The Song Dynasty's prefectures were divided into five levels. Kaifeng Prefecture was an important place in the capital. Although it was only Tokyo, it looked down on the heroes as the emperor, so it was high above.

Luoyang Prefecture, Yingtian Prefecture and Daming Prefecture correspond to the three capitals in the southwest, north and north respectively. Their status is only half a level worse than that of Kaifeng. They belong to first-level prefectures.

Although Jingzhao Prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture are not one of the four capitals, their special strategic and historical status make their status no less than the three capitals, and they are only slightly worse in terms of status. They belong to first-level and half-level prefectures.

As for Chengdu Prefecture and Jiangning Prefecture, they are regional centers, but they are slightly inferior in strategy, so they are of the same level 2 government as Zhending Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture and other major prefectures.

As for other small prefectures, such as Hezhong Prefecture, Yan'an Prefecture, Fengxiang Prefecture, Xingren Prefecture, Jiangling Prefecture, etc., they belong to third-level prefectures.

Jingzhao Prefecture has 12,000 garrisons. Because of its special historical status, it is even higher than Taiyuan Prefecture. Like other three capitals, it also has a left-behind position and is the nominal supreme military commander. It is generally served by the prince and is in the capital, regardless of practice.

According to the custom of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty as the main generals, the chief general of the Jingzhao Army was the Tongzhi of Jingzhao Prefecture, and the deputy general was the envoy of the capital. Four days later, Li Yanqing arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture and officially took office.

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Jingzhao Prefecture is Chang'an, the capital of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Although it was once glorious, it was eventually destroyed by war at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Today, Jingzhao City can no longer see the grand scenery of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

However, despite more than 100 years of cultivation and rest in the Song Dynasty, Jingzhao Mansion gradually recovered its vitality from extreme weakness, and its population increased to more than 100,000 households, becoming an absolute grand mansion.

But it is also because of the changes in the climate that Jingzhao Prefecture today is no longer as wet and rainy as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and gradually becomes dry. It is like a middle-aged woman who has lost the aura of youth.

Of course, there are also strong political factors here. Since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the threat from the northeast has always been throughout the Song Dynasty.

In the northwest, Tubo has declined. Although Xixia is strong, its national strength is insufficient and the threat to the Song Dynasty is far less than that of Liao and Jin dynasties. Therefore, its political weakness also makes Jingzhao Prefecture in the northwest not as good as Daming Prefecture in Hebei.

On the first day of Li Yanqing's office, he was warmly welcomed by the prefect Yang Xuzhou. He even gave Li Yanqing a heavy bear hug in front of the officials, as if he had labeled Li Yanqing as a royal family. However, this bear hug was effective, which made the face of the Tongzong Ma Shan look extremely ugly, and he snorted and left.

"Li Tongzhi, this is your official room!"

The Lord Bo Meng then led Li Yanqing to the west courtyard of the back hall of the government office. This is a very wide courtyard. There are more than 70 rooms alone, which are enough to accommodate hundreds of people. There is also a side door facing west, which is very convenient to enter and exit the government office.

Li Yanqing walked into a large room in the middle. This was his official room, but it was only temporary. Li Yanqing hoped that he could go to the military camp to become a magistrate in the future.

"Mengzhubo, why is there no one in the yard?" Li Yanqing couldn't help but feel a little surprised when he saw the quietness in the west courtyard.

"Today is Xunxu, and the lower-level officials and minor officials have rested and will not be able to see you tomorrow."

"That's even more embarrassing, it delayed Meng Zhubo's rest."

"Where! Where! It is my honor to be able to do a little bit of effort for Li Tongzhi."

A smile appeared on the corner of Li Yanqing's mouth. If he hadn't known that Meng Zhubo was Yang Xuzhou's confidant, he might have misinterpreted the meaning of "the power of the slightest".

Today is really interesting. Yang Xuzhou's exaggerated welcome ceremony, and Ma Shan's face turned pale and his young wife walked away jealously, allowing Li Yanqing to see the fierce internal struggle between the two with his own eyes.

"By the way, Meng Zhubo, where will I stay at night?"

"I have prepared an official house for Li Tongzhi. I have less than one mile away from the government office. I have arrived two or three hundred steps west, but it seems that Li Tongzhi has not brought his family?"

"They may come one or two months later, mainly because my personal entourage needs a place to live."

"No problem, I have arranged everything, why don't I take Tongzhi to take a look?"

"You take my entourage over first! They need to put their luggage."

Li Yanqing winked at Mo Jun and Liu Fang. The two of them understood and followed Meng Zhubo.

Just as Meng Zhubo left, a little tea boy came in and served Li Yanqing a cup of tea and left. Li Yanqing picked up the tea bowl, but found a small note on the plate.

Li Yanqing quickly put down the tea bowl, picked up the note and looked at it. There was only one sentence inside, "See you in the Chunxue Room of Chang'an Restaurant at dusk."

Li Yanqing chuckled softly. Before his chair was hot, the first dish was served.

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Chang'an Restaurant is located next to Qujiangchi in the south of the city. It is a large restaurant covering an area of ​​five acres, ranking third in Jingzhao. In the evening, there are bustling traffic and business is extremely prosperous.

Li Yanqing brought Zhang Bao and Zhang Ying to the restaurant. He had already changed into a white shirt, a leather belt, a veil hat, and a gold wire folding fan in his hand. He looked like a student from the school, but his handsome face had a bit of murderous aura, which reduced his elegance.

"Three guests, like to visit the store, please invite it in the lobby!" A bartender ran forward and greeted them diligently.

"I have an appointment in Chunxue Room!"

The bartender said, "Please! I'll take the guest officer there."

Li Yanqing nodded and said to Zhang Ying and Zhang Bao: "You can have dinner in the lobby! There is no problem with me being alone."

The two knew that the lord was ready, so they found a seat in the lobby to sit down. Li Yanqing followed the bartender to the second floor and stopped in front of the innermost elegant room.

"This is Chunxue Room. There are already guests inside. Please invite the guest!"

Li Yanqing pushed the door and saw a thin middle-aged man sitting inside, who was the Tongzhe Ma Shan who left in anger today.

Li Yanqing was stunned. He did not expect it would be this person, but Li Yanqing immediately laughed and said, "This riddle of Ma Tong is really hard to guess!"

Ma Shan stood up and bowed with a smile and said, "Li Tongzhi came to Jingzhao to take office. The subordinates prepared two glasses of thin wine to welcome Li Tongzhi."

In fact, Li Yanqing also knew that when Ma Shan met in the afternoon, he was angering and was doing a show. Yang Xuzhou was Wang Fu's person. In the case of Fan Dang, he had already had a grudge against Wang Fu. No matter how much Ma Shan would not think that he and Yang Xuzhou were accomplices. He deliberately left in anger, which was a illusion for Yang Xuzhou.

At this time, Li Yanqing saw that there were only two pairs of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and smiled and said, "Are there no other guests?"

"I was going to invite a few accompanying guests, but later I thought about it. It would be better for us to talk to each other, so that some people can be suspicious and stumbling on Li Tongzhi, and things will be difficult to do in the future."

Li Yanqing knew that he was referring to Yang Xuzhou, so he didn't point it out, so he smiled and sat down. At this time, the bartender brought the wine and food. Ma Shan poured Li Yanqing a glass of wine and said with a smile: "This Chang'an Tavern can make wine by itself. The sake is very good, and the fish is also awesome. Tongzhi should try it well."

Li Yanqing picked up the wine glass and tasted it, and praised it: "No, very mellow, rare good wine. It seems that the thing I worry about the most is gone."

The two laughed, and Ma Shan said again: "I also have a wine cellar at home. When I look back, I will ask someone to send 20 jars to Li Tongzhi."

Li Yanqing waved his hand quickly, "The people in the army must not dare to touch the wine. The judge will be proud of his hand and spare me this time!"

"Okay! Li Tongzhi wants to drink, so you can find me at any time." Ma Shan also knew that some things were too hasty, but hasteness was not achieved.

In fact, Ma Shan was very welcome to Li Yanqing's arrival. Before, Cai Xiangguo sent him a letter telling him that Li Yanqing was the prince and could be fought for. If he could get the support of the prince, his position as a magistrate would be basically stable, so Ma Shan was particularly concerned about Li Yanqing's arrival.

He filled Li Yanqing's wine glass again, and the two drank two glasses of wine. Ma Shan asked with a smile: "When will Li Tongzhi go to the military camp?"

"Tomorrow! The Qiang people are making a big fuss. The emperor ordered me to put out the riots as soon as possible."

Ma Shan pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that the Qiang riots are related to the Western Xia."

Li Yanqing also vaguely guessed that the Qiang people and the court had no historical grievances, and the court did not interfere with their autonomy. How could the riots suddenly occur? This must be external causes. If it is external causes, it can only be Western Xia. Of course, it may also be the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom wanted to restrain the Song Dynasty's army through the Qiang people and prevent the Song army from taking advantage of the situation.

But now the Qiang people's riots seem to be a little earlier. The Jin soldiers are still trying their best to destroy the remnants of the Liao Kingdom. One day Yelu Yanxi is not destroyed, and the Jin Kingdom will not care about the Western Xia for a day. Therefore, the Qiang people's riots at this time are not necessarily a factor in the Jin Kingdom.

"How did Punishment Ma Tong know that it was related to Xixia?" Li Yanqing asked again.

"It's very simple. Xixia has added troops to the border. This is obviously to restrain the Song army and reduce pressure on the Qiang people."

“Is the news reliable?”

"It should be reliable, it was said by several businessmen."

Li Yanqing's heart moved and he quickly smiled and said, "I also want to meet these businessmen. Can you introduce them to me?"

"No problem, I'll go find them tomorrow."

Ma Shan lowered his voice again and said, "Li Tongzhi should be careful when he goes down, Deputy General Yang Lin. His sheep is birds of a feather with the sheep in the government office!"

Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I understand, thank you for the reminder of Ma Tong!"

The two of them drank a few more glasses of wine, and Li Yanqing also suggested that his official house was not satisfied with it, it was not quiet enough, and the water view was not very good. He hoped that Ma Shan would help change the house, and Ma Shan agreed in one go.

Li Yanqing said goodbye and left immediately, and Ma Shan was relieved. Of course, he knew the true meaning of Li Yanqing asking for his own house to change. This is not changing his house, but sending himself a hint that asking for him is a good omen.

Ma Shan was in a good mood and drank a few glasses of wine before returning home drunk.
Chapter completed!