Bai Xiuqi was originally born as a Xu official, and it was extremely difficult for Xu to become a formal official, and the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was different from that of later generations. The pen, fun, and pavilion can only be awarded an official position www.biquge.info pass the selection examination, but if you can't pass the official examination, you can only be a staff member for the official, and then strive for the official quota of the regular establishment of the imperial court. Therefore, Bai Xiuqi had the opportunity to become an official official of the imperial court, of course, he was unwilling to give up, and after Li Guangbi's death, he came to the capital with his family to serve as Sinong Shaoqing.

Zhao Ziliang said: "When the king presided over the great cause of counterinsurgency, Guangbi often reported to the king on the offensive strategy and defensive strategy, and there were many references to you Bai Xiuqi in the letters, he said that Bai Xiuqi was thoughtful, diligent and self-disciplined, and counted a lot, and was a rare talent. It's too condescending for you to be in the position of Sinong Shaoqing now, your strengths are in the military strategy, and if you are in charge of grains, won't it make you unable to give full play to your strengths? Now that this king is in charge, naturally I can't let you bury your talent, and give you a new official position, how about it? ”

Bai Xiuqi hurriedly said: "Weichen obeys the king's dispatch!" ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said to Bai Xiuqi: "In this way, this king will give you two choices: first, Zuo Counsel Doctor; Second, be the right-wing soldier of the Shence Army! ”

Bai Xiuqi immediately began to weigh the importance of these two positions in his mind, Doctor Zuo was undoubtedly more promising, after all, he was an official of the imperial court, and he had access to the highest level of the Tang Empire, while the envoy of the right wing of the Shence Army was a military position, and it was a military position in the forbidden army.

Zhao Ziliang casually mentioned: "I haven't told you yet, the Shence army envoy Ju Wenzhen has resigned, and this king has decided to transfer the Shence army out of the capital to Xiangyang to quell the rebellion, and the palace ban is in charge of Zuo Jinwuwei, so from now on, the Shence army will have to take on the heavy responsibility of conquering the rebels!" ”

When Bai Xiuqi heard this, he no longer considered the position of the left counselor, and immediately said: "Weichen chooses the position of the right wing of the Shence Army!" It's just that the soldiers and horses in the right compartment are not Wei Boyu? Oh, by the way, Weichen remembered, a few days ago I heard that Wei Boyu's old mother died of illness, he wanted to worry, and the emperor was ready to appoint someone else to replace him in Jiangling! ”

"You don't care about this!" Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and advised: "Tomorrow you come over to get the talisman and the appointment official document." After taking office in the right wing of the Shence Army, you must quickly gain a firm foothold and control the soldiers and horses, the soldiers and horses in the right wing refused to be edicted some time ago, they are all some soldiers and veterans, it is not easy to control, you have to be careful in everything, this king gives you ten days, you must be able to fully control the soldiers and horses in the right compartment within ten days, do you have confidence? ”

Bai Xiuqi was a little embarrassed, and said: "King, this is a little difficult, Weichen doesn't even have a guard in his hand now, and when he arrives in the right compartment, I'm afraid that those arrogant soldiers and fierce generals will not obey Weichen's orders!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "There are many arrogant soldiers in the Shence army, but if there are fierce generals, I'm afraid I can't really find a few!" So let me give you fifty horsemen, and let you use them for three months, and return them after three months. Are there any other requirements? ”

Bai Xiuqi was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Thank you, King!" Weichen has no other requirements, and he will be able to completely control the soldiers and horses in the right compartment within ten days! ”

"Good! You go back first, and come back tomorrow! ”

"Wechen retires!"

Soon after Bai Xiuqi left, Zhang Xiancheng was led in by the guards to observe the Jiannan Dongchuan Festival, Zhao Ziliang sat in the stone pavilion to meet him, Zhang Xiancheng saw Zhao Ziliang and saluted with his fists: "Xiaguan Jiannan Dongchuan Jiedu made Zhang Xiancheng visit the regent!" ”

"Get on your knees!" Zhao Ziliang slapped the table and said angrily.

Zhang Xiancheng was so frightened by Zhao Ziliang's might that he involuntarily knelt on the ground, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "The king spares his life, the king spares his life, the lower official is a rude and reckless man, and he doesn't know how to be polite, please don't see the king like me!" ”

Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly: "Do you think this king is angry because you didn't want to make a big gift to this king?" You, a dignified envoy of the Dongchuan Festival canonized by the imperial court, will be defeated by the self-reliant envoy of the Xichuan Festival, how can you still have the face to come back? General Zhang Shouqi started from the end of the army, no background, relying on his own sword and shot out of the fame, Zhang Gong is brave and resourceful, brave and good at fighting, good at governing the army, and has made great achievements, and has made great achievements, and has made great contributions to the creation of the prosperous 'Kaiyuan Rule' of the Tang Dynasty, and you, as his son, can't even beat a civil official, don't you think you have lost Zhang Gong's face? ”

Zhang Xiancheng was scolded and cried bitterly, "The king, the minister is guilty, the minister is incompetent, the minister's talent is not as good as the first father, the minister is embarrassed to the first father, the minister is sorry for Your Majesty, sorry for the king, sorry for the father, please treat my sin!" ”

"Don't worry, you won't be able to escape your sins! This king heard that during your tenure as the envoy of the Dongchuan Festival, you connived at the soldiers to plunder the villagers, increase all kinds of taxes, and obstruct the decrees of the imperial court? This king has only left the Central Plains for less than ten years, and the generals of the garrisons in various places have become arrogant one by one, who gave you the courage to cut off the alleged king, disobey the imperial court dispatch, withhold financial taxes, and appoint officials privately? ”

Zhang Xiancheng shouted on the spot when he heard this: "The king was wronged, saying that Weichen was arrogant, and Weichen recognized it, but Weichen never and did not dare to cut off the alleged king, disobey the imperial court dispatch, intercept financial taxes and appoint officials privately!" Weichen dares to guarantee in the name of his father, Weichen's heart of loyalty to the Tang Dynasty will never change, if there is half a lie, let the minister die without burying! ”

"Hmph, forgive me for not daring!" Zhao Ziliang snorted coldly, raised his hand and said, "You get up first!" ”

"Yes, yes!"

Zhao Ziliang pointed to the stone bench next to him, motioned for Zhang Xiancheng to sit down, and said: "I don't have any friendship with your father, his status was too high at that time, and I couldn't climb high." However, your uncle Zhang Shouyu is my old general, and he often corresponds with me in Mobei, since you are his nephew, we can be regarded as a family! ”

Zhang Xiancheng hurriedly said: "Xiaguan has climbed!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said again: "Don't think that this matter is over!" After losing the battle, no matter what reason there is, you can't be exempted from punishment, during this time you will temporarily stay in the capital, remove you from the post of Dongchuan Jiedu envoy, and demote to the left wing of the Shence Army, this king will give you three days to rest, and after three days, go to the left wing of the Shence Army to take office, and give this king control of the left wing of the soldiers and horses as soon as possible, the deputy envoy of the soldiers and horses Hun Yang is a strong general, you have to use it well, although he was promoted by Guo Ziyi, but this person is loyal and brave, you don't have factional prejudices against him! ”

From the position of Dongchuan Jiedu envoy to the left wing of the Shence Army, this level has been reduced too much, where does Zhang Xiancheng still care about these at this time, it is already thankful that he can save a life! He was not beaten to the end or beheaded, all because of the relationship between his uncle Zhang Shouyu, this time Zhao Ziliang asked him to go to the left wing of the Shence Army, he immediately understood what Zhao Ziliang meant, the Shence Army was originally a eunuch force, I didn't expect Zhao Ziliang to be able to take away the military power of the Shence Army, the reputation of the King of Western Qin was really not blown out, he immediately bowed down and said: "Don't worry, the minister must be optimistic about the left wing of the soldiers and horses for the king, and no one will be allowed to touch it!" But isn't the left wing soldier and horse envoy Dou Wenchang? ”

"What kind of soldier and horse envoy is he a eunuch? Isn't this playing the piano indiscriminately? Can he lead troops? Can you fight? All you have to do is take office, and the king will later issue an edict to remove him from his post and you will take over!" However, this king can tell you that the soldiers of the Shence Army have no ability, but they are all unruly, and if you want to subdue them and make them bow down to their orders, you can use your brains more, don't you don't control the soldiers and horses on the left side, but are clicked by them, then you are really unlucky! ”

Zhang Xiancheng immediately said: "Don't worry, the king has a way to clean up those soldiers of the Shence Army!" ”

Then Zhang Xiancheng left, Zhao Ziliang was still sitting in the pavilion drinking hot tea, and Luo Yuanguang walked in under the leadership of Shi Wei.

Luo Yuanguang is a Parthian, because his father came to Chang'an to do business, so he stayed in Chang'an, and later he was passed on to the eunuch Luo Fengxian as an adopted son, this Luo Yuanguang was born tall and burly, with a beautiful beard, a look at his eyes, you know that this person is not a reckless person, but a brave and resourceful person.

"Luo Yuanguang meets His Royal Highness the Regent!"

Zhao Ziliang looked at Luo Yuanguang and asked, "This king heard that Luo Fengxian is your adoptive father?" ”

Luo Yuanguang replied unabashedly: "Yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Tell me about the situation of the Zhenguo Army!" ”

"After two expansions, the Zhenguo army has 16,000 people, including 3,000 horse troops, and the rest are infantry troops, because Chang'an has been robbed several times, the imperial court has insufficient supply in weapons and armor, etc., and only sixty percent of the soldiers and soldiers are equipped with complete equipment, and the others are either lacking weapons or lack of armor!"

Zhao Ziliang said: "The last time Fengtian escorted, the Zhenguo army was meritorious, from which it can be seen that the Zhenguo army has combat effectiveness, now Xiangyang is besieged, the surrounding area can not be transferred enough soldiers and horses, the imperial court can only send troops and horses from the surrounding areas of Chang'an to reinforce, this king decided to send the Zhenguo army south to reinforce Xiangyang, lift the siege of Xiangyang!" What do you think? ”

Luo Yuanguang hugged his fists and agreed: "The king has a military order, and the last general will obey!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded with satisfaction: "Okay!" Your adoptive father Luo Fengxian is a person, this king is actually very unaccustomed to him, but this king will not implicate you because he is not used to him, no matter whose adopted son you are, as long as you are willing to serve the Tang Dynasty and obey the orders of this king, fame and fortune, glory and wealth are just around the corner! ”