After Zhao Liangsi finished speaking, he immediately recalled an incident that happened in the last month ...... his mind.

A month ago, Zhang Shu, the former governor of Jeju, broke through the siege of thieves at night, and led more than 100 officials from all over the Jingxi Road to find the Eastern Expeditionary Army and return to the Great Song Dynasty, and then they were sent to Tokyo overnight, causing a sensation in the government and the opposition.

It stands to reason that Uncle Zhang stayed alone in the lonely city for half a year, did not let Jeju City fall into the hands of thieves, and at the same time saved the lives of so many colleagues, which should be regarded as a great achievement, but doubts also followed, nothing more than anything else can't resist the thieves, why is Jeju City okay for you? The thieves have more than 100,000 soldiers, and you only have less than 1,000 people in Jeju City, but the thieves not only attack you, but also help you with food and grass from time to time, how can this completely unreasonable thing be justified? Uncle Zhang, are you colluding with the thieves?!

As a result, unexpectedly, Zhang Shuye actually admitted it in one bite, admitting that he did have an agreement with the thieves, and it was with this agreement that the thieves did not break through Jeju City.

As soon as this remark came out, there was naturally an uproar, and many people jumped out and scolded Zhang Shuye for being a traitor and a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and at the same time wrote to the emperor to demand that Zhang Shuye be severely punished.

But fortunately, there are not a few officials who are protected by Uncle Zhang, who are very capable, and when they saw their benefactor in distress, they immediately joined forces to save Uncle Zhang, and also gave Uncle Zhang a chance to defend himself.

So, above the court, Zhang Shuye explained to the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty why he did this, he said that he Zhang Shuye was by no means a person who was greedy for life and afraid of death, although he had an agreement with the thieves, but he had never done anything sorry for the saint and the country, and the reason why he did it was also out of helplessness, because the thieves told him that if he did not agree to their conditions, they would slaughter all the officials and put everyone to death after they broke through Jeju City!

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked when they heard this, Zhang Shuye's image in their eyes was actually a little taller, and many people who demanded severe punishment of Zhang Shuye were also a little unable to open their mouths, after all, a person who was willing to sacrifice to save his colleagues was rare in officialdom.

Zhang Shuye continued, the condition of the thief is that he will one day have the opportunity to petition to the saint on their behalf, the thief said that the reason why they rebelled is also a last resort, they are ordinary people, they were all forced to go to Liangshan because of the persecution of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, everything they did was out of self-preservation, just hoping that one day they could be vindicated.

As soon as these words came out, the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty were stunned, there was still such a thing? That's weird, isn't it? Only Zhao Liangsi was very clear about this, but many doubts instantly rose in his heart, and he secretly wondered what kind of medicine was sold in Zheng Linfeng's gourd.

The emperor immediately asked Zhang Shuye, did the thief Kou explain who forced them to rebel?

Zhao Liangsi clearly saw Cai Jing's face change suddenly, and a little chill shot out of his eyes when he looked at Zhang Shuye, but who expected, Zhang Shuye said that the thieves did not tell him who harmed them, but only said that if the court was willing to recruit An, all the crimes committed in the past were not to blame, and they were willing to accept Zhao'an to serve the court!

After listening to him, Cai Jing was stunned, and Zhao Liangsi was also stunned, and secretly said in their hearts that Zheng Linfeng didn't tell Zhang Shuye the truth, and I think it was also that Zheng Linfeng knew that even if he told Zhang Shuye, it was useless, and the emperor would punish the minister he trusted for a few words and empty promises from a thief? Thinking about it, Zheng Linfeng saw that the imperial army was pressing, and there was no chance of winning this battle, so he was willing to give up senseless revenge and find a way to retreat.

Zhao Liangsi couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he thought of this, Brother Zheng, Brother Zheng, I knew this earlier, wouldn't it be better if you had accepted the conditions of Lord Tong earlier? Now you still want to surrender, but I'm afraid that there is no chance anymore.

Sure enough, although the emperor's face was moved, someone immediately came out of the ranks, and I saw Zheng Juzhong sigh to Uncle Zhang and said, "You, you, don't you know that you have fallen into the tricks of thieves?" ”

Uncle Zhang was stunned for a moment,

Zheng Juzhong continued, "You have been besieged by thieves for a long time, you shouldn't know that although the thieves have more than 100,000 troops now, the momentum is amazing, but in fact, it is the end of the crossbow, the land on Jingxi Road is barren, there are nine droughts in ten years, the supply of grain and grass is not enough, and the grain and grass of the thieves are about to run out. The thieves refused to sit still, so they resorted to tricks to make you mistakenly think that they had all been wronged, but the real purpose was to pretend to make us mistakenly think that they wanted to surrender, so that they would be able to delay the time of the Eastern Expeditionary Army's attack, and also give them a chance to respite to harvest summer grain, they only need to delay for more than ten days until they have enough food and grass, they will turn their faces again, tear up Zhao'an, and counterattack us! ”

After Zheng Juzhong's "reminder", the emperor suddenly realized, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also nodded their heads in agreement, and Zhang Shuye also knew that there was such a hidden truth after the war, and his face was immediately full of remorse, obviously believing Zheng Juzhong's words,

Zheng Juzhong then said to the emperor, "Shengshang, although Zhang Shuye was deceived by thieves, no matter what, Zhang Shuye's starting point is good, and it is also to allow the imperial court to quell the bandits without spending a single soldier, and it is also a credit to save so many colleagues, so the minister thinks that Zhang Shuye's death penalty can be avoided." ”

As for why Zheng Juzhong wanted to protect Uncle Zhang, Zhao Liangsi also knew that Zheng Juzhong's nephew Zheng Zelin was the magistrate of Dong'e County, and it was only thanks to Uncle Zhang that his life was saved this time.

Then, several ministers came out to express their agreement with Zheng Juzhong's opinion,

However, several ministers came out to say that Uncle Zhang was a thief at night, even if the capital crime can be avoided, the living crime will not escape!

Zhao Liangsi knew that these ministers were all Cai Jing's party, and the Manchu Dynasty also knew that Zhang Shuye had repeatedly opposed Cai Jing, and it was Cai Jing who kicked Zhang Shuye out of Bianliang, and it was not surprising that they fell into the well again now.

The emperor thought for a moment and ordered Zhang Shuye to be temporarily imprisoned, and then dealt with after the end of the Eastern Crusade, and the matter passed like this, but it caused a short court controversy, and did not have any impact on the Eastern Crusade, and although Zhang Shuye was imprisoned, he did not suffer any crime in prison under the funding and care of the officials he saved.

However, there is one person who has not let go of this matter, he is Zhao Liangsi,

The emperor and the Manchu civil and military were not familiar with Zheng Linfeng, and Cai Jing and Zhang Shuye did not know Zheng Linfeng, but he Zhao Liangsi knew very well what kind of person Zheng Linfeng was, this person had been bringing him a lot of surprises from the beginning, and even when he thought that this person's miracle was about to end at the moment when the imperial army encircled and suppressed Liangshanbo, this person once again created a greater miracle, and even expanded this miracle infinitely, until he actually occupied a huge east and west road!

Zhao Liangsi no longer dared to look at Zheng Linfeng with ordinary eyes, he was very curious, with Zheng Linfeng's calculations, would he not know that letting Uncle Zhang bring such an empty promise to the court to surrender would not succeed at all? Since he knew that he would fail, why did he do this useless effort? What is his real purpose?

Zhao Liangsi racked his brains and couldn't figure it out, and finally, he couldn't bear to go to prison, hoping to find the answer from the party Zhang Shuye, but the result made him even more confused, from Zhang Shuye's answer, he felt very obviously that Zheng Linfeng really wanted to be recruited this time, but how could this be? ! Unless...... He just wanted the court to know that he had the idea of being recruited, and as for whether the court agreed or not, he didn't care.

As soon as he figured this out, Zhao Liangsi couldn't help but feel an extremely strange feeling in his heart, this feeling is like a person who is addicted to cigarettes and a person who is addicted to alcohol is to wine, he now has some inextricable hope to continue to see Zheng Linfeng create a new "miracle", and even, if one day this person can ......,

To be honest, he didn't have much loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty was just a "tool" that could realize the dream of recovering his hometown in China, if he could still believe Tong Guan when his confidence in this "tool" was shaken by Zeng's letter last time, then Zheng Linfeng on Jingxi Road and Zhu Wu in the southeast used the living and bloody facts to make him feel sorry for this "tool" again Stronger suspicions arise!

Is Da Song still good?! If it doesn't work, then who can......?

Well, if you want to, then I'll help you out, and see how you can turn the tide ...... sea!

Zhao Liangsi retracted his thoughts and said to the emperor again, "Holy Lord, Uncle Zhang said in the previous month that the Liangshan thief wanted to be recruited, and at that time, there was really no need to accept his surrender. But at this time and that time, now we might as well believe in them, if we can recruit them, not only can we successfully resolve the immediate crisis, but also add another strong army to our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Ji's face seemed to be moved, and he hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just...... Who can go to the Surrender? ”

Zhao Liangsi's waist straightened, and he said loudly, "The minister is willing to go, and share the worries for the saint!" ”