After Zhang Xuan ascended the throne, his imperial study was still placed in the Heavenly Pavilion, but soon after the establishment of the Military Aircraft Station, the official rooms of Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others moved out of the Heavenly Pavilion and moved to the new official office of the Military Aircraft Station opposite the Imperial Historical Observatory. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In the senator's room on the first floor, Fang Xuanling was standing in front of the sand table and pondering silently, when footsteps came from behind him, and a guard whispered: "Fang Changshi, Your Majesty is here." ”

Fang Xuanling was shocked, and when he turned around, he saw Zhang Xuan, the son of heaven, walking in quickly, Fang Xuanling hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, stepped forward and asked, "Wei Chigong, how are they doing?" ”

"Your Majesty, General Wei Chi's army is currently stationed in Jiexiu County, where there is a large amount of food and other materials, enough for them to survive the winter."

"What about the other army?"

Zhang Xuan was concerned about another 10,000 troops holding back the Tang army outside Taiyuan City, and after the snowstorm hit, they lost contact with this army led by Zhao Liang, the general of the Tiger Benlang, which is really worrying, "Is there any news about them?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, we have received news that this army is currently retreating to Shouyang County, Taiyuan County, which is the temporary logistics site of General Wei Chi, and the food and grass materials should also be sufficient, Your Majesty does not have to worry."

Zhang Xuan immediately found Shouyang County on the sand table, about one hundred and fifty miles east of Taiyuan City, that is, when the snowstorm hit, they marched a hundred miles before retreating to Shouyang County, you can imagine their difficult trek in the blizzard.

However, this news still made Zhang Xuan's heart hanging in the air put down, although Zhang Xuan has ascended the throne as the emperor, but many habits he can't change for a while, for example, he still regards himself as the commander of the army, of course, this is understandable, the Son of Heaven himself is the supreme commander of the army, but the difference in participation is strong.

The grand strategy of attacking the Tang Dynasty was basically led by Zhang Xuan, including this attack and annexation of the state, and the grand strategy of the three-way attack was decided by him, and Fang Xuanling improved the details.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Xuan asked again, "What is the situation in Hedong County?" ”

"It is snowing heavily, and it is difficult to move an inch in Guanzhong, not to mention Hedong County, there is no movement in the Tang Army at present."

In Zhang Xuan's third-line attack, he is not worried about Taiyuan on the northern line and the Bird Mouse Valley on the middle line, the key is Hedong County on the southern line, because it directly threatens the safety of Guanzhong, Li Yuan will definitely not be willing to lose, he can not want other places, but Hedong County He will definitely think about retaking it again, so for the Zhou Dynasty, how to lead the main Tang army to Bingzhou to fight is the next problem they have to consider.

In fact, in Zhang Xuan's grand strategy, Bingzhou was actually just a bait, and attracting a limited number of Tang troops to Bingzhou was their real purpose in this Bingzhou campaign, including Wei Yunqi's envoy to Chang'an, which was to trigger this Bingzhou campaign, but unfortunately it snowed heavily from the sky, which affected the strategic implementation of the Zhou Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan asked, "What is the matter with the military advisor coming to me?" ”

"Wechen does have something, Feng Deyi found Wechen early this morning and put forward a reconciliation proposal."

Feng Deyi was the Tang Dynasty's long-term envoy to the central capital, responsible for communicating the differences between the two countries, and correspondingly, Wen Yanbo, the Zhou Dynasty's attendant, was also stationed in Chang'an.

Zhang Xuan smiled faintly, "Does Tang Jun want to withdraw from Taiyuan?" ”

"Now that the heavy snow has blocked Luliang Mountain and Bird Mouse Valley, they can't do it even if they want to, they just want to show a gesture, and they can only wait until the spring of next year to retreat, only at that time, it is estimated that they will have ideas again."

"In that case, you tell Feng Deyi that we will not attack Taiyuan for the time being, and we will talk about this matter after the New Year, if he is still willing to talk at that time, then we will sit down and negotiate how to let the Tang army withdraw from Taiyuan."

"Weichen understands, so he will go to negotiate this matter with Feng Deyi."

Fang Xuanling was just about to retreat, but at this time, Zhang Xuan remembered something again, so he stopped him, "Wait a minute, military advisor!" ”

"Is there anything else Your Highness is up to?"

"Does the military advisor know that Su Xiangguo wrote to the old man to retire?"

"Wechen heard about it."

Zhang Xuan sighed and said: "After all, Su Xiangguo is over eighty years old, and I want to change his position to an idle position like Pei Gelao, but whether he retires or changes to an idle position, the phase is vacant. ”

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said: "Weichen has not served in the local county, I'm afraid I can't serve the public." ”

"It's not a big problem, it's just a convention, not a rule of law, there are many ministers who have not been a Taishou and directly serve as ministers, Xiao He and Chen Ping have not heard of any Taishou, and the military advisor doesn't have to be too modest."

"This ..... Let Wechen think about it! ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Be sure to give me an answer in three days!" ”

"Wechen understands!" Fang Xuanling saluted and retreated.

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands, he has been thinking about reorganizing the Ziwei Pavilion Xiangguo for half a year, but there is no chance for a while, now Su Wei took the initiative to retire from the old man, the opportunity came, in the current seven phases, Zhang Xuan is indeed not very satisfied with several Xiangguo, one is Chen Ling, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who promised him to be the prime minister mainly to recover Jiangdu, but it turns out that Chen Ling's ability to be the prime minister is insufficient, he is still more suitable for commanding the army, and the other person is Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, Li Jing is the same as Su Wei, he is old, The energy and physical strength are difficult to bear the heavy responsibility of Xiangguo, as for Su Wei, he is indeed too old, and Zhang Xuan can't bear to continue to stay with him.

At this moment, a guard reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Su Xiangguo asks to see you!" ”

Just thinking of Su Wei, Su Wei came, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Hurry up and invite Su Xiangguo to come in!" ”

Zhang Xuan is ready to let Fang Xuanling succeed Su Wei into the prime minister, it is by no means that Zhang Xuan is dissatisfied with Su Wei, on the contrary, if possible, he hopes that Su Wei can do it for another ten years, as the prime minister, the most important thing is to narrow and make up for the differences between the monarch and the minister, like a clip, the monarch and the minister are tightly linked together, so that the monarch and the minister work together to promote the development of the empire, in this point Su Wei did a very good job, good at compromise, but can adhere to principles, so that Zhang Xuan trusts him very much, and respects him.

After a while, Su Wei walked into the imperial study in a hurry, he stepped forward and bowed, "Old minister, see Your Majesty!" ”

"Xiangguo is exempt from courtesy, please take a seat!"

A palace maid laid a soft cushion for Su Wei next to the brazier, Su Wei sat down, Zhang Xuan also sat down opposite him, Su Wei smiled bitterly, "Actually on an equal footing with Your Majesty, it is really difficult for the old minister to sit comfortably." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, "Just keep my respect in your heart, and leave the etiquette of the Great Zhou Empire to my children and grandchildren to slowly improve!" ”

"Your Majesty is right, the respect in the heart is more to be cherished than the respect in the ceremonies."

At this time, the two palace maids served them tea, and Su Wei took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "I heard Li Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry say that His Majesty went to patrol the traffic outside the city early this morning, and has already sent troops to clear the official road, is it planning to shovel snow on the official road?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and shook his head, "The amount of snow shoveling on the official road is too large and unrealistic, I just let the army mark the official road, and then I can ride animal power to walk on the official road, which is much more convenient than relying solely on sleds." ”

"I said that it was impossible to shovel the snow, but several other ministers insisted that the snow on the main official road should be shoveled, saying that the amount of work was not large, and that it would take only one day to shovel it with 10,000 people."

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "It may be that I didn't communicate with Ziwei Pavilion about this matter in advance, in fact, it's not impossible to shovel the snow on the main official road, the Jingzhao region can use the army, but the local counties may need to use a large number of people, I don't want to disturb the people for this matter." ”

"Your Majesty, this is not a problem of disturbing the people, the restoration of transportation is good for everyone, who does not go out for the New Year, visiting relatives, etc., as long as Jingzhao Mansion takes the lead in mobilizing the whole people to participate in shoveling snow, and then sends it to the county officials, I believe that everyone will actively mobilize, in the face of the snow disaster, everyone works together to fight the disaster, Your Majesty, this is an opportunity to unite the people's hearts!

Zhang Xuan nodded, he was just a temporary idea today, and he didn't think so far-reaching, but Su Wei had a point, this was indeed an opportunity to unite the people.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "That's it! The army still goes to mark the official road, but the thing of shoveling snow on the main official road also has to be done, this matter is led by Ziwei Pavilion, the whole people are mobilized, all officials must participate, and I must also participate, and then send the counties to follow suit, try to shovel the snow on the main official road before the arrival of the New Year, but this is not mandatory, and it will not be recorded in the official evaluation, which needs to be clarified. ”

Su Wei was very pleased with the saint's goodness and was not stubborn, and he praised: "Your Majesty is an enlightened king! ”

Zhang Xuan smiled, "Xiangguo has won the award, is there anything else?" ”

"In addition, His Majesty intends to open a martial arts, and Weichen wants to make a suggestion."

He is following Yang Guang's World Heroes Association, selecting the world's heroes, mainly to send talents to the army, and at the same time to give many middle and low-level generals a chance, the time is almost synchronous with the imperial examination, and it will be held in early February.

"If you have any good suggestions, please speak up!"

"Your Majesty, it is best to take the martial arts examination a little later than the imperial examination, as far as Weichen knows, many scholars are both civil and military, if when the imperial examination is over, we will give the scholars who intend to participate in the martial arts a chance, in this way, we may be able to select a lot of Confucian generals who are both civil and military, what does Your Majesty think?"

Zhang Xuan nodded again and again, this was a good suggestion, and he adopted it on the spot, "This plan is very good, I agree, please coordinate with the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites to come up with a specific plan, and I can implement it after I approve it." (To be continued.) )