Zhao Bufan took the holy decree expressionlessly, gently rolled it up and held it in his hand, and suppressed too many doubts in his heart.

Liang Shicheng, who was standing in front of him, was very good at observing words and feelings, and after a little look, he could see that his expression was not quite right, so he looked around at the moment and stretched out his hand to signal: "Lord Zhao, it's better to take a step to speak!"

Zhao Bufan understood what he meant, nodded slightly, and followed him to a secluded corner a little farther away.

"Lord Zhao, do you think that Your Majesty is dissatisfied with you, so you are transferred to take charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory, intending to seize your military power?" Liang Shicheng asked in a low voice.

Zhao Bufan couldn't figure out Liang Shicheng's intentions, so naturally he wouldn't tell the truth, but just smiled and shook his head: "Manager Liang's words are too much, where do I dare to question the emperor, but I am really puzzled in my heart, why did I suddenly know Kaifeng Mansion and take charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory for no reason?"

Liang Shicheng smiled with relief, as if confirming his guess, rolled his eyes and said: "Our family knows that you will think too much, and the emperor is also afraid that you will think too much when you leave, so don't you let our family personally come to deliver the decree?"

Zhao Bufan stared at Liang Shicheng's eyes suspiciously: "What does Manager Liang mean, the emperor has special intentions?"

Hearing this, Liang Shicheng inadvertently looked back at the people in the distance, and when he confirmed that no one was approaching, he lowered his voice again.

"To tell you the truth, the emperor leaked his mind earlier, and vaguely said that he wanted to promote you to replace Taishi Cai, but he just felt that you were still young, so he wanted to use Cai You as a transition, but what is the relationship between these people in our family and you? Where do you not know you? Since Huang has this intention, these people in our family think about it, and think that it is better to push the boat down the river and promote this matter as soon as possible, so they vigorously say to the emperor that you are good. The emperor thought about it for a while, and he was slowly moved, so he transferred you back to Beijing in advance, in fact, this is also an excess, fast is one or two years, slow two or three years, you will definitely be able to enter the phase!"

In an instant, Zhao Bufan looked at Liang Shicheng with a kind face, and scolded him half to death in his heart.

It's a pity that no matter how secretly hated in his heart, he can't show a single bit on his face, and now Liang Shicheng takes the initiative to show goodwill, and he should naturally be grateful from a common sense point of view, but he doesn't dare to reveal the slightest reluctance to military power.

After a brief weighing, Zhao Bufan had no other way, and quickly squeezed out a smile.

"Manager Liang, thank you so much for your kind words for me in front of the emperor, if you enter the prime minister in the future, there will be heavy thanks, but there is no oil and water in this imperial history, and the affairs of the picket officials are concentrated in Menxia Province, and the affairs of the Menxia Province are in charge of the matter, and I am equivalent to a counselor in the imperial history, I can only show some lip service, and Kaifeng Mansion is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and I dare not go too far, I am afraid that I will have to live some hard times in the future!"

As soon as these words came out, Liang Shicheng's eyes suddenly widened, and he said urgently: "What are you talking about, when our family's brain can't turn around, you can't get along with our family, you are not good, how can our family get better, you are so poor, where will our family get the money to spend? How can our family not understand this truth? You are the real thing in the imperial history, the emperor has asked the ministry to restore the right to picket hundreds of officials and supervise and punish to the imperial history platform, who will dare not give you three points of thin noodles in the future Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs?"

"Really?" Zhao Bufan was really surprised, if the imperial historian restored his real power, he would really be the one in charge of the guillotine on the heads of the ministers.

Liang Shicheng raised his eyebrows, and his old and shrill voice was instantly raised: "The official documents are already on the way to all parties, how can they be fake?"

At this time, Zhao Bufan didn't hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "That's really thanks to Manager Liang, I will prepare an additional 50,000 yuan of gold and silver for the chief manager next month, and I will add another 20,000 yuan to the annual birthday program in the future!"

Hearing this, Liang Shicheng laughed out loud and said meaningfully: "You are not only a person with real skills, but also a person worthy of friendship, our family's vision will not be wrong, you can always remember our family's good, our family will naturally always remember your good, and our family is not the kind of person who does not pay attention to righteousness!"

Zhao Bufan suddenly rolled his eyes, and complained: "Eh, why did Manager Liang tell me this, wouldn't he be out of sight?"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and said no more.

After that, Liang Shicheng said goodbye and left, and returned directly to Tokyo, although Zhao Bufan also pretended to stay, but Liang Shicheng obviously couldn't stand the shabby of this Xuanfu Mansion and insisted on leaving, but it made Zhao Bufan less trouble.

Waiting to send Liang Shicheng away, the generals followed the frying pot, all of them as if they were burning their eyebrows, and they all stepped forward to ask.

"My lord, if you return to Beijing to take up a post, what will happen to the supply and demand of military funds for so many soldiers and horses in the future?"

"Yes, there are also those siege equipment and armor that are being rebuilt, but they need a lot of money and materials to support!"

"You guys are not in a hurry, but the Five Tiger Cavalry of our Liangshan Army is expanding, and now there are enough people, but we still need a large number of war horses, where do we get the money to buy additional war horses?

"General Lin Chong, your Liangshan Army does not have as many problems as our Water Margin Army, our Water Margin Army was originally an empty battalion, completely rebuilt, and now even there are a large number of vacancies for officers at all levels, as soon as Lord Zhao leaves, what will we do in the future? Low-level generals are easy to handle, and we still have the authority to promote and appoint, but how can high-level generals be appointed? This matter involves Cai Jing, we don't know anything about the situation, how dare we report to the Privy Council or the Ministry of War indiscriminately?"

“............”

For a while, the generals were noisy, all talking about the complex problems they were facing.

Of course, Zhao Bufan knew the situation of the Liangshan Army and the Water Margin Army very clearly, and seeing that all the generals were as anxious as if they had lost their backbone, he was not in a hurry to speak, and turned around and walked to the hall.

The anxious generals saw that he was silent, and immediately chased him into the hall, until Zhao Bufan sat down on the chair at the top, they realized that he needed to think quietly, so they sat on both sides of the hall and waited silently.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Bufan slowly opened his eyes, picked up the tea bowl on the table on his right hand without hurry, and gently took a few sips of the already cold tea.

"Chai Jin!"

"Your Excellency, please speak!"

"After I leave, the logistics supply and demand will be the same as before, in the future, you will be responsible for contacting Juxianzhuang and Dongxiangang, except for the people here, no one is allowed to check your accounts, and if there is something, send someone to inform me in time, and you have to reorganize the logistics personnel of the Water Margin Army, and in the future, the two armies will share a logistics department, and you will be in charge!"

Chai Jin nodded lightly: "I understand!"

Zhao Bufan glanced at him, and then put down the tea bowl.

"Guanzhong, Jiasui, Huanzhang! The three of you must command the Water Margin Army, don't let Zhou Ang know about the logistics and military needs for the time being, train the troops well, don't promote high-level generals for the time being, after all, the background of this establishment is very complicated, and if you don't do it well, you will stab Lou Zi, if you really find a talent, then send someone to tell me in time, and if something big happens, you must also come and tell me!"

The three of them glanced at each other and replied in unison: "Understood!"

Zhao Bufan smiled, turned his gaze to Lu Junyi, Shi Wengong, Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong, and whispered: " The Liangshan Army is built by everyone with many years of hard work, it will be an iron army of the Great Song Dynasty, regardless of how those powerful ministers in the court fight, in short, remember one sentence, with me, the Liangshan Army will not suffer, and no one will be able to let you die indiscriminately, continue to develop it according to my concept, and it is not allowed to lose, especially forcing the generals to learn the art of war is the top priority, and it must be assessed regularly, and I will also see the results of the assessment in Tokyo. ”

"Honorable Order!" The four of them suddenly got up and responded, they were all the closest people to Zhao Bufan, so they could naturally understand what he meant.

Seeing that the division of labor between the two armies had been completed, Zhu Wu, the Divine Machine Military Master sitting on the right side, was a little uncertain, and couldn't help but take the initiative to ask: "Lord Zhao, where will the subordinates go in the future?"

Zhao Bufan thought about it.

"You are not only familiar with the art of war, but what you have learned is also miscellaneous, originally I wanted you to follow me, and you assisted me in taking charge of the Xuanfu Mansion, but now that the Xuanfu Mansion has been abolished, it depends on your personal wishes, if you want to go to Tokyo, then follow me to Kaifeng to serve, there is also a place to use, if you want to stay in Northern Xinjiang, then be the military counselor of the Liangshan Army, you can do both, it all depends on your personal wishes!"

Zhu Wu frowned and thought for a moment, then stood up with a smile.

"Lord Zhao, it's more enjoyable for my subordinates to stay in Liangshanjun and be with the brothers, the place in the capital is too cold, and it's uncomfortable to live!"

"Okay!" Zhao Bufan nodded with a smile, his eyes swept over everyone in the hall one by one, stood up and bowed deeply to everyone: "After I leave, the Liangshan Army and the Water Margin Army will please, these two soldiers and horses are now the most powerful men and horses of the Northern Army of the Great Song Dynasty, I hope you will not let my years of hard work go to waste!"

When the crowd saw him saluting, they got up and got down on one knee.

"My subordinates will never live up to the trust of adults!"

"I will live up to the trust of adults!"

............

In the uneven promises of the generals, Zhao Bufan quickly got up and left, returned to the backyard study alone, and wrote a letter to the generals at the border gate.

He has been operating in northern Xinjiang for many years, except for the Liangshan Army and the Water Margin Army, there are old departments in various places, and in the several reorganizations of the Liangshan Army, many of the generals who were originally promoted were sent abroad, especially the big transfer of Hebei East Road a few months ago, Zhao Bufan even placed them all in the border armies in various places, Li Miao's side, Zhai Jin's side, all of them were promoted by him.

In short, almost all of the generals in the northern Xinjiang of Cang, Ba, and Xiong on the Hebei East Road have risen with him, and now that he has suddenly been taken away from military power and transferred back to Tokyo to serve as a civilian, it will naturally become a sensitive event, causing suspicion and speculation among those subordinates, worried that something has happened to him, so that he is either afraid of being implicated, or he is resentful, and it is extremely easy to cause instability in the army's mind.

If it is used by people with intentions, it may also lead to hidden dangers in border defense, and even irreparable situations such as mutiny and defection to the enemy, so he also hurriedly wrote a letter to these people to appease.

In the next half month, Zhao Bufan began to sort out important archives and files, burning those that should be burned, taking away those that should be taken away, and various affairs were quickly assigned, until the beginning of the lunar month, he completed everything, and was scheduled to publicly leave office and return to Beijing on the fifth day of the lunar month.

On this day, there were hundreds of iron horsemen lined up on the street outside the gate of Xuanfu Mansion, including soldiers of the Guards Battalion and soldiers of the Feifeng Battalion, but the streets were blocked, and Hu Sanniang, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng, who were the leaders, were also wearing battle armor and waiting quietly outside the gate with their war horses.

Soon, Zhao Bufan, who was in Tsing Yi, strode out of the mansion.

The moment he stepped out of the door, he couldn't help but look back at the plaque at the door, and couldn't move his eyes for a long time.

He can see not only the three big characters of "Xuanfu Mansion" on the plaque, but also the northern Xinjiang that has been painstakingly operated for many years, and the land that has spent several years of time for it!

"I'll be back!"

A murmur, as if there was nothing, quickly dissipated with the cold wind.

The heroic Hu Sanniang took the white mink coat and gently walked behind him, and gently draped it on his back.

"Brother Fanfan, it's not too early, it's time to hit the road!"

"Hmm!"

Zhao Bufan nodded lightly, resolutely turned over and got on the horse, took one last look at the door, and never looked back.

Perhaps sensing his mood, Hu Sanniang, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng, who were following on both sides, did not speak, and hundreds of iron horsemen were even more silent, only the sound of armor and horses' hooves.

After a while, Zhao Bufan took the lead in riding his horse into the dark city gate passage, but saw a sea of people on both sides of the official road outside the city, and he couldn't see the end at a glance.

"It's ......"

Before he could figure out what was going on, the war horse under his crotch had already walked out of the city gate, and suddenly a cannon rang out at the head of the city, and the officers and soldiers and people on both sides of the official road suddenly shouted in unison.

"Congratulations on sending Lord Zhao back to Beijing!!"

"Congratulations on sending Lord Zhao back to Beijing!!"

"Congratulations on sending Lord Zhao back to Beijing!!"

"It's ......"

In the shouts of tens of thousands of people, Zhao Bufan rode forward, but saw that the people on both sides were also following, squeezing more and more, more and more crowding, until the mountains were full of people!

In an instant, he understood everything, and his eyes instantly moistened!

Hu Sanniang urged her to take two steps forward in a timely manner, and laughed softly: "Brother Bufan, the day you returned to Beijing was the same day as the day when the Xuanfu Mansion was abolished. With such a large flow of personnel, the government and the generals in the army also felt strange at first, but after learning the reason, they obeyed the will of the people, helped maintain order, and arranged this send-off without you!"

Zhao Bufan's eyes were moist, looking at the people and soldiers all over the mountains, and the emotion in his heart was indescribable.

At this time, an old man suddenly rushed to the official road with a box in his hand, tears streaming down his face.

"Lord Zhao, our fathers on the border of the north don't hurt, our mothers don't love, we are either oppressed by corrupt officials and evil officials, or we are robbed and slaughtered by the Liao people, only after you come, we have a good life, the Liao people no longer dare to rob us at will, the corrupt officials and evil officials no longer dare to persecute us at will, we can finally live a personal life, no longer have to watch our wives and children be humiliated, no longer live like animals, everyone is really reluctant to leave!!

I am an ordinary old man in Yantou Village, when the adults came to save our village, from the hands of the Liao people saved my whole family, great grace and great virtue will never be forgotten, now thanks to the people of Yantou Village, I took hundreds of villagers to send the adults a ride, I don't know what to send the adults, so I grabbed a handful of loess of Yantou Village, it is the heart of our Yantou Zhai people, is the heart of our northern border people, I hope that the adults will never forget our northern border people, never forget this land!!"

With these words, the old man suddenly knelt on the ground and held the unpretentious wooden box in his hand high.

Zhao Bufan was already full of tears, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and solemnly took it into his hands with both hands, gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

In an instant, the deafening shouts resounded through the heavens and the earth again.

"I wish Lord Zhao a bright future and never forget the northern frontier!!"

"I wish Lord Zhao a bright future and never forget the northern frontier!!"

"I wish Lord Zhao a bright future and never forget the northern frontier!!"

These three shouts, one higher than the other, one louder than the other, shook the heavens and the earth, and the birds flew one after another......

The cold wind blew Zhao Bufan's long black hair and lifted the white robe!

He stands in the wind, in the gaze of tens of thousands, between heaven and earth!

"For you, for the sake of the land under my feet, I will do my best to revitalize the Great Song Dynasty!"

"Even if you are broken, you will never regret it!!"