Xu Ping listened and stood up. Cao Zhizhou's sudden return to the city without any warning must be something important, and most of it is not a good thing.

As soon as he walked to the top of the stairs, he bumped into Cao Keming, who was going upstairs.

Seeing Xu Ping, Cao Keming said: "The general judgment is really here, let's go up and talk." ”

The two met the courtesy, and when they returned to the pavilion, Cao Keming saw Li Anren and Li Xin standing on the side, and frowned: "Why is there a barbarian here?" ”

Xu Ping said: "I saw the two of them sitting over there eating, and called over to ask, but who knew that Zhizhou would come back as soon as he was called." We sat down and asked. ”

When Li Anren saw Cao Keming, his expression became even more uneasy. This veteran is a god-like existence among the barbarians in Yongzhou, and no barbarian can still look free when he sees it.

Listening to Li Anren repeat his previous words, Cao Keming stared at Li Xin and said, "Li Dong? Si Tong Zhou's subordinate, right? The second son of Zhitong can also invite the Han people to raise their sons as relatives, who will believe it? Honestly, what exactly are you? ”

Li Anren opened his mouth to speak, but was glared at by Cao Keming and obediently closed his mouth.

Li Xin was a little scared and stammered: "Don't look down on me, although I was born in Li Dong, I am still the righteous son of Bozhou Zhizhou." My father-in-law loves me very much, and I have been by my side for eight years, and I have just returned to Li Dong for a month. ”

Cao Keming snorted coldly: "It turned out to be Li Ye's adopted son, and he deserves to be a pro-son." Li Ye's plot against Zuozhou and Sitongzhou is not a day, and I am afraid that I have other intentions for adopting you. Come on, take these two people back to the yali, and wait for me to go back and ask questions slowly. ”

As soon as the words fell, two pro-soldiers came up to grab Li Xin, and when they lifted it, they walked downstairs.

Li Xin had never seen this kind of posture, and he was so frightened that he was about to cry: "Why did you arrest me?" I'm going to drink and eat fish here! My father-in-law is Zhizhou, how dare you arrest me like this! ”

Li Anren looked at it and shook his head, he didn't need to come up and catch it himself, he followed obediently.

Xu Ping sighed, this kid really doesn't understand anything, and the barbarian Zhizhou in the state can also take it seriously? Yongzhou has forty or fifty under his control, and Cao Keming is not playing casually.

After dealing with the two of them, after sitting down, Xu Ping asked Cao Keming: "Why did Zhizhou suddenly rush back?" ”

Cao Keming's face was full of trouble, and he sighed and said, "If you don't come back, you can't do it!" A few days ago, Quan Zhi Yongpingzhai Li Xu was killed in battle, and I want to come back to discuss his future with you. Again, Jiaozhi Li Gongyun encouraged the border barbarians to continue to enter the Kou, but he sent his younger brother Li Gongxian to pay tribute, and I had to go back to Yongzhou to receive it. ”

Xu Ping couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this: "The main battle of Li Zhai is dead, is the border war a big trouble?" ”

He originally thought that he would not cause a big mess in Yongzhou until Nong Zhigao got into trouble, and he could be transferred out of the previous term in peace, but he didn't expect that there would be court officials killed in battle now.

Cao Keming shook his head: "It's not that serious, Master Li Zhai's matter was just an accident, he took a few soldiers to Menzhou to advise, and was ambushed and killed by an unknown barbarian." Now it's just that the states are attacking each other, and no one dares to blatantly attack the imperial court officials. The only thing to worry about is that Jiaozhi is instigated behind his back, and the war cannot be calmed down for a while, and after a long time, he is afraid that there will be a big mess. ”

Xu Ping was not too clear about the situation in the frontier, so he just asked Cao Keming: "When Zhizhou comes back, who is guarding Yongping Village now?" There is a levee to prevent barbarians from making trouble, and there is no accident! ”

"The inspection of Honshu Ning has arrived there, and there is nothing major."

Xu Ping was relieved when he heard this, Ning Inspector is the chief officer of the Yongzhou soldiers and horses, only under Zhizhou, he has been guarding against rebellion in various states all the year round, and there is no problem with experience and ability.

At this time, the wine and food came up, the soldiers poured the wine, and Xu Ping said to Cao Keming: "This wine is made by me using the method of the restaurant at home. ”

Cao Keming picked up the bowl and dried it in one bite, smacking his lips and said, "Good strength!" This is wine, and what I drank was like water, and I was in a hurry to die! ”

After three bowls in a row, Cao Keming took a breath and stopped.

Looking at the chopped pepper fish head that was served, Cao Keming frowned and said, "Why did you get a fish head?" How many big fish are in the Yongjiang River, and how to do it is not good! ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "This fish head has a different taste, Zhizhou will talk about it after eating it." ”

"Something to taste!"

Cao Keming took a few bites and couldn't help but praise. However, he was not very interested in fish, and after tasting the taste, he was too lazy to eat it, so he asked the little servant to bring a large piece of mutton.

Watching the little guy leave, Cao Keming asked Xu Ping: "General judgment, this Yuxian Building is now under the minister's treasury?" With such a big restaurant, there is a lot of money a year! ”

When Xu Ping heard this, his previous enthusiasm dropped. As soon as he met Cao Keming, he talked about the enemy situation in the frontier, but he forgot about the mustard of the two, and he thought about it again as soon as he talked about money.

"Where does the Treasury have the money to make money? The restaurant is a military treasury, and the minister's treasury only collects rent money. ”

"What?!"

Hearing this answer, Cao Keming slapped his chopsticks on the table and glared at Xu Ping.

"Xu Tongju, the money in the minister's treasury is not used by me alone, and your food and clothing depend on those few dollars! What do you mean by putting this restaurant under the military arsenal? ”

With this shout, the atmosphere froze suddenly, and Xu Ping said lazily: "As a general judge, I am only in charge of the military treasury, and the minister treasury should ask Zhizhou to find a way by himself." ”

Looking at Xu Ping's appearance, Cao Keming wanted to have a seizure, and saw that the subordinates around him were full of embarrassment, so he forcibly endured it, this kind of thing still has to be said by two people alone.

With this episode, the banquet was hastily dispersed, Xu Ping and Cao Keming went back to the state government to discuss official affairs, and the rest of the subordinate officials stayed to enjoy themselves.

Yongzhou Prefecture Embassy Signing Hall.

Cao Keming sat angrily, looking at Xu Ping, who was expressionless and admiring the night scene outside, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became: "Xu Tongju, since you arrived in Yongzhou, when has my Cao Keming been slow to treat you?" You have to make this means. Yongzhou has heavy official duties, receiving Jiaozhi envoys every year, and Fusui barbarian chiefs all over the country, spending money everywhere, and the money in the minister's treasury goes out in the blink of an eye, you think it is all drunk! ”

Xu Ping said casually: "Zhizhou has said, before I came to Yongzhou, how many years have you been Zhizhou, haven't you come over well?" ”

"Hmph, speaking of which, you still have an opinion about me?!"

Seeing Cao Keming stand up and stand there angrily, Xu Ping shook his head and said, "How clear this is, Zhizhou, you can see it?" Wang Cao's envoy saw it as soon as he came! ”

"What am I sorry about you?"

"We are in Yongzhou together, one Zhizhou, one general judgment, who can't stand whom? Bumps and bumps are always inevitable, you don't look down on me, I don't look down on you, that's all. ”

Cao Keming looked at Xu Ping and ignored him, and became more and more angry: "Come, come, come, you make it clear, what do I do that makes you think I don't look down on you?" ”

Xu Ping turned around, looked at Cao Keming and said, "I really didn't expect Cao Zhizhou to ask such a question." On that day, Wang Cao's envoy also asked me why I was incompatible with you, so I told him that on the first day I came, I went to see you, and you sat under the tree and shook your fan, and let me bask in the sun for most of the hour, and I didn't say a word afterwards. I am also an official of the imperial court, and I am not here to be a servant to you Cao Zhizhou, how can I swallow this breath? To make it clear, the eldest husband does things, there is no need to hide secretly, you Cao Zhizhou can't look down on me, and I naturally don't look down on you. They are all doing things for the court, you and I have business dealings, one is one, two is two, and other things don't need to be discussed. Three years later, you take your Yangguan Road, and I take my single-plank bridge! ”

Cao Keming listened to Yang Tian and smiled: "I see! But the trivial things, you will keep it firmly in mind! It is said that the reader is clever, do you spend all your thoughts on such trivial things? ”

Xu Ping sneered: "Are you reasonable?" When I shook my fan and looked up at the sky, I didn't make any mistakes, but I was not satisfied with my small belly! Cao Zhizhou, you don't care, a manly man has something to say, why bother to be clever here! Zi said that with direct resentment, there is a cause and an effect, I will treat you as you treat me. In official affairs, I never make a false deal with you, that is my dedication to public affairs, as long as you are the same as me, don't pull official affairs to personal relations! ”

Cao Keming looked at Xu Ping's indifferent expression, and he was there for a while. Wuchen Zhizhou and Wenchen have seen a lot of discord, but it is the first time that they have been in trouble for such a trivial matter, and this Xu Ping is really a monster.

It is beneficial for Zhizhou and Tongju to support each other, and a credit can be made into ten points, and a little fault can also be tolerated by each other. Xu Ping didn't have this consciousness at all, he didn't take any credit or fault to heart, and he only asked one of these officials to do it in his heart.

But I don't want Xu Ping to be an official, it's just a restriction of the times, just to mix up qualifications. To the extent that conditions permit, it is not excluded to make some contributions to the imperial court, but let him slip away against his will and pat the horse.

After a while, Cao Keming nodded with a sneer: "Good, good, good!" Xu Tongju remembered his words today, and don't regret it then! ”

Xu Ping said: "What do you regret? As long as everyone is clear in official affairs, to be this official will live up to the trust of the court and the expectations of the people, so why bother to talk about other labor! ”

Cao Keming didn't have anything to say, sat down slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Let the staff come in, then we will talk about business!" ”

Xu Pingchao didn't care, got up and walked out of the door to call a group of officials in.

The population and economic scale of Yongzhou is Xiazhou, and the state is Jianwu Military Jiedu, Yongning County, and it is also the Yongguan Governor's Mansion. The Governor's Mansion is only a fictitious name for most of the Governors, with only slight differences in the setting up and treatment of officials, but Yongzhou is different, and in the name of the Governor's Office, it is really responsible for it. There are more than 50 prefectures, counties, and provinces under the prefecture, which belong to Zuojiang Province and Youjiang Province, and there are five sub-prefectures under it, all of which are nominally under the administration of the Governor's Office. However, the Song Dynasty only had a nominal meaning, and the Governor's Mansion, Jiedu Prefecture, and Prefecture were only a set of teams and several brands, and were not equipped with specific subordinate officials.

The reason why the signing hall is also called the embassy is because this is the place where the shogunate officials work, and they are all subordinate officials from the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties, and the military and political affairs are handled by them. The corresponding place where the officials worked was called the state court, and they were originally subordinate to the local state officials, and they were in charge of civil affairs.

What Xu Ping and Cao Keming are going to discuss today is the affairs of Jiaozhi and their subordinate Tuzhou, which is not civil, and the specific participants are, of course, the two envoys.