Ren Baozhong and Liu Hongdao cried like this, and they cried in the rain and mud, which was obviously beyond Zhao Jiu's expectations... because he had not seen this kind of extremely arrogant monarch-minister drama for many years. The last time was eight years ago.

When you decided to meet Han Shizhong while in exile, or when you visited Yiyoumen Tuogu before the Yaoshan War four or five years ago?

It's really confusing.

In addition, there is another point, that is, if Ren Baozhong has a lot of experience and has no bottom line, so he can act like this, but Liu Hongdao is a serious high-level scholar-bureaucrat after all, how can he act?

So lifelike and so well coordinated with Ren Baozhong?

He obviously just arrived in Hangzhou yesterday.

In other words, these two people may not be pretending...and they are pretending. Can the Zhao Guan family do this while standing?

"You two gentlemen, please come home."

Zhao Jiu quickly got out from under the umbrella and walked quickly into the mud. Then with the help of two Chixin team members, he helped them up one by one and expressed sincere comfort. "Isn't it just that when I turned around I found that my house collapsed?

, why are you two Qing’s family like this? Or is it the side wing that leaked from the rain before? The front hall is also involved a little bit, and the bedroom is just a few tiles. If it weren’t for Yang Yizhong and the others, I would have continued to wait in the bedroom.

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Moreover, these two people obviously lost their composure. They were helped to the side by Zhao Guanjia and Ban Zhi and sat down. They did not hear a few words at all, and it took them a long time to regain their language skills.

Among them, Ren Baozhong was obviously faster, but he directly wiped his face with his sleeve full of muddy water, and then sat on the stone steps in the open space of the back hall and looked at each other sadly: "I can only meet the Ming Dynasty at this age.

All loyalty is tied to the officials. I have lost my temper for a moment, so please forgive me."

This is the story of the Three Kingdoms that I have heard too many times.

But in a sense, it is true. Without Zhao Jiu, this old thief might disappear in the backcountry of Hengshan as an old man who failed in a coup in this life. Both his body and spirit would turn into dust.

Being forgotten, how could you imagine that you would come into contact with core power again at the end of your life, and it would be a higher level of core power?

To put it bluntly, except Zhao Jiu, who is thinking about the Northern Expedition and wants to launch a mass campaign against the party members, who would use him as an old party dog?

"I really don't dare to think about what will happen to the country if something happens to the officials." In comparison, Liu Hongdao, who spoke later, was obviously much more sincere, but he was also so frightened and undecided under the umbrella that he could not hesitate to speak. "Then.

What about the Northern Expedition? Do we want the north and the south to confront each other, like the story of the Liao Kingdom? If this is the case, the national hatred of Jingkang and the private shame of Qingzhou, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to understand the depression in my heart!"

This points out the pros and cons.

The greatest hatred and shame in Liu Hongdao's life was the heavy casualties and bloodshed in the battle at Qingzhou, after which he had no choice but to abandon his hometown and position and flee in embarrassment.

In the Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong was not the only one who hated Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Tat to the bone.

But no matter what, in the rainy night, in the noisy side, Zhao Jiu understood their gaffe, so he quickly said some nonsense: "I have always known the loyalty of the two Qing families, but now I am just fine, and I can relax

Come with your heart."

Taking advantage of the lanterns lit by the surrounding squad, the extremely embarrassed Ren Baozhong and Liu Hongdao looked at each other, but they both saw a tacit understanding in each other's eyes - they both took the opportunity to ask Zhao Guan's thoughts.

Ask him why he is hesitant about the Northern Expedition? He even took the opportunity to state his interests and persuade the official.

But at the same time, after this incident, both of them felt that this official was lucky to be alive, and that he could make long-term plans while he was alive. Some things were not as urgent as they thought before.

And just when the two of them had a tacit understanding, what they didn't expect was that Zhao Guanjia, who had already turned around to look for search and rescue, had already followed their behavior and his thoughts gradually started to diverge.

The words are that Zhao Jiu knows very well that although the two of them are so rude today, it is indeed sincere, but it is definitely not how he, the Zhao Guan family, can win people... After all, Liu Hongdao and his emperor are actually a bit unfamiliar, and Ren Baozhong is a virtuous man.

You're a bastard, so that gaffe just now couldn't possibly be due to emotional factors... Roughly speaking, three points are acting according to the trend, three points are emotional fluctuations caused by surprise, and three points above are talking about these two.

A person's political ambitions, future ideals, and even the value of life are actually tied to his Zhao Guan family.

Specifically, it is tied to the Northern Expedition that his Zhao Guan family has been preparing for a long time and is about to launch.

Publicly and privately, everyone has formed a community of interests.

And this community of interests also includes a public minister who still has political influence, four reigning prime ministers, two envoys, plus six ministers, ten Jiedu, and eleven ministers and nine ministers besides Liu Hongdao.

The four prisons, plus Tokyo, Gongge in the southeast, Lianghuai, wealthy merchants in Jingdong, Central Plains, Kansai, and temples in the southeast.

Of course, there are also the Zhao Guan family himself and the ministers who are directly attached to him, plus the imperial army that will become 300,000 strong in a few months.

It’s hard to say, there are tens of millions of people living in Lianghe.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiu, who finally got wet because he went to help and comfort the two of them, turned his back and smiled bitterly in the rainy night - this was something that couldn't be helped, because if you think about it carefully, this year is already the ninth year of Jianyan.

Counting from that autumn day in the first year of Jianyan, it has been almost eight years.

In the past eight years, he, a time traveler, has always stressed the resistance to Jin as an emperor, encouraged the war against Jin all the time, and worked hard to eliminate the appeasement faction in the DPRK... From the surrender faction at the beginning, to the peace faction, and then to the main faction.

He respectfully invited the Shou sect, and now Li Gang, the slow advance sect, out of the court, so who are the rest?

However, when everyone in the court gradually came to a unified understanding, the opposition gradually fell silent, the people also accepted this demand, the army was gathered and prepared, and the military reserve was finally almost the same, he, the instigator, became timid.

Yes, Zhao Jiu had noticed his "hesitation" a long time ago, and he also knew that the people around him were aware of his "hesitation" and knew that these people were testing him, but to be honest, his "hesitation" was never about Fujian Road.

The turmoil and the autumn harvest on the Liangzhe Road.

Because the former is a grassroots problem that cannot be solved in the feudal era. If you want to manage the grassroots well these days, it is easier than thinking about how to fix cannons and steam engines; and the latter, to put it bluntly, is a celestial phenomenon. Is this celestial phenomenon something he can decide?

As the saying goes, if it rains, the mother will get married. This rain has really caused a disaster. It is really easy to wait for half a year and send troops to relieve the disaster first. It is actually easier.

So, why does Zhao Jiu hesitate about the approaching Northern Expedition? In fact, it couldn't be simpler. There is only one answer, and it is the simplest and most direct answer - he is afraid of losing the battle, and he is also afraid of losing the war without success.

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Because this Northern Expedition, for him, was an eight-year effort and a test of his ultimate value in this era. He was no different from those people who lamented and lost their temper and tied their life ambitions, future, and values ​​to the Northern Expedition.

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If others don’t know, doesn’t he himself know? Standing in the rain as if nothing happened, he has never been a real emperor. In the past eight years, his fear, fear, incompetence, confusion, anger, shame, and current

'Hesitation' exists objectively.

Even when the house collapsed just now, he was so frightened that he jumped out of bed.

It's just that he has always concealed it well and acted well.

"His Majesty."

In the rain, just as Zhao Jiu was looking at the Wuyue Old Palace in front of him in trance, the slightly weird accent of Chixin Team Ping Qingmori came from far away. "Scholar Lu arrived, and the monk who followed him was stopped.

Outside... I found the seven or eight wounded and handed them over to the monks."

Zhao Jiu nodded and was about to answer, but unexpectedly, Lu Benzhong, who was being held by Ping Qingsheng, came to the nearby firelight. When he saw the face of Zhao Guanjia here, he reacted in the same way as the previous two people, and he also made a soft plop.

He fell into the muddy water, then hid his face and cried loudly.

Seeing this, Zhao Jiu had no choice but to reincarnate as Zhao Guan's family, imitate the previous situation and go forward to help people, and then comfort them, and start another drama between king and minister.

Of course, at this time, Liu Hongdao and Ren Baozhong were gradually settling down, but their differences inevitably became more apparent - Liu Shilang was already a little embarrassed, but Renshe still wiped his tears with him.

This was not over yet, but after a while, Zong Ying and Guo Zhongxun came here one after another, and sat down on the ground with two plops... Even the surrounding imperial guards were embarrassed, but Ren Baozhong still kept wiping his face.

Those who didn't know better thought he was wet under the umbrella.

However, even so, Zhao Jiu still did not dare to leave because Lu Yihao, who was in Hangzhou City, had not had time to come over yet. He had to wait for the husband to come over and inform him of the news before he could leave.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, he saw a fire dragon coming here from the city of Hangzhou in the rain. Then Yang Yizhong, who had been waiting in the front hall, hurriedly turned back and told: "Guan family, Xianggong Lu is here!"

After saying that, Yang Yizhong hurriedly turned back to greet him. Zhao Jiu wanted to go forward in the rain when he heard the sound, but unexpectedly everyone behind him also stood up and stopped him... The palace collapsed in the middle, and Zhao Jiu withdrew to it.

From behind, and Lu Yihao came from the front. At this time, a true gentleman would not stand under a dangerous wall.

However, despite being separated by an apse and a pile of bricks and tiles, once Lu Yihao came to him, he had a completely different aura from others. He was full of energy and shouted to each other in the rain against the noise: "Lu Yihao, Prime Minister of the Southeast,

Where are the officials here? I send my regards and ask the officials to return home!"

As soon as this sound came out, the originally noisy scene immediately became quiet, with only the faint sound of crows and rain still remaining.

Zhao Jiu did not dare to neglect, and immediately said to each other in the air: "I am fine here... The palace has become a dangerous wall. There is no need for Mr. Lu to come over. He will return to Hangzhou to appease people. I will go to Shengguo Temple to rest myself."

"I have received your order." As soon as the words were finished, Lu Yihao's angry voice from the opposite side sounded again. "I have a few more questions. Officials and family members must speak frankly... Are there any casualties in this incident?"

"It's hard to tell because the lights are on, but several people were rescued, all with minor injuries. The more injured people were caused by the slippery road on a rainy night, and everyone from the Qing family came here in a hurry." Zhao Jiu responded simply.

Immediately, there was another sentence on the opposite side: "Are there any omissions in the court documents, memorials, and secret notes? Are there any missing items in the imperial treasures carried by the officials and private deposits?"

"Everything in the bedroom and the main hall is fine. All the documents, memorials and secret notes are intact, and all the seals are there." Zhao Jiu also kept raising his voice.

And soon, the last words came from the opposite side: "In that case, please ask the imperial commander Liu Yan to escort the official family to Shengguo Temple. The commander Yang Yizhong will stay at the palace and I will return to Hangzhou to rest!"

As soon as he said this, there was a slight commotion on the other side. It must have been Lu Yihao who turned back directly. On this side, after hearing this, the Zhao Guan family immediately set off to Shengguo Temple without even listening.

Liu Hongdao and others followed in panic at this time, but they could only be stunned by the simplicity of this pair of monarchs and ministers.

Without further ado, let’s just say that Zhao Guan’s family and his entourage went to Shengguo Temple, and the royal chariot went directly into a bedroom owned by the abbot, and then took off his clothes and went to bed... This was something that could not be helped, even if the official was not sleepy at this time.

You should also act to appease people's hearts.

Relatively speaking, the other ministers, both civil and military, were much more practical - after experiencing such exciting things, wallowing in mud and water, and feeling great sadness and joy, how could anyone sleep? They all gathered in a hurry at the Main Hall, regardless of civil or military status, or class.

'Protect the official family'.

At this time, the topic of course inevitably involves Lu Yihao.

There is no way, this Mr. Lu is too eye-catching, not only for his identity, but also for his style of doing things. His forthrightness and ability just now really overwhelm everyone.

However, after just a few words of praise, the topic could not go on. In other words, this Lu Xianggong's reputation was really bad, and the relevant anecdotes were that he was tyrannical and revengeful, so as he talked, it became

It’s a curiosity hunt.

"I heard someone say in the old days that when Lu Xianggong was serving as a deputy envoy to the privy council in Nanyang, a controller failed to salute in time and was fined half of his salary that day."
To be continued...