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Chapter 718 Coordination
A group of chariots and horses headed for Hanzhong from the north.

Lin Zi straddled the horse's back, with his eyes slightly closed, his body swaying, as if he was not asleep.

Until there was a fast horse galloping in front of him, he opened his eyes and looked at it for a while, seeing that it was the banner of the Public Opinion Department, he cheered up.

"Jiang Hook, when did you come back from the southeast?"

"Just a few days ago." Jiang Fan said, "I have brought back the nephew of Duke Wu."

"Where's General Wang?"

"It was never done."

Lin Zi laughed, turned around and pointed.

"The Military Intelligence Department has gone deep into Luancheng, and has already picked up Mr. Jingzhai, whom the county king wants to see."

Jiang Fan hurriedly cupped his hands in embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Envoy Lin, please save me some face. I'm here to tell you that the county king is at the gate of the city to welcome Mr. Zhai."

It seems that it is easier for the Public Opinion Department to go to the south of the Yangtze River. After all, Li Xia is still the king of the Song Dynasty in name, and the passes along the way can still be passed by order, but it is much more difficult for the Military Intelligence Department to go north.

But this time, Lin Zizhen sent someone to Zhending Mansion in Hebei to pick up Li Ye, a famous scholar from the North.

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Li Ye opened the curtain of the car, and he could already see the Han River in the distance, and the big city standing beside the Han River.

"Thousands of mountains and rivers have been taken captive here."

He stroked his long gray beard and sighed, his expression sad...

Li Ye, courtesy name Renqing, nicknamed Jingzhai, was born in Luancheng, Zhending Prefecture, Hebei.

When he was born, it was the time when the Jin Kingdom was turning from prosperity to decline. The imperial court issued paper money indiscriminately, prices soared, and the country was empty and the people were poor.

When he was a teenager, he made friends with Yuan Haowen, and they went out together to study in the famous Confucianism, and his talent spread all over the world, and he was called "Yuan Li" in the world.

He passed the Jinshi examination in middle age, knew Junzhou, governed the local area, and was known for his honesty, integrity and ability.

Afterwards, when Mongolia destroyed gold, he and Yuan Haowen saw that the situation in the world could not be done, so they refused to be an official in Mongolia, lived in Shanxi, devoted themselves to learning, made a summary of "Tianyuanshu", and wrote "Che Yuan Hai Jing".

Ten years ago, Kublai Khan visited Monan, and the lives of the survivors improved. Li Ye was able to return to Zhending Mansion and build an academy in Fenglongshan to teach his children.

Four years ago, Kublai Khan specially sent someone to invite Li Ye to enter the court. After Li Ye made a few suggestions, he returned to Fenglong Academy, devoted himself to mathematics, and wrote "Yi Gu Yan Duan" to popularize Tianyuan art.

Last year, Kublai Khan proclaimed himself emperor, invited Li Ye to be an official again, and gave him the most noble and prominent post of "Hanlin scholar who knows the imperial edict and studies national history".

He was still dissatisfied with Kublai Khan.

"If the morals of the world are against each other, the gentleman will hide himself and not be an official."

So far, Li Ye has been living in seclusion for nearly 30 years, and he is sixty and nine years old.

My whole life has passed in the blink of an eye in the situation of national ruin and homelessness, and the ambition of helping the people in my youth has passed away.

Unexpectedly, in mid-May, someone came to Fenglongshan Academy in the name of Zhang Jiawulang, and paid a visit on the grounds of entrusting the manuscript of an old friend Yuan Haowen.

Li Ye didn't doubt it, Zhang Rou had always taken good care of the literati who remained in the Kingdom of Jin, and Zhending was not far from Baozhou, Zhang Wulang sent people back to Baozhou to handle errands, and it was normal to pass by Zhending.

After talking with each other, Li Ye found out that Li Xia, commander-in-chief of Song Guoxuan, had taken Guanzhong, and when he talked about the current situation of his old friend Shang Ting, he couldn't help but sigh.

Knowing that Yang Guo and Yuan Yan have defected to Li Xia, he already has a premonition that the other party is a little strange.

Finally, when Yang Guo's letter was taken out, Li Ye realized that Zhang Jiawulang had defected to Song Dynasty.

"I implore Mr. Jingzhai to take his family and children to Hanzhong, and use the means of the world to relieve the hardships of life and poverty."

"you!"

Li Ye was very angry.

He didn't know Song Guo yet, and he didn't know Li Xia either.

But no matter what, it is indeed too arrogant and rude to send someone to forcefully take him, an elderly man, for thousands of miles.

Kublai Khan was not so forceful.

Li Ye couldn't help it, and the chariots and horses went north to transport grain and returned it to Bozhou, and went south, but instead of going to Henan, they turned to Shanxi, arrived at the Yellow River, and crossed the river at night.

Along the way, Li Ye first went to Chang'an to meet Yang Guo, and after a long talk, Li Ye's anger subsided a little, but there were still many complaints in his heart.

Going down south of Shu, we finally saw Hanzhong City.

Li Ye wanted to scold Li Xia severely...

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In front of Gongchen Gate in the north of Hanzhong, Li Xia was leading many people to welcome Li Ye.

He first heard Yuan Yan mention Li Ye's name last year.

This is one of the few remaining celebrities in the Northland who have not yet become an official. His mathematical attainments may be regarded as the best in the world.

There is also the relationship between the Yuan family and Yang Guo, so Li Xia deliberately solicited them at that time.

It is very difficult to send a spy to Hebei.But when Zhang Hongdao came, he had a chance.

The Zhang family has always had some smuggling business, which is managed by Zhang Hongdao.Zhang Hongdao fled, Zhang Hongfan could only return Bozhou to Kublai Khan and liquidate Zhang Hongdao's people, this is true.

But it takes time.

For the time being, Zhang Jiulang is too busy pleading guilty to Kublai Khan, trying to find a way to make Zhang Wulang draw a clear line with the Zhang family, and it is too late to make Zhang Wulang's defection known to the world immediately.

Taking advantage of this pass, Zhang Hongdao wanted to send someone to Baozhou to contact some people secretly.

It is conceivable that the people from the Military Intelligence Department over there just passed Shanxi with Zhang Wulang's letter on the front foot, and Zhang Hongfan must have quickly deprived Zhang Hongdao of his power on the back foot.

Just in the blink of an eye that could infiltrate Hebei, Li Xia chose to "rob" Li Ye.

This move will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Jinlianchuan shogunate again and strengthen its defenses against Li Xia. I am afraid that such an opportunity will hardly appear again in the future.

It doesn't matter, with Li Ye's talent and fame, it's worth it.

You know, Kublai Khan failed to invite him to become an official twice.

……

"Junior Li Xia, I have heard the name of Duke Jingzhai for a long time..."

"Hmph! Stop acting in front of this old man. You should be thinking of talents, and this old man will only think of you as a bandit!"

Li Ye tremblingly got out of the carriage, pushed away Li Xia's hand that wanted to support him, and stood still.

He has traveled all his life in the mountains and rivers, and has gone through hardships. Although he is nearly seventy years old, he is still healthy and healthy, with piercing eyes.

Looking around, he saw Zhang Hongdao behind Li Xia.

"You bastard!"

Zhang Hongdao showed a wry smile, and saluted, "I have seen Mr. Jingzhai, my nephew is rude."

"Hmph! Deceiving and abducting, is this your aristocratic demeanor?!"

Li Ye snorted heavily, glanced away, and saw that there were a few Beigui people he knew in the crowd, such as Zhang Kaoming, a son of a famous doctor in Kaocheng, so he raised his crutches and continued to curse.

Only when he saw Yuan Yan did he sigh.

"Second Sister Yuan? Are you this old? Was she only this little bit tall back then?"

Seeing the daughter of an old friend again, Li Ye's eyes were already red with a word.

Yuan Yan saluted and said: "My niece also participated in the matter of King Jingzhai's southward travel. Please don't blame the king and Wulang of King Zhai."

Li Ye took a few steps forward, unable to bear to curse anymore.

"I don't blame you, I don't blame you... When I saw you, I thought of Brother Yu, but unfortunately I couldn't send him off. I still remember the year we met, he was only sixteen years old, and in a blink of an eye..."

The old man seemed a bit long-winded, he was 70 years old, old people and memories were too important to him.

He has never been afraid of the Mongolian Khan or the emperor, or the Song County King.

For him, it is even better to be able to chat with people about old friends and past events.

"Second sister, do you know? In recent years, the old man has filled in the song "Touching Fish" and brother Yu..."

When they were young, Yuan Haowen wrote a song "Moyuer·Yanqiu Ci" which was famous in the world. Back then, Yang Guo wrote lyrics to complement each other, and so did Li Ye.

Under the title of "Touching Fish", there used to be the talents, ambitions, and friendship of this group of young people.

Recently, old friends have withered, and writing lyrics again, it becomes more and more desolate.

"If anything happens, there is a reunion in the Netherworld. The poet is grateful. Take the north and the south of the river, the wind and the moon, and pay for a mound of soil..."

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A few days later, Hantai.

"The old man once made five suggestions to Beijun, the so-called 'discriminate evil, get rid of women, screen greedy, reduce punishment, and stop conquest'. If it is difficult for Beijun, 'stop conquest'. I don't want the king of the Song Dynasty to even 'go Nu Ye' can't do it either."

At this point, Li Ye glanced at Yan Yunyun indifferently in front of him, turned his head, raised his long gray beard, and said proudly: "I don't work with little girls!"

Yan Yunyun lowered his eyebrows and said, "I heard that Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism has not yet risen in the north, but I don't know why Jing Zhaigong is so pedantic?"

"Pedantic, governing the country is the most taboo for women to intervene in politics..."

"I'm not a woman interfering in politics." Yan Yunyun had always been respectful before, but suddenly his face straightened, and he said: "I am not the daughter of the county king who interferes with state affairs with personal affection, but a practical minister of the official shogunate. Although she is a daughter, she does things no differently from a man. Administration, not politics.”

"Smart teeth." Li Ye snorted, turned his head far away, and said, "It's just that women and villains are difficult to raise."

Yan Yunyun asked again: "Yuan Lushi and I are both women sent to the Hantai shogunate. Lord Jingzhai treats her well, but he speaks harshly to me. But do you think I come from a humble background?"

"That's not it."

Li Ye stroked his long beard, turned around helplessly, and said, "The old man just hasn't decided whether he should become an official, so he just found an excuse."

"Mr. Jingzhai is here, why is he still unwilling to show his ambition?"

"Hmph, people who have been buried in the soil are still captured." Li Ye turned his voice to the side again, and muttered: "I can't lose face."

Yan Yunyun had no choice but to push a piece of paper in front of him.

"Master Jingzhai, what is this?"

"Huh... Tianyuan technique?"

"Equation, cubic equation, is it possible for Mr. Jing Zhai to solve it?"

"Oh, children's play." Li Ye sneered.

"What about this?"

Li Ye calculated silently for a moment, filled in two numbers with a wave of his hand pen, put down the brush, cast a sideways glance at Yan Yunyun, and said, "Come again."

Yan Yunyun lowered her head, feeling a little embarrassed.

She and Li Xia couldn't come up with any questions that would stump Li Ye.

I had no choice but to push out another piece of paper, and said with a smile, "Mr. Jingzhai, take a look at this."

"Isn't it just replacing numbers with strange shapes, what's there to see?"

"How about this?" Yan Yunyun listed a simple division operation and asked, "Wouldn't it be convenient to calculate like this?"

"Convenience is convenience, ninety-nine decimals are nothing more..."

Yan Yunyun nodded, and replied: "Mr. Jingzhai is good at mathematics. I'm a classmate, but if I can teach future generations with this, wouldn't it be better to carry forward Mr. Jingzhai's learning?"

Only then did Li Ye twitch his beard and muttered, "It's interesting."

"Mr. Jingzhai will look at this again." Yan Yunyun took out a salt coupon, pointed to the serial number on it, and asked, "Convenient?"

"Not only is it convenient? It is also anti-counterfeiting?"

"Yes, from the shape, number, size, and position of the font, there are eleven places used for anti-counterfeiting. How many can Mr. Jingzhai see?"

Li Ye was already interested, took the salt coupon, looked at it for a while, first asked about the various numbers, and then pinched his fingers to make the final calculation.

"The two strings of numbers on the front and the back are two-way?"

"Yes."

"Too simple."

"I still need to ask Lord Jingzhai to take action." Yan Yunyun said: "Besides, the palace wants to issue banknotes today, but how much to issue must be extremely cautious..."

"I understand." Li Ye sighed.

He has experienced the calamity of the death of gold, and has a lot to do with the over-issued or under-issued banknotes, and he has a deep understanding.

Hearing this sigh, Yan Yunyun's eyes lit up, she leaned over her body, and said: "Young girl is not talented enough to take on this important task. On behalf of the county king, please ask Jingzhai to be the chief secretary of the shogunate and the envoy of the statistics department, and be in charge of banknotes." , ask Lord Jingzhai to agree."

……

The official position that Li Xia can give Li Ye is very low.

Unlike Kublai Khan who opened his mouth, he was a scholar of the Imperial Academy and a fellow practitioner of national history.

But what Li Xia gave was an official who did practical things.

Li Ye looked at the paper money in front of him, and suddenly recalled the scene when he knew Junzhou.

Finally, he sighed helplessly and said, "How many salt coupons have you paid?"

"Not much, I dare not say too much, I really don't know what to do, I only dare to probe cautiously."

Li Ye shook his head in distaste, and said, "Let the old man calculate the accounts of salt, tea, rice, and cloth from various places in Sichuan and Sichuan over the years, and then go to make a pot of good tea."

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In the county palace, Li Xia put down the watch tube and muttered to himself.

"It's good luck. Could it be that Lao Li sacrificed to the Li Family's Dragon Palace?"

Recently, Li Zengbo came first, and then Li Ye came.

On the front foot, "Ke Zhai Gong" was sent to guard Longxi, and on the back foot, "Jing Zhai Gong" was served as the shogunate.

Even if the two men from the south and the north, one civil and one military, have entered Sichuan and Shaanxi, even if they haven't fully returned to their hearts, the team of civil servants and military generals has been enriched...

(End of this chapter)