Tang Ai has always admired the friends of the previous generation of Qin and Cheng, when the world was divided into three, the founding prime minister of the country founded in Shu, the usual clothes, lupine scarves, and calm and chic demeanor, are the former Shu prime ministers.

In today's evaluation, the former prime minister of Shu is as famous as Guan Zhong and Le Yi in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with both outstanding political ability and outstanding military ability.

Tang Ai has no talent for politics, but he likes military affairs, so he has always hoped that he can be like his idol, the former prime minister of Shu, to make great military achievements for the country and the court, and to win the reputation of future generations for himself.

It is also for this reason that he has brought this time to Xin Er several times to ask for battle, asking to lead the troops and conquer for the court.

Xin Er said: "Thousands of miles, the battlefield is the place of corpses, swords and guns have no eyes, it is extremely dangerous, since ancient times, how many people can return?" Mingzong and Qing, both of my love, Mingzong has unfortunately died in the arrow, if I lose my humerus, how can I be the commander of the army and go out on the expedition? ”

Tang Ai was unhappy and said, "Ming Gong doesn't really love me. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Tang Ai returned the sword to Xin Er, retrieved the fan, and stood in the hall pretentiously, shaking the variegated feather fan made of pheasant tails, looking directly at Xin Er with a pair of bright eyes, and said: "Ming Gong knows that Ai Su has the hope of making contributions on the battlefield, if he really loves Ai, so he should fulfill Ai's intentions!" For example, the pearl is hidden in the high pavilion, even if the world can not recognize the treasure of the pearl, but also make the pearl rain and snow lonely, in vain dust, love! ”

This style of comparing itself to a pearl? Can it be traced back to Qu Yuanfu's self-comparison of "vanilla beauty"? To be honest, although it has been many years since Xin Er arrived in this era? Have you heard a lot of this kind of thing? But still a little uncomfortable, I can't help but laugh? With a sword in hand, take care of the sheep? Said: "Shidao? Thousands of miles please, why do you think it is? ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "Winning the marquis of ten thousand households with military merits, this long-cherished wish of a thousand miles, what about the time when the country is employing people?" With a thousand miles of talent? The fact that the head of the military department is too yielding, if Ming Gong is willing to put thousands of miles to attack Nan'an, it will be successful, and when the time comes? The foolish opinion of the fashionable can borrow this feat? Justifiably put it to great use. Why didn't Ming Gong allow it? ”

The first half of the sentence is just that, the second half of the sentence? "The fact that the head of the military department is too condescending" and "borrowing this military exploit for thousands of miles is justifiably promoted to great use"? But it was said that it was in Xin Er's heart.

Xin Er groaned and said: "There is no doubt about Qianli's talent? The strategy? Far better than me, the post of director of the Ministry of War is indeed difficult to show his ability. …… After the death of Mingzong, Qinzhou assassinated the history of the post, and there is still no suitable candidate. Qinzhou is adjacent to Xianyang in the east and Hanzhong in the south, which is related to my future plan to recover Guanzhong and Hebei and other places. Compared to leaving him in Guyin, he can also give better play to his ability. ”

Thinking of this, Xin Er made up his mind, so he smiled and said to Tang Ai, "Since Shidao said so, Qianli, I will allow you to invite!" After agreeing with Huan Jingzhou, you will be allowed to lead your troops out of the royal capital and capture Nan'an! ”

——The appointment with Huan Meng to attack Qin and Wei together, but there is a high probability that Huan Meng will agree, but it does not rule out the possibility that he will not agree, so if he does not agree, Nan'an will not fight? Xin Er, Tang Ai, and Yang Chao did not mention this matter, because Pu Mao will attack Qinzhou and Shuofang, which is undoubted, so "taking the initiative to attack", or Yunzhi's "attacking instead of defending", is imperative for Dingxi, that is, no matter whether it can be "agreed" with Huanmeng, Nan'an County will fight.

To attack Nan'an, according to Tang Ai's estimates, more than 10,000 troops are needed, and the three counties of Qinzhou and Hanzhong can be transferred to the nearest more than 4,000 people, and there are still 6,000 steps to ride, where do these 6,000 steps come from?

After deciding Tang Ai as the main general to attack Nan'an County, after discussing with Tang Ai and Yang Chao, Xin Er adopted the suggestions of the two of them and decided that half of the 6,000 foot cavalry for this gap would be transferred from Shuofang County and half from the garrison of the eight southeastern counties.

But to say it, Shuofang County, like Qinzhou, is also one of the directions that Pu Mao may want to attack after fighting Ye County, if he doesn't increase troops to Shuofang County, why do he still transfer troops from Shuofang County? This is for three reasons.

First, as in the previous analysis, Shuofang County and Qinzhou are the two directions that Pu Mao may want to attack, and Pu Mao's focus will be Qinzhou eight or nine times out of ten, which means that the war risk faced by Shuofang County is not very large,—— even if Pu Mao relies on his many generals and sufficient grain, and if he fights on both sides, it will not be his main force to fight Shuofang.

In addition, Zhao Rangan, who is quite prestigious in the Shuofang Hu Department, and Zhu Yuanrong, who has a lot of Tang Hu believers in Shuofang's counties, actively cooperates with and assists, and Zhang Shao in accordance with Xin Er's order, the part of the Hebei grassland is divided into some Hu departments of Shuofang, and Dingxi is now in Shuofang, it is not without foundation, but has a small support of public opinion, that is, even if Pu Mao sends troops to attack, Zhang Shao will no longer be a "lone army".

Zhang Shao's chief Shi Zhu Fashun has done things quickly and assisted the officials of the Ministry of Industry in allocating pasture to them, and has included all of these family members of the camp households who are not "the only son in the family" and who have brothers in the family have been included in the Shuofanglang General's Mansion that was created and formed, and Zhang Shao said in his report that at present, there are about 2,000 "government soldiers" under the management of Shuofanglang's general's government, so if there is a major war in Shuofang County and the number of troops is insufficient, these government soldiers can be filled into the army. In addition, in addition to the government soldiers, there are about two or three thousand adult men among the families of the former camp households of more than 10,000 people, and when the war is tense, these men can be recruited again,—— and will these men be willing to accept the recruitment? First of all, each of them has a share of the pasture, and in order to protect the vested interests of each family, there should be a few who are unwilling; Secondly, even if you are unwilling, after the order is levied, is it not possible that these former "soldiers and untouchables" who have just been put into the household and the people of Qi are now "small people", and they still have the right to refuse? It can only be forced into battle.

Based on these three points, at present, Shuofang County does not need so many garrisons, so not only does it not need to increase the troops for Zhang Shao, but also can transfer Gao Yancao, Zhao Xing, Li Liang, Bing Bo and other departments, as well as Cao Hui and Lan Bao's departments, back to some of them.

Cao Hui and Lan Bao's palms were not one of the departments assigned to Zhang Shaodu earlier, and they must be transferred back.

Zhao Rangan and Zhao Xing brothers, Yang Chao thought that they could not all stay in Shuofang County, and his two brothers inherited the name of their father Zhao Yanli, and they had a reputation among the Zhuhu Department of Shuofang, and their two tribes totaled three or four thousand horses, if they all stayed in Shuofang County, it might affect Zhang Shao's authority in Shuofang, so it was recommended to transfer Zhao Xingbu back. Xin Er agrees.

Gao Yancao's Taima is a first-class elite in Dingxi, and it is a waste to put Shuofang for a long time, and it should be transferred back.

These three soldiers and horses, a total of more than 3,000 horses. - Actually, to be precise, there are more than 3,000, because although there are only hundreds of horses in Gao Yan Caobu's horse, each horse rider has two or three riders, counting these riders, the total number is nearly 5,000, but according to convention, riding has never been counted as a combat soldier, so it is still counted as more than 3,000 horses.

At the same time as the conscription in Qinzhou and Hanzhong, the eight southeastern counties also expanded their troops at the request of Ko Shuang, and the garrison under the eight counties totaled about 18,000 people. With Qinzhou in hand, the eight southeastern counties no longer directly faced the Qin soldiers in Guanzhong, in other words, there was no need for so many soldiers and horses to garrison. In addition, the peony rider trained by the Koji clan is also a first-class elite in Dingxi, and it cannot be idle for a long time, so Tang Ai proposed that the remaining 3,000 foot riders should be requisitioned from the eight southeastern counties.

The requisition can be requisitioned, the question is, Lu Shuang is already under the juxin, sullen, in this state, will he be willing to use his descendants to make meritorious contributions to Tang Ai?

There are also solutions to this.

That is, although the two counties of Wudu and Yinping, not to mention the planning behind the back, are mainly from Xin Er and Tang Ai, only on the surface, it was led by Koji Shuang, and Koji Qiu was able to serve as the assassin of Qinzhou back then, and there is also this reason, but after the death of Koji, the power of the Koji family in Qinzhou was severely hit, and now Zhang Daochong, the Taishou of Wudu County, Qinzhou, and the Taishou Beigong Yue of Yinping County, one is Zhang Hun's second son, and the other is Xin Er's party, and the Koji family has no close relationship, or even alienation, so that the Koji Qiu has served as a partyThe position of "Longxi Taishou" was awarded to the Koji family in exchange, in exchange for Koji Shuang agreeing to send out the soldiers of the eight southeastern counties.

After some careful discussion, it came to the palm lamp.

After all the things were discussed, Xin Er inevitably felt a sense of relaxation of "the big thing has been decided", and Song Xian's "nonsense" brought him negative emotions, which were greatly alleviated, he looked at the night outside the hall, and remembered that he hadn't eaten with Yang Chao, Tang Ai, etc. for a while, so he ordered to go down, ordered to prepare a banquet, and invited Fu Qiao, Huang Rong, Yang Fu, etc., so they had a banquet in the Xin Gongfu.

The banquet was half-drunk, and the beggar rushed to hear the news.

Xin Er asked him and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

The beggar replied with a shy face: "Since the villain's wife and sister were recruited by Fu Gong half a month ago, the villain visited Fu Gong several times, and wanted to ask the villain's wife and sister if they were in line with Fu Gong's intentions, but Fu Gong was busy with government affairs and did not see him, the villain went to Fu Gong's house just now, and heard that Fu Gong was summoned by Ming Gong to drink, so he hurriedly came, thinking about serving Ming Gong a cup, and then drinking two cups with the villain's friends. ”

Fu Qiao was slightly drunk, his face was already red, and when he heard this, he became more and more red.

The waiter vigorously placed the food table, utensils, dishes and drinks for the beggars.

Begging Daguo picked up the wine glass, toasted Xin Er, and then, in front of Fu Qiao's case, clinked glasses with him, and said sincerely: "Fu Gong, who is the villain's wife and sister?" Rough bearded woman! Fu Gong is a famous person in my Dingxi, she can collect it for Fu Gong today, it is really her last life to burn high incense, and the villain and the clumsy Jing are very happy for her. It's just the villain's wife and sister, the villain knows, doesn't know etiquette, and doesn't know if he has angered Fu Gong in the past few days after entering Fu Gong's house? If so, Fu Gong just tell me, and the villain will teach her a lesson on behalf of Fu Gong! ”

Fu Qiao said in his heart: "What a rude bearded woman, she doesn't know etiquette!" Then he thought, "Though she is rude, she has been my concubine, what have you taught her for me?" These thoughts were difficult to say, so he reluctantly raised his glass and said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”

Tang Ai urged narrowly, and interjected: "Vigorously, Fu Gonggui is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in Zhongtai, and he is in charge of etiquette, and his wife and sister are no longer knowledgeable about etiquette, and now that they have entered the door of Fu's house, you don't have to worry about it at all, I think Fu Gonggui will be able to teach her well." Asked Fu Qiao, "Fu Gong, you have been accepting your wife and sister for half a month, this is a great joy, when will you ask us to go to your house to see the bride?" ”

Seeing the bride is the custom of the moment. Three days after the bride enters the door, the bridegroom's family invites relatives and friends to the house to meet the bride, which is to see the bride. But this custom applies to the main wife, a concubine, and it is obviously not necessary to do so. Tang Ai's words were purely ridiculous.

Fu Qiao knew that he couldn't answer Tang Ai's words head-on, so he turned to Xin Er and said, "When Ming Gong invites us to see the bride, I will invite you to see the bride." ”

However, after Fu Qiao had no choice but to accept his wife and sister half a month ago, in order to implement the important policy of "Tanghu marriage", a few days ago, Xin Er set an example and also practiced the previous promise, and officially accepted the bald and wild sister as a concubine.

Xin Er smiled and said: "What is the view of the 'bride'? Today, I have set a major event with Shidao and Qianli, and when this matter is completed, I will invite Qing and others to have a banquet, which is better than watching the bride! ”

The attack on Nan'an County is a military secret, and it cannot be announced to anyone before it is implemented, so Xin Er only said that it was "a big event" and did not mention anything. Fu Qiao, Huang Rong, Yang Fu and others are interested, and they don't ask.

Begging vigorously held the wine glass for a long time, waited until the dialogue between Tang Ai, Fu Qiao, and Xin Er came to an end, and invited Fu Qiao to drink again, and said: "Fu Gong, Tang Jun is right, the public is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the villain's wife and sister will be reborn under the training of the public!" The villain is also a vulgar person, and now he can be friends with Fu Gong, and he is also blessed in his last life! In the future, I dare to ask Fu Gong to do some training for the villain! Fu Gong, the old beggar is a real person, and he won't say anything else, you and I are friends, do this cup! ”

Begging vigorously on the left is a "friend", on the right is a "friend", and the one called is called an intimacy.

Looking at Fu Qiao's embarrassing embarrassment, the audience laughed.

Gathering with confidants from time to time is also an indispensable means to deepen and stabilize mutual feelings. Just drank all night, and dispersed in the middle of the night, Zuo's advice to accompany Ling Huyan more often was in vain.

The next day, under Xin Er's instructions, Huang Rong wrote to the court, asking Song Xian to behead Song Xian under the pretext of "slandering the minister, the crime is extremely heinous, and shaking the people's hearts at the time of the Shuofang war". The Song family's henchmen in the court learned that they were opposed, but the Song family's supreme representative in the court, Song Pian, remained silent, and finally two days later, the court issued an order to behead Song Xian on the same day.

The news of Song Xian's death reached Xijun, and after Song Hong learned about it, he didn't say a word. The children of the Song family were dissatisfied with his attitude and complained.

Song Hong said privately to his sons: "Song Xian is self-respecting to my Song family, not discerning the situation, and seeking his own death, which is not a pity!" But it has involved Zhongzheng Chenghong in Xijun and Wang Zheng, a famous scholar in Qilian, so that my Qingliu has been hit hard, but I am annoyed! Hateful too! ”

A few days later, the new will of the imperial court came down, and one of the overseas Chinese in Xijun succeeded him as the Zhongzheng of Xijun. His favorite second son, Song Jian, broke into the door and was surprised to see that he looked discouraged, as if he was seriously ill, and asked in surprise: "Father, what's wrong with you?" Song Hong replied weakly: "The momentum of Xin Agua cannot be controlled from now on!" ”

In the end, it was a veteran in the political arena, Song Hong immediately saw Xin Er's intention of using overseas Chinese soldiers as the Zhongzheng of Xijun, and this matter would give Xi Shilin and Dingxi the serious impact of the political pattern in the future, and even, Song Hong faintly guessed that the reason why Song Xian was arrested and executed, and looking back now, I am afraid that it is not only because he spread rumors, seize this opportunity to crack down on the indigenous scholars in Longzhou, replace the Zhongzheng in Xijun and other places that have been controlled by the indigenous scholars for a long time, and open the channel for the overseas Chinese and the cold to move forward, which is the original reason for Xin Er to clean up and punish Song Xian.

Song Hong's hindsight, needless to say.

The day after Song Xian was executed, the Dingxi Imperial Court issued two more decrees.

One is: "Today, with one country, we should resist the world's Hu, and famous religions should be particularly important, and it is advisable to increase the literary examination of martial arts." It was decided to hold the first martial arts examination in October this year. All those who have won the previous martial arts examination can register for this exam, and the registration deadline is August. The test results are divided into two classes, three people in the first class, ten people in the second class, and these thirteen people, collectively known as "Jinshi", will be reused by the imperial court.

One is: still with Gao Chong as the main envoy, he was assigned two deputy envoys to form an envoy team, and went south out of Guyin to Jingzhou.