The official seat of the Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty is located in the west of the imperial city, only a wall away from the inner imperial city, commonly known as the West Mansion, there are two principals, called the Privy Envoy is the deputy envoy, in charge of the national military administration, this position is equivalent to the Tai Wei in the Han and Tang Dynasties, so the Privy Council has the common name of Tai Wei, in order to prevent the Privy Council from being too powerful, and set up two divisions under the Privy Council, which is the front division of the palace, the guard division (under the division of the infantry army, the horse army division), which is in charge of the command and command of the forbidden army and the states, among them, the front division of the palace is only used to defend the capital, nominally not as a front-line operation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Corresponding to the West Mansion is naturally the East Mansion, that is, the political hall, originated from the Tang Dynasty in the Zhongshu Province, the government office is located on the east side of the imperial city, in charge of the imperial court administration, responsible for drafting and promulgating the emperor's will, so it is called the Ping Zhangshi, also known as the prime minister, but the Song Emperor in order to prevent the prime minister from too much power, the Ping Zhang Shi is generally set up and not granted, only temporarily from the low grade but trustworthy courtiers selected a few into the political hall to participate in the political affairs, called the governor of the political affairs or the Ping Zhang political affairs, with the Ping Zhang affairs, and because the grade of these officials is not high and to exercise the power of the prime minister, there is a three-level official said, So, every time the emperor mentions a person into the political hall, he will add the three products under the same book, but this post does not have the court, that is to say, this is a temporary prime minister, or the Great Song Dynasty has no prime minister at all, the power of the temporary prime minister, can also be called the east minister, nominally leading the six departments (household rites and criminal work).

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Emperor Zhao Jiong of the Great Song Dynasty went a step further on the basis of overhead power, and took the financial power out of the household, and set up a transshipment envoy department (under the jurisdiction of grain, money, salt and iron three divisions), responsible for the country's taxation and salt and iron and other money and material transportation, and because of this time, the transportation of money and grain was mostly taken from the waterway, so the transshipment envoy division is also called Cao Si or three envoys.

Originally, the major yamen of the imperial court were independent administration, but today they gathered in the political affairs hall, and the main hall of the political affairs hall was full of officials wearing purple official uniforms and hanging gold and silver fish ornament bags around their waists, all of them were not angry, and the atmosphere was tense for a while, and there was no quarrel from early morning to afternoon.

At this moment, an inner chamberlain hurriedly ran into the political hall, looking anxious, and stumbled as he entered the door, and a thin voice echoed in the hall.

"Hey, hey, they all say that the threshold of the political hall is high, and sure enough, look at our family so embarrassed" Wang Jien, the chief eunuch of the inner chamber, almost fell into the main hall.

When several people in the hall saw that it was him, they hurriedly stepped forward to help each other, and one of them said, "Wang Neishi, why are you here again?" The official family is urging again? ”

Wang Jien straightened his clothes and said with a distressed face: "No, a few masters, don't let our family run again, this time, the legs are thin, the official family summoned a few governors to discuss here, that is, they want to negotiate a charter as soon as possible, what happened?" Xue Xiang? ”

Xue Juzheng, the prime minister of the political affairs hall, was sullen when he heard this, turned around and sat back in his seat, without speaking.

Wang Jien eagerly turned his face to the other person and said, "It's so comforting, what do you mean?" ”

The privy envoy Cao Bin also twisted his ass and sat on the seat, patted the handle on the chair and said: "The old man has always advocated beating, and he will fight resolutely."

As soon as his words fell, he heard Xue Juzheng clapping his hands and standing up, and said solemnly: "The soldiers have been used for many years, and the Liao people are newly retired, and it is difficult to guarantee that they will not come back at any time.

Wang Jien was about to cry, looking at this and that, in a dilemma, and then locked his eyes on another person, and said, "Lu Yuanjun, what is your attitude?" ”

The transfer made Lu Duan calm, and said with a flower beard: "Is it a battle or a fu, then it is also a few governors who set the tone first, and the envoy listens to the will of the official's family."

After hearing the long sigh, Wang Jien also sat on the chair, put the dust on the desk, and said a little angrily: "Since this is the case, then our family will not leave at all, just wait for your letter."

The room suddenly fell into immersion again, in the end, Wang Jien couldn't hold his breath, and spoke again, this tone was almost begging, "A few governors, you really let our family stay here to accompany you, the official family is still waiting for the letter, seeing that the sky is getting dark, let's discuss it."

I don't know how many times the tea on the table has been changed, Cao Bin picked it up casually and quickly put it down, and said: "The government hall is less and less concerned about the Privy Council, and he doesn't even give the old man a cup of hot tea."

Yang Guangyi, the governor of the political affairs department sitting behind Xue Juzheng, hurriedly got up and said: "It's too comforting, why complain, just now we Xue Xiang also said, Xiazhou is far away, since ancient Yi people live together, so since the Tang Dynasty, the previous dynasties have only used the policy of Huairou, this time the party people have been planning for a long time, if it is forced to use troops, it must be the power of the whole country, in this way, it is not against the national policy of the official family to first the south and then the north, and again, the party leader has become a trend, if the court is too tight, then he will not be driven to the Khitan side, this is not what my dynasty wants"

Cao Bin said: "I have been in the country for less than two years, and there has been such a rebellion, if you don't punish it heavily, how can you appease the Quartet, isn't it conniving at the people who come after, fighting, even if it is a national soldier?"

Xue Juzheng pressed his hand to let Yang Guangyi sit down, and his tone became gentle, and said: "Taiwei knows the military formation, if the labor division goes on an expedition, what are your chances of winning?" If the Liao people take the opportunity to go south again, what countermeasures do you have? ”

Without waiting for Cao Bin to speak, the privy deputy envoy Pan Mei got up and said: "Xue Xianggong, the art of war has the way to win in the world, the place and the people, this time I am a new dynasty, the national prestige is far and wide, Wang Shi has just set foot in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Liao people are equal in Yanmen Pass, this is the time when my Great Song Dynasty soldiers are in their prime, this is the time of the day; Party members scattered all over Xiazhou, and the orders of each ministry are different, some even die old and do not get along, whether it is a war or a fu, the monarch and the minister are intended to solve the rebellion in Xiazhou, if the king is pressed by the thunder, will not win a battle, this place is also advantageous; Since the Tang Dynasty, the party has been surrendering to my Central Plains dynasties, this time the way is rebellious, I am up from the official family, down to Li Shu how can I sit back and watch Li thief dominate, this person and also, there are these three benefits, why not dare to fight, as for the Khitans, it is not enough to worry, not long ago Cao Taiwei pro-Tong army has let the Liao army lose troops and generals, in a short period of time, they are not able to cross the south"

Xue Juzheng smiled coldly with disdain, "Can you break the enemy on paper?" I Xue did not live in the temple when I knew that the party was hiding evil intentions, now ten years have passed, that Li Jiqian's wings have long been full, the battle of Xiazhou, my Song Dynasty 10,000 soldiers with the city to defend, but was Li Jiqian's 30,000 horses on the 15th to break through, or the whole army was annihilated, Xue really does not know how Pan Xianggong said that the party orders are not the same."

Pan Mei was not convinced, and was about to speak again, but the transfer on the side made Lu Duan busy and said: "Look at you, there is a quarrel again, several of them are important ministers of the court, and they have no selfish grievances, they are all for the sake of the official family, why make it tense."

Wang Jien, the chief eunuch of the inner chamberlain, also said: "Who said it wasn't, our family has been watching it for a long time, and this posture is so noisy that it won't be fruitful tomorrow."

Cao Bin suddenly stood up and said: "Since this is the case, then enter the palace together and ask the official family to make a decision."

Wang Jien hurriedly said: "If the official family can decide, why bother to let our family toss so many times"

Xue Juzheng also had this intention, and said: "The disaster in Xiazhou can't be delayed any longer, if the official family is not decided, won't they sit back and watch the Li thief become powerful."

Wang Jien sighed, sat down stupidly, and said dejectedly: "It has to be like this, but when our family came out just now, the official family was in a state of turmoil, and sent a special order to Mrs. Zheng Guo to wait, or how many people will go back later?" ”

Cao Bin said: "Mrs. Zheng Guo? Wang Gonggong, I heard that the official family summons Mrs. Zheng Guo every few days, and he hasn't seen the queen for more than a month, but is there such a thing? ”

Mrs. Zheng Guo was originally the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty Li Yuguo, her maiden name was Zhou, her name was Wei, because her sister died of illness in the Tang Dynasty and succeeded to the country, the Southern Tang Dynasty people called Xiao Zhou, only the appearance of the two, after the death of the Tang Dynasty, Cao Bin was dedicated to the official Zhao Jiong, Zhou Wei, who was captivating the country and the city, appeared in front of Zhao Jiong, and suddenly felt that the Song Palace had no color, that is, Mrs. Zheng Guo, who was greatly favored by the officials, in the end, it was a hero who was sad and beautiful, and the Son of Heaven was also a person.

Wang Jien said: "Empress Du is virtuous, I have no intention of competing for favor, alas, let's go back and see first, if the official family has time, then invite a few governors to enter the palace"

As soon as Wang Jien left, Lu Duan spread his hands and said: "Look, it is said to be eager, but it is so eager."

Xue Juzheng hurriedly said: "Lu Envoy Jun is cautious"