With his greeting, several guard officers flashed from behind the flowers, trees, mountains and rocks next to him, faintly blocking the way, Zhang Zhongyao saw that each of these people had a fierce battle formation killing aura, although they had not yet drawn out the blades on their waists, their eyes were faintly flashing with warning. Zhang Zhongyao only remembered that he suddenly broke in to watch the martial arts of the Jiedu envoys, if it weren't for the old man in the pavilion who was silent and even greeted himself, I am afraid that he would have been taken down by these guards.

Thinking through this section, he was grateful, smiled at those fierce guards and arched his hand, Shi Shiran turned around and walked into the pavilion, and it happened that the martial arts envoy also returned to the pavilion to sit and drink tea. Zhang Zhongyao thought about the way of respect and humility of the court, and did not dare to sit down, but only bowed respectfully and said: "Zhang Zhongyao of the Shazhou Righteous Army, see the two adults." ”

"Guiyi Army?" " The veteran of the suitable dance lance showed a puzzled look, and the other old man thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "But the Guiyi Army established by Zhang Taibao in the previous dynasty to recover the eleven states of Hehuang. After Zhang Yichao recovered Hexi, he entered the dynasty as an official, and successively served as the commander of the Zuo Shenwu Army, Situ, the founding prince of Nanyang County, and after his death, the Tang Emperor posthumously crowned the crown prince Taibao, and was solemnly buried with the specifications of the national prince. This old man called Zhang Taibao, which means that he has great respect for Zhang Yichao.

Zhang Zhongyao gratefully arched his hand and said, "Exactly." ”

The old man who drank tea sighed: "The Guiyi Army is lonely in the west of the river, after years of whirling tigers and wolves, I don't want to endure so far, you are Guiyi Army, good, good man!" stretched out his hand and said, "Feel free to sit." There was a momentum in his speech and demeanor that people had to follow, that is, the veteran of the suitable dance lance was also influenced by him, and his eyes looked at Zhang Zhongyao with a little more affection.

Zhang Zhongyao sat down after giving the salute, and was guessing the identities of the two old men, but the old man who was drinking tea seemed to see his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Old decay Zhang Mei, this adult is Liu Jiedu of Zhenning Army." ”

Zhang Zhongyao was shocked when he heard this, before he went to the mission, he had a detailed understanding of the situation in the DPRK and China, Zhang Mei and Liu Yanrang were both important ministers who were in power for a while, and they didn't want to have the opportunity to meet them today.

Liu Yanrang's real name is Liu Guangyi, who is one of the famous "Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society", who has the merit of founding the country, and is the confidant of Emperor Taizu. After the current emperor Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, in order to avoid the sacred, Liu Guangyi changed his name to Liu Yanrang.

And Zhang Mei, who followed the Confucian style, had already served as the Privy Council as early as the time of Zhou Shizong. Prime Minister Fan quality disease, Emperor Sejong Chai Rong ordered Zhang Mei to be the general of the right leading army, and temporarily replaced the prime minister to judge the matter of the three divisions, the national military and financial power special committee of one person, after which Emperor Sejong conquered the north and south, Zhang Meidu stayed in the capital, successively served as the three envoys, the inspection of the inner capital, the deployment of the inner capital, the general of the left prison guard, the envoy of the northern court of Xuanhui, and the judgment of the three divisions.

At this time, Zhang Mei was the envoy of the Henghai Navy, and the Jianjie Cangzhou, and Liu Yanrang was the envoy of the Zhenning Army, and the Jianjie Danzhou were all important towns to defend the northern country, at this time, the Great Song Dynasty and the Northern Liao were fighting fiercely, and even Zhang Zhongyao knew that there would be a war between the two countries in a few years, and I don't know what the imperial court would do when the two national pillars were called back.

Zhang Zhongyao was puzzled in his heart, but his face was even more restrained, he was originally unruly, but Zhang Mei and Liu Yanrang's reputation in the world was too great, almost legendary figures, sitting at the same table with him, Zhang Zhongyao lost his square inch for a while, and Zhang Zhongyao, who was originally given by his tongue, was speechless. Liu Yanrang and Zhang Mei originally had something to say, but it was inconvenient for him to speak, so they just drank tea with their heads bored.

Zhang Mei knew that there were envoys of the Guiyi Army in the post house, and called Zhang Zhongyao to come over for questioning, just because he and Liu Yanrang were both important ministers of the imperial court, and there were many taboos in private interactions, so as to prevent people who don't know what to do and chew the root of their tongues, and now they saw Zhang Zhongyao trembling and sweating, obviously not so not a serious person, so he smiled and said: "If Zhang Gongzi has something to do, please go first, and when Gongzi settles down, you can go to the old man's mansion in Bianliang City as a guest." "Pick up the teacup.

Zhang Zhongyao immediately got up to say goodbye as if he had been amnestied, and when he returned to his own building, he realized that he and the two important ministers of the festival were not idle for a while, and the sweat towel on his back was actually soaked, and he couldn't help but be secretly frightened.

As soon as he sat down and exhaled, An Sidao knocked on the door and came in, bowed down and said: "Son, I have already found out clearly, the official family announced that the official family summoned Xiang Gong to envoy Xiang Gong of Anyuan Jiedu, Zhang Yongde to envoy Wusheng Jiedu, Zhang Mei to make Henghai Jiedu envoy, and Liu Ting Rang to come to the court. Today, staying in this post house with me are Zhang Mei, the envoy of the Henghai Festival, and Liu Yanrang, the envoy of the Zhenning Festival. ”

Zhang Zhongyao knew the identities of the two of them, and he let out an "oh" sound, and was immediately shocked, the world was undecided, and the imperial court would suddenly depose such a multi-faceted commander, what would he do? Zhang Zhongyao grew up in the army, and knew very well that the generals and pawns of this army were one, and the soldiers were the courage of the generals, and the soldiers would be the courage of the soldiers, and the soldiers would be the courage of the soldiers, for example, if the Yang family's army, which was famous in the north, went to Yang Invincible, the army's morale would be broken, and no one would be able to redeem it. The so-called loyalty of the officials and soldiers to the imperial court is just an empty word, the general leads the army, it seems to be majestic, and there is no accumulated water grinding kung fu, how can the soldiers be willing to work for you. The imperial court is about to use troops in the northern country, thinking about the meaning of the official's move, Zhang Zhongyao is really puzzled.

After Zhang Zhongyao said goodbye, Zhang Mei and Liu Yanrang stayed in the pavilion. Looking at Zhang Zhongyao's back, Liu Yanrang ridiculed and said: "The Guiyi Army is a strong army in Hexi, but this scholar can't be on the scene, so he sat down for a while, and he was so scared that he even sweated on his back." "Five generations of martial artists were in power, although the world has changed over time, but for Liu Yanrang, who has lived in war and killing for most of his life, his contempt for scholars and civil officials can no longer be changed.

Zhang Mei smiled and said: "Liu Jiedu fought in the south and in the north, and there are a few people who can resist this tiger power. I look at this son, who is both civil and military, and knows how to advance and retreat, and after being a loyal martyr, over time, he will become a great weapon. After speaking, he tasted tea and admired the moon unhurriedly.

Seeing that Zhang Mei no longer spoke, Liu Yanrang couldn't help but speak: "Minister Zhang, the official family summoned me to wait for the envoys of the Four Towns Festival this time, I don't know what the holy intention is?" The words were respectful, not at all like the one who stood behind Zhao Kuangyin and shouted with all the military academies, "My generation has no master, and today I will win the Son of Heaven." The rough general. This is of course because Liu Yanrang has been a high-ranking official for a long time, and he is not as unscrupulous as he was back then, but also because Zhang Meinai is a senior in the army and has a good reputation. In the past, Zhang Mei was in charge of the forbidden army and financial power in the Zhou Dynasty, but he was modest, and the needs of the various troops were met with their best efforts, so they were very popular.

Zhang Mei smiled slightly and said: "Liu Jiedu doesn't need to worry, if the official family wants to send down the ministers, they only need to hand over the troops to see the battle, and they can easily find a mistake, and they will be assigned as they wish." This time, we will be able to retire our military powers, but we will be able to retire for the rest of our lives. He won the trust of Zhou Shizong, and his relationship with Zhao Kuangyin and the current court was very weak, so there was nothing to lose when he was relieved of military power.

Liu Yanrang's feeling is different from him, in this world, in the final analysis, it is the ten brothers of the Righteous Society who work together to take it down, although Zhao Kuangyin said that after the yellow robe is added, he will be more vigilant against the generals, so that there is a glass of wine to release the military power, but the military generals can be described as extremely kind, almost responsive.

What's more, Shi Shouxin and other generals of the Wuqiao Mutiny handed over the right to relinquish the army, but Liu Yanrang was reused by Zhao Kuangyin because his rank was not high at that time, but now Zhao Guangyi insisted that he hand over the important task of unloading the Jiedu envoy, it was really difficult to give up, he was silent for a long time, and sighed: " Zhang Envoy, if I Liu Yanrang didn't have the merit of being from the dragon, in terms of military qualifications, I wouldn't be able to catch up with King Fu Wei, Zhang Dianshuai and important ministers like you, Taizu ascended the throne, one person attained the Tao, and the ten brothers of my righteous society and the ministry Wudu chicken dog ascended to heaven, and they all took charge of the great task of the Jiedu envoy, but now, the official family even wants to depose me. After that, it would be difficult for the generals in the army to subordinate each other, which may not be conducive to the war. ”

He chattered that the king of Fu Wei is Fu Yanqing, who has three daughters who are queens, the Fu family can be called a very deep-rooted general, Fu Yanqing's grandfather worshiped King Wu with his military exploits, and his father Fu Cun worshiped King Qin, all of whom were famous generals, and when it came to Fu Yanqing's generation, the nine brothers were guarding one side, the eldest brother Fu Yanchao was the envoy of the Anyuan Army, and he was given the captain, and the second brother Fu Yanrao was the envoy of the loyal army, and Fu Yanqing, who ranked fourth, was a famous general, and fought with the Liao army many times, with mixed victories and defeats, but he was a general who crawled out on the battlefield. And Zhang Dianshuai is Zhang Yongde, who once inspected the palace of the Zhou Dynasty, if it weren't for the proverb of "checking to be the son of heaven" replaced by Zhao Kuangyin, now the world may not be surnamed Zhao.