Holding a banquet to invite all officials in Xizhou was Zhang Zheng's temporary idea. Of course, there are ulterior motives. Zhang Zheng slept for three days before he got up from the warm fragrant nephrite.

The so-called drinking banquet of the Tang people generally refers to the dinner party. Therefore, although Cui Shu's new subordinates were busy in the mansion yesterday, the auditorium of this mansion was still extremely deserted.

After eating a little casually and padding his stomach, Zhang Zheng sat down in the empty auditorium.

There are a lot of things in Xizhou, but there is no way to talk about them, although Zhang Zheng had expected some things before he arrived in Xizhou, but after all, it is not as good as inspecting the city with his own eyes.

Although today's banquet was only a temporary idea yesterday, Zhang Zheng now has a draft in his heart.

According to the news obtained by Zhang Zheng, the civil and military differentiation of the entire Xizhou Assassin Mansion is extremely serious. And this so-called differentiation actually refers to Xu Jingzong and Jiang Gan.

According to the military system of the Great Tang, local Chinese officials were not allowed to interfere in military affairs, especially in remote areas of the frontier, and military generals had great autonomy.

Jiang Gan was an exception, because he was set aside by Xu Jingzong. Zhang Zheng recalled the interpersonal relationship map of Xizhou Zhichong Mansion that Chen Yu sent to his desk yesterday, and couldn't help but start thinking about whether there was anything to do in it.

Judging from the performance of most of the subordinate officials of the Assassin Mansion yesterday when they saw that they had chopped off Xu Jingzong's No. 2 henchman, Xu Jingzong's control over Xizhou had obviously not reached the level of detail.

But on the side of the civil official, Zhang Zheng does not plan to interfere for the time being. First, Zhang Zheng is not interested in the government affairs of Xizhou, if Wenchen is still in the hands of Xu Jingzong, he can still achieve the strategic effect that Li Er wants, then it is not impossible for Zhang Zheng not to interfere in government affairs.

Second, they are literati, and they always like to play with hypocritical arrogance in their bones, and Zhang Zheng is not in the mood to walk them in a short period of time.

Therefore, the main purpose of this banquet, Zhang Zheng's main purpose is Jiang Gan. Xu Jingzong's means of overthrowing Jiang Gan can be said to be outrageously simple in Zhang Zheng's opinion.

It was just a little prestige that relied on the bandits gathered on the Silk Road, and the generals who were attached to the army and the officials in charge of logistics and grain were replaced by their own manpower.

He also subdued the hearts of most of the grassroots soldiers with a large amount of gold, silver and copper coins obtained from the suppression of bandits. The power of personnel and finance was easily held by Xu Jingzong.

In addition, Jiang Gan's left and right Guoyi lieutenants are not all henchmen brought out by Jiang Gan from the army.

Therefore, Xu Jingzong only used a little means to gain the support of more than one-third of the generals of the whole army.

Jiang Gan is a big old man, he doesn't know anything but fighting, and where can he be the opponent of Xu Jingzong, a thousand-year-old fox, who plays with intrigues and tricks.

Therefore, being evacuated by Xu Jingzong seems to be both unexpected and reasonable. was set up as a bare-bones commander by such a simple means, Jiang Gan can't be said to be a waste, but this doesn't mean that Jiang Gan is useless.

Xu Jingzong no matter how to override Jiang Gan, but nominally Jiang Gan is still the supreme commander of this team.

Jiang Gan in peacetime is like a piece of chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it. But as soon as the war came, the role of Chiang Gan became prominent.

After all, no matter how capable Xu Jingzong is, he is only a civilian official, and it is impossible for him to take the army to the battlefield with a knife.

Even Xu Jingzong himself knew very well that on the day when the soldiers of the Western Regions came to the city of Xizhou, it would still be Jiang Gan who would lead the troops.

And what Zhang Zheng has to do is to find a way to get Jiang Gan under his command. Xu Jingzong is influential in this Tang army, but Jiang Gan's influence is not necessarily weaker than him.

Jiang Gan has a bad brain, but a bad brain has a bad brain. Xu Jingzong wanted military power, and Zhang Zheng also wanted military power.

However, the use of military power between the two is completely different. What Xu Jingzong needed was this army to maintain his absolute dominance in Xizhou.

What Zhang Zheng needs is that this army can operate according to his own will, so as to achieve his goal of being able to hold Xizhou and make a lot of military achievements.

In other words, Zhang Zheng doesn't care who is in charge of this Tang army on weekdays, but once the allied troops of the Xizhou countries come to the city, Zhang Zheng needs to have absolute command over this army.

Because Zhang Zheng always felt that his life was more assured to be tied to his belt. What's more, now it's not just his own life, but also two hundred guards, and a wife, and a villain in his wife's belly.

Tie so many people's lives to Xu Jingzong's trouser belt, Zhang Zheng is not at ease. After Zhang Zheng sorted out the context of a group of civil officials in Xizhou, the time also came in the afternoon.

Not surprisingly, the first official to come to the county mansion for the banquet is Xu Jingzong's number one henchman today.

Of course, this is also expected by Zhang Zheng. How can it be said that Xu Jingzong is also a feudal official, no matter how prominent his status is, he still has to take care of the shelf.

What's more, he lost a lot of face yesterday, Xu Jingzong can agree to come to the banquet, and he can also send his first henchman out to take the lead, which is already for Zhang Gongjin's face.

"The history of the chief has arrived, please sit down for a while, the feast will not start in a while." Zhang Zheng didn't get up to greet him, but sat on the main seat and pointed to a desk in the back.

Indicates that there is his location. Among the people who came to the banquet today, except for Xu Jingzong, there was no one who was worthy of Zhang Zheng going out to greet him personally.

Chen Yu, as Zhang Zheng's number one confidant, naturally took over the task of housekeeper today.

Following Su Wuxuan, several inconsequential officials were led into the auditorium of the county mansion by Chen Yu.

Looking at the big cats and kittens in the auditorium, a heavyweight had not yet arrived, Zhang Zheng, who had been sitting for an afternoon, stood up and arched his hand to a few people: "Colleagues, sit down, Xu Tingshi and Jiang Duwei should be on the way here, and the official will be absent for a while." Then, without waiting for the officials to speak, he turned around and walked towards the back hall.

Only the officials and the indifferent ones on the side were left and looked at each other. And Zhang Zheng turned around and entered the back hall, his face gloomy.

Beckoning a personal guard to summon over, he ordered: "It seems that the amount of food for the banquet tonight is a little too much, and after the banquet begins, you can find someone to count which officials have not been invited to the banquet, and then send the meals that should have been prepared for these officials who did not come to the banquet to their mansions." The guard was stunned when he heard this, although he didn't understand what he meant, he was still very loyal and planned to go to the kitchen to convey Zhang Zheng's order.

Answered: "Yes." ”

"Wait." Just as the guards turned around, they were stopped by Zhang Zheng again. The guard paused, turned to Zhang Zheng and asked, "What else does the uncle command?" Zhang Zheng pursed his lips and was silent for a while, then said word by word: "When you send it, remember to go fully armed." ”