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Chapter 732
Li Xia stared at the map for a long time, and the more he thought about it, the more confused he became about Li Fen's actions.

The boundary of Shandong is not comparable to that of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and there is basically no danger to defend.Then, if Li Fen wants to succeed, the best way is to take advantage of Kublai Khan's Northern Expedition, go straight to Yanjing, and occupy the Great Wall of Juyongguan.

There was Wang Wentong who joined forces inside and outside Yanjing, and Shi Tianze raised troops to respond... In fact, Li Fen only needs to attack Yanjing silently.

If this is the case, there is not much need to send people to Hanzhong to contact.

According to what Wang Luo said, Li Fen wanted to be more secure, and hoped that Li Xia would send troops from Guanzhong to attack Shanxi and contain some Mongolian troops.

If so, Li Fen, Shi Tianze, and Li Xia would attack Yanjing together and drive the Mongols out of the Central Plains.

But it is only possible if the three companies are not selfish and all of them are for the public interest, can it be done?
If the warlords could work together, the foreign captives would have been driven out of the Central Plains as early as 20 years ago.

Don't make a fortune in silence, but make the first person to enter Yanjing the king?
It can be seen that the situation is by no means so smooth.

For example, Shi Tianze is not trustworthy yet.

Then with Shi Tianze staring at Henan, Li Fen couldn't go straight to Yanjing.It's better to make an agreement with Li Xia to attack Shi Tianze back and forth, divide Heluo and talk about it...

Thinking about this, Li Xia suddenly discovered that Li Fen hadn't even delivered a letter in his own hand.

For a long time, only Wang Xiao's big mouth was puffing up his lips and wagging his tongue, inciting lobbying.

Fortunately, he was not confused by his words.

Just as I was about to write a letter to Li Fen, an official came to report.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen have arrived at the hall."

"I am going now."

Li Xia put down his pen again, and went to the hall to discuss matters with the officials of the palace.

In fact, the matter of Li Fen was only a small part of the many things that he usually had to deal with.

After a while, there were discussions in Guiyin Hall again.

"This year, there are floods in the Huaihe River area..."

"If you want to move the population into Sichuan and Shaanxi, the refugees are often unable to go up the Han River and the Yangtze River, so you must continue to send manpower and ships to carry them..."

"Since the number of ships required is increasing day by day, Hanzhong and Chongqing will inevitably need to build shipyards..."

"Well, not to mention money, food and labor. I have no experience in shipbuilding, so I have to go to Xiangyang and invite some people back..."

"Wait for the first month, and let people spend the new year at home..."

~~
At night, when Li Xia returned to the back house for dinner, he remembered that he hadn't written the letter to Li Fen, so he asked Tang An'an to write it for him.

He paced back and forth, and had to rearrange his thoughts again.

"Let's first express our admiration for his parents. Does An An know about the deeds of Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen?"

"I've heard of some."

Tang Anan spread out the paper and ink, and Zhang Wenjing came over and sat down with her stomach in her arms, casually talking about the past.

"In the last years of the Kingdom of Jin, the imperial court extorted violently, and the Mongolian army was unable to resist when they came. Instead, the defeated army killed the people. Therefore, some people gathered in Hebei and Shandong to revolt, and they were called the 'Red Porcupine Army'. At that time, Yidu Yang An'er, Li Quan of Weizhou and Liu Erzu of Yimeng Mountain were the three main forces of the Red Porcupine Army.

Later, Yang An'er was besieged by the Jin army, fell into the water and died, and the rest of the army was led by his sister Yang Miaozhen.This Yang Miaozhen is really a character, people call her "four ladies" and also "aunt". She is good at riding and shooting.Yang Miaozhen led his troops to rendezvous with Li Quan, and the two became husband and wife, and together they fought against Jin, Mongolia, and Song..."

Zhang Wenjing remembers that in the past, Zhang Rou occasionally mentioned the Li family in Shandong. Although she despised her humble origins, Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen were indeed heroes.

Tang An'an heard this, and asked softly: "Just talk about admiration for Li Quan and Yang Miaozhen, not Li Fen?"

Li Xia let out a "hmm".

Tang An'an understood, so he wrote with pen.

"Brother Songshou is favored. The state of Jin lost its rule, lost its teachers to foreign captives, and his father ordered the hall to rise up in commoner clothes. With a wave of arms, the Shandong volunteers responded in unison. They are truly heroes in the world.

In the past, Chen Sheng sang favorably and sang first, Liu Ji raised the sword and prospered later, and the Han industry prospered.Today, when Rong and Di are rampant, and tigers are devouring the Central Plains, the leader of the Red Coat Army must have a hero to start a business and travel all over the world, so that he is not alone in morality. "

Li Xia looked down, nodded in satisfaction, and continued dictating.

"It's not a secret that you, Li Fen, want to rebel against the Mongols. There are still rumors that there is a Li in the south who wants to rebel against Song, and a Li in the north who wants to rebel against Mongolia.

Blatant separatism has the benefits of blatant separatism, but you should think clearly who is your friend and who is your enemy.Historians have been loyal to Mongolia for nearly 40 years. How can they easily rebel and destroy 40 years of meritorious service and be inferior to me?

Now that you are blatantly blatant, how can you expect Kublai Khan to not know your ambitions, to let Wang Wentong take charge of the center, and to take Yanjing for you?If you want to achieve great things, how can you trust the opportunity to other people's hands?

Kublai Khan will not defeat Brother Alibu so quickly, but it is possible to take time off first to resolve worries. You may not have the right time to start an incident now. It is better to wait for another three years or two years and prepare your troops. At that time, you and I will fight together. hit Henan..."

All in all, Li Xia believes that Li Fen does not have the strength to fight Kublai Khan right now, so it is better to wait for another two years of development here to support each other.

After Tang An'an finished writing the letter, Li Xia read it, took it to Qianya and ordered someone to send it to the Military Intelligence Department, and tried to express it to Shandong as soon as possible.

When passing by the Flower Hall, I heard Han Qiaoer chattering with Gao Mingyue about her experience on the way to Chongqing Mansion.

……

"Brother Li took us back to Qingfu County on the way back?"

"Is it okay over there?"

"Yeah, it's changed a lot. Although it's a county, it's bigger than some prefectures. Uncle Fang joked that it's a 'city in southern Sichuan'."

Han Qiaoer counted her fingers, but she also told Fang Yankai and Li Xia about the reasons why Qingfu County is prosperous.

"In that year, Brother Li moved a large number of refugees from Chengdu to southern Sichuan, educated the mountain people, built the city of Zhaotong, expanded Wuchi Road, withdrew the army and civilians from Lingxiao City, and merged Dali. Recovering, the number of merchants from the north and the south increased...the earth-shaking changes."

Gao Mingyue thought for a while and asked, "After the new year, Fangzhi County has been appointed as Qingfu County for six years, right?"

"Seven years, he arrived in Qingfu County more than a year earlier than Brother Li."

"The officials didn't recommend him for promotion?"

"Brother Li said, it's not that he doesn't want to recommend Uncle Fang, but that there is no one who can replace Uncle Fang when he has a business relationship with Dali. If there are talents in the future, he will not forget his contribution."

"Yeah." Nian'er also said: "The official also said that Qiao'er is helping to remember, if he forgets, no one will forget Fangzhi County."

Han Qiaoer nodded vigorously, and continued: "Later, we passed through Chengdu and visited Old Marshal Liu. He seemed to be very ill..."

"Yeah, I have to let my father and elder brother take Liu's sister-in-law to Chengdu as soon as possible." Gao Mingyue said here, thinking that Li Xia might go to Gongchang in person again, she whispered: "I'm afraid your elder brother Li will not be able to do it next year." Staying at home too long."

"Ah?" Han Qiaoer was very reluctant for a while, but her mouth was rather hard, and said: "It's better not to be at home, and I won't force me to do morning exercises again."

After a few conversations in the hall, Li Xia was going to Xiangqian Yamen, while Tang Anan helped Zhang Wenjing come over and sit down.

When Tang Anan heard Han Qiaoer complaining about the morning exercise, she felt a little embarrassed.

Because just now, she secretly told Li Xia that she had recovered from her illness, and she should join him in strengthening her body.Li Xia was praised.

Naturally, I don't like to do morning exercises in cold weather...

Tang Anan was thinking about something on her mind, when she turned her head, she happened to meet Han Qiaoer's eyes.

Han Qiaoer didn't know what to think of, she put her arms around Nian'er and whispered.

Since the two little girls went out together with Li Xia on inspections, they became inexplicably better. They often wore the same hairstyle without mentioning it, and they always liked to sleep together these two nights, saying that it was cold in winter.

Tang An thought, what Han Qiaoer said at this time should be "A traitor who likes morning exercises appeared among us..."

Later, while Gao Mingyue was talking to Zhang Wenjing, Nian'er ran over and whispered something in Tang An'an's ear.

"Miss, will you come to Concubine Han's room tonight?"

Tang Anan was stunned when she heard the words, Li Xia was at Zhang Wenjing's place last night, and should be at Han Qiaoer's place tonight.

The next moment, Han Qiaoer also sat down and said in a low voice: "Sister An'an, how about we make Brother Li too tired to get up? Let's use up his physical strength and make him have no energy for morning exercises tomorrow..."

"Us? Use up his energy? Okay... okay..."

~~
The second year of Xianding and the second year of Zhongtong finally came to an end in a relatively peaceful situation.

For Li Xia, this is indeed the most relaxing year in this world.

During the New Year's Eve, a letter was sent all the way to Shandong along with the spies going east.

~~
In a blink of an eye, it was the third year of Zhongtong, the tenth day of the first lunar month.

Shandong, Yidu.

A few horses came from the north.

Li Yanjian looked up and finally saw the newly built Yidu City in front of him.

Since the Mongols occupied North China, the princes of the roads were forbidden to build city walls.Only Li Fen built the city defense of Yidu in the name of defending the Song Dynasty, and also dug deep ditches and trenches.

Seeing this majestic and fortified city, Li Yanjian took a deep breath and drove forward.

Soon, cheers erupted in Yidu City.

"The prince is back! The prince is back!"

Li Yanjian went all the way to the Provincial Governor's Mansion, and met his father Li Fen, half-brother Li Nanshan, cousin Yang You and other relatives, and it was quite lively again.

"I have met my father! Mr. said that now he has gained people's trust and is in charge of the central power. He only needs to wait for the arrival of the army, and he can easily take Yanjing for his father... This is a letter written by Mr. Li to his father." Li Yanjian said. The gentleman is Wang Wentong.

"Good! Good! My son is finally home..."

After talking about these recent developments, Li Fen sat back at the case, first read Wang Wentong's letter, his expression stretched, and he was full of ambition.

When he put away Wang Wentong's letter and dropped it back to the letter from Hanzhong on the table, his brows began to wrinkle again.

"Father, what are you looking at?"

"Wang Xiao is really self-assessed." Li Fen said: "This king took Yanjing himself, so why should he contact Li Xia in Sichuan and Shanxi on his behalf?"

"Contact Li Xia? This... is unnecessary."

"But Wang Xiao didn't say anything, and went away."

Li Yanjian was also taken aback, and said: "Uncle is so unwise? He left Yanjing earlier than the boy. Counting the time, it turned out that he went directly to Sichuan and Shaanxi? Unwise."

Li Fen seemed to have some doubts, thinking in his heart, who else could have told Wang Luo to find Li Xia?
But in the end, he thought that Wang Xiao had always been a smart character, so he shook his head.

"He's always been like that."

Li Yanjian asked: "Then how does the father plan to reply to Li Xia?"

"Li Xia actually asked this king to wait for him for three years or two years. He was beyond his control. He wished he could scold him, but it's not easy to tear down your uncle's platform. This king wrote back and asked Li Xia if he would surrender. Bar."

After Li Fen finished speaking, he dropped the paper letter in his hand with disdain.

"Others, we can talk about it after taking Yanjing..."

(End of this chapter)