Just when Cai Jing and his son went to Qionglin Palace to accompany Zhao Ji, the official's family, to have a banquet, Su Dongpo, the sick and crooked right minister, was talking to his younger brother Su Zhe, who had entered Beijing to report on his work, in his mansion.

Su Zhe is now the pacification envoy of Hebei East Road, because Zhao Ji was worried that the Liao State would make some moves after the Song and Xia wars, so he was recruited back to Kaifeng Mansion to report on his work, and now he lives in his brother Su Dongpo's mansion.

"Zizhan," took a sip of Yunwu Mountain Tea, Su Zhe led the topic to the topic, and sighed: "Pingxia matter, how can Lu Huiqing take the lead?" ”

Su Dongpo gently turned the teacup in his hand, "Who else can you use without Lu Huiqing?" Ziyou, are you willing to go to Hedong and Yanyan to oversee the army? ”

Su Zhe glanced at his brother, he was against the war, and now when he saw that the war was going well, he would go to grab the credit? Although the credit seems to be tempting, it is really detrimental to your own high spirits!

Su Dongpo sighed and said, "Do you think it will be better for my Su family to let Cai Jing dominate the dynasty alone?" Lu Huiqing is certainly our political enemy, but as long as he fights with Cai Jing, my Su family will have a chance to breathe. In a few years, Bo Chong may be able to use it greatly. ”

"Bo Chong" is the name of Su Zhe's eldest son Su Chi, Su Chi is 33 years old this year and has long been admitted to the Jinshi. After Ersu Xuanma, he was also promoted and became the magistrate of Dengfeng, but it was still too far from being useful.

"Zizhan, do you want Bochong to go to the northwest?"

"How can you overmove without meritorious service?" Su Dongpo said lightly, "If you don't overmove, when will Bochong be recommended to the second mansion?" If I had known that Renduo of Western Xia would not be beaten, I would have asked Bo Chong to go to Taoxi Shuai Si to be in charge of Jiyi writing, where would it be my turn to get Wu Haowen? Wu Haowen has picked up a great merit in vain, and the courtiers are only a matter of two or three years. It's a pity that he is young and shallow, and he always has to raise it for ten or eight years before he can be of great use. ”

Su Dongpo didn't understand military affairs, so he naturally couldn't imagine the majesty of the knights in front of the palace and the dragon warriors, so he missed an opportunity to let Su Chi move over.

However, the situation in the northwest seems to be clear at the moment, and it is time to send Su Chi out to take credit.

"Zizhan, do you want Chi'er to replace Wu Haowen?"

Su Zhe also knew that Wu Haowen and Zhong Fu had a conflict, and they accused each other, and the lawsuit went to the front of the emperor.

Although Wu Haowen's performance seems quite reasonable, Wu Haowen's official is too small after all, and he is not a general judge with the responsibility of supervision. It is the shogunate of the Fu Division, and the shogunate officer and the deputy envoy of the superior Fu Si are intimidating, which really breaks the rules of officialdom. No matter how much the official family tries to cover up, they can't let Wu Haowen stay on Xining Road.

"Go and replace Zhang Yuan," Su Dongpo smiled, "Let Zhang Yuan go to Lanzhou to be the supervisor of the Hexi Fu Division." ”

The so-called Hexi Fusi is actually the original Taoxi Fusi. Now that Taoxi is in Dading, there is no longer a need to set up a strategy to pacify the Division. At the same time, at the request of Zhong Fu, the Hexi Economic Strategy and Pacification Department was set up, which was responsible for commanding the operation on the Hexi Road. In this way, the original team of Taoxi Fusi happened to move to Hexi Fusi, but Wang Hou was replaced by Zhong Fu, and Wu Haowen, who quarreled with Zhong Fu, naturally had to be transferred.

In addition, Zhang Shuye of Zhilanzhou is also not on good terms with Zhong Fu, and someone needs to reconcile it.

Su Shi said: "After all, Zhang Yuan is Zhang Yuan's son, Zhang Qi's cousin, Zhong Fu and Zhang Shuye always have to give some face." Therefore, there is no problem in transferring Zhang Aid to Lanzhou, so that Yan'an Zhixian will be vacant, and it is just right for Bochong to go there to make meritorious contributions. ”

Su Zhe frowned a little: "Zizhan, Bochong is not familiar with military affairs, what can he do when he goes to Yan'an?" ”

Su Dongpo smiled: "Zi You don't know, Yan'an County has also engaged in government soldiers, thousands of strong, all in the hands of Yan'an Zhixian." ”

Yan'an's government soldiers were prepared to farm on the banks of the Wuding River, and now they are naturally still in the hands of Yan'an County, and Yan'an Zhixian County will have more opportunities to make meritorious contributions.

"But Tao Jiefu of Yan Yan Road is Cai Jing's person, can he make Bo Chong make meritorious service?"

Su Dongpo snorted lightly: "Tao Zili has already played the knights and dragon warriors in front of the palace." ”

Su Zhe understood! This is a deal, Gao Yu came out of Su Dongpo's door, and he always had to take care of Su when he was late in Yan'an. And if Tao Jiefu wants to make great use of the knights in front of the palace and the dragon warriors, he has to bring Su Chi......

This calculation, there is really no one! However, national events have now become bargaining chips in officialdom, will this spoil the good situation?

……

"Cai Qing, what do you say?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can let Wu Haogu replace Gao Yu!"

At the same time, Cai Jing was also playing a trick on Su Dongpo's side! He took the opportunity to play Jin Mingchi with Zhao Ji and made an incredible suggestion.

Let Wu Haogu, the richest man in the Great Song Dynasty, be a newly established Marquis of Yu, the two straight capitals, and unify the command of the royal horse and the dragon warrior in front of the palace.

Zhao Ji's face suddenly became gloomy: "Cai Qing, don't you want to rectify Dalang?" ”

The Son of Heaven was irritable, and for most of the courtiers, it was like thunder, but Cai Jing looked as usual. He proposed to let Wu Haogu replace Gao Yu, of course, he didn't have a good heart. Not to mention that Wu Haogu does not understand military affairs, it is very likely that he will lose the battle in the northwest. Just to say that Wu Haogu's foundation in Jiehe Shang City will also become an opportunity with his departure!

And his plan, Zhao Ji naturally knows it. If Cai Jing can't come up with a convincing reason, he will lose a lot of points in front of the officials.

However, Cai Jing had his own words: "If Your Majesty still wants to let the Imperial Horse Straight in front of the palace and the Imperial Dragon Warrior directly make meritorious contributions, you must let Wu Haogu serve as the Marquis of Yu, the two straight capitals." ”

"Isn't Gao Yu good?" Zhao Ji asked, "Gao Yu did a good job!" ”

"But Gao Yu has already broken his trust in the three armies," Cai Jing said, "Tong Guan, Gao Yu, Wang Yu, and Wu Haowen all said that the two elites were demoralized and complained because they didn't get the house. ”

"This matter is all Zhong Fu's fault!" Zhao Ji said.

Cai Jing said with a smile: "Zhong Fu also thinks that the reward of 3,000 Kaifeng Mansion properties is too heavy, almost 10 million!" He wanted to save a little for His Majesty. ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Ji's anger disappeared again, and he sighed: "It's really too heavy, the food and salary that the imperial court spends on more than 200,000 Western troops a year is only 20 million." Now the reward of thousands of people in the two straights will cost 10 million yuan ...... alone."

"Yes, it is not a few, but an uneven." Cai Jingdao, "If you let the soldiers of the Western Army know that the treatment of the two straights is so generous, I am afraid that there will be no more fighting spirit." ”

Zhao Ji nodded: "That's true!" But if the good reward is not given, I'm afraid the two elites will not be able to use it anymore, it's a pity......"

Of course, the two straight elites are expensive, but they are really easy to use! Replaced by the ordinary Kaifeng forbidden army, let alone fighting like two straight elites, let them have to lie down when they march like this.

Cai Jing smiled: "This matter only needs to fall on Wu Haogu." ”

Zhao Ji nodded, and shook his head again: "The house naturally wants him to find a way, but can't the two Zhidu Yu Hou let Gao Yu continue to be the one?" ”

"I can't." Cai Jing shook his head and said, "If Your Majesty can come up with 3,000 existing houses, Gao Yu's credit may still be able to be established." But does Your Majesty have so many houses? ”

Zhao Ji shook his head, the emperor's family doesn't have a house!

"Then the only way to do that is to let Wu Haogu go."

Zhao Ji thought about it and it was still wrong, "Wu Haogu doesn't have 3,000 houses!" ”

Cai Jing said with a smile: "But who in Kaifeng doesn't know that Gonghe Bank and Wanjiaxing have houses?" Wu Haogu's strip, those knights and warriors will recognize it! ”

That seems to be the case...... But Zhao Ji still felt a little wrong when he thought about it. Isn't the white strip opened by the emperor Lao Tzu as good as the white strip of a merchant in Wuhao Gu? But when I think about it again, it seems that it is really inferior!

Not to mention anything else, the emperor doesn't know where to get 3,000 properties now, but Wu Haogu must have a way......

……

Just in Kaifeng Fucheng, a new round of political games was launched around the war in the northwest and 3,000 houses.

On an east-west official road in Henan Prefecture, a group of people and horses are walking towards the east non-stop. The horses are all meandering horses, tall and strong. The people on horseback are either officials or officers and soldiers, wearing official uniforms and battle jackets, so they are full of fresh clothes and angry horses.

The first two horsemen were dragon horses with a shoulder height of nearly five feet, and the people on horseback were Tong Guan and Wu Haowen, who had returned to the dynasty after victory!

Both of them went back to Beijing to report on their work and file a complaint! Of course, the object of the accusation is Zhong Fu, Wu Haowen has now regarded Zhong Fu as a traitor who ruined the good situation of the Northwest Battlefield - in fact, there are many such traitors in the Song Dynasty - naturally he has to go to Zhao Ji to complain.

If it is possible, Wu Haowen also plans to find a superintendent of the imperial history to do it, and then impeach and kill this big traitor!

"Tong Daguan!" Wu Haowen suddenly asked, "If the official asks about the general situation of the Northwest Battlefield, how should I answer?" ”

The official family will not ask you this question, he will only ask our family...... Tong Guan wanted to answer like this, but finally replied with a smile: "Ji Yi can tell the official family: the western thief has undoubtedly fallen, but the key to victory or defeat is not in the front enemy, but in the center!"

If the center can stick to the policy, make good use of good generals, and appoint commanders to control the armies on both the east and west roads. You will definitely be able to recover the states on the banks of the Wuding River! ”

Tong Guan deserved to be an experienced military eunuch, and he knew too well the shortcomings of the Song army. The most terrible enemy is often not on the front line, but in Kaifeng Mansion in the rear! Now the situation in the northwest is really favorable! Even if Zhong Fu dragged him down, he still had the chance to win.

The West Thief wants to turn the tables, and it is not enough to rely on his own strength, so he can only look forward to Kaifeng Mansion making a big stupid move.

But Tong Guan didn't dare to say this to Zhao Ji, he was a eunuch, how dare he criticize the center? Do you want to have a head? However, Wu Haowen can be said to be a dignified civil official, the sixth Jinshi, and he has a special relationship with Zhao Ji...... Su Dongpo won't fix him, and Cai Jing doesn't dare to fix him, so he can tell a little truth.

I just don't know if Zhao Ji can listen to it?