By the end of February, news of the completion of disarmament had been reported in all military regions, and according to the feedback, most of the retrenched soldiers, officers, and generals had been properly resettled, and Zhao Ziliang breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the report. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Now there is one thing that Zhao Ziliang can't rest assured, that is, the matter of tax system reform, not to mention the rectification of water transportation and salt affairs in the tax system reform, Liu Yan's rectification of these two yamen and industries is bold and resolute, maybe Liu Yan feels that the rectification of these two yamen and industries has reached the point of urgency, maybe he feels that Zhao Ziliang will firmly support him, Therefore, they will pull down a large number of officials from Caoyun and the salt yamen without any scruples!

For this tax system reform, Zhao Ziliang is not worried about what will happen when he is here, he is worried that after he leaves, someone will jump out again, Li Kui, Li Xian, Yan Zhenqing and others are not strong people, and their prestige and courage are not enough to respond and make decisions on certain things.

After thinking about it, Zhao Ziliang brought Gao Shang and Xuan Eighteen over, and said to Gao Shang: "There are people in Xinjing who are ready to move, and it will not work if this king doesn't go back, but this king here is not at ease, and the talents of those people in the cabinet are there, but their temperaments are soft, and this king is really not at ease." This king has thought about it for a long time, and wants you to stay and preside over the palace, and the people who stay are mainly based on you, and now the most important thing is to continue the tax system reform, and must not stop, this king can only trust you! ”

With a serious face, he arched his hand and said: "With the king's trust, the minister will never give up!" ”

"Good!" Zhao Ziliang nodded, his expression relaxed. He asked Xuan 18 again: "How has the rapid communication channel from Xinjing to Chang'an been established?" ”

Xuan 18 hugged his fists and said: "The king can rest assured, from Chang'an to Xinjing between several big cities, the ministers have sent people to set up news transfer stations, namely Qinzhou, Jincheng, Liangzhou, Jinchang, Yizhou, Tingzhou, Broken Leaf City, all with flying pigeons for contact, every time the news reaches one of the transfer stations, it will be transmitted to the next transfer station with another flying pigeon at the fastest speed, according to the current test situation, from Chang'an to Xinjing to deliver the news, the fastest only seven days can be delivered!" There are several kinds of flying pigeons that we train now, which are short-distance 600 miles to 1,000 miles; 1,000 to 3,000 miles halfway; 3,000 to 6,000 miles long distances; Super long-distance distance of more than 6,000 miles to 20,000 miles. We have flying pigeons can fly directly from Chang'an to Xinjing, but it takes more than 20 days, if the weather is extremely bad in the cold winter wax moon, I am afraid that it will take more than a month, because the flying pigeons need to forage for food and find a place to stay overnight. However, if there are multiple stopovers in between, a mix of short-haul, medium-haul and long-haul pigeons can maximize the speed of the pigeons, while they do not need to forage and stay overnight. For example, a flying pigeon from Chang'an to Qinzhou only needs a morning, as long as it is full, it does not need to forage during the flight, only needs to rest once in the field on the way to fly to Liangzhou in a day, not even a day, from Liangzhou to Jinchang is the same, the advantage of setting up a transfer station is that there is no need to fly pigeons to forage and stay overnight, which saves a lot of time! That is to say, as long as anything happens in the Chang'an court, even in the cold winter when the weather is extremely bad, it will only take seven days to reach Xinjing! If it is spring and autumn, it will only take four days to send the news to Xinjing at the earliest, and the minister has already sent people to conduct many tests, and at present, this fast contact channel has been completed, and it can be fully opened just by waiting for the king's order! ”

Zhao Ziliang was very satisfied with how Xuan Eighteen had done so perfectly in this matter, and he asked again, "How is it safe?" ”

Xuan 18 said: "King, there are three main considerations for safety: first, flying pigeons may be attacked by large birds of prey during flight, such as eagles, falcons and other high-altitude overlords, this possibility is not impossible, but the possibility is extremely low, this kind of birds of prey mainly prey on ground animals, rarely bother to attack flying birds; Second, it is a man-made shooting. Since we use the transfer station to transmit the message, each flying pigeon only needs to fly for a day at most, so they don't even need to rest during the flight, and the flying pigeon is very fast, it basically does not hover in the sky, even the best shooter can not shoot the flying pigeon in the middle of the flight; Third, the message leaked at the transfer station, which has been considered by the ministers, the message is written in an encrypted way, and the people who change the flying pigeon at the transit station do not understand encryption, even if the content carried by the flying pigeon is leaked out, others can not read the content! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Very good, pass the order, from now on, this fast contact channel is officially launched!" ”

"Yes, King!"

"Who is in charge of this over there in Xinjing?"

Xuan Eighteen said: "It's the deputy governor Sun Tingxiang!" ”

Sun Tingxiang is the deputy governor of Xichang and the deputy of Xuan Eighteen, in Xichang, except for Xuan Eighteen, Sun Tingxiang is the most powerful. Zhao Ziliang immediately said: "Give Sun Tingxiang the will of this king, and let him immediately report the latest situation in Xinjing and the surrounding political situation in the most concise words!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Nine days later, Xuan Eighteen sent a declassified information to Zhao Ziliang's desk, Zhao Ziliang picked it up and looked at it, although Xinjing with Gao Shi's death, Cen Shen was seriously ill, and there was nothing else to do except a little turmoil in the court, there was Dugu Wenshu in charge, and there would not be any big problems for the time being, but Dugu Wen's foundation in Western Qin was too shallow, and many officials were not convinced by Dugu Wen, if he did not clearly express his support, Dugu Wenshu would be difficult to exert his strength, Zhao Ziliang was not too worried about this, What he was worried about was that Da Shiguo's recent actions in the border area were too frequent, and the range of actions was quite large, which violated the bottom line in his heart, and he had to return to Xinjing!

Zhao Ziliang called Gao Shang, Du Fu, Zheng San, Li Muchen, Li Mi and others and said, "This king has decided to leave for Xinjing in ten days!" ”

Li Mi arched his hand and said, "King, is it too hasty to return to Xinjing at this time?" Moreover, the matter of tax reform has not yet stabilized, and Wechen is worried that once the king leaves, the ministers will not be able to cope with all kinds of complicated situations! ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "Recently, the Great Food Country has repeatedly provoked on the border, and the actions are frequent and the amplitude is too large, this king is worried that the two sides will have too much friction and a war will break out, once a war occurs, after all, it is a battlefield between countries, and the scale is only afraid that the courtiers of the Western Qin Dynasty can call the shots and deal with it!" Here, you don't have to worry, this king asked Gao Shang to stay and take full charge of the regent's palace, and you are the main one. Now the power to deal with the military affairs of the imperial court is in the regent palace, and the specific personnel appointments and dismissals are also in the regent palace, although you have the courage to do it, if there is anything that cannot be decided, you will delay it first, report to the king in time, and the king will pass on the decision immediately after the decision is made! Every specific decision of this king was announced to you by Gao Gao and Xuan Eighteen! ”

The crowd said: "Yes! ”

On March 15, Zhao Ziliang presided over the last court meeting, at which he expressed his firm support for all the measures of Liu Yan in the reform of the tax system, the court and the local yamen must cooperate unconditionally, and whoever shirks will find trouble with whom, and announced that the courtiers announced that he was about to return to Western Qin, and after he left, the regent palace would be supported by Gao Shang, Du Fu, Li Muchen and Li Mi and others were responsible for assisting, and the military and political affairs of the imperial court were still decided by the regent palace, and at the same time he also suggested to the emperor that Li Hui, the king of Han, be appointed as the crown prince, and Daizong had to agree.

On March 18, the fifth year of Dali (the eighth year of Xinghan), Zhao Ziliang led the escort army, the Xuanfeng army, the Huya army and returned to Western Qin with the queen and princess and the princes, accompanied by Zheng San, Gao Xiuyan, Zhang Shouyu and others. Emperor Daizong and hundreds of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, saw them off outside the city and did not stop until they were thirty miles away.

Zhao Ziliang's departure made some people breathe a sigh of relief, it was really because Zhao Ziliang put too much pressure on them here, but even if Zhao Ziliang left, these people still couldn't do anything, and the relevant yamen of the imperial court were staring too closely.

In order to rush back to Xinjing as soon as possible, Zhao Ziliang had to leave the guards to protect the queen Chen Qingying and the princess Nie Sanniang and the princes, while he led the Xuan Feng Army and the Huya Army to speed up and rush back to Xinjing first.

Along the way, Zhao Ziliang returned to his heart like an arrow, he has regarded Xiqin as his home and foundation, Xiqin is already his old nest, even if he has been staying in Chang'an for the past few years, but he always takes Xiqin as his dependence, thinking that even if he can't do it in Chang'an, he will return to Xiqin, this is his way out, so he does not allow Xiqin to have the slightest change and instability.

Zhao Ziliang marched more than 200 miles a day with the Xuanfeng Army and the Huya Army, and it only took a month to return to Xinjing, and basically did not stop to rest on the way, and the queen and princess still needed a month to arrive.

Zhao Ziliang's return made Xinjing boil again, the people are very sensitive to the changes in the situation in the court in the past few months, they feel that there are a lot of fluctuations in the market after Gao Shi's death and Cen Shen's serious illness, which makes them more worried, after all, Zhao Ziliang is not here, and Cen Shen, as the prime minister, is seriously ill, and the political situation is really stretched thin to rely on the support of a foundation eunuch Dugu Wenqing, and now that Zhao Ziliang has returned, not only the courtiers are at ease, but those ambitious people also have to press the turmoil in their hearts, Even the people spontaneously went to the side of the road outside the city to greet them.

At the same time, the news of Zhao Ziliang's return was also quietly transmitted back from Xinjing by the Great Food Country and the Eastern Roman Empire.