The Chinese New Year's Eve of the fifth year of Xiande is approaching, and the holiday of the Hugh Dynasty is approaching, and a light snow is falling one after another that night, adding a bit of slaughter to the gloomy heaven and earth. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

There is no sun in the early morning, only the light of snow, the city of Tokyo is covered in snow, the towering Xuande Tower is covered with a layer of snow, and the sparse small snowflakes are still falling, but the officials who got up early to go to the court have already come out of the Xuande Gate to return to the government.

"Alas...... I was counting on returning to my hometown in Puzhou to reunite with my family during the Chinese New Year's Eve holiday, and I didn't want to have no holiday this year. "Zhang Zhao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, is a native of Fan County, Puzhou, a man of the word, sixty-five years old, and an old minister of the Four Dynasties, accustomed to the change of dynasties, and has few victories in battles with the Liao army over the years, and is obviously not optimistic about the Northern Expedition.

Due to the busy preparations for the Northern Expedition, the emperor specially issued an edict ordering officials in Beijing to go to court according to the old practice of the Tang Dynasty, and senior officials above the local state level were not allowed to leave the official office and return to their hometowns at will, but they could call their families to the station for the New Year, so Zhang Zhao was complaining.

"Why did the submerged man say this? The Northern Expedition is a national war, and it should be fought uprightly, so why hide it and do tricks? As long as the will of our monarchs and ministers is firm, and the officers and men of the three armies share the same hatred and hatred, one day they will be able to recover the land of Yanyun. Xue Juzheng, who was the servant of the Criminal Department and the judge of the Ministry of Justice, explained when he heard this, although his words were reasonable, but his deep anxiety was also revealed.

"Having said that, it's been a difficult year!" The Shangshu Provincial Government Office is located on the side of the Provincial Government Street south of the right gate on the west side of the Royal Street, and there is still a section of the road, Zhang Zhao said helplessly, and beckoned Xue Juzheng to accompany in his own carriage.

Xue Juzheng also humbly went up first, and Zhang Zhao was about to follow, when a middle-aged scribe in a green robe who had been outside Xuandemen Square for a long time came over with his entourage and said, "Dare to ask, but is it the big Sima Zhang Gong?" In Xia Zhao Pu, Xi was the judge of the Zhongwu Festival, and the acting envoy came to invite Zhang Gong to go to Panlou to drink a few soju to warm up at noon. ”

Because Zhang Zhaojue was named the Duke of Nanyang County, and the people of the time called the military department Shangshu were generally called Da Sima. Zhao Pu said and handed over the sticker, Zhang Zhao nodded with a smile and took it, the loyal martial arts festival and the front division of the palace all commanded Zhao Kuangyin to be quite trusted today, plus the high status of the martial artist in these years, of course he is not easy to shirk. But if you want to use troops now, you must have a personal matter, and if you don't figure it out, you will run around, and if you look for trouble, how can you live.

Zhang Zhao took the sticker in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while, and after a moment of silence, he still declined: "Recently, there have been a lot of affairs in the Ministry of War, and I will send someone to notify me another day, and I will pay a visit to the house in person, okay?" ”

"This ...... That's good! Zhang Gong go slowly! Zhao Pu smiled disapprethoughtly and arched his hand, and saw Zhang Zhao and Xue Juzheng get into the carriage, and then led the horse back, but instead of going east to Panlou, but to the Zhao family's courtyard in the south of Honglu Temple on Jingyun Street opposite Shangshu Province.

Because it is close to the Imperial City and Shangshu Province, the forbidden army will generally take the central axis of the inner city of Yujie and Liangmen Street, so the location of the Zhao family's annex is good and it is not re-sold, and it is used to settle the subordinates and staff in Beijing to live permanently.

The gatekeeper is also a veteran, seeing Zhao Pu come back and open the door at the right time to greet him, and take over the reins of the horse to take care of it, Zhao Pu crossed the front door to the atrium, the old vision hall was deserted, but there were few people talking inside, behind the hall was a small hall, the doors and windows were closed tightly, the dragon was burned inside, and there was a hot air rushing in when the door was opened.

"Zeping is back? What is Zhang Gong's intention? Sitting in front of the first screen, it was Zhao Kuangyin who took the time to summon a few staff members to discuss the matter, and when he saw Zhao Pu coming back, he couldn't wait to ask.

"I don't know Zhang Gong in my life, and I want to help, it's hard to say!" Zhao Pu nodded, and saw that Chu Zhaofu and Wang Renzhan were also present, as well as Lu Yin, the secretary of the Zhongwu Festival, and Liu Xigu, the judge of the Songzhou Guide Festival, were also there.

Lu Yin's ancestor is a native of Youzhou Anci, the word Yuqing, Xiande three years for the secretary of the same state Kuangguo Festival, at that time he followed Zhao Kuangyin, and then followed the successive Song, Hao and other festival towns, and then successively served Chu Zhaofu, Wang Renzhan is familiar with each other, and Zhao Pu is the last to follow, and Liu Xigu is an old official of the three dynasties, he is more than fifty years old but he is not ambitious, and he is recommended to come to the door of Zan Jurun.

"Needless to say, who is the military department and the front division of the palace, Zhang Gong should be happy to make it convenient!" Because Lu Yin avoided Zhao Kuangyin's name, he usually only commensurate himself with the words, and said quite confidently when he heard the words.

"It's hard to say...... If Zhang Xuangui, the third division, grasps it tightly, it will be difficult to do it if the grain and grass equipment wants to be biased towards the front division of the palace. On the front division of the palace of reason, there are many war horses, and it is understandable to adjust more, but in the coming year, the war guard division is also the elite, and the grain and grass are all the way to the front line in Hebei, and there are Zhang Baoyi and Zhang Yuanzhen staring at it all the way, we can't intervene in the grain and straw, we still have to find another way, and there are ...... Xiangguoji Temple is better to go less! ”

Zhao Kuangyin's face was expressionless, but judging from the small nagging voice, it was obvious that his heart was not calm. Thinking of Zhao Pu's recent whereabouts, he suddenly raised his voice in the last sentence, and his face was serious.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, the grain and grass go first, once the war starts, who controls the logistics grain and straw will have the initiative in the Northern Expedition, and now the southern grain and grass have entered most of Beijing, and the spring will be transported north, the front division of the palace and the guard division as the main force, although the number of troops has not yet been decided, but the three divisions have been looking forward to a long time, and they all hope to give priority to more logistics.

But this is only superficial, the reason why Zhao Kuangyin is fighting for this is because Zhao Pujin said that he would look at the war situation and act if it goes well, and if it doesn't go well, he will mutiny halfway, and follow the example of Taizu Lanzhou. But this risk is too great, although Zhao Pu has been conspiring with the monks of Xiangguo Temple for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee whether it will be successful.

Zhao Pu sat down on the side of Zhao Kuangyin's seat at his own leisure, he is now Zhao Kuangyin's mastermind, and his status is one level higher than Lu Yuqing, Chu Zhaofu, Wang Renzhan, and Liu Xigu, seeing that Zhao Kuangyin's mind is still a little wavering, and the emperor has newly summoned a famous doctor to confer the title of Fengyu, although the monks of Xiangguo Temple have the secret medicine of the Western Regions without revealing traces, but this kind of major event allows a monk to participate, which is indeed a bit unsafe.

"It's not easy for the palace to catch this line, and you can't give up easily. A certain sentence is still the same sentence, if you want to achieve great things, yang planning is the mainstay, and yin is supplemented. There is already a secret scheme, but the lord's mastery of the forbidden army is not enough, and if the name is not right, it is not good, unless he can replace Zhang Baoyi as the palace commander, it is not good to transfer the generals of the forbidden army......"

Discussing such secret matters, Chu Zhaofu, Wang Renzhan, and Liu Xigu were more observers, exchanging glances from time to time, but rarely speaking. Lu Yuqing is an old qualification, and he has always been worried about Zhao Pu's later life, and he is not very convinced, but Zhao Kuangyin only let him know some important secrets, but did not send him to do it, so he naturally has to behave well at this time.

"Exactly! At the beginning of the year, Zhang Yuanzhen served as the colonel of the forbidden army and had no real power, because he was in charge of the entire forbidden army, and the emperor was of course not at ease. But if it is just the front division of the palace, the emperor will still delegate power, but the time will not last long, look at Zhang Baoyi, the front secretary of the palace has also been transferred to this day. Lu Yuqing echoed.

This is something that anyone with a discerning eye can see, Zhao Pu has his own idea in his heart, and when he heard this, he pouted his lips, and his heart was very disdainful, so he said loudly: "I don't know if Brother Yu Qing has a way to make the lord smoothly promoted to the front of the palace?" ”

"This ...... It's not easy to do for a while! Lu Yuqing opened his mouth, if it is normal to say, the call of senior generals lies in the emperor's weighing, and the courtiers generally will not object, but how to make the emperor make a decision He is really helpless, but he still knows the delicate situation in the forbidden army at the moment, as well as Zhao Kuangyin's main strategy.

The main force of the front division of the palace is the iron cavalry and the control crane four compartments, with 15,000 to 25,000 soldiers in each compartment, and there are also a long time of miscellaneous subordinates such as the inner temple straight, the bow and arrow straight main guard palace. The former is important, but for the big things that Zhao Kuangyin wants to do, the latter is even more important. If you are promoted to the front of the palace, you can place people in the inner courtyard guards.

Naturally, eggs cannot be put in one basket, and the combined force of internal and external forces can ensure that no matter what means are taken at that time, they can be invincible. Many things are planned by Zhao Pu in secret, and now there are ways to go further, but he didn't say it, it depends on Zhao Kuangyin's determination, and what choice he intends to make.

Seeing that Zhao Pu and Lu Yuqing were competing again, Zhao Kuangyin understood that Zhao Pu was already confident, and now he had to make a decision again. Every time like this, Zhao Kuangyin always hesitated, he personally experienced the Lanzhou mutiny in the winter of the second year of Qianyou, and even put the apricot yellow flag on Emperor Taizu himself, at that time he acted calmly, but his heart was not calm.

Originally, he just wanted to be satisfied if he could build a festival in this life, but in this troubled era, after a few major battles on the throne today, he has been leading the festival town outside and the forbidden army in the past few years, and his mind has quietly changed, but he is only trying to master greater and stronger power by instinct. Chuzhou met Zhao Pu, and the wine was right that snowy night, which completely ignited the ambition in his heart.

The heat of the earth dragon surged, and the atmosphere in the small hall was extremely dull, Zhao Kuangyin lowered his eyebrows, rubbed his fingers lightly on his temples for a long time before raising his head, and saw that the four people on the left and right all turned their heads to look at him intently, and he knew that if he continued to hesitate, he would inevitably disappoint his subordinates.

"In this case, then Ping will talk about it, what can be done?" Zhao Kuangyin sat down, and once he decided to listen to his opinions, he sat upright with a solemn face. No matter how the incident in Xiangguo Temple went, but it was always right to master the front division of the temple first, I don't know what Zhao Pu's strategy was.

"Since the lord has decided, then let's go our separate ways, it is not easy to make the emperor make a decision, this requires a few things, the lord and wait for a while, and order Zhao Anye to get it." Zhao Pu said with a smug smile, got up and went out on his own, and took the door with him.