Chapter XXXVII

Song Chao personally sent the moon group to Fengfu.

The first layer is filled with puff pastry and sesame filling, which is baked into the shape of various flowers, and the second layer is filled with three glutinous rice peels and walnut kernels, and the noodles are printed with Fu Lu Shou.

Jing Diyi said, "General Song is really polite, but I helped you solve the problem of military salary, and you only got a few cakes, which are really expensive." ”

Song Chao was neither humble nor arrogant, "Mrs. Feng is generous, Song is grateful, but Song is very meager, and this emperor is afraid that he will not be able to find a second gift equivalent to the 200,000 taels of silver, so he can only let people buy the group for the past few months and talk about his heart." ”

"General Song holds the military power in his hands, guarding one side, your loyalty is more than 200,000 taels. Aren't you afraid that I will give you this money for another purpose? You accept it like this, and I will ask for this favor in the future, what will you do?"

Song Chao said righteously, "Song is a soldier, and the first thing as a soldier is to be loyal to the monarch and love the country." In the future, if Mrs. Feng wants to get back this favor, as long as it does not violate morality, she will naturally have to pay it back. ”

This is a good reply, but it leaves room for himself, "Although I have a holiday with you, but you are a person who acts fairly fairly, but people like you have very few people who can die well throughout the ages, this is not a curse on you." ”

Song Chao said, "I never care about my life and death, and I am not afraid of life and death. ”

Did he think she was saying that he would die on the battlefield? Maybe he thought that the Shroud of Horse Leather was the final destination and glory of a soldier, but this was not what she was going to say, "Have you forgotten the Leopard Prince?"

He is loyal and patriotic, but there are few emperors who can really use people without suspicion and suspicion. The first emperor died early, and he didn't have time to make arrangements for many things, if he lived for a few more years, I don't know if he would be treated like he would deal with the Leopard Kingdom.

Song Chao said, "The Leopard Country is guilty of rebellion, and he is innocent of death." ”

Jing Diyi smiled, "What you read on weekdays should be military books, historical records, the biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin, you might as well go back and read it, those who bravely shock the master are in danger, and those who cover the world will not be rewarded." If his bravery and strategy surpass the king, then he himself is in danger, and if the merit is too great, he will not think that he will receive any reward. ”

"This is the true nature of the girl. "When I saw her back then, most of the clothes were soft and pitiful. Although he does not participate in the intrigues of the imperial court, it does not mean that he is as ignorant and deceitful as his son who is obsessed with the face of Jing Diyi's morning glow and reflecting the snow, he can see that this girl has a complicated mind, so even if Yun Yang begged many times, he did not agree to come to the door for him to propose, Song Chao warned and reminded, "If Mrs. Feng is a man, I have already drawn my sword at this moment, and it is not what you should say to provoke the monarch and ministers like this." ”

Jing Diyi asked rhetorically, "Do you think you can beat me with your sword? Those who obey me will prosper and those who disobey me will die, it has nothing to do with whether I am a man or a woman." ”

"Mrs. Feng, you should be glad that you are a daughter. When she broke into the hall and bluntly said in front of the Manchu Dynasty that she wanted to break off the mother-son relationship with Chen Musheng, he realized that no one among the princes could match her in terms of courage, intelligence, and strategy, and if she was a man, it was estimated that she would threaten the orthodoxy of the country, so she would not be able to stay.

"Do you mean that you also know what kind of person the first emperor is?"

Song Chao said suddenly, "The regime of the Nanban has undergone great changes, General Huyan, who originally commanded the three armies, died violently overnight, and his position was heard to be taken over by a young man who was only in his twenties, this young man is also powerful, it took just two months to replace all the old troops of General Huyan with his own subordinates, and now he has pinched half of the troops of Nanban in his hands, and has become a veritable regent." ”

Jing Diyi said with a smile, "General Song told me this because he thought I was ambitious and wanted to follow him and become a female regent?"

Song Chao said seriously, "I heard that this young man is also surnamed Jing. ”

"There are many people with the surname Jing in the world, this is an ordinary surname, but it just so happens that the surname of the lord here is Jing, and it is ordinary with some unusual, not to mention the trade marriage between the two countries, how many people went to Nanban to marry wives and have children, even if this regent is really surnamed Jing, what is so surprising. ”

Song Chao only thought that the surname Jing was indeed not surprising, but it was surprising that the surname Jing was a Southern Barbarian.

Jing Diyi knew that he was paying close attention, and wanted to see the clue from the change in her expression, "What is General Song worried about?" ”

Song just thought that if it was born from the same vein, maybe this peace would last forever. ”

"Why should General Song think so much, think so far, it's not easy to think about the moment. "There is nothing that lasts forever, after a hundred years, he will be a handful of loess, and he can't see whether the world is peaceful or the war is raging, "I didn't give you more than 200,000 taels for nothing." ”

"What does Madame want?" Song Chao emphasized, "as long as it doesn't violate morality." ”

"Hu Da Li Er is two reckless men, his brain is not very good, and he doesn't know much words, the advantage is that he has great strength and can endure hardships and talk about some righteousness, but this righteousness is both an advantage and a disadvantage. She paused and continued, "I have a grudge against you, but you know that they are my people, and they can be treated equally, so I say that you are above board. ”

"They have what they are today by virtue of their abilities, and they have nothing to do with me. ”

"Then you should know that that's all they can do. They can charge into battle, but they can't strategize, they can't sit in your place, and your military camp may not have many tiger generals but there will be no shortage of them. ”

Song Chao didn't quite understand what she meant, "What does Madam want me to do?"

"When they said they wanted to join the army, I agreed, because a person wanted to do it but didn't do it, and I always felt regret in my heart. Now they have earned official positions and fame and fortune, and they are not ambitious people. I want you to promise me that if you still sit in your current position and hold the military power in five years' time, then let them go back to their hometowns and farm. ”

She gave more than 200,000 taels to relieve the urgent need for food and salary, just to let him promise to let Hu Da and Li Er return to the field after five years?"

Jing Diyi said, "I will talk to the two of them, and they will listen to me, only occasionally make mistakes." "It's like going against her will to be cut off in order to save Nie Zhaoyi, because morality is both an advantage and a disadvantage, "Leave two boxes of silver out, and let them carry one box away when they return to their hometown, my request is like this, how, it's not a violation of morality." ”

"Is Madam Feng worried that they will be in danger of killing the enemy in battle?" But if so, why did she agree to let them join the army in the first place, just to let them try without regrets?