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Chapter 1208 Saving the Nation

In the frontier, the grass declines in autumn, and the geese first fly in October in the south of the Yangtze River.

Lin'an in early October is the season when sweet osmanthus is fragrant. When boating on the West Lake, you can feel the slight coolness when the wind blows.

Chen Yizhong stood on a painting boat with his hands behind his back, until the painting boat reached Gushan, he got off the painting boat alone and walked on.

After walking for a while, I found an old man fishing on the path by the lake.

The old man was unkempt, unkempt, and looked like an ordinary fisherman.

But Chen Yizhong respectfully called out: "Mr. Zhang."

"Shh."

Zhang Jian raised his finger to signal Chen Yizhong not to startle his fish.

The two stood and sat and waited for a long time. Finally, Zhang Jian suddenly lifted the fishing rod and caught a big fish.

He laughed loudly, put the fish into the bamboo basket, got up, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I bought a fishing boat on the fishing rock, and the fish and dragons blow the waves and scare the gulls to sleep. The land of white stones and clear springs is better than green mountains and small caves."

"Mr. Zhang is very interested."

"What interest are you talking about? It's just that living in Lin'an is not easy, and I can't afford fish, so I have to fish myself."

Chen Yizhong smiled politely, and replied: "Mr. Zhang is honest and thrifty."

Zhang Jian's honesty and frugality were praised by the Manchu Dynasty.He is not fond of singing prostitutes, he is not fond of fun, and lives indifferently.And he is generous, magnanimous, never resentful, and never remembers people's faults, so he has a nickname called "Manchaohuan".

This is one of the rare officials who can get along well with the Jia party and is highly respected by Qingliu officials.

Jia Sidao has been in charge of the court for several years, and he also forced Zhang Jian to become an official once.But this time he became an official, just for Zhang Jian to take care of him. Even the number one scholar Wen Yunsun praised him as "wealthy and not promiscuous, adversity is sympathetic, a god has his heart, and he is always virtuous."

Later, under the pressure of public opinion, Jia Sidao appointed Fu Zhangjian as a political adviser and a clerk of the Privy Council, so that there were still important ministers of integrity in the court.

Since Jiang Wanli and Ma Tingluan were not in the court, after Zhang Jian recovered, he didn't bother Jia Dang again, and he didn't have too strong political opinions.

However, few people know that Zhang Jian has a good personal relationship with Chen Yizhong, and even helped Chen Yizhong with a small favor...

When Chen Yizhong was a teenager, his father took bribes in an official position and was punished according to the law. Chen Yizhong asked Wei Keyu, the magistrate, to forgive his father and expressed his willingness to be punished on his father's behalf.

Later, when Chen Yizhong became a high-ranking official, he secretly searched for Wei Keyu's faults, but he found nothing.

Until the beginning of the year, Wei Keyu exposed that a distant relative of Jia Sidao had borrowed timber from the government, which violated Jia Sidao and was dismissed and returned to his hometown.Chen Yizhong reported to Jia Sidao that Wei Keyu was rampant in the village, and Jia Sidao ordered Zhang Jian to impeach Wei Keyu and relegate him to Yanzhou.

Not long ago, Wei Keyu died.

This is power, as Chen Yizhong said, "Only one day the severe frost arrives, but the green pine does not see the flowers."

With power, he will always be Qingsong.

No one is willing to let go of such power, they just want more and more.

The young man who couldn't save his father back then is now in power. Killing a Zhizhou is like trampling an ant to death. He doesn't even get blood on his hands. He just needs to talk to others in a calm manner.

"You came here today, didn't you attract attention?"

"Don't worry Zhang Xianggong, they all thought I was drunk on the boat."

"improvement?"

"A lot." Chen Yizhong pondered for a while, as if he had made too much progress and didn't know where to start, he said: "Even Jia Sidao himself thinks this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he must send troops."

"Ten news a day."

"That's right, Li Xia's advance in the north was rapid, and Luoyang was broken. After crossing Mengjindu, the cities of Henan and Hebei surrendered in anticipation. It is said that even Shuntian Mansion has already surrendered, and now they are almost approaching Yanjing."

"So fast?!" Zhang Jian was surprised.

"Well, although the details of the news given by the Yuan court are unknown, it can be seen that the Mongols are really anxious this time. They said that as long as the Song Dynasty sent troops, they would not want the old coins. Heh, I didn’t intend to give it at all, neither side need to give it.”

Chen Yizhong's tone gradually became excited, and he said again: "Although the court and China debated fiercely, fortunately, they made up their minds quickly. It was a mistake to unite Jin to destroy Liao, this time of course it is to unite Liao to destroy Jin."

"Unite Liao to destroy gold, unite Liao to destroy gold."

Zhang Jian murmured twice, wanting to say that there was a little difference, Li Xia was a Han, while Liao, Jinmeng and Meng were all barbarians.

But this kind of question is not necessary and meaningful for discussion at all, and it will only make people despise him if he raises it, thinking that he is too naive politically.

An enemy is an enemy. Is the Han regime important?
important.

The more the Han regime is, the more terrifying the enemy is, the more it must be eliminated first.

Therefore, we must join forces to destroy the Han.

There is no need to mention it again, just a tacit understanding.

"I still think Jia Sidao is still hesitating, afraid of getting burned."

"Who can't hesitate?" Chen Yizhong said: "But today there is an important news that has strengthened Jia Sidao's determination... Our army has broken through Kuimen."

"Really?"

Zhang Jian was astonished, as if "suddenly passed from outside the sword and received Jibei".

Over the years, the Song army tried to go up the river to break through the Three Gorges more than once in these years, and finally, taking advantage of Li Xia's all-out northern expedition, he managed to break through Kuimen.

"500 people."

Chen Yizhong raised his hand and said: "There are only 500 rebels guarding Kuimen. Our elite troops were mixed among the people fleeing to the west. They attacked Kuimen by surprise and suffered heavy losses. Eleven warships were damaged and nearly 2000 people died in battle... "

Zhang Jian sighed.

Chen Yizhong said again: "If we can't regain Sichuan and Shu in one fell swoop this time, we won't have a second chance when Li Ni's army returns to help. The opportunity must not be missed, and the time will never come again."

"So Jia Sidao intends to conscript himself?"

"He's still thinking about it, it's time for us to give it a push."

Zhang Jian understood, and said: "The old man contacted the officials of the DPRK and China."

Chen Yizhong said: "I have arranged for Tai students to stir up public opinion."

The two discussed these details for a long time, and after some deduction, they believed that the possibility of Jia Sidao leading the troops to leave the court was already very high.

In the end, Chen Yizhong said: "The key is not to let him feel the danger, we have to make him think that everything is still under his control."

Zhang Jian smiled, with a generous look.

Of the two of them, one is a confidant of Jia's party, and the other is a good old man who is "full of joy". Their status today is all due to Jia Sidao's kindness, and of course they will not make Jia Sidao feel in danger.

"Don't worry, he has always been conceited."

"it is good."

But Zhang Jian sighed suddenly, and said: "I really want to mobilize the army to go out, and I don't know how much food and rice it will cost. The people's livelihood is very difficult."

"That's right. Since the public land law was implemented, the treasury has been enriched day by day, but how much of it comes from the big gentry that Jia Sidao said? It may be the last ration of a poor family!"

Chen Yizhong's tone was sonorous, he changed the subject, and said again: "If you don't do this, what can you do? If Sichuan and Shu can't be recovered, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River will be strangled by rebels, and the country will perish; if the traitorous party is not eliminated, the people will be punished." How long will it be exploited? It’s better to clean it up once.”

"Yes." Zhang Jian nodded endlessly, and said with his hands behind his back: "I have worked for the residents all my life, and I have the heart to save the country with thousands of miles of mountains and rivers."

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"Damn, I hate these pretentious things the most."

Jia Sidao was sitting on the teacher's chair, stroking a snow-white cat with one hand, and reading a message with the other.

I don't know who it was who spread the news that the Song army broke through Kuimen, making it known to everyone.

It was inevitable that some upright people in the court would stand up and remonstrate that Li Xia shouldn't be attacked at this time. They were full of righteousness, but they couldn't come up with a specific way to save the Song family.

"It's easy to say, when Li Xia destroys Meng Yuan, he turns his head and marches south, and each of them falls faster than a dog."

After cursing a few more words to himself, Jia Sidao threw away the message in his hand and took another letter from Liao Yingzhong.

"what is this?"

"It's Wang Yinglin's confession from the Jiangling Mansion." Liao Yingzhong lowered her voice, and said, "There are some things...Please ask Ping Zhanggong to read it yourself."

Now Song Ting has torn up the covenant with Li Xia, and without declaring a war, he quickly surrounded the Tang army's stronghold in Jiangling and captured Wang Yinglin.Of course, Jia Sidao knew very well that doing so would prove to be true.But there is no other way, he only has one chance to recover Sichuan and Shu.

At this time, he took a look at Wang Yinglin's confession, and blurted out another curse.

"Dog nerd."

What he didn't expect was that Wang Yinglin actually persuaded Jia Sidao to surrender in turn, and the words were actually some old things from that year, saying that Zhao Yu killed the king, and even the princess defected to Li Xiayunyun, which made Jia Sidao a headache.

"Don't interrogate this idiot again. They all say that he is extremely smart and knows everything about the past and the present. I think his brain is missing a string."

After scolding again like this, Jia Sidao rubbed his head, and suddenly thought that Wang Yinglin might have done it on purpose, so that he could have an excuse to surrender Li Xia.

With the thought together, he shook his head, stood up, and personally burned the confession on a candle.

"Meow!"

A dissatisfied meow sounded, and Jia Sidao turned his head, only to see that the white cat had already jumped behind the screen.

"I'm going to march west in person." He murmured.

"Mr. Pingzhang, has this been decided?"

Jia Sidao smiled wryly, and sighed: "How to make a decision? There are thousands of thoughts, but only one idea is very clear, I have to take my niece back."

"Yes."

Liao Yingzhong didn't say much.

He has gotten used to it, Jia Sidao has been a little dazed recently, and he has given various reasons, but it is all "plans".

But this time it was different, Jia Sidao seemed to have really made up his mind.

"Tomorrow, the fifth day of October, is the day for His Majesty to worship the ancestors?"

"Mr. Pingzhang did not remember wrongly."

"I want to test the reaction of the courtiers. If there is no problem... go to war."

"Students will arrange it now."

"Go and arrange for Han Zhen to come see me."

"Yes."

After Liao Yingzhong left, Jia Sidao walked to the bronze mirror alone and looked at himself.

He found that he was really old.

But he can't back down yet, because only by keeping Zhao's Sheji can he keep his power.

People who have held power all their lives cannot bear the feeling of losing power one day.

So Jia Sidao personally picked up the vinegar paste in front of the mirror and began to carefully dye the white hair on his head.Just like he worked hard to save the Song Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)