When you walk out of Xuande Hall, there is the imperial garden outside the door. The fragrance of flowers is swaying, colorful butterflies are fluttering, and the rockery and rockery are everywhere, with exquisite layout. Walking through it can make people relax and relax their mood. Since ancient times, the imperial family is so grand and glorious.

Zheng Qingzhi followed Qiao Xingjian, but he had no intention of watching. When he was farther away from Xuande Palace, he would have a secret test of his bad words.

"Mr. Qiao is so popular today. Every word is so good. Why didn't you see that you were so capable when Mr. Shi was there?"

Qiao Xingjian turned a deaf ear and walked with his head down. After taking two steps, he turned around in surprise and asked in surprise: "Sir Zheng is talking to me?"

Zheng Qingzhi's lungs were inflamed, and the blue veins on his forehead were about to explode. Although he was very cunning, he couldn't help but growled: "Mr. Qiao, don't tell lies in front of the real person. You and I are both a party of Guardian Shi. We should share the same hatred of the enemy and jointly maintain the strategy set by Guardian Shi. If we don't fight with each other, it will only allow villains to take advantage of loopholes. The position of the left prime minister is sooner or later, so why bother to be in a hurry at this moment?"

Qiao Xingjian's face was red and he didn't even turn red. He calmly bowed to Zheng Qingzhi and said, "Mr. Zheng is honest, so it should be."

Seeing his expression of a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, Zheng Qingzhi's liver was pissed green, but in the deep palace, it was inconvenient to quarrel, so he had to suppress his anger and said with a stern face: "Since Lord Qiao is very wise, then don't say much, Lord Qiao please!"

Qiao Xingjian also smiled and reached out to make a gesture of invitation: "Mr. Zheng is older, so you should ask first."

The most taboo thing in the officialdom is to talk about Shangguan's age. It seems that it is implying that you should retire. Qiao Xing pretends to be crazy and stupid, and says this on purpose, making it clear that there is something in his words.

Zheng Qingzhi looked at him indifferently, without saying a word, brushed his sleeves and left.

The assistant minister Cui Yuzhi caught up from behind, looked at Zheng Qingzhi's angry back, and said to Qiao Xingjian with some concern: "Would it be too much to get angry with him like this? Are you not afraid of his revenge?"

"It's okay, this old dog relies on his good flattery in front of Mr. Shi. He was appreciated by Mr. Shi and was appointed as the Prime Minister and Privy Councilor. In fact, he has no ability at all. Listen to what he said in front of the official family today, it sounds comprehensive, but it is actually huge and empty, and there is no specific measure at all. The generals below do not accept him very much. They will oust him as soon as possible and let us do serious business go up, which will be good for the country and the country." Qiao Xingjian looked snorted coldly.

Cui Yuzhi nodded and whispered: "What the lord said is that we have discussed it. When he steps down, we will recommend you to be the right prime minister and privy councillor."

Qiao Xingjian smiled and bowed, "I have understood the thoughts of you. If you succeed, you will meet with wealth."

Cui Yuzhi hurriedly thanked and said, "There is another thing. The official said that Dali will be left to Zhao Yan to deal with it myself. I was thinking that Zhao Yan was in a state of anxiety at this moment and could not protect himself. If he asked him to deal with it, he would definitely ignore it. Is this good to do it?"

Qiao Xingjian thought for a while and said, "You were vaguely speaking just now, and I didn't read that letter. What is the situation with the Duan family?"

"It sounds like an envoy is a tribe called Shimenfan. In recent years, it has risen and produced a talented person. It is very impressive. It is powerful and expanding everywhere. It has threatened the status of the Duan family and the Gao family, and there are signs of being replaced. The Duan family is afraid that the enemy will not be so, so I asked me to be a great Song Dynasty." Cui Yuzhi briefly explained the general situation.

"What do I say? It turns out that's it. What's the difficulty?" Qiao Xingjian smiled and pointed: "Duan is originally incompetent. The one who is in charge of Dali is actually the Gao family of the prime minister. Since they have found it, we will draw an order in the name of the Secretariat, let the officials use seals and recruit Ashimenfan, and give him any official position. The barbarians ask for it is only profit and power. After becoming an official in the Song Dynasty, they must listen to my Song Dynasty. After they have been appointed, they will ask Dali to give some money and let them stop the army."

Cui Yuzhi nodded repeatedly: "We only spent a decree to calm a war and could still collect a barbarian for dispatch. Dali would also owe us favors. This trick is effortless for the adults to kill three birds with one stone. It is indeed a master!"

Qiao Xingjian smiled reservedly: "It's okay if you can't talk about the tricks. It's good if it works. Go, the business is over. You have made an appointment with those people. We will find a place to taste wine and talk about lyrics. Zheng Qing is responsible for the war in Jiangling. We can't control it. It's better to have half a day of leisure."

Cui Yuzhi was happy and smiled with a wretched smile on his face: "Sir, I am so elegant. There is a new top card in the railings on the street. I will arrange it to take advantage of the love of the adults."

The two of them laughed together and walked towards the palace gate side by side.

...

Compared with Lin'an, it is even worse than the lowest suburbs.

But Changsun Hong didn't care. He sat steadily under a big tree and digged a bowl of dry rice.

"Eat, eat more. This is Shimenfan's rice. How about it compared to the ones outside?" He picked up a piece of green vegetables and put them in the bowl of the dog, constantly admonishing him: "Is it better? Eat more if you taste delicious."

The dog chewed the rice grains laughed and cried, and because of the fact that he was talking and eating, he spewed out a few rice from his mouth: "Erlang, no matter how you say you are the patriarch, you just eat this on weekdays?"

On the bench in front of the two, there were two dishes, a plate of pickled radish and a plate of boiled vegetables, but there was no oil.

Changsun Hong put a piece of radish into his mouth and chewed it vigorously: "What's wrong with this? There is a shortage of supplies in the mountains. It's pretty good to have vegetables now. When I first came here, I didn't even have to eat rice. Eating wild vegetables every day is bitter."

"But...ah." Dogzi wanted to say something, but he swallowed it back to his mouth. He made up his mind that he would definitely drive a few fat pigs to come next time he came.

"You just said that the Mongols have arrived at Yangping Pass?" Changsun Hong pierced all the rice grains from the wooden bowl into his mouth, and smeared a leaf with satisfaction and asked, "Can Zhao Yan hold on?"

"It's so bad! The Song army has been defeating wars from Dasan Pass and retreating. Cao Youwen, who guarded Yangping Pass, is a powerful general, but there are very few soldiers and horses, only more than 5,000 people, and about one-third of them can be fought. This little man will not even be left behind when thrown into the Mongols." Gouzi shook his head, digged a few mouthfuls, and put down the bowl.

To be honest, he was not full, but it seemed that there was no leftover rice in the bucket, so he was embarrassed to ask for it again.

"Zhao Yanna was the commander of Xingyuan Rongsi back then. He was a little capable. He was driven out of Sichuan because he offended Gui Ruyuan. He came back again. He didn't have much time to rectify his troops. Failure was expected. It was a pity for Cao Youwen. This person had a decline in war with the Mongols a few years ago. It was a pity for him to die in Yangping Pass." Changsun Hong said thinking, while fiddling with stones on the ground: "After passing Yangping Pass, it is Jiange. This pass is reliable. I don't know if the people guarding the pass are useless."

"It's hard to say. Gui Ruyuan just thought about selling private salt to make money, and his military preparations were abandoned. Every time the Mongolians came, he would send food, grass and money, and he would kowtow and worship Buddha. There was a pool of mud in Shu, and he couldn't defend it. Zhao Yanna's mediocre qualifications made him turn the tide very lingering." Gouzi said: "Chengdu Prefecture is already in chaos. People are running south and east. The news said that Zhao Yanna sent his family to Guangnan Road."

"A general is incompetent and will cause thousands of troops." Changsun Hong shook his head and pressed a stone hard into the mud: "There is no danger on all sides of Chengdu Prefecture, and if you throw the sword pavilion, you will lose all the plates. Zhao Yanna's commander is not long."

"By the way, there is another thing. At the beginning of this month, the court issued an order to summon Wei Leweng, the magistrate of Tongchuan Road, to serve as the Minister of Personnel and the Direct Bachelor's Academy, and the Duanming Palace Bachelor's Academy. He signed a letter with the Privy Council to supervise the soldiers and horses of the Jianghuai Jinghu Lake. After resuming his official position two years ago, he was promoted and reused again." Gouzi patted his head and said, "Master Zhou has asked Manager Ran to prepare a gift, and he will send it to him soon."

"Oh? It seems that no one is available to the court. Weng Wei is fifty-seven years old and is still promoted and used. Can the younger generation find something to be used?" Changsun Hong frowned and exclaimed: "He was very kind to us back then, so we also need to prepare a gift and send it to us."

He paused, raised his head, looked at the dog and said, "Master Zhou... Is he okay now?"
Chapter completed!