"Newspaper—" A soldier's voice broke the silence.

This time it had nothing to do with the war, but it was a request from someone sent by the Imperial City Division and Zhanzhao to see him.

"The last general old dog, see Xianggong!"

At the beginning, the guy who was caught by Da Yan and locked up for a while due to a misunderstanding in Western Xia came to the military salute and knelt nearby.

The old dog doesn't care, in fact, he knows that the Great Demon King is obscene, and he doesn't care about it for a long time. But for Wang Yan, it was really embarrassing.

Of course, it won't hurt his conscience, it is true that he has been imprisoned for nearly a year but he has not been abused, those officers still take good care of him, and afterwards, the Great Demon King paid for compensation equivalent to his salary for five years, which is counted as compensation. If he has so much money that he doesn't care about the five-year salary, it basically means that he is not unjustly imprisoned. On the contrary, after receiving a large amount of compensation and an apology letter from the Great Demon King, people like Lao Gou will generally have a clear mind.

"Old dog, it's weird that you got your name." Wang Yan eased the atmosphere and said.

The old dog said: "Xiang Gong Ming, I like to take some cheap names for those who were born in the bitter world, saying that they are hard to raise them." Anyway, that's what my father said. ”

Wang Yan nodded and said, "Yes, indeed." He pointed to Chen Ergou's name and said, "This thing's nickname is Ergou, and his real name is Goudan, which is an existence similar to you." ”

After laughing, Wang Yan cut to the chase and said, "What is the Imperial City Division looking for me to do at this time?" ”

The old dog said worriedly: "Since I was released by the prime minister, Duan Fang didn't want me to return to the team, so I was transferred to the south to monitor the situation in the rivers and lakes. In view of the fact that this year's floods have caused food shortages in some areas in the south, which is often the soil for religious expansion at this time, he felt that it was extremely abnormal and fed back the news to the deputy director of Bianjingzhan. The deputy director of Zhan replied: But now that the court is troubled, it is inconvenient for the high-level to come forward and act chaotically, and he also said that the Great Demon King is most interested in this kind of thing and knows how to deal with it, so I will come over to try my luck? ”

He added: "Oh yes, it's not disrespectful, the three words of the Great Demon King were said by Deputy Chief Zhanzhao himself." ”

Damn, it's still a wave of unsettled smoke in the backyard. Fortunately, there is no Fang La yet, and Manichaeism in general is not a big deal. Wang Yan said: "If you talk carefully, I have my own decision, who will take the lead in making trouble?" ”

The old dog lowered his voice and said, "The bandit leader is a female thief, like Liu Ningjing." Please give the prime minister permission to mobilize experts and carry out a quick decapitation operation to stop the thieves from growing? ”

Wang Yan couldn't help but freeze his expression after hearing the words "Liu Ningjing".

This guy is an almost ** existence, one of the bandit leaders of the Maitreya Sect back then.

The Maitreya Sect, which will be the White Lotus Sect in the future, has caused military disasters and great harm. In the past, their harm can also be traced back to the Anshi Rebellion. During this period, they also happened to be absorbing Manichaean thinking, or some of the remnants of those who were in the past, were directly evolving into Manichaeism.

It's almost a slogan similar to the way of heaven, but the appearance is much more ugly than the future Liangshan Juyi Hall, and the civilians who died in their hands are really much more than the local tyrants who are rich and unkind.

The earliest fantasy, Luo Guanzhong's "Three Suiping Demon Records", is about them. The funny thing is that it is similar to "Water Margin", in the mouths of some marketing accounts and brick families in later generations, this group of cult terrorists was interpreted as a peasant rebel army resisting tyranny, giving countless positive renderings. Why don't they render Bai Yanhu as a national hero of the Chinese family?

Liu Ningjing first started in Sichuan, and then was handed over by Zhang Fangping, and then fled to Hebei to cause military disasters.

Speaking of these things is confidential, so even Mu Guiying is kept in the dark. But Wang Yan knows some inside stories, because Wang Anshi is basically related to these.

It was about the seventh year of Qingli, in May, Maitreya Sect started an indiscriminate massacre in Beizhou, which was privately called the "Great Song Dynasty 75 Incident" by Wang Anshi.

Later, Wen Yanbo led the army to level the Maitreya Sect. The person who served as the deputy privy envoy at that time was Pang Ji, that is, the Xiangye who was "in charge" of the affairs of the Ping Maitreya Sect.

In view of the fact that Pang Ji and Sima Guang's father are friends and Sima Guang's mentor. At that time, Sima Guang seized the opportunity to write the "Shangpang Privy Secret Discussion on Beizhou Affairs".

Because Pang has a relatively soft personality and trusts Sima Guang, who has been a prodigy since he was a child, he made a more simulated military instruction to Wen Yanbo according to Sima Guang's thinking.

Regarding Sima Guang's "Shangpang Privy Secret Discussion on Beizhou Affairs", it probably means: It is necessary to reduce the number of killings and arrests for special groups such as the minority religion, and to deal with them leniently and maintain stability. It is recommended to only punish the first evil, and the rest is mainly to appease.

Sima Guang is very admirable in terms of this virtue, and this kind of thinking is similar to that of the White Left Virgin and the Truth, which he was decisive and stereotyped when he was young.

Bao Zheng, who was originally unpleasant to Pang, quickly deteriorated the relationship with Pang's family from that incident. Because it is not in line with Bao Zheng's legal system, they have all rebelled, causing rivers of blood to flow on the border of Hebei, countless civilians have been persecuted and killed, and the criminal case has risen to the stage of military peace.

Wang Anshi, who was originally friends with Sima Guang, also began to disagree with each other because of that incident.

Then at that time, Wen Yanbo was the one who took the blame, and the counterinsurgency army he led had too much "guidance" from the top. On the one hand, Pang Ji asked for less killing and less arrest to appease, and on the other hand, Fu Bi, who hated this kind of incident the most, expressed his dissatisfaction.

Under the guidance of Pang Shumi's only killing the first evil, in fact, Wen Yanbo's army was still very fierce, and the chaos was put over in more than a month. However, there were rumors that the Maitreya people were basically killed, and the corpses were charred and almost unrecognizable.

Such a result is obviously contrary to the spirit of Pang Xiangye's instructions, which are in charge of quelling the chaos.

A noteworthy incident is that Zhang Congxun, the No. 2 big yin man, as a person from Fu Bi, was in the Beizhou Rebellion Army at that time. Even Wang Anshi doesn't know what the inside story of the rebellion is. It is estimated that only he, Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi, "know my sin, I only know my spring and autumn".

Perhaps it was Fu Bi who secretly ordered Zhang Congxun to "don't listen to them, except for the peasants who don't know the truth, but all the Maitreya sects will be executed and leave no trouble", and maybe Wen Yanbo knew what Zhang Congxun did, but as the commander, he turned a blind eye and didn't want to care, forming an unspoken result.

These are not important, in short, the final result is: under the guidance of Pang Ji's less killing and less arrest, it ended up being more bloody, so it was criticized by many people. As a result, the commander of the rebellion, Wen Yanbo, was refrigerated for some time, and this is the case.

Later, Pang was promoted to prime minister and privy envoy, and Lao Pang easily recommended his protégé Sima Guangzhi to be too often courteous.

At that time, the governing power of the Taichang Rite Temple was actually two-thirds of the Rite Ministry. The strange thing is that Zhao Zhen, who rarely does not give face to Pang, rarely rejected Pang's nationality and refused to appoint Sima Guang as the "Secretary of the Ministry of Rites".

Judging from the fact that Zhang Congxun was not only not beaten, but also promoted to the deputy position of the Imperial City Division, it can be completely interpreted that the emperor was very dissatisfied with the performance of Pang Ji and Sima Guang in the 75 Incident. It's just that Lao Zhao loves face and likes the "art of the emperor", so he was embarrassed to turn his face and knock on the teacher Pang Ji, so he didn't say too much, and in the end, except for refrigerated Wen Yanbo, no one pursued it.

Now it is clear: Sima Guang, who has a higher starting point than anyone else, went downhill from that time, and was later sent to Shuzhou to build a team with Wang Anshi. Zhang Fangping even commanded Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to work against each other.

Fortunately, because Sima Guang's etiquette has been correct since ancient times, it provoked the emperor, so in the Shuzhou period, every time he and Sima Guang faced the big bird, without exception, they received the emperor's attention, and they also pulled the shelf.

This can be regarded as Zhao Zhen's liking for children, and it can also be regarded as Zhao Zhen's careful eye to settle Sima Guang's old accounts.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan muttered: "According to the Beizhou Rebellion back then, in the fart transaction between Wen Yanbo and Fubi, Liu Ningjing should theoretically be executed, why did it appear again?" ”

The old dog is a person who knows some inside stories, and he immediately sweats profusely and doesn't dare to say it, because the big demon king has always been obscene, and the old dog is afraid of being caught and locked up again.

Wang Yan caught his demeanor, so he said with bad intentions: "Are you hiding something from me again?" ”

The old dog was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his hand: "This is not a matter of humble duty...... As Zhang Congxun's subordinate back then, he also participated in the suppression of the rebellion in Beizhou. I know Liu Ningjing, and I confirm that she was secretly executed at that time. That's why when I found out that the Manichaean demon bandit leader was a bit like her in the south, I couldn't figure it out. ”

Wang Yan said: "Since this is the case, then why are you sneaky?" ”

"Uh......" the old dog said embarrassedly, "I am afraid of getting into trouble." I know that you and Deputy Manager Zhang don't deal with each other, and he was brought in by you to drink tea last time. I am afraid that saying the wrong thing will lead to misunderstanding, and you will mistakenly think that it was Zhang Congxun who released water to Liu Ningjing back then. Also, these things can't be mentioned, Pang Xiang's order at that time was lenient, but in fact, a large-scale non-public execution was formed, and everyone was embarrassed, so the news was blocked and became confidential. ”

"Are you sure that Zhang Congxun had no selfish intentions at that time and really executed Liu Ningjing?" Wang Yan asked again.

The old dog nodded and said: "The humble position is confirmed, Deputy Chief Zhang followed Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan Xianggong at the earliest, and was crippled in the battle with the Western Xia Army, and his temperament changed to be ruthless, but he has no selfishness, and this humble position can be confirmed." Xiao Wang Xianggong clearly saw that there was a reason why Fu Bi Xiangye trusted him and reused him to protect him. The killing incident he caused in Beizhou at that time is generally unknown to most people, but it was actually the secret authorization of Fu Bi Xianggong. It's just that no one dared to say anything about it later, and even the relevant records were destroyed. ”

Wang Yan's complexion softened slightly, and he thought for a while and said, "Okay, since you came to me, since I know about this." Old dog, you should concentrate the resources of the Imperial City Division that can be concentrated in the south as soon as possible, closely monitor the Manichaean actions, and make sure that they are all in mind, and when the time comes, I will make arrangements. ”

The old dog shook his head and said: "If it is really Liu Ningjing, then there are many dreams at night, it is best for the minister to authorize it immediately, and lead people to carry out the beheading operation immediately." ”

Wang Yan slapped him on the back of the head and said, "You're drunk, aren't you?" Authorizing decapitation? Don't think I have enough black pots? At that time, two monk temples were demolished to practice their hands, and I was sued by them. Now that I am in charge of the Volunteer Army, which is outside the borders, and the south is the Great Song Administrative Region, how can I authorize you to be beheaded? Think I'm not dying fast enough? ”

The old dog covered his head in embarrassment and said, "Eh, aren't you privy councilors?" Now that Your Majesty is not on the council, the Imperial City Division is theoretically under the control of the Privy Council, and in case of emergency, you can of course arbitrarily authorize me to act. ”

Wang Yan shook his head after thinking about it and said, "Don't instigate me to sell the household registration book, if it is normal, of course I can authorize you." But now that I am leading the volunteers to operate abroad, there are already many people who are dissatisfied with me and want to get me back, and at this time they cannot tell the truth. Now that I am leading the army abroad, I will authorize you to carry out shady actions in the territory at will, and if you don't get it right, I will be 'indiscriminately intervening militarily in the territory and disrupting the ethnic and religious policies of the Great Song Dynasty', and this black cauldron will be able to crush people to death. What's more, nothing has happened now, and I just listened to what you said, and I don't know the specific situation. That's why I signed this unless I'm brain-dead. ”

"Besides, if it is really Liu Ningjing's demon, it is a peerless master, and the Manichaean high-level also has a stunt called the Qiankun Great Shifting Divine Skill. I even suspect that these things are related to the Xixia Yipintang, the Sea of Stars, or the Ethereal Peak Demons, if this is the case, if you act when you are short of resources, it will be tantamount to sending you to death. I can't bear to see you people go to waste. Wang Yan finally said.

The old dog said, "What can I do?" ”

Wang Yan said: "In short, especially during this period, I can't inexplicably escalate the judicial incident in the territory into a military operation. Theoretically, this matter can only be done through judicial means, and this is the reason, Zhanzhao's turtle son has no birds, so push the pot to me. Fortunately, Fu Bi Xiangye likes to take care of this kind of thing, I will write a letter to Fu Bi Xiangye, you bring my letter of introduction to Beijing, if you can persuade Fu Xiang, after obtaining the official ticket of the Criminal Department, you can take Zhan Zhao to the south together, so that the invincible Zhan Zhao and them will not be a big deal. ”

At this point, the old dog had to clench his fists and said: "It's all up to the minister, so write a letter of introduction to me, otherwise I will line up until next year, I'm afraid I won't see the rich minister, and now they don't seem to want to see me, don't bird me, no human rights at all." ”

He really didn't dare to authorize him, but he wrote a letter to bring the old rich in and take the blame, and Da Yan was still positive. He decisively wrote a letter of introduction, first touting the old rich man, and then admiring the loyal old dog, which is not detailed......