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After announcing the decree, Zhao Zhen asked Hou Meng to sit down in the hall.

Zhao Zhen asked: "To declare the decree, do you have to go to the Huyan Control Office?"

"Why does Lord Jieduzhi have such a question?"

"I saw that some chariots were detained in Mali by the guards who announced the decree. They must have been rewarded by the officials to Hu Yanzhuo."

Hou Meng shook his head and said: "Jiedu Envoy indeed guessed wrong. Hu Yanzhuo was preparing to attack Laiwu, so how could the officials reward him with two elephants? This was specially given to Jiedushi Envoy by the officials, except for these two elephants. There are also five pairs of Kangguo poodles, palace poodles, and Shih Tzu dogs on the car.”

Zhao Zhen heard this and quickly thanked him: "The official still remembers my preferences."

"Jiedushi is His Majesty's minister, so these are added to the list of rewards drawn up by the minister."

"I would like to express my gratitude to you. Please declare the order to return to Beijing to respond to the official's family." Zhao Zhen said.

As he spoke, Zhao Zhen said: "This dog has been imprisoned in the car for so long, it would be better to put him down as soon as possible."

Hou Meng said: "What Jiedushi said is true."

After that, he and Zhao Zhen walked out of the hall and asked someone to bring the elephant and carriage over. The two elephants led Ruan Pashan to the elephant house.

Thirty dogs of various colors ran around after being put down, and Zhao Zhen quickly scolded them. With the blessing of the Beast Gathering Technique, thirty dogs surrounded Zhao Zhen.

Picking up a Kangguo dog, Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "I've never seen this dog before."

Hou Meng said: "Officers have dogs. During Chongning, an edict was issued to ban dog meat, and dogs from various places were allowed to be donated to the palace. Later, the imperial students protested and issued an edict to abolish the previous edict. However, there were many more dogs of all kinds in the palace. Dogs are raised by special people. The ferocious dogs hurt people and are slowly sent out of the palace, but these docile puppies are settled in the palace. "

"The one in Jiedushi's hands is called [Kang Guozi]. It is said that this dog came from the far west and was raised by Concubine Yang Guifei of the Tang Dynasty." After that, Hou Meng also mentioned the palace poodle and Shih Tzu.

After Zhao Zhen took a look, these dogs were just as Hou Meng said. Unfortunately, they were all ordinary dogs.

Zhao Yuanli asked people to send all the dogs to the back house, and Zhao Zhen asked Hou Meng to sit in the hall again.

Zhao Zhen asked: "Now that the decree has been announced, do the officials have any other instructions?"

Hou Meng hesitated for a while and then asked: "The officials asked me to ask, is there still any [black wolfberry] that Jiedushi gave to the officials?"

After Zhao Zhen heard this, he said to Hou Meng: "Declaration, is this a fun thing that the official family has no shortage of?"

Hou Meng whispered: "I have more than 400 military states with abundant resources and natural treasures, so there is no shortage of entertainment items. Taoist priests and eminent monks also offered golden elixirs, but they were not as good as Jiedushi's [Black Wolfberry]. However, These things have always been opposed by courtiers, and the officials don’t have much in their hands.”

Zhao Zhen said in embarrassment: "To be honest, there is only one [black wolfberry] plant, and the yield is very small. If it takes another three to five months, I can naturally donate it to the official family. At this time of year, I can only give it to the officials." There are one hundred and ten pills left.”

After taking a look at Hou Meng, Zhao Zhen said: "I will take out 50 berries and donate them to the official's house. When the new [black wolfberry] matures in May or June, I will declare the address and leave the address. Then I will send someone to Bianjing."

Hou Meng was naturally very happy after hearing this.

After ending this topic, Zhao Zhen turned to ask: "Declaration, for the Qingzhou thieves, besides me, does the court have any other plans?"

Hou Meng sighed and said: "The courtiers also advocated recruiting peace, but they were all rejected by the Grand Master, Gao Taiwei and Tong Privy Council, especially Cai Taishi and Gao Taiwei."

"Gao Taiwei hated the Qingzhou thieves for killing his brother Gao Feng, so he recommended Gao Lian from Gaotangzhou to lead an army with 10,000 horse and infantry soldiers, and join Yuntianbiao from Zizhou to attack from the north."

"Grand Master Cai hated the Qingzhou thieves for robbing the birthday card, so he advocated their annihilation. This matter was only hidden from the officials."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "That's right. Now there are rumors in Bianjing that Prime Minister Tong is going to lead troops to conquer Tianhu in Hebei?"

"Yes, if not, the Privy Council may have asked for orders to suppress the Qingzhou thieves." Hou Meng took a sip of tea and continued: "However, in my opinion, it may not be possible. Wang Qing of Huaixi, Jiangnan La , which one is more troublesome than the Qingzhou bandit. It’s just that the Qingzhou bandit offended the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine, and that’s why he became a thorn in his side.”

Zhao Zhen said: "Thank you for your guidance. Otherwise, I would never have thought of this."

"I just held a government examination here, but unfortunately, there are not many that can be used. Now that the officials ask me to supervise Yizhou, I don't have much clue. Yizhou is mountainous and was already in ruins. Now it is even more harmed by the Qingzhou thieves. It's terrible. Many people who can't survive go to the mountains to become thieves. The Qingzhou bandits in Yiyuan County were forced to move to Qingzhou. Speaking of which, I have no shortage of warriors who are capable of fighting, but there are not many scholars who are familiar with the promulgation of orders. Those who are in trouble can be recommended to come to Liangshan and become a Bailihou in Yizhou."

Hou Meng said: "I don't want to be in such a difficult situation in Yizhou, so Jiedushi can rest assured that the officials have asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to select officials to come to Yizhou to serve, but it will take some time."

Zhao Zhen sighed: "Now I can only pick a few who can do the job, and I will go to various places to support them first. It would be great if this scholar could also come to the rescue like a warrior."

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"A few days ago, two martial arts masters came from Lingzhou. I saw that both of them have some martial arts skills. Now they have been appointed as officers to prepare for the suppression of Qingzhou bandits."

After hearing this, Hou Meng said: "Jiedu made great achievements in conquering the Qingzhou bandits, so naturally many strong men came to join us."

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Speaking of which, there are many brave men in Lingzhou."

"Oh, did Jiedushi hear something?"

Zhao Zhen said: "There is a land in the southwest of Lingzhou called Zengtou City. There are more than 3,000 families in Zengtou City, and one of them is called Zengjiafu. This Zengjiafu is really amazing. I was originally a A man named Zeng, who was from the Kingdom of Jin, gave birth to five children, named the Five Tigers of the Zeng Family. The eldest son was called Zeng Tu, the second was called Zeng Mi, the third was called Zeng Suo, the fourth was called Zeng Kui, and the fifth was called Zeng Sheng. Each of the five brothers was highly skilled in martial arts. Five to seven thousand men and horses have been stationed at five strongholds. If the imperial court can recruit soldiers and horses here, it will increase its chances of victory."

Hou Meng asked: "How does Jiedushi know?"

"But they are two strong men who came to me. They used to be instructors in Zengtou City and recently came to me to find a career." Zhao Zhen replied.

"If it is serious, the imperial court will definitely issue an order to recruit people from this place. Lingzhou and Gaotangzhou are adjacent, so they can join forces together."

Zhao Zhen also said: "The people in Lingzhou are tough, brave and aggressive, and brave and righteous. If we get this team, we will definitely be able to clear out the bandits in Qingzhou."

The two talked for a long time about the Qingzhou thieves. Zhao Zhen held a banquet and asked the judge Xiao Rang and other officials to accompany Hou Meng. The imperial guards who came with them were treated by Zhao Yuanli's envoys. That day, there was a lot of bragging and until dusk, I was completely drunk before I left.