Xian Yu Zhongtong has been envoy to Nanzhao for several months, his mission is to persuade Pi Luo Ge to send troops to assist the Tang Dynasty to pacify the king of eastern Yunnan (this word is really difficult, and it will be abbreviated as cold in the future), Pi Luo Ge has long had the ambition to annex eastern Yunnan, but he took the opportunity to ask the Tang Dynasty for supplies, and after some bargaining, the two sides finally reached an agreement. The war machine of the Tang Dynasty started quickly, Li Longji then sent the envoy Sun Xizhuang, Yushi Han Qia, and Li Mi, the governor of Yaozhou, to lead 30,000 troops to conquer eastern Yunnan, and Nanzhao also sent a large army to lead Hong Guangcheng to lead 20,000 troops to assist the Tang army to suppress, because Nanzhao was south of Xichuan, Li Longji ordered Jiannan Jiedu to make Zhang Qiu and Governor Qiong in this battle, for a time, Zhang Qiu and Qiong's power skyrocketed.

In the middle of November, Xian Yu Zhongtong returned to Chengdu, and went to Zhang Qiu and Qiong's mansion overnight to report the details of the envoy, the night was already late, the food on the table was cold and hot, hot and cold, but the two were still hiding in the study to talk secretly, and two hours had passed.

Zhang Qiu and Qiong slowly paced around the room with their hands behind their backs, his brows twisted into a straight line, and there was a trace of worry in his eyes.

"The original idea of the imperial court was to support Nanzhao to contain Tubo in the south, but according to what you say now, my Datang's current strategy is to let Nanzhao sit big, and finally become a problem for my Datang?"

"Yes! His subordinates contacted Pi Luo Ge this time, only to find that he was a very far-sighted and skillful hero, with greater ambitions, he had long wanted to annex eastern Yunnan, but he did not do it for a long time, waiting for the opportunity, I suspect that this cold riot was instigated behind the scenes, and he finally took advantage of the fire, and took advantage of the fisherman. ”

"And what do you think, how do we deal with it?"

Xian Yu Zhongtong wanted to speak and stopped, he wanted to say that he took the opportunity of this battle to attack eastern Yunnan in the name, and took the opportunity to destroy Nanzhao and solve the problem of his henchmen in one fell swoop, but his lips only moved, and finally did not say it, supporting Nanzhao is the emperor's consistent position, if his opinion is put forward, wouldn't it be a denial of the emperor's strategy of Nanzhao for decades, and now the emperor is no longer as good as before, if this word reaches his ears, it is very likely to be the end of his official career, he can point out the problem, it is not easy, but he can come up with a solution, this is beyond his ability to bear, between the interests of the country and the future of the individual, Xian Yu Zhongtong hesitated for a long time, and finally chose the latter.

"I don't know, I'll make up for it then!"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong stared at him deeply, sighed secretly in his heart, and as soon as the topic changed, he smiled again: "Last time Zhongtong recommended Li Qing to me, this person is really good, I have accepted him as a protégé, and I want to take advantage of the fact that I have a little power in my hands recently, and then give him a hand, what do you think?" ”

Xian Yu Zhongtong saw that he no longer asked, so he put his mind at ease, but when he heard his last sentence, he was slightly taken aback, "Does Brother Jian Qiong want to recommend him to be an official?" ”

"Not bad!"

Xian Yu Zhongtong nodded: "In this way, it is Li Qing's luck, but this person's vision and ability are really good, and he is a rare talent." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong smiled slightly: "You are wrong about this, the reason why I am ready to recommend him to be an official is not because of his ability and vision, but because of the benevolence in his heart." ”

"Rende?" Xian Yu Zhongtong said, "Can Brother Jian Qiong be clearer." ”

Zhang Qiu and Qiong took a sip of the teacup, and said slowly: "This time he beat the Hai family to a disgrace, and his means are superb, which is indeed admirable, but what I appreciate more is his benevolence, he did not put arsenic or croton in the slush, which directly caused the Hai family to die, and the Hai family is not a pity to die, but what is the crime of the people, he made the slush formula public for free, so that countless poor and lowly hawkers have a means to make a living, this is what makes him different from ordinary businessmen, so he should go further than ordinary businessmen." ”

"Brother Jian Qiong is right, when I was in Yilong, I was worried that he had been involved in the business sea for a long time, and sooner or later he would go astray, and now he will be pulled out of the business sea, which is a good thing, I am willing to jointly recommend him with Brother Jian Qiong, but I don't know what official Brother Jian Qiong is going to recommend him?"

Zhang Qiu and Qiong played with the lid of the cup, and suddenly smiled faintly: "I am going to recommend him as the chief bookkeeper of Yibin County." ”

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Yibin County is a part of Yibin today, and it is also the last stop of the Minjiang River, the Minjiang River goes down and flows into the Yangtze River, at the confluence of the two rivers is Nanxi County, Nanxi County is the state seat of Nanxi County, the geographical location is dangerous, the economy is developed, the population is large, relatively speaking, Yibin County is like an old and decrepit concubine, bowing her head to live under the face of Nanxi County.

Yibin County also has a wharf, but it seems to be a small green belt next to the big park, where most merchant ships and passenger ships do not dock, and go straight to Nanxi County downstream, or directly transfer to the Yangtze River.

But these days, the wharf of Yibin County is extremely busy, the goods on the wharf are piled up into a mountain, you can see porters, slender men and miscellaneous coolies everywhere, not to mention tens of thousands of people, these are from the neighboring counties of the temporary collection of people, but more eye-catching is the soldiers, a team of soldiers patrolling back and forth on the wharf, the face is grim, the gray-black iron armor shines in the cold light in the sun, the entire wharf is heavily guarded. The Tang Empire's campaign to conquer eastern Yunnan has begun, Nanxi County has become the logistics base camp of this campaign, and the materials mobilized from all over Jiannan are constantly being transported, and Nanxi County has been overwhelmed, so some of the materials were transferred to Yibin County.

The ships on the river are constantly shuttling back and forth, but most of the river is occupied by military ships, and the sand fleet carrying military products is covered with oilcloth, filled with grain, wheat poles and hay, and there are also baggage boats, which are loaded with all kinds of heavy siege engines, and have not yet assembled ladders, nest cars, building cars, and trebuchets, and under the escort of the war ships, they are connected by thick cables one by one, stretching for more than ten miles, and they are not visible at a glance, and the momentum is magnificent.

At noon on this day, a boat floated far away on the Minjiang River, the sails were round, galloping like an arrow, gradually approaching the military fleet, the feasible river surface narrowed sharply, the speed of the ship began to slow down, this is a common medium-sized passenger ship on the Minjiang River, the hull is wide, divided into two layers, can carry more than 100 passengers, but there are not many people on this passenger ship, only more than ten people, the bow of the ship is standing alone, is tiptoeing to look at the riverbank, he is wearing the short placket black wide pants that the servants often wear, a pair of eyes are dark and slippery, it seems shrewd and capable, this person is Zhang Wang, the lobby manager of Wangjiang Restaurant, now changed careers, As an official master's errand, this official master is naturally the new chief bookkeeper of Yibin County, and Li Qing, a dignified Tang Dynasty nine-grade official.

Gradually, the outline of Yibin County appeared in the mist, Yibin County is a lower county, the county seat is not large, only more than 1,000 households, built along the river, in the shape of a full moon around the wharf distribution.

"Yibin County has arrived!"

Zhang Wang suddenly jumped up with joy, but forgot that he was standing at the bow of the boat, and almost fell into the river, but was grabbed by Gao Zhandao, who happened to be walking, he was full of wine, and there were a few bloodshots in his eyes, no wonder, I thought that my task of protecting Li Qing was over, but Li Qing said that Yibin County was sparse, there were many wingmen, and it was even more dangerous than the Hai family, so he asked to transfer him too, and the lord naturally agreed, only patted him on the shoulder and said do a good job, and kicked him to this remote county where birds don't, Thinking of this, Gao Zhandao looked back at the cockpit hatefully, and he was still accompanied by two beautiful girls.