Tokyo Bianliang, Imperial Palace, left Chengtian Gate inner north corridor.

The Imperial City Division is located here.

The Imperial City Division, the ordinary people in Beijing have only heard of the name of this yamen, but they have never seen this yamen, and they don't even know the exact office location of this yamen, but they are extremely afraid of this yamen in their hearts; The Beijing officials knew about this place, but when they came to the palace, they only glanced at this yamen from a distance, and shivered from afar, and went away early, lest they avoid it.

Although the Imperial City Division is not as notorious as the Jinyiwei in later generations, its reputation is not much better, and the private complaints of the ministers and the nonsense of the people are not as good as those of the gods.

"His Royal Highness King Jia's Hundred Bird Song Garden is really beautiful and tight, and this bird seems to come to life!"

Jiawang Zhao Kai had just put down his pen, and was looking at his new paintings, and Xu Fuzi, who was serving the little yellow door on the side, said with a flattering face.

"Little Fuzi, you can say something pleasing to you." Zhao Kai shook his head, his face showed a little dissatisfaction, and sighed: "Delicate is exquisite, but the ink is thick and black and not vivid!" ”

"That's because His Highness is too harsh on himself!" Xu Fuzi spoke very well, and said: "Xiao Di went to the painting academy a few days ago, and specially took a look at the flowers and birds painted by the painters in the painting academy, none of them can compare to His Royal Highness King Jia!"

Zhao Kai smiled: "Your little mouth is just flattering!" ”

"His Royal Highness King Jia, Caizhou urgently!"

While the two were talking, the official of the Imperial City Division entered the room and presented it with a small roll of paper in his hand.

"What?" Zhao Kai asked, reaching out to take the note.

Shi Gou was the official and said: "Caizhou is in a hurry, and the Huaikang army is worried about mutiny!" ”

Unfolding the note, Zhao Kai raised his eyebrows and said: "I have always been kind to the non-commissioned officers of the forbidden army, if no one provokes it, how can the military camp have the worry of mutiny?" ”

Shi Gou replied: "The note said that the Caizhou Prefecture Grain Officer and the Huaikang Military Grain Officer colluded to enrich their own pockets, making the soldiers' rations bad, and causing dissatisfaction among the soldiers. ”

"Lotte ......" looked at the last signature on the note, Zhao Kai narrowed his eyes: "This name is a little familiar." ”

Xu Fuzi, the little yellow door on the side, hurriedly replied: "Your Highness has forgotten that Shi Gou was the official who asked that person for the first word to dedicate to His Highness, if Xiao Di is not mistaken, it seems that that person is called by this name." ”

Shi Gou also replied: "Your Highness, this Lotte is the county official who wrote the poem Linjiang Xian, and you personally took care of it, and now you are doing things in Caizhou." ”

"It turned out to be him!" Zhao Kai suddenly said: "That Linjiang Immortal is magnificent, and my father is full of praise after reading it, this person is really a bit talented." ”

"This Lotte has a bit of talent, how can it be compared to His Royal Highness, if it is not for the current official family to implement the three-round system, and the royal family is not allowed to participate in the imperial examination, I am afraid that with His Royal Highness's talent, winning the champion is like picking up things." Xu Fuzi's mouth is sweet enough.

"No more gossip!" With a light slap at Xu Fuzi, Zhao Kai turned his gaze to Shi Gou and asked, "Shi Feng, what do you think about the possibility of a mutiny in the Huaikang Army?" ”

Shi Gou replied: "It is better to believe that there is something than to believe that it is not." If the grain and grass officials of the Huaikang army collude with the officials of the Caizhou granary to enrich their own pockets, the possibility of mutiny is extremely high, but it is just ......"

"It's just something, don't talk about it." Zhao Kai said dissatisfied.

Shi Gou replied: "It's just that Lotte has just entered the Imperial City Division, although he was awarded a nine-rank official by His Royal Highness, but he is only a small official, and his subordinates are afraid that this person will not be very reliable in spying on affairs, in case he is like Tian Wei again, he will be ......like Tian Wei again."

Zhao Kai asked: "The inspection in the army is in charge of the Weiwei Temple, is there no news from the Weiwei Temple?" ”

"My subordinates are going to be inquired into!" Shi Gou replied.

"Go!" Zhao Kai said, and then advised: "Tan Zhen, don't forget to let me know." ”

Shi Gou responded as an official, turned around and left.

Seeing Shi Feng leaving, Zhao Kai suddenly said, "Xu Fuzi, follow me to Yanfu Palace to see my father." ”

"Yes!" Xu Fuzi replied, followed Zhao Kai to Yanfu Palace, and suddenly said: "Xiao Di heard the little yellow gate of Yanfu Palace two days ago, and recently some courtiers have made an excerpt to the official family, saying that the three rounding method is evil, and please reopen the imperial examination. ”

"Huh?" Zhao Kai was a little surprised, then glanced around, and blamed: "Hugh wants to talk about things in the palace." ”

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In the office of the clerks in Lotte's temporary office, the atmosphere was unusually dull, and everyone in Ye Zhizhou, Chen Zhixian and other officials frowned and said a word.

Inspector Liu of Pingyu County had just learned the news that the Huaikang Army was going to mutiny, and his face immediately turned pale.

"The Huaikang army has more than 4,000 people and horses, and the Xiang army also has more than 2,000 numbers, if the two are combined, the situation is worrying!" Ye Zhizhou sighed.

Chen Zhixian also shook his head and said: "The state government plus the people and horses brought from Pingyu are less than four hundred people at most, compared with the Caizhou garrison, fifteen to one, the situation is dangerous!" ”

"According to the opinion of my subordinates, it is better for me to evacuate the state government to avoid its edge before the soldiers mutiny, and report to the imperial court, and the imperial court will send troops to recruit and suppress." Liu Patrol said.

"No!" Lieutenant Huo waved his hand.

"This method is not feasible!" Master Yan also shook his head and said: "The mutiny of the Huaikang soldiers is imminent, we will evacuate, and in the future, the imperial court will inevitably hold us accountable for the crime of escaping from the battle, that is, I am lucky to have a life, I am afraid that the rest of my life will not be easy." ”

Speaking of this, Master Yan set his eyes on Inspector Liu, and said: "We are all civil officials, and Inspector Liu and Lieutenant Huo are both military attachés. ”

Master Yan's meaning is very clear, civil officials can save a life, but Huo County Lieutenant, Liu Inspector and Lotte will not have such good luck, and eight or nine times out of ten they will be used as scapegoats and cut off their heads.

Hearing this, Inspector Liu's face became more and more pale.

Lotte almost scolded, what kind of bullshit ancestral training of this Zhao Guan's family, only kill military attachés and not Wenchen, is it true that military attachés are born to carry black pots. Immediately, Lotte speculated that he would have to find a way to become a civil official in the future no matter what, and if he didn't have the talisman of civil officials, he might be used as a scapegoat and be clicked by someone.

Ye Zhizhou set his eyes on Lotte and asked, "Now, what are your plans?" ”

Lotte pondered for a while and said, "The boss might as well order that the messengers and miscellaneous servants of the Huaikang Army and the military government will be transferred to the state government, plus the helpers recruited by the state government, I think there are six or seven hundred people." ”

"That's also ten to one, what's the difference between being sent to death?" Inspector Liu shook his head.

"The state government occupies a small area, even those mutinous soldiers want to attack the state government, and it is difficult for thousands of people to carry out, so we will defend for a few days according to the favorable terrain, and maybe we can wait for reinforcements." Lotte said.

"It seems that this is the only way to do it right now!" Ye Zhizhou sighed: "This official now ordered the Huaikang Army, the Ya Zhijun and others to bring people to the state office. ”

Huo County Lieutenant snorted: "Leaving is a death, but staying may not be dead, it's better to fight with them!" ”

In the Song Dynasty, in the key military places where soldiers must fight for the passes, there were usually local administrative organs at the military level, but this "army" was not the army of the army, but according to the size of the administrative office, it was equivalent to the title of the local administrative area at the state and county level, and only the word "army" was used to describe the importance of the terrain.

Caizhou's Huaikang Army is equivalent to the county-level setting of the same city in the prefecture and county, and the highest governor of the Huaikang Army is called Zhijun, but it is a civilian system, and Chen Zhixian is the same administrative level.

Caizhou is known as the south gate of Kaifeng, is the place to guard the throat, the state and county are in the same city, the Huaikang Army is the name of the place can also be regarded as a county, and the garrison is also named after the place, called the Huaikang Army, of course, the highest commander of the control army, is the general of the army.

Of course, there are large and small local administrations with the military as the place name, the large ones are equivalent to the state-level administrative offices, and the small ones are equivalent to the county-level administrative offices, and the Huaikang Army is the county-level administrative organs.

I didn't know the bottom of the Caizhou garrison in my heart, Lotte thought about it and said: "Xia Guan wants to go to the barracks to check the reality." ”

"The current situation is critical, and the Huaikang Army is even more dangerous, and it is impossible to put yourself in danger." Master Yan said.

Ye Zhizhou thought for a while and said: "It's good to find out the truth and reality, and it's good to be prepared, just be more careful!" ”

Lotte answered, went to the official residence to find a set of daily wear robes to change into, brought Shakuqi, Tusi, and Zhang Biao, and under the leadership of Tong Si, they went to the Huaikang Army garrison in Caizhou.

The imperial court set up the Huaikang Army, the purpose is to contain the southern army or the possible mutiny of the people, so the garrison is located in the north of Caizhou City, or the garrison is located in the south of Caizhou City, but the army is in danger.

Out of the city and looking at the opposite side, Lotte can see the military camp stationed on the north bank, the fence has been erected around the camp, and there are not many tents in the camp, Lotte is a little incredible: "There are 10,000 people in the name of the Huaikang army, and there are at least four or five thousand people in addition to the empty salary for the officers, why are there only a few tents?" ”

"Now that the world is peaceful, most of the soldiers in the army have houses in the city, and they return to the city to live after running errands or working every day." Tong Si leads the way for Lotte while talking.

Lotte saw that the shore was full of ferries, and it was all prepared for those soldiers in the Huaikang army.

"Is the guest on the boat?" Seeing Lotte and his party coming, the captain got up and asked.

"Go to the other side." Tong Si threw down a few copper coins and said.

The captain put away the copper coins and said kindly: "A few guest officers, be careful when you go to the other side, these military masters have a bad temper these days, but be careful!" ”

"Boatman, why is the military master on the other side of the strait in a bad temper these days?" Lotte asked deliberately.

The captain replied: "I heard the military masters who returned to the city by boat complained that the food in the army was too poor, and they were about to ask the state government for an explanation. ”

"The food in the army is not good, what does it have to do with the state government, if you want to find it, you have to find the grain and grass officer." Lotte laughed.

The captain shook his head: "Petty officials, don't talk nonsense, it's not good to be heard by those military masters." ”

On the shore, Lotte came to the outside of the barracks, and saw that Wu Erli was guarding outside the barracks, obviously waiting for Tong Si to connect.

Signaling Wu Erli not to be polite, Lotte asked, "How is the situation in the barracks?" ”

Wu Erli replied: "I heard from a few soldiers who mainly instigated the mutiny, just wait for the Xiang army to reply, as long as the Xiang army agrees to start an incident, the two will go to Caizhou Prefecture together." ”

"Can I enter the barracks?" Lotte asked.

"Yes." Wu Erli replied: "My subordinates will take you in." ”

Entering the Huaikang military camp smoothly exceeded imagination, and the soldiers guarding the military camp did not give the tickets to enter and exit the barracks, nor did they speak, and they were not even interested in looking at Lotte and his party, so they were all released.

The guards of the Huaikang Army were actually lax to such an extent, Lotte couldn't believe it.

After entering the barracks, even more unimaginable things appeared in front of Lotte's eyes, and even Lotte wondered if he had come to the wrong place.

This book is derived from reading the rim