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Chapter 888
When Li Zhaocheng was so frightened by the snakes all over the ground that he couldn't speak, the elderly Yang Qixin looked very calm.

Instead of retreating, he took a step forward, pointed at Li Xia who was covered in mud, and said sternly: "Why doesn't your majesty care about your body so much?!"

As Yang Qixin said, he glared at the soldiers around him again, and shouted: "Don't you put on the king's clothes?!"

No one answered, the soldiers of the Frontier Battalion had already stood on the shore, all of them looked indifferent.

Until Li Xia beckoned slightly, someone brought clear water over immediately.

While wiping, Li Xia said, "Mr. Yang, if you have something urgent, just talk about it. I'll listen."

But Yang Qixin was not in a hurry to say what he wanted to report face-to-face, he blew his beard and stared, and said: "The king of Qin is in danger in Sichuan and Shaanxi, how can he enter the water in this midwinter, and if he catches typhoid fever, how many major events will be delayed?"

Although his tone was critical of Li Xia, his expression was concerned.There is not only the earnestness of the ministers who are trying to persuade them, but also the sternness of the elders in the family when they discipline the younger ones.

"Don't worry, Mr. Yang." Li Xia said, "He has a good physique and is not easy to get sick."

He wanted to take this matter lightly, and after he agreed like this, he said: "Come today, did I tell Mr. Yang to write the article?"

Obviously, Yang Qixin still had something to say, but after King Qin asked, he had no choice but to take out a folder from his sleeve again, and replied: "Yes, please read it, Your Majesty, this is what I wrote to refute Kublai Khan." The way of China is the article of the doctrine of the Lord of China."

Li Xia wiped his hands, put on his clothes, raised his hand, and led Yang Qixin to the tent, reading the article in his hand while walking.

"Sure enough, it's Tanhualang, Mr. Yang is very good at writing Fu."

Having said that, he closed the folder in his hand again, pondered for a moment and then changed the topic.

"But I'm afraid Mr. Yang didn't understand what I mean...Let's put it this way, Hao Jing's argument for Kublai Khan is not for learning, he is trying to win over Han scholars and officials. In the same way, I want Mr. Yang to write articles not for To discuss the right and wrong of this matter, but to promote my ethnic policy."

"Your Majesty is saying that this article is not well written?"

"The article is well written, but you didn't understand what I meant. To put it simply, I want you to help me tell the world that we are one country, and whether they are Mongolians, Uyghurs, Muslims, or Shah Tuo people? This is just a difference between nations, and nations belong to the state.”

When Li Xia said this, he picked up a branch and drew a circle on the ground, and said: "What we have to do is to make this truth clear, to circle all ethnic groups in and become the people under our rule."

"This……"

"Kublai Khan said that he is the Lord of China, which means that he, the Mongolian Khan, is going to 'include' us. Now it's time for me to make my point. I am the Lord of China, and China includes Mongolia. I am not trying to Kublai Khan said, but to fight with him. I need to let the herdsmen know that the Great Khan does not have to be born only in the golden family, and I can also be their Great Khan..."

Yang Qixin hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "Could it be that the king is saying that Kublai Khan dared to fight for the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, but the king wants to compete with him for the orthodoxy of the grassland?"

"Probably that's what it means." Li Xia said: "Prairie people don't talk about orthodoxy, but only about interests and beliefs. I can call myself 'Khan of Heaven' to them. Then, where does the orthodoxy of Khan of Heaven come from? What about our subjects? Look at it? Can you not call it 'Heavenly Khan' but directly allow all ethnic groups to recognize the monarch? This is what you have to sort out for me."

Yang Qixin didn't quite agree with Li Xia's point of bringing Yi and Di into China, and he didn't want to write such an article, so he cupped his hands and persuaded: "Your Majesty, Yi and Di can't be governed by China, just like animals... "

Li Xia said: "Use the Xia to change the barbarians, and use etiquette to assimilate the barbarians. This is what Mencius said, isn't it?"

"Yi and Di are not my race, so their hearts must be different..."

"I know the truth. I want to argue with Kublai Khan, not with you." Li Xia raised his hand, stopped Yang Qixin from speaking, and said, "If Mr. Yang can't write it, it's the same if I ask someone else to write it. of."

"The king's words are serious, the article can be written. It's just... it doesn't seem like the time to do these things right now?"

"Why not?"

"I personally think that the king still puts the most emphasis on governing Sichuan and Shaanxi."

Yang Qixin said it very euphemistically.

He doesn't think Li Xia needs a system of orthodoxy to face all ethnic groups now.

Based on the current situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi, we should accumulate strength and wait for the next Mongolian army to invade.

As for the others, he probably won't see them in his lifetime...

"No, I will need this orthodoxy soon." Li Xia said, "I don't hope that when there are Mongolian tribes considering whether to surrender, we don't have a formed concept to recruit them."

"Soon? Mongolian people?"

Yang Qixin instantly became vigilant.

He looked around again at the soldiers of the selection camp by the Furong Pool, doubts appeared in his eyes.

After thinking for a while, Yang Qixin's expression became serious, he bowed again, and said: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask you a question."

This is the first time he has surrendered to Li Xia.

He was a Jinshi of the Great Song Dynasty, but he was left in Chang'an helplessly. Seeing King Qin fighting hard, he really has the potential to rise.Then for the unification of the world, for the safety of his children and grandchildren, he can assist Li Xia.But Ben still thought that the old body has not been around for a few years anyway, so it is better to keep the courtiers of the Song Dynasty.

Today I finally couldn't help but want to persuade him, but this "Chen" showed that he was really thinking of him from Li Xia's point of view.

"I have to ask the king, why do you not care about people's livelihood and government affairs, but wrestle with warriors in this abandoned garden every day?"

Li Xia was silent for a while, feeling that the "unintentional people's livelihood and government affairs" was a bit harsh.

He never dozed off every time he discussed matters, and he listened carefully to his ministers about people's livelihood and government affairs.

Seeing that Li Xia didn't answer, Yang Qixin saluted again, and said: "Today King Qin Township has four thousand miles of rivers and mountains, and is admired by four million living Li, but he still personally controls a hundred warriors. Isn't it because he cares about the small and loses the big? As for the Mongolian tribe What are you talking about? What does the king want to do? Could it be that he wants to lead these hundred people to Hetao or the Western Regions?"

After all, Tanhualang is Tanhualang, and with just a few words, it seems that he has guessed exactly what Li Xia was thinking.

This is a rare question.

It's not that Li Xia's prestige has declined, but that these scholar-bureaucrats did not regard Li Xia as a monarch in the past, but now they regard Li Xia as a monarch, so they have new requirements.

Not only Yang Qixin, but many officials in Chang'an saw that Li Xia was always practicing the selection camp these days, and they were always worried that Li Xia would suddenly bring these people to the enemy's territory one day.

Li Xia looked at Yang Qixin, smiled easily, and was about to answer, but a soldier came running quickly and whispered in Li Xia's ear: "My lord, the Military Intelligence Department has urgently reported that the messenger is outside the stronghold."

"Let him come to see me."

After Li Xia gave the order, she raised her hand to signal Yang Qixin to step back first.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Qixin refused to leave, and cupped his hands to remonstrate, "Professionalism is more about diligence than playfulness! With the current situation in Guanzhong, I ask you, Your Majesty, to focus on the overall situation and not to waste any time in trying to be brave." .”

Li Xia looked at him for a while, and said, "Old Yang, step back first, and when we return to Chang'an City, let's sit down and talk in the council hall."

Li Zhaoxiang also wanted to persuade him, but Li Xia glanced at him, lowered his head, and obediently supported Yang Qixin to go out.

Yang Qixin was extremely reluctant, but since Li Xia issued a strict order, he had no choice but to leave first with a sigh.

Li Xia looked at their backs and took a few deep breaths.

After a while, a spy from the Military Intelligence Department stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, a letter from Baozhou..."

"Letter to me."

Li Xia opened the envelope, turned out the map while looking at it, and fell into deep thought.

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When Li Xia rode his horse away from the abandoned Furong Garden and returned all the way to Prince Qin's Mansion, he saw a group of officials standing in front of Zhu Hong's gate, all of them seemed a little excited.

"Mr. Han must persuade the king to come! The son of a daughter will not sit in the court..."

Yang Qixin was pulling Han Chengxu's sleeve and crying, as if he was complaining.

When everyone saw Li Xia riding back on horseback, they all stepped forward to salute.

"Your Majesty, I have something to ask to see you."

Li Xia got off his horse and glanced away, seeing Han Chengxu, Yang Guo, Han Qi'an, Li Ye, Li Yong, Wu Pu, Xi Jihu, Lu Xiufu, Dong Wenyong and others all coming, nodded and said: "Alright, Let’s talk in the hall, and you can feel at ease after explaining the matter clearly.”

The crowd followed Li Xia to the hall. Before they sat down, Han Chengxu said: "I heard that the king is practicing with the soldiers of the front camp? Wading in the mud, eating raw meat, drinking horse blood? The old minister remembers the old king They don’t even drink unboiled water.”

"Of course I don't want to drink unboiled water if conditions permit." Li Xia said: "But I've been thinking recently why the Mongolian army can march regardless of thousands of miles away, and every time we want to attack a place, the two words that can't be avoided are always 'food and grass' .”

He sat down on the main seat, flipped through the stack of books on the desk, and took out two books.

"Everyone has read "Black Tartar Stories" and "Mongtar Preparatory Records". The answer to the Mongolian march is not difficult to find, it's in it..."

These two books were written by Peng Daya 30 years ago and Zhao Gong 40 years ago after returning from his mission to Mongolia.The two books on Li Xia's desk had already been torn apart by him, and they were densely packed with notes.

"When the sheep are eaten up, they will shoot and hunt wild animals, and do not use fireworks. What I am afraid of is the word 'no fireworks'. The raw meat is ground under the saddle, and the taste is just right when you eat it. You can drink horse milk and blood, and you are very hungry. Rats can be eaten, and human flesh can be eaten. They don’t bring luggage, as long as they have horses that can run, they will never starve to death. The key to marching thousands of miles is to drink blood..."

"Your Majesty." Xi Jihu said: "The Mongolian army is the Mongolian army, but we Han men can defeat them without learning the style of barbarians."

"That's right. We Han men can defeat them. We have defeated them many times in Sichuan, Shu, and Guanlong over the years. But now I'm talking about the problem of marching. What I'm talking about is that we can't afford money and food to levy."

Han Qi'an immediately asked, "Where does Your Majesty want to conquer?"

"Don't be nervous, I can't conquer anywhere." Li Xia said: "Just got the news from the north that Kublai Khan has almost completely pacified the Mobei grassland, Brother Yixiang has reoccupied Hala and Lin, and Hedan has begun to march westward. Don't lose! In Bali, pursue Brother Ali. But Kublai Khan himself still stayed in Kaiping, and ordered Zheng Ding and Xi Lamangu to garrison Shanxi, Henan and other places."

"Since this is the case, I would like to ask the king, why did he train these one hundred warriors himself?"

Originally, everyone regarded the selection camp as Li Xia's personal pastime, but what Li Zhaocheng and Yang Qixin saw and heard today obviously scared them.

They could not help but completely turned against the matter.

"It's not a secret." Li Xia had already thought about it for a month, so he answered very frankly, "I invited Aluhu or Brother Alibu to form an alliance with me. It's as simple as that..."

(End of this chapter)