For a long time no one spoke in the temple.

After a long time, Zuo's low voice sounded, and she said, "Look. ”

Xin Er raised his head.

The two looked at each other.

There is ice in the hall, behind the couch of Zuo's, and there is a palace maid to pull the big fan, shake to take the wind, although it is midsummer, but the temperature is pleasant, not hot at all. However, Xin Er saw that Zuo's gorgeous face was clearly flushed at this time. The red halo is like the colorful glow of spring twilight, and the yellow flowers on her forehead reflect each other, it is really beautiful, and the view is like walking in the peony garden, the purple and red, the abundance is beautiful, and the fragrance is drunk.

A poem came to mind, and Xin Er thought: "Only the peony is true to the country, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom." ”

The temple fell silent again.

Xin Er's gaze lingered on Zuo's face, Zuo was shy and timid, and his eyes also fell on Xin Er's body.

The sound of the big fan turning woke up Xin'er.

He said, "Queen Mother." ”

"Huh?"

"......, Zhang Shao will be rewarded."

"Huh?"

"Zhang Shao traveled far into the desert and laid the foundation for my Dingxi, which is very beneficial to improving the current external situation in Dingxi, as well as the future expansion of Dingxi. In terms of this merit, it is not insignificant! The minister dared to ask the queen mother and give her a heavy reward! ”

"......, well, reward him. Agua ,...... General, how do you say to reward him? ”

Ren Zhang Shao is the Taishou of Shuofang, and with his matter of guarding Shuofang, Xin Er has not officially proposed it to the Zuo family, so he followed the conversation and said: "Shuofang is adjacent to Rouran in the north, the Tuoba Department in the north and the annex state that is still being stolen by Murong Xianbei in the east, and the Guanzhong of Pu Yi in the south, surrounded by enemies on three sides, and thousands of miles away from my Longzhou. The ministers promoted Zhang Shao as the false festival, supervised the Shuo Fang military, Shuo Fang Taishou, and Zhao Rangan as the captain of Shuo Fang. ”

Zuo's really has been in power for a long time, it is no longer the earlier incomprehensible politics, in the military, politics, and personnel, all have personal opinions, she listened to Xin Er's suggestion, and said: "It is appropriate to give Zhang Shaoshuo Fang Taishou, but only so, it is only reused, not rerewarded, right?" ”

Xin Er said: "Zhang Shao's eldest son is now a governor of Shazhou, and the Queen Mother feels that it is not a heavy reward for only appointing Zhang Shaoshuo Fang Taishou, but she can promote her son again and give him the appointment of a Qing official." ”

"What's the right job?"

"Sasho Lang Koya."

Jiang Zuo has a work province, which is subordinate to the secretary province, and the chief official is named Lang, and there are eight officials, which is Zuo Shulang.

After Jiangzuo reformed and established the system of three provinces and six ministries, Xin Er also set up two institutions of secretary and author under the Zhongshu province,—— the author belonged to the secretary, and the secretary's superior unit was Zhongshu, but it was not regarded as a province, and it was renamed as a supervisor.

This department is the same as the secretary province (secretary supervisor), which is mainly in charge of the national collection and editing work, is engaged in cultural undertakings and is not busy with government affairs, so it is also the same as the official position of the secretary province, and the official position in the province is actively sought after by most of the children of the scholars. It's just that under the politics of the gatekeepers, don't say that the writer is the writer, and it is not the son of any scholar family who can be a scholar, usually only the children of the high-class scholar family can be appointed.

Zhang Shao's family, in the entire Longzhou, is at most a second-rate clan, according to his family's reputation, his son is not qualified to serve in this province and serve as a scholar.

The promotion of his son to Sasho Lang not only gave his son a good place to find a job and a good job, but also enhanced the prestige of his family.

The Zuo clan knew what Sashuro meant to the children of the scholar clan.

She hesitated and said: "With the family of Zhang Shao's family, if his son is promoted to be a scholar, I'm afraid that the government and the opposition will have objections, right?" ”

Xin Er said patiently: "In the old system of the national dynasty, anyone who served as a writer would start to take office, and write a famous minister. When Zhang Shaozi arrives, he can be ordered to write a biography of famous ministers, and if his writing is excellent, he will use it; If it is inferior, it is not too late to retreat. This is also the meaning of the ancient Ming master employing people on the basis of merit! ”

Zuo made a decision and said, "Okay, just do what the general said!" Tomorrow, the court meeting will end, and I will immediately issue an order to summon Zhang Shaozi to Beijing. ”

Xin Er understood Zuo's decision, and it must not be easy to make, so he bowed down and said: "The Queen Mother is wise, and the female middle school Yao Shun is also!" ”

Zuo said with a smile: "General, are you flattering me?" Sycophancy is not the joy of Gu Mingjun. ”

The implication is that you say "Gu Mingjun employs people on the basis of merit", and you praise me as a female middle Yao Shun, so if you are flattering, Gu Mingjun and Yao Shun are probably unwilling to hear it, right?

Xin Er said sincerely: "Queen Mother, these words are in the minister's heart, and they are definitely not sycophants!" ”

"Trust you! …… General, you just said that Shuofang is adjacent to the east and Guanzhong in the south, and I haven't heard the intelligence of Hebei recently, and I don't know what the battle situation of Pu Yi, Murong Xianbei, and He Hun is doing? ”

The latest information on the situation in Hebei was sent four days ago.

Pu Mao, Murong Xianbei, and He Hun are evil, and the competition for Ye County has entered a stage that is almost white-hot.

Pu Mao adopted Meng Lang's strategy, divided the army, known as 50,000 foot cavalry, with Pu Badger Sun as the main general, out of Luoyang, east to Suishui, straight to He Hun evil nest Xuzhou Pengcheng County, self-led main force, along the Yellow River north, to Ye County.

In the face of Pu Mao's division of troops to attack Xuzhou, He Hun's response was to keep his troops in Jibei County, Yanzhou, and send He Hun Leopard to lead his troops back to Pengcheng to resist.

Murong Zhan's troops in the south of Jibei County, taking advantage of the opportunity of He Hun Leopard's return to Xuzhou and the reduction of He Hun Evil Army's troops, put on a posture of attacking He Hun Evil Department again, but until the arrival of the Shangdao information, he had not officially launched an attack.

Murong Wutai and Murong Quan's troops in Ye County couldn't control He Hun's evil department for the time being, so the two joined forces and mobilized about sixty percent of the troops to the four or five hundred miles along the line between Ye County and Luoyang, blocking the advance of Pumao's troops step by step. In the previous piece of information, it was said that the Pumao Division, Murong Wutai, and Murong Quan's Division, were now fighting fiercely in Ji County. -- Ji County is 300 miles northeast of Luoyang and less than 300 miles southwest of Ye County, almost in the middle of Luoyang and Ye County.

In short, after Pu Mao's victory in Luoyang, He Hun's sweep of Qingzhou, and Murong's gathering of forces, the current Hebei war situation, because the focus of the three parties was concentrated in Ye County, formed a complex situation.

Who will win this battle in the end? For now, it's still unknown.

Xin Er said: "If no new information is sent, it means that there have been no new changes in the war situation in Hebei. The battle situation of Pu Mao, Murong Clan, and He Hun Evil should still be the chaotic situation before. ”

"General, do you think that the ultimate belonging of Ye County will be?"

"It's up to three people."

"Which three?"

"The two are Pu Badger Sun and He Hun Leopard."

"The general is talking about the battle of Pengcheng?"

"Yes, if Pu Badger Sun can defeat He Hun Leopard and besiege Pengcheng, then in order not to lose Xuzhou, He Hun can only withdraw his troops and withdraw from the competition; And if Pu Badger Sun is defeated, He Hun will be able to take advantage of the defeat of Pu Mao and Murong to join the battle group and take advantage. ”

Zuo shook his head and said, "Not bad." Who is the third person? ”

"Murong Zhan."

"Why him?"

Speaking of military affairs, Xin Er's expression was very focused, he said: "Murong Zhan is the first general of Murong Xianbei, although he was defeated by He Hun evil in the past, but the strength of his department still exists, and he stationed troops on the east bank of the river, after He Hun evil department, east of Ye County, although he is in a posture of attacking He Hun evil department, but he has not marched for a long time, what is his meaning?" It's hard to predict. In my guess, it is likely that he wants to wait and see how the battle progresses on the three sides. Once the battle situation changes, if he joins it at a critical moment, then with his knowledge of soldiers and his current strength, he will be the biggest variable in the tripartite battle for Ye County. ”

During Xin Er's speech, Zuo's eyes fell on his face several times.

After he finished speaking, Zuo said with admiration: "Although the general is far away in my Long, but analyzing the battle situation in Hebei, the three parties are like the palm of his hand. The general is known as Murong Zhan who knows the soldiers and is good at fighting, and those who know the soldiers at home and abroad should also have generals! There are generals in Dingxi, and my mother and son are also lucky! ”

Xin'er is usually humble.

Zuo said: "According to the general's analysis, it will take a long time for the war in Hebei to stop, so there should be no need to worry about Pu Di's counterattack in a short period of time!" ”

"Exactly! However, the Queen Mother, Pu Mao categorically will not sit idly by and watch Shuofang occupy for me, and the minister expected that he would not be able to launch a big counteroffensive now, but he still had the ability to do a small counteroffensive. ”

"What do you mean?"

"He may be transferred to Gou Xiong and Yang Manbu in Bingzhou to counterattack Shuofang."

Gou Xiong is Pu Qin's fierce general, and Yang Man is also famous, Zuo's family knows about these two, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but be a little nervous, and asked: "How does the general plan to fight him?" ”

"The name is not right, the word is not good. First of all, the first is what Chen Shicai said, please ask the Queen Mother to grant Zhang Shao the post of Holiday, Supervising Shuo Fang's military, Shuo Fang's Taishou, internal security of the army, and external care of the Tang Hu people of Shuo Fang; Secondly, Gao Yancao and other generals were temporarily left in Shuofang to enrich the forces of Zhang Shaobu. With these two, it is enough to resist Gou Xiong and Yang Manyi! ”

"Tomorrow's court meeting, I will issue an order to appoint Zhang Shao!"

The night outside the hall arrived early, so Hu Le couldn't wait and entered the hall.

Xin Er entered the palace this time to ask for a meeting, and the things he wanted to play had already been played, so he didn't delay Zuo's and Linghu Le any longer, and took the initiative to say goodbye.

Zuo took Ling Hule's hand, sent him to the gate of the hall, and watched him leave.

was still led by the eunuch who guided him into the palace, and Xin Er left the Four Seasons Palace.

The eunuch beckoned the guards at the palace gate to call Xin Er's car.

Xin Er looked at him and said, "I remember your surname is Wang, right?" ”

Xin Er adheres to the duty of a courtier, does not make friends with the eunuchs, before entering the palace, rarely talk to the eunuchs in the palace, the eunuchs did not expect Xin Er to ask him, and quickly replied: "Yes!" ”

"Do you still believe in Zoroastrianism?"

When Linghu Feng returned from Zhu Yeze and attacked Guyin, Guo Yi, the head of Guyin's Zoroastrian sect, thought that he was destined to be strengthened, and he wanted to kill Linghu Yong first, and then assassinate Linghu Feng, in order to claim Wang Longzhou. Linghu Feng, he did not succeed in assassination, but Linghu Yong was successfully killed by him, and the people who killed Ling Huyong were his believers in the palace, and the eunuch surnamed Wang was one of the believers in the palace when he was in the palace. It's just that the mind of the eunuch surnamed Wang is still relatively clear, and he understands that Guo Yi's delusion of calling the king is whimsical, because he didn't follow him, not only did he not follow, but after Linghu Feng captured Guyin, he changed to the door in time, and before Guo Yi assassinated Linghu Feng, in the chaotic environment of Guyin City, he rushed out of the city and reported the news to Linghu Feng. With Guo Yi's manpower, it was impossible to assassinate him, without the whistleblower of the eunuch surnamed Wang, it would be impossible for Linghu Feng to be assassinated by Guo Yi, but with the skill of the informant, the eunuch surnamed Wang was called the queen of Linghu Feng, but he was able to continue to stay in the palace and be promoted to an official, and now he is also the leader of the eunuchs.

The eunuch surnamed Wang replied in fear: "He confuses people's hearts, and it is really not Orthodox!" The villain has long since changed his mind and taken it off! ”

"What's your name?"

"The villain is cheap, the name is rich."

The scalper pulled Xin Er to the front of the palace.

Wei Xian and the others respectfully invited him to get into the car.

Xin Er stepped on the wooden ladder to board the car, and before entering the carriage, he looked at Wang Yifu and said: "You took the risk to report Guo Yi's ill intentions to the first king, I know about it." You are a faithful man, a good worker! ”

Wang Yifu was flattered and replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes." ”

Xin Er entered the car, the ox cart started, and under the night, slowly walked away.

It wasn't until the ox cart was out of sight that Wang Yifu returned to the palace excitedly.

……

But that night, Zuo and Ling Hule returned to Lingjuntai, the dormitory in the old city.

Ling Hule practiced for a long time as a "soldier" in the evening, covered in stinky sweat, and went to wash himself.

Zuo went to his dormitory and removed his makeup in the mirror. In the bronze mirror, a charming face is more and more attractive because of the haze of the mirror under the candle shadow. She looked at it again and again, and couldn't help but ask the two palace maids who removed her makeup, and said, "Am I beautiful?" ”

The two palace maids, one is called Manyuan and the other is called Fanjing, and their names are all from Buddhist scriptures, and they were given to them by Zuo himself. These two are Zuo's henchmen, who accompany them every day, and today in the Four Seasons Palace, it is the two of them who shake the fan for her behind Zuo's to cool off.

Full wish said: "There is nothing more beautiful in the whole Dingxi than the Queen Mother!" The slaves and maids said in private that the Queen Mother was the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva! ”

Fanjing said: "If the Queen Mother is not beautiful, when the Zhuyang Hall was just now, how could the general not even dare to look at the Queen Mother?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense!"

In Zuo's words, there was no anger, but shame, and both the women chuckled lightly.