Chapter 646: Personally Expedition

This plan is very good, but after Shi Bin calms down, he doesn't plan to order it immediately, because that would be too domineering. Shi Bin decided to tell Zhao Kui first, which could be regarded as a sign of respect for Lao Zaifu.

Zhao Kui was no stranger to Shi Bin's sudden arrival, his mansion was no different from his own backyard to Shi Bin, he could come and go as he wanted. It's just that for Shi Bin, who doesn't have such a strong sense of hierarchy, he doesn't care about this, what he cares about is how to achieve today's goal.

"Hello Lord Zhao, today Shi Bin came to disturb the adults again, please forgive me."

"Lord Shi doesn't have to be so polite, you must be here for official business, not a private matter, it is a blessing in the world for the Great Song Dynasty to have such a diligent official as you."

"Lord Zhao praised falsely, but Shi did have a matter of coming here today, and this matter is quite important, and I hope to get the support of adults." Shi Bin said with a smile.

Zhao Kui, who had already practiced a pair of fiery eyes, did not see the taste of conspiracy from Shi Bin's smile, which made him relieved, so he asked Shi Bin what he wanted to talk about. I don't like to twist and pinch, Shi Bin came to a bamboo tube and poured beans and said everything in his heart.

This aspect is something that Zhao Kui has never thought of, and in Zhao Kui's opinion, it is not impossible to win a few big battles, which can strengthen the national prestige and make the small countries around him dare not covet the Great Song Dynasty anymore. But I also have to admit that what Shi Bin said is reasonable, if Kublai Khan feels too threatened, I am afraid that things will change.

Either Kublai Khan concentrated his forces to exterminate the 60,000 Song army first, and as a result, Ali Buge became a fisherman. Either Kublai Khan may reach a reconciliation agreement with Ali Buge to attack our army first, because Kublai Khan only needs to strongly emphasize that if he Kublai Khan is defeated, Ali Buge will not be able to live alone, and the Yuan people will be enslaved by the Song people from then on. Ali Buge could not guarantee that he would not change his attitude and unite with Kublai Khan to fight against the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking about these things clearly, Zhao Kui frowned and asked, "Lord Shi is really powerful, and his heart is as careful as a hair." Since you've come to me, I must have a solution. ”

"I thought of some solutions, but I have to ask Lord Zhao to help refer to it, so as not to make mistakes."

After glancing at Shi Bin meaningfully, Zhao Kui smiled: "Okay, I can't ask for it." ”

"I plan to transfer Wang San back to continue to serve as the envoy of the riverside system, and transfer Li Chao, who is now temporarily acting as the envoy of the riverside system, to the commander of the three armies in the northwest. Although his ability is slightly worse than that of Wang San, he is also a general, and it will be fine to command 60,000 soldiers and horses against Kublai Khan. Shi Bin said, "The key is that he is not greedy for merit, and he will not always want to hit Kublai Khan hard, so that things will not change." ”

"Master Shi's subordinates are really full of talents, and they are very capable of transferring anyone at will. But I don't know one thing, as we all know, Wang San is your chief thinker, why did he make such a low-level mistake this time? I heard that he taught you to be an official. Zhao Kui said with a slight sneer.

"Lord Zhao, this is your fault. Don't you know that 'if you care, you will be confused'? I'm afraid that people won't be so sober when things fall on their heads, and there will be some deviations. ”

In order not to arouse Shi Bin's disgust, Zhao Kui immediately apologized and expressed his absolute support for Shi Bin's suggestion.

The next morning, the two of them handed this recital to Li Zong, and this strange scene surprised everyone in the court, but no one dared to make a sound. After listening to Shi Bin and Zhao Kui's explanations, Li Zong agreed to this request and ordered Li Chao to replace Wang San in command of the three armies in the northwest.

As soon as Wang Yi and Li Shao came to inquire, they were afraid that Shi Bin had fallen for Zhao Kui's conspiracy.

Seeing that the two of them cared about him so much, Shi Bin was very happy and said: "Don't worry, don't be unhappy, don't be unhappy, this is the agreement I reached after discussing with Zhao Kui yesterday, it wasn't him who bewitched me." Now that the court is under my control, how can he control me? It's just a respect for his old minister. such

Or a little less fettered, right? ”

After listening to Shi Bin's explanation, Wang Yi and Li Shao were relieved, saying that they also supported Shi Bin's suggestion, and asked if there was anything they needed to do.

Since both of them are here, how could Shi Bin waste this opportunity? Two tasks were given, the first was to allocate sufficient food and pay to replenish sufficient soldiers; The second is that in the annual evaluation, all the generals who fought bravely to kill the enemy were rated as excellent, and those who had military merits should be nominated for promotion, and the key was not to ask about the faction.

This is a good way to buy people's hearts, and it also makes Wang Yi and Li Shao both happy and admired, and they quickly run to do things. After only half a month, Li Chao took over as the commander of the three armies in the northwest, and Wang San left his burden and returned to his post as an envoy along the river.

Wang Jian and Xiang Shibi had heard of Li Chao's name for a long time, and knew that although he was not as powerful as Wang San, he was also a general under Shi Bin and a victorious general. Therefore, Wang San's departure made the two not feel less stressed, and they were still so aggrieved.

As Shi Bin expected, Li Chao resolutely carried out his orders, and only had a skirmish with Kublai Khan, and the largest battle did not exceed 5,000 men. This situation made Kublai Khan and Ali Buge very anxious, and secretly scolded Li Chao for being too treacherous, which was obviously planning to be the fisherman.

However, Li Chao sent the promised grain baggage to Ali Buge on time every time, so that he could not break the contract and could not afford to have the idea of fleeing to Persia. After all, Kublai Khan's strength was indeed decreasing little by little, while his strength was increasing little by little with the support of the three great khanates and the Great Song Dynasty.

This situation is what Shi Bin is most willing to see, because once this happens, Ali Buge and Kublai Khan will be evenly matched, and no one will obey anyone and keep pinching them, and what will be lost is the strength of the Yuan people themselves.

It's a pity that the cost of 60,000 soldiers and horses is really not small, and a year after the start of the war, Hubu Shangshu began to cry poor, which made Shi Bin very unhappy. I had to think of a way again.

"Xu Feng, there has been a war for a while now, and it is already the first year of Jingding (1260), but the progress is really not much, what do you say?"

"My lord, I think that my lord should be arbitrary, and now the treasury is still very full, even if the treasury is not empty for ten consecutive years, don't pay attention to the crying poverty of the household department." Xu Feng said very seriously.

"Arbitrariness?"

"Yes, the cadres are arbitrary." Xu Feng said very firmly.

After listening to Xu Feng's words, Shi Bin no longer thought about this trouble, and turned to deal with the stack of official documents that had accumulated on his desk.

Why didn't Shi Bin want to think about it, but Li Zong, a guy who had forgotten the pain after the scars, wanted to, and the next day he summoned Shi Bin into the palace.

Seeing that Shi Bin was still courteous as always, Li Zong's feeling of superiority returned, so he said happily: "Shi Aiqing, no courtesy." I have called you today to discuss something with you. ”

The most annoying thing is that Li Zong's waste looks high, Shi Bin has an urge to rush up and beat him up, but he doesn't want to be criticized so he has to endure it. can only say: "Your Majesty, please speak." ”

"In the past few days, the head of the household department has always cried in front of me, saying that the treasury is empty, and wants me to issue a holy decree to recall the 60,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest. Shi Aiqing, now that Lanzhou to the east of Jiayuguan has been recovered, why don't we withdraw our troops here? Ali Buge and Kublai Khan love to fight how to fight, how about we no longer wade into this troubled water? ”

After a long time, he was fooled by the Hubu Shangshu and wanted to betray his trust for a little benefit, which made Shi Bin scold the eighteenth generation of the ancestor of the Hubu Shangshu in his heart. It is clear that the Doctrine should not be so oblivious to profit.

Who knew that Li Zong was really good, the scar forgot the pain, and the two sentences of discord actually choked with Shi Bin. This is good, no one can get off the stage, and they are frozen.

Fortunately, it didn't last long, and the hateful Hubu Shangshu came to the emperor to complain again, but when he saw that the emperor and Shi Bin were obviously cold, and the situation was not good, he was scared into a cold sweat. But he had been discovered by the two of them, and he couldn't escape, so he had to come and be punished.

"Lord Shangshu, it seems that you not only come to me to cry poor, but also come to the emperor to cry poor." Shi Bin

Sneered.

Hubu Shangshu didn't have much guts, but now that Shi Bin, who was like a murderer, was angry, how could he not feel fear? Fortunately, he was still smart, and immediately said that the treasury had just entered a large sum of silver today, and the treasury was full again. And he came this time to tell the emperor the good news, so that the emperor didn't have to worry about the treasury.

These words made Shi Bin's heart feel more comfortable, but he still didn't want to see the Hubu Shangshu again, so in front of the emperor, he was demoted to three levels for the crime of 'doing things badly' to become the governor.

Although the emperor wanted to stop it several times, when he saw Shi Bin's evil face, the emperor stopped again, because he remembered all the things before...

After returning to the mansion, Shi Bin was in a bad mood, and anyone could see it. Seeing this, Jia Ling and Sai Xishi immediately ran over to ask, they didn't want Shi Bin to sulk. If you sulk and spoil your body, that's the stupidest thing, and it's definitely the one who is close to you and the enemy is fast.

"Husband, why do you look like this when you go to the palace today?"

"It's not about the 60,000 soldiers and horses in the northwest, the bastard of Hubu Shangshu actually dared to secretly cry poverty to the emperor, and the emperor's guy who had healed his scars and forgot the pain actually dared to ask me to withdraw from the army."

This is indeed quite annoying, Hubu Shangshu dared to bypass Shi Bin and go directly to the emperor, and the emperor dared to ask Shi Bin to withdraw the army, this is the first time since Shi Bin took power alone.

"They are so bold that they dare to do this, it won't work if they don't give them some power, otherwise they won't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has!" Sai Xi Shi, the female bandit leader, immediately said cruel words.

"I have already demoted that household secretary to a governor, and I want him to fully support the northwest grain salary, and life will not be easy." Shi Bin sneered, "What is unhappy is the emperor's attitude and whether or not to continue to use troops like this." ”

"The emperor's question is simple, just knock and knock, let him remember that he is just a puppet. Of course the battle has to be fought, why does the husband still want to retire? Jia Ling immediately asked after listening to Shi Bin's words.

Looking at Jia Ling and Sai Xishi's anxious expressions, Shi Bin knew that the two had misunderstood, and immediately explained with a smile: "Two ladies, would you be so stupid as a husband?" Thinking that if I recapture Jiayu Pass, I don't want Yumen Pass, and I don't care about Ali Buge and Kublai Khan outside the pass? I mean, you can't fight like this, maybe you have to do it in a different way, because it's a bit slow. The number of casualties among the soldiers has decreased a lot, but the consumption of food and wages has been a lot, and it is somewhat unprofitable. ”

"Also, what's more, I'm afraid that Brother Ali will be dissatisfied after doing this for a long time. It is true that there is a different approach, but the question is what is the right way? Li Chao has done well enough, you can't reprimand him for this. Jia Ling reminded.

"Don't worry, Li Chao is so faithful to carry out my orders, how can I reprimand him before I praise him?"

"And what are you going to do?" Sai Si Shi asked.

"Simple, transfer Li Chao back to Jinghu Two Roads, but as a reward, let him serve as the envoy of Jinghu Two Roads, in charge of military and political affairs. As for the commander-in-chief of the three armies in the northwest, I will personally assume the position. Shi Bin smiled.

How could Jia Ling and Sai Xishi fall behind such a good thing? Shi Bin was never allowed to go to the northwest alone, on the grounds that Lin'an was too important and Shi Bin couldn't leave easily.

Looking at Jia Ling and Sai Xishi slyly, Shi Bin smiled and said: "Two ladies, do you think that there are Zhao Gang, Wang Yi and Li Shao among the Beijing Division, and Li Xu is the envoy of the two Zhejiang systems, will the Beijing Division still be lost?" ”

Fools know that even if Shi Bin leaves for a year and a half, Lin'an will definitely not lose, and Jia Ling and the others said this just as an excuse to go together. This reason doesn't make sense, the two had to use their emotions to attack, saying that Shi Bin lacks someone to take care of him when he goes out on the expedition and needs someone to care for him, and the guards can't do anything except stand guard, and they must have a woman by their side.

I have to sigh that Jia Ling and the two are really able to bend and stretch, and they are extremely smart. Anyway, there was almost no danger in this expedition, and Shi Bin agreed as soon as his heart softened.

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