Li Yanxian took off his sword and entered the palace wearing purple official uniform.

After the Shenzong restructuring, the official uniforms of officials above the sixth rank and below the fourth rank were scarlet, and those above the fourth rank wore purple.

Li Yanxian is now General Xuanwei. He is from the fourth rank and belongs to the fourth rank. Naturally, he is colored purple.

But Li Shifu still wore a scarlet official uniform.

After the two of them arrived outside Wende Hall, they just nodded and said nothing.

Not long after, he was called into the temple.

At this time, it was just dawn, and the officials were also in the Wende Hall.

"I, Li Yanxian, the magistrate of Huizhou, come to see your majesty, long live my emperor!"

"I have appointed Li Shifu, the commander of the border army, to see your majesty. Long live our emperor!"

"You two gentlemen, there is no need to be polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The two of them couldn't help but feel excited when they saw Zhao Guan's house for the first time.

"Li Shaoyan."

Li Yanxian said: "I am here."

"Thanks to you on Xihe Road this time!" Zhao Ning walked down and patted Li Yanxian on the shoulder.

"Tens of thousands of soldiers on Xihe Road defended it with their lives. I only did my meager part."

This battle report of Li Yanxian is so eye-catching that most people would be blinded if they saw it.

After killing tens of thousands of Xixia troops, they pursued them all the way to the desert, almost creating a vacuum in the Xixia forces north of Lanzhou.

"Good! What a good man of the Song Dynasty! If everyone was like Li Shaoyan, why would the Western thieves worry about being destroyed!"

Zhang Shuye said: "The king betrayed the country by collaborating with the enemy, and both men and gods were angry. Li Zhizhou is unparalleled in his loyalty and righteousness. From the perspective of a minor minister, your majesty can promote Li Shaoyan to the rank of military envoy on the Xihe Road to command Xihe to control the bandits from the west."

"Okay, Mr. Shu Ye said it well." Zhao Ning immediately agreed to Zhang Shuye's proposal.

In fact, Zhang Jun had already mentioned this in his letters, but Zhao Ning kept suppressing it.

As for why he suppressed it, it was just to give Zhang Shuye a chance.

Can't everyone in the northwest be his Zhang Jun's people?

And Zhang Shuye's proposal was by no means a spur-of-the-moment suggestion. How could such a major matter of promoting a person to be a general manager be a spur-of-the-moment suggestion?

If the emperor doesn't agree, won't everyone lose face?

So when Zhang Shuye brought it up, it meant that it had already been decided in private.

Li Yanxian immediately said: "Thank you for the emperor's mercy. How can I be so virtuous and capable?"

"The envoy of Xihe Road must be you, Li Yanxian. There is no one more suitable than you, so I will leave it to you. The Military and Political Council will prepare the appointment documents."

Zhang Shuye said: "I accept the decree."

"We still need to give Zhang Jun a copy of the appointment document for approval." Zhao Ning added.

"yes."

Zhao Ning's eyes fell on Li Shifu again. There was a faint scar on Li Shifu's heroic face, which gave this young man a murderous look.

His eyes were as sharp as a sword that had just been unsheathed, and his posture was as straight as a sword.

Zhao Ning glanced at the surrounding prime ministers and said boldly: "This is the man who defeated the Western thief's iron kite!"

Li Shifu said: "To share your Majesty's worries, I will die even if I die!"

"Well, heroes have been born since ancient times. With you here, I can sit back and relax!"

When you are a leader, you must speak out your flattering words and beautiful words, and you must give your subordinates enough encouragement and affirmation.

Zhang Shuye said again: "Your Majesty, I sincerely request that Li Shifu be given the rank of General Ningyuan."

General Ningyuan is a fifth-grade officer, which can be understood as an officer at the lieutenant colonel level.

Li Shifu is only 21 years old this year, and it is almost rare to reach this level.

Zhao Ning did not hesitate: "Just follow what you said."

Li Shifu said excitedly: "Thank you for your grace!"

The purpose of meeting the two of them has actually been achieved.

Li Yanxian was placed on Xihe Road, and his role was obvious: he crossed the Yellow River, built a walled city north of Lanzhou, and stationed the Song army.

What Li Yanxian said at the beginning was correct. Zhuoluo City is located to the north of the Yellow River. If the Song army established a stronghold in Zhuoluo City, the logistics would have to cross the river. However, the Xixia people could continue to move southward and besiege the Song army.

However, he looked at this issue from the perspective of Xihe Road.

Zhao Ning wanted to build a fortress in Zhuolu City because he looked at the issue from the overall perspective of the entire northwest.

Xihe Road's military expenditure is limited, so Li Yanxian naturally does not want to waste his troops in vain, but the entire northwest has sufficient military expenditure.

Especially after the implementation of the handover of banknotes to Xixia, military expenditures became abundant, not to mention that Zhao Ning planned to use the handover of banknotes to pay salaries to civilians in the future.

At this time, go north from Lanzhou, build a walled city north of the Yellow River, transport a large number of troops, and the pressure will naturally be reduced.

If it is inconvenient to get from Lanzhou to Zhuoluocheng, then use money.

The more money you have, the more convenient it will be.

As for why the walled city was built in Zhuoluo City, the strategic intention is actually very clear.

Zhuoluo City is located in the southwest of Xingqing Prefecture. It is very difficult to get from Zhuoluo City to Xingqing Prefecture because you have to cross the vast sea.

Therefore, the strategic target of Zhuolu City is not Xingqing Mansion.

It is the Hexi Corridor in the northwest.

Li Yanxian's mission is to regain the Hexi Corridor.

And Li Shifu was placed on Fuyan Road to reserve talents for the next war between Song and Xia.

The focus of the next war between Song and Xia must still be at Hengshan. All Zhao Ning can do is to keep throwing money, food, and talents at the Hengshan front.

After meeting Li Yanxian, Li Shifu and others, it was already bright outside.

The ministers also retreated.

Zhao Ning seemed to realize that he seemed to have forgotten something.

Damn it, Miss Qian seems to be still in Funing Palace?

He immediately rushed to Funing Palace.

But he suddenly realized that Li Qingzhao, who was drunk last night, seemed to have been arranged to Funing Palace.

If I go to Funing Palace now and see something I shouldn't see, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

That's fine with Qian Jinshu, after all, she's going to be married soon.

But if you finish reading Li Qingzhao, you can’t say that you married Li Qingzhao, right?

"Go and send Mrs. Qian to the back garden."

"yes."

Zhao Guan's house tidied up and ran to the back garden. He felt that he still needed to prepare some earthy love words. After all, he would still have to ask his wife Qian to help him more in the future.

This back garden was the imperial garden of the Song Dynasty emperor. It was not large, but elegantly decorated.

Among them are several tall ginkgo trees surrounded by trees, which have been here since the Five Dynasties.

They also raised deer and turtles, which symbolize auspiciousness.

Zhao Ning was sitting by the pond not far from Ginkgo. Pieces of green leaves fell into the pond, making ripples.

With such a beautiful scenery, he was seriously writing down the questions he would ask Qian Jinshu later.

He is even already calculating whether the finances of Jingdong and Donglu can be filled from shipping in the next five years if new policies are implemented in Jingdong and Donglu this year to reduce taxes.

If a maritime university is established in Hangzhou, how long will it take to train the first batch of professional maritime talents for China and North Korea?

In addition, what was the specific implementation of Jiangnan among the people in the Song Dynasty, and how to give full play to the potential advantages of Jiangnan.

How to fully squeeze...oh no, fully utilize the Qian family's current human resources in Hangzhou to leverage a new situation?

At this time, Qian Jinshu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot in Funing Palace.

For her, being suddenly taken to the palace was really a nightmare in life.

She was ready to elope with Zhao Guanren.

Then she looked at the teacher who was still sleeping soundly, and an idea suddenly came to her mind: Maybe Zhao Guan's family came to see the teacher, but I happened to be drinking at the teacher's house, so I was brought here with them.
Chapter completed!