"Qing sacrificed himself for the country's urgency, raised troops to fight, and repeatedly heard of shortcuts." Huang Men, who was reading the edict, paused slightly, and peeked at Xia Gui, who was sitting on a chair with a wooden face, for this old handsome man who openly refused to stand up on the grounds of old age and frailty, Huang Men, who was born in the palace, had no choice but to acquiesce in his rudeness.

"Zhulu Qinwang soldiers have gathered, Wangqing awards the three armies to Qingjiangxi, but west of Changhuai, Yiqing is Jincheng to report the special encounter of the first emperor, in this trip also add the same knowledge of the Privy Council, Huainan East Road system envoy, and know the affairs of Yangzhou Mansion. Only begging for virtue, and then set up special honors. "It's hard to finish reading, as long as the one says a few clichés, this edict trip is over, but after waiting for a long time, there is no movement on the other side, and Huangmen is embarrassed to wink again and again.

"Finished? The old man occasionally felt unwell, so he went to rest first, and everyone went well. After a while, Xia Gui seemed to have woken up from a dream, stood up and dropped such a sentence and walked towards the back hall, leaving these people in the hall to look at each other, whether they took it or not, the cronies and staff members walked forward with a smile and arched their hands to several messengers.

"All the angels are tired from afar, you might as well live in the post house in the city first, my family's handsome old disease has flare-up again, and now the ears and eyes are a little unclear, and there are many offenses, no wonder." Seeing that the Huang Men who had announced the edict was already on the verge of a seizure, the staff explained lightly that it was more or less a step down for him.

"What about the edict? Xia Shuai doesn't pick up, how can our family go back to Beijing to make a difference. Huang Men shook the satin book in his hand, when he was in Beijing, he had heard that this Xia Shuai was not easy to get along with, I really didn't expect that people didn't even give entertainment on the scene, and it seemed that they didn't take these edict people in their eyes at all, but this was obviously for him to add an official, how could he resist it like a dismissal of an official and a copy of his family, he was very aggrieved in his heart.

"If the angel doesn't give up, hand it over to a certain first, and after a few days, a certain person will find an opportunity to discuss with the commander, and he will definitely give the angel an answer." The staff is still in an unhurried tone, it has reached this point, these people can still hold back their anger, what is so terrible.

After listening to the words of the staff, Huangmen almost couldn't hold his breath, this is from the two governments, the officials and the saints have used the treasure, can they discuss it for a few days before replying? For more than three hundred and twenty years in the Great Song Dynasty, this kind of thing only happened when Wu Xi was in turmoil in Shuzhong, Huangmen thought of this, his heart trembled, anyway, the edict has been read, and the next thing has nothing to do with him, so why bother to eat and fall here.

"Well, I will wait for the date to be set, and this edict will be handed over to your family commander, our family still has important matters, and we will return to Beijing immediately, so there is no need to prepare for the post house." As if he was afraid of being retained, the Yellow Gate stuffed the edict into the hands of the staff, and led the people out of the house without looking back, and the staff stood in the hall waiting for them to go out, and the smile on his face had disappeared and was replaced by a deep solemn color.

Turning around and walking into the back hall, Xia Gui had already changed into his regular clothes under the service of several maidservants, leaning on the couch with his black chest hair exposed, and drinking a bowl of tea. Seeing the staff walk in, several subordinates retreated at an opportunity, and for a while, only the two of them were left in the inner room.

"The gelding is gone?" Xia Gui asked with a look of disdain, and after listening to the edict in the hall for a long time, he was already impatient, he wanted to ignore it, and he was curious about what price the court would open this time, so he reluctantly went to sit down, and the result was really to change his position.

"Well, I haven't lived in any of the post houses in the city, and I guess I'm going to leave the city immediately, as if I'm afraid that someone will harm him." The staff nodded, snubbing angels and other things, they didn't do it, and they didn't see how the court was doing afterwards, and those literati didn't even dare to impeach.

"It's ridiculous, just a few of them, it's not worth being a knife, have you asked, who will pick up this Luzhou?" Xia Gui waved his hand indifferently and asked the question he was most concerned about, now that the imperial court has made it clear that the carriage and horses are going to change jobs, and if they don't deal with it well, there is only one way to go, and he doesn't want to go to that point now.

"Zhu Huan, the people have already arrived outside the city, and they have brought about 500 people to serve them, and in a few hours, I am afraid that they will come to the mansion to pay a visit." The staff will tell the news they get, and there is no need to send someone to investigate, these important members of the imperial court, the pomp and circumstance are eager to hear about it, and they just entered the territory of Luzhou Mansion, and they will report these below.

"That's a guy, he's also a rat, Li Tingzhi doesn't know anyone, take him as a confidant. Anyway, listen up, if this person comes, just fork it out, don't let him run here to bother Lao Tzu. Hearing this name, Xia Gui was even more disdainful, he had seen it, and he didn't know why he was very disgusted, there was really no one in the court, so he sent this kind of person.

"It's a pity, Huaidong is a good place, if the imperial court had such a measure in the early years, the marshal might as well respond, and his subordinates can also follow the marshal to see the world-famous scenery of Yangzhou." The staff took the edict and said with some regret, Xia Gui glared at him, but did not make a sound.

Compared with the two Huai, Huaixi people are fierce, is an excellent source of soldiers, Huaidong has the benefits of salt and iron, especially "Huai salt" are produced here, Yangzhou is still a famous grain production area, its wealth is far more than elsewhere, so Li Tingzhi with soldiers, never worry about money and food, but what about himself? In this way, half of Huaixi barely supported the military salaries of his subordinates.

I don't know what year it began, the imperial court's finances became more and more constrained, but the war continued, and the reward silver he got was insufficient, and the soldiers under him were used to being lavish, without the stimulation of money, and even the combat power was affected.

But now the imperial court has intensified, and the entire edict is sprinkled with thousands of words, and not a single word mentions what he wants to hear the most, which makes him disappointed again, what is the use of adding officials? Seeing that the Great Song Dynasty still doesn't know how long it can last, even if it is a very good minister, who can it be shown to?

Xia Gui thought of Xia Song who died in Ezhou in a trance again, he could be regarded as doing his best in that battle, and he also caught up with his own son, what was the result, afterwards the court just showed a false position, and it was from then on that Xia Gui no longer had expectations for the war, the court really had no money, even if he won once, what could he do, he was sure that this Jiankang victory would not have much financial reward.

It's in troubled times, although Huaidong is good, but if you want to be transferred, you have to hand over the military power, and you can bring a thousand guards to take office at most, so what is the matter, without this army cultivated by one hand, will the Yuan people be the same thing for you? This is also suitable for the imperial court, without these tens of thousands of people, would the imperial court tolerate him until now?

"Do you want to leave the city on the pretext of inspecting military affairs?" Xia Gui suddenly thought that it was not appropriate to call it sick like this, what if that guy kept waiting, the staff listened to him, stood there and thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said no.

"Nowadays, all kinds of forces in Luzhou City are mixed, if the marshal leaves the city at this moment, it will inevitably make people have some ideas, and his subordinates feel that it is the best, and the marshal does not say that he will receive the edict, nor does he say that he will not accept it, and when Zhu Huan can't wait, he will naturally leave, how far away is it from here to the capital division, the imperial court just wants to make a move, and it is beyond the reach of the whip."

Xia Gui was silent again, most of his cronies were barbarians who only knew force, and he could only discuss anything with the guy in front of him who looked like a roe deer, but fortunately, this person was still competent, and he could deal with some things to his liking, since it was difficult to make a decision, he might as well listen to him, no matter what, isn't there a way out.

On the wharf under the swallow rock in Jiankang City, Li Tingzhi was sending a group of people onto the boat, and the person who came was Xu Wende, Zhihuai'an Prefecture, his close subordinate in Huaidong, who had made meritorious contributions after the war, and was promoted by him as the training envoy of the Haizhou regiment and Zhihe Prefecture, and put it in the position closest to him, plus Miao Zaicheng, who was originally on the opposite bank, and the last step of the entire defense along the river was also completed.

"The land of Hezhou is backed by the two Huai, and the river is in front of you, you must not just stare at one end when you go to the state capital, among all things, recruiting soldiers is the top priority, can you write it down?" Li Tingzhi had nothing to be polite to his cronies, and directly told him his plan.

"Oh no, the words of the minister, the subordinates will keep it in mind, and they will do their best to live up to the trust." Just a few days ago, the angel had come to Jiankang City again, and promoted Li Tingzhi's official rank to another level, added the rank of counselor and governor, and stayed in the palace, becoming the official ruler, so it should be called "envoy" now.

Watching Xu Wende and his entourage say goodbye and leave, Li Tingzhi also turned back and prepared to enter the city, the imperial court increased the official this time, which is equivalent to adding the two districts and four roads of Jianghuai to his shoulders, this kind of heavy trust is unprecedented, so he does not feel the joy of promotion at all, only a heavy sense of responsibility, will the war really start soon as Liu Yu expected?

Li Tingzhi rode slowly towards the city on a horse, seeing that the people in the city had spontaneously begun to turn the ground and plant seedlings, everyone's faces were filled with satisfied smiles, all they wanted was the word stability, but at this time, no one dared to guarantee that those seedlings would not grow into a harvest day.

Jianghuai defense, the two Huai is the key, and Liu Yu repeatedly reminded Huaixi, is the core of it, the Great Song Dynasty lost Huaixi, then the state capital and Huaidong flank across the river will be exposed in front of the Tartars, but to hold these places, the troops are not far from enough, recruiting troops will require money and food, several new state capitals along the Yangtze River have been exempted from taxes this year, and the money and grain needed can only be allocated from the treasury.

In the first battle of Jiankang, the imperial court almost did not send a penny, and the rewards and pensions after the war were all from the capture, but fortunately, the Tartars gained a lot all the way south, which barely maintained the morale of the army after the war, but these property, in the final analysis, are also the people of the Great Song Dynasty, what about the next time? Where does the money come from, Li Tingzhi has a feeling that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.