The final candidate decided by Song Lizong was Liu Xiongfei, who was ready to appoint him as the envoy of Sichuan pacification and control, as well as the governor of Chongqing, the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, and the envoy of Kuilu." Although Liu Xiongfei was also a fierce general, he only arrived in May of this year (1261) to serve as the governor of Kuilu. After he took office, he did not gain some military merits, but suffered several small defeats, and he was not familiar with the situation in Sichuan, nor was he familiar with the generals in Sichuan, so he was really not a suitable candidate.

Seeing that the emperor personally appointed him, although the important ministers had opinions, they did not dare to speak out, and they had to praise the emperor's wisdom and martial arts with flattery, and claimed that Liu Xiongfei would definitely live up to the emperor's grace and lead the generals in central Sichuan to resist the Mongolian army. In fact, they all lamented in their hearts that the generals were incompetent and exhausted to the death of the three armies, and they kept thinking in their hearts about how to reply to the requester, whether to return the bribe or think of another way?

"Thousands of wears, only sycophants don't wear". Seeing that everyone was applauding, Song Lizong took advantage of the situation to propose how to stabilize the political situation in Sichuan. The important ministers in the court are all human spirits, and they can't hear the voice of Li Zong. Tang died in the feudal town, and Song also began to mutiny in Chenqiao, and was very wary of the generals who led the troops. Bashu has been ravaged by war for a long time, and it has long been fragmented and the people are not able to make a living, where is the political situation at all? Song Lizong's words were actually to weaken and restrain the power of the Thunderbolt Army.

When the important ministers who participated in the court meeting heard this, they all kept silent. On the one hand, they have all received more or less money from Li Kaipeng, and many of them have bought bonds and stocks of Liuqiu. Although I don't know that Liuqiu Company is a branch of the Thunderbolt Army, I can guess that there is a deep relationship between them. If you follow the words, you can naturally win the favor of the emperor, but this financial road will be broken, and there will be an enemy for no reason.

On the other hand, although Li Zong's suppression of the Thunderbolt Army and Ouyang Xuan was an inevitable move to maintain the Zhao family's world, this kind of killing donkeys and unloading the mill was naturally impossible to say from their mouths. Yue Fei of this dynasty was highly meritorious because of his achievements in resisting gold, and was instructed by Gaozong Zhao to kill Qin Hui on a "trumped-up" charge, which made the people of the world scold and leave a stench for thousands of years, and the children and grandchildren could not raise their heads. Although these important ministers are not good at war and government affairs, they are all swimming fish in the sea, and they are willing to wade into this troubled water.

Seeing that all the ministers were pretending to be deaf and dumb, Li Zong was extremely annoyed. He set his eyes on Jia Nidao, who was sitting below him, and asked the prime minister he trusted the most to show his attitude. Although Jia Yidao is insidious, treacherous, and corrupt, he is a Jinshi, and his talent in his chest is much higher than that of Li Zong, who grew up in the deep palace. In fact, Li Zong's appointment of Liu Xiongfei as the envoy of the Sichuan system was really inappropriate in Jia Yidao's view. Putting aside the enmity between him and Liu Xiongfei, just taking Liu Xiongfei as an example, after Liu Xiongfei took office, he would inevitably order Lieutenant General Futsukawa, and Li Zong's move was a mediocre move.

It's just that in the face of Li Zong's aggressive eyes, Jia seemed to have no choice but to break the silence and open his mouth. "Today, the northern captives are powerful, plundering Koubian every year, taking my land, and killing my people. Since Liu Quan's rebellion, the battle situation in Bashu was as dangerous as eggs, but fortunately, the emperor's wise ministers worked together to punish the rebels and frustrate the arrogance of the Tartars, so that Bashu turned the crisis into peace. Anger can be puffed up but not vented, for the sake of today's plan, it is appropriate to praise it......"

Li Zong saw that Jia Yidao, who had always been submissive, did not climb along the pole he handed over, but he sang in a reverse tune, and his face became more and more ugly. Jia Yidao naturally saw Li Zong's dark face, but buried his head lower, but he didn't stop talking, and he was still talking. The Zhao family and the scholars share the world, and the imperial power cannot dominate everything.

Jia Rudao uncharacteristically disobeyed the Li Sect, not to say good things for the Thunderbolt Army and Ouyang Xuan, nor out of justice. He thinks about the interests of the entire ruling group, and he thinks about his own interests. The Thunderbolt Army has made such a great achievement, if it is not rewarded and punished, it will definitely make the Song Army generals feel sad and sad. Jia Yidao can also understand that the Thunderbolt Army is already the mainstay of Sichuan's resistance to Mongolia. If Li Zonghu is allowed to come, the situation in Sichuan will inevitably be even worse. What the imperial court needed for Ouyang Xuan was to win over rather than suppress it with all its might.

From the perspective of personal interests, the "planning method" promoted by Jia Rudao has offended too many border commanders and colonels, so that many people blame the defeat in the war. As one of the few Thunderbolts who are both honest and able to win battles, it is a strong example of Jia Yidao proving that he has implemented the "plan law". In addition, Jia Yidao also made a lot of profits from the dry stocks and bonds given by Liuqiu, and his income was much more than his annual salary.

Seeing that Jia Rudao refused to borrow the slope to get off the donkey, Li Zong set his sights on the rest of the ministers. These ministers either buried their heads lower or looked around at him, much to the annoyance of Ritsune. Seeing this, Jia Rudao knew that Li Zong would definitely not give up if he didn't make it clear today, so he said with a heart: "If Ouyang Xiao'er follows Liu Quan's example and becomes a traitor, how can we deal with it?" ”

As soon as Jia Rudao said this, Li Zong's face became black and red. Now he knows that his political skills are still a little worse than Jia Nidao. Yes, if the Thunderbolt army surrenders to the Mongolian army, not only Sichuan will definitely fall into the hands of the Mongolian army, but also add a strong opponent. Under the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law, Yang's Banzhou will inevitably be in the same breath as the Thunderbolt army. At that time, the imperial court will not only consider the matter of separation, but also the matter of how long the Zhao family can hold out in the world.

Seeing that Li Zong was silent, Jia Yidao took the opportunity to put forward his own ideas. Liu Xiongfei was still ordered to be the commander-in-chief of Sichuan, the transit envoy of Kuilu and the governor of Chongqing, but he changed his Sichuan pacification envoy to deputy envoy, although his power remained unchanged, he still led the Sichuan war situation, but after all, he was not too criticized. Ouyang Xuan is still the deputy envoy of Sichuan pacification and the pacification envoy of Chengdu Road and the governor of Chongqing Mansion, and the envoy of the western town of Sichuan. Zan Wanshou, Zhang Jue and Banzhou generals also have their own rewards.

According to Jia Yidao's statement, the Thunderbolt army has always listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and it is now a big trend, not only the land in western Sichuan has been splashed with water, but even the Tongchuan Mansion Road that has just been laid down is firmly controlled by it, and it is impossible for the imperial court to send officials to take over at the moment, and it is impossible to set up financial and taxation institutions such as salt and iron supervision and transshipment. In order to prevent it from falling to the Mongols, it is better to be a favor, give confirmation of the name, and let it continue to fight the Mongol army to the end.

After Jia Rudao finished saying his thoughts, the ministers who had been pretending to be deaf and dumb also opened their mouths. Although it is still an empty theory, most of them say that Jia Xiang has a high opinion, and only in this way can Ouyang Xuan die hard, can Banzhou Yang be loyal to the imperial court, and can make the soldiers of Central Sichuan work together. Li Zong already agreed with Jia Yidao's opinion in his heart, but seeing that his prestige was very high, and all the ministers were inclined to become angry, his face became more and more black and red, and he turned around and walked away.

Although he was angry, he signed the edict. Lin'an thought that such a clever way to deal with it was clever, but the consequences were unexpected for them. The Thunderbolt army is good, Ouyang Xuan just laughed at the appointment of the imperial court, although the generals were dissatisfied, they reported an indifferent attitude, after all, those official positions were useless to everyone, and they were not rare. The Banzhou Yang clan doesn't matter, as an independent force on one side, they don't care about false names, they care more about actual interests

The rest of the generals in Sichuan were indignant at this obviously unfair appointment, and it even caused quite a stir among many generals. They were even more disappointed in Lin'an, especially Zhang Jue and Wang Li in Diaoyu City. They were already grateful to Ouyang Xuan, and learned from Zan Wanshou that the Jiading Army had joined the Thunderbolt Army, so they immediately set off to Genting City to meet Ouyang Xuan, and also asked to be incorporated into the Thunderbolt Army system. was overjoyed by the defection of the two to Ouyang Xuan, so he naturally readily agreed. In addition to the two of them, there were many people sent by the Lieutenant General Sichuan to express their willingness to take refuge, but Ouyang Xuan did not agree. In his opinion, the time is not yet ripe.