Seeing that Wu Haogu was stunned, Wu Haowen smiled bitterly, "Big brother, Jiayue was killed by Cai Jing's traitorous minister. ”

Hurt? Is it on the monument of the Yuanyu party? Or did you send it to Haizhou? Wu Haogu still didn't understand. Wu Haowen said: "Cai Jing recommended Jiayue to be the pacification envoy of the east and west roads of Hebei. ”

"That's a good thing!" Wu Haogu laughed, "The western thieves are exhausted this time, it seems that they can't stop it, they will definitely ask the Khitan for help, and there must be some small friction between the two roads in the southeast of Hebei." At that time, Han Xianggong will have a lot of credit, and maybe he can proclaim hemp again. ”

This thing is really a good thing for Wu Haogu! He originally wanted to find a chance to leave the scene, isn't it a ready-made opportunity for Han Zhongyan to preside over the defense of Hebei's east and west roads? When the time comes, you can ask Han Zhongyan to exaggerate the enemy situation, and you can take the opportunity to return to the Jiehe Business City with the false knight, the Jurchen knight, the Jiehe utility knight and the two sapper commanders.

Han Zhi frowned and said, "How can you make meritorious service?" Where will my father fight? Moreover, Hebei's opponent is Liao, and Cai Jing is clearly framing his father. ”

Han Zhongyan is the old party, and the old party is all Liaophobia, which is not surprising.

"It's rare that the Han family in Xiangzhou doesn't have a few Hakka retainers who can be generals?"

"Nope!" Han Zhi shook his head again and again, "My family is not a general, what is the use of raising that kind of retainer who can serve as a general?" And...... Although the Han family in Xiangzhou has been favored by the emperor, they cannot forget the foundation of the ministers. ”

You can't forget your roots, you should raise a soldier, right? Otherwise, there will be no one available at the end of the day, how to defend Zhao Ji, the Holy Lord of the Great Song Dynasty? Wu Haogu sighed in his heart: Now that the righteous families and wealthy families in the Central Plains are like this, they know how to train scribes to take the imperial examination, and they don't know how to raise warriors to protect their families and protect the country.

"Big brother," Wu Haowen knew that his brother had talents in his hands, "can you recommend a few capable people who know the soldiers to be Jiayue's staff?" ”

What a "good brother"! Wu Hao Guxin said: Since the elder brother has spoken, he can't ignore it.

He thought for a while, "Duyu Marquis Wang Yu, who is straight from the Dragon Warrior, and Yang Keshi, Duyu Marquis who is straight from the Imperial Dragon Guard, are rare generals, and they can be allowed to come to Hebei to assist Han Xianggong." In addition, they also have some henchmen in the second straight, and they can bring Hebei, as long as they can train twenty or thirty thousand Hebei soldiers, they can have no worries. ”

Wang Yu and Yang Keshi are not characters in the martial arts entrainment after all, and it is very inconvenient to leave them in the three straights in front of the emperor. Therefore, Wu Haogu pondered to find an opportunity to transfer them away, and then select elites from among the warriors and knights to replace them.

Han Zhi had also heard of Wang Yu and Yang Keshi, and immediately smiled and arched his hand at Wu Haogu: "If these two people help each other, my father can sit back and relax in Hebei." ”

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "Even if there are no two of them, Han Xianggong can sleep in Hebei, because it is impossible for the Khitans to invade the two roads in Hebei on a large scale." ”

"Won't?" Wu Haowen frowned, "What if the imperial court wants to play the same way as Yuanfeng for four years?" ”

"It's the same as Yuanfeng's four years?" Wu Haogu frowned slightly, he had told him about this, and he was naturally mentally prepared, so he didn't seem too surprised.

Wu Haowen nodded: "Cai Jing is now advocating the rapid destruction of the Western Thief, and he also wants to advance from east to west, and he will fight in Lingzhou...... Most of them are the strategies proposed by Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu. Both of them are attached to Cai Jing and are willing to be pawns. ”

"The official family also agreed?"

"The official family said to listen to the opinions of you, the eldest brother, as well as Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu, and then make a conclusion. Big brother, you have to persuade the official family. ”

Advise? Wu Hao Guxin said: Your brother and I can't fight, what else do you advise? A layman goes against two fake insiders?

"Is there any important news in Beijing?" Wu Haogu asked again.

"Xiao Su Xianggong went to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he is ready to send an envoy to Liao."

"Envoy to Liao?" Wu Haogu thought for a while, "This is an opportunity!" Second brother, why don't you also be an attaché? ”

"I'm going to Liao?" Wu Haowen shook his head, "What's the benefit of going to the Liao Congress now?" ”

"Spy painting!" Wu Haogu smiled, "The ancestral craft is still there, right?" ”

Wu Haowen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Big brother, I can draw a few freehand strokes of landscape, but spy painting is not good." ”

His kung fu was all in the imperial examination, and he didn't put too much effort into painting, but his landscape painting was not bad, not worse than martial arts.

"It's okay," Wu Haogu smiled, "I'll ask Mi Youren to send a student to go with you to Liao, and you will help you get promoted to courtier." ”

In fact, the terrain, cities, and weapons and equipment lineup of the Liao army in the Yanyun area have all been drawn by the doctors who can draw spy paintings sent by the Yuntai Academy, and they are now stored in the Doctor Group Building. As long as you take out some Wu Haowen and hand it over, a court official will be in hand.

However, Wu Haogu let Wu Haowen go north to Liao, in fact, there was another purpose, that is, to help Su Zhe solve the problem.

And if you want Su Zhe to get out of the way, you must make Liao seem to get a lot of benefits this time, and spy painting is one of them.

Su Dongpo saw that it was about to happen, Li Gefei was already seriously ill, and the situation of the old party would depend on Su Zhe, Han Zhongyan and Fan Chun. Among them, Han Zhongyan is cowardly, Fan Chun does not have a Jinshi diploma, and only Su Zhe can fight Cai Jing in the political hall.

So Wu Haogu can't let Su Zhe fall no matter what! Although his relationship with Su Zhe has always been relatively cold.

……

On the night of Kaifeng Mansion on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is still a strong festive atmosphere.

A snowstorm in the evening did not suppress the joy of the festival, but because of the omen of the snow, people were more happy.

Su Dongpo was wearing a thick fur, holding a stove in his hand, leaning on a bed covered with bear skin, with a sick and tired face. On the side of the Hu bed, there are several books scattered, and the handwriting on them is still fresh, which seems to have been written by Su Dongpo just now.

Su Zhe, who had been recalled to Kaifeng Mansion by an edict, had already read these books, and was sighing and saying, "Zizhan, why are you so troubled?" The body is like this, why bother to hold on to it anymore? It's better to resign from the dispatch and position above, recuperate at home, and be in good health, which is more important than anything else. ”

Due to the hard work before and after the New Year, Su Dongpo's condition has become more serious, and now he is holding a thick fur, his aging and sick body looks smaller, and he seems to have no strength to speak anymore. After a while, he sighed softly: "I thought Uncle Li Wen was always a little better than me, but I didn't expect to be seriously ill, and it's hard to say whether I can survive this year." Now Cai Jing and Lu Huiqing are biting on the issue of the war in the northwest again, and the two of them are afraid that they will not be able to get along, and now they can only count on you. ”

This is really not as good as heaven!

Originally, Li Gefei was deeply favored by Zhao Ji, and it was even possible to take over as the right minister after Su Dongpo's death. But he had recently contracted tuberculosis, and he was so sick that he looked like he was dying.

If he falls, then the old party will have no one left in the political hall. And Cai Jing is now holding back the great achievement of destroying the Western Thieves in one fell swoop. If he succeeds, won't the political hall become his hall of words?

But if the Western Expedition fails, it doesn't seem to be of any benefit to the old party. Because Lu Huiqing's recital on the war in the northwest has also arrived in Kaifeng Mansion. His opinion was to stick to the established plan, make a feint attack on the western front to attract the troops of the western thieves, and then attack on the eastern front to seize the three prefectures of Xia, You, and Yan, and at most add a meadow between the rivers to establish Shuozhou.

Lü Huiqing also suggested that after taking the five prefectures of Xia, You, Yan, Yin, and Shuo (Hejian Land), the Shuofang Road should be set up, and the military ministers who had made the greatest contribution in the Wudinghe-Hehuang Campaign should be sent to serve as envoys to the pacification system of Jingluo to take over military power. The so-called control is the meaning of cheap control of the military, and after adding the name of "control", the economic and appeasement envoys have full military power, but they still don't care about finance.

Therefore, Lu Huiqing also suggested that the Shuofang Road Yingtian Group Pastoral Envoy Department should be set up, and a civilian official who was proficient in military strategy and horse herding should be sent to serve as the Yingtian Group Pastoral Envoy. He is in charge of the animal husbandry affairs of the five prefectures of Xia, You, Yan, Yin, Shuo and so on.

In this way, one article and one martial arts partner each other, and they will definitely be able to operate Shuofang Road as a base for rejecting the Khitan in the north and conquering the party in the west in the future.

It can be said that Lu Huiqing's suggestion is much more reliable than Cai Jing's proposition. If Tao Jiefu and Zhong Fu can't capture Xingling in one fell swoop, then Zhao Ji can only use Lu Huiqing's method to set up Shuofang Road, Tuntian animal husbandry, gather troops, and Xu Tu Xingling.

When the time comes, Cai Jing will inevitably step down, and Lu Huiqing will become the left minister! Without Cai Jing's containment, Lu Huiqing will become the great enemy of the two Soviet and one party.

And if Cai Jing has a plan, then Lu Huiqing will lose the possibility of worshipping the prime minister because his advice is useless. Cai Jing will be in charge of the dynasty alone......

In short, when Su Dongpo and Li Gefei were both dying, there was a situation of Cai Lu duel between the DPRK and China.

Therefore, Su Dongpo can only try his best now to arrange for Su Zhe, whose political views are not the same as his own, to worship the prime minister.

"Counting on me?" Su Zhe shook his head, "When I come back from this trip to Liao, I am definitely going to be buried by the bullet seal of the imperial history?" Do you still want to enter the government hall? ”

"There is a way, there must be a way...... Su Dongpo smiled as if laughing at himself, "You and I can't help it, but Wu Dalang, the military attache who can't fight, must have a way to mediate the Liao and Song Dynasty, and he can finally let you get off the stage." ”

Su Zhe smiled coldly, he was very disgusted with Wu Haogu. "He's not in Jiehe Commercial City, can he still make a lot of energy? Besides, what can he do? It's not about spending money yet...... But this time, the imperial court wants to destroy the western thief in one fell swoop, and his money may not be easy to use. ”

Su Dongpo smiled and said lightly: "...... When money is not good, for example, my lifespan is not something that can be bought with money. However, negotiations with the Khitans can be settled with money, and the problem is only the way to spend money. As long as the money is spent, there will be no real fight. As for the fact that others are not in Jiehe Commercial City, it doesn't matter, the money is there, and the door is there! ”