On the way to the palace in a carriage, Zhang Fei's expression became more solemn. The more he thought about it, the more headache he got. He had no time to think about whether he should go or not, but the conflict between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

Prior to this, he had just brought together Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to make a compromise on the issue of Jingdong East Road.

Now the Jingdong East Road side has just begun. If the two of them have too much quarrel over the use of troops against Xihe, it will directly affect Jingdong East Road.

This really affects the whole body.

But when he came to the palace and saw Zhao Xu, Zhang Fei's expression immediately changed, and he immediately stepped forward to say congratulations, "Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the official family for restoring my homeland of China."

Zhao Xu also seemed to be very happy and laughed, "Same joy! Same joy! Don't stand, sit down."

After Zhang Fei sat down, Zhao Xu immediately drank three glasses of wine with him.

It was completely felt that Zhao Xu was very excited inside.

Putting down his glass of wine, Zhao Xu sighed again: "When I agreed to adopt Wang Shao's strategy of opening up the border, I felt a little uneasy. After all, the finances were difficult at that time. If we wanted to raise an army, there would be many obstacles. There were also many people in the court who opposed it. Fortunately, Wang Shao

Shao lived up to my hard work and regained the five states of Xihe in succession. This was the largest territorial recovery in our country since Taizu Taizong."

At this time, the little emperor spoke with great pride.

If this credit was placed on the Tang Dynasty, it would be a bit meager, but on the Northern Song Dynasty, it would be truly remarkable, because since the failure of Zhao Kuangyi's Northern Expedition, the Song Dynasty's career in regaining territory was really bumpy.

This time, we have regained most of the territory of Xihe and completed the outflanking of Xixia. Is it not inspiring?

Zhang Fei quickly flattered him again and kept talking.

When it comes to things like this, you can't go wrong no matter how much you flatter me.

Zhao Xu reciprocated the favor and said with a smile: "You have also contributed a lot to this battle. It is precisely because of your military trial that the morale of our army on the front line was greatly boosted, and we were able to win consecutive battles."

This is not true. Although in history, the opening of the Xihe River was very successful at first, because the local Qiang and Tubo people were not united and attacked each other. Wang Shao pulled one wave after another and achieved great success.

success.

But military trials and the disarmament in the previous two years have undoubtedly accelerated this process. Because of military trials, frontline generals do not need to be so afraid of civilian officials. I will fight first. If you want to impeach, after the fight, we will go to the military court for trial.

, coupled with disarmament, resulting in frontline soldiers being able to receive full military pay, of course morale is high!

"No, no, no! The officials have given me the award." Zhang Fei shook his head repeatedly and said: "This is all because of the wisdom of the officials. I... I have no merit. It's really embarrassing to say that I don't know where they are.

fight."

He really didn't know. In fact, during the first two years when he was in Hezhong Mansion, Wang Shao was also in Hezhong Mansion, and he didn't even ask about these things.

Zhao Xu smiled and said: "You may not know, but it is inextricably related to you. In Wang Shao's good news, he favored your public security law and asked you to go to Xihe Five Prefectures by name.

Build the public security law.”

Zhang Fei's expression changed, he nodded and said, "I just heard what my father-in-law said about this."

Zhao Xu saw a strange look on his face and couldn't help asking: "Then are you willing to go?"

Zhang Fei asked, "Does the official want me to go?"

Zhao Xu said without hesitation: "Although there are many things that need you to handle here, Xihe needs you more. There are many Qiang and Tubo people there. If they are not managed properly, there will be unrest.

, tired of coping.

Wang Shao also wrote very reasonably in the memorial. He believed that using Confucianism to educate the Qiang and Tubo people would go against local customs and might be counterproductive. However, everyone knows the law, and the public prosecutor's law is more suitable.

Promote it locally.

This is only one of them. The second one is the issue of military expenditure. At present, the tax revenue of the five states of Xihe is meager, which is not enough to support local military expenditures. The required military expenditures are all sent from the northwest states, which consumes a lot of money. Therefore, Wang Shao proposed to establish a large-scale military expansion in the local area.

Trade mainly focuses on commercial taxes to make up for the shortage of military expenditure.

Wang Shao believes that Hezhong Prefecture has proven that the Public Security Bureau is very conducive to commercial development, so he strongly requests the court to send you to build the Public Security Bureau immediately."

Zhang Fei nodded frequently when he heard this, "This Ambassador Wang Xuan has really good vision."

Zhao Xu laughed and asked again: "What do you think?"

Zhang Fei pondered for a while and said: "Guan family, are the local chiefs still there?"

Zhao Xu said: "This battle was able to achieve such great results because Wang Shao lured many chiefs to surrender."

Zhang Fei asked again: "I wonder how the public prosecutor and the law will deal with these chiefs?"

These chiefs are no better than the officials in the capital. They have strong soldiers and horses. If you follow them to enforce the law, isn't it funny?

Zhao Xu frowned and said: "In other words, you think the public security law is not suitable for the Xihe area?"

Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "That's not the case. In fact, what Wang Xuanfushi said is right. The legal system there is better than the Confucian law. Moreover, trade plus public security and law can indeed quickly restore the local people's livelihood."

, once people’s livelihood is restored, the region will stabilize.”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly after hearing this and waited for the next sentence.

Zhang Fei said: "But the problem is also obvious. The Public Security Bureau emphasizes governance according to law, but at present, it is difficult to restrain those chiefs."

Zhao Xu asked: "Is that possible or not?"

"OK!"

Zhang Fei nodded and said: "But it must be done step by step, that is, let Wang Xuanfu set up a special administrative area in a traffic hub, specifically for people from all sides to trade, and then build a public security law in such a trade town, so

Once here, you can avoid those big chiefs, and at the same time, you can gradually familiarize the local people with the public prosecutor's law.

I believe that the Public Security Law will soon capture the local people and there will be more and more supporters. It goes without saying that they must have been oppressed a lot before. When the time is right, they will slowly spread it to the surrounding areas and use the Public Security Law to weaken those people.

The power of the great chief thus stabilized the imperial court’s rule over the local area.”

Zhao Xu's eyes lit up and he nodded and said: "That's right! That's right! I think this strategy is feasible, so I will leave the matter to you. Don't worry about Wang Shao. Since he asked you to go by name, he will naturally assist you in the construction

The Public Security Bureau will not cause any trouble to you."

Zhang Fei said: "Guan family, this is easy to say, but difficult to do. At present, I am not sure at all."

Zhao Xu frowned, "If you are not sure, then no one in the court can take on this important task."

Zhang Fei said: "I'm not sure because I don't know anything about the situation over there. If I go there rashly, once I fail, there will definitely be many people who will use this to attack me and shift all the responsibilities to me."

body, and this is very possible, because our army has just captured the Xihe area, and everything is not stable yet. If I am finished by then, the public security organs will also face a great impact."

At this point, he changed the topic, "But if we send someone else to go, the situation will be different. Even if they fail, I will still be there. As long as I don't take action, it cannot be said that the public security organs failed locally. Then I will

If you go again, you will get twice the result with half the effort.”

Zhao Xu suddenly realized: "It turns out that you want to send a team of troops to explore the way first."

Zhang Fei said hurriedly: "Exactly."

At present, he is the incarnation of the Public Security Bureau. If he fails, it will be irreversible. If someone else is sent, even if he fails, everyone will still place their hope in him.

Zhao Xu said: "But I won't worry if we send someone else."

Zhang Fei said: "If a special administrative region is divided, there is no need to worry too much. Envoy Wang Xuan will be able to replace him immediately before the situation gets out of control."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, feeling that Zhang Fei's considerations were reasonable. I don't know much about the situation over there at the moment. If I go there rashly, what if I fail? If I can't send anyone behind, not even the chief judge, then who can

It can be done, but this will have a huge impact on the police, procuratorate, and law. He asked again: "Then who do you think we should send?"

Zhang Fei said: "As for the president of the court, I do have a very suitable candidate."

"Who?" Zhao Xu asked hurriedly.

Zhang Fei said: "Lü Dajun of Lantian County, I wonder if the official knows him?"

"Lu Dajun?"

Zhao Xu pondered for a while, "But that's Lu Dafang's younger brother?"

"Exactly."

Zhang Fei nodded.

Zhao Xu wondered: "Does this person know the public prosecutor's law?"

He thought Zhang Fei would recommend Cai Bian and the others, but he didn't know that Zhang Fei actually recommended someone who had nothing to do with the public prosecutor and the judiciary.

Zhang Fei said: "This person has a very thorough study of the police, procuratorate, and law. When he was in Hezhong Prefecture, he was the one who created the "Lantian Township Treaty" to prevent the public prosecutor, procuratorate, and law from entering the township."

After hearing this, Zhao Xu felt very unhappy and said, "Then you still recommend him to go?"

Zhang Fei smiled and said: "He has studied me, and I have studied him. Although he respects etiquette, he has a certain trait that many people do not have, including Cai Bian and Shangguan Jun. They are very suitable for going to the Five States of Xihe."

.”

Zhao Xu asked: "What characteristics."

Zhang Fei said: "The etiquette does not distinguish between the common people and the common people, and the law does not distinguish between the Chinese and the Yi. The most difficult thing when going to the five prefectures of Xihe to build public security and law is how to treat the local Han people, Qiang people, and Tubo people. We must treat them equally, otherwise

, the public security system is bound to fail, and the local area cannot be effectively governed.

I haven't taught Cai Bian and others about this yet, but Lu Dajun admires this idea. This is very important. Letting him go can very well appease the local people.

In addition, although Lu Dajun is not currently serving in the Public Security Bureau, he knows how to legislate and abide by the law. The rules of the Public Security Law have been established in Hezhong Prefecture. I believe that after he becomes the president of the court, he will definitely abide by the system of the Public Security Law and will not

It is also very important to destroy it easily."

In fact, Zhang Fei has studied Lu Dajun, but not because of the encounter in Hezhong Mansion, but because the "Lu Family Covenant" also has deep research value in the legal field. Therefore, he has also studied Lu Dajun, this person.

Not only is he upright and knowledgeable about the law, he also has the mentality of one family under heaven, which is very important.
To be continued...