Not long after, the crown prince Zhao Huan hurried to the imperial study, he knelt down and bowed to pay respects, "The son sees his father!" ”

"The emperor is exempt from courtesy!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Zhao Huan stood up and stood aside with his hands down, Zhao Ji smiled slightly: "Presumably the emperor already knows the news of Ye Luchun's death, right?" ”

"The son has heard about it."

"Don't you think this is a great opportunity? At this time, if we send troops to Yanjing, we will definitely be able to recover our homeland, completely destroy Liao, and wash away a hundred years of shame! ”

Zhao Huan was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt down again, "Please think twice!" ”

"I've been thinking about it for two days, and I've already thought about it, and I've decided to send troops, but I'm thinking about letting the emperor take the position of commander of the three armies, I don't know what the emperor wants?"

Zhao Huan immediately understood, his father was going to use himself as a scapegoat, he hated it in his heart, but he didn't dare to refuse, he suddenly remembered the words that Li Yanqing asked Wu Min to bring to him, with Tong Guan, the Northern Expedition will undoubtedly fail, he pondered for a moment and said: "Erchen is willing to share his father's worries, but Erchen hopes to be the real commander!" ”

The real marshal is to grasp the real military power, how could Zhao Ji agree, he muttered and said: "The prince is the commander of the virtual lord, this is the practice since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, although I have the heart to make you the real commander, but I don't dare to break the rules of the ancestors and ancestors, so be it!" I approve your recommendation of a candidate for the Metropolitan Rule. ”

Zhao Huan had no choice but to say: "Erchen hopes to remove Tong Taiwei from his post as the envoy of the Xuanfu system and appoint the Seed Master Dao as the commander of the Northern Expedition." ”

Zhao Ji frowned, "Tong Guan has been in charge of the army for many years, and with him sitting in Hebei, he can stabilize the army's heart, why do you want to remove him?" ”

"Erchen also read Gao Taiwei's report, Tong Guan did bear great responsibility for the failure of the last Northern Expedition, he accused Liu Yanqing of being greedy and reckless, but concealed the fact that he refused to send food, Erchen was worried that the master was under the control of the capital, and Tong Guan would once again declare his personal vendetta."

Zhao Ji took a few steps with his hand in his hand, pondered for a long time and said: "The last failure was also caused by the lack of grain transportation in the north, and Tong Guan can't be completely blamed, so be it!" Or use the strategy of attacking Western Xia, the seed master road is responsible for the east road, not controlled by Tong Guan, and Tong Guan is responsible for the attack on the west road. ”

Zhao Huan also knew that this was his father's biggest concession, Tong Guan could not control the cultivation of the master, and it could be regarded as meeting the conditions for the draw that Li Yanqing said, without Tong Guan's interference.

Zhao Huan had no choice but to compromise, "Then according to the arrangement of the father, in addition, the son will make three more suggestions, I hope that the father will approve it!" ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he saw that the prince had compromised, so he smiled and said, "You said, as long as it is reasonable, I can accept it!" ”

"First, it is necessary to transfer grain to Hebei before the Northern Expedition ......"

Without waiting for Zhao Huan to finish speaking, Zhao Ji said happily: "This plan is exactly what I want, I am accurate!" ”

"Second, I hope that my father will transfer 50,000 Hedong troops to the Seed Master Dao, and the Seed Master Dao will command the Northern Expedition of the Hedong Army."

Zhao Ji was still a little hesitant about the statement of the Seed Army, he pondered for a moment and said: "Hedong needs to guard against Western Xia taking the opportunity to go south, and the army can't all be transferred, so transfer 30,000 Hedong Army!" The insufficient part can be recruited in Hebei. ”

Father's words are also reasonable, Zhao Huan agreed, "Then transfer 30,000 Hedong Army, and the third suggestion, Erchen wants to transfer a group of famous generals from all over the country to assist the breeder, I hope my father will approve it!" ”

Zhao Ji immediately saw through his son's purpose, he wanted to take the opportunity to insert his henchmen into the army of the Seed Master Dao in order to grasp the military power, if it was usual, he would have rejected it a long time ago, but now he needs to use his son as a shield.....

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "There are too many auxiliary ministers, I think that a maximum of five people is enough, the emperor can draw up a list for me, there is no problem, I will approve it!" ”

Zhao Huan was helpless, so he had to bow down and say: "The list of sons is already there, and the sons recommend the daimyo prefect Zhang Shuye, Jeju Governor Zongze, the former superintendent of the imperial history Li Gang, the security army festival envoy Seed Master, and Jiayu County Commander Li Yanqing, and transfer these five people to assist the seed master. ”

Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze, and Li Yanqing were the original team of the crown prince Zhao Huan when he was in command to attack Liangshan, and this time he also named these three people to assist the seed master Dao, and the seed master is also a famous general in the northwest, and he is the younger brother of the seed master Dao.

Li Gang was greatly admired by Zhao Huan, and was demoted to Shaxian County, Nanjian Prefecture as a tax supervisor for criticizing Hebei's lax defense, and Zhao Huan was deeply impressed by him, so he wanted to use this opportunity to transfer him back to Beijing.

Zhao Ji heard Li Yanqing's name, and couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Everyone else has no problem, but Li Yanqing is a member of the Fan Party, is it a bit inappropriate to transfer him?" ”

"Back to my father, the Dao of the Seed Master is actually a line of the Fan Party, and the sons think that Li Yanqing has performed well in the Battle of Western Xia and the Liangshan Bandits, and is a rare talent, so I implore my father for permission!"

Zhao Ji took a few steps with his hands in his hands, Li Yanqing is young after all, his qualifications are still shallow, and he has little influence in the court, as long as he is not transferred back to Fan Zhixu, it should be acceptable, and it can be regarded as giving the Cao family a face.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Okay! I agreed to all three suggestions! ”

Zhao Huan was overjoyed, "Thank you for your kindness!" ”

Zhao Ji immediately ordered: "Bachelor of Xuancheng Will, I want to draft a decree!" ”

At the beginning of July of the fourth year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji reappointed the crown prince Zhao Huan as the generalissimo of the three armies of the Northern Expedition, restored all official positions in the Seed Division, appointed him as the commander of the East Route Army, and announced that he would enter Beijing immediately, and at the same time appointed Xin Xingzong as the commander of the West Route Army, Tong Guan continued to serve as the envoy of the Hedong Xuanfu system, only controlled the West Route Army, and at the same time transferred 30,000 Hedong Army from Taiyuan to Beijing urgently to prepare for war.

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At the end of June and the beginning of July, when the rice was harvested and the second crop of rice was planted, the peasants were particularly busy rushing to harvest and planting, and Li Yanqing also led the county officials and officials to participate in the rush to harvest the rice.

The fields are full of rice, and the ripe ears of rice undulating in the wind are spectacular, but the farmers are in a hurry, no one appreciates the scenery, they have to harvest the rice before the eighth day of the seventh month, and start irrigating and planting the rice, and now there are only three days left.

The sun is blazing, the rice fields are full of hard-working people, many city people also go out of the city to help relatives harvest rice, bundles of rice are piled up, this is the rice that has been dried for a day, and it is necessary to immediately pick it to the threshing floor to thresh.

Li Yanqing walked towards the threshing floor with more than 100 catties of heavy rice, followed by Zhou Ping and Yang Ju and a team of officials, who also carried rice.

They were not skilled enough to harvest rice, and they also needed manpower to pick and thresh, so they were responsible for carrying and threshing.

The threshing floor was next to the village a mile away, and the weather was extremely hot, and everyone wore straw hats on their heads, but they were still sweating profusely, and they had a damp cloth around their necks to wipe their sweat constantly.

At this time, the yellow dust was billowing in the distance of the official road, and several fast horses galloped over, and the riders kept shaking their handbells.

"County gentleman, it seems to be a hurried delivery from the post station!"

Li Yanqing immediately said to the officials: "Stop them!" ”

"Hey—over here! This way! ”

More than a dozen officials shouted and waved together, and several postmen saw them and hurriedly restrained the stagecoach.

"We're looking for Li Xianling, is he here?"

Li Yanqing raised his hand and said, "I'm here!" ”

A postman hurriedly turned over and dismounted, ran up and bowed and saluted: "There is an urgent document from the Ministry of Officials, which we will deliver within two days, so we use gold characters to deliver it urgently." ”

The post delivery took off the package from the back, took out a seal and handed it to Li Yanqing, with gold letters written on it 'Officials Urgent', as well as the seal of the Ministry of Officials.

Li Yanqing signed for the seal, and asked Zhang Hu to hand three taels of silver to each poster, and the three posters left gratefully.

Li Yanqing opened the seal, took out the paperwork and looked at it, he turned back to Zhou Ping and Yang Ju and said, "The Ministry asked me to return to Beijing immediately and prepare for a new post." ”

Zhou Ping and Yang Ju were taken aback at the same time, "Is the county gentleman going to be transferred?" ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "It is clearly written on it, enter Beijing to take over the new position." ”

Later, when the officials heard that the county order was going to be transferred, they all lowered their heads sadly, and Li Yanqing was also sad in his heart, he had been here for almost a year and a half, and he already had a deep affection for this place, and he was really a little reluctant to transfer him away.

At this time, Zhou Ping smiled: "Don't be sad, everyone, this is a good thing!" The county gentleman was deposed and came to us, and now he should be promoted to Beijing now, and we should be happy for the county monarch. ”

Yang Ju sighed, "I wonder what the next county magistrate will look like?" ”

"There may not be a new county order, I think it will be promoted to the county officials, last year's suppression of the two bandits had merit, the county Cheng was born as a Jinshi, he should be promoted to the county order, and the county lieutenant Zhou was promoted to the county commander."

"Li Xianjun is joking!"

Li Yanqing patted the two of them on the shoulder, "I still have some connections in the capital, the two of them have been with me for a year and a half, and I will find a relationship for the two of them after I enter Beijing, which is a little bit of my heart." ”

The two were overjoyed and bowed down together to thank them, Li Yanqing looked at the rice field again, and sighed: "I wanted to leave after a busy day, but it seems impossible." ”

Yang Ju hurriedly asked, "When does the county gentleman plan to leave?" ”

"Clean up today, take a boat early tomorrow morning, my wife is pregnant, the boat is more bumpy, and I have to find a big ship with a thousand stones."

Zhou Ping thought for a while and said: "I remember that there were still a few thousand-stone cargo ships parked on the dock yesterday, I sent someone to see if they were still there, if they were already gone, the county magistrate could also go to Jiangxia to change ships." ”

Yang Ju said with a smile: "How can the cargo ship go, it is better to send a message to the state government with flying pigeons, and ask them to immediately send two large passenger ships of thousands of stones to come, departing from Jiangxia this afternoon, and arriving in Jiayu County early tomorrow morning." ”

This is a good way, Li Yanqing nodded, "Then trouble the county to send a message for me!" ”

Li Yanqing could no longer participate in the farming, so he had to hurry back to the county seat.