The pain in Zhao Ji's heart is difficult to tell, Gao Shiyou used to be his favored minister, and the official worshiped Xijing to stay. Who would have thought that once the Jurchens went south, he would commit treason and defect to the enemy, and later he would pervert the rules according to the two rivers and do such heinous things! The bamboo of the South Mountain, the book is endless! Break the waves of the East China Sea, and the evil is inexhaustible!

As the patriarch of the Zhao family, he endured his grief and hissed: "What is the current situation of the imperial mausoleum? ”

"After returning to the Emperor Taishang, Xu Wei's class division, he left troops to garrison the Tiger Pass, and moved the people of Zhengzhou to the west in order to recover. The imperial tomb has been under the guard of the Western Army, waiting for the decision of the imperial court. Xu Shao replied with red eyes.

Hearing this, Daojun finally got a trace of comfort in his heart, fortunately there was Xu Wei, otherwise, our descendants of the Zhao family would not only have no face to see their ancestors under Jiuquan in the future, but also have no face to face the subjects of the world! Although he no longer cares about the government, it is about his ancestors, and he has the right to speak. After thinking about it again and again, he instructed: "Now that Henan Mansion has been recovered, the imperial court should repair and protect the imperial tomb as soon as possible, otherwise, it will be a shame to the ancestors!" Shame on your subjects! ”

Zhao Chen only cared about grief, but he didn't expect to respond, but Xu Shao reminded him, so he woke up like a dream: "I have ordered a division to handle this matter to comfort my ancestors." ”

Zhao Ji sighed again: "Xu Weidong has made meritorious contributions, and he protects the emperor's tomb with all my filial piety, and I must love such a loyal minister to reward his merits." Xu Qing, your family works in the country, and you are really virtuous! ”

Xu Shaoqian thanked, and Zhao Chen said: "Xu Wei is the pillar stone of the northwest, and the court relies on it very much, and I will reward him more to appease the hearts of loyal ministers." ”

After talking for a while, Zhao Ji couldn't bear the grief and ordered his children, grandchildren and ministers to go by themselves. Leaving himself alone in that half-idle hall for a long sigh, grief inexplicable. At this end, after the Emperor Taishang and the official family left Geling, on the way back to the city, Zhao Huan instructed his son, Xu Wei was personally promoted by me when I was in power, loyal and brave, and the emperor of Sichuan and Shaanxi should borrow more from him. In addition, Yao Pingzhong and Liu Guangshi were both military ministers who were cultivated by their fathers during his reign, as long as you are good at soothing and showing more kindness, the northwest will have a lot of peace of mind. After he went back, he wrote an edict for his father, and when the time came, he sent it to Shaanxi along with the edict that rewarded him.

Zhao Chen wrote them down one by one, and the day after returning to the city, he ordered the letter to come up with a plan for repairing the imperial mausoleum and rewarding the meritorious heroes as soon as possible. Xu Shao convened relevant officials to discuss, and decided that the central government would directly send personnel to take charge of Henan Mansion to preside over the repair of the imperial mausoleum and allocate special funds. It's just that the specific candidate is difficult to determine.

Think that Henan Mansion, after falling for many years, the territory is full of thieves, the rebels are swarming, and the household registration has decreased sharply, and it is on the front line of Jin, and the official grade of this Henan Mansion can not be too low, back to Luoyang is the Great Song Xijing, Henan Mansion Yin wants to stay in Xijing. Let's ask, a good and decent Beijing official, who wants to go to that vicious place?

After thinking about it, Xu Shao thought of one, that is, Qin Hui, whom he relied on very much. Since Qin Huizhi was removed from the position of deputy prime minister last year, he has been idle and has not been officially dispatched. Xu Shao had asked the emperor to reinstate him at the beginning of the month, but he was not approved. Xu Shao has been an official all his life, and he has seen these things very thoroughly.

The reason why Qin Hui was hit was not because of him, but because of himself. Now that the war is over, he can't be reinstated, also because of himself. The attitude of the officials on this matter has already released a certain message.

Since it is not feasible to be a deputy minister again, instead of being idle in the line, it is better to let go of a foreign position, accumulate some credit, and then return to the central government. Xu Shao personally interviewed Qin Hui and told him about it, Qin Hui was reluctant at first, until Xu Shao made it clear to him that repairing the imperial tomb is a good errand, as long as it is done, there is hope for you to return to the center, and Qin Hui agreed.

Xu Shao then asked the emperor for an edict to let Qin Hui take charge of Henan Mansion and preside over the repair of the imperial mausoleum. Zhao Chen immediately complied and ordered him to sentence Henan Mansion and Xijing to stay behind. Hui Wei Qin Hui was a "governor of political affairs" and belonged to the list of governors, so when he took up a local post, he could not be called "Zhihenan Mansion", but "Judge Henan Mansion" to show that he was superior.

As for the reward for Xu Wei, the ministers took a lot of brains. Soon after Xu Weigang established the festival, according to the system, the festival degree made it necessary to work for a certain number of years before he could be a "school inspector", and then Wu Chen was promoted to the inspection school major, Fang Bai Tai Lieutenant, and Wen Chen was the inspection school major.

But Xu Wei's merits are there, and you can't reward some money perfunctory. In the end, the emperor issued a special decree, Xu Weigong was great, and he could make an exception. It was then agreed that Xu Wei was awarded the title of "Wusheng Army, Suide Army, and Dingbian Army Three Towns Festival Envoy", entered the "Inspection School Major", and awarded the title "Zhuguo". In addition, the Emperor Taishang personally wrote an edict to reward Xu Wei.

Soon, the official Zhao Chen wrote a letter to the emperor, praised it vigorously, and gave 200,000 yuan, and several treasures in the inner house, as well as a gold belt used by the emperor, ready to be sent to Shaanxi.

But at this time, the ministers generally believed that the next thing for the Western Army was to counterattack Shaanxi and recover the whole territory. Xu Wei, as the envoy of Shaanxi Province and the general section of the Western Army, was directly under the jurisdiction of the Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Division, which may be inconvenient. This can be referred to the examples of Jiangxi and Jinghu.

Zhe Yan and He Guan both served as Xuanfu envoys, and they were in charge of the army and the people on the horse, so that they could fully exert themselves and do their best. Xu Wei should also be registered in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Department in order to act conveniently. Zhao Chen understood and added this matter to the edict, and ordered the attendants to rush to Shaanxi to announce the edict with the holy decree and reward.

In the fourth year of Jianwu, in late February, Xu Wei was ordered by Xu Churen to open two places in Huanqing and Jingyuan, so far, the market with the Xixia market reached as many as five, exceeding the scale of the previous peacetime. Not only Shaanxi and Sichuan, but even the merchants of Jinghu also heard the wind and wanted to come to get a piece of the pie.

When the party members traded with the Han people, they not only met their own needs, but even acted as "second-way dealers", selling textiles, tea, porcelain, overseas spices, and other goods bought from the Han people to the Liao State in the Western Regions, so the demand was very great. For this reason, Li Renxiao, the Xia lord who had just ascended the throne, sent envoys to the south several times to visit Xu Wei and Xu Churen, and asked to protect the scale of the Great Mutual Market.

At this time, Xu Wei also learned from the party members that Yelu Dashi, who rebuilt the Liao State, had laid down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Western Regions through several large-scale use of troops, annexed many states, and established a powerful regime.

Moreover, Yelu Dashi, as a former important minister of the Liao State, was born in the examination of the imperial examination, and was a person who had served as a Hanlin scholar, and was deeply influenced by the Han culture and the Central Plains code system. Even if he founded a country in a foreign land, he still did not forget his hometown, in his dynasty, the official language was set as "Chinese", his title was also according to the Han system, as "Emperor Tianzhi", and established the era name "Yanqing", named his wife Xiao as "Empress Zhaode", and mentioned the Great Song Dynasty in official documents, still called "Southern Dynasty".

The most important thing is that although Yelu Dashi has been working non-stop in the Western Regions, that is, Central Asia in later generations, to expand his territory and accumulate strength. But his political call has not changed, and he has repeatedly emphasized that it is to "save the monarch and help the people's livelihood". Who is the monarch of Liao? Emperor Tianqi, Yelu Yanxi, the last emperor of the Liao State, is still a prisoner of the Jin State.

Xu Wei knew that a hero like Yelu Dashi would never forget to restore his homeland and return to Yanyun. After analyzing the current situation, Zijin Hu felt that it was necessary to take the initiative to contact the "Emperor of Tianzhi" at this time, meet to resist Jin, and pull Western Liao and Western Xia to the same front.

He reported this opinion to the Xuanfu Disposal Division, but Xu Churen was not very enthusiastic about this matter. First, he didn't know about Yelu Dashi and Western Liao; Second, his vision was limited to Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he thought that it was enough for him to run Sichuan and Shaanxi well and defend the west. I really don't care about other things.

Xu Wei, as the envoy of the system, was only in charge of the military, Xu Churen had no idea, and he had no choice but to put it on hold.

On this day, Xu Wei was celebrating the first birthday of his second daughter Xu Yan. Zhang was pregnant for ten months, and gave birth to another daughter before Xu Wei's expedition, named Xu Yan, and when Xu Wei came back, the second daughter turned one year old, he still happily celebrated his daughter's birthday, but this matter caused a lot of discussion within the Xu family. The most dissatisfied are Xu Wei's sister-in-law Xu Wang and his sister Xu Xiuping. Xu's mother died early, so as a sister-in-law and sister, she shared the responsibilities of her mother and took care of her younger brother.

Over the years, the two of her have given birth to sons in a litter, Xu Sheng from the eldest son Xu Zhong to the youngest son Xu Qian, all of them have become five tiger generals, but Lao Jiu doesn't even have half a son, isn't this angry?

Because of this, Xu Wang's and Xu Xiuping's two aunts and sisters-in-law did not arrive, so they only asked people to give a salute. Because Xu Si and Xu Wu were busy with the military, it was naturally impossible for them to go in person, and Xu Liuyuan was in Mianzhou, so he could only ask someone to represent. And Zhang Jiujiu's relatives are not in Shaanxi, so this birthday banquet is a little deserted, except for the people from Xufu, there are no half guests.

In the flower hall, Xu Yan was playing with her sister, Zhang Jiujiu frowned, and Xu Wei sat next to her and couldn't help comforting her.

"It doesn't matter if he's a man or a woman, it's always my bloodline, I'm so happy, what do you care about?"

"Official, you don't care, but your sisters-in-law do. You see, I sent someone to invite me a long time ago, and now I don't come any of them, which is obviously angry with me. Zhang Jiujiu was originally a few years older than Xu Wei, and gave birth to two daughters one after another, and she was already an advanced maternal age.

"Forget it, let them go, this is my family's business, outsiders don't intervene, I'm happy." Xu Wei said with a smile.

Many times, Zhang Jiujiu wonders if her husband's tolerance is pretended, how can you say that there is no one in this world who doesn't want a son? Especially the special status of the official, the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, the envoy of the second grade, if there is no son, who will inherit this great business? No one can receive the preferential treatment given by the imperial court! Look at the fourth uncle's family, he has given birth to many sons, and the eldest son and the second son have been shaded and made up for officials, and my family is good...... How did she know that Xu Wei didn't have this concept in her mind at all, of course it was good to have a son, and it was not bad to have a daughter without a son. And does this son only look at women? That's up to both parents, it's science. Moreover, in addition to worrying about inheriting the great cause, Zhang Jiujiu is more worried about one thing. She is older than Xu Wei, and now Xu Wei is in her thirties, in the prime of life, and you said that this guy has been fighting all year round and working hard in the military, but compared with her teenage years, there is no obvious change, at most, she has become stronger and majestic from the white face of the past. Walking on the streets of Qinzhou, the little ladies often chased after them and watched, and they couldn't wait to pounce on them and take a bite.

But women are different, when they are thirty years old, and after giving birth, they age very quickly. She could see fine lines on her face now, and she was always worried that one day her husband would have to let other women rob her heart. Instead of this, it is better to be generous and have characteristics for him, and he should also accept a few concubines.

Just as he was about to say this, he heard a voice say, "What about my niece?" The uncle came to celebrate her birthday. ”

Xu Wei and his wife looked up, and they both smiled, it was not someone else, it was Zhang Qing with a black face. He was followed by his wife and a half-sized son, dressed in brocade clothes, carrying things and following them closely.

Xu Wei got up to greet him: "I thought you weren't coming." ”

"What do you say, can your niece be less than a year old? Come on, come on, a little heart. Zhang Qing said as he presented a letter of congratulations to Xu Wei. The latter took it and handed it to his wife.

"Uncle and sister-in-law, please sit down, come here, watch tea." Zhang Jiujiu finally smiled.

Zhang Qing stepped forward, pinched Xu Yan's tender face, hugged Xu Yan carefully, and said with a smile: "Alas, this girl looks like her father." ”

He sent his wife Zhang Song to take it over again and teased: "Call Auntie." Xu Yan whispered, but she couldn't understand.

"Hey, why does that sound so unpleasant to me? What's wrong with looking like me? Xu Wei feigned anger.

The two brothers laughed a few words, Zhang Qing's son Zhang Chenglai saluted Xu Wei, Zijin Hu smiled and said casually: "My virtuous nephew seems to be eleven years old, right?" In a few more years, I will also give Yin an official and find a way out. ”

"Don't hide it from my uncle, my nephew still wants to take the right path of the imperial examination." Zhang Cheng's words were amazing. It turned out that Zhang Qing, the son, couldn't learn martial arts, and fainted when he saw blood, and once made Yang Zaixing's kid Yang Jihei cry when he lifted the knife, but he liked to read and was quite talented.

"Hey, the kid has ambition! Okay, you work hard, uncle sees you can! Xu Wei praised.

While talking, Yang Yan's wife brought her daughter-in-law and grandson to congratulate her, saying that Yang Yan had specially sent a message to the family, he was not there, and the family must arrive. After a while, Wu Jue, his wife and eldest son Wu Gong also arrived, and Xu Wei saw that everyone who should have come came, so he ordered the banquet to be held. Although there are not many people, Xu Wei is happy, and the guests are also happy, and they are the guests and hosts.

After the feast, the women gathered together to talk privately, and the men stayed in the hall to eat sobering tea. In this Eastern Crusade, Wu Jue and Zhang Qing did not participate in it, and stayed in Qinzhou, so the topic inevitably involved this.

"Xianggong, if the Jin people lose in Xianghan, will they transfer their target to Shaanxi?" Wu Jue raised a very practical question.

Xu Wei was silent for a while. Last time, the Xuanfu Disposal Division held a military meeting in Shehong, and at that time he said that the battle between Xianghan and Han could be seen from time to time. Now, I still hold on to this view. Despite the unfavorable initial battle of the Wushu, he is likely to make a comeback.

"Attacking Xianghan and taking Shaanxi, who is difficult and who is easy?" Xu Wei asked rhetorically.

"Naturally, it is easy for Xianghan, but it is difficult for Shaanxi." Wu Jue replied.

"That's right, now Shaanxi is not more than in the past, if the Jin army comes, it will have to face 200,000 regular troops and more township soldiers. Unless the Jurchens poured their troops into the country, risking the threat of heavy losses in the event of defeat, there was no certainty of victory. Take a step back and say, let him defeat Shaanxi, and there is Sichuan natural danger behind him, and the Jurchens will not count this account. Xu Wei is very sure of this.

Zhang Qing took over the conversation: "Judging from the situation of the campaign in the past two years, the Jin army has gradually relied on the signing of the army to fight, and it has lost the courage of its early years. But having said that, this time the Western Army went out of Tongguan and won a lot, which could not have attracted the attention of Ginting. ”

"This is exactly what I'm worried about, if the Jin people raise troops to detain Xianghan next time, it is estimated that they will not only care about the present." Wu Jue admitted frankly.

Xu Wei took a sip of tea, waved his hand and said: "This is not unusual, if I am a vulture, the next time I use troops, I will also dispatch a partial division to contain the Western Army and prevent Shaanxi from responding to the Central Plains." ”

"Therefore, our army must be on guard." Wu Jue said.

"What do you do to prevent it? Can I still make it wait until the next time? Xu Wei said with a smile.

Wu Jue and Zhang Qing were taken aback when they heard this, what? Do you have an idea? After this surprise, I was overjoyed, good! That's what you've been waiting for! Since Wanyan Lousu led the army to invade Shaanxi, Guanzhong has been divided for a long time! Just take advantage of the power of victory, when the soldiers are full of food, they counterattacked, recovered the whole territory of Shaanxi in a battle, and drove the north to raze the Yellow River!

Last time, the puppet Han attacked Xianghan and invaded Shaanxi, and the Jurchens were behind it. Now that the Wushu attack on Xianghan has taken the initiative to tear up the second Longxing Peace Conference, this binding force is no longer there, what is not said, the Western Army should make a big move, and completely wash away the shame of the Snow and Juzhou!

Xu Wei suddenly sighed: "Back then, Yelu Mawu gave me a pair of flail to despise the Western Army, originally I wanted to return it to him one day, but now it seems that there is no such opportunity." "Because Yelu Ma Wu is a close confidant of Sticky Han, after Sticky Han was removed from the army, he was also put on the shelf, and now he is an idle official, I am afraid that he will not have the opportunity to fight with the Purple Gold Tiger. Of course, this made Xu Wei regretful.

At this moment, a servant reported outside the flower hall: "Xianggong, someone who claims to be an angel has entered the house. ”

Xu Wei didn't react for a while, angel? What angels? After thinking for a moment, he suddenly got up and said, "I think the waiter from Xing is here!" ”

Wu Jue and Zhang Qing were also taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Then the inferior rank will be avoided first." ”

"Okay, go on your own." Xu Wei nodded, finished speaking, and hurriedly went out. When he arrived, the envoy was already standing in the main hall, Xu Wei walked in quickly, and saw four or five attendants, all dressed in green clothes, one of them looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

"Guys, ......," Xu Wei asked.

"It's so forgetful that you don't even recognize the old people?" The chief chamberlain smiled.

Xu Wei looked at it carefully, and suddenly smiled: "If it's an old man!" "That chamberlain is Qian Cheng, who he had contacts with when he was in Tokyo, and now he is the capital of the Ministry of Chamberlain.