The boiled hot water was finally ready to drink. Yi Shiying took a sip from the tea cup and felt that it was burning from the throat to the heart.
Just like Li Xia's enthusiasm for the Song Dynasty.
This area in southern Shu was originally the defense line of the Changning Army. Before the Mongolian army attacked from Dali, the Changning Army did not have much defensive pressure.
Unexpectedly, the Mongolian army built Lingxiao City here, and the Qingfu Army gradually formed an army there.
Yi Shiying was worried about this, worried that Li Xia was young and energetic and would treat the soldiers as his own, and would not cooperate with the Changning army.
After spending so much money and food, they might even be trying to contain each other by fighting separately.
Unexpectedly, Li Xia actually had no taboo against him meddling in Qing Fu Army's business, and even offered to train together...
"The Qingfu Army has not long been established, and there is still a lot to learn, so I asked Yi Shouchen to pay more attention. Now that southern Shu is temporarily stable, we can first send some troops to Qingfu County for training, and then transport some supplies up the mountain before the New Year's Day.
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"In this case, wouldn't it mean that the Changning army eats and drinks from you?"
Li Xia raised the cup in his hand and said: "Today I also drank the water from the guardian's house. The kindness of the drop of water should be repaid by the spring."
In fact, these words were not funny at all, but the two of them clinked glasses and had a good time.
Just drinking boiled water gave me the atmosphere of good wine.
We discussed for a long time how to practice together. Time passed quickly and it was gradually reaching evening.
"Feiyu has economic talent. In just one year, Qingfu County has become increasingly prosperous, and its financial and material resources have far surpassed Changning County."
Yi Shiying's word "economy" actually refers to "economics of the country and the world", which is a high compliment.
Li Xia was ashamed and didn't dare to take the responsibility, and said: "It cannot be separated from the support of the court and the people. Southern Shu was first exposed to war, and many wealthy families donated... That's all. I told Yi Shouchen bluntly that I was an official for a short period of time, and there were many things I didn't do well.
Please forgive me for being safe."
This apology is deserved. Most of the Changning Army's military supplies come from Tuojing Supervisor. Li Xia's private salt business is getting bigger and bigger. To a certain extent, it actually embezzles the supplies of the Changning Army.
But Yi Shiying waved his hand and said: "If you don't want to talk about these things, we are all defending the country for the Song Dynasty. But I heard that Feiyu is opening up business routes with Dali?"
"yes."
"A few days ago, Qingfu County sent out laborers to blast the mountain with gunpowder and build a five-foot road?"
Li Xia nodded again.
This matter was arranged by him before he went north, and Li Yong and Han Chengxu did it together.
It is not that the entire Wuchi Road is so narrow and steep, but that some of the steep spots restrict its passage.
From the construction of Wuchi Road in the Qin Dynasty to the construction of the Nanyi Road in the Han and Jin Dynasties, and finally to the construction of the Shimen Road in the Tang Dynasty, this road has not been significantly repaired for more than 400 years.
Over the past four hundred years, gunpowder has been used, and the Qin people's arduous method of "burning rocks with firewood" is no longer needed.
Li Xia doesn't have the strength to rebuild the entire road for the time being, so he can only blow up the Qing Fu to the difficult part of Weining City in order to speed up the communication between the two places.
Unexpectedly, Yi Shiying shook his head and said: "This matter is not appropriate."
"I wonder what's wrong?"
Yi Shiying raised his finger and pointed, saying: "The purpose of building Lingxiao City is to occupy a dangerous place to resist the Mongolian army. Is there any reason to turn a dangerous place into a thoroughfare?"
Li Xiandao: "There is one thing I have never figured out. The Mongolian army invaded Dali, and it is said that 100,000 people died from miasma. This is just a boast, but Kublai Khan quickly returned north after capturing Dali. In recent years, Dali has
The Mongolian army fought fiercely with various tribes in the Yunnan region. They entered southern Sichuan and attacked Ziqi, Jiaozhi, and Luoshi Gui Kingdom. They suffered heavy casualties and left less than 10,000 people. Why did the imperial court spend so much effort building Lingxiao City instead of trying to counterattack Dali?
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"Isn't it easy? All the kings and ministers of Dali surrendered, and all the soldiers and generals have pledged their allegiance to Mongolia."
"However, the people of Dali have not yet surrendered. This year Shariputra rose up and gathered a crowd of 200,000 people. If we have the cooperation of the Song Dynasty officials and troops, we may not be able to expel the Mongolian army from the southwest."
Yi Shiying was silent for a while and then said slowly: "In the early years of the founding of the Song Dynasty, Wang Quanbin pacified Sichuan. He presented a map to the court and advised him to take advantage of the situation to seize the Dali Kingdom. At that time, Emperor Taizu held a jade ax and drew the map.
Dadu River, saying, 'I don't have anything else,' but in the past three hundred years, we, the Song Dynasty, have never sent troops to Dali."
"Isn't it absurd not to send troops because of the instructions of our ancestors? Now Dali is under the rule of Mongolia..."
"There is a reason for this. Emperor Taizu was actually concerned about the affairs between Tang and Nanzhao. Nanzhao attached itself to Tang and rebelled against Tang repeatedly, and even once conquered Chengdu. Tang Daxing sent troops to attack Nanzhao, destroying both countries, and thus the disaster of Tang was based on
Nanzhao's theory. Why? Because the terrain in southern Yunnan is steep..."
"The terrain in southern Yunnan is steep? Why are the Mongolian troops not afraid of the steep terrain..."
"Such major matters are decided by the officials and the princes of the temple, not by you and me as local officials..."
After the two interrupted each other for a few words, Li Xia suddenly said: "The Han Dynasty learned about building boats, the Tang Dynasty marked iron pillars, the Song Dynasty wielded jade axes, and Meng Meng crossed leather bags... After all, this is the weakness in the bones of the Song Dynasty court.
And don’t think about making progress.”
Yi Shiying was stunned.
He was really stunned. He didn't expect that Li Xia would suddenly say such treacherous words.
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The so-called "Han Xiu Tower Boat", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent troops to conquer the southwest, but was blocked by the Erhai Lake, and the indigenous people were familiar with water warfare. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty imitated the Dian Lake in Chang'an, dug out a "Kunming Lake" water training division, and finally sent Guo Chang to lead the army.
In Dian, Yizhou County was established to rule Yunnan.
The so-called "Tang Biao Iron Pillar", when the Tang Dynasty and Tubo competed for the Sichuan border and the Erhai Lake, Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty sent Tang Jiuzheng as a counterattack envoy to destroy the Tubo castle and cut off the passage between Tubo and the Erhai Lake. The Tang army won a great victory and a stone monument was built to commemorate the Tang Dynasty's war.
Effective governance of the Erhai region.
The so-called "Leather Bag" refers to Kublai Khan's southern expedition to Dali. After crossing the Dadu River, he was blocked by the Jinsha River. He ordered his soldiers to kill cattle and sheep, blow the skins of the cattle and sheep into leather bags, and forcefully cross the river.
The strength of the Han and Tang dynasties, as well as the strength of Mongolia, were first of all due to this indomitable determination and unstoppable domineering power.
Only the Song Dynasty wielded jade axes to draw the Dadu River, and I don’t have any others, so the southwest was blocked from reaching Zhongzhou for three hundred years.
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Yi Shiying knew all these allusions, but this was the first time he heard someone compare them to them. In contrast to the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty seemed so pitiful and pitiful.
The phrase "weakness in the bones and lack of ambition to make progress" is harsh and shocking.
It took a long time for Yi Shiying to react and suddenly threw down the water glass in his hand.
"Boom!"
Amidst the noise, the scalding hot water spilled all over the floor.
Just like Li Xia's enthusiasm for the Song Dynasty.
"Li Feiyu! Shut up!"
Li Xia did not hold his tongue, and asked slowly: "In view of the disasters of Tang and Nanzhao, we did not take the southwest. So in view of the shame of Jingkang, should we not even take Heluo?"
"You are too presumptuous! Why don't you shut up?! Cough cough cough... cough..."
"Yi Shouchen worked hard and worked hard to build Lingxiao City. The mountain is high and dangerous. Even hundreds of thousands of Mongolian troops may not be able to capture it. But what's the use? Is it really worth the Mongolian army's relief?
Can you really protect Sichuan and Shu?"
Yi Shiying was so angry that he coughed loudly and his eyes were red. He looked at Li Xia, shook his head and said: "You are young...cough...don't dare to make unreasonable comments about the imperial government...complaining too much will ruin your future...
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Li Xia seemed not to have heard anything and continued: "With the steepness of this place and the bravery of the army and the people, maybe Lin'an City will be captured and Lingxiao City will still stand, but it will only be able to defend it, but it will not be able to defend the country."
"Li Feixia...you've had enough!"
Yi Shiying stood up, forced to stop coughing, and almost touched Li Xia's nose with his finger.
"Don't let me hear another false comment. Stop building the Five Feet Road. Otherwise, once the Mongolian army enters Shu, you won't be able to bear it!"
He may have regarded Li Xia as a loyal minister who dared to speak out and remonstrated, and he wanted to say some harsh words. Even though he was angry, it would not be detrimental to Li Xia.
"Stay in Lingxiao City and reflect! I will let you go down the mountain after you figure out where you went wrong!"
After saying this, Yi Shiying strode out of the door...
Li Xia was sitting alone in the room, looking calm.
He did not say this out of anger, but deliberately angered Yi Shiying in order to plant seeds in his heart.
It doesn't matter if he gets angry again. When all his inferences today come true, Yi Shiying will suddenly realize that this young man has such a far-sighted vision and his predictions are so accurate.
When he gets through Dali, Yi Shiying will find out who was wrong about the Five Feet Road thing.
One thing, two things... Maybe one day, Yi Shiying can recall this conversation...
Li Xia actually didn't want to plot against Yi Shiying.
It was on the Five Feet Road that we first met each other. Although Yi Shiying was also elegant at that time, he was majestic. In just one year, he had become very thin in order to build the Lingxiao City.
Li Xia respects him.
But I also pity him for putting all his loyalty and courage on this poor Lingxiao City, trapped by a court that has no pioneering heart and foresight.
From a champion's point of view, winning respect is good, but winning is even better.
"Let's win together." Li Xia picked up the broken pottery on the ground and murmured... We provide you with the fastest update of the final Song Dynasty, Chapter 401 Song wields the jade ax for free reading.