Chapter 250: Xin Qiji's last plan

Sick, Jia Xuan resigned

Entrusted with Ziyu's advice

With the gradual improvement of the situation in Sichuan, the senior officials of the two Huai and Sichuan are also constantly adjusting. The first is the Duanming Palace, the attendant, the signing of the Privy Council, and the superintendent of the Jianghuai Army Horse Qiu Zhongqing. Originally, he was expected to reverse the situation of the war between the two Huai, but he secretly contacted the Jin people, asked for peace talks, met with the emperor in private, and suggested that Han Pingzhang be temporarily removed from his position to welcome the emperor's wishes. When Han Yanxuan learned about it, he was furious and immediately entered the palace, and then the Zhongshu agreed to remove all his titles and only grant the promotion of Dongxiao Palace, so that Zhang Yan, the Privy Council, supervised Jiang and Huai Junma.

Then, Ye Zhengze was appointed as the governor of Jiankang Mansion and Jianghuai Envoy, and Wu Lie, the general of Huguang and Jiangling Mansion, was changed to the Xuanfu Envoy of Hubei and Beijing, and this time he was changed to Sichuan Propaganda Envoy.

Jiangling Mansion, now Jingzhou, Hubei, is a strategic place in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. After Xin Qijian went to Lin'an, he did not take office due to illness. Half a year later, he was reappointed as a squire in the military department. In this dynasty, the military department was in charge of the selection of military attachés, military status, ordnance, military orders, etc., which did not involve military power and had little to do with the Northern Expedition.

At this time, Xin Qiji was already sixty-eight years old, and his health was not as good as before, and he was often dizzy, palpitating and short of breath. On this ground, he wrote a letter of resignation, but the emperor did not allow it, and he was condoled and retained, praising him for his loyalty to the country and his fame in the four dynasties, which is exactly the talent that is urgently needed today.

Xin Qijian had no choice, so he specially visited Han Pingzhang to explain the reason. The imperial court then reappointed the Longtu Pavilion to be systematized, and promoted the Lin'an Dongxiao Palace. According to the regulations, there is no ministry in the waiting system, but it is only an adviser to facilitate the emperor's consultation, and the Lin'an Dongxiao Palace is an ancestral official, and there is no need to serve in person, but it is not allowed to live outside in the Beijing Palace. In the next two months, the imperial court reinstated his official rank as a court doctor twice. In this dynasty, the court doctor is the tenth rank of civil servants, from the fourth rank. Previously, Xin Qiji was affected by the lawlessness of Zhang Ying, who was recommended by him, and was demoted from the court doctor to the court doctor by two levels.

During this time, he went to San'in to visit Lu You. Lu You, who is in his early eighties, is still in good spirits, but his legs and feet are a little inconvenient.

Lu Youshuo: It's just in time, to comment on yesterday's new work "Secluded Early Summer"

The lake and mountain are in the place where the Weng's house is placed, and the wild path in the shade of the willow is oblique.

When the water is full, sometimes the heron is watched, and the grass is deep and the frogs are chirping everywhere.

The dragon has passed the first bamboo shoots, and the wooden pen is still blooming the first flower.

Sigh that the old man is over, and who sleeps to have a cup of tea.

After reading it, Xin Qiji said, looking for chapters and sentences from the old carving insects, and Xiaoyue hung a treasure bow on the curtain. Old friends meet, a cup of tea, needless to say, today Xin and Er enjoy this rare summer coolness.

Fortune Operator Yongmei

Outside the post on the side of the broken bridge, lonely and ownerless.

It was already dusk and I was alone, and it was even more windy and rainy.

has no intention of fighting for spring, and a group of people are jealous.

Scattered into mud and dust, only fragrant as before.

Looking at this poem, it is quite graceful, wonderful.

Jiaxuan has a lot of reputation, your masterpiece.

Dude, recently, I am often dizzy and dizzy, living in the downtown area, what is the big deal, I will recite to you the "Xijiang Moon" filled in the day before yesterday.

Xijiang Moon Night Walk in Huangsha Road

The bright moon is not a branch to frighten magpies, and the breeze chirps cicadas in the middle of the night.

The fragrance of rice flowers says that it is a good year. Listen to the sound of frogs.

Seven or eight stars outside the sky, two or three points of rain in front of the mountain.

In the old days, the thatched shop was on the edge of the forest. The road turned around and the stream was suddenly seen.

It's a great freshness. Still, I'd like to hear from you.

In that case, bring a pen. A song "Breaking the Array" was swept away.

Throw Liu Lang jade bucket on the ground, hang the sail Xizi flat boat.

The eternal romance is here today, and the fame of thousands of miles is not to be let go.

Kings three hundred states.

How do the swallows know the birds, and the sable cicada yuan is out of the pocket.

But laughing at Luxi is like a big fight, are you willing to try the knife?

Shoujun double jade ou.

Today in the court, have you tried the knife?

The situation is like this, and having a knife may not have much effect.

In the middle of summer, Xin Qi's illness became more and more serious, and he urgently needed to return to his hometown to recuperate. Liu Luan, who participated in politics, came to visit: Xin waits for the system, it is good to go back, accompanied by children, watching the idyllic scenery, listening to the streams and bamboo waves, and it will get better.

Thank you Liu for participating in politics. I hope I can come back alive.

Yes, the Great Song Dynasty still needs a cadre like you. Entrusted by Lord Han Pingzhang, I want to hear your views on the Northern Expedition, please ask Jiaxuan to speak up.

Xin Qiji thought for a while and said slowly:

There is nothing wrong with revitalizing the Northern Expedition and restoring the Central Plains, and the descendants of Yan and Huang should never forget the pain of losing the country and the loss of land. It's just a pity that the timing is not right and the preparation is not sufficient. This inadequate preparation not only refers to food, grass, and equipment, but also mainly to officers and men. Ideologically, qualitatively. Ideologically, it means that the officers and men of the Northern Expedition did not share the same hatred of the enemy. That is to say, if you don't really hate Jinbang psychologically, if you don't have the strong desire to take back your homeland, you don't hate your opponent when you go to the battlefield, and you don't have the idea of putting yourself to death and hurrying away, how can you fight and rush regardless of life and death. These officers and soldiers on the battlefield today are like this, they always think like this in their hearts, isn't it good that they didn't interfere with each other in the past and share peace, what kind of battle do they fight in a good way, and what does it have to do with me if they take back their homeland? With this kind of thinking, think about it, how can this battle be fought? Our side is vigorous, has the upper hand, and can still rush forward, and when encountering a strong enemy, an unexpected situation occurs, and it will naturally panic, and then hug the head of the rat and run away, saving their own lives.

You are right, but as everyone knows, if you want to save your life on the battlefield, you have to fight for your life, you are not afraid of death to not die, and if you are afraid of death, you often lose more miserably and die faster. Liu Lan echoed.

Participation in politics is right, that's it, why is it happening, there are two main reasons. This first article, the account should be counted on Qin Hui, an old thief, who is afraid of gold like a tiger, lives first, advocates peace and opposes the main battle. Since Shaoxing, the main peace in the court is the mainstream, and the main battle is a minority, and it will be attacked and persecuted. The unjust death of King Yue is a typical example. Originally, the main fighter was patriotic and patriotic, and there was still danger in fighting, and if he was not careful, he would hurt himself if he was light, and if he lost the city in defeat, he would not support the imperial court, who would want to do this thankless thing. Therefore, these situations that have arisen today are the inevitable result of the Lord and my thoughts since I crossed south. Because the imperial court has always been peaceful, to pay a huge amount of coins and silks to the gold thief to steal peace, resulting in the emphasis on literature and light on military force, swords and guns into the warehouse, horses put on Nanshan, the city destroyed, and the military administration is not repaired, in this case, how can you win against the enemy?

Look at what kind of soldiers we use, there are hooligans, there are begging and homeless, and criminals, all of them are inferior people living at the bottom, being a soldier or a lifelong system, taking it as a profession, taking silver and eating rice, no pride, not respected by society, why should he fight for you?

Besides, the officials, how many years have they not recruited martial arts, there are very few people recruited, and there are a large number of civilian officials leading soldiers, where are their minds, in addition to climbing up, they are trying to find ways to make money, deduct the army, support the non-commissioned officers to do business for them, how many study the art of war, study history, how many go to train soldiers, and mingle with soldiers? Back then, why did Fan Zhongyan send Di Qing "Zuo Biography"? is to tell him a truth: generals don't know the past and the present, but they are just the courage of a horseman. Let's just say that Li Shuang, the commander of Chizhou, took more than 30,000 soldiers to attack Shouzhou, fought for more than a month, and still didn't fight down, and the result was that people were attacked inside and outside the house. How big can Shouzhou City be? With so many soldiers to fight, he has momentum and advantage, why doesn't he use his brain? Find a way to attack, one can't do it, think about another one, it really can't work, so organize a death squad and go together in all directions, how can the golden soldiers in the city deal with it? How long can it cope? The general who leads the troops is to be like Bi Zaiyu, brave and strategic, and take the lead in rushing forward. To win on the battlefield, the soldiers are not more precise, but the command is appropriate, your general takes the lead in rushing inward, will the soldiers still be afraid?

Speaking of Yue Jiajun, many people's first reaction is two words: can fight. In the eyes of many people, the Yue family army has never lost a battle, and it can be said that "what the flag points to, is invincible". And what is most closely related to this impression is what their sworn enemy Jin Wushu said: "Shaking the mountain is easy, shaking the Yue family's army is difficult." In folklore, the Yuejia army was an invincible and invincible army. In the tenth year of Shaoxing, the cavalry of the Yuejia Army defeated the cavalry of the Jurchens in one fell swoop, and smashed Zhuxian Town, only a few dozen miles away from Bianliang.

Why is the Yue family army so powerful? Where is the secret of the rise of the Yue family's army? These two are absolutely indispensable, one is strict discipline, absolute obedience, shouting to the end, and the second is hard training, each with a skill.

Can these current armies do this? Far from it. This is what I said that the time is not ripe, the soldiers are not well trained, the generals are not selected well, and the officers and soldiers are not united.

Liu Lan asked again, do you have any good suggestions for the current situation?

So far, I still think that this Northern Expedition is not a failure? On the battlefield, victory and defeat have always been unpredictable, and they change with each other, and we have not experienced war for nearly 50 years, and this period of time can be regarded as a tempering, learning war in war, and seeking victory in defeat. In my opinion, the Jin army does not have an absolute advantage to cross the Yangtze River, and it is the main elite of the Jin State who is fighting against us in Lianghuai, and while launching a counteroffensive against us, he will not ignore the desert Mongolia and our 100,000 army in Sichuan and Shaanxi, so they are unwilling and dare not confront us for a long time.

You mean, we will fight them to the death in Lianghuai, and we will not back down or negotiate peace.

I don't think Jinbang can afford it, so we will use Lianghuai as the battlefield and the Yangtze River as the last line of defense to confront Jinbang. It is also possible to hold peace talks, adhere to principles, never make concessions, and talk when it is beneficial to us, and fight if it is unfavorable. After a long time, Jinbang will definitely not be able to afford it. Of course, we also have an impact, but we can withstand it. The two armies face each other, and whoever can persevere will have the last laugh.

Liu Ling nodded, it is such a reason, if Jinbang has the strength to fight, it will never be stagnant like now, and he is willing to negotiate peace.

There are two key points: First, we must resist the opposition and accusations of various domestic forces, and second, we must not be afraid of Jinbang's coercion and blackmail, no matter what he says, it is a bluff, and we must not retreat.

Not far back to Lead Mountain, Xin Qiji fell ill.