"The Empress Dowager's Ci Decree and the Ministers of the Political Affairs Hall were concurrently: the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Xi'an, the Zhizhenjiang Mansion, and the Temperance Garrison Ma Wen Tianxiang still led the Huaidong Commander-in-Chief, and the Huaixi Consulate General was moved from Jiankang to Anqing Mansion, and the deputy envoy of the Yanjiang System and the Zhi'anqing Mansion Zhang Shijie were also concurrently, and the Huguang and Sichuan Commanders General were no longer set up separately, and their posts were merged into the Xuanfu Divisions of the two places. ～X.”

This edict has just been issued from Lin'an City, and its copy has been placed on Liu Yu's bookcase, and he didn't understand the clue very well, and he looked at it, there were only a few short sentences on it, in addition to knowing that the two historical celebrities Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie had added officials, is there anything else? Otherwise, Yang Xingqian would have run like this.

"The imperial court has already intended to restrain Li Shuai, and this is just a special division of power." Yang Xingqian saw that he didn't understand very well, so he explained to him that Liu Yu listened to it and then took a closer look, and what was related to Li Tingzhi should be the relocation of the Huaixi Consulate General, and he suddenly found that these consulates general were not in the territory marked by him, why is this?

In the eleventh year of Jianyan, the imperial court successively built Huaidong, Huaixi, and Huguang Consulates, which were in charge of the money and grain of the local armies and participated in the military administration, and in the same year, the three major generals Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Junju were transferred to the central government to govern. Fifteen years and put the Sichuan Commander-in-Chief in Lizhou, since then it has become a permanent establishment, and now Shuzhong is rotten, Ezhou has been lost, the imperial court has withdrawn Huguang and Sichuan two general divisions. ”

In the final analysis, it was just to prevent the front-line commanders from abusing their powers, and set up such a control organization in a little place in the rear, so as to choke the army's money, food, and equipment and prevent them from changing. Yue, Han and Zhang are all military generals, and they are in charge of heavy troops, it is understandable to do this, Li Tingzhi has always had a high evaluation of a civil minister, is it necessary to do it so obviously?

"The proprietor didn't know that a few days ago, Li Shuai had written to the imperial court, talking about the Tartar soldiers and horses, and suggested that they should be guarded along the border. I don't know what the princes of the political hall think, now it seems that this is their reply, cutting the post of the first general leader is just a warning, and the resetting of the Huaidong General Department is the fundamental point to control the payment of money and grain, and Li Shuai is troubled. ”

Liu Yu suddenly realized that there was still a credit to him, if it weren't for his reminder and sending Li Shiyi's department to Huaibei, Li Tingzhi would not have been able to read so quickly, but his loyalty was exchanged for suspicion, and those people in the political hall must have thought that he was holding himself hostage.

He sighed and threw the copy on the case, it was really difficult to do something in this Great Song Dynasty, obviously for the good of the country, and it was likely that what he would get in the end would not be a good end. Fortunately, the imperial court also knew that it could not go too far, so it only moved the Huaixi General Department to Anqing Mansion, which was still under the jurisdiction of the Yanjiang Preparation Division, and as for Wen Tianxiang, the general consul of Huaidong, Liu Yu only hoped that he could stay for two more years, and not be transferred to the court immediately as in history.

He can't take care of these things, and he can't worry about his marriage, so he will marry a delicate little lady and come back to live a few days of rotten life in feudal society. Thinking of the daughter of Ye Yingji that he saw when he picked up the boat that day, if only she had her kind of plain zhì, Liu Yu was not so greedy, but he was too young that year, and he would go directly to prison in the next life, how could he do it?

"The owner" Yang Xingqian looked at him and knew that this thing was starting to crook again, he came to inform him of this, of course, not only to say this, how did Li Tingzhi have anything to do with them? Liu Yu was called back by him, and after a look, he found that Yang Xingqian seemed to have something to say, so he looked at him calmly.

"Does the owner know that there is still a gap in Li Shuai?" Yang Xingqian pointed to the piece of paper and said, Liu Yu was stunned, not quite understanding what he was referring to.

"Huaidong is still handsome." Yang Xingqian said slowly, Huaidong? Yangzhou, that is the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, except for a small period of time in the middle, Li Tingzhi has been guarding there for more than ten years, to put it mildly, that is his old nest, whether he can go or not, even if he goes, he is afraid that he will be restricted everywhere.

What's more, Liu Yu knew from the research of later generations that because Yangzhou was at the strategic forefront at this time, its commerce and population were neither as good as the "Yang Yi Yi Yi" in the pre-Tang Dynasty, nor as good as the merchants in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Therefore, his interest in this place is not high, and there is no room for manipulation.

"The owner, it is precisely because Huaidong is Li Shuai's old leader that the imperial court is not easy to come clearly, otherwise it can be appointed directly in the edict the day before yesterday, and it is not a trivial matter to know that the general is not in harmony. And Li Shuai has not recommended for a long time, I don't know if there is no other deep meaning, now Li Shuai sent an envoy to ask the owner, it is obviously very important, the owner only needs to go to the book, the point is stopped, it doesn't matter if it succeeds or not! ”

Seeing that he was a little disapproving, Yang Xingqian had to persuade him painstakingly, the current situation is that there is nowhere else to go but there, and it is better to occupy a seat first than to wait so much. Liu Yu had no way to sue him, he couldn't look down on the land, and it was not good to shake off the loyalty of his cronies, so he could only find another excuse.

"Xing Qian, what Li Shuai thinks is beyond our ability to speculate, but I think that if he really has this intention, he will never show his mouth at all now. Let's work our own affairs, if it's a qiēshun lì, we may have to go to Ninghai in a few days, and the matter of the Jingshi will be entrusted to you, on weekdays, we have to inquire about everything as much as today, we have no foundation, and we have to make a few more preparations. ”

Seeing that his plan had been decided, Yang Xingqian responded and stopped persuading, he put his position very right, it was his job to build yì, and it was Liu Yu's business to make a decision, even if he didn't adopt it, he did his duty. Fortunately, Liu Yu's explanation was not a prevarication, but it did make some sense, and Yang Xingqian was relieved after hearing it.

Liu Yu is right, the most urgent thing for them now is his marriage, and he should be branded as married as soon as possible before he can make the next move, otherwise even if he has the opportunity, he still can't grasp it. Hu Sansheng has been going for many days, and the result should be there in these days, in order to improve efficiency, Liu Yu sent two personal soldiers with walkie-talkies all the way to accompany him, eliminating the time of running back and forth.

A whistling sound pierced the sky, and a boulder was thrown high and landed on a hill in the distance, with a huge sound of landing, smashing up a cloud of smoke and dust. Then, a sergeant ran to the boulder and waved the small flag in his hand in front of him, and seeing his movements, an old man with colored eyes looked at the approximate distance, stretched out his right hand and waved, and the two sergeants immediately raised their feet and walked towards the boulder with neat steps.

This is the outskirts of the capital, the tall city wall is behind him, and Kublai Khan, dressed in regular clothes, stands under the umbrella that was held high by the eunuchs, looking over there and frowning. In his sight, a giant trebuchet with a height exceeding the walls of the capital raised its head to the sky, and the counterweight bag behind it had to be pulled by more than a dozen big men in unison to rise.

"Great Khan, this time there are four hundred and twenty-three steps." A Mongolian attendant dressed as a pro-army replied to him based on a loud report from the people who came down from the city. Kublai Khan nodded noncommittally, the people under the city were very loud, he had already heard the contents, and it took so much effort to create almost three times the original volume, but what about the effect?

According to Boyan's report, the artillery of the Song people could be fired from the city of Jiankang to the edge of the river outside the city, which was a distance of nearly 1,000 steps! He looked at the big wooden shelf, and suddenly felt an indescribable boredom in his heart, attaching importance to technology and complementing each other's strengths and weaknesses was the basis for the Mongols to sweep the world, and by no means just relying on outstanding riding and archery skills.

"Boyan, do you think the Song people's artillery will be more than twice as large as that?" Kublai Khan pointed to the trebuchet in the distance and asked, Boyan knew very well what he was thinking, although he had not seen what the Song people's cannon looked like, but even if it was the same size as that one, with the height of Jiankang City, it was impossible not to see it outside the city, let alone double the size, not to mention whether it could be done or not, how to carry such a large one, and how many people would it take to move it?

Seeing his cronies shaking their heads silently, Kublai Khan naturally understood that the Song people's method should be inside him, just like the small "sundial" in his arms. For this purpose, he has gathered almost all the skilled craftsmen in the country, and has also released a high prize, but so far, let alone imitation, no one can even say how this thing works.

How smart the Song people are! He couldn't help but feel this emotion in his heart, those people who were busy in the city had also done their best, this was already the best way they could think of, and the results were also remarkable, after all, the previous return cannon could only hit a distance of more than two hundred and fifty steps, in order to achieve his goal, the seventy-year-old Yismain led the people for several days and nights, and it looked like he was crumbling and could fall at any time.

"That's all for today, let them go back and rest well, everyone will be rewarded with a gold ingot, and find a doctor to go to the Yismain Mansion to have a look." It's useless to force this kind of thing, but fortunately, there is still time, Kublai Khan doesn't want them to be overstressed, and this matter has to fall on other aspects.

"Are the Song people still holding Lian Xixian and them, think of a way to let them get out of trouble first, and the Song people may as well deal with any conditions. If I send more people to Jiankang City in The Hague, I won't believe it, and the Song people can still hide it from it? Kublai Khan slapped the bricks hard, although he had an experience, and next time he was confident that he would not let the Song people succeed again, but this was a threat after all, and if he didn't figure it out, he would encounter some other trap.

Boyan replied, in fact, he has already done what the Great Khan said, Ali Hague people will send back news from Jiangnan almost every day, but I don't know why, those things that made a big deal in the war seem to evaporate overnight, as if they have never appeared, and what they hear from the mouths of ordinary people will be similar to myths, which makes people cry and laugh every time.

It's just that he also agrees with the Great Khan's opinion, the Song people can't hide it so tightly, and if they can't find out, it can only mean that the kung fu has not been done, this time with the Great Khan's personal edict, he believes that there will be brave men under the heavy reward, as long as they can solve those mysteries, it is worth the big price. R640