Zhao Guanjia, who made a deal with Zhang Jun by making an installment appointment to repay the loan, did not stop his inspection of the troops. Two days later, when the follow-up personnel arrived, he and Zhang Jun continued to travel east together. Not only went to Binzhou, inspected the returned Zhang Zongyan's troops, but also continued to travel east. He arrived at the land of Denglai in the middle of the twelfth lunar month and inspected the Imperial Camp Navy.

Here, while Zhao Guan family comforted Li Bao, he promised him a position with the governor on the spot, which was to give the Royal Camp Navy a certain improvement in specifications. At the same time, they asked Li Bao to take the initiative to send two sea boats to accompany the fleet organized by Zhang Jun to go to sea, which was also familiar with the meaning of sea routes.

At the same time, the meeting between Yue Fei and Tian Shizhong in Qingzhou and Zizhou seemed a little quiet.

Of course, during this period, the court's private memorials urging Zhao Guanjia to return, and the letters from the imperial camps from all over the country expressed their loyalty due to various greetings, including Yue Fei's opinion on him taking charge of the right army of the imperial camps... but he never stopped.

It is worth mentioning that Yue Fei was not saying to the command of the Right Army of the Imperial Camp to avoid suspicion. Instead, he implicitly stated in his secret letter that as a Hebei native, he could control the former Imperial Camp front army, even the Bazi Army, which was adapted from the original Tokyo Left-behind Secretariat, and even the Bazi Army, but if he controlled the Right Army of the Imperial Camp, he might be dissatisfied in various places with the Western Army as his foundation.

This is just like Zhang Jun asked for an explanation for Master Tian that night, and he came to ensure it.

To be honest, this behavior is a bit out of place. If any emperor wants to be chanted, Zhao Jiu knew that Yue Fei's move had a reason... Specifically, for Yue Pengju, he would accept or do whatever he would help the Northern Expedition plan, regardless of whether this would cause trouble for himself.

To be direct, this is called taking care of the country without hesitation.

However, even if Zhao Jiu understood Yue Fei's ideas, it was really hard for Zhao Jiu to say anything to Yue Fei at this time. Because helping to eliminate Zhang Jun, the soul figure of the Right Army in the Imperial Camp, so that Yue Fei could control the power of the Right Army in the Imperial Camp through the Tianshizhong was already a limit. If he gave the explanation, he could only give it from the status. Once he gave it from the status, the fact that Zhang Jun was given was left with military power was likely to be exposed.

This is too much and is not good for anyone.

By then, not only will Zhang Jun lose his authority, but Yue Fei will definitely not be able to live or die. A commander controls half of the military power of the Imperial Camp, especially Yue Fei is also a friend of life and death with the navy commander Zhang Rong? And he is stationed on JD.com? This is simply incredible.

When this situation is the first one to jump out to oppose it is Zhang Jun and Zhang Deyuan, the prime minister who has always been the most convinced and supported Yue Fei. Moreover, according to Zhang Deyuan's temper, he may directly embarrass Yue Fei, and things will become out of control at that time.

After all, this matter has nothing to do with personal relationships, likes and dislikes, right and wrong, but more about systems and just in case. Even further, Zhao Jiu does this? In the eyes of everyone except him, it is indeed a bit dangerous.

As for Zhao Jiu himself, although he is ten thousand peace of mind, he is not enough to tell anyone else.

Putting aside this thought, since Zhao Jiu came to Dengzhou? When he saw Li Bao, he watched the fleet go out to sea, but it was already the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month? And this place is 1,200 miles away from Tokyo? It is really impossible to delay any longer. So, he turned around. The official who had something to do in his mind led a few cavalrymen, led Zhang Jun, Wang Yan, Liu Yan, Yu Yunwen and other close ministers who could run long distances back to the Ji River first. Then he rushed west along the river and headed all the way to Tokyo.

One thousand two hundred miles, it took ten days to complete it? It is not the fastest, but it can definitely be called a thousand miles of great transformation.

One of the important reasons for being so hasty is that the Zhao Guan family has already missed many things this winter... Although he signed the treasury bonds as soon as he returned to Beijing, the treasury bonds were sold only by the provincial eunuchs, and the imperial front class directly followed the Ministry of Revenue. The final of the Cuju League was finally held as usual, but he had to invite two empress dowagers to come out to sit in the private room, and then Lu Gongxiang came out to award the prize; the rest were similar... And if this continues, there would be some chaos in the capital.

Therefore, even though he was persuaded, the official did not delay the second day, which was the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month.

After all, the importance of this matter is not comparable to other things.

I have to say more here. After several years of inheritance, Taixue and Political Affairs has now become very ritualistic and has a specific process.

Generally speaking, starting from the morning, the following important officials of the prime minister will hold the manuscripts and tell the "Tai students" about the achievements of their departments under the leadership of the Zhao Guan family this year, and it feels like a job report. Then there will be a moment of rest at noon to facilitate many people to communicate privately. The afternoon is the part where the important officials are asked questions. Although they still maintain open questions, generally within half a month, the official newspaper will warm up the relevant core issues and provide a rough guide. The Zhao Guan family will also play a role in threading needles and threading at this time, so that the relevant departments can come out to answer related questions.

Back in front of me, this time, it may be that everyone knew that Zhao Guan’s family was tired from traveling, or that the fact that the official was angry and approached for two months before made the political atmosphere in the capital a little bad. It is more likely that the official was sitting upright but frowned and thought, as if he was in a bad mood... So this time, there were not many people who were talking nonsense about the political situation and provoking Zhao Guan’s family.

But no one knew that no one was torturing the Zhao Guan family in person, but the Zhao Guan family had been torturing himself... Or, since Ma Kuo turned around and left that day, he had been asking himself a serious question these days - how can he accumulate energy to meet the needs of the Northern Expedition?

Theoretically, the national finances are gradually improving. It is hard to say that after seven or eight years, the country will return to its heyday level of 80% of the previous heyday. At that time, it can support 300,000 elite troops while meeting other daily expenses, and then carry out a large amount of precious metals and food and grass savings to prepare for the Northern Expedition.

And this is exactly what many conservative ministers expect, and it is also the plan that Zhao Jiu long denied... It would be better to choose this to go to Yangzhou at the beginning, that's safer!

Why did you stay on Huai on that day? You still can’t bear to abandon the Central Plains!

Why are you so anxious today? You can’t bear to abandon the two rivers!

Some things are not taken out and calculated in a snap. How to do whatever is the most reasonable... National spirit and national integration motivation must be considered.

But if he didn't wait so long, how could he save enough food, horse materials, cloth, and precious metals for the Northern Expedition while raising troops? He could only reduce his harem expenditure?

It should be known that at the moment, you can no longer save money on civil servant salaries and other expenses. This will limit the speed of national recovery, which will be detrimental to long-term plans at that time, which is equivalent to drinking poison to quench thirst.

And this is another deadlock.

I'm afraid it is precisely because of this that Zhao Jiu chose to try to get involved after learning about Zhang Jun's business regardless of risks and public opinion.

This official is already a little hungry.

Not to mention how the Zhao official family thought about the plan for the Northern Expedition, so that they did not return to Beijing for most of the winter. After returning to Beijing, they also exposed their worries in the Taixue and Political Affairs Department. They only said that the official family finally returned to Beijing, which made the political atmosphere in the entire capital slightly eased.

On the second day, on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, after rushing to deal with the past Taixue affairs, the Taixue became lively... Because this day is the beginning of the annual holiday, according to the practice of several years, students in Taixue who are close to home generally have to wait until today before returning home, while students who are far away from home generally have to prepare for the matters of staying in the capital for the New Year.

Of course, under the special system of Sanshe Fajia Palace Examination, every year, the value of Tai students is self-evident. Therefore, in these days, not only will the palace summon some outstanding Tai students, but many noble officials, such as Wu, Lu and important officials, including the current prime minister, will also specially ask their children to invite some good Tai students to their mansions for the New Year. Even the first time, staying in the Tai School, there are also wealthy businessmen, nobles, and temples to help support meat, vegetables, rice and noodles.

There is no need to learn from Fan Zhongyan to read.

"That seems to be the son of Zhao Gong's family?"

In a private room at a restaurant near the window on the north bank of Cai River, Chao Gongwu, a straight-shelf man who had just used a bowl of ginger soup to drive away the cold, had no time to put down the bowl, so he stared at the other side of the river outside the window and blurted out.

"It should be."

The friend who was sitting in the same seat was also the person who was the superficial name of this banquet - the welcome banquet. Yu Yunwen looked through the window for a moment and immediately nodded. His eyesight and physique have always been recognized as outstanding. It is precisely because of this that he can return early with the official family.

The old Ren Baozhong, the weak Fan Zongyin, and Lu Benzhong were still riding their horses back to Tokyo for the New Year.

"Are the sons of the Prime Minister, are they also coming to such places to eat mutton?" Chao Gongwu couldn't help but sigh.

"What's this?"

The elder brother who had been drinking soup on the opposite side, led Hu Quan, who reported the matters by the residence, looked up and calmly said that Zhao Gong also often came to Cai He to drink mutton soup, and the officials also ordered takeaways here... Zhao Gong is recognized as the first in the court's private ethics. He does not repair private property or make personal friends. In addition, his family fled from Hedong, and even his ancestors' real estate did not have a mu. He lived with his salary and rewards. It was simple that the tooth sacrifice here was ordinary."

"More than that?" Yu Yunwen also smiled casually. "Even if Master Zhao has not yet taken the blame for his family, it is said that he was also implicated by his father..."

"How do you say this?" Chao Gongwu asked curiously. "The prince of the prime minister's family is worried about marriage?"

"How can I say it? It's not because Zhao Xianggong is the prime minister that Zhao eldest son is not easy to take the exam and the palace exam, so as not to be suspicious. Since he doesn't go to the exam, it's difficult to get out of the Imperial Academy. If he doesn't go out of the Imperial Academy and has no fame, it's difficult to get married..." Hu Quan on the opposite side explained casually.

"This is..." Chao Gongwu was stunned for a moment.

"But that's true, they are also the eldest son of the prime minister. If you don't believe it, please ask the following students. Are they willing to come to Cai Henan to drink mutton soup and squirt sheepskin, or are they willing to follow Xiao Wu's uncle to drink Lanqiao Fengyue at his father-in-law's house?" Hu Quan continued to ask with a smile.

The answer was self-evident, but Chao Gongwu still nodded when he heard this, and his words were still cautious: "Now it is Jun Ming and Xiangxian."

These words caused everyone present to nod, but Hu Xiu Xiu, who was opposite, shook his head and said nothing.

By the way, Hu Quan shook his head but did not have any objections to Zhao Ding. Although they had disagreements in politics, the gap between the two was too big and not yet able to match them. Moreover, Zhao Ding's own talent and virtue are generally recognized as good, and everyone in the court is convinced... The reason why he shook his head was that he felt that everyone had their own ambitions and things changed.

Now the seven or eight of the same year here are far from the students who were from the same age three or four years ago.

At that time, everyone was a classmate and a Jinshi in the same subject. Even if they had different positions and thoughts, they would not delay everyone being friends. But now they have been doing their own three years of mission, and they have completely different mentalities from their political status to their political positions, including all kinds of mentalities.

The most obvious one among them is Chao Gongwu. This person has the ability, better knowledge, and is famous for his knowledge. He is undoubtedly the best in the same class. He has a serious career, but he has gradually become unfamiliar with the rest of the people in his political position.

The reason is that the sentence is one time and another.

Let me say that three years ago, Chao Gongwu's family moved from his hometown in Jeju to Shuzhong because of evading war. At that time, the entire army naturally supported the imperial court's use of troops and recovered the lost territory to stabilize the situation. However, after Yaoshan, the situation was stable, and the Chao family moved back to the ancestral land, but the clan naturally lost the desire to support the imperial court's use of troops. Not only that, the elders in Chao Gongwu's family also gradually complained about the imperial court's policies because the abandoned land at home was used as a military camp by the army in front of the imperial camp, and they did not even allow redemption.

These things directly and indirectly all affected him, so that after the White Horse Shaoxing Incident, Chao Gongwu, who was still relatively young, expressed his dissatisfaction in letters with several friends, and then attracted some criticism... His current cautious attitude was, on the one hand, he gradually became knowledgeable, but on the other hand, he realized that the Zhao official family's determination was not to violate the great affairs of the court, and the political atmosphere among the students around him had also formed, so he had no choice but to hide and give in.

However, in Hu Quan, who noticed Chao Gongwu's changes early, this was okay.

You should know that even the "Three Ministers of Jingkang Imperial College" who had a fate and had a friendship with Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun and Hu Yin had already parted ways and had different political views. How could this group of Imperial College students who had been in Jianyan for three years have always been as close as a family?

Not to mention Chao Gongwu, who was disobeying the overall situation and fell out, even if he is so close to Yu Yunwen, he will never be able to become an opponent in the future.

Hu Quan was mentally prepared for this.

"When talking about Zhao Gong and Zhao Gongzi, I remembered a joke." While speaking, another person spoke at the same time. "As we all know, although the East and West governments are harmonious in major events, they are often in conflict with minor events. Although they cannot be called party disputes, they are also suspected of being divided. When they discuss privately, they have never known how to call the two parties... If they say Zhao and Zhang, they will offend the national surname; if they say the East and West governments, they will be arranged in the overall situation of the government, and some situations will be contrary to the situation... But a few days ago, there was a new statement in the Imperial Academy, which I think is very appropriate."

"How to say it?" Except for Xiao Yu Tanhua, who is the son of Zhang Jun's former official, the rest of the people showed curiosity.

"It's just using the wooden party and the water party!"

"How did this come about?" Even Hu Quan was surprised for a moment.

However, Yu Yunwen was the first to wake up, but it was not funny.

"No, there are several children of Zhao Xianggong, and all of them are named from the famous Shuichuan in Hedong. Zhao Gongzi called Zhao Fen, and Zhao Mi, the eldest lady of Zhao family called Zhao Mi." The same year blurted out. "And Mr. Zhang got a son a few days ago and named him Zhang Feng. Only then did the people know that Mr. Zhang had a famous family in Shu, and the next generation of his family would go to the character "Mu"...

After a word, everyone burst into laughter, and even Yu Yunwen couldn't help but lower his head and laugh.

However, in the midst of laughter, the last person finally arrived, but he was the real target of this gathering - Mei Li Mei Maoxiu, a direct sergeant who participated in the same year in Beijing for the first time.

"You all the same year, I'm ashamed!" Mei Sheren entered the private room and bowed and apologized. "I was going to come early after I got off the job, but when I was about to leave, the official family suddenly summoned me and asked a lot of questions in front of the harem pavilion. I just left the palace and changed my clothes and came over quickly."

Since it was summoned by the officials, everyone naturally had nothing to say. They just quickly asked Mei Sheren to sit down and then called the helpers in the store to serve the food. There was a prostitute who came in actively in the middle, and was given some money by everyone and invited out... They are real political stars, who can enter the core circle, so how could they not know the mentality of the officials? Why bother to make the officials dislike for such a thing?

As the banquet was opened, everyone first politely talked about the Taixue Zhonghe Palace Examination in the past. However, after three rounds of wine, as officials in Beijing, they were all so-called tiger squads with great prospects, but they couldn't help but exchange political information.

In fact, this is the fundamental reason for this kind of gathering.

"Taiwei Zhang followed the official family to Beijing and went to the Western Palace to meet Zhang Shuxiang. He only told Zhang Zongyan about the matter. He actually knew about it. But he didn't expect that the guy was so bold in the end and sent so many soldiers!" Yu Yunwen said casually, saying a message that could not be hidden from anyone, which was an appetizer.

Everyone was not hesitant, but Chao Gongwu was slightly stunned when he heard this, but in the end he said nothing.

"In this way, has Zhang Zongyan saved his life?" Someone asked curiously.

"This is natural!" Xiao Yu Tanhua replied frankly. "After the Xifu report came up, the official directly issued an order and demoted it to the capital, which is effective in the military..."

"This must be agreed by the officials and Taiwei Zhang in person." Hu Quan also came to the conclusion with the situation.

"Can the Grand Secretary (also known as the Minister of Justice) be happy?" Everyone nodded, and another person was curiously interrupted. "Ten days after he entered the capital, he took down the Dali Temple Minister and the imperial concubine's uncle in the hall, and quickly sentenced Yang Zheng to behead him and sentenced him to the generals of Guanxi, and forced dozens of generals below Wu Jiedu to write a letter to defend themselves and ask the court to deal with it. He was very popular for a while, and was considered to have a face for the civil servants of the court... Should we let Taiwei Zhang go like this this time?"

"The Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Justice Ma Shen?" Hu Quan raised his glass and drank it all, sneering before Yu Yunwen. "The Grand Secretary of the Grand Secretary of the past few days are glorious, but how can we live in private? The upper and lower levels of the capital regard him as soon as he enters the capital, driving the officials away... The court was expelled by the ministers, causing the court to be nervous and resentful inside and outside... In the past two months, the official family was outside, and the Grand Secretary of the Capital was actually the most difficult to bear in the capital. All kinds of postures were just forcing them! If he continues to make trouble, he is afraid that he will really make grudges between the upper and lower levels, and then even the Southeast Xianggong Lu and Li Xianggong would send a letter to question him!"

"Brother Hu said it well." Someone interrogated. "This time the local strategy and the Minister of the Shangshu, they all thought that Liu Shilang (Liu Hongdao) and the Grand Secretary Kou were on the same journey, but in the middle of this month, Liu Shilang personally dispatched the central army of the Imperial Camp to cross the river and break through a military camp on the other side, as if they were not the same journey as the Grand Secretary... It can be seen that the Grand Secretary Kou was invincible, but he was just a powerful momentum and was not popular in the court."

"Actually, these are all minor ways. Even if the Grand Secretary Kou Zhen continues to be so strong, what if? He can't always be able to control the overall situation. The key to doing things is to be urgent for the king and focus on major policies and strategies. This is the right way." Hu Quan suddenly turned around. "Since the official met Ma Jiedu in Heyin, the major policies and strategies in the future have already emerged. He just needs to be dedicated to saving money, food, and horses to cross the Hebei Expedition! In the next few years, everything will be concessions to these things."

"Brother Hu said very well." Another person responded. "After that day, the residence report reported that General Ma came to see the official family, our Ministry of Revenue began to check the accounts and check the warehouse... But after calculating, it was always hard for a good cook to cook without rice."

"It's true." Yu Yunwen also frowned and sighed. No one in the audience knew the thoughts of the government better than him. "I remember that Shangshu Lin had a speech at the Imperial Academy yesterday. This year, the annual income, plus the 3 million NTD loan, and the first income of the Qingmiao Loan in the second half of this year, the Jiaoziwu was only 38 million tins (one tins are equivalent to one-day money or one tael of silver, and the actual value at this time is about 770 tins).....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Let’s talk about it, people around him naturally knew that Yu Yunwen was traveling with the government this time, so when the 300,000 imperial soldiers said it, they believed it in their hearts, knowing that this was a certain bottom line set by the government and Ma Kuo after they discussed it, but even so, they could still be shocked when they heard this number.

"The official is too strong for the imperial camp!" Chao Gongwu couldn't help it. "According to the letter from the envoy of the three officials of Renzong, a royal army spent only fifty knots a year at that time, and now he raised an imperial camp official, about eighty to ninety knots, and even nearly one hundred knots... If this example is used to raise 300,000 soldiers, wouldn't he not do anything?!"
To be continued...