As soon as Yao Chong left, Song Jing, the governor of Guangzhou, rushed to Beijing to take up his post, and at this time he had reached a few miles outside Chang'an City.

At this time, in a forest, Song Jing sat next to the tree, there were several guards on guard, Song Jing first took a sip of tea, and then looked at the city wall in front of him.

So at this time, he had mixed feelings in the forest, and serving as a zaifu was more of a responsibility, to assist His Majesty, to always control hundreds of officials, and to appease the people, each of which was as heavy as a mountain.

After Song Jing took a sip of tea, after putting it down, he stood up and prepared to board the carriage and horse to enter the city.

Just as he stepped on the carriage, a few horses galloped faintly at the city gate, and shouted: "By the emperor's holy order, come to welcome the Song Governor into the city." ”

Song Jing saw that it was the forbidden army of ten thousand horsemen in the palace, so he stood on the carriage and looked at the dust flying in the distance. Forgive me for being late. ”

Song Jing knew that this was one of the forbidden troops, called Wan Cai, this Wan Cai made great contributions when Li Longji swept down the rebellion of Princess Taiping, and was under the leadership of Ge Fushun, and now the scale is gradually expanding.

"Everyone is fine, let's go."

After Song Jing finished speaking, he boarded the carriage, and then drove towards the city gate under the escort of several 10,000 cavalry forbidden soldiers. Song Jing poked his head out of the window from time to time and glanced at the high pavilion of Chang'an City, and the surrounding crowd avoided it.

The whole scene attracted the attention of the crowd very much, and Song Jing counted the number of 10,000 horses, no less than 100 horses, which really made him tremble.

Song Jing knew that he was going to enter the palace to face the saint, and when he finished the face, he would find a place to live and settle down, at this time Song Jing was a little hungry, and after more than ten days of tiring carriages and horses, Song Jing's daily meals were very simple. In the governor of Guangzhou, he can still have three meals a day, but on the road and just some coarse tea and light rice, but the saint is still waiting for him, he still has to visit the saint first, and then think about other things.

After the convoy walked for a while, Song Jing could already see the Vermilion Bird Gate, and after entering the palace gate, he got out of the car and walked forward on foot.

When he arrived at a palace wall, Song Jing saw a eunuch, and the eunuch stepped forward and said, "Song Xiang, Your Majesty's edict asked me to wait for you here, telling you that you don't need to meet today, first go to Shangshu Province and other relevant institutions to meet with the ministers, and talk about it later." ”

Song Jing was a little embarrassed, and sent ten thousand horsemen to meet him, why did he suddenly change his mind again, just when Song Jing was puzzled, the eunuch said: "Song Xiang doesn't have to be confused, Your Majesty has his plan to do this." ”

After Song Jing and the eunuchs gave each other hands, Song Jing walked into the courtyard of Shangshu Province, at this time there were already officials waiting here, and when they saw Song Jing coming in, they all bowed their hands and said: "Song Xiang has worked hard all the way." ”

Song Jing was of course not a domineering person, and seeing that everyone was so humble, he waved his hand and signaled them not to be formal.

At this time, Lu Zheng said to Song Jing: "Song Xiang came to Beijing this time, and he and all the ministers have been looking forward to it for a long time, as soon as Yao Xiang leaves, the officials of the three provinces dare not slack off, just waiting for Song Xiang to pick up the situation again." ”

Song Jing looked at the person in front of him, his eyebrows were heroic, and he felt that he had the style of a military general, so he asked, "May I ask who you are?" ”

"Dingyuan Marquis Lu Zheng."

Song Jing remembered this person now, the lonely and unknown person on the Longyou battlefield at the beginning has now become an important minister, and Lu Zheng has long heard of Song Jing, and when he saw it this time, he was also full of admiration.

This is the sympathy, the complex between an old minister and a new minister.

At this time, after Song Jing walked into the hall and sat down, then the officials at all levels present took their seats, and Song Jing looked at one of the people in the seat who was arrogant, and seemed to be a little different from other officials.

Song Jing's gaze fell on this person for a long time, and when Lu Zheng saw it, he said: "This is the newly promoted Tongping Zhangshi Xu Guogong Su Ying." ”

Song Jing only now understood that it was Su Ying, who was worshipping the prime minister with him, so he hurriedly said: "In the future, Su Xiang will act with the prime minister in the political affairs of the three provinces, if there is anything wrong with me, I need to be pointed out by Su Xiang." ”

Song Jing's tone was very tactful, and Su Ying also said: "My Su family has two generations of people, and naturally their eyes are full of social affairs, if Song Xiang has anything inappropriate, of course I will point it out." ”

Su Ying's words were very confident, and Song Jing couldn't help but look sideways.

Then Song Jing looked around at the full house of officials, and said: "Now that Yao Chong is gone, government affairs will pile up, and I order all the officials in office to be conscientious and stick to their posts." ”

All the officials in the seat agreed, and after Song Jing's words were finished, all the officials walked out of Shangshu Province one after another, and only Lu Zheng and Su Ying were left by Song Jing.

Song Jing thought that he didn't know much about some things in Chang'an City now, so he was ready to ask Yu Lu Zheng and Su Ying, the two important ministers.

Lu Zheng saw that Song Jing had something to say, so he asked directly, "Does Song Xiang still have any doubts?" ”

Song Jing had just ordered all the officials to fulfill their duties, and many major policies were still not clear, especially the issue of land annexation, which he had heard of when he was the governor of Guangzhou.

At this time, Song Jing said to Lu Zheng and Su Ying in the seat: "Among the most important things in our dynasty today, there is land annexation, I heard that Your Majesty has sent a lot of inspectors to visit the imperial history, and now it has been roughly investigated, but if you want to comprehensively rectify it, you have to work harder." ”

It turned out that Song Jing was also so concerned about this matter, which showed the harmfulness of land annexation, at this time, Lu Zheng and Su Ying looked at each other, and they both nodded and thought that Song Jing was right.

At this time, Lu Zheng asked again: "Then Song Xiang is going to intervene in this matter first?" ”

After hearing this, Song Jing said: "I will tell Your Majesty about the issue of land annexation, and now that the three provinces have begun to operate, Su Xiang and I should lead a hundred officials to help Your Majesty take care of the government, and Lu Hou only needs to help a little in it." ”

Although Lu Zheng has been awarded the marquis, his official position is still the history of the protector of Anbei, and he can't be involved in the affairs of these three provinces, but now Lu Zheng has been repeatedly favored by the emperor, and there are some things that Li Longji trusts him.

At this time, Song Jing said again: "Then if it's not early today, the two of you can go back, I will officially go to the palace tomorrow to meet Your Majesty, tell your thoughts these days in front of you, and add to the political situation of our dynasty after Yao Chong." ”

Then Lu Zheng and Su Ying left, at this time Song Jing also went to the Yamen of Shangshu Province to inspect, first he came to the household department, because the population exile in the land annexation has made the Tang Dynasty less and less taxes in recent years, so now the household department is the key place.