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In the afternoon, Liu Zhiyuan, the nearest prefect of Jiezhou, learned the news, and led 1,500 soldiers to find out the situation.

Fan Zhongyan was indeed very dissatisfied, the eagle's beak cliff was more than thirty miles southwest of Jiezhou, and it was under the jurisdiction of Jiezhou. However, Fan Zhongyan also understood Liu Zhiyuan's distress, there were not many soldiers and horses in the rear state capital, most of the soldiers and horses in Jiezhou were transferred to the front-line state capital, and the total strength of the entire Jiezhou was not more than 2,000, which still included the number of official patrols and inspections.

As the state capital in the rear, it can only stick to its own protection, even if there is an enemy cavalry infested in the hinterland, it is categorically afraid to engage in the battle, not to mention that he was not notified of this battle at all, and he naturally has to take the safety of the state as the first consideration when he does not know the truth and reality.

After a few casual reprimands, Fan Zhongyan invited Su Jin to go to Jiezhou with him to rest for the night, and by the way, he waited for the people and horses who went to the rear to escort the supplies, the place where the materials were stored was the mountain pass that had just entered the Yongxing Military Road, and it would take midnight to transport them here.

That night, Liu Zhiyuan, the prefect of Jiezhou, set up a banquet to entertain Fan Zhongyan and Su Jin and others, during the banquet, Su Jin humbly asked about the situation in the northwest and what to do after going to Weizhou, Fan Zhongyan did not reserve, and gave Su Jin detailed instructions, informing him of the urgent matters and avoiding the places, so that Su Jin benefited a lot.

What Fan Zhongyan said was very pertinent, first warned Su Jin not to think that coming here to be the prefect is a beautiful difference, the border towns are short of materials, life is hard, and the most important thing is to tense your nerves every day and keep an eye on the movements of the enemy army.

"Defense is the first priority, although the current situation is stable, but the stability is actually only because the West Thief did not find a chance to fight with me, and the old man's advocacy of the solid wall and clear the field to stabilize the counterattack is to avoid a head-on battle with the West Thief; It is true that some people in the DPRK and China criticized the old man for being 'cowardly' and 'afraid of the enemy', and some people scolded me behind my back, which was nothing more than saying that the old man did not dare to fight with the enemy and should be a turtle with a shrunken head, but these people did not know the depths, and the old man ignored them all. ”

Su Jin nodded and said: "Fan Gong Mo was moved by the villain's words, although the lower officials are still young in qualifications and shallow in knowledge, they also know that Fan Gong is a policy of adapting measures to local conditions, the western thief cavalry is strong, and the north of Jiezhou and Qinzhou is mostly wasteland and flat sand, and using infantry to confront it on such a terrain is to bring about his own destruction; If I also had 100,000 iron cavalry in the Great Song Dynasty, how could I be afraid of the Western Thief Cavalry, and I would have wiped out the thieves in one fell swoop. ”

Fan Zhongyan has a deep sense of acquaintance, and he is also closer to Su Jin, although the current northwest states follow his countermeasures, but except for Han Qi in Qinzhou, I am afraid that few people understand their strategic intentions from their hearts, Su Jin can say such a thing, which shows that his vision is superior.

The favorability increased, and the words he said became more heart-wrenching: "Defense is the first, remember this matter; Weizhou Wang Yan is about to be transferred back to Beijing, you go to take over his position, Weizhou defenders currently have nearly 40,000, plus the miscellaneous armed forces under the jurisdiction of the state government, 43,400 people are enough, but Weizhou is the forefront, this 40,000 soldiers and horses defense is still insufficient, don't think about attacking; Moreover, military supplies are also very scarce, and there is a shortage of hundreds of thousands of arrows alone. ”

Su Jin was dumbfounded, he didn't expect that even a small arrow was not enough, what kind of battle did this Nima fight? No wonder they are always defeated.

"How did the imperial court do it, the military supplies are not complete, the logistics can't keep up, how can it fight?"

"Lord Su, the imperial court also has difficulties, I heard that you led the handling of the grain affairs last year, you should know the financial situation of the imperial court, the imperial court is an empty shelf, the treasury is empty, there is a shortage of materials, and it is already the emperor's favor to be able to ensure the fixed supply of the front line every year, hey! Natural disasters are easy to eliminate and man-made disasters are difficult to eliminate, and the imperial court policy should not be, redundant and greedy. If the wind of rot is not cured, what if the wind and rain are smooth? It is really worrying that Huiyin will be overstretched to eat food. ”

Su Jin didn't dare to speak, because he knew that soon after, this Master Fan was going to change the law, and finally was slandered by everyone, as far as Su Jin was concerned, there was nothing wrong with changing the law, but Fan Zhongyan was too radical, and even caused everyone to besiege it all at once, resulting in the failure of the change; Judging from the news revealed in Fan Zhongyan's words so far, he already has the idea of changing the law, and he is very urgent.

Fan Zhongyan consciously lost his words, he usually held back such whining words in his heart and never confided them, but for some reason he revealed them in front of Su Jin today.

Fan Zhongyan took a sip of the teacup, and said slowly: "After the defense, it is the internal affairs, the imperial court's policy of prohibiting the inflow of border people is right, the border people go to the hinterland in large numbers, not only will breed banditry, but more importantly, it is a blow to the hearts of the people, but so many people stay in the local area, and they cannot be cultivated outside the city, so they can only be incorporated into the city, and the difficulty of internal affairs can be seen; In Yanzhou City, where the old man is located, there are more than 150,000 soldiers and civilians, and it is a big deal just to feed so many stomachs every day, not to mention that there are many people in the city. There are constant robberies, fights, and murders, and it is necessary to prevent internal troubles to prevent foreign enemies, which can be said to be worrying and tiring everywhere. ”

The beautiful blueprint in Su Jin's heart was torn apart by Fan Zhongyan one by one, he thought that he would come to be the prefect of Weizhou, that is, the emperor who guarded the party, and the daily days may be busy, but not sad, but after Fan Zhongyan's reminder, a picture of rampant thieves, chaotic public order, and uneasy people suddenly sketched in his mind.

Fan Zhongyan said: "The old man is not alarmist, you will know that what I said is true when you go to Weizhou, and for you, there is something more difficult, that is, interpersonal communication; Wang Yanben was a Jingyuan road to appease and recruit envoys, and he didn't need to think about these if he knew that Weizhou had them, because the road envoy had the right to command the headquarters to deploy the horse infantry army under his jurisdiction, but Zhizhou was not, and there was no actual right to transfer the troops and horses deployed in the capital, so you can't mobilize one of the 40,000 horses in Weizhou, so this is the biggest problem for you; Even if Wang Yan returns to Beijing, someone else will take over the post of Jingyuan Road Envoy, and the problem also exists, so if you want to run Weizhou well, you must have a good relationship with the Road Envoy Du Deployment and others, otherwise there will be no achievements. ”

Su Jin's heart was cold, it turned out that he was not going to be the emperor, but to be the emperor, he didn't understand it, Zhao Zhen was also fucking not authentic, giving a governor but not military power, this is called a fart?

"It's just that if you don't have military power, it's a big deal that I don't care about the enemy with the Western Thieves, whoever cares about it, I'll mess around." Su Jinyan said insincerely.

Fan Zhongyan said with a smile: "What you said is light, there is a mistake in Weizhou, the first to ask you, the governor, and then send you to Weizhou to shepherd, is it to let you go to mess around?" ”

Su Jin spread his hands and said, "I don't have any rights, what should I do?" I can only mess around. ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "It's not difficult to achieve things, can you do everything in the world with a single move?" What can be done easily is not called ability, under heavy pressure, under layers of constraints, you can do things, that is the ability to do things; The emperor can send you to Weizhou, he must think that you have this ability, the northwest is not a place where the mediocre can mix, Yan Sansi let you come to the northwest, must think that you can be competent, otherwise with the influence of Yan Sansi, you can be retained as a Beijing official, live a peaceful and stable life, the old man guessed that there is also the meaning of experience and tempering. ”

Su Jinxin said: "This doesn't mean that having money to buy things is not a skill, and being able to buy things without money is a skill, isn't this the logic of robbers." ”

"In fact, this is also the emperor and Yan Sansi's painstaking efforts, let's say a word in private, if you hear it, the northwest will either become a hero or a coward, if it is a good material, you will be qualified to go straight to the center by rolling in the northwest, and the flashy person will immediately appear in its original form when it comes here, Lord Su is a young man, if he can do some deeds, he will be expected to enter the center to dominate the world in the future; Even if it is Xia Zhupang and others, although the old man despises him, he is not a well-known person, he is a capable and thoughtful person, and he has his own ability, so he can be transferred to the center to hold an important position. ”

Su Jin wanted to retort: What about you? But on second thought, history proves that it won't be long before Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi will be promoted to the central center as ministers, which is exactly the verification of Fan Zhongyan's statement.

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "Fan Gong, the lower officials have been taught, I will take back the words of the mess, and at the same time I want to ask Fan Gong to say a few good words for me, this time the trapping of Li Ning is a credit, can you let the emperor appoint the post of Jingyuan Road envoy to me, so that I can act." ”

Fan Zhongyan shook his head and said: "The position of road envoy must be held for more than three years before it can be granted, I am afraid that the emperor will not agree." ”

Su Jin said in frustration: "Is there a workaround?" ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "How to be flexible? ”

Su Jin said: "For the time being, I won't send a new envoy to take over Lord Wang's position, won't there be no one to restrain me?" ”

Fan Zhongyan thought for a while and said: "This is possible, but the generals who are all deployed are not easy to deal with, and they are not under your command, so if you want to command them, you are afraid or not." ”

Su Jin said: "As long as they can't control me, I have my own way to manage them." ”

Fan Zhongyan was stunned and said, "Can you take care of them?" How? ”

Su Jin blinked and said, "Mountain people have their own tricks. ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "Don't come here, Yan Sansi wrote to me and Han Shuai, asking us to keep an eye on you." ”

Su Jin scratched his head and said, "Do you think I look like a nonsense person?" ”

Fan Zhong looked at Su Jin for a long time, and said lightly: "Like, very similar." ”