At this time, the transportation is not convenient, and the horse has always attracted attention because of its speed.

Especially some famous horses, such as black horses, white horses, and red rabbits, these famous horses are often accompanied by legends and passed down from generation to generation.

There are also some high-class horses, very fast, but destined to have little reputation, they are the horses of the key stations of the Empire.

Since the frontier was attacked, the enemy army used cavalry to divide the battlefield and disperse the border army. Although Yang Ye felt that he still had the strength to fight, he still issued six Ling Yu letters in accordance with the rules, stamped with the four big characters of "Fly Immediately", and sent an expedited 800 miles.

Eight hundred miles are urgent, and it cannot be used if it is not a rebellion or a frontier emergency.

As soon as this letter came out, the six people rushed to Jincheng from the sixth road, and unless they reached the next station, they would eat, drink, and Lazar all on horseback.

War horses are also desperate to run, although these horses are not as good as the famous horses like Huang Feidian, but they can run for 800 miles in a day, but they are useless if they don't die.

The messenger must not be silent all the way, for the enemy will be killed by the enemy.

And you must arrive at the designated place within six days, otherwise you will be late for 50 boards on one day and 100 boards on two days, so as to accumulate.

In this way, if someone exceeds the time limit, he will abscond, but as long as one of the six people arrives, and the other does not arrive within 20 days, he will be wanted.

Of course, the rewards are great for such hard work. Regardless of the gold and silver rewards, it is said that it is the glory of a lifetime to be able to gallop outside the Daqing Gate and meet the Son of Heaven in front of the Son of Heaven.

When they arrived outside the Golden City, they could take a short rest, after all, they had to face the saint, and they also had to bathe and change their clothes.

Re-stepped on a horse, galloped from outside the gate of the capital, and shouted in his mouth: "Eight hundred miles of urgency, Jin Ling Yuyu, those who resist die, and die against it." ”

Immediately, I saw the smoke and dust billowing out, and the ride had already left! At this time, the ancient road was cloudy, and the sky was clear.

Shouting like this, the Xuande Gate has been opened, and the person who sent the letter does not need to get off the horse, and can ride all the way to the Daqing Gate. When the eunuch at the Daqing Gate saw this, he wanted to howl loudly: "Eight hundred miles urgent." ”

Howling in such a layer, the sound reached the emperor, and it took five eunuchs to go through, and the ministers had already exploded.

Zhao Zhen was terrified, there was such a big event on the first day of pro-government. However, he understood what he was going to do at this time, and immediately motioned to the eunuch beside him to paged the messenger. It was still through the howling of the five eunuchs that the news was transmitted to the Daqing Gate.

At this time, the messenger dismounted and galloped all the way. When you arrive outside the Daqing Palace, you have to hold the letter above your head with both hands and run into the Daqing Hall in small steps. And the other ministers, no matter who they are, must avoid three steps.

When the messenger arrives outside the Daqing Palace, the eunuch will go down the hall, take the letter with both hands and send it to the emperor, and the emperor will confirm the authenticity of the seal with his own hands, and then determine the next step.

As for the person who sent the letter, an official of the Ministry of Rites would quietly take it away, confirm the punishment, and write his name into the history books.

Zhao Zhen tore open the letter, read it in a hurry, and passed the letter to the eunuch beside him, asking him to read it to the ministers.

"The minister is guilty, the enemy attacked our military camp on the ninth day of October, and the minister did not investigate...... At the beginning of October, when he was the tenth son. The whole letter is only more than 200 words, but the urgency of the situation has been exhausted.

"Everyone, is there a countermeasure?" After the eunuch finished reading, Zhao Zhen's tone was a little impatient.

"Heavy ministers should be sent to reorganize morale, and at the same time discuss Yang Ye's crimes. "It was Ouyang Xiu of the Seventh Rank Imperial History who stood up.

The imperial history belongs to civil officials, but it has its own small system and its own set of "rules".

They are also the most special group of people in the court, since Emperor Taizu said "words are not punished", these people have become more and more unscrupulous.

The point is that these people are not afraid of death, what they want is fame, they just want to anger the emperor and the ministers. Generally speaking, the worse their fate, the better their reputation.

Not to mention, there are really a handful of people in this world who want to be famous.

Zhao Zhen glanced at Ouyang Xiu, feeling a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't say anything. Arguing with these imperial histories, it is still themselves who are angry, and they will only be proud of it.

Besides, this Ouyang Xiu is a leading figure in the literary world, if he does anything today, the folk articles will accuse him of being the emperor in a few days.

When Liu E was teaching Zhao Zhen, she said: This Ouyang Xiu is just material for making a fuss, he has a strong mouth, at most he is a parent official, and he cannot hold important positions, but he is also dedicated to the country, and he must be treated with kindness.

Thinking of Liu E's teachings, Zhao Zhen subconsciously turned his head to the military attache column and looked at the towering man with half a hundred hair at the front.

Liu E said that he was the first general in the world, but he had some petty family spirit and was not big-minded enough. So it can only be said that he is the first general in the world, and he is still a little far from the first marshal in the world, but if there is something military, it is right to ask him.

Di Qing came into contact with Zhao Zhen's gaze, his heart trembled slightly, and he immediately stepped out, clasped his hands into fists and said, "Your Majesty, can you let Wei Chen take a look at the letter?"

Di Qing is currently the privy envoy, the highest military official, and the leading figure of the Manchu military attaché. He came from a humble background, he was not a general, and he was not a wealthy family, he was killed all the way from a small soldier on the frontier to his current status. Although he later began to read and write, his heaven and earth should be a battlefield, not this court.

As the leader of the military attaché, he naturally received the most attention from the imperial history. Those imperial historians also often "take care" of him, how could he, a clay leg from a war, win over these scholars who have been making a fuss since childhood?

After getting the letter, Di Qing hurriedly glanced at it a few times and then replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the handwriting on this letter is clear, the pen and pen are on the paper, General Yang should be very calm when he wrote this letter." I think that General Yang is a famous general in the world, how can he be defeated so easily? In less than a month, he will definitely have a thunderous blow. As for this letter, it should have been written on a routine basis. ”

Zhao Zhen glanced at the eunuch beside him, intending to ask if the handwriting on it was like this.

Although the eunuchs of Bingbi are eunuchs, they are mostly selected, and if they participate in the imperial examination, it is not a problem to get a jinshi, and they are still clear about how the handwriting is.

I saw that the eunuch nodded and gave Zhao Zhen a positive answer.

"So how will he fight back?"

"I can't guess it, Weichen hasn't been to the frontier for more than ten years, and I don't know what the specific situation is. However, the minister heard that General Yang has a hundred people under his command, known as the hundred ghost generals, and his combat power is extraordinary, if he wants to fight back, it is estimated that he will be inseparable from these hundred ghost generals. ”

"Oh. The emperor nodded undeniably, not knowing whether he understood or not, and then he asked, "Then what is a hundred ghost generals?"

"I don't know the specifics, but it's true that these people are extraordinary. "Most famous generals have their own set of training methods, which are good or bad, but this method can only be circulated in their own families and cannot be announced.

Di Qing could also guess the situation of some of the hundred ghost generals, but he couldn't say it, and if he said it, he would offend Yang Ye.

Seeing this, how could Ouyang Xiu be willing to do this? I saw him stand up, bend down and play: "Your Majesty, that's the frontier, according to the meaning of the letter, if you break the Chixia Dao, if you attack the hidden city again, then the sixteen cities in Guanbei will be in their pocket, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." After speaking, Ouyang Xiu also gave a color to the several imperial histories behind him.

Yu Shi usually twists into a rope, especially when facing military attachés, they feel that these martial artists are insulting to Sven, and they will "squeeze" them at the first opportunity.

The three of them became tigers, and the four or five imperial historians stood up one by one, and they swore an oath, as if the Sang Kingdom was about to attack Jincheng, how could Zhao Zhen not be anxious?

"Your Majesty. At this time, an old man stood up from the head of the civil service.

Looking at the breath on his body, all the articles come to his face, although there are some readers who are sour and rotten, but more is the fresh air of reading through the articles and understanding the world.

Fan Zhongyan, Prime Minister Fan. If Ouyang Xiu is a master in the literary world, then this Fan Zhongyan is the peak of the literary world of the Qin Kingdom and the saint in the hearts of the students of the Qin Kingdom. Maybe his articles are not as good as Ouyang Xiu, but he lives innocently, has no moral losses, and is a saint recognized by all students in the world.

"Taishi. When Zhao Zhen saw Fan Zhongyan out of the ranks, he also stood up to show his respect for Fan Zhongyan. This is the person that Liu E has praised again and again, although Fan Zhongyan has been fighting against Liu E at the beginning.

This is the veteran of the Three Dynasties, the crown prince and Taibao of Zhao Zhen at the beginning, and the current prime minister and prince, although the board that hit him Zhao Zhen was very heavy.

But he is such a respectable person, his virtue and integrity are saints, although he is now in power, but he still maintains the purity when he first entered the office.

Di Qing looked down on civil officials, he felt that civil officials would only talk rhetorically, and they would only hold their heads when they started a war. But Fan Zhongyan is different, Di Qing was promoted under his hands, from a prisoner with tattoos on his face to the current privy envoy.

In addition to Fan Zhongyan, the only literati that Di Qing respected was Xie An, that merry literati, or that kind of person, could be called a literati, but he had already left half a month ago, and it was said that he was traveling through the mountains and rivers with a prostitute again.

"The frontier should be safe for the time being, Your Majesty should not worry too much, and I hope Your Majesty will cherish your body. In addition, in order to prevent accidents, when a cadre was dispatched, he would take thirty or forty thousand soldiers to gallop through the secluded city, just in case. Fan Zhongyan spoke very slowly, but he could remember one sentence all the time.

"Then who should be sent to lead the troops?" Zhao Zhen was also affected by Fan Zhongyan's calmness, sat down on the dragon chair calmly, and asked calmly.

Fan Zhongyan glanced at Di Qing next to him, if he could go, then with his prestige and strength, Beidi would naturally have no worries. However, other civilian officials will definitely not agree, and will not agree to continue to let this military attache continue to make meritorious contributions.

He just glanced at Di Qing deeply and returned: "Ask the privy envoy about the border war." ”

Di Qing also understands this.

In fact, he just wants to serve the country, just want to go into battle to kill the enemy and pasture the country. However, his tiger was nailed to this court by the frames, and he wanted to roar, but he turned his head and glanced at the generals behind him, and Fan Zhongyan's glance appeared in front of him again.

Fan Zhongyan didn't want to break this pattern of civil and military equality, so he could only sacrifice him and let him continue to stand here as this privy envoy.

Ouyang Xiu was also staring at Di Qing at this time, if he dared to ask for battle, then he would immediately stand up against it. People's hearts are separated from their bellies, and literati only believe in literati.

Di Qing's words sounded good, but Ouyang Xiu was afraid, afraid of letting the tiger return to the mountain, if he took those thirty or forty thousand horses, he didn't know what Di Qing, the world's famous man, would do.

If the emperor insisted on asking Di Qing to lead the troops, he Ouyang Xiu also thought about it, and said that Di Qing's family dog was shining yesterday and had a vision, so it was not suitable to lead the troops. As for the "domestic dog glow", this must be a non-existent thing, but who called him the imperial history?

Di Qing stood up, his eyes swept from the audience, and finally froze in the picture of Fan Zhongyan with his head down and his eyes closed. Sighing, Di Qing arched his hand to the emperor and said:

"This time to lead the troops, General Hu Yanzan and General Pan Mei are excellent candidates, if they lead the troops, the frontier can be stabilized, and Yang Zongbao is also the eldest son of Yang Ye. If Your Majesty wants to choose generals for your descendants, you should let the sons of the seed family and the sons of the descendants of the family go to the Tao of the Seed Master and the son of the successor of the family to go to train them. ”

recommended five people in a row, Hu Yanzan and Pan Meinai are generals in a hundred battles and leaders of veteran meritorious deeds. Yang, Chong, and Zhe are the three major generals of the Qin State, and they are all big families who guard one side.

Among them, Di Qing thought that Yang Zongbao's talent was mediocre, and it was barely enough to lead 10,000 troops, so he recommended him for Yang Ye's sake. And the seed master Dao and Zhekexing, he has indeed come into contact, they are all Puyu, and they are all future generals.

recommended five people, and the military attache group was basically covered, except for him Di Qing.

Yu Shi saw that Di Qing had no intention of going into battle in person, so he didn't say anything and retreated. Only Fan Zhongyan sighed imperceptibly.

"Then let General Pan take Yang Zongbao, Seed Master Dao, and Zhe Kexing to the frontier. You can discuss the specific matters with the master. Zhao Zhen saw that no one objected, so he made a decision.