"Mr. Zhao is high." Su Tongfu high-fived and praised, "That's right." ”

"In that case," Zhao Xingde said directly: "Mr. Su's intention, you might as well tell me clearly." ”

He turned to look at Su Tongfu, and if the request was not too excessive, he planned to help him. The two looked at each other, and Su Tongfu saw a rare trace of trust in Zhao Xingde's gaze. Zhao Xingde already has eight points and believes that Su Tongfu should have no malicious intent. People like him and Su Tongfu have painstakingly made theories that are more important than their own children, and no matter what the reason, they are unlikely to use them as a cover-up.

Rao is like this, and his answer is still leaky, because Su Tongfu's identity is too special. He had just escaped from Ezhou Heavenly Prison and came from Zhangzhou, so it was impossible for him not to know the fierceness of the political dispute between the DPRK and China and the suspicion that Zhao Xingde was under suspicion. Although Zhao Xingde's power is not small, he has always been modest, and what he does is still within the tolerance limit of the imperial court, and the South China Sea sailor will soon sail away. Except for Liuqiu Island, his foundation is surrounded by various forces, and he is bound to not do anything that angers the imperial court, and he does not want to lose his unique position in the clear stream of the Song Kingdom and get involved in the unknown conspiracy of some factional strife.

"Su Mou's trip does have something to ask for." Su Tongfu said with a smile.

He sat down and took a sip of his tea, nodding slightly. Although Zhao Xingde's attitude was not enthusiastic, it convinced him that he was not looking for the wrong person. Everyone in the world says that Zhao Hou is the gentleman of the world, and the gentleman can be bullied. This is also the reason why the gentry of Zhangzhou have no friendship with him, but they hope that Zhao Xingde can protect him. However, that kind of promise, regardless of the stake, is enough to cause unnecessary losses and even cause disasters for allies and subordinates. Because of this, after Su Tongfu learned that Zhao Xingde had rejected the request of the Zhangzhou gentry, he confirmed that this person was not blindly disregarding interests, and also had a clear understanding of the whirlpool of party disputes between the DPRK and China, so he set off to visit Pinghu.

"Zhao Hou knows that just seven days ago, Jin Hongfu was beheaded in Ezhou."

"What?" Zhao Xingde was slightly startled, his eyes showed regret, and he sighed, "I actually killed it like this." ”

"If you talk about the public, Jin Hongfu bullied the wife of the Qingliu scholar and beheaded him according to the Song etiquette law, there is nothing to say." Su Tongfu shook his head, he and Jin Hongfu were both outliers among the Southeast scholars, and they couldn't help but feel even more sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox, and sighed, "However, after Jin Hongfu's accident, the imperial court has not yet clarified the canonical punishment, and Lin Qingliu, a Southeast Shilin, is eager to kill him." With the laws of the imperial court today, the right to formulate laws is exercised by the public council of the state, and the state is elected by the state school, and the state school students can also observe the state officials' questions. The Qingliu Law is extremely severe, Jin Sugu pretends to be a clear and high-ranking person, and he is helpless in the court, even if he doesn't commit crimes, once someone finds an excuse to deal with him, it will be a breeze. ”

"To be honest, if it weren't for the help of friends," Su Tongfu said with a wry smile, "Su would have been dead for a long time." ”

"Since the establishment of Ezhou," Zhao Xingde frowned, "the state school has been used to restrain the government, and the court has no longer covered the sky with one hand." ”

Although Zhao has been leading troops outside, he is not ignorant of the governance of various state capitals. In general, under the mutual control of the Qingliu gentry, the state and county politicians were much clearer than before. According to the situation he knew, some private transactions between the gentry were inevitable, and the officials still inevitably had flies and dogs, but at least the situation of 'breaking the family and knowing the county' and 'destroying the state capital' was no longer the case. The Qingliu gentry were in power, and although the etiquette law was stricter, the local powerful villains, local ruffians and other wicked people were also vigorously swept away by the Qingliu gentry who controlled the state capital. Before choosing the law and self-discipline, it was impossible for ordinary people to offend the gentry. After choosing the law and self-discipline, the strict etiquette law could not control the ordinary people, and the small number of civilians who used the clear stream law to self-discipline were given more protection than before. For the people, in addition to the fact that the taxes are still heavy, life is indeed a little easier than before.

"If one hand can't cover the sky, what about many hands? Now Zhizhou is elected by the state school council, and the state school council argues that if someone is guilty, even if it is arbitrary, the governor will sentence him to the crime. Although the Criminal Department still has to review again, the Prime Minister was elected by the Academic Administration, and the Secretary of the Criminal Department was appointed by the Prime Minister, so the state scholars and gentry exerted pressure...... Just like the last time the students besieged the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Ezhou Execution Ground became crowded, and the review of the Criminal Department was meaningless. Under the struggle of the imperial court, if you are not a party, you are an enemy. Except for a person like Zhao Hou who has a heavy army and a great reputation, who can protect himself with the 'way of a gentleman'? ”

Su Tongfu was silent, he looked out the window, and farther away, seabirds were flying up and down freely.

"Su took the liberty to come this time," he hesitated for a moment and sighed, "The first is to take refuge in Zhao Hou." ”

"Toto?" Zhao Xingde was surprised, "Why did Mr. Su say this?" It is extremely unusual for a famous person like Su Tongfu to say such a thing as "Tofu". Zhao Xingde shook his head and said: "Mr. Su is serious, Deng Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites values Mr. 's talent, Chen Xianggong personally pardoned, Zhao Moujie, how can he be a three-way person to say the word 'protection'." ”

"Zhao Hou is too modest," Su Tongfu arched his hand and said, "Chen Xianggong and Deng Shangshu's life, Su will not dare to die." It's just that the political dispute between the DPRK and China is very fierce, these two adults are both figures in the center of the whirlpool, Su Mou can get a grace, if he takes refuge under his door, I am afraid that it is not Mingzhe to protect his life, but to seek a quick death. If Jin Sugu was not an old friend of the Wen Criminal Department, how could others hold on to him and insist on putting him to death? He shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Mencius has a saying of sacrificing one's life for righteousness, but I, Su Tongfu, am just a 'three-way person', with 'longevity' as the key, and the ants are still stealing life, and I still want to live a little longer, so I came to take refuge in Zhao Hou." ”

"In the whirlpool?" Zhao Xingde frowned and said, "The second big ceremony is about to be discussed, is Mr. suspicious?" ”

Su Tongfu nodded, but didn't say anything more. Zhao Xingde didn't ask any questions, and the tent was a little quiet for a while.

The Liao people entered the Kou, the Song Emperor was taken captive, the Ezhou system, the wind of the world Xingzhou Xue Gong, the Great Song Dynasty is like a giant boat jolting forward in the stormy waves, the wind blows its sails, so that the giant boat moves forward like lightning, from the situation to the hearts of the people, the changes that occur every year, even more than the past ten years and decades, the same way, the wind can easily overturn the giant boat, so that the efforts and sacrifices of the Song people are all in vain. At this time, the people at the helm, the sails, and the rockers on the ship, not only did not work together, but looked at each other as enemies, but they did not know that when a big wave came and one was careless, the ship really sank.

Su Tongfu seems to be idle and wild, but the tree is very popular. Don't say it, just his "three gains", "three evils", and "three thieves" are easy to understand, and if they are widely publicized, it is easy for women and children to know about them, and they are unique in the Great Song Dynasty Confucianism. The elephant was burned because of the ivory, which was enough to attract many times more guns and arrows for him than before. Zhao Xingde is not a person who makes promises lightly, and to protect Su Tongfu is equivalent to supporting his doctrine and bearing the huge pressure brought by it. It was not an easy thing for him to make this decision.

Su Tongfu saw that Zhao Xingde was undecided, and he was not in a hurry. The promise that is easily made will be easily torn up in the face of pressure. He took a sip of the teacup, and said, "Su has another intention, Zhao Hou might as well consider it together with the request for asylum." Zhao Hou set up a certificate hall in Yangzhou, and the Nanhai Navy Division issued Nanhai bonds together with the Yangzhou government. Zhao Hou can know that now the people in Yangzhou who save ten or twenty times a year also contribute to the purchase of stock bonds. Mobilizing the financial resources of the non-governmental sector is a major event of 'gathering sand into a tower'. However, it is precisely because of the importance of the matter that Su Mou believes that the officials in Yangzhou entrusted by Zhao Hou do not have the moral ability to undertake this matter, so they are willing to recommend themselves and take care of the matter of the letter hall and stocks for Zhao Hou. ”

"Zhengxintang and Nanhai stocks?" Zhao Xingde's face changed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "Mr. Su, the Zhengxintang and Nanhai stocks were both voluntarily initiated by the Yangzhou government and the gentry, and Zhao is just a martial artist, what qualifications do you have?" And what authority do you have to 'take care of' the Zhengxintang and the South China Sea Securities for me? "To be honest, if it weren't for Su Tongfu, who was also a celebrity, and the conversation just now was quite good, and others made this request, Zhao Xingde would probably accuse the other party of being a fool on the spot.

"If General Zhao thinks so, it is really the great sorrow of Zhengxintang and the South China Sea stocks, and it is also the great sorrow of the tens of millions of people in the southeast who will be worth their fortunes." Su Tongfu ignored Zhao Xingde's somewhat unkind face, and sighed, "The Great Eater Haikou blocked the trade route, and the maritime merchants were afraid of the risk of the sea route, and only when General Zhao commanded the sailors to open up the shipping route, the sea trade route could be opened." The general also knew that the sea was boundless, and after the pirates looted, Yang Fan left, and it was extremely difficult to cut down the grass and eradicate it, so this war to exterminate the pirates would definitely not end overnight, or in three or five years. He took a sip of tea and looked at Zhao Xingde.

"So what?" Zhao Xingde said softly.

"It's nothing, it's just the rise and fall of the South China Sea stocks, it's just in the general's thoughts."

Su Tongfu said in a more contemptuous tone: "The general can leave a partial division to anchor and beg for a while, and he can cut off the trade routes between the north and south seas at any time; Or like the border generals who dealt with the Liao people's 'fighting grass valleys', they raised the pirates and made trouble, and every time they avoided the invasion of the pirates in a decisive battle, they did not fight, and only waited until they had enough of the plunder, and then intercepted some of them, and not only achieved military exploits, but also easily picked up a large amount of wealth captured by the pirates; the simplest of all, as long as the general used the excuse to let the sailors anchor somewhere for a year and a half, the merchants could not go to sea, and the market price of the shares in the South China Sea would have to plummet. Su Tongfu said in a slightly sarcastic tone, "With the current scale of the South China Sea stocks, the South China Sea stocks are finished, and the word 'letter' in the Zhengxin Hall will fall to the ground." In a single thought, the general can decide whether the two exist or die, but he says that it has nothing to do with him, isn't this the great sorrow of the South China Sea Securities and the Zhengxin Hall? ”