"I would like to inform the officials that the person who is to be recruited for the position of special envoy must be a person with outstanding eloquence and profound knowledge."
"Otherwise, it would be impossible to convince those refugees and bandits to surrender in large numbers."
"So I recommend Master Kong Youdao to be the special envoy to Qingfeng Mountain this time."
"I wonder what the officials want?"
As soon as Gao Qiu said this, all the civil and military officials in the court couldn't help it.
Then he burst out laughing one after another.
These officials had already been with Na Kong and had served as officials in the same dynasty for decades.
Therefore, as for Kong Youdao’s temperament, it could not be clearer.
Just because of the old man's stubborn temper and his stubbornness that wouldn't let go.
If he is allowed to be a special envoy to recruit the strong men on Qingfeng Mountain.
Maybe on the day he goes, he will be caught and hacked to death by those grassroots strongmen.
Maybe even his bones and scraps could be smashed by those grassroots strongmen.
Therefore, Gao Qiu's move was entirely to use the hands of those grassroots strongmen to kill Kong Youdao.
And Kong Youdao was not a fool. After hearing this, he neither argued nor got angry.
He just turned his head to the side and didn't answer his words at all.
This couldn't help but make Gao Qiu feel very unhappy.
When Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon throne, heard these words, he actually felt that Gao Qiu's suggestion was good.
After all, he didn't have a good impression of that old man Kong either.
But no matter what, that Kong Youdao still held the title of Imperial Master after all.
At this time, if he really agreed to Gao Qiu's suggestion and let that old man Kong serve as the special envoy for the recruitment of Qingfeng Mountain this time.
Once something happens to Old Man Kong on Qingfeng Mountain, how will the literati in the world view him as an official?
He will definitely be regarded as a typical example of ungratefulness.
Therefore, after Zhao Ji thought about it again and again, he could only reject Gao Qiu's suggestion very tactfully.
"Gao Aiqing, although Kong Lao Aiqing is sharp in words and eloquent."
"But after all, I am already old, and I really don't deserve that kind of fatigue."
"So, it's better not to let him go on his mission to Qingfeng Mountain."
At this moment, Gao Qiu saw that Zhao Ji had said this, so he stopped insisting and could only shut his mouth with a look of helplessness.
Finally, at Cai Jing's suggestion, Zhao Ji asked Chen Zongshan, the imperial lieutenant, to serve as the special envoy to Qingfeng Mountain.
Early the next morning, he led a recruitment team of hundreds of people to Qingfeng Mountain.
At this point, this court meeting has finally come to an end.
When Gao Qiu was about to follow his ministers and leave the Jinluan Palace with extremely complicated emotions.
Zhao Ji's personal attendant, Eunuch Sheng, called him over.
This inevitably made Gao Qiu feel worried and uneasy.
Because he really couldn't guess what was going on when Zhao Ji called him over at this time.
And when Gao Qiu saw Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji's words made Gao Qiu even more helpless.
But when he saw him, he first mentioned Gao Qiu's gift of one million taels of silver to Shuibo Liangshan.
Then he mentioned that there were still some stones missing in his newly built garden.
However, due to the shortage of silver, it was delayed and could not be completed.
At the same time, he also mentioned that Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been hit by frequent droughts recently.
There was also a shortage of silver in the treasury and many other problems.
After Gao Qiu heard all the above, how could he not understand what Zhao Ji, who was sitting in front of him, wanted to say.
Although he still has a lot of silver in his hands.
But those silver coins were all obtained from all directions by him in recent years, after racking his brains and brains.
How could he be willing to give those silver coins to others?
But at this time, Zhao Ji's words had already reached this point. If he didn't take out some silver coins to express his meaning, it didn't seem to be the case.
So after careful consideration, Gao Qiu finally reluctantly opened his mouth.
He said that he would spend 50,000 taels of silver and use up his meager resources.
But after Zhao Ji heard this, he immediately stopped working.
After glaring his eyes, he said something that made Gao Qiu feel helpless and scared.
It was not until Gao Qiu was frightened that his face turned pale, and he finally made up his mind and promised Zhao Ji that he would spend 400,000 taels to relieve the victims.
Zhao Ji was naturally very happy about Gao Qiu's statement.
But after he received 400,000 taels from Gao Qiu, would he really use it for disaster relief?
This all depends on his mood.
Ten days later.
The recruitment team led by Chen Zongshan finally arrived at Qingfeng Mountain.
Song Jiang, Wu Yong and others also expressed great interest in the arrival of Chen Zongshan and his party.
At the same time, I quite agree with the strategy of recruiting peace he mentioned.
However, the tiger-killing general Li Zhong, the little overlord Zhou Tong, the flying eagle Li Ying and others were quite critical of this so-called recruitment strategy.
Because these people don't have a good impression of the so-called imperial officers and soldiers.
At the same time, he is not a direct descendant of Song Jiang.
Therefore, it is inevitable that some other ideas will come to mind.
Of course, Song Jiang, who is from Erdungling in Qingfeng Mountain, is completely unaware of this.
Because at this time, he was happily greeting the Imperial Lieutenant Chen Zongshan and others.
Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Chen Zongshan and others undoubtedly had a great time chatting during this contact.
Song Jiang even mentioned in his conversation with Chen Zongshan that as long as the imperial court could absolve the brothers on the mountain from their guilt.
Then he, as the elder brother, will definitely convince all the brothers in the village to surrender to the imperial court.
As for this question, Chen Zongshan had already received a positive answer from Zhao Ji before he went to Qingfeng Mountain as an envoy.
After all, if you want to persuade these so-called heroes to surrender, you must give them some sweetness.
Otherwise, how can we promote this matter as soon as possible?
Therefore, Chen Zongshan gave extremely satisfactory answers to the questions raised by Song Jiang.
At this point, the first contact between Qingfeng Mountain and the imperial court ended in a very harmonious manner.
In the evening of that day, Song Jiang found Wu Yong with a worried look on his face and invited him into his hut.
As for Wu Yong, he could guess a thing or two about his brother's intention of looking for him this time.
As the second village leader on Shuibo Liang Mountain, Song Jiang's residence is also very spacious.
In a large courtyard, there are several houses.
The only people living there were Song Jiang and his father, Mrs. Song.
At this time, Mrs. Song, who had finished dinner, had returned to her room and fell asleep.
So in this hall, only Song Jiang and Wu Yong were left.
On both sides of a one square meter coffee table, Song Jiang and Wu Yong were sitting respectively.