After several days of trekking, the Xizhou antenna babies led by Zhong Jianzhong finally arrived at the end of this trip - Fugong City (now in Hualong County, Qinghai Province).

This city was originally named Jieluo City and was built by Tubo.

In March this year, Xibawen presented the city to the court to express his sincerity, thinking that it was a place for merchants to rest.

The court immediately issued an edict, ordering Fugong City, which was also a name given to the official family.

In response to Xibawen's request, he restored the former title of Guzhou in the Tang Dynasty and appointed Xibawen as the governor of Guzhou, the chief of Miaochuan, and the prince of Tubo.

The story of aiding the eight states in Annan is that the Xibawen is hereditary.

Therefore, only here, the Song army in one capital was symbolically stationed, and the selected Tubo people were all selected.

So Xibawen and his subordinates were very happy and thanked him: The uncle of the Han family is truly a kind-hearted official family. For generations, they have to be tied up to repay the uncle's grace.

These things were witnesses when Zhong Jianzhong was in the capital.

However, in the past, he was thousands of miles away and did not know the situation in Guzhou.

Now that I have come to Guzhou, I have seen this place of water and soil with my own eyes, and experienced the hardships here with my own hands.

The majestic and magnificent plateau mountainous areas have rugged and difficult to walk on.

The temperature in the mountains in late autumn is also particularly low.

If he simply led his army here, Zhong Jianzhong suspected that it would take at least one month for his army to climb from Hezhou to Fugong City.

Fortunately, after his army set out in Kuanghan (now Linxia) in Hezhou, it could almost be called marching in inland prefectures and counties along the way, and even seemed to be marching around Bianjing!

The tribes passing along the way, whether they were Qiang or Tubo, would provide supplies, fuel, and drinking water to the Song army.

Several large tribes even set up tents, set fires, and prepared fodder at key places where the Song army passed by. The officers were warmly entertained by local wealthy families, and could eat yak meat and drink barley wine.

Especially when I heard that he came from Bianjing and had served in front of the Han uncle.

The leaders of the Tubo family became hot when they looked at him, and they were even more enthusiastic when they were entertained.

Therefore, the Xizhou troops led by him were able to avoid having to sleep in the open air, nor to suffer from the pain of rain, snow, wind and frost.

So, in a few days, I was able to travel two or three hundred miles on the rugged mountain road in this plateau mountainous area and finally arrived at Fugong City.

There was no one dead on the whole road, and only a few hundred injured livestock were accompanied by the army.

This is simply a miracle, like a myth.

It is difficult for Zhong Jianzhong to understand, and it is still difficult to believe that this is reality!

Shortly after the army appeared outside the Fugong City, a civil servant riding a horse immediately came out to greet him with a team of people.

From afar, Zhong Jianzhong heard the man's voice, which was a rough male voice with a strong Xihe accent: "Uncle Yi, Uncle Yi..."

Zhong Jianzhong quickly stepped forward, and when he arrived at the other side, he turned over and dismounted and said, "I will pay homage to Wangzhou!"

The person who came was Wang Hou, the Tongzong of Hezhou.

The Tongzong official was invented by ancestors of the Song Dynasty and was established to punish the local difficulties in the Five Dynasties.

Power is almost the same as that of the magistrate. The magistrate can often manage things that are managed by the magistrate, but the authority is not as good as the magistrate.

But the matters that the magistrate cannot manage, the judge can manage!

For example, spying on officials in this state, supervising the magistrate, etc.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

The Song Dynasty set up a magistrate, which was to come openly and sing a stage play with the prefect!

Therefore, in local prefectures and counties, usually the prefectures and the magistrates are all incompatible with each other.

The struggle between the two is either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overwhelms the east wind.

The court also highly encouraged such struggles of governors and magistrates within the rules.

Therefore, there are very few magistrates who can unite with each other.

Under normal circumstances, it is normal to pull each other's back legs and dig each other's holes.

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, the prefect, the prefect, the prefect and the prefect.

The magistrates have semi-prison (governor), the nickname of Jianzhou.

However, in public, no one would call the magistrate "half-sting" or "Jianzhou".

Instead, it is called "Saint, County, and Prince", which is the deputy chariot and the governor of the county.

This is very gentle and does not have so much fireworks.

However, on the side of Xihe, Zhongjianzhong found that the situation was not very correct.

Because the magistrates here are generally very harmonious with the magistrates.

The teams of each other have been specially selected, as if they are specially selected to complement each other.

For example, in Hezhou, the magistrate Zhongyi was a military official, not good at civil affairs, and stayed in the military camp every day to train troops.

So all the civil affairs were left to the Tongzong Wang Hou.

Wang Hou's choice is also very interesting.

Why?

Because there are only 30% of the Han people in Hezhou, thanks to last year and this year, more than 2,000 immigrants were sent from Hebei and Huainan.

Otherwise, there would probably be less than 500 Han people in Hezhou.

All the rest were Qiang people, Tubo people and the Dangxiang people who were attached.

The situation is very complicated and things are very difficult to handle.

Because these tribes have different customs and living habits.

For example, the Dangxiang people like to hold grudges, the Tubo people admire Buddhism, and the Qiang people mostly like to fight privately.

If you don’t understand their customs, it is easy to have problems.

But Wang Hou is an expert in this field!

He followed his father Wang Shao to open the border of Xihe River since he was a child, and he was very familiar with the customs and habits of various ethnic groups.

Since he served as the Hezhou magistrate as Tongzhilang in May this year, he has been deeply loved by the people of Hezhou with his understanding and respect for various ministries.

So much so that the tribes in Hezhou and even Guzhou like to ask him to mediate if they have any problems.

Everyone was convinced of his mediation and believed that he was fair and honest.

Obviously, this is the result of the deliberate operation of the Ministry of Personnel.

And who is the current Minister of Personnel?

Therefore, Zeng Xiaokuan, the son of Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang!

However, this Tianguan was actually not in charge of the situation observed by Zhong Jianzhong in Bianjing.

Every day when he sat in the yamen, he would drink tea. He would throw all matters of all major and small matters at the Ministry of Personnel, especially those who chose officials and were not notified.

Especially Wang Zishao, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel!

What's more subtle is that Zhong Jianzhong remembered that before he left Beijing in late June, he heard that Wang Zishao, the Minister of Personnel, had been awarded an edict for being "diligent in the king's affairs, brave in the appointment of officials, and selected officials and appointed talents." He even gave his parents an official title, and his wife also had an imperial edict.

When was Wang Zishao promoted to the Minister of Personnel?

May!

so……

Wang Zishao's diligence in the king's affairs, courage in appointing officials and recruiting talents refers to his arrangements for the appointment of officials on Xihe Road?

Zhong Jianzhong couldn't help but feel excited when he thought about these things.

He taught the officials' martial arts skills for several months as a military official in front of the emperor.

Although the officials rarely talk to him on their own initiative.

When asked occasionally, it is mainly about family matters, or encouragement and encouragement.

However, Zhong Jianzhong can observe it himself.

Judging from his observation, the official, although he was young, had very tight control.

Don’t look at it. Now the two palaces are obeying the government, but the two palaces do not understand the government. Most of the matter is left to the minister of the capital, and they only make the final confirmation.

It seems that the current situation of the Song Dynasty is that the emperor is standing erected, the two palaces are solemn, and the prime minister governs together.

But what about it?

The three yamen, the Imperial City Office, and the Kaifeng Prefecture were all pinched in the hands of the official.

Key institutions such as the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, and Dali Temple were also taken advantage of by this official to take advantage of the opportunity, either in his own hands or to the person he wanted to give.

Wang Zishao is a very obvious example.

In May, Wang Zishao was still impeached. Not to mention taking office as the Ministry of Personnel, if he could maintain his salary and resign, he would be Amitabha Buddha.

However, a flip happened soon.
To be continued...