Tan Zhi stared back at Geng Nanzhong with even more disdain, and smiled unceremoniously: "It's not that our family deliberately underspises Lord Geng, may I ask Lord Geng, do you know what military is?" You are just a small civilian subordinate officer who used to work in the imperial palace, doing chores all day long, and you have never been exposed to military affairs, let alone what a battlefield is, what is fighting and killing, what is war, do you know how to fight? Do you know how to resist a person like Wen Chenghou who even the Liao State can't be afraid of? ”

As the saying goes, hitting people does not slap people in the face (therefore, the battles of later generations are dedicated to slapping the face and scratching the face), and scolding people does not expose the shortcomings (so the later generations will do their best to expose the shortcomings and destroy people). ）

Tan Zhi, the lowly eunuch in the palace dared to expose the shortcomings of the right and right ministers in front of him so shamelessly, Geng Nanzhong was so angry that his blood surged up, his brain was buzzing, and he had a cerebral hemorrhage, and the two bull's eyes staring at Tan Zhi widened, staring at Tan Zhi deadly, as if they were going to spew fire and burn the dead eunuch alive........

But the words that made Geng Nanzhong even angrier were still to come.

Tan Zhi was impulsive with resentment, relying on the support of the Emperor Taishang behind him, representing Zhao Ji's attitude, he was very bold, and he dared to speak.

The more angry Geng Nanzhong was and helpless against him, the more he relieved his hatred and scolded him harshly, but as an excellent yin talent with a special product in the palace, although he was impulsive and willful, he did not forget his fighting skills.

He deliberately said with such a smug demeanor and tone that people couldn't help but beat him at first sight.

"Although our family is disabled and likes to study military affairs, and has personally supervised and commanded officers and soldiers to suppress bandits, soldiers and soldiers to defend the border and fight foreign enemies, they do not dare to arrogantly claim to really understand military affairs. But the Tong Privy Counsellor understands the Lord. In terms of actual combat and military affairs, although there are many capable ministers in the DPRK and China, who can compare with Tong Daren? But even Master Tong admitted that if Zhao Gonglian really rebelled, he would not have a good way to deal with it. Lord Geng despises our family's lowly status and disobeys our family's words, but are you more powerful than Master Tong? ”

This euphemism boasted to himself, and forcibly pulled Tong Guan, a military master, to force Geng Nanzhong to suppress Geng Nanzhong, so angry that Geng Nanzhong was speechless and rolled his eyes.

Of course, Geng Nanzhong was not satisfied with Cai Jing, who was on the side of him in terms of civil governance, and Tong Guan, who was also on his side in martial affairs, and secretly chatted in front of an ignorant young emperor like Zhao Huan who was trapped in the palace, and dared to brag about his talent in civil and martial arts, if not far superior to Cai and Tong, they were all a little smarter, at least not inferior to those two. In fact, what he is conceited about is not the ability to do things in civil and martial arts, but the ability to scheming and infighting.

He is confident that with his intelligence, he can fight Cai and Tong in the court.

And as long as he can defeat Cai Tong in this regard, have great power, and sit in that position, then he himself won't, no, he can recruit someone to help him, right?

There are talents in the world, there are always those who can do it, and there are always those who are better than Cai and Tong.

What is lacking is the discovery of talents, the promotion and reuse of talents.

He Geng Nanzhong has taken the position, and he can take advantage of this, not only has a powerful helper, proves the leadership of practical governance, but also reflects his great Shilin leader mind as a great Confucian minister, who recognizes talents, attaches importance to talents, and recruits talents......

As for the ability to do practical things on the specific way of civil and military, although he is arrogant, he is also self-aware, and he knows that it is really not good, so in daily life, in front of Cai Jing and Tong Guan, on the surface, he is a humble posture of an elegant gentleman and virtuous person who has advanced in the late generation, and he does not dare to compete with the two old thieves in specific political and military practice, but he only sees an opportunity behind his back to stumble under the tricks, and constantly woos the courtiers and subordinate officials of the Privy Council, intending to weaken the power and influence of Cai and Tong and seize the power of civil and military.

Since he has no real skills, he is naturally timid in his heart, and if he really wants to face Cai Jing head-on, he will not dare, at least not now.

In the more layman's actual military affairs, he did not dare to face Tong Guan head-on.

This is closely related to his nature of being cowardly and timid, only having one mouth, and being weak and powerful, and when the spring breeze is proud, it is only strengthened by the confidence of his power position.

Of course, the main reason why he didn't dare was that he was just an official who suddenly advanced and ascended to the sky in one step, seriously lacked foundation, had no strength in the imperial court, and was far from being able to compare with Cai Tong and Cai Tong, who had been immersed in the imperial court and military and political affairs for too long, had too much experience, and had too many henchmen.

He has no hard power, and the backstage is so soft that he can't really be reliable, so he can only temporarily hold back and pretend to be modest and honest.

Geng Nanzhong didn't dare to get carried away yet, and he hadn't gotten into that level of seniority and status that could get carried away.

Therefore, even when he was arguing with Tan Zhi and was extremely angry, he didn't dare to lose his reason and say that he was better than Tong Guan, and he didn't dare to despise the evaluation like when he was chatting with his cronies and friends behind his back: Tong Guan, the old eunuch is a waste, what kind of crazy talk is it.

He does not lack the wisdom of political struggle, and he will not be stupid enough to make a big mistake in impulsive gaffes, and it will not lead to a moment of pleasure, but he openly offends people, and he has become a public enemy with a strong man like Tong Guan.

Tan Zhen, who is in the palace and can mix among countless Yin eunuchs, his scheming and mouth skills are no worse than those of Confucian officials like Geng Nanzhong, who rely on his heart and eyes to eat with his mouth.

easily restrained Geng Nanzhong's arrogance and arrogance with his words, Tan Zhi became more and more proud, and he also deliberately did this, making the old man Geng angry. It's good to be half angry on the spot.

If Geng Nanzhong can be angry, it will only lose Geng Nanzhong's face and reputation.

Officials and people will only despise Geng Nanzhong for not having the stomach and talent of the prime minister, and he was actually said to be overwhelmed by a mere eunuch, and evaluated as unworthy of being a prime minister at all. It's a good thing to die early, and it saves mediocrity in a high position and misleads the country........

His guilt will not be much, it will not be great. The trouble is nothing more than a few curses from officials who feel things hurt them, and it doesn't hurt or itch. There will not even be any accusations of culpability against eunuchs for interfering in politics.

Because he is conveying the emperor's attitude, he is acting according to orders, and he is trying his best to protect the rights of the old emperor, Zhao Ji will scold him but will protect him, Zhao Ji is a suspicious and murderous devil supreme, if anyone dares to offend or cause suspicion, he will immediately be full of blood...... The officials are afraid of death, how dare they be too much to Tan Zhen.

If he can really easily anger Geng Nanzhong, Tan Zhi will become famous, which is a good thing for him. Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Zhang Bangchang, Gao Yu..... A series of bigwigs who want to kill Geng Nanzhong, who is arrogant and proud, but really have no good way, will secretly thank him, and even vigorously support him through the difficulties of this matter.........

It is advisable to chase the poor bravely, and not to sell the name of the overlord.

Tan Zhi didn't know this, but he understood this truth, very well.

This is an instinctive-like behavior pattern that Tan Zhi has long been grinding out in the fierce eunuch competition that is cruel to an inhuman level, and there is no need to really understand the truth.

In Geng Nanzhong, although he was extremely angry but speechless but pretended to disdain to deal with him in order to maintain his face, Tan Zhi struck while the iron was hot and made persistent efforts and said in a strange manner: "What our Emperor Taishang wants to understand is still the sentence he asked before, Lord Geng, you arrested Zhao Er, and then what?" ”

"Master Geng, why don't you answer?"

"Oh-"

"Hehe, Lord Geng is disdainful to answer."

lightly buttoned Geng Nanzhongqiang a big hat that despised the emperor and was easy to become a capital crime, and Tan Zhi became more and more insidious.

"Then we don't dare to ask, I'm just curious. Lord Geng arrested Zhao Er, whether he killed him or took him hostage. What about Zhao Gonglian, what should he do if he asks for someone from the court? “

"Lord Geng, do you give, or don't you give?"

"At this time, Zhao Er has committed many serious crimes, and he should be interrogated and sanctioned by the division to deal with it, this is something that everyone knows is not easy to do."

"That Zhao Er is the treasure of the Cangzhao family. The old lady was as protective as her life. Zhao Gonglian is insistent. What to do? “

'Don't let go. Don't give? ”

"Then, Zhao Gonglian designated that he would wave his army south to force it in person."

"Lord Geng? Do you think that the imperial army on the way from Cangbei to the south can stop the wolf-like Cangbei army and the more than 500,000 evil monks and men who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic? ”

"I'm afraid that the Cangbei army can easily sweep away all obstacles, and it will soon be able to reach the root of the imperial city, Lord Geng thinks that the current Beijing army can suppress this force?"

"It's still the same sentence, Lord Geng, do you give, or don't you give? Caught Zhao Er, and then what? ”

"If Lord Geng is bold enough, in front of Zhao Gonglian, Zhao Er will correct the law on the spot, sacrifice the flag, and use the law and discipline of the country to boost the prestige of the army. Guess what Zhao Gonglian will do? ”

"If we want to guess, even if Zhao Gonglian doesn't rebel, his soldiers feel that they have been greatly insulted and provoked, and they will be furious and will force Zhao Gonglian to rebel.

Even if Zhao Gonglian resolutely refuses to obey and resolutely opposes it. I'm afraid that the Cangbei Army will also attack the capital on its own, and I will not say anything about it. If the capital is broken, our family is worried that the out-of-control Cangbei army will bloody the Beijing division, slaughter the imperial court, and even slaughter the city, and then kill the heads and blood flow like a river.

Among them, hehe, needless to say, there is your Geng family. ”

Zhao Huan originally hated Tan Zhi but couldn't punish him, he only cared about the nest fire, but when he heard this, his face suddenly turned pale with fright, and his eyes were a little straight.

Geng Nanzhong's body was also shocked, his face was pale, and his legs trembled when he sat there, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened.

Tan Zhi is still unstoppable.

"Let's guess."

"If Lord Geng doesn't kill but takes Zhao Er as a hostage, he threatens Zhao Er to the city with a knife and axe, forcing Zhao Gonglian to bow his head honestly. Let's guess, Zhao Gonglian, who has always been known for his strong and tough actions and is respected by the Cangbei people, is afraid that he can't back down and compromise, he can only be tougher, and the Cangbei army will definitely attack and take people, at that time, Lord Geng, do you dare to really take Zhao Er's life? “

"In the same way, if Zhao Er is really killed, the capital will definitely be washed in blood and looted from top to bottom.

Don't dare to really kill, Zhao Er saved his life, the Cangbei Army's murderous revenge will be lighter, breaking the capital, may not impulsively kill indiscriminately, innocent people will survive, but the court is the object of hatred, the target of elimination, I am afraid that it will still be difficult to escape extinction.

What's more, rebellion can't be half done, right?

There are some truths that everyone understands. “

Since it was a rebellion, with Zhao Gonglian's insight and intelligence and the decisiveness and ruthlessness he had always been in the march of the country, how could he let go of the imperial family and authority, and the old court forces would not be completely destroyed? Who would be stupid enough to overthrow the old dynasty and establish a new dynasty, but still return the kindness and benevolence of the grass people in the way of the little people, and keep the royal family as a disaster after the restoration with the kindness of a ridiculous woman?

This is not the fact that Song Taizu had absolute military power and could easily force the orphans and widows of the Chai family who had no soldiers to abdicate honestly, and he could show a little that the new emperor treated the old emperor benevolently.

At that time, among the chaotic army, the first to suffer and be slaughtered will be all the royal families in Beijing from the two emperors and downwards.

Tan Zhi couldn't say this directly.

That is a taboo for the emperor, and it can't even mention the slightest mention of the royal family's destruction of the country and the death of the light, so it can only be euphemistically referred to by the general concept of the imperial court, which everyone understands.

In the ugly faces of Zhao Huan and Geng Nanzhong, Tan Zhi sighed worriedly.

"The slave and maid dare to guess again."

"If it's Lord Geng"

"Shut up."

Geng Nanzhong listened to Tan Zhi call his soul like a Geng master, regarded him as the absolute protagonist of the disaster, died the worst, he couldn't listen to it anymore, and he couldn't pretend to be a master anymore just ignored Tan Zhen.

Angry and furious: "Why can't Lord Geng let go, whether Lord Geng can't kill or not?" Bringing Zhao Er, who committed a serious crime, to justice, is it my Geng Nanzhong's personal business? ”

He stared at Tan Zhi with a solemn face, who actually didn't take him seriously at all, and shouted angrily: "Zhao Gonglian has always been unruly, rampant and unruly, and ambitious, if it is to protect his younger brother from ignoring the rules and regulations of the imperial court, committing rebellion, and coercing the capital, can it be my Geng Nanzhong's responsibility?" It's all a matter for the imperial court. ”

He tied up the black cauldron disaster that might lead to the imperial court to avoid his responsibility, and he wanted to reprimand it more powerfully, but he was old and lacked energy, and the pause and gasping were a little bigger, Tan Zhi seized the opportunity, and rushed to say with a sinister smile: "Good, good, good, it is not appropriate to count the title of our family." Let's not talk about Lord Geng, let's talk about the imperial court. ”

In a quarrel, lung capacity is a crucial winning factor.

Tan Zhi stopped Geng Nanzhong's roar and interrupted Geng Nanzhong's thinking, and followed closely.

"Let's just say that the imperial court faces the Cangbei army under the root of the capital, if it neither kills nor uses Zhao Er's life to force the troops to retreat, but does not let Zhao Er go, in order to maintain the dignity and dignity of the imperial court's discipline, then I guess that the Cangbei army will not give up, and can only break the city and forcibly rescue Zhao Er. Well, the imperial court didn't do too much, and the Cangbei Army would not be too ruthless in retaliation, but, needless to say, some officials and people who had harmed Cangzhao, and Cangzhao had already secretly hated for a long time but had not been able to retaliate, must still be the object of liquidation, and I am afraid that it will still be difficult to escape the knife that will be cut down. This is the hearts of the world, it is common sense, Lord Geng, you, right? “

When Geng Nanzhong heard that he was around him again, he couldn't help but open his mouth angrily to scold, "It's right to your mother's head",

But he was afraid of his image in front of the king, and after a little hesitation, he heard Tan Zhi immediately block the words he was about to rush out of his mouth and said: "Actually, Zhao Gonglian doesn't have to rebel directly to save his younger brother." On the side of the Qing monarch, just lead the troops to remove the traitors and traitors around His Majesty the Emperor. The last time the angel caressed Liangshan, the people of Liangshan had the audacity to say to Qincha many times, if they saw the villain in the court arrogantly doing evil to Cangzhao, then they had to say that they had to be on the side of Wu Qingjun. “

"Lord Geng,"

As soon as Geng Nanzhong heard that this big yin man was coming again, he finally couldn't help but burst out, and scolded him: "I, Geng, your mother, am an old mother." “

When Tan Zhi heard this, his sensitive and distorted nerves trembled, and his eyes were even more murderous, but he smiled strangely: "Lord Geng, my mother and her old man are long gone." My mother's mother was gone even earlier. What do you mean by Geng your mother? Could it be that Lord Geng had something in his heart about your mother, and he shouted out his heart on impulse? “

"You"

"What are you?"

Confucian scholars, especially shameless bureaucrats who rely on the skin of the banner of Confucius and Mencius, have always been very able to be distorted and shameless when fighting interests, but Tan Zhi is a eunuch, and eunuchs can be even more shameless, eunuchs have no personal dignity, and they can be shameless and shameless.

Compared with the backer and the lip, no matter which one has the upper hand, at this moment, Tan Zhi is more personable and measured than Geng Nanzhong, and no longer questions whether Geng Nanzhong will be a perverted mother-lover with a dirty heart, and does not continue to exert his strength in greeting the women of Geng Nanzhong's family, and immediately changed the topic, "Lord Geng, the focus is on the Qingjun side, right?" “