"Zhang Qing, can there be new reports on Jingyuan Road, Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, Xihe Road and other places?"

On the sixth day of the second month, in the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Xu, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, asked about the situation on the Western Front that he was most concerned about. Although the Great Song court had decided to accept the mediation of the Liao state, it stopped the offensive against Western Xia on the condition that the Liang clan enter Kaifeng Prefecture. But now the Liang clan has not yet left, so the fighting on the front line has not stopped.

Far from stopping, the Shaanxi frontier also strengthened their offensives, constantly uprooting the frontline strongholds of the Western Xia, and expanding the victorious results of the Hengshan Campaign.

And Zhao Xu was anxious to learn the news of whether the Liang family had come to defect - the value of the Liang family was not under Hengshan and Tiandu Mountain! So he didn't ask Zeng Bu, the privy envoy, but directly asked Zhang Di, the younger brother of Zhang Qi, the pacification envoy of Jingyuan Road, who was in charge of contacting the Liang family.

Zhang Dian came out of the class and replied: "After the defeat of the West Thieves in Hengshan, they have no longer become an army, and the southeast of the desert is the place where our army is crisscrossed. Shaanxi Fourth Road and Hedong Road, is currently preparing to build a large-scale city, in the East Road, Yanyan Road, Hedong Road and Linfu Erzhou are mobilizing the people, will be after the spring warm snow, along the Hengshan to build 13 additional forts, thus forming a defense line that stretches for more than 300 miles, at the same time in Jialu Village to add the Jinning Army, the party people into the desert.

In addition, Huanqing Road will also build three forts in Hengshan, and will also build an additional fort only ten miles away from the West Thief Weizhou Supervision Division.

In the direction of Jingyuan Road, it will be extended from Pingxia City to the north, and will be extended to the place where the West Thief Nanmu will be the palace, occupy the entire Tiandu Mountain, and set up Xi'an Prefecture in Tiandu Mountain. This Xi'an Prefecture is only fifty miles away from the Xihe Road Tonghui Fort, the side is connected, once it is consolidated, the Western Summer Dushan Supervision and Military Division will no longer exist! Moreover, there is Yanzhou Salt Pond near Tiandu Mountain, which has also been occupied by our army. It is reported that the green salt produced in this salt pond alone is worth 140,000 yuan per month! This salt pond belongs to us, and the financial resources of the thieves will be greatly damaged. ”

That's all good news!

Empress Dowager Xiaoliang really lost all her underwear this time, except to obediently go to Kaifeng Mansion as a hostage, I'm afraid there is no other way to live.

However, Empress Dowager Xiaoliang seemed to be still insisting and did not respond to Zhang Ji's letter.

"As for the western thief Liang," said Zhang, "if you do not go to our court, you will surely die in civil strife, and there is no need to worry." ”

The Liang army was defeated by the Song and distrusted by the Liao, and they were already cornered. Surrendering to the Great Song Dynasty, there is still glory and wealth to enjoy, if you stay in Xixia and hold on, there is only a dead end.

Now it depends on Liang's heart? Is he willing to die as the queen mother, or is he secretly born as a concubine?

Zhao Xu thought about it, and then ordered: "Ask Zhang Qi to send another letter to the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang, telling her that if she is willing to come to Kaifeng, she will not be humiliated." I have built her a palace for her to live in, and all that is provided for is according to the Prince's example. ”

The supply of the prince of the Great Song Dynasty is much better than that of the Queen Mother of Western Xia, but the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang is indeed worth the price!

Therefore, the ministers present did not have any objections. Zhao Xu began to discuss the next topic with the deacons - the issue of rewarding meritorious deeds. The merits of the soldiers on the Western Front have already been discussed, and now we want to talk about the merits of the current negotiations with Liao.

Regardless of whether the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang entered the court or was killed in the end, Zhang Dun, who made the plan, Cai Jing, who offered advice, Ji Yi, who directly deployed the scam, and Wu Haogu and Mi Youren, who painted the "Photo of the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang", are all meritorious.

Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu, and Cai Jing yesterday prepared a recital on merit and presented it to the official Zhao Xu. And Zhao Xu is in a good mood now, so today's Chongzheng Palace will talk to the deacons about it.

Zhang Dian actually has nothing to reward, and his official position is nothing to promote, it is nothing more than to promote a knighthood or increase the number of real food towns and give a few shades to make up the quota of officials.

Cai Jing was promoted to the deputy privy envoy and became Zeng Bu's deputy - Zeng Bu had always wanted to block Cai Jing's road before, but this time Cai Jing made a great contribution and couldn't block it.

Ji Yi was originally a general, and the reward given to him was to transfer two officials, from Jiangshilang to Shilang. It is not easy to transfer civil capital to officials, and Ji Yi only awarded General Shilang last year, and he was promoted to Shilang two levels in a few months, which is really a generous reward.

As for his assignment, he is still the original editor of the Privy Council Editorial Department, because this function was originally granted to the civil officials from the eighth grade, and Ji Yi actually has a "right to dispatch" before the official name, which is the right to send the Privy Council editor.

Mi Youren also stained it this time, and awarded a civil official to Shiro, but he has no position, that is, he is sent. For example, if there are many officials today, there are often three or four officials competing for a seat. The new elector must go to the left election division of the ministry to pay three generations of family status, and there is also a time limit, and must go to the left election division of the ministry to register before the fifteenth day of the first month of the four seasons in order to be ranked. You can see how rare a job is!

Zhao Xu had no objections to the merits of the above people, but he raised objections to Wu Haogu's merits.

"The first person in the ancient painting of Wuhao, and the chief of the Hanlin Picture Bureau, should be an elegant person, how can he be awarded a military attaché?"

It turned out that Cai Jing gave Wu Haogu a reward for the transfer of martial arts to three officials, and awarded the right class of the nine grades to be straight, and he was also not given a position, so he could continue to work in the Hanlin Academy to wait for the edict to be straight.

This reward was set by Cai Jing after receiving Fan Zhongyan's real calligraphy "Shi Lu Ti" sent by Wu Haogu. Of course, it was carefully thought out - although Cai Jing is a traitor, but people are traitors on the road, and if they receive benefits, they will get things done.

Although the Song Dynasty was a noble and martial artist, the real "noble" civil official must be born in the imperial examination, if Wu Haogu could not pass the Jinshi examination in his life, then he would not be able to go far on the road of civil service. It is very difficult for civil servants who do not have a background to be promoted. Even if he ascends, he will be regarded as an outlier by Shilin, and he will be greatly excluded, and his life will not be easy.

And Cai You also told Cai Jing about Pan Xiao'an's "conditions for marrying a sister" (this matter is not a secret in the circle of relatives and nobles in Kaifeng Mansion). In Cai Jing's opinion, if Wu Haogu didn't have a background, he would have to be promoted to the Beijing official. It is still easy to be promoted by following the path of a military attaché. The military attachés of the Song Dynasty were easy to be promoted and demoted. It is also trivial to make a meritorious service, and it is common to make a mistake and go to the end.

However, Wu Haogu is a spy painter and a mapmaker, and it is not easy to make big mistakes - as long as Cai Jing is covered, so there is no difficulty in being promoted to ambassador.

As for the noble and martial arts...... Cai Jing felt that Wu Hao's ancient literature was good, and he could take the Jinshi exam. If you win Wen Jinshi, you can exchange martial arts for literature as usual, and the ambassador will directly become a Beijing official, how good?

If you can't pass the Jinshi exam, then be a military attache honestly, it doesn't matter if Wu Haogu can't lead soldiers, there are military attaches in the forbidden army who can't lead troops to fight, and there is no more than him. As long as he is willing to spend money, he can rise step by step, and maybe he can be a magistrate in the future.

Since Wu Haogu's reward was set by Cai Jing, now the question of the Son of Heaven naturally has to be answered by Cai Jing.

Cai Jing replied: "Your Majesty, although Wu Haogu is an elegant person, the spy painting of his director is related to military strategy, and it is inevitable that he will move with the army in the future." Therefore, the minister thought that Wu Haogu should study more martial arts and military affairs in the future, and the purpose of giving him martial arts was to encourage him to practice martial arts. ”

Zhao Xu listened to this explanation and felt reasonable, so he nodded and said: "Then give him a right class hall first, you go and tell him, if you really can't be a military attache in the future, you can let him exchange papers." ”

In the Song Dynasty, it was easy to change civil officials to military attaches - because there was no one to change, and vice versa. In the history of the Zhezong Dynasty, only a small number of military attachés were converted into civilian capital! Now Zhao Xu is equivalent to opening the golden mouth and giving Wu Haogu a chance to exchange martial arts!

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

A hint of joy flashed on Cai Jing's face. Chrysostom was opened by the emperor, but the favor was his Cai's. If Wu Haogu really wins the Jinshi in the future, he will definitely be a member of the Cai Loyal Party...... It's hard to say how this martial arts is good, but the ability to manage money is very great, and if such a character can receive it, it can be of great use in the future.

……

At dusk, Wu Haogu, as usual, rode a horse and walked on the lively street with Xiao Bottle, who rode a donkey and held a sheep's head stick in his hand, eating beautifully.

Sheep's head sticks are a kind of small snacks, that is, the cooked sheep's head meat is wrapped in pork net oil, mixed with seasonings and fried, and the outside is charred and tender inside, and the fragrance is overflowing.

The small bottle is the age of greed, and when I see this delicious food, I can't help but buy it. And she is also rich now, Wu Haogu didn't dare to treat her as a "little slave" badly, and gave her ten taels of money every month...... It is several times higher than the "average salary" of the working people of Kaifeng Prefecture!

So just now on the road, she saw a seller of sheep's head sticks, so she paid for a few strings.

Wu Haogu was peeking at this little girl, in fact, she was also quite beautiful, but she was a little younger, only thirteen years old, and she was not very easy to eat...... Little girl, you grow up quickly, and when you grow up, you can take the house.

"Dong Weng! Great joy! ”

"Dong Weng! I was overjoyed......"

Wu Haogu was pondering when he could receive the vial, when he suddenly heard someone shouting "Dong Weng...... Daiki "or something."

When he looked up, he saw that he was in front of his house...... There is a big red lantern hanging at the gate of the house again! And the head of the old Lin sect is lighting firecrackers again!

Who's in high school this time? Wu Haogu thought about it, and an expression of surprise immediately appeared on his face. Wu Erlang has already been hit, and then he has to wait for next year's spring competition.

This time it's time to be your own official!

Lin Wancheng had already run up, and when he arrived at the Wuhao Ancient Horse, he saluted: "Congratulations to the officials!" Someone from the palace just came, and he announced the edict and gave you the right class of the nine products!

Dong Weng, you are now a big official! ”

Wu Haogu sighed, he finally became an official, and he was still a military attache of the ninth grade, and if he turned six officials, he would be an ambassador, and he would be able to marry Pan Qiaolian when the time came......