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Chapter 835 Political Warfare
"It's not the same way as us."

Zhang Jue looked outside the hall and commented like this.

After Yang Daji and Hao Tianyi were taken down, he felt a lot more relaxed, and it seemed that even the air was no longer as turbid as before.

Li Xia seemed to be thinking about something, and said casually: "It's not from the same road, but you can guide him."

"Leading the way? When I was in my 20s, it was Yang Dayuan who taught me to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country."

"Ok."

"What are you thinking?"

"I was thinking about what Yang Daji said... Kublai Khan will change the country name, Xu Heng went to northern Shaanxi, and Yang Wen'an gave him a golden tiger amulet."

"Are you sure Yang Wen'an is leading the army?"

"Don't you understand? Kublai Khan chose Yang Wen'an first, and then Yang Wen'an killed Yang Dayuan. It's not after Yang Dayuan's death that he decides who will be in command."

"When you put it that way, it makes Yang Daji even more stupid. Everyone has already made an agreement, but he still wants to fight."

What Zhang Jue cares about is the change of the enemy's coach along the way in northern Shaanxi.

Li Xia cared more about other things, and just nodded on this topic with a "hmm".

Zhang Jue said again: "I bet right, it really was Yang Wen'an who did it."

"Huh? Aren't you Yang Daji who gambled?"

"Did you forget? I changed the answer to Yang Wen'an."

"Is it still interesting to bet three shares?"

"No matter how many copies I bet, I did win the bet."

"I didn't say anything about the bet..."

The tone was originally a joke between friends, but at this point, Li Xia thought of something, and his tone hesitated.

He lightly tapped on the armrest, and said after deliberation: "You said, Kublai Khan changed his country name, and he must have started to add more officials and ranks. Are our people envious?"

Zhang Jue withdrew his smile, waved his hands, and said seriously, "I'm not taking this opportunity to ask you for a title."

"I know."

"It's just a joke. It's rare for you to come here. I'm so happy that I forgot how to measure it."

Zhang Jue never talked about his anguish on the frontier.

All his distress is only expressed in this overly cheerful joke.

Li Xia said: "I know, I'm asking you, do you think the generals on our side are also envious of the princes and princes?"

"I am envious." Zhang Jue said frankly, "Yang Wen'an is only so old, and he holds the Golden Tiger Talisman and is called the Marshal of the capital. It is no wonder that he will serve Kublai Khan wholeheartedly. "

"The battle in Guanzhong was not easy for us. The soldiers may be satisfied with military rewards, but how to reward the generals for their military exploits is a difficult problem."

"Kublai Khan can confer the hereditary marshal of the capital, but you can't. You are still the Pingling County King of the Song Dynasty, and you only have the right to recommend, not the right to make officials."

"Well, the disadvantage in this respect is too great."

"But there are some things you can do, but Kublai Khan can't." Zhang Jue raised his hand and pointed to the north, and said: "I am not in the same way as those people, and I am not asking for these things."

"I know."

"You don't know, in the past year, the north has sent envoys to recruit me five times. If I nodded and agreed, I would have already had what Yang Wen'an wanted. But I didn't come to this Yan'an mansion to beg for a Mongolian prince. Yes. You and I have agreed a long time ago to restore the Han and Tang Dynasties."

Zhang Jue spoke clumsily, chanting the four characters "Han and Tang Xiongfeng", savoring them like tasting wine, and finally said: "One family, one surname, occupying a small town, also known as the chief of the army and the people, also known as the marquis, just a local rich man , some people only see the pitiful and ridiculous rich man in their life, and are they worthy of comparing with the ambitions of our tens of thousands of Han men?"

He was still angry at Hao Tianyi's sarcasm just now.

Because Hao Tianyi is not even qualified to ridicule him.

Li Xia looked at Zhang Jue, smiled, and said, "Not everyone thinks so."

"You can show them the way, can't you?"

"Too."

"I believe that there must be many, many people in the world who are as determined to revitalize this kind of world where barbarians are raging."

Li Xia said to himself: "We need to give them more confidence."

Zhang Jue said: "I only care about fighting. As for how to give others confidence, you can think about it slowly."

"Yes, this is a political war. You fight the war, I fight the political war."

Li Xia agreed, and after thinking for a while, he talked about more practical topics.

"Do you despise Yang Wen'an?"

"No." Zhang Jue said: "I have to say that Kublai Khan has a good eye for selection. Yang Wen'an has not only inherited Yang Dayuan's strategic talents, but also is even braver. Young people are full of vigor, how dare I underestimate Yang Wen'an?"

"I mean, you can underestimate him." Li Xia said, "If you feel homesick, you can take advantage of these few months to go back and have a look. Let him feel that you despise him."

Zhang Jue cheered up, thought for a while, and said, "I'm afraid that kid won't be easily fooled."

"Prepare for a rainy day. If you look down on the enemy for a year or so, he will get used to it no matter how unbelieved. Also, we have no preferential treatment for Yang Daji today, and he may repeat..."

"I understand, but for the time being, Yang Daji is needed to attract people's hearts."

"Well, no hurry."

"I'm afraid they wouldn't have thought that we would start planning so early."

"As long as he can bear his temper, even if he builds those cities into tortoise shells, there will always be a chance to fight back."

"..."

The candles were changed twice, and the two in the hall talked to the end. Li Xia glanced at the sky and said, "It's almost there."

Zhang Jue asked, "Are you leaving now?"

"When you attacked Saimenzhai at night, I received an urgent letter and I had to go back to deal with it."

"The Mongolian army counterattacked? Tongguan?"

Li Xia didn't hide anything from Zhang Jue, and said in a deep voice, "Chongqing...reinforcements from the imperial court have arrived."

"Reinforcement? Support Chongqing? At this time?"

"They are confronting us at Kuimen."

Zhang Jue's face turned ugly, and he said, "What does the imperial court mean?"

"It's normal. When Li Fen rebelled, the imperial court also took over Haizhou and Lianzhou. For the same reason, if you want to take over Kuizhou and Wanzhou this time, you don't have to favor one over the other. You don't have to worry about it."

"Okay, so you're really leaving? Don't take a rest?"

"No, prepare a carriage, the same goes for resting on the road."

"It can knock your bones apart."

"fine."

Li Xia got up and went out, thinking that no matter how hard the journey was, it would only take a few days, and it would not be as hard as these soldiers guarding the border.

Zhang Jue went out of the city to see them off, his face was less of the joke these days, and it was a little bit more frosty.

The two talked all night, and there was not much to say along the way.

Only when the city gate was opened, it happened to see a round of sun rising slowly from the east.

"It's really a great river and mountain."

"My generation is incompetent, and the great rivers and mountains are still reduced to dust."

"This time the Hulu failed to defeat us, sooner or later we will be able to make the Northern Expedition."

Zhang Jue stopped in his tracks and said, "I forgot to say last night that with me, the Northern Expedition is more useful than any high-ranking official."

"Okay, but we'll have to wait."

These words are not domineering at all.

They have ambitions, but they are still far from success, and they have to endure.

Li Xia raised his hand, stopped Zhang Jue from sending him off, and went straight into the carriage.

The bedding in the carriage was thick, but there were still some bumps. Li Xia rested his head on his pillow, thinking about his trip to Yan'an.

The trip to Yan'an didn't seem to be a disadvantage, but Li Xia came in person, and he still couldn't win over Yang Dayuan and his troops.

However, Kublai Khan only issued an order to change the title of the country, which actually stabilized the fluctuating situation of people's hearts after the failure of the army and the hasty withdrawal of troops.

In other places, the degree of Kublai Khan's respect for the scholars may not decline but rise.

Because he is about to establish the Yuan Dynasty.

Regardless of whether the south accepts it or not, after the Kingdom of Jin, there will be another legal dynasty in the Central Plains.

This will actually have a great impact and blow to Li Xia's power.

The adherents of the Kingdom of Jin have always been an indispensable part of Li Xia's forces. Han Chengxu and Yang Guo were his initial supporters, including the relatives and old friends they recruited. Lian Xixian, Zhang Hongdao, Liu Yuanzhen and others are also considered adherents of the Kingdom of Jin .

The Han people in the Central Plains have a deep understanding of the brutality of the Mongolian army. Some people actually hate the brutality of the Mongolian army more than the Song people, but they have to succumb.They suffered more, and their hope for the unification of the world was higher than that of the Song people who enjoyed peace and tranquility.

But on the other hand, their ancestors lived under the rule of Liao and Jin, and they had a high degree of acceptance of Sinicized alien dynasties.

Unlike Zhang Jue, who were born in the Song Dynasty, they were the most resolute in fighting against the Hulu.

Kublai Khan's change of country name was not only to stabilize the Han people in the Central Plains, but also to prevent Li Xia from taking the opportunity to stir up people's hearts. It was also a counterattack to Li Xia's forces, a political counterattack.

It was originally Li Xia who wanted to disintegrate the "Monan Mongolian regime", but it became a contest between the "Great Yuan Dynasty" and "Song State officials" for the hearts and minds of the Central Plains.

Kublai Khan didn't need to seek victory. In the situation where both sides were unable to send troops to attack, as long as he remained stable, he would be able to pacify Brother Ali in a year or two, and when he looked back, he would still be able to suppress Li Xia with his national power.

Political stability is the foundation and premise of all development, and a turbulent regime can do nothing.

Since it is a dispute between the two countries, it cannot be lost on the battlefield, let alone in politics.

A response must be made, but how to deal with it cannot be discussed in the Yan'an Mansion, so it is necessary to rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible.

The problem that made Li Xia even more troublesome was that Kublai Khan was about to establish the Great Yuan, and the Song court took advantage of the situation and began to seize Kuimen.

The foreign captives have just retreated, and they are still eyeing them; the internal troubles have arisen again, and they are aggressive.

It seems that he is sure that he, a courtier of the Song Dynasty, is easy to bully...

(End of this chapter)