Therefore, Wu Zhi was not surprised at Tong Guan's saucy operation.
At this moment, although Wu Zhi felt helpless, he really couldn't accept this errand.
Because once he accepts this errand, no matter whether he wins or loses the battle, Wu Zhi will be the unlucky one!
And it was impossible for him to win this battle.
Whose territory is Shuibo Liangshan?
That was his Wu Zhi's territory.
Let him lead the imperial army to wipe out his own power?
this……
Isn't this a joke?
This is something only a fool would do.
What if he led his troops to defeat on purpose this time?
Then it won't work either.
When the time comes, everyone headed by Cai Jing will definitely use Wu Zhi's defeat as an excuse to attack him.
By then, even if they cannot eliminate Wu Zhi in one fell swoop, they will suppress Wu Zhi to a great extent.
Therefore, Wu Zhi cannot accept this job under any circumstances.
Just when Wu Zhi was thinking about how to get rid of this task.
Tong Guan, with a sinister smile on his face, stood out from the queue.
But seeing him, he first bowed extremely respectfully to Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon throne.
Then he turned around and looked at Wu Zhi with a joking expression.
"Guan family, this Wu Zhi is a very talented person."
"Not only is he very good at those weird and obscene techniques, but he also often creates some weird and weird things."
"And he also has quite a lot of experience in leading troops to fight."
"Wei Chen vaguely remembers that Lord Wu, with only a few thousand old and weak soldiers, completely defeated the warriors of the Liao Kingdom and the mighty generals of the Jin Kingdom."
"Such a record is really dazzling."
"So the official family, for this expedition, the ministers recommended Lord Wu Zhiwu."
At this time, if the two of them were not in the court, Wu Zhi would definitely drag the old hairy man over, and then use his own hands to pluck the hairy hair off the other person's head one by one.
at this point.
If Wu Zhi doesn't give Zhao Ji a reasonable reason, then he will probably decide this battle.
After Wu Zhi thought for a short time, two ideas suddenly appeared in his mind.
But seeing him, he first glanced at Tong Guan with disdain.
Then, he bowed his hands to Zhao Ji who was sitting at the top and said:
"The reason why the officials and ministers won that small victory in the first place was not actually the fault of the ministers but the soldiers and generals."
"Actually, before the expedition, Wei Chen conducted a thorough investigation of the veterans."
"It turns out that those veterans who seem weak are actually an iron-blooded army back then."
"Although those people were over fifty when I led them, their bravery remains the same as before."
"Wei Chen relied on the bravery of those veterans and the underestimation of the Jin and Liao soldiers to win the blocking battle with great reluctance."
"If this were not the case, you might not be able to see the minister now."
"Wei Chen is not afraid of war when he speaks like this."
"If the minister was afraid of war, he would not have taken the initiative to serve as the commander-in-chief of the allied forces of Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty."
"Although in the end, Wei Chen ended up with the position of a pioneer officer."
"But now, in the hands of Wei Chen, there are actually some very important things that have not been done."
"Recently, when Wei Chen was applying a facial mask to the Empress, the Empress made a very urgent request to Wei Chen."
"When Weichen's facial mask was being prepared and when it was applied to the Queen's face, the smell was very strange and unpleasant."
"For this reason, Weichen has also done experiments at home, but the smell is still difficult to remove."
"But just the day before yesterday, Weichen suddenly discovered that if flower petals are mixed into it, the odor in the mask can be greatly suppressed."
"So Wei Chen plans to leave the city and come back in search of some various petals."
"At that time, I will be able to serve the Queen better."
"Of course, this is just one of them."
"The second thing is that the Longhutang store under Weichen has made a lot of silver surplus recently."
"So for a while, it is really inconvenient for me to participate in the military expedition."
"I also ask the officials for their understanding."
"Actually, there are many generals in this court who can lead troops to fight."
"For example: Our Song Dynasty humerus minister, Zhongshi Dao, two brothers in Zhongshi, are also very good candidates to lead troops."
"So if you are here, I would like to ask the officials to consider it as appropriate."
Regardless of Wu Zhi's remarks, they sound somewhat reasonable.
But if you think about it carefully, it is completely nonsense.
Not only Cai Jing and other veterans of the court knew about this.
Even Zhongshi Dao and the two Zhongshi brothers, who usually have little interest in these miscellaneous things, found what Wu Zhi mentioned just now to be very funny.
Because sending troops to suppress thieves is a major matter to safeguard the dignity of the imperial court.
As for serving the queen wholeheartedly, compared with the previous matter, it is not only insignificant, but also incomparable.
If this kind of thing were left to ordinary people, they might think so.
But once it is placed above the imperial court and in the palace, it is completely different.
This is like Yuan Shao during the Three Kingdoms period. After listening to Xu You's advice, he planned to follow his plan to attack Cao Cao on a large scale.
But at the most critical moment, because his child was ill, the plan was postponed.
And what about the advisers around Yuan Shao?
Except for a few particularly upright people who are not afraid of death and dare to give advice.
How could the other advisers and generals dare to say no?
And looking at this kind of thing now, it is also a similar reason.
I would like to ask all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, who dares to say that the Queen's affairs are not important?
Who dares to say?
If he offended Zhao Ji because of this and was dismissed from office, that would be really stupid.
As for what Wu Zhi said later, although it seemed that it had nothing to do with leading troops on an expedition, it was not difficult for Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon throne, to understand the meaning behind it.
That is, the business of Longhutang has been good recently, and it has also made a lot of money.
If Zhao Ji needs it, it won't take long for Wu Zhi to put the money in Zhao Ji's inner treasury and use it as he wishes.
As for whether Zhao Ji used the money to build new gardens, repair old gardens, or worship a few Taoist immortal kings, Wu Zhi didn't know.
At this moment, Zhao Ji just pondered for a while and then nodded slowly.