When paying homage to the prime minister, according to custom, you must bow down formally.

That's right, this piece of white linen paper has only one meaning for a person of Xu Jingheng's level, and that is that he is going to declare hemp for the second time and officially return to the rank of prime minister.

Of course, in reality, even Xu Jingheng was once in a state of hemp...because when he first became prime minister, he was still living in exile. It was basically a small court. Where did he get the serious white hemp paper?

However, Zhao Guan's family has always prescribed the right medicine for the situation, depending on the person's order... Just like Wu Jie was asked to be the governor that day, and he specially used bright yellow silk to fool the big bosses of the Western Army. This time, in order to make Xu Xianggong feel

So respected, Zhao Jiu also specially found white linen paper.

It can only be said that the effect is outstanding. As a traditional scholar-official who had rehearsed his reaction when seeing white linen paper countless times in his mind when he was young, when he actually faced this piece of white linen paper, what exactly was Mr. Xu?

I bowed down directly.

And with this prayer, some things have become a foregone conclusion.

The edict was written by Lu Benzhong, so naturally he would not make the same low-level mistakes as Zhao Guan's limericks. It can be said to be symmetrical and full of literary talent. However, after reading it for a while, there was only one meaning - to reinstate Xu Jingheng as deputy prime minister of the capital, and to join Ning.

The naval military envoy leads the two Zhejiang roads and is stationed in Hangzhou. He is responsible for the six routes of Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, two Zhejiang, Guangxi and Guangdong.

Basically, he replaced Lu Yihao as the envoy to the southeast, and also expanded the scope of propaganda and governorship in Guangdong and Guangxi.

After the edict was issued, the officials issued an oral order to stick the white hemp under the Leifeng Pagoda, and ordered several public pavilions in the southeast to watch it together... This was done to complete the announcement of the hemp ceremony...

… When appointing a prime minister, regardless of whether the people below have any room for objection, it must be made public and show off.

Under the dilapidated Leifeng Pagoda, the Sixth Route Army Pavilion gathered together. They were still making some messy speeches and discussions, and were waiting for the arrival of the Zhao Guan family in the afternoon. Unexpectedly, the Zhao Guan family did not wait, and first received a piece of legendary white linen paper.

.

And this piece of white linen paper immediately detonated the entire West Lake.

The vast majority of the members of the public cabinet in Zhejiang, Jiangdong, Fujian, and even Jiangxi are cautiously welcoming this... because Xu Jingheng is very popular in the southeast.

Of course, there are some reasons that are difficult to express, but everyone is tacitly aware of them.

However, the members of the Lianghuai Road Gongge, who had already separated from the southeast envoy after Yaoshan, had nothing to do with the matter at this time, were annoying again. Some of them actually said that this appointment was actually against the rules... No

Xu Jingheng was not qualified enough, not popular enough, and his talents were not obvious. Instead, he said that as a Yuezhou native, Xianggong Xu should avoid his hometown.

In fact, the previous two envoys, Yu Wenxuzhong who appeased Guanxi and Lu Yihao who appeased the southeast, were both from Jingdong.

This, of course, lit a hornet's nest. For a moment, the public houses on Liangzhe Road and Lianghuai Road immediately became opposed to each other, almost leading to a group fight under the Leifeng Pagoda.

However, no matter where they were from, the real political experts in the court remained serious and silent. Regardless of their place of origin, these people gathered in twos and threes at the edge of the venue and discussed the situation in low voices. It was obvious that they all understood from this white paper

I could smell a hint of chill and uneasiness on the hemp paper.

These people simply don’t believe that no one reminded the emperor of Xu Jingheng’s place of origin, nor do they believe that Lu Yihao is gone just like that... You must know that although Lu Xianggong is harsh to Southeast, for the central government and the emperor, he is undoubtedly a capable minister and Southeast relies on.

What's more, Xu Jingheng's title of Jiedushi is enough to arouse people's imagination.

Or to go even further, the truly smart people have woken up to what is going on, but the purpose is not clear and they dare not discuss it in depth.

It can only be said that, as expected, a moment later, Shao Chengzhang, the chamberlain's provincial guard who had just returned, returned to the foot of Leifeng Pagoda with a full guard of honor, and put up another layer of white linen paper.

There was also a battle between four and six on the white linen paper, and the literary talent was brilliant, but the original intention was just to make everyone present burst into laughter after reading it, and then even the most stupid people understood what was going on.

Without him, Lu Yihao got his new assignment - deputy envoy to the Privy Council, plus envoy to the German Army, governor of Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road, Hedong Road, Yanshan Road Army and State Affairs.

This is the so-called Governor of Hebei Province.

This is the Northern Expedition!

This group of southeastern people never thought that the signal for the Northern Expedition was actually launched from West Lake in Hangzhou... Is this ridiculous? Are you really calling Hangzhou Bianzhou?

However, after the explosion, under the Leifeng Pagoda, in the open field surrounded by the Qianzhou troops under Guo Zhongxun's command, countless members of the public cabinet quickly became serious again. No one was thinking about the fight with the local officials anymore.

No one dared to discuss the matter itself arbitrarily... When the matter came to pass, as the most representative ruling class in the southeast region, most of this group of people just felt frightened, uneasy, hot, and cowed.

Zhao Jiu is not the only one who is afraid of the coming all-consuming war.

Even the few passionate people among them did not dare to shout excitedly at this time, because the word "Northern Expedition" was still not publicly displayed after all. Could it be that Lu Yihao was just allowed to be responsible for the preparations for the Northern Expedition?

Of course, for people with a little political common sense, this possibility does not exist, because the Jiedu Envoy of the Guide Army is the Jiedu Envoy used by Song Taizu, just like the Taining Army Festival used by Taizong

The military envoy also has a special meaning... Since the Song Dynasty, the Jiedushi of the German Army has not been awarded to anyone else, while the Jiedushi of the Taining Army is recognized as the first military envoy.

The most important person in the imperial court, after the Yaoshan War, Han Shizhong became the king of Yan'an County and led the military governor of the three towns. The first title was the military military governor of Taining.

At this time, Lu Yihao, as the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture, added this Jiedushi who could not be taken away by the military and had been empty for more than a hundred years. The meaning could only be one, and that was to use his qualifications, character, and

His enthusiasm for the Northern Expedition served as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition.

When necessary, the official family needs to kill people. Even if they want to kill anyone in the ten festivals, they don't have to do it themselves! Because there is a ruthless character here who dares to kill people to do it for the official Zhao family.

Just when thousands of horses were silent under the Leifeng Pagoda, as the escort Shao Chengzhang turned back for the third time, another order arrived, and this time it was an order directed at the hundreds of Southeast Gongge members present.

The purpose is very simple. It is to ask the members of the Huaihe, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Fujian public cabinets on the scene to select 200 people with excellent talents and virtues within the scope of the public cabinet within today based on the talents and virtues of the members... Among them

Ten people will be considered superior, twenty people will be considered upper-middle class, and seventy people will be considered superior. At that time, Zhao Guan's family will assign these people to Hebei, Hedong, and Yanshan respectively according to their rank to know state affairs, know military affairs, pass judgment, know counties, and promote criminal matters.

, mentioning tasks such as tea, salt, etc.

No one is allowed to leave the venue without permission before being elected.

After the decree was issued, Shao Chengzhang turned back three times, leaving only hundreds of southeastern elites in a state of embarrassment under the Leifeng Pagoda under the watch of more than a thousand Qianzhou natives.

The mood of these people is really complicated at this moment... On the one hand, the Zhao Guan family has fulfilled its promise to the government, and a large number of people will be transferred directly to actual dispatch, and it will be such a generous dispatch; on the other hand, this so-called

The actual mission is also an obvious empty mission!

If the Northern Expedition is completed, we will not talk about the Yanshan Road, but only the Hebei East Road with three prefectures, eleven prefectures, the fifth army, and fifty-seven counties; the Hebei West Road with four prefectures, Jiuzhou, Sixth Army, and sixty-five counties; and the Hedong Road

Three prefectures, fourteen prefectures, eight armies, and eighty-one counties, these one hundred dispatches are definitely done properly and will not even delay other places from imitating the same.

But if it doesn't work, this mission is nonsense!

Of course, this is also the conspiracy of Zhao Guan's family, which is to ask them to support the Northern Expedition! Even looking at the current situation, it is impossible to say that after being selected, these one hundred people will directly join the army. This will not only stabilize the rear, but also allow these people to

Being able to serve at the front and be sent out to manage the place at any time is like handing over hostages. If the Northern Expedition becomes difficult, maybe the families of these people will directly contribute their property behind, right?

As soon as they thought about it, everyone's thoughts fast forwarded to the question of whether to go to the battlefield once selected, and would it be dangerous?

But having said that, if the Northern Expedition is completed, then knowing the state, the army, the general magistrate, the county magistrate, and the criminal officials, and the tea and salt affairs are simply a future that I never thought of in my life, right?

In the panic, I couldn't make a choice, and it was impossible to escape under the watch of the army, so I could only talk nonsense and express my confused feelings.

In the midst of the chaos, within half an hour, in the afternoon, the only Yutang scholar accompanying him at this time was also the direct eldest son of the Donglai Lu family who had actually surpassed Meihua Han to become the first sect in the dynasty, Lu Benzhong Lu.

The maester has arrived.

He is here to lead the election.

And with the arrival of Xueshi Lu, things suddenly changed... Without him, you must know that with the eight years of Zhao Guan's family fighting hard, there are always some brainwashed and passionate people in the Southeast Sixth Road Pavilion, and there are also

There are some people who come from official households and are jealous of their political future.

Therefore, after Academician Lu took the initiative to guide, dozens of people volunteered and quickly occupied less than half of the one hundred positions.

Now, among the remaining people, those who were originally considered prestigious and powerful were naturally not angry; and those who were not originally famous in the palace were also envious, but they were afraid that they would miss this opportunity.

Ever since, after struggling all afternoon, Academician Lu finally returned to the mountain with a list of 100 people and was satisfied.

After waiting for a while, around the time when the sun was shining on Lei Feng, Shao Chengzhang, the chief of staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, came back for the fourth time. As expected, the officials had an oral order. According to the list, these 100 people could write letters to their families, but they did not have to.

I'm going home and will go back to Tokyo with my chariot tomorrow... If you don't know how to ride a horse, prepare your own mules!

It was expected, but it must be said that this official had been touring the south for nearly a year before he revealed his rumored minions. It is no wonder that the simple people of the southeast were fooled.

Not to mention that this public cabinet meeting came together inexplicably, and then disbanded inexplicably, and then how happy and worried the hundreds of people were, how they explained to their families, and how they planned their future plans... It can only be said that it was a hard day. Lu Benzhong Lu

The bachelor returned to Zhao Guan's house to finish his work, and was speechless on the spot. However, when he was packing his luggage in the bedroom of Shengguo Temple that night, he suddenly received another summons from Zhao Guan's family, and then received it like a thunderbolt from the clear sky in Zhao Guan's 'bedroom'.

A will.

"I... don't you need to follow the emperor back to the north?" Academician Lu instinctively went to take a look behind Zhao Guan's house, as if he felt that there was some villain there.

However, there was no one behind the official. There was only a Buddha statue as tall as one person, standing there holding flowers and smiling. When he turned around, there was Yang Yizhong guarding the door, but Yang Yizhong should have been there.

It's right here.

"You don't have to read it, no one said anything, it was my intention." Zhao Jiu seemed to have seen through the other person's thoughts and smiled directly. "I want you to stay here and do two things for me..."

Lu Benzhong thought for a while, tried his best to suppress many distracting thoughts, and asked seriously: "I dare to ask the officials, but do you want me to maintain the "Phoenix Xundian" here to maintain the morale of the southeast during the Northern Expedition?"

"That's right." Zhao Jiu continued to respond with a smile. "But you must pay attention to the Northern Expedition. You cannot ignore it. After I leave, there will be no romantic comments in the "Phoenix Xunjian". You must be rigorous..."

"yes."

Lu Benzhong quickly bowed his head... In other words, although Xueshi Lu felt that this assignment was a little overqualified, it was a direction he could think of after all, and it was where his business was in the past, so he felt a little at ease. "Then I dare to ask the official, the second thing

Could it be that the minister is required to communicate secretly with the officials at any time and report the public opinion in the southeast?"

"Of course not." Zhao Jiu immediately laughed again. "This kind of thing is what the question is supposed to mean. Where does it need to be specifically explained about the assignment?"

Lu Benzhong nodded quickly and waited for instructions.

"The second thing is also simple." Zhao Jiu continued to smile at his inner restraint in front of the Buddha's lotus platform. "I will leave you a team of soldiers in Phoenix Mountain... If there are any rumors of disharmony between me in Hebei, you

Then I personally led the soldiers to Dongxiao Palace not far from here and dealt with Yuan Sheng."

Lu Benzhong nodded quickly, but then he was stunned, then dumbfounded, and finally broke into a cold sweat under Zhao Guanjia's smile.

As the saying goes, I neither dare to agree nor refuse, as if something is stuck in my throat or walking on thin ice.
To be continued...