Baokangmen, the yamen of the Military Command Bureau.

When Cai Jing passed by Li Kui's official residence, he also stopped. Because he was too old to go on the expedition, he was disliked by Li Kui. This is like a thunderstorm for Cai Jing, who is not convinced of the old.

Why is he getting old?

He went to the northern front, not to kill the enemy with a knife, but to make meritorious deeds.

As long as his legs can still be used, he is not old enough to even keep up with the army. Besides, if he can't run, won't he buy a good horse for foot strength?

Cai Jing, who was idle in the capital, became idle, and his thoughts about going to the glass workshop to read the account books were light. Compared with meritorious promotion, no matter how much money you make, it is not fragrant.

"Lord Cai."

After Hua Rong came out of the imperial city, he hurriedly felt the yamen of the Military Command Bureau, and saw Cai Jing in the courtyard sad, and he really didn't want to disturb this old man with a strange personality and often fell to the ground. But he couldn't help it, he had responsibilities and time was tight, he really couldn't waste any time.

Cai Jing looked back at Hua Rong, thinking that his old eyes were dizzy, he rubbed his eyes, and said in surprise: "Hua Rong, didn't you follow the bureau seat to the northern line?" How did you get back? ”

"My lord doesn't know, the bureau found that the Hedong Road Side Army was unbearable on the northern front, and there were many greedy and private merchants from generals to captains. Among them, Chen Yi, the chief general of the Ninghua Army, was the most excessive, in order to hide his own selling ordnance to the Liao State, he destroyed his subordinates, which was appalling. The bureau originally wanted to give him a chance to be loyal to the country, but he didn't expect that he would not repent, and he actually rebelled and took his soldiers to take refuge in the Liao State. ”

"For this reason, the bureau ordered me to bring the case file and the folds to the capital overnight, this is not just coming back from the imperial city."

When Cai Jing heard this, he immediately sighed angrily: "These silverfish, they should all be killed with the power of the law." ”

Listening to Cai Jing's tone, I don't know how much sense of justice this person has, but in fact, he is used to following Li Kui's thoughts to comment.

Of course, there is also sorrow.

For such a major matter, he was the deputy seat of the Military Command Bureau, and no one told him.

I don't call him anymore when the court holds a meeting, it's so sad!

However, Cai Jing reacted quickly, he thought that Hua Rong was Li Kui's cronies, and he sent Hua Rong to the capital, not just to explain to the emperor and the princes what had happened in the Ning Hua army. There is something else, otherwise Hua Rong would not have come to him.

"Hua Rong, does the bureau still have something to ask the old man to do?" Cai Jing immediately found his identity and said to Hua Rong and Yan Yue.

Hua Rong handed over the warrant written by Li Kui to Cai Jing to the other party, bowed down and said, "The bureau order, take away twenty strokes of the 'clairvoyant mirror' of the Liuli Workshop." In addition, all the flintlock pistols on the iron prison side should be taken away. There is also ammunition, and the bureau is worried that once the war starts with insufficient ammunition, it needs to be built by the iron superintendent to speed up, and the ammunition will be continuously sent to Fanzhi. ”

"Okay, old man, let's do it."

After Cai Jing put the warrant close to him, he hurriedly took Hua Rong to the iron prison.

Zheng Qi, the iron supervisor, sat in the official office, a little uneasy, and his two eyelids jumped up vigorously. Holding the teacup in his hand, he said to himself: "The left eye jumps wealth, and the right eye jumps disaster." What is the sign that the two eyelids of this official are jumping together? ”

Just as Zheng Qi was pondering his fortune, someone under him came running: "My lord, it's not good, someone from the Military Control Bureau is here." ”

"Who's coming?"

Since Li Kui left Beijing, Zheng Qi's life has been much better. At least there was no one blocking him in front of him, and he didn't dare to be angry. Facing Li Kui, Zheng Qi had no confidence at all. even gritted his back molars, and he had to count on Li Kui to give him a few kind words in front of His Majesty and Zhang Xiang, and rushed to slap people.

Fortunately, Li Kui went on the expedition, and no one in the capital chased him behind his ass to ask for flintlock guns, ammunition, and artillery.

Although Cai Jing came twice, he took away the manufactured weapons and ammunition from the treasury according to normal needs.

Zheng Qi, who hadn't been beaten by reality for a long time, got a little carried away, pouted and asked, "Who is here?" ”

"Cai Jing, with Li Kui's cronie Hua Rong, seems to be a bad comer." The subordinate of the iron supervisor was quite discerning and analyzed for the boss, mainly because he had seen too much and found the law. As long as you find that your adult is blocked by the officials of the Military Command Bureau, it will not be long before you will look disheveled and come out of the gambling house.

The disheveled clothes are certainly not the indulgence of the profligate, but after losing in the pocket, he was lowered from the grandparents to the grandchildren, and he was taught a lesson.

Zheng Qi squirmed for a while, and an ominous premonition enveloped his body. The tea bowl that was immediately placed in his hand stood up and said to his subordinates: "You go and stop them, master, I will go first." ”

At the back door of the iron prison, Zheng Qi, under the leadership of the slave, looked at the alley in a panic and breathed a sigh of relief, it was empty.

Suddenly straightened his chest, took a step forward, and took a half-step back, and became proud.

"Lord Zheng, okay!"

Suddenly, Zheng Qi saw a flower in front of him, and a figure jumped down from the wall and landed in front of him. Before he could react, he blocked Zheng Qi's retreat.

Zheng Qi put his hands in the air in a panic, and smiled awkwardly: "Who should I be, it turns out to be Brother Huarong." I heard that you went to Hedong Road, why did you come to the capital and didn't tell your brother, so that my brother could pick you up and wash the dust. ”

This is also to deceive a fool, Zheng Qi is a dignified four-grade civil official, how can he give Hua Rong, a disciple of the general, a dust?

Hua Rong naturally didn't believe it, but Xie still wanted to thank him: "Lord Xie Zheng is very loving, and he is ashamed of his position." I came here on the orders of my family to show you the list of ammunition and weapons needed at the front. ”

While he was talking, Cai Jing also came to the back door under the obstruction of the iron prison officials, and said loudly from a distance: "Hua Rong, can you intercept Lord Zheng?" ”

It turned out that Hua Rong blocked people at the back door, or Cai Jing's instructions.

Cai Jing was afraid that Zheng Qi would hide from people, and he almost didn't see Zheng Qi the first two times. This time, things were in a hurry, so naturally Zheng Qi couldn't be allowed to run away.

"Master Cai, how can you say that you are hiding? I was just out of the house and caught up. ”

The moment Zheng Qi saw Cai Jing, his face was somewhat embarrassed. But he didn't dare to throw his face at Cai Jing, don't think that after the Military Unification Bureau left Li Kui, there would be no deterrent to the yamen in the capital. Li Kui is powerful, but his qualifications in officialdom are far from Cai Jing. This is a man of the year in the court.

Compared with Cai Jing, Zheng Qi is now higher in rank. It's really worse than qualifications and backstage.

Cai Jing didn't spend much, and humiliating Zheng Qi didn't give him any satisfaction. Such a good look, when he was in the limelight back then, he didn't deserve to lift his shoes. He gave Li Kui's warrant to Zheng Qi Nu and said, "My family bureau warrant, take a look!" ”

"Within a month, 2,000 flintlock guns were sent......"

As soon as Zheng Qi glanced at it, the flesh on his face couldn't help but tremble. Isn't that killing him? Where did he get him so many flintlock pistols?

"Two million in ammunition."

"It's impossible, I can't kill it!"

This is even more impossible, the ammunition and flintlock pistol in the library of the Iron Prison Mansion were all taken away by Cai Jing and sent to Hedong Road half a month ago. Today's treasury is just a few weapons that have just been put into storage. Compared with Li Kui's requirements, it is worse than the old nose.

Zheng Qi really wanted to lie on the ground, beat his chest and cry, let God kill him with a thunderbolt, even if he stared at the workshop every day, he couldn't complete Li Kui's task. But Cai Jing didn't plan to let Zheng Qi go, and helped Zheng Qi take out the private seal from the seal bag on his waist, and after printing it, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Lord Zheng, you know this, if you can't finish it, we have to go to the capital hall to talk about things."

Cai Jing and Zhang Dian have a good relationship, and compared with Zhang Dian and Cai Bian, Cai Jing has stronger work ability. If it weren't for the fact that he was greedy for money and was arrested, Zhang Duan would not have slashed Ma Jian with tears.

But with this friendship, maybe Cai Jing will be reused again that day, but it is not allowed.

And Cai Jing's talent is also very good, maybe Cai Jing will climb on Zheng Qi's head and become his boss that day.

Zheng Qi faced the Military Command Bureau, he really had a handful of tears and snot, and he didn't dare to say cruel words, for fear of offending people who couldn't afford to be guilty. Pulling Cai Jing's official robe, he cried: "Lord Cai! The iron supervisor is such a small person, where can I complete Lord Li's list, you always help to intercede, and give accommodation one or two? ”

"Lord Zheng, the military situation is like fire and water, and the lower officials can't help it! Instead of asking for others, it is better to ask for yourself. Maybe you'll be able to do it? ”

Cai Jing will not speak for Zheng Qi.

Li Kui's interests are Cai Jing's unanimous interests. If the Military Unification Bureau can't even clean up an iron prison, how can it gain a foothold in the court?

Besides, Hua Rong said that the situation on the northern front is very critical, and in this situation, it is impossible to open the net. At least when you really want to go to court in the future, you can also find someone to share some of the blame.

Not to mention the difficulties of the iron prison, Zheng Qi's helplessness.

Besides, the capital was also stirred.

The rebellion of the main general of the first army on the northern front brought about not only the fig leaf of the Great Song Forbidden Army being torn off, but also anger. The Great Song Dynasty was so powerful and wealthy, and the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty had a higher income than the civil officials, but they didn't think about serving the country, and they didn't care about personal fraud. Dare to pass through Liao, such despicable people must be severely punished.

The first thing that caused the shock was not officialdom, but Taixue.

As we all know, Taixue is the preparatory base of the civil official group, and it is basically young people.

Young people are fiery and easily excited, and they all stupidly think that they represent justice. These are the people who are the most easily instigated, and at the same time, the most concerned about national affairs.

Compared with the calmness of the officials, the Tai students did not care about any strategy and stability, they gathered in front of the Desheng Gate of the palace with great righteousness, and asked the emperor to severely punish the Zheng family. Li Bangyan was coerced by his classmates to attend the party, and the tip of his nose was sweaty, but he was at a loss for why these people were so excited.

Even if you can't kill Chen Yi, who has already rebelled, you can't make Chen Yi's family better.

This request was easily satisfied, and Emperor Zhao Xu listened to the advice of the courtiers and asked the eunuchs to read out his holy decree, and finally fooled the students away. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the clouds of war have already pressed over the Great Song Palace. No one knows when the downpour will fall.

To be honest, Zhao Xu already regretted a little, why didn't he let the Liao State blackmail it in the first place, maybe the Great Song Dynasty would not face the dilemma of fighting at the same time in Western Xia and Liao.

If it weren't for Zhang Dian telling him: The rebellion in Zhongjing of the Liao State has just been quelled, and he will not raise troops to go south. He wouldn't really think that the Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State would clash at most on the border.

But Li Kui's twists and turns suddenly tightened the tendons of the Great Song Emperor. The leather room army of the Liao State entered the Xijin Mansion, and the Liao Emperor may have personally conquered. This bad news almost crushed Zhao Xu. The Emperor of Liao personally conquered, but it was easy. Anyway, the emperor of Liao didn't even live in his own palace, and he took his leather army everywhere to show off his power all year round, and when he encountered a tribal rebellion, he was directly wiped out. This is no different from the royal conquest.

But the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is different, as far as Zhao Xu is concerned, he has grown so big and has not yet left Kaifeng Mansion.

The distance to go out is the sacrifice day every winter and spring, and he needs to go out of the city gate. In addition, he nested in the Great Song Palace, and almost never even went out of the palace gate.

Such an experience made Zhao Xu very afraid of the word "Imperial Expedition".

He even wanted to give up the reconquest of Western Xia, but was vetoed by Zhang.

The Battle of Pingxia has begun, and the morale of the Western Army is high, if the troops retreat at this time, not only will they fall short, but they will even face a counterattack from the Western Xia.

Zhang Dun couldn't even think of this result. If the Western Army is transferred at this time, the result can only be that the entire northwest will be captured by the Western Xia. And it was impossible for the Song army to invade the Liao State. In this comparison, the gains and losses are very obvious.

Therefore, in the end, the monarch and ministers could only count on Li Kui to lead the seven armies of the northern front, less than 100,000 horses, to resist the Liao State.

It can be said that at this time, Li Kui is the last barrier of the Great Song Dynasty, and what he wants, the emperor and the capital hall will give him. Not to mention the punishment of a Chen Yi, even if it is more excessive, there will be people who will meet him.

For example, doesn't Li Kui like Mi Fu's words?

Simply, Zhang Dian waved his hand in the capital hall and sent Mi Fu to the front line of Hedong Road to join the army for Li Kui.

No one even considered Mi Fu's career experience, whether it was suitable to join the army. Today's Mi Fu is just in the Cai River near the capital to do the transport. It is a small petty official, before that, Mi Fu was in Songshan as a temple supervisor. To put it mildly, it is a temple blessing that guards the mountain temple.

"Silu joins the army?"

This is an official position from the sixth grade, which belongs to the civilian official into the military system. On the surface, this is a promotion, but Mi Fu firmly believes that this is the Great Song Emperor dizzy!

He, a cangli envoy who guarded the shipping of the Cai River, was suddenly pulled down in the army that was fighting with the Khitans on the northern front, it doesn't matter if the emperor is dizzy, he doesn't have much light anyway, but the problem is that if it goes on like this, he Mi Yuanzhang will be finished!

Mi Fu hurriedly pulled the little yellow door of the decree, and asked eagerly: "Father-in-law, who is trying to harm me?" ”

"Dog guts!"

The eunuch who passed the decree not only did not receive the ideal errand money, but also was almost pulled by Mi Fu, angrily pointed at Mi Fu's nose and scolded: "Mi Fu, you dare to resist the decree and not obey it?" Tell you, this is Zhang Xiang's personal order, you kid is going to be lucky this time, and people can't get a good errand, but you say that someone wants to harm you? You wolf-hearted thing, don't you let go of me......"

Mi Fu hurriedly let go of his claws, frightened and said: "Father-in-law, I'm just a weak person!" ”