The Dachaohui, which opens in November, is one of the nine ministers in the Secret Pavilion, and is probably the one with the most actual power and responsibility among the nine ministers. He directly changed from the chief judge to a co-criminal.
It's jaw-dropping.
But at this time, Zhao Guan's family got angry and walked away, leaving Beijing directly to inspect the river defense.
In this regard, some people think that this is the official's intention to avoid the trial of the case and avoid the concubine's intercession in order to reduce unnecessary trouble. However, some people say that this is the official's hint that the Ministry of Punishment should relax its hands and deal with it strictly and quickly.
I mean, there are still people who are a little entangled about the issue of the Imperial City Department and the takeout... But no matter what, the Zhao Guan family's attitude of leaving Beijing to inspect the river defense was uncompromising, even decisive.
He said it that day and left the next day without any discussion at all.
It should be noted that it has snowed intermittently in the past few days. Although there is no snow, it is still muddy and will freeze sooner or later, which makes the road conditions quite bad... But Zhao Guan's family is still on the road.
Not only that, this official also set off directly without any extra people on this trip. He had a thousand soldiers and horses and four or five followers.
One thousand soldiers and horses, five hundred are the imperial squadron, and five hundred are the cavalry in the Yuetai camp.
Among the attachés, the highest-ranking one was Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the water supervisor of the capital, followed by Fan Zongyin, a Hanlin scholar, Lu Benzhong, who had just been promoted to a direct bachelor, Ren Baozhong, the chief minister of the Gemen, and Yu Yunwen, who led the Military Statistics Department.
He was really desperate and left as soon as he said he was leaving.
And this group of people, after leaving Yuetai, went northwest along the Bian River, but first arrived at Heyin, an important town on the river... This place is not only the location of Biankou, but also the shipyard of the Royal Navy Navy. It can only be said that they were inspecting
It’s not a bad idea to start from here for river defense.
Turning back to the front, when they came to Heyin, Zhang Rong, the commander of the Royal Navy Navy, came to greet them early. Zhao Guan's family was as loyal as ever, and they put down their pretensions and went directly to join hands with them to enter the shipbuilding yard. After entering the site, the officials were pretending to inspect.
The ship was being built for a while, and then we left the dry dock and went to the military camp.
One more thing here, as early as the Shenzong Dynasty, dry dock technology became famous all over the world through the successful repair of a huge building ship in Jinmingchi, and then was fully promoted.
As for the shipbuilding technology itself, whether it is sea-going ships or inland river ships, the Song Dynasty is basically the world's leading level. After all, in another time and space, Zhong Xiang Yang Mo's uprising lasted for five or six years. In the later stages, even Dongting Lake
The rebels were able to start large-scale production of ships of various sizes, which shows the maturity of related technologies.
So when it comes to the current situation? Burning Xiao Wu Xun from the beginning? Of course, the Song Army, which controls the river defense, has no reason to give up these excellent surface technologies.
However, according to military intelligence reports, after suffering several losses, the Jurchens also supported the Qingzhou pirates before. They searched for relevant craftsmen in Hebei, with the vague intention of using the old Yellow River route to build their own docks and fleets.
Surely? This is not the time to discuss such matters.
When Zhao Guan's family left the dock and moved into the military camp that was integrated with the shipyard, they inevitably had to have a temporary extra meal at noon, but instead used pigs and sheep bought from Zhengzhou in the south as rewards? From the royal camp officers to the craftsmen and civilians in the shipyard, including
Zhao Guan's family? Everyone has a bowl of meat and half a glass of wine.
In the afternoon? The official personally went to see the winter fabrics related to the Royal Navy Navy that had been distributed last month. He walked around in a big circle and examined them carefully for more than an hour. Then he took advantage of the warm winter sunshine in the afternoon.
, turned to the river, and then boarded the embankment in person? Then he checked the embankment, fortifications, and river conditions again.
All I can say is that after working as an official for a long time, I have mastered the art of pretending. For those who don’t know, I would think that Zhao Jiuzhen only knows this.
"Zhang Dutong, I checked the documents of the Ministry of War and said that some spies mentioned something vaguely. It seems that the Jurchens also have a dry dock in Daming Mansion? And they also want to build ships?" The person who asked the question was Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the water supervisor of the capital.
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Moreover, as a senior official, Liu Hongdao's entry into the capital was obviously a little lower than other frontier officials, and he was even suspected of being vacant. And he himself was a little resentful at the beginning, just thinking that he could enter the central government, and still be in the capital.
Being able to gain a secret pavilion identity and being closer to my hometown that had just been recovered not long ago, I was able to endure it.
But following Zhao Guan's family this time, Liu Hongdao was thinking about his two positions. Why didn't Liu Hongdao know that the officials obviously had some specific arrangements for him. If the two responsibilities of Minister of War and Water Supervisor were put together, he might not be unable to make meritorious deeds, and even
It is very likely that the Zhao Guan family is making some overall arrangements for the future Northern Expedition.
Therefore, after leaving Yuetai, Liu Shilang became more and more interested in him. He took the initiative to handle many general affairs along the way, making the three ministers Fan Zongyin, Lu Benzhong, and Ren Baozhong feel like they had eaten something... Lu Benzhong
He simply fell into the role of reading the official newspaper to the officials every day.
"That's what happened."
Zhang Rong was wearing an imperial cotton robe that he had just bought last month. Hearing this, he stood there with his hands tied and let out a breath of white air. "The Jurchen dog gains wisdom after every bite. Move the dock behind the Daming Mansion."
It’s really hard to deal with. But, if you ask me... let me put it bluntly, it is a good thing that the Jurchens put their heart into building ships."
"Oh?" Liu Hongdao became more serious.
"The truth is like this." Zhang Rong frowned and explained. "Liu Shilang thought, there are ships coming out from the north, where can we get such agile water combat experts? The same archers on land.
Accurate shooting is not the case on a ship. There is also the manipulation of large and small ships. There are often dozens of big ships and hundreds of people stepping on the wheels. How to maneuver left and right, how to move in unison, big ships and small ships, ships retreat and advance.
, are all saying...the newly formed Navy army is definitely no match for us!"
"What if the Jurchens have more ships? I am a native of Qingzhou. I have heard from people since I was a child that when pirates fight at sea, no matter how familiar the sailors are, they can't compare to having more ships and bigger ships..." Liu Hongdao was still serious.
"Relax, Mr. Liu." Zhang Rongwen still replied neatly. "What you said is absolutely correct, but that is the sea, but this is the Yellow River. The sea is boundless and the wind and waves are strong. In that kind of place, if people don't
How can we shelter if we have boats as our support? More boats are better than fewer boats, and big boats are better than small boats. But as for the Yellow River, Liu Shilang, see with your own eyes, it is only so wide. The old river mouth over there is not as wide as this.
In this situation, even if the Jurchens stock up a bunch of ships and come out, I can still rely on the imperial navy to feed them on the river for the officials."
Liu Hongdao looked at the glittering river surface and woke up early, and even the people around him nodded.
Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, also looked at the sparkling river surface under the afternoon sun. While nodding, he continued to listen to the news seriously: "I don't care about this matter, but other than that? Does Zhang Dutong still have any problems?
Why? I came out this time just to put aside the superficial appearance and clarify some military affairs from all aspects... Some things may not seem to affect the war at this time, but what about one year, two years, three years and five years?
As long as Zhang Qing has an idea in his heart, no matter what it is, just say it."
"To be fair to the officials, I... I actually have some thoughts. For example, even though I am used to it, I still feel the benefits of the hard work of the people along the river making ice in winter." After Zhang Rong listened carefully, he quickly rolled up his sleeves and spoke sincerely.
On the contrary, he probably felt that his posture was a little awkward, so after saying a few words, he actually put it down again. "We have to do it for hundreds of miles, and usually do it every day. After doing it for many days, we can't tell which day it will be."
If it gets cold and freezes overnight, the Jurchens can come and harass us if they want."
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Without waiting for Zhao Jiu to speak, Liu Hongdao immediately responded. He was not showing off this time, because ice-breaking in winter has always been a regular winter corvee launched by the Metropolitan Water Supervisor in the name of river control. "In my opinion, ice-breaking has nothing to do with
Not breaking the ice is not the same thing at all... Without breaking the ice, the ice layer will thicken day by day, and the Jurchens can prepare properly in advance, and after making proper preparations, they can directly attack with a large army, but if they break the ice, it will be
Suddenly the ice was thick, so the Jurchens could only take advantage of the opportunity to harass. Moreover, if the ice was pounded every day and it was frozen overnight, it can only be said that those days were extremely cold, and under the severe cold, the Jurchens were harassing, but the intensity was not enough.
"
"Of course I understand this." Zhang Rong shook his head. "I just feel that the people along the river have an extra corvee for nothing. In the winter, they even watch a few fewer Cuju matches than others, which is also embarrassing..."
"It is true that the people are working hard, but how can we not work hard in the north, south, east and west?" When Liu Hongdao heard this, he disagreed and even got excited. "Ice must be pounded along the river, and taxes must be increased in the south. In Bashu, it is
They simply paid taxes in advance, which was almost equivalent to draining the family's wealth and hurting the people inside... And if we talk about corvees, before the rebellion was suppressed, there were many corvees in the south, but there were only a few since last year. That is, we don't talk about the south, only the north.
, and the corvee in Kansai is the heaviest, because the main battlefield of the war in recent years has been in Kansai! Doesn’t Zhang Dutong know that the official family mobilized 100,000 corvee in Hedong before?!"
These words were caught off guard. Just when many people thought that Zhang Rong was going to get angry, the Jiedushi, who was a water bandit, was not angry at all. Instead, after listening carefully, he nodded seriously: "What Liu Shilang said makes sense, I just
Looking at the things in front of me, I never imagined that it would be more difficult elsewhere.”
Zhao Jiu was silent for a while, and then asked again: "I remember that I started to complain about ice-making when I first returned to Tokyo. Was it because I had been crying about suffering before, or was it becoming more and more painful? Is it the entire lower reaches of the river?
Do they all cry out for suffering, or do they differ from place to place?"
Zhang Rong was a little confused when he was asked. He lowered his head and thought for a long time before answering seriously: "The official question is really...it is that in recent years, more and more people have complained about suffering, and then how many people around Tokyo have complained about it along the river
The louder it is, the higher it is from Luoyang and the lower one is Shaoxing, it will be less loud."
"This is because when the situation calmed down, some people forgot about the beastly behavior of the golden man and gradually became intolerant of hardship." Lu Benzhong finally interjected.
Zhao Jiu sighed slightly in his heart, but there was no superfluous reaction on his face, he just nodded lightly:
"That's a bit like this, but it's also because Tokyo's economy has recovered and prices have risen, making money and food in the surrounding areas less valuable. Especially in winter, people along the river make ice every day, which wastes many opportunities to go to the city to help in the off-farm period. Naturally, this will happen
Resentment... However, we must still make ice, there is nothing we can do about it, not to mention that once the Northern Expedition is completed, this matter will disappear... Of course, when I talk about this matter, I have other thoughts."
As he said that, Zhao Jiu glanced at Liu Yan, who understood. The imperial squad members also took the initiative to arrange their swords and pushed back some of the local officials and low-ranking navy officers who were accompanying them.
Those who stayed in front of Zhao Guan's house, including Liu Hongdao and others, immediately stood up. Zhang Rong was startled for a moment, and after seeing the reactions of the people on the left and right, he quickly stood with his hands crossed.
"What I mean is that we can make some preparations in advance. If there is a sudden freeze, we will do the opposite, cross the river and stab the Jurchen, and use offense as defense..." Zhao Jiu ordered seriously. "If you don't seek victory, you won't be able to win."
I want to capture them, I just want to disturb the enemy, and then the entire army can return."
Hearing this, many people below Liu Hongdao were startled, but they soon realized that even Zhang Rong knew that the Zhao Guan family's move was probably not for military capture, but because Zhang Zongyan had just lost a battle across the river, and wanted to use this to boost his morale.
morale.
As soon as the thought came to this point, everyone from Zhang Liu on down agreed with it.
And sure enough, Zhao Guan's family led a few people to discuss it again on the river embankment. In the end, Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War and the water supervisor of the capital, took over the coordinating power of this operation, and asked him to mediate with the troops in the imperial camp.
Coordinate the selection of battlefields and even have the power to reserve specific military supplies.
The matter was agreed upon in this way, but what caught Zhang Rong off guard was that in the next few days, the Zhao Guan family, who had clearly patrolled the river, had no intention of moving. They just sat there in Heyin, and they actually stayed there until Yang Zhengpin came to Tokyo.
The execution was executed, and the document that the imperial concubine's uncle was exiled together with the Prime Minister of Dali Temple was sent... This seems to really support the theory that Zhao Guan's family came out to hide from trouble.
However, this view quickly disappeared, because Zhao Guanjia still did not move after personally approving these judgments. In the winter, this official family actually brought a few scattered ministers and a thousand soldiers.
Ma, is he nesting in a military camp next to a shipyard?
I was so stuck that I didn’t even go to Zhengzhou, which was dozens of miles away. The governors tentatively invited the officials back to Luan but refused, which made many people panic...
After all, no matter what the three major cases, no one will give face to the other, but after all, the official's trip to the northwest destroyed Xixia, conquered Khitan and Mongolia, and recovered many states and counties.
?
His power continues to grow, right?
Who is the king and who is the minister has not changed, right?
Under such circumstances, the Zhao Guan family is like a tiger nesting by the river only more than a hundred miles away from the capital. Who can sleep well?
And finally, with the incredible silence and waiting of this official, the first person who couldn't hold on finally appeared.
On November 11, a meaningless day, Zhang Rong and Zhang Dutong, who had been on a routine inspection trip to Shaoxing downstream, couldn't bear it any longer. They suddenly turned back in the evening and took the initiative to seek an audience with the officials.
Although the official had already taken off his shoes and got on the kang, he still chose to summon him immediately.
"Guan Jia, I don't want to hide it from the officials. I really can't stand the loyalty. But after thinking about it, if I don't tell the officials, it would actually be a betrayal of my loyalty, and there is also disloyalty..." Zhang Rong came in.
Then he said some incredible words.
After hearing this, Zhao Guanjia, who was lying on the kang and listening to Lu Benzhong reading the newspaper, just waved his hand, and the latter immediately understood, put down the newspaper and went out with a few soldiers.
Zhao Jiu sat up at this time, but still had no words. He just patted the empty space on the kang where Lu Benzhong was sitting just now, and motioned to the leader Zhang Da who had just entered to sit over. There was not much surprise in the whole process, as if
It was as if he had already guessed that the other party was coming back.
"It's true as You Xuexue said, the officials have known it for a long time." Zhang Rong opened the door and waited for Lu Benzhong to go out. He instinctively took a few steps forward, but he woke up halfway and stopped five or six steps in front of the Kang.
, then stepped in and sighed. "I am also ashamed, so I won't sit down. Standing is just fine."
"I know, but I don't know either." Zhao Jiu did not embarrass the other party, and probably knew the other party's temperament, so his words were too candid. "Let me tell you the truth, I was mainly waiting for someone in Heyin.
I’m not here specifically for you…”
Zhang Rong was slightly startled.
"But on the first day I got here, I also knew that your leader, Zhang Da, must be hiding something from me. Otherwise, with your arrogance, when you saw me, you would all restrain your hands and feet and go up the river embankment without even crossing your arms.
Those who dare to cross? They must feel that they have made some mistakes!"
Zhao Jiu continued to smile, but as he spoke, he turned around and dragged a bamboo basket from the bedside of the barracks. Under the light, he took out unopened envelopes and opened them in front of him. "So, these days, I really
I had people inspect the imperial navy in detail, and received a lot of relevant reports... The local officials around several navy strongholds, and the commanders below you all have relevant documents... In addition, I also
Ask your son-in-law to lead people to privately investigate various parts of the army, asking officers, soldiers, army cadets, and even surrounding military relatives, retired sergeants, all aspects... But I did not directly read these messages one by one.
, but asked your son-in-law to read it by himself first, and then asked him to summarize it for me, waiting for you to come to see me when, let's talk about it... What, should Zhang Qing speak first, or I?
"
Zhang Rong had already been dumbfounded, but when he finally saw Zhao Guanjia bring out the envelope from his son-in-law, he became completely embarrassed and simply stepped in and bowed his head: "No wonder my son-in-law didn't talk to me, and I even scolded him for nothing.
, saying that he is useless... forget it, let me say it first! Officials, my biggest mistake was to let the Vegetable Demon Sect start in the imperial navy! But because of brotherly loyalty, I didn't have the heart to clean it up.
Get out! This is my biggest mistake, and it’s also the hurdle that I can’t get over when I see officials these days!”
Zhao Guanjia, who had looked calm just now, was stunned on the spot... Is it okay for the Liangshan hero to be infected by the Ming Cult? Doesn't his fighting power have to be off the charts?
However, this absurd thought only stopped for a moment. The next moment, the official hurriedly looked at the light to read Yu Yunwen's report document. Sure enough, in the summary report of Di Bao style, he saw "First, in the army"
Words like "contaminated by Mingjiao"...but he started to sigh on the spot.
Let's say that Zhao Jiu has been in power for five or six years, and the Vegetable Demon Sect, or the Vegetable-Eating Demon Sect, or the Ming Sect, Manichaeism... no matter what his name is... he has heard of it for a long time. Even, out of curiosity
Curious, he still understands it relatively deeply, but the problem is that the deeper he understands it, the more complicated his feelings towards this thing become.
First of all, this thing has a long history. Over hundreds of thousands of years, the religious logic inside it has been very perfect. It is no worse than those public sects, so it is the kind that can't be explained, confused, and prohibited... There are even some Taoist temples and Buddhist temples.
On the surface it is Buddhism, but on the inside it is Mingjiao.
In a word, it has great vitality.
Secondly, the mass base is also very deep. This thing emphasizes a group's self-help. Like the Dongting Lake Monkey King, it has the flavor of grassroots insurance business. In fact, maybe there is a variant of Mingjiao in Dongting Lake... Anyway, as long as the people need it
With spiritual sustenance and economic mutual assistance at the grassroots level, he can appear immediately and become a blockbuster.
However, because of its strong mass base, or its ability to organize and mobilize the masses, this leads to the third obvious feature of Mingjiao - a hotbed of riots and uprisings.
Not to mention anything else, it is the Song Dynasty, the largest of the two recent large-scale uprisings, one farmer plus fishermen, one farmer plus urban handicraftsmen, one Jingxiang, one Southeast, one Zhongxiang, one Fang La... In fact, they are exactly the same.
One can only say that Fang La is much more revolutionary than Zhong Xiang.
"I know that the imperial court prohibits the Vegetarian Demon Cult." Zhang Rong saw Zhao Guan's face change on the spot, and he became more and more ashamed. "But when I found out, there were already hundreds of people, so I was a little embarrassed... plus they were just
Even though I am a vegetarian, there is no delay in doing things on the ship, but I really can’t bear to take action!”
"It's better to throw them out!" Zhao Jiu sighed while holding the letter.
"Don't you need to kill them all?" Zhang Rong was slightly startled.
"The soldiers who were surrendered at Dongting Lake were not beheaded. There are still people in villages and towns in the southeast who believe this. How could they all be beheaded?" Zhao Jiu responded with a bitter smile. "Kick them out and don't allow them to serve as soldiers! If you break up, drive them away."
Point! Moreover, this demonic sect is just a standard, not its true nature... Regardless of whether it is a demonic sect or Buddhism, the reason why so many people believe in it is because they have no sustenance in their hearts, and the demonic sect is more concerned about the poverty of life and the lack of small families in the clan.
It makes sense. In the final analysis, the north is in chaos, and Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism are not capable of covering everything. It is also similar to what we said about making ice that day... But no matter what, we cannot stay in the army.
Especially among the Imperial Army! I absolutely cannot tolerate it!"
Zhang Rong didn't understand what he said, but knowing that the official family would not kill people, it somewhat relieved a stone in his heart, and the hand that had been on his waist relaxed: "I have something in mind about this matter. Since the official family is like this
Renyi, I will clean them up when I get back, disperse them, and place them in the villages along the river. I will never let them get together again or march into Wuli again."
Zhao Jiu nodded and shook his head again: "Although there is no one to blame for the Vegetable-eating Demon Cult, in essence, having said that, there is no reason why you are exposed like this everywhere in the imperial camp... Zhang
Sir, if you show loyalty to your subordinates, this is of course a good thing. If you don’t talk about anything else but military pay and supplies, if you can try your best to get the materials into the hands of the people below, you will be able to surpass most of the commanders in the imperial camp. But if you show loyalty, the army will
Being one body, being too protective of the people below is also a problem. I have only read the first article about the Vegetable-eating Demon Cult, but I can also guess that there will definitely be a saying below that soldiers who follow the army will be squeezed out in the navy! Yes!
Isn’t there a saying that the Jinshi accompanying the army will not board the ship...?"
Saying that, without waiting for Zhang Rong to cross his arms and admit his mistake again, Zhao Jiu looked down, but became irritated again, and then directly took a photo of Yu Yunwen's report summary document on the case: "Zhang Qing, it says here that not only the Jinshi who follow the army are excluded.
, your loyalty also has a bigger problem, it is that you treat the officers and old brothers more and less to others, so that you are not embezzling military pay and military resources, but the officers below are embezzling military salaries and military resources, so you are not big.
How to deal with... Is this how loyalty is used?"
Zhang Rong was extremely embarrassed: "I also know that since you are in the imperial camp, you should abide by the king's laws, but they said that the same is true in other imperial camps, even Brother Pengju's is better...I...chen
...No matter what, I am indeed wrong and I have put the officials in trouble again!"
"You are not embarrassing me!" Zhao Jiu shook his head. "I am embarrassing you... I think you were a good man in Liangshanbo, handling your own affairs, but when the country was in danger, you raised the whole army to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and then you
Leading the entire Liangshan Mountains to guard the Yellow River for me, these actions are truly righteous, and I will bear them in my heart... The Royal Camp Water Army has its own system, and everyone knows that if you can do what you are now, what else can I do?
Said?"
"What do you say?" Zhang Rong hurriedly took a step forward and waved his hand. "In recent years, even if we don't count the ships in the dock outside, we have been eating millions of dollars in food from the government every year. Working as a errand is a big deal.
To put it bluntly, when it comes to loyalty, if you join an officialdom, you should follow the official rules... There are some things that I really can't do to the officialdom!"
"From this point of view, you are not sorry for me. What you are sorry for are the common people you have never met." Zhao Jiu also waved his hands to each other on the couch. "Zhang Qing, the food you eat is used."
The wages are the taxes of the poor people you have never seen. I am just a big boss. I just collect them and resell them! Just like when you were in Liangshanbo, the fishermen and the people around Dongping Prefecture gave you food and fish.
You were just a middleman, handing over to your brothers who were responsible for charging and fighting... It wasn't the people of Liangshanbo who were raising you that day in Liangshanbo. Could it be that you, Zhang Rong, were the one who used magic to conjure things and raised so many people?
?"
Zhang Rong was completely stunned.
"Whatever you say to whomever... the Jurchens are like tigers and wild wolves, so don't talk to them about benevolence, justice and morality, just show your swords and fists. If you are tougher than him, he will naturally be softer than you!"
"It's also like your son-in-law, those scholars who came out as Jinshi, talk about the righteousness of the family and the country, and the principles of the monarch and his ministers. Then I tell them that the two rivers have not been restored, and that I have a grudge between the country and the family... and they have no choice but to work for me."
"There are also those military ministers who came out of the Western Army. They want a wife and a son, and they want to be honored and distinguished. Then I will give them a prince and a military governor... But there are two people among the military ministers who are different from others. One is
You, Yue Fei, you two have other opinions."
"It's not loyalty, or it's not just loyalty. Of course I know your loyalty, but it's not this time... Back then, when I was in Yiyoumen, I commended four handsome ministers. Everyone present was wondering why it was you, the thief, and not
Zhang Jun...I valued your loyalty at that time, but not this time!"
"This time I put you and Yue Fei together and tell you these things because you two are the few generals who understand the difficulties of the people and are willing to think about things from the people's perspective! Qu Duan is very good at managing people's livelihood in the northwest.
, he is not considering the common people, he wants to maintain order... Only you and Yue Fei can I tell you the common people's truth, and only you two can I dare to tell you the common people's truth."
At this point, Zhao Jiuben wanted to continue chattering, but when he saw Zhang Rong standing there, he felt a little uninterested, so he simply stopped talking, then stood up, picked up the summary report document of Yu Yunwen, and walked over with bare feet.
, directly stuffed into the arms of Zhang Rong, who was still in a daze:
"I won't read it anymore. You can take it back to your You Xuexue...whether it's You Xuexue or Secretary You, and ask him to tell you! If that doesn't work, grab your son-in-law and ask him, the original author, to tell you!"
Zhang Rong took the gift, and unlike other ministers who knew how to act out a scene of gratitude between monarch and minister, he just held the document written by his son-in-law, bowed to Zhao Guan's house, and then bowed his head and walked out.
However, when he came to the camp gate, this Liangshan hero who almost saved Zuo of the Song Dynasty at a critical moment in history turned around again and asked seriously:
"An official! As an official, do you know the difficulties of the common people?"
Zhao Jiu was startled for a moment, and then his nose felt sore, but he held it back and just laughed: "When I was driven around by the Jurchens, I saw it several times..."
Zhang Rong nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he still couldn't hold it back, so he turned around and asked again: "Guan family, my vision was small before. I only looked at the people in Liangshanbo. I never thought about the south and Guanxi, let alone those in the south."
Who came up with this truth about money and food... I was trained by Liu Shilang that day, and I was trained by the officials today, and they are all convinced... But after being convinced, I still want to ask more, when will the common people in the world
How can it be less difficult?"
Zhao Jiu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't reply.
"Destroyed the Jurchens?" Zhang Rong couldn't help but ask.
"Destroying the Jurchens will definitely make things better." Zhao Jiu nodded.
"Yes." Zhang Rong also nodded, seeming to relax a little, but finally turned around and went out.
Zhang Rong went out without mentioning it, while Zhao Jiu stood barefoot on the ground, stunned for a long time, and then followed the soldiers outside to get on the kang again, and then lay down on his back.
Moreover, this official knew clearly that by applying pressure at the right time, Zhang Rong's semi-independent army was finally able to control Zhang Rong's semi-independent force. From the emperor's point of view, it was undoubtedly a big victory... After all,
, no matter what Manichaeism, or taking care of old brothers, we must not forget one premise, that is, this army was originally a peasant army organized by Zhang Rong, with its own internal system. There are always more people with the surname Zhang in this army.
As for the calculation of private interests between him, an official, and Zhang Rong, there is no difference... Although Zhao Jiu has the title of emperor and can hold up the banner of anti-golden righteousness, Zhang Rong, no matter how much he shrinks his head,
Whether it was the Great Victory of Tanada or the later initiative to march the entire army through Tokyo to guard the river for the country, they were both worthy of Zhao Jiu.
But having said that, the Zhao Guan family, who had won a great victory today, were lying on the kang, thinking about the fundamental reason for the rise of Manichaeism, the impact of the success or failure of the Northern Expedition, finance and military expenditures, the military expansion plan that was slightly in their hearts, and the economy around the capital.
The recovery has led to a gradual increase in commodity prices, which has led to a disguised devaluation of soldiers' pay in the surrounding areas. The military's morale has become a little depressed, and the people's morale has been a little lost...but there are always mixed feelings.
Fortunately, when I think about the empty cities I saw on the way back to Tokyo from Nanyang that day, the broken limbs, broken flesh, and rotten bodies that I saw from Yanling to Yaoshan and even at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, these things should have been replaced much earlier.
The turbulent thoughts that had been suppressed for a year were suppressed again.
The next day, Zhao Guan's family slept until noon before getting up. When they heard that Zhang Rong had begun to expel officers and soldiers from Heyin on a large scale and seize property, he felt somewhat relieved. However, what made his mood completely improve was another news...
That is to say, in the afternoon of this day, a group of imperial navy troops patrolling the river arrived early and brought the object that Zhao Guan's family had been waiting for many days.
Wang Yan, the commander of the imperial camp who crossed the river from Shaanzhou, finally brought back Ma Kuan, the general manager of the North Road.
PS: The 150th cute guy has appeared, classmate Luo Xiao, a cultivator of immortals. I praise you!