On the way back to Yunzhou, Zhao Ziliang took the adjutants and servants in the military government to Shuozhou, which was also southwest of Yunzhou and north of Loufan County. The security of Shuozhou is the responsibility of the Datong army, plus it is located in the southwest of Yunzhou, and there are 2,000 county soldiers, in fact, it is very safe, and the northern nomads must first eradicate the Yunzhong guard and the Datong army to fight to Shuozhou.

Zhao Ziliang vigorously rectified in the Datong Army and the Lan Army, especially even Pei Lie, the deputy envoy of the Datong Army, was suffered, and the Yunzhou Taishou Ma Sheng was even more embarrassed The matter has already spread all over Hedong, Shuozhou Taishou Cui Jinrong and the county soldier Captain Wang Shengdao of course also got the news in time, when they learned from special channels that Zhao Ziliang had returned from the Lan Army and was likely to be diverted to Shuozhou on the way, they immediately prepared to welcome Zhao Ziliang and his party, just when Zhao Ziliang and others were on their way to Shuozhou, Shuozhou City and the counties below are a flurry of chickens and dogs.

Taishou Cui Jinrong is a direct descendant of the Boling Cui family, and his identity is extraordinary, while Wang Shengdao, the commander of the county soldiers, is a son of the Taiyuan Wang family, and his identity is also extraordinary, but for Zhao Ziliang, they dare not carry it hard.

There were five clans in the Sui and Tang dynasties, namely the Boling Cui clan, the Qinghe Cui clan, the Fanyang Lu clan, the Longyou Li clan, the Zhaojun Li clan, the Xingyang Zheng clan, and the Taiyuan Wang clan. Among them, the Cui family and the Li family have two county wangs, so these five clans are also called five surnames and seven wangs, and the children of their families are all over the Tang Dynasty as officials, and the highest official position is the prime minister. The Boling Cui clan and the Qinghe Cui clan branched out ten Cui clans in the Tang Dynasty, and a total of 29 prime ministers were produced, so the Cui clan was regarded as one of the most famous surnames in the world, and was recognized as "the first high gate in the world and the head of the northern wealthy family".

Cui's most famous prime minister is Cui Xuanwei, he is a protégé of Di Renjie, the prime minister of Wu Zetian, who was promoted by Di Renjie, and later participated in the "Shenlong Coup", forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate and return the rights to Li Tang.

Speaking of the Boling Cui family, there is another figure who is very famous in the history of the Three Kingdoms, that is, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu's best friend - Cui Zhouping.

For Zhao Ziliang, the young boss, although Cui Jinrong and Wang Shengdao are both from big families, and their identities are unusual and comparable, these two have long understood Zhao Ziliang's methods, so they dare not slack off.

Their luck was good, Zhao Ziliang and the others really took the road they went out to welcome, and Brehan, who was exploring the road in front, rode back and reported: "General, Shuozhou Taishou Cui Jinrong, county soldier captain Wang Shengdao and other civil and military officials are not far from the front to greet the general."

Zhao Ziliang was surprised after listening to Brehan's report: "How did they know that General Ben was coming?" ”

Changshi Gao Shang said with a smile: "General, it's not surprising, Cui Jinrong is a disciple of the Cui clan in Boling, and Wang Shengdao is a disciple of the Wang clan in Taiyuan, the two have different backgrounds and connections, there may be people they know well in the Lan army, and they will send someone to report before we leave!" ”

"Oh?" Zhao Ziliang stared at the distance of the road and said, "So they have already prepared?" ”

"I'm afraid that's it!"

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "It's all here, let's go, let's go!" ”

After galloping for a short time, I saw some civil and military officials standing on the side of the road and looking around, and there were many horses, carriages and soft sedan chairs parked next to them, and some coachmen and sedan chair drivers standing behind.

"Is it really here? Hurry up, you are dressed up, ready to greet General Zhao with your own officer! Cui Jinrong immediately straightened out his official uniform and hat as he spoke, and the other civil and military officials also began to pay attention to their appearance when they heard this, so as not to leave a bad impression on the upcoming young general.

Zhao Ziliang rode his horse to the front of the officials, and stopped at Lerma: "Law-"

Cui Jinrong immediately took all the officials to step forward and salute a few times: "Cui Jinrong, the official of Shuozhou, is the chief of Shuozhou, and the officials and others are waiting to welcome the general to Shuozhou to inspect military and political affairs."

Zhao Ziliang looked at Cui Jinrong and others, these people were wearing fur coats one by one, and those palanquin drivers and horsemen were all thinly dressed, many of them were so cold that they knelt in the snow and shivered, he jumped off the horse and raised his hand and said: "Zhugong came from afar to greet you, Zhao received this hospitality, get up!" The palanquin bearers and horsemen over there also got up and knelt on the ground to feel cold! ”

"Thank you, General!" Civil and military officials, palanquin drivers, and coachmen climbed up one after another.

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "General Ben didn't notify you before he came, but I didn't expect that you already knew!" They also sent people to clear the snow on the road, and it took a lot of manual labor, right? This is not good, the people and the money are hurting, if these manual labor is saved, wait until the spring ploughing to use it for dredging water conservancy, how good? This general is on horseback, and there is no snow on the road, so don't do this kind of thing in the future, the eyes of the people are bright, how many good things you have done for the local people as an official, the people will see clearly, how much you have looted from the people, and the people will also remember, how many evil things you have done to harm the people, and the people dare not speak out, but they will hate you to death in their hearts! For one term as an official, you must be a low-key person, do things in a high-profile manner, and do a few good things for the people in a down-to-earth manner, and when you leave office, if the people spontaneously come to see you off or pull you away, it means that you are a good official who is sincerely supported by the people! ”

Cui Jinrong hurriedly said: "The general's words are thought-provoking, and I, the civil and military officials in Shuozhou, must keep it in mind and get closer to the good officials that the general said!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said, "Okay, it's cold in this wilderness, don't stand here, wait until you return to the city!" Hey, who got these ladies and carriages from? General Ben rode a horse, and you rode in a sedan chair? Are there any rules? ”

The Shuozhou officials suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, Cui Jinrong and Wang Shengdao were happy at this time, thinking that Zhao Ziliang was a military general, and he must have come on horseback, so they came on horseback, if they took a car and a sedan chair like other fools, it would be really good-looking.

The two hurriedly said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, the two of us came on horseback, it's quite cold outside, why don't you accompany the general back to the city first, and let them follow behind?" ”

Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky, and saw that it was not early, but he was afraid that it would be dark soon, so he promised: "Okay, let's go first!" ”

"General, please!" Cui Jinrong said and made a gesture of asking for first, and then whispered to the other officials: "A group of fools, all walk back to the official, otherwise the official will let you go around without food!" ”

The officials watched Cui Jinrong and Wang Shengdao accompany Zhao Ziliang and his party to ride their horses to Shuozhou City, looking at each other one by one, and some officials asked one of them loudly: "Don't drive your lord, what should I do?" ”

After entering the Tianbao year, the states in many places in the Tang Dynasty have been changed to the army, and the governor of the state has also changed to Taishou, and the following adjutants have different drivers, Changshi, Sima and other adjutants, and the imperial court often places idle officials with their high quality, these officials are only adjutants, and have no authority, so if Taishou is not satisfied with them, their lives will be very sad.

Don't snort coldly and said, "Hmph, what else can I do?" Lord Taishou has let go of his cruel words, we can only walk back, let's go, go back early and catch up with the banquet to welcome General Zhao."

An official sighed: "Hey, I would have known to ride a horse, why am I so stupid?" ”

There is a post station in Shuozhou City, Zhao Ziliang originally planned to live in the post station, but Cui Jinrong and others have already arranged a big mansion, such a big mansion can be regarded as one of the best in the entire Shuozhou City, Zhao Ziliang lived for convenience and did not go to the post station again.

When Zhao Ziliang and the others finished washing, Cui Jinrong came over again and said that the other civil and military officials had rushed back, and now they were waiting in the restaurant, just waiting for Zhao Ziliang and others, and everyone immediately went to the restaurant with Cui Jinrong.

At the banquet, Zhao Ziliang did not take the opportunity to go crazy again, eating, drinking and watching singing and dancing in a decent manner.

After the banquet, everyone walked out of the restaurant, and Cui Jinrong said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, recently Pang Xiaoyu's huge family in Taiyuan City came to Shuozhou, it's still early, and it's not like Chang'an to implement a curfew, why don't you go and listen to the huge family play and sing a few songs?" ”

Zhao Ziliang was puzzled: "Pang Xiaoyu's huge family? Who?"

Changshi noble whispered in his ear: "Pang Xiaoyu is the first Oiran in Hedong, smart and clever since she was a child, she looks like a country and a city, and her talent is unparalleled, she is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she also likes to write poems, and the poems she writes are all on the top, and her talent can be called the first strange woman in Hedong, and even the Lord Tian of the festival has praised her!" ”

"Oh!" Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to Cui Jinrong: "I have been on the road for a day today, and I am very tired, I will not go, and I will talk about it another day."

Cui Jinrong saw that Zhao Ziliang really didn't want to go, so he immediately said: "In this case, Xiaguan and the others will send the general back to rest!" ”

Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "You don't have to send it, Ben Jiang is not drunk, and the road is not far, what to send?" Stop here, and everyone will disperse, and gather at the Taishou Mansion tomorrow."

"No!" "General, let's go!"

Watching Zhao Ziliang and the accompanying officials and entourage leave on horseback, Wang Shengdao, the commander of the county soldiers, asked: "Lord Taishou, the last general guesses, is General Zhao thin-skinned and embarrassed to go to the Qinglou with us?" ”

"Huh?" Hearing Wang Shengdao say this, Cui Jinrong felt that this was very likely, after all, Zhao Ziliang was only twenty-one or twelve years old, although he heard that he had two wives and concubines, but this kind of thing young people are tender after all.

Cui Jinrong asked, "So what do you mean?" ”

Wang Shengdao suggested: "Why don't we send Pang Xiaoyu to General Zhao's accommodation, so that General Zhao won't be embarrassed, right?" This also takes care of General Zhao's face! ”

Cui Jinrong frowned and said: "It's good to do it like this, but this Pang Xiaoyu is not an ordinary Qinglou woman, can she listen to me and wait to accompany General Zhao for the night?" Besides, she has registered with Lord Tian in Jiedu, and we can't use force on her."

Wang Shengdao said with a smile: "Did Cui Taishou forget that she came this time for the sake of her biological father, and now that her father is in prison, how can her father be released without the nod of Lord Taishou?" ”

Cui Jinrong frowned again, and then sighed: "It doesn't seem very kind to blackmail a woman in this way!" ”

Wang Shengdao sneered: "Lord Taishou, you are kind, you are so kind-hearted that you want to watch the entire Shuozhou officialdom have a big shock!" What kind of person is that General Zhao, presumably Lord Taishou knows much better than me, he even dared to arrest the emperor's relatives in Chang'an, and even the prime minister Li Linfu dared to fight, what else did he dare not do? You know the situation of Shuozhou officialdom better than me, with that person's means, I am afraid that it will only take a few days to find out, and then there will be few officials left in Shuozhou officialdom, you are too guarded and no one is available, and Shuozhou's government affairs have come to a standstill, so you will be happy? ”

Cui Jinrong felt bitter in his heart, and he felt a deep helplessness, thinking that he Cui Jinrong was also ambitious when he first arrived in Shuozhou, and wanted to leave a good official reputation in this place and do some practical things for the local people, but after a few years, he, a descendant of the Cui family, could not shake the local forces here, and could only compromise with them to maintain it to this day.

"Forget it, you go to the huge family to arrange this matter, and tell her that as long as she agrees to this matter, the Japanese official will order her father to be released from prison!" (To be continued.) )