Fenghou

The military fields of the Xihe Army are about [-] hectares, mainly distributed in three places: the south bank of the Weihe River, the east bank of the Taoshui River, and the Hehuang Valley. are.

What Chen Qing inspected today was the [-] hectares of military fields on the south bank of the Weihe River.

Five hundred hectares is [-] mu. It covers an endless area and stretches for more than ten miles. Wheat and black beans are mainly planted.

It was early summer in April, the weather was slightly warm, but the wind was very cool, the breeze was blowing, and the fields were lush and green, which made people feel refreshed.

Chen Qing rode slowly along the field ridge, and Yang Yuanqing introduced to him, "There are a thousand field soldiers here, most of whom are veterans who have been wounded. It is difficult to fight, so we arrange them to field."

"Isn't it too much to cultivate fifty acres?"

"Actually, it's a group of two people. The two of them cultivate one hundred acres. They are usually relatively free, that is, they are a little busy during spring plowing, and they will send [-] soldiers to assist in harvesting. It's easy. I feel that they are not very tired. So far, no complaints from soldiers have been heard, which shows that they are generally satisfied."

"Has General Yang talked with them personally? Or did the commander say they are satisfied?"

"The humble office has talked with them, and at least 30 people have been interviewed."

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "It's still General Yang who has the patience to interview 30 people. If it were me, three interviews would be enough."

Yang Yuanqing leaned forward and said: "That's a matter that the government has to take care of everything. It's not like a humble job. It's a full-time military job. This is the responsibility."

"General Yang has been in charge of various trivial military affairs for so many years. Have you ever thought about changing positions?"

Chen Qing said it very implicitly, but Yang Yuanqing understood that everyone wanted to mobilize him. Needless to say, he must have been dissatisfied with his unauthorized establishment of military relations with Wu Jie. Yang Yuanqing secretly sighed in his heart.

However, he had already realized that he had worked hard for so many years without credit, even if he was transferred, Chen Qing would not treat him badly.

He smiled slightly and said, "I'll listen to Dutong's arrangement!"

Chen Qing explained with a smile: "I transferred you for a reason. The Jiedu Mansion will be formally established, and military affairs will be brought under the control of the Military Cao Division under the Jiedu Mansion. It would be nonsense for you to continue serving as a Sergeant and join the army." , you must change the guard, I have considered three official positions, which one do you like?"

"Thank you, Dutong, for giving back the humble job choice!"

"You have followed me for so many years, how can I not consider your feelings? I have decided to appoint Zhang Xiao as Sima, but he still needs a deputy, that is, the secretary to join the army. There is currently a vacancy. This is one of your considerations. "

Yang Yuanqing felt chills in his heart, if he was appointed as Sima, it would be more or less the same, but he was a deputy secretary under Sima to join the army. There are many things, but he has no decision-making power. The decision-making power is in Sima's hands, and he is the commander alone!How could he become someone else's deputy, this position is hard for him to accept.

Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked again: "And then?"

Chen Qing knew that he would not agree to join the army as a recorder, he wanted to transfer Yang Yuanqing out of the army and transfer him to a civilian position, focusing on the following two positions, "The second choice is to take over Jiang Yanxian's position and serve as the governor of Qinzhou. "

'Know Qinzhou things? '

Yang Yuanqing was stunned for a moment, "Dutong, this is a civil job, is a lowly job competent?"

"Your abilities and qualifications are enough. It's not surprising that you were transferred from a military position to a civilian position. Didn't I also serve as an official in Zhiyue Prefecture? The key depends on whether you are willing or not!"

Just as Yang Yuanqing was about to speak, Chen Qing waved his hand to stop him, "After listening to me, you can think about the third option."

"Please tell me all!"

"The third choice is to serve as the chief officer of the Supervision and Inspection Department, responsible for patrolling various states and counties, inspecting people's livelihood, and listening to people's opinions."

Yang Yuanqing understood in his heart that Chen Qing wanted to turn himself into a civil servant, so he nodded silently, "Let the humble officials think about it!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Think carefully, and reply me in a few days!"

……

At dusk, Yang Yuanqing returned home unhappy, his wife Wei Su stepped forward to take off his coat, and seeing her husband was in a heavy mood, she asked, "Your husband has encountered something unhappy?"

Yang Yuanqing sighed and said, "I might have to take off my military uniform."

Wei Su asked puzzledly, "Why?"

"Chen Qing talked to me today and wanted to adjust my position. The reason is that the Jiedu Mansion will be formally established. The military affairs I am in charge of now will be under the jurisdiction of the Jiedu Mansion Army Cao Canjun. This reason is also correct, but it is not the real reason. I will not mention it. Forget it!"

"What does the Jiedu envoy want to transfer your husband to do?"

Yang Yuanqing sighed slightly, "He asked me to choose three positions, one is to serve as a secretary and join the army, I will definitely not do it, the other two are civilian positions, one is to know Qinzhou affairs, and the other is to be the chief supervisor, I can only choose two One, then you have to turn into a civilian job.”

Wei Su thought for a while and said, "My husband said that Wu Jie welcomes you at any time. If you don't want to leave the army, you can join him."

Yang Yuanqing smiled wryly and said: "Being under Wu Jie's command is too aggrieved. The civil officials in the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shanxi can reprimand the generals, but they can only bear it. I really don't want to be bullied by civil officials."

"Since that's the case, wouldn't my husband know if the court will accept it if he is still in charge of knowing Qinzhou's affairs?"

"It should be admitted that with the supervising army in charge, the imperial court will not be too embarrassed to unify them. The officials he appoints will generally be recognized by the imperial court."

"Then choose Ren Zhizhou, my brother is still the county magistrate! You will be the magistrate, and it is easy to offend people when you are a supervisor. You, a good old man, can't do it."

Yang Yuanqing thought it would be good to know the state, maybe he could be transferred to the imperial court as an official in the future!

His mood gradually improved again.

Chapter 496 Negotiation

In Baochuan County, Huizhou, Liu Qiong had already led the army to capture the county seat. During the civil strife, Xixia had completely abandoned Xihe Road, and there were less than 1000 guards left in Baochuan. Abandoning the city and fleeing, the Song army occupied Baochuan County without bloodshed.

At present, Baochuan County is guarded by Cheng Huan, the commander of the general, with 1000 troops, and the defenders of Ganquan County have been reduced to [-].

In mid-April, a team of Xixia envoys composed of more than a hundred people crossed the Yellow River. The head official was Bari Zuren, the imperial censor of Xixia. He was Li Qianshun's most trusted minister. Army negotiations to redeem [-] prisoners of war.

Xixia is now in big trouble. Xiao Heda's rebellion intensified. Not only did they get the support of the Qiang people, but also several remnant tribes of the Liao Kingdom who lived on the grasslands also marched southward and captured the Hetao area.

However, Jin Guo has always been ambiguous and has been reluctant to send troops to help.

In desperation, Li Qianshun could only mobilize the whole country. All men over the age of 16 and under the age of 60 must join the army to participate in the suppression of the rebellion. But even so, they only summoned 12 troops, which is far from the 20 troops they expected. .

The fundamental reason is that their three expeditions to Xihe Road all ended in disastrous failures, and they lost more than 8 elite soldiers.

At this time, Li Qianshun, who was in a state of desperation, finally thought of the more than 2 Xixia Army prisoners of war who were still mining in Qinzhou.

Cheng Huan sent a thousand soldiers to escort the Xixia envoy to the south. This morning, the envoy team arrived in Chengji County.

The envoys were received by Zhang Xiao, the new Military Affairs Sima of the Jiedu Mansion, and Qiao Changshun, the military Cao Shenjun.

The Xixia envoy stayed in the No. [-] VIP Hotel, where the two sides conducted a preliminary negotiation.

Zhang Xiao immediately rushed to Jiedu Mansion to report the negotiation situation to Chen Qing.

"To Jiedushi, we both agree to exchange sheepskins for prisoners of war according to the usual practice, but there is a difference in the number of sheepskins. We ask for thirty sheepskins each, but the other party is only willing to give twenty."

Chen Qing said with a faint smile: "It seems that the situation in Xixia is not good. They are so eager to redeem the prisoners of war, ignore them, only thirty sheepskins, one less will do!"

"My subordinates understand!"

At this time, a soldier reported at the door, "The supervising army is here!"

Chen Qing signaled Zhang Xiao to back down, and then he smiled and said, "Please come in, the supervising army!"

Since the gift of 20 taels of silver, the relationship between Chen Qing and the military supervisor has eased in an all-round way. Wang Mi basically doesn't care about military affairs. .

Wang Mian walked into the official room, sat down carelessly, Chen Qing ordered the tea boy to serve tea, Wang Mian calmly said, "I just heard that the special envoy of Xixia is here, is that so?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Indeed, they just arrived!"

"Since it is the special envoy of Xixia, do you want to notify the court to deal with it?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "It depends on what's going on. If it's an armistice agreement, I don't mind letting the court come to negotiate, but this time they're only here to redeem the prisoners, so there's no need to alarm the court for such a trivial matter. "

Wang Mian laughed dryly, "Understand! Understood! It's good... It's better to eat the meat yourself."

Chen Qing was a little surprised, Wang Mi represented the interests of the emperor!He actually said the words 'You have to eat the meat yourself', Chen Qing changed his mind, and suddenly understood that this bastard wanted to share a piece of the pie, as long as he was good, he didn't care whether the emperor and the court were good or not.

Although this kind of person is very greedy, it is easy to deal with. Anyway, no matter how much you give him, it is only temporarily stored for yourself.

Chen Qing laughed again: "For this ransom, I will offer 69 sheepskins to redeem one person, a total of [-] sheepskins, part of which will be distributed to soldiers and civilian officials, and the supervisor will also have a share, and the rest will be put into the treasury as military funds."

"I still have it!"

Wang Mi couldn't even close her mouth with a smile, "I don't know how much I can have?"

"For [-] prisoners of war! How about [-] sheepskins?"

Wang Mian was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up to salute, "Then respect is worse than obedience!"

"If the supervising army doesn't want the sheepskin, it may be converted into money. According to the price of Qinzhou City, it will be bought by the military."

Wang Mian quickly calculated in his mind that although Lin'an could sell five guan coins for a piece, it would be easy for the emperor to know, so he might as well change the money in Qinzhou, he hesitated and asked, "Can it be converted into silver?"

"Yes, it can be converted into 6000 taels of silver. Once you get the sheepskin, you can deal with it immediately!"

"Then you have to negotiate with the other party carefully, just thirty sheepskins, you can't give in at all!"

Chen Qing narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the supervisor! We all don't want to give in."

The two of them laughed heartily, and Wang Mian returned satisfied.

Wang Mi went back with one kick and one kick. He didn't expect Chen Qing to go on the road like this, and he could make a fortune by negotiating the ransom, 6000 taels of silver!

When the supervising army went back for a few years, didn't he earn several 10 taels of silver?

The more I thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and I went back lightly under my feet.

……

The next day, the two sides began formal negotiations. Zhang Xiao and Jiang Yanxian participated in the negotiations together. The Song Army took a tough attitude and refused to give up any ransom. They only agreed that the prisoners of war could return to Xixia immediately.

In the end, the Xixia side was eager to redeem the prisoners of war, so they had to agree to Chen Qing's request and redeem all the prisoners of war at the price of [-] pieces of high-quality sheepskins per person.

The two parties negotiated various handover details, and finally decided to hand over at Huangkou Wharf in Baochuan County, and release people after ransom.

The Xixia envoys rushed back to the country overnight, and the front line was running out of time.

……

In Lin'an, the emperor and the queen mother finally saw Wang Mian's report. The harsh wording but no actual content made the queen mother very dissatisfied. Annoyed, she threw the report directly on the ground.

"Can you fool Aijia like this?"

Empress Dowager Wei said angrily: "The Ai family tried so hard to convince the officials to let him be a military supervisor. This is the content of the first report. He might as well not write it!"

Another confidant eunuch Deng Quan picked up the report, looked at it briefly, and persuaded: "After all, Wang Mian just went there just now, and he doesn't know much about the situation. Even if Chen Qing has problems, he will hide it. Wang Mian can't All of a sudden, this takes time.

But the old slave thinks that there is nothing wrong with Wang Mi's attitude. He is obviously standing on the Queen Mother's side. He reprimands and criticizes Chen Qing in various ways, saying that Chen Qing's achievements are cruel and merciless. months! "

Empress Dowager Wei's anger eased a little, "Okay! The Ai family will wait for him for a few more months, and if Chen Qing can't be caught, he will be too disappointing to the Ai family."

She snorted again, and ordered: "Go and see what the official's attitude is?"

"The old slave understands!"

……

Contrary to the queen mother's attitude, the emperor Zhao Gou was very satisfied with the report. The queen mother was dissatisfied that the report had no actual content, but Zhao Gou was afraid of seeing any actual content. If it was a self-respecting Chen Qing, what should he do? How to deal with it?

Zhao Gou handed Wang Mian's report to Lu Yihao, "Lv Xianggong take a look at this military supervisor's report!"

Lu Yihao looked at the report of the supervising army, and he was a little surprised. In fact, he knew that Chen Qing had some problems. His son Lu Wei's letter mentioned that his immediate boss was Jiang Yanxian, the servant of the Puppet Qi Military Department. During the years, he was the magistrate of the Song Dynasty, and later surrendered to the puppet Qi.

The imperial court has clear regulations on the use of such high-ranking officials who have surrendered to the puppet Qi. They must pass the review of the Ministry of Officials, and even the approval of the emperor, otherwise they will never be appointed.

This is a big flaw of Chen Qing, which was not mentioned in the report, but only criticizes Chen Qing for nepotism, regardless of seniority and court rules, which is a bit of a feeling of avoiding the truth.

Lu Yihao thought to himself, could it be that Chen Qing bought the supervisor?

Thinking of this, Lu Yihao said with a smile: "Actually, what I am most worried about is that Chen Qing will not accept the supervisor. After all, he is relatively young, and he is not as stable as Wu Jie. Suddenly, an eunuch supervisor will come, and his attitude will be arrogant. I I was really worried that Chen Qing would kill the supervising army in a fit of anger, but now that I see this report, I am relieved, Chen Qing is also slowly maturing, and he is beginning to accept the rules of the court, Your Majesty, this is actually a good thing."

Zhao Gou nodded happily and said: "Lv Xianggong is right. No one is perfect. I won't care about some small flaws. The key is the attitude that is the most important. He can accept the supervision of the army. This attitude itself is worthy of admiration, and more importantly, he Restoring the Xihe Road for the imperial court, and opening hundreds of miles to the west, this is a great contribution, and I must commend it!"

Chapter 497 The Wind Rises

The originally critically ill Emperor Wanyan Sheng of the Jin Kingdom gradually stabilized and did not continue to deteriorate, which greatly eased the tension within the Jin Kingdom. After the war in the Central Plains ended, the rulers of the Jin Kingdom also saw the incompetence of the Qi Kingdom and began to fine-tune the strategy .

Wanyan Wushu, who swept the Song army in the Central Plains, gained power again. He led [-] Tiefutu to sit in the Central Plains, Wanyan Nianhan led an army of [-] to sit in Yangzhou, and cooperated with the [-] Qi army to build warships along the Yangtze River.

Wanyan Sheng also appointed Wanyan Holisa as the envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy. He led an army of [-] to Jingzhao, and cooperated with the [-] Qi army to fight against Chen Qing's army on Xihe Road and Wu Jie's army at Dashan Pass.

Wan Yanchang continued to serve as the supervisor of the three routes, responsible for promoting peace by fighting and forcing the Song Dynasty to surrender.

In the morning, Wan Yanchang's carriage slowly drove into Jingzhao City under the guard of a thousand troops. Wan Yanchang's expression was very serious. He never thought that Chen Qing had already defeated Xixia in just half a year. The army seized Xihe Road and developed too rapidly.

He was really worried about whether it was wise for the emperor to send Wanyan Helisa to continue serving as the Shaanxi economic envoy?

But worrying is useless. The key is how to prevent Chen Qing and Wu Jie from jointly counterattacking Shaanxi Road. This is the main purpose of his coming to Jingzhao City.

Wanyan Helisa invited Wanyanchang into the Jinglue Mansion. Wanyanchang stood in front of a map and said nothing for a long time. This is a one-year map. It shows that Chen Qing is only in Ganquanbao, and the others are either The territory of Qi State will either be occupied by the Xixia people, but what about now?

"The supervisor should not pay too much attention to Chen Qing's expansion!"

Wanyan and Lisa went to the side and sneered: "Many of the territories he occupies are relatively empty, such as Deshun Prefecture, Huizhou, Lintao Prefecture, Hezhou, Huangzhou and other places, with only two to 3000 troops. The places he really controls Only Qinzhou and Gongzhou have tens of thousands of soldiers."

Wan Yanchang glanced at Wanyan Heli Sa dissatisfiedly, "Have we not suffered enough from him? You still despise him so much?"