After repeatedly reading the documents sent by the transfer envoy Zhang and the documents of the Privy Council transferred by the transfer envoy, Xu Ping couldn't help but scold: "What does Dong Zhizhou of Qinzhou think, at this time, you can't wait a few more months to recruit people from Su Maozhou?" I heard that Jiaozhi is ready to occupy the city this year, now it's okay, with the matter of Qinzhou, I will definitely not go again, and I will definitely transfer the soldiers and horses to the other side of Qinzhou, and ask for people with a dead face! ”

Sang Yi said: "This is a trivial matter, but the Privy Council has clearly ordered that the southwestern border states are not allowed to recruit foreign refugees, and require Qinzhou to return the people to Jiaozhi, and it is also mentioned that the sugar cane business is not allowed to recruit people again." ”

"Don't worry about him, Feng Zhizhou and I will go to the book separately to support Dong Zhizhou. The people have been recruited and settled, and if they are returned, the people of the Privy Council are broken! ”

Xu Ping didn't think about it, the documents of the Privy Council were not holy decrees, how could they do whatever they said. At this time in the Northern Song Dynasty, the bureaucracy was stacked, the staff was bloated, and the power was scattered, which was naturally conducive to the control of the emperor, but it also led to poor government decrees.

Border affairs are under the control of the Privy Council, so he issued a document, and the content of the document must have been discussed in the court, but the magistrate also has the power to give opinions. Most of the affairs of the prefectures and counties belong to the Zhongshu, and Xu Ping's cane sugar affairs belong to the three divisions, how can local officials be at the mercy of the Privy Council. Even if this order is agreed to by the prime minister and the three envoys in the court, the subordinate officials will discuss it again after they put forward their opinions, and they must defend their own people.

As for the military ministers under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, unless they are governors, others do not have much say in local affairs. is the governor of Wuchen, and most of the specific affairs are under the management of the Zhongshu, and the Privy Council is only in charge of personnel.

So now the order down is just a wind direction. It only counts when the decree drawn by the government hall is down. The magistrate can also appeal during this time. While ignoring the order.

Sang Yi is a military minister, although his status is low, and the personnel relationship is still in the third class court, and he has no relationship with the Privy Council, but in his eyes, the Privy Council, which controls the world's military authority, is much more important than in Xu Ping's eyes.

At the end of September, although the rain was less, it was still very hot, and the cicadas in the trees outside the hall were screaming heartbreakingly, which made people irritated.

Sang Yi looked left and right at the papers of the Privy Council. Finally sighed and didn't say anything more.

The direction of the wind in the imperial court is obviously to seek stability in border affairs, but this side is in full swing to expand the armament war, the so-called upper and lower concentricity, its benefits and gold, this situation of disagreement between the upper and lower levels is obviously not a good thing.

Xu Ping put aside the Privy Council's words and looked intently at the sand table on the table. From Yongzhou to Bianliang, the capital, it will take a month for the paperwork to come and go, and the battle of a few back and forth will be over, so don't worry about it first.

I watched it for a while. Xu Ping asked Sang Yi: "Tomorrow to enter Menzhou, are you ready here?" ”

"It's been arranged. The Zhongrui Army and the first commander of the Jingjiang Army in Benzhou entered Menzhou, and the other soldiers and horses were still temporarily stationed in Pingxiangtong to see the wind direction in Menzhou before deciding on the next step. ”

Xu Ping said: "Menzhou is the eye of the storm, this step out, it will affect all parties, there is no turning back, you have to think carefully, don't make any mistakes!" ”

Menzhou is in the center of the three forces of Jiatong, Pingxiangtong and Guangyuan Prefecture, once they occupy there, the other two will not be without a reaction, and they must be prepared to deal with it.

Sang Yi was beside Xu Ping, looked at the sand table for a while, and said to Xu Ping: "Now there are only more than 500 people in Luzhou who are not organized, do you want to send some more people over?" It's also a constraint on Jiadong. ”

Xu Ping shook his head: "Luzhou looks like it is on the back of Jiatong, but the mountain road to Langzhou is full of passes, and there are only mountain paths from Shixi Prefecture to the past, which is actually a chicken wedge." Speaking of containment, if our forces are equal to or weaker than the opponent's, it is still useful, and now it is Mount Tai to the top, just concentrate the forces and hammer to smash the hard walnut, and in one fell swoop, don't care about anything else. ”

After a pause, Xu Ping said again: "After October, when the weather stabilizes, you will take the soldiers and horses out of Guangyuan Prefecture, and I will take the cane sugar township soldiers to guard Menzhou, and wait for you to come back." I have already instructed Luzhou that if Jiatong attacks there, they just need to retreat, and they don't need to defend it, as long as they hold the line of the Mingjiang River. Therefore, the key to this war is to have you fight quickly in Guangyuan Prefecture! ”

"You put a huge burden on me, and now I can't sleep!"

Sang Yi said this, looked up at the window, and under the scorching sun, everything was sluggish.

The two have been friends for many years, and they both know each other well, Xu Ping handed over this burden to Sang Yi, not because Sang Yi is reliable, but because he is calm, and the more he faces major events, the more calm he is, and he will not go wrong.

Xu Ping is not a showy person, as the highest local official, he must sit in Pingxiangtong and coordinate various manpower and material resources. Without the restraint of Jiao Toenail Mountain, he went to Guangyuan Prefecture by himself.

At this time, Menzhou was in a mess, and the most chaotic was the Zhizhou Yamen.

Mrs. Zhizhou commanded the maid to move all kinds of things, and sighed from time to time, as if she was reluctant to give up everything in this yamen, and any broken jar or jar was very precious.

With a "bang", a flower pot fell to the ground and broke into several petals, and an orchid inside was originally delicate and pretty, but suddenly it became a dusty weed.

"Oops, why did you smash it again?" Mrs. Zhizhou Azen patted her legs, looked at the flower and sighed, "Pity me for three or five years, just blooming good flowers, and it's gone!" ”

Huang Zhizhou and his eldest son Huang Guanshou sat in the back garden, looking at Acen's appearance and shaking their heads.

"I did it recklessly this time, I knew it would be better to wait another month." Huang Zhizhou said with a calm face.

Huang Guanshou said: "Why did Daddy say that? ”

"Who would have thought that something so big would happen in Qinzhou? More than 3,000 people have never seen such a big deal in hundreds of years, how can Jiaozhi give up? Regardless of whether they can fight or not, if Jiaozhi wants to come back with the Great Song Dynasty, it is indispensable for Jiatong to make some noise. If there is any movement in Jiatong, our Menzhou is indispensable! The two powerhouses of the Great Song Dynasty and Jiaozhi are competing, and we can wait for the price to sell, which is definitely not the current situation. ”

Huang Guanshou shook his head again and again: "Daddy, you are still reluctant to have this idea here." Where did the two great powers come from? I got the news from Pingxiang that the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty have already been set to enter Menzhou in October, and if we don't find it ourselves, people will come hard! ”

Huang Zhizhou snorted coldly: "It's as if our Menzhou is paper-paste, he can come if he wants!" That is, I'm old, you don't have that spirit, otherwise Menzhou won't open a store, you can enter if you want to! ”

"It's useless to say this, let's think about the future."

couldn't talk about it together, Huang Guanshou didn't bother to say more, and simply diverted the topic.

Huang Zhizhou said: "Didn't you discuss with Huang Tianbiao to open a freight yard together?" ”

"It's decided, but we can't hang Huang Tianbiao's family. He now has a lot of industry, countless gold and silver in and out every day, a freight yard is not in his eyes, and we have to think of other businesses. ”

"Do you have a clue?"

"We are in contact with Luzhou, and we will do business there when the time comes."

"Alas, you can do these things, I'm old, and after moving to Ningming Town, I will concentrate on caring for the elderly, and you can toss it. Son, don't ruin our family. ”

Huang Zhizhou turned his head to look at the slaves who were moving in and out of the courtyard, and his mood was extremely low. The inheritance that has been handed down for hundreds of years is handed over in his own hands, and the future is at a loss, and his heart is very empty.

Huang Guanshou is full of hope for the future. In the past few months, he has not gone to Taiping County and Ningming Town, where he has met several former local officials. Their life made him envious, although there were no more groups of slaves who could be called and drunk at will, but what they ate and drank every day, and what they watched and played in the Goolan tile shop, where could be compared to a mountain native official.

Outside is the world of flowers, and I can just show my skills, how can I eat and wait for death in this small place in the mountains? What's more, it's impossible to even eat and wait for death, of course, you have to adapt to the trend as soon as possible.

On the twenty-eighth day of September in the tenth year of Tiansheng, on the day of Bingshen, Menzhou Natu returned to Shun.

The sun had just risen, and the dew on the grass on the roadside had not yet dried, and with a horn, the newly built Zhennanguan gate slowly rose, shattering the morning tranquility in the mountains.

Han Daocheng rode on the horse, urged the horse, and went out of Zhennanguan first.

After exiting the pass, there was no more wide road, and the mountain trail was bumpy, and the speed of the horse team slowed down, and a long line slowly marched along the valley.

After walking more than a mile, Han Daocheng said to Cao Yang, the military envoy beside him: "The promotion officials are too careful, let us go ahead." On such a mountain path, the Jingjiang army and their infantry walked faster, but now they are blocked by us, and they arrived in Menzhou just in time for dinner. ”

Cao Yang said: "No wonder you are careful, these local officials are capricious and familiar with geography, and they accidentally fall into their way." I heard that Li Zhizhai of Yongping Village suffered their losses in the past, listened to the words of the local officials, and only took the soldiers with him on the road, but was ambushed. ”

"On this kind of road, it is really impossible to prevent it, who can see that there are people hiding in the mountains and forests?"

Han Daocheng looked at the rolling hills on both sides of the road, and his heart was also worried. Cavalry is naturally invincible on flat land, but infantry is not flexible in the mountains, and livestock are still inferior to people in the end.

There is only ten miles from Zhennan Pass to Menzhou, and before the middle of the day, the forward troops led by Han Daocheng have already arrived outside the Menzhou Wall, and the Jingjiang Army in Benzhou has just left the pass.

Looking at the gate of the village that was wide open not far away, and the wall was quiet, Han Dao let out a sigh of relief: "Menzhou is really trustworthy, we are safe!" ”

As soon as he urged the horse, Han Daocheng took two soldiers to take the lead, leaving the large army behind.

In front of the walled gate, Huang Zhizhou took Huang Guanshou and the leading figures in the state to wait quietly, and saw that the two in front of the other side rode to a stop not far away, and gave a deep salute: "Huang Qizhong, the governor of Menzhou, took a cadre of subordinates, etc., to pay tribute to Dingkou in the state and accept land from the imperial court!" ”

(There's another chapter in the evening.) (To be continued.) )