Late Tang

"Isn't Du Yuhou joking?" Cui Yunqing was stunned for a moment and then said.Not only Cui Yunqing felt that Song Wen was joking just now, but even the four brothers Li Jing, Lin Wei, and Wang Wu were a little confused by Song Wen's words just now.

Song Wen said seriously: "How dare I make fun of such a thing? This matter was written by Song Jieshuai himself. Let me first ask Cui Shijun what he wants. If Cui Shijun is willing to help Shuai can give me a helping hand, then the official appointment will come soon."

"Song Jieshuai wants to invite a certain Ziqingping Lu Jiedu Marching Sima?"

"Yes, it is Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu Marching Sima, who also serves as the Deputy Ambassador of Yingtian." Song Wen replied very seriously.After Cui Yunqing got a definite answer, she held her chin and said nothing, sitting there with a solemn expression on her face.

Li Jing was also very surprised by such a result. He originally thought that today would be a grand banquet, and not only was he wearing iron armor under the burqa outside, but he was also wearing a layer of fine armor inside.In addition, besides the horizontal knife on his waist, he also hid a sleeve arrow in his sleeve, and two short daggers in his leg, and he was completely prepared to fight desperately.Now the imaginary swords and swords, the swordsmen behind the scenes are nowhere to be seen, and even Song Wen never mentions that he killed Feng Yanqing from the beginning to the end.After a long circle, Song Wen proposed that Jie Shuai wanted to invite Song Wen to be an official in Qingzhou.

What kind of official position is Ziqing Pinlu Jiedu marching Sima?Li Jing was very clear in his heart.

Sima in the army is in charge of military affairs, he studies hunting when he lives, and applies the law of war and defense when he is in service. He is specialized in equipment, food, military status, and gifts.

To be more specific, the post of Jiedu marching army Sima is the third chief official in the Jiedu shogunate after the Jiedu envoy and deputy envoy.In fact, the power of the Sima of the Jiedu Marching Army even surpassed that of the deputy envoy, and was the actual second person of the shogunate.The Sima of the Jiedu Marching Army has great powers, and has four specific duties.

One is the recruitment, training, and storage of ordnance, food and grass for sergeants.The second is to hold the seal of military registration and regulate the team with laws and regulations.The third is to go out with the army in wartime, to consult with the army or directly command the army.The fourth is the financial expenditure in the main army, and the grant of food and salaries to the special army.

To put it bluntly, the Sima of the Jiedu Marching Army has nothing to do with him. He is in charge of recruiting, training, ordnance, food and grass, talismans, and military law.Moreover, he also manages financial expenditures. He is in charge of frontier military funds, food and salaries.These powers are much greater than the rights of a deputy envoy.The ranking of the deputy envoy is higher than that of the marching commander. It was originally because the deputy envoy was usually allowed to stay behind when the commander-in-chief went out.Once the commander-in-chief is killed or critically ill and unable to govern, the deputy envoy will take charge of the affairs of the commander-in-chief.However, at this time in the late Tang Dynasty, the position left behind was basically occupied by the marching Sima.

In any case, the position of Sima in the Jiedu Marching Army is a real important position, not only high in position but also more powerful.There are five states in Ziqing and Pinglu Town, with [-] soldiers and horses. Once Cui Yunqing takes over this position, he will be the number two person in Ziqing Town.What's more, Song Wei also asked Cui Yunqing to serve as the deputy ambassador of Yingtian. Although the official position of deputy ambassador of Yingtian is not as good as that of marching army commander, he is also in charge of all the farming affairs of the five states, each army and each battalion.

Compared with the position of governor, there are traditionally marching Sima transferred to state governor, but few state governors are transferred to marching Sima.It seems that the grade is a little lower, but in fact, Ziqing Town, as a square town with five states and [-] Pinglu troops in charge, is a powerful town that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the three towns in Hebei.The Sima of the Jiedu Marching Army is definitely higher than the governor of Dengzhou, and has more power.

It's just that although Jiedu Marching Sima is a civilian position, he is actually a position in charge of the army.Cui Yunqing has been an official for many years, but she has never really managed military affairs.Although he is still serving as a trainer of the Dengzhou United Corps, in fact he has never asked about this matter at all.When Song Wei transferred him to be the Sima of the Jiedu Marching Army, did he really need him to assist him, or did he just want to transfer him to leave Dengzhou?

"If I leave Dengzhou, who will take over as governor?"

Song Wen said: "Jie Shuai means that if Cui Shijun can go to Qingzhou, then Dengzhou will take over the post of governor."

Cui Yunqing's eyes flashed, but his heart was bright for a moment, and he understood everything.From the first day Song Wen came to Dengzhou, he didn't really come to be the Du Yuhou of the united army, he came here for the governor of Dengzhou.He hooked up with Feng Yanqing earlier, probably because he wanted to use Feng's power to deal with him.It's just that after Feng died suddenly, he got some evidence left by Li Jing.So, everything changed again.

This was an exchange of rights. Song Wei came to Ziqing Town not long ago, and only brought five hundred soldiers and a few cronies with him.Based on this, it is impossible to control the powerful Ziqing Town.Song Wei desperately needs an ally, an ally with roots in Ziqing.Feng Yanqing has such conditions, and he, Cui Yunqing, has such conditions even more.The Cui family is the largest family in Shandong, and Cui Yunqing alone has a deep influence. In Dengzhou, half of the generals in charge are his people.Not to mention, the Qingzhou Cui clan, the largest branch of the Qinghe Cui clan, has its roots in Qingzhou.

Could it be that Song Wen just didn't mention Li Jing's killing of Feng Yanqing? To Song Wen, Feng Yanqing was just an ally who originally planned to form an alliance. Now that he has a stronger ally, the old ally will die if he dies.Song Wen is absolutely unwilling to really confront Cui Yunqing head-on, not to mention the strength of the Cui family, not to mention that there are King Zhao and Yu Yu behind him.Song Wen didn't have a showdown with Li Jing until today because he had been waiting for Song Wei's reply.

Today, he finally received Song Wei's reply, telling him not to fight with Cui Yunqing, but to find a way to get him to win Cui Yunqing over.Song Wei now only has the title of Jiedushi, but he has not yet controlled Ziqing Town.He desperately needs Cui Yunqing and the Cui family, as well as King Zhao Li Rui, Yu Juan and the powerful forces of the Yu family to help him control Ziqing Town.

After Song Wen got the reply, he didn't go directly to Cui Yunqing, but had a showdown with Li Jing first, which was very meaningful.Showing off to Li Jing the matter of killing Feng Yanqing means passing the word to Cui Yun and the others.In this way, let's talk about joining forces again, which is not only a show of goodwill, but also a show of sincerity.Moreover, there is also a faint threat.

Cui Yunqing was silent, but Song Wen's offer was indeed good and heart-warming.However, Cui Yunqing was not optimistic about Song Wei before.It can be said that since the Pinglu Army came to Shandong from Yingzhou Fuhai in western Liaoning and changed the Pinglu Army to Ziqing Pinglu Town, this army, which was originally composed of multi-ethnic soldiers and horses, has always been very strong.Li Zheng, a general of the Goguryeo tribe of the Pinglu Army, had driven away the former Jiedu envoy, and he made this head start.Later, three generations and four generations of the Li family ruled Ziqing Town for 60 years. At one time, they established themselves as kings.

Although Ziqing Town was divided into three towns by Emperor Xianzong, the lord of ZTE, since then, Ziqing Town has returned to the rule of Datang in name.But in fact, those Jiedu envoys appointed by the court came and went like a revolving lantern, and went and came again.Since the demise of the Li family, in the 54 years, Ziqing Town has successively appointed 22 Jiedu envoys. On average, the term of each Jiedu envoy is only two and a half years, and the term of office is less than three consecutive years.

The Li family in Ziqing Town is gone, but the Pinglu army is still there.

Although today's Pinglu Army is no longer the previous size of 10,000+, it still has 500 troops.As long as the Jiedu envoy cannot control the Pinglu army, Ziqing Pinlu Jiedu envoy will be unstable.How many famous ministers and generals have served in Ziqing Town, and even Cui Yunqing's friend Yu Yu only stayed there for three years.Although he was implicated by Yu Cong when he left office, it took Yu Jian three years and he still hadn't really mastered Ziqing Town.On the surface, Ziqing Town is ruled by the Jiedu envoy, but in fact, it is ruled by the tens of thousands of Pinglu troops.

Song Wei is well-known and well-known, but it has been almost a year since he took office, and he still has nothing to do.Therefore, Cui Yunqing and others were not optimistic about Song Wei at the beginning, so when Song Wen came to contact him, they also kept their distance.

Only this time, Cui Yunqing felt that she didn't have much choice.Song Wen had the evidence that Li Jing killed Feng Yanqing. If he refused, although Song Wen would not really dare to attack him, it was possible to arrest Li Jing and other people with solid evidence.On the other hand, if Song Wei really wanted to fully support Song Wen's bid for the position of governor of Dengzhou, I'm afraid he would have a hard time in the future.

Cooperation will benefit both, and separation will lose both.

After thinking for a long time, Cui Yunqing finally agreed to Song Wei's invitation.As long as he agrees to this matter, the exchange of rights has basically been reached.At this time in the late Tang Dynasty, even important official positions such as governor and marching Sima were basically out of control of the court.It's mostly a matter of a word from the local officials, and if you put some money in front and back, it will be done.

When Song Wen received Cui Yunqing's clear answer, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and a very happy smile appeared on his face.Although Cui Yunqing did not agree, Song Wei was able to mobilize Cui Yunqing with the power of Jiedushi, and push him to the position of governor of Dengzhou.But everyone understands that at this time in the late Tang Dynasty, these superficial rights are sometimes not really easy to use.If the powerful Cui family refused to accept it, Song Wei would have no choice.Even if it is not done well, it is possible for those arrogant soldiers of the Pinglu Army to go crazy and drive him, the Jiedu envoy, out of power.

Cui Yunqing stood up, took Li Jing's hand, and said to Song Wen: "After finishing the business, I will also say something to Song Shijun. My disciple usually does things without thinking. If I go to Qingzhou, he will Leave it to Song Shijun to take care of him."

Song Wen also came up to hold Li Jing's hand with a smile, and said affectionately like his own brother: "Brother Ji Yu is decisive in his actions, and he is straightforward in his actions. He is a rare talent who is capable of civility and martial arts. Why don't you take him with you when Mr. Cui is going to Qingzhou?" By my side."

Cui Yunqing turned her head to look at Li Jing, and said with a slight smile: "Following me to Qingzhou is not bad, but let him make up his own mind, Ji Yu, would you like to follow me to Qingzhou, or stay in Dengzhou?" ?”

Seeing Cui Yunqing's eyes clearly expecting him to go to Qingzhou together, Li Jing lowered his head slightly in silence.