"Zhao Zhizhou, this is your recital on this matter?" The magistrate of Linqing County put down the fold and asked in a calm voice.

Zhao Jiaren replied frankly: "That's right! ”

"I can't co-sign such a concert." Linqingzhi County replied decisively.

The other county magistrates who didn't see the concert began to get together to watch, and at least half of the magistrates who had seen the concert stood with the magistrate of Linqing County. Zhao Jiaren's article is an argumentative essay, and it begins with the introduction of many people on Fujian Road to open up the South China Sea. Why did so many people of the Great Song Dynasty leave their hometowns and go overseas? Zhao Jiaren's reason was that the imperial court could not help but annex land, and the people gradually lost their land. People struggle to survive without land, and leaving their homes is an acceptable option.

There is no need to look at the back, and the content here alone makes the magistrates extremely dissatisfied. Originally, the magistrates meant that Zhao Jiaren was able to tell the imperial court that Zhao Jiaren's recruitment of farmers to open up the wasteland caused the local population to leave. If things develop this way, the responsibility for the county governors will be borne by Zhao Jiaren, and they will no longer be affected by the evaluation that they may be subjected to because of the declining population.

However, Zhao Zhizhou didn't seem to want to shoulder the responsibility. If Zhao Zhizhou wrote it, the annexation caused the peasants to live in extreme hardship, and Zhao Zhizhou saved the people by providing employment opportunities in the South China Sea. The jinshi can certainly understand this way of writing, but this kind of writing makes it impossible for the magistrates to throw away all their responsibilities.

Zhao Jiaren never had the intention of petitioning for the guilty chapter, and he didn't think he had done anything wrong at all. Seeing that these people refused to join forces, Zhao Jiaren did not force him, "I am just going to perform the concert like this, if you think there is a problem with the writing of this concerto, you can also go to the concert yourself." All I can tell you is that this is what I am going to do. How you deal with it is your own business. ”

Some magistrates saw that things had come to such a point, and they directly resigned. Others still hope that Zhao Jiaren's attitude can soften first, but they didn't expect Zhao Jiaren to give an expulsion order, "I want to talk to the left-wing army now, if you don't want to join forces, then please take care of yourself." ”

In the end, there was no one to join the name, and Zhao Jiaren felt relaxed, and he received Xia Jing, the commander of the Left Wing Army, who came by order, according to the original plan. Xia Jing didn't greet Zhao Jiaren after seeing him, but asked nervously: "Zhao Zhizhou, I don't know what is going on with the articles mentioned in your letter." ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled slightly, first invited Xia Jing to sit down, and then handed a document to Xia Jing.

Xia Jing said with some embarrassment: "Xia Guan is not very literate. ”

"It's okay, it's all in the vernacular." Zhao Jiaren forcibly suppressed his dissatisfaction and said as gently as possible.

Seeing Xia Jing reading the charter with a sad expression, Zhao Jiaren felt a little sad in his heart. There is a saying in the Southern Song Dynasty army that if Yue Fei was illiterate, he probably wouldn't have been killed. The generals of the Song Army didn't like to read in the first place, and the later generals probably added the attribute of 'not daring to read'.

Fortunately, Xia Jing did not make a statement that he couldn't read. This is the regulations for the adjustment of the Left Wing Army written by Zhao Jiaren very carefully selected people. If Xia Jing really can't read, the literacy level of this left-wing army commander is probably semi-literate.

After a painful reading process, Xia Jing raised his head and said with some panic: "Zhao Zhizhou, do you mean to go north to fight?" ”

Zhao Jiaren finally understood what the role of the master was, and it was really bad to encounter such reading ability and use words as a communication tool. Facing Xia Jing, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but think of the group of Jinshi Zhixian who dealt with him not long ago. These people's control of words and Xia Jing are completely two worlds, and the Jinshi can not only easily control the text tools, but also understand what the writer wants to express through the text.

If a literati read these words, they would definitely be able to understand that going north to fight was not the biggest point at all. However, Zhao Jiaren still had some doubts about whether this Xia Jing was pretending. Perhaps because of the impression formed in the 21st century, Zhao Jiaren simply could not imagine that an official of Xia Jing's level could not read such a simple document.

Holding back his doubts about whether Xia Jing was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, Zhao Jiaren explained. There are three main points in this, the first is to cancel the tattoo in the left-wing army and use propaganda to attract new soldiers to join. The second is to increase investment in the Left Wing Army, so that this army will have a higher combat capability, at least able to quell all kinds of civil strife in Fujian. The third is to go north in the near future and enter the Yandi to fight.

Zhao Jiaren knew very well that Jia Rudao did not think that the Song army could really gain a foothold in Yandi, far from the inland, and all Jia Nidao hoped for was to create an effective deterrent, so that the Mongols knew that the Great Song army could attack Yandi from the sea. As long as you don't make a fool, the military action to attack Yandi is actually very dangerous. However, the expression seen on Xia Jing's face showed that this Xia Jing was very panicked about this military operation.

Hearing that Zhao Jiaren was sure that he was indeed going to send troops to Yandi, the face of the commander of the left-wing army turned pale, although Xia Jing still hoped to maintain his composure, but his voice couldn't help but tremble a little when he spoke, "Zhao Zhizhou, don't be joking. ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled, "I didn't mean to joke at all. ”

Because there is no definite evidence, Zhao Jiaren only relied on speculation to consider what role the left wing army of the palace front division, which was an important military force in Quanzhou, when Pu Shougeng rebelled. At that time, it was the pirates from all walks of life collected by Pu Shougeng, and when Zhao Jiaren struggled to resist, he didn't see the soldiers of the front division of the palace. At that time, Xia Jing was a guy who was deeply trusted by Pu Shougeng, and from a logical point of view, it was impossible for the palace secretary to be uninvolved in this matter.

Seeing Xia Jing's performance like this, Zhao Jiaren continued to smile and said: "Jia Xianggong wants to transport troops to Yandi from the sea, and last time our volunteers from Fujian beat the Mongols on the water. The Xia commanders felt that Fujian Yiyong could send ships, and of course the Left Wing Army could. ”

Hearing this, Jia Xianggong intervened, Xia Jing's pale face revealed a sickly red, and he tried to justify: "Zhao Zhizhou, the righteous and brave you led are brave and good at fighting. However, our left-wing army has never been able to fight any battles, and Fujian has always relied on Huaixi soldiers to suppress bandits. The local bandits in Fujian can't be solved, so where can we beat the Mongols? ”

As for the situation of the Left Wing Army, Zhao Jiaren is of course very clear. He was very dissatisfied with this virtue of the Left Wing Army, and his voice became stern, "The so-called war, first of all, is to dare to fight. If you don't have the heart to fight, you don't need to talk about anything else. You haven't fought the Mongols yet, so how do you know that you can't beat the Mongols. ”

Commander Xia Jing's face turned from red to pale again, and he replied with a painful expression: "If you can't beat it, you can't beat it, do you still have to try?" ”

Zhao Jiaren was extremely annoyed by this blatant rebellion, and if Zhao Jiaren's subordinates were allowed to form an army against the Mongols, Zhao Jiaren's troops would at most have doubts about how to form a land army, but they would not be afraid of the Mongols without a war. Looking at Xia Jing's pale face, Zhao Jiaren had to have a suspicion that the Left Wing Army, like those warlord troops, could only burst out of combat effectiveness on the side of the new master when he rebelled against his motherland.

With such a thought, Zhao Jiaren suddenly had a killing intent in his heart. His hand couldn't help but touch his waist, fortunately, he was meeting with the magistrates not long ago, and Zhao Jiaren was not wearing a stabbing sword. After touching the void, Zhao Jiaren also felt that he had regained his calm.

Suppressing his fierce emotions, Zhao Jiaren said as coldly as possible: "You go back and talk to the brothers of the Left Wing Army first, the Left Wing Army is going to fight." If it is a left-wing army that can't fight, what will it do? ”

After speaking, he didn't let Xia Jing make any excuses, so Zhao Jiaren sent Xia Jing away. Looking at the hesitant back of this commander, Zhao Jiaren felt that he could understand why Jia Yidao used such ruthless methods to deal with the military leader. Liu Cheng and other military leaders defected to Mongolia one after another, and many people said that it was Jia Yidao's responsibility. However, he was also targeted by Jia Yidao, and even if Xiang Shibi was imprisoned, he had no intention of treason. Jia Yidao did adopt a wrong policy, which does not mean that it can help Liu Cheng's gang of military leaders to exonerate. If they think that treason is unacceptable, how can they make the choice of treason so quickly.

Standing on the position of Jia Yidao, Zhao Jiaren discovered the characteristics of the Great Song Dynasty system. Even though Zhao Jiaren spent a lot of effort and material resources to rebuild the Left Wing Army, Zhao Jiaren still served a three-year term. After three years, Zhao Jiaren had to leave Fuzhou. If you really want to solve the problem of the Great Song Army, what you need is to comprehensively transform the military system of the Great Song Dynasty and the ideological system of the Great Song Dynasty. Such a transformation must be built on the basis of Zhao Jiaren's administration of the government.

Shaking his head vigorously, Zhao Jiaren left behind the common thoughts that would appear every time. Every time I think of the same old thing, Zhao Jiaren himself is bored. Since he wanted to do something different, he ordered his subordinates: "Go and invite Commander Xia back." I have something to say to him. ”

Not long after Xia Jing left, he soon returned under the leadership of Zhao Jiaren's attendants. Zhao Jiaren was not discouraged this time, he said to Xia Jing with a pleasant face: "Commander Xia." Letting the brothers of the Left Wing Army go around Yandi is probably too terrifying for the brothers. I think so, you and I will write a piece together. Since the military expenses of the Left Wing Army were paid by the city divisions of Fuzhou and Quanzhou, it was advisable to increase the temporary establishment of the Left Wing Army of 1,000 men in Fuzhou. It just so happened that Jia Xianggong and I were sure that the Left Wing Army could not be tattooed. The temporary establishment of 1,000 people is limited to three years, and when my term of office is up, it will be up to me whether the next governor of Fuzhou is willing to pay any more. If the next governor of Fuzhou refuses to pay any more, it will be dissolved. I don't know what Commander Xia wants? ”

Xia Jing listened to Zhao Jiaren's suggestion as if listening to a book from heaven, and could see that he couldn't grasp the point at all. Regarding Zhao Jiaren's question, Xia Jing could only hmmmmmmmmmm There is no appearance of going on at all.

Seeing that such a method of communication was useless, Zhao Jiaren could only change his words, "Commander Xia, you should take the left wing army to fight, or let this newly built thousand people go out to fight." If you don't want a thousand people to fight, then you want to fight. You clearly say whether you are willing to fight by yourself or not. ”

Such a simple and clear request finally forced Xia Jing to make a clear choice, and he replied with a simple and repeated, "I don't want to fight!" I don't want to fight! ”

"Okay, in that case, let's sign it together after reading this piece!" Zhao Jiaren wrote a simple piece of music as he spoke.

This time, Xia Jing watched it for a while, and finally signed it with a trembling hand. Zhao Jiaren was not afraid that Xia Jing would regret it, so he didn't care that Xia Jing didn't use the official seal. He directly stamped the two names himself, and then ordered someone to send them out urgently. Zhao Jiaren is very confident that this piece can be passed, and this piece of music indicates that he will use Fujian's volunteers to build a sailor. The imperial court did not have to pay or send people, the only thing to come out of was to let these Fujian ships complete their service every ten years as a left-wing army.

After the matter was done, Zhao Jiaren sent Xia Jing away again. The value of this commander of the Left Wing Army in this operation has been exhausted in Zhao Jiaren's opinion. In the process of gradually seizing power from the Left Wing Army envisioned by Zhao Jiaren, Commander Xia would probably exist as a dispossessed person.

Forming a thousand-strong naval army was not difficult for Zhao Jiaren. As soon as Xia Jing left, Zhao Jiaren gathered his subordinates and talked to them about the formation of a new Left Wing Army. Even if they knew that this army did not tattoo, it was only within Zhao Jiaren's tenure, and everyone immediately objected after a moment of shock.

"Zhizhou, why do we have to pay so much money to serve the imperial court?" This is the first pointed question.

There is also a saying that makes a judgment from the opposite side, "Yes, even if we don't use the identity of the Left Wing Army, it is difficult that we will not be able to do what we can do now?" ”

Zhao Jiaren stared at these people who spoke, and his heart was churning. The opinions of these people are also the views that Zhao Jiaren once had, but after contacting Xia Jing this time, Zhao Jiaren felt that the pattern of his thoughts might be too low. At this time, everyone had finished speaking, so everyone's eyes fell on Zhao Jiaren. After all, in this gang, Zhao Jiaren is the one who can really make a decision.

Glancing at these people, Zhao Jiaren basically didn't see anyone who was willing to give Zhao Jiaren's strength to the title of the imperial court. Even now, Zhao Jiaren has some joy in his heart. If his subordinates were all guys who were keen to defect to the imperial court, Zhao Jiaren would probably have a headache at this time.

Suppressing the tangled emotions, Zhao Jiaren said: "I understand what you say. What I want to say now is, ladies and gentlemen, we have a motherland. Our ancestors created Huaxia, and you should all have taken a history class and know the origin of Huaxia. Now, Huaxia is in great danger. In order for the country inherited from our ancestors not to be destroyed, then we must do something for the country! ”

In the past, Zhao Jiaren liked history very much, because he liked to read, and history gave him great joy in reading. However, now Zhao Jiaren suddenly discovered that the role of history is not a comic book or a storybook, but a giant anchor for positioning. It is a giant anchor that can firmly nail the hearts of the Chinese to the traditional Chinese people.

Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but raise his hand to the sky in his heart. Because he was lazy, he plagiarized and added history lessons to the subject. Now, these history lessons have unexpectedly shown their effect, and when Zhao Jiaren told the cadres about inheriting the history of China, there was a foundation for several years of precipitation. Although I don't know if the foundation is solid, at least it won't be an air-to-air nonsense.