Since the winter of the nineteenth year of Jiajing, after the Ming army recovered Baima Mountain, the battle line was advanced to the line of the Baihe River, and the entire hundreds of miles east of the Baihe River were all included in the Ming Dynasty. As a result, in the Songfan area, a line of de facto control between the two countries was formed, with the Shirakawa River to the south and the Zoige Daisetsuzan Mountains to the north.

On the Baihe front, the Ming army took the Songfanwei as the main force, supplemented by the Xiaohe Thousand Households and the Chishui Thousand Households, with a total of more than 13,000 people stationed at the Baihe moat; more than 10,000 people from Xiaoshanwei and Loushanwei were transferred north to the Ruoergai and Minshan lines to strengthen deterrence against the north.

Nearly 20,000 people, including Baimawei, Diexi Qianhu, Longgang Qianhu, and Pingfan Qianhu, withdrew to their original garrisons to rest and recuperate.

Since the 20th year of Jiajing, the entire Song Fan region has entered a period of peace with a period of rest and recuperation, and it has been two and a half years now.

There are more than 8,000 soldiers in the entire Song Domain, and there are more than 2,000 soldiers in each of the Chinese army and three guards, each with more than 2,000 sergeants, all of whom are brave soldiers who have experienced a hundred battles, and they are also the first-class strong army in the entire Ming Dynasty.

The Chinese army and the White River Guard are stationed in the Chewa River Valley, where the White River meets the Black Water, and this is also the key point of the confrontation over the White River in the next summer. The Anqu Imperial Office is stationed in Anqu Village in the southern section, and the Hongyuan Imperial Palace is located in the middle section.

Zhao Ran came out of the cave of Dajun, more than 50 miles to the north, the terrain descended from a high place, gradually flattened, and as far as the eye could see, between the undulating hills, there was already a large area of boundless plateau meadows.

The White Horse Courtyard is located in the town of Qiongxi on the side of the White River, which is also the seat of the entire Hongyuan County. According to the regulations agreed between the Daomen and the Governor's Office of Western Sichuan, the White Horse Academy had the dual functions of the Taoist Court and the official office, the abbot was in charge of preaching, and the Prison Yuan was in charge of the people's governance, so Qiongxi Town became the center of the entire Hongyuan.

But Zhao Ran did not enter Qiongxi Town, a county town that had just been established for less than three years, currently has only a chest-high earthen wall, far from what a county town should have. He went to the Moon Crossing, six miles southwest of Qiongxi Town, where the Song Domain's Hongyuan Imperial Guard was stationed.

At the gate of the camp, the sergeant entered and flew the report, and soon, the gate was wide open, and a group of generals came out surrounded by a civilian official wearing a black veil and a green regimental collar uniform.

Zhao Ran looked at the official, he seemed to be a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it for a while.

The official bowed down first: "Zhang Juzheng, a pedestrian from the Department of Lower Rites and Rites, has seen Abbot Zhao." ”

Zhao Ran suddenly remembered, laughed, and picked up Zhang Juzheng: "It turned out to be the uncle, last year, when the uncle was still a member of Jiangling, I don't want to be an official now, wearing this official uniform, the poor road almost didn't recognize it, haha, it's really gratifying!"

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "When I was old, I had to meet Abbot Zhao, and I was impressed by the abbot's bearing, and the abbot also instructed me, so that I could study well, and become a useful talent in the country in the future. A few days ago, the pedestrian department selected the deputy envoy to Xingqing, and heard that the envoy was the abbot of Guyang County, and the lower officials immediately asked for orders, and came to listen to the order in front of the abbot Zhao. ”

Zhao Ran has a good impression of Zhang Juzheng, and I don't know if this Zhang Juzheng has anything to do with Zhang Juzheng, but in any case, he plans to "cultivate" him well, so he walked forward and entered the Chinese army's big tent.

After sitting down, Zhang Juzheng said again: "After the lower official came out of the capital, he didn't dare to slack off all the way, and made a special trip to Lushan, and was fortunate to be personally received by Zhao Daduguan, and Zhao Dadu told the lower official to obey Abbot Zhao's orders, do a good job of this errand, and brought Abbot Zhao's documents together. ”

Zhao Ran took the document and looked at it, this is an official document issued in the name of Jian Jingguan, stating that Zhao Zhiran, the abbot of Guyang County, is the special envoy of Daomen, and goes to the Buddhism Gate of Xia Kingdom to handle official business, and returns the rainbow body of the Buddhist monks.

Looking at the festival again, it is an eight-foot-long copper rod, which is insignificant in the hand, and must be hollow. The pole is decorated with yak tails, and decorated with finches and other things, which looks very simple.

The document came from Jian Lianguan, indicating that this was a matter of the Daomen, and the festival came from the imperial court, indicating that Zhao Ran was the envoy of the Ming Dynasty. The two are combined, and Zhao Ran's identity is complete.

Looking at the festival and documents, Zhao Ran once again fell into a reverie inexplicably, and secretly said that Lao Tzu is now also mixed with the name of "envoy with festivals", so I am afraid that it can be included in the annals of history, right?

After the handover, the main envoy and the deputy envoy were there, Zhao Ran said that he wanted to rest for a while, and Zhang Juzheng asked for resignation.

Zhao Ran saw that the general who had been accompanying him had always stood honestly and did not leave because he wanted to "rest", so he knew it in his heart, and said with a pleasant face: "This general, please take a seat." ”

The general hurriedly said: "In front of the angels, where is the position of the last general, just stand still, what does Abbot Zhao command, just inform the last general, the last general is now acting in charge of the Hongyuan Imperial Palace." ”

Zhao Ran nodded and asked, "Shouyu is surnamed Ning and Deshou?"

The general grinned: "Thanks to Abbot Zhao's memory, the last general is terrified." ”

Zhao Ran said: "I am an old friend with Zhang Zhongdao, and when Zhao Dadu took the word 'Zhongdao' for him, I was near the left, hehe." When I talked to him about wine, he mentioned Ning Shouyu to me, saying that Ning Shouyu was his brother in life and death. ”

Zhao Ran has not received any news from Zhang Luo since he separated from him last year, and it was not until this year that when he returned to Wuji Courtyard to deal with official business, he saw the two letters sent to him by Zhang Luo.

The first letter, written by Zhang Luo in July last year, said that he had been appointed and transferred to Longtanwei as a commander and co-advisor. Longtanwei is located in the east of Yingtian fifty miles, is an important guard of the Gongwei capital, and the victory pass one east and one west, guarding the upper and lower gates of Yingtian. Longtan Wei has 5,600 soldiers, including one commander, two commanders, and six commanders.

Zhang Luo was transferred from the commander of the Song Fan Wei to the commander of the Longtan Wei Tongzhi, and his grade was raised by one level, and he was close to home, which was considered to be a fulfillment of his wishes.

The second letter was written in March this year, in which Zhang Luo said that he had been promoted from commander to commander and conferred the rank of deputy general. This step is very big, it has reached the top level of the middle level of the Ming military generals, and then up, it is the deputy chief soldier, the chief soldier and other high-level military positions, which is a real mountain in the army.

Zhang Luo's two letters were full of words of gratitude, indicating that he had not forgotten to dig wells, and asked Zhao Ran to ask him if he needed his help. At the same time, Zhang Luo also mentioned this Ning Deshou in the letter, saying that this is the brother of life and death that he brought out from Yingtian in the capital, his right-hand man, and some things last year were still the hands of Ning Deshou who helped to collect them. On the one hand, please ask Zhao Ran to continue to take care of this person, and on the other hand, if there is something, just let Ning Deshou do it.

Zhao Ran was very happy for Zhang Luo's repeated promotions, but there was really nothing that needed Zhang Luo's effectiveness, so he just replied to a letter to express his congratulations.

I only heard Ning Deshou say: "Before Brother Zhang left office, he specially explained to the last general that Abbot Zhao was the great benefactor of my brothers and others, but there was a sending, although it was ordered. ”

Zhao Ran got up, pulled Ning Deshou to the seat, and said, "Then please sit down together, don't be restrained." I'm an envoy outside, and we're good friends inside, if Ning Shouyu doesn't sit, then I'll accompany Ning Shouyu to stand and talk!"

Ning Deshou hurriedly thanked him and sat beside Zhao Ran.

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