A few side dishes, old rice, and two fragrant teas, so that Li Bin and Qin Gu, the two civil leaders of the Yanqing Group, who are quite concerned about "food and silence", are satisfied with this dinner. Li Wenge has not placed slaves and maids so far, originally used one or two personal soldiers to serve, since Luo Yiniang entered the house, the internal affairs have basically been handed over to Luo Yiniang to take care of, only the study is a forbidden place, the door is set up a post, there are secretaries on duty in the study for twelve hours, arranged by the secretary Cui Bao. Therefore, today's dinner is really cooked and cleaned up by Luo Yiniang herself, several common vegetables and fruits in the northwest, only one is mixed with a little meat, I don't know what kind of ingredients are used, but it is fragrant, straight to hook people's gluttonous insects from the throat, Li Bin and Qin Gu originally came today to find Li Wenge's bad luck, but unfortunately it was unfortunate that Li Wenge's military meeting was opened for four or five hours, Li Bin and Qin Gu both arrived in the morning, and stayed until the time of the lamp Li Wenge did not come back, Qin Gu is the chief manager of the Eighth Route Army and the seven states, and Li Bin is even more expensive as a servant, so it is not a matter to hang the two of them like this, so Luo Yiniang rolled up her sleeves and went down to the kitchen to get some food, only saying that it would be better to use some when the two of them were hungry so that they would not starve.

Li Bin and Qin Gu are both angry, originally they didn't have the intention of eating, but Luo Yiniang entertained for an afternoon, serving tea and serving fruits, and they were afraid that the two of them would be depressed, and they also played two tunes in the inner room, both of them knew that although Yiniang did not have an identity at the moment, it was a matter of time before they entered the room, so it was not easy to be too contemptuous in terms of etiquette, plus the food brought by Yiniang was indeed different, so the two of them were not polite, and they ate clean in a moment with chopsticks, and Qin Gu also returned, Li Bin only drank a bowl of porridge at night, but today he ate a bowl of old rice here, and he was a little bloated for a while, so he slowly got up and paced up after drinking two sips of tea, so as not to get sick after eating and eating.

"Huai Ren has always been simple, but his life is extremely comfortable...... Qin Gu said with emotion.

Li Bin couldn't help laughing: "He is a free and easy person, if you have such an inner room, you can also learn from him!" ”

Qin Gu shook his head with a wry smile, and opened his mouth to introduce the topic to the topic: "Huairen's stubbornness is known, but the matter is big, this time he can't come by his temperament, last time he insisted on promoting the Chen family's lady to be an official, although it was perverse and ridiculous, after all, it was harmless, but this time he took the family wealth of several states and pressed it on the gambling table, and it has been less than half a year since the party was destroyed, and the people's livelihood in various states and counties is still recovering, and everything is in ruins, and now Yanzhou can no longer withstand such a big war......

Li Bin stood in the middle of the room with his hands in his hands, and nodded slightly: "I still can't understand why Huairen insisted that the Liu family of the Northern Han Dynasty would take advantage of the emperor's death to wave his troops south. I don't understand military matters, but I just think that even if the Northern Han Dynasty goes south, it doesn't have much to do with Yanqing. Spending money and food to join in this excitement, this is not like Huairen's personality, the reason why I came here in person is actually to hear his explanation. ”

Qin Gu snorted: "He is a big shopkeeper, he doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, just the Pingxia War, how much he has lost in the state capital's accounts?" Today's Yanqing has become an important town in Guanzhong, with a population of no less than 800,000 in several states, nearly twice as much as half a year ago, and it is true that it has expanded a little territory, but where does the money, grain, and wealth come from to digest these land populations? The public land system has been implemented for less than a year, and the strategy of immigrating to the Hetao Military and Political Department has just been carried out less than halfway, and he has expanded the army in a big way, although the Eight Road Money Village has really absorbed some funds in the past two months, but these money to become real food and materials have not been thought about for half a year, he is anxious to dance with knives and guns at this time, I think he is dizzy, these days he has been gathering with those people on Fenglin Mountain all day and night, and the government affairs of the six states are all pressed on the servant and Gu, I really don't know if this is his inheritance or the inheritance of you and mine......"

Li Bin smiled indifferently at Qin Gu's complaints: "Zijian is a person who wants to be a famous minister, why, now that he is only a few state government affairs, he can't take care of it?" To be a father-in-law, what you want to cook in the future is not the business of a few states now! ”

Qin Gu's eyes rolled white: "Don't use the method of agitation in the service, it's not difficult to ——. people in Pingzhang?" The government team of one state has transformed the administration of six states, and this stunt of changing people really can't be a good official, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice......"

Li Bin smiled: "Zijian is a little restless, spring will start in two months. This living person will naturally be conjured up when the time comes......"

Li Bin didn't mention the spring and the spring, and Qin Gu suddenly became angry at the mention of it. Nose: "Did the waiter deliberately annoy me, last year, in the autumn of last year, you see who Huairen chose to come up?" More than half of the official documents approved by my long history study can't even read them, and they have to be written in the vernacular to understand. I went to find Huairen theory, he even complained to my head, a crooked reasoning to say, life can blow up people's belly, in the middle of the service, this spring, but can no longer be by the bad people's temperament, always really select a few down-to-earth scholars to come up......"

Speaking of this topic, Li Bin's face became solemn, he pondered for a moment, and asked Qin Gu rhetorically: "Zijian, the decrees signed by Huairen are all countersigned by your Changshi Study, right?" ”

"That's nature, if you don't go through the Fengge Luantai, how can you be an edict?" Qin Gu replied.

Li Bin looked at Qin Gu, with a proud face, as if he really regarded the "long history study" of the six states of Yanqing as the "Fengge Luantai" of the small court of Li Wenge, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He turned around, looked at Qin Gu with two eyes, and said, "His decree is completely written in the vernacular!" ”

Qin Gu was stunned, he looked at Li Bin, and for a while he couldn't feel the taste of Li Bin's words.

Is this a reminder of yourself? Or warn yourself?

Since Li Wenge clearly established the rule of issuing government decrees and official documents in the vernacular, it stands to reason that his long history should be adjusted according to this "outline" to adjust his "purpose", after all, the monarch is the one who sets the rules, and Qin Gu cannot say that Li Wenge has exceeded his authority. Is Li Bin warning himself not to challenge this "monarchy" of Li Wenge?

However, Qin Gu still felt that it was wrong, the Confucian tradition was not all based on the monarch's temperament, and the Taoist system of scholars was always higher than that of the monarch, and the monarch must respect this Taoist system, otherwise he would not be wholeheartedly supported by scholars.

He looked at Li Bin suspiciously, but saw Li Bin hanging his head and looking at his toes and said indifferently: "Huairen, this person is a little weird, but there is a good one, that is, no matter what rules he sets, he will not mess around completely unreasonably, even if that truth is ridiculous and not worth refuting in your opinion; And his other greater advantage is that he will never disobey the rules that he has set by his own hands......"

Qin Gu silently recalled Li Bin's words, and then recalled that Li Wenge's actions were confirmed one by one, and he couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in his heart.

Li Bin ignored his thoughts, and still slowly slowed down his tone and said: "In today's troubled times, what is important for politics is pragmatism, how many scholars can there be in the world, and how many can come to the northwest corner?" If a person writes poetry well, must he have a strong ability to deal with the government? Huairen is actually not a rough person, colorful articles, incisive allusions, he is not incomprehensible and can't tell, using words to make government decrees, there is no half difficulty for him, Cui Qufei is from the Qinghe family, and he was a copywriter for Gao Shizhong back then, and you have also read the beautiful article. Despite this, Huairen still has to use the vernacular to issue government decrees and official statements, he is not vulgar and temporary, he is pragmatic......"

Qin Gu was speechless, and Li Bin continued: "Huairen is from my own mansion, and there is this relationship between the old master, and he can only listen respectfully to what I say about military affairs, but I rarely speak, which is of course to avoid obscurity, but it is also a trust in his people. This Li Taiwei on your head is a little weird, but he never loses in the big festival, born in troubled times, the martial artist is the country, and the lord who has a responsibility and a bottom line is not easy to find, he is not a scholar, but he is a friend of the scholar, he seems to be unruly, but he abides by one of the biggest rules - he never uses the logic of martial arts to talk to the scholar......"

Qin Gu sat on the chair and chewed Li Bin's words carefully, the more he touched it, the more profound the taste became, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"The inner library is burned to splendid ashes, and the heavenly street is full of the bones ......of the minister," Li Bin groaned.

"The matter of the first year of neutralization has only been seventy years now, and in the past seventy years, there are not many people who can hold the handle of the knife and sit in the court......

The corners of Li Bin's mouth showed a smug smile.

……

Taiyuan Mansion, Jinyang Palace, Liu Min, who was canonized by the Northern Dynasty as the "Emperor Shenwu of the Han Dynasty", sat on it without a crown, and several cronies of the ministers of civil and military affairs sat on the left and right sides of the box. Fifty-nine-year-old Liu Min's beard is white, only a pair of tiger eyes are still vigorous, people can forget the age of this person when they see it, this Taiyuan lord who is guarding the heir of the Later Han Dynasty in Hedong is quite excited at the moment, and his voice is loud and fast, quite unlike an old man who is close to the sixtieth year.

“…… The cycle of karma is unhappy, Guo Wei's dog thief killed my son, and now his life is over! Now Chai Rong Xiaoer has not usurped the name for a long time, there are many important ministers in the court, there are many people who are not convinced, Xiaoer is different from Guo thief, Guo Chongtao and other old Liang generals, only follow Guo thief, and Xiaoer has no kindness, speaking of which is still my former minister of the Han Dynasty, Feng Dao, Fan Zhen and the like, not to mention, at this time when the Bianjing Dynasty is unstable, we will rectify the military horses, restore the homeland, and collect the old land, and this time is also ......"

The old man's face was flushed, waving his arms and spitting, but the subordinates sitting at the bottom looked at each other one by one, and the prince Taiyuan Yin's guards and pro-army commanded Liu Chengjun Seeing this, he coughed lightly, interrupting his father's grand argument, and said with a smile: "My father said it is true, but there is a shortage of food and resources in the country, and there is a lot of shortage of soldiers and horses, so it is necessary to rectify it, and it will always take more than a year, but this matter of the southern expedition must not be ......."

"Yong cowardly-" Liu Min glared at Liu Chengjun viciously with extreme dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "As dull and stupid as you, when will your eldest brother's revenge be avenged?" Don't I know that there is not enough food to eat? If you wait for a year, Chai Rong Xiao'er will also sit firmly in the seat, and then go south, wouldn't it be even more difficult? Now it is difficult for him and I am difficult, compared to who is not afraid of difficulties, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and they have no idea and courage, how can they restore their homeland and take revenge? ”

Liu Chengjun was reprimanded as a prince, and the surrounding civil and military forces were even more difficult to speak.

Shangshu left servant shot the book servant Lang with the middle book under the door of the Ping Zhangshi Zhao Hua got up and saluted: "The lord and the anger, the food is insufficient, the ministers and so on at this time can also be in time, but the soldiers and horses are not in a hurry to get the soldiers, at this time is to do the soldiers in the country, the full battalion is still less than 50,000 people, if the southern expedition is exhausted, only afraid of changes in the country, it is difficult to respond to the urgency, the pseudo-Zhou country is full of soldiers, the ministers are afraid of being outnumbered and difficult to defeat the enemy, if the army rises, it is necessary to repair the table to inform the Northern Dynasty, and the division will be rejuvenated, it is a foolproof plan!" ”

Although Liu Min was eager, he was not a person who did not know soldiers, knowing that Zhao Hua was reasonable, he immediately patted his thigh: "Our own soldiers and horses are insufficient, it is also the truth, such a major event as sending troops to the south, we also have to send troops to the country, if we can invite reinforcements from the Northern Dynasties, it will be much safer than our own troops." Today, I summoned all the Qing family to come, the first thing is to discuss the selection of Liao, and the other is to ask for a real number, how many battalions can we have, even if we can't do it all over the country, but it can't be too little, so that the Guo family laughed, these two things, today we have to discuss a result. ”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Hua, but Zhao Hua didn't answer him at this time, and sat back with his neck shrunk.

This kind of errand of Liao is not a good errand since the era of Shi Jingjiao in the Later Jin Dynasty, it is still followed by being poked in the backbone, and the Liao people are barbaric and often bullied the envoys of the Southern Dynasty, but this is really unbearable, for decades, the ministers of Liao, including Sang Weihan, are inevitably humiliated in the Northern Dynasty, except for Feng Dao, the Northern Dynasty has hardly really courtesy to any Han Chen, that is, Feng Dao, if it is not for his alertness and wisdom, I am afraid that a handful of bones will be thrown in the place outside the country ten years ago.

This is also secondly, after the founding of the Northern Han Dynasty, the prime minister Zheng Heng sent an envoy to the Liao State, and was poured wine by the ministers and tribal chieftains of the Liao State at the state banquet, and was forced to die, becoming a veritable wine martyr, this is not only a matter of humiliation, life is at stake, who would dare to take this thankless business.

Liu Min knew it, but it was not easy to force it to suppress, but the courtiers looked at it one by one, and everywhere they looked, all the ministers drooped one after another, and even Wei Rong, the Hanlin scholar who had made Liao, lowered his head and smiled bitterly this time.

"If Your Majesty insists on raising troops, the minister is willing to serve as an envoy to Liao-"

Everyone looked up to look at this fool who didn't know whether to live or die, but they saw that it was Wang Dezhong, the privy councillor who was at the bottom of the class.

Liu Min was overjoyed, and then beckoned: "Wang Qing is really my master, and when Qing makes Liao return, I will not hesitate to give it generously!" ”

Wang Dezhong did not have half a point of joy on his face, and arched his hand and said: "The lord insists on the southern expedition, the ministers are weak, and they can't be discouraged, but they only hope that when the lord uses the troops, the offense and defense are taken into account, and the southern expedition is important, and the defense of the north should not be neglected, as long as Your Majesty allows the ministers to march south and not move the army of the northern front, the minister will die, and the reinforcements of the Northern Dynasty will be invited to Your Majesty!" ”

Halfway through his words, Liu Min was already frowning, he glanced at Wang Dezhong, and asked with a gloomy face, "But why?" ”

Wang Dezhong said fearlessly: "Fuzhou Linzhou, it is really a trouble for my heart, there was a Tuoba family before, and now the Tuoba Li family has been destroyed, and the two thieves have no fear, and the ministers are afraid that they will take advantage of the emptiness in our country and go straight to Jinyang, so the overall situation is in danger, and Your Majesty may not be able to survive Taiyuan ......"

His words were ugly, Liu Min naturally couldn't hear it, and sneered when he heard it: "Just fold the idea of the Yang family, and still want to conquer Taiyuan?" Do they dare to come out? Even if they are given the courage to send troops, will the Northern Dynasty sit idly by? ”

Wang Dezhong raised his head and looked at Liu Min, and said word by word: "The lord must not despise Zheyang Erzhen, the two combined troops may not be enough to resist the Khitan, but behind the two families, there is also a Li Wenge who sits on the land of several states......"

……

Li Wenge looked at Qin Gu with a serious face and Li Bin with an indifferent face with a smile, and said aggrievedly: "Just such a thing, is it worth waiting at home with Zijian for a day?" Isn't it just going to be a war, and it's not like we haven't fought in Yanzhou......"

Seeing that he was so lazy, Qin Gu was even more angry, he gritted his teeth and said: "What you said is easy, do you know how much money you used in the treasury last year when you conquered Pingxia?" This hole has still not been filled, you are sending troops to Shuofang and the north to collect the Hetao, the famine is getting bigger and bigger, not to mention, the idea of war profits is not even one-tenth of the consumption, you still have to toss, Hedong Road is so poor that it clangs loudly, the Liu family is about to squeeze out the people's overnight grain and boil oil, fighting a war is a matter that is unprofitable and cannot be done early, but this is what you said yourself, you say it, what benefits can you get by sending troops to Hedong Road? ”

Li Wenge looked at the two of them blankly, looking aggrieved, but Li Bin ignored his embarrassment, and said lightly: "Your mobilization order is now pressed in my mansion, Zijian's opinion is also my opinion, if you don't make this matter clear, this mobilization order, Zijian and I will never countersign it." ”

Li Wenge scratched the back of his head and said with a wry smile: "Who told you that I was going to fight Hedong Road?" ”

Qin Gu was stunned for a moment, turned his eyes to look at Li Bin, but saw that Li Bin's expression suddenly became solemn, his two eyes looked directly at Li Wenge, Li Wenge licked his lips: "We have not had a big entry since we received Gyeongju last spring, and now at the beginning of the new year, spring has begun, I think, it's time to go out and grab a handful......"

Qin Gu was confused: "Hedong Road is poor and virtuous, how many things can be grabbed?" ”

Li Wenge rolled his eyes: "I said that I didn't want to grab Hedong Road, a pair of pants shared by several members of the family, what am I doing with grabbing it?" ”

Li Bin said unhappily: "Say it quickly, don't sell Guanzi!" ”

Li Wenge said simply: "According to our deduction and analysis, the Liu family never had the courage to provoke the imperial court alone, and if they did not borrow Khitan soldiers, Liu Chong might not even dare to go out of Taiyuan, so it was inevitable to borrow troops from the Khitan." Of all the armies of the Northern Dynasties, only the garrison of the Xijing Provincial Deployment Division is the closest to the Northern Han Dynasty, and it is the most convenient to mobilize, so if it really fights, the possibility of this army being transferred south is the greatest......"

Speaking of this, Li Bin had already understood his thoughts, but Qin Gu opened his mouth in surprise and pointed at Li Wenge: "You...... What do you mean......"

Li Wenge pursed his lips: "Yes, as long as the imperial court and the Han-Liao coalition army fight in the south, we will unite the two families of Zheyang, with the military and political divisions of Fuzhou, Linzhou and Hetao as the front line, send troops to plunder Daibei, first knock out the southwest recruitment division of the Northern Dynasty, and then uproot the deployment division of the western Kyoto, and move all the housekeepers of the entire Western Jingdao of the Great Liao and Xijing to move home......"