One Piece of Song Dynasty

After hearing this, Li Xin quickly thought about countermeasures in his head. Seeing that Li Xin remained silent, Lu Yihao said, "Your Majesty, if you don't delegate power now, I'm afraid the generals won't be willing to use their lives."

Zhao Ding continued to suggest: "My lord, now Zhao Li is guarding Chuzhou, the bandit Guo Zhongwei has occupied Yangzhou, and the rebel general Li Cheng has occupied Shuzhou. In the Huaihe Yangtze River Basin, the defeated bandits are entrenched everywhere, and there are so many of them. After the Jin army retreats north, they will definitely occupy the state." The imperial government is now incapable of eradicating them quickly, so it is better to face reality, take the initiative to establish a vassal, and recognize the separatist regime."

Li Xin sighed: "That means our rear has not been stabilized yet, and it will take time. Otherwise, Liu Guangshi and his ilk will definitely be cut off by me. If we admit it now, it is a separatist regime. If we don't recognize it, it will also be a separatist regime. Failure to recognize it will only make the court If we are more passive, it is better to formally appoint them, divide each jurisdiction into as small a size as possible, and let them take on the responsibility of public security and local protection. This can buy us more time."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Li Xin thought for a while and continued: "Since we want to re-establish vassal towns, we must first divide dozens of states in Henan and Jiangbei into vassal towns. All the vassal towns will abolish the court supervisors and exempt them from financial contributions for three years for the exclusive use of each town. Manage the prefectures and counties. For official positions, each governor envoy is asked to submit his name and submit a report, and the imperial court will review and approve the award. If each governor envoy and governor envoy can defend against foreign invaders and perform great achievements, he will be hereditary. Yuan Zhen should follow this idea and draft an edict. "

Lu Yihao asked: "What about Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong?"

Li Xin replied: "Except for the tea and salt taxes in the areas under the jurisdiction of these two people, which are paid to the imperial court, the rest are under the control of the military."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "I understand."

Li Xin asked again: "How many refugees have we sent to Xinghan now?"

Lu Yihao replied: "There are already people."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, give Zhejiang and Jiangxi an order to wait until the first batch of is completed before sending refugees over. In this way, the pressure on refugees in various places should be greatly reduced."

Zhao Ding nodded and said: "I obey the order."

After Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao left, Li Xin immediately sent a secret message to Xinghan Li Miao and Ma Kuo, asking them to immediately expand the army to people after settling the refugees, including infantry and cavalry. After the army training was completed, except for the infantry troops left to strengthen Xinghan's garrison, the remaining infantry and cavalry troops were all sent to Quanzhou.

After sending the letter, Li Xin called Liu Fadao: "Liu Shuai, counting the men who recruited Zhang Jun before, we now have an army of . I am going to recruit another new soldiers from the refugees. You must do a good job." Training work.”

Liu Fa asked: "Who offended the prince?"

Li Xin snorted coldly: "Liu Guangshi, a foreign war amateur who only knows how to run away, dared to ask for power from the imperial court. That means we are not fully prepared now and we still need time."

Liu Fa cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord, Liu Guangshi and his like will be left to me to handle it when the time comes."

Li Qingzhao and Xing'er followed the emperor, passing through Taizhou, Wenzhou, and all the way to Fuzhou. Although he had long been accustomed to the wandering life in exile, when he arrived in Fuzhou, Li Qingzhao really couldn't walk anymore and slept unkempt for three days. When she woke up, Xing'er was sitting beside her bed crying. Li Qingzhao woke up with a start and sat up in disheveled clothes: "What's wrong?"

"Madam's servants heard rumors on the street that the master had an affair with the Kingdom of Jin when he was still alive, and the Fuzhou Yamen is coming to arrest the wife." Xing'er cried. Li Qingzhao looked in the mirror and combed his hair, not caring at all: "It is nonsense that my husband and I had an affair with the Kingdom of Jin."

Xing'er continued: "It's true that people say that the master gave some kind of luminous pot to the people of the Jin Dynasty before he was alive. Master Jin Guofeng became a high official. Anyway, people say he has a nose and eyes. Some people also say that the master has offended someone before his death." .”

"It's a joke that Mingcheng is the most kind person. To say that he offends others is simply to make excuses." Li Qingzhao angrily combed off a lot of gray hair, becoming even more sad and angry. Xing'er added: "It's true that when Madam wrote about Nandu's clothes and other things, she just made short remarks in front of a cripple. Maybe she really offended someone."

"No matter who I offend, Mingcheng is already dead, what else can they do to me?" Li Qingzhao didn't take this matter that seriously at all. Xing'er advised: "Madam, don't take it seriously. People have said that surrendering to the Jin Kingdom is a serious crime. If the master dies, trace the widow. If found guilty, she will go to jail."

"In this world of war and chaos, even right and wrong are being reversed." Only then did Li Qingzhao become dubious and couldn't help but feel sad. Just as the master and servant were talking about this, someone outside the door asked loudly: "Does Madam Li live here? Fuzhou Yamen has something to ask Madam?"

"Madam is here right now!" Xing'er started to panic and shouted when she saw Li Qingzhao hurriedly tidying up his clothes and getting up. Two Quzhou officials came in and saluted: "Mrs. Li, I am sent by the Ministry of Punishment to ask you, do you know about Zhao Mingcheng's jade pot awarding gold?"

"Ministry of Punishment, Zhao Mingcheng is the son of the former prime minister. If he wants to pay money, is there any evidence?" Li Qingzhao was like a bolt from the blue, and he didn't recover for a long time.

It turns out that someone did bring a jade pot to Zhao Mingcheng for identification earlier. Later, for some reason, the jade pot fell into the hands of the Jin man, so someone reported that Zhao Mingcheng had entrusted a jade pot to someone on the eve of Jiankang's death. Give it to the Kingdom of Jin. Li Qingzhao said in his heart that it was all groundless. Mingcheng was critically ill in Wuhu. A man who rushed to Jiankang's home to wait for death would surrender to the Jin Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Li Qingzhao said sadly and angrily: "Part of the collection at home has disappeared, and Mingcheng died so miserably. Qingzhao followed the Holy Master all the way. I don't know whether I will live or die tomorrow if I am alive today. Anyway, I will give up all the rare bronzes in my home." Donating to the imperial court is worth thousands of times more than that imaginary jade pot, so that’s okay.”

"I have always admired my wife's Ci Fu. I would like to ask if she has ever offended Wang Jixian, the imperial physician in the palace." The official was moved by Li Qingzhao and deliberately let her know. Li Qingzhao said blankly: "Wang Jixian, oh, Empress Wu once brought this Wang Jixian to see her late husband for medical treatment, so she offended him."

The official shook his head, saluted and left. Li Qingzhao sat down tiredly: "Myolie, why did we offend Wang Jixian?"

"Everyone has pointed it out so clearly. Madam still doesn't understand that Wang Jixian is jealous of our collection." Xing'er's face turned red with anger. Li Qingzhao still didn't believe it: "You can't make false accusations even if you are jealous. How can you be a human being and award gold from a jade pot like this? This is collaboration with the enemy and betraying the country. This is a great shame and humiliation."

Xing'er shook her head and said, "The forest is so big that there are no birds. I'm really stupid if I don't have a wife."

Li Qingzhao thought that if this was the case, he would have to meet the emperor to make a clear distinction. She immediately got up and headed towards Quanzhou.