In fact, Empress Dowager Xie was not sad, but was a little excited, it was good that Song Duzong died, this is a good thing, as for Jia Rudao not returning, he didn't care at all.

"Jia Aiqing, in fact, you are serious, the mourning family does not blame you, but this Song Duzong, the mourning family also thinks that he should die, now Zhao Xian is only three years old, and he can't take care of state affairs at all, now, the mourning family really doesn't think about it."

"Also, at present, the imperial court treasury is very empty, Jia Aiqing, the mourning family hopes that you and I will lead by example, and we can greatly reduce our daily expenses, and the imperial court is already overwhelmed."

"So the mourning family decided not only to eat coarse tea and light rice on weekdays, but also to refuse to send some of the court lords, the entire Great Song Dynasty is the same.

As she spoke, she just began to sigh, hoping that it would be rectified now, and everything would be in time. Jia Rudao said: "Queen Mother, do these ministers agree?" It's a thousand taels of silver a month, so I think they should refuse, right? Besides, it's hard to govern now. ”

"And the Queen Mother, instead of this, Weichen suggested that you directly drive some of the palace maids and eunuchs out of the palace, and give them part of the compensation, so that in a month, you will save a lot of silver."

Empress Dowager Xie actually has this meaning, her attitude is already obvious, that is, to reduce the expenses of the imperial court at all costs, and after three months, she will definitely fight with Kublai Khan.

"Jia Aiqing, about this matter, the mourning family has decided, and this matter is planned to be like this in the past few days, but the mourning family wants to know, how much food have you been able to get around Lin'an these days?"

"You must know that this is three years of food for 30 million people, I don't dare to continue to slack off, if the Yuan army Kublai Khan attacks the city gate, and then blocks it, what will I eat here? Aren't they starving to death one by one?"

Jia Rudao pondered for a while, "Queen Mother, it's only been a few days, but Weichen dares to promise that within two months, he will have to save enough food for many years, but it really can't be done, so Weichen went south and asked the local prefect for it."

"Okay, you are worthy of being the prime minister of my Southern Song Dynasty, you are really bold in speaking, the mourning family appreciates you very much, Jia Aiqing, since this is the case, then you can go, rest assured and bold, everything has the support of the mourning family."

Jia Rudao left, he has to protect the Southern Song Dynasty now, no matter what, even if it is for himself.

Leaving the palace, Jia Rudao soon returned to his own mansion, and from a distance he saw people carrying food in, a large number of people, all using carts.

"Jia Ye, I originally thought that no one would come, but now I finally put my mind at ease, as long as I save enough rations for three years, see what you Kublai Khan's people will eat after they come."

"Hehe, Kublai Khan, let's see."

Walking into the gate, Jia Rudao saw that the yard was already full of a lot of grain, bag by bag, each bag was about 100 catties, which was good.

At least a thousand bags, according to some estimates, is not bad.

Vice General Miao immediately walked over, "Back to Jia Ye, these people have already received the news we have spread, and they have rushed over, it is said that there are more people on the way, Jia Ye, shall I take them all?"

Jia Rudao said: "Naturally, we have to accept it, otherwise how can we give it to the Queen Mother?" Also, if there is any food, we have a bag and a bag, and we must not know too much, right?" Knowing about Jia Ye, his subordinates immediately released a message to ask more people to know about it, and then we can transport more food. ”

Jia Rudao nodded, and an old man walked over and said respectfully: "This lord, what kind of official position are you?" Could it be that you are the prime minister of the court? If so, I will wait until the grain is not sold, and I will not sell any more silver. ”

Jia Yidao immediately denied that he didn't want to fail to purchase grain because of his own reasons.

"Old man, I don't hide it from the official, my surname is not Jia, my boss is Song Qing, the criminal officer of the Criminal Department, the old man, the official is just doing it according to Lord Song's requirements."

Song Qing? When the old man heard this, he was shocked in his heart, this is the criminal officer of the Great Song Dynasty, if it was arranged by Lord Song, then this matter would be much easier.

Besides, the common people also believe in Song Qing? If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been willing to sell.

"I said, my lord, are you really a subordinate of Song Qing, the lord of the Criminal Department? If this is the case, we are willing to assist Lord Song, as long as we can exterminate Kublai Khan, and we are willing to sell grain. ”

More people came over, and they had just heard the conversation, and they were a little excited.

"My lord, since this is the case, then I will sell all the grain, and it is enough to keep a year's rations at home, and besides, Lord Song is also for the Great Song Dynasty, since Song Duzong died, the old man, I feel that the Great Song Dynasty has hope again."

So, with them taking the lead, more people came in from the outside at the moment. Jia Rudao instructed everyone to continue to buy grain, and then said: "Fellow villagers, I think you already know about the upcoming war between the Southern Song Dynasty and Kublai Khan."

"But there are too many Kublai Khan's subordinates, and we are not enough to wait for others, the difference is a full 10 million people, as long as everyone is willing to join the army, our Lord Song promises to give two taels of silver every month as a salary."

When everyone heard it, this was higher than the income from doing chores outside, almost several times higher.

Everyone's life is not easy, with the coaxing of some people, so finally someone chose to join the army to defend the Great Song Dynasty, after all, with Song Qing, they believe in each other.

In this way, day after day, the news was spread, and Jia Rudao recruited 100,000 people, and if he did this every day for two months, he would have hoped to defeat Kublai Khan.

After working all day, I counted the bill in the evening, and finally collected 10,000 bags of grain today, 100 catties per bag, which is 1 million catties of grain.

The food rations for 30 million people for three years are still far short at this moment, and even this is not enough for one day.

When night fell, the construction of Jia Rudao's military camp was completed, and 100,000 people couldn't live at all, so they were brought to the Lin'an military camp, which was the army guarding Lin'an, and it was not a problem to accommodate tens of millions of people inside.

In the evening, Jia's mansion was brightly lit, Jia Rudao and his subordinates began to eat here, the table was full of wine and food, Zhumen] wine and meat stinked, and there were frozen bones on the road.

Vice General Miao raised his glass and toasted Jia Rudao.

"My lord, this is a good idea, you see that we already have so much food and soldiers, you see, if we continue to do this tomorrow, hehe, but at that time, it will surprise this Kublai Khan."

"My lord, this is all your credit, if you don't pretend to be Song Qing's subordinates, you won't be able to find anyone today.

Jia Rudao never thought that Song Qing's popularity was so good, and the entire Great Song Dynasty loved him, and I am afraid that even Song Duzong in his lifetime could not compare.

That's a good thing, but I hope these people don't learn the truth, or they'll leave.

"Deputy General Miao, early tomorrow morning, we will continue to buy grain and continue to recruit soldiers, but these grains can be transported to the barracks, and I am afraid that there will be no more Jia Mansion." "It's Jia Ye, my subordinates know."

"Also, we must be fast enough to recruit soldiers and purchase grain, two months will pass in a flash, don't let the people find out something, when the time comes, we will all fail in the end."

"It's Jia Ye, and his subordinates know."

At this moment, Kublai Khan has governed Suzhou City very well, and the people here have long recognized his existence, not only that, but the recruitment of soldiers and the purchase of grain by the Yuan army are also carried out in an orderly manner.

There are about 10 million people, and there is indeed a need for a lot of supplies, especially if there is still an expedition, and the logistics supply must keep up.

On this day, Nurhachi ran in from outside the house and immediately said: "Back to the Great Khan, there is news from Lin'an City that the Southern Song Emperor Song Duzong has not only passed away before due to excessive drinking."

Song Duzong passed away? This is not good news for Kublai Khan, this person is incompetent, what if he is replaced by a capable person? Once the Southern Song Dynasty made changes, things were a little more difficult.

"Nurhachi, I ask you, is this true? Are you sure you didn't cheat on me? Is Song Duzong really dead?"

"Yes, Great Khan, Song Duzong is indeed dead, and he has been buried, and at this moment, his three-year-old son Song Gongzong has taken the throne."

Three years old? Kublai Khan laughed, "Is there no one left in the Southern Song Dynasty?" A three-year-old doll can also be an emperor, this is to laugh to death, but there must be someone behind this who is pointing out, Song Gongzong is just a false position. ”

"Yes, Great Khan, the three-year-old Song Gongzong really can't do anything, so this matter is handled by Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing, who is the queen of Song Lizong.

"A woman, really a woman doesn't let her eyebrows, this person is almost the same as Wu Zetian, she can be regarded as a powerful character, but no matter who it is at this moment, it can't stop my Yuan army from continuing to attack.

"Nurhachi, I ask you, what did you find in Lin'an? Didn't they do something out of the ordinary? Our Yuan army is about to start fighting, and I don't believe they don't make any preparations for war. ”

"Hui Great Khan, it is true, recently Jia Rudao led the team to continue to search for food around Lin'an, and they prepared three years' rations, which is intended to fight to the end with my Yuan Dynasty.

"Great Khan, I think we can launch an attack immediately, and we can't take the Southern Song Dynasty lightly."

Kublai Khan didn't mind, in his opinion, it was understandable for the opponent to prepare, could it be that he would just sit in the Hall of Election and wait for death? This is clearly a problem.

"Okay, okay, I already know about this, Nurhachi, you don't have to worry, with me, I will ensure that he will not be able to make any waves in the Great Song Dynasty, and within five years, I will definitely destroy them."

"But..."Nurhachi is still a little worried, the Southern Song Dynasty is a place that likes to produce talents, such as Yue Fei, such as Bao Zheng, and Song Ci and his son.

"Great Khan, Wei Chen suggests that you still can't take it lightly, because ah, this Jia seems to have a lot of ideas, I'm really worried that they can come up with some ghost ideas."

Kublai Khan shook his head, he didn't worry about what Jia seemed to be like or not, this kind of strength was not worth mentioning at all.

"Okay Nurhachi, you continue to supervise every move of the Southern Song Dynasty for me, I have faith in my words, and if I don't attack the Southern Song Dynasty within three months, I have to keep my promise, otherwise I will not become a gangster?"

The latter nodded and ran out.

At this moment in Lin'an City, on this day, many people came to sell grain, although the people said that they were short of food, but they were even more short of silver.

A pound and a tael of silver, at this moment, no one doubts the truth of this matter, he is crazy, and even because of this matter, the entire Great Song Dynasty is now full of thieves.

They will only steal grain, because it is worth the most now.

At the end of the day, Jia Rudao purchased countless grains, and when this matter reached the ears of Empress Dowager Xie, it caused a burst of joy.

There is hope in the Great Song Dynasty, because the people's hearts have returned,

They felt that now they had every chance to defeat the Mongols, and the Great Song Dynasty had a great deal of rivers and mountains. Song Qing and several people who were far away also knew the news of Song Duzong's death at this moment, and unexpectedly, the local people began to cheer, and they were very happy to receive the news.

With the arrival of Vice General Yun and Vice General Chao, Song Qing's side was also a lot more lively, the village was not big, isolated from the world, and it was difficult for outsiders to find it.

Under the mixture of the two lieutenant generals, the marriage between Song Qing and Tang Yueyue also began to expand at this moment, and he, who had made up his mind not to return to officialdom, had already decided to live an ordinary life like this.

In the Lin'an Xuande Palace, Empress Dowager Xie already knew that the preparations for the imperial court were already underway, the storage of grain was increasing, and the number of soldiers was increasing by nearly 100,000 per day.

It was only at this moment that her heart breathed a sigh of relief, and now that there was hope, Da Song was finally saved.

Summoned Jia Rudao into the palace, Empress Dowager Xie gave him a seat, worthy of being the person favored by the former Emperor Lizong, and the savior of the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Jia Aiqing, just talk about it, tell me what's going on in the Great Song Dynasty now? Tell me how many generals the Great Song Dynasty has recruited now? Do we have a chance to turn defeat into victory?"

Jia Rudao is not very sure, and there are still many worse people? Besides, the morale is not enough, as soon as Kublai Khan's men come, they will definitely lose their armor on their side.

"Back to the Queen Mother, Wei Chen doesn't know how to answer at this moment, anyway, I'm afraid the odds of winning will have to be open, because the fear brought by the Yuan army to the Great Song Dynasty has spread to everyone's hearts.

"However, this does not mean that my Southern Song Dynasty will be defeated, as long as I hold Lin'an City, we will definitely not be defeated."

Empress Dowager Xie naturally knew this, she was holding the newly registered Song Gongzong in her arms, since Song Duzong's death, Empress Dowager Xie's body has improved little by little, and her complexion has recovered a lot.

"Jia Aiqing, all of this is thanks to you, the mourning family on behalf of the court, on behalf of the people of the world thank you, if it weren't for Jia Aiqing, hey...."

"I don't know why Song Ci targeted you everywhere back then, is it because Jia Aiqing's credit is too high, and he is afraid of suppressing him? That's it, since it's all gone, then I won't mention it. ”

Jia seems to be silent, if it weren't for Song Ci's persecution, he might be able to have today, all of this is Song Ci's credit.