When Sun Tu welcomed the guests into the room, retired from the left and right people, and left one of the two attendants to guard the closed door, the old man naturally sat on the main seat at the top, and Sun Tu did not have the slightest objection to this, stood down and saluted very respectfully: "The lower official has seen Tong Shuai." I really don't know if you are here today, otherwise the lower officials should lead people out of the city to greet them. ”

This old man who came suddenly is none other than Lord Sun Tuen, who is now a number of important ministers in the Great Song Dynasty, and the privy envoy Tong Guan! is the only one who can make Sun Tu pay so much attention and courtesy, after all, a large part of his achievements today still depends on Tong Guan's support and protection.

Tong Guan smiled faintly at him at this time, and then pointed to the seat below: "Qianli doesn't need to be polite, if you have anything to say, sit down and speak slowly." When Sun Tu sat down, he looked at the other party and said, "The old man heard that you have done a good thing recently and got married, everything is really going well, and the spring breeze is proud." I only found out that you were married on the way here, otherwise I should have prepared a generous gift for you. ”

"Tong Shuai's words are serious, it's just a trivial matter, and it's not enough to worry about it."

"Hey, getting married is also a big event, and it's a good thing, since the old man knows, how can he not congratulate you?" Tong Guan smiled, waved his hand to the person behind him, and the personal guard took out a wooden box from his arms and held it in front of Sun Tu.

Sun Tu didn't shirk it, he quickly took it with both hands, thanked him and opened the lid on the other hand, and then his face changed. What is in this box is actually a box full of thumb-thick high-grade pearls, I am afraid that each one will reach hundreds or thousands, how can there be twenty or thirty pieces in this box, that is, tens of thousands of heavy gifts, which makes him dare not accept it. Although he has also gained a lot of benefits from officials from all sides during this time, he is afraid that he is not as valuable as this box of pearls.

Tong Guan saw that he wanted to excuse himself, so he waved his hand and said, "The old man gave it to you, you just have to accept it." Tens of thousands of dollars are nothing. ”

"Then the lower officials will thank Tong Shuai for his gift." Sun Tu was also very decisive and closed the lid again. At this time, someone brought tea, and Sun Tu personally went to the door to pick it up and delivered it to Tong Guan. Tong Guan was also a little thirsty at this time, so he reached out and took a sip of the teacup. After a while, he glanced at the tea soup in the cup with a slightly strange look, but it was not the dark brown and strong tea soup that he was used to, but a piece of green tea, which made him look at Sun Tu a little strangely: "Qianli only drinks this kind of tea here instead of tea soup?" ”

After his question, Sun remembered that the tea soup that is popular in this era is very different from the tea he is used to drinking. In the past, whether it was in Tokyo, Jiangzhou and other places, the tea soup he drank was mostly mixed with many seasonings, revealing a strange taste of tea soup, and only ordinary people would drink tea because of their poor families. But since Sun Tu became the master in Qingzhou, because of his influence, now the drinks in the yamen have also been replaced with clear tea, which is really ignored by him.

Now that Tong Guan has arrived, the people below have also sent tea according to their habits, and seeing that the other party seems to be dissatisfied, Sun Tu hurriedly apologized: "This is the tea that the lower officials are used to drinking, so a new rule has been established here." I'll have someone bring tea and soup......"

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"No need, although the taste of this tea is lighter, it has more aftertaste, which is very thirst-quenching, and it is also in line with the old man's wishes." Tong Guan waved his hand and said, "Maybe when I go back, the old man will also let the people below use such a simple method to cook tea in the house." After a pause, he looked at Sun Tu meaningfully: "It's okay to be unconventional in some small things, but if some big things are all up to temperament, then I don't know the importance!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Tong Guan's face sank, and Sun Tu was also in his heart, knowing that the other party was finally about to get to the point. After all, Tong Guan was the privy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, but he was one of the most important ministers in the court, how could he come to a small place like Qingzhou to talk to him for no reason. There must be something important about him here!

"Qianli, after the old man arrived in Shandong, I heard that you wanted to help the Xiang army take back the right to dispatch military salaries and rations, but is there such a thing?" Tong Guan put down the cup, and asked with his gaze fixed on Sun Tu's face.

Sun Tu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Xiaguan does have this idea, because otherwise, I'm afraid that my Shandong official army will not be able to become truly strong......

"Confused!" Before Sun Tu finished speaking, Tong Guan's face sank, and he scolded in a deep voice: "How dare you have such an idea? Do you know how much trouble this will bring to yourself, once you do it, I am afraid that within a few months, you will become the target of public criticism, not to mention that your official position is difficult to protect, even your life may not be saved! ”

This sudden angry rebuke made Sun Tu stunned suddenly, he really didn't expect Tong Guan to be furious because of this, and judging from the other party's performance, it is likely that he arrived in Qingzhou for this matter......

Tong Guan's face was so gloomy that he could drip water, and he continued: "You have been an official in the court for some years, don't you know how strict my Great Song is with military generals?" In order to prevent the dictatorship of military generals from sitting on the throne, the imperial court has exhausted all kinds of means to seize the power in their hands, the most important of which is the division of military food and salary, almost all generals do not have the right to control food and salary in wartime, you actually want to do something special in Shandong, do you think that the hundred officials in the DPRK and China are blind and deaf, will let you come nonsense? ”

"But the lower officials don't mean anything else to do all this, they just hope to strengthen our Shandong Xiang Army, otherwise why do they guard the place and pacify the thieves? Moreover, in the past six months, Xiaguan has practiced this law in Qingzhou, and everything has gone smoothly......"

"Hmph, in the land of Qingzhou, can thousands of military horses be compared with the entire territory of Shandong with tens of thousands of troops? If it really makes you happen, I am afraid that to the court, you will only be a greater threat than those thieves, and then they should really worry about changes here. Tong Guan stared at him angrily and said: "If this example is opened, I am afraid that other military attaches from all walks of life in the world will follow suit, and at that time, it is difficult to say whether there will be a scene of the division of the former dynasty's feudal towns, do you think the imperial court will allow such a disaster to reappear in the world?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Sun Tu was really stunned. He really didn't think about things in such detail, he just did it from his heart, but he didn't want to completely violate the taboo of the Great Song Dynasty.

Why did the Great Song Dynasty suppress the generals? It's not because of the lessons of the past, the strong Tang Dynasty died in the division of the military generals' forces and towns, and finally fell to the top. And Song Taizu also seized the sky as a military general

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Next, after witnessing with his own eyes and experiencing the threat of military generals to the imperial power, how could he let his courtiers continue to grow stronger?

Therefore, even if he is the Son of Heaven immediately, after he sits firmly on the throne of the emperor, he will still try his best to cut the power of the generals, and hold up the civilian forces that seem to be more reliable to suppress the generals, even if it will make the Great Song Dynasty weaker and weaker. Today, this trend has completely overwhelmed everything, as long as there is any sign of it, no matter the monarch and ministers will decisively take action to extinguish it as soon as possible.

It wasn't until this time that Sun Tu didn't know how wrong he had been, and he almost went to a dead end. This made his back cold for a while, and he actually gave birth to a large cold sweat in this early spring March.

Seeing his shocked face, Tong Guan breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that this kid would be blind and arrogant because everything had gone well recently, and eventually do something even more wrong. Because once this is the case, not to mention Sun Tu, even he, the master, may be implicated a lot, and many people in the court will not let him go at that time.

After being silent for a while, Tong Guancai said again: "And don't think that what you did in Qingzhou has been recognized by the court, and the old man is not afraid to tell you the truth, as early as last year, you dared to kill all the officials of a state so unscrupulously, and you have been impeached by countless people." If it weren't for the old man to help you mediate in the court, I'm afraid that the edict to arrest you would have been sent to Qingzhou long ago. ”

Sun Tu was stunned again, and quickly got up to thank him again. Tong Guan's face softened slightly, and after waving his hand to let him sit down, he said: "There is one more thing you may not have figured out, in fact, this time the imperial court promoted you to be the Jingdong Road Soldier and Horse Commander, and it was just a means for someone to get rid of you, it was Liang Shicheng who obtained this official position for you in the court, do you think he has such a good heart?" ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Sun Tu looked surprised, he always thought that he could be promoted so smoothly because Tong Guan helped operate in the court. Now when he heard that it was Liang Shicheng, the opponent, who was behind him, he was vigilant in his heart, and he regretted his previous decision more and more.

"He is to hold you high and become a thorn in the side of the Chinese officials. As long as you make any mistake in this position of overseer, you can be eliminated in the name of it. Not to mention that you committed a big taboo this time and tried to control all the food and salary of the Shandong official army, even if you don't do anything next, you will be targeted by them, and then you will be accused of dereliction of duty, and finally you will be dismissed. Tong Guan said with a serious face: "Old man, this is by no means alarmist, since you were sent by the Jingdong Road Soldiers and Horses Supervisor, you have no way out, and all that awaits you is to lose your official position." ”

These words were like a slap in the face, and directly woke up the complacent Sun Tu from his dream. It was only then that he realized that everything he thought he was under control was completely false, and how dangerous his current situation was. Unless he really dares to raise troops desperately, what awaits him will inevitably be to lose his official position and resign, and even not even save his life!

After being stunned for a long time, Sun Tu looked at Tong Guan: "The lower official knows his mistake...... Please save me! He knew that only Tong Guan could help him now, and Tong Guan suddenly came to Qingzhou today just to remind or knock him, there must be other purposes!

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