When the lowly maids and lackeys mentioned by Jia Sidao walked aside to talk, Jia Sidao seemed a little lonely.
He sat alone on the edge of the cliff, covering his wounds, and could see the fire in the distance.
It was his guards who were looking for him.
This time I brought more than 200 people with me to the mountain, maybe more than 300 people, I can't remember clearly.
Anyway, what's the use of having more? They're just a bunch of food and wine, and the only things they care about are salary, gambling, and enjoyment.
The night wind blew and carried the chatter of men and women.
"I have to go with him. There is something I need to confirm no matter what."
"I'll check it for you. Oh, let the old gentleman check it for you. You don't have to follow him."
"You have to go, be careful and get away quickly."
"Well, you know how to join us. By the way, it was the queen who harmed the princess, right? I'll go check..."
Jia Sidao turned his head slightly, as if he wanted to take a look.
But endured it.
Lu Xiaoyou turned around, raised his voice, and said, "Jia Sidao, if you dare to touch Wang Cui, I will kill you sooner or later."
Jia Sidao ignored him.
These words are what Lu Xiaoyou means personally.
Then you are not qualified to talk to him.
"Did you hear that?!" Lu Xiaoyou shouted again.
Wang Cui said: "He heard it and didn't dare to touch me. Go quickly."
"oh."
Jia Sidao glanced back slightly.
I saw that silly boy who looked confused at all, finally climbed down from the cliff again.
He then stood up and said, "Help me walk."
"walk on my own."
Jia Sidao then groaned and walked towards Tongbai Palace with difficulty.
I continued to think about the things I was thinking about before the attack...
After losing to Li Xia for the first time, Li Xia returned to Shu and served as commander; after losing to Li Xia for the second time, Li Xia opened a palace and became king.
Tonight is not the third time. Tonight was a misunderstanding. The pawn didn't hear Li Xia's instructions clearly. Yes, that's it. The reason why Li Xia didn't say more was not because he didn't care, but because he guessed that the murderer of Zhao Jin was not him.
The soldier checked the wrong way and caused a misunderstanding, but he still said something harsh.
In short, after Li Xia opened his palace and became the king, the only way the court could control him was to manipulate money and food.
The soldiers and horses were not moved, but the food and grass were sent first. Qin Jiushao sat in Jiangling for this very purpose.
This is the third battle.
Haven’t lost yet…
A few days later, Wanzhou.
In the post house, Qin Jiushao stood in front of Li Xia, his expression becoming increasingly sad and angry.
Because Jiang Fan was pressing his shoulders, trying to make him kneel down.
"Stop pressing it."
Li Xia finally noticed that Jiang Fan was exerting force and raised his hand to stop.
He never valued his personal honor or disgrace, and never asked others to kneel to him. He always stopped, even if Jiang Fan wanted to dampen Qin Jiushao's arrogance today.
Compared with Qin Jiushao's arrogance, Sichuan and Shaanxi's unfavorable culture of kneeling back and forth is more important.
"Let me ask you a few questions. During the three years when you were a filial piety to your mother, you wrote "Nine Chapters of Shushu". However, since your recovery in the second year of Xingchang, there has been no academic progress. Why?"
Qin Jiushao realized that Li Xia was asking him, glanced sideways and said, "Busy."
"What are you busy with?"
"In the second year of Xingchang, he was appointed as the counselor of the coastal system. In the fourth year of Xingchang, he resigned and lived under the family of Xianggong Jia. In the sixth year of Xingchang, he learned about Qiongzhou. Later, he left his post and lived under the family of Wu Xianggong. In the seventh year of Xingchang, he was appointed as Pingjiang Sinongcheng. In the first year of Xianding
Know Linjiang Junzhou."
"I have changed my court twice, been dismissed from my official position several times, experienced ups and downs, and now I am a prisoner of the rank and file. What has been left behind?"
"There is still a huge wealth, a spacious and luxurious house, and beautiful concubines like clouds." Qin Jiushao didn't know whether he was complacent or self-deprecating.
Li Xia said: "I won't let you go back, these are all empty."
"As for achievements in one life, there are very few people here who can be higher than me." Qin Jiushao then looked around the lobby of the post house and said, "There are many mediocre people here."
Just this sentence made everyone angry.
Because many people know that what he said is probably true, it makes people even more angry.
Zhang Hongdao, who was sitting on the left, and Gao Changshou, who was sitting on the right, although they had nothing to do with Qin Jiushao, both looked unhesitating when they heard the words, as if the word "mediocre" was piercing their hearts.
Li Xia, however, had no reaction and said, "I saw an article about construction in your book. I thought you were a master of arithmetic, but it turns out you are a master of architecture."
"The prince has given too much praise and is just drawing parallels."
Qin Jiushao ignored the angry looks around him, glanced at Li Ye first, and nodded.
Seeing the curiosity and examination look in the old man's eyes, he knew that this was a man with ink in his belly, and he was different from the idiots around him.
He must be the mathematician from Sichuan and Shaanxi.
After that, Qin Jiushao looked at Li Xia seriously, no longer as arrogant as before, and began to talk about academic matters.
"My father once served as a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, a secretary in charge of construction, and a secretary in charge of books. There was a Taishi Bureau under him. When I was young, I could borrow a large number of classics and visit famous people who were good at astronomy, calendars, architecture, etc.
…”
Qin Jiushao has integrity, but there is no need to pay attention to integrity with the Pingling County Prince of Song Dynasty.
The reason why he was arrogant first and then respectful was because he had his own reasons.
As long as Li Xia is willing to use him, he will still have a bright future.
But he himself did not realize that he had just entered Shu and the things he was talking about were already different from those in the southeast.
Because that’s what the guy sitting up there is asking…
Li Ye became more and more interested and asked: "You didn't tell me just now, who did you learn arithmetic from? I heard that there are famous people in the south such as Jiang Zhou and Li Wenyi."
Qin Jiushao said: "Sir, he is a hermit and it is inconvenient to reveal his name."
"How about talking to me in private?"
Qin Jiushao said: "I promised you, sir, not to mention his name."
Li Xia Sui felt that the current academic atmosphere has such shortcomings. Talented people always think that "hermits" are noble and their works cannot be passed down. I don't know how many great achievements have been lost in the clouds because of this.
"Okay, okay, you are still a trustworthy person." Li Ye stroked his beard and chin, and continued to ask Qin Jiushao: "You are also good at poetry and prose, where did you learn from him?"
"Poems and articles, learned from Mr. Mei Ting."
"Li Meiting? That's great, that's great." Li Ye said with emotion: "Teacher's meritorious deeds in protecting the people are gone, and he went to Xijing and the original temple to conduct Gui Zan. You have many good teachers."
Qin Jiushao remained silent.
I have been obsessed with fame and fortune for more than ten years? Today I think of the gentlemen I met when I was young...I don't want to or dare to mention them again.
But he was still happy in his heart.
Look, you still have to use a genius like me.
It has always been like this in my life. Prime Minister Wei, Prime Minister Jia, Prime Minister Wu, and today's Prince Pingling, who doesn't cherish my talent?
Sure enough, Li Xia opened his mouth and said: "Since you are a master of construction, Chengdu's Fu Road is full of waste and is waiting for renovation. Would you like to go over and contribute?"
Qin Jiushao was overjoyed. He raised his hands and said, "Thank you so much, Prince, for your support."
"Let's set off today."
Li Xia made arrangements, raised his hand, and asked people to escort Qin Jiushao to Chengdu to help.
Li Ye squinted his old eyes and looked outside the hall for a while, then stood up and said: "It's better..."
"Don't intercede, Mr. Jingzhai. This man still needs to be dealt with. The more you look at him, the prouder he will be. Please let your heart dry out."
Li Ye turned around to look, a little reluctant, and slowly sat down again.
Yan Yunyun calmly gave him another cup of tea.
She really wanted Li Ye to accept her as his disciple, as she often showed such courtesy recently.
"Continue the discussion."
Li Xia had already spoken and said: "Jiang Fan, tell everyone about the situation in Jiangling."
"..."
The discussion in the posthouse continued.
The shouts on the pier were still faintly heard.
This is Wanzhou, which is known as the "gathering of thousands of merchants". It is not like Kuimen, the military gateway of Sichuan and Shu, but the economic gateway of Sichuan and Shu.
In recent years, merchant ships on the Yangtze River have been like crucian carp crossing the river. Wanzhou City has regained some of its lively scene in previous years, but this post house is still very dilapidated.
A ray of sunlight shines on the hall from the broken tiles, and below is the moss that has grown due to rain leakage.
When this ray of light gradually dimmed, it was almost dusk.
…
“This is the second time I’ve been to Kuizhou Road this year.”
Li Xia has already begun to summarize this trip to Wanzhou.
"The first time I came here, I came to Kuimen to prevent the Song army from attacking, but they didn't, and allowed me the right to open a mansion. But this time, I came to Wanzhou to prevent the Song Dynasty's merchants from coming over to conquer Shu.
People's hard-earned money is taken away.
The Song Dynasty disappointed me again. I not only expected that its new law would curb the excessive issuance of banknotes, stabilize prices, and enable wealthy families to exploit the common people less, but I was also worried that their treasury would be full and they would drive their troops westward.
but no.
This time I came here, I still didn’t see a gold and silver pass that could actually buy something or exchange for money. What did I see? It was a counterfeit note. In the past, the Chishan Paper Bureau printed 150,000 guan of banknotes every day. This autumn, Jiangling
The counterfeit coupon shop prints 5 million counterfeit coupons every month.
Printing money to buy people's food rations is the method that the Song Dynasty has been using for decades. The only difference is that the money they print is to buy food rations for the people in the southeast or to buy our food rations.
Lord Gonggun only knows this one trick, can't he think of other ways? No, it's because other ways can't be done.
The above is the situation of the opponent.
Talk about us.
The Trade Department has done a good job, keeping the Yangtze River and Han River trade routes uninterrupted, allowing our money to buy their supplies; the Public Opinion Department has also done a good job, not letting what appears to be ours actually be.
Their money buys our supplies.
The Statistics Department is the key, the difference between us and them. Our coupons are not used to force the people to eat rations. They are for convenience and to promote transactions, so they can not be issued indiscriminately. This is the principle.
Some of you here understand me, and some don't, so let me emphasize once again that I will never show mercy when it comes to matters of principle, no matter who it is.
In the future, whether you take up a position or serve in the shogunate, remember that there are people behind the number of coupons set by the Statistics Department.
Having said this, you must know yourself and the enemy, how to win, and why you win. Keep it up, I will leave the lifeblood of the Yangtze River in your hands..."
Zhang Hongdao glanced at Gao Changshou and felt the pressure from him.
Obviously, Li Xia asked Gao Changshou to take charge of Chongqing. In addition to guarding the Three Gorges defense line, he also had to guard the Yangtze River trade.
…
"After talking about the economy, let's finally talk about the situation."
Li Xia didn't want to say more, but this was a routine summary.
"The second year of Xianding is about to pass again. During this whole year, we have been competing with the Song Dynasty for the right to open a palace and for monetary benefits. This is necessary because the Song Dynasty will definitely control us.
Now, the battle has been over. We have consolidated the situation in Sichuan and Shaanxi, which is gratifying, right? In just one year, we have completed the goal of "stable development" set at the beginning of the year.
But a year has passed.
This year Kublai Khan only did one thing, which was to go north to Hara and Lin. Maybe next year he will only do one thing and return to Yanjing.
Soon, we will no longer have time to fight with Song Ting like this.
In the third year of Xianding, I don’t want to go back and forth to the east of Sichuan twice again, fighting for power and profit with the Song Dynasty on Kuizhou Road. Therefore, I hope that you will work together to continue to stabilize the rear, so that the soldiers will have no worries about the future and focus on the front..."
A ship departed from Jiangling and arrived at Lin'an. Later, an urgent message was delivered to the Jia family's old residence in Tiantai County.
Jia Sidao looked at it without saying a word.
Failed again.
This is the third time he has been defeated by Li Xia.
But after this time, it seemed that there was really no way to contain Li Xia anymore.
To deal with the commander of Shu, you can still suppress him; to deal with the prince of the county, you can barely do anything.
Although he implemented the derivation method to curb the indiscriminate issuance of banknotes, and used the method of indiscriminate issuance of counterfeit currency to deal with Li Xia, it was still a solution.
Now, there is no other way.
What do you say?
…
"Alang, Wang Cui has gone out. It's time to meet Li Ni's people. Do you want to send someone to follow him?" Gui Hepu stepped forward and reported.
Jia Sidao turned his head and glanced.
I thought about the aggressive men and women again, which made me unhappy.
"No need, the important thing is not this little person, but... forget it."
"yes."
"Don't mention Li Ni to me again if nothing happens."
"Alang, is this? No more sending people to the west?"
Jia Sidao didn't want to answer, but in the end, he murmured something.
"I'm busy, I just want to focus on my own affairs..."
Shengzhou.
"How could Xianggong Jia be so angry with me? But I only said three sentences to him in total."
Lu Xiaoyou was walking by the bank of Shan River, glanced at Wang Cui, and said: "He kept asking questions at that time, so I had to tell him that the prince really didn't tell me that much."
"Okay." Wang Cui couldn't help but lower his head and smile, and then said sternly: "You must be careful if you offend him."
"good."
"Shall you go back to Hanzhong now?"
"The matter has not been finished yet. Since the princess was harmed by the queen, I have discussed with Mr. Lushu to find out if the old person who is the head of Guan Pavilion in the palace is there."
"Have you been to the palace too?"
Lu Xiaoyou turned his head and looked at the scenery in the distance, and said: "I mean, it's not impossible to kill the queen. Find someone from the palace..."
"Stop doing this, okay?"
"What's wrong with you? Didn't you always want revenge?"
"Now I have changed my mind. I understand that you are all heroes and martyrs who fought against the Japanese. Things like Lin'an are not worth taking risks for you. Moreover, the queen is the princess's cousin, and they have played together since childhood... Well, if the princess is still here
, and you definitely don’t want anyone to avenge her, right? It’s all over.”
"I don't understand this. I just follow orders."
"I knew you were this kind of person." Wang Cui glanced at Lu Xiaoyou, "Did you see the nobleman who was following Prince Li that day? She asked Prince Li to do this... As long as you take this
When you go back, you can do business."
Lu Xiaoyou received a letter.
I saw the words "Transfer to the Master of Li Palace" written on the envelope. The words were written very well.
Wang Cui asked again: "Can you promise me not to open this letter? It must be delivered to Prince Li. He will know it as soon as he sees it."
"Yes. Look, if I nod like this, I will do it even to the death."
"Don't die, live well. That's it, you go back."
"What about you? Won't you go back with us?"
"No, I plan to become a female crown prince in Tongbai Palace."
After Wang Cui said that, he stopped, took two steps with the sword on his waist, and said, "Let's go, the grudges will be settled."
"What? Do we have a grudge?"
"Yes, but it's gone. Besides, I'm very grateful to you."
Lu Xiaoyou was very surprised and wanted to ask a few questions.
Wang Cui had already waved goodbye.
Lu Xiaoyou took two steps, remembered something, turned around and asked, "By the way, my mother is telling me about my wife... don't you want to go have a wedding drink?"
"It's too far away, so I can only congratulate brother Xiaoyou first."
Wang Cui shook her head with a smile and turned to the south.
Lu Xiaoyou scratched his head in frustration and walked north.
After a while, he heard Wang Cui shouting again from behind him.
"Brother Xiaoyou, you are a reliable person. When you go to the battlefield, you must survive. According to what you said, you will move forward and become a general!"