Liu Wanyu was a military officer in Liangzhou, and he knew the financial situation of Nanzheng and Liangzhou well.

He bowed and said: "Your Royal Highness, there are three granaries in Liangzhou, which are located in Nanzheng County, Xi County and Chenggu County, of which the granaries of Xi County and Chenggu County are relatively small, each with a grain storage of no more than 5,000 stones, about 47,800 stones, and the grain storage in other states is about 5,000 stones, and then the granary of Nanzheng County, it is very large, it is the main granary of the entire Hanzhong region, with 220,000 stones of grain and 60,000 yuan of money, and so on. ”

In fact, Guo Song was very aware of Nanzheng's financial situation, and the Jin Wei Mansion had already investigated it thoroughly, but he still wanted to confirm it from the mouths of local officials.

"The history of the assassin should be Yang Ming!"

Guo Song asked Zhang Yundao again: "What is their current situation?" ”

Zhang Yun hurriedly said: "According to His Royal Highness's orders, Yang Ming, Wang Ai, and Xu Shantong, the commander of Nanzheng County, have all put them under house arrest. ”

At the same time as the army was seized by the eunuchs, the officialdom of Hanzhong also infiltrated the eunuchs, and they looked down on the states and counties in Hanzhong, but they only replaced the assassination history of Liangzhou, the long history and the order of Nanzheng County, and at present, these three people are all Song Chaofeng's people, and they only came to Hanzhong in October last year to take office.

If other states and counties in Hanzhong are loyal to themselves, they can be transferred to other places, but these three Guo Song will never be used.

Hanzhong is not like other prefectures and counties, it is too close to Bashu and is easy to be infiltrated, so Guo Song is ready to replace all the officials in Hanzhong, especially the three important officials in Liangzhou, he can't stay.

Guo Song said to Zhang Yun: "Yang Ming, Wang Ai and Xu Shantong can be released and allowed to take their families back to Chengdu, and they can carry no more than 1,000 yuan of property." ”

"Humble, remember!"

Guo Song then smiled at Liu Wanyu and said: "If Liu joins the army and does not think that his position is low, he will temporarily ask him to serve as the commander of Nanzheng County." ”

The Liu brothers were overjoyed, Cang Cao's participation in the military was only a minor official from the ninth grade, and the Nanzheng County Order was the seventh grade, Liu Wanyu hurriedly got up and said: "Thank you for your highness's promotion, you will definitely do your best to govern Nanzheng well, in order to repay Your Highness's kindness!" ”

After inquiring about some customs and customs, Guo Song asked Zhang Yun to accompany the Liu brothers out of the camp.

Guo Song walked a few steps with his hands in his hand, turned around and smiled at Wen Miao, who followed him south to join the army: "How about you come to serve as the governor of Liang?" ”

Wen Miao was startled, and hurriedly said: "I'm afraid that I am not capable of being able to do my job and am not competent." ”

Guo Song waved his hand, "You are the fifth grade of the upper rank, the history of the governor is from the fifth grade, two levels worse, speaking of which is a little wronged by you, I told Du Siye before that he has no experience in dealing with local government affairs, it is best to let him start with the county order, but that is too much, so let him be the governor of Shang, it is good for him, in fact, it is the same for you, you have no experience in local politics, Liangzhou has a large population, things are complicated, but it is very exercised, you just work here for a few years, and strive to make achievements as soon as possible." ”

Wen Miao was still very happy in his heart, after all, he was only thirty years old, and he had always longed to be able to be released as an official and display his ambitions, he was no longer modest, and bowed deeply: "Obey the order!"

Guo Song smiled and pointed to the chair, "Sit down!" I have something to say to you. ”

Wen Miao sat down, Guo Song sat opposite him and said earnestly: "Liangzhou Assassin Shi I plan to let the former Huangmen squire Pei Yan take the position, he is old and can control the situation, but after all, he is also over sixty years old, and his energy is not good, so a lot of daily government affairs are handled by you, and I also believe that you can do it, but what really trains people is not to do things, but to be a person." ”

Guo Song saw that Wen Miao was a little puzzled in his eyes, and said slowly: "I appointed Liu Wanyu as the commander of Nanzheng County today, in fact, it is also a last resort, I need the Liu family, the local snake, to resist the infiltration of the Southern Tang Dynasty into Hanzhong for me, but the Liu family also has a lot of small problems, I don't mean that they bully men and women, and do all kinds of evil, if it really comes to that extent, I will directly eradicate it."

But it is common for them to rely on the strong and bully, and the interests of the family are paramount, so if you become the chief historian, there will definitely be a conflict with the Liu family, so how do you suppress them? ”

Guo Song stared at him sharply and asked, "Relying on you to join the army as my secretary?" No, relying on your father to be a high-ranking official in the court? No, then by what? Tell me. ”

Wen Miao shook his head slightly, "I can't think of it for a while, please teach Your Highness!" ”

"Just rely on one word 'positive', you have to be fair and honest, you have to be selfless, be a fair and honest person, be an upright official, just and not judge the case, since ancient times, evil is invincible, as long as you do this, the Liu family will also be convinced of you, and naturally you will restrain your children and restrain your arrogance."

Wen Miao said solemnly: "Your Highness's teachings, keep your humble duties in mind!" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "Not long ago, Guanzhong Suzheng Tai sent people to Shangzhou to secretly investigate Du Siye, and finally spoke very highly of him, evaluating him as honest and honest, caring for the people's sufferings, diligent as an official, and quite accomplished, I hope you are not worse than him." ”

Wen Miao nodded silently, he felt a lot of pressure on his shoulders.

..........

Four days later, the news that Guo Song sent troops to raid Nanzheng and fully occupy Hanzhong reached Chengdu, and the government and opposition soldiers and civilians in Chengdu were in an uproar, and countless people scolded Guo Song for being ungrateful, despicable and shameless.

Although some insiders pointed out that it was the Hanzhong army that seized the goods in Chang'an first, under the general anger, this voice of reason was quickly drowned out.

In the afternoon of the next day, in the Kaiyuan Hall of the Chengdu Imperial Palace, the Queen Mother held a rare emergency court meeting, and the important ministers of the north and south sat together for the first time.

"Zhang Xiangguo, tell everyone about your investigation!" The Queen Mother said softly.

Zhang Yansheng got up and said: "Yesterday, Liangzhou Thorn Shi Yang Ming and Changshi Wang Ai both came back, and Nanzheng County ordered Xu Shantong to come back together, I talked to them separately, their statements are the same, the cause of this matter is that Jie Du made Cao Liwei seize a batch of goods in Chang'an, and I asked carefully, this batch of goods is 60,000 catties of miscanthus salt, which was purchased by Chang'an Weibei Pharmacy from Mianzhou, which caused Guo Song to be angry, so he sent troops to Hanzhong and took away the goods. ”

Without waiting for Zhang Yansheng to finish speaking, Song Dynasty Fengyin**: "I took away the goods, but I refused to withdraw the army, the goods are an excuse!" ”

"Please don't be impatient, when I finish the matter, it may surprise everyone."

Zhang Yansheng continued: "Cao Liwei has also been put back, recuperating in the mansion, I went to visit him again last night, he told me that the 60,000 catties of manganese nitrate is not medicine, but military supplies, thrown into the fire and immediately flamed into the air, he suspects that it is the raw material used by Guo Song to make iron fire thunder." ”

The hall immediately fell silent, and everyone had more or less heard that the powerful and mysterious weapon of the Jin army, the Iron Fire Thunder, was originally made of miscanthus salt.

Shangshu Zuo Servant and Household Servant Ban Hong asked: "Cui Xiangguo said that the goods were military supplies, is there any other evidence?" ”

At this time, Huo Xianming snorted lightly in dissatisfaction.

Among the five phases of the political affairs hall, except for the right minister Zhang Yansheng and the left minister Cui Zao, who were the old ministers appointed by Li Shi before, the other three ministers were all recommended by the Beiya, the household servant Ban Hong was recommended by Song Chaofeng, the right servant of the Shangshu and the secretary of the Ministry of Officials Li Shudu was recommended by Huo Xianming, and there was also a Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites Qiao Xiu who was recommended by Dou Wenchang.

The political affairs hall implements a voting system for major military affairs, and each minister has one vote, so the major decisions and important post recommendations issued by the political affairs hall are basically the will of the Northern Ya.

Song Chaofeng knew that Cao Liwei was Huo Xianming's confidant, and Ban Hong's questioning was to doubt the truth of Cao Liwei's confession, and Huo Xianming was obviously a little dissatisfied.

Song Chaofeng hurriedly said: "Ban Xiangguo, don't rush to conclusions first, please ask Zhang Xiangguo to finish speaking." ”

Ban Hong was silent.

Zhang Yansheng continued: "This Cao Liwei is still relatively thorough, after he detained 60,000 catties of miscanthus salt, he immediately wrote a report to the Ministry of War, detailing the matter, and at the same time attached five catties of miscanthus as evidence, I went to the Ministry of War this morning and saw Cao Liwei's report and the investigation conclusion of the Ministry of War.

After investigation, it was confirmed that Chang'an did not traffic in miscanthus salt, but the fire and nitrate produced in Laojundong in Mianzhou, which was indeed a fire starter, and it was not an exaggeration to list it as military supplies, so it was reasonable for Cao Liwei to seize this batch of military materials. ”

Zhang Yansheng's conclusion caused an uproar in the hall, and everyone talked about it, at this time, Zhang Yansheng said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet, I still have something to say!" ”

The hall gradually quieted down again, Zhang Yansheng took out a report and shook it for everyone, "This is the Jin King's order that the Ministry of War just received this morning, to be precise, it was just received an hour ago, Guo Song asked the Ministry of War to investigate the matter thoroughly, and ordered Cao Liwei to release the seized goods, it is very interesting, the Ministry of War only received this Jin King's order on the eighth day, but on the third night, Guo Song's army attacked Hanzhong, what is the significance of this Jin King's order?" ”

Zuo Xiang Cui Zao said slowly: "It shows that Guo Song has been planning to attack Hanzhong for a long time, and the seizure of the goods is just an excuse, he is afraid that the military department will really order the release of the goods, so he is impatient to send troops, and now he is beating a rake, saying that we made mistakes first, so that he will be famous." ”

(End of chapter)