Khorne

Chapter 121 They Give Too Much!

Bianliang Palace.The main hall of the imperial palace is called the Daqing Hall, where grand ceremonies are held.

To the south of Daqing Hall is the central government office, separated by a gate tower.

The Zichen Hall in the north of the Daqing Hall is the front hall where the emperor looks at the court.The court meeting at the beginning of each month, the congratulations at the completion of the suburban temple ceremony, and the reception of Khitan envoys are all held in Zichen hall.

The Chuigong Hall on the west side of the Daqing Hall is the place where the emperor listened to politics on weekdays.

At this time, Zhao Ji was sitting on the dragon chair in the Chuigong Hall, listening to the report of the latest military situation by the Secretary in front of the hall below.

After listening for a while, Zhao Ji frowned and said, "The bandits in Liangshan are so rampant. Do you have a good strategy?"

Hearing Zhao Ji's question, Gao Qiu, who was studying military affairs here together, immediately took a step forward and said, "Officials, these Liangshan bandits are just a small group of rebels who burn, kill and loot, and those who die in their hands don't count." Count it. Why do all the people in the world submit to such banditry and injustice? As the saying goes, kill a respectful monkey, and I am willing to bring [-] elite soldiers to wipe out all the bandits in Liangshan, leaving no one alive!"

Hearing what he said was full of confidence, Zhao Ji immediately supported his beard and smiled, saying: "Gaoqing's family is really my humerus. I am very relieved to have this insight."

At this time, Chen Zongshan, the Taiwei in front of the palace, frowned and said: "Officials, although these Liangshan bandits are rebels, they have been in contact with the ministers before. Officials. Many of them actually have a patriotic intention, and they even offered to recruit them when they met with the minister. In the minister's opinion, it is better not to block it, and the officials should simply recruit them. Firstly, it can avoid heavy casualties, and secondly, it can also show the officials your love for the people. As the saying goes, under the whole world, is it the king's land? Kill them all?"

After hearing Chen Zongshan's words, Zhao Ji also nodded fiercely: "The Qing family is worthy of being my good ministers, and they care about the world. This is a very kind move."

Then Zhao Ji became depressed.

What Gao Qiu said made sense, and what Chen Zongshan said seemed to be right.

So he began to study over and over again: "Well, it is right to strangle the rebels, kill a hundred people, and let all the people in the world bow their heads. But these people are all my Song Dynasty people, so it is not beautiful to commit such random crimes. What is it? OK?"

When he thought of it, half an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Ji's personality is not suitable for being an emperor, which is a typical difficulty in choosing.

If there was only one choice, it would be easy.

Do you want to do it?
Dry!
Ok?
Row!
go or not?
go!
But when there are two choices, he will start to look forward and backward.

Choose the former?Makes sense.

But the latter doesn't seem too bad...

So either I can't think of it for a long time, or I always choose the wrong option.

To put it bluntly, if he were an artist, he would definitely be the one to go down in history, not even worse than people like Wang Xizhi and Zhang Zeduan.

But when the emperor...

Can only give a negative score.

So at this time, his difficulty in choosing was manifested, and he couldn't make up his mind after thinking about it for a long time.

Fortunately, this situation was quickly broken.

A eunuch came in and said, "Officials, Grand Master Cai is asking to see you."

"Oh? Grand Master Cai is here?" This is the time when the balance needs to be tilted, Zhao Ji immediately said: "Let him in quickly!"

Soon, Cai Jing walked in with a smile on his face, and then greeted Zhao Ji first: "Cai Jing, I have seen the official."

"The Qing family, please get up quickly," Zhao Ji waved at Cai Jing, and said, "It happens that I have something difficult to decide, and the Cai Qing family will help me to go through it." He told Cai Jing about the matter, and then said : "According to Cai Qing's family, should Liangshan be attacked, or should it be recruited?"

Cai Jing cupped his fists and bowed, and then said: "From what I have seen, this Liangshan should be recruited and beaten."

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment: "How do you say this?"

Cai Jingdao: "I just received a letter from my family. My nephew Huang Jing is serving as a judge in Enzhou Prefecture. A few days ago, Chen Zhiming, the prefect of Enzhou, was found to be collaborating with the enemy and treason. He was sent to jail. However, Chen Zhiming and his fellow party member Zheng Khan of Qinghe County learned about it and led people to attack the capital of Enzhou, causing heavy losses. Fortunately, my nephew joined forces with Lu Zheng, the governor of Enzhou, to fight bravely, and finally repelled Zheng Khan. However, Zheng Xing and the other rebels are not weak in martial arts, and the family generals recruited by my nephew suffered heavy casualties, so they came to ask me for help."

Zhao Ji was surprised: "There is such a thing?"

Cai Jingdao: "That's right. And it happened that there were several battles at Liangshan, with heavy casualties. The old minister came up with a trick, first let Chen Taiwei go to recruit Liangshan, and then let Liangshan go to attack Zheng fear. This is to drive away tigers. Wolves' plan, we don't need to spend a single soldier, let them consume each other, and we can reap the benefits of the fisherman."

Hearing these words, Zhao Ji thought for a while before trying to understand the benefits, and immediately said happily: "Oh, Grand Master Cai is indeed worthy of being my humerus and the pillar of the country! This plan is very clever!"

Grand Master Cai said with a smug smile on his face, "The official's reputation is too high."

Gao Qiu at the side glanced at Cai Jing coldly and snorted coldly.

Although they were both the six thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, Cai Jing and Gao Qiu did not deal with each other at ordinary times. They criticized each other, and no one looked down on the other.

Zhao Ji thought about it again, and felt that there was no problem with this plan, and said: "Then, according to the intention of Cai Qing's family, this personnel arrangement..."

Cai Jing clasped his fists together: "I believe that it is best for Chen Zhiming, the prefect of Enzhou, to be punished and Lu Zheng to take over his position. As for the supervising army after Liangshan is recruited, it is most appropriate for Huang Jing to be in charge. The two have cooperated a lot before. , this time we will suppress the bandits together again, and we will get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhao Ji immediately made a decision: "That's how it will be done!"

……

In Qinghe County, there is an inn.

Zhao Fujin has been staying in the inn for the past few days. After discussing the country's affairs with Zheng Xing, she is a little suspicious of life now.

Originally, she thought that Da Song was a bit of a bad guy at best, after all, she knew what kind of person her father Zhao Ji was.

But she never thought that Da Song was going to end?
And according to what Zheng Xing said, he would die within six or seven years at most?
Zhao Fujin was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling with blank eyes, and murmured: "Xiao He, tell me, our Da Song...is it really over? Is Dean Zheng trying to scare me on purpose?"

Xiao He was so frightened that the hairs all over his body stood on end, and said: "My family doesn't understand state affairs, so I dare not judge without authorization."

Zhao Fujin paused, then suddenly said: "No, what if I must let you talk?"

Xiao He pursed her lips, and said: "Princess, aren't you embarrassing me? Everything I say is wrong!"

Zhao Fujin said: "There are only you and me here, and I won't beat or scold you, what are you afraid of? Say what you think."

Xiao He thought for a while, and then whispered: "Princess, I feel that if it is said that the Song Dynasty must be finished, it may not be right, but it may not necessarily be wrong. I don't think President Zheng is like A person who can talk nonsense and scare people, but we can't listen to him all. Princess, the sages once said that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. Whether it is true or not, don't we know if we walk around?"

After hearing Xiao He's words, Zhao Fujin suddenly sat up.

Her eyes were shining brightly, and she said: "That's right! Let's go to Dean Zheng!"

As she said that, she jumped to the ground and raised her sledgehammer: "You dare to say these words to scare me, huh, I must ask him to come with me! I want to see what he will say when he sees Guotai Minan! "

Xiao He: "..."

Princess, won't your conscience ache when you say this?
Guotai Minan?

Of course, Xiao He would not refute.

After all, she is a genuine princess. The whole world belongs to her family. Who would say that her family is not good?
The two soon arrived at the Horror Academy, and went all the way to Wenchang Pavilion.

"Oh? Why are the two ladies here today?" Zheng fear looked at the murderous Zhao Fujin, and smiled, "Could it be that you are here to argue with me again?"

Zhao Fujin stared at Zheng Xing, and said: "The world is so big, I want to go and see. See if the world is as unbearable as Dean Zheng said!"

Zheng fear: "..."

Zheng Xing was quite surprised: "As a lady, although this world is big, there is nowhere to go. I don't know why you came to find Zheng?"

Zhao Fujin said: "I want to prove that what you said is wrong. It is impossible for the Song Dynasty to perish so soon!"

Zheng Xing shrugged his shoulders: "Someone just said it casually, and the lady just listened to it casually. Why are you so serious? Although someone in the lady's family is an official in the court, you don't have to be so serious, right?"

Zhao Fujin immediately said: "Xiao He!"

Xiao He directly took out a handful of gold leaves: "My wife wants to invite Dean Zheng to accompany her for a walk around, of course she won't let Dean Zheng run away in vain."

Zheng fear shook his head: "I'm afraid Zheng can't leave..."

Xiao He took out another handful of gold leaves: "What about this time?"

Zheng feared: "Is this..."

Xiao He took out another handful of gold leaves and put them on the table, making a clear and crisp sound.That beautiful golden color is dazzling.

"How about this time?"

To be honest, Zheng feared that he really wanted to refuse.

After all, the academy has just been established, and it still needs to enroll students, give lectures, and plan for the future...

But there is no way, they give too much!

"Cough cough," Zheng feared, with his hands behind his back, and said slowly, "Zheng is not a money-grubbing person. Wealth belongs to Zheng, but it's just passing away. But!"

Speaking of this, he simply rolled up those gold leaves into the desk, and said: "In life, there is always a trip that you can leave as you please, otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of life? Well, a certain one is reluctant to accompany the two. A lady walked up and down."

Zhao Fujin: "..."

Xiao He: "..."

It's the first time I saw someone take money for work and still say so high-sounding!

How about a casual trip? !
Zheng feared: "However, before leaving, I want to ask, what does the lady want to see?"

Zhao Fujin said: "Look at the various states of the world."

"That's it." Zheng feared rubbing his chin and said, "If the lady wants to see these, then she really needs to make some preparations."

Zhao Fujin was taken aback, and said, "How should I say it?"

Zheng Xing looked her up and down, and said: "The lady is so beautiful, and she is wearing gold and silver clothes, she is not cheap at first glance. As the saying goes, things gather together and people are divided into groups, how can a lady like this look like a hundred people in the world?" What's more, with this [-]-jin sledgehammer, who would dare to offend the lady?"

Everyone has a love for beauty, Zhao Fujin blushed when he heard Zheng Horn's praise, and then said: "In the opinion of President Zheng..."

Zheng Xing smiled and said: "Since we want to experience all kinds of things in the world, it will be effective if we disguise ourselves and experience the customs and customs all the way as ordinary people. Why don't we pretend to be a family, and I will pretend to be the wife's husband and bring the lady How about fleeing with the maidservant?"

Pretending to be a husband?

Zhao Fujin was immediately ashamed, but he also felt that Zheng Xing's words were reasonable, and finally nodded lightly: "That's it!"

So the two sides split up and acted immediately.

Soon, an hour later, Zheng Xing changed into an ordinary civilian gown, while Zhao Fujin and Xiao He bought a set of ordinary peasant women's long skirts somewhere, and the three of them met at the entrance of the academy, and they were ready to set off.

Zheng Horn asked: "Okay, from now on, the three of us are a family. I'm Zheng Horn, but I don't know what to call my wife?"

Zhao Fujin said softly: "Slave Xiao Fujin, this is my maid Xiao He."

"Hello, Mrs. Xiao, hello, Mrs. Xiaohe." Zheng feared after greeting, and then asked: "In my opinion, where should we go?"

Zhao Fujin took out the map and pointed to it: "Let's go north!"

Zheng fear: "..."

"Cough cough," Zheng Xing coughed hastily, and said, "Miss may not have a good sense of direction, you are referring to the south..."

Zhao Fujin suddenly became angry from embarrassment, and said: "Then how do you think we should go?"

Zheng Xing pointed at the map, "North, let's go to the border, how about?"

Zhao Fujin thought for a while and said, "Okay! That's it!"

The three of them set off.

Soon after leaving the city from the north gate of Qinghe County, passing through Siming Mountain, Zheng feared, "There used to be a group of bandits who lived by selling illegal salt, but they were subdued by someone."

Zhao Fujin asked suspiciously: "Trafficking in private salt is a felony, and Dean Zheng just subdued it with a single sentence?"

Zheng feared: "How else? Those people are actually oppressed people. They sell private salt just to make a living. They just want to live. What crime do they have?"

Hearing the three words "survive", Zhao Fujin stopped talking immediately.

Indeed, for ordinary people, the greatest goal in life is to survive.

This is the premise of everything.

If you can't survive, then don't blame people for rebellion.

The three of them had already comprehended the aura of heaven and earth. Although they did not ride horses in order not to attract attention, their footsteps were extremely fast.

After walking for four hours, he saw a county town in the distance, Xiao He wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said, "Lady, Mrs., let's go to the county town ahead to have a rest."

Zheng feared: "That's right."

I didn't even see a few people along the way, and I couldn't find out anything.

As a result, he was on his way to the county seat when he suddenly saw several people sitting on the side of the road crying in front of him.

Zhao Fujin was taken aback for a moment: "Something seems to have happened over there, let's go and have a look!"

(End of this chapter)