In the fourth year of Daguan, the Northwest Zhejia Zheyan granted the title of the court to invite Lang, and in this capacity he went straight to the secret pavilion to participate in the military, and served as an official in Tokyo City for a year and a half, and lived in the old house of the West Dyeing Institute of the Zhejia family.

This old mansion is very close to the imperial city, this side of the west gate of the imperial city out, you can see this mansion over there, every move of the Zhe family is under the nose of the official family, several generations of the Zhe family have entered Beijing without discussing the job or gilding, all live here, in order to show openness.

Zhe Yan quality is one of the best outstanding talents in this generation of the Zhe family, both civil and military, the officials of this dynasty, have always been to the northwest of the fold family, the breed, the Yang family to pull in, and later the Yang family made a mistake, the more the grace of the folded two families, every time there is an outstanding person, will be called to the court to be a Beijing official.

To be able to stand out in the huge hereditary gate of the Northwest Zhejia and get the favor of the imperial court, Zheyan's brain is naturally enough, he not only came to Beijing by himself, but also brought his wife and daughter, and said to the outside world that Kaifeng was prosperous for a long time, and he hoped to live all year round.

Not only that, Zheyan also brought a number of good horses from the northwest, which were naturally given to the official family, but the important ministers of the private court also got it.

On that day, Zhao Ta took the guards out of the west gate of the imperial city to go to the river, but he saw a little girl sitting on the steps in a pitiful daze with a white foal in her arms outside the gate of the folding house.

Zhao Ta looked at the little foal and was happy, and saw that the little girl was interesting, so he didn't go to the river, and the two played together all day, Zhao Ta was nine years old, and the little girl was eight years old, and they became friends since then, and the little girl was also Zhao Ta's only friend when he was a child......

Zhi Hanmei stroked the diamond-shaped red on the forehead of the Zhaoye Jade Lion, which was not very obvious, and said, "Xiaobai, when your red color grows, you won't be called the Zhaoye Jade Lion." ”

Zhao Ta said with a smile: "Xiao Qingmei, you only care about being close to Xiaobai, but you don't have any warmth at all for me, a friend I haven't seen for many years." ”

Zhe Hanmei blushed and said: "Lord Wang, there is a difference between respect and inferiority at this time, which is more childish and naïve, Hanmei does not dare." ”

Zhao Ta haha said: "When I was going to leave Xiaobai, I didn't care about humility, but now I still remember crying and wiping my tears, dragging the corner of my clothes and not letting me go back to the palace. ”

Zhen Hanmei covered her face and said: "The prince has a bad memory, Xiaobai was given to the prince by Hanmei, how can it be so unbearable." ”

Zhao Ta nodded and said, "Yes, yes, isn't it okay to send it?" By the way, Xiao Qingmei, why are you here, General Zhe is doing well now? ”

Zhe Hanmei said: "Father is fine, my brother and I will go to Xining Prefecture to visit my uncle, and then we will go back to my grandfather's house in Xizhou." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, between the Northwest Jiangmen, the relationship between the in-laws was complicated, and when the Yang family was still there, it was a three-party marriage, no less than those Central Plains families in the previous dynasties, so he said: "Do you know that Gao Yongsui of Xining Prefecture is your uncle?" ”

Zhi Hanmei nodded and said: "It's the little uncle, the little uncle must know about the arrival of the prince, but this is the military secret, so he didn't tell me and my brother." ”

Zhao Ta laughed dumbly when he heard this, the Gao family is also the Northwest General, Gao Yongsui's brother Gao Yongnian is the inspector of Linzhou, he went to Xizhou not to talk about it, just talk about coming to Xining Prefecture not to say that they have no official positions, I am afraid that there are no more than three people in the entire state who know.

"It's not a big deal, but Kochi Prefecture naturally won't leak the news easily." Zhao Ta glanced at the jade lion in the night, and suddenly said: "Hehuang raises horses, what do you think of Xiaoqingmei?" ”

Zhi Hanmei was stunned when she heard this: "Lord Wang, are you going to reopen the racecourse?" ”

Zhao Ta said: "It's not a reopening, this king doesn't plan to let this stall out, but he raises his own family to supply the court." ”

Zhi Hanmei and Zhi Zhichang glanced at each other, surprise flashed in their eyes, and Zhi Zhichang said: "Lord Wang, if it is raised by his own family, it will definitely be better than hiring the people below, but the cost of raising horses and food is huge......"

Zhao Ta looked at him and said with a smile: "Hehuang is rich and there is no shortage of food, and Qingtang City is the center of the original Xishang South Road, just to see how to operate." ”

Zhi Zhi often said: "If the prince really wants to raise horses, it is really a blessing for my Great Song Dynasty, but it is just ......"

Zhao Ta saw that he hesitated, and said, "What does the big man of the Zhe family say?" ”

Zhizhi Chang Ai said: "It's just that the horse farm has been abandoned for a long time, and now there has been no military affairs in the Longyou territory for a long time, and it is even ...... Even the boundaries are a little blurred. ”

Zhao Tan frowned slightly, Longyou is a land, occupying an extremely vast territory, bordering Western Xia in the north, Qiangtang and Tubo in the south, Gaotang and Uighurs in the west, and even the farthest point can reach the Eastern Karakhan.

The area under the jurisdiction of the Longyou Protectorate is about two-thirds of the entire land of Western Xia, and the only deficiency is that the population is too small, and the Great Song Dynasty is not good at operating this place, and it is gradually abandoned.

And the capital of Longyou Protectorate, although there are only four products, but the position is the same as the border pacification envoy, has always been concurrent, the original governance of Huangzhou, by the Zhihuang Prefecture, later moved to Xining Prefecture, by the Zhixining Prefecture concurrently.

Most of the capital protectors of Longyou are officials, but the real status often depends on the rank of the person who is also in charge of him.

For example, Gao Yu, the front division of the palace is the commander of the second grade, but he is the rank of captain, and the opening ceremony is the same as the third division, that is, the front division of the palace is the first product.

And the guards and pro-military divisions have not been set up for many years, before it was lower than the palace front division of the inspection, higher than the commander of the capital, all of the inspection was canceled after the establishment of the dynasty, this time again, still higher than the front of the palace commander envoy, for the second product, Zhao Ta is to promote the guard pro-military division, for the first product, Xihe Road Xuanfu made this is a wartime temporary official position, he is the king of Qi, the rank of the master, Shang Shuling, that is the first product.

Emperor Daojun of this dynasty changed the three princes to Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao, and many princes who were crowned kings have such titles, such as Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, who is the title of Taifu, which is not the meaning of the emperor's teacher.

Therefore, if Zhao Ta is not here, then the Xihe Road is slightly pacified and the most appeased, and he is here, which is the largest protector of Longyou.

Zhao Ta thought for a while and said, "Is there still a lot of trouble over there in Tubo?" ”

Zhi Zhichang said: "It is not as tossed as in the past, that is, the Western Xia is much more honest, and the Uighurs do not stop, especially the Qiuzi, and the Khotanese tribes harass cross-border from time to time.

Zhao Tan sneered: "I am dreaming of robbing Qingtang, Qingtang has changed from Shanzhou to Xining Prefecture for so many years, how can I change back!" ”

Zhi Zhi often said: "So although it is a great thing for the prince to raise horses, if he lets go of a large number of breeding, it will be a little troublesome." ”

Zhao Ta said: "For the time being, there is no need, this king has never raised it, try it on the line from Xining Prefecture to Huangzhou first." ”

Zhi Hanmei said beside her: "Lord Wang, if you really want to raise horses, I can help you." ”

Zhao Ta smiled: "How to help?" Not going back to Xizhou? ”

Zhehan Meiwan said: "I didn't want to go back, I have to be controlled everywhere, as for raising horses, I will." ”

Zhao Ta said: "I know that Xiaoqingmei will be, but you can't do it alone, but I brought a group of people, just to make them proficient, I'm afraid I can't do it for a while." ”

Zhe Hanmei said: "This is simple, you don't need to raise the people, but you can hire them to raise horses, and there are a lot of people in my family who know how to raise horses, I wrote to my father and asked him to send some people over to end it?" ”

Zhi Zhichang heard the strange expression on the side, thought about it, and lowered his head.

Zhao Ta squinted slightly, deep in thought.