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It was ugly in April of the eighth year of Yuanfeng (the 26th).

Feng Jing's Mansion in Bianjing.

The incense table had been set up, and Feng Jing, along with his wife, concubines and children, all dressed in solemn court attire and royal crowns, knelt in front of the incense table and listened to the angel's melodious reading of the imperial edict.

When Feng Jing heard, "Yes, I am specially appointed as the military governor of Baoning Army to know Henan Prefecture."

He immediately kowtowed and thanked him: "Your Majesty, I am so grateful. I am so grateful that I will repay it with my life!"

Then he stood up happily and took the white linen book that was handed to him.

This is to be taken and enshrined in the ancestral hall to tell the ancestors that the old Feng family has a very humane envoy!

Feng Jing's sons and daughters were also beaming with joy.

The influence of the envoy to supplement the official position is far better than that of ordinary important ministers!

Si Yan of the Feng family put a bag of money that had been prepared long ago into the hands of the angel who read the edict.

This is customary.

As soon as the envoy touched it and realized that it was silver, he immediately went back to resume his life with great satisfaction.

Relatives and friends who had been waiting in the inner house of Feng Mansion also came up to express their congratulations at this time.

The Feng Mansion is destined to be lively on this day.

The other elders in Beijing are all tasters.

"Why can Feng pay homage to Jiedushi in this world?"

This is what most people think in their hearts, but no one dares to express it.

So, they quickly voted with their feet, made their choice, and wrote letters asking His Majesty to resign and return to the town.

Most people's requests were approved by the two palaces one by one.

Only Zhang Fangping, the senator of Xuanhui South Academy, and Sun Gu, the bachelor of Zizheng Palace, another veteran, were comforted to stay.

Sun Gu was left behind because he was ill.

The two palaces issued special orders to order the imperial physician to diagnose and treat him, and also gave him many royal medicines.

As for Zhang Fangping?

Soon, everyone knew the reason.

On the same day, the two palaces once again came to the small hall under the inner east gate with Zhao Xu in their arms, and locked the hall at the same time.

The next morning (Geng Yin) there was another edict of Xuanma.

Zhang Fangping was appointed as the envoy of Xuanhui Nanyuan, and specially came to pay homage to the envoy of Zhangdejun Jiedu.

This did not cause any disturbance. After all, it was not unusual for senior officials of the Song Dynasty to be granted the title of Jiedushi after they became official.

Generally speaking, as long as you live long enough and are comfortable inside the palace, everything will be fine.

After all, for an old official who has become an official, he has a reputation as a disciple of Jiedushi.

Unlike Feng Jing, who was the prime minister when he arrived in Henan Prefecture.

The status of the envoy is higher than that of the prime minister!

There is no difference between the local emperor and the local emperor!

…

Hedong, Taiyuan City.

A knight, galloping down the official road.

On the head of the knight's horse, there is a bell that is ringing all the time.

All government and civilian pedestrians along the way collectively moved out of the way in front of the knight.

Because that knight is the so-called gold medal rush rider.

He is the emperor's messenger, and he is also the messenger responsible for delivering orders from the capital to all directions with the fastest efficiency and speed, or sending emergency military information and disaster reports to the capital from all the states and counties in the world.

Generally, when a quick delivery horse starts from Bianjing or delivers a side newspaper to the capital from a local area, he will not enter the horse delivery shop, and the riders will hand over each other on the road, relay forward, and travel day and night.

In one day and night, one can often fly five hundred miles.

The emperor's edicts from Bianjing have always been delivered to all roads along the border in this way.

The knight galloped into the city and went straight to the government office. Then he held up the gold medal seal and shouted all the way: "The emperor hands the imperial edict! The emperor hands the imperial edict! I know that Lu Huiqing of Taiyuan Prefecture will accept the imperial edict!"

The entire government office was immediately alarmed.

Lu Huiqing also hurriedly walked out of the backyard of the government office.

Because it was a hand edict, he only had to bow twice in the direction of Bianjing, then took the wax-sealed hand edict from the knight, and ordered the officials to reward the knight with money and silk.

Lu Huiqing opened the edict from La Feng and took it in his hand to take a look.

The first is to reward merit!

The two palaces ordered him to reward meritorious soldiers according to the stories and laws.

Then……

The content of the edict changed, and the tone became even more severe.

First, he warned him that as a commander-in-chief, he should not underestimate the enemy, and then he also admonished him that he should not neglect border defense matters.

He also cited several examples of people who underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, or who were arrogant and eventually succeeded in being captured by thieves.

With his temper, this meeting should have been unhappy - what do you two women in the deep palace of Bianjing City know about border defense matters?

However, what the two palaces in the edict told him in the tone of the young master made him pace back and forth in the courtyard, with the expression on his face changing.

"The official said: I have just come to the throne, and the barbarians may look down upon me, so they will inevitably raise troops to invade. The ministers will guard the border for me. They should protect the land as the priority and protect the people as the purpose. Don't let the thieves underestimate our country!"

What does this mean?

Lu Huiqing thought about it and read the edict over and over again several times.

Naturally, he had heard the legend about the young master in Bianjing City.

so……

"Is this the intention of the two palaces or the intention of the young master?"

"If it is the young master's intention, then what exactly do the young master want to say?"

Lu Huiqing thought about it for a while, then simply gave up the idea of ​​speculating about the deep palace in Bianjing, which was thousands of miles away.

He looked at the words on the edict, and his eyes gradually showed a sparkle.

"The young master has newly ascended the throne, and the Western thieves may indeed invade..."

"Yes! It must be like this!"

Holding the edict in hand, Lu Huiqing walked directly to the government office lobby, and then told the officials on the left and right: "Come on, beat the drum for me and gather the generals!"

Don't worry about whether the Western thieves are going to invade or not.

Anyway, the two palaces in Bianjing City told him - the officials said: As soon as I take the throne, the barbarians may be disrespectful, and it is inevitable that they will raise their troops to invade!

So true!

The Western thieves must be sharpening their knives! They must be plotting to invade!

"The ministers are guarding the border for me. They should protect the land as the priority and protect the people as the purpose!"

Official sage, this is what I, Lu Huiqing, think!

'Don't let the thieves despise our court!'

Don't worry, my little officials and ministers will definitely not let the Western thieves and Northern pirates dare to despise our court!

As a result, the troops were only withdrawn for less than ten days.

He was a bachelor of Zizheng Palace and the military envoy to Hedong Province. He was informed that Lu Huiqing of Taiyuan Prefecture would give the general order again.

In the name of "the emperor has newly ascended the throne, the young master is suspicious of the country, and the Western thieves may have planned an invasion. The official has been ordered by the emperor to defend the country", he ordered the mobilization of the Han cavalry of the three generals on the Hedong Road to follow him to patrol the border.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to Fu Yanlu, requesting Fu Yanlu to send two generals to accompany him to " patrol the border for the emperor to frighten the Western thieves" and "not to allow the Western thieves to treat me lightly".

The troops and horses of the five generals were mobilized, forming a mixed field regiment of 20,000 to 30,000 infantry and cavalry.

Lu Huiqing is very good!

Although his banner was "Border Patrol," the marching routes he designated for each ministry were all on the inner line of Hedong Road, far away from the border fortress.

Obviously, his calculation was - don't worry about whether the Western thieves have any plans to invade.

I'll gather the troops first.

If they really dared to invade, Lu Huiqing would not be polite.

If the Western thieves had not invaded, the army would have been mobilized.
To be continued...