Han Gang invited himself, and the kings and ministers in the palace were relieved.

As the world knows, Han Gang has a high reputation in Hedong and has made many meritorious achievements. He didn't even have to wait for him to arrive in Hedong to take office, as long as the news of his arrival in Hedong was transmitted, people's hearts would immediately settle down for him. And the hearts of the people in the capital can also be settled.

——With good ministers guarding the border, what else can the country not worry about?

Xiang Empress hurriedly instructed the people around her: "Song Yongchen, you go to Yutang to pass the edict, and order Puzong Meng to quickly draft the appointment of Master Han, pacify Hedong and take charge of Hedong's soldiers and horses." ”

"No! Han Gang made a mistake in order to appease! Cai Qu suddenly jumped out and objected loudly, "To appease Hedong must be the prefect of Taiyuan, now that the military situation is urgent, how can you have time to take care of political affairs?" And appoint, King. Kechen hates that he can't hand over immediately, how can he be at ease to act as a military and political officer? Han Gang must not be appeased. ”

Cai Qu's words were reasonable, and as soon as the news of Han Gangzhong's pacification envoy arrived, Wang. Kechen may immediately tidy up his bags, what will the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians think when they see it? Maybe Wang. Kechen has the demeanor of a famous minister, but who dares to take this risk? And the other intention in Cai Qu's words, the palace understood it, and Queen Xiang was no exception.

“…… How about Xuanfu Hedong? Xiang asked the queen in a slow voice.

"That's exactly how it should be!" Cai did nod affirmatively, "Otherwise, this is not enough to stabilize Hedong and command the generals all the way." ”

"It's just that the Xuanfu envoy should have people from the two mansions, right?" The question to the queen was clear.

When Han Jiang Xuanfu Shaanxi and Hedong Road ten years ago, he was the first Zhaowenxiang in Dongfu, and Lu Huiqing is now Xuanfu Shaanxi Road, and he is the head of Xifu.

If you want to serve as a propaganda envoy for the Fusui border, announcing Weiling, commanding the army to conquer, and securing the inside and outside, whether it is a Hanlin scholar or a simple senior palace scholar, it is not qualified.

"Han Gang should be the privy deputy." Cai Qu said.

"Xianggong is reasonable!" Nodding to the queen and affirming Cai Qu's opinion, he asked for the opinions of the other Zaifu: "What is your opinion?" ”

There was no opposition between the two governments.

Han Gang should have entered the two mansions a long time ago. The governor resigned, the privy deputy envoy pushed, and participated in the meeting of the Chongzheng Palace every day, and the world regarded him as an unnamed Zaifu, and the two governments also regarded it as normal, and at this time, where would there be any objections.

"Where's Pingzhang?" She asked Wang Anshi again.

Wang Anshi was silent. He is Han Gang's father-in-law, so it is inconvenient to nod, but he will not object. At this time, there is no need to clear himself, anyway, everyone knows that his son-in-law and him are not of the same mind.

Zhang Dian looked at Cai Qu twice, and he didn't know if the prime minister was showing favor to Han Gang, or currying favor with the queen, or both?

The queen of the last queen looked back at Han Gang: "Bachelor, and for the sake of the country, this time it can't be shirked." ”

"For the sake of the king's worries, the minister does not dare to resign." Han Gang bowed.

At a critical juncture, there is nothing to worry about when you are ordered to be in danger. However, the ruling position has to be begged by the queen before she is willing to do it, and this pomp is amazingly big.

"That's good! That's good! He nodded to the queen, and there was a little more joy in his voice.

"But the Son of Heaven ......" Han Jiang's words didn't continue, but everyone knew what he wanted to say.

"Those who are ministers should be loyal and outspoken, but the jade body of the Son of Heaven is against the peace......" Cai did also want to speak and stopped.

"I know that the affairs of Hedong should be hidden from the official family first. It's not too late to wait for the bachelor to drive away the Liao soldiers...... Everything is based on the official body. ”

"What His Royal Highness said is extremely true, and the official body should be the most important." Han Jiang took the lead in flattery.

Although in this way, it will definitely make the emperor and empress have a dislike in the future, but most of the people who are not at ease in Zaifu are not very bad for them. Moreover, there are two ways to stop the ears and ends of the Son of Heaven, and now it is indeed for the sake of the Son of Heaven's body, but it will gradually become another situation in the future. The so-called prevention of micro problems, what I am afraid of is the gradual development from small things. If the empress can suppress the emperor who always refuses to recuperate with peace of mind, it will never be a bad thing.

After determining the candidate to rescue Hedong, Xiang asked Han Gang to the queen: "Master Han, I don't know how much success is this time?" ”

"As long as the minister arrives in Taiyuan, he dares to guarantee that Taiyuan will not be lost." Han Gang smiled lightly, "And it's spring now, and the war horse can lose dozens of pounds of fat in winter, and if you don't raise it, you will rush into battle, and most of it will die." Your Highness doesn't need to worry too much. ”

Han Gang's self-confidence infected the queen and reassured her.

"So what else does a bachelor need? Money, food, weapons, and horses were all mentioned. After thinking about it, she said: "You can't go to war without soldiers and horses." The Western Army just came to a break, and the Bachelor could select the elite among them and transfer them north. ”

"It is useless for the Western Army to be transferred. There was a battle just now, and it was useless in a hurry. Han Gang slowly but firmly shook his head and vetoed, "The Great Song Dynasty can't afford another defeat in the Sorghum River!" ”

"Xingling has fought a battle, exhausted the strength of the Western Army, and must have a large period of rest to recover as before, this is not an edict that can transfer soldiers and horses thousands of miles away. And the reward for the exploits has not yet been issued...... To be exact, whether the battle of Xingling is a merit or a crime has not yet been decided, how to dispatch troops? ”

Taizong Zhao Guangyi was defeated at the Gaoliang River, and a large part of the reason was that the reward for the pacification of the Northern Han Dynasty was not issued in time, which made the morale of the army weak; Part of the reason for the rest is that just after the battle of the Northern Han Dynasty, he transferred troops to the east to attack Youzhou. There is a suddenness in strategy, but it does not take into account the ability of the army to withstand it.

This painful lesson is well known to all, and the people in the two mansions do not need Han Gang to explain more. It's just that Empress Xiang is still a little ignorant, and she is still a little ignorant about the old war examples. Han Gang had to take a long time to explain, and took the opportunity to explain his thoughts and plans from beginning to end.

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"Wei Ze damn it!"

In the palace, Zhang Duan still had to suppress his mood and returned to the Privy Council, so he didn't have so many estimates. scolded the state official who replaced Liu Shunqing, "A big worm was transferred, I thought it was a dog, but who would have thought it would be a pig!" ”

Zhang Tun's words made Han Gang feel inexplicably familiar. He came back with Zhang Dian and Xue Xiang, and he had already decided in the palace to use the privy deputy envoy Xuanfu Hedong, although he had not yet Xuanma, he could be regarded as a person in the West Mansion.

"Isn't that normal? A king, a courtier. The government has changed, and the following generals can still do things safely? People's hearts are scattered! Han Gang didn't care about saying a few rebellious words in front of Zhang Dian and Xue Xiang. In fact, this is nothing, but a means to get closer to each other.

"Yukun." Zhang Dian felt that there was something in Han Gang's words, "Did you know the inside story of Hedong in advance?" ”

"It's good that Han Gang has also appeased Hedong, and there are not a few old subordinates. The people sent by the Son of Heaven to the northeast boundary of Hebei are perverse, and naturally some people will ask for my disciples, and they will inevitably complain. Han Gang spread his hands, "But what can I say?" ”

When the few people led by Wei Ze, the governor of Daizhou, were transferred to Hedong, they must have been instructed by Zhao Ji. Since it is adhering to the will of the Son of Heaven, what is there not to do? The predecessors had meritorious deeds but moved to the left, and when they arrived, everything would naturally be reversed. In order to curry favor with the Son of Heaven, it was not a problem to go to Liu Shunqing and Qin Huaixin, and even the cronies left by the two became the targets of suppression.

As Han Gang said, it's not that no one asks for him, but what can Han Gang do? was originally dragged down by him. It is only the trustees who take care of their families. As for the military academy itself that was found to be wrong, Han Gang could only watch dryly.

"Liu Shunqing was proved to be remarkable, and Qin Huaixin was investigated for his merits, 'no talent, no virtue and no ability, the so-called military exploits are either good killings, they are fabricated', didn't these bullets be reported to the Privy Council? Liu and Qin's cronies and reused generals in Yanmen Pass were wiped out, and they were held accountable one by one. Han Gang sneered.

The undefeated Dongfang who has practiced "Sunflower Treasure Book" can be lewd and lustful, not to mention a few courtiers who make the emperor unhappy? If it weren't for Han Gang's strong background, he would also be settled by the Autumn Queen. On one side is the emperor, and on the other hand, they are just suppressed courtiers, would they be afraid of offending Han Gang and not flatter the Son of Heaven? Is it possible?

It's been a lot of tossing in the past few years, and the military spirit of Yanmen Pass has long been dispersed. But if there is still a star and a half in the morale of the army, it will not lose three levels in a row! Xicheng Village can be taken away, and Yanmen Village can be broken, but how can Daizhou City be lost? ! Han Gang's stomach full of complaints could not be said clearly in one or two sentences, but after all, he still didn't say more.

"This is not the original intention of the Son of Heaven." Xue Xiang justified the emperor dryly, but it was just a matter of being a courtier.

Everyone understands that Daizhou is so chaotic that the Liao army can break through Yanmen Pass, which is certainly not Zhao Ji's original intention! But it was Zhao Ji who caused this situation.

The top says one, and when it comes to the bottom, it becomes ten, and there are too many such situations. Maybe Zhao Ji wanted to clear Han Gang's power in the Hedong Army, or even maybe it was just because he couldn't get off the stage on Han Gang's side, and then turned his anger on a few generals, but the successor he transferred did even harder, ten times, a hundred times, lest he disappoint the emperor.

Han Gang sighed, "The Son of Heaven is originally a saint, but he can't stand the traitor who wants to flatter and curry. ”

Zhang Dian glanced at Han Gang suspiciously, but he couldn't figure out whether he was sarcastic or sincere.

Let's say it's sarcasm, but Han Gang's expression is not like it. But if you want to say that it is true, they have reached their status, where can they believe that any holy monarch is deceived by traitorous ministers? This is true, but it is definitely not in the case of the current case. What kind of person is Zhao Ji, the petty officials and people below don't know what to do, how can they be unclear about important ministers who face the monarch every day?

But just think about it, who is responsible, and it shouldn't be when the eyebrows are burned.