The weather is still hot, but the sun is no longer as fierce as before. Even when you wake up in the morning, you will feel a little chill. It is estimated that the temperature will drop after a while.

However, compared to Chang'an, the climate in Luoyang is indeed more pleasant. At least summer is not as hot as Chang'an. It is probably because there are mountains and water in Luoyang, which makes the climate here better. Summer is not as hot as Chang'an, and winter is not as cold as Chang'an.

Zhang Zong stood in front of the city gate with the sun, looking at the official road in the distance from time to time. When he came to Luoyang before, it was Li Xian who came to welcome him, but today he was here to welcome others. This person was Li Zhi who found him and helped him set up a martial arts school instead of Xue Rengui.

Previously, Zhang Zong proposed to Li Zhi that a special military school should be built to cultivate military talents, which also received strong support from Li Zhi. Now this military school has been officially named the Royal Martial Arts School. The reason why the word "royal" is added is because the entire martial arts school is directly under the charge of the emperor Li Zhi, and Li Zhi is actually the first principal of this military school.

Of course, Li Zhi was only in charge of the martial arts school in name. As the emperor, he couldn't handle all his government affairs in daily life, so he had no time and energy to take charge of an educational institution? Therefore, he also needed to select a suitable candidate from the ministers to be responsible for handling the specific affairs of the martial arts school.

Zhang Zong was only responsible for setting up martial arts schools, such as the planning, construction of martial arts schools, as well as some institutional settings within the school, but he could not control the future teaching and talent transfer to the army, and these are what he was going to welcome this person today.

As the temperature rose sharply at noon, Zhang Zong had to take off his outer robe, and then he felt a little cooler. But at this moment, someone suddenly rushed to report: "Report to the prince consort, Pei Shangshu's convoy is coming soon!"

When Zhang Zong heard that the person he had to wait for finally came, he was shocked. He immediately put on a dress and asked the others to prepare for the greeting. In a short while, he saw a group of people slowly coming from the official road in the distance.

The so-called Shangshu Pei actually refers to Pei Xingjian, the General of the Right Guard. At the same time, he also serves as the Minister of Rites, or the Minister of Rites is actually his main position, and as for the General of the Right Guard, he serves as the General of the Right Guard.

Speaking of Pei Xingjian's origin, he is also quite famous. He was born in the Pei family in Hedong. His great-grandfather and grandfather were both in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. His father Pei Renji was even more famous for his bravery and good combat. During the former Sui Dynasty, he participated in the wars of the destruction of the Chen Dynasty and attacked Tuyuhun and Mushi. He made many military achievements and was awarded the position of Guanglu Dafu.

In addition, Pei Xingjian also has a brother named Pei Xingyan, who was also a famous general at the end of the Sui Dynasty and was known as the "enemy of thousands of people". In the later generations of "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", Pei Yuanqing, who ranked third among the thirteen heroes, was the prototype of Pei Xingyan.

It can be said that Pei Xingjian was born into a military family, but unfortunately, Pei Renji and Pei Xingyan followed Wang Shichong at the end of the Sui Dynasty. Because Wang Shichong became emperor, they wanted to launch a coup to kill Wang Shichong and regain the reign of King Yang Tong of Yue as the emperor. Unfortunately, the incident was leaked, resulting in the Pei father and son being killed, and even all of their relatives were killed.

Pei Xingjian was actually Pei Renji's posthumous son. When Pei Renji was killed, Pei Xingjian's mother had just become pregnant and escaped from Luoyang while the city was in chaos, which saved the Pei family a bloodline.

Relying on his father and brother's prestige, Pei Xingjian first entered the Hongwenguan to study, but perhaps he was the only one in his family, so Pei Xingjian did not become a military general like his father and brother, but participated in the Mingjing subject selection, began to become a civil servant, and even served as the county magistrate of Chang'an County.

Later, Li Zhi was preparing to make Wu Meiniang the queen, and Pei Xingjian and others firmly opposed it, but they were demoted to the Western Regions. However, from that time on, Pei Xingjian began to become a military general of his father and brother as a civil servant. He stationed in the Western Regions for many years, from the Chief Secretary to the Anxi Protector, defeated Tubo and Turkic tribes, and made great military achievements. When he attacked Tubo last time, his contribution was no worse than Xue Rengui.

Originally, Pei Xingjian was in charge of the Western Regions, and Li Zhi would not easily transfer him back. However, the Tang Dynasty defeated Tubo before, which made Tubo unable to invade the Western Regions within ten years, eliminating the Tang Dynasty's biggest enemy in the Western Regions.

In addition, just a while ago, Pei Xingjian commanded a large army to destroy the eastern and Turkic tribes of the Western Regions, causing the last Turkic force to resist completely to disappear. Now there is no hidden danger in the Western Regions. It can be said that as long as the Tang Dynasty does not commit suicide, the Western Regions will be very stable within ten years.

However, although the Western Regions have stabilized, Pei Xingjian's health has problems. He was not young anymore and was in his sixties this year. In addition, he fought in the Western Regions and had to work hard to manage the local area. Therefore, Pei Xingjian's health has become worse and worse. For this reason, he has written many letters to ask to return to Chang'an to recuperate.

Li Zhi also considered that Tubo and the Turks had been equitable, so he finally agreed to Pei Xingjian's request. This actually happened before Zhang Zong came to Luoyang, so when Zhang Zong came to Luoyang, Pei Xingjian had actually set off from the Western Regions.

It is worth mentioning that the reason why Pei Xingjian was able to win every battle in the Western Regions was not only his own talent, but his military strategy was actually taught to him by Su Dingfang, and Su Dingfang learned the military strategy from Li Jing. In other words, Pei Xingjian was actually Li Jing's disciple and learned the real military strategy of the Wei Gong.

It is precisely because of this that Li Zhi felt that Pei Xingjian was more suitable to take charge of the martial arts school than Xue Rengui. After all, the martial arts school was originally a place to teach military arts. Unfortunately, Li Jing and Li Jing's students are no longer alive, and Li Jing's descendants have abandoned martial arts and practiced literature. No one is a military general. The only person who still understands the military arts of Wei Gong is Pei Xingjian.

Thinking of the above, Zhang Zong couldn't help but feel a little excited. He had long been well-known for Pei Xingjian's reputation, especially the Ni Ni Nii Master who also served under Pei Xingjian. In the Ni Nii Master's letter, he also highly praised Pei Xingjian. Even Ni Nii Master asked Pei Xingjian for advice on how to use troops. Although Pei Xingjian did not accept Ni Nii Master as a student, he also gave some guidance to him.
Chapter completed!