In the next two days, Yelu Ma Wu Day will not return, and Wanyan Yinshu has not arrived for a long time.

The Zhao Guanjia sent a new officer named Panzhi, the so-called trusted Lang Zhai Biao, who was the young envoy, to take advantage of the local villagers to cross the river and investigate the opposite Rushui. However, Zhai Biao came and went in a hurry, but he simply brought back the messengers of Han Shizhong, Wang De and others.

Combining the message brought by the latter, a simple and direct inference is drawn up:

Wanyan Yinshu had indeed marched to the foot of Zhongyang Mountain less than 100 miles away from Ruyang a few days ago. But soon, Yelu Mawu had missed one strike. After knowing that there were many reinforcements in Ruyang City, this person made a quick decision and took the main force brought from Taiyuan to directly divert the way north. Taking advantage of Han Shizhong and Wang De mobilizing the main force to return to the rescue carefully, he took advantage of the cavalry to cross Yingchang Prefecture from the gap in the east of Fangcheng Mountain, and then conquered Ye County, Ruzhou, and headed north.

Judging from the route, Wanyan Yinshu should be trying to join his younger brother Wanyan Balisu, and then join forces to withdraw back to Hezhong Prefecture (Hedong area, later Linfen area) and return to his old nest Taiyuan.

However, this inference is too easy, which makes people a little suspicious. Ruyang City's actions have no intention of taking action without authorization.

But soon, as Han Shizhong had more and more messengers, Wang De also personally turned to Ruyang, and the central center still accepted the fact that Wanyan Yinshu could withdraw his troops. After Wang De quickly led the main force of the Imperial Camp's Central Army to return, Zhao Guan's family himself left all kinds of confusion and directly ordered to continue the journey west.

On this day in mid-March, Xingzai arrived outside Fangcheng at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, the northernmost part of Tangzhou. Since it is located at the junction of Dengzhou, Ruzhou, Caizhou, Yingchang Prefecture, and Tangzhou, and is located in a critical position, Xingzai settled down at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, and then stopped here for a while, and immediately called on all the subordinates to gather.

After being summoned, Han Shizhong, who was well-arranged in the north, hurried back with Liu Yan, Yang Yizhong, Hu Yin and others, and several important officials from Nanyang also came here to welcome him. Information from all sides met. Xing Zai just now extracted an incredible but completely awakened military situation. It turned out that just a few days ago, in early March, Li Yanxian almost took the remnant troops abandoned by Fan Zhixu in Shanzhou and recovered Shanzhou.

Shanzhou is sandwiched between Xijing Luoyang and Jingzhao Chang'an, with a prominent strategic position. If Wanyan Yinshu learned about this at the foot of Zhongyang Mountain at that time, then his turnaround would be natural.

However, the Zhao Guan family did not give him a serious explanation directly, but waited for two more days, and the Shu prime minister Yuwen Xuzhong reported in public that Zhao Jiu gave him a reward.

"Add Li Yanxian as the governor of Shanzhou!" Under the slanting sunshine in the late spring, the Zhao Guanjia, who was wearing a big red robe, almost didn't even frown, and blurted out. "The Privy Council and the Imperial Camp immediately discussed the relevant official ranks and rewards, and they must be delivered quickly!"

Yuwen Xu, wearing a purple robe, stood still in front of the imperial court. Another purple robe official, Wang Boyan, had a full-on general, and Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp, immediately flashed out and stopped a little. Seeing that no one opposed the appointment of the poliest envoy, he took the order seriously, and then the three of them joined their own queues together.

Let me say that this time the meeting held at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain was not an ordinary political affairs hall meeting, but a grand meeting of civil and military personnel, imperial camp generals, and civil and military officials in the west of Beijing!

In fact, this kind of thing should have been done when the official family arrived in Nanyang, which is only a hundred miles away, and it should have been held in the palace built by Liu Ji (the transshipment envoy in the west of Beijing). At that time, everyone was washed away and rejuvenated, and naturally they could be more efficient.

But for some reason, with the proposal of the official, the grand ceremony that everyone had been looking forward to for a long time was finally held in the wilderness at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, and there was only a curtain on both sides... The official even refused to climb the famous golden top of Fangcheng Mountain, and used the temples and Taoist temples to hold the meeting, and also politely declined the proposal to enter the city.

However, the soldiers of the army in the Imperial Camp accumulated more than 10,000, showing their power and showing off their power. According to the various parts, they almost lined up half of the fields at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain. Looking at the hillside of the mountain where the meeting was held, there was also a bit of momentum.

In fact, there are also discussions about this matter. Some idle people will naturally only say that the officials are willful and anxious. But in addition, the real knowledgeable people think that the officials should use wild land and military armor to remind the officials to move in. Although Nanyang is right in front of them, the country is still in danger and should have a sense of crisis.

However, a very small number of people believe that the government always attaches importance to military affairs, and may just think that the frontline generals should respect the need to delay time, so they directly held a court meeting in this well-connected place without any other considerations.

Back in front of him, after Li Yanxian's great contributions were made, Lu Haowen, and Xu Jingheng, the two ministers of the East Mansion, took turns to report various matters.

"There are all places in the west of the capital, Ruzhou, Caizhou, Yingchang Prefecture, Henan Prefecture (where the western capital Luoyang is located), and the counties in Central Shaanxi Prefecture and Jingzhao are all missing. I was ordered to draft appointments from various places, and the officials are also asked to take a look." Lu Haowen, who was not sure where to find a first-class Jinxianguan, was also wearing a purple robe, but he took out a document from his sleeve and then turned out of the queue for the fourth time.

"I trust you guys."

Lan Gui, the provincial eunuch next to him, quickly ran down to take the document, and Zhao Jiu opened it and closed it again, and then handed it back to Lan Gui, asking the latter to put it away carefully. "But there is a saying... such an appointment must be considered for the opinions of all those who stay, control the envoys, and sanctions. When they face the enemy in front, they always have the right to make the appointment reasons, and they should not replace those who use power at will. If there is indeed any conflict in the appointment, they should also arrange the people who have been defeated and comforted... It is important to know that at this time, everything is based on the anti-Jin spirit, and the rear must not easily compete with those who are in front of the battle."

"I know the pros and cons of it." Lu Haowen waited quietly for the official to finish his speech, and then responded seriously and slowly retreated to the queue.

Lu Haowen asked about this time that he retired, but it was not another minister Xu Jingheng who followed again, but Zhang Jun, a test censor in a breeze robe, stepped out and reported: "There is a discussion on the official family, the Censorate's Office... Before, the Jin people went south to the west of the capital, and the states fell. There were many affairs of ministers defeated, lost their territory, and abandoned the people. The official family issued a clear order on Bagong Mountain, Shouzhou more than a month ago, saying that the official family and the officials would not retreat, and the ministers would not be allowed to retreat again. Now, what should be done? I would like to ask the official family to express his instructions!"

As soon as this statement was made, behind the four prime ministers, several blush robes, even a purple robe official, changed their colors and became unbearable. However, the exact magistrate of Tangzhou Yan Xiaozhong, who was "lost land and captured", looked dark, which made people unable to see whether he had "changed color".

However, the face of the Zhao official family has not changed, and they blurted out, as if they had made some private agreement: "My decree has two restrictions, one is geography... Since I have not retreated, but my ministers cannot retreat, so where is I? I can tolerate it in front of me and behind me. Therefore, I pardoned the fugitive from Jingdong and killed Ding Jin. In the present, when I arrived here from the Huaihe River, I naturally had to pardon the Northwest Road and the Southwest Road. The other is time... I issued this document from Bagong Mountain. After I got the decree, I naturally had to obey this order, but I was defeated before the decree was reached, so I was not good to blame."

When the officials who had changed their eroticness almost breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. However, seeing that the palace censor Hu Yin remained calm and stood under Zhang Jun's empty seat, some people who had heard some rumors were shocked and suspicious.

"But," Zhao Jiu paused slightly, and indeed continued to say with a stern face. "Putting aside the will, when Prince Li was there, he often made remarks to severely punish those who were too ruthless and incompetent, and to be honest. Yesterday, Hu Yin, the Censor of the Palace, also made a statement. If anyone who holds the position of ministers and decides the death of all living beings and deaths with absurd things, he will never be forgiven... I agree! Where is Fan Zhixu, the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Palace and the governor of Dengzhou?"

A purple-robed official, second only to the four ministers, looked pale when he heard this, and trembled out, leaned over to speak, but was speechless for a moment... He had no style as a minister.

"Scholar Fan." Zhao Jiu frowned slightly when he saw this. "I heard that you have been promoted to the right of the Minister of Shangshu since fifteen years ago, and you are the one who is the chief minister. Then you will enter the Huajiao and leave the county. You can be called a major minister in the world. Why is it so unbearable that you can't even match your words?"

"My... I must be a civil servant. Please use the family rules of the ancestors to measure it. Don't judge it by Liu Guangshi and others. I hope to seek such a result as Zhang Bangchang, which will be enough to be kind to the human family." Fan Zhixu, who was over 50 years old, lost his civil servants' integrity in panic and directly knelt down, which caused an uproar among many civil and military ministers standing around him.

But when he heard his words, he seemed to know that the official dared to kill the ministers, so he had the idea of ​​fearing death.

Zhao Jiu was silent. Two days ago, he and several close ministers argued a lot with him... But except for Hu Yin, no one supported him "Ningguo". The Zhao official family also understood that the accompanying people were in front of him, and people were at ease, but the front line was still struggling. If Fan Zhixu was really killed at this time, it would arouse collective dissatisfaction among the civil servants and may lead to serious consequences.

Especially at present, because the Zhao Guan family was acting fiercely, there was already a sign that they had joined forces to oppose him. However, if they did not kill the top scholars and officials, there was a legal basis... After Tokyo fell, the three precepts of Song Taizu's stone slashes in the Taimiao had gradually spread... Of course, the Zhao Guan family did not care about this, but they could not resist the civil officials' use of this as a basis to oppose him.

It should be known that no matter how high Liu Guangshi is, he is just a military official. Killing him is just an example, which is not in line with the system, but this matter is clearly restricted.

With the current situation, Zhao Jiu really needs the civil officials to contribute to him at this time.

But I have to say that, the Zhao Guan family felt that killing someone would not be in a hurry, nor would it be necessary to understand the punishment of the canon... Especially this person really cannot understand the punishment of the canon.

Just when the Zhao Guan family was silent and thinking, not only Fan Zhixu, but also several ministers, Zhang Deyuan, the chief censor who stood up, and other ministers were already in a state of confusion. How could they not know that the Zhao Guan family was still unfair to murderous intentions?

"Well!" Zhao Jiu suddenly sighed. "Take all official treatment and demote the Zunyi Army to resettle..."

Everyone below almost breathed a sigh of relief... Since they could save their lives, they naturally didn't care that the Zhao Guan family would temporarily change it to such a serious problem. After all, the official family had really had murderous intentions just now. However, after Fan Zhixu was in a hurry to thank him, his own squad came forward and pulled him out in public, almost everyone became confused again... Where is the Zunyi Army?

"Do you have any other memorials?" Zhao Jiu watched Fan Zhixu be dragged out of the curtain before continuing to ask.

The only minister standing in the middle, the Censor Zhang Jun, was about to retreat when he heard that, but suddenly remembered something. It seemed that Fan Zhixu was too fierce in the past two days, and was forgotten by everyone in a hurry.

However, just as Zhang Deyuan was about to make an effort, he just looked up and met the expressionless face of the Zhao Guan family. Then he moved slightly, avoided his words, and turned back directly... It can only be said that since he was slapped by his closest younger brother Hu Yin, although this number one confidant of the official family has become much more calm, he is still far superior to others in his thinking.

However, this person originally liked to cater to him, but now he liked to deal with it in a twists and turns.

However, as soon as Zhang Deyuan returned to the queue, Hu Yin beside him and Yan Xiaozhong, the governor of Tangzhou opposite him, all went out together. Liu Ji, the transferee of Beijing West, who lived diagonally opposite him, was also ready to move, but because of some subtle mentality, he did not finally come out.

The Censor General was not calm again - he didn't understand that he had made a huge mistake. It should be noted that the current gathering of civil and military officials is no longer the same as the former one, just looking at Zhao Ding who was overenerable, and paying attention to the extremely cunning Balin Master Xiaolin who could deal with everything!

This is Fangchengshan!

There are only graves and military camps on Bagong Mountain, while there are more than a dozen monk Guang Temples and Taoist temples on Fangcheng Mountain!

Not to mention that Zhang Jun had suppressed his cunning for only a month, he became turbulent. Hu Yin and Yan Xiaozhong made a comeback together. The two of them had their eyes intersected and they stayed for a while, without hiding their appreciation for each other, and then they had no intention of giving in.

At this moment, Liu Ji, a Beijing West Transportation Commander, could not bear it completely, and directly crossed the two of them and bowed to the imperial throne: "Officials! I took the liberty to hear that after Fan Zhixu left, who can do the sending of Dengzhou? And since the official family is determined to use Nanyang as the capital, should Dengzhou be promoted to Nanyang Prefecture and imitate the old rules of Kaifeng Prefecture?"

Zhao Jiu smiled slightly, then stood up from the imperial throne, stepped forward to Liu Ji, and held the other person's hand.

Poor Liu Ji and Liu Zhifu are in their forties and fifties, but they first saw this official family. They didn't know the other party's temper and habits, so how could they bear it? So their face turned red immediately.

Seeing this, Lu Haowen and others knew that Liu Ji would either be very useful or suffer a great loss... However, even though that was the case, they were still a little bit harsh, because they followed them and ran around for half a year, without any contribution and hard work, but they seemed to have never been taken by the Zhao Guan family.

Not only that, these smart people are not familiar with the past and the present. Seeing that Liu Ji was just shook hands by the official, his face turned red first, and then tears fell, but he suddenly realized that it was not pure grace for the official to shake hands with Liu Ji at this time, but had a deep meaning!

It should be known that the allusion of handshake and joy happened to Emperor Guangwu and his founding hero Li Tong, and the location happened to be near Nanyang.

Among them, Emperor Guangwu’s revival was naturally more appropriate to compare with the Zhao Guan family on his way to exile. What was the opportunity for this incident? It happened that when Liu Xiu was hunted and there was no place to stand, Li Tong went to find Guangwu and settled him at his home in Nanyang.

Therefore, the performance of Zhao Guanjia was really not improvised. With just this one, he gently promoted the first contribution of Nanyang Preservation to Liu Ji. However, Liu Zhifu had always been seeking fame, and he almost committed suicide in Jingkangzhong. A few days ago, Dengzhou was defeated and when Nanyang was in the most critical situation, he also said that he wanted to die, "to show that the Song Dynasty also had the words of turning the fortune and willing to die for the country."

Such a person, if he gets this kind of grasp in such an occasion, may be fascinated by his will. It can only be said that a capable person has come to his side recently, otherwise, with the Zhao Guan family's historical level, he would never have thought of this method!

At this point, although he understood that the officials were performing and absorbing people's hearts, he understood that the other important officials were still calm. The civil officials below were almost jealous and their eyes were red... That is, people like Han Shizhong tied a jade belt and looked down on scholars at all times, so they just didn't understand what was going on.

It's hard to say that this Taiwei Han still felt that Liu Ji was crying and didn't look like he was crying.

"Nanyang preservation is all due to Liu Qing," Zhao Jiu held the other party's hand and said slowly. "I had thought about Nanyang Prefecture before, so I simply combined Dengzhou and Tangzhou into one to restore the old Nanyang system in the Han Dynasty... And I thought at that time that the dispatch of the Nanyang Prefecture Prime Minister was not enough to do it if it were Liu Qing."

When the prime minister Wang Boyan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh regardless of the occasion... It should be noted that when he was in Hebei, the official family was still a marshal. Wang Boyan personally took the bow and arrow to lead the troops to serve as guards. When it was generally believed that the capital should be moved to Chang'an, the official family also held his hand and said, "In the future, I will be the emperor of Jingzhao." In a blink of an eye, it has been more than a year.

I can only say that things are different and everything is over!

However, it was just this sentence that Wang Boyan instantly concluded that Liu Zhifu had a great future and might have entered the center to replace him and others as his husband in the future, but the Nanyang Prefecture, who was extremely respectful and important, must have no chance of him.

"But later I thought about it. Liu Qing's ability to transfer operations is really outstanding. There is a key point, which is far more important than Nanyang. I must rely on Liu Qing, and I can only rely on Liu Qing." Zhao Jiu held Liu Ji's hand and continued to speak earnestly. "I hope that Liu Qing will be the governor of Xiangzhou as the Southwest Road Pacifier of Jingxi Road, stationed in Xiangyang, and take charge of the material transportation of Shuzhong, southeast, Jingxiang, and Han River for me... You must know that Liu Qing is an ordinary person like Xiao He, and is about to take charge of me. How can you be a mere magistrate?"

Liu Ji burst into tears, but despite Xiangyang being still in the hands of the warlord Fan Qiong who did not dare to come today, he immediately responded repeatedly, and almost vowed to serve the official family to die.

"Let Yan Qingquan, the governor of Tangzhou, send a message to Yan Qingquan, to see Liu Ji agree, and then Zhao Jiu gave a casual command, but asked Yan Xiaozhong, who had left the list and was about to inquire about this matter, to make a big blushing face in black.
Chapter completed!