"Lord Xue, our China is known for its vast land, but in fact, there are not many good things that people can enjoy. Outside of X, we despise as a barbarian land, but in fact there are a lot of good things. For example, the new fish and shrimp that are raised here are not only easy to survive, but also taste more delicious and better for the human body when eaten. The eldest son of my family attaches great importance to this aspect of things, and regards it as a livelihood project to enrich and sufficient food and vigorously improve the physical fitness of our Song people. He often said that our Song people are always bullied by foreigners, not because of backward civilization and technology, nor because the farming people are not as good as the nomadic people, the lack of horses is not a problem, there is always a way to solve the weakness of war horses, but that our people are too weak and weak as a whole. As long as we eat well, our bodies are no longer weak, and ordinary people are alive and well, then why are we afraid of the surrounding crumbs and barbarians? ”

"Therefore, when the domestic maritime trade was going well, the fleet also paid attention to collecting and introducing in this regard when it went to various places outside the territory. There is also a huge amount of money spent on this. Alas! ”

Xue Bi couldn't help but feel his blood surging when he heard these words, and he was greatly moved.

Wen Chenghou is so wise and far-sighted, and what a great mind and sentiment.

This is a master who is dedicated to the benefit of the country and the people, and he is really a peerless talent!

What are other officials of the Great Song Dynasty, including him Xue Bi himself, doing as officials?

The old three articles that have been handed down for thousands of years are used to do everything possible to win the people, to complete the task of taxation, to seek political achievements and enrich themselves, and then to use wealth and so-called political achievements to open the way, drill doors, steal holes, drill camps, and get through the relationship, desperately climb up, officialdom is impetuous and exaggerated, they only care about the immediate interests, who cares about the long-term?

The emperor who sits on the country does not necessarily care about the long-term affairs of his own world, and after I die, I don't care about the flood, and I focus on the comfort and enjoyment of my reign.

For example, the current Daojun.

The emperor is still like this, who of the officials under his command is willing to throw down their bodies and really think about the people's livelihood? Who would have thought that such a change in people's livelihood would be made? Who wants to do something concrete?

Only the Marquis of Wencheng in the Manchu Song Dynasty could see this, and silently worked hard step by step to change the old business of the Han nation for thousands of years.

Only the very few noble and pragmatic officials who sincerely respect and have the heart to follow the model of Marquis Wen Cheng as an official will work hard to change the details of the livelihood of the Han people.

The two official models and levels of insight are really one heaven and one earth, and they are worlds apart.

Marquis Wencheng can lead the family to have today's great prestige, which makes the emperor jealous, this is what he really did for the country and the people, and the leader of Shilin deserves it.

Xue Bi also understood Zhu Gui's heavy and depressed sigh.

The Marquis of Wen Cheng and the Cangzhao family paid too much for the Great Song Dynasty and made great contributions, which can be called the ancient and the present, and have blessed the Chinese for thousands of generations, deeply affecting the long-term future of the Chinese, but they ended up being deliberately suppressed by the imperial court and even deliberately trying to eradicate it.

Such a huge contrast is too sad, so how can the shrewd and knowledgeable Cangzhao people not be angry and unhappy?

The Cangzhao family has not rebelled so far, which is already a great loyalty. It's just more pathetic.

It stands to reason that in the critical form of the Great Song Dynasty that the country may be overturned, the imperial court should be unprecedentedly favored and reused by the pillar capable ministers like Zhao Gonglian, who is dependent, and only by being greatly grateful and encouraging Zhao Gonglian to be a truly virtuous and powerful person who governs the country and the country to work hard for the Great Song Dynasty, can the Song Dynasty withstand the storm and turn the crisis into peace, get the most dangerous stage as soon as possible, get a respite to restore stability, and enter normal existence and development again, so that the Song family can be able to last for a long time.

But in fact it is the opposite.

The emperor not only ignored the martyrdom of the Cangzhao family and the heroic defense of the enemy, but also was happy in his heart, but unfortunately the Cangzhao family did not die in the storm, but also tried to cut power and suppress the threat to teach Zhao Gonglian a lesson, and further sprinkled salt on people's wounds, not to give timely comfort and reward in spirit and material for the first time, but to try to make things difficult to stimulate and humiliate others, increase people's hardship, pain and anger, and also implied that people You don't care about the rise and fall of the Great Song Dynasty at all, the court has human talent, Otherwise, your family will suffer more than just the blows and losses caused by pirates and Liaokou. The emperor still insisted on getting rid of the family sooner or later, so that the family suddenly saw through the ruthless and even sinister intentions of the imperial court.

In fact, the Great Song Dynasty must rely on others to guard the border, that is, no one can replace the role of others in Cangbei, especially at present, there is no shortage of people, but the imperial court still wants to fool people to continue to do their duty for the Great Song Dynasty in the calculation of suppressing and gradually tightening the rope of strangulation, and treat others as foolish and loyal, which is really ridiculous.

Xue Bi is young, and he doesn't have enough insight into playing politics for officials, but he also understands that the emperor is not doing this out of ignorance, but the successful rule of hundreds of years without an official being able to rebel makes the royal family have blind and arrogant confidence in the Zhao Song Emperor's mental tricks and national policies, thinking that Zhao Gonglian can't toss even if his prestige rebels, and the court can play, but at the same time, the more in the turmoil and danger of the country, the more afraid that there will be capable ministers and strong generals who will take the opportunity to rebel, just as successful as Zhao Song took the opportunity to seize power from the orphans and widows of the Chai family.

is afraid that his subordinates and courtiers will wait for the opportunity to rebel and seize the country, which is a deep disease in the bones of the Zhao and Song royal families, and they have always been the most jealous and highly vigilant about this.

Therefore, the more prestige and ability Zhao Gonglian has, the more determined the emperor wants to get rid of it, and the more dangerous the country is, the more it is not reused but ruthlessly suppressed by power.

For Emperor Zhao and Song, it was more important to prevent his courtiers from rebelling and seizing the country, and his rule could be overthrown by foreign forces, but his subordinates could never be replaced.

In other words, the Zhao and Song royal families only cared about their own sensitive feelings, and did not care about the misery of the people of the world, that is, the Han nation, once again falling into the disaster of Wuhu Chaohua.

This is more shameless and hateful than the mentality of 'settling the outside must first secure the inside' mentality that prevailed in history before and after, and is keen to kill the same clan first.

And those princes and ministers in the imperial court only care about their immediate interests, and no matter how long they go, they only chase the emperor's mind to seek as many immediate interests as possible.

In this way, whether the country will fall and whether the emperor will die is not what the court officials are most concerned about.

The Song family has fallen, and there is a new dynasty to serve.

To govern the Han people, no dynasty ruler can come to power without them, these Han cultural elites who have knowledge and management can govern and enjoy glory and wealth.

This is the experience summed up by China's history over the past several thousand years, and it is true.

The emperor dared to mess around. Those who are courtiers dare to mess around willfully. What's not to dare?

As soon as Xue Bi thought of this, the thought that had come to him before suddenly surfaced again: Could it be that the Great Song Dynasty is really finished?

He was startled again, and hurriedly condemned his crankiness and infidelity a few times in his heart, and then sighed after Zhu Gui's words: "Yes! Your master is far-sighted and loyal to the country, and everyone in the world can see it. Let's just say that the corn and red heat that make the world have enough to eat are the credit of your master. Manager Zhu must not be sad and indignant. Effort always pays off. The merits of your master are in the hearts of the people of the world, and even more in the hearts of the officials. Before Ben Qin's mission came, the official family still talked about the many merits of Marquis Wen Cheng and the tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers for so many years, and instructed the minister to convey his feelings and difficulties to the master, so that your master can appreciate and understand. ”

"After the catastrophe, the imperial court is indeed in difficulty at the moment, and things are unprecedentedly complicated and restricted, and it is too difficult. At this time, the saint can only grieve the most trusted and closest courtiers to help share the difficulties and sorrows. The Holy One knows it. Everything is contained in the heart of the saint. Do you say, Steward Zhu? ”

Zhu Gui looked at Xue Bi, hehe, and said indifferently: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." The master of my family was born in the grass people, and he was also a humble person, and if the emperor of the Supreme Emperor Lao bothered so much about affection, it would be a serious crime. I'm afraid it's damn too. ”

"Huh?"

Xue Bi wanted to enlighten the depression in Zhu Gui's chest, and lay a good starting point for further pacifying and reconnoitring Liangshan, but he never expected Zhu Gui to be so naked and directly reacted to the fact that he wanted to put Cangzhao to death.

He was startled and choked.

The thieves in the Qincha team on the ship were both surprised and delighted: "If you have a grudge and dare to be so disrespectful to the saint, if you don't die, who will die?" ”

Xue Bi was clever, quickly changed the topic, pretended to be intoxicated, and pointed to the vast water pool and exclaimed: "What a beautiful scenery." The heart of hope is relaxed. ”

Zhu Gui heard this, but his face darkened: "It's very beautiful." It's a pity that this good water was destroyed by the rotting corpses of thousands of bandits under the water. ”

When the thieves heard this, they immediately pricked up their ears.

How Liang Shan annihilated the nearly 10,000 bandits who dared to attack is a big secret that people are vigilant and extremely curious to know.

That's what the Chincha team is here for.

Xue Bi's eyes also lit up, and he took advantage of the situation to answer: "Steward Zhu is talking about the robbers of Peach Blossom Mountain, right?" This official admires the battle of Liangshan very much. Cangzhao people are loyal and patriotic, vicious and hateful, brave and good at fighting, and really live up to their reputation. I don't know what the situation was at that time, can Manager Zhu satisfy the curiosity of the official? ”

Zhu Gui stared at Shui Bo, and was silent for a while before he said indifferently: "There are two official words, and what the government says is what it is." What are the facts, or what? ”

"Ugh."

Xue Bi was choked speechless again.

Yes, no matter how loyal and heroic Liang Shan is, no matter how meritorious he is in suppressing bandits, so what?

The emperor and the imperial court only wanted to clean up Liangshan and cut off the only remaining possible strength and rejuvenation foundation of the Cangzhao family. And no matter how incompetent the surrounding government is, no matter how afraid of death, no matter how defeated the bandits, the imperial court will also give commendations and encouragement to fool the world. It really doesn't matter how it turns out that no one cares.

The thieves on the ship gloated, glad that they had nothing to do with Cangzhao, and their political position was correct, and they were even more determined to follow the imperial court to suppress the scourge and eradicate the Cangzhao family.

Exterminate Cangzhao, up to the emperor, down to the ministers, all the dynasties are happy, participation is merit, why not do this kind of thing?

Xue Bi's heart became heavier and heavier.

Seeing that Liang Shan's attitude was so resistant, I am afraid that this trip to appease the reconnaissance mission has little hope of success.

He coughed and said slowly: "Your Majesty is very pleased and excited about Liangshan's victory in suppressing bandits, and once sighed to Ben Qincha that he still has to look at Cangzhao in times of crisis. In addition, His Majesty is also very curious about how Liangshan won this battle, and wants to obtain details, and wants to spread the successful examples and experiences to all armies in the world, so that all armies can have more pressure and means to bravely suppress traitors from all walks of life after they are ashamed. Manager Zhu might as well patiently talk about his good experience, and if Ben Qincha knows about it, he can go back and explain it to the officials. “

He wanted to use the name of the emperor to persecute him, and he also wanted to test whether Liang Shan had hatred for the emperor or even wanted to rebel.

Zhu Gui looked at Xue Bi lightly when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Lord Qincha is really good at laughing. ”

"You don't have to praise the name of the official. My master can't afford this reputation, otherwise let the important ministers and generals from all over the country know, and our Zhaozhuang people's life will be even more sad, I'm afraid it won't end well. You and I both know that my master is not so important to the country. There are many capable ministers in the Great Song Dynasty. Baojiangshan has to rely on those capable people. “

After faintly mocking, Zhu Gui turned his head to look at Shui Bo, and he didn't want to deal with Xue Bi anymore.

It's a good thing to avoid the real and make a hypocrisy, this Steward Zhu is very difficult to deal with!

Xue Bi repeatedly touched the nail but was helpless, no matter how good his eloquence was, it was useless, so he really understood how the wisdom, courage and ability of the Cangzhao people were. Even a Liangshan housekeeper servant is not something that an official with a belly of poetry and books can deal with.

Zhu Gui just didn't say the details of the bandits, and the Qincha team had no teeth to gnaw.

The thieves were resentful, and they wanted to take advantage of the weak strength of the only few Liangshan men on the ship to take Zhu Gui and interrogate everything they wanted, so they didn't have to go to Liangshan to work hard and take risks, but they couldn't do that. The emperor wanted to appease Liangshan and delay time. They can't provoke or even force Liangshan to rebel, at least not so obviously blunt.

In addition, they did not dare.

This is Yangsan's territory. Turning his face and trying to escape from the water, I'm afraid it's impossible. got Steward Zhu, but it turned out that they had to die here.

They each had evil thoughts, and they were calculating, but they did not dare to play prestige on the ship, and they were all silent.

The atmosphere was so awkward and stiffened, and it finally arrived at Liangshan.

The members of the Qincha team were all curious about the well-known Liangshan, and they all went out of the cabin to cheer up their spirits and open their eyes wide to see what the Cangzhao family's base was like.

It's a golden beach.

What caught my eye was a tall and erect reed bush.

When the boat arrived at the pier near the mountain roots, everyone first marveled at the tall and sturdy wave-proof pier built of stone, and then got off the boat and went up the stone stairs, and the eyes were bright.

A vast flat green meadow is in plain sight.

At this time, the people realized that the reeds that surrounded the land were only a periphery, and the reeds in the water were harvested or cleared.

The so-called Liangshan Golden Beach, which is the imaginary barren desert, is only a sandy area around the wharf and along the water.