The Song Dynasty's prefecture was divided into five levels, and Kaifeng Prefecture was the center of Gyeonggi, and although it was only Tokyo, it looked down on the heroes as the foot of the Son of Heaven, so it stood tall.

The Luoyang Mansion, Yingtian Mansion and the Daimyo Mansion correspond to the three capitals in the southwest and north respectively, and their names are only half a level worse than Kaifeng, and they belong to the first-class government.

Although Jingzhao Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion are not one of the four capitals, due to their special strategic position and historical status, their status is no less than that of the three capitals, and they are only slightly worse in name, and they belong to the first-class and semi-capital.

As for Chengdu and Jiangning, they are regional centers, but they are slightly inferior in strategy, so they belong to the same second-class provinces as other large prefectures such as Zhending and Hejian Mansions.

As for other small prefectures, such as Hezhong Mansion, Yan'an Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Xingren Mansion, Jiangling Mansion, etc., they belong to the third-level prefecture.

Jingzhao Mansion has 12,000 garrisons, because of its special historical status, higher than Taiyuan Mansion, so it is the same as other three capitals, it also has a position of stay, is the nominal supreme military commander, generally held by the prince, in the capital remote post, regardless of practice.

According to the practice of the Great Song Dynasty civil officials as the main generals, the chief of the Jingzhao army was the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Mansion, and the deputy general was the envoy of the soldiers and horses, and four days later, Li Yanqing arrived in Jingzhao Mansion and officially took office.

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Jingzhaofu is the capital of the Han and Tang dynasties, Chang'an, although it was glorious for a while, but finally destroyed in the war at the end of the Tang Dynasty, today's Jingzhao City has not seen the prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties.

However, despite more than 100 years of recuperation in the Song Dynasty, Jingzhao Mansion gradually recovered from extreme weakness, and its population increased to more than 100,000 households, becoming an out-and-out mansion.

But also because of the change of climate, today's Jingzhao Mansion is no longer as humid and rainy as it was in the Han and Tang Dynasties, and has gradually become dry, just like a middle-aged woman who has lost the aura of youth.

Of course, there are also strong political factors in this, and since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the threat from the northeast has always run through the Great Song Dynasty.

In the northwest, Tubo has declined, although the Western Xia is strong, but after all, the national strength is insufficient, and the threat to the Song Dynasty is far less than that of Liaojin, so the political weakness also makes the Jingzhao Mansion in the northwest inferior to the Daimyo Mansion in Hebei.

Li Yanqing was warmly welcomed by the prefect Yang Xuzhou on the first day of his appointment, and he even gave Li Yanqing a heavy bear hug in front of a group of officials, as if Li Yanqing was labeled as a king at once, but this bear hug was also effective, which made Ma Shan's face look extremely ugly, and he snorted and left.

"Li Tongzhi, this is your official room!"

The lord Bo Meng then led Li Yanqing to the west courtyard of the back hall of the palace, which is a very wide compound, with more than 70 rooms alone, enough to accommodate hundreds of people, and there is a separate side door facing west, which is very convenient to enter and exit the palace.

Li Yanqing walked into a large room in the middle, this is his official room, but it is only temporary, Li Yanqing hopes that he can go to the military camp to be a colleague in the future.

"Master Meng, why is there no one in the courtyard?" Li Yanqing couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw that the west courtyard was quiet all the way.

"Today is the mid-day holiday, and the low-level officials and officials are resting, and they will only see you tomorrow."

"Then it's even more embarrassing, delaying Master Meng's rest."

"Where! Where! It is my honor to be able to do a little bit for Li Tongzhi. ”

A smile appeared at the corner of Li Yanqing's mouth, if he hadn't known that this Meng Zhubo was Yang Xuzhou's henchman, he might have misinterpreted the meaning of 'thin power'.

Today is really interesting, Yang Xuzhou's exaggerated welcome ceremony, and Ma Shantie's blushing face and the jealous daughter-in-law leaving, let Li Yanqing see the fierce infighting between the two with his own eyes.

"By the way, Master Meng, where do I stay at night?"

"I have prepared an official residence for Li Tongzhi, less than a mile away from the mansion, and I have walked two or three hundred steps to the west, but it seems that Li Tongzhi has not brought his family?"

"They may come a month or two late, mainly because my personal soldiers need a place to stay."

"No problem, I've arranged everything, why don't I take Tongzhi to take a look?"

"Lead my retinue first! They need to store their luggage. ”

Li Yanqing gave Mo Jun and Liu Fang a look, and the two understood, so they followed Meng Zhubo away.

As soon as Meng Zhubo left, a little tea boy came in and served Li Yanqing a cup of tea, and bowed and retreated, Li Yanqing picked up the tea bowl, but found a small note on the plate.

Li Yanqing hurriedly put down the tea bowl, picked up the note and looked at it, there was only one sentence in it, 'See you in the spring snow room of Chang'an Restaurant at dusk'.

Li Yanqing smiled lightly, his chair was not yet hot, and the first dish was served.

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Chang'an Restaurant is located next to Qujiang Pond in the south of the city, is a large restaurant covering an area of five acres, ranked third in Jingzhao, in the evening, the traffic here is busy, and the business is extremely prosperous.

Li Yanqing took Zhang Bao and Zhang Ying to the front of the restaurant, he had already changed into a white shirt, a leather belt around his waist, a gauze hat on his head, and a gold wire folding fan in his hand, he looked like a student of Fuxue, but his handsome face was a little more murderous, which made his elegance discounted.

"Three guest officers, I like to visit the store, please in the lobby!" A bartender ran up to them and greeted them courteously.

"I have an appointment in the Spring Snow Room!"

The bartender sighed, "Please! I'll take the guest officer with me. ”

Li Yanqing nodded and said to Zhang Ying and Zhang Bao: "You guys eat in the lobby!" I have no problem being alone. ”

The two knew that the lord was prepared, so they found a seat in the lobby and sat down, while Li Yanqing followed the bartender directly to the second floor and stopped in front of the innermost private room.

"This is the Spring Snow Room, there are already guests in it, guest officer, please!"

Li Yanqing pushed the door in, and saw a thin middle-aged man sitting inside, who was Ma Shan, the general judge who left in a bad mood today.

Li Yanqing was stunned, he really didn't expect it to be this person, but Li Yanqing immediately laughed and said: "Ma Tong's riddle is really hard to guess!" ”

Ma Shan got up and saluted with a smile: "Li Tongzhi came to Jingzhao to take office, and the lower officials specially prepared two glasses of thin wine for Li Tongzhi to catch the wind." ”

In fact, Li Yanqing also knew that Ma Shan was acting when he met in the afternoon, Yang Xuzhou was Wang Hao's person, and in the case of Fan Dang, he had a grudge with Wang Hao, Ma Shan would never think that he and Yang Xuzhou were the same party, he deliberately left in a negative mood, which was to create an illusion for Yang Xuzhou.

At this time, Li Yanqing saw that there were only two pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the wine table, so he smiled and said, "Are there no other guests?" ”

"Originally, I was going to invite a few escorts, but after thinking about it, it would be better for the two of us to talk, so as to save some people from being suspicious and suspicious, and stumbling on Li Tongzhi, and it will be difficult to do things in the future."

Li Yanqing knew that he was referring to Yang Xuzhou, so he didn't break it, smiled and sat down, at this time, the bartender brought the wine and food, Ma Shan poured a glass of wine for Li Yanqing and said with a smile: "This Chang'an tavern can make its own wine, the sake is very good, and the fish is also a must, Tongzhi should try it well." ”

Li Yanqing picked up the wine glass and tasted it, and praised it: "Yes, very mellow, rare good wine, it seems that the thing I am most worried about is gone." ”

The two laughed, and Ma Shan said again: "I also have a wine cellar at home, and I will ask someone to send twenty altars to Li Tongzhi when I turn around." ”

Li Yanqing hurriedly waved his hand, "The person in charge of the army will never dare to touch the wine, so the general judgment will raise his noble hand and spare me this time!" ”

"Alright! Li Tongzhi wants to drink, he can come to me at any time. Ma Shan also knows in his heart that some things are in a hurry, but he can't do it quickly.

In fact, Ma Shan still welcomed Li Yanqing's arrival very much, and Cai Xiangguo sent him a letter before, telling him that Li Yanqing was the prince's person and could fight for it, and if he could get the prince's support, his position as a general judge would basically be stable, so Ma Shan was particularly concerned about Li Yanqing's arrival.

He filled Li Yanqing's wine glass again, and the two drank two glasses of wine, Ma Shanxiao asked, "When does Li Tongzhi plan to go to the barracks?" ”

"Tomorrow! The Qiang people made a great disturbance, and the Son of Heaven ordered me to put out the riot as soon as possible. ”

Ma Shan groaned and said, "I heard that the Qiang rebellion is related to Western Xia. ”

Li Yanqing also vaguely guessed that the Qiang people and the imperial court did not have any historical grievances, and the imperial court did not interfere with their autonomy, how could the riot suddenly appear, this must have an external cause, if it was an external cause, it could only be the Western Xia, of course, it could also be the Jin State, the Jin State wanted to contain the Song Dynasty army through the Qiang people, and prevent the Song army from taking advantage of the fire to rob.

But now the Qiang rebellion seems to be a little early, and the Jin soldiers are still going all out to destroy the remnants of the Liao State, and one day Yelu Yanxi is not destroyed, and the Jin State will not be able to take care of the Western Xia for a day, so at this time, the Qiang riot is not necessarily a factor of the Jin State.

"How did Ma Tong know that it was related to Western Xia?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"It's very simple, the Western Xia has already increased troops to the border, which is obviously to contain the Song army and relieve pressure on the Qiang people."

"Is the information reliable?"

"It should be reliable, according to a couple of businessmen."

Li Yanqing's heart moved, and he hurriedly smiled: "I also want to meet these businessmen, can you help me introduce them." ”

"No problem, I'll go find them tomorrow."

Ma Shan lowered his voice again and said: "Li Tongzhi should beware of the deputy general Yang Lin, his sheep and the sheep of the government are the same raccoon dog!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled: "I understand, thank you Ma Tong for reminding me!" ”

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, and Li Yanqing said that his official mansion was not very satisfied, it was not quiet enough, and the water view was not very good, and he hoped that Ma Shan would help change the house, and Ma Shan agreed.

Li Yanqing immediately said goodbye and left, Ma Shan was also relieved, of course he knew the true meaning of Li Yanqing begging for his own house, this is not a change of house, but a hint to himself, if he asks for himself, that is a good omen.

Ma Shan was in a good mood, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he went home drunk.

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