As the saying goes, 'Xiucai doesn't go out and knows everything in the world', although Li Qian is in a bad situation at the moment, he is in the middle book after all. Zhongshu Province has always been the central official office directly under the emperors of previous dynasties, and the central department of political power, but the functions and powers of Zhongshu Province in previous dynasties are similar, but they are not all the same.

For example, in the early Song Dynasty, there was only an empty name in the Zhongshu Province, and the province was listed side by side outside the imperial city, and it was only a routine business such as bookkeeping, repetition, and examination of accounts. The Zhongshu Sheren is also a Jilu official, and does not draft edicts, but sets up another Sheren Academy. The Zhongshu Sheren is also a Jilu official, and does not draft edicts, but sets up another Sheren Yuan, and sets up a Zhizhi system or a direct Sheren Yuan to control the outside of the palm.

The reform of the Yuanfeng official system divided the functions and powers of the Zhongshu sect into the three provinces, restored the Tang system of "taking the decree of the Zhongshu, repeating the subordinate of the door, and implementing the Shangshu", and appointed substantive provincial officials. At the same time, the house was abandoned. The middle book order is still vacant, and the right servant shoots and the middle book waiter performs the post of the middle book order, and the left servant shoots and the door servant and is the prime minister. However, due to the impact of the separation of powers among the three provinces on the efficiency of administrative decision-making, the implementation of the change was carried out on the grounds that it was decided that it would be discussed in advance in the political affairs hall, and after it was approved, it was carried out with the "three provinces in the same holy decree". After the southern crossing, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province were merged again into Zhongshu Menxia Province, and the right servant and Zhongshu Shilang were renamed the Right Prime Minister, and the Zhongshu Shilang was renamed the Governor's Political Affairs.

Before Kublai Khan, the Great Mongolian State was in charge of government affairs with Zalu Huchi, and Dazha Lu Huchi was the highest administrator. With the expansion of the Mongol territory, documents were required for the issuance of government decrees, the collection of tribute, and the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Central Plains and the Western Regions. When the southern expedition of Wokotai was stationed in Yunzhong, according to the official name of the Central Plains, Bija Chichang was called Zhongshu Ling and Zhongshu Left Prime Minister and Right Prime Minister respectively, and at the same time, Bijachi institutions were called Zhongshu Province. However, this was only to meet the needs of ruling the Han region in the Central Plains and the expedient use of the official name of the Central Plains, and it did not become a custom of the Mongolian state.

After Kublai Khan ascended the throne in the first year of the Central Unification, the Central Plains official system was adopted, and the Zhongshu Province was established as the prime minister of the national government affairs as the highest administrative body. Its officials follow the system of Jinshangshu Province, and the crown prince is concurrently appointed by the crown prince, and there is a shortage when the crown prince is not appointed. The actual chief is the right prime minister, the left prime minister, the consul general of the provincial affairs, and the command of the hundred divisions. The four members of Pingzhang are the deputy of the prime minister; One member of the right and one member of the left, and two members of the governor are the consuls, collectively known as the governors. Because the two provinces of Menxia and Shangshu were abolished, the province of Zhongshu was particularly important compared with the previous generation.

Later, due to the murder of Ahma, Kublai Khan once abolished Zhongshu Province and restored Shangshu Province to power, and Zhenjin succeeded to the throne in order to improve the status of Hanchen, and then restored Zhongshu Province and placed Hanfa officials to consolidate his throne. However, in order to solve the financial problem, Sange had to be activated, which led to the decline of the status of Zhongshu Province and the rise of the position of Shangshu Province.

Although Li Qian lost his position and spoke lightly, his position was still there after all, and as a member of the ruling party, he still had the right to participate in the discussion. Therefore, it is not surprising that he knows more about state affairs than others, and with the good relationship with the Great Khan, he has access to confidential matters, and knows the details of the current war, even more than some of the governors.

Li Qian can be called a contemporary Confucian, knowledgeable, and has assisted the government, participated in decision-making, and has accumulated rich experience in governance, so it is logical to make a clear analysis of the current war. Although his words did not convince everyone in the palace, they had won the approval of most people, especially the Great Khan Zhenjin and An Tong, which made the urgent situation take a turn.

After secret discussions, everyone reached a consensus. It is believed that the current military and financial situation of the Southern Dynasty is not enough to support a full-scale war against the Yuan, and it should be a local war aimed at improving the passive defensive posture of Jiangnan. At present, although the advance is fast and the offensive is fierce, the main reason is that the two Huai troops on their own side have been drawn too much, resulting in a weak defensive line. And the incident happened suddenly, and all localities were negligent in their precautions, causing their own side to collapse for thousands of miles and lose ground one after another.

However, as the Song army penetrated deep into the hinterland of Lianghuai, the battle line was continuously lengthened, and the supply line was also extended, and it was necessary to send troops to stay in the recovered town, which would further weaken its already insufficient forces. And after the initial panic on their side, all localities will also be on guard and sign conscription troops to strengthen their vigilance. In this way, the strong offensive momentum of the Song army will be gradually contained, and it will also buy time for the imperial court to mobilize troops for reinforcements.

Based on Li Qian's assertion, it is believed that the main targets of the Song army in Huaixi were Xiangyang and Shouzhou, and that they sent troops from Ezhou, Jiangzhou, and Wuhu respectively, and the road was far away. After receiving the early warning, the two places will strengthen their defenses, and it is impossible for the Song army to go down in a battle. But at the same time, they also had to admit that with the Song army's ability to attack fortifications, although Xiangyang was high and deep, it lacked soldiers to fight after all. And even if you mobilize your own troops to rush thousands of miles to help, I am afraid it will be difficult to arrive before the city is broken.

Zhenjin and others thought that the situation in Huaidong was the most serious, Xuyi had been lost, Shanyang was also in danger, and the Song army could cross the Huanghuai north at any time to enter the Huaibei region and attack the Southern Dynasty's Nanjing Shangqiu, and even Tokyo Bianliang. Most of the Mongol troops in Henan and Shandong have crossed south, and the Song army, which claims to be 100,000 under the leadership of the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty, can go north along the canal at any time, and the reinforcements they want to send are still far away near Dadu, and it is too late.

The Song army recovered Bianliang, which no one in the Yuan court wanted to see. Jingshi is usually the seat of a country's imperial court, the center of political and economic activities, and the concentration of various state-level organs. It is not only a symbol of national sovereignty, but also a symbol of the country, and the capture of a country's capital means that the current regime of the country cannot exercise substantive rule over the whole country, and often the resistance of local resistance forces will be weakened, and it is very easy to be broken by the enemy.

At the same time, the dynasty was declared extinct, which was a strong blow to the morale of the people and a strong deterrent to the resistance forces.

On the contrary, the recovery of the lost Jingshi also has a strong symbolic effect on a country, marking the prosperity of the country. When the emperor of the Song Dynasty was stationed in Hangzhou after the southern crossing, he thought it was a palace. Later, Hangzhou was promoted to Lin'an Mansion, and officially took Lin'an Mansion as the capital, which is still called Xingzai. It is precisely because they still regard Kaifeng as the capital master that its significance is to declare to the world that the Great Song Dynasty did not lose the country. If it is captured by the Southern Dynasty this time, it means that it will return to the homeland, which can greatly boost the morale of the army and the people.

It was a heavy blow to the Yuan court, and the loss was not only the loss of land, wealth, and population, but more importantly, it would be regarded by the people of the world as having gone into decline, causing the people to question and even betray. Especially at the critical moment when the throne of the True Jin Emperor began to waver, the external rebellion continued, and the internal demand for his title to be virtuous, this was also one of the reasons why he strongly opposed the evacuation of most of the capital to Shangdu on the grassland.

Li Qian disagreed with everyone's worries, thinking that everyone was too pessimistic and the situation was not so serious. He thought that the Song army that captured Sizhou claimed to be 100,000 and was just bluffing. He speculated that with the cautious and conservative character of the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty, he still dared to mobilize the troops of the whole country to advance north even when the Yuxi Timurid army invaded the hinterland of Jiangdong, and it was precisely because a large number of troops had already been deployed in Jiangdong that the number was enough to block his own southern invasion army and protect the security of the Gyeonggi region.

"At present, the army led by the puppet emperor of the Southern Dynasty should be less than 50,000, and he still has to leave troops to guard Yangzhou, Zhenzhou and Taizhou, so as to prevent our Yuxi Timurid Department from returning to the north and cutting off its rear road. He also divided his troops into Xuyi and Shanyang in Gaoyou, so that the number of troops he could mobilize was even more limited, and in my estimation it would not be more than 20,000. Li Qian explained, "With 20,000 troops along the river north to Bianliang, even if it is occupied, it will be difficult to hold on, and as soon as our Korean reinforcements arrive, it will inevitably quickly withdraw its troops and retreat to Huainan." ”

"Pingzhang thought that Yuxi Timur would be able to get out of trouble and return to the north? In this way, we can flank the enemy of Huaidong on both sides and capture the puppet emperor of the Southern Dynasty! Hearing Li Qian's analysis, Zhenjin became excited, his face was ruddy, and he let out a few weird laughs.

"This ......" Li Qian was embarrassed when he heard this, thinking that he was speaking implicitly, but you can't be too optimistic! But when I think about it, I am aggrieved enough to live in this school, and I have been the prince for more than ten years, but because of a few slanderous words, the ancestor wants to depose him, if it weren't for Kublai Khan's sudden violent death, maybe it would have come true. However, it was quite difficult for the crown prince to succeed to the throne, and it was not easy to settle the forces of all parties, but he lost Jiangnan, which led to a financial crisis and aroused doubts from all sides. In the two years since he succeeded to the throne, it can be said that he is depressed every day and laments every day, but he still has to do his best to clean up the mess in a field of opposition, and he is so worried that his hair is about to fall out.

"Great Khan, this is very likely." After thinking for a while, Li Qian still didn't have the patience to hit the good mood of Zhenjin who had just recovered, and said vaguely, "I think Yuxi Timur can fight habitually, and he is not a mediocre talent." And with an elite army of 100,000, it is not possible for the Southern Dynasty to annihilate its troops overnight. Secondly, it has always been strategic, and if it finds something inappropriate, it will try to break through, and it will never be caught. Moreover, most of our troops are cavalry, swift as the wind, and once they find that they cannot do anything, they quickly withdraw their troops, and the enemy army is too late to catch up. The minister thinks that the Great Khan does not need to worry too much, and there may be news coming back later, but now we must plan for the worst in order to achieve the best result. ”

"Well, what Pingzhang said is extremely true. At present, we have to be prepared for the fact that it cannot quickly return north, but even if the Song army may stop at the Huainan line, how does Pingzhang think our army should respond? At this moment, Zhenjin is like a drowning man finally grasping a straw, and he took Li Qian's ambiguous words seriously, maybe he also understands in his heart that there is almost no possibility for the Yuxi Timurid army to break through to the north, but he just doesn't want to believe it.

"The minister thought that he should quickly assemble the guards and pro-army, select the generals to lead the troops to help, and go all the way to Shouzhou to block the enemy in Huaixi; The other route was to Xuzhou, cutting off the Song army's further northward march and ensuring the safety of Gyeonggi. Li Qian pointed to Yutu and said......

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