There is a reason why Zhao Jiu asked Wang Yan to pick up Ma Kuo, because the place where Ma Kuo and his subordinates are currently operating is basically the place controlled by Wang Yan's old Eight-Character Army before they crossed the river, so they are familiar with each other.
In addition, it also has the meaning of expressing attention and conveying specific information.
After all, Wang Yan is more or less a general and a prime minister, not to mention a very popular minister, but he is worthy of his position. And if Wang Yan can bring back a 30,000-person Eight-Character Army from the Taihang Mountains... even if it is very fast
If he lost control of this force... and could reach this point, then there is no reason why Ma Kuo should be worse than Wang Yan.
Of course, these are all trivial details and trails. The key point is that after the Zhao Guan family had just gained some advantages in the direction of Kansai, they couldn't wait to recruit their horses. Their determination to regain the two rivers was enough to silence everyone.
It is hard to imagine that after this official has been in power for five or six years and has experienced so many resolute political purges, there are still people who dare to advise this official face to face to suspend or slow down the Northern Expedition.
Aren't you afraid of being labeled as a capitulator by the Di newspaper and having three generations of your family idle, or simply exiled?
"I heard that the officials had just returned from the northwest, and when they passed by Shaanzhou, I couldn't wait to send Lieutenant Wang across the river to talk to the officials. I was very grateful, and I did have thousands of things to report to the officials regarding the situation in the two rivers.
.But before the report, I have something to say that I am unhappy about. If I don’t say it, I must not say anything that will be said later..."
On the river embankment, facing Zhao Guan's family who came to greet him in person, under the eyes of Wang Yan, Liu Hongdao, Fan Zongyin, Lu Benzhong, Ren Baozhong, Liu Yan and other civil and military officials, after Ma extended the ceremony to pay homage, he did not wait for Zhao Guan's family to come forward and help him up.
After shaking hands, he bowed his head directly, which was impatient and even a little rude.
"Ma Qing, please tell me." Zhao Jiu was already tempered, and he immediately raised his arms to urge the other party to speak.
"Officials must not underestimate the Jurchens because of the previous victory at Yaoshan in the Song Dynasty and the retreat of the Beilu River outside the river. If we cross the river and go to the north at this time, I am afraid that there is a high probability that we will be defeated and return." Ma Kuo raised his head.
, sincerely communicate. "Recharge your batteries to wait for the day..."
On the river embankment in the afternoon, when Zhao Guan's family heard this, they immediately burst into laughter.
When Ma Kuo saw this, he became more and more anxious and said quickly: "I have no intention of threatening you! Officials, the Northern Expedition is of great importance. Once the Northern Expedition crosses the river and cannot hold a large town in Hebei for a long time, the morale of the people will be depressed."
.Besides, Hebei is in ruins and people's hearts are in turmoil. If the emperor and Song Dynasty cross the river but are unable to appease the people, there will be some obstacles."
Zhao Jiu was completely solemn: "Of course I will act prudently. The purpose of calling you here this time is to hear the actual situation in Hebei before making a decision."
At this time, Ma Kuo's mood calmed down a little.
However, at the same time, the surrounding civil and military officials couldn't help but look at each other in confusion. Even Wang Yan, who had accompanied Ma Kuo all the way south, was also a little embarrassed.
By the way? Everyone noticed that there was something wrong with Ma Kuo from the very beginning.
Of course, this question does not mean that there is a problem with Ma Kuo's position. If there is a problem with this person's position, there will be no one with a reliable position in the world; nor does it mean that there is a problem with the content of his suggestions. As the only one who sticks to Lianghe
To be a military leader who fights against gold behind enemy lines? He himself is the only expert on this topic? He is the only one who refutes others? It is not his place for others to refute him.
This problem actually refers to Ma Kuo's inappropriate mentality.
He spoke in a hurry? His tone was hurried, and he seemed to still regard the Zhao family and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty as being in the same state as when Jingkang was in power. They were grand on the outside but miserable on the inside. They couldn't listen to advice and couldn't do anything. They only had dignity and pretentiousness, regardless of the actual situation ahead...
...So, the Northern Governor seems to be afraid that if he shows a little weakness, it will lead to misjudgment by the officials and the accompanying civil and military officials, which will lead to catastrophic consequences.
This mentality is of course very wrong, but it is excusable.
Because the betrayal and difficulties Ma Kuo experienced were far beyond the understanding of the monarchs and ministers of Henan, and he was alone in the north, surrounded by enemies on all sides, and his mentality was not right, and it was natural that he was even a little intolerant.
The best example is Wang Yan, who was also present. Wang Yan had been in Taihang Mountain for two years. His mentality almost collapsed. He thought everyone he met was a traitor. He changed three or four beds to sleep in one night. In the end, he forced his subordinates to get tattoos to show their loyalty.
And after he came back, he was still intolerant. He was vaguely resistant to any arrangements, disposals, and military arrangements from above. He also found it difficult to get along with his subordinates. Even his former confidant like Military Advisor Xiao Fan was given military power once he was promoted.
Afterwards, he couldn't tolerate it.
To put it bluntly, it's already a bit morbid.
Therefore, although there was a reason for the incident, and it could even be said that the reason behind this pathology was worthy of respect, Zhao Jiu still transferred him from the position of independent military leader and became a local official.
In comparison, Ma Kuo's point of being out of place is actually nothing.
In fact, Zhao Guanjia understood the opponent's mentality, greeted him a little, and dragged him to the barracks behind him. After sitting down in Zhang Rong's lobby, he specially asked him to sit down, and the other civil and military personnel stood there. The so-called attitude was expressed, and the posture was correct, and then he
After a few words of conversation, the playing became appropriate very quickly.
"How many people are there in the Taihang Rebel Army now?"
"So that the officials know that the Taihang Rebel Army is of course countless. I roughly estimate that there are always hundreds of thousands of young people hiding in the mountains. But that is the total number. I cannot control the dispatch. As for me... I am assisting King Xin here.
When Bei Taixing raised the flag, there were only thirty or forty thousand people gathered in front of them, of which about twenty thousand were young and strong."
"It's not bad." Zhao Jiu immediately nodded and praised. "The area of Southern Taihang is limited. On that day, the Eighth-Character Army went southward with 30,000 people. I estimate that Ma Qing's side is almost the same number. What's more, the Jurchens have been in Taiyuan and Longde Mansion in the past two years.
There are regular main forces stationed in Hezhong Prefecture, so it is inevitable that the base area on the mountain will be divided, suppressed, and restricted... 20,000 is not bad."
"The officials clearly see thousands of miles away... Just as the officials said, there were fifty or sixty thousand people at the beginning, and thirty thousand could be young and strong. However, in the past two years, they have been severely squeezed by the Jurchens, and the number has just become smaller. But do not hide it from the officials.
Even if there are 20,000 young men in my family, when the time comes to use my life, I may not be able to manage it properly." Ma Kuo was sincere.
"How do you say that?" Zhao Jiu was surprised for a moment, but then he came to his senses. "But because you came from North Taihang, the locals in South Taihang are not convinced?"
This time it was Ma Kuo's turn to be slightly startled, but he soon recovered: "As the official said, the two main families... one is from the northwest of Nan Taihang, Hedong Road, Taiyuan; the other is from Nan Taihang
The southeast, that is, the Hebei West Road directly opposite here, where Weizhou was born, is the foundation of the Tuanjie Society... There have always been some disobedient people, and the ministers may not be able to adjust them when the time comes."
"Be more careful."
"So that the officials know that the leader of the previous family is called Zhang Heng, and his troops are said to be ten thousand, but they are all family members who went up the mountain. According to my estimate, he basically only has two thousand soldiers. However, although this man has few soldiers and horses,
But he has a strong foundation around Taiyuan. In the Taihang Mountains, anyone who wants to trade with the people of Taiyuan or inquire about the military situation in Taiyuan relies on him. Even last year, when the Jurchens oppressed South Taihang the most, this man once led 2,000 people from Fenzhou.
Crossing the Fen River and going to Guji Mountain to eat, the Jurchens didn't even notice on the way... I would not dare to annex such a person easily."
Zhao Jiu understood the words and nodded repeatedly.
Not only him, but also several ministers who knew a little bit about military affairs around him became serious... You must know that Guji Mountain was the main mountain range in the northwest of Shanxi Province in later generations, Luliang Mountain, and Zhang Heng's move from Taihang to Luliang was equivalent to a Jurchen raid.
During this period, it crossed the entire Shanxi Province without any damage. Although it was said that it crossed from the southernmost point of the Taiyuan Plain, it is enough to explain the problem.
At the very least, this person has deep roots in the Taiyuan Plain, and no one dares to tell the truth. The key is that he also knows the Jurchens' arrangements clearly, so he can seize the opportunity and swagger over.
This kind of super local snake's function, if used well, will have miraculous results. Ma Kao would only take the risk of annexing this person unless he was crazy.
"When you leave, I will write him a grand decree and promise him a future as a commander. If he doesn't understand the value of a commander, he can just promise him any other future." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and immediately agreed.
Made a political commitment.
"The officials have made a clear conclusion that Zhang Heng originally came from a wealthy family in Taiyuan and would definitely be willing to serve the country. However, the problem is that they are far apart and an empty decree may not win his trust." Ma Kuo had some doubts.
"Then let him go to Guji Mountain and contact Yan'an Prefecture in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and take over some ordnance from there... By the way, I can inspect his goods to see if he is pretending!"
“So wonderful!”
"Where's the other one?"
"The other family has strong soldiers and strong horses." Ma Kuo came to his senses and was helpless. "This person is called Liang Xing, known as Liang Xiaoge. He is only twenty-seven or eighty this year. He is an old tribe of Yue Jiedu who lost his way in Hebei.
Later, during the battle of Yaoshan, Yue Jiedu crossed the river and met him once. He heard that he had established a stronghold in the mountains and led hundreds of people. Instead of taking him away, he allowed him to work in the Taihang Mountains.
When the officers and soldiers went on the Northern Expedition, they were given the title of commander, and a lot of weapons and armor were left behind..."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhao Jiu laughed when he heard this, but he had already guessed what was going on.
"This should be a good thing." Ma Kuo was really angry. "But this man is young and energetic. On the one hand, he relies on the weapons and armor left by Yue Jiedu to select and train troops and horses to expand his strength; on the other hand, he does not obey the orders of the subordinates and only says
I am a hypocrite. He is a serious general in the Imperial Army. How can he listen to my words? He contradicted me several times, attacked Shanxia County without authorization several times, secretly connected with the mountain stronghold several times, and even sent leaders to the mountain stronghold where I belonged to do something.
Even if he received the military order from Li Jiedu in Shaanxi Province, he would ignore it and only said that his family only recognized Yue Jiedu and not Li Jiedu."
Zhao Jiu was stunned for a long time, and then he continued to laugh dryly: "Let me try and let Yue Pengju explain to you... How many soldiers does this little brother Liang have?"
"There are four thousand men and women, and the weapons are the best in South Taihang." Ma Kuo looked increasingly helpless. "At least three hundred pairs of iron armor, more than a thousand sets of leather armor, and more than a hundred crossbows... The key is that he himself defends
A local born and raised at the junction of Huaizhou and Yuezhou was summoned by Yue Jiedu, and he had such strength that the righteous men of Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Weizhou and Huaizhou on the south side of Taihang all listened to him."
Ma Kuo's complaint was palpable. What this little brother Liang did was indeed not in line with the overall situation, but Zhao Jiu could only smile bitterly.
Even Zhao Jiu was not the only one. Who in the military camp, both civil and military, didn't know this? Even Ma Kuo had to work so hard to cross the river to meet the saint. Even if Yue Fei cooperated, how could he properly deliver the general's order to Liang Xing?
Then how could Liang Xing write an empty piece of paper?
Unlike that Zhang Heng, this Liang Xing matter will most likely turn into a bad debt.
"How about I give you a Jiedu ceremony?" After thinking for a long time, Zhao Guan's family also felt embarrassed, so they tried their best to respond again. "You wait a few days and get the Jiedu honor guard before returning."
"I have thanked the officials for their kindness, but today is no better than in the past. There are heavy troops on three sides of Nantaihang. I can only walk through the mountains and ridges on small roads. The military ritual guards are too eye-catching. If I only carry a seal of decree, those
The village leaders didn’t believe it either…” Ma Kuo struggled to answer.
"Why don't you believe it?" Lu Benzhong couldn't hold back his curiosity and couldn't help but interject.
"Of course it's because of Xin Wang." Zhao Jiu sneered at Ma Kuo before he could look embarrassed. "After the Second Saints returned, the Jurchens would definitely spread rumors in the mountains, saying that Xin Wang was a lie and that he had really gone back long ago...
As everyone knows, this brother of mine still has some integrity."
Lu Benzhong suddenly realized - it must have been a long time, and Nan Taihang could hear more or less news from Henan, so the fake king's story was gradually exposed, and Ma Kuo's credibility in this regard was gradually ruined.
"Whether you take it with you or not, you must report it!" Zhao Jiu thought for a while and responded seriously. "After Ma Qing leaves, I will let the newspaper publish the details of your visit to me, from Brother Liang to Zhang Heng, and then to Professor
All matters related to the festival should be logged out at the same time... It's better than nothing."
"Thank you, officials." Ma Kuo felt relieved.
"The most reliable road to the Taihang Mountains now is probably the road to Jiezhou (north of Shaanzhou), right?"
"yes."
"I will ask Li Yanxian to send you some ordnance specifically. It is most appropriate to have strong troops and strong horses."
"With all due respect," Ma Kuo also quickly became serious again. "It's best not to give any good weapons to officials, not even crossbows, big axes, or armor. Used leather armor and ordinary swords are best."
…”
"Afraid of being intercepted midway by the Jurchens?"
"yes."
"Thank you for your hard work." Zhao Jiu sighed with emotion. "It's really difficult behind enemy lines."
Ma Kuo didn't feel self-effacing or anything, he just sighed from the audience.
So far, he had asked Ma Kuo about his own situation. After a while, Zhao Jiu cheered up again, but did not speak directly. He just glanced at the people who were accompanying him. At that time, there were at least three or four people together.
I understand, but Ren Baozhong, who has white hair and beard, is the fastest.
I saw this man take a step forward, and immediately offered his hand to Ma Kuan: "Mr. Ma, I am a loyal person at the gate of the official pavilion. I am accompanying you as the military counselor. I have something to ask the manager. As soon as the manager came ashore, he told the officials that it was not appropriate at this time.
Northern Expedition... Then dare I ask the General Manager, when can I start the Northern Expedition? The General Manager must have a plan in mind."
"That's right." Lu Benzhong, a direct academician, also became serious. "General Manager Ma is really hard working in the north, but he may not know that the official family is also extremely difficult in the south. There are always people who want to abandon the two rivers for the sake of peace, and they force the official family to abandon them every now and then.
There are quite a few people gathered in the south, relying on the Taoist Academy to coordinate things, and there is a vague tendency to form cliques, so we must be on guard... If the Northern Expedition is not allowed here for a long time, I am afraid it will be difficult for the hearts of the people in the south to gather together."
Ma Kuo frowned slightly, obviously unable to digest properly for the moment.
At this time, Liu Hongdao, the Minister of War and the Water Supervisor of the capital, for some reason, suddenly stepped forward and became serious: "Actually, there are difficulties in discussing military matters in the south. In recent years, in order to recover the Central Plains and pacify Guanxi, it is also necessary to support the people.
There are 200,000 imperial troops, the taxes in the south have always been extremely heavy, and the people have many complaints..."
"But the people of the two rivers are in a state of fire and water?" Ma Kuo was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stood up to defend. "Do we need to say more about the cruelty of the Jurchens? In the past, when the Eight-Character Army just left, we came from Bei Taihang
After the collapse, the old rule of 30,000 was restored within half a year. It can be seen that the people of the two rivers were tortured. Meng Anmouke was placed in the two rivers, seized the land, and forced the Han people into slavery. These have been said a thousand times. What's more?
I'm afraid everyone in the central committee will feel bored... But Liu Shilang, do you know that the Jurchens still have an order to shave their hair? It is to force the people to shave their hair like theirs."
Liu Hongdao was caught off guard.
"Although this order is gradually loosened, it is because the people do not resist every day, and it is because the officials won the victory in Yaoshan that it gradually became like this! When encountering a violent person, you still have to do this... Last year in Shizhou,
There was a Han official who won the Jinshi title of Marshal Nianhan and became the county magistrate. He first shaved his own head, and then stood in the street and asked the people on the street not to let their hair cross his hair, otherwise they would be beheaded... Liu Shilang
, No matter how hard the people in the south of the Yangtze River are working, how does it compare to the people in the two rivers? How can you use these words to prevaricate the Northern Expedition?!" Ma Kuo scolded continuously, and he was very emotional, as if he was a little stimulated again.
When he was angry, not to mention that Zhao Guan's family was a little angry, Ren Baozhong and Lu Benzhong also disliked Liu Hongdao for ruining the situation... Especially Ren Baozhong, who didn't say anything, but was secretly worried about the hair issue, for fear that Zhao Guan's family would notice.
After this incident, he began to hate himself...but he hated Liu Hongdao for being too talkative.
As for Liu Hongdao, after being stunned for a moment, he was also a little angry: "Manager Ma! Where did I say a word about not allowing the Northern Expedition? Why did you, on the other hand, persuade the officials not to do the Northern Expedition as soon as you landed?"
When Ma Kuo heard this, he immediately lost his composure, and his eyes were red for a moment: "It is precisely because I am worried every day, looking forward to Wang Shi going north, that I worry about gains and losses, for fear that if I make a mistake, the story of Yanyun will happen again! Liu Shilang, are you going to be demoted?
Is it appropriate and reasonable to try my best to flatter you and many other high officials, but not to speak for the people of Lianghe?"
Liu Hongdao was completely embarrassed and lost his voice.
"Ma Qing doesn't need to pay attention to them." Seeing that the situation was out of control, Zhao Jiu could only speak in person again. "Everything is up to me... They originally wanted to ask you about the reality of the north! For example, how many soldiers do the Jurchens have?!
"
Ma Kuo forcibly calmed down his emotions, turned around and gave his hand to the officials: "Reporting to the officials, I don't know the total number of Jurchen soldiers and horses currently... but I can roughly calculate it."
"How to calculate?"
"In Jingkang, when the Jurchens were in their heyday, the total number of soldiers and horses was very simple." Ma Kuo responded sternly. "The two armies in the east and west each had 100,000 households and 100 men. But at that time, each men's army had 100 men.
There were no additional troops, so each Meng'an had about five or six soldiers and five or six hundred cavalry. In other words, at that time, the east and west armies each numbered 60,000! This is the foundation of the Jurchens' country!"
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly.
"At the same time, there is also the ever-victorious army gained on the way to destroy the Liao Dynasty." Ma Kuo continued to explain properly. "It doesn't matter how many soldiers the ever-victorious army has at the beginning, but Guo Pharmacist was capricious and took them away when he rebelled against the Song Dynasty.
It is said that there are 50,000 people. However, I estimate that there should actually be more than 40,000 people... However, because the Ever Victorious Army has a lot of contact with the Jurchens and most of them are from Liaodong, they are not afraid of the Jurchens in their hearts.
They were capricious, so they were feared. So after Medicine Master Guo surrendered, the Jurchens worked together to imprison the generals for several years, trap and kill the officers, and basically cleaned up the generals of the Ever Victorious Army. Some of them even resisted because of the resistance of some generals.
, simply led the troops and killed seven or eight thousand people in a trap. In the end, there were about twenty or thirty thousand people left, as if their bones had been ripped out, but they were scattered directly, and more of them were used as supplementary soldiers for each fierce security force.
.”
At this point, Ma Kuo paused for a moment and came to the conclusion: "In other words, the victorious army is counted as 30,000 people, and all of them were captured by the Jurchens. However, this army has been completely annexed by the Jurchens, and it is a full force."
There are no organized independent military units."
When Zhao Jiu heard this, he nodded and couldn't help but glance at Liu Yan, who was standing solemnly on one side, and Liu Yan also looked obviously sad.
"In addition to the ever-victorious army, there are also 50,000 victorious troops." Ma Kuo did not notice Zhao Guan's little move, but continued to explain seriously. "The Yi-victorious army was the former Jingkang army. After the Song Dynasty won the ever-victorious army, in order to suppress Guo Guan
Pharmacists, soldiers and horses specially recruited from the Han people in the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun, were treated better than the Forbidden Army... It was just that the Han people in Yanyun had always been dissatisfied with the Song Dynasty. As a result, after the soldiers and horses were lined up, the Jurchens went south, with an army of 50,000 Yisheng troops.
The whole thing was surrendered, and the Jurchens also stored it properly and used it directly."
This time, Zhao Jiu didn't react at all.
"In addition to the ever-victorious army and the righteous victorious army, there are also soldiers surrendered from Taiyuan and soldiers surrendered from Hebei. Adding these together, I dare to say that the Jurchens have 200,000 households. Calculated by Meng'an's plan to defeat them, there are only 120,000.
, but in fact, including the surrender of these Han'er troops who assisted in the battle, it was definitely more than 200,000 after the full force! In addition, the surrender of the Liao Kingdom outside the Great Wall at that time could not have been lost in vain.
When Wanyanwu begged to buy and release Nianhan and Helibu led the east and west armies to go south, it was impossible that there would be some countries outside the Great Wall. Therefore, I am presumptuous to respond. When the Jurchens were in their prime, there were less than 300,000
There must be a crowd." After Ma Kuo said this, he paused for a moment and looked up at Zhao Guan's house.
Before Zhao Guanjia could say anything, Lu Benzhong was a little puzzled: "But three hundred thousand was only when the Jurchens were in their heyday. In the six or seven years since then, whenever the Jurchens mobilized troops, they only used 20 troops on the east and west routes south of Yanyun.
It’s just ten thousand households…even if there are troops and horses in the rear, they should have been abandoned long ago, right?”
Ma Kuo was furious for a moment.
Zhao Jiu saw that the situation was not good at this time and finally nodded: "Manager Ma is afraid of people like you. He just wants to warn the court not to only focus on the 200,000 households on the east and west roads, but to be clear about one thing.
That is, once we cross the river to make an expedition to the north and change the offensive and defensive situation, we will no longer face the 200,000 households that we are already familiar with. Those subordinates of the Marching Department who have been scattered outside the pass for five or six years and have not fought for five or six years can still be summoned.
…If you anticipate your enemies, you should be lenient.”
"That's what I mean." Ma Kuang took a long breath.
"But Ma Qing, of course I understand what you mean..." Zhao Jiu responded solemnly. "Raising 300,000 soldiers and raising 200,000 soldiers are not the same thing at all, right?! Not to mention crossing the river, do you have to do it all in one go?
Crossing? No rear guard left? And the Northern Expedition of 300,000 troops, not to mention post-war appeasement, or even rewards, just how much money and food should be prepared for the 300,000 troops to spend half a year?"
When the civil and military officials around him heard this, they were all horrified.
"Guan family! We need 300,000 troops to cross the river and go to the north!" Ma Kuo gritted his teeth. "However, it is not necessary for the government family to raise a total of 300,000 imperial troops. We can count on 20,000 in the Taihang Mountains. In addition, it is feasible."
…”
The more Ma Kuo talked about it, the more excited he became, and the more excited he got, the more difficult it was. In the end, he was unable to speak for a moment.
"We can also invite the Khitans and Mongols to help... As long as they can contain one or two, it will count?" Zhao Jiu seemed to have read through the other party's mind and asked tentatively.
"Yes." Ma Kuo's words seemed a little weak. It was obvious that the stimulation given to him by the Maritime Alliance that day was still there.
"Guanjia." Ren Baozhong plucked up the courage and stood up at the right time. "I take the liberty of saying that, if you say so, the party soldiers can also endure hard fighting... The officials don't have to recruit and maintain them all the time. They can wait until they are needed and temporarily send them from Ningxia Road."
Recruit tens of thousands of people, and every single member of the family will be exempted from taxes for ten years! Once these party soldiers cross the Yellow River, have no way to retreat, and have to consider the clan, they will definitely fight to the death.
"
Zhao Jiu was startled for a moment, then nodded slightly, as if he was moved.
"But the officials!" Ma Kuofu said again. "Even so, we still have to ensure that the number of soldiers and horses is real."
Zhao Jiu was startled again, then nodded again.
Then, when there was silence in the tent, Zhao Jiu, who was the first to come back to his senses, asked again: "I said before that you should recharge your batteries to wait for the right time... To recharge your batteries, that is to say
Reserve 300,000 troops, and store 300,000 troops for logistical needs... What time of day? When was it? Was it the time when the restructuring of Wanyan Wushu triggered civil strife?"
Ma Kuo once again looked at the official carefully, and then bowed his head and responded sincerely: "In the officialdom, when great powers are fighting, it is inappropriate to rely on the enemy's internal strife... However, the Jurchens themselves are tribesmen and wild people, and they are blessed by nature.
Fortunately, destroying a country and swallowing up two rivers in twenty years can be said to have expanded to the extreme. No matter how Wanyan Wushu is modified, it cannot escape from the top-down abolition of the old Jurchen system and the implementation of Han royal laws... This kind of reform
, it is difficult to reform the civilized and military, it is easy to reform at the top, but it is difficult to reform at the bottom. If the Bojilie system is abolished, the king of the country will be killed and imprisoned. What about ten thousand households? If you don't reform ten thousand households, go directly to Meng'anmou.
Ke, is it possible? Therefore, if the officials can really recharge their batteries, the so-called timing has already begun when Wu Shu begins to touch thousands of households, so there is no need to wait for it!"
Zhao Jiu nodded slowly.
So far, the two of them have spoken properly. Next, it is natural for Zhao Guanjia to say some more polite words and perform some kind of monarch-minister posture.
But who would have expected, just when Zhao Guanjia was about to say something, Ma Kuo suddenly took a few steps back, knelt down solemnly in the somewhat messy navy hall, and then paid homage.
However, Zhao Jiu and others were caught off guard for a moment.
"I will accept your request." Zhao Jiu stood up immediately.
"There is no invitation. I will return to Hebei. I don't know when I will see you again. This is how I should treat you." Ma Kuo bowed his head in response, without any of the previous eagerness or anxiety.
But Zhao Jiu was in a panic: "We have been separated for several years, and we have worked hard for more than a month to get here. How can we come back in one day? I have already prepared a house as a reward for you in Tokyo."
Ma Kuo raised his head and felt relieved: "The officials love me so much. But I came here in a hurry, and I was only worried about the officials... I was worried that the people in power in the central government were frivolous, ignorant of the hardships of everything, and neglecting the overall situation. I saw you today, but I didn't expect it.
The officials have long been aware of the overall situation, and the officials are in charge of the overall situation and understand that everything is difficult, so why should I stay longer? It is better to return to Hebei as soon as possible to protect people's hearts."
After saying that, Ma Kuo bowed and bowed again, and actually walked out directly.
Zhao Jiu was stunned for a moment. He wanted to stay and chase him out several times, but in the end he just waved his hand and asked Wang Yan to follow him to see off the general manager of Northern Song Dynasty.