[Sorry, a little late.] 】

Wang Anshi was exhausted, and he saw him in just a few months, and most of his flowers were white.

In political affairs, family affairs, and my own body, there are problems everywhere, and heavy burdens are on my shoulders. Although his back is still straight, he always looks a little tired in his face.

His eldest son, Wang Yan, was terminally ill.

Wang Yan is not only his son, but also his student, and his assistant in his career.

Unlike the betrayal of Zengbu; is not like Lu Huiqing, who is gradually estranged; It's not like Han Gang, who walks on a road by himself, just approaching, but never walking towards a goal.

Wang Yan is his own heir, whether it is academically, professionally or in his own identity. But seeing that the white-haired person was about to send the black-haired person, no matter how open-minded Wang Anshi was, it was difficult to detach himself from this matter, and his mood was always immersed in pain.

"Wang Qing."

"The minister is here."

It's just that in the court, Wang Anshi hid his feelings deeply, and what he showed was still a reluctant minister who did not agree with his words and did not act.

Regarding Wang Anshi's attitude, Zhao Ji sighed first, and he didn't know how to comfort him. Putting the matter aside, he said: "It is imperative to level the toe." Today, there are more than a dozen concerts, talking about the strategy of level crossing. I wonder if Wang Qing has seen it? ”

When they entered Guangxi, Li Changjie once circulated a letter everywhere, saying that their attack was to hang the people and save the people of the Great Song Dynasty who were suffering from the new law. When the text came to the capital, there was a small mess inside and outside the government, and many people said strange things in private. However, when Li Changjie lost his armor and was beaten back by Wang Anshi's son-in-law, these gossips disappeared at once, and the crusade against Jiaozhi became the mainstream.

Wang Anshi said: "The policy of level relations should consult the local guards. Su Ziyuan is about to enter Beijing, and His Majesty can ask carefully. As for how to use the troops, there have been victories before, so you can follow them. ”

Li Shunju has privately confirmed Han Gang's record, and although he has not yet arrived in the capital, he has already sent an urgent report back. More than 10,000 captives and heads were ten times more than the average Kansai victory. It only took 1,500 soldiers to achieve such brilliant results, so Han Gang's strategy of using troops has become a good strategy that can be emulated and followed.

Zhao Ji nodded: "With the official army as the mainstay, and the barbarian army as the auxiliary, the past practice is not useless." But in comparison, Han Gang's approach in Yongzhou is better. ”

This is also to see the benefits of the cooperation between the official army and the barbarian army in the Battle of Yongzhou. Using a small number of elite officers and soldiers as the blade, and a barbarian army with sufficient numbers and much inferior combat power as the blade, this can not only ensure that the army still has sufficient combat effectiveness, but also save a lot of money.

However, the prerequisite for such a combination is that the officers and troops must have combat effectiveness that far exceeds that of the enemy army and the barbarians. Otherwise, you can't defeat the enemy army on the outside, and you can't subdue the same column on the inside, and you will only end up with a joke. Regarding this point, Wang Anshi knows this better than anyone else, and Han Gang clearly pointed this point out in his private letter.

"But the army that mobilizes the south must be elite. The four commanders of the great victory over the thieves were all selected from the Jingnan army, so that one could be the mainstay of ten. If it is mobilized nearby, there will be those who make up the number indiscriminately, and if they do, they will not see the merits, but will suffer from them. ”

"Of course, it is from Kansai to mobilize the elite to the south." Zhao Ji said and frowned again, "I don't know if the two places of Maozhou and Hengshan can end in time." ”

The north and Liao and Xia are already on the verge of breaking out; The south and Cochin are about to start the war again; The disaster-stricken areas in Jiangnan and Huainan are in the most difficult moment. At the same time, something happened to Maozhou in Shuzhong.

Maozhou, to the south of Chengdu Prefecture, is the territory of Southwest Yi. Originally, there was no city wall in Maozhou, only a fence to divide the inside and outside, and the barbarians around the city often entered the city to plunder the wealth and population. The local people suffered so much that they begged the state to build a wall every year. So last year, Li Qi, who was then the governor of the state, wrote to the imperial court for this, and finally got permission.

It's just that when the approval of the fold was issued, Li Qi had already been transferred, but after the new Zhizhou Fan Baichang took over, he still wanted to build the city as usual. However, the construction of the city of Maozhou brought a lot of pressure to the surrounding barbarians, not only the goal of making a fortune was gone, but also worried that the official army would use Maozhou City as a base in the future to sweep the surrounding barbarians to restore the old hatred. With this worry, it is reasonable for the local barbarians to set off a rebellion, and no one will blame Fan Baichang. couldn't suppress it in time, but Fan Baichang couldn't get rid of his responsibility.

"The matter of Maozhou is that Fan Baichang mistook measures, that is, knowing that the barbarians are opposed, he should prepare in advance, so as not to be caught off guard after the rebellion."

"Fan Baichang should be punished, but Maozhou has not lost it so far, and it is not without merit. When Wang Zhongzheng arrives, he will be able to meet the inside and outside. ”

Zhao Ji sent Wang Zhongzheng, a famous general in the inner palace, to deal with it, and with him and Cai Yanqing, who has a stable personality, he should be able to calm down Maozhou. When Wang Zhongzheng left, he asked for a part of the soldiers and horses on Xihe Road, led by Zhao Long and Miao Lu, and there were also 800 Tubo cavalry, all of whom were good horsemen who could run in the mountains.

Zhao Ji is very confident in them, "With Wang Zhongzheng leading the army, the department is a good general, a few barbarians, and it will be peaceful in the near future." ”

Wang Anshi pursed his lips, he took leave to recuperate, and Zhao Ji sent his inner servants to lead the barbarian matter but failed to stop it, and now when he mentioned it, his heart was unhappy for a while. But he can't help it, and the two governments have already approved this appointment.

After an illness, the whole person is much older, the eldest son's illness is one, and his control over the court is also declining. The opposition to him is still the same, and the original relatives are gradually alienated. After becoming in power, although Lu Huiqing said that he avoided suspicion, he could indeed keep a distance from Wang Anshi, and he could gradually be regarded as an independent branch of the new party.

And Han Jiang went out two months ago because of a trivial matter, and it was also because he was not interested in staying in the political hall and did not strive for it. Otherwise, he struggled, and he really couldn't do anything with him, the prime minister.

If you look at the two mansions as a whole, there have been no major changes for several years since the sixth year of Xining. are basically familiar faces, only one more Lu Huiqing. In addition, Wang Anshi came and went, Han Jiang came and went, that's all.

Although the two factions in the two governments are separated, Zhao Ji controls a set of tricks that stir up different theories just right, but it seems that the so-called flowing water is not corrupt, and the household hub is not beetle. If this happens, the chaos in the north and south of the world can be settled, and there will be a big change in the east and west governments according to common sense, and at least two or three vacancies will be settled.

There are many people who can think of a little, and it is not a small number of them who are qualified to step on one of them.

The most likely few people, their own ability, qualifications, popularity in the court, and the trust of the Son of Heaven, have each other's superiority, and when they reach the most, what can be compared is the merit.

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"Liao State can't beat it in a short time. There is endless internal chaos in itself, coupled with Yelu Yixin, the king of Wei who is in charge of the government, and Xiao Guanyin, the queen who has just forced death in the ears of the Liao lord, to remove this obstacle, and then the prince has to deal with it, and he has no courage to be distracted. ”

In the evening, Lu Huiqing, who was not on duty, returned home, and it was his younger brother Lu Shengqing who talked to him about the current situation today.

"Yelu Yixin pouted the marriage between the Liao lord and the Western Xia, originally to support the party members and let them continue to invade the south. It's not that I'm kind. ”

Yelu Yixin's attitude, but as soon as he learned the cause of Xiao Guanyin's death after Liaohou, the court knew that Yelu Yixin's target was Yelu Jun, the prince of Liao. Don't look at what Yelu Yixin planted for Empress Xiao? - Adultery with a servant! With such a crime against his biological mother, Yelujun's position is very dangerous.

"Although Yelu Yixin is in power, the Liao lord has only one son. Regardless of whether Yelu Yixin and Yelu Jun win or lose, the dispute between the two sides will never end simply. ”

"One of the places where you can make meritorious contributions is Xixia, and the other is Jiaozhi, and there is no need to count on Maozhou. It's not that Wang Zhongzheng has the ability, but that the combat power of the Xihe army is far greater than that of the barbarians in the southwest. ”

"It's funny to say, now even the people in the Taichang Rite Temple are discussing how to calm the tochi. I really don't know what they can come up with. ”

The cooperation between Zhang Zihou and Han Yukun has been fruitful, and Li Shunju has proved that they did not lie about their exploits. As long as the number of troops sent down is small, they have enough position to command. The Son of Heaven will not take the risk of changing the commander on the spot. Trying to take their place will only be wishful thinking. Lu Huiqing sneered, "Didn't you see that Wang Shao stopped talking?" Before, he had plans to go to Jiaozhi, thinking about cooperating with Han Gang again. ”

"What is the eldest brother going to do? Just look at Zhang Dian and Han Gang's meritorious service? Lu Shengqing had some worries in his heart. When Zhang Dian comes back, he will definitely enter the Privy Council, and he will be able to enter the political hall in a year or two, and when the time comes, he will be Lu Huiqing's biggest competitor.

Lu Huiqing shook his head, he would not leave Tokyo City, but he could recommend others to go. As long as he didn't make a mistake, he was still the first choice to take over the legacy left by Wang Anshi.

"It's not enough to have Zhang Zihou and Han Yukun, they also need generals to lead the troops. Handsome and will be two different things. Strategizing and looking at the overall situation is handsome. Commanding the enemy and fighting on the battlefield, this is the general. Han Gang and Zhang Dian are both handsome rather than generals, and the previous Yongzhou victory was mostly under the command of Li Xin and Huang Jinman. Lu Huiqing smiled confidently, "If the imperial court decides to send troops south, whether the number of troops is 10,000 or 20,000, there must be a commander with a higher status. How many years has Li Xin been in office? His qualifications are far from sufficient. ”

Lu Shengqing understood Lu Huiqing's plan: "Who is the eldest brother going to recommend?" ”

Lu Huiqing did not answer immediately: "Wu Chong originally intended for Guo Kui, but this is no longer possible, Guo Kui is far above Zhang Dian and Han Gang, if he leads the Southern Expedition Camp, he must be the commander, not the general!." ”

"Then Zhao Yu is impossible." Lu Shengqing groaned, "It's a civil official again, or a handsome minister." ”

There was a lot of debate at the beginning about who to send to lead the southbound army, and Zhang Tun Hangang, who commanded the reinforcements of the south, was just a front station. Guo Kui, Wang Shao, Zhao Yu and others are all popular candidates on the list. It's just that after the victory in Yongzhou, there are very few people who think like this, and now they are all trying to take advantage of it.

"Zhao Gongcai is impossible, I don't want to think about which road he is guarding, the position on the edge of Hengshan, where can he move lightly?!" Lu Huiqing shook his head, "Either you are selected from the Sanya Management Army with little seniority, or you are a veteran general who has made great achievements in recent years." ”

"Yanda or Miao?"

"The main ones are Yanda and Miao Zhu. In addition, Qu Zhen and Chong Zhen can barely go. ”

"Who is it?"

"It depends on how the Son of Heaven decides."