According to the usual practice, as long as General Fang Zhen came to visit, Li Zhongyi would give a banquet to the dignity of a thoughtful confidant and a minister.

When eating, Song Yunxiang saw four cold dishes, four hot dishes and a pot of haggis soup on the table, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Li Zhongyi saw Song Yunxiang looking at the dishes, and couldn't help laughing: "There are too many dishes, and it's a pity to waste them if you can't finish eating." ”

"yes." Song Yunxiang got up and arched his hand, "Don't tell the emperor, I haven't eaten the haggis soup you made for a long time." ”

Li Zhongyi loves to eat haggis, which is a well-known fact. In the past, Song Yunxiang often ate haggis soup made by Li Zhongyi himself, so he recognized it at a glance.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand and said, "Everyone in the world is good mutton, and I love haggis alone, which can be regarded as a maverick." ”

Song Yunxiang held the wine glass in both hands and said respectfully: "The minister also loves haggis the most, it is chewy and delicious." ”

Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, in fact, he knew very well in his heart that because he loved to eat haggis, his heavy generals also followed suit.

This so-called, the top is good, and the bottom will be very bad.

To put it bluntly, because he was worried about drinking and making mistakes, Song Yunxiang never touched the wine cup when he was guarding Fengzhou.

Now, sitting at a table with Li Zhongyi and holding up the wine cup is the first time that Song Yunxiang has opened the ring in several years.

Li Zhongyi intended to entertain the generals who were good henchmen, not only raised his glass frequently, but also helped Song Yunxiang with chopsticks to pick up the dishes a few times.

Song Yunxiang was so moved that his eyes were red, but he just endured it and didn't let the tears fall.

Li Zhongyi saw it in his eyes, but he only didn't see it, and many times, pretending to be stupid without squeaking is easier to gain the recognition of his old subordinates than to expose himself as smart.

For a banquet of a general nature, Li Zhongyi will definitely hold up the emperor's shelf and pay attention to the rules of food without words.

Today's banquet is very different, Li Zhongyi not only frequently raised his glass, but even told a few humorous jokes during the banquet.

Song Yunxiang felt that the luckiest thing in his life was to meet Li Zhongyi in Lingzhou, and in the process of extinguishing the party, he made great achievements.

Today's banquet, there are not many dishes, but the wine is the champion red of ten years, and the authentic and high-quality wine.

The atmosphere in the banquet was exceptionally harmonious, and Song Yunxiang had a great appetite for a while, and he actually ate most of the haggis soup alone.

The old subordinates ate happily, Li Zhongyi's mood was naturally not bad, he raised his wine glass, and said with a smile: "I have already spoken, those who go down to Chengdu first, seal the marquis of ten thousand households." ”

Song Yunxiang is already a marquis, but he is just a pavilion marquis of a hundred households, and the marquis of ten thousand households is really attractive to him.

He immediately stood up, clenched his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the minister will definitely fight steadily, and it is the blessing of the minister to be able to enter Chengdu first." If he falls behind, the minister has no regrets or complaints. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded frequently and said with a smile: "The difficulty of the Shu Road is that it is inconvenient to transport the baggage, so don't be greedy for merit, so as not to cause a big disaster." ”

Li Jiajun's old habit has always been to fight steadily and steadily, preferring not to win rather than lose a big battle because of risk.

To put it bluntly, with the current level of equipment and the quality of officers and soldiers of the imperial forbidden army, as long as they avoid ambushes, it will be difficult to defeat the battle.

The emperor and his old subordinates, while eating and drinking, chatted from all over the world, and the whole banquet lasted for two hours, and then they dispersed.

After coming out of the temporary palace, although Song Yunxiang drank too much wine and his head was a little dizzy, his heart was extremely happy.

The things that should be said and the things that should not be said were all said in private, and the emperor was said at one time, and Song Yunxiang's original doubts also came to naught in the exchange.

Song Yunxiang remembered very well that when his majesty was about to leave, Li Zhongyi said to him personally: The general is outside, the king's order is not granted, and I will allow you the right to dictate yourself, and you will never be remote.

Since ancient times, the commander of the army has been able to gain such great trust from the emperor, and he should be content!

Song Yunxiang knew that the emperor knew his character very well and was not worried that he would take risks in order to steal merit.

Under Li Zhongyi's men, Liao Shanhe and Song Yunxiang were both cautious in the use of troops, and the principle of using troops that they had always adhered to was: it is better not to win than to be defeated.

It is precisely because of this that when Li Zhongyi decided to cut down Shu on two roads, he selected Liao Shanhe and Song Yunxiang respectively as the main generals of the North Road and the South Road.

After Song Yunxiang returned to the pavilion, he said to his two sons with a smile: "The emperor still believes in me, and sincerity is a great blessing for the family." ”

Song Qingzhi, the eldest son of the Song family, smiled and said, "The emperor is the master of great talent, how can he not know that your lord is brave and loyal?" ”

Song Yunzhi, the second son of the Song family, said: "My father specially brought us to meet the emperor, in fact, I just wanted to tell the emperor that although my father has been in the northwest for a long time, he has no selfish thoughts. ”

Song Yunxiang smiled and said, "Erlang understands things and knows how hard it is for his father. ”

Song Yunzhi said with a smile: "The emperor allowed my father and son to be in Fengzhou together, what kind of courage and trust is this?" ”

Song Yunxiang nodded and said with a smile: "The emperor has always been unhappy with the set of vulgar things of hostages. ”

Throughout the ages, if hostage-taking had really worked, there would not have been so many generals who risked the extinction of the clan.

Compared with the hostage-taking, Li Zhongyi believes that under the system of checks and balances of power, even if the generals want to rebel, they are powerless.

Here we have to mention the system of pacification that starts from the capital level and spreads throughout the whole army!

In a word, the supervision army was built on the capital, which was one of the most powerful grips for Li Zhongyi to firmly control the military power!

Don't look at Song Yunxiang led an army of 50,000 and guarded Fengzhou for a long time, with great military power. However, not only were the pacification envoys all over the entire Fifth Compartment, but the officers above the rank and above of the garrison were all protégés of the Son of Heaven who were born in the martial arts.

In this case, even if Song Yunxiang's father and son had different intentions, they could not mobilize troops and horses to rebel.

What's more, Li Zhongyi's other auxiliary measure is the tentacles of the Judge Advocate General's Department, which has also been extended to the level of "capital".

Between the Department of Military Justice, the pacification envoy, and the general of the unified army, a power structure was formed that both separated powers and cooperated with each other, and Li Zhongyi could sit back and control the military power with peace of mind even if he sat in the palace.

Song Yunxiang and his son came to Jingzhao Mansion together, making it clear that they wanted to tell Li Zhongyi that their father and son had no two hearts.

Li Zhongyi is not an exaggeration to say that he knows all about the big and small affairs in Fengzhou.

Although there were 50,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Fengzhou, the northwest region could not be self-sufficient in grain at all, and had to rely on the military rations from the Central Plains to transport it.

This is the same problem encountered by the fourteenth elder brother in history, the great general Wang Yinyu.

At the beginning, after Kang Mazi's death, Yongzheng only sent an edict to the past, and although Yinyu had more than 100,000 troops, he had to return to Beijing honestly.