Ma Xing arrived in Bianliang in a hurry after traveling 800 miles, and immediately caused a stir in Bianliang.

The officials were furious and tore Ma Xing's memorial to pieces in front of dozens of high-ranking officials above the rank of servant. The entire Long Live Palace hall was filled with flying scraps of paper and his roaring voice.

For a border minister who cannot completely implement the emperor's wishes, but wants to go against the emperor, the fate is self-evident.

The emperor had been patient with Ma Xing for a long time.

He always blamed Ma Xing for Xiao Ding's rise to power.

If it weren't for Ma Xing's connivance, Xiao Ding was just a commander back then. How could he develop to such an extent in just a few years?

It's just that in the past few years, Hebei Road has been in chaos and requires a decisive, ruthless and capable guy like Ma Xing to clean it up and stabilize it. It's just that he can't touch Ma Xing.

Now that a peace agreement has been signed with the Liao people, and everyone has formed an alliance to destroy Xiao Ding in the northwest, Hebei must be stable for at least the next two years.

Now that Hebei is safe, what else do you need from Ma Xing?

Since you have been working diligently these past few years, I directly order you to resign and go home to retire!

As for other rewards, you don't have to think about it.

Not holding you accountable is already the greatest gift to you.

"Who will take over the post of Hebei Road Comfort Envoy?" Zhao Suo looked at the officials below with a sullen face.

Xia Jie was still thinking hard, but Cui Ang had already emerged from the crowd.

"In the official family, I recommend Zhang Kuo and Zhang Zidun."

Upon hearing this choice, Xia Jie became furious.

Who is Guo Kuo and Zhang Zidun?

The original pacifier of Shaanxi Road.

He has been in office for many years and has done nothing. There is nothing he can do about Li Xu. He watched helplessly as Li Xu expanded his power step by step and reached the edge of rebellion.

The entire Shaanxi Road was also completely corrupted under the governance of this pedantic and incompetent guy. In the end, Ma Xing had to be replaced to bring order to the chaos.

Ma Xing is called Ma Behead, is it because he likes to behead people?

of course not.

At that time, the road of Shaanxi could no longer be advanced without killing people to establish prestige. Even if the number of people was reduced, the status would be lowered.

Ma Xing was infamous, but it was under Ma Xing's strong management that the crisis situation on Shaanxi Road was restored bit by bit.

As for the rise of Xiao Ding until Xiao Ding rebelled and became dominant, that is another matter. At that time, Ma Xing had already been transferred to Hebei Road, which was messed up by Cui Ang. In fact, it was no wonder that Ma Xing was there.

Now that Ma Xing has managed Hebei Road to some extent, and he is a little angry, could he ask Zhang Kuo to do some nonsense again?

Hebei Road is no better than Shaanxi Road, which was the first line of resistance against Liao Dynasty.

Regardless of the fact that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have signed a peace treaty, which is very good, but who knows how long this honeymoon period can last?

In Xia Jie's opinion, it should be maintained at least until Xiao Ding is defeated.

Therefore, the precautions on the Hebei Road cannot be relaxed for a moment, and even during the rare buffer period of these two years, the pace must be accelerated.

This is actually quite demanding for Fu Chen from Hebei Road.

Obviously, the Song Dynasty's next focus will be on the Shaanxi Road, and a large number of troops, supplies, and food will be sent to the Hengshan line to attack Xiao Ding.

There are more over there, but naturally there are less on Hebei Road.

You want the horse to run, but you don't give it any grass to eat. The difficulty here is not the smallest one.

Therefore, the Fuchen on Hebei Road must be a guy with excellent overall abilities.

Ma Xing is actually the most suitable candidate right now.

But this guy is still a bit too stubborn after all.

Xia Jie glanced at Chen Gui opposite him. Chen Gui's eyes were also full of anger.

Obviously, he was extremely annoyed with the candidate proposed by Cui Ang.

Ma Xing, Ma Xing, you have really failed to live up to the expectations that Chen Jingchang and I had for you!

I have been serving as a minister for so many years, but my temper is still so unruly, and I still don’t care about the overall situation at all!

What will happen to Hebei Road if you leave now?

Two years later, when the Liao people launched a massive attack, what should the Song Dynasty do?

Can't you just lower your head and endure the humiliation for the sake of the overall situation?

Looking at the angry Xia Jie, he knew that he couldn't save Ma Xing this time.

The official wanted to deal with Ma Xing for more than a day or two, but he couldn't find an excuse before, and he couldn't let everyone see that he wanted to settle an old score. At this time, the stubborn Ma Xing jumped out and loudly accused Liao.

A human contract, doesn’t this put the handle of the knife into the hands of the official?

Ma Xing can't be saved, but the person who goes to Hebei Road must be a capable person. That's definitely not the case with Zhangkuo.

With his mind spinning like lightning, Xia Jie went through all the guys who were qualified or who would be qualified to serve as the Hebei Road pacifier after being promoted.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of Xiao Cheng.

"Your Majesty, Hebei is such an important area that the Fu ministers must not ignore it. I recommend Li Fang, the former transfer envoy of Kuizhou Road, to take over as the pacification envoy of Hebei Road!" Xia Jie cupped his hands and said.

"Li Fang is already seventy and has returned home to take care of himself!" Cui Ang objected: "At such an age, can An take on the important responsibilities of Hebei?"

"Although a man is old, he can still eat three kilograms of meat and one dou of rice a day!" Xia Jie said loudly.

"I second Li Fang!" Chen Gui took a step forward and said loudly: "If the officials are afraid of his old age, I would like to go to Hebei Road and let Li Fang take up the post of Privy Council. As for Zhang Zidun, I think it is better to let him

It’s good for him to stay at home and take care of his grandson.”

"Nonsense!" Zhao Suo slapped the table and said, "You can take the post of Privy Councilor if you want to, and if you don't want to take it, then you can't do it?"

"I know I'm guilty!" Chen Gui bowed his head and confessed his crime.

The head of the capital, the Privy Council Boss, reached an agreement without any discussion. Other senior officials in the palace and above also came out one after another. In a short time, two-thirds of the powerful people stood up to support

Li Fang.

At that time, the court decided that Li Fang would succeed Ma Xing as the Hebei Road pacifier.

As soon as the court meeting ended, the officials who delivered the order flew out of Bianliang and went to Jiangling, Li Fang's hometown, and to Ma Xing, a famous mansion in Hebei Province.

Li Fang, who retired from the Kuizhou Road Transport Service and returned to his hometown for more than two years, never imagined that after turning seventy, he would be lucky again and move up a level to become Hebei Road

Soothing.

For the position of Hebei Road's pacifier, only those of at least the second grade are qualified to hold it.

Li Fang actually had no hope for an official career.

Needless to say the reason is that a guy like Xiao Cheng was doing things here and there in Guizhou, and finally created a Guizhou road that was almost like a vassal town. You, Li Fang, are his immediate boss, how do you restrain and manage him?

Even if I haven’t beaten you to the end, it’s already a great grace from the Holy Spirit.

So when I returned to the honest Li Fang, I actually felt at peace in my heart. He read books every day, raised flowers, and taught his grandchildren to read and write in his spare time, which was quite leisurely and contented.

Perhaps it was because of his relaxed state of mind that his originally frail body was getting better day by day. His face became brighter and he became more energetic.

Ma Xing did not return to Daming Mansion.

He still stays in Bazhou City.

Although the news from the capital came much faster than the emperor's envoys, they had already found him first and reported the news that he had stepped down.

Sitting in the city gate building with ventilation on all sides, Ma Xing was carefully reading a letter from afar.

Very far indeed.

It is much farther than Bianliang.

This letter was sent from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou Road.

The person signing the payment is Xiao Cheng.

Obviously, Xiao Cheng wrote this letter and sent someone to deliver it after he learned that the imperial court and the Liao people had signed an alliance.

"Yun'er, Xiao Cheng said in the letter, be careful of the Liao people's deception. They apparently wanted to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty to attack the northwest, but in fact they were building a plank road and crossing Chencang secretly. In fact, their target was our Song Dynasty.

Hebei Road, what do you think?" Ma Xing asked, raising the letter in his hand.

Ma Yun glanced at his father angrily.

All the staff and officials, including him, advised Ma Xing not to take the trick like crazy, but he decided to take it. What was the result?

A good appeasement envoy, a second-grade official, was completely wiped out in an instant.

Generally speaking, for an official of Ma Xing's level who has not made any big mistakes, if you really want to withdraw, you have to find a reasonable excuse and give him some consoling reward such as a Lordship.

In this way, everyone has face.

To do this without any other explanation for masturbating Ma Xing from head to toe is clearly a humiliation. Of course, it also illustrates the anger of the officials from another aspect.

Ma Xing fell, and Ma Yun naturally followed him home.

A man with great power in Hebei Province, Guan Gouji Yiwen, lost everything in an instant. Can he be happy?
To be continued...