Song Jiu’s worries are reasonable.

In terms of ethics, Song Jiu was not the best official in the Song Dynasty. For example, Chen Yilun, although his government affairs were not good, his ethics was definitely stronger than Song Jiu. There was another person who wanted to be capable and had ethics, and that was Lu Duosun's classmate Li Mu.

The front-line war started again.

However, the Khitan sect had few troops, and countless elite soldiers and generals on the front line. The battle was underway, but Song Jiu was chatting and laughing in the Western Prefecture.

Zhao Kuangyi felt at ease when he saw Song Jiu's appearance. At this time, no matter whether Song Jiu served as the Prime Minister of the East or West Government, he could pass the qualification.

On this day, Song Jiu returned home, a young man came to his doorstep and asked to visit Song Jiu. He handed over a post that stated that it was Li Mu's son Li Weijian.

Song Jiu curiously asked the concierge to bring him in.

Li Mu is a capable minister and has good moral integrity. At first, no one pointed the finger at him, and he had to not want to defeat him. Zhao Pu would care whether you are a capable minister or not. As long as the ministers who do not belong to his sect will be defeated, but they can't find an excuse.

Zhao Tingmei was going to Luoyang. According to convention, all Beijing officials must write a essay when they go abroad. Li Mu, who knows how to write articles, wrote it on behalf of Zhao Tingmei. So it became evidence of the crime of Li Mu's relationship with Zhao Tingmei. Then when Lu Duosun was defeated, another evidence of the crime of making friends with Lu Duosun was added. The two crimes were combined and he was imprisoned and tortured.

Li Mu also has an elderly mother. Li Mu is usually very filial. Every time he goes home at night, he serves his mother to feed medicine. He can't see his son for a few days, so he asks his grandson Li Weijian. Li Weijian is not easy to answer, and only says, "My father is ordered to hear the prisoner."

Li's mother nagged that the child didn't say anything to Lao Shen, and he still made Lao Shen feel at ease.

Li Mu tried for several days in Kaifeng Prefecture. How could he find evidence of his crime? But he still did not let it go. The dignified Zhongshu Sheren was demoted to Sifeng Yuanwailang, not to be an official. This official was a false position, but to let him stay at home. He was called an official and was actually a serious suspect.

Now there was a big trouble. In order to avoid his mother's fear, Li Mu did not dare to tell him the truth, but he had to be on duty during the day, so he did not dare to stay at home all day. So as before, he went out early in the morning every other day and came back in the evening. He asked his mother for her to feed her medicine.

But Li Mu's son knew about this and felt sad when he looked at his father's haggard appearance. Someone just reminded him that Mr. Song had returned to Beijing and he was honest and bold. You should ask him for help immediately.

Li Weijian came to Song Jiu for help with a lucky mentality.

"Li Dalang, don't worry. I will seek justice for your father in a few days." Song Jiu said after hearing this.

After all, he has been in the Zhongshu for a long time. He used to remember all the capable ministers above the prefecture. Not to mention Li Mu, he was even a minister who was slightly inferior to Li Mu. Song Jiu also paid attention to the Zhongshu, and even gave invisible advice.

But now is not the time to say it.

Not long ago, good news came from the front line.

First, the Liao Eastern Army attacked Gaoyang Pass, but before he arrived at Gaoyang Pass. He encountered the Song army in the city, and Cui Yanjin set up an ambush in the city. The Liao army entered the ambush circle, and the commander Yelu Xidali was shot to death by arrows. The commander Yelu Shanbu was also surrounded by the Song army. Fortunately, the deputy commander Yelu Xizhen led his subordinates to bravely kill, fight and retreat, and rescued Yelu Shanbu from the siege.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yelu Xizhen led a large army to flee.

Escape is also a skill.

Among the three armies, the Eastern Army encountered the most dangerous situation. However, with the rescue of Yelu Xizhen, only more than 2,000 people died, but Cui Yanjin was allowed to chase him all the way to Tang Xingkou and seized tens of thousands of sheep and horses.

The east road first reported the victory, and then Yanmen again reported the victory. This battle had nothing to do with Yang Ye, but was a sniper war jointly initiated by Pan Mei and Li Jilong. It was not that Pan Mei was jealous of Yang Ye, Li Jilong performed well in the city, and he was the national uncle, so this little flatterer Pan Mei would definitely be patted by this little pony.

The strongest Hedong War Zone!

Pan Mei, Yang Ye, Li Jilong can blind people. If these three people work together, even if Yelu Xiu Ge comes in person, he may not be able to get it.

This battle was a head-on battle, but it was instantly defeated by Pan and Li, beheading more than 3,000 people, chasing them all the way, breaking 36 enemy bases, capturing more than 10,000 young and young, and capturing 50,000 cattle and horses.

The western route had the smallest harvest, but the Zhe family army performed well. Faced with the arrival of 10,000 Khitan troops, Zhe Yuqing did not defend and counterattack, and launched an attack on Xinze Village on the Khitan border, beheading more than 700 people, capturing more than 100 chiefs, and obtaining tens of thousands of weapons, sheep and horses.

Seeing that the Zhe family army was so fierce and the defeats of the two armies in the Middle East, the Western Route Army immediately retreated.

The front line has repeatedly won great victories, and finally made up for the morale and people after Gao Lianghe’s failure.

This is a good thing, so good that Song Jiu is worried that everyone is too confident.

But Song Jiu still did not mention Li Mu's matter, but stayed in Xifu with peace of mind to deal with front-line defense and rewards.

Until something else happens.

Several people were exposed that Zhao Tingmei was rebelled, including Li Fu, the current prefect of Kaifeng.

Since the exposure, they have become irreconcilable with Zhao Tingmei. Zhao Pu seized their psychology and secretly instigated Li Fu to write a letter. Zhao Tingmei not only did not regret it in Luoyang, but instead felt resentful and asked the court to move to the far county to prevent it from changing.

Therefore, Zhao Tingmei was demoted to Fuling County Duke and placed in Fangzhou.

What is Fangzhou? Lu Buwei, Lao Ai, Zhao Wangqian, Zhang Ao, Liu Ming, Liu Pengli, Liu Bo, Fang Yiai, Du He, Xie Guan, Li Xian, Chai Zongxun... Except for Li Xian, the remaining one died with Di Renjie's secret help?

Li Xian has not yet died well!

Song Jiu spoke only then.

Zhao Pu is very smart. No matter what, Zhao Tingmei is Zhao Kuangyi's brother. God knows whether they will make up as before that day. She will be killed to avoid rekindling. Lu Duosun is far from this, and she actually let Zhao Pu stay in the capital for several years. How can something happen?

When we arrived in Fangzhou, Zhao Tingmei had completely eaten.

So does Zhao Tingmei have any objection? The various manifestations of Zhao Kuangyi's eldest son will make people know the truth.

Song Jiu never said anything.

If you say justice for Lu Duosun and Shen Yilun, Zhao Kuangyi can still smile and say that you, Xiao Songjiu, is ignorant. But if you say justice for Zhao Tingmei, you are purely looking for trouble.

But he spoke at this time because Zhao Tingmei arrived in Fangzhou, and the four kings of Chu, Shen, and Lu stepped down. This matter was easy to end and it was easy to make things right.

Zhao Kuangyi came to the Western Prefecture for inspection.

Cao Bin had poor government affairs in the Western Prefecture, and many affairs were entrusted to the East Prefecture. Until Song Jiu came to the West Prefecture. He said in the Political Affairs Hall that the affairs of the East Prefecture were not the duties of the ministers and that the ministers of the East Prefecture did not interfere, but the words were the affairs of the West Prefecture, and you, the ministers of the East Prefecture, rarely interfered. So he gradually brought back the power of the West Prefecture.

Zhao Pu was so angry that he stared at him. He clearly wanted to go against you, let alone gain the right to return to the Western Palace.

But in this way, the Western Palace gradually got on the right track.

Zhao Kuangyi gradually came more and more times.

Seeing the Xifu in an orderly manner, Zhao Kuangyi sighed: "The country has set up two governments in the east and west, and the Western Palace has been shaking. It is futile and the name is now the real Western Palace."

"Your Majesty, it's not. The candidates for the Western Prefecture are more picky than those for the Eastern Prefecture. Although the Eastern Prefecture is just a civil servant, the Western Prefecture is different. If you use military generals, you will not be able to keep up with them. If you use civil servants, you will not understand military affairs. I was lucky to be valued by Your Majesty and have been able to investigate and go south to Guangnan with Pan Mei's army. I followed Your Majesty to conquer Taiyuan and Youzhou, and then gained His Majesty's trust and went to Liaodong. Although the military is not as good as the generals on the front line, I cannot be called an outsider."

"I understand..." Zhao Kuangyi pondered.

In fact, this was another advice from Song Jiu.

Xifu was not the same as before.

If you want to win a person in Xifu, you must intentionally conduct investigation and select civil officials. Go to the front line and stay for several years. This depends on your performance. Not only do you have the ability to govern the country, but you also have certain military talents. After you are sure to be able to achieve both civil and military affairs, you can enter Xifu as prime minister. Otherwise, you will become like Cao Bin, timid, or some literati, who talk big and talk on paper, which will harm the country.

"But when it comes to prime ministers, I have seen a minister with the talent of prime ministers."

"Who is it?"

Song Jiu touched his beard and said, "Your Majesty, if you are thirsty, you can introduce it to Your Majesty on behalf of your Majesty."

"Who is it?"

"Your Majesty, the first lord asked Zhuge Liang to go to Longzhong three times. Your Majesty this talent only asked who it was, and he was too negligent."

Zhao Kuangyi looked at Song Jiu and laughed.

"Your Majesty, if you want to see me, can you go there casually, this person is in the capital."

"Okay," Zhao Kuangyi said.

He was very curious about the talent recommended by Song Jiu.

Song Jiu looked at the sky, and Zhao Kuangyi, wearing casual clothes and many guards rode away from the imperial city and came to Xicheng District. Many dignitaries lived in Xicheng District, but they went deep into the Xicheng District and gradually arrived at the civilian area.

Song Jiu rode his horse forward first, asked a few neighbors, and took Zhao Kuangyi around the alley and came to a family. There was a small courtyard with a small courtyard, which was not too shabby, but it had nothing to do with luxury. From the outside, it looked just an ordinary family.

Although there is a door, there is no doorman, and the door is open casually.

As dusk approached, a woman was washing rice and washing vegetables, preparing to make dinner. The dishes were just a small blue vegetable, and a roll of pickles. The rice was also millet, not rice. It seemed that her life was not very good.

Seeing this group of people, the woman raised her head in surprise and asked, "Who are you?"

She is Li Mu's wife. If you asked at least one question before, would you be polite? But now, you dare not. Not only do you dare, but you think you are here to ask for the crime. Although you are asking, you are trembling in fear.

Song Jiu asked without explaining, "Madam, where is Meng Yong?"

"He was inside to feed his mother medicine."

Just then, Song Jiu took Zhao Kuangyi and walked in directly. When he arrived at the room, Li Mu was kneeling on the ground, feeding his mother medicine with a spoon, and whispering to her.

With the gentle afterglow of the evening, this scene looks very touching.

The old woman asked, "Who are you?"

Li Mu turned his head and looked at it, knelt down quickly, and said, "The criminal is to bow to Your Majesty."

"You get up."

"Your Majesty, don't worry," Song Jiu pressed Li Mu to the ground and said, "There is a man whose father is Sima of the Grand Governor's Office in Shaanxi. He is from a famous family and can write at a young age. Not only is he a genius, but he has a good reputation when he was very young. If you find relics on the road, you must visit the Lord and return it. At the beginning of our dynasty, you served as the magistrate of Yangzhou and Shanzhou, and you have great achievements. Because the three departments were improperly allocated, you forced Shanzhou to rent and transfer it to Henan. However, the army in Shanzhou was short of food, so this person violated the order and was dismissed from office. So this person moved his mother to his brother's place. The brothers were poor, but they taught each other and were free and easy, which was passed on as a good story."

"You're talking about him?"

"It is him, Your Majesty, the way of using troops is to be right and wrong, the way of governing the country is to be strong and soft, and the way of being kind and powerful. But the way of being marching is to be the auxiliary, and the right way is the main. The way of governing the country is to be kind and power is the auxiliary. Therefore, the Master repeatedly said that although the country has laws, it still takes the king's transformation into virtue and the law of punishment as the auxiliary. As the prime minister, he has to deal with all kinds of things every day, and he must use both kindness and power, but he cannot blindly use power, but he still uses virtue to transform the world, benevolence and loving the people, and loyalty to the king. Compared with this person, I have been stubborn since I was a child.

The bad one once gave Your Majesty a headache, and even today's moral integrity is not as good as this person. If you talk about the ability to be a minister, this person is not inferior to your ministers. If you put it in the magistrate, you are good at magistrate, and if you put it in the south of the Yangtze River, you will not be disgraced by the mission of the late emperor. Even if you put it in the magistrate, you will be honest and not be loyal to life and death when facing things, and you will be kind and brave. If you put it in the zodiac, you will be a good helper of the prime minister. If you put it in the people, you will be filial, brotherly, and good at learning and morality. However, whether the late emperor or Your Majesty has not used him well yet. If you talk about the prime minister's talent, this person is the prime minister's talent of the country."

Zhao Kuangyi was ridiculous and didn't know what to say.

Song Jiu asked Li Mu again: "Meng Yong, are you innocent and you feel resentful in your heart?"

"Duke Song, I am the minister of Your Majesty, and my parents of Your Majesty. How dare I not die if the minister dies, and how dare I resent you?"

Song Jiu did not speak and retreated behind Zhao Kuangyi.

Next is a job that wins people's hearts, and Song Jiu cannot rush to do it.

Since Zhao Pu became prime minister, officials have been dismissed or exiled or beheaded almost every few days, and even the whole country has been filled with cold winds.

Don’t think about what you are about the prime minister, but Zhao Kuangyi still couldn’t take this step. He did not forgive Li Mu’s crimes and the country could not be improved.

But with the help of the steps he gave, Zhao Kuangyi forgives Li Mu's crimes, so he can make things right.
Chapter completed!