"Go, go, such a big man doesn't have any eyesight, don't block the sun! The eldest princess is in the house, and she doesn't believe that she will go to see it. In fact, it's in vain to see it, and I will still say that our husband and wife are embarrassed to plot misdeeds together. Let's talk about it in the future, first tell this king about this Seven Star Army commander and the governor of the Xia soldiers and horses, what is the governor of Weiqiao Town? ”

Su Shi's concern Hong Tao can understand very well, let alone him, the eldest princess's first reaction when she first heard that she was going to recruit a new army was the same. But I don't need to explain it so clearly to Su Shi, believe it or not, it's better to ponder your new official position if you have time to grind your teeth.

This time, it was not a slight pacification envoy, but a commander and a commander of the soldiers and horses. The commander of the envoy has great power, and there are only two of them in the whole Song Dynasty, and the front division of the palace and the guard department are the training and management institutions of the forbidden army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the highest commander of each division is called the commander of the envoy.

In other words, if you get this position, you will be on the same level as all the highest commanders of the forbidden army. But what is the Seven Star Army? Could it be that the emperor wants to get a separate agency in charge of the new army in addition to the front of the palace and the guard department?

The soldiers and horses have been in charge of themselves, and it is the supreme military commander of each road, but this time there is no specific area specified, and it is a little vague who can and cannot manage whom.

Why don't you appease Jingluo? This is easy to explain, the emperor is afraid that he will kill the local officials again and make a special zone, so he only gives military power and does not involve government affairs.

"The Seven Star Army, the new army, was also established after the war, and the loyal and brave men were drawn from the forbidden army to be trained by Jin Qing to defend the Beijing Division; As the name suggests, the Jin Qing of all the armies that fought against the Western Xia had the right to appoint them, but they could not contradict the will of the imperial court. Weiqiao Town is the lifeblood of the new army, and Jin Qing is afraid that he will not agree to it in the hands of others, so he is in a hurry to follow the power, and it will also be deployed by Jin Qing for the time being. "The victims will not, the meeting will not be difficult, Hong Tao pondered for a long time and did not figure out the official position, Su Shi made it clear in two sentences.

“…… Well thought out! For this series of official positions, I am afraid that you have spent a lot of brains, I don't know who the Seven Star Army is under the jurisdiction of? Su Shi spoke clearly, and Hong Tao also understood it.

This group of cultural people has reached the pinnacle of their ability to play with words, and they want to give themselves supreme military power, but they don't want their power to be too big to check and balance, so they simply create such a bunch of positions.

What kind of prince Taibao, hussar general, university scholar and other fictitious titles are not to talk about, the three useful dispatches of the Xia soldiers and horses are all temporary workers, as long as the Western Xia is defeated, it will automatically become invalid.

The rest of the commanders are standing in real positions, but the problem is that once the Seven Star Army is included in the standing army of the imperial court, a large number of officers will definitely have to be crammed in.

I didn't hear what Su Shi said, the source of soldiers also has to be selected from the forbidden army to be loyal and brave. To whom are you loyal and brave? It certainly won't be for himself, and the commander is only a training position, and he has no right to transfer or lead troops.

To put it bluntly, this position sounds very powerful, but in fact, it is to get yourself back to Kaifeng City to be kept in captivity, which is convenient for monitoring. They also had to help the court train a new army according to their wishes, and it was a new army that was completely loyal to the emperor and the court.

is worthy of being a descendant of a glass of wine to release military power, and he completely took away the new army with a number, still did not give himself any military power, and also cut off the possibility of private placement in the future.

Now Hong Tao can feel what his future will be, and he is afraid that he can only stay in Kaifeng City as the commander of this capital for the rest of his life, and it will be even more difficult to release him.

"This person Jin Qing will not be a stranger, His Royal Highness the King of Qi is also ......" Speaking of the candidate for Du Xuan, Su Shi's expression was a little weird, and his eyes drifted to the Cao River on the other side.

"King Qi? Well, a king of Liang, a king of Qi, and the two kings led the team to fight, and they scared the Tangut people to death. I don't know when the king of Qi will arrive, and this king is about to set off soon. ”

Hearing that Hong Tao was also stunned when he heard this candidate, not to mention that the court is full of confused people, it is very suitable to send his deputy plus the prison army, if he changes to someone else, he will have to end up with Wang Zhongzheng and Tong Guan.

"Uh...... King Qi was defending the enemy in Lanzhou City at this time, and he was afraid that he would not be able to come...... "I don't know if I think it's a little blushing to let a young prince go into battle to kill the enemy, or because of other reasons, Su Shi answered more awkwardly, and his eyes simply didn't dare to look at each other."

“…… Brother Su, do you know why we always quarrel? Here's the problem. You always laugh and hide knives, say one thing and do another, and you are righteous on the surface and dirty on the inside. Don't be in a hurry to explain, you pat your conscience and say a word, so that King Qi is in danger without any other considerations, such as the position of the crown prince. Nothing to say, right? Don't think I really don't understand court battles at all, this king just disdains to play these indiscriminate tricks with you, you don't have to be opponents when you really play. It's done, this king is still busy with military affairs, and he has no time to accompany Su Xiang, so don't live here. The best will be indefinite, I'm afraid this is also your hope, hum! ”

Hong Tao heard that the King of Qi led the troops to the battle, but he always thought that he was just doing a show to boost the morale of the front-line soldiers, but he didn't expect that they really pushed Zhao Fu to the front line, or the most dangerous Lanzhou City.

At this time, Hong Tao suddenly thought of a question, was it a coincidence or a mistake? The odds are too low, and using a plausible excuse to get rid of the people who pose the greatest threat to the throne seems to be a more likely option.

Then Hong Tao was really angry, Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao, it was because you were uncles and nephews, and the old Zhao family had never had a precedent of a bloody change of the royal family in the past hundred and ten years, so I gave up the throne to you. I was expecting to be able to think of brotherhood and not interests, and I was happy to be an emperor for more than ten years and twenty years.

If you really govern the country well, I will support you to continue to sit down, even if Zhao Maid is not happy, even if it goes against the wishes of Emperor Shenzong, I will help you carry this black cauldron.

It's a pity that you play political tricks, you really can't govern the country well, and you have a black heart, and you don't even plan to let your nephew go. The problem is that you don't have a son now, and you don't know if you have it in the future, so you are in such a hurry to clear the obstacles, which is too much of a thing.

This possibility can be imagined by yourself, and the courtiers will not be unexpected, but you just watched this happen without anyone stopping it, and you licked your face all day long and said that the saint indoctrinate and teach your mother to be a person, all of them are a group of chickens and dogs and thieves!

The blood of the horseman was splashed five steps in anger, the anger of the Son of Heaven flowed thousands of miles, the flood was angry, there was not a drop of blood, only dozens of large ships went up the Yangtze River upstream.

Su Shi didn't say anything after being scolded, turned around and got on the boat and left. Before taking away, he handed Hong Tao an official document from the Privy Council, the content was very simple, the imperial court was repairing the Bianhe River, and even the trough boat could not pass smoothly.

The canal is not open, and it is impossible to take the Yellow River, and the Yellow River has just burst, and the water situation is unstable and unnavigable. According to the advice of the Privy Council, it is best to take a sea boat north to Youzhou, then follow the post road south through Hebei West Road, cross Taihang Mountain into Jingdong Road, and then go west to Yongxing Military Road, and finally arrive at Qinfeng Road.

Is the canal repairing the locks, it must be, if it is not broken, it will have to be demolished and rebuilt. This is not a problem with the locks, but the reluctance of the imperial court to let the new army get too close to Kaifeng, and they have ghosts in their hearts.

In addition, landing from Youzhou has another advantage, that is, to intimidate the enemy in the north by the name of King Liang, all the way to the west is a border area, which should be able to play a starting point.

But Hong Tao did not intend to listen to the advice of the Privy Council, let alone just a suggestion, even if it was a formal order. What are you kidding, let tens of thousands of troops with heavy baggage climb over the Taihang Mountain, and then walk all the way to Qinfeng Road along the plateau area.

Then don't fight, even if you are tired and don't die, it will take a few months to walk to the place, and Zhao Maid is estimated to be dead a long time ago, and Ganliang Road basically can't be saved. In the end, who is the enemy and who is their own people, it seems that the emperor and the courtiers still do not fully understand.

Hong Tao had expected this for a long time, and in all fairness, this request was not too much. Once the new army approaches Kaifeng, how many defenders are in vain, two hours to break through the Xijin Mansion, it will not take a day to open the seal, and no one will have time to save it at that time.

Therefore, when formulating the marching route, Hong Tao planned a new route that was least used but most suitable for himself. First from the Yangtze River upstream to Gangneung, this waterway is still easy to walk, and then spend more money to hire some slender men can shorten the trip by a few days.

After arriving in Jiangling, go north along the post road and pass through Jingmen to arrive at Xiangyang, out of Xiangyang is the Great Plains, there is a ready-made post road that can go directly to Weiqiao Town, Jingzhao Prefecture.