Li Yanqing returned to the barracks, and everyone sent Li Yanqing and others out of the mansion, and then came to Zeng Xiulin's official room to discuss countermeasures, Zhang Ji was a little surprised that this matter was solved so easily, he shook his head and said: "I thought there would be a big quarrel, and even tear my face, but I didn't expect Li Yanqing to compromise so easily, will there be anything strange in this?" ”

Xu Qing smiled and said: "I guess it is for two reasons, one is that Li Yanqing didn't expect Zeng Fujun to have the killer weapon of the Emperor Taishang, which caught him off guard, and the second should be the reason he said, seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, and he still owes the military, so he is also anxious, and he has to get some money and food back to solve the urgent need, if he and Fujun tear his face, I am afraid that he will not even get a penny." ”

Zeng Xiulin nodded, "Xu Tongju is right, the latter reason is right, otherwise he would not have inspected Bashu at this time, first got some money and grain, and then sought the support of the official family, he will definitely let the official family suppress us, this person will never give up like this." ”

Zhang Ji was suddenly a little worried: "I'm afraid that the official family will listen to his opinion nine times out of ten, what if the official family refuses to give in?" ”

Zeng Xiulin glared at the timid transfer envoy fiercely, and asked unhappily: "Zhang Yuanjun has no confidence in the old man like this?" ”

"Don't dare! Humble office is just ..... I want to think it through. ”

"That's because you underestimate the emperor, the official family is not rightly named on the throne, at most it can only be the regent, if he has a conflict with the emperor, the emperor can completely abolish him and set up a new king, I believe that in this matter, the official family does not dare to confront the emperor......"

Speaking of this, Zeng Xiulin lowered his voice and said: "I will simply tell you the truth, in fact, it is the Emperor Taishang who wants to move Li Yanqing, I am just adhering to the will of the Emperor Taishang." ”

Everyone was taken aback, this actually involved the struggle for the throne, everyone didn't feel a little numb, Zhang Ji was even more anxious: "Li Yanqing is the key to the stability of the Northwest Third Road, if he is transferred, the Northwest Third Road will have a big problem." ”

Zeng Xiulin glanced at him coldly, "Li Yanqing is a prince with a different surname, which is already a taboo in officialdom, and he has hundreds of thousands of troops entrenched in the northwest three roads, and he has a tendency to be self-reliant, how can the emperor tolerate him, weakening his money and food supply is just warning him, if he doesn't know what to do, the court will completely cut off his money and food supply, and then transfer him back to the capital." ”

Everyone was silent, but Zhang Ji was a little disappreciative in his heart, if it really came to that point, how could Li Yanqing sit still and wait to die, and he would definitely lead the army into Bashu, the emperor was too taken for granted, and this Zeng Xiulin was also a little self-righteous.

But of course Zhang Ji won't say this idea, he is a little vigilant in his heart, he feels that he should not be involved too much in this matter.

"Then do you still want to send grain north?" Commander Hong Zhaojun asked urgently, he was Zeng Xiulin's henchman, and his mind was relatively simple, basically he listened to what Zeng Xiulin said.

"Of course, we also have to give the official family a little face, and we will strictly abide by the good things we have told Li Yanqing, and send the money and food as soon as possible, so as not to be caught by him and say that we will shake his military heart."

"Then let's go back and arrange the army!"

Hong Zhaojun saluted and hurriedly left, and Zhang Ji also used the excuse of transferring money and grain to go first.

There were only two people left in the official room, Zeng Xiulin and Xu Qingwei, Xu Qingwei whispered: "Fujun should be careful of this Zhang Ji!" ”

"I have already seen that this person is timid and afraid, and more importantly, he is not from Shu, and he is not of the same heart as us."

"Do you want to keep him under control?"

Zeng Xiulin thought about it, but still shook his head and said: "If you push him to be anxious, you will send him to Li Yanqing's camp, so be it!" Send someone to spy on him, and if he really has any intention of betraying me, it's not too late to arrest him. ”

"Humble duty understood."

After a pause, Xu Qinghui said: "I am worried that Li Yanqing will find out about our collection of anti-gold military expenses, and he will find the loopholes in it." ”

Zeng Xiulin waved his hand, "It's okay, he doesn't know how much we have levied, it's pointless to just guess, as long as the account books are sealed, whatever he says, we don't admit it." ”

Xu Qinghui gave a thumbs up, "It's still the government that is smart, and the account books of various states and counties were received and sealed in Chengdu Fulu as soon as possible, so that Li Yanqing couldn't find a place to focus when he found the problem." ”

Zeng Xiulin smiled proudly, "When I entered the officialdom, I am afraid that he was not born yet, and he actually wanted to fight with me, he was still a little too tender." ”

"It is recommended to send someone to follow them and find out what they are doing."

Zeng Xiulin snorted coldly, "You don't need to say this, I have already sent someone to follow him, not only him, but Zhang Yushi from the capital will also be watched, I suspect that he is not here to review and issue a solution." ”

.........

This spring's imperial examination cited one thing, there are two candidates in Zizhou with extremely poor academic level, not only the calligraphy is poor, the poetry examination even handed in a blank volume, the result is of course the name of Sun Shan, but this matter eventually reached the ears of the Son of Heaven Zhao Gou, so that the Son of Heaven was furious, at the beginning of the month he ordered the imperial history Zhang Shan to come to Zizhou with two supervisors to review the situation of last year's release test, obviously suspected of cheating in the Zizhou release test.

Zhang Shan is also a veteran official of the Imperial History Terrace, when Li Yanqing served as the Imperial History, he was the supervisor of the Imperial History, and followed Li Yanqing to Hebei to investigate the case of poor combat preparation, Zhao Gou asked him to come to Bashu at this time, but it had another deep meaning.

In order to suppress Li Yanqing, Emperor Zhao Ji secretly instigated Zeng Xiulin to reduce military spending to support Shaanxi Road, and Zeng Xiulin also actively responded to Emperor Taishang for personal interests.

In order to resist his father's interference in court affairs, Zhao Gou needed Li Yanqing's support even more, and at the same time to crack down on his father's infiltration of the local government.

The Quartet forces are fighting in Bashu, so that the Bashu storm will meet, and there is a faint trend of mountain rain coming.

In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Shan took the carriage to the Zizhou Examination Institute as usual to review the examination papers, when the carriage had just turned into an alley on the street, the door suddenly opened, and a man in black squeezed in, which immediately startled Zhang Shan, "Who are you?" ”

The person who came hugged his fists and smiled: "Zhang Yushi doesn't have to be nervous, in Xia Yanqing, it is Li Jingluo who is in charge of the scout battalion under the tent." ”

"Are you Li Jingluo's man?"

"Exactly!"

When Zhang Shan heard that it was Li Yanqing's person, he suddenly let go of his heart, and at this time, Yan Qing took out a letter and handed it to Zhang Shan, Zhang Shan opened the letter and read it, and asked again: "Where is the envoy now?" ”

"He is currently investigating the autumn harvest in Hezhou, and is ready to return to Chengdu at any time."

Zhang Shan nodded, "You go back and tell Li Jingluo that you can start with the anti-Jin military tax, and there are many officials in Chengdu Fulu who have complained to the imperial court, and the officials are also very concerned about this matter." ”

"But the problem now is that we don't have any credible local officials on Chengdu Fulu."

"This is not a problem, I have prepared it for Li Jingluo."

Zhang Shan took out a paper bag from the carriage and handed it to Yan Qing, "Here are the information of the three officials, all three of them can be used." ”

"Thank you Zhang Yushi!"

Yan Qing took the paper bag and asked again, "What else does Yushi have to explain?" ”

"There is nothing else, you tell the envoy of the scripture strategy, please be cautious, Zeng Xiulin is too powerful in Bashu, there are thousands of armed families in the Zeng family alone, if Zeng Xiulin smells the smell, he will jump off the wall in a hurry."

"I remember, Zhang Yushi is careful himself, there are already people secretly watching."

After speaking, Yan Qing jumped directly from the carriage onto the courtyard wall next to him, and disappeared in a flash, Zhang Shan was suddenly startled, who was monitoring him, he hurriedly looked behind the carriage.