Chapter 623: Year Name (Additional update for the leader "Dark Blood Little Rye")

It’s the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, and another new year is approaching.

For Hanzhong and even Sichuan and Sichuan, this year is a good year.

Hu Ma retreated, Hanzhong was recovered, and the imperial court moved the population from the mountain cities, indicating that there might be no more wars in Sichuan and Shu in the future.

In October, I heard that the Mongolian army was marching out of the Five Feet Road to relieve the enemy from the southwest. However, within two months, Li Jieshuai returned to Shu, and the Mongolian army in Dali retreated again.

"The imperial court is going to negotiate peace with Mongolia", this is what many people think in their hearts.

I don’t blame them, it’s just that the Song Dynasty was far from likely to be able to destroy Mongolia. Looking at the old affairs of Liao and Jin, if they wanted to avoid war, they could only make peace.

Ordinary people just want to live a good life and feel full of joy if they can live a good year.

Since the beginning of winter, all states and counties have expanded the size of Salesian offices.

The Salesian Bureau was one of the late emperor's benevolent policies, providing relief to abandoned babies and orphans.

This winter, Sichuan and Shu also set up stoves at the Salesian Bureau and distributed clothes to prevent people from freezing to death.

After Li Xia returned to Sichuan, the first principle he passed on to all states and counties was that no deaths from freezing would be allowed, and this would be included in the merit examination of officials in various places.

All in all, the people in Sichuan can feel this change, and as long as people feel that life is getting better, they have hope...

In Hanzhong City, the atmosphere of the New Year is already very strong.

In the whole city, Li Xia seems to be the only one who is still thinking hard.

It's not that others don't want to share their worries for him, almost everyone in Shuai's family cares about him.

But it is impossible for others to clearly foresee the future situation, and they will inevitably think that civil strife has begun in Mongolia. There are various possibilities.

And their eyes can be seen everywhere, Sichuan and Shu are working hard to govern.

Only Li Xia was convinced that Kublai Khan was rising unstoppably.

He has an insight into this trend, so he has a sense of urgency that no one can wait for the time.

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"Why does Commander-in-Chief have to think about trying to get through now? Everything takes time."

On this day, Hao Xiuyang and Li Xia came down from the barren hills of the Bashan Mountains in the south. They saw that Li Xia was thinking even while walking, so they couldn't help but give some advice.

"For example, if Jieshuai wants firearms, the old Taoist is not saying that he won't make them, but that it will take ten or twenty years of work..."

"I understand, Taoist Master tried his best." Li Xia said, "I was thinking about other things."

Of course he wants to have powerful firearms, how could he not?

Li Xia only knew the principles, or only half-understood the principles, and he had already told Hao Xiuyang all about them.

Hao Xiuyang even supplemented the principles for him.

The problem is that principles alone cannot compress the productivity and industrial system from hundreds of years to three to five years, especially the current situation in Sichuan and Shu.

Having said "ten or twenty years of work", what else could Li Xia ask for, and what else could he ask for himself?

This is not something he can learn over again. What he can still learn now is politics, strategy, art of war, etc. This is where he still has room for improvement...

"In terms of firearms or craftsmanship, we will definitely be able to defeat the Mongols." Li Xia said, "I didn't force it."

Hao Xiuyang said: "This is exactly what the old Taoist said. The old Taoist will slowly ponder over the many methods of Jieshuai, but he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry...Li Jieshuai can't just rely on the old Taoist."

"Yes, slowly, this aspect will become our strength, I understand. What I am thinking about is how to make up for our shortcomings."

"Then I don't have to worry about it anymore, Commander-in-Chief can think about it himself." Hao Xiuyang stroked his beard and smiled.

Li Xia also smiled and helped Hao Xiuyang down the mountain with his own hands.

After visiting Bashan that day, he already understood his longboard and knew that he couldn't ask for more.

Next, there are other aspects to consider.

…

It was almost evening when we returned to the Marshal's Mansion. A maid from the back house came to tell Li Xia that his wife and concubines were making dumplings and wanted him to come back.

Li Xia really wanted to go, so he suppressed the urge in his heart and went to the front office first.

He pushed open the bookcase, opened the hidden bricks on the wall, and took out the plan for this plot.

The general outline of this plan was drawn up when I returned to Hanzhong.

It has been nearly 20 days since I returned. Combining the intelligence of the enemy and ourselves, it is necessary to start revising and making up for it.

Li Xia didn't let anyone come over, he sharpened the ink alone, and then picked up the pen.

Judging from the situation, Kublai Khan had more than 100,000 cavalry in Guanzhong, but the Song army in Sichuan and Sichuan could only mobilize a few thousand to attack, and they would not be able to defeat them in plain battle no matter what.

Moreover, based on recent observations of Hanzhong's military strength, it cannot be improved in the short term.

However, the enemy can be weakened.

There is still an army of more than 100,000 under Ali Buge in Liupan Mountain.

The swords are at war, and what they are looking for is an opportunity when the two tigers are fighting...

Li Xia's writing was like flying. After a long time, he finished writing, dried the ink, and put it back into the hidden grid.

When I opened the door and left the public room, it was completely dark.

He glanced up, observed the terrain in the front yard, and then walked to the back house.

The front office of the handsome manor occupies a vast area, and after walking for a long time, I looked up again and saw that there was a high wall between the front office and the backyard, with only a small door for entry and exit.

Thoughts flashed in his eyes, he walked into the side hall and saw four wives and concubines making dumplings. Han Qiaoer and Nian'er's faces were covered with flour, obviously they had been having a fight.

Seeing that Li Xia finally came back, laughter immediately broke out.

Li Xia and Gao Mingyue looked at each other and smiled.

"By the way, after the Chinese New Year, more guards must be added to the back house..."

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The New Year passed in a blink of an eye.

This year has different meanings for the Song Dynasty and Monan Mongolia than in previous years.

In the Song Dynasty, because the new emperor ascended the throne, the reign name was changed to "Xianding".

Therefore, on the first day of the first lunar month, south of the Huaihe River in the Qinling Mountains, it was the first year of Xianding in the Song Dynasty.

In the north, the gentry and the common people were very fond of this year's reign.

This is the first year of their unification.

In the past twenty-six years, some northerners have always used the reign name of the Jin Dynasty, such as "Tianxing so-and-so year"; most of them said "Wokuotai Khan so-and-so year" or "Mengge Khan so-and-so year"

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Things were different in the year of Zhongtong. There was a dynasty.

The dynasty represents order, and no matter how unfair the order is, it is far better than no order at all.

When there was no order, the foreign butcher's knife was the king's law. But now with "Tiaoge", no matter how unfair it is, it has replaced the butcher's knife and become the king's law.

Only people from the North can understand the difference.

When the emperor's imperial decree came to Yanjing and spread the imperial edict to the world, countless gentry burst into tears.

They still have more hope.

If you want to change the country's name, don't rush. Once the rebellion in Mobei is suppressed, the country's name will be changed.

If you want to be more like a Han dynasty, don’t worry, the eldest son of the emperor has been named King of Yan...

For well-informed people, this makes them even more happy.

Zhenjin, the eldest son of the emperor, was taught by Yao Shu since he was a child, and he cultivated his virtues with the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules, as well as the mottos of sages. Later, Dou Mo took over as a teacher and was enlightened by the "Book of Filial Piety".

principle...

Just mentioning the name of the country and the prince advocating Sinology gave the people of the north a lot of expectations for this nascent empire in the next ten or several decades.

Just wait until Your Majesty defeats the traitor Ali Buge.

For them, it is foreseeable that——

After the Tang Dynasty, there will finally be another prosperous dynasty that will unify the world...

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"This is just for you."

"Does Marshal Li Jie know history? After the Five Husties devastated China, why did the world still have the Han system? Why did the Sui and Tang Dynasties still have the heyday of unification?" Jia Hou raised his hand and pointed to the north, making a sound.

This day was the Lantern Festival, and Jia Hou arrived in Hanzhong again to discuss with Li Xia the marriage between the Liu and Li families.

But when they entered the lobby of the mansion, their birthdays and horoscopes had not yet been exchanged, Jia Hou first mentioned the hearts of the people in the world.

When he asked a question at this time, he didn't even wait for Li Xia to answer, and he started talking non-stop.
To be continued...