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Chapter 701 Power over the government and the public
"Could it be, Mr. Jia...you are..."

Where Zhao Xuan's eyes fell, Jia Sidao's eyes were full of sincerity.

The words in his mouth almost blurted out.

"I don't mean that." Jia Sidao was a little surprised, he restrained his loyal gaze, and said seriously: "I have found the means that Wu Qian wanted to use to frame the officials back then."

"You...you know what?" Zhao Yu asked in surprise, jumping as if trying to escape.

He was really terrified.

Although he is the emperor, he really can't do anything.

He has supreme power, but this power has never been in his hands. The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty have almost all the power to deal with state affairs.

In addition, he has imperial power, but he doesn't know how to use it, and he can't use it at all.

After ascending the throne, he was only representing the imperial power, and behind this was the empress dowager, empress, and clan, who could represent the imperial power for him at any time.

He actually has no power.

Han Tuozhou plus Empress Dowager Wu, Shi Miyuan and Empress Dowager Yang can easily abolish and establish.

Jia Sidao can do it too.

Jia Sidao is full of party members and has a very good relationship with Queen Mother Xie...

Zhao Xuan was so frightened that he wanted to cry.

He was afraid of Cheng Yuanfeng, Ye Mengding, and even more afraid of Li Xia. He was really afraid of Li Xia before, but now the person he fears the most is Jia Sidao again.

He even wanted to kneel down to Jia Sidao.

Fortunately, Jia Sidao comforted him in time.

"I don't know anything else, I only know that I am loyal to the official family and the Great Song Zongshe."

Zhao Yu wanted to cry even more, and said anxiously: "Mr. Jia, please speak clearly!"

"Chen, you deserve the trust of officials."

……

for a long time.

After this pair of monarchs and ministers chatted, their attitudes were completely different.

Jia Sidao looked calm, as if he was the king.

Zhao Yu is Qi Qi Ai Ai, who looks like his nephew in front of Jia Sidao.

"Jia Xiang, will you really protect me?"

"Don't worry about the officials. The officials only need to be at ease to inherit the incense for the Great Song Ancestral Temple. As for the difficult state affairs, the ministers will share the worries of the officials."

When Jia Sidao said this, he faintly felt it was absurd.

As a courtier, he is so outspoken that he does not allow the emperor to govern himself, he is simply Huo Guang... No, he is Duke Zhou.

Zhao Yu didn't feel anything wrong at all, but he was relieved when he heard the words.

"Great! Then you can entrust the affairs of state to Prime Minister Jia. The queen also said that Cheng Yuanfeng, Ye Mengding and others threatened the emperor, thinking that Da Song would not be able to do without them, and they should be let go... yes... right? "

Jia Sidao had no choice but to remind: "Ye Mengding and Yang Dong are the teachers of the emperor. It is not appropriate for the officials to allow them to resign, but Cheng Yuanfeng can."

"Then I will never listen to Ye Mengding again, and I will listen to Jia Xiang."

Zhao Xuan tried her best to show affection, and repeated it again.

"I listen to Jia Xiang."

He had completely forgotten what he said when he grabbed Ye Mengding's clothes back then.

Jia Sidao listened to these kind words, looked at Zhao Yu's dull eyes, and felt Zhao Yu's ruthlessness and selfishness.

King Rong, Xiandi, Guan De, Li Xia, Ye Mengding, Yang Dong... are all the same, no matter how deep their relationship with Zhao Xuan is, they just throw it away as they say, without the slightest bit of reluctance or pity.

For Jia Sidao, it must be the same.

But it doesn't matter, he is not like Li Xia who knows that he can't control the court, so he only dares to run to the backcountry in Sichuan and Shu.

This Great Song Dynasty Hall is indeed difficult to control.

In the world, only he, Jia Sidao, can do it...

~~
Wu Shan.

Guan De hurried to the princess mansion.

Turning around Qingwazi, I suddenly saw several men blocking the road.

"Who doesn't open his eyes..."

In the middle of Guan De's speech, he saw that the other party lifted his sleeves, revealing a prosthetic limb.He was slightly surprised, and hurriedly beckoned the other party to confirm the card symbol, and then transferred into Li's house together.

"I've been communicating with Chief Guan for a long time, and I just met today. I'm sorry."

"Something has happened!"

Guan De was so anxious that he didn't have time to greet him, so he said quickly, "Hurry up, send a message to Li Jieshuai, the officials don't believe me anymore, today I have a feeling that Jia Sidao is going to do something..."

Jiang Fan heard it, nodded, and said: "I will report to the commander-in-chief as soon as possible. Guan Gechang is ready to prepare, and leave Lin'an with me."

"Leaving Lin'an?" Guan De jumped, his eyebrows fluttered, and he said in surprise: "I am the chief of the big family, and my family business... No, I'm leaving, what about Li Jieshuai's family?"

"Holy family?"

Jiang Fan murmured and repeated, with some sarcasm in his tone.

"Jia Sidao, if you want love, you can have it, the commander-in-chief doesn't need that kind of thing."

~~
Jiang Fan sent someone to arrange for Guan De to escape, and then went to look for Jiang Chun.

Jiang Chun is now an idle official, listening to music in the teahouse on Yujie every day. When Jiang Fan arrived, he was leaning there and dozing off.After hearing a few whispers, the sleepiness disappeared.

"Emissary Jiang said... the prime minister is going to be dismissed soon?!"

"Yes."

"In this way, the discipline is becoming more and more slack, the people's livelihood of the country..."

Jiang Chun was very surprised, and became more and more worried about Sheji.

At the same time, I feel that the officialdom in Lin'an is complicated.

Here, power is not determined by official position at all.

With such a shock in the court, how many high-ranking officials and ministers did not know the news, but he already knew the whole story.

"What about Gangji, County Magistrate Jiang can't control it."

Jiang Fan glanced at the teahouse, thinking that drinking tea here all day would save the people's livelihood.

The only respect he has for Jiang Chun is that Jiang Chun was the county magistrate of Qingfu back then.

"The county magistrate has also tried once. Cheng Yuanfeng didn't sincerely invite the general to return to court. Don't pay attention to these people anymore. With these people, nothing can be done."

Jiang Chun was ashamed and embarrassed when he heard this.

He sought an official for Li Xia this time, but he failed to find an official. After hearing a few words from Cheng Yuanfeng, he wrote a letter in a daze to ask Li Xia if he wanted to come back to be the chief executive.

He thought it was good intentions, but now that he heard that Cheng Yuanfeng ordered Ma Qian to attack Li Xia, Jiang Chun realized that he was being played around by Cheng Yuanfeng.

This is the gap between state and county officials and the central government...

Fortunately, after Li Xia beat Jiang Chun once, he stopped pursuing it.

Next, Jiang Chun has only one thing to do.

"This time, the county magistrate doesn't have to ask the officials to see him anymore. He should show his style and ask who gave Ma Qian the courage to attack the two Shu commanders."

"Li Jieshuai is going to challenge the court, I..."

"Call the board and call the board, what are you afraid of?"

~~
The rain in Lin'an City has not stopped.

In the evening, Jia Sidao came out of Miyagi and did not return home immediately. Instead, he went to the Privy Council and summoned his confidants.

"Left Prime Minister, when Li Xia's memorial arrived, Cheng Yuanfeng didn't shirk, and went straight to beg for illness. Rao Huchen and the seven ministers who threatened to resign from office that day also submitted their resignations."

"I know, draw up a list and sweep away all the trash in the court hall."

"Yes."

Jia Sidao raised his hands and weighed his wide sleeves, expressing that he finally won back his authority.

When he spoke, his tone seemed cynical, but there was a certain solemnity in it.

"Today, the officials decided to add me to... Ping Zhang's military affairs."

The group of officials was overjoyed.

The so-called "important military and state affairs in Pingzhang" are above the prime minister.

This official position used to be a kind of honor, and it was almost not really involved in decision-making of military affairs.

In peacetime, only famous ministers like Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongzhu served as ministers. After the southward journey, only Qiao Xingjian served in his later years.

When Han Yuzhou took up this special position, it changed from "name" to "real", and became the highest official position with power in the government and the public.

It was precisely because of this position that Han Tuozhou was good at the government and monopolized the power of the integration of the army and the government.

Jia Sidao is the fifth Pingzhang military and state important event in the Song Dynasty, and the second real power Pingzhang military and state important event in the Song Dynasty.

He's finally out of phase battles.

How can this not make the confidants ecstatic?

"Congratulations, Prime Minister Zuo, and Duke Pingzhang."

"Ping Zhanggong can finally let go and reorganize the country!"

"..."

Jia Sidao closed his eyes, chewing on this power.

After that, he raised his hand to stop the congratulations of his colleagues.

"National affairs are precarious, internal and external troubles, now is not the time to celebrate, let's talk about a few important things. The first is the traitor Li Xia..."

After driving away Cheng Yuanfeng, Jia Sidao immediately turned his gaze back to Li Xia.

It was precisely because of Li Xia that after being silent for more than a year, he reached the peak of being a minister.

Fortunately, there is such a fatuous emperor, and there are so many emperors to handle.

Li Xia had a slight chance to monopolize military and political power like Jia Sidao at this time... as long as he can defeat Jia Sidao in the court struggle.

But Li Xia didn't dare, and chose another, more difficult path.

Maybe he knew he couldn't beat Jia Sidao.

In short, the young man he once admired back then is now farther and farther away from him.

The positions are completely opposite.

He is already the ruler of the Song Dynasty, and Li Xia has become a rebel of the Song Dynasty.

From the standpoint of Dasong Sheji, it doesn't matter if you lose it north of the Yangtze River.However, Sichuan and Shu are located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, but they must not fall into the hands of rebels.

"Being delayed by Cheng Yuanfeng for too much time, and even making troubles, I expected that Li Xia would occupy the Chongqing Mansion after this incident, and quickly transferred Lu Wende to lead the troops into Shu, so as to ensure that the Chongqing Mansion is safe. On the other hand, I will go after I add the state affairs of the Pingzhang Army arrange……"

Jia Sidao's tone was neither hasty nor slow.

In time, Ma Qianzhen can live in Chongqing Mansion.

~~
Chongqing Prefecture.

The Jialing River flows into the Yangtze River here, and Fucheng is sandwiched between the two big rivers.

The city was first built as Bajun City in the Qin Dynasty, Jiangzhou City as the governor of Bajun in the Han Dynasty, and Li Yan expanded the city in the Shu Han Dynasty.

In the second year of Song Jiaxi, Peng Daya served as the magistrate of Chongqing. In order to defend against the Mongolian army, he expanded the city again, which was twice as large as the Jiangzhou City expanded by Li Yan.

The southern city wall was originally on the Yangtze River, while the northern city wall was extended to the Jialing River.

In other words, Chongqing Fucheng is surrounded by the river in the north, east, and south, and the city wall is built along the river to attack the enemy soldiers from a condescending height.

Without an extremely powerful navy, it is impossible to attack the city from these three sides.

To the west are the Zhongliang Mountains, Jinyun Mountains, and Yunwu Mountains.

On the upper reaches of the Jialing River, Hezhou guards the gate of Chongqing and serves as the horns of each other.

Yu Jie took a fancy to such a terrain and moved the Sichuan Zhizhi Office to Chongqing.

The reason why Meng Ge died in Diaoyu City may be created by Yu Jie at this moment.

……

Ma Qian didn't think Li Xia would be able to attack Chongqing Mansion.

Sitting in the government office this day, talking to Yu Desheng, he suppressed the pain of losing his son, and said: "I am not boasting, I am good at defending the city. In the six years of Xingchang, even if Wang Jian lost the Diaoyu City , I am not afraid of Meng Ge coming to attack Chongqing."

At this point, Ma Qian knew that what he said was a bit exaggerated, so he added another sentence.

"After all, Lu Shuai's reinforcements had arrived at that time."

"Li Xia is not someone who has earned his fame." Yu Desheng said: "He has fought too many battles that seemed impossible to win."

Ma Qiandao: "I admit this matter."

He didn't want to admit it.

The son has died at the hands of the other party, and the mourning has not yet dissipated, but it is really difficult to admit that the enemy who killed the son is great.

But keeping Chongqing is a big deal, knowing yourself and your enemy.

"In the past ten days, Mr. Yu has also followed me to see the defense of Chongqing. If Li Xia wants to attack Chongqing, he must have at least [-] troops. And Mr. Yu has sent a letter to Lin'an, and within three months, reinforcements will surely enter Shu. Right now , Li Xia has no news of recruiting troops. It will take at least two months for him to transfer troops to Chongqing. Could it be that I can't even hold out for a month?"

Yu Desheng said: "There is absolutely no such intention."

"Not only is Chongqing safe, but I will not let Li Xia take the entire Kuizhou Road, a city or a county."

"I'm just afraid that General Ma will underestimate the enemy."

"I didn't underestimate the enemy." Ma Qian said solemnly: "I assert this based on my experience in defending the city for 30 years in the army."

He got up, walked to the map, and instructed Yu Desheng on the defense strategy of Kuizhou Road.

"Mr. Yu, please see, whether Li Xia sends troops from Chengdu or Hanzhong, I have guarded all the valleys and main roads. There is sufficient food and grass for long-term garrison and mutual support..."

Although Yu Desheng didn't understand military strength, he was intelligent and able to understand Ma Qian's narrative.

This is the defensive experience summed up by the soldiers of the Song Dynasty for more than [-] years. From Meng Gong, Yu Jie, to Pu Zezhi and Lu Wende, they have all deployed the defense of Chongqing Mansion.

The Mongolian army is still difficult to conquer, let alone Li Xia?
Yu Desheng followed Ma Qian's instructions and considered the entire defensive strategy. He really couldn't think of any possibility for Li Xia to capture Chongqing.

In the end, he could only ask: "Li Xia makes good use of the time, so the Chongqing government won't have Li Xia's detailed work?"

Ma Qian shook his head, and said: "Chongqing has many mountains and a vast land, and the defense is not only relying on the city gate, a small amount of careful work is useless. And after Mr. Yu returns, I will immediately order martial law everywhere."

"Having said that, you still have to be careful."

"That's right, let's talk about it after Li Xia really mobilizes troops. I have sent out sentries to find out what's going on in Chengdu and Hanzhong."

"That's good." Yu Desheng said: "I think Lin'an has received our news, Prime Minister Zuo is sending troops to help."

Ma Qian was disappointed.

I thought that if the right minister ordered and the left minister protected him, he would be able to make great achievements, but he didn't expect a son to die.

Seeing his expression, Yu Desheng said again: "Please rest assured, General Ma, as long as you guard the Chongqing Mansion, Prime Minister Zuo will still ask for credit for the general."

At this time, the government office was still peaceful. After analyzing it, both of them believed that Li Xia hadn't sent troops yet, so maybe he wouldn't attack Chongqing.

Why not talk about future prosperity...

The next moment, Ma Qian turned his head and strode out of the hall, looking at the sentry who hurried outside.

"What's the matter?!"

"Report to the general, Li Xia..."

Ma Qian sneered, showing an expression of "as expected", and asked, "Did he send troops from Chengdu?"

"No... not... Li Xia has arrived in Hezhou, put on a guard of honor, and ordered... ordered the general to go... to meet..."

Ma Qian thought he had heard wrong.

Why did Li Xia arrive in Hezhou?

There is no movement of soldiers and horses in Chengdu yet, so why did they arrive in Hezhou?
"how many people?"

"I don't know how much, but..."

"What happened to Cao Qi?! Why didn't you take down the traitor?!"

Ma Qianwen's Cao Qi is in charge of the guard of Hezhou, and he is his confidant general.

He had already shown Cheng Yuanfeng's secret order to Cao Qi, ordering him to guard Hezhou, and if he met Li Xia, he would be killed.

The news in front of me is really confusing.

Could it be that Cao Qi didn't dare to touch Li Xia?Take Li Xia down first?

"Cao Dutong... Cao Dutong him..."

Ma Qian was furious, and shouted: "Hesitate, speak quickly!"

The sentry turned around and pointed.

Ma Qian turned his head and looked outside the courtyard gate.

Where the eyes fell, another sentry scout held a head in panic and dared not enter.

And that head... actually belonged to Cao Qi.

Before Cao Qi died, his eyes were round and full of anger.

"what happened?!"

"Li Xia... Li Xia gave the general a shot... a shot..."

Ma Qian snatched the paperwork that the sentry took out.

Just glanced at it, and it was already full of anger...

~~
Yu Desheng was still in doubt, and leaned forward and asked, "Has Li Xia's army arrived in Hezhou? Why is there no movement at all?"

"Li Xia didn't send troops, and Chengdu never mobilized troops." Ma Qian murmured.

He closed his eyes and thought of his son's death again.

"What do you mean? Li Xia only brought his dozens of people to take Hezhou, right? With the general's arrangement, it's impossible..."

"It should be Zhang Shichang, the vice capital of Hezhou, who surrendered. This person is Wang Jian's former subordinate." Ma Qian said with a lonely expression, "I thought Wang Jian was loyal to the country and his subordinates would not be rebellious. I didn't expect it."

"Wang Jian? Is he from Dengzhou?"

Yu Desheng muttered to himself: "Dengzhou is the boundary between Song and Jin. Liu Zheng was born in Rangcheng, Dengzhou, which belongs to the Kingdom of Jin. Wang Jian is from Pengqiao, Dengzhou, which belongs to the Song Dynasty... I thought I was loyal to the country, but after all, I returned from the north. The relationship is too deep. No wonder Li Xia recommended Wang Jian to guard Longxi."

Analyzing these, Yu Desheng kept his eyes on the official document in Ma Qian's hand.

Finally, Ma Qian handed it over.

"Mr. Yu can watch it if he wants, he is too arrogant."

The document didn't say anything, but from the beginning to the end, Li Xia's tone was commanding.

"Pay the crime and appease the envoy Ma Qian from Kuizhou Road. If you dare to send my officers and men to attack the important officials of the court without authorization, order you to bind yourself to Hezhou to plead guilty. If you dare to refuse, you will be killed for the crime of treason!"

……

Yu Desheng shook his head, feeling bitter in his heart.

What Ma Qian said was right, if Li Xia went to war, he would indeed not be able to capture the Chongqing Mansion in the short term.

The generals and soldiers in Shuzhong will not be rebels who are good at war like Wu Xi.

But now, Li Xia went to Hezhou in person, announced that the soldiers and horses in Chongqing were also soldiers under his rule, and questioned Ma Qian...as if Ma Qian was the traitor.

It seemed that Yu Desheng could still hear Li Xia's ridicule.

Want to fight?Will defend the city?
In terms of name, official position, meritorious service, officers and men and the aspirations of the people, what qualifications do you, Ma Qian, have to fight against the majestic Shu Shuai?
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