As the saying goes, "Scholars know everything about the world if they don't go out." Although Li Qian is in a bad situation at the moment, he is still in Pingzhang, the Central Secretariat.∥ The Central Secretariat has always been the central authority directly under the emperors of all dynasties. zhèng     quán ruling the central department. However, the powers of the Central Secretariat in all dynasties are similar, but not the same.

For example, in the early Song Dynasty, the Secretariat of the Secretariat was only empty, and it was listed alongside the two wings of the imperial city outside the imperial city. It was only held routine affairs such as bookkeeping, replies, and examinations. The Prime Minister's Office called the Secretariat of the Secretariat, and the Secretariat did not really worship. The Secretariat of the Secretariat was also a officials who sent the salary, and did not draft edicts, but set up another Secretariat of the Secretariat. The Secretariat of the Secretariat was also a officials who sent the salary, and did not draft edicts, but set up another Secretariat of the Secretariat, and set up an edict or a direct edict to control the external system.

The Yuanfeng official system reformed, and the powers of the Secretariat were divided into three provinces, restoring the Tang system of "the Secretariat received the orders, the Secretariat reported the retribution, and the Secretariat implemented the orders", and appointing real provincial officials. At the same time, the Secretariat was abolished. The Secretariat was still empty, and he was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, the Secretariat, and the Secretariat, and the Secretariat, were appointed as the Prime Minister. However, because the secretariat system of the three provinces affected the efficiency of administrative decision-making, the implementation was changed to the Justice and Deacons and Deacons discussed in the Political Affairs Hall in advance, and after the report was approved, the "three provinces were jointly obeyed the imperial edict". After the southward transition, the Secretariat and Menxia Province were merged into the Secretariat and Menxia Province again. The Right Pushe and the Secretariat were also appointed as the Right Prime Minister, and the Secretariat was appointed as the Chief Secretary of the Political Affairs Hall.

Before Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, the Great Mongolian Kingdom appointed Zhaluhuchi as the government affairs, and Zhaluhuchi was the highest administrative officer. With the expansion of the Mongolian territory, the issuance of government orders in the Central Plains and the Western Regions, the collection of tributes and taxes, appointment and removal of officials were required. When Ogedei was stationed in Yunzhong in the south, it was imitated by the title of the Central Plains official, and the title of the Central Plains was called the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister, and the Bizhaluchi organization was called the Secretariat of the Secretariat. However, this was only used to meet the needs of ruling the Central Plains Han area, and it did not become a customization of the Mongolian Kingdom.

After Kublai Khan ascended the throne in the first year of Zhongtong, he adopted the Central Plains official system and established the Secretariat to establish the Secretariat to serve as the Prime Minister's National Government Affairs, which was the highest administrative body. His official position was followed by the Jin Shangshu Province, and the Chief Secretary was appointed by the Crown Prince. It was short of the Crown Prince before the Crown Prince was appointed. In fact, the Chief Secretary was the Right Prime Minister, the Left Prime Minister was the general supervisor of the provincial affairs, and the commander of the hundreds of officials. The four officials of Pingzhang were appointed as the deputy minister of the Prime Minister; the Right Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister were each appointed as the consuls, and they were collectively called the Crown Prince. Because both the Shangshu Provinces were abolished, the Secretariat was particularly important than the previous dynasties.

Later, due to the murder of Ahma, Kublai Khan once abolished the Secretariat and restored the power of the Secretariat. After Zhen Jin ascended the throne, he restored the Secretariat and placed officials of the Han legal faction to consolidate his throne. However, in order to solve the financial problems, he had to use Sang Ge, which led to the decline of the Secretariat and the rise of the Secretariat.

Although Li Qian lost power and had little words, his position was still there. As a member of the priest, he still had the right to participate in the political discussion. Therefore, he had a far better understanding of state affairs than others. In addition, he had a good relationship with the Khan Zhenjin, and was able to get in touch with confidential matters, know the details of the current war, and even more than some priests.

Li Qian can be called a contemporary great scholar, with extensive knowledge, and has assisted in government affairs, participated in decision-making, and accumulated rich governance experience. Therefore, it is natural to make a clear analysis of the current war. Although his words did not convince everyone in the hall, they have gained the recognition of most people, especially the Khan Zhenjin and An Tong, which brought the urgent situation to a turning point.

After a secret discussion, everyone reached a consensus. It was believed that the current military and financial situation of the Southern Dynasties was not enough to support the comprehensive war against the Yuan Dynasty, and it should be a local war aimed at improving the passive defensive situation in Jiangnan. Although the army is now fast and the offensive is fierce, it is mainly because the troops from both Huaihei sides are too large, resulting in weak defense. Moreover, the incident happened suddenly, and various places were neglected to prepare, causing their side to collapse thousands of miles and lose land.

However, as the Song army penetrated into the hinterland of Lianghuai, the front line was continuously lengthened and the supply line was extended. The need to send troops to stay in the important towns that were recovered would further weaken their already insufficient troops. After the initial panic, all regions would also be wary of it and sign conscription forces to strengthen their vigilance. In this way, the strong attack momentum of the Song army would be gradually curbed, and it would also gain time for the court to mobilize troops to reinforce.

Based on Li Qian's argument, everyone believed that the main targets of the Song army in Huaixi were Xiangyang and Shouzhou, and the troops were sent from Ezhou, Jiangzhou and Wuhu respectively, and the journey was long. After receiving early warning, they would strengthen their defense. It was impossible for the Song army to go down in one battle. But they also had to admit that with the Song army's ability to attack, Xiangyang, although the city is high and the moat is deep, it is ultimately lacking troops to fight. Even if our side mobilizes its troops to rush for assistance for thousands of miles, it may be difficult to arrive before the city is broken.

Zhen Jin and others all thought that the situation in Huaidong was the most serious. Xuyi had been lost and Shanyang was in danger. The Song army could cross the Huanghuai north to enter the Huaibei area at any time, attacking Nanjing Shangqiu in the Southern Dynasty, and even Tokyo Bianliang. But they seemed helpless against the approaching Song army. Most of the Mongolian army in Shandong, Henan had crossed south. The Song army claimed that under the leadership of the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty, they could press down step by step along the canal at any time. The reinforcements they were trying to send were still far away near Dadu, so it was too late.

The Song army recovered Bianliang, which no one in the Yuan court wanted to see. The capital was usually the seat of a country's imperial court, the central city of political and economic activities, and the centralized place of various state-level organs. It is not only a symbol of national sovereignty, but also a symbol of the country. After a country's capital was captured, it means that the current country's current zhèng     quán could not implement substantial rule over the country. Often, local resistance forces will weaken and are easily defeated by the enemy.

At the same time, the dynasty was declared destruction, which was a strong blow to the morale of the Chinese people and a strong deterrent effect.

On the contrary, the recovery of the lost capital also had a strong symbolic effect on a country, marking the country's revival. When the Emperor settled in Hangzhou after the Song Dynasty moved south, he ordered it to be an imperial palace. Later, he promoted Hangzhou to Lin'an Prefecture, and officially regarded Lin'an Prefecture as the capital, which was still called Xingzai. It was precisely because they still regarded Kaifeng as the capital that its significance was to declare to the world that the Song Dynasty had not destroyed its country. If it was captured by the Southern Dynasty this time, it would indicate that it would return to its homeland and greatly boost the morale of the military and civilians.

It was a heavy blow to the Yuan court. The loss was not only the loss of land, wealth, and population, but more importantly, it would be regarded by the people of the world as having declined, which aroused doubts and even betrayals from the people. Especially when the throne of the Zhenjin Empire began to shake, external rebellions continued, and internal demands for the throne of his honors to be given to the wise. This was one of the reasons why he strongly opposed the evacuation of most people to the grassland.

Li Qian disagreed with everyone's concerns, thinking that everyone was too pessimistic and the situation was not that serious. He thought that the Song army that captured Sizhou was suspected of being 100,000, but was just bluffing. He speculated that with the cautious and conservative personality of the Southern Dynasty, the young emperor of the Southern Dynasty, he still dared to mobilize the troops from all over the country to advance north when Yuxi Timur's army invaded the hinterland of Jiangdong. It was because a large number of troops had been deployed in Jiangdong, which was enough to stop his own southern invasion army and protect the security of the Jingjin area.

"The army led by the pseudo-imperial emperor of the Southern Dynasty should be less than 50,000, and he still had to leave troops to defend Yangzhou, Zhenzhou and Taizhou to prevent our Yuxi Timuer troops from returning north and cutting off its retreat. He divided his troops into two groups in Gaoyou to Xuyi and Shanyang. In this way, the troops he could mobilize was even more limited, and I would probably not exceed 20,000." Li Qian explained, "With 20,000 troops along Hebei and Bianliang, it would be difficult to defend even if it was occupied. When our reinforcements arrived, they would inevitably withdraw quickly and retreat to Huainan."

"Pingzhang thought Yuxi Timur could escape the trap of the north? In this way, we can attack the enemy from Huaidong and capture the pseudo emperor of the Southern Dynasty!" Hearing Li Qian's analysis, Zhen Jin became excited, his face turned rosy, and he let out a few strange laughs.

"This..." Li Qian was embarrassed when he heard this. He thought that he was implicit in his words, but you can't be too optimistic even if you were old! But then he thought about it. His school life was a frustrating enough. He had been the crown prince for more than ten years, but because of a few slander, he had to depose him. If it weren't for Kublai Khan's sudden death, it might have come true. However, it was quite difficult for him to succeed to the throne. He finally settled all forces, but lost Jiangnan, which led to a financial crisis and aroused doubts from all parties. In the two years since he succeeded to the throne, he could be said to be melancholy and lamented every day, but he still had to work hard to clean up the mess in a voice of opposition, so worried that he almost lost his hair.

"Kill, this is very likely." After thinking for a while, Li Qian still couldn't bear to attack the real Vajra's good mood, and said vaguely, "I think Yuxi Timuer can fight for war, but is not mediocre. And with a hundred thousand elite army, it is not possible to wipe out all the troops in a day and a night. Secondly, he has always had strategies, and if he finds inappropriate, he will definitely try to break through the siege and will never surrender. Furthermore, our army is mostly cavalry, as fast as the wind. Once you find something, you should withdraw quickly, and the enemy's pursuit is no longer enough. I think Kill doesn't have to worry too much. The news may be heard back later, but we must make the worst plan to achieve the best result."

"Well, what Ping Zhang said is very true. At present, we must be prepared to not return to the north quickly, but even if the Song army may stop on the Huainan line, Ping Zhang thought our army should deal with it?" Zhen Jin was like a drowning man finally grabbed a straw and took Li Qian's ambiguous words as real. Maybe he also knew in his heart that the Yuxi Timur army had almost no possibility of breaking into the north, but he just didn't want to believe it.
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