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Chapter 699

Since Zhang Jue knew about Li Xia's ambitions, he was not surprised when he heard that, but he became clearer about Li Xia's next plan.

He pondered for a moment, and said: "It is very difficult to become a king. Now there is only one county king and four princes... oh, three, and King Rong is dead."

The last time Li Xia went to Lin'an, he also had some understanding of this.

First of all, the title of title in the Song Dynasty was basically not hereditary.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, there were only three hereditary titles. One was the descendants of the Taizu descendants who had the closest bloodlines and were virtuous and honored as Prince of Anding County;

Other than that, it must not be inherited.

Even if the prince is crowned king, the king's title is limited to his own body, and the eldest son of Wuwen's descendants is crowned as the prince, and the rest are just successors to become officials.

Therefore, as early as more than two hundred years ago, the surname Song Zong had "almost no king".

It was not until after the Shenzong Dynasty that there were four more princely lines, called "heir kings".

Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty conferred the title of King Sipu to his biological uncle, and stipulated hereditary inheritance; Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty conferred the title of King Sixiu to his brother;
After Zhao Yun ascended the throne, because he was once the heir of King Yi, he found someone from the clan to inherit the title of King Yi, and made a heir King Yi.Then he named his biological father as King Rong, and let his younger brother succeed him as King Rong.

"Although Zhao and Rui are dead, they should still choose an heir from the clan."

"King Pu, King Xiu, King Yi, King Rong, and Prince Anding, there are only five clan kings in the entire Song Dynasty." Zhang Jue said: "If the clan kings are like this, it will be even more difficult if they are named kings with different surnames."

Li Xia said: "To be honest, I haven't learned about Feng Wang with a different surname."

"The commander-in-chief wants to be crowned king, but he doesn't understand?"

"It's been a month since I started thinking about it, and it's far away from Lin'an." Li Xia replied casually, as if he didn't care much.

"There are princes with different surnames, and almost all of them are granted posthumous titles. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been only two princes who have been crowned princes during their lifetime." Zhang Jue said: "One is the royal family Chai Zongxun of the Later Zhou Dynasty, who was conferred the title of King Zheng after Zen; the other is Qian Chu, the last ruler of the Wuyue Kingdom, was granted the title of King Deng after Natu returned to the Song Dynasty."

He added another sentence.

"Even Li Yu is only named Marquis of Disobedience."

Li Xia asked: "It is the most hasty resignation day from the temple, and the church hall still plays the farewell song? Why do you bother to be the king of subjugation?"

"That's right, it's impossible to be crowned prince during his lifetime." Zhang Jue sighed, "Even among the famous founding generals, only Wang Jing was crowned county king during his lifetime, and he was crowned prince after his death."

"Tong Guan also became the king of Guangyang County before his death."

"It's a shame."

Zhang Jue shook his head, unwilling to talk about Tong Guan, and said, "Even Shi Miyuan, who is so powerful, can only be crowned King of Kuaiji County after he became ill and became official, and King of Wei after death..."

As for the seven kings with different surnames in Zhongxing, Yue Fei was rehabilitated in the Xiaozong Dynasty, and he was named King E in the Ningzong Dynasty.Wu Jieying died young, and it was not until the Xiaozong Dynasty that he was crowned king of Fu.Han Shizhong, known as the number one in Zhongxing, was granted the title of king of Xian'an County during his lifetime and later king of Qi.

In short, in the Song Dynasty, it was impossible to confer princes with different surnames during his lifetime, and even the meritorious officials with different surnames who were named county kings could be counted on one hand.

The characteristics of titles in the Song Dynasty were that they could not be hereditary. The ranks below Dukes seemed to be granted casually, but there were very few princes.

It has diluted its privileges while retaining its honor... Compared with other dynasties who wantonly crowned kings, this is actually quite good.

"If you want to 'conquer' the king, the commander-in-chief can at most confer one county king."

"County king and prince don't really matter, it's just a name." Li Xia still didn't care much, "In short, if you can't be crowned king, I will be crowned king."

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly and reminded: "I tell you this because it is almost impossible for Song Ting to agree to be king. This is not something that Zai Zhi or the emperor can decide. But if Song Ting does not agree, you can become king on your own. It is equivalent to raising the flag of rebellion immediately, and the timing is not good..."

"The timing is really not good." Li Xia said: "But I don't care whether the Song court is in a difficult position to seal the king or not. It is up to it to consider whether to seal the title. I just set my own goals and achieve them."

"How to achieve?"

"The first step is to take down the Chongqing Mansion..."

As he said that, Zhang Jue had spread out a map.

There is no need for the two to discuss how important the strategic position of the Chongqing government is.

Even those who don't know the strength of the army can understand it just by looking at the mountains in the east of the Sichuan Basin and the flow of the Yangtze River on the map.

If the Sichuan Basin is compared to a courtyard, the surrounding mountains are its walls, and the Chengdu Mansion is the main wing of the backyard.

The Yangtze River is the main road into the courtyard, Jingzhou is the gate, and Yiling has been known as the "throat of Sichuan and Hubei" since ancient times.

Chongqing Mansion is not the gate, but the lobby of this yard.

It occupies half of the courtyard in Sichuan.

Even the lobby is not in his hands, how dare Li Xia say that he is the owner of this yard?

For Song Ting, sending troops from Chongqing to suppress Li Xia's rebellion and sending troops from Jinghu are completely different things.

If Li Xia did not occupy Chongqing Mansion, he would ask Song Ting for the right to open the mansion, which would be equivalent to directly declaring war.

When the time comes, the center will see that Li Xia has not won the Chongqing Mansion, and will immediately transfer troops from Jinghu to Shu to suppress the rebellion, station in Chongqing, and send troops to Chengdu.

In the face of civil strife, Song Ting definitely has the determination and strength to fight the rebellion.

For more than [-] years, Meng Gong, Yu Jie, Pu Zezhi, Wang Jian and others have resisted the Mongolian army time and time again in Chongqing Mansion.

It is here that the Mongolian cavalry who have traversed the world and destroyed countless countries have repeatedly failed.

At that time, if Li Xia cannot win quickly, he will perish.

Because of his small population, lack of money and food, and weak savings, he served as commander of Shu for only two years, and Sichuan and Shu were too ruined to provide him with long-term combat.

For example, once Lu Wende led an army into Chongqing, the Sichuan Basin would be the battlefield.In Li Xia's hands, only the passage west of the Longquan Mountains remained in Sichuan and Shu, and the entire sphere of influence was in danger of being divided into two at any time.

The only way is to seize the Chongqing Mansion before all this happens.

……

"As you know, the total number of troops stationed in the prefectures and counties in the entire Chengdu Fulu Road is less than 1, and they cannot be mobilized. Otherwise, the three prefectures and thirteen counties in western Sichuan will be in chaos."

"I know, I transferred the troops last year."

"There are more than [-] Mongolian prisoners sent by you. I will send people to guard them and drive them to work. When will you collect them?"

"It's still early." Li Xia said: "A year or two, I'm preparing for this matter, I have to grind them."

Zhang Jue asked, "Can you bring back the troops from Chengdu Mansion?"

"No."

"Hanzhong, Longxi, Guanzhong, how many troops can be mobilized to attack Chongqing?"

"Can't call."

Li Xia was very straightforward and said: "Let's do the math, Longxi, Guanzhong, and Dali must all garrison troops, along the Yellow River we must guard against the enemy of Shanxi, Tongguan must defend the enemy of Henan, Wuguan must defend the enemy of Jinghu, and Xiaoguan must garrison. Soldiers are defending against the Mongolian cavalry, but Longxi has no fortress to defend, so we can only garrison more troops to prevent the Mongolian army from Liangzhou from entering..."

The Sichuan Basin has a population of nearly 200 million, Hanzhong and Lizhou less than a million, Guanzhong and Longxi more than 500 million, and Dali with a population of about [-] million. If Chongqing Prefecture is not included, the population is only more than [-] million.

Among them, there are many refugees hiding in the mountains and forests in Sichuan and Shu; Dali is a place that cannot make ends meet; Longxi is vast and sparsely populated, and it will not be able to collect taxes from the people of Longxi in the short term; Guanzhong is newly attached, and there are not many taxes at the moment.The more than four million people can only support half of the army for the time being.In contrast to Song Ting, it is still difficult every year to support 8000 troops with a population of 40 million.

Li Xia had been sucking blood from Song Ting before in order to ensure military supplies. Next, he had to recuperate, reduce redundant troops, train elite soldiers, and march to the army.

This is also one of the reasons why he is not in a hurry to recruit Mongolian prisoners.

Poor, can't afford it.

You can't take the Mongols to the south of the Yangtze River and rob them. If you don't want to talk about it, the Mongols are not loyal to him.Kublai Khan has been in business for 20 years, and the Han system still has to face the suppression and killing of the old Mongolian sect.If Li Xia wants to learn how to be robbed by others, his reputation will be ruined.

In short, although the garrisons in various places have a strength of [-] to [-] troops, the garrisons cannot be mobilized, and there is no way to mobilize troops.

In two or three years, too many sites have been attacked, and there is no savings...

Zhang Jue only figured it out and figured it out.

He turned his head to look at Li Xia, saw that he was still calm, and asked, "You are not complaining to me. Since you said you want to take Chongqing, you should have soldiers."

"We don't have it, Ma Qian has it. It doesn't cost money or food to send troops from the Chongqing government to fight Chongqing."

This sentence was inexplicable, but Zhang Jue understood it instantly, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized.

He raised his finger and clicked on the location of Diaoyu City on the map.

"Recruit the old department of Diaoyu City?"

"The troops of Diaoyu City have been reorganized into Hezhou, Yangzhou, and Langzhou, and belong to the Ande Army and Wukang Army respectively. Can they recruit?"

"It's a bit difficult." Zhang Jue thought about it, then smiled, "But I can do it."

"it is good!"

……

The two discussed, talking very fast.

Finally, Li Xia said: "Then please brother Junyu go to Hezhou to prepare first, I still have to go to Xuzhou to appease the rear."

"Shi Jun is in Syria?"

"At the end of last year, I asked him to temporarily take over Tongchuan Fulu in the name of Shu Shuai, saying that the official appointment by the imperial court would come soon. By now, he should be uneasy."

"The commander-in-chief is going south all the way to be a lobbyist."

Li Xia said: "Shi Jun is a literati, so it's hard to convince him. Just lie to him, it just so happens that Ma Qian wants to kill me with a secret order."

Zhang Jue said: "Twenty or so guards are too few, I can send 200 people from Chengdu to go south with you."

"No need." Li Xia shook his head, "I can still ride three horses for more than [-] people. There are more than [-] people, where do you find so many people with excellent riding skills? There are more than [-] horses crossing the border. The baggage they brought was more than tenfold, the hay, food, tents, armor, and equipment were too ostentatious."

Zhang Wenjing had just seen Zhang Jue's wife and daughter turn from the back office, and when she entered the hall and heard this, she smiled and said, "Brother Yi, do you know how poor he is? I gave all the presents along the way."

"Oh? A gift from my righteous sister?" Zhang Jue was overjoyed, "Today I can buy two jugs of wine and some wild game..."

~~
In the afternoon of that day, Li Xia left from the south gate of Chengdu, and on the [-]th, he drove to Xuzhou.

He set off from Hanzhong on the third day of the first lunar month, rushed to Lizhou on the third day, and then rushed to Chengdu on the seventh day. He only stayed for less than three days, and then arrived at Syria on the fourth day. He also dealt with officials in several counties along the way.

Not unpleasant.

In the next ten days, Li Xia and Shi Jun went to Qingfu County, Changning County and Luzhou Counties to inspect, and set off again, heading straight to Hezhou.

He still only brought about twenty riders.

The road to Shu is inherently difficult. If there are too many people to lead, the efficiency of doing things is low, and irrelevant local officials will inevitably recognize them and entertain them when they see them.

Sichuan and Shu are barren lands, and the support of hundreds of elite soldiers involves the livelihood of hundreds of households and thousands of people. If these elite soldiers are not used to garrison the place, but only used to chase after him for protection, no matter how much wasted or how little, it will be effective. , the atmosphere is different.

At the beginning of the establishment of a business, the superiors should do more, save more, show off less, and show off less, which can not be underestimated as an incentive.

Rivers and seas do not choose trickles, so they can be deep and barren, and the cost should be saved from the details...

~~
On the tenth day of February, Lin'an.

"We must send troops to Chongqing Mansion."

Cheng Yuanfeng's face was full of despondency, looked at Jia Sidao, and said directly: "I can dismiss the chancellor, but you must keep the door of Sheji... Li Xia should not be underestimated, it is best that you personally take command and enter Shu."

Jia Sidao didn't want to talk more with Cheng Yuanfeng, so he just waved his hand.

"I'll figure it out."

After these words, he leaned on the grand teacher's chair, playing with the jade cup that he was going to give to the official.

The body of this jade cup is as thin as a leaf, and its texture is as thin as silk. When the wine is poured in, it will float out to warm itself.

"The self-warming cup is too deep to be warm."

Jia Sidao groaned, thinking that as long as he gave away this little jade cup, the power of the Privy Council would be his own.

As for Cheng Yuanfeng?
"Old waste, I don't know what your plan is? According to the national system, the prime minister is in command and goes to war. If you are impeached, you have to resign regardless of whether the crime is true or not. The dignified prime minister is going to Chongqing? How could I fall into your low trick ?”

A jug of fine wine was poured into the self-warming cup, and a wisp of fragrance wafted.

What kind of currency, money and food, what meritorious princes, are all in it...

　There is also a lord who did not add a reward. It is too late today. I will add an update tomorrow. Thank you first~~
　　
　
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