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"Don't die?"

After listening to Ma Kuo's retelling Wanyan Chang's words, Li Yan said: "That's just right, I can take this opportunity to destroy the Jurchens!"

Many civil and military officials in Dazhong can feel that Li Yan seems to have a kind of disgust from the bottom of his heart for the Jurchens.

This annoying sometimes even affects Li Yan's judgment.

fine--

There are always people around Li Yan with clear minds.

For example, Li Gang, who was just invited back by Yan Qing not long ago.

Speaking of Li Gang, I have to say that he was what Zhao Gou pushed to Li Yan step by step.

At first, Zhao Gou appointed Li Gang as prime minister. Li Gang was really grateful to Zhao Gou, and then he devoted himself to planning for the Southern Song Dynasty, deploying defense for the Southern Song Dynasty, and taking power for Zhao Gou.

Let me put it this way, the current defenses of the Southern Song Dynasty were all established under the leadership of Li Gang. The reason why Zhao Gou was able to firmly occupy the territory of the Southern Song Dynasty was also closely related to Li Gang.

However, Li Gang's rectification of military and political facilities helped the Southern Song Dynasty to support the situation and helped Zhao Gou to hold the throne, which was still accepted by Zhao Gou. However, Li Gang's resolute resistance and stood on the same front with those who firmly resisted Zong Ze, Zhang Su and others, and even gave the green light to Zong Ze, Zhang Su and others everywhere, which was something that Zhao Gou could not tolerate, especially after Zhao Gou made up his mind to negotiate peace.

Soon, Zhao Gou transferred Li Gang to serve as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Minister of the Jung Sect (Left Prime Minister), and appointed Huang Qianshan as the Minister of the Right Pushe and the Minister of the Jung Sect to restrain Li Gang.

Then, Zhao Gou dismissed Zhang Suo and Fu Liang, abolished Hebei, Henan Purchasing and Hedong Economic and Technical Department, deliberately undermining Li Gang's deployment of anti-China, and forcing Li Gang to resign.

After only 75 days of being in charge of Li Gang, he was dismissed from the prime minister and was promoted to Dongxiao Palace, Hangzhou as the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall.

Not long after, he was impeached by Zhang Jun, the censor of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Li Gang was dismissed from the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, and he still held the position of Dongxiao Palace and lived in Ezhou.

It was then that Yan Qing came to Li Gang.

I don’t know what methods Yan Qing used. A few days later, Li Gang crossed the river with his family, and then was escorted to the Bianliang City of Tokyo by a commander sent by Yang Yizhong to meet Li Yan.

Li Yan did what he said, and immediately appointed Li Gang as the Right Chief of the Shangshu, becoming one of the prime ministers of the Dazhong period, and said to his left and right: "My Wei Zheng is finally here."

Li Yan compared Li Gang to Wei Zheng, which has far-reaching significance.

Wei Zheng is a pure minister. No matter who he follows, he will do his best to assist him, no matter whether the politics is right or wrong, or whether he is a wise master or not.

Wei Zheng first followed Yuanbaozang. Yuanbaozang was later defeated by Li Mi, so he followed Li Mi and offered Li Mi the top ten policies to strengthen Wagang Village. However, Li Mi did not adopt it, otherwise Wagang Village might have become bigger.

Wei Zheng followed Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande again.

Later, Wei Zheng defected to the position of Li Jiancheng, the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty. Wei Zheng once suggested that Li Jiancheng lead troops to attack Liu Heita, who was in Shandong, and successfully pacified Shandong, adding another sum to Li Jiancheng's credit book. Given Li Shimin's strong strength, Wei Zheng also repeatedly suggested that Li Jiancheng take the initiative first, or transfer Li Shimin from Chang'an or kill Li Shimin. Li Jiancheng refused to listen. In the end, Li Shimin won the throne during the Xuanwu Gate Incident (later, Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng: "Why did you want to alienate our brothers?" Wei Zheng's answer was very straightforward: "If the prince had listened to me, it might not be the end of the present.").

In the end, Wei Zheng served Li Shimin and devoted himself to his life until his death. He became a famous minister throughout the ages, and his name was even above Fang Tou Duan.

Li Yan hopes that Li Gang can also become a pure minister like Wei Zheng, and do his best to serve him, and he will also become a famous minister like Wei Zheng, just like Li Shimin.

Li Gang seemed to have understood what Li Yan meant, and once he arrived at Dazhong, he put nineteen points on Li Yan.

Among these nineteen items—

Some people who have selected the remains for the Dazhong court. For example, Li Gang proposed that Dazhong's military defense line was too heavy in the north and light in the south, which may lead to unpredictable results. After all, the Southern Song Dynasty still has hundreds of thousands of troops, and Dazhong should strengthen the guarding forces in Jiangling, Jingchu and other places. In addition, it is best to set up another rapid response force (light cavalry) to prepare for emergencies.

Some people questioned the current policies of Dazhong. For example, in response to Li Yan’s vigorous development of international trade, Li Gang proposed that “domestic demand cannot be ignored”. Li Gang’s argument is that if the world situation changes seriously, an economy that relies entirely on international trade will definitely be hit hard.

The first person who criticized the ministers was Wang Shiyong, the Minister of Rites. The matter was that Wang Shiyong had been making special efforts to promote the women who were selected by Wang Shiyong, who continued to expand the harem for Li Yan, and became the king of King Shiyong, and bewitched the emperor from abandoning the government.

There were even criticisms of Li Yan, saying that Li Yan's harem was already big enough and had enough offenders, so it was time to restrain himself, otherwise it would be a disaster for the country - of course, Li Gang did not say it explicitly, but just gave the example of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

etc……

In response to the nineteen articles proposed by Li Gang, Li Yan believed that they were reasonable and immediately ordered the discussion and took the results of the discussion into action as soon as possible.

For example, the defense line is too heavy in the north and light in the south.

After discussing Xu Guanzhong, Zhu Wu and others, they felt that Li Gang was right and suggested that the army be expanded to resolve the problem. Li Yan quickly ordered Yang Yizhong to expand his army, expand his army to 150,000, and arrange various important towns and important roads on the Yangtze River. He also recalled the fierce general Yao Xing and asked Yao Xing to form a light cavalry with 20,000 troops.

For example, domestic demand cannot be ignored.

Based on the experiences and experiences of later generations, Li Yan felt that Li Gang was right, so he ordered the Ministry of Commerce to immediately introduce policies to stimulate domestic demand.

As for what Li Yan thinks is unreasonable, he just pretends that he hasn't seen it.

Like the talent show girl created by Wang Shiyong.

This is obviously Wang Shiyong trying to please him.

Apart from this, Wang Shiyong did nothing wrong.

In this case, how did you ask Li Yan to punish King Shiyong? Isn’t this the hearts of those ministers who flatter him? Who dares to get close to him in the future?

You should know that for this emperor, loyal ministers and capable ministers are of course important, but some ministers like Wang Shiyong are indispensable.

Therefore, Li Yan not only did not punish Wang Shiyong, but soon after, Li Yan also found a reason to reward Wang Shiyong.

Like Li Gang said that Li Yan's harem was too big and he had too many children.

Li Yan didn't say anything, but he was thinking in his heart: "This is wherever he went. My goal is to surpass Mulai Ismail and Temujin to become the one who has the most offspring."

Li Yan’s problems mainly lie in personal issues.

Moreover, although Li Yan is a woman-like person, he is not really as ridiculous as Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and other emperors. He is so ridiculous that even his ministers' wives or even his daughter-in-law.

The key is that Li Yan really never repents.

This left Li Gang with no choice but to persuade him a few times, just like Chen Gongfu and other ministers, he could only let him go after he was advised.

but--

Li Gang can give in on Li Yan’s personal issues, but Li Gang doesn’t give in on state affairs.

For example, Li Gang, who is now in peace talks with the Jin Kingdom and advocates peace, refuses to give in.

So, after Li Yan said that he would destroy the Jurchens, Li Gang immediately jumped out and said, "Please think twice!"

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Chapter completed!