Author: An Huajun

Just as Zhang Jun racked his brains for the fleeing people, Wang Xiaoli's wedding date was approaching. Qiu Sheng prepared the gift, and after seeing it, he was about to set off. He rushed from Shizhou to Luoyang within half a month, and the wedding date was not delayed.

Looking at the baskets of walnuts, red dates, etc., Jiang Min said to Zhang Jun: "Indeed, such gifts are a little shabby. Other great mentors will definitely not prepare such gifts. What kind of decent things do you think!"

Zhang Jun nodded: "It's really shabby. However, Xuanfu specifically ordered only local specialties to be prepared and not violate the laws."

Jiang Min sighed. After a while, he said, "Staff Secretary Qiu, there are no valuable specialties in the local area? It's just the things that grow in the fields?"

Qiu Shengdao: "I will not hide it from the governor, there are only these. I have tried my best to choose carefully, and these are excellent."

Jiang Min shook her head: "That's it. When you arrive in Luoyang, you must tell the person who greets you that they were prepared according to the orders of Xuanfu Department, not that we are not careful."

Qiu Sheng agreed.

Zhang Jun said: "After you arrive in Hejin, take the Yuanqu route from Jiangzhou to cross the Yellow River. Never take a long way to go. There is not much time, so don't miss the wedding date."

Qiu Sheng said, "I naturally understand! If you take other roads, you will not be able to catch up."

After reading the gift, several people could not find any other problems. They had to send Qiu Sheng onto the boat, watching him go west along the Lishishui, and then head south along the Yellow River.

This section of the Yellow River is turbulent and the boat is fast. After arriving at Hukou, I changed the boat and went all the way to Hejin County. Then I turned to land, passed Jiangxian to Yanqu, and then went east to cross the Yellow River in the south, and arrived in Luoyang.

When Qiu Sheng arrived in Luoyang, it was only three days before Wang Xiaoli's wedding date. The whole city of Luoyang became lively, and there were particularly many small stalls and vendors.

Although it took less than a year to enter Luoyang, the change was obvious. The people were grateful to Wang Xiaoli for his kindness, and almost every family celebrated and worshiped God and prayed for blessings.

After resting in the inn, Qiu Sheng took a beautiful sleep after handing over the gift list. The next morning, he was called into Xuanfusi by Wang Xiaoli's personal soldiers.

After sitting in the living room for a while, Qiu Sheng came to the official hall.

Wang Xiaoli stood up after the case, stretched out and said, "Let's chat, let's go to the small living room next to you. Guard, come and have a pot of tea."

When he arrived at the small living room, Wang Xiaoli sat down in his seat and said to Qiu Sheng: "You can sit down too."

Qiu Shengdao: "How can I sit in front of Xuanfu?"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "It was just that I wanted to let the gangs sit that I ordered the construction of this small living room. There is no need to be restrained here, just sit down. In the past, you always talked while standing and talking, but I felt embarrassed, but I didn't talk much. I realized that you didn't say anything afterwards."

Qiu Sheng looked around. A chair was placed in the middle, and Wang Xiaolie sat there. There were several chairs opposite the chair, one of which was placed wide open, opposite Wang Xiaolie. There was a table table in the middle of the chair, with teapots and tea cups on the other side.

In fact, the coffee table is placed in the middle, which was required by Wang Xiaoli. Due to different living habits, the way people in the Song Dynasty drank tea was very different from that of their descendants. It was not popular in this era. Now it has been changed to drinking loose tea, which requires brewing, and the coffee table has become a necessary tea set.

Qiu Sheng saw the way and knew that the one he opened was set for himself. It was hard to refuse, so he sat down on it.

Wang Xiaoli poured Qiu Sheng a cup of tea and said, "I am particularly concerned about the garrison in Shizhou. It is rare for you to come to Luoyang and tell me in detail."

Qiu Shengdao didn't dare to hold the tea in his hand carefully, and didn't dare to drink it.

Wang Xiaoliu said: "Since the founding of the army, I have a problem that is difficult to deal with. There are fewer troops, it is difficult to resist the surrounding forces and cannot be peaceful. There are too many troops, and it is difficult to manage them. There are always things that are not to suit my wishes. There is no way, first of all, we must survive. The current army has expanded too quickly at the beginning, and there are many things that I am not satisfied with. But now, I am powerless, so I have to continue like this. Jiang Min grew up by my side, and I can know many ideas even if I don't say it. When I sent him to the sacred mountain, I didn't expect that it would develop so quickly and tens of thousands of people at once. I am afraid that it would be the same as when I founded the army. Because it developed too fast, many things had to be settled."

Qiu Sheng hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Xuanfu, we will do our best!"

Wang Xiaoli smiled bitterly: "Is this kind of thing enough for you to do your best? To choose the right person, you also need to remind me from the side and check it at all times to truly raise the right army. Unfortunately, Luoyang is too far away and I can't take care of it all the time, and I always feel uneasy. It's rare that you come to Luoyang and tell me what the hell is in the army now. Also, Zhang Jun is the chief minister, what do you think?"

Qiu Sheng pondered for a while and said, "There are so many things in the army, where can we start? The army is newly formed, and the days of being abandoned by humble officials are not long, so I really can't explain it. However, based on the humble officials, the general is clear-headed, everything is done according to the rules, and is doing well."

Wang Xiaolien nodded and said, "Everything will follow the rules! Not bad, that's great."

Looking up, seeing Qiu Sheng's eyes full of doubts, Wang Xiaoli immediately said, "Do you think it's easy to act according to the rules? It's not easy. Rules are just general rules for managing the army. In terms of specific forces, there must be different places. Some officers will change according to time and not be restricted by the rules. Some officers will not do so, and will try their best to make the rules implement. The differences need to be carefully understood."

Qiu Sheng nodded, but he still couldn't figure it out in his heart. Normally, it was not easy for the former officer to withstand the pressure from above, to formulate a truly appropriate policy, and to implement it. The latter one, although Jiang Min is around him, it is not easy to figure out.

When people talk about famous generals, they often emphasize the former one. Whether they cherish soldiers or oppose authority, there are more stories to tell. In fact, the latter one is really difficult. It is much more difficult to find ways to change reality and conform to the actual situation of the army and make both the upper and lower levels satisfied.

Stories in previous dynasties are often written by small people with wonderful writing, while big people are not good at writing. Or when writing about big people, they use imagination to replace reality and imagination to replace history. There is no way, the writer cannot imagine the state of big people, and the others cannot understand the thoughts of big people.

Wang Xiaolie understood this difference and could be accepted by all two types of officers. However, if the latter type of officer is really good, he will pay special attention to it. Because he knew in his heart that it would take much effort to do the latter type.

Seeing that Qiu Sheng didn't understand, Wang Xiaolie didn't want to talk about this issue more. He asked: "Zhang Jun is the chief minister, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!