The location of the Dongxiang Chengxian Ya Hall is the highest point in the city, Yang Xing stood at the door after getting up and stretched comfortably, overlooking the whole city, this is basically the first thing he does every morning, because it can remind him not to be complacent and continue to forge ahead, this city is too broken and too small!

He saw that his lieutenant Feng Baishan was bowing his head and coming up along the stone road, and when he entered the door, Yang Xing greeted him: "Shiju (Feng Baishan), have you used it earlier?"

In the past, he was not as accustomed to it as the rich man, but since he entered this Dongxiang City, he has gradually had a problem with eating breakfast.

Feng Baishan smiled and arched his hand: "Marshal, good news! It's a lot more important than earlier!"

"Oh? What's the news?"

"Someone saw some wandering people in Baishuitan, saying that they were people who had gathered in Geyangwei on a business trip, and they had been scattered and left in this area, taking things and exchanging them for some food to eat."

"White Water Pool, which White Water Pool?" Yang Xing hurriedly asked. Ordinary people often call places casually, such as Baishuitan, Lion Rock, and Chashupo, and there may be several names in the adjacent two or three counties, so Yang Xing asked where they were.

"Southeast of Yujiang, ten miles further ahead is the boundary of Yingtanfang in Anren County."

"Oh?" Yang Xing immediately put on the short clothes that he put on his body casually, and tied the belt button on the right side (New, tie also. It can be solved in one sentence. From "Shuowen") while asking, "How many people? Do you have a weapon?"

"It is said that there were only about 10 people encountered, and it seems that they have weapons. Our men were too few to come near, and when we saw them talking to the villagers, we waited until they were gone before we went to inquire about them." Feng Baishan rubbed his hands:

"The marshal is as clever as a god, what do you think of this Geyang? Could it be that the Lou family army has relaunched its attack? If we want to echo each other like that, it will be a matter of time before we occupy this Ganzhong and Gannan!"

After he finished speaking, he saw that Yang Xing didn't answer for a long time, so he had to wait patiently.

"Shiju, you send someone to Guixi to find out who occupies Geyang. I don't think it's like the Lou family did it." Yang Xing said:

"Although Lou Zishi got the grain from the autumn harvest, he suffered a lot of losses when he hit Shangrao, and it is unlikely that he would throw away Shangrao so quickly to fight Geyang." Yang Xing told Feng Baishan in a deep voice:

"This man is ambitious, but he is more cautious and less aggressive.

Jumping into Ge Yang's attack like this is indeed a high move, and when he came up, he grabbed Shangrao's neck, but this should not be something Lou Zishi could do, unless one of his sons was disobedient!

Lou Shiming, at most, is him. But why should he be disobedient? I can't think of a reason."

"Maybe...... Did he instigate others to do it?"

"That's possible!" Yang Xing nodded: "So you hurry up and find out this matter and report it!" Feng Baishan promised and was about to leave, but was stopped by him again: "Speaking of Yu Jiang, it seems that it is the day to send supplies to An Ren again, right?"

"Not really." Feng Baishan nodded: "This Anren is too troublesome, he is poor and has to be supported by us, if you want me to say that we give up and pull down, we can still have more strength to withdraw people!"

"You know what?" Yang Xing said dissatisfiedly: "Anren is the main road between the north and the south, and if we get stuck in it, we will also break the idea of Nanchang saving Shangrao. Unless he asks the official army to go over the mountain from Meiling, don't think about a sentry reinforcement or a bucket of food!

Besides, when we enter Gandong in the future, we still have to take the road of Anren and Yugan, so we have to keep it first." After speaking, he thought about it: "There has been no news from Anren's side for a while, I don't know what they are busy with all day?"

"So, I'll send a brother to see?"

"It doesn't have to be. You tell the people who delivered the grain to Yujiang, and let them pass on a message, and ask An Ren to write the truth about the situation of Dingkou and shipbuilding!

Soon a branch of flowers (Lian Daxiang) will send troops to enter the virtuous, they can't afford money and food, and Anren still has a few Dingkou who can send some people!"

"Understood, I'll do it!" After Feng Baishan finished speaking, he bowed his hand and went down to arrange for someone to pass the word to Yujiang.

In the capital city, in the Chongwen Hall of the Imperial Palace.

Zhao Tuo lowered his head and used tea, he also drank loose tea, but it was the best Lu'an melon slices.

Since Emperor Injong came to the palace

The purchase of group tea in China has been greatly reduced, and the number of loose tea is increasing day by day, and the traditional way of eating tea is only kept among the harem women, but it is gradually giving up the remaining half of the wall to loose tea.

After all, the simple and fast way of brewing is more in line with the pace of development of the times.

Putting the teacup back in the tray and the waiter retreating, Zhao Tuo raised his eyes to look at the several cabinet ministers who were prostrate on the ground. "Get up and sit down." His tone was dry, no way, he was upset!

Early in the morning, these people came to report: Your Majesty, tell you a bad news, a good news, first of all, the good news is that Anren County has been recovered, and the bad news is that Guangxin Mansion has lost three counties, and the traitor Yang He has begun to attack Fuzhou.

In this case, do you still want the emperor to smile at him?

Zhao Tuo is not the kind of emperor who is particularly diligent, and he doesn't need ministers to wait for him to get up every day. The rules he set for himself were the first and fifteenth days of the month, and then the morning and cabinet members at least one hour a day.

In the event of a major military incident, a serious natural disaster, a border warning, etc., a special court meeting can be held.

On the four festival days of the beginning of the year, the Shangyuan, the Middle Yuan, and the Mid-Autumn Festival, the imperial court held a grand ceremony of the court meeting, and all officials and foreign envoys in Beijing must participate. So isn't it enough to count the 28 times a year when officials have the opportunity to see themselves?

Of course, there were officials in some departments who saw the emperor far more than this, such as the household department, the military department, and the official department.

Among the five cabinet ministers kneeling below, in addition to the first assistant Yang Min, there are Cui Junyong, the secretary of the household department, Ji Guoliang, the secretary of the military department, and Han Wei, the secretary of the ministry, and the other is the representative of the five military governors, the right governor of the Governor's Office, and the right pillar of the country, Hou Xie.

Seeing them get up with the help of the attendants and sit tremblingly on the Jindun, Zhao Tuo sighed secretly. The members of their own cabinet are too old!

Needless to say, Shoufu Yang Min is the youngest at 66 years old this year, Ji Guoliang is 71 years old and has already written a request to Zhishi, and Han Wei is 67 years old.

Hou Xie, the governor of the right capital, was simply the standard-bearer of the banner when Taizong raised his troops and was in trouble, and his qualifications were the oldest, and he was already seventy-two years old this year!

But Yang, Ji, and Hou are the five auxiliary ministers left by the emperor to himself (the other two are the deceased Yang Shizhen and Zeng Que, who retired to the rivers and lakes the year before last), even if he wants to change, he has to find a step and opportunity, and he can't lose the face of the emperor too much.

Besides, the competition for the three cabinet positions The court officials have already begun to arrange, and there have been many rounds of open and secret battles, Zhao Tuo only hopes that this kind of competition will not affect the operation of the empire, but now it seems that some things still cannot be avoided, and what should come will eventually come.

He picked up a copy of the impeachment recital on the coffee table and asked, "Yang Shoufu, I heard that there are frequent correspondence with you in Jiangxi, and as long as someone comes from Nanchang every three days, why did the Jiangshan army start to attack Fuzhou, and I heard that Nanchang has no troops to send?"

Yang Tao is still acting as a political envoy there, right? What has he been busy with all month?" When he said the last sentence, he couldn't help but slap the piece on the table fiercely.

"The minister is overlooked, the minister is ...... Guilty!" Yang Min hurriedly left his seat and knelt down and kowtowed again.

"Your Majesty is angry." Ji Guoliang hurriedly stepped forward and knelt next to the old Shoufu, he, the person in charge of the military department, couldn't sit still when talking about the situation of the army, and felt the need to say a few words:

"Since the defeat of the official army in Huangxi Town, Jiangxi has been working hard to restore the number of army members. However, it takes time to recruit and at least three months to train into an army, so it is ......."

"Can the Ministry of War receive a report on the recovery of Anren by the Raozhou Mansion?" Zhao Tuo asked coldly, "Since I received it, I want to ask you, how can Yu Gan form a regiment to practice for more than a month, how can he cooperate with the reinforcements of the army to break through the siege of the lake bandits?"

"Well, this ......, the ministers don't know much about it." Ji Guoliang sweated on his forehead.

"What can even be done in regimental training, the dignified officers and soldiers need three months of training before they can 'barely fight?' Zhao Tuo was so angry that he slapped the table repeatedly, and Eunuch Liu hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him, but he was so frightened that he retracted in fright.

"Then I'll ask you again, how many recruits have been recruited in Nanchang for so long?"

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It is said that ...... Yes, nearly three thousand."

"Hah! The power of a province can gather less than 3,000 people? Wow, don't you think I'm young and foolish?" Zhao Tuo was almost like thunder. Several courtiers had no choice but to kneel down and answer in unison, "The courtiers don't dare!"

"Yo, what's the matter, the emperor has such a big temper?" With the words, Empress Dowager Zhang stepped into the hall, waved her hand and asked a few old ministers who were busy saluting to be exempt, and then walked over and took Zhao Tuo's hand:

"Your Majesty's voice is loud and full of vitality today, and it looks like you slept well last night!" As he spoke, he pressed lightly on the back of his hand.

"Mother......." Zhao Tuo's eyes were red, and he hurriedly helped her sit down.

"I heard His Majesty talking from afar outside, and thought that I hadn't seen him for several days, so I told them to bring the chariots in." After Empress Dowager Zhang finished speaking, she looked at the old ministers and gestured with her hand:

"Ministers, please sit down, we haven't seen each other in a few days, don't you mind if you talk a little bit?"

The five hurriedly surrendered their hands: "How dare the ministers?"

"Listening to what you're talking about here, I don't know what you're talking about? What are you talking about?"

Zhao Tuo took out the recital of the Jiangxi Political Envoy and handed it over: "Queen Mother, please see, this is what I received this morning." Look at the book

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Zhang took it, held it in her hand, and glanced at the five ministers.

"Empress Dowager, the Jiangxi Political Envoy sent a quick performance today, saying that the thieves are very powerful, and there is a comeback of the former escaped Yintuo, Lianke Geyang and other three counties, Shangrao and Guangxin...... The message is cut off. It was also said that the bandit Yang Hebu began to attack Fuzhou ......."

Empress Dowager Zhang's smile gradually solidified when she heard this, and she looked down at the folds page by page. After reading it, he slowly raised his head, returned the fold to the emperor, and said with a wry smile:

"This Yang Tao, he is very active. As soon as they recovered Anren, he pushed this pile of problems over one by one, and then he probably wanted to clap his hands and breathe a sigh of relief. Such a person is not suitable to be a feudal official!"

Yang Mian's heart trembled, but since the Queen Mother said so, he looked at the emperor's face and sighed secretly in his heart: "The minister's decree is to immediately dismiss Yang Tao and return to the court!"

"Don't blame me for being ruthless, Jiangxi's erosion affects the country's fundamental taxation, and if it affects Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and even the two lakes, then the Jiangshan Society will be in danger!

At this time, it must be quickly suppressed by extraordinary means, how can we hesitate to save face?" After speaking, Empress Dowager Zhang looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty must think so too, right?"

"The Queen Mother is wise!" Zhao Tuo said, "I am thinking that I should send a minister who knows the army to Jiangxi to take charge of the overall situation."

"Alas, it's a pity that your master has gone to the wilderness......." Empress Dowager Zhang did not continue, and asked, "Then the emperor has the right person in mind?"

"I was about to ask your assistants for their opinions."

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded with satisfaction, turned back and asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"

"The minister recommended that Zhu Tianfu, the squire of the Ministry of Works, once supervised the transfer of the two towns of Yulin and Datong in the northwest of the army, and he can be described as a soldier."

"Eh, he hasn't fought a single battle, how can he say that he knows the soldiers?" Hou Xie shook his head again and again with his white beard, and he didn't agree with Han Wei's words.

"Uh, how about transferring Li Jinyuan, the governor in Hunan, back?"

"Far water can't quench your thirst." The old man rejected Ji Guoliang's candidate again.

"I originally wanted to recommend the Sanliao Xuanfu envoy Gao Lisheng, but your sentence was blocked again." Cui Junyong is also a person from Liaodong, and he originally recognized Gao's performance very much, but this person was selected to Jiangxi much farther than Hunan, so he had to give up.

"The Governor must have a good handsome recommendation." Yang Min said with a smile, but Hou Xie did not answer.

"Don't ask him, he must have said that he can't think of anything other than Hou Xie." Empress Dowager Zhang quipped, causing everyone to laugh.

Hou Xie didn't smile, bowed down and said, "If Your Majesty and the Queen Mother want the old minister to reduce talents without sticking to one pattern, the old minister can also come up with someone by digging out his mind. But if the literati have to be the commander, the old ministers will not dare to participate in it."

This remark involved the civil and military disputes, and everyone looked at each other for a while. It was the emperor who spoke, "Let go of those messy thoughts, country

How can a family be confined to civil and military affairs at this time when the family is in crisis?

Now that the whole of Jiangxi is in chaos, it is difficult for Chengjing to come to the most difficult situation facing the country, and you should have abandoned the civil and military disputes and put the overall situation first. Do you think I'm right?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers have no objection!"

"Good!" Zhao Tuo and Empress Dowager Zhang looked at each other: "Then, please tell me about the right governor, what good candidates do you have there?" Even if he needs to be overpromoted, as long as he can quell the chaos and restore order to the country as soon as possible, I will not hesitate!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Hou Xie trembled and arched his hand, and then said, "Actually, His Majesty should have an impression of him, and the minister wants to recommend Shi Hao, the first martial champion of the first emperor."

"Oh!" The emperor and Empress Dowager Zhang were stunned for a moment and then remembered. "Where is he now?" Empress Dowager Zhang asked.

"Empress Dowager Qi, Your Majesty, Shi Hao is now the commander of Suiyang Wei, one of the four guards, and the commander of the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army." Sure enough, it was the Minister of War, Ji Guoliang opened his mouth and replied.

The upper four guards he said refers to the four of the seven guards under the jurisdiction of the military department around Zhili who are close to the Beijing division: Suiyang Wei, Wuping Wei, Chengwu Wei, Qingxu Wei, and it is customary to call the three guards a little farther south: Yingchuan Wei, Ruyang Wei, and Xinyang Wei are called the lower three guards.

"He's also an old minister, so many years to become a commander?" Empress Dowager Zhang was strange.

"Back to the Empress Dowager to inquire, Shi Hao was originally prepared for the war and the suppression of the Qingqiang rebellion in the northwest, and he had already made great achievements in Guangdong to command Tongzhi (from the second grade).

Who knows where a children's song began to be sung, saying 'Shijiazi, high seat, hanging jade seals, wearing dragon robes.' The first emperor hated it, so he demoted him to a commander, and issued an order that his officials should not be directly subordinate. Therefore ......."

Hou Xie didn't say anything, the emperor and the queen mother already understood that this was another public case left by the emperor, so it was difficult for the courtiers to overturn it.

"But since he has fought so many battles, it is a pity that he is only a commander in Zhili." After thinking for a while, Empress Dowager Zhang asked, "Emperor, what is your opinion?"

"Someone once said: The most expensive person in the world today is also talent!

Although it was the decision of the father, the sons thought that the king should be used only by talents, and it was the duty of the holy monarch to promote talents and use talents.

Xuanzong Shengming is not against Lushan, how can there be a person who stops his allegiance because of a ballad? If the emperor doesn't care about it, I won't do it!"

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded: "So, is the emperor going to use this person?"

"Mother, I just said that when the country is in danger, we should abandon all prejudices. How can I repent of what I said in person?" Zhao Tuo bowed and said, "You should go to the temple to inform the emperor."

"Okay, then use it." Empress Dowager Zhang nodded: "Your father has me to go and talk to him, don't worry!"

"The child thanked his mother!" Zhao Tuo suppressed his gratitude, raised his head and said loudly: "Pass the decree, and enter the capital to see His Majesty immediately after Shi Hao receives the decree, don't be late!"

The Queen Mother chatted a few other words, such as the arrangement of the whereabouts of the new branch jinshi next year, and then left happily. Seeing off the Empress Dowager Zhang, the emperor was in a much better mood.

Zhao Tuo, who calmed down, agreed with the cabinet members to allocate 120,000 taels of additional military expenses to Jiangxi, and ordered him to urgently set up a battalion in Nanchang, Jianchang, and Jiujiang;

In addition, 5,000 people were sent to Raozhou Mansion in Taipingwei and Xin'anwei on Jiangnan East Road, 10,000 people were transferred to Nanchang in Hubei, and 10,000 people were dispatched to Linjiang Mansion in Hunan;

In addition, the troops of the Fujian Metropolitan Commander Army crossed the provincial border, the Shaowu troops entered Jianchang Mansion to recover Luxi, and the troops of Pucheng and Chong'an crossed the Fenshui Pass to attack Lead Mountain;

Ordered the Jinhua and Quzhou lines of the Jiangnan East Road Division to suppress bandits and troops to recover Jiangshan County and advance to Yushan.

The troops of Fujian and Jiangshan in Zhejiang were under the command of the capital division, and the rest of the troops were under the command of the Jiangxi capital division after entering Jiangxi within a time limit.

"The six-way army will attack, if this can't extinguish those anti-thief ......," the emperor glanced coldly at everyone in the cabinet: "Then shouldn't the cabinet formed by the secretaries take responsibility and apologize to the people of the world?"

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The old ministers suddenly felt a heavy weight on their shoulders, and they all knelt down in unison: "The ministers obey the order, and they will do their best to live up to Your Majesty's expectations!"