The next day, Zhao Hongrun was summoned by his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, and entered the palace to meet him, and the father and son took a walk in the garden near the Ganlu Palace. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

During this period, Wei Tianzi asked about the situation of the examination: "How is the first examination going?" ”

Zhao Hongrun replied when he heard this: "The Ministry of Rites is still approving it, but the questions of the preliminary examination are not difficult, according to Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as long as it is a student who has really studied hard, he can pass, and it is conservatively estimated that this year's examination may increase by about three or four thousand people compared with previous years." ”

Hearing this, even Wei Tianzi couldn't help but be a little speechless, after all, there were only about 2,000 examinees who passed the township examination in previous years to obtain the qualification for the general examination, and this time, the number of places has increased by two times.

"In other words, even if it is 'one out of ten', there will be about 600 students shortlisted this year?" Wei Tianzi frowned.

As if he had guessed Wei Tianzi's concerns, Zhao Hongrun chuckled and said: "Father doesn't have to worry about this matter, the 'military science' alone can absorb at least more than 100 students, and there is also a shortage of many officials in the 'five counties of Hedong', this is not counting the Shangshuiyi of the sons, perhaps, it is not enough to recruit only 600 students." ”

"That's just as well." Wei Tianzi nodded, and then, as if he had thought of something, he said: "By the way, the imperial court is currently drafting the division of the county, preparing to split Hedong County into two counties, 'Hedong' and 'Hanoi', and set up a boundary stone between 'Keiguan' and 'Yixian' as the junction of the two counties. …… What do you think? ”

After all, a few years ago, the imperial court split the largest Yingshui County in Wei into three counties: "Liang County", "Yingshui", and "Shangshui".

Among them, the scope of Liang County ends at "Nanyan" in the north, "Sujuju" in the northwest, "Yuguan" in the west, "Anling" in the southwest, "Yuxian" in the south, "Kwaiqiu" in the southeast, "Jiyang" in the east, and "Puyang" in the northeast.

The large area of land between Liang County and Shangshuiyi, including Yingyang, Anling and other places, is still under Yingshui County.

Such a division is conducive to the operation of the local government after the emergence of Shangshuiyi, and "Shangshuiyi" has also become the key southern defense of Wei in a real sense, which involves some changes that can not be explained in a few simple words, in general, the biggest change is that "Wei no longer fortified against Chu, but handed over this national defense task to Shangshuiyi."

This measure not only gave Shang Shuiyi great freedom, but also reduced the burden of national defense on Wei, so that Wei no longer needed to deploy garrison troops against Chu, and passed on this part of the garrison cost to Shang Shuiyi, which was a win-win situation.

For Zhao Hongrun, Shang Shuiyi is no different from the feudal country, at least he doesn't have to pay attention to some guys' crooked comments about Shang Shuiyi.

Oh, except for Fen Cheng.

The garrison of Fen Cheng Sai remained unchanged, after all, even if Fen Cheng Sai was no longer responsible for guarding against the Chu State, they still had the enemy of the Ba people.

Generally speaking, Zhao Hongrun is more supportive of the imperial court's division of Hedong County, after all, the current Hedong County is indeed too large, if it is divided into two branches, "Hedong" and "Hanoi", it can more effectively carry out border defense tasks.

In Zhao Hongrun's conception, he hoped that his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan, the king of Huan, would lead the Northern First Army to sit in Anyi, and cooperate with Wei Ji, the Lintao Jun of Fenyin, and Wen Feng, the former deputy general of the Dangshan Army in Puban, and the three would work together to build Xinhedong County into a solid place; The border defense on the Hanoi side was handed over to the Shanyang Army under the command of Zhao Hongjiang, the king of Yan, who was stationed in Shanyang, and the Southern Yan Army under Wei Mu, who was currently stationed in Wusui.

Each performs its own duties and jointly shoulders the northern defense of Wei.

"What about the candidates for the Hedong County Warden and the Hanoi County Warden?" Zhao Hongrun asked.

If Zhao Hongrun has any concerns about splitting Hedong County, then only the question of who is the county guard belongs to the question.

Wei Tianzi seemed to see Zhao Hongrun's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Hedong County remains unchanged, it is still Dong Cheng of Anyi, as for Hanoi...... The DPRK and China are still in dispute. ”

Zhao Hongrun opened his mouth when he heard this, and wanted to recommend his fourth prince brother Yan Wang Zhao Hongjiang, but he thought about it carefully, and his fourth prince brother didn't look like a person who was good at governing people's livelihood, so he gave up.

The father and son walked for a while, and then found a pavilion in the garden and sat down to rest for a while.

During this period, Wei Tianzi said to Zhao Hongrun again: "Two days ago, Han General Lian Di led 20,000 Han troops from Lishi to Hexi, have you heard about this?" ”

Zhao Hongrun nodded, and he said in his heart: This news was revealed to the inner guards by the Green Crows, how could I not know.

"What do you think of the defeat of the Korean army?" Wei Tianzi asked.

Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said: "If the Korean general Taiyuan Shoulian personally leads the Taiyuan army to the battle, then the chance of victory of the Korean army this time is at least eighty percent." ”

"Oh?" Wei Tianzi looked at his son with a little surprise, and asked in surprise, "You have a high opinion of that incorruptible." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun Zhengse said: "Lian Jie is a rare fierce general, not only a son, but also General Shaohu praised Lian Jie. ”

"Hmm." Wei Tianzi nodded, thinking that Shaohu had also mentioned this matter after returning to Daliang.

Immediately, he said in a deep voice: "I have sent someone to contact Sima An and ordered him to move his army to Hexi ......."

"Move?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this.

As if he had guessed Zhao Hongrun's thoughts, Wei Tianzi said with a smile: "Do you expect the Han army to help me garrison the Great Wei for a while after conquering Hexi for my Great Wei?" …… Although Wei Ji of Lintaojun is a handsome talent, but the time is too hasty, maybe after Lian Ji defeated Hexi, Wei Ji still can't train a new army in Fenyin, for the sake of safety, or let the Dangshan army move to Hexi, even if Hexi Qianghu or Qin counterattack, Sima An can defend it. ”

"What about Dangjun? …… Erchen refers to the Suiyang Army. Zhao Hongrun frowned and asked.

He knew very well that the reason why Sima An, one of the best elites in the sixth battalion of the garrison, was always stationed in Dangshan and did not leave lightly was to guard against the Suiyang army of Nangong Yao, the general of Song Di.

"It doesn't matter." Wei Tianzi waved his hand and said with confidence: "When my Great Wei was not strong, Nangong Yao did not dare to rebel, but now my Great Wei has more than 400,000 soldiers and horses that can be used for battle, how dare Nangong Yao rebel?" …… Moreover, Daliang still has the Junshui army of Bailibai and the Wei Wu army of Shaohu. I am going to let Shaohu move to Chenliu. "Note: Chen Liu, in real history, it was originally Zheng Guo Liuyi, and later Chen Guo annexed Liuyi, so it was called Chen Liu."

Zhao Hongrun was silent, he did not agree with his father's judgment.

In his opinion, it was precisely because he was not strong in Wei at the beginning that Nangong Yao would not rebel.

The reason is very simple, in the case that the Wei court did not pose a threat to Nangong Yao, if Nangong Yao rebelled, he would no longer have a place - the Song people hated him, the Wei people hated him, and the Qi and Lu countries looked down on him.

Nangong Yao's only way out is to defect to Chu or South Korea, but the question is, will these two countries allow Nangong Yao to still retain such a transcendent status as he does now?

It's simply not realistic.

Therefore, when Wei was weak, it was unlikely that Nangong Yao would think of rebellion; But on the other hand, now that the Wei State is gradually becoming stronger, maybe Nangong Yao's mind will change.

After all, once the Wei State became strong, it would mean that it would be difficult for Nangong Yao to maintain his former transcendent status, unless the Wei court announced that it would permanently ban Nangong Yao's rule over the Song Dynasty.

This is not realistic.

Not to mention that the imperial court will try every means to take back the privileges that Nangong Yao once enjoyed after it becomes stronger, even if it is Wei Tianzi or Zhao Hongrun, they will not allow Nangong Yao, a force that is not controlled by the imperial power, to continue to exist out of the consideration of imperial power.

In general, the stronger Wei became, the more likely Nangong Yao was to breed rebellion, which was the doomed result of the difference between his position and Wei.

However, since Wei Tianzi was ready to move Shaohu's Wei Wujun to Chenliu, Zhao Hongrun didn't say much.

After all, in his opinion, Shaohu's ability to command troops was not inferior to Sima An, and the difference between these two generals was only that Sima An was thirsty for killing, and his methods were ruthless, which was more able to deter people who were hostile to Wei - this is the reason why Wei Tianzi also supported Sima An to sit in Hexi.

"That's right, Hongrun." As if he suddenly remembered something, Wei Tianzi asked: "More than ten days ago, both the Northern Second Army and the Northern Third Army withdrew from Taiyuan County in South Korea to Hedong, and the current garrisons are in 'Linfen' and 'Pingyang'......"

Speaking of this, Wei Tianzi paused, turned his head to look at Zhao Hongrun and said, "I decided to let Jiang Contempt's Northern Third Army move to the Shangdang, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Hongrun was stunned, and then suddenly understood that his father was asking for his opinion. After all, Shangdang County was taken back by him from South Korea, and he has some right to speak.

Erchen thought it was appropriate, but ...... And what about the Northern Second Army? Zhao Hongrun asked.

Hearing this, Wei Tianzi groaned for a while, and then said: "I am not worried that the Second Northern Army is stationed outside, and I am going to transfer it back to Daliang ......"

Zhao Hongrun knew that it was not so much that his father was not worried about the Northern Second Army, but that he was not worried about Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang.

"Erchen can't see through the third uncle, but ...... Sanbo had outstanding military exploits in the two Northern Xinjiang Campaigns, and if he was rashly idle, he might cause rumors. ”

"......" Wei Tianzi nodded silently.

I have to say that today's Wei Tianzi is very entangled, and he regrets that he listened to the persuasion of the prince and recalled Zhao Yuanzuo from Southern Liang to Daliang, but on the other hand, if there was no Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, he Wei would not have been able to win in these two national battles against South Korea.

Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, this is a sharp double-edged sword, and if you want to use such a sharp blade well, it will test the king's strategy very much.

"For the time being...... Place it in Zhongmu. ”

In the end, Wei Tianzi still decided to let the Northern Second Army be stationed in Zhongmu, and Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Southern Liang, recalled Daliang - Wei Tianzi did not dare to take this third prince brother who had always made him jealous.

Subsequently, the father and son chatted a few more gossips, and inevitably, they talked about Zhao Hongrun's marriage.

During this period, Wei Tianzi said that Han Wu, the marquis of South Korea, wanted to let a cousin marry Wei and named to marry Zhao Hongrun, so frightened that Zhao Hongrun immediately fled on the grounds of "greeting Concubine Shen Shu", which made Wei Tianzi shake his head.

In late March, Zhao Hongrun was very busy, not only to pay attention to the progress of the Han general Lian Jie's army to attack Qianghu in Hexi, but also to supervise the construction of the four official roads.

After all, on the basis of the record of "Lu Gong's Secret Record", the Metallurgical Bureau has improved the machinery of "hydraulic rice hulling".