Chapter 77 Exchange
"Marquis Du Yu is not joking?" Cui Yunqing was stunned for a moment and said. Not only did Cui Yunqing feel that Song Wen was just joking, but even Li Jing, Lin Wei, and Wang Wu were a little confused by Song Wen's words just now.
Song Wen said seriously: "How dare I laugh at this? This is written by Song Jieshuai and asked me to ask the envoy Cui's intentions first. If Cui Jieshuai is willing to help Jieshuai with help, then the formal appointment will come soon."
"Supervisor Song Jie wanted to be appointed as the Sima of the marching commander of Pinglu, Ziqing?"
"Yes, it is Sima, the marching commander of the Pinglu Jiedu of Ziqing, and also serves as the deputy ambassador of the Yingtian." Song Wen replied very seriously. After Cui Yunqing received a confirmed reply, he pinched his chin and said nothing, sitting there with a solemn look on his face.
Li Jing was also very surprised by this result. He originally thought that today would be a Hongmen banquet, and not only did the burqa outside wear iron armor, but also a layer of fine armor inside. In addition, in addition to the horizontal sword at his waist, he also hid a sleeve arrow in his sleeve and two short daggers inserted into his legs, which was completely prepared to be hard. Now the imagined sword light and sword shadows are gone, and the sword and axe masters behind the scenes are missing. Even Song Wen did not even mention the matter of killing Feng Yanqing from beginning to end. After a long circle, Song Wen suggested that Jie Shuai wanted to invite Song Wen to Qingzhou to be an official.
What official position is Sima of the marching of the Pinglu Jiedu of Ziqing? Li Jing knew very well in his heart.
When the Sima marched, he was in charge of military affairs. When he was in charge of military affairs, he was accustomed to hunting. When he was in war, he was in charge of war and defense. He was given the same method, equipment, food, military status, and military status. Although he was in charge of military affairs, he was a civil service.
To put it more specifically, the position of Jiedushi Sima is the third chief officer second only to Jiedushi and Deputy Envoy in the Jiedushi shogunate. In fact, Jiedushi's power is even more powerful than that of the Deputy Envoy, and is the actual second person in the Shogunate. Jiedushi's power is extremely powerful, with four specific positions.
First, recruitment, training, military equipment, and food and grass reserves. Second, control military talismans and seals and rectify the team with laws and regulations. Third, go out with the army during war, consult with military affairs or directly lead the troops. Fourth, focus on financial expenditures in the army and give special military funds.
To put it bluntly, there is no one he doesn't care about the Sima of the Jiedushi. He is in charge of recruiting troops, training, military equipment, food and grass, talismans, and military law. He is also in charge of financial expenditure. The people who are in charge of the border army's food and salary, and he is in charge of the senator during the war, and even directly commands the troops. These powers are much more than the power of the Deputy Envoy. The Deputy Envoy is ranked above the Sima of the Army. Originally, when the Jiema went to war, the Deputy Envoy would generally be left behind, which was called the Liehou Envoy. Once the Jiemaster was killed or was critically ill and unable to take charge, the Deputy Envoy would be in charge of the affairs of the General's Mansion. However, at this time of the late Tang Dynasty, the position of the Liehou was basically occupied by the Sima of the Army.
In any case, the position of the governor of the army is a real important position, not only with a high position but also with a heavier power. In the five prefectures of Lu Town in Ziqing, Ziqing, he had 37,000 soldiers and horses. Once Cui Yunqing took over this position, he would be the second person in Ziqing Town. What's more, Song Wei also asked Cui Yunqing to serve as the deputy ambassador of the Yingtian. Although the position of Deputy Ambassador of the Yingtian was not as good as that of the marching Sima, he was also the main reward for all military farming affairs in the five prefectures, each state, each army and battalion.
Compared with the position of governor, there are traditionally those who are marching Sima who are transferred to the position of governor of the state, but few are transferred to the position of governor of the state. It seems that the rank is a little lower, but in fact, Ziqing Town, as a Fang Town with five prefectures and holding 37,500 square meters of Lu Jun, is a powerful Fang Town that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the three towns in Hebei. The position of the Jiedushi Sima is definitely higher than that of the governor of Dengzhou and has heavier power.
However, although the Sima of the Jiedu March is a civil servant, it is a real position in charge of the army. Cui Yunqing has been an official for many years, but has never really managed military affairs. Although he is still serving as the training envoy of the Dengzhou Unification Corps, in fact, he has never asked about this matter at all. Song Wei called him to be the Sima of the Jiedu March. Is he really needed him to assist him, or is he just trying to transfer him out of Dengzhou?
"If I leave Dengzhou, who will take over as the governor?"
Song Wen said: "Jingshou means that if the envoy Cui can go to Qingzhou, then Dengzhou will be taken over as the governor."
Cui Yunqing's eyes flashed, but for a moment his heart was bright. He understood everything. From the first day when Song Wen came to Dengzhou, he was not really a member of Du Yuhou who united the army, but he came to the governor of Dengzhou. He had previously joined Feng Yanqing, probably just wanted to use Feng's power to deal with him. But later Feng suddenly died, but he had some evidence left by Li Jing. So everything changed again.
This is a exchange of power. Shortly after Song Wei arrived in Ziqing Town, he only brought 500 personal soldiers and a few confidants. It is impossible to master the powerful Ziqing Town by this. Song Wei needs an ally, an ally with a foundation in Ziqing. Feng Yanqing has such conditions, and Cui Yunqing has such conditions. The Cui family is the largest clan in Shandong, and Cui Yunqing alone has profound power. In Dengzhou, half of the generals in charge of soldiers are his. Not to mention, the foundation of the Cui family, the largest branch of the Qinghe Cui family, is in Qingzhou.
Could it be that Song Wen did not mention Li Jing's killing Feng Yanqing? For Song Wen, Feng Yanqing was just an ally who originally planned to form an alliance. Now that he has a stronger ally, the old ally will die. Song Wen would never want to really fight Cui Yunqing head-on, not to mention the strength of the Cui family, let alone King Zhao and Yu Yan behind him. Song Wen did not show off with Li Jing until today because he had been waiting for the reply from the Jieshou Song Wei.
Today he finally received a reply from Song Wei, asking him to make trouble with Cui Yunqing, but instead he found a way to get Cui Yunqing over. Song Wei only has the title of a military governor, but he has not yet controlled Ziqing Town. He needs Cui Yunqing, the Cui family, Zhao Wang Li Shi, Yu Qing and the powerful forces to help him control Ziqing Town.
After receiving the reply, Song Wen did not come to Cui Yunqing directly, but showed up with Li Jing first, which was of great significance. The showdown of killing Feng Yanqing to Li Jing was still to pass on the meaning of Cui Yun and the others. In this way, then we talked about joining forces, which was not only a show of kindness, but also showed sincerity. Moreover, there was a powerful threat.
Cui Yunqing was silent. The conditions proposed by Song Wen were indeed good, which made people excited. However, Cui Yunqing was not optimistic about Song Wei before. It can be said that since the Pinglu army first came to Shandong from Yingzhou, western Liaoning, and changed the Pinglu army to Pinglu Town in Ziqing, this army, which was originally composed of many clans, has been very powerful. Li Zheng, the general of the Goguryeo clan of the Pinglu army, drove away the former Jiedushi and started this. Later, the Li family later divided Ziqing Town for three generations and four generations for 60 years, and once established itself as king. At the most powerful time, it was 100,000 strong soldiers, and based on the twelve states, it was the world's most powerful vassal, and was still above the Three Strong Towns in Hebei.
Although Ziqing Town was defeated and divided into three towns by Emperor Xianzong, the lord of Zhongxing, Emperor Xianzong, since then, Ziqing Town nominally returned to the rule of the Tang Dynasty. But in fact, the Jiedushi appointed by the court came and went, went and came again and again like a lantern. Since the demise of the Li family, in the fifty-four years, Ziqing Town has appointed a total of twenty-two Jiedushis. On average, each Jiedushi has only two and a half years of re-elected for less than three years.
The Li family in Ziqing Town was destroyed, but the Pinglu army was still there.
Although the Pinglu army is no longer as large as the previous scale of more than 100,000, there are still 37,500 troops. As long as the Jiedushi cannot control the Pinglu army, he will not be able to sit firmly on the Pinglu Jiedushi. Many famous officials and generals have served in Ziqing Town, and even Cui Yunqing's friend Yu Quan has only been there for three years. Although he left office because of Yu Cong, Yu Quan still did not really control Ziqing Town after three years. On the surface, Ziqing Town was led by the Jiedushi, but in fact, it was ruled by the tens of thousands of Pinglu troops.
Song Wei is famous and has a great reputation, but he has been in office for almost a year and still has no achievements. Therefore, Cui Yunqing and others were not optimistic about Song Wei at the beginning, so when Song Wen came to contact him, they kept a distance.
But this time, Cui Yunqing felt that she had no choice. Song Wen had the evidence that Li Jing killed Feng Yanqing. If he refused, although Song Wen would not really dare to attack him, it would be possible to arrest Li Jing and other people with conclusive evidence. On the other hand, if Song Wei really wanted to fully support Song Wen to compete for the position of governor of Dengzhou, I am afraid that his life will not be easy in the future.
If you combine, you will benefit both; if you divide, you will suffer both.
After thinking for a long time, Cui Yunqing finally agreed to Song Wei's invitation. As long as he agreed to this matter, it would basically be an exchange of rights. By this time, even important officials such as the governor and the marching Sima would basically not be able to control it. It was mostly a matter of the local ritual commanders, and if they were stuffed some money on the front and back, the matter would be done.
When Song Wen received Cui Yunqing's clear reply, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and a happy smile appeared on his face. Although Cui Yunqing refused to agree, Song Wei could also mobilize Cui Yunqing with the power of the Jiedushi and push him to the position of governor of Dengzhou. But everyone understood that at this time of the late Tang Dynasty, these open rights were sometimes not really useful. If the Cui family, which had a huge local power, would not accept it, Song Wei would be helpless. Even if it was not done well, the arrogant soldiers and generals of the Pinglu Army would go crazy and directly oust him as Jiedushi.
Cui Yunqing stood up, grabbed Li Jing's hand, and said to Song Wen: "After the matter, I also talked to Song Envoy, "I have been talking to Song Envoy for a long time. I have been doing things in my life without thinking. If I go to Qingzhou, he will leave it to Song Envoy for more care in the future."
Song Wen also smiled and took Li Jing's hand, and said intimately as if he were his own brothers: "Brother Ji Yu is decisive and does things straightforwardly. He is a rare talent for being civil and military. Why not bring him by his side when Cui Gong is going to Qingzhou now?"
Cui Yunqing turned to look at Li Jing and smiled and said, "It's not bad to follow me to Qingzhou, but it's up to him to make an idea. Ji Yu, are you willing to follow me to Qingzhou or stay in Dengzhou?"
Chapter completed!