The snowflakes got bigger, the sky got darker, and the lights were still brightly lit at the bottom of the mountain. Zhao Jiu returned to Beiluan, but he couldn't calm down at all. This was not only because it was the first time to celebrate the New Year in this era, and it was inevitable to feel sad;
It wasn't because of Lu Haowen's admonishment just now that he realized that his control over all aspects, even if it was just a Huainan camp, was only superficial and temporary...
But the more important point is that Zhao Jiu is still worried about Xiacaicheng, which is slightly quiet to the north.
It should be noted that the New Year's Day is a big day for everyone living in this land. Even the Jin Army generally celebrates the New Year. From this excellent location on the north side of the top of Bagong Mountain, we can see each other from afar.
Looking at it, one could faintly notice that the Jin Army camp was also lighting up lights and feasting, but although the huge Xiacai City was brightly lit, it was completely silent at this time.
Such a situation can only show that the people's hearts there, including Zhang Jun and Taiwei Zhang himself, have reached an extreme level of depression. It is almost conceivable that when the holiday comes, Xia Cai will not be able to breathe.
Opportunities instead catalyzed their despair in desperate situations.
"Official!"
With his responsibilities in hand, Yang Yizhong saw Zhao Guan's family sitting under the dragon curtain for a long time. There were already snowflakes on his shoulders, but he couldn't help but stepped forward to remind him. "It's getting late, and the wind and snow are very heavy here. It's better to go earlier."
go back."
"Can you give me something to Caicheng?" Zhao Jiu stood with his hands behind his back, not even looking back.
"Definitely not." Yang Yizhong answered every question. Naturally, he had thought about this question for a long time, so he almost blurted it out. "I know that the officials are worried about Cai Nei's military morale, but at this time Neidu was burned, and at this time he was transported
The supplies and labor force couldn't even find a place to park the ship."
"What if we don't transport a large amount of goods, but just send an envoy to labor the army?" Zhao Jiu couldn't follow up.
"Of course there is no problem with a single ship. During the day, there are not no river patrol sergeants to send condolences to the officials and princes." Yang Yizhong sighed. "But that's all. The soldiers in the city are vaguely unstable, and the ships are not stable."
They don’t dare to go over there. In this situation, if you really want to send a serious envoy over there, I’m afraid it will be self-defeating..."
"Tell me about the same fate as Zhao Yuanzhen?" Zhao Jiu mentioned one person casually, but it was Zhao Ding who went to cross the river to deliver the order during the fire that day. As a result, Zhao Ding, who disappeared after the fire, was confirmed yesterday to have been detained by the angry Zhang Jun soldiers.
Xia Cai City is now 'protected' by Taiwei Zhang again.
"Yes! If Angel is detained in the army again, it will contribute to the instability in Xiacai City. And, so..."
"Furthermore, under such a situation, no one among the few civil and military practitioners is willing to cross the river. From the overall perspective, it is not worth risking the lives of civil and military personnel in vain?"
"Yes." Yang Yizhong answered immediately, but then paused for a moment, and then said through gritted teeth. "But I can go. I come from Zhang Taiwei's army. The people there are familiar, and they will not detain me."
, on the contrary, we can persuade Taiwei Zhang to calm down, and maybe we can bring Yushi Zhao back."
"Then go!" Zhao Jiu raised his head and looked at the snowflakes flying and falling into the brazier beside him, but directly gave the order. "While it is dark, take my gold medal with you, and then you can issue the military order yourself and lead
A group of people pretended to be patrolling the river, took a small boat, and secretly crossed the river to the other side, Xia Cai Nei Ferry."
Yang Yizhong nodded repeatedly and left in a hurry, only to come back again: "Does the official have anything to say to Captain Zhang?"
"No! Just express condolences in person!" Zhao Jiu hesitated for a moment, but suddenly shook his head. "When you are ready, I will get the gold medal from my account."
For no reason, Yang Yi panicked, but he could only respond.
But after Yang Yizhong left, Zhao Jiu returned to his tent and summoned Lan Gui, the chamberlain's supervisor. He first asked the latter to get the gold medal, and then asked him to personally help him put on his armor... Lan Gui held on to a card the whole time.
He had a sad face, but he didn't dare to remonstrate.
After a while, Yang Yizhong returned to the imperial tent and saw Zhao Jiu, who was dressed in an ordinary uniform and carrying a food box. He was not surprised at all, he just raised his head and sighed.
Moreover, like Lan Gui, after what happened with Liu Guangshi and the deserters from the Western Army, on the surface, no one in the Huainan camp could resist Zhao Jiu's wantonness. In fact, not to mention a military general and an eunuch,
Even a serious prime minister like Lu Xianggong, acting as a second person, can only say a few vague words of advice under the influence of drunkenness?
However, this time it was still a matter of great importance. Although Yang Yizhong did not dare to directly dissuade him, he walked slowly along the way. When he arrived at the river crossing, he used the excuse of sending away the others to delay, and was unwilling to sail for a long time...
In this regard, Zhao Jiu said nothing and just let him perform, until Zhang Jun, the censor Zhongcheng in the snowflakes, got the news from Lan Gui and came to the ferry in embarrassment.
"Guan...why is Guan doing this?"
Zhang Jun came to the ferry and saw Zhao Jiu calmly boarding the boat in front of him, but he couldn't bear it anymore and rushed directly to him, grabbing the food box in his hand and asking almost with a cry.
"I made two mistakes." Zhao Jiu put one foot inside the boat and the other on the side of the boat, and then sighed softly. "First, I thought it was Mr. Lu who came; second, I thought you were Deyuan.
I would directly advise him, but he actually asked such a question, which caught me off guard."
"I was the one who stopped Xianggong Lu." Zhang Jun managed to answer. "Now that things have happened, with the authority of the official family in this field, if you insist on going your own way, no one can stop you from doing anything you want to do. And I am the censor Zhongcheng.
The so-called official platform to admonish is the duty to contact the prime minister and the emperor, so I volunteered to come here. As for my question today, I have thought about it in the past few days. There is no right or wrong in things, it is just a choice. So
I am asking on behalf of all those who do not understand officialdom, why is this done?"
"I really do not know……"
"Then I want to ask more clearly." The snowflakes were falling, the ferry brazier was swaying, but Zhang Jun, who was stepping on the wooden board of the ferry, had no intention of letting go. "Why did the officials have to kill Liu Guangshi with their own hands? Why did they have to cook the deserters with their own hands?"
Why do the officials still have to stick to the Huaihe River when the situation is so dire and there is no hope of change? What is the point? And this time, why do the officials have to risk their lives and go to the other side? Don't they know that once
If Zhang Jun has evil intentions, or if he is unable to restrain his subordinates, is the country in danger of overthrowing? And with everything going on in the past and everything going on in the future, why do officials insist on going their own way?"
"I still don't know." Zhao Jiu shook his head again after hearing this. "Deyuan, I know you have good intentions and are sincere, but there are some things that have no answers?"
Zhang Jun shook his head and said nothing, with no intention of letting go of his hands, as if he was dissatisfied with the answer... In fact, since the censor Zhongcheng mustered up the courage to come here, it would be impossible if he couldn't explain it to him...
"However, I can also understand Deyuan..." Zhao Jiu laughed when he saw the other party's appearance. "You always use Guangwu to encourage me these days, and when it comes to Guangwu, I think before the Kunyang war, everyone
He said that Kunyang was to be abandoned, but Guangwu persisted, and then took only thirteen people out of the city to find reinforcements. I think some people would ask at that time, why did the general insist on going his own way? In fact, I also want to ask Deyuan, you are very knowledgeable,
Why did Guangwu insist on going his own way at that time? According to the situation at that time, wouldn't it be better to retreat to Xiangyang? Why was he unwilling to retreat? "
Zhang Jun was slightly startled.
"Speaking of Wang Mang, I also want to ask, why did Wang Mang become a Confucian model for half his life, and then went against the grain for the rest of his life?"
"Why did Fucha let Gou Jian go? Why was Gou Jian able to destroy Wu in eighteen years?"
"Why was Qin able to become its ruler for six generations, move forward step by step, and annex the world? Why did Qin die after two generations?"
"Why did Mr. Chu cross the river? Although there are three households in Chu, why must Chu be the one who destroys Qin?"
Zhang Jun was gradually losing his composure, and even Yang Yizhong, who was behind Zhao Jiu, was stunned.
"There is also Emperor Zhaolie whom Li Xianggong used to encourage me. Liu Xuande was defeated that day and left Dangyang. His wife and children were separated, and his own life was in danger. Why did he have to lead his people across the river?" Zhao Jiu continued to ask seriously, but unexpectedly
With a hint of awe. "Why did Marquis Zhuge Wu go out to Qishan six times in vain?"
Hearing this, Zhang Jun, who thought about the story of that night, almost lost all the strength in his hands.
"And why did Zhang Xun defend Suiyang? Why did King Chu prefer death to crossing Jiangdong?!"
At this point, Zhao Jiu easily took away the other party's hand on the food box. "Don't you understand, Deyuan? Do you think I do these things for no reason these days? I have never asked myself why in private.
Is this the case? What I asked today is just a very small part of my random thoughts. You may not know about Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar. It’s just that no matter how much I think or ask, I still don’t know.
I just know why! I can only comfort myself, it’s done when it’s done, why do you ask so many questions?”
After saying that, Zhao Jiu, who was dressed upright, finally got on the boat with his food box in his arms, and was about to order Yang Yi to sail the boat at a moderate speed, but suddenly remembered something, and then continued to ask Zhang Jun who was standing on the wooden plank at the ferry.
One sentence:
"By the way, last time we were in Xiacai City, Deyuan told me what happened to Li Ruoshui? As you know, I really can't remember many things."
"Dead." Zhang Jun responded blankly, almost blurting out. "Jingkang was captured, and the Second Saint was humiliated in the Jin camp. He opened his mouth to curse the Jin people, but Nianhan cut out his tongue. He couldn't curse, so he stared angrily.
, pointed with his hands, had his eyes gouged out and his hands cut off, and finally he died..."
"Look, this is it." Zhao Jiu sighed slightly. "Li Ruoshui went to the Jin Kingdom in his early years. From what you said that day, I know that he knows the barbarism of the Jin people better than anyone else, but why does he still want to
What about scolding?"
Zhang Jun couldn't bear it anymore, so he knelt in the snow on the wooden raft beside the boat, and then he held onto the side of the boat and burst into tears: "Guan family, please cross the river to Cai and his party on behalf of the official family!"
"If you could do it, I wouldn't have said so much." Zhao Jiu waved his hand helplessly. "But in this situation, I am the only one who can pacify Lieutenant Zhang! If you are really serious, come back to me."
The battalion can control the situation for me, try to hide it as much as possible, it is best to wait until I come back."
At this point, Zhao Jiuwu brushed away Zhang Jun's already weak hands, but asked Yang Yizhong to start the boat at a medium speed, and Yang Yizhong no longer dared to hesitate... In a moment, the sky was covered with heavy snow, on New Year's Eve,
The dignified official family of Zhao and Song Dynasties only took a light boat to cross the Huaihe River in the snow and headed north.