"If you have no opinions, the official should agree, from now on, your subordinates will be under the command of the official, and everyone will stay in the palace and rest for a few days, and you can't go out and walk around casually, but you can write to the court. By the way, if you don't want to kill your subordinates for no reason, it's best not to easily encourage them to do stupid things. Endure the official order of the imperial court for a while, we will be together, and we will disperse, and keep our useful bodies to serve the country elsewhere, why do we have to punish the courage of the moment. ”

At this point, Hong Tao didn't want to fight for anything, it was too difficult to convince one person, and it was basically impossible to persuade so many people. As long as they don't resist fearlessly, even if they achieve their goal, they have put others under house arrest, can they still expect to have a good face for themselves?

It's bloodless, no, it's still a dead one, and you may have to die in the future. Then the more than 20,000 soldiers of the forbidden army were temporarily turned into engineering soldiers, and they were sent to the construction site north of the Daimyo's mansion, where they picked up shovels and hoes with knives and guns.

Revolt? Don't worry, these forbidden troops who were originally stationed in different states and counties have been scattered and assigned to different sections in the capital, and all the armor and sharp weapons have been confiscated, and they can't make big waves except as deserters.

And Jiang Erlang is the same as Hong Tao in dealing with the rebels, after several unsuccessful attempts, as long as they can ensure the supply of food and drink, do not beat and abuse, and have a reasonable workload, the forbidden army will not be in a hurry to resist, and it will be a matter of a month or two, bear with it.

Regarding Shuai Si's obvious violation of the laws of the Great Song Dynasty this time, Xiansi and Cao Si did not intervene or cooperate. This is very much in line with the gentleman's agreement between the three people, the legitimate family will cooperate, and the illegal person will not cooperate, whether it is impeached or not is the right of the family.

It really didn't take a month for the imperial court to react, but it was not the imperial history or the Privy Council's appointment that came, but two people, one old and one middle. The old one is Wang Shao, the deputy envoy of the privy council and the staff officer of the leading staff, and the middle one is Shen Kuo, the former envoy of Yan Yan Lu Jingluo.

The two of them came with two appointments, Wang Shao led the post of the capital of the Daimyo Mansion Road, and Shen Kuo led the post of the Cangsi of the Hebei Lianglu Road, replacing Zeng Bu.

One martial arts and one article, divided the rights in Hong Tao's hands, this should be the best condition that Emperor Shenzong won for his brother-in-law in the court, and he wanted to monopolize the most important power of the border pass, no way!

However, on the issue of the forbidden army, Hong Tao was satisfied, and all the infantry of the four armies were transferred, leaving only the cavalry of the two armies and under the jurisdiction of Wang Shao. In addition, the imperial court will also transfer 20,000 servants from Jingbei Road and Jingnan Road.

This matter is not too controversial in the court, and the carriage is a big burden, so the crazy horse is willing to carry it. Don't say 20,000, you can give another 50,000.

"Don't be complacent, I'm afraid you should be angry when these servants arrive." Wang Shao planned to pour some cold water on the horse, but this time the matter was about to turn upside down in the court, and someone had already signed a joint petition to severely punish the behavior of the founding marquis, and there were even more differences of opinion in the Privy Council.

If it weren't for Zhang Dian and Su Shi and his group arguing on reason, Emperor Shenzong would not be able to blatantly protect his brother-in-law. The person who poked such a big basket is as if nothing happened, what is the reason of heaven.

"The boss still doesn't want to call the prince of this official, how does it sound like he is calling Brother Wang Hou, I don't know if he can be happy on Ganliang Road?" Regarding Wang Shao acting as his deputy and clamping him down, Hong Tao's resistance was not very great.

This old man is very good at military affairs, and he is not confined to tradition, morality, etiquette and other vain thoughts, and he is more ruthless and worse than himself when he fights. There shouldn't be much disagreement between himself and him in the preparation of the Northern Expedition, and he can help him with advice when he encounters trouble.

"Pleasant? My stupid boy was about to be tossed crazy by the children left behind by the captain, and he couldn't talk about it, and he couldn't fight, and he went for a whole year, and wrote more than ten letters to the old man, which were full of doubts and dissatisfaction. Fortunately, he has a pure nature and is willing to listen to his father's words, so he didn't make a big deal. ”

As soon as he talked about his son Wang Shao, he shook his head vigorously, after all, he was a general, and he followed himself since he was a child, but in terms of his attainments in marching and fighting, he was not as good as a fledgling horse, where is this thing reasonable.

"The boss is wrong in saying this, Brother Wang is much more stable than the official, and when he develops, he takes the official as the best, and when he is successful, it is more appropriate to be Brother Wang. Different people have different strengths, and learning from each other's strengths and avoiding weaknesses is the best way to use people. His Majesty has the wisdom to know people, and knows that there is no helper by his side, so he sent Brother Shen here. Lord Shen, from all the way to Shuai Si deigned to Cangji, don't you be angry, right? ”

About Wang Hou, Hong Tao didn't need to ask Wang Shao at all, and it was very detailed. Every other month, the postal system will pass on reports from Ganliang Road, and from official business to private life, Wang Hou is almost transparent in front of his eyes.

When it comes to knowing people, Emperor Shenzong does have something unique, and he is also close to the level that suspicious people don't need to be suspicious. Choosing Wang Hou to replace him in charge of Ganliang Road is indeed the most suitable person, this person has a generous personality, little ambition, and is old-fashioned.

It is a bit difficult to expect him to continue to expand the border, unless the troops are particularly strong, Wang Hou will not send troops easily. But it was impossible to bully him, since he went to Ganliang Road, the first thing Wang Hou did was to integrate the 5,000 forbidden troops reinforced into the new army to train together, and after they were dispersed, they were stationed in the west of Huangzhou and Suzhou.

It can be seen that he knew very well where the future threat would come from, not the Tanguts, because there was still the Qinfeng Road in the east, and the most dangerous were the Uighurs and Tibetans.

And those forbidden troops did not have much objection to this arrangement, Wang Hou had enough qualifications to subdue them, and there were no enemies in the court, and Wang Shao was in charge, no one would provoke this kind of dispute.

"Compared with Jin Qing, this official can be regarded as a corpse vegetarian meal in Dunyan Road, and he has no achievements, so he is ashamed of the trust of the court and His Majesty, so don't mention it."

I haven't seen Shen Kuo get a lot older in a few years, which is related to the harsh environment in the north, but it is also related to the mood and work intensity. Judging from his mood, it seems that he is not waiting in Yan Yanlu.

"Oh, does it have something to do with the jaw?" Why is Shen Kuo unsatisfactory at work? Hong Tao pondered, as if there was only one possibility, that is, to be involved by his deputy. As soon as they go to work all day, the two of them have different opinions, and they can't avoid it, and their mood can be imagined.

“…… Jin Qing doesn't need to ask, it's also a pleasure to come to the Daimyo's Mansion this time to ask for advice from time to time. ”

Shen Kuo obviously didn't want to talk about this matter, and he was also appeased by a little bit, and the horses were doing a lot of things in Huangzhou, attacking cities and plundering villages, and repeatedly making military exploits, but he couldn't show it in Yanyan Road, where did he still have the face.

"The old man knows a little bit, and it has something to do with Jin Qing. The children of the family are slightly narrow-minded, and there are many obstacles to the fact that Cunzhong wants to build a workshop on Yanyan Road. His family has deep roots and wide leaves in Yanyan Road, and he does not have Jin Qing's madness in his existence, so he is not very comfortable. Shen Kuo didn't want to talk, so Wang Shao interjected. He obviously heard something, and he was a little upset for Shen Kuo.

"In this way, it is still the younger brother who has affected Brother Shen, hahaha, it is good to be involved, if Brother Shen and Chong'e get along well, they will not come to the Daimyo's Mansion. In this way, it is exactly what I want, other little brothers don't dare to pack tickets, but only do practical things, and do as much as they want. At this moment, there is one thing that needs Brother Shen to help me, I don't know if I can answer it? ”

The contradiction between Shen Kuo and Chong E, Hong Tao, can't help, he can't send someone to Yanyan Road to kill people secretly, then he will become a bastard official who does not distinguish between public and private, self-interest and misleads the country.

But there is still a way to get Shen Kuo to cheer up, this is a very pure technical officer, they don't like to talk highly, they have no interest in politics, and what they like most is to delve into new things.

"What does Jin Qing have to say, just put it forward, as long as this official can do it, there is no perfunctory reason!" As soon as Shen Kuo heard that he had something to do, he still couldn't handle it, and his spirit immediately came a little.

"Chen Niang, go and get the official's map, all of them!" What does Hong Tao want Shen Kuo to do? He didn't say anything, but asked Chen Niang to get the map.

“…… The horse's picture is so weird. Chen Niang quickly came back with a pile of paper rolls, and did not put them on the table, but spread them on the floor of the inner hall one by one.

Wang Shao and Shen Kuo immediately got up and walked between the papers, keeping their heads down and watching, the more they looked, the more confused they became. I knew it was a map, and I could even tell where it was from the outline, but I just couldn't understand what the circles and lines on it meant.

"It's called a contour map, and it's not difficult to understand it, and it's not difficult to learn it. With these maps, the official can know how high a hill thousands of miles away is, what shape it is, whether it is steep or gentle, and how deep the canyon below the mountain is. ”

Hong Tao also followed the two of them, explaining the mystery of the map at any time. At present, he only has the full map of Ganliang Road, Yongxing Military Road, Hedong Road, and Gyeonggi Road, and Hebei Road, Xihe Road, Jingbei Road, and Jingxi East Road are not complete.

These maps were all mapped out over the past few years with the help of Fu Ji's caravan and the left-behind personnel in Weiqiao Town, and the places they did not have a chance to pass by were naturally blank.

"Is there such a god?" Wang Shao had led his troops in battle, and knew very well what an accurate map would do in the war.

It's a pity that no matter how good a craftsman is, he can't make a particularly accurate map, the mountains and rivers are so huge, how can it be possible to measure inch by inch, there are some errors, and even the direction is wrong.

As for saying that you can know the height and steepness of a hill pack thousands of miles away, it is nonsense. But on the horse, he really didn't dare to assert it.

"The boss can choose any mountain, such as Cizhou, and then we will drive the horse over to inspect it together, and the error will not exceed fifty steps. It's not troublesome, the workshops are basically in this mountainous area, so you might as well go together. ”

There is an element of braggaking in Hong Tao's words, the accuracy of the map is really not up to fifty steps, but about a hundred steps is okay. But he is not afraid of being exposed, and even a hundred steps of error does not hinder the greatness of these maps.