Cai Jing's last sentence was not for Song Huizong to hear, but for others to hear, and a few people next to him knew what was going on as soon as they heard it, that Murong Yanda fled to Bianliang, Tokyo, and found his sister Murong Guifei, and then Murong Guifei informed the emperor of the matter, and today the emperor called a few of them over and asked about the matter of Liangshan Caokou.

After listening to Cai Jing's introduction, Song Huizong nodded and said: "This Liangshan Caokou is a big problem for the imperial court, and it is necessary to send elite soldiers and good generals to encircle and suppress it, all of you Aiqing are the pillars of the country, but do you have any good suggestions, good candidates, send troops to Liangshan?" ”

When Cai Jing and several people heard the emperor ask this, they all bowed their heads and pondered at the moment, it was not that they had no candidates, it was because the people they thought of were not as powerful as Xiao Tianbao Han Cunbao and Dong Ping, who had failed to conquer Liangshan before, and they were also defeated after recommending them, and when the time came, they said that they were unknown, although they would not lose their status in the court, but it was also a loss of face.

After a long while, Song Huizong saw that several of them had been keeping their heads down and silent, so he was a little anxious, and slapped the table at the moment and said, "What? Could it be that no one in my dignified Song Dynasty has been able to take command and go out to exterminate the Liangshan bandits? In that case, what else do I want from you? Tong Guan, you are the privy envoy in charge of the power of the world, and you recommend a person. ”

Tong Guan saw that Song Huizong named his name, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so he walked out at the moment, lifted his robe and knelt down, bowed and said: "Your Majesty and breathe the anger of thunder, temporarily stop the power of the tiger and wolf, Weichen has a candidate, this person will be able to exterminate the Liangshan thieves and protect the peace of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Hearing Tong Guan's vow, Song Huizong was also a little curious, leaned forward slightly, and asked, "There are still some people?" Aiqing tell me who this person is? With such a great ability, can Tong Shumi's be so respected? ”

"This person is Pudong patrol Guan Sheng, this Guan Sheng is the descendant of Guan Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, and his appearance is quite similar to his ancestor Guan Yu. Although he is familiar with military books and is proficient in martial arts, he only serves as the inspector of Pudong, and has always been subordinate to the subordinates. Tong Guan recommended.

When Song Huizong heard that he was the descendant of Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, a martial saint of the Three Kingdoms of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was a little curious at the moment, and immediately said: "Okay, Tong Shumi immediately let this Guan Sheng enter Beijing, I want to take a look at the descendants of this martial saint, if it is really as capable as Aiqing said, I will personally appoint him as a rebellious general and lead the troops to the battle." ”

Tong Guan thanked Song Huizong, and when the matter of Liangshan was finished, Song Huizong's words changed, and then he continued: "The thieves in Liangshan are really bold, breaking through the important town of the imperial court, killing the officials of the imperial court, like this kind of people should be punished by the nine clans, and the whole family should be destroyed, especially the Qingzhou soldier and horse supervisor Song Jiang, who was originally a small bandit leader, I cherish talents and let him be a soldier and horse supervisor, but he is colluding with the Liangshan thieves, and the inside and outside should be together, so that Qingzhou is lost, and the people are suffering, this person's crime is unforgivable, and the order is passed, Song Jiang is extremely the same party as the whole country, and he does not need to report it after being caught, and he will be directly executed. ”

"Obey the order, and the minister will do it immediately." Taishi Cai Jing stepped forward, bowed down and said.

"By the way, there is also Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, this person is loyal and patriotic, he is a manufacturable material, the pillar of the country, it is a pity to put him in the place, so he recruited this person into Beijing as an official, Ma Mingqi, a scholar of Guanwendian University, is old and weak, and it is time to retire, so let him write to him, I will reward him, and decree that Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, will be transferred to Beijing as a scholar of Guanwendian University, and he will know the affairs of the Privy Council." Song Huizong said.

As soon as the emperor said this, Cai Jing and several people were shocked, there was no problem with the scholar of the Guanwen Palace in front of him, from the civil official of the second grade, he had no position, and he only went in and out of the attendants to prepare advisers, showing respect and favor, Murong Yanda was the elder brother of Murong Guifei, and there was no problem in granting this official position; What really surprised them was the Privy Council Officer, who was a high-ranking official with real power, equivalent to a deputy prime minister.

The Privy Council, the highest military body of Tang Zhiyuan, was in charge of the decrees of the military state, military defense, border preparation, and military horses. All the guards are straight, the internal and external forbidden soldiers are recruited, the examinations, the relocation, the cantonment, the rewards and punishments, all are in charge. to promote and dismantle the military register; If there is a change of war, an envoy will be sent to the surrender talisman. In addition to the provincial officials and military election officials, the generals will lead the road to the capital and the border to inspect the above. The major events are performed, and the giver uses the announcement; The little things are intended to be entered, and the giver of them is pierced. The purpose of the first is obtained, and the province reviews it when the door is closed. The person who gets the purpose of the face is the record, and the person who gets the painting is the purpose of the painting, and it is left as the bottom. However, it is recorded on a blank sheet of paper, and it is waiting to be reported. Those who are approved by the imperial treasure will be sent to the door to be handed over. It should be given to the person who said it, and the book of Guanzhong is a provincial proposition. That is, to do a great plan, to make a contribution, to move the army, and in addition to the deputy commander of the capital, the three yaguan army, the three roads along the border marshal ministers, the Taifu temple officials, the civil ministers to change the right position, still with the three provinces to take the order.

But the emperor said it, that is, he told Cai Jing that the others were not discussing with them, but telling them that even if Cai Jing and the others were unwilling, they could only receive the decree at the moment.

The matter was explained, and Cai Jing and several people also quit the imperial study, not to mention others, just Gao Yu, Tong Guan in front of the imperial study Song Huizong recommended that Guan Sheng He had also heard of, and he was a general under him before, but this person's temper was too upright, and the stones in the toilet were smelly and hard, so he was sent to Pudong as an inspector, but he didn't expect to let Tong Guan say it today.

Guan Sheng's inspection position is not not a big official, equivalent to the current company-level cadres, grass-roots petty officials, in the Song Dynasty in the east and west roads of the Beijing Division, each with two inspectors, and one inspector at each of the four gates of the capital. It also has inspection divisions along the border, along the river, and along the coast. He was in charge of training armoured soldiers, patrolling the prefectures, and had a lot of authority, and was later controlled by the county order. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, all towns and cities, passes and key places have set up inspection divisions, under the jurisdiction of the county order, the general rank is nine products, some places have the civil and military inspection points, there are county dispatch agencies of the function, there are also deputy inspection (from the nine products) said.

Dadao Guan Sheng, ranked fifth among the heroes of Liangshan, ranked first among the five tiger generals of the Ma Army, and was a descendant of Guan Yu, a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, who was proficient in the art of war and made a green dragon glaive knife. He was originally an inspector of Pudong, and because Liangshan attacked Beijing, he was recommended to Cai Jing by Xuanzan, and led his troops to attack Liangshan to relieve the siege of Beijing.

Guan Sheng fought Lin Chong and Qin Ming alone, and when he was about to lose, Song Jiang was afraid that Guan Sheng would die and stopped. Hu Yanzhuo used the method of fake surrender to lead Guan Sheng's soldiers and horses into the Dazhai of Song Jiang, and was dragged off the saddle by the hook and captured alive. Guan Sheng felt that Song Jiang had the courage to value righteousness, so he surrendered to Liangshan. Cai Jing transferred troops to attack Liangshan, Guan Sheng defeated Shan Tingjue, and Shan Tingjue surrendered to Liangshan. After being recruited to conquer Liao, Tianhu, Wang Qing, and Fang La, Guan Sheng was named the chief soldier and horse manager of the Daimyo Mansion. One day, when he came home from a training exercise, he got drunk and fell off his horse, so he fell seriously ill, and soon did not heal and died.