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.
To be continued...