Li Xun was not surprised by Zhang Jin's visit, but Tao Kan's arrival was a little surprised.

Li Xun and Tao Kan had a relationship, that was still the battle of Jiangnan, Huang Xuan led the army to achieve a decisive victory, eliminated the rebel forces, after the end of the war, officials in many places in Jiangnan, are going to Yingzhou, send some food and all kinds of comfort materials, and congratulate, at that time Tao Kan happened to be a guest in Jiangnan friends, although he was not an official in the Jiangnan region, but also followed his friends to join in the fun, on that occasion, Tao Kan and Li Xun had a face-to-face, but the two did not speak and talk.

For Tao Kan's impression, Li Xun is much deeper than Zhang Jin, not only he is a world-famous poet, but when he was in the capital, Zhao Xun was not a prince at that time, the living environment was relatively free, and tea parties were often held, and some trustworthy subordinates and henchmen were gathered together, chatting and talking about things, and sometimes talking about some politics and celebrities, Li Xun also participated in a few times, at the tea party, Zhao Xun's henchman Li Zhongquan, once praised Tao Kan, saying that this person is brilliant, not only good poetry, political talent is also extraordinary, Much stronger than himself, you know, in the eyes of Zhao Xun, Li Zhongquan is a talent of the country, in the future, Zhao Xun will ascend the throne as the emperor, and there will definitely be a place for Li Zhongquan in the political hall, Li Zhongquan said that Tao Kan is much stronger than himself, so what does it mean?

Zhao Tong and others are on this trip, and their Qincha team, Li Xun will naturally send someone to find out in advance, Zhao Tong, Zhang Jin, Yao Gu and others don't need to say much, and Tao Kan's experience made Li Xun quite surprised.

Tao Kan's father is a staunch supporter of the Yang family, and he himself is also a student of Yang Daohei, so Tao Kan has a very deep relationship with the Yang family.

Tao Kan has great respect and respect for Yang Daosi, but this is only for Yang Daosi himself, for the rest of the Yang family, Tao Kan has little communication, since he entered the Shi and the first, after becoming an official, for the Yang family, it is even more estranged, after his father died of illness, Tao Kan took the initiative to transfer to the place, this stay is a full twenty years, during which in addition to some correspondence with Yang Daosi, almost any contact with the Yang family was cut off.

Of course, Yang Binglin has wooed Tao Kan many times, but he has been politely refused.

What does this mean, it shows that Tao Kan has deliberately alienated the Yang family from beginning to end, and even deliberately erased any relationship between himself and the Yang family.

Although Tao Kan's father is a fourth-grade official, he himself is also a young man, Jinshi and first, the official road is not smooth, but it is not bad, only forty years old is to do the history of the state from the fourth grade, it is also good, and since his father has been more than ten generations, they are all from poor backgrounds, so Tao Kan is actually from a poor family, such a background and status, but he can take the initiative and can alienate the Yang family, which almost cuts off his opportunity to rise rapidly on the official road.

For this point, Sima Tu once said that Tao Kan is either a person who has no intention of officialdom and is willing to be mediocre, or he is a person with great ambitions and great ideals, and it is difficult for a poor disciple with too much family imprint to reach the top of officialdom, and vice versa, it is the same, as far as Zhao Zhi's reign is concerned, although he reuses the children of the poor family and vigorously promotes officials outside the family, but the Xiangguo of the political affairs hall is still monopolized by the family gatekeeper, and the children of the poor family and officials outside the family, At most, it is to participate in political affairs and contain them from the side, but it has fundamentally improved the door of the political affairs hall, not that Zhao Zhi does not want to, but that he can't do it, Yang Daosi and Liu Ji put the country first and fully cooperate with Zhao Zhi, but for some things, they also have their bottom line, and this bottom line is difficult for Zhao Zhi to break.

It was not until the end of the era of Yang Daosi and Liu Ji that Zhao Zhi achieved a series of brilliant military victories and reached the peak of his prestige, which broke this barrier and pushed Li Zhong into the political hall, but this was only an exception, very rare, and very difficult.

Therefore, Tao Kan is a very strange person, and his life experience track is also very peculiar.

For Tao Kan's arrival, Li Xun was naturally enthusiastic, although he was the deputy envoy of this trip, but he was not Zhao Tong's person, Zhao Tong's series of actions, Tao Kan and Zhang Jin did not participate, but remained silent and cold, so Li Xun had no opinion on these two people.

Tao Kan is very interested in Li Xun, or Li Xun in the west of Longyou, a series of policies and plans are very interested, the two talked enthusiastically, Tao Kan to Li Xun in the west of Longyou, very much agree and appreciate, when Li Xun said some future plans in the Western Regions, Tao Kan's interest was completely stimulated, gushing, said a lot of his own views and opinions, many of which are very inspired by Li Xun, Li Xun looked at Tao Kan so far different, this is a very talented person, and the ideological realm is quite advanced, for the so-called alien rejection and suppression, do not pay attention to it, many ideas coincide with Li Xun, and they have the same goal.

The two talked happily until dusk, Li Xun set up a banquet to stay, Tao Kan hesitated, and finally declined, and hinted that when he arrived in the capital in the future, he could have a good conversation.

Tao Kan left, but Zhang Jin stayed, he didn't have so many scruples, this trip to Longyou, that is, to follow around, the main thing was Zhao Tong, he was watching the excitement on the side, he wouldn't help Zhao Tong, and he couldn't help Li Xun.

Li Xun was sent to the gate, Tao Kan returned the salute, and then walked away.

Looking at the back of Tao Kan leaving, Li Xun said to Sima Tu: "Tao Kan's hint just now responded to our speculation. ”

Sima Tu nodded and asked Zhang Jin: "General Zhang, the purpose of Zhao Tong's trip seems to be to force the lord away from Longyou." ”

Zhang Jin smiled: "The people who want to take Brother Li away from Longyou are far more than Zhao Tong, such a big piece of cake, they can't watch Brother Li swallow it alone." ”

Li Xun stretched out his fist and punched Zhang Jin, and snorted coldly: "If I am a friend, just say something practical." ”

Zhang Jin rubbed his shoulders and said with a wry smile: "Brother Li, you know, between Zhao Tong and you, it is the same whether there is me or not, the imperial court sent me to Longyou, to be honest, I also feel very strange and surprised." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jin looked around, then approached Li Xun, and said in a low voice: "You should have guessed Zhao Tong's intentions, I don't need to say more, when I was leaving, Zhao Tong convened everyone to discuss secretly, obviously ready to start, but you have closed the city gate, and this is your territory, what other big waves can Zhao Tong make?" ”

Li Xun glanced at Zhang Jin and scolded with a smile: "You kid knows it very well in his heart." ”

Zhang Jin said with a smile: "You kid knows better than me in his heart. ”

The two looked at each other, and they both laughed.