On October 20, more than 3,000 people from the Shunyi Army received a round of rewards, and then headed toward Liangzhou with more than a thousand camels and hundreds of carriages, driven by temporarily recruited herdsmen from Dangxiang in Hexi.
This group of people has nowhere to go. An Xiuxiu must either go to Zhu Quanzhong, Qin Zongquan, or Shao.
Qin Zongquan shrunk to Caizhou, Beiguan City, and Nancheng were all lost, leaving only Zhongzhou City. Defeat was only a matter of time.
Zhu Quanzhong's tens of thousands of troops besieged Caizhou for four months. In the end, they were out of food supplies and finally withdrew. However, Qin Zongquan's strength was greatly damaged and he actually withdrew from the stage of hegemony. It was obviously not worth relying on.
The Shunyi Army went west, and the Tianzhu Army and Zhenwu Army had also left. At this time, the only ones left in Huaiyuan County were the Leopard Cavalry Army and Shao Shude's personal soldiers.
Shao Shude "rested" in the new residence until the end of October, and achieved remarkable results. The girlish smell on Zhuge's body gradually faded away, and the womanly charm gradually emerged.
The other three maids were a little disappointed, because the king only slept with Zhuge at night and had not touched them so far.
On October 30, Shao Shude left Huaiyuan County and set out to return to Xiazhou. He went first with his own soldiers and leopard cavalry, and the Dingyuan Army who had completed the task of guarding Lingzhou followed slowly behind with some of their belongings.
It was at this time that Li Hang arrived in Chang'an.
He was originally going to Liangzhou, but Shao Shude felt that matters in Chang'an were more important, so he temporarily changed his itinerary and went to Chang'an for activities. There were other candidates in Liangzhou.
The atmosphere in Nanya today is a little strange. The reason is that Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, wants to merge the four provinces of Guanbei and be appointed as the governor of Shuofang to rule over the ten states.
Zhang Jun had actually known the news for a long time. He was the prime minister, how could such a matter bypass him? But he was not in the mood to deal with such "trivial matters" now. What he cared about was the relationship between the officials of the Northern Division and the officials of the Southern Ya Dynasty.
Increasingly severe oppression.
It is true that since the Ganlu Incident, Nanya has become increasingly weak and Beisi has become stronger. The reason is that Beisi has soldiers and abundant military virtues. Nanya officials, let alone commanding troops, cannot even match their personal combat effectiveness.
During the Eunuch Manna Incident, the eunuchs were more powerful than the civil servants, and they were able to win a one-on-one duel.
We must have soldiers! This is Zhang Jun's long-standing belief. Without soldiers, everything is empty.
There are still more than 50,000 Shence Army in Beijing, but they are all in the hands of the Zhongguan. It is impossible to find a solution from the Shence Army and the six nominal armies (Left and Right Yulin, Left and Right Longwu, and Left and Right Shenwu). For this reason
The only plan now is to find a way to get the court officials to go out as military envoys, control the troops and horses in the vassal town, and then eliminate the arrogant group of middle-ranking officials.
Hao Zhenwei, the governor of Tongzhou, was favored by the court officials. Although Wang Bian, the governor of Huazhou, was from the Shence Army, he now had a different stance and seemed to be alienated from the middle officials. These were all people who could be won over.
Others, gold merchant Li Xiang, seemed to have a very bad opinion of Zhongguan. After all, Yang Fugong was trying to seize his inheritance for his adopted son. If he could have more contact with him in the future, he might win over him.
"Prime Minister Zhang, the two lieutenants of the Northern Division, and the two privy envoys requested to wear the prime minister's court uniform to assist in the sacrifice." Suddenly there was a voice in his ears. Zhang Jun, who was thinking about something, looked up and saw that it was the prime minister Du Genneng.
"Prime Minister Du, how can this happen?" Zhang Jun didn't react at first, but then he became a little annoyed and lowered his voice and said: "Beisi is already strong, but if he wears the prime minister's court uniform to perform sacrifices in the countryside, wouldn't he be on equal footing with me?"
In the dispute between the Nanya and the Northern Division, the Northern Division is certainly stronger, but from a system perspective, the Nanya, which has the administrative and financial power, is still superior. This is the etiquette system.
But now the middle-ranking officials even want to take away the last bit of dignity from Nanya court officials and gain the same status as Nanya in the etiquette system. How is this possible?
"Ximen Zhongsui, Luo Quanguan and his two men are already urging the young supervisor to hurry up and make it immediately." Du Rangneng sat down, with a very sad expression on his face, and said: "The young supervisor, the chief courtesy officer refused, but the Bei Division supervisor If you don't give up and drag it on any longer, something unspeakable may happen."
Luo Quanguan was a lieutenant who was promoted after Yang Fugong's death and served as the lieutenant of the You Shence Army. As expected, the imperial court could never let the Ximen family dominate, and had to divide the power.
"Pa!" Zhang Jun slammed the table with an angry look on his face.
He deeply hated Bei Si's monopoly on power. But he had no soldiers in his hands, so there was nothing he could do about it!
From a institutional point of view, the only opportunity for Nanya officials to command troops is to go on an expedition. That is to say, once a conquest occurs, the sage will convene officials of the fourth rank and above from the two provinces, Yushitai and Shangshu Province, to hold a Yanying memorial meeting to discuss whether Troop dispatch and specific details of troop dispatch.
In this meeting, in theory, the middle-ranking officials cannot participate, not even the great eunuchs who watch the military and envoys. But the system is the system, in fact, well, the eunuchs often participate in this matter.
But in any case, this is indeed the only opportunity for Nanya officials to take charge of the army. Wei Zhaodu followed this model when he led troops to Shu. Ximen Sigong, the envoy to observe the army, also fell ill and attended the meeting and did not object. And this kind of sending troops Once the matter was decided, Nan Ya would select generals, while Bei Si could only send supervisory troops. From then on, military power fell into the hands of Nan Ya officials.
However, there is no chance to go on an expedition now! Wei Zhaodu has already entered Shu, and he may not be able to find a chance to go out for a second time in a short time. Moreover, the number of the Shence Army is not very large. Recently, the Bei Division has selected generals to go to Guandong to recruit troops. , before this is completed, it will be difficult to send troops again.
"Prime Minister Du, we must not retreat from this matter." Zhang Jun said with a serious face.
"Don't you know the power of Zhongguan?" Du Renneng said with a wry smile: "The Suburban Festival is this month, I'm afraid there is no way to delay it. In a few days, Beisi will send troops to the Shaofu to arrest people. "
Zhang Jun was shocked and angry, the expression on his face changed rapidly, and after a long time he sighed heavily.
He has always felt it was a pity that he did not get a chance when he entered Shu.
How can Wei Zhaodu, that useless person, conquer the fields and Yang Yi Ni? If he can command 20,000 elite soldiers from the Shence Camp, he can write a victory document in Chengdu in just three months.
What a pity, what a pity!
"Are we going to give in to Beisi?" Zhang Jun asked in a seductive voice: "I have searched through previous dynasties and state and dynasty decrees, and I have never seen anyone wearing the prime minister's court uniform to assist in sacrifices. There is also no system for middle-ranking officials to wear court uniforms..."
"It's not that there is no way." Du Rangneng also sighed and said: "Shao Shude, the king of Lingwu County, wants to be appointed as Shuofang's Jiedushi. This matter has to be handled by our Nanya, and it can't be done by Beisi alone. .”
To put it simply, administrative power is the natural power of Nanya. Although the Beisi Zhongguan has always ridiculed them for just "passing documents" and "sealing and sealing", the system is such that if Nanya does not cooperate, things will not get done.
"You mean?" Zhang Jun quickly reacted and asked.
"Let the Prince of Lingwu County persuade the Northern Division Officer, the effect may be better than ours." Du Rangneng said with certainty.
Zhang Jun nodded slightly, then frowned a little and said: "I can escape this time, but I can't escape next time. Do you still ask King Lingwu to help again and again? Why does he keep accepting our favor?"
Du Rangneng was stunned.
Now it would be great to be a paper framer. Do you still want to completely suppress Beisi? Is that possible?
"What is the saint doing recently?" Zhang Jun suddenly asked.
"Stay in bed and recuperate." Du Rangneng felt a layer of sweat on his back. It was late autumn and he was still sweating, which showed that he was a little nervous.
Zhang Jun smiled mysteriously.
Jinshang really trusts Zhongguan, or he was taught by Zhongguan. As long as Jinshang is still here, Bei Si will continue to be trusted. At best, it will be a different person. Tian Lingzi was replaced by Ximen Sigong, Ximen After Sigong became weak, he was replaced by Yang Fugong. After Yang Fugong was overthrown, Luo Quanguan was now introduced.
The two lieutenants of the Northern Division and the two secret envoys of the Privy Council were so powerful that the officials of the Nanya Government had really become "delivering documents". Now, even their financial rights have been taken away by others!
Yang Fugong had previously taken away Nanya's two important incomes, salt lessons and official sales of qu (qū), on the pretext of organizing and training the new army of the Shence Camp.
Although Yang Fugong has been taken to the capital and will be executed soon, Beisi has not returned these two incomes. This is really too much!
"Prime Minister Du, the Dingnan Army has entered the memorial hall, but is it in Pingkangli?" Zhang Jun suddenly asked.
"Of course." Du Rangneng wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Zhang Jun nodded, then excused himself to have something to do and stood up to leave.
After Zhang Jun left, Du Rangneng relaxed all over, with a hint of ridicule on his face.
This man is a big talker, has no moral character, and is not from the imperial examination. Being able to become prime minister, isn't he clinging to Yang Fugong? But after Yang Fugong lost power, he turned to Tian Lingzi to show his favor.
There is a joke circulating in Beijing. Zhang Jun clings to Tian Lingzi, but looks down on him, and keeps jumping between eunuchs and court officials. Once Tian Lingzi hosted a banquet for the court officials, Zhang Jun took advantage of Tian Lingzi before everyone came, and went to Tian Lingzi. Thank you. After all the officials arrived, Tian Lingzi said in front of everyone: "If Mr. Zhang feels embarrassed to deal with me, just don't come. Why bother to thank me privately before everyone comes?"
After the court officials heard this, you can imagine what they thought of Zhang Jun.
After Tian Lingzi's death, Yang Fugong came back to power, and Zhang Jun's position was in jeopardy. If Yang Fugong hadn't been unlucky and provoked a martial artist who could not be provoked, Zhang Jun would have been demoted from the capital. If he was not lucky, he might have been sentenced to death.
It was a bit incomprehensible to Du Rangneng that such a person with no character or conduct could obtain the high position of prime minister.
But how can I put it? At this time, Nanya could not withstand internal fighting. Zhang Jun no longer had any character and was also running for the status of Nanya, but Du Rangneng was slightly worried. Sometimes, Zhang Jun became more and more guilty when he did too much and made too many mistakes. It's a toss-up, and it may lead to bad things, which is quite sad to say.
That's all, the official in the Northern Division is arrogant, and the commander-in-chief of the feudal town is ambitious. With the state of affairs like this, what can I say? Shao Shude is finally more respectful, and continues to pay tribute year after year, and even the towns of Yingning, Yifang, Danyan and other towns have been doing so. The donation solved a lot of troubles for the court.
Moreover, he also did something that Du Rang Neng appreciated, which was to recover the Hewei states. Perhaps it was out of selfish motives, but Du Rang Neng personally appreciated it.
