It's late autumn, and the weather is getting colder. The water in the Jinshui River became cold and seemed to be more solemn, and the dead leaves floating on the surface of the water rose and fell with the waves.

In the drunkard's pavilion, Xu Ping and Shi Yannian sat opposite each other, with a few simple dishes on the table and a large bottle of wine.

Yong Langlu has been decided, several parties are playing, and the candidates have been roughly determined.

Zhang Pin's official position is too low, and he is obviously no longer suitable to serve as a transfer envoy on the West Guangnan Road, so he will be transferred back to Beijing and appointed to another position. Zhang Pin was succeeded by Fan Yong, the former deputy privy envoy and now the governor of Shaanzhou. Fan Yong Xianping was a jinshi, and during the Tiansheng period, he was promoted to the deputy privy envoy by the three envoys, and all the Privy Council personnel were replaced after the emperor took office, and Fan Yong went out of Shaanzhou. Guangxi is a border region, and ordinary people are reluctant to take up posts there, and now the official ranks demanded are high, so they have to reuse these demoted personnel.

Yong Lang Road imitated the old example of Hebei Road, set up a pacification envoy, and took Fan Wei, who was idle at this time, as the first term. Fan Yan has been camping everywhere since the death of the Queen Mother, and it is not easy for him to be driven out of Beijing at this time, and if he has this opportunity, he will be thrown to the edge of the sky. Since Zhang Qixian of the Zhenzong Dynasty served as the pacification envoy of Jing, Yuan and other state armies, he set a precedent for Wenchen to lead the army, and later set up pacification envoys on the four roads of Hebei, and slowly participated in the use of Wenchen. However, the Wenchen army has not yet formed a system after all. Yong Lianglu took Fan Wei, a civil minister, as the commander, and also took into account that Xu Ping had already fought the big battle, and in the future, it would be mainly civilian, supplemented by military.

In the past, Cao Keming, the governor of Yongzhou, was deployed for Yonglang Road and Ma Bu Army, commanding the military and stationed in Yongzhou, and Feng Shenji was deployed as the deputy capital and stationed in Qinzhou. There are two capital supervisors, one in Tianzhou and the other in Langzhou. The former Zuojiang Provincial Soldiers and Horses Patrol Sang Yilu exceeded 15 seniors, and the deputy envoy of the Xijing Workshop was the supervisor of the soldiers and horses of Yonglang Road, stationed in Langzhou.

Xu Ping, a person in these important positions, was not qualified to make suggestions, when he talked about it in the palace. He just mentioned Cao Keming, but he didn't expect to really use him in the end.

Xu Ping is qualified to nominate candidates from several prefectures and counties, such as Taiping Prefecture promoted from Taiping County, newly established Langzhou and Tian Prefecture, Guangyuan Army changed from Guangyuan Prefecture, and newly established Ningming County, Shangsi County, Pingxiang County, and so on.

In the end, Xu Ping nominated only one person. It is recommended that the stone be extended for the newly established Langzhou Zhizhou.

Shi Yannian's only backer now is Fan Yan, although Fan Yan himself does not give up, and still wants to stay in the capital, because he has recently had a relationship with Lu Yijian, and even after being appointed as a pacification envoy of Yong Langlu, he still dragged himself in the capital. But the matter is already clear there, because Fan Wei used to be in charge of the Yushi Observatory, and he has a relationship in Taiwan, and now the Taiji is busy cleaning up the rest of the other Queen Mothers. I can't take care of him yet. Once the Taiwan admonition slows down, Fan Yan's black history will definitely be taken out to talk about it, and it will not be as beautiful as he is now if he wants to leave at that time.

The recommendation system is like this, the person who was originally recommended by the owner will inevitably be punished, and Shi Yannian will inevitably be implicated by Fan Yannian, so it is better to hide out now. Although Langzhou is remote, it has the foundation laid by Xu Ping, and it is not difficult for Shi Yannian to make some political achievements with Xu Ping's name when he arrives. It is also the capital for future promotion.

The fate of the petty official is so helpless, he will not enter the court for a day. can only rise and fall with others. Unless a high-tech scholar like Xu Ping does not need to be recommended by others, the protégé of the Son of Heaven will naturally be taken care of by the emperor. It's a pity that there are not many people who can be regarded as protégés of the Son of Heaven in this era, and there are only three or five people in the front of the Jinshi in a class, and the others still have to find their own way.

Xu Ping and Shi Yannian are not people who talk much, they just drink silently. Look at the autumn colors all around you.

At that time, Xu Ping was still white, and Shi Yannian was just a small military attaché, and the two got acquainted because of wine. Over the years, there have not been any deep friendships, but everyone thinks that the other party is trustworthy. Often, they also get together. However, they only talked about miscellaneous matters when they got together, and never discussed the government.

The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and sometimes this kind of friendship that is completely detached from the world's mundane thoughts is also rare.

Many years have passed, Shi Yannian has changed from a small military attache to a literati Zhizhou, and his poems are famous all over the world, but his official road is extremely unusual. When the Queen Mother was in power, Fan Yan wanted to recommend him, but he was unwilling to refuse. Now that the Queen Mother is gone, she is still dragged down by the sarcasm of the lord back then, and God seems to have a heart to get along with him.

Xu Ping went from a white body to the court, and the speed of official promotion was extremely rare in this dynasty, and Shi Yannian had to be taken care of by Xu Ping in turn. No one can explain the things of the world.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Shi Yannian put down his wine glass and said to Xu Ping: "Say goodbye today, I don't know when I will see you again." ”

Xu Ping smiled: "You and I are in the prime of life, and we will be long in the spring and autumn in the future, so why bother saying this." Langzhou is just hotter than the Central Plains, and it is windy all year round, so it is not so difficult to stay. Besides, my favor is still there, and the term will pass quickly. ”

Shi Yannian looked at Xu Ping: "You are not just a favor there, I heard from the people who rushed back to Beijing to say that south of Yongzhou, mentioning your name can stop children crying at night." In the past, every time you talked about it, it was an understatement, but now the court has recorded merit, and there are a lot of people who have returned to the court in Yongzhou, and everyone knows that Langzhou killed the people in the first war, killed and took prisoners, and Jiaozhi was young and strong. ”

Speaking of this, Shi Yannian shook his head again and again: "I've been friends with you for many years, but I didn't know that you had such a hot hand." ”

"Don't listen to those people's nonsense, except for killing people on the battlefield, I haven't killed anyone."

The territory of Cochin is less than half the size of Vietnam in later generations, and the development is not complete, in fact, there is not much population at this time, and after a few battles, it was folded in the hands of Xu Ping, 60,000 or 70,000 people. Xu Ping really didn't kill people indiscriminately, he just took all the captives to the cane sugar business to plant sugar cane, plus after Xu Ping left, the cane sugar business went from Cochin Latin, and the second out of ten was still less.

At this time, Jiaozhi had completely lost the confidence to oppose the Great Song Dynasty, and he had to rely on the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty to scare the surrounding Dali and Zhancheng, and slowly recuperate from his wounds. The king of the Eastern Expedition and the king of Kai each occupied their own territory, ready to fight for the throne at any time, and at the same time desperately curried up with the officials of Yongzhou in order to gain a righteous reputation from the hands of the Great Song court.

At this time, it is the time to go to Langzhou Zhizhou to make political achievements.

On the official road of the two capitals, the autumn wind is bleak.

Xu Ping watched Shi Yannian get on the horse and said goodbye: "The man's meritorious service is at the border, so he doesn't have to learn for a while." Say goodbye today, and wish you a glorious return one day! ”

Shi Yannian gave up his hand and walked away.

When Xu Ping sent Shi Yannian to Jingdong to serve in the spring, although he did not make any great achievements in a few years, he also changed from a small military attache with no future to a Zhizhou with a museum today. This farewell is in the fall, and hopefully when we see each other in a few years, he will be able to go further. (To be continued.) )