Chapter 490 is not back

The four brothers of the Xu family should all be down, including Xu Liu. It seems that he was not implicated because of his father.

"As soon as I leave, Wang Shu should be able to revoke the three recruitment divisions. But for you, the impact is not big for the time being. Xu Shao said. Even if the division is withdrawn, Lao Jiu is still Qin Fengshuai, and the fourth and fifth are still in command of the troops directly under the Xuanfu Disposal Division, as for the sixth, he is a senator of the literary rank, and it is none of his business.

However, there is a reason why I say "temporarily". He is now being removed from office because of the rules of the Song Jin Peace Conference. This counteroffensive failed, and the imperial court had not had time to deal with it. Just imagine, his political rival Geng Nanzhong came to power, once he began to deal with this matter, he probably would not show mercy. The first to bear the brunt was Lao Jiu, who was in charge of the capital at the time of the counterattack. As the temporary military commander in charge of the whole army, Lao Jiu was responsible for the fiasco of Yanzhou.

Thinking of this, Xu Shao felt very upset. At the beginning, Xu Jiu persuaded him many times not to launch a counterattack in a hurry, but he couldn't listen to it, insisted on his own opinion, and finally suffered a big defeat, but in one respect, such an experience was also a training for Lao Jiu. The officialdom was originally up and down, there was no fixed number, and the old nine young people were ambitious, and they almost never planted their heels. The occasional setback may not be a good thing for him.

None of the four nephews spoke, or they didn't know what to say. After a period of silence in the hall, Xu Shao finally talked about a topic that could not be avoided.

"For Xu Da, as a father and uncle, I hope you will have a heart. Xu Da and your uncle have many different ways of dealing with people. He has been in Shaanxi for a long time, grew up in the barracks since he was a child, and regarded the troops more seriously than anything else, and was contaminated with the bad habits of the Western army. This counteroffensive was particularly unexpected. violated moderation several times, and regarded Xuanfu as nothing, not to mention me, the third uncle. Xu Shao said. After this battle, Jingyuan Road became the head of all roads, and with Xu Yuan's personality, he would not be willing to be controlled by Wang Shu. Remember, do not follow in his footsteps, for there is no benefit. ”

Xu Wei's heart moved, and listening to the third uncle's tone, he didn't seem to plan to treat this matter as mud.

"As soon as my father leaves, will Shaanxi's established policies and strategies change?" Xu Liang asked at the right time.

Xu Shao took a breath and shook his head: "I don't know, but during Wang Shu's presiding over Shaanxi, there should be no changes." This time, the vitality of the Western Army has been greatly damaged, and you can take this opportunity to recuperate. At this point, he paused for a moment, feeling that it was necessary for him to express his position on the failure of the counterattack, both in public and private.

After thinking for a while, he added, "The main responsibility for this hasty counterattack and the big defeat lies with me, and I should be held responsible, Lao Jiu." ”

"Third uncle." Xu Wei responded.

"Once the imperial court starts to deal with this matter, you may be affected, and the third uncle is very ashamed of this." Xu Shao said frankly.

Xu Wei sighed, the fiasco of Dunzhou was the first major defeat since he led the troops, and he regarded it as a great shame, so he said: "My nephew's command was wrong, so that the army was defeated in Dunzhou, this is my nephew's responsibility, and I can't blame others." ”

Xu Shao nodded when he heard this, thinking that he was about to go to Fujian and say goodbye to his son and nephew, he couldn't help but instruct again: "The situation has developed to this point, Shaanxi is in a difficult situation, I hope you brothers can work together to defend this important land." Although the main force of the Western Army has been dealt a heavy blow, the seeds are still there, and as long as there is a glimmer of hope, you should not be discouraged. ”

"Third uncle, rest assured, this is the duty, and it is incumbent upon him." Xu Sheng said with relief.

"That's good, the third uncle is going to leave Shaanxi tomorrow, and he is in a state of turmoil, and he doesn't have time to say a lot of words. All in all, no matter who governs Shaanxi, you must abide by your duties, and you must not learn from the high-flying and domineering style that violates the festival at every turn. Our Xu family is in Shaanxi, the boss and the ninth are in charge of the two military powers, and the fourth and fifth are important generals of the directly subordinate troops. Xu Shao instructed again and again, just because he was afraid that after he left, no one would be able to suppress this group of sons and nephews with heavy soldiers, so they would go to learn from Xu Da, cause trouble, and harm the family.

The four brothers all said yes, and Xu Shao said with confidence: "I will leave tomorrow, and today will be regarded as a farewell." This time, I don't know when I will see you again, I hope that my sons and daughters of the Xu family will be able to turn the tide and be the pillar of Zhongxing. If this is the case, no matter where the father and uncle are, they will also rejoice in their hearts. ”

The four brothers are inevitably a little sentimental, the third uncle is nearly sixty years old, and the mountains are high and the road is far away, and the situation is like this, it is unknown whether they can see each other again.

In April of the sixth year of Song Longxing, Xu Shao was forced to leave his post, left Shaanxi, which he had planned to run with his heart, and went to Fujian to wait for disposal. As soon as he left, Wang Shu also had to accept the edict to abolish the three recruitment divisions and restore the original Jingluo pacification division. This matter didn't have much impact on Xu Wei, he was reappointed as Qin Fenglu's pacification envoy and the head of the soldiers and horses, but because the establishment of the Recruitment Division was revoked, the personnel naturally had to change. For example, Zhang Jun, the deputy envoy, Zhao Bin, the transfer envoy with the army, and some staff appointed by the Xuanfu Disposal Department all went to their posts and went to Chengzhou to stand by. After losing the three prefectures of Fang, Ning, Yao, Jingzhao and Dingrong, Xu Wei's defense area was only the entire territory of Qinfeng Road: Qin, Long, Jie, Cheng, Feng, and Fengxiang. But what hasn't changed is that he's still at the forefront of the fight against Kim. Bordering Fengxiang Mansion is the Jingzhao occupied by the Jin people.

Xu Wu Xu Wu is still the commander of the troops directly under the Xuanfu Disposal Department, and there is no change. And Xu Da in Jingyuan is different, the three recruitment divisions are revoked and returned to the Jingluo pacification division, which means that Huanqing is redrawn. And he can't be both handsome and guarded, Wang Shu appointed Liu Guangshi as the "official matter of the Quanhuanqing Jingluo Pacification Division" and temporarily acted as Huanqingshuai. At the same time, it was stipulated that all officials who were originally stationed in Huanqing would be reinstated. In other words, Xu Yuan's forces were completely cleared out of Huanqing Road. This practice, it is estimated that it is likely that Xu Shao instructed Wang Shu before he left Shaanxi.

When the war is over, the assembled corps will naturally be disbanded. Yao Pingzhong led the remnants back to Xihe Road and served as Jinglu's deputy envoy to pacify him. At this point, although Shaanxi's army has suffered heavy losses, the four commanders of Jingyuan, Huanqing, Qinfeng, and Xihe are still complete. If it weren't for the death of Emperor Jin and the agreement of Jin to negotiate peace, and continue to fight, no one could predict what the situation in Shaanxi would be.

According to the content of the second Longxing peace conference between Song and Jin, the security army was to be ceded to the Jin side, and Xu Wei transferred back the 10,000 troops he had left in the security area and began to reorganize. He is now full of troops, and he only has more than 30,000 troops left, which is not comparable to the 80,000 army at its peak. Zijin Tiger reorganized these more than 30,000 people into nearly 70 battalions and seven armies, each army was placed under the command of one member to command the army, with Yang Yan, Zhang Xian, and Wu Lan as the three major commanders, each section and two armies. In addition, most of the cavalry units and some of the elite infantry were still in charge of the front. The troops were mainly deployed in the "two phoenixes", that is, Fengxiang Mansion and Fengzhou.

Because Fengxiang Mansion is facing the Jin army, the other party can take advantage of this to advance westward along Weishui, and there must be heavy troops stationed there. And Fengzhou is the place that must be passed through to enter Shu, and Dasanguan is in the north of it. In addition to these two places, Qinzhou, where the commander is located, naturally needs to garrison troops. But with such a point, the troops will be tight.

But now is different from the past, in the past, if you want to recruit troops, it is very easy to expand the ranks, just keep up with the top and say hello. But in this counteroffensive, the Western Army lost not only troops, but also materials. Moreover, after Shaanxi lost the Guanzhong Plain, it could only be self-sufficient, and the materials used in the war were imported from Sichuan. Now that you are stretched thin on financial and material resources, and want to recruit new soldiers? It's hard, tighten your belt.

Don't talk about recuperation in the northwest and recuperation in Taoguang, but talk about Fujian in the south. After the conclusion of the Second Longxing Peace Conference, the wolf smoke gradually dissipated, and the main force of the Jin army also retreated back to China. The civil and military officials in Fuzhou can't always stay in Fujian, do they have to go back?

However, Zhao Guan's wind disease has not improved, and it may be inconvenient to climb the mountain and wade through the water. In addition, although Zhenjiang Mansion is in the line, Jiangbei is now the sphere of influence of the Jin people, and it is not appropriate to go back to Zhenjiang. At this time, some people proposed to move the line out of Zhenjiang Mansion and choose a suitable place to re-establish it. Some people proposed Hangzhou, and some people proposed to enter Shu, but the officials said lively, as the head of the government, the core of the ruling center, Geng Nanzhong did not express any position.

This made Qin Hui, Zhu Shengfei and others very anxious, after the official family contracted the disease, they couldn't easily see the king's face, and many things were operated by Geng Nanzhong and Huang Qianshan. Xu Han has been demoted by Geng Nanzhong under the guise of "Shaanxi Propaganda Envoy", and it is impossible for him to serve as a privy deputy envoy when he returns. In other words, there are not a few people left in the detailed discussion department now, and the surname Geng often bypasses the detailed discussion department to do things, so it is difficult to restrain him anymore if it goes on like this.

It happened that at this time, the privy envoy Zhi Yanzhi rushed over from Zhenjiang Mansion, and he borrowed the name of welcoming the Son of Heaven back. But in fact, Zhi Zhonggu was very worried, he was one of the representatives of the main battle faction, and as the head of the Western Mansion, to a certain extent, he was regarded as a continuation of the previous privy councillor Xu Shao. Geng Nanzhong returned to power, the two countries negotiated peace, and vigorously attacked the main battle faction, Zhao Ding fell, He poured down, and even Xu Shao fell, how could he not be in a hurry? So, here's the news.

As soon as he came, Qin Hui and the others saw hope. As soon as he received the news that Privy Confession had arrived in Fuzhou and stayed at the pavilion, Qin Hui would join several officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, as well as a member of the Privy Council to sign a letter, and one of them promised to go to the Fuzhou Pavilion to meet Zhe Yanqing. Zhu Shengfei also agreed to come, but temporarily said that he had something to do and would not come.

But Qin Hui and the others went to the pavilion to ask, but it was unfortunate that they said that they had gone out. They didn't suspect him, so they waited in the inn, but they didn't come back after waiting for a long time.

On the second day, I went again, and I heard that the Privy Secret had gone to Changyuan Mianjun, so I had to return disappointed. Anyway, now they had nothing to do, so they made a third trip. This time it was even more strange, and said that the privy councillor was from the northwest, not used to the hot climate in the south, and was sick, and he was raised, so he should not be disturbed. Until this moment, Qin Hui found that Zhi Yanzhi was deliberately avoiding him. All the previous things were just pretexts.

Qin Hui is also a little tempered, you can't see me, I have to appear in front of you. He also gathered some idle people of the imperial court who were not very famous and did not have heavy positions, went to the Fuzhou Pavilion Station, and vowed to block the quality of Zheyan inside, which was a must-see

Seeing such a series of chiefs coming to the pavilion, the post was so shocked that his hat flew away, and he hurriedly greeted him and said: "I don't know if you are coming, you will miss the ...... to welcome you."

"Well, is the Privy Councillor there?" Qin Hui asked directly.

Na Yicheng looked at these dozen or so chiefs, and sighed, and didn't dare to say the words easily. The Privy Council told him that if anyone visited, no matter who he was, he would find a reason to block him. The problem is that he has already blocked Qin Zhongcheng three times, and it is a bit risky to block it again. Qin Hui is the chief of the Imperial History Observatory, and he is in charge of supervision and correction, specifically targeting hundreds of officials, offending him, do you still want to do it?

Seeing him like this, Qin Hui guessed something in his heart, so he didn't talk nonsense with him, and went straight inside. When the officials behind him saw it, they all swarmed in, squeezing the post man to the ground. When he straightened his hat, he quickly chased after him.

"Chiefs, chiefs, just want to see the privy councillor, and let the villain report it, right? This rashly broke in, and the prime minister blamed it, the villain really couldn't afford it, and asked the chiefs to forgive me. Yi Cheng chased after him and laughed vigorously.

"I went three times before, and you were all in the way, and I am afraid that this post will also come to an end, and you will dodge," one of the inspectors shouted loudly.

When the post man heard this, he didn't dare to chase after him with a bitter face. I muttered in my heart, you important ministers of the court are playing with you, I will do mine, I didn't recruit anyone and didn't provoke anyone, but I just played for the prime minister to cover up, and you are going to smash my job? What's the matter with me?

At that time, Orihiko was writing a recital in the room, and suddenly heard a commotion outside, and he didn't know why, so he stood outside the window and looked out. But this look happened to be seen by Qin Hui

My heart jumped, knowing that I couldn't hide this time. Zhi Zhonggu also reacted quickly, did not avoid or hide, and beckoned at the window: "Yes, I haven't seen you for many days, don't come unharmed?" ”

Qin Hui sneered in his heart, but still pretended to be very enthusiastic on the surface, and quickly stepped forward and arched his hands: "The lower official has greeted the privy minister." ”

Zhi Yanzhi smiled reluctantly, and walked out of the main gate, and all the officials saluted him, and he could only make a square gesture to return, but he blocked the door and did not invite these people in.

"You guys are in such a position, is there something wrong?" Orihiko's well-defined face was full of smiles.

Qin Hui saw that he was blocking the door, and knew that he didn't plan to invite him in, but speaking of which, these many people broke into the pavilion, and it was indeed inconvenient for the other party to meet them all, so after thinking about it again and again, he replied: "I heard that the Privy Secret came from Zhenjiang to welcome the Holy Driver, so I rushed here, one is to pay a visit, and the other is to pay tribute. There is nothing else to do with this matter. ”

Hearing this, Zhi Yan smiled, and bowed his hand: "In this way, I thank you colleagues." ”

"Okay, well, since you've seen it and the meaning has been conveyed, let's go back." Qin Hui turned to the officials behind him.

The people present were all people who understood, knew his intentions, and immediately bid farewell to the prime minister if they were irrelevant, and in the end, only Qin Hui and the Privy Council were left to sign a letter, and they all accepted the decree, and the latter two were all subordinates of Zheyan, which were regarded as their own people.

It was not easy for Zhi Yanzhi to refuse people thousands of miles away at this time, so he turned sideways and asked, "Zhongcheng, please." ”

"Don't dare, please minister" Qin Hui stood under the steps under the eaves and did not move.

Zhi Yanzhi was no longer hypocritical, and walked straight inside, Qin Hui was more modest, and after the two colleagues in the Privy Council left, he followed behind. I don't know if the pavilion in Fuzhou is too simple, or the Privy Secret deliberately wants to be low-key, not only does he not live in an independent courtyard, but he doesn't even have a suite, and the place where he lives can only be regarded as one, but there is a screen in the middle to block it, sleeping inside, and picking up guests outside. And there is a copy outside, on the case, the pen and paper have not been received, the article is still broken, and I don't know what is written.

Zhi Yanzhi stepped forward, stamped the unfinished chapter without a trace, and then beckoned Qin Hui and said, "Come on, come on, sit down and say." ”

The guests were seated, and the two Privy Council officials reported some of their affairs to Orihiko. In fact, now the Privy Council is a good one, nominally in charge of all the affairs, but you can't control the Western Army, the Tokyo Left-behind Division does not exist, the Imperial Camp Division is scattered, and the only one who is still popular with the Privy Council is one of the members of the Detailed Division. But the problem is that the detailed discussion department has made Geng Nanzhong almost exist in name only.

After the two finished speaking, they also consciously said goodbye and left, and only Qin Hui was left in the room. Except for his official correspondence, he and Zhi Yanzhi had almost no friendship, and strictly speaking, the prefects of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial Court generally did not have too close contacts with the important ministers of the court, because they themselves belonged to the supervision department.

"The cardinal minister is in Zhenjiang, and he has made great contributions to blocking the attack of Beiyi, which is worth celebrating." Qin Hui's opening remarks are not exciting.

"Oh, where the duty lies, I don't dare to take credit, but the soldiers use their lives and work together." Orihiko replied lukewarmly.

When Qin Hui heard this, he said: "Today, thanks to the power of the Xianggong, Jiangnan has been preserved." The Jin army has retreated, and the prince is loyal and personally came to welcome the official's family back, and this loyalty makes the subordinate very impressed. ”

This time, Zhi Yanzhi didn't even say anything, just nodded.

Qin Huizhi went around and around, and finally got to the point: "However, the cardinal minister doesn't know anything. I have already urged the official family to lead the clan and the hundred officials to leave Fuzhou and return. But because the official family is sick, it is not common to see it, so he wants to pass Geng Xiang. But Geng doesn't seem to be very enthusiastic about this matter, and he has never had a clear attitude. It just so happened that the privy minister came to welcome the return of the official's family, so the lower official came to visit and ask for advice. ”

After listening to this, he didn't say a word. Nominally, he came to welcome the return of the Son of Heaven, but in fact, he came to listen to the news, to put it bluntly, to probe Geng Nanzhong's attitude, to see if he had any plans for himself, and at the same time, to observe what the opinions of the official family were.

Therefore, when Qin Hui raised this question, he was not very enthusiastic, but said casually: "This war has ended, and the Jin people have also retreated north, so it is natural to return." ”