this little money.

"Zhang Qing, send someone to complete this matter today. All the money will be sent to the homes of the fallen and handed over to their relatives. It must be completed today."

"Yes, officials, don't worry, I will make arrangements right away."

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

As soon as Zhang Shu left at night, Wang Huaiji came: "The official family, Wang Yun (yun, four sounds), wants to see you."

King Yun?

Zhao Kai?

What is he here for?

Zhao Kai was also very special among the Northern Song royal family.

The throne almost became Zhao Kai's.

"Let him in."

Not long after, Zhao Kai came in.

"I see the official family."

"What does King Yun want from me?"

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

"What's there to congratulate?"

Zhao Kai was the third son of Zhao Ji, and he was the most beloved by Zhao Ji because he was handsome and talented, and he once took part in the imperial examination under a pseudonym and won the top prize.

It is said that Zhao Ji had always wanted to depose Zhao Huan and establish Zhao Kai. If the Jin army had not suddenly gone south and Zhao Ji Liushen had no master and passed the throne to Zhao Huan, maybe Zhao Huan would have been deposed.

It is also said that when Zhao Ji passed the throne to Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan refused to take the throne. Zhao Kai tried to break in outside the palace, hoping that Zhao Ji would pass the throne to him.

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

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

Mi Shu is a secret report system in the Song Dynasty, which is also a small report system.

Secrets can be presented to the emperor through many channels, one of which is through the royal family princes or relatives.

Zhao Ning took it. It was a strictly sealed memorial.

The secret distribution system of the Song Dynasty was also very strict. If there were any traces of opening seals, they would be strictly traced and severely punished.

Zhao Ning opened it curiously. Is there anything inconvenient for the ministers to say publicly at this time?

When he opened it, he saw that it was written by Mo Chou. It was actually a petition for war, and it was related to today's victory in defending the city.

Mo Chou's general meaning is that the imperial 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 nonsense!

He even took the initiative to attack!

I only achieved a little bit of success, and then I fell into disrepair!

No!

This is not nonsense, this is definitely speculation.

Use the rudder according to the wind and do what suits you.

They believed that the emperor's performance recently was to fight to the death, so when they saw the victory in defending the city today, they immediately began to cater to him.

Zhao Ning looked at Zhao Kai. He didn't know why Zhao Kai came to send this secret message, and he didn't know if Zhao Kai knew the content of this secret message. He said: "It's Mo Chou's secret message. He said it was for

I took the initiative to send troops to pursue the victory."

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

"You think so too?"

Zhao Ning immediately became vigilant. If Mo Chou was the only one who thought so, how could it be said that Zhao Kai thought so too?

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 can go down first."

"The official family..."

"I'm a little tired. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it another day."

"I excuse myself."

At this time, in the camp of the Jin army commander.

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

Today's siege was completely different from the last siege. The morale of the Song army was completely different.

After a moment of silence, Liu Yanzong said: "This time it was all my fault. I misjudged the situation and advised the deputy marshal to attack the city."

When Wanyan's mother saw Liu Yanzong admitting his mistake, she immediately climbed up the pole and said, "Liu Yanzong, how are you going to explain!"

Zong Wang said: "You can't blame Liu Yanzong, it happened one time and the other."

Shi Liai said: "Marshal, the morale of the Song army is at its peak now. We can no longer attack the city rashly."

"Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Build more trebuchets. We have too few trebuchets this time. If the number of trebuchets can be built to 200, it will be easier to attack the city."
Chapter completed!