In February of the tenth year of Tiansheng, Guangyuan Prefecture, which won the war with Jiaozhi, once again gave a table to the Great Song Dynasty, willing to accept the land and return to obedience, ask for the title of Guangyuan Prefecture Jiedu envoy, and bring Bozhou and Tianzhou into its rule.

The Guangnan West Road transfer envoy Zhang Pin refused again and informed the imperial court.

This time, however, it made waves.

Zhang Cun, the former judge of Guangnan West Road, was reappointed as the palace attendant at this time, and because of the conflict with Zhang Pin in the judge's appointment, he wrote a letter asking for a rediscussion of the matter in Guangyuan Prefecture, and solicited the opinions of the local officials in Yongzhou.

Xu Ping is very clear about the contradiction between the two.

First, because Zhang Cun had a good relationship with Wang Weizhong, the original transfer, and he was not used to the newcomer's Zhang Pin. Moreover, Zhang Pin himself is not clean, compared with his predecessor Wang Weizhong, the officials are far inferior, but his appetite is much greater. In the past, when Zhang Pin was the governor of Fuzhou, he coveted the wealth of Yongzhou cane sugar, but now that he has the opportunity, a lot of the money and sugar of the cane sugar business have been transferred by the transfer envoy, and he can't help but reach out and get a handful.

The two reasons overlapped together, and the contradiction between Zhang Cun and Zhang Pin broke out. As a transit envoy of the frontier road division, he will not be convicted of frequent crimes because of Zhang Cun's words for a while, and this kind of case must be investigated and handled. Zhang Cun set his sights on Guangyuan Prefecture, and said in the book that the Nong family had always been obedient, and if he was allowed to accept the land and give him a reward, he would definitely be able to become a fence of the Great Song Dynasty and ensure the tranquility of the party.

After receiving the letter from the imperial court, Xu Ping and Feng Shenji discussed it. The two naturally knew Zhang Pin's virtues, but they did nothing wrong in this matter, so they wrote to support Zhang Pin's opinion.

Since the Empress Dowager Liu built the Imperial Court in the early years of the Heavenly Sage, the power of the Taiwan Counsel has gradually expanded, although it has not reached the point where it can be shaken by a word, its power cannot be underestimated. With the opinions of the two magistrates, Feng Shenji and Xu Ping, how could this matter be suppressed? The DPRK, China and Israel are in power. Taiwan admonishment is a faction. The debate on this matter was endless, and it could not be calmed down for a while.

At this time, the three envoys Yan Shu was promoted to the rank of privy deputy envoy, and the three envoys were taken over by Chen Lin, the former governor of Kaifeng Mansion. Chen Lin gave the Empress Dowager a picture of the Empress Dowager in the early years of Tiansheng, but after several twists and turns, she did not become the team of the Empress Dowager Liu. In the later period of the Heavenly Sage, he used the convenience of the Kaifeng prefect to severely impeach the relatives of the Empress Dowager Liu and the cronies around him. completely got rid of Empress Dowager Liu's faction.

Compared with Yanshu, Chen Lin's officials are much stronger, and the two terms of the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture add up to four or five years. In the case that most prefects have been in office for less than two years, and even many have only been for a few months, he and Chen Yaozuo are very conspicuous. In the story of Bao Gong in later generations, many prototypes are handled by this person. In fact, Bao Zheng himself has only been in office for more than a year in Kaifeng, and his political achievements are not outstanding.

Chen Lin took over the three divisions, first of all, to limit Empress Dowager Liu's expenditure on Buddhism, Taoism, and rituals.

Empress Dowager Liu is sixty-four years old, and she is in her last years. I believe in Shinto and Shinto things a lot, and I have spent a lot of money on Buddhist and Taoist things in the last two years. There are magistrates who have done a good job because of this.

After that, Chen Lin once again increased the amount of sugar paid, and the number of the three divisions reached 380,000 catties. Although the price of white sugar has fallen to 300 yuan, this amount has still reached more than 10 million yuan, with the help of this money, the three divisions have paid off the loan owed to the inner treasury, and there is still a surplus. If you have money, you can straighten your back, and the prime ministers and politicians in the political hall are no longer Nuo Nuo to the Empress Dowager Liu.

Of course, Chen Lin is not mean, let the horses run and give the horses grazing, the level of the sugar service has been raised, Xu Ping has been promoted for so many years, and there is an inexplicable word of power on his head, and he has become a power promotion. This shows that Xu Ping's qualifications and official position are not worthy of this position, which is not a bad thing for Xu Ping, and his treatment has also been raised, and even Tan Hu has been promoted to a first-level official.

At this time, another major event happened, led by Fan Zhongyan, a group of middle-level civil officials wrote one after another, asking Empress Dowager Liu to remove the curtain and let the emperor take charge of the government on the grounds that she was old and unwell. This wave was extremely ferocious, and Fan Zhongyan was released, and someone else picked it up, and it couldn't be calmed down for several months.

There were many arguments between the DPRK and China, and finally Yongzhou, a small border state, was also affected.

Guangyuan Prefecture waited for more than a month, but there was no result, and in April, he finally couldn't hold it back, and the troops came to Bozhou and Tianzhou, constantly harassing him.

At this time, all roads have been opened, Xu Ping finally pulled out his hand, and sent the original Yongzhou Xiang Army Jingjiang Army to command Chongshan Village, and replenished the small village on the mountain dam to 1,000 troops.

Feng Shenji of Youjiang Province personally led 2,500 troops into Hengshanzhai to give the Huang family in Tianzhou a strong courage, and also choked their way back, so that they would not think wildly. Tianzhou and Hengshanzhai are both on the bank of the Youjiang River, only sixty or seventy miles apart, even if Guangyuan Prefecture breaks Tianzhou, it is powerless to fight against Hengshanzhai, and the pressure will be transferred to the side of Bozhou.

On this day, Xu Ping was sitting in the yamen, and his soldiers came to report to the small yamen in Bozhou to ask for a meeting.

"Let him wait for me in the flower hall."

After instructing his own soldiers, Xu Ping stood up and thought about it for a while. Li Dao came at this time, nothing more than two things. Although it is now the rainy season, it is inconvenient for the two sides to act, but Guangyuan Prefecture is still under too much pressure and a little unbearable. Another is that in the past two years, Guangyuan Prefecture has been cut off, Bozhou's income has plummeted, and the Li family, who are used to living a luxurious life, is full of complaints.

When he arrived at the flower hall, Li Dao, who had been waiting there for a long time, hurriedly got up and saluted: "The little one is going to meet the lifting official!" ”

Xu Ping sat down on the main seat and waved his hand: "Sit down, I don't have to be restrained here." ”

Li Dao sat down, and Xu Ping said to the soldiers: "Serve tea to the Yanei." ”

After serving the tea, Li Dao peeked at Xu Ping with the tea, and saw that he was just drinking tea with peace of mind, and did not look at himself, so he felt uneasy. Now that the situation has been left unleaned, it can only ask for the door of the lifting division. It is difficult to ask for people to do things, and now Xu Ping's every move Li Dao can come up with a hundred flower heads in his heart.

Seeing that Xu Ping had not moved, Li Dao had no choice but to stiffen his head and say: "Promote the official, the little one came this time because of the matter in Guangyuan Prefecture." ”

"Oh, is there any movement in Guangyuan Prefecture?"

Xu Ping finally raised his head, looked at Li Dao and asked.

"There hasn't been any major movement, but we've been harassing our subordinate villages in Bozhou. Alas, the state family Ding Tituo does not know how many have been captured by them! If this continues, we will be able to save our Bozhou. It has also become an empty space. No one called after that. What's the use of asking for land? ”

Xu Ping put down the teacup and said earnestly: "Alas, look at you, I told you a long time ago that the people below should either be evacuated to the state or to Chongshan Village." The ancients have always fought wars, and before the war starts, they must first fortify the walls and clear the wilderness, isn't this the truth? You stay outside. When the enemy comes, they will be captured, and the food left for them will be robbed by the enemy. If you don't withdraw people and stay outside, you are the enemy, why don't you understand? ”

Li Dao had a bitter face, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

What Xu Ping said seems to make sense, but this truth is useless in Bozhou! The walls are clear, and the people are evacuated back to the city, all of them are under the rule of the imperial court, of course, the people can, but not in Bozhou! In the villages below, there are also leaders in each family. If it weren't for Guangyuan Prefecture, the imperial court would have set up many states and counties there. How could it be that the Li family asked people to move, and they moved. If it's hard, then it's good, you don't need Guangyuan Prefecture to come, you can hit your brain first. Those natives have lived there for thousands of years, where can they move when they want?

The last time I came to raise the Yamen, Xu Ping said that the mountain roads there were difficult and dangerous, and it was better to defend than to attack, so let Bozhou withdraw all the people under him into the state, and it was not easy to settle down in the state, so it was best to withdraw to Chongshan Village.

Li Dao listened to this, how could he sound like he was going to practice the law in Bozhou, how could he agree? It's just a casual obscurity. Where did I think that Xu Ping still recognized this principle, and did not mention the bracket method at all, but just said that he would let the Bozhou Jianbi Qingye defend to the death, and the soldiers and horses of Guangyuan Prefecture would naturally retreat if they were tired.

Looking at the young lifter in front of him, Li Dao really didn't know how much of what he said was true and how much was false, and now at this point, he could only listen to it as if it were true.

Not long after Xu Ping came to Yongzhou, Li Dao dealt with Xu Ping through Li Anren. At that time, Bozhou was still ambitious to expand to Yongzhou, and this is what Li Xin's righteous son meant. I didn't expect that it had only been a few years, not to mention expanding to this side, and now I have to be careful of being swallowed by cane sugar at any time.

Sighing secretly in his heart, Li Dao felt a little frustrated. In fact, he and Xu Ping are basically about the same age, and the gap between doing things is too big.

After being silent for a while, Li Dao asked cautiously: "Official, I don't know what Guangyuan Prefecture means in the imperial court?" How did I hear that there are also nobles who are interested in rewarding the Nong family? ”

Xu Ping looked up at Li Daowei and smiled: "What, thinking about throwing it over there?" I don't know if the Nong family will let your Li family occupy this place in Bozhou after it passes. Nong Cunlu of Wanya Prefecture is the younger brother of Nong Cunfu, and Nong Dangdao of Wule Prefecture is the younger brother of his wife Anong. Your Li family in Bozhou, can you have better treatment than these two places? ”

Li Dao's face turned pale, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted: "The official's words are serious, no matter how bold the small family is, they don't dare to have such a rebellious idea!" We have been rewarded by the imperial court in our life, and we should be the Great Song Dynasty, and we will never be double-minded! The little one asked about this, but he had a bottom in his heart, how to deal with the Nong family in Guangyuan Prefecture. ”

Xu Ping waved his hand: "Sit down and talk, I don't have to be restrained here." ”

Li Dao sat down, but this time he only dared to sit in vain.

Xu Ping said again: "The ambitions of the wolf sons of the Nong family, none of those who follow them will end well, you must not be confused." I really dare to take that step, I have no way out here, and I have no regrets about selling the medicine to you! ”

"The little one swears, the Li family has no second heart for the Great Song Dynasty!"

"No, I trust you. As for the imperial court's attitude towards Guangyuan Prefecture, you don't need to ask, you can worship which land wherever you stay, no matter how powerful the Jade Emperor is, it has nothing to do with you. ”

Li Dao nodded again and again: "The little one understands, the little one understands." ”

Xu Ping nodded: "It's good to understand, don't do things you don't understand." Things have come to this point, I still have a word, it is the credit of your Li family to keep Bozhou well, and I will remember it here. Over the years, when have I ever treated the people who worked with me, don't you say? ”

Thinking of Huang Tianbiao and Shen Chengrong, who are now infinitely beautiful, Li Dao nodded again and again: "The official is right, we see all this." ”

"Okay, I'll make things clear to you. Remember, if you really can't hold Bozhou, as long as you do your best, your whole family can withdraw to Chongshan Village. As long as I'm here, you'll get back what you've lost, just rest assured to do it, don't think about the future! ”

After Xu Ping finished speaking, he stood up.

Li Dao understood that this was a send-off, and got up to say goodbye, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart. (To be continued.) )