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Chapter 1209 Leaving the Dynasty
The fifth day of October.

In the Ciyuan Hall, the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing glanced out through the bead curtain, and saw her elder brother Xie Yichang sitting there, holding tea in his hand but not drinking, apparently he had something to say.

"You all go down first."

After a while, there were only two brothers and sisters left in the hall.

"Brother should not come to the harem."

"Of course I understand this. If there is no major event, how dare you bother the Queen Mother." Xie Yichang put down his teacup and said, "I heard that Jia Pingzhang plans to personally lead the army to march west."

"I haven't heard of it." Xie Daoqing supported his forehead, and said: "I've been feeling unwell recently, so I didn't pay attention to these matters in court."

"I don't know what's wrong with you, but since you haven't fallen ill, you should know that there is going to be another war."

"It's only been a few days for An's birthday? If the courtiers really follow my opinion, they shouldn't provoke Li Xia at this pass. If the covenant is broken, he will come here again. What should I do? This is like During the Duanping period, the first emperor insisted on recovering the three capitals..."

Xie Yichang shook his head, and secretly scolded this sister for her long hair and lack of knowledge, if she hadn't been the empress dowager, he would have refuted a few words out loud.

"Queen Mother, if you want peace, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River must be taken back!"

"I am a woman, how can I understand these important military affairs? It was discussed in the court, and it is up to His Majesty to decide. Why did you come here to ask me?"

Xie Yichang asked: "After Jia Pingzhang leaves, who will be the prime minister?"

"No matter who it is, the elder brother is a relative of the state, so there is no need to think about this aspect."

"But some people in the court said that the three generations of the empress dowager's relatives should be crowned." Xie Yichang lowered his voice, and said: "Father will be named King Wei, grandfather, and great-grandfather will be named King Lu, and the men and women of the clan will be promoted according to rank. I will reward you."

Xie Daoqing's eyes lit up slightly, and he was also a little happy.

No matter men or women, it is a great good thing to be able to glorify one's ancestors, not to mention that this is by no means ordinary honoring one's ancestors.

"Who said that?" she asked.

Xie Yichang did not answer directly, but said: "It is nothing more than a few important ministers in the court. Who among these people is worthy of great use, the queen mother can naturally see."

Only then did Xie Daoqing understand why his brother came today.

Before Jia Sidao left, someone was already staring at the position under his buttocks.

"Speaking of which, whoever is the prime minister in the court will not be as arrogant and rude as Jia Sidao." Xie Yichang added.

Xie Daoqing shook his head and smiled slightly, said: "Although Jia Sidao has the habits of a teenager, he is diligent and diligent, and he is still respectful to me and the emperor..."

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a thunder, and the sky quickly darkened.

Xie Yichang got up, walked to the gate of the palace, looked out twice, and came back and said: "Queen Mother, it's raining heavily."

"Why did it suddenly rain so heavily? The emperor is still offering sacrifices in the Taimiao today, right?"

"Yes." Xie Yichang said, "There are unpredictable things."

The two brothers and sisters were moved by the sudden rain, and continued to talk about the topic just now.

"What does brother want me to do?"

"Simple." Xie Yichang said: "Support Jia Sidao to lead the troops westward. As for the future, we can talk about it after Jia Sidao leaves the court."

"He wants to go?"

"Don't look at his authority, but in fact, he has no choice at all."

Xie Daoqing thought about it and recruited an eunuch to come in.

"I made a decree in the name of the Ai family. I am very pleased to hear that Wang Shi has recovered Kuimen. Considering the military expenditure and the lack of national use, we will reduce the cost of frugality in the palace. Officer. Look, how much money can be saved for the treasury?"

"The servant girl will go to investigate."

After a while, the eunuch came back and said, "I will report to the Queen Mother that I can lose [-] yuan a month."

"Let's draw up a decree, Aijia must support Jia Pingzhang..."

At this time, a court lady rushed into the palace and whispered to Xie Daoqing: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty has returned to the palace. The empress felt a little strange, so she sent a maidservant to complain."

"Going back to the palace?" Xie Daoqing looked at the sky and asked, "The sacrifice is complete?"

"It should not be."

"What about His Majesty?"

"At Hu Guipin's place."

Xie Daoqing frowned, and turned to Xie Yichang.

Xie Yichang knew that it would be inconvenient for him to stay in the palace any longer, so he bowed to leave.

He went out of the palace, looked up, the rain had stopped, got into the sedan chair, gave an order, and walked towards the Privy Council unsteadily.

When he arrived at the Privy Council, he didn't go back to the public room directly, but turned to the side hall, and he saw a person warming up and drinking tea.

"Mr. Zhang is drenched all over?"

Zhang Jian turned his head, saw Xie Yichang coming, waved his hands and laughed, and said, "I was drenched in water."

He had already taken off his official uniform and hung it aside, now he was only wearing a middle coat, the fabric was very rough and there were many patches on it.

Xie Yichang has always known that Zhang Jian is clean and honest, and seeing that he hides this simplicity in his official clothes, he can't help admiring him.

"Where is Ping Zhanggong?"

Zhang Jian sighed and said, "Mr. Pingzhang lost his temper and went home."

Xie Yichang was surprised and asked, "What happened?"

"In the middle of the sacrifice, it rained heavily, so His Majesty went back to the palace first, but he didn't ask Ping Zhanggong."

"The rain will stop soon, right?"

"Yes, Lord Pingzhang thought that His Majesty would come back to preside over the ceremony, but after waiting so hard, he realized that His Majesty had returned to the palace, and was furious."

Xie Yichang stroked his beard and smiled, and asked: "I'm afraid your Majesty will end up badly?"

"Hu Guibin's father, Hu Xianzu, urged His Majesty to return to the palace." Zhang Jian said with deep eyes, "The next step is to see how many people in the court intercede for Hu's father and daughter."

Xie Yichang glanced around casually, and said, "Is this the story of a deer turning into a horse?"

Zhang Jian smiled, looked at him, and said nothing more in a tacit understanding.

~~
The next day.

"Pingzhanggong, Your Majesty has dismissed Hu Xianzu from his official position and sent Hu Guipin to the nunnery to become a nun. I just ask Pingzhanggong to calm down."

When the news came, Jia Sidao was sitting there looking at his hands.

His palm spread out for a while, and closed for a while, as if holding endless power inside.

"Isn't this a temptation you arranged?"

"No, I didn't expect it to rain." Liao Yingzhong replied, "But it's better than the temptation we arranged."

"Hu Xianzu dare to confront me?"

"No, Mrs. Hu counted the days and thought that she could conceive a dragon seed yesterday, so she was in a hurry to let Hu Xianzu send His Majesty to her palace."

When Liao Yingzhong said this, she also had some feelings in her heart.

In any case, Hu Guipin was also a woman who was devoted to His Majesty, and she was sent to a nunnery to live a miserable life in less than half a day. Even in his opinion, Her Majesty is too useless today.

Jia Sidao, however, became confused and said, "It seems that the court is very quiet this time?"

"Yes, very quiet."

"No one is against me." Jia Sidao looked around, as if he had lost something, and murmured: "No, why is no one against me."

"This..." Liao Yingzhong was puzzled, and asked, "Ping Zhanggong said?"

"They all wanted me to attack Li Xia. The students made a fuss and the officials persuaded her. The Empress Dowager would rather cut the palace expenses and support the military expenditure. When did you see the great Song court so united? When Duanping entered Luo What's it like?"

"Then...Ping Zhanggong is not going?"

"Do not."

Jia Sidao patted his knees and said, "I can only go."

He shook his head, put away the uneasy and confused thoughts that made him just now, and finally made up his mind.

The truth is, he had no choice.

Li Xia is about to attack Yanjing, and when he regains the Central Plains, his next step is definitely to go south to conquer the Song Dynasty.Once his navy is allowed to go down the Yangtze River from Sichuan and Shu, it is impossible for Jiangnan to hold on.

This is the only chance for Song Dynasty to regain Sichuan and Shu.

And only when he, Jia Sidao, takes command in person, can Da Song have any hope of winning.

~~
Since the news of Li Xia's Northern Expedition came, Jia Sidao had already set up the Governor's Mansion in Lin'an, and had already mobilized elites from all over the place.

Song Jun was already ready to go, and the only thing that hadn't been determined was the candidate for the command.

Jia Sidao actually thought about taking Zhao Yu to the expedition, because he was worried that he would have political opponents who would be unfavorable to him if he was not in the court.

But this matter is easy to think of, but there are many concerns.

Take the emperor to conquer, and when the battle is over, he will either rebel or end up like Kou Zhun.

Even if you want to rebel, you have to win the battle, and as long as you can win, it doesn't make much difference whether you bring Zhao Xuan or not.Instead, with Zhao Xuan, it seems that it is easy to lose.

In private, Zhao Yu even knelt down and wept bitterly, begging Jia Sidao not to take him away.

"..."

In the end, only Jia Sidao, wearing a battle helmet, went out of the Chaochao Gate and boarded the warship.

This is the last moment before his departure.

In addition to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, there were also officials from the Manchu Dynasty and people from the whole city to send them off.

The only person Jia Sidao wanted to see was Han Zhen, the Chief of the Forbidden Army.

He was too worried, even if he had explained it countless times, he still had to give him a final warning.

"Han Zhen, you are the person I trust the most. When I am away from the court, you will lead the imperial army to guard Lin'an for me."

"Don't worry, Mr. Pingzhang, as long as the last general has his breath, no one can make trouble for Mr. Pingzhang."

Jia Sidao grabbed Han Zhen's head.

"Remember, anyone who wants to impeach me, kill him."

"Yes."

"Anyone who dares to spread rumors about me will be killed."

"Yes."

"Where I feel that someone has a thought that is not good for me..."

"kill."

Han Zhen pointed to Lin'an City behind him, and said, "Pingzhanggong is here when Pingzhanggong left, and Pingzhanggong is here when Pingzhanggong returns."

"it is good."

Only then did Jia Sidao feel that he had arranged everything, patted Han Zhen and let him get off the boat.

"Moo!"

There was a long horn sounding, and the navy generals on the warships shouted loudly: "Sail!"

"Back in victory! Back in victory..."

Amidst the cheers, Jia Sidao looked back at Lin'an City again, with a deeper look in his eyes.

He had to admit that he was too attached to this city.

Who can not love it?
In the southeast, the city of the Three Wus, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times.

But in such a troubled world, someone must stand up and guard it.

"gone."

The boat was sailing on the Qiantang River, and a cricket box was thrown into the river.

Jia Sidao's expression was no longer as frivolous as usual.

He can fight crickets when he comes back later...

(End of this chapter)