Coming out of the Wende Palace, the crown prince Zhao Huan stopped the seed master and said, "Seed marshal, please stay!" ”

Zhao Huan had already talked to Liang Shicheng before, of course he knew that he followed the seed commander to go on the expedition, in fact, with the help of the prestige of the seed master Dao to plate a layer of gold, this expedition was extremely important to consolidate his position as the crown prince, it was rare that his father agreed to it, which made Zhao Huan overjoyed.

But he was also a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, the imperial court had lost four times in a row, and the Liangshan bandits were said to have exceeded 100,000 people, and the momentum was huge.

He needs to communicate with the Seed Master Dao to see how this battle will be fought?

The seed master Dao stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Weichen see His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"The old general doesn't have to be polite, since we are going out together, why don't we find a place to negotiate first, and see where we need to start first?"

Seed Master Dao smiled slightly: "Why don't we go to the Privy Council!" The matter of going out on a campaign needs to be started in the Privy Council. ”

"That's right, old general, please!"

"Your Highness, please!"

The Privy Council is outside the door of Zuoyintai, close to Zhongshu Province, not long after, the two came to the Privy Council by car, the Privy Envoy Gao Shen just participated in the proceedings of the Wende Palace, before returning to the Privy Council, hearing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived, he hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Wechen welcomes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and inspect!"

Zhao Huan smiled slightly: "My father has appointed me and the old general to go on the expedition, and many things will trouble the Privy Council. ”

"Of course it's convenient, Your Highness, please, old general, please!"

Gao Shen invited Zhao Huan and the seed master into the Privy Council, and asked the entourage to serve tea, Zhao Huan smiled and said: "I don't know anything about military affairs, let's talk about the old general!" Where do we start? ”

Seed Master Dao said with a smile: "Since you want to lead the army to go out, then you must first have a military camp and an army, the Son of Heaven gave us two months to prepare, I think the time should be enough, then the first step is to determine where to mobilize the 30,000 troops?" ”

Zhao Huan had already talked to his father before, and his father clearly told him that all armies in the world were available, but the Northwest Army was not allowed to be transferred.

Zhao Huan said: "My father suggested that 30,000 forbidden troops be directly assembled from Bianjing, so that the training time is more sufficient, what does the old general think?" ”

"I have no opinion, I have to ask the high court for this."

Gao Shen smiled and nodded, "Give me three days, I am responsible for transferring 30,000 elite soldiers to deliver to His Highness and the old general, as for the barracks, you can use the northeast camp on the north bank of the Wuzhang River, where the barracks are ready-made, and can accommodate at least 50,000 troops." ”

Zhao Huan asked again: "What else does the old general want?" ”

Seed Master Dao pondered and said: "I also want to transfer eight capable generals to go out together, this is very important, with them, I have nine points of certainty." ”

"Is there a list?"

Seed Master Dao wrote a list and handed it to Zhao Huan, "These eight people are all pillars of talent, and His Royal Highness can use them to ensure the stability of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Huan took over the list, the first is Li Yanqing, the envoy of the Baojing Army, who was also recommended to him by Liang Shicheng, the second is Liu Kuang, the commander of the Suide Battalion, the third is Zong Ze, the third is the bow and arrow of Hedong Road, the fourth is Xu Ning, the head of the Golden Gun Class of the Forbidden Army, the fifth is Zhang Qing, the fifth is Zhang Qing, the seventh is He Guan, the seventh is He Guan, the seventh is He Guan, the eighth is Suo Chao, the general of the Daimyo Mansion.

Zhao Huan nodded, "One civil official, seven military generals, civil officials, I asked the officials to transfer, and the military generals asked the Privy Council to transfer." ”

Gao Shen took the list and looked at it, and immediately said, "I'll write an order today!" ”

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Coming out of the Privy Council, Zhao Huan returned to the East Palace, although Zhao Huan is the main general, but in fact he doesn't care about the military, everything is handed over to the Seed Master, he just helps the Seed Master Dao solve some tricky things, such as slacking or making things difficult, etc.

Seed Master Dao did not return home, under the escort of more than a dozen personal guards, took a sedan chair to the Bao Yan Zhai Rouge Shop on the Royal Street, the seed master Dao did not know Li Yanqing's residence, but he knew that Li Yanqing's father was the big proprietor of Bao Yan Zhai, and if he found his father, he could find Li Yanqing.

Seed Master Dao had long heard that Bao Yan Zhai's rouge was the first in the world and was very prestigious in the Great Song Dynasty, but it was the first time he came to this store.

The sedan chair fell, the planter walked out of the sedan chair, looked up at the plaque above the store door, he was secretly surprised in his heart, the three words 'Baoyan Zhai' turned out to be the handwriting of the Son of Heaven, with the support of the Son of Heaven, no wonder it can be done so big.

"What kind of rouge do the old people need to buy?" A stocky-looking junior stepped forward and saluted.

"I don't buy rouge, I'll look for your proprietor."

As soon as he finished speaking, a pro-soldier next to him said, "This is the captain of the military department!"

Taiwei is an honorific title, the general military senior officials can be called Taiwei, this stocky descendant is Gu Tiezhu, he is no longer a reckless young man who just came to Bianjing, he has already understood a lot of human feelings, of course he knows what Taiwei means, and hurriedly laughed and said: "It turned out to be a Taiwei, please wait, I will inform the owner!" ”

"Wait!"

The seed master heard that his accent was also from Xiangzhou, so he stopped him, "I'm actually looking for your young proprietor Li Yanqing, he is my subordinate, where is he now?" I'm looking for him urgently. ”

Gu Tiezhu laughed, "It turned out that I was looking for the young proprietor, what a coincidence, he was in the store, I went to find him!" ”

Gu Tiezhu rushed into the store, and after a while, Li Yanqing hurriedly walked out of the store and said with a smile: "Why is the big handsome here?" ”

The seed master smacked him on the head, and scolded with a smile: "You caused an accident for me, and you want to run away?" I'm here to catch a strong man today! ”

Li Yanqing's mind turned, and he was suddenly surprised and happy: "But it's appointed?" ”

Seed Master Dao nodded, pointed to the Zhu Skull Teahouse not far away, and said, "Go and sit in the teahouse!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "It's precious there, I'll treat you!" ”

"Of course you're in for a treat!"

The seed master glared at him, "You, the young proprietor of Baoyan Zhai, don't you want me, an old poor official, to pay for you?" ”

Li Yanqing and his entourage all laughed, Li Yanqing gave Gu Tiezhu a few words, and then walked towards the Zhu Skull Teahouse with Seed Master Dao and his entourage.

Zhu Skull Teahouse is the second teahouse in Bianjing after Alum Tower, the minimum consumption is five taels of silver, Li Yanqing walked into the teahouse, threw five taels of gold to the shopkeeper, pointed to the ten entourages outside and said: "Greet my brother well!" ”

The shopkeeper agreed, and hurriedly asked the guy to invite ten personal soldiers into a private room, and served tea and snacks, while Li Yanqing went up to the second floor with the planter and sat down in a private room by the window, at this time, two tea prostitutes walked in, and the planter waved his hand, "Drink tea later, and have two cups of water first!" ”

After the guy was sent into the water, he hurriedly retreated, and then the seed master said to Li Yanqing: "I was summoned by the Son of Heaven today, and the Son of Heaven appointed the prince as the commander-in-chief, I was the deputy marshal, and Zhang Shuye was the marching Sima, leading an army of 30,000 to suppress the Liangshan army. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, which was expected by him, "When will you leave?" ”

"The Son of Heaven gave me two months to prepare, and it should be March."

"Is there any difficulty in Dashuai now?"

"My biggest problem right now is that there is no one!"

The seed master sighed, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has become the shopkeeper, of course I can understand, he is the crown prince, he can't interfere too much in military affairs, he can only be the nominal commander, but there are too many things to prepare an army from scratch, and there are thousands of things, I only have three hundred guards in my hands, and even my staff Cao Qing has resigned and returned to his hometown." ”

"Isn't there still Uncle Zhang?"

"Uncle Zhang is just marching Sima, and besides, he won't be able to come right away, at least in half a month, what should I do now?"

Li Yanqing hugged his fists and said: "Yanqing is willing to listen to the commander's dispatch!" ”

The planter smiled and narrowed his eyes, "You were originally my subordinate, and I didn't count you when I said that there was a lack of people." ”

"The master won't let me go to someone!"

"Actually, you have a lot of vision, the veteran Zong Ze recommended last time is a rare talent, but it's a pity that after so many years, I believe in your vision very much."

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "How about Li Gang, the former superintendent of the imperial history?" ”

Seed Master Dao shook his head, "Li Gang was only demoted to the tax supervisor of Shaxian County, Nanjian Prefecture in October last year, less than three months ago, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to reuse him so quickly. ”

"Where is Wang Gui?" The seed master thought of Wang Gui.

"They are preparing for the final martial arts, there are about ten days left, and they are all going all out at the moment!"

"Alright! After they finish the martial arts examination, I will talk about you first, this time I am going to establish two elite cavalry of Xuanwu Canglong, each of which is about 1,000 people, and you and Liu Jian each lead one. ”

Li Yanqing pondered and said, "Can you transfer the intelligence battalion of the Hedong Army?" ”

"I'm not sure, I'll just try as much as I can!"

After a pause, the seed master said again: "In addition, you are also in charge of intelligence and are responsible for the preparation of the new intelligence department, and Si Cao will let Zhang Shuye be in charge of the preparations." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

At this time, the seed master saw that there was no one left and right, and said in a low voice: "Now what I am most concerned about is the movements of the Liangshan army, I want you to go to Yunzhou first to learn about the recent movements of the Liangshan army." ”

Li Yanqing suddenly thought of Luan Tingyu, didn't he find out in the Liangshan army? If he could provide information to himself, wouldn't it be a great savings.

"The lowly job understands, the lowly can use Baoyan Zhai as a cover, and set off tonight!"

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