In the imperial study of the Bianliang Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Song Huizong came out of the bedroom of Murong Guifei, came to the imperial study with a calm face, and ordered people to call Gao Yu, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng.

After a few people came to the study, they saw Song Huizong sitting behind the dragon book case with a gloomy face, and a few people didn't know why the emperor was angry, and they all respectfully appeared to the side, bowing their heads and not speaking.

Seeing that everyone had come, Song Huizong opened his mouth and said: "A few Aiqing, the Liangshan thieves have not been exterminated, how many do you have something to say?" ”

Several people looked at each other in private, and they didn't know what Song Huizong suddenly asked about what Liangshan Thief Kou meant, among them, Cai Jing had a flexible brain, and when he came, he had just received news that Liangshan Thief Kou had broken through Qingzhou City, and Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, was nowhere to be found.

This Murong Yanda, Cai Jing knows, he is the emperor's favorite concubine today, Murong Guifei's own brother, it seems that Murong Guifei is blowing the wind on the pillow, and today the emperor is furious, and asked again This Liangshan thief.

At that moment, Cai Jing walked out, knelt on the ground with his robe, and said: "Your Majesty, this Liangshan thief is quite famous in Shandong, and now there are tens of thousands of horses. What is the name of their leader, Wang Lun, is quite prestigious among the people, and has gathered a large group of extremely vicious people in Liangshan, many of whom are the generals in the original court, with huge power, and recently broke through Qingzhou City, Qingzhou prefect Murong Yanda is nowhere to be found, and I heard that Hu Yanzhuo actually surrendered to Liangshan. ”

Cai Jing's last sentence was not for Song Huizong to hear, but for others to hear, and a few people next to him knew what was going on as soon as they heard it, that Murong Yanda fled to Bianliang, Tokyo, and found his sister Murong Guifei, and then Murong Guifei informed the emperor of the matter, and today the emperor called a few of them over and asked about the matter of Liangshan Caokou.

When Gao Yu heard that Hu Yanzhuo had surrendered, his heart jumped, this person was recommended by him.

After listening to Cai Jing's introduction, Song Huizong nodded and asked: "This Liangshan Caokou is a big problem for the imperial court, and he wants to send elite soldiers and good generals to encircle and suppress it, all of you Aiqing are the pillars of the country, but do you have any good suggestions, good candidates, send troops to Liangshan?" ”

When Cai Jing and several people heard the emperor ask this, they all bowed their heads and pondered at the moment, not because they didn't have a candidate, but because they were afraid that the person they thought of would also go and never return. After recommending it, it was also defeated, and when the time came, he said that he was unknown, although it would not be so bad that the status of the DPRK and China would be lost, but it was also a shame-saving thing.

After a long while, Song Huizong saw that several of them had been keeping their heads down and silent, so he was a little anxious, and slapped the table at the moment and said, "What? Could it be that no one in my dignified Song Dynasty has been able to take command and go out to exterminate the Liangshan bandits? In that case, what else do I want from you? Tong Guan, you are the privy envoy in charge of the power of the world, and you recommend a person. ”

Tong Guan saw that Song Huizong named his name, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so he walked out at the moment, lifted his robe and knelt down, bowed and said: "Your Majesty and breathe the anger of thunder, temporarily stop the power of the tiger and wolf, Weichen has a candidate, this person will be able to exterminate the Liangshan thieves and protect the peace of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Hearing Tong Guan's vow, Song Huizong was also a little curious, leaned forward slightly, and asked, "There are still some people?" Aiqing tell me who this person is? With such a great ability, can Tong Shumi's be so respected? ”

"This person is Pudong patrol Guan Sheng, this Guan Sheng is the descendant of Guan Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, and his appearance is quite similar to his ancestor Guan Yu. Although he is familiar with military books and is proficient in martial arts, he only serves as the inspector of Pudong, and has always been subordinate to the subordinates. Tong Guan recommended.

When Song Huizong heard that he was the descendant of Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, a martial saint of the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a little curious at the moment, and immediately said: "Okay, Tong Shumi immediately let this Guan Sheng enter Beijing, I want to take a look at the descendants of this martial saint, if it is really as capable as Aiqing said, I will personally appoint him as a rebellious general and lead the troops to the battle." ”

Tong Guan thanked Song Huizong, and when the matter of Liangshan was finished, Song Huizong changed his words, and then continued: "The thieves of Liangshan are really bold, breaking through the important town of the imperial court, killing the officials of the imperial court, like this kind of people, they should punish the nine clans and destroy the whole family." ”

"Obey the order, and the minister will do it immediately." Taishi Cai Jing stepped forward, bowed down and said.

"By the way, there is also Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, this person is loyal and patriotic, he is a manufacturable material, the pillar of the country, it would be a pity to put him in the place, so he recruited this person into Beijing as an official, Zhao Qi, a scholar of Guanwendian University, is old and weak, and it is time to retreat, so let him write to him, I will reward him, and decree to appoint Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, to be transferred to Beijing as a scholar of Guanwendian University, and to know the affairs of the Privy Council." Song Huizong said.

As soon as the emperor said this, Cai Jing and several people were shocked, there was no problem with the scholar of the Guanwen Palace in front of him, from the civil official of the second grade, he had no position, and he only went in and out of the attendants to prepare advisers, showing respect and favor, Murong Yanda was the elder brother of Murong Guifei, and there was no problem in granting this official position; What really surprised them was the Privy Council Officer, who was a high-ranking official with real power, equivalent to a deputy prime minister.

The Privy Council, the highest military body of Tang Zhiyuan, was in charge of the decrees of the military state, military defense, border preparation, and military horses. All the guards are straight, the internal and external forbidden soldiers are recruited, the examinations, the relocation, the cantonment, the rewards and punishments, all are in charge. to promote and dismantle the military register; If there is a change of war, an envoy will be sent to the surrender talisman.

In addition to the provincial officials and military election officials, the generals will lead the road to the capital and the border to inspect the above. The major events are performed, and the giver uses the announcement; The little things are intended to be entered, and the giver of them is pierced. The purpose of the first is obtained, and the province reviews it when the door is closed. The person who gets the purpose of the face is the record, and the person who gets the painting is the purpose of the painting, and it is left as the bottom. However, it is recorded on a blank sheet of paper, and it is waiting to be reported. Those who are approved by the imperial treasure will be sent to the door to be handed over. It should be given to the person who said it, and the book of Guanzhong is a provincial proposition.

That is, to do a great plan, to make a contribution, to move the army, and in addition to the deputy commander of the capital, the three yaguan army, the three roads along the border marshal ministers, the Taifu temple officials, the civil ministers to change the right position, still with the three provinces to take the order.

But the emperor said it, that is, he told Cai Jing that the others were not discussing with them, but telling them that even if Cai Jing and the others were unwilling, they could only receive the decree at the moment.

The matter was explained, and Cai Jing and several people also quit the imperial study, not to mention others, just Gao Yu, Tong Guan in front of the imperial study Song Huizong recommended that Guan Sheng He had also heard of, and he was a general under him before, but this person's temper was too upright, and the stones in the toilet were smelly and hard, so he was sent to Pudong as an inspector, but he didn't expect to let Tong Guan say it today.

Guan Sheng's inspection position is not not a big official, equivalent to the current company-level cadres, grass-roots petty officials, in the Song Dynasty in the east and west roads of the Beijing Division, each with two inspectors, and one inspector at each of the four gates of the capital. It also has inspection divisions along the border, along the river, and along the coast. He was in charge of training armoured soldiers, patrolling the prefectures, and had a lot of authority, and was later controlled by the county order.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, all towns and cities, passes and key places have set up inspection divisions, under the jurisdiction of the county order, the general rank is nine products, some places have the civil and military inspection points, there are county dispatch agencies of the function, there are also deputy inspection (from the nine products) said.