Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "There are really two difficulties in the humble position now that I need the help of the captain!" ”

Gao Yu smiled, "You just said that as long as I can help, I will definitely do my best!" ”

"Han Shizhong, the deputy general of the humble position, should be promoted to the commander of the capital in the pacification of the Fangla Rebellion, but because he offended Yang Lin, the promotion was detained by Yang Lin, this time to pacify the black party, he made great contributions, I have transferred his merits to the Ministry of War, but the Ministry of War has not been able to approve it, I am really a little worried."

In the pacification of the rebellion of the Black Party, the wartime establishment of the army was cancelled, and Li Yanqing immediately asked the imperial court for merit, asking that Han Shizhong and Cao Xing's commanders be promoted to capital commanders, so that they could justifiably become their own left and right lieutenants, but Cao Xing's promotion has been approved, but Han Shizhong's promotion has not been reported for a long time, and it is said that he was stuck in the military department.

Gao Yu's face sank, "I know, I'll deal with this matter tomorrow." ”

Han Shizhong was originally Liu Yanqing's person, that is, Gao Yu's person, Han Shizhong was stuck by the Ministry of War, obviously Tong Guan took revenge on Yang Lin behind his back, this is not only a slap in the face of Li Yanqing, but also a slap in the face of Gao Yu.

Gao Yu said again: "And Liu Jian was supposed to be sent to the Daimyo Mansion as a soldier and horse envoy of the Xiang Army, so why don't I transfer him to Jingzhao Mansion together!" ”

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Gao Yu knew in his heart that this was just throwing bricks and stones, not to mention helping, he waved his hand, "These are all hands, not much help, don't be afraid to trouble me, make a difficult request." ”

"Then you're welcome!"

Li Yanqing said with a smile: "At present, the lowly post is also the head of Yanyun Road, but the troops of Yan'an Mansion and Suizhou are too small, considering the security of the border, the lowly post wants to increase the number of troops in Jingzhao Mansion to 20,000, I don't know if the Privy Council can approve it?" ”

Of course, Gao Yu knew that the border defense was just an excuse, and Li Yanqing just wanted to increase the number of troops and expand his power, but the increase or decrease of the number of forbidden troops in various places exceeded 1,000 people, and the official family had already made it clear that the number of forbidden troops on Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road would only be reduced and not increased, and if he touched this mold, he would inevitably be reprimanded, but since Li Yanqing had already proposed it, he was embarrassed if he did not agree.

Gao Yu's face was embarrassed, he thought for a while and asked, "What is the quota of the Jingzhao Mansion army now?" ”

"Twelve thousand troops!"

"So be it! Let's use a workaround, I will allow you to increase the number of soldiers by another 3,000 within the scope of my authority, I remember that this is agreed by the official family before, and it should not be a big problem, in addition, I will ask the Privy Council to give another 5,000 village soldiers to Jingzhao Mansion for long-term training, and at the same time, I will allocate an additional 5,000 deputy soldiers to Jingzhao Mansion, I don't care how you use it. ”

This is actually a workaround for Guo Yaoshi of Yanshan Prefecture, replacing the forbidden army with township soldiers, who can be trained for a long time, or can be trained intensively during the slack time, and the local state and county can submit an application and the Privy Council can approve it.

And the recruitment of township soldiers in various places is not restricted, Li Yanqing is the same knowledge of Jingzhao Mansion, and he is the bow and arrow of Shaanxi Road, and the township soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion are also in charge of him, so that the township soldiers are equipped with the armor of the forbidden army, and then strengthen training, there is no difference from the forbidden army, as for the money and food of the five thousand township soldiers, that is solved by Li Yanqing himself, with Baoyanzhai as the backing, this little money is nothing.

The Great Song Dynasty Baojia Law stipulates that the township soldiers' money and grain and soldiers are raised by the prefectures and counties, and the imperial court does not interfere and does not bear the burden, and the states and counties with slightly better conditions can give the township soldiers a little food subsidies, and the states and counties with poor conditions will bear the armor and dry food by the township soldiers themselves, which has brought a great burden to the peasants, and peasant uprisings have broken out in Hebei and Hedong.

Li Yanqing also knew that this was the biggest flexibility that Gao Yu could do, the long-term training of the township soldiers was a disguised conscription, and he could learn from Guo Yaoshi for the money and food of the township soldiers, and solve it through official and commercial trade, and the monthly salary of 5,000 soldiers was 50,000 yuan, so it was unrealistic for Baoyan Zhai to bear it.

"Thank you Taiwei for your help, Yanqing is grateful."

Looking at Li Yanqing's indifferent gaze, Gao Yu suddenly thought of something, Gao Shen also has the power to approve the increase in the military quota, he can go to Gao Shen to operate through the Cao family, but he came to beg himself, why is this?

Gao Yu understood in a turn of his mind that Li Yanqing's real purpose was to drag himself into this matter, on the one hand, of course, to prevent himself from making trouble, but on the other hand, if this matter was revealed one day, he would have to cover it up for him, this guy is young, but he is also scheming.

However, Gao Yu is not a person without measure, he can't agree to this kind of thing casually, if Li Yanqing is appointed as the Tongzhi of Ying Tianfu, he will never agree to operate the matter of increasing troops for Li Yanqing, there is no enemy threat around Ying Tianfu, your motive for increasing troops is suspicious, and he can't explain it when the official asks.

But Jingzhao Mansion is different, especially Li Yanqing is also the head of Yanyun Road, when Song and Xia reached a border disarmament agreement, it is also prepared to appropriately increase the strength of Jingzhao Mansion, and the reason is completely above board, so Gao Yu dared to approve Li Yanqing to increase his troops.

Thinking of this, Gao Yu's heart was also calm, and then he was about to make his request, Gao Yu poured another cup of tea for Li Yanqing, and asked with a faint smile: "How is Gong Cao's health recently?" ”

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As Li Yanqing expected, Gao Yu really hoped that Cao, Pan, and Gao would support him to enter the prime minister, and Li Yanqing also readily agreed, and told Gao Yu that Cao Ping had always hoped that there were military representatives in the Zhizheng Hall, and hoped to take Gao Yu's entry into the prime minister as an opportunity, and the two sides had a very happy conversation, and it was already afternoon when they left the alum building.

"Captain Gao has rarely talked to people for so long, Yanqing has a lot of face!" Inside the carriage, Zheng Rongtai said to Li Yanqing with envy on his face.

Li Yanqing waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this, I care about you very much, do you still have contact with the prince?" ”

Zheng Rongtai shook his head, his face became gloomy, and he whispered for a while: "Since my sister was deposed, the prince has never asked the Zheng family again, and there is no news even from Imperial Doctor Zhao's channel. ”

Li Yanqing didn't speak, if even the imperial physician Zhao didn't care about the news of condolences, it means that the prince really gave up on the Zheng family, Zheng Rongtai sighed, "I only say this to you, don't say that a husband and wife are a hundred days, my sister was forced to enter the empty door as a nun because of him, and her whole life was ruined, but he didn't have any sense of comfort at all, which was too ruthless." ”

Li Yanqing didn't know how to persuade Zheng Rongtai, the Zheng family had no background, but they were rich, and the crown prince Zhao Huan also took a fancy to the wealth of the Zheng family, and now Zhao Huan accepted the daughter of the Xiang family as a partial concubine, and got the financial support of the Xiang family, of course, he kicked the Zheng family away, in fact, Zheng Rongtai was also right, even if Zhao Huan was seeking the wealth of the Zheng family, but the Zheng family sacrificed so much for Zhao Huan, but he ended up like this, I can't help but say that Zhao Huan has a thin heart.

"Lao Zheng, if you want to open a little, Sai Weng lost his horse, and he knows the blessings and misfortunes, and the Zheng family and the prince are completely decoupled, which is not necessarily a bad thing, in fact, I suggest that your sister go home."

"Is that okay?" Zheng Rongtai asked in surprise.

Li Yanqing nodded, "This is actually a temptation, if your sister is still in the world, and the prince and the court don't care, then it means that the Zheng family is really completely decoupled from the prince, then why should your sister ask for her own suffering, and in a few years, you can find someone to marry silently." ”

Zheng Rongtai pondered for a moment, "You have a point, my sister can go home, I will tell my father when I go back, as for getting married, I can't think about it now." ”

"Did your Zheng family buy land in Hangzhou?" Li Yanqing asked again from the topic.

Zheng Rongtai nodded, "Hangzhou, Mingzhou, Suzhou, and Jiangning have all bought, and Hangzhou has bought three hundred acres, after the New Year, I plan to go to Hangzhou and build the house, and then my parents and eldest sister can move over, and when the affairs of the capital are dealt with, I am also ready to go over and completely get rid of the shadow of the prince." ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "This is a wise move!" ”

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Although Li Yanqing was very reluctant to see Liang Shicheng, he still went to Liang Mansion, even if he had nothing to say to Liang Shicheng, this was also a matter of attitude, but Li Yanqing was lucky, Liang Shicheng happened to be sick from the cold and was recuperating at home, he didn't care about the situation in Jingzhao Mansion, just asked a few casual words, and Li Yanqing got up and said goodbye under the pretext of not disturbing Liang Shicheng's rest.

After coming out of the Liang Mansion, Li Yanqing slipped to Wang Gui's home in the capital, Wang Wanhao had already led the family to move to Jiangxia County, and many of the Wang family's clansmen and some tenant farmers who were originally attached to the Wang family also followed, forming a new Wangjia Village in Jiangxia.

But Wang Wanhao had the foresight that even if he moved to the south, he could not completely detach himself from the political center, so he agreed that Wang Gui would stay in the capital, and Wang Gui was a rented house, located near the Daxiangguo Temple, which was a courtyard covering an area of one and a half acres.

The difference between the house and the courtyard is the area, generally speaking, more than two acres can barely be called a house, less than two acres, it can not be built into a three-into pattern, at most two courtyards before and after, can only be called a yard.

"Originally, I was going to rent a three-acre house, but a neighbor of the same village introduced this yard, which is his relative's house, the rent is very cheap, only ten yuan per month, if you pay the rent for three years, as long as three hundred, I think it is very good here, and Ah Yuan and the child are enough."

Wang Gui led Li Yanqing to visit his new home, two in front and back, the front yard is large, the back yard is small, there are nearly a dozen rooms, there is a very small garden in the backyard, Wang Gui's wife Tang Yuan'er lives in the backyard with children and a few maids, and the kitchen lady and two servants live in the front.

Li Yanqing nodded and asked, "Your family is enough to live, but if your parents or uncles and brothers come, where will you live?" ”

"My parents and grandfather can live in the backyard, there are still several empty rooms over there, and my uncles and brothers can only live in the front yard, anyway, there are many empty rooms."

"Actually, I still recommend that you rent a small house, your family is big and there are many clansmen, so it's more convenient."

"Forget it, the rent has been paid for three years, and didn't you say that it would be possible to move the capital in another two or three years? I'm too lazy to change it, it's too much of a toss. ”

Li Yanqing just said, Wang Gui didn't want to change it, the two went back to the house and sat down, Wang Gui poured Li Yanqing another cup of hot tea, Li Yanqing suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the old cow?" Why didn't I see him. ”

"He was called by a few fellow villagers to drink flower wine at noon, and I had guests here for a while, so I didn't go."

"You have guests?"

Wang Gui smiled, "You are a very familiar guest!" ”

Li Yanqing was stunned for a moment, and asked hesitantly: "It can't be the old soup!" ”

Wang Gui nodded, "Who else will there be besides my brother-in-law?" ”