On April 21, Guo Rong led the soldiers of the southern expedition back to Daliang, because the Liao army went south to Koubian last winter, so he ordered Zhang Yongde, the envoy of Zhenning Jiedu in Lanzhou, to lead the troops to the north and go to the Hebei border to inspect and deploy defense. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, at the beginning of the year, the Liao army withdrew, and Zhang Yongde did nothing to do in the north, mainly because during the southern expedition this year, Li Chongjin performed well on the west route, and Zhang Yongde opposed Li Chongjin's military exploits and slandered him and did his best to attack. When Li Chuyun, the head of the guards, captured Haozhou, according to the predetermined strategy, Zhang Yongde should send troops to respond to the attack, but he did not send troops for a long time. When Song Yanwu and Wang Huan's sailors were blocked in Beishenyan, Zhang Yongde also sat idly by.

It was Guo Rong who then rushed to personally supervise the battle, only to break the Southern Tang Water Division in one fell swoop, and then capture Yangzhou, open up the road to the Yangtze River in the south, and to Wuyue. Therefore, Guo Rong deliberately snubbed Zhang Yongde and sent him to Jiezhen, Lanzhou.

However, Guo Rong slightly punished Zhang Yongde, but this unintentional move further fueled Zhao Kuangyin's ambitions. Very simply, if Zhang Yongde loses power, he Zhao Kuangyin can replace him, be promoted to the palace front inspection, and take charge of the most elite palace front division in the Great Zhou Forbidden Army.

However, Zhao Kuangyin just knew about it, he hadn't come up with any good way, and now he was focusing on Zhang Yue, if this person returned to Beijing, he would definitely be a big rival, which was much more difficult to deal with than Zhang Yongde. met Zhao San and Chu Zhaofu who came to greet him on the outskirts of the city, Zhao Kuangyin did not come out in person, but sent Zhao Pu over to inquire.

"A certain letter has allowed you to do a good job, and nothing has gone wrong, right?" Compared with Chu Zhaofu's helplessness against Zhao San, Zhao Puke is much more arrogant and has never paid much attention to Zhao San.

"Very smooth and foolproof! Now Kaifeng Mansion is investigating, and all the clues point to someone, and he is absolutely at a loss for words! Chu Zhaofu said confidently.

"That's good! Let's go to the city, and when I go back, I will immediately transfer the Fushang family to Xuzhou, don't stay in Tokyo! Zhao Pu smiled gloomily, he also prepared a back hand, and waited for someone to return to Beijing to let the lord make up another chapter.

Although he has repeatedly reorganized the army and eliminated the old and weak, he is actually quite lenient with the forbidden army, and even somewhat conniving, mainly relying on Zhang and Li to hold military power, and never asks about the appointment and promotion of middle and senior generals, which also promotes the breeding of factional forces.

Because at the beginning of the year, the new temple was completed, the god entered the temple, on the day of returning to Beijing, Guo Rong sent Zhang Yongde away, and then led the civil and military officials to enter the temple to worship, and the ceremony was summoned in the Jinxiang Hall Fan Zhen, Zhang Mei, Wang Pu, Wang Pu, Dou Yi, Wu Yanzuo, Zan Jurun and other important ministers.

Let's talk about the southern expedition and the reward of the northwest soldiers, the former has to be recruited from important ministers, and the appointment of officials in Huainan Xinfujie Town and prefectures and counties has been arranged, and the candidates have also taken office to govern affairs, and a formal edict can be issued now.

And in the northwest Xia Sui, the marshal has already decided Shi Yanchao, but Shuofang, Jingnan, Zhangwu, Changyi, Hexi, Jianwei, and Huaixin who participated in the war and the expedition, these are the seven towns, plus a Fuzhou Tiande Army Fold and Yang families, and there are a lot of officers participating in the war.

And Zhang Yue's retribution, but the Zhizhou and the defense of the eleven states under the three towns of Shuofang, Xia Sui, and Tiandejun made a big move, and on the surface, it seemed that it was intended to reward the merits, and the three prefectures of Lin, Fu, and Sheng, and Jiafeng Prefecture, which had been entrenched in the two cities of Zhe and Yang for a long time, were actually recovered, but in fact they were in the hands of these three towns, Fan Zhen of course saw it, and he was very disgusted with it.

Guo Rong had already received the seal, although it was a little difficult to accept it in his heart, but there was no war in the northwest after this battle, Zhang Yue was going to be transferred back to Beijing, and it was reasonable to take care of the officers under his command for the last time, which was also the same in the past, and there was nothing to say.

"No matter what, the northwest has finally settled down, first let the military generals who have made meritorious contributions to the war lead the state affairs, and then call the civilian officials to govern the affairs after a year or two, which can also restore the local people's livelihood as soon as possible, but the festival commander needs to move the town, this matter can be discussed later, first set the reward for participating in the war, this matter cannot be delayed!"

"Of course, the first merit of the Northwest War is the official seal of Yan'an County, if it is very inappropriate according to His Majesty's draft edict, it is not issued by the ministers for the time being, please make a decision again!" Fan Zhen said with a frown.

"What? What's wrong with adding a master? Guo Rong asked with a smile, and when he drafted the edict, he guessed that Fan Zhen would oppose it, and sure enough. At the moment, he emphasized again: "Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the chaos of the system has not been formed in a day or two, and if the generals with great achievements do not give heavy rewards and graces, how can they serve their lives with peace of mind." Besides, the land of clouds has not been restored, and the country is the time to employ people, so why not a prince? ”

"If you are born in the formal imperial examination, or if you are a meritorious general who has read poetry and books, the minister will not object. A military general can serve in the field and become a high-ranking official, which in itself is a reward for the court, what else should I do? Zhang Yuanzhen is still so young, and there is an opportunity to make meritorious contributions, if you must be sealed, please be crowned as the prince of the country, and give the prince and young master! Fan said stubbornly.

Guo Rong thought about it, Zhang Yue also led the envoy of the Xuanhui North Court, which actually had a certain amount of political participation, but it was still almost, so he smiled and said: "Otherwise!" How about worshipping the Duke of Qin, the envoy of the Xuanhui North Academy, and the privy councilor? ”

It seems that the emperor is determined to use this martial artist to enter the prime minister, fortunately, he is not directly appointed as a privy deputy envoy, otherwise Wei Renpu will take advantage of the situation to enter the Zhongshu and fight for power with himself, which is acceptable, Fan Zhen nodded silently, and reluctantly agreed.

"Then let's draw up an edict! The homeopathic move to the town was also arranged, and Shuofang Wang Jing moved the town to Qingzhou Pinglu Jiedu; Jingzhou Shenguo Gong Zhang worshiped the king of Hexi County, and moved to Dengzhou Wusheng Festival; Jing Yan Wang Yanchao lost the battle, removed the position of Taifu, and transferred the Tiande Festival of Zhenfu Prefecture.

Zhangwu Zhang Duo added inspection of the school Taibao and moved the town to Shuofang; Wang Renhao of Hexi managed the troops in a good way, added the right Shenwu general, and moved to Jingzhou; Fuzhou Tiande Army folded the German wall and moved to the west of the river; Shi Yanchao Zhen Xia Sui; Feng Jixun of Fengzhou moved to the town of Pizhou; With the Golden State Thorn Shi Bing Shaohui moved to Fengzhou Weisheng Festival; To the south, he Jiyun added the inspection of the school Taibao, and went out of the Xingyuan Mansion.

The rest of the towns will not be transferred for the time being, and the generals who have made meritorious contributions in the battle, and those who have the ability to lead the state affairs, should be approved! Guo Rong went all the way back to Beijing, and he was a little tired at this time, so he only decided to move the town to the town, and the rest of the chapters were all approved. Remembering that on the way back to Beijing, he received a report from Dong Guang, the envoy of the imperial city, so he asked again: "I heard that there are rumors in Beijing, and they have spread all over the city, and there has been an arson murder case in Honglu Temple recently, what is the progress?" ”

Zan Jurun was in charge of this matter, and when he heard it, he hurriedly got up and said, "Back to Your Majesty!" At the beginning of the year, when the war in the northwest was going on, Li Renxiu, who came to Beijing last winter, went out frequently, and the rumors seemed to be spread by this person, and then the minister returned to Beijing to sentence Kaifeng Mansion, and then summoned Li Renxiu to Honglu Temple, he refused to admit it, but the minister also saw at the time that it must be this person. Subsequently, some good deeds made up a miscellaneous poem, deliberately disturbing people's audio-visual, but the minister thought it was not true. And the recent Honglu Temple case has a very bad impact, and all the clues point to Captain Zhang, which is simply seamless, but the more so, the more suspicious the minister becomes. ”

"What? Do you suspect that it was not Zhang Yuanzhen's doing? Guo Rong looked thoughtful, Zhang Yue is an upright person, not like a person who can do this kind of thing, although he is favored in the northwest forces, but it is unlikely to say that a rebellion is still within his tolerance.

Back then, Wang Jun and Wang Yin were one to fight Liu Chong in Hedong, and the other was in Hebei for a long time, and the power of Jiezhen was not ordinarily huge, it was simply a king of Hedong and a king of Hebei. Zhang Yue only actually owned two or three festival towns, and he did something in Xinfuzhou County, which was all obvious things, and everyone could see that it could only be regarded as a small thing.

"Judging from the killing methods of the corpses at the scene, the minister doesn't think it's like it, because the minister has followed Captain Zhang Taiwei to conquer Qin Feng and fight for Hehuang, and his own soldiers are very dangerous to kill the enemy, and he likes to twist his neck the most in close combat. According to the autopsy, Li Renxiu and the others were in a drunken state before they died, and in this kind of situation where the target could not be resisted, if Zhang Taiwei's people moved, there was no reason not to twist their necks. And now the wounds are all knife wounds, smashed and unrecognizable.

The morning before the accident, Li Duoshou, a staff member of Captain Yuanzhen, came to Kaifeng Mansion to ask for a meeting, please calm down the rumors as soon as possible, and left Beijing on the same day, and stayed at the Zhongmu Post House in Zhengzhou on the night of the accident. Zan Jurun replied.

Guo Rong thought about it carefully, Zhang Yue didn't seem to have any political enemies, only Liu Congxue had been unable to get along with him for several years, and last year Zhang Yue killed the sick Han Benyong when he was banned from the army, this person is Liu Congxue's wife and brother, and the two have a deep grudge against him, this can't be what he did, right? Thinking about it like this, I suddenly had a headache, Liu Congyu is the brother of Yuan and Empress Liu, and he has been neglected for several years, and it would be too mean to punish this matter again.

"Now that the rumor-monger Lee In-so is dead, this case is over, and the heroes can't be chilled, do you understand? One of the dignified Nine Qing Honglu Temple Office turned out to be the vegetable garden gate, anyone can enter, it is really unreasonable, and the officials should be strictly investigated! Guo Rong decided to be a peacemaker and let the Honglu Temple official Xiang Jar, but he was not wronged, and he was invisibly crooked.

The next morning, the edict was issued, and Zhao Pu heard that it was a pity, and the original prepared back hand could not be used, so he consulted with Zhao Kuangyin, planning to make another surprise move. Because if Zhang Yue returns to Beijing and receives the Privy Councillor, he can also participate in the arrangement of the defense of the forbidden army's capital, so his heart's plan will undoubtedly be greatly resisted.

Zhao Kuangyin was distracted for a while, and he couldn't make a sound for a long time, and after thinking about it, he said: "It seems that this Zan Jurun has a lot of relationship with Zhang Yuanzhen!" In this way, he could only try to transfer Zhang Yuanzhen to the local place to lead Jiezhen Town, wasn't the emperor ready to recover Yanyun? Zhang Yuanzhen is good at military strategy, and can be adjusted to plan the Northern Expedition in advance, which can be regarded as the best of both worlds! ”

"Then the Northwest doesn't interfere? If he is a political enemy, he must be completely defeated, otherwise he will become a great disaster if he does not die if he fights the snake! Zhao Pu persuaded repeatedly, but there was nothing good to do for the time being.