The sun had risen, the sun was shining on my body, my back was hot, and I was faintly sweating.

The two stood outside the door and waited for a while before they saw Master Zhang walking from outside the courtyard.

"My lord, are you feeling better?" Sun Miao bowed and bowed, looking respectful.

Master Zhang said as he walked: "It's still the same, I can't sit for a long time." After doing what needs to be done, I have to go back to recuperate. Come in. He beckoned to the two of them and entered the house.

The two took a few steps behind and followed the house.

"Sit down and talk." Mr. Zhang sat down and leaned back on the back of the chair.

"Master Xie." After thanking the two, they sat down one on the left and one on the right.

"I'm sick, I can't sit for long, I don't have much to say, I came here today, there are a few things to deal with, one of them is the big teaching to read the transfer of capital, last year the army declared to transfer capital, as soon as possible to review, before the end of June, but this number to control, ten to four on the line, now there is no war, the court does not have so much money. After the results of the review, if I am not in the official office, go directly to my house, remember that it must be completed before the end of June, and if you do not pass the audit, you will talk about it next year. After speaking, Master Zhang looked at Sun Miao and waited for him to reply.

Sun Miao got up and replied, "Yes, my lord." ”

After agreeing to it, Yang Congyi saw that his expression was a little solemn, and it didn't seem like an easy errand to do.

"The second is that all armies, direct units, and squads should be transferred and supplemented inside and outside the squad, and the company platoon should be handled according to the merits of the years. Master Sun, you are also responsible for this matter, and it will be completed before the end of July, and the results of the review will come to me. ”

"Yes, sir." Sun Miao got up and agreed again.

"The third is to review the merits of various armies. This matter is quite time-consuming, not a moment and a half can be completed, but it is an indispensable basis for the army, straight, squad officers to reward, transfer, platoon, change of officers, etc., this matter should have started in early March and completed at the end of June, but the military case is extremely short of manpower, and I am ill, and it has been delayed until now, but fortunately, Secretary Yang was transferred to the front division of the palace in time. Secretary Yang has served in the army for several years before, so he should be no stranger to things in the army, right? ”

There is no doubt that it is clear that the matter of meritorious verification will naturally fall on Yang Congyi's head, but whether he can do it well or not, Master Zhang is not clear, whether this person can use it with confidence, and he can't figure it out, so he is more or less hesitant.

Yang Congyi got up and replied: "Xia Guan has been in the army for a few years, but that army was not a forbidden army before, and the rewards and punishments of military discipline are relatively casual, and there are still many things to learn." Now I am fortunate to be transferred to the front division of the palace, and the subordinate officials should do more and learn more, and do a good job. ”

Master Zhang nodded and said, "Sit down and say." ”

Yang Congyi sat down as he said.

"In fact, it is not difficult to review merits, as long as you grasp the proportions, you will naturally be happy. But the proportion has always been the most difficult to grasp, you should have seen the merits reported by the army, true and false many times it is indeed difficult to distinguish, but it is difficult to distinguish is not that it cannot be distinguished, the real merits naturally need not be said, those fake and false, it is best to verify it, and when the time comes, it will be reported to the armies, to give them a deterrent, if it can't be found, then it can only be counted, in addition to the false, there are some exaggerated, exaggerated feats once found out, under normal circumstances, they can't pass the audit, but everything has special cases, and they need to be dealt with on the spot, If it is really difficult to decide, you can go to the commander or commander of the army to discuss, and if you can't make a decision, we will discuss and decide after returning to the front of the palace. Do you understand? Master Zhang opened a pair of shrewd eyes and looked at the young man in front of him, hoping to get a positive answer.

"Xia Guan understands." Yang Congyi thought about it for a while, and after sorting out some of the relationships inside, he immediately gave an affirmative answer.

Master Zhang smiled: "Okay, so I'll be relieved." Let's take a look at the specific places to check. Master Sun, last year, I checked that you were involved, and you first talked about your thoughts. ”

Sun Miao said: "My lord, Xia Guan thought that it was still according to the previous rules, in the same area to select the target, in recent years, the northwest, the west and the north have been checked, this year should go to the south, as for the southeast or southwest, in fact, you can, if according to the distance, it seems that it is better to go to the southeast, such as Liangzhejiang East Road, Fujian Road, Jiangnan West Road, these three places are not too far from Lin'an, now it is the end of April, time is running out." ”

"Well, time is indeed a big problem, every time you go to a place, it takes half a month to come and go, and you can't go to a few places in two months. As far as I know, Liangzhejiang East Road starts from Mingzhou in the east, and Jiangnan West Road goes west to Nan'anjun, and the two places are separated by four or five thousand miles, and it is difficult to have a round trip in a month. Since there is not much time, don't go so far, just pick up Liangzhejiang East Road and Fujian Road. The north of the two Zhejiang roads is not considered, try to go south, the south is Wenzhou and Yuzhou, Yuzhou is at the junction of the three roads, the location is dangerous, and the garrison here should go to check one or two. Fujian Road is to verify the central and southern regions, South Jianzhou is located in the center of Fujian Road, the location is also very important, in addition to the southern Quanzhou and Tingzhou should also choose one, a coastal, one bordering three roads, you can choose one, the verification time is not much, it is enough to go to the three states. Secretary Yang, what do you think, should you go to Quanzhou or Tingzhou? Zhang Daren didn't have a map, but he talked eloquently, and said a lot of state capitals and locations in a row, as if the Great Song Prefecture was close at hand.

Yang Congyi secretly admired when he heard this, it seems that there is still something in Master Zhang's chest, and he is not a person who pretends to be sick and messes with officials. originally thought that Master Zhang would determine all the places to be checked in one go, but he didn't expect to come to ask his opinion in the end.

In fact, he had already considered this matter before, so he immediately replied: "Xiaguan thinks that no matter Quanzhou or Tingzhou, there are options, Tingzhou three road junction, the location is important, and Quanzhou borders Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou is also the first seaport of the Great Song Dynasty, the ships that dock in Quanzhou on the path have Goryeo and Wa in the north, and Nanyang and Western countries in the south. From this point of view, the location of Quanzhou is more important than the location of Tingzhou, so the lower officials thought that they should go to Quanzhou for this trip. In addition, as an aside, when the lower officials supervised the return of Yi, they had been to Quanzhou many times, and they also stayed in Quanzhou for a period of time, so they were quite familiar with Quanzhou, and if they checked the Quanzhou garrison, they should be able to save a lot of time. ”

Master Zhang nodded and smiled: "Secretary Yang is reasonable, the location of Quanzhou is indeed important. Since the return of the Hui Yi fleet last year, bringing back a large number of rare and valuable things, I heard that the imperial court is ready to continue to do the ocean back to Yi, and will start preparations immediately, Quanzhou seaport will be garrisoned by forbidden troops in the future, and the status will only become more and more important. Since you are more familiar with Quanzhou, go to Quanzhou. In this way, the place of verification will be officially determined today, Liangzhejiang East Road, Yuzhou, Fujian Road, South Jianzhou, and Quanzhou. ”

Seeing that Sun and Yang had no objections, Master Zhang said again: "There are a lot of garrisons in these three places, we have limited time, and we can't go to check them one by one. This choice is handed over to Secretary Yang, after all, this time it is for you to have a good time. ”

"Yes, thank you, sir." Yang Congyi immediately got up and agreed.

"Okay, that's it, you all go about your own business, if you have something to decide, you can go directly to my house." Mr. Zhang picked up the teacup.

"Yes, sir." After Sun Miao and Yang Congyi got up to accept, they left immediately.

After the two returned to the military case office, they didn't say a word, bowed their heads to the desk, and began to busy their own affairs.

For everything, Mr. Zhang gave a deadline, but he himself was the shopkeeper and wanted to continue to go home to recuperate, the officials were several levels high, how dare the two of them have any opinions, the officials above didn't care, they could only do what they did.

In a blink of an eye, a day has passed, and it is time to go home again.

"Master Sun, it seems that the door is about to close." Yang Congyi heard that the guards of the forbidden army in the courtyard had begun to shout, so he reminded Sun Miao, who was still busy at the desk.

Sun Miao looked up and suddenly realized that it was time to leave the office, and said, "Time flies so fast." "Put down the pen in your hand and close the book.

"Yes, when you get busy, time is not your own." Yang Congyi replied.

The two went out of the gate together, and Yang Congyi turned around and locked the door.

"Master Sun, do you have time to have a drink together tonight?" Yang Congyi asked as he walked.

Sun Miao felt a little surprised, and replied: "Secretary Yang has something to inquire about, you might as well say it directly." After speaking, he smiled slightly.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Then the lower official will not spare the bend, about the matter of meritorious verification, it is not good to ask in front of Lord Zhang in the morning, and I have to give more advice from adults." ”

Sun Miao smiled: "I guessed it was for this." ”

"Is it convenient for your Excellency tonight?" Yang Congyi asked again.

"Forget it tonight, tomorrow night." Sun Miao thought about it for a moment and replied.

Yang Congyi bowed: "Thank you, Lord Sun, thank you!" ”

"What Secretary Yang said, you work together in the military case, why do you need to say thank you." Quickly waved his hand as he spoke.

The two of them went out of the front of the hall together, and after greeting each other, Sun Miao got into the carriage and left first.

Yang Congyi bathed in the sunset and slowly walked towards Qiantang County in the north of the city.

Towards the end of the month, the verification site was finally determined, and he really wanted to go to Quanzhou as he wished. But then, he was a little nervous.

No one has ever told him what kind of situation is judged to be false and what kind of situation is judged to be exaggerated, in front of Lord Zhang, he can't say or understand, but what Lord Zhang said must have a deep meaning.

If you want to check which state and which way, Lord Zhang seems to have considered it for a long time, and Lord Sun and his opinions are all expected by Lord Zhang, so this meritorious verification is not simple.

Fortunately, he made an appointment with Master Sun, as long as he asked for advice and figured out some possible twists and turns inside, he should be able to avoid falling into the pit.

But what will happen, who knows.