Zheng Yunming couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard it in his ears. The dispute between the southerners and the northerners has been going on since the Tang Dynasty. With the deepening of the sinicization of the southern barbarians in the Tang Dynasty and the so-called "Huization" in Hebei and other places, the increasingly different living habits and values between the people of the north and the south have become a deep gap between the people of the north and the south. If you want to bridge this gap, it is an impossible task for you to be a talented man of the world or a powerful generation of heroes. What's more, since the turmoil in Jingkang and the invasion of the Jin Kingdom in the south, the people of the north and the south have not only different living habits, but have also become enemy countries. The poets and lyricists sighed that "the tears of the remnants are in the dust, and the king is looking south for another year"; If it weren't for the fact that the Jurchens were wild and difficult to dissolve and often broke out some bizarre governance measures, then the hostility of the entire northern land to the south of the river would never make people feel that "this was originally a nation".

This issue is now embedded in the national defense issues of the Great Song Dynasty. Leaving aside the more than 100,000 loyal and righteous men and horses in Shandong that Huainan had once encompassed, in the Jinghu Defense Area alone, more than half of the 45 armies under the jurisdiction of the envoy were originally the troops of the Northern Army who had eaten the Yan clan and had joined the Southern Dynasty after the Jurchen regime's defeat in resisting the Mongols or the Song Dynasty.

"If the Mongols really swept south, how much of the ability of these supposedly fierce and capable troops of the Binan people to resist the Mongol iron cavalry that once terrified them?" Zheng Yunming drew a question mark in his heart, but he didn't notice that there was no way out in front of him.

A large group of tall sergeants stopped in front of Zheng Yunming and his party.

Or thinking in another direction, it can also be said that Zheng Yunming blocked the path of these soldiers.

"Scholar, a good dog doesn't get in the way!" One of the team officers at the head of the team spoke condescendingly, revealing arrogance.

"Even if you don't know that Lu Dao is an official, how can you know that Lu Dao is a saint disciple! A mere soldier is so rude! Zheng Yunming felt the blood in his heart surging to his head, and as soon as he stretched out his hand in his sleeve, he was about to take out the official edict and teach these soldiers who didn't know what to do.

Guo Dachun lowered his head, secretly tugged at Zheng Yunming's robe sleeves, and said in a low voice: "Xianggong should be patient for the time being, these people can't be provoked even if they are Xianggong." ”

"Joke, it's just a little soldier, how can I not afford to mess with it?" Although Zheng Yunming thought so, he also understood the truth that a strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, since Guo Dachun, who is resident in the local area, said so, he naturally has his reason. Zheng Yunming fixed his blood, snorted, and stood aside with his sleeves.

The leading team officer waved the horsewhip in his hand proudly: "You southerners, don't do anything all day long, you will make trouble!" Let me tell you, grandpa is a military general under Huang Tong, and he is about to return to the camp to prepare for the expedition! If you delay Grandpa's military plane, and when the Mongols come and cut off the heads of you southerners, Grandpa can't take care of it! With a whistle, he led the group away.

"What an arrogant soldier" Zheng Yunming couldn't help but complain: "They are committing murder in the city, and your local officers and soldiers don't care about it?" ”

"Where is the matter," Guo Dachun also took the opportunity to pour bitter water: "The system envoy Lord Zhao specifically relies on these troops from the north to fight, and usually treats Wang Min, Li Boyuan, and Huang Guobi very politely, it is said that once Lord Zhao was holding his little wife happy, Wang Min rushed directly into the inner hall from the yamen to report the military situation. Lord Zhao was not angry, but just sent the concubine away. I also appreciated Wang Min's decision-making on the spot, with the style of a general, you said, the master in charge of the Jinghu side did not dare to provoke these northerners, why should we offend people on an errand below? ”

"But if it goes on like this, these Qiu Ba will cause a big mess sooner or later." Zheng Yunming muttered to himself.

"Not really, but it's none of our business, they can't rebel under the noses of the Suppressor. Don't worry about these northerners, you see, that's the Yamen of the Transit Envoy. ”

Zheng Yunming looked up at this time, and sure enough, not far away was a large official office.

Jinghu transshipment makes Li Bodu's current state really not very good.

At the banquet of Zhao Fan, the ambassador of the Jinghu system, Li Boyuan, a rude general, grabbed the clothes of Li Zhuan's envoy and forcibly poured him a bucket of wine. This Confucian disciple, who was already not strong enough to drink, went home vomiting and diarrhea, and had a hangover for a whole day. To this day, I am still groggy, I don't know what year or month.

It was in this drowsy that Li Zhuan's envoy unfolded the edict handed over by Zheng Yunming himself.

"Well, it turns out that you are the new official who replaced Counselor Tian" Counselor Tian in Li Bodu's mouth, after using his wife's dowry to get through the relationship, he has been transferred to Jiangnan to serve as the commander of Taiping County.

"Yes, Zheng Yunming, the lower official, is the Jinshi who was on the list last year."

"Newcomer" A thought suddenly flashed in Li Bodu's mind, a jinshi who had just won the list could get this position, and his background was by no means idle.

Thinking of this joint, Dengshi sobered up for seven or eight minutes. Li Bodu sat up straight, and asked in a casual tone: "Dare to ask Xiao Langjun's door?"

Sure enough, he has seen through this layer, but he deliberately used casual inquiries to probe my bottom, which is really worthy of being a veteran of officialdom. Zheng Yunming thought so, and sang a promise: "The eldest in the student's family is secretive. ”

"Ahh Li Bodu pretended to be surprised and patted the case, "It turned out to be the son of Zaifu's family, which is really disrespectful." Come on, show Childe a seat! ”

"Adults must not do this!" Zheng Yunming endured the secret smile in his heart, and at the same time, he had to finish the trick: "Since the student is on an errand in the adult's mansion, he is an ordinary official." The right prime minister, his old man's reputation is the most important, do I want to smear him outside with the reputation of his father's shadow! Never! ”

"This Zheng Xianggong really has a rigorous family style, and his honest and humble style is really admirable." After Li Bodu finished the play, he officially connected with the children of the most powerful person in the dynasty. In the future, as long as you communicate well with the relationship with the Zheng family's petty officials, it will be a sure thing to enter Beijing as an official in the future.

Zheng Yunming smiled secretly in his heart, but pretended not to know the slightest idea of the transfer envoy's thoughts, and continued his words: "In addition to asking me to greet the transfer envoy, my father also instructed the subordinate officials to visit the envoy of Zhao Zhizhi. After resigning from the lord, the subordinate immediately went to see him. ”

"The system made the lord feast on the civil officials and military generals yesterday, and he drank heartily." Li Bodu's face was embarrassed, but when it was the most inconvenient for the system, the prime minister's son wanted to visit, but both sides were characters who could not afford to offend: "Lord Zhao has not woken up from a sound sleep in the mansion so far, and it may be inconvenient to go at this time." ”

"Students are juniors, even if they wait for the adults to wake up." If ordinary people waited for this sentence to be replied, Li Bodu might still think of him as humble and polite, but it was a little too much. But these words came from the mouth of the son of the Zheng family, and he couldn't help but make Li Bodu's heart sink.

"At this age, the yaini should be cockfighting dogs and domineering appearances." Li Bodu tried to focus his still slightly drowsy gaze on the young man who was standing solemnly in front of the public case, and tried to look at this somewhat childish face: "At such an age and from such a background, but still able to perform such a ceremony, whether it is a traitor or a great loyalty, he must be an extremely powerful person in the future." ”

"Shall I stay away from him? Or do you want to start accepting him from now on? ”

Zhao Fan, the envoy of Jinghu Manufacturing, is 51 years old this year. This is the prime of life for the senior officers. His long-term experience as an official and his resume have enabled him to know how to command the military ministers who command the army so that they will not cause any trouble, and at the same time, he will not be dizzy due to old age or long-term illness and bedridden.

This is the age of achievement.

Zhao Fan will never be satisfied with the position of Jinghu envoy, because no matter how good he is here, he cannot compare with his father, who is both military and political. If you want to surpass your father, you can only surpass Jinghu, Bel Li Qixun.

In the first year of Duanping, it was a great opportunity for Zhao Fan to establish the status of a famous minister in one fell swoop, and he went out to recover the ancestral mausoleum, such a feat that even Yue Fei had never done. If it can be successful, it will be the first major achievement since the southern crossing.

However, it ended hastily in such a humiliating way, which dealt a blow to the prestige of the Zhao brothers, who were responsible for defending the territory of the country, and Zheng Shumi.

But Zhao Fan believes that this is by no means the end. He also has the fierce and brave warriors brought back from the north, the rich rear of Jinghu that can provide grain and grass, and the forward base like Xiangyang.

"There must still be a chance to take the Central Plains again!" In the letter to Zhao Kui, it was full of the confidence of the marshal of Jinghu.

Because of this, it is necessary to make good friends with the generals from the north in any case, and the soldiers and horses under their command are not only majestic and mighty, but also the original people of the old land of Henan, and if they want to take the land of Henan, they must rely on such a team.

Zhao Kui would not easily confide in a young man who was less than twenty years old, even if he was the son of his backer.

Although this child is still young, he can stay in the hall for two hours and wait for the master to wake up, which is a rare gift. But the admonition of this little Zheng official is quite unsparing.

"The northerners can't hold it, since they can betray the Jurchens. Mongolia can also betray us. How can you not prevent the disaster of Pharmacist Guo? In fact, it is fair to say that Zheng Yunming's statement is not very tenable in history, and there are indeed many examples of defections by exiled troops in the north, but there is no shortage of defectors in the regular Song army composed of southerners. And the country was originally very suspicious of the rebels who started with these bandits, which also strengthened the rebellious spirit of the northern military horses.

But for Zheng Yunming, who is bent on escaping in the rolling wheel of history, he is full of thoughts of eliminating the unstable factors in Xiangyang City.

"This is a national event, and the officials have just arrived in Xiangyang Mansion, so don't mention these things again. Although Xiangyang is not as prosperous as Lin'an, it is also a dry wharf, if there is any inconvenience in the life of officials, just ask. Since Zhao promised Zheng Xianggong, he will definitely let the official's life go well. If there is anything to tell my shogunate, you should obey it. ”

Zhao Fan made a gesture as he spoke, and two shogunate officials came over to invite Zheng Yunming to talk to him.

Seeing Zhao Fan's figure planning in front of the map, Zheng Yunming knew that the envoy at this time would not listen to any outsiders.

With such an arrogant attitude of contempt for the enemy, how can it resist the impending steppe storm?