In the evening, Li Xiazheng and Han Chengxu were inspecting a pond on North Street of Hanzhong City, preparing to build a large academy here.
"How about calling it 'Lotus Pond Academy'?" Han Chengxu pointed to the lotus leaves in the pond.
Li Xia didn't care about these minor details. He pointed at the terrain and put forward his ideas while planning the layout.
"A few acres of fields will be opened next to this pond for the purpose of teaching agriculture. The method of 'fruit trees and crops' that I mentioned last time needs to be tried by more people. The method of preventing and controlling chicken fever and swine fever also needs to be tried.
You have to study... In this way, a place will be opened here for the purpose of teaching medicine...
"To sum up, what our academy needs to teach cannot just be scholars who are seeking official positions, or in other words, those who seek official positions cannot only be good at articles. Today's literati in the Song Dynasty are not pedantic, they have extensive knowledge and know a lot, but they are too comprehensive.
Okay. If the cultural and educational resources are limited, they can be divided into different categories..."
After saying this, Liu Jinsuo came running quickly over there.
"Commander, send me there!"
Li Xia nodded and asked, "How many people arrived today?"
"Thirty-seven, they are all young officials and Jinshi." Liu Jinsuo said: "They are all squeamish. Walking two miles to cry for father and mother, they are not as good as my Liu Niang."
"Give me the list."
"Here... they are clamoring to go to the administrative office to serve, and some say they want to see the commander-in-chief. The noise is causing a headache."
Li Xia read the list, and asked people to move the official documents and files from these places, and asked Liu Jinsuo to bring them to the camp for the officials to deal with.
Now is the time to employ people, and there is no reason to provide for idle people.
"You must not treat them harshly. Just say that I will go to see them after all the officials have arrived."
"How can a general treat them harshly?" Liu Jinsuo said happily, "Since you are going to the battlefield, you have to practice hard. You will sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war..."
Before he finished speaking, someone came over from the other side and reported: "Commander, the new transfer envoy has arrived."
Li Xia nodded and looked at Han Chengxu.
Han Chengxu said: "Since Shi Gong has arrived, Alang should go and greet him personally..."
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In recent years, many people have become aware of Li Xia's name. After reviewing several past battles, they also attribute Wu Liang Hetai's death to Li Xia.
But speaking of it, Li Xia just picked off someone's head.
In the battle of Mahujiang, the real hero was Shi Jun.
After Zhang Shi's defeat, no one expected that Shi Jun would dare to lead only 3,000 men out of the city and attack Wu Lianghetai's army at the tail end... and win.
Unbelievable?
Of course it’s unbelievable, even Shi Jun himself never thought he could win.
He was just ready to die.
After the great victory, Shi Jun did not immediately order the pursuit of Wu Liang Hetai, because he was not sure of victory and had planned to annihilate one hundred thousand enemies.
Wu Lianghetai was also completely stunned. The proud soldiers were defeated and the morale of the army was in chaos.
So Li Xia used the madness of "I saved an extra life anyway" to bite Wu Liang Hetai like a bereaved dog.
Tracing back to the roots, this lost dog was beaten out by Shi Jun.
…
Li Xia also knew that Sichuan and Shu had been experiencing difficult wars in recent years.
It was Shi Jun, Pu Zezhi, Wang Jian, Zhang Jue... even Zhang Shi, Yang Li, Duan Yuanjian, Wang Zuo and other people he had never even met who were struggling to support him.
Li Xia never meant anything, he just followed these people, learned and assisted them.
Finally, after they collapsed from exhaustion, he expanded the victory a little bit.
Then, he relied on traitors and concubines to add the title of Commander of Shu to his head.
Li Xia doesn't feel guilty because he still has to continue doing things.
But after all, he knew that the people who resisted the invincible Mongolian army and created this miracle were not themselves at all from the beginning to the end.
Li Xia has always had respect for these people.
Including Shi Jun...
~~
Shi Jun stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his hands, looking at Hanzhong City in front of him with a complicated look in his eyes.
This is not his first time here.
Nine years ago, he followed Yu Jie to the north and almost recaptured Hanzhong...
"Dong Weng, it seems that Li Jieshuai personally came out of the city to greet you."
Staff member Li Tonghe reminded him, interrupting Shi Jun's emotion.
Shi Jun squinted his eyes and looked at Wangjiangmen, and sure enough he saw Li Xia's guard of honor.
There was no fanfare at all, just some flags, gongs, cards, gourds, and moon axes lined up to show the presence of the Shu Commander.
"Dong Weng." Li Tonghe whispered again: "Do you still remember the first time you met Li Jieshuai?"
"How could I forget?" Shi Jun sighed.
To be honest, since he became an official, he has met many subordinates, and Li Xia is the most impressive one.
Outstanding appearance, young age, traitorous party member...
Li Tonghe had a worried look in his eyes and said: "At that time, Li Jieshuai was first appointed as the captain of Qingfu County. He went to Xuzhou to meet Dong Weng, but Dong Weng didn't give him a good look. Later, Dong Weng defeated Wu Liang Hetai, and Li Jieshuai couldn't help it.
He obeyed military orders and pursued the enemy without authorization. Dong Weng even impeached him..."
At this point, Li Tonghe's voice gradually became lower.
"Times have changed, and he has become a superior. Cheng Xianggong has resigned as prime minister. Dong Weng has no one to rely on in the court. He is afraid that he cannot afford to offend Li Jieshuai."
Shi Jun said: "What does Yizhai want to say?"
"For a while, please Dong Weng put down some airs..."
Shi Jun put his hands behind his hands and said nothing, watching the river boat gradually approaching the shore. Gu Gu
This situation makes me feel embarrassed...
~~
Han Chengxu stood behind Li Xia.
Watching Shi Jun's river boat approaching, he remembered a small thing.
When he accompanied Li Xia to meet Shi Jun, he once reminded him that "Alang's attitude was a bit high in front of Zhizhou."
Thinking about it now, was Li Xia's attitude really high at that time?
It's nothing more than unwillingness to accommodate.
In fact, Shi Jun is a loyal and upright man, so why does he care whether Li Xia flatters him or not?
In the past three years, Li Xia, from a county lieutenant to a commander-in-chief, has always focused on business.
Official flattery is useful to others, but does Li Xia really need it?
This kind of attitude towards doing things will eventually emerge slowly over time...
At this time, Han Chengxu looked sideways and saw that Li Xia's figure was still upright, and his face still had that neither humble nor arrogant expression.
When he was the county captain, he did not bow to the governor of Xuzhou. Now that he is the commander of Shu, he will not be arrogant or rude to the governor.
…
"A direct bachelor of Weiyou Pavilion, the transfer envoy of Lizhou East Road, and the promotion of horse buying on Shaanxi and other roads, Shi Jun, I have seen Jieshuai."
"Shi Zhuanshi is so polite." Li Xia hurriedly stepped forward to help Shi Jun and said: "The Caosi Yamen has been cleaned up. We are just waiting for Shi Zhuanshi to take charge. Please come."
"Commander please."
Neither of them cared much about red tape, and didn't mention much about what happened back then, and walked straight into the city.
"I have been in Lin'an for a long time, and my muscles and bones are loose. I wonder if Commander-in-Chief can safely leave the political affairs to me?"
"Now Hanzhong is full of wastes waiting to be revitalized. I have been looking forward to the transfer of history for a long time." Li Xia said: "Many things need to be handled by the transfer of history. Although the two taxes have been exempted for three years, merchants are blocked..."
Shi Jun felt that Li Xia had no intention of embarrassing him, and finally relaxed.
The two of them didn't chat, they talked about official business all the time.
Neither of them had any intention of increasing their friendship, but they had a tacit understanding that they planned to work together to govern Hanzhong.
Arriving at Caosi, Shi Jun finally discovered something.
"Commander Jie, this time the imperial court transferred more than 500 people to Shu at once. I was delayed for several days looking for staff. No officials have arrived yet?"
Li Xia said: "I am about to discuss this matter with Envoy Shi Zhuan... In two days, I plan to take these young officials to Dashan Pass."
"Dasanguan?"
Li Xia said: "How can you be a good official in Sichuan and Shu if you have never seen a Mongolian?"
Shi Jun was speechless, thought for a moment, and nodded.
"That's fine."
Li Xia smiled and said: "In this case, Hanzhong also invites the transfer envoy to be in charge."
He certainly had no intention of taking Shi Jun to practice. This was the first civilian official he had ever seen defeat the Mongolian army.
I only hope that those civil servants from the south of the Yangtze River can grow into one after another as soon as possible...
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To the west of the city is the Zhenxi Army Barracks.
"We want to see Li Jieshuai! We want to see Shi Zhuanshi!"
"Are you trying to rebel by seizing the imperial officials without permission?!"
"..."
When Lu Xiufu woke up in the early morning, he could hear someone yelling.
He didn't shout along, but took out the medicine prescribed by the military doctor and lit a fire to boil it.
His wife and entourage were placed elsewhere, and he could only do these things by himself. For a long time, the fire could not be lit.
"Brother Junshi, let me do it." Zan Wanshou saw him and hurriedly came over to help.
"Thank you."
Lu Xiufu then sat down, picked up the official documents on the case, and reviewed them, looking very attentive.
Zan Wanshou was a county captain and did not have so many official duties. He sat aside and asked, "Brother Junshi, why don't you just let them make trouble? Many people say that Li Jieshuai treated us harshly on purpose."
"In the war-torn area of Hanzhong, the Mongolian army has just retreated, and there may not be peace. Marshal Li Jie will protect us in the camp first, which is a safe strategy."
There was no color on Lu Xiufu's lips, but his words were orderly, and he added: "Besides, we have already started handling county affairs, so what's the shortcoming?"
Zan Wanshou smiled and said, "Brother Jun Shi is really diligent."
After these few words, the shouting colleagues outside had lost their strength and their voices died down.
After that, Hu Sansheng, Huang Rong, and Huang Zhen walked in quickly.
"Jun Shi, Yang Qixin has also arrived." Hu Sansheng said with a smile on his face and asked: "Do you want to meet this Tanhua Lang who has written so much about you?"
Lu Xiufu was still sitting upright and asked, "How many people are you traveling with, Brother Yang?"
"More than forty."
Lu Xiufu thought for a moment and said, "Four hundred people have arrived in Hanzhong. It seems that Li Jieshuai is coming to see us."
…
Sure enough, as he said, a moment later, soldiers were shouting outside the camp.
"By order of the commander-in-chief! Officials from various prefectures and counties in Hanzhong have been sent to the school grounds to pay an audience..."