"Still thinking about the girl under the moon?" He Libo didn't know when he appeared next to the king, and he held a cloak in his hand. At present, it is close to Chongyang, and the northwest region is already cold at night.

The king did not answer, and at this time he wished that he could have a cigarette at hand, so that he could brush his thoughts.

He Libo put his arm on the edge of the city wall, looked in the same direction as him, and said, "I still really wonder, sometimes you are smarter than anyone else, but sometimes you don't know as much as we do. ”

The king did not answer, he knew in his heart that being clever was just a little cleverness, but he was taking advantage of the advantages of modern people.

He Libo sighed and said, "Alas, you, probably this will be confused, I can see it, you are not willing to go to Xixia." ”

The king asked, "You said you saw the woman in white today under the moon?" ”

He Libo said: "The size is similar, but how can the girl under the moon become the white stone god of Western Xia?" ”

"The main thing right now is not this. Look," he said, gesturing to the perimeter of the camp. In addition to the river that glowed in the moonlight, there were several farmed families on the open ground around them.

"Does the eldest brother know about the danger of Yanzhou?"

"Yanzhou is heavily guarded, what's the danger?" He Libo asked puzzled.

"Now that the Western Xia soldiers have repeatedly violated the border residents, the soldiers here have become numb, and all those who come are regarded as robbing and harassing, and they are all hiding in the city and watching coldly. It's like a wolf coming, once it's not a wolf, it's still not a wolf when it comes twice, and the third time even if the wolf really comes, the defenders will be caught off guard. ”

"Second, the border has been repeatedly disturbed, and the border people are powerless to seek refuge, if the Western Xia calls, can the border people help?"

"Third, you look at the Hengshan behind the Western Xia, you can overlook Yanzhou from the mountain, the army camp is clear at a glance, if you don't take Hengshan over, then the Western Xia army will take advantage of the summer trees to gather and swoop down, and these villages outside Yanzhou will be broken as soon as they are attacked, and the entire Yanzhou will become a lonely city."

When He Libo saw that it was really as the king said, he couldn't help but ask anxiously, what should I do then. The king ordered He Libo to invite the seed lord to come to the city to speak. After a while, the seed instrument really came, and it was Xiao Jianzhong who was followed by the fart.

Wang recounted what he had observed to Chongyi, and Chong Jianzhong looked at the wall with his feet on his feet. He Libo thought that he admired or agreed with the king. But he listened to the seed Yi and looked at the king for a while and asked: "If there is no (if there is no word next to the king) what he said is true, this is exactly what I am worried about, but I know why you don't say what the officials of the prefecture or the town guard here say, but for me, a county magistrate who has no power and no power?" ”

The king smiled: "If those guards were really for the border pass, would it be like this?" Besides, will they tell the imperial court that there are so many crises in Yanzhou right now? ”

Chong Yi said: "Even if you tell the county, I only have a few dozen soldiers and temporarily adjustable township soldiers. In addition to strengthening the patrol in the city, the affairs of the border village are also beyond the reach of the whip. ”

When he said this, Wang Jian heard a trace of resentment in addition to a little helplessness.

Chong Jianzhong pouted and said, "That's not what Daddy and Fifth Uncle said. ”

Wang Jian heard and looked at Jianzhong, he patted Jianzhong's head, and the cat leaned down and asked, "Who is your fifth uncle?" ”

Chong Jianzhong said: "My fifth uncle is amazing, his surname is caste, and his words are positive!" When Jianzhong spoke, he put on a posture of a military general holding a big sword, and the crisp sound was loud.

Wang smiled beside him, looked at Chong Yi and said, "Your fifth uncle is not as powerful as your grandfather." Kind of adult, what Jianzhong said is not a false name, although the adult is only a county order for the time being, but presumably it will not be looked down upon after coming to the famous family. ”

He will look at the cuteness of this building, and the second is to see the reflection of the seed. The king continued: "The adults are also persuading farmers to do business, and the third article in this persuasion is to inspect officials and deal with field lawsuits. In the second year of the Heavenly Sage, have you forgotten the decree of Renzong? ”

Chong Yi gasped, and although the tone of the king was flat, he seemed to imply that he was derelict in his duties. However, after a few detailed discussions, the two of them were quite angry, and what they said just now was also angry. So he thought for a moment and said, "If you don't let me impeach the commander of the garrison?" ”

The king said: "There is no need for impeachment, you can just write a letter explaining the situation at the border." ”

Chongyi said: "Okay, even if it doesn't work, I'll do my best." After speaking, he turned around to meet the county government, and Jianzhong trotted back behind him.

Wang Fang looked at the backs of the two of them, and couldn't help sighing, Xiao Chong had such ambitions at this time, no wonder he was praised by later generations when he grew up.

He Libo asked puzzledly: "Why did my brother do this, and what if the emperor ignored it?" ”

Who could be more conflicted than the king? He didn't want war at all, and after a few hundred years, there were no borders in this Hengshan, but the official war was exchanged. Now you can be stationed on Hengshan, which can avoid the comeback of Western Xia in the future, and then look at the surrounding people, there has been no peace for many years

Just as He Libo expected, the fold was not all in the hands of Renzong in three or four days, and the fold not only put forward a few points of the danger of Yanzhou, but also mentioned that the little emperor of Western Xia had just checked the political affairs, and it was inevitable that there would be changes or the heart of the war to serve the people.

Song Renzong frowned and finished reading the recital, closed the recital and looked around the court, "Do you have anything to discuss about Yanzhou?" He asked, and the ministers looked at each other. Some people said that the garrison of Yanzhou was excellent, and it was expected that it would be able to resist the Western Xia troops. Besides, this is just a prefectural concern. With Shi Zhicong's sentence of "retreat from the dynasty with nothing", the recital was put aside.

What surprised the king, what he and Chongyi were worried about, happened. Wang went to the horse market every day, hoping to see the familiar figure again, but never saw it again, but saw the area of the Xixia barracks on the opposite side of the mountain was originally larger, Wang observed for a day, and sure enough, he found that the number of camps increased. He wondered if it had happened as he had expected. Or has Yuexia defected to Western Xia and revealed his thoughts?

This thought was only a flash, and he hurriedly dispelled it, at least for now, he couldn't distrust Yuexia.

When receiving an urgent report from the border guards, the Western Xia increased the garrison on the Hengshan Mountain. Renzong couldn't sit still, he thought of what Chongyi said. So he asked again: "Do you have a good plan for the matter of Yanzhou?" ”

The court was quiet, and Renzong looked at the ministers who were holding the wat board with both hands, but they were all ministers with their heads bowed and silent. I can't help but think of a few years ago, when encountering a border or rebellion, there would always be someone who would stand up and take orders, but now this person is no longer there.

He looked at Han Qi and said, "Lord Han, you once served as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi Jinglu and the envoy of Shaanxi Fourth Route Jinglu to pacify and solicit. What are your plans for this Yanzhou matter? ”

Han Qi really asked himself when he saw it, so how could Han Qi not know the situation in Yanzhou, it's just that it is rare that there is no war now, and although he is a privy envoy, he is indeed a civilian official with no military power, not to mention that there are only two soldiers in the northwest who can serve the public, one is the death of Chong Shiheng, and the other is the death of Di Qing.

This is not just a literary talent, the soldiers follow with all their hearts, they will be willing to fight on the battlefield, Han Qi is an old fritter, any of these civil officials went to the northwest, managed the soldiers such as Fan Yong, Fan Zhongyan did political achievements, or just with strategy to strengthen the city, real swords and guns to rob the mountain, Han Qi will not wade into this troubled water.

After thinking for a long time, the privy envoy Han Qi said: "The emperor doesn't have to be too anxious, but this kind of ritual is a famous family, I think the emperor can issue an edict to mention him, or take it over on the spot, or this person can guard Yanzhou." ”

Renzong had no choice but to do so, so he sent an edict to Yanzhou to appoint Chongyi as: "Yongxing Military Road Pacification Envoy, Security Army Horse/Infantry Army Command Envoy Zhiyanzhou"

Chongyi received the holy decree and thanked him, and sent away the edict to take office, which was said to be a good thing, but he stood on the city wall, but he did not see how happy he was.

He asked the king to see him on the wall of Yanzhou, looked at the barracks of the Xixia soldiers stationed in the mountains on the opposite side, and said: "The two or three thousand elite soldiers in Yanzhou are distributed along the border and the county capital, and now there are less than 5,000 soldiers in Jinmingzhai and the city in front of him, and the number of camps on the other side of the mountain is estimated, and the opponent's strength is at least above 3,000, and I don't know if there are follow-up troops behind the mountain." ”

He Libo was already gearing up, "Brother, what do you think?" Why didn't you tell Tane-sama to take Yokoyama? ”

Chong Yi also had this intention, they looked at the king, and the king thought of the scene that Chong Jianzhong would only have a family in front of the stone in his house that day.

Now it has become a confrontation, and there is one more thing that makes the capture of Hengshan on the bow. The Western Xia soldiers came to rob the border people's property, but they didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty camp, which had never been cared for, suddenly killed all the way to the officers and soldiers stupid and they came. The people who had been robbed were also abnormal, picking up shovels and axes to fight back, and the Western Xia soldiers were stupid and were beaten back.

Now the soldiers of the Xixia camp were honest, but they looked back at the camp on the mountain, how they had been stationed for so many days, and there was no movement at all.

The Song camp here is also strange, Wang Fang didn't know, that day Ma Shi saw the person who looked like the moon from a distance, the Xixia soldiers had already gone up to Hengshan, and at this time the moon had been taken to Xingqing Mansion in Xingzhou County, Xixia, and the Xixia soldiers who stayed on the mountain were waiting for the arrival of Liang Yiburi, the commander who replaced Leng Qing.

Liang Yi was about to take advantage of this army to press Hengshan and give a big gift to his sister Liang, who had just become the queen of Western Xia, and he wanted to take advantage of the terrain to go down the mountain to attack Yanzhou.

Note: Investigate officials and handle field lawsuits. As mentioned above, the peasant envoy has the important power to "take charge of all agricultural matters". In addition, it has the power to recommend officials. In September of the fourth year of Tianxi, the edict "Zhulu transfer envoy deputy, persuasion agricultural envoy each raised the curtain post, and the state and county officials were able to be named within 10 days." [41] In June Wuyin of the second year of Tiansheng (1024), Renzong agreed to "transfer, prepare and ship, raise the punishment and prison to persuade the deputy envoy of the peasant envoy, and know the state army, the general judgment, the jurisdiction of the prefecture, and the capital supervisor Chongban and above, and order the internal staff of the headquarters and the state and county officials." ……… However, there are two deputy envoys who have transshipment, preparation and delivery, and two deputy envoys to persuade the peasants to be punished, and they will be implemented according to the regulations. [42] There is also the responsibility to deal with the appeal of the land dispute: "Zhongjiang is a county of 30,000 households in Zizi, and there are many people, and the division of land is ugly. In the middle of the day, the whip is handed over, and the prison of the court and the weapon is dead, and the decision is not tired of his wishes, then he sings and sang, runs and jumps to persuade the peasants to make the former, and never continues. [43] It can be seen that the people regarded the "persuading peasant envoys" as the superiors of local officials, and they could "cry out and sing their grievances."