After getting off the errand, Chen Jinghe changed into his regular clothes, sat in a carriage, and came to the largest treasure pavilion in the city.

The shopkeeper is quite familiar with Chen Jinghe, as a powerful figure in the government, Chen Jinghe has a rich family property, and often comes here to distribute wealth, and is an important customer here.

The shopkeeper politely invited him to the private room on the second floor, served him the best tea and pastries, asked Chen Jinghe what he wanted to buy today, and introduced the new good things in the store.

"Don't bother like this, the official came here today, not to buy something, but to have something good for you to see. ”

Chen Jinghe waved his hand, he didn't deliberately put on a show, he looked approachable, but he didn't forget to call himself an official, showing that he was superior everywhere.

As he spoke, the two entourages beside Chen Jinghe put the box they were holding on the table, the box looked ordinary, but as soon as they opened it, the treasures inside made the shopkeeper's eyes light up.

A superb walking bead, a Western Regions ruby, although it is not the best in the world, but it is also rare to see, and the value is extraordinary.

Chen Jinghe generously let the shopkeeper taste it first, drank half a cup of tea by himself, and when the other party was amazed, he took out a list from his sleeve, handed it to the other party, and said condescendingly:

"This kind of good thing, the official brought more than 20 pieces today, if the shopkeeper can take it, there are still many in the treasury. ”

Only then did the shopkeeper understand that Chen Jinghe was not here to sell goods today, but to ship, and was surprised, he took the list and looked at it, and suddenly felt complicated, and he didn't open his mouth in the middle of the sound.

"These treasures seem to be donations from the Yun family, the He family and other wealthy families?" asked the shopkeeper tentatively.

The walking bead was sold from the Treasure Pavilion last year, and it was obtained by the Yun family at that time, and the goods of good quality could be remembered by the shopkeeper for a long time, and they could be recognized at a glance.

Some of the things on the list can be recalled by just looking at the name and price.

"After all, treasures are treasures, and they can't be used directly against the enemy, Yun and He family donate these, but they also want them to become the robes on the soldiers' bodies and the blades in their hands, and these things naturally have to be done by the officials. ”

Chen Jinghe's words were calm and light-hearted, and when the shopkeeper was stunned, he added without a trace:

"However, the Yunzhou war is imminent, people are panicking, and the treasures are only afraid that they will not be sold at a good price. ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper completely understood that if Chen Jinghe was dedicated to the public, he didn't need to avoid anything at all, and he didn't let the donated treasures appear in Yunzhou because the other party had a ghost in his heart.

If it is a few treasures, the shopkeeper can make his own ideas, but depending on Chen Jinghe's meaning, the scale of this transaction will be very large, and he must consult the owner of the Treasure Pavilion.

Those who can afford to open the Treasure Pavilion are naturally not small people, not to mention that this is still the largest Treasure Pavilion in Yunzhou. Rao is like this, and the owner of the store still feels that his strength is not enough after receiving the report from the shopkeeper.

However, the price asked by Chen Jinghe was only seven or eighty percent of the original price of the treasure, and the temptation was too great.

In this way, in just a few days, the treasures of the treasury were in the hands of another group of wealthy people, and Chen Jinghe made a lot of money - this is not to say how much grain he gave the government in exchange.

In fact, most of the proceeds of the treasure went into the pockets of relevant officials such as him and the assassin history, leaving less than thirty percent of the silver in the treasury, which will be used in the next war.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Jinghe and other officials of the Assassin Mansion made a windfall. As high-ranking officials, they eat a lot of brains, and ordinary officials can't get so much silver, but they also get a lot of substantial benefits.

And the wealthy businessmen such as the Treasure Pavilion proprietors, who have close contacts with them on weekdays and have many interests, these unattainable magnates in the eyes of the common people, also bought these treasures at a low price and got a lot of profits.

It was at this time that Yun Yong, the head of the Yun family, followed Chen Yi after a period of investigation and visits, and had a basic understanding of the various actions of the government.

It was also at this time that the news of the main attack on Yunzhou by the Beihu soldiers and horses caused an uproar in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

Because of the fierce war in Jindi, the Metropolitan Governor Zhao Xuanji was not in Bianliang, and Han Zhao, the deputy Metropolitan Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, although he had doubts about the accuracy of the news, still chose to go to the emperor immediately.

After listening to Han Zhao's report, Song Zhi also felt unbelievable.

The Hu people set out from Weizhou to attack Yangliucheng, they were scouts who risked their lives in Hebei, and they worked hard to find out the news, and now that the war is imminent, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion said that the direction of the Hu people's main attack has changed?

And the source is not the spies of the Dadu Governor's Mansion itself, but the clansmen of the Zhao family who do business, how can Song Zhi accept it?

If it weren't for the documents that came with the news, there were a large number of suspicious records of the movement of Hu soldiers and horses in Songlin Town on the other side of Yunzhou, Song Zhi would not have discussed this matter with Han Zhao seriously.

Song Zhi carefully read the records over and over again, handed the documents to the ministers of the three provinces, the Ministry of War, and the Privy Council who were summoned by him, and pondered for himself.

"Your Majesty, these records are very detailed, and they will definitely not be groundless, once the Hu people are feints to attack Yangliu City, then with the troops we have deployed in the direction of Yunzhou, they will definitely not be able to stop the other party's surprise attack.

"The minister thinks that it is a top priority, and the imperial court should immediately send people to Songlin Town and other places to verify the military situation!"

The first to speak was Wei Wuxian, the squire of the military department, as a son of a general who had made great achievements in the Western Regions, and an important minister who was familiar with military affairs, when the prime minister and the governor of the council could not make up their minds, he stood up.

Han Zhao immediately agreed.

"The reason why the imperial court judged that the Hu people were attacking Yangliucheng was also based on the traces of the Hu people's soldiers and horses reported by the scouts.

"Now, just because of the news of a few Zhao clansmen, we have to doubt the previous rigorous judgment, which is too rash.

"The war is imminent, the Hu people are not only in full swing of mobilization, the Hu people have also appeared along the Yellow River, at this moment to confirm the Hu people's soldiers and horses, we must send a large number of masters to cross the Yellow River, and then we will inevitably fight with the Hu people.

"Our Wang Ji Realm does not have an advantage, if it is damaged before the war, it will be a mess!" The retort was made by Kong Yanhua, the governor of the political council.

Since he gave up his plan to persuade the emperor to negotiate peace with Beihu, he hasn't done anything important these days, plus the diversion of the Great Qi civil and military, he doesn't know much about the war, and when he is in ordinary discussions, it is difficult to interject, he can only say some innocuous clichés, and his sense of existence is significantly reduced.

Now that something has finally happened, he can't wait to make a different statement to highlight his importance.

Wei Wuxian already looked at Kong Yanhua, a poor official who could only play with power, and his face was gloomy at the moment: "The Hu people are not good at water warfare, so they boldly crossed the river and attacked Yangliucheng, which is heavily defended by our troops, which is the next policy!"

"At present, they avoid the real and make a false move, feint to attack Yangliucheng and attack Yunzhou, and then take the land route from Yunzhou to force Bianliang, and cooperate with the soldiers and horses in the direction of Weizhou, which is the best choice for the art of war.

"The reason why the scouts of the imperial court before found a large-scale gathering of Hu soldiers and horses in the Weizhou area is probably that the Hu people are confusing us.

"As for the Wang Ji Realm...... Which of the great cultivators of the imperial court did not bear the grace of the country and were pinned on the high hopes of the people of Li to defend their homes and the country? Now that they need to go into battle, how can they be held back because they are afraid of being damaged?

"Moreover, the people of the Zhao clan are proficient in warfare, and they are already well known, and they have discovered signs of the Hu people's mobilization of troops and horses, how can the imperial court ignore them? If the Hu people really attack Yunzhou, the war situation in the Central Plains will be corrupted, and the governor can afford this responsibility?"

In the face of Wei Wuxian's questioning, Kong Yanhua couldn't refute it at all, but he still said righteously: "This duke just thinks that military affairs should be more steady, and shouldn't listen to the wind or rain, and the squire is about to start passing the buck?"

"At a critical juncture of 100,000 people, the military intelligence lineup is delayed? As a scholar, you'd better shut up if you don't know what happened on the battlefield! Misleading the country and the people is what you say!" Wei Wuxian said with murderous intent.

As a political governor and a second-grade official, he was so scolded by Wei Wuxian, a fourth-grade servant, Kong Yanhua couldn't help but be annoyed and angry.

He originally wanted to go toe-to-toe with Wei Wuxian, but when he saw the other party's gloomy eyes, he noticed the murderous aura on the other party's body, and thought of the other party's brilliant record of killing people in the Western Regions, and he was a little timid for a while.

Fortunately, Song Zhi spoke in time to stop this controversy, and what he is most annoying to see now is that the ministers are arguing endlessly, making a red face, and there is no concerted effort to conspire with state affairs:

"The stakes are serious, and there is no room for mistakes or omissions, within two days, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion must find out the situation! Bianliang's Wang Ji Realm cultivators can be coordinated by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. ”

Han Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly agreed.

Having said that, the matter was already over, but Song Zhi had no intention of letting everyone leave.

His eyes changed for a while, and he wanted to think about something seriously, but when everyone didn't know why, he said solemnly:

"The overall situation of the national war should have been led by the Metropolitan Governor, but at present, the war in Jindi is fierce, and there is no room for mistakes, and the Metropolitan Governor must be in charge of Jinyang. I plan to send General Zhenwu to Bianliang to assist the staff of the Dadu Governor's Mansion in the war situation, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was deeply shocked, and their faces were different for a while, and they did not speak, and the needles in the hall could be heard.

General Zhenwu is talking about Zhao Ning, who Song Zhi has just sealed, Sanpin.

Wei Wuxian, Han Zhao, Kong Yanhua and others were all thinking about the deep meaning of Song Zhi's words. Before figuring out what the emperor meant, everyone should not say anything rashly.

Song Zhi actually didn't have a special meaning.

To be precise, there is no intention other than war.

The national war has reached this day, and it is no longer obvious who is the humerus of the dynasty and who is the pillar of the town.

In the case of successive defeats in the Great Qi battle, only the Yanmen army held the Yanmen Pass, although it later retreated, but it was also forced by the overall situation, and the withdrawal was clever, and there was no loss of troops.

With the strong combat strength of Hu in the north, sweeping through the north of the river, and the forbidden army and the defense made it difficult for the army to contend with, Chalahan attacked the Jin land for several months, but was blocked outside the Jingcheng Pass and Chengtian Pass, and even the gate of the Jin land could not enter.

The Zhao family is the first general of the Great Qi Dynasty, which is a symbol of status on weekdays, but during the national war, the strength embodied by the Zhao family makes people really realize what the first noble means.

At this time, Song Zhi did not rely on the Zhao clan and did not reuse the Zhao clansmen, wouldn't it be that his head was kicked by a donkey?

"In the seventh year of Qianfu, in the battle of Fengming Mountain, General Zhenwu had already shown his amazing ability to help the Yanmen army defeat the Beihu army, and some people were still skeptical about his military exploits at that time.

"Now, General Zhenwu is already a strong man in the middle of the Wang Ji Realm, and he can hurt him by fighting with Chalahan, and sitting at the gate of Jindi can make Jingcheng Pass and Chengtian Pass as stable as Mount Tai.

"Right now, Beihu's attack on the Central Plains is imminent, and I want to transfer General Zhenwei over, do you still have any questions?" Song Zhi was quite dissatisfied with everyone's reaction.

Seeing that Song Zhi really wanted to reuse Zhao Ning, instead of getting him to Bianliang as a hostage, or weakening the strength of the Hedong Army, Wei Wuxian and Han Zhao glanced at each other and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Kong Yanhua stubbornly said: "General Zhenwu is young after all, I'm afraid he is inexperienced......

"Talent is not old, when Huo Qubing swept the Huns, wasn't he also young? This matter is so decided, there is no need to discuss it again!" Song Zhi interrupted Kong Yanhua's words, his words full of impatience.

In today's deliberations, the other party was always entangled in these things, which made him very unhappy, and he felt that the other party couldn't see the gaffe clearly, and even had a lot of doubts about Kong Yanhua's talent.

When is this, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can't even figure out the real movements of the Beihu soldiers and horses, and they have to rely on the news of the Zhao clan to help the imperial court judge the reality of the enemy army, and if they don't rely on the Zhao clan again, do they have to regret it when the dynasty falls?

Kong Yanhua and others are even more incompetent, obviously they don't understand war, but they like to talk nonsense, isn't it better to do their job well than anything else?

In the past, they were all shrewd people, and they used them handy, why did they not show their social talents at a critical time, and they just became their right-hand men, why are they still so careless?

Song Zhi fell into deep thought.