Before escaping, Mr. Liu decided to do something good, for Chang'an, for Hebei, and of course, for himself.

The last twist in Mr. Liu's life, in addition to a request, there is also a suggestion, a suggestion about Lu Long.

In Hebei, where there are many strong feudal clans, Lulong is still very big and strong, strong enough to rank in the top three, which is not only the top three in Hebei, but also the top three in the country. For Chang'an, this is a threat, a mortal threat. Since it is a threat, it is necessary to find a way to eliminate it, and if it cannot be eliminated, it must be weakened as much as possible. The method of weakening is actually very simple, which is to cut. One of Mr. Liu's suggestions was to cut a complete Lulong into three pieces: one for Yingzhou and Mozhou, one for Youzhou, the base camp, and another for the other four states.

Yingzhou and Mozhou are the relatively weak links of the three, and Mr. Liu plans to hand over the position of the observer envoy of the two states to a man of his own, his wife, Jingzhao Yin Lu Shimei. Although Mr. Liu himself saw through the red dust and consciously and voluntarily went to eat green vegetables and tofu, it was not easy for those younger brothers to follow him to fight in the south and the north, and it was not easy to kill in the east and west, so they always had to find a bowl of rice to eat. Even if they can't drink wine in large bowls, eat meat in large chunks, and divide gold and silver in large scales, let them be able to drink a bowl of fragrant broth. Although Lu Shimei does not have any outstanding talent or superb knowledge, he still has some prestige, as long as there is nothing wrong with the other two places, Lu Shimei should still be able to control the field.

In isolation, the strength of Pingzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Lanzhou is not very strong, but when the four states are united, their strength must not be underestimated, so the top governors of the four states are very important and difficult to find. Because he must meet four conditions at the same time, all of which are indispensable: he must have prestige and be able to control the field; Be competent and able to deal with all kinds of emergencies; To be loyal, absolute loyalty to Chang'an; There must be a background, a deep Heshuo background. Such a person, you may not be able to find it even if you are wearing a lantern, fortunately, Mr. Liu found it, this person is Xue Ping, Xue Ping from a famous general's family.

Xue Ping's great-ancestor is Xue Rengui, Xue Rengui of the Three Arrows Ding Tianshan Mountain; Xue Ping's grandfather was Xue Ne, a famous general in the West; Xue Ping's father is Xue Song, Xue Song, one of the three fierce generals under An Lushan. It can be said that the Xue family has been dealing with Hebei since Xue Rengui, and when it comes to Xue Ping's generation, they are simply natives of Hebei. Therefore, Xue Ping has a background, a strong Heshuo background.

Xue Ping's great-grandfather and grandfather were both loyal and famous generals of the Tang Empire. As for his father Xue Song, although he once chose to rebel, he eventually returned to his family style and began to be loyal to the court. Shi Mu Huangen, Xue Ping is very loyal to Chang'an, absolutely loyal.

Xue Ping, who has a background and is very loyal, is also very prestigious, especially in Hebei, where his prestige is extremely high. The point is that he is not only prestigious, but also very talented. In terms of prestige and talent, among the feudal towns at that time, Xue Ping could roughly rank in the top ten and the top ten in the country.

In fact, whether it is Lu Shimei or Xue Ping, in the eyes of Mr. Liu, it is not the key, Zhang Hongjing is.

Zhang Hongjing has a gorgeous background, which is very gorgeous. His father was a prime minister. The prime minister is a very popular minister, and he is the leader of a hundred officials, and the official achieves this level, not only the glory of the sect, but also the ancestors, and the ancestral tomb is absolutely smoking, which is worthy of a big book and a special book.

However, for the Zhang family, this is nothing, because Zhang Hongjing's father's father is also the prime minister. He is not only the prime minister, but also a generation of famous ministers.

The men of the Zhang family are powerful, and the women are also cows, very good, for example, Zhang Hongjing's mother, Miao. Miao's is very good, and she is the only scorpion among the women in the court at that time. Because, his father, father-in-law, husband, and son have become prime ministers one after another, do you say she is a cow or not?

More awesome is yet to come. Back then, despite her husband's resolute opposition, Miao resolutely married her baby daughter to the down-and-out scholar Wei Gao. Later, it turned out that this was a wise choice, very wise: later, Wei Gao became the envoy of the Xichuan Festival, and was named the king and captain of Nankang County, and he was powerful in the southwest for more than 20 years. Because of Wei Gao, the Zhang family's already developed relationship network is even larger. It is said that since then, all the famous families have never dared to look down on their poor sons-in-law.

Grandpa is the prime minister, grandpa is the prime minister, dad is still the prime minister, Zhang Hongjing can be said to live in the prime minister's nest. Zhang Hongjing, who was born in a family of prime ministers, showed extraordinary bearing at a young age and was appreciated by many people, such as Prime Minister Du Hongchuan, for example, Du You, a veteran of several dynasties. They have all made bold predictions: Zhang Hongjing will definitely be able to become the prime minister, and he must be sure.

It turns out that their vision is accurate, and the thieves are accurate! Because, Zhang Hongjing succeeded his father and ancestor, and successfully ascended to the throne and became another prime minister of the empire. It is no wonder that one of the cadres of the Xin Yuefu Movement, the famous poet Wang Jian, once wrote a poem to praise and say: "The third generation of the seal is in the east of the river, and the family occupies the first peak of Zhongtiao." The Zhang family in Hedong became famous for a while, and was envied, jealous and hated as the "three-phase Zhang family".

In fact, Mr. Liu is not interested in Zhang Hongjing's family background, but his resume, to be exact, his resume after leaving Chang'an.

In the fourteenth year of Yuanhe, because of his opposition to the use of force to cut the domain, Zhang Hongjing was forced to leave Chang'an, and successively served as the envoy of Xuanwu Jiedu and the envoy of Hedong Jiedu. These are two rotten messes that can't be worse, Xuanwu Jiedu makes Han Hong like to punish harsh laws, and Hedong Jiedu makes Wang Yi like to accumulate money, and the people in both places have quite complaints. After Zhang Hongjing took office, he quickly won back the hearts of the local military and the people by virtue of his honest and tolerant personality.

Hedong and Hebei are neighbors, and Lulong is only separated by a mountain, Zhang Hongjing's reputation will naturally flutter with the wind, spread to Hebei, to Lulong, and to the ears of Mr. Liu.

What do you really want, Mr. Liu was worried about the selection of Lu Longjie's envoy, and the name Zhang Hongjing was blown by the strong wind. It's him, Mr. Liu slapped his thigh and turned around three times excitedly. He believed that Zhang Hongjing was the person he was looking for; He believes that the elegant temperament of the former prime minister will definitely have an impact on those unruly warriors, just like the spring breeze and rain, moisturizing things silently.

Therefore, Mr. Liu was relieved and boldly handed over the old nest Youzhou, as well as Hengzhou and Cangzhou, to the person he respected the most, Zhang Hongjing, the former prime minister of the empire from the "three-phase Zhang family".