"Your Excellency invited the old minister to visit late at night, I don't know what's going on?"

In the warm room of the Qianyuan Palace, Zhao Bao reluctantly cheered himself up, and said to Zhao Yong, he was on duty today, and Zhao Yong had just passed him into the palace, saying that there was something important to inquire about, so he quickly got up and came here. Seeing that Zhao Yong was working hard to write, it was already the time of the year, but Zhao Yong still seemed very energetic, he and the little boy in the candlelight appeared in front of his eyes one after another, the two were similar, but they were very different.

"Lao Xiangguo waits for a while, and this is the end of loneliness." Zhao Yong said, after writing the last word, put the pen aside, blew the ink, looked up and looked at Zhao Bao with a smile: "It is really not a son of man to invite Lao Xiangguo at such an hour, and it must have disturbed Lao Xiangguo's good dreams." ”

"I'm older, I don't have much energy, but I don't sleep much, so I lie on the couch and take a short break. When the king summons him late at night, there must be something important to discuss, how dare the old man slack off? Zhao Bao replied with a smile.

"Although the old Xiangguo is a little older, Yu Zhao is the treasure of the town. Zhao Guo and Gu are inseparable from Lao Xiangguo for a moment. ”

Zhao Bao frowned, and continued to say with a smile: "Meng Junshang values it so much, and the old minister has a sense of guilt. So that I often introspect myself, I am afraid that my strength will not be enough, and I will not be entrusted by the king! ”

"It's okay, it's okay, the old Xiangguo is in charge of the overall situation, and the rest, just let the people below walk more."

Zhao Bao looked at Zhao Yong's seemingly unintentional expression, and pretended not to understand, and said, "What the king said is true." ”

"The reason why we are called late at night is because of the merit test." Zhao Yong took out the box and asked Fu to hand the book that he had revised to Zhao Bao. In fact, he could have returned it to Zhao Bao yesterday, but the matter of Hanchan Hall made him have more eyes.

"The person determined by the old Xiangguo, Lone has no opinion, the old Xiangguo goes back to proofread, there is no problem, and it can be promulgated."

"Yes." Zhao Bao saluted and slowly retreated out of the palace gate.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Yong's mouth.

Zhao Bao put down the list that he had read twice, and took a long breath, and the old servant on the side saw that he had finally put down the book, and couldn't help but remind: "Master, it's time to rest." ”

Zhao Bao shook his head, after coming out of the conservatory, he was not sleepy at all. And after reading this book, he was already shocked into a cold sweat.

"You go to the canteen and warm up the porridge, the old man is hungry."

The old servant agreed, walked to the food box he brought, took out a pottery urn, glanced at Zhao Bao, and walked to the dining room. Zhao Bao walked to the table, and there was a bronze mirror embedded in the top table, and there was a clay pot, which was convenient for the ministers on duty at night to clean and groom. Zhao Bao took off the raw silk he was holding, soaked it in the water, didn't care at all that the water was already cold and biting, wrung it out, and wiped his face twice. looked at himself in the bronze mirror, stunned.

Zhao Yong's criticism, he guessed part of it correctly, he put Li Dui in the first place, and after careful consideration, he asked Zhao Cheng about the results. Zhao Cheng did not object, nor did he agree, the reason is that even if Li Dui is the first in the performance appraisal, he cannot be promoted, one is where to let others go, Zhao Cheng is not at ease, and the other is that others go there, may not be as good as Li Dui, is to look at the entire government and the opposition, only Li Dui is suitable, no one can. So it doesn't matter if he is the first in the performance appraisal or not, it doesn't matter, put it in the first place, it can be regarded as an affirmation of him.

And for the sake of Tian Buli, Zhao Bao specially put Tian Buli in the twelfth place, this position is neither outstanding nor particularly backward, in order to pave the way and not appear abrupt, a Sima Qian was placed in front. He thought that Zhao Yong would not care, but unexpectedly, Zhao Yong waved his pen and put him from Dongyuan to Lin Cheng. Although they are all border towns, one is under their noses and the other is in the border place, and the results can be imagined. It is estimated that even if Tian Buli does a flower, unless he can destroy a city in the Qin State, Zhao Yong may not let him be promoted too quickly.

What's even more special is that Lin Cheng and Lishi are the closest to the border of Qin, and the two countries will clash from time to time, so it is very stressful for him to go there as a city guard. Zhao Bao admires Tian Buru, because he is sleek and can do things. Although his character is not high, he is very capable, and he has no chance to deal with problems, not to mention that he was promoted by Zhao Bao, so there is no need to worry about loyalty. He also intended to let Tian Buli enter the internal history and replace Xu Yue after a period of training. But Zhao Yong's arrangement completely disrupted his plan.

Xu Yue, a person who sounds good, is called loyal and unyielding, and if he says it is ugly, he is brainless. Zhao Suhou asked him to be an internal historian because he took a fancy to him. After Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne, he did not move him for a long time, precisely because the "thrifty" fashion advocated by Xu Yue was the same as Zhao Yong's concept, and Zhao Yong had a lot of preferential treatment for these old ministers, so that this old man relied on the old and sold the old, and often worked against Zhao Yong, but Zhao Yong always smiled, did not take it seriously, and continued to reuse him.

But Zhao Bao, as his old boss and friend, often ran into a wall with him. Neishi Temple is the largest institution in Situ Mansion, in charge of all the fields and grains of Zhao State, it is a real power institution, many people even call it "Little Situ", in this position, Zhao Bao of course wants to use his own people. It is because of the disrespect to Tian Buru, Zhao Bao is the focus of cultivation.

If the appointment of Li Dui and Tian Buli made Zhao Bao a little surprised, then he was shocked by the choice of the following three city guards.

Li Yan, the wolf Mengyi city guard;

Lian Wu, the city guard of Yangyi;

Zhao Shan, Yuciyi City Guard;

Wolf Mengyi is in the north of Jinyang, surrounded by mountains on three sides in the east, west and north, and flat in the south. The north leads to Daixian and Yanmen Pass, and the south chokes the mouth of Jinyang to the north, which can be described as a strategic point, if you want to enter Daidi, you must pass through Wolf Meng, and similarly, control Wolf Meng, you can point to Jinyang!

Terrier, in the south of Jinyang, when the Jin State crusaded against the Di people, needed a logistics city, as the Shangqing, Zhao Yu reviewed the troops here, and became an important base for attacking the Di people.

Yuci, the east of Jinyang, and Jinyang across the Fen River. For a long time, as a subordinate of Jinyang, although the two places are not far apart, but as a place to garrison, the safety of Jinyang is guarded.

Looking at these three generals again, Li Yan is from the Daijun cavalry; Lian Wu was picked up by Zhao Yong; Although Zhao Shan is a member of the Zhao clan, his birthplace is in the Juanjia Camp.

If you look at it from the sand table, the three cities are exactly at the three ends of Jinyang, and the three are only half a day's mile apart! It is only two or three hours away from Jinyang, except for Yuci!

Of course, Zhao Yong's reason is very simple, Li Yan transferred the wolf Mengyi and was responsible for the construction of Ningwu Pass; Lian Wu was transferred to Jiaoyangyi to be responsible for the reorganization of the army and the military and assist in the Northern Expedition; Zhao Shan's reason for the Northern Expedition is a killing move, and he is afraid that the temple will be restless, so he wants to defend the temple and sacrifice!

It seems that all the reasons are reasonable, but all the reasons are very unreliable. But it doesn't matter, the goal is achieved.

Zhao Yong tried his best to mobilize the people he trusted to gather around Jinyang, what was the matter? Self-explanatory. The only question now is whether Zhao Yong has the courage to do this.

Zhao Yong thought he had some courage, but in this matter, he actually didn't make up his mind. Jinyang is close to Sanhu, and it is where the Zongmiao is located, and there is a precedent in history for Zhao to compete for the throne, so he wants to be comfortable with the Northern Expedition, and Jinyang must be stable. He transferred the three of them to these three places in order to prevent accidents, or if they did, to be able to control the situation.

Zhao Xi is old and can only be stationed at the Gate of Infinity to prevent accidents; Niu Jian was transferred to Dai County, responsible for reinforcing Yanmen Pass and repairing roads; Li Zhuo and Zhao Yuan were selected by him to take with him, and they originally wanted to transfer Qiu Shui out of Jingcheng Pass, but there were no suitable personnel, so they had to give up; Pang Cong was arranged by him in Handan, sitting on the defense, in case other countries pulled back, Pang Cong took over the command of the same deployment. In this way, the northern border of Zhao State, from the Infinite Gate to Ningwu Pass, has entered a state of combat readiness, and road repairs, grain and grass preparations, pass construction, and war horse deployment are all being carried out in an orderly manner.

In terms of government affairs, Zhao Bao is still the mainstay, supplemented by Fei Yi, Zhao Cheng and Wu Guang, and the general government affairs are solved by four cameras, and urgent official affairs are dispatched to Ningwu by fast horses, and Ningwu will convey them to the front line. Zhao Gu was responsible for the government affairs of the county, and Lou Slow followed the expedition to be responsible for the dispatch of grain and grass.

Everything is in order.

"Wait." Zhao Yong stood up, looked at the map behind him, and muttered to himself: "There is one more thing, you must think of countermeasures first." ”

Jinyang, the Division of the Dead.

Li Dui finished reading the last piece of bamboo slips, carefully put it away, and took a sip of the somewhat cold tea. In fact, he didn't like to drink it, it was bitter. But in Handan, whether it is to shoot Zhao Yong's sycophants, or out of sincere liking, many people are chasing tea, so that the asking price of Shu merchants is getting higher and higher, and they are not rich and noble, and they really can't afford to drink.

When Li Dui was in Handan, someone sent tea, and after arriving in Jinyang, someone often sent it to himself, and he developed this habit, sometimes in order to avoid suspicion, he also bought a little. It's just that every time I think of Zhao Cheng, who is most opposed to Zhao Yong's change, and his favorite thing is this thing, I feel very ironic.

He was in prison at the time, and suddenly realized that he was in prison, even if Zhao Cheng was not the mastermind, he should be regarded as an insider, because he entered Sikong Mansion at that time, he had some resentment towards Zhao Cheng, and he was unwilling to say more.

However, Zhao Yong sent himself here, and he found out from some clues that it was actually the Zhao clan of Jinyang who sacrificed himself and Zhao Sui in order to bring down Feiyi, which made Li Dui angry. It was also at this time that he figured out why Zhao Yong asked him to come to Jinyang, first, to atone the merits, and secondly, to use Zhao Cheng's people to contain the big men of the Zhao family. So easily, Zhao Yong will not let himself be harmed, just like Zhao Cheng said, everyone is a chess piece, and he, Li Dui, is Zhao Yong's pawn against the Zhao clan.

Knowing his mission, Li Dui began to "take care" of the Zhao clansmen, he changed his previous sleek and sophisticated appearance, and when taxes were collected, he could not hide a single point when he made a book. No matter who comes to him from the Zhao clan, he doesn't see him, he really can't resist it, that is, he is full of appearance, and he will never listen to what he says. The new city keeper is also a close relative of the Zhao clan, and often teaches Li Dui, so that he should not forget Zhao Cheng's promotion grace, he agrees every time, and throws it aside when he turns around. Since the Bereaved Division is directly responsible for the superior Relic Temple, the city guard has no choice but to find him for bad luck. It's just that Li Dui's bearing is much better now, and he won't get angry easily.

"My lord, there is a Handan official document." The servant stood outside the door, looked at Li Dui and said. This is Li Dui's rule, and he must not come in without his consent. In comparison, the old people in Zhao Cheng's mansion all entered the store and reported the news.

Li Dui beckoned and took a box, on which was the flower of the Relic Temple, sealed with fire paint. It was indeed an official document, and when he opened the box, he saw that there was only a piece of bamboo slip inside. It reads:

Slashing, trapped in the red tree, is Xu You said, using sacrifices.

It's late today, it's almost the holidays, all kinds of visits to relatives, sorry, sorry

(End of chapter)