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Chapter 664: Prevention and Treatment

Hu Zhiyu couldn't remember how long he hadn't slept.

He was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyelids, and his head drooped, but every time he wanted to fall asleep, someone came forward and tried every means to keep him from falling asleep.

"Brother Gou'er, don't be like this... Tell me, what do you want, our national power is far greater than yours, Zhao Song."

"I've said it all, I'm here to watch you and not let you sleep."

The figure in front of him was far away, and Hu Zhiyu just wanted to sleep.

He lowered his head, his hair was pulled up by Wang Gou'er again.

"What do you want from me? Tell me...what do you want me to confess?"

The door was pushed open with a creak, and someone walked in.

"You go down first."

"Yes, sir."

Hu Zhixuan raised his head, became more conscious, and looked at Li Xia blankly, only to see that the other party was so energetic that he seemed to be shining.

"Ha, Song Kou Li Xia, you finally dare to come to see me."

"It's not that I don't dare." Li Xia said, "I've been busy with administration these days."

"Administration? There is no need for it." Hu Zhizhen shook his head and said mockingly: "When you die, Prime Minister Lian will govern Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces well."

"Even if I die, it is impossible for Lian Xixian to take up the post of Guanzhong again."

"It's ridiculous, you have no foundation, relying entirely on conspiracy and tricks, taking advantage of others' dangers, as long as you die, you will fall apart."

"Maybe, but it is impossible for Kublai Khan to let Lian Xixian go. Look at what Lian Xixian has done. He took the initiative to seize the military power and appointed Wang Liangchen as the commander. He left Guanzhong without authorization... If you were Kublai Khan , dare to let such a courtier continue to sit in the province that he has been running for six years?"

Hu Zhizhen froze for a while, as if falling asleep.

Li Xia was about to pull his hair, but heard him mutter something.

"Your Majesty's mind and trust in Prime Minister Lian are beyond your imagination."

"Maybe." Li Xia said: "When he sent people to contact the court to kill Brother Meng, I also felt that he had a broad mind."

"What did you say?"

Li Xia said: "I also know Kublai Khan and the Jinlianchuan shogunate better than you think."

Hu Zhiyu was a little suspicious, and after a second thought, "Huh?" He asked, "You're cheating on me, who are you going to frame?"

Li Xia smiled and didn't answer.

Hu Zhixuan sneered: "It's useless, no one cares how the late emperor died."

"Okay, don't gossip." Li Xia said casually, "Say, where is Lian Xixian?"

Hu Zhi's eyes narrowed into a slit, as if looking far away.

He was very surprised, Li Xia should have asked about the burned letter and Mrs. Zhang, but he didn't seem to be in a hurry.

"It's useless if you don't say it." Li Xia said, "Yelu Youshang is planning to recruit."

"Boqiang?" Hu Zhiyu was taken aback for a moment, and then said angrily, "You want to cheat me?"

"Yes, that person is indeed Yelv Youshang." Li Xia asked, "Do you think he can escape my pursuit?"

Hu Zhiyu only felt that everything was different from what he had expected.

He pursed his lips tightly, looked at Li Xia, and didn't answer anything. Although his eyes were open, it was as if he was in a dream.

Until Li Xia took out a few broken letters.

"What do these letters mean?"

Hu Zhixuan became more energetic, and wanted to deliberately change his expression, and at the same time blurted out the words he had prepared.

"This! Why didn't this burn?!"

"Clumsy. You left it to me on purpose, so why bother acting?" Li Xia said.

"It's nothing more than Prime Minister Lian suspecting that the Zhang family is watching the situation and colluding with you."

"Have collusion with me?"

"Li Xia, stop pretending, you just want to ask where Mrs. Zhang is, don't you?"

"Okay, where is it?"

"I don't know. When Prime Minister Lian withdrew from Jingzhao Mansion, he ordered me to sort out the official documents. I only read them once and burned them."

"Say the original content of the letter."

Hu Zhixuan couldn't think about it any more, so he said it according to his plan.

"After you attacked Longxi, Shanggong sent a letter to Bozhou, asking Shi and the Zhang family to send troops for reinforcements. The Zhang family sent more than a thousand troops to Tongguan. After that, Zhang Hongdao sent a letter to Shanggong to ask about the whereabouts of Zhang's daughter. The rest, I I don't know..."

Li Xia asked: "Lian Xixian expected that you would be taken down by me, and deliberately let me know about this?"

Hu Zhizhen shook his head and said, "I don't know..."

Li Xia suddenly said: "I have received a message from Zhang Hongdao that the elder sister is still in Bozhou."

Hu Zhiyu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head, doubts flashed across his eyes.

"Impossible...Even if you collude with the Zhang family, it's impossible so quickly."

Li Xia looked at him for a while, and said, "Okay, I lied to you casually. Where is she now?"

"I only... only occasionally heard a word between Lian Xiang and Shang Gong..."

"Say."

Hu Zhixuan asked back: "I told you, would you believe me?"

"Believe it or not is my business, you just say it."

"Before I left Chang'an, I heard Prime Minister Lian and Shang Gong say, 'Whether you let someone go back to the Zhang family depends on whether your Majesty trusts Zhang Rou, but you must never let Li Xia see her'."

"Then?"

"Shanggong said he would send someone to visit Lianping..."

"Lianping? Place name?"

"Maybe it's not all." Hu Zhixuan said, "I went to the public room and only heard what they said."

Li Xia took a few steps forward and said, "It's fake."

"Believe it or not, that's how I heard it."

"She's not in Guanzhong at all." Li Xia said, "Lian Xixian only has that letter, and he wants to trick me into finding Lianping."

"Then don't look for it, there is no such thing as bento."

"If you don't look for it, don't look for it."

Hu Zhixuan glanced at Li Xia and remained silent.

However, some doubts arose in my heart, Li Xia seemed too sure, why?
"I will let you leave Guanzhong, tell Lian Xixian, and say...don't waste your efforts, Guanzhong will be solid under my governance. If you don't believe me, just look at my political achievements."

After finishing speaking, Li Xia turned and left.

Hu Zhixuan felt even more at a loss, lowered his head, only feeling drowsy.

In my mind, I was still thinking about whether my response had revealed a flaw, but my thoughts couldn't keep up at all, and I finally fell asleep standing there...

~~
Li Xia turned back to the lobby, and saw the soldiers rushing to report.

"Marshal, Yang Gong said that there is no need to rest, and wants to meet as soon as possible."

"Alright, please come, Mr. Yang..."

After Li Xia recruited Liu Heima, he sent an urgent letter to Hanzhong to transfer literati to Chang'an.

It is a "literati" rather than a "civilian official". For the time being, he does not want Song court officials to take over the affairs of Guanzhong.

But in this way, there is a shortage of management talents, and we can only invite Wu Qian and Yang Guo to preside over the overall situation, and then recruit talents in the Northland.

Today is finally here, and compared to Wu Qian, Li Xia really wants to see Yang Guo first.

……

Yang Guo had obviously cried, her old eyes were red, she walked slowly, looking up at all the places, as if she couldn't see enough.

"Master..."

"Mr. Yang please get up, don't get excited, sit down."

"Marshal." Yang Guo was supported by Li Xia and slowly sat down, "I still remember... the words of the Marshal back then, which are still fresh in my memory... The country is strong but the people are not humiliated, and the people are strong but the country is not insulted."

"I remember. Back then, Duke Yang wrote the words 'a cup of chat is a saddle, and the fallen leaves are all over Chang'an'. This autumn, we can see the fallen leaves in Chang'an again."

Yang Guo burst into tears immediately.

The old man pulled Li Xia's skirt like a child, wiped his tears and said, "Recently, according to Longxi and Guanzhong, there are too many things I want to chat with the commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief is busy, and I am also busy..."

Li Xia's tone seemed to be coaxing him, and said: "Yes, in recent years, either the situation was critical or the timing was rare, and it was too rushed, so I didn't have a good chat with Yang Gong. When Kublai Khan became emperor, I I'm worried that Duke Yang will regret it, but fortunately, he didn't make him wait too long, right?"

Yang Guo nodded again and again, and said, "Soon...soon, recalling the original situation in Kaifeng, it seems like a blink of an eye."

"Now that I think about it, it was not easy for Mr. Yang to make this decision."

Yang Guo was full of emotions, and murmured: "If one day, I can see the commander-in-chief inherit the heavenly order, I will not waste my life."

After saying this, he let go of Li Xia's skirt.

"Yes. When the situation in Guanzhong is stabilized, I won't be in such a hurry as before. I will spend more time chatting with Yang Gong then."

"well……"

Yang Guo stroked the chair back, and it took a while to stabilize his mind.

The two then got down to business.

"I want to ask Yang Gong to recruit some talents in Guanzhong to enrich the officials, instead of waiting for the Song court to send people."

Speaking of Song Ting, Li Xia mused: "The current situation is very delicate. We won't be able to benefit from the Song Ting if we don't report to the Guanzhong. Ting's name."

"However, Song Ting's name may not be good in Guanzhong."

"The gentry and the common people don't know the strength of the Song court, and they are afraid. This is a good thing. But there are conflicts, and I'm afraid it's not small. Fortunately, the prestige of the Liu family is there."

Yang Guodao: "Forgive me, Commander. To tell you the truth, for a survivor of the Jin Kingdom like me, I am far more afraid of the Song court's resistance than fear. Back then, the Song court allied with Mongolia to destroy gold. Song Meng is equivalent to..."

People who have lived in the Kingdom of Jin for generations regard the Song Dynasty as an enemy... Li Xia can understand, but it is really difficult to substitute, so he listened silently.

Yang Guodao: "Hatred is equal, but fear is not. The people in Guanzhong fear Mongolia far more than they fear Song court, more than a hundred times more, especially after Duanping entered Luo. And Guanzhong has been under the rule of Mongolia for 25 years. Hey! In recent years, there have been Shang Mengqing, Lian Shanfu and others governing, and this year Kublai Khan is also called Emperor Jian..."

"I see."

Yang Guo shook his head and sighed: "The commander-in-chief said that's the 'subtlety'. If you don't ask Song Ting to transfer troops and money, you won't be good at Song Ting in Guanzhong, but you will be bad at Song Ting."

"According to the thinking of the gentry and common people, I'm afraid that 'this Song army is here again, and they will be driven out like they were back then'."

"That's right, taking advantage of Liu Heima's power, there are great advantages and disadvantages." Yang Guo said: "Song Ting is too weak, and has been weak for too long. According to people who don't know, it is because of Liu Heima's rebellion that what happened today is probably like Li Quan. then."

"This is the hearts of the people. It just depends on whether I can govern properly and restore the hearts of the people." Li Xia said: "So I say that it is the most difficult time now. Lian Xixian has left behind a large number of fine works to stir up the situation."

"When I entered the city today, I heard that...the commander-in-chief was assassinated?"

"It doesn't matter." Li Xia said: "But I told Yang Gong privately that if Lian Xixian failed to kill me, and instead assassinated Liu Heima, even if it was just destroying it for many years, this 'delicacy' would become 'dangerous' right now. Before I entered Chang'an I said to Liu Yuanzhen, 'I am not afraid of Lian Xixian', and I have recently seen his ability to use spies, and I was disturbed... I am gradually worried."

This is also one of the reasons why Li Xia avoided Liu Yuanzhen recently. Liu Yuanzhen talked too much, and Li Xia also talked too much.

"How does the commander-in-chief want to crack it?"

"We can only start with a comprehensive approach. Public security, people's livelihood, economy, city defense, public opinion... everything must not be relaxed."

"Understood, don't worry, the commander-in-chief, he will definitely assist the commander-in-chief to manage Guanzhong with all his strength."

Li Xia said again: "When the time comes, Duke Yang and Wu Qian will work together, and there will inevitably be..."

Yang Guo said: "The commander-in-chief said so, and he will never have any quarrel with Mr. Wu."

"In addition, you should be more careful when you go out on weekdays. I will send someone to guard you at any time."

"Oh, that's fine."

"To stabilize the hearts and minds of the people in Guanzhong, first of all, there are hundreds of thousands of hectares of land that have been taken as pastures by the Mongolians. Liu Heima is still clearing up..."

For a long time, we talked about politics.

Li Xia knocked on the table and pondered, and asked, "I heard... Yang Gong and Shang Ting have a good relationship?"

"Yes, when I was young, Shang Mengqing often traveled with me and Yuzhi."

Speaking of Yuan Haowen, Yang Guo was a little sad, and sighed: "Meng Qing's lyrics and music are also well written, 'A little blue lantern travels thousands of miles, who can send brocade characters'."

"Can you ask Mr. Yang to write a letter to Shang Ting?"

Li Xia recalled the conversation he had with Hu Zhixuan today, and spoke slowly.

"First of all, I would like to thank Shang Ting for helping us kill Brother Meng... and then ask him, it was agreed to escort the eldest sister of the Zhang family to Hanzhong, where is she now? Finally, tell him that Lian Xixian found out about our contact , it is better to kill Lian Xixian and sacrifice Tongguan."

~~
After talking with Yang Guo, Li Xia rubbed his forehead, picked up a pen and wrote the word "Lianping" on the paper, thinking endlessly.

Lian Xixian wanted to lure him to find this "Lianping". If he dared to go, there was nothing he dared to do, but he had to make all preparations.

In short, dealing with spies is much more difficult than being a spy, but the idea is very simple.

The first is defense. Guanzhong must be managed well in order to have a complete defense system. This is the truth. "Establishment" is of course difficult, but this step cannot be bypassed in the world;
The second is governance. If you follow this clue, you may be able to find Zhang Wenjing, destroy Lian Xixian's spy work, and even turn against Shang Ting.

So far, Lian Xixian has only made one move...

Li Xia just thought of this, and saw Lin Zi rushing over.

"Marshal! Liu Yuanzhen was attacked! He was shot in the back by two arrows, and he was injured and unconscious..."

"There are so many soldiers around him, why are they attacked?"

"This... he was attacked... when he was in Pingkangfang..."

(End of this chapter)