When I returned to Wuwei Hall, I learned that Ke Yao and Xue Fei'er were both drunk and were sent back to their rooms to sleep, and the rest of the girls were almost drunk and went back to their rooms. Du Wenhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Early the next morning, Cai Jing came to visit. Du Wenhao estimated that it was related to the envoys of Western Xia, but this time he did not delay, and soon came out to meet Cai Jing.

Sure enough, Cai Jing said with a smile on his face that the Western Xia envoys still wanted to continue negotiations with Du Wenhao, hoping that Zai Zhi could change the conditions for ceding the land around Shandan Racecourse. Du Wenhao told Cai Jing that there was no need to talk about it, just this condition. Okay, just do it, no, the Song army will send troops to take it. Anyway, the racecourse is determined to win. At that time, the loss of Western Xia was not only the horse farm, I am afraid it would be the entire country!

Cai Jing saw that Du Wenhao was not like a bluff, and he also understood that Du Wenhao valued this horse farm, so he promised to go back and tell him.

After Cai Jing left, Du Wenhao led the escort into the palace and reported the negotiation situation to the Empress Dowager Gao Taotao. Gao Taotao actually didn't know what kind of conditions to want, but after listening to Du Wenhao, he felt that the first three conditions were already very favorable, even if there was no horse farm, he could agree, anyway, it was a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty to be able to kill the Empress Dowager Liang. But seeing that Du Wenhao took the racecourse so seriously, he didn't dare to say the words when they came to his lips. just smiled and said that Du Wenhao was in charge.

Gao Taotao told Du Wenhao that she had issued an order to recruit skilled craftsmen with skills in all aspects of the country, and then Du Wenhao would select them to enter the scientific research institute that Du Wenhao planned to build. Du Wenhao was naturally very happy.

Subsequently, Du Wenhao left the palace and came to the Ministry of Industry to discuss the site selection and construction of the National Security Bureau and special forces.

In accordance with Gao Taotao's request, the Ministry of Industry has set aside two plots of land as land for the construction of the two institutions. The National Security Bureau is naturally located in the capital, behind the palace, not far from Du Wenhao's house, so that he can listen to the report in a timely manner. But the special forces had to be trained, so they were set up in a relatively secluded mountain col on the outskirts of the city. Du Wenhao took the officials of the Ministry of Industry to inspect the two construction sites, and felt that the site selection was very good and very satisfied. After all, this is what the Empress Dowager Gao Tao named to do, and the Ministry of Industry naturally chose the best place.

Du Wenhao convened a meeting of designers from the Ministry of Industry and said his own requirements, and the officials in charge of design from the Ministry of Industry would design the drawings.

He was busy until noon, and after Du Wenhao hurriedly ate, he convened a meeting of the senior commanders of the Sanya. There were two topics on the agenda of the meeting, one was how to strengthen military training and put in order the abandoned combat readiness. The second is the formation of special forces.

These officers are all Du Wenhao's henchmen, and in front of Du Wenhao, they naturally have nothing to talk about, and they all talked about the abandonment of the army's military training, and they all felt that it was necessary to immediately carry out large-scale military training activities, but the armaments had been abandoned for too long, and the officers and men were afraid that they would not be used to it for a while.

The Empress Dowager Gao Tao's decree to cancel the army's return has been spread, and Du Wenhao told everyone that on this basis, the army's heart should be withdrawn and put on military training. The military training textbook is based on the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" compiled by Song Renzong. It is necessary to implement a system of rewards and punishments, and it is preliminarily planned to hold military exercises with the participation of the forbidden army in the capital around the beginning of autumn. When the time comes, rewards and punishments should be given according to the results of the exercise, and those who are ineffective in command and leadership will be dismissed and replaced!

These generals are all Du Wenhao's henchmen, so naturally they all bowed down to receive orders, thinking in their hearts, but they all expressed their determination to train their respective armies well. When an officer asked with a salivating face about the subjects of the military exercise, Du Wenhao only said that with the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" as the training outline, the military exercise would naturally not exceed this scope. But what exactly to rehearse will be up to you when the time comes.

The content of "Wujing General Essentials" is very rich, it is only a little more than a month before the beginning of autumn, and all the generals and officials are a little nervous, knowing that although Du Wenhao is kind-hearted, it is related to military reform, and it is completely possible to kill chickens and monkeys, and I just hope that I don't become that poor monkey.

Then, Du Wenhao told the generals about his preparation for the formation of special forces, and briefly explained the purpose of the special forces. The officials in charge of the secretary of the Sanya were ordered to immediately draft official documents and distribute them to the garrisons all over the country, especially the garrisons on the front line of the Sixth Route in Shaanxi, and send the elite soldiers to the capital to concentrate and wait for selection.

The conditions for the selection of special combat personnel this time are: 18 to 30 years old, skilled in swordsmanship and horses, able to shoot more than eight buckets of hard bows, and good endurance for long-distance marching. In addition, those who have participated in front-line operations, especially those who have made meritorious contributions, are preferred.

In the Song Dynasty, the forbidden army was selected many times, so the forbidden army was divided into upper, middle and lower classes, and those who could not even be selected for the third class were included in the box army. At that time, the main selection criterion was height, and the height requirement of the "Tianwu First Army" of the forbidden army reached more than 1.8 meters now. In addition, it is also required to open the bow and arrows, and those who can open more than nine buckets are superior. Once it is included in the high-class forbidden army, not only can it glorify its ancestors at the feet of the Son of Heaven, but it is also very arrogant on weekdays, especially the military salaries and various treatments are much higher than those of other forbidden armies. Therefore, the forbidden army from all over the country participating in the selection was very enthusiastic.

The conditions offered by Du Wenhao are not the same as those for the selection of the superior forbidden army in the past. He did not have any special requirements for height, only required medium strength for opening the bow and arrows, but required the endurance of long-distance running, and set a priority condition, that is, he had participated in front-line battles, especially those who had made meritorious contributions.

Special operations require very high military skills and psychological qualities in actual combat, and these two items are difficult to obtain from the training ground, and participating in actual combat has an irreplaceable role in honing these two skills. Therefore, Du Wenhao emphasized these two conditions, and asked to be selected from the front-line soldiers who fought against the Western Xia as much as possible. Only soldiers who have been tempered by war are the best.

Of course, the military command of the special forces must be in their own hands, but on weekdays, they need a henchman to be in charge, and this candidate is, of course, to follow his loyal Li Pu. Du Wenhao named this unit the "Cobra Clan", and took this name in the hope that this unit could quietly approach the enemy like a cobra and deal a fatal blow to the enemy. He himself served as the commander, and Li Pu served as the deputy commander, and Li Pu was specifically responsible for the selection of the team members.

After deploying the relevant work, Du Wenhao went to the palace Zishan Hall to check the emperor's academic situation, the last test of the Four Books and Five Classics, the results were not bad, it seems that the emperor's previous studies have not relaxed.

When these things were done, it was already dark.

Du Wenhao was about to go home, Cai Jing came to visit, and told Du Wenhao a mixed news, that is, after Cai Jing's repeated explanations, the Western Xia secret envoy Weima believed that this was the lowest condition that the Great Song Dynasty could offer, because it involved the issue of land cession, especially the cession of such an important military strategic resource as Shandan Horse Farm, Weima could not be the master, so it was decided to return to Western Xia immediately, report to the emperor, and wait for Emperor Xia Huizong to make a decision, and then continue to negotiate.

Du Wenhao didn't know if Emperor Xia Huizong would agree to this condition for himself, and if he replaced him, such a condition could indeed be regarded as very harsh. However, what can make Du Wenhao confident is that Emperor Huizong's last defeat was the joint action of Li Ying and Wai, which was to prepare to cede the southern part of the Hexi Corridor to the Great Song Dynasty, in order to ask the Great Song Dynasty to help regain the imperial power, but it does not include the Shandan Horse Farm, and the area is much smaller than what he opened this time. This time, the conditions are harsher than before, but with the previous foundation, it may not be impossible to agree.

This is a gamble, what worries Du Wenhao is that if the conditions are too high, it will be self-defeating to force Emperor Huizong to seek an alliance with Da Liao instead and let Da Liao help.

It's a gamble, and the odds should be 70%. However, despite this, Du Wenhao's heart was still hanging.

Now I have no choice but to wait patiently.

In the following days, Du Wenhao was busy with the construction of three bases: the National Security Bureau, the special forces camp, and the Academy of Sciences. Gao Taotao allocated him a huge amount of money for the construction of these three projects.

The hardware is easy to do, he put forward a request, the Ministry of Engineering to carry out the design and construction is finished, this is from the Supreme Leader instructed by the project, naturally all the way to the green light, and the ancient government project construction, is implemented by the Ministry of Industry in a unified manner, there is no need to find their own competent department to seal, bidding to select the construction and supervision unit, as well as the quality supervision of the project and other issues. The start of construction is also very fast. Du Wenhao's work in this area is relatively simple, and for him, the most important thing is the problem of people.

The scientific research institute is easy to run, Gao Taotao has already ordered to recruit talents, and the other two departments have a lot of headaches.

First of all, in order to play its role, the National Security Bureau must build an internal and external espionage and intelligence network, and such a network is difficult to establish in a short period of time. As the saying goes, money can make ghosts grind. It is not too difficult to buy spy intelligence, but it is much more difficult to buy useful high-ranking personnel to obtain top-secret information with military and political value.

Everything was difficult at the beginning, and Du Wenhao was ready to set up only two internal departments in the early stage of the Great Song National Security Bureau. They are the Department of Foreign Intelligence and the Department of Internal Intelligence. The former was responsible for collecting military and political intelligence on Western Xia and Daliao, and organizing actions such as rebellion, assassination, and sabotage; The Internal Intelligence Special Service Department is responsible for collecting information on conspiracy against the government and opposition in China, and for arresting, interrogating, and trying suspects.

Du Wenhao's own energy is limited and he can't do everything, so he needs to find two people who can do these two jobs as his assistants and be responsible for these two tasks respectively.

He already has a good candidate for the Internal Intelligence Department, that is, Master Shen Shengping, who is familiar with the various yamen of the imperial court and the ministers of the court!

Du Wenhao called Shen Shengping to discuss, Shen Shengping listened to Du Wenhao's responsibilities of the new organization, and was happy, this kind of work of collecting espionage intelligence he had done a lot when he assisted the two prime ministers in the past, he was familiar with the road, and felt that he was competent, so he happily agreed.

The person in charge of the Foreign Intelligence Department, Du Wenhao thought of Cai Jing's relative, since he was able to open up the Songxia landline, and his ancestors were all doing business on the Songxia border, and people from all walks of life were very familiar, this was definitely an important resource.

Du Wenhao called Cai Jing to discuss, and Cai Jing naturally didn't have the words to agree.

Cai Jing's relative named Cai Tou can let him be in charge of border intelligence collection, and it is best to hide in the shadows to listen to the news, so it is not suitable to go back to the capital to be the person in charge of the entire Foreign Intelligence Department, and this person in charge has to find another person. Therefore, no matter how much Du Wenhao dislikes Cai Jing, for the sake of the overall situation, he still decided to let Cai Jing concurrently serve as the director of the Department of Foreign Intelligence.

Du Wenhao originally wanted to find an opportunity to kill Cai Jing after the matter of Song Xia was completed, but now he needed Cai Jing to collect relevant information, and only after the work in this area was carried out smoothly, he would find a chance to kill him.

Although Cai Jing is the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, the officials of the Song Dynasty are like a marquee, and they are not like modern society, and they can not go up or down like modern society. Therefore, if you want to sit firmly in the position, you must find a backer, and now, the biggest backer in the court is Du Wenhao. Therefore, Cai Jing has already made up his mind that he must do everything Du Wenhao explained, strive to get Du Wenhao's favor, and finally become Du Wenhao's confidant, relying on Du Wenhao to climb up.

If he knew that Du Wenhao had already had the idea of killing him in his heart, he would definitely regret his wishful thinking.

After Du Wenhao determined the heads of the Internal Intelligence Department and the Foreign Intelligence Department, the specific related work was handed over to the two of them. And he himself was busy with other things.

There are so many things that need to be done by him, and the most important thing is that the wedding date is coming!

When the court and the three yamen were inspected, the big red man in front of the empress dowager got married, and he married the daughter of the first assistant prime minister Wang Jue, who was above 10,000 people under one person, these two strong and powerful characters, who dared not come to the Manchu Dynasty?

Therefore, before the wedding day, many officials and celebrities in the capital came to congratulate and sent gifts in piles.

On the first day of marriage, Gao Taotao called Du Wenhao to the palace.

After the two made love, Gao Tao snuggled up to him, and asked with a pretty face: "Wang Runxue, Wang Qi's daughter, is known as the first beauty in the capital, if you marry such a beauty, will you still think of me?" ”

Du Wenhao hugged her and kissed her hard, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, my talk is irreplaceable in my heart!" ”

"Really? That...... If I weren't the Empress Dowager and I didn't have any power in my hands, would you still like me? ”

Du Wenhao has thought about this problem for a long time, to be honest, he is good with Gao Taotao, mainly because he has been in love for a long time, the love aroused by Gao Tao's love, and his pity for Gao Tao. He was not keen on power, and he didn't think about exchanging this identity for power at all, and everything that came about later implementing changes and so on was only produced after they were healed and Gao Tao was promoted to his official.

Therefore, Du Wenhao said with a straight face: "Taotao, you underestimate me, I love your people, not your power!" It's not like I'm trying to use you for power! Even if you hand over power to the emperor in the future and become an ordinary woman, I still love you and will still be with you, before the moon and flowers, listening to the rain on the island in the middle of the lake, strolling in the green grassland, playing swords and songs, and flying with wings......"

Gao Tao's heart was full of joy, stretched out his arms around his neck, and looked at him with sparkling eyes: "Do you dare to swear?" ”

Du Wenhao leaned over and kissed her, raised his right hand and pointed to the sky, and said loudly: "I, Du Wenhao, swear by the sky - what I just said is true, if there is a violation, the sky will hit five thunders, and there will be no place to die!" ”

Most of the ancients believed that there were gods in the sky, and the oath would be fulfilled, and after listening to Du Wenhao's poisonous oath, Gao Tao's eyes were full of tears, and he kissed his mouth with his feet, and the two kissed deeply.

In a moment, Gao's mouth slid across Du Wenhao's cheek, pressed to his ear, and the weak mosquito and fly said: "Wenhao......!" ”

"Well, gushing"

"I ......, I want to ......"

"What do you think?" Du Wenhao asked with a smile.

Gao Tao kissed his face, and whispered in his ear, "I want to ...... and put my body ...... Gave you ......! ”