In the side hall next to it, a sumptuous banquet was prepared. These three people were all born and died, and they are not so poor and exquisite. On the table, without saying a word, eat a bowl first, and then eat a large piece. Wang Yan simply withdrew even the servants, leaving only the three of them in the hall.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Wang Yan couldn't help it after all, and said: "The two, we are all rolling out of the sea of corpses and blood after following Xu Xuanfu for decades!" How many of our brothers have been bloody in order to have today's situation! Why does he, Liu Guangshi, dare to shake his prestige against us? Just because he is a royal prince? I'll it! His set is good elsewhere, but it is not useful in this Shaanxi land! ”

Ma Kuo threw a big bone in his hand on the table, clapped his hands, and said, "Is there still less such a villain's ambition?" Haven't you heard that good people don't live long, and villains live for a thousand years? Xu Xuanfu has such a great credit and such a big reputation, doesn't he avoid them? Because of his special background of Liu Guangshi, he can go from being handsome all the way to the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi. ”

"Then there is nothing you can do about him? Watching him do whatever he wants? Watching him stir up like a stick, ruining the results of Xuanfu Xianggong's years of operation? Wang Yan was a little angry again.

Zhang Qing took a sip of wine by the bowl, smacked his lips and said, "Brother Zicai, I didn't say you." What did Xuanfu Xianggong tell you before leaving? I just know your temper, so let you bear the humiliation! Wherever you go, you're openly confronting him. If you can't get him off the stage, what's the benefit to you? You don't know yet, do you? was angry with you, but it was sprinkled on Cao Da and he was beaten with twenty military sticks for you! ”

"This horse counselor told me. Damn! What is he beating Cao Da? This is simply a propaganda and soothing the father! Cao Da is an old man who has followed Xuanfu Xianggong for many years, but he was found to be beaten this head! How can you swallow this breath of bird's breath? Wang Yan sighed.

Zhang Qing knocked on the bowl with chopsticks and said, "This breath, you have to swallow it if you don't swallow it!" Liu Guangshi brought Huanqingjun to the vicinity of Xingyuan Mansion, what do you think he is going to do? ”

When Wang Yan heard this, he was puzzled: "Isn't it just reluctant for him to celebrate the military power?" I can't wait to pin it on my belt! ”

"This is one of them." Zhang Qingdao. "Second, he wants to annex your troops."

Wang Yan jumped three feet high! Loud: "What? He wants to annex my troops? ”

"Can you be quiet?" Zhang Qing frowned. "Just your voice, it's heard outside the street."

Where can Wang Yan still sit down? slapped the table top with a bang, and the cups and plates also clanged, and said angrily: "I really didn't see that he still has such ambitions!" It's amazing, it's amazing! It's about to change! It's going to be a big mess! Lao Tzu turned his face with him! I'm going to Sichuan, and I've asked Xuanfu Xianggong to come back! ”

Ma Kuo looked at him who was thunderous and said, "The more you talk, the more out of tune." Are you going to mutiny? Please come back? ”

Wang Yan's head was hot, and he blurted out: "It's the ...... soldier" After all, he still had concerns and didn't say it.

"Sit down and listen to me." Zhang Qing beckoned. Wang Yan's face, which was already red, was a little green at this time, and he slowly sat down, but he didn't say a word.

"Brother Zichong, I thought about it today, what Liu Guangshi said in the hall about adaptation, rectification, and removal is actually all a trick. He just wanted to do it back and forth like this, and in the end, the Liangxing pacification division was gone, and the troops cooperated in one place, which was directly under his control. He went around so many bends, just going around and around, and getting us all in. The rectification is fake, and its ambition is to merge the army! Zhang Qing analyzed.

Ma Kuo put on a straight posture at this time and said, "Reasonable." However, Liu Guangshi wanted to annex the Liangxing Army, and the key was still on Wang Anfu. The troops have been led by Brother Zicai for many years, and as long as Brother Zicai is there, it will be difficult for him to succeed. I estimate that he will exclude Wang Anfu through reorganization and reorganization. Perhaps, I will get the Xuanfu Division to do the set of bright ascension and dark descent. ”

Zhang Qing shook his head: "No, he is not so bold, or rather, he is not so bold." is so blatantly doing this, what do other marshals in Shaanxi think? The court would not approve of him doing this, after all, if something happened, it would be a big deal. ”

These two of you came and went, talking about it for a long time, Wang Yan just buried his head in eating and drinking, big bowls, and didn't say a word. Zhang Qing looked wrong and reminded: "Brother Zicai, what Xuanfu Xianggong told you, you must not forget." ”

Wang Yan was extremely angry, filled a bowl of wine, drank half a drop of it, put the bowl on the table, and sighed: "Since I was seeking a way in Tokyo and met the Minister of Xuanfu, the old brothers have fought in the south and the north, and the east and the west. How could there ever be such a bird's anger? According to my nature...... Cease! If he really wants to annex the Liangxing Army, I will throw it to him, and I will follow the example of the prince and return to the Hidden Spring Forest! ”

Zhang Qing's face darkened, and he said seriously: "Absolutely not!" He can't ask for anything like this! Xuanfu Xianggong resigned, because he didn't want to make a mess in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and it would be difficult to clean up in the future. It is also to retreat and wait for the opportunity! If you resign, 30,000 elite soldiers will belong to his surname Liu! Xuanfu told you that day, there are thousands of difficulties, so that you have your eyes on these 30,000 brothers. You can't make a difference! ”

"So what do I do? Did he remove me from my post and let me go as a groom, and I should go too? If he gets me to the Xuanfu Division and gives me an empty title, what will I do? Lao Tzu is not affected by this bird's anger! Wang Yan came up vigorously, and no one listened to anyone's persuasion.

"Dismissal? Why did he remove you? You have to remember only one thing, as long as you are in the army, the brothers will look at you. If you are gone, they will have no backbone. Expedient, endure for a while, and see how long he can jump. Can't we see the blue sky through the clouds? Wait, if they continue like this, something will happen to the north sooner or later. When the time comes, he won't be able to close the scene, and you and I will not come? Zhang Qing persuaded.

Wang Yan didn't know if he listened or not, so he kept his head and didn't speak.

Ma Kuo said at this time: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid, annexing the Liangxing Army is only the first step." Next, I don't know what tricks he is going to play. ”

Zhang Qing actually acquiesced. Liu Guangshi is no better than other court members, he is a disciple of the general, a military minister, and what he values most is the army. You can have no territory, but you can't have no team. Therefore, even if he is in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi, he must take the Huanqing Army with him. This is not enough, and it is necessary to take the Liangxing army.

Why did you choose the Liangxing Pacification Division? Because this is the one with the fewest troops, the weakest strength, and the least influence in the Shaanxi Zhulu. This is picking up soft pestles, swallowing the two Xingjun first, and then looking at the next step. Left and right, as long as he is in the position of commander of the Western Army, it will be much more convenient to act. Presumably, his goal is to turn Xu Jiajun into Liu Jiajun.

As expected by Zhang Qing, Ma Kuo and others, soon, Liu Guangshi showed his face of "aspiring to join the army". He borrowed the hand of the imperial court to revoke the establishment of the Liangxing Pacification Division. The original Liangxing Army and the original Huanqing Army were merged into one place, and there was no separate division under the jurisdiction, but directly under the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division, that is, directly responsible for him.

In order to hide people's eyes and ears, or to hide their ears and steal the bell, he gave this unit a number. Isn't the official name of the Western Army "Shenwu Right Army"? This 70,000-strong force is called the "Shenwu Right Deputy Army". After the merger of the army, the most important thing is personnel arrangement.

He really didn't dare to be too radical and didn't exclude Wang Yan. He also appointed Wang Yan as the commander of the right deputy army of Shenwu. What is the metropolitan system, under the senior officers, the generals who are really in charge of the affairs of the army are called the metropolitan commanders. Looking at this arrangement, it seems that Wang Yan not only did not deprive himself of military power, but also restrained 40,000 more troops.

But don't worry, Wang Yan has made the capital control. Liu Guangshi also divided the 70,000-strong troops into three armies, each of which had a "command." This was the military commander who was really in charge of the affairs of his own army. The three commanders are directly responsible for him, and what is Wang Yan's "control"? Perhaps in order to appease Wang Yan and other Xu Wei's old subordinates, he also petitioned the imperial court to add Wang Yan to the first rank.

On the day Wang Yan received the appointment, he wanted to pick on his son, he didn't fool people so much! You appointed me to be the ruler of the capital, but I didn't do anything! I don't even have an institution, a bare chicken with a bald tail! The three rulers are all your people, and everything is done, what else do I have to do? Instead of showing my eyes here, I'll go by myself!

Zhang Qing and the others talked badly, and moved Xu Wei out again, so they persuaded him. Stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, if you pick a pick, we will be passive, and the Liangxing Army will really be finished!

History is always strikingly similar. Once you have internal friction, then at the same time, external troubles will definitely breed! At the same time that Liu Guangshi tried his best to annex the Liangxing Army. On the border, something happened.

In the past, when Xu Wei was "in power", the border trade was very prosperous. Whether it was the Western Xia era or after the Khitan became the master, the trade between Shaanxi and the Xia realm has never been interrupted. Even after the Song-Liao coalition army invaded Xia, the border trade was only greatly affected. However, with the joint efforts of both sides, the mutual market quickly recovered to a considerable level.

So, what is the trade between Shaanxi and Xiajing selling? Is it still general, where China comes out, it must be silk, porcelain, and tea? Whoever enters from a foreign country must have jewelry, spices, and carpets?

Actually, it was not, the trade between Song and Xia. The output of Western Xia was mainly green and white salt, horses, livestock, etc. Among them, green and white salt is the largest. The so-called Qingbai salt is the salt from the Wubai Second Pond in the Western Xia. The Guanlong area of Shaanxi Province does not produce salt, and the salt consumption mainly depends on the input of Qingbai salt from Western Xia. Therefore, the export of salt once brought rich economic benefits to the Western Xia, and now the Khitan people have entered the Xia realm, and they also rely on the export of green and white salt to make a profit.

In addition, horses and livestock. In the past, when the Song and Xia were at odds with each other, the Western Xia had strictly forbidden the export and smuggling of horses and horses, stipulating that "first-class cattle, camels, and horses, regardless of size, dare to sell the enemy privately, the main offender shall be beheaded, and the accomplice shall be sentenced to life imprisonment for a long time." There are officials who should be officials."

Because the Song Dynasty lacked horses, horses belonged to strategic materials. From a military point of view, it made sense that Western Xia would ban the export of horses. However, after the death of Xia, the Khitans became the masters, and they had common enemies with the Great Song Dynasty, plus Xu Wei, so the export of horses was not prohibited. Therefore, the main horse trade on the border is very active, and thousands of horses are exported to Shaanxi every year.

It looks like all the money has been earned by outsiders. Shaanxi bought, not sold. Of course, this is not, Shaanxi exports tea, cloth, porcelain, koji and other things. Among them, tea is the largest, and since the Tang Dynasty, tea is a new commodity popular in society. Zhuyi in the northwest has a habit of eating meat and drinking cheese, and the demand for tea is particularly large and heavy. You Han people can not go ten days and a half without eating tea, or even for the rest of their lives, but they can't. It's sad to have no tea.

At the beginning, Song Xia banned trade because of war, or bad relations. The price of tea in Xixia has risen like crazy, and a pound of tea is exchanged for a sheep. Xu Wei was in charge, and Sichuan tea was exported to the summer realm and made a lot of profits.

It can be seen from this that the trade between Shaanxi and Xia Jing is interdependent, and there is no dumping. I need the salt you export, and you need the tea I export. In addition, the products exported by Xia Jing are basically of the nature of "raw materials", while the products exported by Shaanxi are "high added value".

A silk exported by Shaanxi, in the border field, in terms of quality, the price should be consistent to two through. But in the summer realm, it can be sold for more than four times, regardless of the Khitan party, they are all vying to buy. You say it's expensive? When the Song and Xia Dynasty banned border trade, a silk horse rose to more than ten times, and no one bought it?

Of course, not everything can be sold. Xu Wei once personally issued an order to strictly prohibit the export of precious metals! It is not that gold and silver are precious metals, copper and iron are also among them. This was a common practice in the Great Song court, because Western Xia lacked mineral sources, so there was a lack of metals. Once, the copper coins and iron coins that flowed out of the Song Realm came to the hands of the Yi people, and they were "all sold and cast as weapons" and used to make weapons.

The trade between Shaanxi and Xia Jing is not only participated by professional businessmen. Almost all the "border people" on the border are involved. Pour a horse, a few bags of salt, or a few catties of tea, a few catties of koji, and then change the necessities of life such as grain, cloth, and silk. Merchants earn profit, they earn rations.

Thanks to the prosperity of border trade during Xu Wei's administration, the people on the border are still getting by. Otherwise, there would not be so many clan leaders who sent their sons to Xu Wei as hostages to show their loyalty.

But now, the Great Song Dynasty has closed all the fields and banned border trade. Others don't say it, what about the border people? They used to make a profit by pouring these goods, but now they are not allowed to buy and sell, let them eat the northwest wind?

Since the official did not allow it, then secretly, smuggling appeared. Among them, it is especially serious on the Jingyuan border. There are party members on both sides of the border, there is no language barrier, you bring tea and cloth out, I bring salt, furs, livestock. Tong Su is not deceived, and the silver and goods are both deceitful.

But after the government found out, they couldn't ignore it. Liu Guangshi issued repeated orders to close the borders, prohibit trade, and strictly investigate smuggling. Xu Cheng, the commander of Jingyuan, adhered to his intentions and gave strict orders to the border guards, and found out a number of typical examples to kill chickens and police monkeys. You said that the government really wants to arrest you, can you escape their eyes and ears?

On the border of Weizhou, a group of armed smugglers from Mingsha in the summer realm brought thousands of catties of salt, more than 100 horses, and more than 400 furs, and were exchanging tea and cloth with the border gangs that went out from Weizhou. Who knows, the officers and soldiers who have been staring at it for a long time fell from the sky! Cavalry kill!

The armed bandits in the summer realm had their own weapons in hand, but they were reluctant to carry the goods, so they responded to the battle. Before a round was over, he was killed and fled. The Song border people who came out of Weizhou did not have time to escape, and all of them were arrested and their goods were confiscated. As a result, when I went back and counted it, not only was the amount of smuggling particularly huge, but also contraband, and copper and iron coins that were strictly forbidden to be exported.

The matter was reported to Xu Cheng, and Xu Shaoshuai waved his hand and severely punished him. In this way, more than 40 border people were executed. When the news came out, the people on the border were terrified, and the bitter lord had no way to cry. Xu Cheng didn't know what to think, and he also sent people to various tribes to publicize it, this is the decree of the current ruling Sichuan, Shaanxi and Liu, who dares to smuggle, will not be spared! When the amount reaches a certain amount, there will be imprisonment, and if it involves a prohibited weapon, it will be killed!

With such propaganda, who would dare to brazenly smuggle on a large scale. The timid, wash their hands and do not dry, and the bold ones do not dare to be companions in groups anymore, but secretly one or two people, two or three people, entrainment of a little goods, but in exchange for some materials necessary for daily life, to support the family.

However, under high pressure, public resentment always accumulates very quickly. The border is all spread in the wind, and Xu Xuanfu has abandoned Sichuan and Shaanxi, regardless of us. Now that Liu Xuanfu is on stage, how can he care about the life and death of our border people? I can't live this day!

As a result, the border area is constantly right and wrong. First of all, theft, robbery and other crimes have increased sharply! The Yi people in the Xia Realm had no tea, indigestion, no koji, and could not drink wine, so they came to the tribal villages of the Song Realm to steal and rob. And the Yi people in the Song Realm have no salt to eat, no grain to eat, seeing that winter is coming, there is no clothing, they will definitely not be able to rob the same clan in the Xia Realm, so they turned their heads to rob the Han people who stole the Song Realm.

At first, the magistrate only regarded this as a law and order incident. But then there were groups of people, and it was not a public order incident that could be justified. It wasn't until one day that two armed fights between the Yi and the Yi and the Han were in succession, that the local government realized the seriousness of the situation.

Zhuqiang herdsmen hunt for a living, needless to say that they are fierce by nature, and Qin Long Han'er has the legacy of the Han and Tang Dynasties, emphasizing righteousness and neglecting life, and the folk customs are fierce. Come to my house, and even if I only have one bite left, I might be able to share half of you. If you dare to rob it, I'll go to your mother's land!

If the situation continues to deteriorate, then it will evolve from theft and robbery to riots, civil uprisings, and riots! And because it involves multiple ethnicities, the situation is especially complicated! If you don't do it, you'll have to die!

When the news was reported to Xu Cheng, Xu Shaoshuai sneered and ordered, truthfully report to Xingyuan Mansion, Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu Division, and ask Liu Xuan, the initiator of this matter, to be judged.