Coming out of Dongshi, Guo Song came to Yan's mansion, and today is a day off, Yan Zhenqing may be at home.

The reason why Guo Song asked Yan Zhenqing to be a matchmaker was because Yan Zhenqing promised him in Fengzhou, on the other hand, Xue Xun himself admired Yan Zhenqing's character and calligraphy very much, and letting Yan Zhenqing be a matchmaker was indeed enough to give the Xue family face.

After waiting at the gate for a while, a man about thirty years old greeted him, he was Yan Zhenqing's youngest son Yan Shuo, who was currently serving in the secretary province, and Xue Xun was his immediate boss.

"Guo Yuanjun, my father is invited!"

"Excuse me!"

Guo Song bowed, followed him into the mansion, and the two came to the outer study, Yan Shuo smiled and said: "Guo Yuanjun will sit for a while, and my father will come immediately." ”

Guo Song is still the first time to come to Yan Zhenqing's mansion, and it is also the first time to enter his outer study, giving Guo Song the feeling that his outer study is where he practices calligraphy, with a wide Nanmu table in the middle, covered with good rice paper, and the surrounding walls are full of Yan Zhenqing's own calligraphy.

Guo Song couldn't sit still, so he simply took his hand to admire Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, and the writing was extraordinarily vigorous and powerful, and the atmosphere was majestic.

"It's all the real thing!" Guo Song sighed softly.

He walked to a piece of calligraphy but was stunned, with two lines of poetry written on it, "There are talented people in the country, and they have led the way for hundreds of years." ’

This is the word he wrote to Liu Ji at the beginning, and later Liu Yan got it, how did it get into Yan Zhenqing's hands again?

"The virtuous nephew is a good poem, a good word, and a good artistic conception, so I collected it!"

Yan Zhenqing's voice came from behind, "I exchanged three pieces of calligraphy from Rich Master Liu." ”

Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Xiangguo is too high to look down on the juniors!" ”

"Sit down first! Sit down and we'll talk. ”

The two sat down separately, and a maid served them tea, Yan Zhenqing smiled slightly: "Frankly speaking, although your handwriting is good, in my opinion, it is still a little lacking in heat, and there are many more people than you who can write well, but why do I only fancy you this one?" ”

Guo Song hurriedly bowed and said: "The younger generation doesn't know, please teach Xiangguo!" ”

"Because I like you as a person, among the young people of your generation, including my son, I am afraid that there are only a few people who can do great things, and you are the one who holds the bull's ear!"

Guo Song was embarrassed, "Yan Xiangguo thinks too highly of me, and the younger generation really can't afford it." ”

"I won't judge it now, I'll talk about it later."

Yan Zhenqing asked again: "Is there something wrong with the virtuous nephew looking for me?" ”

Guo Song hesitated and said: "On the last trip to Fengzhou, I promised my juniors that I would be a matchmaker for me in .......the future."

Yan Zhenqing laughed, "That's right, I said, do you have a favorite person now?" ”

"The daughter of the secretary of the provincial Shaoqing Xue Xun, Xue Shaoqing has promised to marry his daughter to me."

"Good eyesight!"

Yan Zhenqing gave a thumbs up and praised: "Xue Xiaocai's female show is indeed a good match for you." ”

"Sangkook has seen her?"

Yan Zhenqing nodded, "At the request of her father, I pointed out her calligraphy and painting a few times last year, that child is very talented, I am saying who will be blessed to marry her in the future, I didn't expect it to be Guo Xian's nephew, no problem, I will do this matchmaking for you, then do you propose to the elders to find it?" ”

"Guo Lao Linggong promised the juniors before!"

"Huh! Xue Shaoqing has such a big face, when does the virtuous nephew want me to go? ”

"It's okay tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it's convenient to see the country."

Guo Song took out a beautiful brocade box from his arms and put it on the table, "This is a marriage proposal token, a piece of jade pendant for the younger generation!" ”

Yan Zhenqing asked Guo Song some more questions, and then happily agreed to propose marriage for him the day after tomorrow.

"The first time you come to me, you can take any of the calligraphy and paintings you like in this room, even if it is a wedding gift I give you."

You must know that Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is also hard to find in the Datang market, Yan Zhenqing never takes it out easily, and his own satisfactory words are hung in this room.

Guo Song was overjoyed, pointing to a big character hanging in the middle and said: "If Xiangguo is willing to cut love, the younger generation will want this middle hall." ”

There are only four words in this painting in the middle hall, 'Compassion for the world'.

Yan Zhenqing was a little hesitant, this was a calligraphy he was going to give to the new emperor, and it seemed a little inappropriate to give it to Guo Song, but after a thought, didn't the scholar pay attention to 'if you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will help the world'? There's nothing wrong with having compassion for the world.

He nodded and said, "If you like it, I'll give it to you!" ”

.........

Coming out of Yan's mansion, Guo Song deposited the calligraphy cylinder in the Treasure Pavilion, and then went to Guo's mansion, but Guo Ziyi was not in the mansion, but in the military camp in the west inner garden of Taiji Palace.

Guo Feng told him that his grandfather had not returned home for ten days, and he did not know when he would return.

Guo Song had no choice but to say goodbye and go to the West Inner Garden.

The West Inner Garden is located in the north of the Taiji Palace, entering the Taiji Palace from the Xuanwu Gate, where the Xuanwu Gate Incident occurred in the early Tang Dynasty.

Guo Song out of the north city from the Guanghua Gate, seven or eight miles away faintly visible a city outline, there is the Han Chang'an City, the city has been very dilapidated, but there are still more than 100,000 low-level people, the south of the Han Chang'an City is the forbidden garden, become the military garrison of the Gongwei Palace.

The army of Gongwei Palace was originally called the Shence Army, after Yu Chaoen established the new Shence Army, the old Shence Army was renamed the Beiya Army, and the military envoy was appointed by Yu Chaoen's brother, the general of Qianniu Wei, Yu Chao'an, the Yu brothers were killed, Yu Chaoen's new Shence Army was disbanded, and the Beiya Army reverted to its original name: Shence Army, which is no longer the same thing as Yu Chaoen's Shence Army.

There is a question here, what does the left and right guards, the left and right Xiao guards, the left and right guards and so on mean?

In fact, the 16 guards of the Tang Dynasty only have a military office, but no military camp, simply put, there are only generals without soldiers, and when they need to perform the task, the military department will send an army to the military office, and the task will be completed, and the soldiers will return to the ya, and the soldiers will return to the camp.

Moreover, the Sixteen Guards mainly called the army of the Gongwei Jing Division, a total of 200,000 troops, mainly stationed in Bashang and Jingyuan, while the Shence Army was the Gongwei Imperial Palace, a forbidden army, stationed in the West Inner Garden.

The Shence Army is currently composed of 30,000 elite troops, and is subdivided into the left and right Shenwu Army, the left and right Yulin Army, the left and right Longwu Army, each army of 5,000 people, known as the North Ya Sixth Army in history, the commander is the Shence military envoy, this is the real power in charge of the army, and the current Shence military envoy is concurrently served by the military department squire Wang Jiahe.

However, on the eve of the crown prince Li Shi's accession to the throne, the military power of the Shence Army was temporarily transferred to the old general Guo Ziyi.

At present, Guo Ziyi is serving as the envoy of the Gyeonggi Daoguan Army to control the Shence Army, which means that he not only controls the 200,000 troops of the Gongwei Jingshi, but also controls the 30,000 Shence Army of the Gongwei Palace.

Guo Song was led into the barracks, until he came to the tent of the handsome, and a personal soldier went in to report, and came out after a moment and said: "The old general, please make the king enter the tent!" ”

Guo Song walked into the big tent and saw Guo Ziyi wearing a golden helmet and gold armor, although he was old, he was still majestic, and he had a bit of the momentum of a tiger old man.

"Juniors, see Lao Linggong!" Guo Song stepped forward and bowed.

Guo Ziyi smiled and asked, "When did you come back?" ”

"I just came back this morning, and I went to Guo's mansion in the afternoon and learned that Lao Linggong was in the barracks."

Guo Ziyi smiled and nodded, "It seems that you want the old man to help you propose, I guess right?" ”

Guo Song nodded embarrassedly, "If the old Linggong is too busy, the juniors will go to find someone else." ”

"Nonsense! Your marriage is a matter of the Guo family, how can you ask someone else? ”

Guo Ziyi thought for a while and said, "That's it! I'll do it as a witness, and I'll leave the errands to the eighth Guo Ying to do, he is relatively idle, and he is quite refined in marriage customs, and he came forward to propose marriage to several grandchildren. ”

Guo Song hurriedly said: "I entrusted Yan Xiangguo to the matchmaker, and he will go to the Xue Mansion to be a matchmaker the day after tomorrow, so it is best to communicate first." ”

"I'll write a letter to you, you go back and hand it over to the eighth Guo Ying, you don't have to worry about the rest of the things, you little guy is also pitiful, you have no parents, you have to run errands for everything, hey! If your master is still here, it will actually be good. ”

Guo Ziyi wrote a letter with a pen and handed it to Guo Song.

Guo Song was about to leave, but Guo Ziyi stopped him again.

"What else does Lao Linggong command?"

Guo Ziyi sighed and said: "I talked to Xinjun about you before, he praised you for seeing the overall situation very accurately, in fact, the first emperor planned to let you be the governor of Ganzhou, but the first emperor unfortunately fell ill, and your appointment was delayed, but now the situation in the Hexi Corridor is not good, Shatuo has increased his troops in Suzhou, and I heard that Shazhou has also been occupied by the Shatuo army, so Xinjun still decided to let you be the governor of Ganzhou." ”

"When does the Son of Heaven plan to let me take office?" Guo Song asked.

"Now the heavy snow over there is closed to the road, and there are a few blizzards this year, you can't get through it at all now, only wait for the spring of next year, and the imperial court has decided to increase the number of troops in Ganzhou, if you have nothing to do during this time, I will ask the Son of Heaven to temporarily serve as my deputy envoy, select 10,000 troops for training, and prepare for the beginning of spring to Ganzhou."

Guo Song nodded silently, in fact, he also guessed that nine times out of ten, the Son of Heaven would let him go to the Hexi Corridor.

"Then do I need to go to see the Son of Heaven?"

"Of course you go, you go with me now."

"Go now?" Guo Song was stunned.

Guo Ziyi nodded heavily, "It's now!" ”