Jia Sidao went to Shu again to beg to return home, and Zhao Fu ordered his attendants to convey the imperial edict to persuade him to stay. The ministers and attendants came four or five times a day to convey the imperial edict to persuade him to stay. The famous envoys came more than ten times a day, and they took turns sleeping in his bed at night.

Waiting outside the mansion. He was appointed as Grand Master, and was responsible for the military and state affairs. Three times a month he went to the Sutra Banquet to serve as a lecturer, and once every three days he went to court and went to Zhongshu Hall to work. He was given a residence in Geling.

Let him retire here. Officials brought documents to his mansion for him to sign. All matters in the court, big and small, were decided by his retainer Liao Yingzhong and the court official Weng Yinglong. The governor was just a decoration.

Although Jia Sidao lived deep in the government, he would not dare to carry out any matters such as admonishment and impeachment, employment of various ministries, and water transportation between Beijing and Yin, without consulting him. Li Fu, Wen Tianxiang, Chen Wenlong, Lu Da, Du Yuan, Zhang Zhongwei, Xie Zhang, etc.

If he violates his will even slightly, he will be reprimanded. If he violates his will seriously, he will be demoted and will not be employed for life. Gentlemen are completely rejected by Jia Sidao. Officials compete for bribes to get good jobs, and those who want to be commander-in-chief, supervisor, or county guard

Man, the tribute given to him is immeasurable.

Zhao Qian and others rushed to offer jade. In order to be promoted, Chen Yi even worshiped Jia Sidao's jade worker Chen Zhenmin as his brother. For a time, corruption prevailed. In the fifth year of Xian Chun's reign, Jia Sidao resigned again on the grounds of illness. Zhao

You cried to persuade him to stay, but did not agree with his request. He ordered him to go to court once every six days and to go to the Sutra banquet twice in January. In the sixth year of Xianchun, he was allowed to enter the court without worshiping. When he retired from the court, Zhao You

He got up and left the throne, and watched him go out of the palace before sitting down. Then he was allowed to go to court once every ten days.

Jia Sidao stayed in Geling every day, building pavilions and pavilions, marrying court ladies, courtesans, and nuns as his concubines, and enjoying himself day and night. Only his former gambling friends came to gamble every day, and no one dared to peek at his mansion. He

The brother of a concubine came and stood at the gate of the house as if he was about to enter. When Jia Sidao saw it, he tied him and threw him into the fire. Jia Sidao once squatted with a group of concubines to fight crickets, and the guests who were close to him

He jokingly asked: "Is this an important military matter?"

Jia Sidao loved playing with treasures, so he built a Duobao Pavilion and visited it once a day. He heard that there was a jade belt and wanted to get it, but the jade belt had been used as a burial object, so Jia Sidao dug up the grave and took out the jade belt. Others had treasures.

, if he did not give what he asked for, he would offend others. From then on, he would sometimes not go to court for several months, and he would not follow Zhao Fu when he went to Jinling Palace. In the eighth year of Xianchun's reign, he completed the Mingtang ceremony and offered sacrifices in Jinling Palace.

At this time, it was raining heavily, and Jia Sidao hoped that Zhao Hu would leave again after the rain stopped. Concubine Hu's father, Hu Xianzu, brought the royal equipment and asked the emperor not to ride in the car, but to take a Xiaoyao chariot back to the palace. The emperor asked Jia Sidao what he meant, and Hu Xianzu said: "Ping

Zhang has given permission to take the Xiaoyao chariot." The emperor returned to the palace. Jia Sidao said angrily: "I am the envoy of great ceremony. Your Majesty's actions cannot be known in advance. Please remove me from my post." The emperor left Jiahui Gate that day.

Unable to retain her, Hu Xianzu was dismissed from her position and she drove out Concubine Hu as a nun in tears. Jia Sidao did not return until she returned.

Jia Sidao became increasingly tyrannical. He was afraid that people would talk about him, so he used power to control everyone. He did not begrudge his official title, so as to win over the celebrities of the time. He also increased the meal money for the Imperial College, relaxed the rules for imperial examinations, and lured everyone with small profits.

With no way of communication, Jia Sidao can still do whatever he wants.

Besides, Kublai Khan, the Mongolian, wanted to invade the Song Dynasty for a long time, but because Ali Buge disobeyed, he personally supervised the expedition. When they arrived at Ximutu, the two sides fought a battle. Ali Buge fled, and the Mongolian army chased him for fifty miles.

, most of the enemy generals surrendered.

Kublai Khan then returned. In the fifth year of Zhongtong's reign, Ali Buge realized that he was impoverished and could no longer escape. It turned out that he, together with the king Yulong and his adviser Buluhua, etc.

Kublai Khan pardoned Brother Ali and blamed Bulhua and several others, saying that he led the king to do evil and was sentenced to death. Zhao Fu ordered Liu Bingzhong to be the Taibao and join the Zhongshu to save trouble. Liu Bingzhong asked to move the capital to Yanjing, but suddenly As requested, Kublai Khan repaired the city, built palaces and palaces in Yanjing, moved the capital at a certain date, and changed the fifth year of Zhongtong to the first year of Zhiyuan. It took another four years before Kublai Khan ordered the army to attack Nandu Marshal A Shu. Together with Liu Zheng and others, he conducted a strategy in Xiangyang.

Ashu stationed his horse on Hutou Mountain and looked at the mouth of the Baihe River. He couldn't help but said happily: "If a barrier is built at the mouth of the Baihe River to cut off the Song army's food route, Xiangyang will not be difficult to capture." So he supervised the troops to mobilize and built a city at the mouth of the Baihe River. At that time, Xiangyang Prefecture was known to be Lu Wenhuan. He heard that Mongolian soldiers were building a city at the mouth of Baihe River. He knew something was wrong and hurriedly informed his brother Lu Wende, the Xuanfu envoy.

Previously, Kublai Khan adopted Liu Zheng's strategy and gave Lu Wende a jade belt, asking him to agree to establish a foraging market outside Xiangyang City. Lu Wende was greedy for profit and asked the imperial court to allow him to open a foraging market outside Fancheng. So he went to Lu An earthen wall was built on Menshan Mountain to communicate with the outside world, and a fortress wall was built on the inside. The Mongolian soldiers also set up a stronghold on Baihe Mountain, controlling the north-south main roads, and often sent out sentries to Xiang.

Lu Wende's younger brother, Lu Wenhuan, knew that his brother had fallen into the enemy's trap and hurriedly issued a letter to remonstrate, but it was too late. Lu Wende was not in a hurry yet. When the city was built at Baihekou, Lu Wenhuan was very frightened. Instead, Lu Wende cursed: "Don't talk nonsense. Even if we have an enemy city, there is no need to worry about it. The city walls of Xiang and Fan are strong and deep, and they can store millet for ten years. If Liu Zheng, the traitor, dares to come and spy on Xiang and Fan, I will ask you to wait for half a year. Wait until the spring water As soon as it rises, I will come down the river to help. How will Liu Zheng treat it? I'm afraid he will escape!" Lu Wenhuan had no choice but to repair the city and prepare to hold on.

Soon it was spring, and Liu Zheng gave Ashu another plan and built five thousand warships. The Mongolian army recruited naval forces and drilled day and night, rain or shine, and the number of soldiers reached 70,000. So the Mongolian army marched from the mouth of Baihe River. Xiangyang was besieged. Alarms were sent to Lin'an on the island one after another, but they were suppressed by Jia Sidao and could not be reported. Ye Mengding, a native of Ninghai, had a good reputation and once retired from politics. Jia Sidao also wanted to obey the public's expectations and specially recommended and summoned him. He is the right prime minister.

Ye Mengding refused to refuse at first. After Jia Sidao repeatedly persuaded him, he had no choice but to take up his post in the court. A few days later, because of the transfer on Lizhou Road, Wang Jiazi asked for his inheritance. Ye Mengding passed the investigation and agreed to give Yin. Jia Sidao Because this favor was not given by himself, Dao dismissed many provincial officials, and Ye Mengding angrily begged to leave.

Jia Sidao's mother, Mrs. Hu, heard about this pavilion and summoned Jia Sidao to question her. She said with an angry look: "Prime Minister Ye was originally content at home and did not want to seek advancement. You forced him to be the prime minister and then restricted him to this. I think you What I did will lead to disaster in the end. I would rather die on a hunger strike to avoid being harmed." Jia Sidao has always been afraid of his mother. Zhao Fu then wanted to keep Ye Mengding, but Ye Mengding knew that he couldn't do it, and even asked to go, but Zhao Fu refused to agree. Then he heard the warning message from Xiangyang and was detained by Jia Sidao. So he sighed several times and ran away overnight!

Mongolia sent Shi Tianze and other additional troops to besiege Xiangyang. When Shi Tianze arrived at Xiangyang City, he built a long-term siege. From Wanshan to Baizhangshan, all the troops were used to siege Xiangyang.

The heavy troops guarded Fancheng, preventing the north and south from connecting. They also built Xian Mountain and Hutou Mountain as a one-word city to communicate with the forts and decided to capture it. The Mongolian army divided its troops and surrounded Fancheng. Zhang Shijie, the governor of Beijing and Hudu, was originally the Mongolian general Zhang Rou. son.

Lu Wende summoned his subordinate Zhang Shijie, and seeing that he was extremely loyal and brave, he was promoted to the governor of the capital. He immediately led his troops to aid Fancheng and arrived at Chitanpu, where he was discovered by the Mongolian soldiers. They fought two battles. The Mongolian soldiers were very capable, and Zhang Shijie was left alone. He had no choice but to retreat. At this time, Zhao Fu heard that Xiang and Fan were in danger. He ordered Xia Gui to be the deputy envoy along the river to assist Xiang and Fan.

Xia Gui took advantage of the spring water to just rise, and packed up his troops lightly and arrived at Xiangyang. Fearing that the Mongolian soldiers would come out to attack, he just asked Lu Wenhuan a few words and immediately led the army back. At this time, it was raining heavily and the Han River was rising. As a result, Xia Gui sent his fleet to the forest valleys on the east coast. When the Mongolian commander Ashu saw it, he said to the generals: "This is what the military records say. Suspicious soldiers should not fight. I expect that he will come to attack the new city. Let's assemble the boatmen and wait for them."

It turned out that the Mongolian soldiers besieged Xiangyang and built ten cities in total, and Xincheng was among them. By the early morning of the next day, Xia Gui was heading straight for Xincheng. As soon as he arrived at Huweizhou, the Mongolian navy had already rushed out in two directions to intercept Xia Gui. Xia Gui did not expect the enemy. The soldiers suddenly arrived, and they panicked. Seeing that they could not resist the enemy, they jumped out of the boat and ran away. They were chased by the Mongolian soldiers for a while. Most of Xia Gui's troops drowned in the water and lost many lives. Commander Fan Wenhu led the boat army to rescue. When the Mongolian soldiers came to pursue them, Fan Wenhu was originally a useless man. Seeing how powerful the Mongolian soldiers were, he was frightened and left in a light boat. His tribe was also frightened and many people died unjustly.

When Lu Wende heard that the reinforcements had been defeated in a row, he regretted that he had easily agreed to open a foray. He couldn't help sighing: "I have really wronged the country, and I regret it so much." Because he had gangrene on his back, Lu Wende claimed that he was ill and begged for leave. Zhao Fu issued an edict to teach him as a young master. He was granted the title of Duke of Wei and died soon after. His son-in-law was Fan Wenhu. Jia Sidao promoted him to the position of deputy commander of the capital in front of the palace, and ordered the soldiers to be banned.

On the one hand, Jia Sidao adjusted the system of Lianghuai and appointed Li Tingzhi, the envoy to Lianghu, to supervise the army to rescue Xiangyang. Fan Wenhu was afraid that Li Tingzhi would get the credit and he was willing to help Xiangyang again, so he sent a letter to Jia Sidao, saying: "We have led tens of thousands of troops When we enter Xiangyang, we will definitely be able to defeat the enemy in a battle. But we cannot accept the control of the capital. If we gain the reputation of Enxiang and are lucky enough to defeat the enemy, all the credit must go to Enxiang."

Jia Sidao was overjoyed and immediately proposed that Fan Wenhu's army would only be under the control of the Privy Council and would not be driven by Li Tingzhi. Li Tingzhi repeatedly invited Fan Wenhu to join the army, but Fan Wenhu just refused to send troops because he had not yet obeyed the order. He himself played cuqiu every day. , Chaoge night banquet, enjoying as much as you like. Lu Wenhuan guarded the siege day and night, waiting for reinforcements. Who knows that the powerful ministers in the capital and the mediocre generals outside are all in the imperial tent, looking for fun, who cares about Xiangyang? Xiangyang.
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