On April 13 of the first year of Shun, the three towns of the festival made the court servant from Ruan Ziwei to level the Yanzhou camp, and on the same day, the captain of the visiting army who stayed in the camp of the Zhejia army reported the news to Zhang Yongde. That night, Zhang Yongde took Wang Pu and Han Wei to the camp outside the city to visit the old general whose prestige moved the government and the opposition. According to the system, the six houses to visit the envoy belong to the envoys, according to the reason that all the local governors and officials below the history of the assassin must pay homage to the lower official courtesy, of course, this rule is not applicable to the festival of Zhang Jing who claims to travel and meet people to drive people to push the house in the house, especially for those who are also the same as the Ping Zhangshi or the Chinese book order, and the envoy who is in the service, as a small character Zhang Yongde did not dare to slack off, and rushed to visit the meeting for the first time on the one hand to test the truth, on the other hand, it is to convey the secret decree of the emperor Guo Wei.

After greeting each other, Zhang Yongde asked Zhe to retreat from Ruan, and Zhi Yuqing, who was waiting on the side, retreated with interest. Wang Pu and Han Wei also withdrew from the Chinese army's tent, and under the guidance of Zhe Yuqing, they visited the military appearance and military prestige in the Zhejia army camp.

"Old waiter, you can count it back, the last general has been waiting for you in Yanzhou for five days!" Zhang Yongde said with a smile while taking out Guo Wei's secret edict from his arms.

"It's really disrespectful to hold for a long time. The dog was guarding the party in Weipingguan, and if he didn't go to see it, the old man was really relieved. Zhi Congruan explained with a smile.

Since it is the emperor's secret edict, there is naturally no need to set up incense cases. At that moment, Zhang Yongde respectfully accepted the secret edict with both hands, folded and accepted the secret edict with both hands unceremoniously from Boss Ruan, and bowed to the southeast. Only then did the edict open.

The edict contained only a few simple lines, granting him the power to act cheaply in Yanzhou, meaning that as long as it was to defend against the party, the central government and the emperor would acquiesce in his annexation of Yanzhou. This secret edict was stamped with the emperor's jade seal and the seal of Zhongshu Door, and the prime minister who signed it was Zhongshu Ling Feng Dao, judging from the procedure. This should be a formal edict that could not be more normal. However, Zhe Congruan still saw the problem at a glance - the edict was not stamped with the seal of the Privy Council, and there was no signature of the privy envoy Wang Jun.

As the most important institution in the court since the late Tang Dynasty, except for the Zhongshu Sect and the lower provinces, the Privy Council has gradually changed from an internal official system to a foreign official system. This body, which was between the emperor and the provinces of Zhongshumen, not only divided half of the power of the traditional cabinet, but also became the emperor's main adviser and assistant to the military and feudal affairs, and the privy envoy had a greater say than the prime minister on these two types of issues that the traditional cabinet was not capable of. But this time. The secret edict sent by the emperor did not contain the seal of the Privy Council or the signature of the Privy Council.

This shows that from beginning to end, Wang Jun has never seen this edict, and this holy decree was issued by the emperor and the prime ministers under the Zhongshu sect bypassing the Privy Council.

The emperor should be in the camp of the expedition to Yanzhou at present, and it is not unusual for the privy envoy and the privy deputy envoy not to bring it with him, and only the prime minister's countersignature.

Juridically, there has never been a document that explicitly states that edicts must be issued by privy envoys, even though this has been a political practice since the late Tang Dynasty. Therefore, as long as the edict bears the seal of the Chinese book and a countersignature of the prime minister, the edict has legal administrative effect.

Although theoretically, the Privy Council did not have the power to review the emperor's edicts, and the privy councillors did not have the right to countersign the decrees. However, since the late Tang Dynasty, there has never been an edict sent to Zhongshu without the seal and signature of the Privy Council, which is an unwritten system.

The eunuch dictatorship in the late Tang Dynasty was largely due to the fact that the privy council controlled by the eunuchs isolated the emperor from the Chinese book.

Now the emperor and Zhongshu have joined hands to concoct such an edict, and the Privy Council, which was originally an important body connecting the inside and outside, has been kept in the dark.

Since Tang Taizong established the political system of three provinces and six parts of power, theoretically, as long as there is a cabinet seal and the prime minister's countersignature. The edict then has the force of law. The seal of the cabinet has changed in different periods, the early stage is the "government hall seal", and the later period is the "seal under the door of the Chinese book". In terms of the right to countersign, originally only the chief and deputy governors of the two provinces under the Zhongshu Gate were eligible to countersign, but since the trend of the integration of the two provinces has become more and more obvious, all prime ministers with the title of "Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" have the right to be listed, and as long as there is a prime minister listed, the edict can take effect.

In five generations. In order to show respect for the envoys with the titles, in addition to the names of the central ministers one by one in the official edict, the names and official titles of the ministers of many places were also listed on the left. In fact, these signatures were signed by the people of Zhongshu Menxia Province on behalf of the people in the order of the central and local envoys. The second order is the first in the middle book order, and the second in the service. Menxia Shilang is the third in the Pingzhang with the Zhongshu Menxia, the fourth in the Zhongshu Shilang with the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang, the third in the Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhang, and the local military town is the third in the Pingzhangshi with the Zhongshu Menxia.

Half a year ago, the official book was made from Ruan for the three towns and the festival degree envoy to add the official title of the servant, from right to left is the Zhongshu Ling Feng Dao, the Shuofang Jiedu envoy and the Zhongshu Ling Feng Hui, the Zhangwu Jiedu envoy and the servant Zhonggao Yunquan, the privy envoy Shangshu Zuo Servant shot the same Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang Shi Wang Jun, the Zhongshu Shilang Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhang Shi Fan Qian, the Zhongshu Shilang sentenced the three divisions to make the same Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang Shi Li Gu, and the Shanzhou Thorn Shi Zhenning Jun Jiedu made the same Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang Shi Guo Rong, and there were eight prime ministers of all sizes named. Among them, the most respected status is Feng Dao, the prime minister of the four dynasties, the most powerful is Wang Jun, the close comrade-in-arms of the current emperor, who is also the prime minister, and the most special identity is Guo Rong, the prince of Taiyuan, who is at the end of the list.

In fact, only Wang Jun, Fan Zhen and Li Gu were the three prime ministers who really signed this edict, Feng Hui, Gao Yunquan and Guo Rong were all signed by the Zhongshu Sheren, Feng Dao was authorized by the emperor to go to Zhongshu on the first day of three days because of old age and frailty, so he was also signed by the Sheren.

Now if such an edict is to be issued, after Feng Hui and before Gao Yunquan, it is necessary to add three signed by the people of the Zhongshu House

I made the waiter fold from Nguyen's name. Edicts issued in this format were formalized.

News from Bianliang. Zhi Congruan knew that at this moment, the privy envoy Wang Jun was staying in Bianjing, and there were only two prime ministers by the emperor's side, Feng Dao and Fan Zhen. And this edict only signed Feng Daodi's name, but there was no generic name, which means that it is quite unusual.

One possibility is that this edict is indeed a secret edict. It only passed through the hands of Guo Wei and Feng Dao, and the rest of the ministers didn't know.

However, Zhi Congruan knew that although Feng Dao was the chief, he did not have a palm print, and the real palm seal was precisely the Fan who was not listed on it.

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Then there is a second possibility, the quality is not named, it is just a trick, in order to show the equality of all aspects. This secret decree was really secret to the point that all the prime ministers except Feng Dao did not know about it.

And Feng Dao's specialness is something that is known to the whole world, and the rest of the phases cannot be compared.

Such a simple edict, but there are so many inhumane doorways, it seems that in order to solve the problem of Yanzhou, the emperor and several prime ministers of Zhongshu really put a lot of thought into it. In the end, the emperor's edict not only wants to avoid Gao Yunquan, who has become the core figure of this edict, but also avoid Wang Jun, who is now powerful and hot, which is the real intention of this edict.

Zhi Congruan quietly put away the edict, and said to Zhang Yongde with a smile: "Your Majesty and Feng Linggong's trust. The old man is quite understanding, but the situation in Yanzhou is stable now, and it seems that the four words of cheap action will not be of much use for the time being......"

Zhang Yongde looked at Zhe Congruan and smiled lightly: "In three days, the last general will set off." Travel to Yeongju via Gyeongju. This encounter of the last general is not simply for the matter of Yanzhou, His Majesty made it clear in the ink edict to the last general, the matter of Yanzhou, the last general is only the head of the horse! ”

"Lingzhou? What happened to the Feng family? Fold Ruan's brows furrowed.

Zhang Yongde sighed: "That Feng Linggong in the northwest is now very sick, and his sons are making housework and fighting very badly. Feng Linggong wrote a letter to His Majesty, asking the imperial court to intervene in arbitration. The waiter knows. Feng Linggong is His Majesty's friend of the cloth clothes, and these housekeeping must always help him take care of it! ”

Lingzhou's Shuofang Jiedu made Chen Liujun Wang Zhongshu Ling Feng Hui was an important force in the western front to lead the difficult army, and its role was much greater than that of the Zhangwu army in Yanzhou, and the evaluation of the Feng family army in Guanzhong Domain Town was generally much higher than that of the Gao family army. Now the Feng family has civil strife. Zhi Congruan's heart became even more worried.

In the big game of chess to comprehensively contain and even strangle the party's military territory, Li Wenge, who was originally insignificant, is gradually becoming an important chess piece.

"When will you return to Bianliang?" Zhi Congruan asked.

"It's always next month...... Zhang Yongde said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid that it will be delayed for some time in Lingzhou!" ”

He paused and said: "Shizhong, Feng Linggong's condition is only not very good, Your Majesty once said that if Feng Linggong's post of Zhongshu Ling is vacant, Your Majesty will be ready to pay homage to Zhongshu Ling, seal the country, and the affairs of the northwest, the imperial court will entrust it to Shizhong!" ”

Fold Cong Ruan Moran, Feng Guo Gong, worship the Chinese Shu Ling, "Fold the Servant" becomes "Fold the Ling Gong", these extraordinary glory in the eyes of ordinary people have no practical attraction for Fold Cong Ruan.

After considering the current situation thoroughly, Zhi Congruan decided to have a showdown, he quietly looked at Zhang Yongde and said: "Baoyi, you have the heavy responsibility of going to Lingzhou, the old man sent a hundred soldiers to escort your people through the territory of the Gyeongju pheasant barbarians." Gyeongju's Guo peeling ground is really scraping too much, and those barbarians are all ready to move, so it doesn't hurt to be careful! ”

Zhang Yongde was taken aback, although the imperial court had heard about the affairs of Gyeongju, he did not care about it, thinking that it was just that the state officials were too greedy, which was definitely not a big deal in these years.

He was thinking about it, and he said from Ruan: "I have written a seal, and I would like to name it on the seal?" ”

Zhang Yongde was stunned for a moment, but saw that he took out a recital sheet from Ruan Zi's case and handed it to him very casually.

When he respectfully opened it, he saw that the watch read:

The envoys of the military festival in the middle of the door are forced to play from Ruan Dun's head: the party item is in China, and the time of the real Huhu is also, since Changxing, the military state has been repeatedly invaded, and the border counties have been disturbed, and the harm has become more and more serious. Yanzhou is dangerous, in the Pingguan Pass, no strong soldiers are not enough to resist foreign insults, and if there is no brave general, you can't go to the border, serve the Gao family, Ren Ya School Cultural Revolution patrol Luguan, dog Deyuan town Wei Ping, since the beginning of this year, the defeat of Dingnan Tie rode outside the wall, the Li family beheaded 275 levels, the courtiers killed 138 enemies, and the prisoners were captured. This is the blessing of His Majesty and the luck of the community. His Majesty was simply promoted, patrolled the pass, and entrusted the power of the side, secretly thinking that impunity was not enough to deter the masses. Not rewarding merit is not enough to inspire the army, so I ask Your Majesty to give the Li family and the dog a blessing, benefit the soldiers of the two states of Yanfu, and judge the knight with merit to be able to serve. Then the four seas can be calm, and the world will be safe. The minister bowed again from Ruan Dun's head.

Zhang Yongde read this sentence and played it plainly, and thought to himself in his heart, he made it clear that he wanted to support Li Wenge, he thought about it, raised his head and asked: "Shizhong, this Li Wenge is under the jurisdiction of the Zhangwu Army, and it seems that this seal in Shizhong should also be signed by Gao Shizhong, right?" ”

Zhe Congruan twisted his beard and smiled slightly. In a very natural tone, he said, "He is not worthy!" ”

Zhang Yongde suddenly understood, he smiled, walked to the side of the case, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and wrote respectfully at the bottom: "The Left Guard General Enzhou Regiment Training Envoy in front of the palace, the Marquis of Yu, Zhang Yongde, the first to second. ”

Zhe Congruan laughed, he knew that Zhang Yongde was a very smart person, and he wrote the credit of Li Wenge and the credit of his son together, if Zhang Yongde refused to sign it, it was not that he would not give Li Wenge face, but that he would not give face to his father and son, and that he would be smart with the wisdom of the Jin Kingdom. It must be that he would never do such an unworthy thing.

Zhang Yongde also laughed secretly in his heart, and folded Ruan's hand to pull the tiger skin to make a big banner and make a momentum

, but although he is a great figure in Yanzhou, he counts when he arrives in Bianliang, not to mention that the emperor can understand at a glance why he followed the joint name, even if he doesn't understand. The imperial court will not be convinced of this matter because of its own signature, although the reward will definitely come down in advance, but in the end, the Yanzhou issue will be decided, and the emperor will not make a decision until he returns to report.

Only because of this, even if Ruan's recital arrived in Bianliang in advance, the emperor would only give some painless rewards first, and the major decisions that really related to the future of Yanzhou would never be made in a hurry.

In fact, there is a big name from Ruan in the front, and his joint name seems a little insignificant.

Zhe Congruan forced himself to sign and draw the pledge, but in fact, it was useless.

Zhe Congruan smiled and put away the watch. said lightly: "Have you seen Li Huairen?" ”

Zhang Yongde shook his head with a smile and said: "I've heard of the name for a long time, but it's a pity that I haven't met so far!" ”

Zhi Congruan shook his head: "After the war, everything is complicated, and the remains of the fallen soldiers need to be sent back one by one, and arrangements must be arranged for the funeral of these war dead." If the commander is not there, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the soldiers. The dog is still in Weipingguan now, and it is because of these trivial matters that he has been delayed! ”

Zhang Yongde nodded, in fact, Li Wenge returned to Fenglin Cottage last night, he knew early this morning, and originally wanted to send someone to invite, but later Han Wei inquired about the news, Fenglin Mountain was going to the funeral for all the fallen soldiers, Zhang Yongde did not bother, there are still a few days left and right, as long as this Li Wenge does not deliberately hide himself, he will be able to see it after all.

Zhe Congruan patted Zhang Yongde on the shoulder: "Hug one, be careful when you go to Lingzhou, Shuofang is different from Yanzhou, the people are fierce and martial, most of them are people who don't know etiquette and only know the size of their fists, the rest of the Feng family's sons don't matter, it's just that Qilang, you have to be careful, that's a splashy skin, you have to pull out a knife and fight with people at every turn, if you talk about ruthlessness, even the people of the Tuoba family of the Dingyan Army are a little taboo about this son." If he makes a mistake, you have to be more tolerant and let him go, Feng Linggong is His Majesty's friend after all, see his old man's face, just bear it! ”

Zhang Yongde smiled bitterly: "Mention more in the service, Yongde will be saved!" ”

Zhi Congruan nodded with satisfaction: "That's good!" ”

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Zhi Yuqing led the two imperial court officials to inspect the military camp and said apologetically: "Lord Wang, Han Yanei, our Fuzhou is a small place, and the property is barren, so it is really poor. Not long after moving from the Sanshui battalion, there was only food in the army, not even a little meat, otherwise a banquet would have been held for the two adults. ”

“…… You're polite......" Wang Pu replied casually while looking at the regulation of the Zhejia military camp, "So-and-so didn't come to eat!" ”

Han Wei was a little surprised: "Didn't the senior servants send someone out to work in the army?" ”

Zhi Yuqing smiled bitterly: "How is it possible, if the senior servants didn't send someone to drive us away, it would be extremely face-saving." Besides, the high-ranking servants are also very poor now, I'm afraid they can't come up with any good things to work in the army, right? ”

His last sentence was quite sarcastic, and Wang and Han glanced at each other and didn't speak.

Zhi Yuqing said again: "It would be good if you came tomorrow, there was meat to eat, wine to drink, and some seasonal vegetables and vegetables......"

"Oh——?"

"Li Xuanjie on Fenglin Mountain has already said that in the future, all the meat, eggs, vegetables and vegetables in our army's camp will be supplied by him, and the first batch of 100 sheep will be transported to ...... tomorrow."

Zhi Yuqing said while wading his saliva, obviously he hadn't touched meat for a long time.

Looking at the fierce and shaking military flag, Han Wei asked Wang Pudao: "Mr. Wenbo, how is the Fuzhou military village compared to those military villages on Fenglin Mountain?" ”

"The army of a hundred battles exudes murderous spirit and fighting intent everywhere in the ordinary...... This is not a day or two work, there is no military judge in the barracks to patrol the camp, but there is no noise, the guards outside the gate are not very old, but they are very vigilant, it is late at night, we have walked all the way, and we have not seen a standing guard dozing off, which is very rare! The distance between the tents was large, obviously to guard against a sneak attack by the enemy, and the soldiers who were on night duty in the camp did not seem to have sharp eyes, but there was a faint smell of blood—a smell that only those who have killed many people can have......"

Wang Pu slowly commented on Zhe Jiajun, shook his head lightly and sighed, and heard Zhe Yuqing nodding again and again.

It seems that although this person is a literati, he is no stranger to military affairs.

“…… As for Fenglin Mountain...... It's all new recruits, and when it comes to murderous and old-fashioned...... It is far from being compared with the strong army in front of him......" Wang Pu shook his head and said.

"But ......"

"But what?" Han Wei asked.

"However, the Yanzhou soldiers on Fenglin Mountain seem to have some things that are not in this barracks......"

"Oh? But what is it? Han Wei suddenly became interested.

Wang Pu shook his head slightly, and his eyes were full of confusion: "I don't know, I just think it's not the same, but I can't tell how it's different...... It's not the same...... Not the same ......"

This knowledgeable champion looked on his back and pondered, but Han Wei was even more surprised in his heart, he didn't know what was unique about this Li Wenge's management of the army, and even Wang Pu, who boasted of being well-read in military books and familiar with military affairs, couldn't say how his military village was different from other people's military villages.

Knowing that it is different, but you can't tell what the difference is, this is the extremely high realm of leading troops......