Liangshan Dazhai. The back mountain was very quiet in the night, even though the fire was lit, the sergeants on duty never slackened for a moment, and the sergeants on patrol also followed the established patrol route, passing through the woods, paths, mountains, and rivers again and again. But they never made a loud noise.

But in the last district, Zhang Shuye, Chen Wenzhao, Hu Yanzhuo, Zhang Qing, Xuanzan, Sun Li, Shi Wengong, etc., one is counted as one, but no one can sleep peacefully.

Of course, they were not mistreated, let alone punished by Liang Shanbo. The reason why this is so is completely because my mood has been affected by bad news.

As the Ma Tsai of the old Zhao family, everyone wants to see the "company" they work for get bigger and bigger, but they don't want to see the huge red deficits on the financial report.

But now they have heard bad news one after another, and they all seem to have seen the corner of the old Zhao family's sky......

The Southern Route Army was defeated, and less than 5,000 of the 30,000 land and water elites remained, which was already useless; The 80,000 elites of the Western Route Army were also wiped out, Taiwei Gao Yu was battled, and veteran generals such as Jing Zhong and Qiu Yue were killed; The Northwest Route Army was newly broken, Wang Huan was captured, Puzhou City was broken, and Liu Zhen was killed......

But as long as these civil and military generals in the upper district still have a point towards the old Zhao family in their hearts, it will be difficult for them to sleep soundly at night.

It's miserable, it's miserable.

Even in the thirty years of fighting against Liao, the Song army had never suffered such a fiasco; It was a series of defeats at the beginning of the war with Western Xia, and the loss of soldiers was far less than today.

Although the Great Song Dynasty is still rich in the world and has millions of soldiers, it is defeated in ten sections, in addition to the men and horses of the Western Army, how many elites are left? The emperor of the Zhao family doesn't know, can these civil and military generals not have a force in their hearts? Such a defeat broke the backbone of the officers and soldiers. After that, this Liangshan Bo thief cob, rampant in Qilu, Hebei, Huainan, and even into the Gyeonggi Road in one fell swoop, the Western Army couldn't catch up, and who could stop it?

And even if the imperial court wanted to transfer the Western Army back to the Central Plains, it would not be able to call tens of thousands of men and horses to fly over with wings in the blink of an eye to fill the void left by the complete defeat of the official army in this war.

Not to mention the West Route Army, the Northwest Route Army has gathered most of the current military strength of the East and West Routes, and the defeat of Puzhou City, Xingren Mansion, Guangji Army, and Dongchang Mansion have all opened their doors. Tens of thousands of Liangshan troops killed the past, attacked the city and pulled out the village, and they could go straight into the realm of no one. The land thief was bold, and the soldiers pointed directly at Yingtianfu and entered Gyeonggi Road, who could help him?

This is really a change of elbow and armpit, which catches people off guard.

At the same time, the defeat of Xiang Yuan's town also opened the door of Huainan, and the Liangshan army could go all the way to the south of the Yangtze River along the canal.

Don't forget, there is also the scourge of Manichaeism in Jiangnan. When Uncle Zhang knew that Gao Yu was killed in battle and the Western Route Army was annihilated, he shouted that the world was in danger.

A single Liang Shanbo doesn't seem to be enough to pry the throne of the old Zhao family, and a single Manichaeism can't make Uncle Zhang panic at night. But if these two ways of rebels and rebels are mixed together, the world will be in danger.

And now these two groups of bandits are not only mixed together, but also very close. Zong Ze also intervened in the Liangshanbo affair before he knew that the relationship between Manichaeism and Liangshanbo was so close. After asking Uncle Zhang to listen to it, he was frowning and worried.

Hu Yan's scorching gray beard seemed to be dyed with a layer of silver white under the moonlight. Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, Hu Yanzhuo couldn't fall asleep. He's not young. Hugh saw that Han Cunbao had long been 'famous' and became the commander of the military region, and it seemed that he was going to leave Hu Yanzhuo behind for a lifetime, but only in terms of age, he was not a few years older than Hu Yanzhuo. The two put them together for comparison, and even more people would choose Hu Yanzhuo as the older one.

Because of Han Cunbao, who came all the way, he is very well maintained, and in the eyes of people, it is less than half a hundred years old. And Hu Yanzhuo, who is a few years younger, has experienced many twists and turns along the way before he sat on the post of Runing Capital. Thirty years of official road, wind and snow swords, beard and hair are gray, it is normal to look older.

The Huyan family is also the noble of the old Zhao family, but it has been inherited to the present, and it has also declined. It is far from being comparable to Sangju Han. But Hu Yanzhuo has a heart for the sake of the old Zhao family.

He had been captive for a long time, but he had no thoughts of surrender. There is even a deep sense of guilt towards the old Zhao family.

Whenever he sees Liang Shanbo getting bigger, Hu Yanzhuo can't help but think, it's not that he is incompetent, so that it is unfavorable to advance, how can Liang Shanbo be stronger? Until the winter of last year, the scene outside the water pool seemed to be a basin of cold water, pouring him cold. But Hu Yanzhuo still had no intention of surrendering, but only felt disheartened.

In these days, Zong Ying came to preach and persuade him to surrender, but Hu Yanzhuo didn't listen to him. It's just that he can be a loyal minister himself, but he can't control others without thinking.

Whether it is Han Tao, Peng Xi, Ding Desun, Gong Wang, or Zhang Qing, Xuanzan, Zhang Zhongxiong, or Sun Li, Shi Wengong, they don't show anything on their faces, but they are muttering in their hearts.

Gao Yu was defeated, and the conquest of the 200,000 troops of the imperial court was already doomed to failure. In a short period of time, who can stop Liangshanbo?

If Lu Qian is bold, he can lead an army directly into the city of Tokyo.

In this way, everyone thought of a sentence - the prestige of the imperial court was mourned.

And what is the meaning behind this sentence, everyone knows it.

The 200,000 army was defeated, and the palace marshal's palace lieutenant who led the army died on the spot, how could such a court be afraid? Maybe you don't need to wait for Fang La in Jiangnan to raise troops, then there will be civil unrest in Sichuan, western Beijing and other places.

For the first time, the temptation of the Founding Fathers was confronted by some. You can scold Zong Ying for being delusional and scolding Liang Shanbo for a nest of grass coles. But whoever really treats Liang Shanbo as a nest of straw cobs who can't make it up, then he is really a fool.

Although the future of Liang Shanjun is still the future, anyone can "see" it. Even if the odds of that ambition becoming a reality are slim, no amount of insult you can wipe out the possibility.

Zhang Zhongxiong turned over, listened to his father's sigh next door, bit his lip, and pressed the heat in his heart again. He didn't want to make his father angry and disown him as a son. Liang Shanbo's current hope is too small, and he hasn't been able to ask him to be as firm as Zong Ying.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongxiong's heart that had just been cold had two more commotions. It's really Zong Ying's current position that makes him too red-eyed.

Lu Qianren did not turn back to Dazhai, but the order came early, Zong Ying was one step to the sky, and was appointed as the deputy military division in charge of secrets, although he did not immediately become the head of the first division, but obviously that position was very important. Not only does he have the privilege of being eye-catching, but he is also directly in charge of a team of soldiers and horses that obey his orders.

So much so that recently, even the persuasion of the previous district has not been often, and it is a deliberate drill into the 'secret'.

And what about Zong Ze? Apparently he knew what his son was doing, but kept his mouth shut. In Zhang Zhongxiong's view, this is being dragged into the water by his son, and Zong Ze had to change his attitude. His father has changed his attitude towards Zong Ze recently.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhongxiong thought of himself from Zong Ying. Psychological ...... Woto.

The Zhang family is not a small family like the Zong family, and he is not an only son like Zong Ying. If he learns Zong Ying's style, his father is more likely to call the eldest brother to hammer himself to death.

And his brother's personality, Zhang Zhongxiong knows. That's a dead eye, and the father is extremely filial. doesn't have such a flexible eye as his Zhang Lao'er.

Zhang Zhongxiong raised his head and looked at the stars in the night sky, listening to his eldest brother's snoring in his ears, full of melancholy!

And Zong Ying, who was envied by Zhang Zhongxiong, did not fall asleep at this time. It's just that people don't sleep because they can't sleep with a full stomach, but because they are working overtime and staying up late, and they are grasping every minute and every second to improve the "Governance Plan" in their hands.

This was the first task Lu Qian gave him - to start compiling a book for the government's administration. Summoning the officials and servants, standardizing and summarizing the things to be done after the county magistrate takes office, and the items that are important for the daily herdsmen.

Lu Qian wants to learn from the famous Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and Lao Zhu wrote a book of "Instructions for Arrival" back then. The purpose is to teach those new veterans who have just won the imperial examination how to be an official and a good official.

Guy because the new master is essentially a scholar. The day before yesterday, he was a scholar, and now he has become a parent, so how can he be competent?

You must know that after the maturation of the old Zhao family, the imperial examination has become the mainstream of the imperial court in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, if you are in the imperial examination, you will be a parent official if you get more hands. And how complicated is the government affairs in a county, the countless officials in the county government, the gentry in the county, the people's hearts are weird, and the intrigues are so treacherous, how can these be settled by a newcomer?

Presumably, Zhu Hongwu will definitely not regard Xinke Jinshi as a star in the sky, but more as a group of fledgling rookies. And Zhu Hongwu is also afraid that the Jinshi he won is a book stupid who is not diligent and does not distinguish between grains and grains, and it will be the people of a county who will suffer. That's why he wrote such a book "Instructions for Arrival". Specially issued to the new branch of Jinshi, for Zhu Hongwu promulgated a normative decree. Among them, there are 31 items listed in the affairs that should be handled by magistrates, which are claimed to be "important for officials". lest those disciples of the Son of Heaven who won the Toad Palace were black-eyed when they went to the locality, and they couldn't even grasp the key points on how to raise the government affairs of a county, and they were played with by the local officials and miscellaneous streams.

Lu Qian has a long-term vision, and he also knows that even if he captures Qilu, he will not be able to find enough 'reading seeds' to become an official. In that case, it's better to start cultivating it yourself. Although after sweeping Qilu, Liang Shanbo was very sure to accept some old officials and some talents who were willing to defect, and he was not sure that the 'officials' he set out to cultivate would really be competent, but he was prepared and did his best.

Anyway, it is not true that the official needs to know the Four Books and Five Classics, and the one "Song Criminal Unity" and one "Sutra of Calculation" are much more useful than the Four Books and Five Classics in the daily affairs of the yamen.

He asked Zong Ying to compile the "Governance Plan", the drunkard did not mean to drink, he knew Zong Ying, but in fact, he was connected to Zong Ze. In the book, under the framework of officialdom that Lu Qian has formulated, he systematically explains all aspects of the daily operation of a county yamen. It also uniformly compiled the key points of government affairs that must be grasped first when taking office in the new county.

In the future, Lu Qian "hopes" to see the government system, first of all, judicial and financial independence.

The Song Dynasty also had various state capitals, road transfer envoys, criminal officers, and criminal prison departments, but most of these existed at the administrative level above the county level, but Lu Qian wanted them to exist at the county level. He also knew how hateful and difficult the treacherous officials in the local government were, and this problem has been a stubborn problem that has plagued China for thousands of years. In this way, he set up a special judicial department and a tax department, and then used the policy of serving in other places to solve this problem to the greatest extent.

At the same time, the independence of the judiciary and finance is also to limit the authority of the 'county officials', and it is also to make people understand what is a professional specialty. Then there is the division of civil and military duties, the division of duties and powers between the garrison army and the local government, and so on.

Zong Ying has been away with her father for many years, and she knows very well about the county government customs. But even then, it would be difficult to compile such a book. It is also fortunate that Liangshanbo has a large number of documents, copywriting, case files, official documents, etc. of the local government. But Lu Qian had already planned to do this, and he didn't capture the next one, so he asked people to pay attention to the treasury. There are so many materials that are enough for Zong Ying to compile a book.

But this premise is that he can find what he can use from these countless case files......

Zong Ze got up in the middle of the night and looked at the west wing where his son slept. The candlelight was still lit in front of the window, and the figure that should be on the window could be clearly seen.