What fell along with the pulled out letter was a folded map.
Wen Yunsun hadn't read the letter yet, so he picked up the map and opened it. He knew at a glance that it was a letter from Li Xia.
He did regard Li Xia as an old friend, but he thought that given Li Xia's honor as King of Qin and his rebellious ambition, he might not still regard him as an old friend.
The reason why such a judgment can be made through a map at a glance is because this kind of map covering the nine bends of the Yellow River is rarely used on the Jiangnan side.
There is no use for it. Hetao is five thousand miles away from Lin'an, and the three capitals have not yet been recovered.
However, if you take a closer look, you will see that the red and black arrows marked on the map start from Jiuyuan City and Xingqing Mansion respectively, and the battle occurred near Shuofang County in the Han Dynasty.
Deng Shan came over to take a look and was shocked.
"Isn't Li Ni taking the Xingqing Mansion?"
Suddenly, a poem came to mind.
"Driving a long car, crossing the gap in Helan Mountain."
If the Helan Mountain in Yue Fei's poems is an allusion, now it has really come true.
Deng Yan thought about the hundred years of humiliation again and couldn't describe what it felt like. He thought in his mind how great it would be if the Song Dynasty had really achieved this level.
"He is capturing the Hetao... He is still capturing the Hetao."
Wen Yunsun murmured to himself, and his eyes turned red inexplicably.
He took a few deep breaths to calm down, then opened Li Xia's letter and read it.
"Brother Rui of Song Dynasty felt like we had met each other. At the end of the year, Li Kezhai commanded an army of 50,000 troops to conquer Xingqing Mansion and regain the lost territory. This is gratifying. At the beginning of the year, we were trying to take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive into the Hetao. It is self-evident that the relationship between this battle is important, but the court
Why negotiate peace with the Mongolians at this time? Such as the old incident when Yue Wu and Mu's army arrived at Zhuxian Town in Bianliang and negotiated peace with Shaoxing..."
Seeing this, Wen Yunsun stopped.
He could roughly understand why the Meng Yuan Dynasty would negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty at this time, and thought that what the court should do at this time was to send important ministers to have a good talk with Li Xia.
After thinking for a moment, he continued to look down.
Later, it was mentioned that the envoy sent by the Song Dynasty to Chang'an was killed by the Meng people. This shows that Meng Yuan had a guilty conscience and should not easily agree to peace.
Later, Li Xia bluntly asked Song Ting whether he acted like this because he was afraid of him, and gave him his promise.
"I only look forward to the day when I can regain Yanyun, and I will still be a minister of the Song Dynasty."
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What Li Xia said to Jia Sidao was "First sweep away the Hu dust, and then unify the world." What he said to Wen Yunsun had the same meaning, both expressing his desire to destroy the Yuan Dynasty first, and then the Song Dynasty.
However, the rhetoric in the letter to Wen Yunsun seemed more implicit. If he did not continue to think deeply, it would seem that Li Xia was expressing his loyalty to the Song Dynasty, hiding his personal rebellious ambitions behind the righteousness.
On the other hand, Li Xia did not say what would happen if Song Ting insisted on going his own way.
But "recovering Yanyun" was placed in front of "Song Chen". Even if the Song Dynasty negotiated peace with the Meng and Yuan Dynasties, he would still recover Yanyun.
In other words, Song Ting's peace talks did not represent him.
After hearing this, Sun then understood that once the Song and Yuan treaties were signed, it would be the day when Li Xia rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor.
He was suddenly startled, and looked at the map Li Xia sent him, and suddenly found that it was somewhat different.
"Yunnan Road? Gansu Road? Did he divide his administration into six roads?"
After another careful look, the territory under Li Xia's rule on the map seems to be a different color from the territory under Song Ting's rule.
In terms of territory, the land of the Six Routes is as big as the remaining twelve Routes of the Song Dynasty...
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Chang'an.
Wu Zezheng handed a list to Han Qian.
"Xiangong Han has taken a look. These are the officials of the Song Dynasty we contacted. Whether they are in court or dismissed from office, counting the time, they should have received letters in the past few days. By the way, some of them, including Jia Sidao,
The king contacted him personally."
Han Qi'an took the list, glanced at it from top to bottom, and pondered: "Why is there no General Wang Jian?"
"Jiang Fan said that since last year, General Wang Jian has been in poor health and moved to the outskirts of Lin'an to recuperate. Therefore, the message was not sent to him."
"General Wang is supposed to be the leader of the main war faction." Han Qi'an muttered to himself and sighed: "In this case, there is no way to force it."
Wu Zedao: "Even if General Wang Jian comes forward, I'm afraid..."
He came from Lin'an and understood Wang Jian's situation better. After pondering for a while, he continued: "The main war faction in the Song Dynasty has declined, just like General Wang. In name, he has been promoted, but in fact he has no real power."
"I understand." Han Qian looked at the list and said, "I know whether these people can stop the Song-Yuan alliance."
"That's good. Your Majesty will take Guo Shoujing to inspect the Yellow River and say that we have done everything we can in Lin'an. Whatever the result is, please just ask Mr. Han to be prepared."
"Today is different from the past." Han Qian said with emotion: "This time around the peace talks between the Song and Yuan Dynasties, I discovered that the king is really powerful..."
His father and daughter both went north with Li Xia, and they know best how Li Xia rose to power.
It used to be a life and death struggle, and everything had to be done personally.
Up to now, Li Xia has only written a few letters when it comes to the diplomatic relations between the three countries.
It's not that writing a letter can stop the peace talks or even alliance between Song and Yuan. But a few letters from Li Xia are better than any other means.
The King of Qin's statement was enough to influence and even determine the fate of the Song Dynasty. If this could not change the decision-making of the Song court, it can only be said that the interest groups that occupied the entire Jiangnan decision-making level were determined to unite with the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
The most important thing is, if something cannot be done, be prepared to deal with it...
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Xiao Shao Canal.
The canal connects Xiaoshan and Shaoxing from the Qiantang River. The water network in this area is developed and ships are constantly coming and going.
On the twenty-second day of the first lunar month, a fleet of official ships was sailing from north to south. On the main ship, Jia Sidao and his friends were having sex with prostitutes and gambling.
The water level of the canal was slow and the ship was heavy. You couldn't feel any shaking in the cabin. It felt like you were in a brothel and a gambling house.
Today's game is horse racing.
There is a large chessboard on the eucalyptus, with a circle of small frames drawn on it. The books have names such as "Chi'an Station", "Hangu Pass" and "Qiji Yuan". Each person has twenty chess pieces, called horses, which can be rolled by rolling dice.
Decide on various moves.
"Wow, Mr. Jia is so awesome, he won again."
"Haha, I rarely lose when it comes to gambling, so why? I'm just good at it."
"The slave family also wants to be as skilled as Xianggong Jia, so why not teach the slave family..."
"Pingzhang Gong... Pingzhang Gong..."
Amidst the laughter, a servant called out several times in succession. Jia Sidao turned his head impatiently and said, "What's the matter?"
He drank a lot today, and it was the happiest time when he was drunk.
"The newly appointed minister, Zuo Silang, heard that Yunsun was on the shore asking to see Duke Ping Zhang."
"Yeah?"
For a moment, there was a solemn look in Jia Sidao's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. He laughed and continued to hug the beauty and play horses.
"Ping Zhanggong, are you..."
"Get out of here, let him get out of here."
Jia Sidao waved his hand and ignored the matter.
He knew very well what Wen Yunsun was going to say when he caught up with him, and he also knew very well the consequences of letting things go.
Once a peace treaty is concluded with the Meng Yuan, and it is a peace treaty that is humiliating and humiliating the country, Li Xia will definitely rebel.
This time there was no room for open rebellion, tearing off the last fig leaf of the Song Dynasty and tearing it into pieces.
But if he wants to stop all this, Jia Sidao will inevitably fall out with Lu Wende.
In order to temporarily stabilize Li Xia, who will rebel sooner or later, it is too high a price to pay.
There is no way he would pay such a price...
On the shore, Wen Yunsun and Deng Yan, who came on horseback in the dust, were driven away by the guards. This helpless scene seemed so inconspicuous on the busy canal.
The ship continued southward.
Three days later, Jia Sidao left Jiaxi and returned to Tiantai County by land...
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Tiantai Mountain, Tongbai Palace.
The wind blows across Jinting Lake, with Liquan in the south and Nusuo River flowing from north to south in the east.
Nusuo River originates from Yuxiao Peak. There is a small pool on the peak of the mountain, which is one of the legendary thirty-six famous pools in Tiantai Mountain. In the past, whenever there was a drought, the famous Taoist priest Ziqingming Taoist White Yuchan would often go to this small pool.
Kneel down and pray, you can see how extraordinary it is.
Bai Yuchan was the founder of the Southern Sect of Taoism. He was addicted to alcohol and died at the age of ninety-six...
There is Yuxiao Palace on Yuxiao Peak. Because it is located higher than Tongbai Palace and is more inconvenient, only some female crowns live here.
There is a pavilion beside the small pool, and on the pavilion is inscribed a poem left by Bai Yuchan.
"The fairy's house is full of heavenly fragrance, with a piano, a sword, and a cup of tea. The feathers are often smoky, so they don't offend the peach blossoms in the world."
In the early morning, there was the sound of the piano. Wang Cui, dressed in a female crown, boiled spring water, made a pot of tea, and placed it on the eucalyptus table for the person playing the piano to drink.
After finishing these tasks, Wang Cui stood up and looked down the mountain peak. From a distance, he saw a large group of people walking towards Tongbai Palace.
"Master, Mr. Jia is here."
When the unpleasant sound of the piano stopped and the tea on the eucalyptus was warm, the girl playing the piano held the tea cup and drank the fragrant tea in one gulp.
"Let's go and greet him..."
A mountain road leads to Tongbai Palace along Nusuo River, and several female crowns descended to Yuxiao Peak.
From a distance, Wang Cui saw several figures rushing out of Tongbai Palace and met Jia Sidao, and couldn't help but feel a little lost.
For a moment, she thought Lu Xiaoyou had brought someone to assassinate her again...
But when I got closer, I found that they were just a few literati. They seemed to be arguing about something, waving their arms and looking very angry.
She walked closer and closer, and finally heard the quarrel in front of her.
"Jia Pingzhang, you can obviously stop this..."
"From 'professing a minister' to 'the country of uncles and nephews' and then to 'the country of uncles and nephews', how has the peace negotiation between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty not been humiliating? The Jin people will make peace when they say peace, and fight when they say war. Until the late Emperor
The Duanping Northern Expedition destroyed the Jin Kingdom and restored the country's prestige. Now if the officials continue to succumb to the Meng Yuan, will they be worthy of the late emperor?!"
"What do you know? Come here! Take it down..."
After hearing this, Wang Cui turned to look at the other female crown next to her and heard a soft murmur.
"The only thing left by the late emperor is this little achievement."
After hearing this, Wang Cui felt inexplicably sad for the late emperor.
The throne was not left to the bloodline, the beloved concubine was gone, the princess was gone, and the only thing left was the achievement of using the corpse of Jin Aizong to worship the ancestors in Lin'an and to achieve peace and humiliation.
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Now if the imperial court lowers its national prestige again, then even this achievement will be wiped out and become nothing...