On the way back to Yunzhou, Zhao Ziliang took the military officers and subordinates to Shuozhou, which was also southwest of Yunzhou and north of Loufan County.
The security of Shuozhou is under the responsibility of the Datong Army.
In addition, it is located in the southwest of Yunzhou and has two thousand county soldiers.
It is actually very safe.
Moreover, if the northern nomads want to attack here, they must first eradicate the defenders of Yunzhong.
Only by capturing Datong's troops can we reach Shuozhou.
Zhao Ziliang vigorously reorganized the Datong Army and Kelan Army, especially the fact that Pei Lie, the deputy envoy of the Datong Army, suffered a disaster, and Ma Sheng, the prefect of Yunzhou, was even more embarrassed.
The news had already spread throughout Hedong.
Of course Cui Jinrong, the governor of Shuozhou, and Wang Shengdao, the commander-in-chief of the county army, also got the news in time. , when they learned from special channels that Zhao Ziliang had returned from the Kelan Army and was likely to change his route to Shuozhou on the way, they immediately made preparations to welcome Zhao Ziliang and his party, just as Zhao Ziliang and others were rushing to Shuozhou.
On the way, Shuozhou City and the counties below were in a state of chaos.
Prefect Cui Jinrong is a direct descendant of the Boling Cui family, and his status is extraordinary.
Wang Shengdao, the commander-in-chief of the county army, is a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and his status is also extraordinary.
However, they do not dare to take Zhao Ziliang hard.
There were five major clans in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, namely the Boling Cui family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Longyou Li family, the Zhaojun Li family, the Xingyang Zheng family, and the Taiyuan Wang family.
Among them, the Cui family and the Li family each have two county titles, so these five clans are also called the Five Surnames and Seven Views.
The children of their families are officials all over the Tang Dynasty, and the highest official position is the prime minister.
During the Tang Dynasty, the Cui family of Boling and the Cui family of Qinghe branched into ten branches of the Cui family, which produced a total of twenty-nine prime ministers.
Therefore, the Cui family is regarded as one of the most famous surnames in the world and is recognized as "the highest-ranking family in the world".
Gate, the head of the wealthy family in the north."
The most famous prime minister of the Cui family is Cui Xuanwei.
He was a protégé of Di Renjie, the prime minister during Wu Zetian's period.
He was promoted by Di Renjie and later participated in the "Shenlong Coup", forcing Wu Zetian to abdicate and return power to Li Tang.
Therefore, he was promoted to the rank of Shizhong. , Zhongshu Ling, and was later named the Prince of Boling County.
Speaking of the Boling Cui family, there is another very famous figure in the history of the Three Kingdoms, Cui Zhouping, a close friend of Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu.
Regarding Zhao Ziliang, the young immediate boss, although Cui Jinrong and Wang Shengdao were both from aristocratic families and had extraordinary status comparable to that of a prefect, they had already learned about Zhao Ziliang's methods, so they did not dare to neglect them and did not send anyone to Zhao Ziliang.
Even with the notice, they still took Shuozhou civil and military officials ten miles out of the city to greet him.
No matter if they could pick up someone, it would be good to try their luck.
They were lucky.
Zhao Ziliang and others really took the road they set out to meet.
Bo Lehan, who was exploring the road ahead, rode back and reported: "General, Cui Jinrong, the prefect of Shuozhou, Wang Shengdao, the commander of the county soldiers, and others Civil and military officials met the general not far ahead."
Zhao Ziliang was surprised after hearing Bo Lehan's report: "How did they know that this general was coming?"
Changshi Gaoshang smiled and said: "General, this is not surprising.
Cui Jinrong is a descendant of the Cui family in Boling, and Wang Shengdao is a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan.
They have different backgrounds and connections.
There may be people who are familiar with them in the Kelan army.
We sent someone to report before we set off."
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang looked at the distance of the road intently and said, "So they have been prepared for a long time."
"I'm afraid that's the case" Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said, "I'm here now, so let's go.
Let's go."
After galloping for a while, I saw some civil and military officials standing on the roadside, looking around.
There were also many horses, carriages and sedan chairs parked nearby, and some coachmen and sedan bearers stood behind them.
"It's really here, come on, come on, everyone is dressed and ready to accompany me to welcome General Zhao."
Cui Jinrong immediately said while adjusting his official uniforms and official hats.
After hearing this, other civil and military officials also began to pay attention to their appearance, so as not to give trouble to the upcoming general.
The young general who arrived made a bad impression.
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Zhao Ziliang galloped up to the officials, reined in his horse and stopped: "Law" Cui Jinrong immediately led the officials a few steps forward and saluted: "Cui Jinrong, the governor of Shuozhou, led the officials to welcome the general to Shuozhou to inspect military and political affairs."
Zhao Ziliang looked at Cui Jinrong and others.
Each of these people were wearing fur coats, while the bearers and horsemen were all wearing thin clothes.
Many of them were kneeling in the snow and shivering from the cold.
He jumped off the horse and raised his hands and said: "The princes have come to greet you.
Zhao has received this great hospitality.
Please get up.
The bearers and horsemen over there also got up.
It's very cold to kneel on the ground."
"Thank you, General."
Civil and military officials, sedan bearers and coachmen all got up.
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "I didn't inform you before I came, but I didn't expect that you already knew about it and sent people to clean up the snow on the road.
It used a lot of manual labor.
This is not good.
It wastes people and money.
If all this manual labor is used, Save it and use it to dredge water conservancy before spring plowing.
This general is riding a horse.
If there is no snow on the road, he will ride a horse, so don't do this kind of thing again in the future.
The eyes of the people are sharp.
You serve as an official for the local government. common people do The people will see clearly how many good things you have done, how much you have plundered from the people, the people will also remember, and how many evil things you have done to harm the people.
The people dare to be angry and dare not speak out, but they will hate you in their hearts.
To die in an official position is to be humble.
Be a high-profile person, do things in a high-profile manner, and do a few good things for the people in a down-to-earth manner.
When you leave office, if people come to see you off spontaneously or hold you back from leaving, it means that you are people of the people.
A good official whom I sincerely support” Cui Jinrong said quickly: "The general's words are thought-provoking.
We Shuozhou civil and military officials must keep them in mind and move closer to the good officials the general said."
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "Okay, it's cold in the wild.
Don't stand here anymore.
Let's talk about it when we get back to the city.
Hey, who are these beauties and carriages?
My general is riding a horse, and you are still riding in a car or a sedan."
Are there any rules?”
Shuozhou officials suddenly burst into cold sweat.
Cui Jinrong and Wang Shengdao were overjoyed at this time.
They thought that Zhao Ziliang was a military general and must have come on horseback.
Therefore, they came on horseback.
If they came in a car or sedan like other idiots, then It's really beautiful.
The two people hurriedly said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, the two of us came on horseback.
It's very cold outside.
Why don't we go down and escort the general back to the city first, and let them follow behind?"
Zhao Ziliang looked up at the sky and saw that it was getting late.
He was afraid that it would get dark soon, so he agreed: "Okay, let's go first."
"General, please," Cui Jinrong said, making a sign of inviting you first, and then said in a low voice to other officials: "You bunch of idiots, please walk back for me, otherwise I will make you walk around without food."
The officials watched Cui Jinrong and Wang Shengdao accompany Zhao Ziliang and his party on horseback towards Shuozhou City.
They all looked at each other.
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One official asked one of them: "Don't drive me, sir, what should I do?"
After entering the Tianbao Year, many states in the Tang Dynasty were reorganized into military units, and the governors of the states were also changed to prefects.
The subordinate officers included Biejia, Changshi, Sima and other superior officers.
The imperial court often placed idle officials with high grades and generous salaries. , these officials are just assistant officers and have no authority.
Therefore, if the prefect is dissatisfied with them, their life will be difficult.
Biejia snorted coldly and said: "Humph, what else can we do?
The prefect has said harsh words, we can only walk back.
Let's go.
If we go back early, we can catch up with the banquet to welcome General Zhao."
An official sighed: "Hey, I wish I had known I was coming on horseback.
Why am I so stupid?"
There is an inn in Shuozhou City.
Zhao Ziliang originally planned to live in the inn, but Cui Jinrong and others had already arranged a large house.
Such a large house is one of the best in the entire Shuozhou City.
Zhao Ziliang wanted to We stayed here conveniently and did not go to the inn again.
After Zhao Ziliang and others finished washing, Cui Jinrong came over to greet him and said that other civil and military officials had rushed back and were now waiting in the restaurant for Zhao Ziliang and others.
Everyone immediately followed Cui Jinrong to the restaurant.
At the banquet, Zhao Ziliang did not take the opportunity to get angry again, and just ate, drank and watched singing and dancing in a normal manner.
After the banquet, everyone walked out of the restaurant.
Cui Jinrong said to Zhao Ziliang: "General, Pang Xiaoyu's Pang family from Taiyuan City recently came to Shuozhou.
It's still early and there is no curfew like Chang'an.
Why not go and listen to the Pang family play and sing some songs?
" Zhao Ziliang asked in confusion: "Who is Pang Xiaoyu's Pang family?"
Changshi Gaoshang whispered in his ear: "Pang Xiaoyu is the number one oiran in the east of Hedong.
He has been smart since he was a child.
He has a beautiful appearance and has unparalleled talents.
He is good at playing chess, calligraphy and painting.
He also likes to recite poems and compose poems.
All his poems are among the best."
As a writer, her talent can be called the most extraordinary woman in Hedong.
Even Master Tian, the governor of Jiedu, praised her highly."
"Oh" Zhao Ziliang nodded and said to Cui Jinrong: "I have been traveling all day today and I am very tired.
I will not go.
We will talk about it another day."
Cui Jinrong saw that Zhao Ziliang really didn't want to go, so he immediately said: "In that case, I will send the general back to rest."
Zhao Ziliang waved his hand and said: "There is no need to send it off.
I am not drunk, and the journey is not far.
Let's stop sending anything.
Everyone disperses and gathers at the prefect's office tomorrow morning."
"Promise" "It's easy to go, general" Watching Zhao Ziliang and the accompanying officials and retinues ride away, Wang Shengdao, the commander of the county army, asked: "Master Taishou, let me guess, is General Zhao too shy to go to the brothel with us?"
"Uh" Hearing what Wang Shengdao said, Cui Jinrong felt that this possibility was very high.
After all, Zhao Ziliang was only twenty-one or twelve years old.
Although it was said that he had two wives and concubines, young people were tender-skinned about this kind of thing.
Cui Jinrong asked: "What do you mean?"
Wang Shengdao suggested: "Why don't we send Pang Xiaoyu to General Zhao's residence?
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In this way, General Zhao will not be embarrassed.
This will also take care of General Zhao's face."
Cui Jinrong frowned and said: "It's good to do this, but this Pang Xiaoyu is not an ordinary brothel girl.
She can listen to me and spend the night with General Zhao.
She has registered with Master Tian, the military governor.
We can't use force on her."
Wang Shengdao smiled and said: "Have Cui Taishou forgotten that she came here this time to deal with her biological father?
Now her father is imprisoned.
Without the prefect's nod, how can her father be released?"
Cui Jinrong frowned again, and then sighed: "It doesn't seem very kind to blackmail a woman with this."
Wang Shengdao sneered and said: "Your Majesty, you are so kind.
You are so kind that you want to watch the whole Shuozhou officialdom have a great shock.
What kind of person is General Zhao?
I must know better than me.
He is in Chang'an, even the emperor's relatives."
Dare to arrest, even Prime Minister Li Linfu dared to beat, what else?
What is the situation in Shuozhou officialdom that he dare not do?
You know better than me.
With his methods, I am afraid it will only take a few days to get to the bottom of it.
By then, there will be very few officials left in Shuozhou officialdom.
You...
There is no one available for the governor, and Shuozhou's government affairs have come to a standstill, then you will be happy."
Cui Jinrong felt bitter in his heart, and felt deeply helpless.
He thought that Cui Jinrong was ambitious when he first arrived in Shuozhou.
He wanted to leave a good official reputation here and do some practical things for the local people, but these days Years have passed, and he, a direct descendant of the Cui family, has been unable to shake the local forces here.
He can only maintain his current position by compromising with them.
"Forget it, you go to Pang Pang's family to arrange this matter.
Tell her that as long as she agrees to this matter, the Japanese official will order her father to be released from prison tomorrow
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