Zhao Huan is naturally not really stupid, really stupid enough not to understand his father's ugly and disgusting thoughts. It's just that the ministers despise him for being stupid and incompetent, and they are accustomed to treating him as a fool and a fool.

In the midst of the chaos, the matter came to a conclusion.

Soon, very ...... Decisive.

Naturally, it was agreed to blackmail.

I don't dare to resist, but I have to try to find out what the pirates are trying to do, and if they can make less friends...... Isn't the pirate envoy coming? Finally, you can get up close and personal and learn what a mysterious pirate really is. With the wisdom and means of eloquence of my generation of virtuous scholars, scholars, doctors, and powers? Can't play the vulgar pirate barbarian?

Perhaps the pirate envoys will retreat in shame and self-defeat, and the amount of extortion will automatically decrease.

If you fool well, you may even be able to escape blackmail.

At least you don't have to pay so much so badly and pay so cleanly, you can spend two dollars casually like fooling Liao and Xixia.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty were the least afraid of competition at the negotiating table.

are looking forward to this direct confrontation at the mouth level.

In the case that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were holding their breath and were more energetic, Zhong Xiang casually got a piece of cloth and rattan and wrapped it on the bamboo pole to fight for power, and came to the capital under the escort of the Yangzhou army.

The Yangzhou government was afraid that the pirate envoys would have an accident, and the Great Song court was also afraid.

Lip proverb, yes. All kinds of temptations, yes.

But the premise of everything is that the envoys are safe and sound, and there can be no mistakes, otherwise according to the pirate style, there will be no talk of starting a war.

Perhaps the pirates are just extorting and seeking trouble with sky-high prices to create conflicts, provoke, and stimulate the Song Dynasty to make wrong overreactions, so that they can start a war in the open.

As soon as Zhong Xiang arrived at the border of the capital, the elite forbidden army specially dispatched by the imperial court took over the security work as soon as possible, and sent the relieved Yangzhou army to return.

There were only nine people in the envoys, including Zhong Xiang, all on horseback, no cars, no gifts, only clothes,

But there were more than 200 forbidden troops who came to defend them, all armed with bows and crossbows to prevent long-range sneak attacks. Moreover, the generals responsible for the defense task became four fierce generals at once, and it was Deng Zongbi, Xin Congzhong, Zhang Yinglei, and Tao Zhenting, who were known as the four thunder generals.

These four generals were originally local soldiers and horses, strong in martial arts, rigorous in governing the army, well-organized troops, more caring for soldiers, more honest and upright and flexible, effective in guarding the locality, and were rare and suitable generals for the inland army of the Great Song Dynasty, but in the summer national disaster, it was the subordinate soldiers who rebelled and suffered the heaviest losses in the state city.

The better the quality of the soldiers they trained, the stricter the discipline, the fewer crimes committed by the officers and men, the fewer bad guys in the army, and the better the reputation of the department, the more qualified they are to accept pirates, and the more defectors they have.

These four generals were so miserable that even the absolute backbone of the deputy general and the vanguard general defected, and the four or five thousand troops fled to only three or four hundred people, and there were also their own soldiers who regarded them as homemakers and betrayed, it was simply a rebellion of the whole army, and the ability to harm the state capital where the scourge was naturally great, not only killed all the corrupt officials and corrupt officials who used to hate the Zhizhou, the prefect, the general judge, the eunuch and so on who rode on the neck of the army warriors in the past, ransacked their homes, and ruthlessly vented the resentment and grievances that had accumulated for too long. and slaughtered and plundered the whole city, and swept the countryside and county towns on the way to escort the defectors of the villagers who defected together...... Good soldiers have their own combat effectiveness, and the harm is so great that the officials and bad officials in the state capital are almost dead, and they are unable to organize prisoners, big thugs, gangsters, ruffians, and bullies in other places to organize pirates such as prisoners, big thugs, gangsters, ruffians, and bullies, martial arts sects, etc., collectively known as the bad guys, and the locals who don't want to set up an armed self-protection army to defend the city against the subsequent rush of ** immigration frenzy repeatedly impacted and looted......

Deng Zongbi and the other Lei F4 were caught off guard by the fact that the incident happened too suddenly.

They were Confucian generals who refused to betray the Great Song Dynasty, but they slept soundly that night, but the army rebelled and did not kill them, but surrounded their homes, and the defected soldiers secretly took away their armor, weapons, war horses and other combat equipment in advance, causing the four generals to be shocked, and they wanted to lead their own soldiers to quickly suppress and resist the rebellion but were unarmed, trapped in the courtyard, helpless against the dense swords, guns, bows and crossbows of hundreds of soldiers who came to block them, and could not do anything, they could only stare dryly......

Afterwards, the four generals saw the misery of the slaughter and looting in the city, and there was a trace of uncontrollable pleasure in their hearts for the dead scholars and doctors, but more of them regretted and hated, and felt that they were guilty of dereliction of duty, and they were sorry for the trust of the emperor of the imperial court. If there were no family members and soldiers to beg for dissuasion, they wanted to commit suicide at that time to apologize.

They thought that they would be held accountable and questioned by the imperial court after the disaster, and the lightest was to dismiss the official, and if they didn't get it right, they would be beheaded all over the prison, but the result was unexpected, not only was they not guilty, they were fine, they also suddenly received an order to be transferred to the capital, and they suddenly became the general of the Beijing army from a small local prison, and their grades jumped up several levels, which really responded to the phrase "blessing in disguise".

But it is the military and political bigwigs of the imperial court who have a lot of ability to do their outstanding local officials, and the four generals have withstood this big test, proving that they are capable and loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and they are in their thirties, reliable and more available, and the forbidden army in the capital has also experienced great twists and turns...... Just replenished the capture of a large number of ruffians, martial arts, gangsters, gangsters, etc., forced to serve as an army, the Beijing army is extremely short of generals who control, manage, and train these villain soldiers, especially the lack of strong generals who can fight habitually and have real skills to suppress people, F4 is naturally suddenly lucky.

The upper-level bosses are not blind, and they don't know which of the people below is really capable and useful.

Refusal to promote and reuse is not in line with their appetite and temperament, and it is not in line with their selfish interests. Those who are promoted and reused are capable of being almost as good as they want. Self-respecting and disciplined people who refuse to follow the same stream are the most suitable people to work hard in obscurity at the grassroots level below.

As long as it does not violate the majesty of the interests of those in power, such people are allowed to be officialdom and old scalpers can also share the prestige, glory and benefits of being rulers.

When people like the immigration frenzy need to really have great skills and temperament to withstand the crisis and maintain the situation, the old scalper is naturally remembered and can be reused. He was also promoted.

It was the Taiwei Gao Yu who promoted the four generals.

Gao Yu was confused and suddenly lost the 300,000 forbidden army chasing pirates, he himself didn't know what was going on, but he was bottomless and extremely empty and frightened, and after returning to the capital alive, he was still frightened day and night, in order to strengthen the strength of the forbidden army, he naturally suddenly became respectful of talents, discerning people, and reusing talents in an eclectic manner.

Speaking of which, Gao Yu will still have the taste of knowing the grace of F4.

F4 is really grateful to Gao Yu for not only helping them get rid of their guilt but also being promoted to a senior official, this is only known to them, but they are indeed more loyal and patriotic.

This time, he was dressed in bright armor and majestic, but he was sent to focus on protecting the pirates who had harmed the Great Song Dynasty and were still harming, and the awkwardness in the hearts of the four generals could be imagined. They looked at the indifferent and indifferent style of Zhong Xiang and a few pirate soldiers accompanying him, how to feel too arrogant and arrogant, and they hated to draw their swords immediately and kill them cleanly, but the fate of the emperor cannot be violated, and the emperor's will cannot be taken seriously, this time the stakes are very high, and if it is not done well, it will be a catastrophe of the fall of the Song Dynasty, not the time when the heroes are chaotic.

Holding back anger and hatred, F4 really couldn't show the pirate envoys the warm welcome and smiling demeanor of the generals of the great Celestial Empire to the guests, and they all had a straight face like the pirates owed him two hundred hanging money but didn't pay it back, but the details of the civilization and etiquette of the Celestial Empire were not lacking one by one, and the implementation of the escort work was still diligent, rigorous and thoughtful, and the pirate leader of the damned was closely guarded, among which Deng Zongbi and Xin Congzhong personally guarded Zhong Xiang to prevent accidents, Zhang Yinglei held a strange weapon red bronze Liu in front of the road, and Tao Zhenting held a jujube melon double hammer to postpone.

Of course, this arrangement can also be seen as a disguised escort of pirates into Beijing.

Gao Yu and others sent the four generals with outstanding images and more real skills to show the majestic strength of the capital, deter pirates, and give the pirates a little dismount.

This doesn't have much practical significance, but face, the vanity of face, which the Confucian dynasty attaches the most importance to, must always be maintained. As much as you can maintain, you can do as much as you want.

This is all something that the Song court, from the emperor to the upper and lower bureaucrats, will subconsciously get used to doing this.

This kind of vanity, which is useless for defending the country's sovereign interests but feels good about itself, has been ridiculed and trampled on by the envoys of Liao and Western Xia in the past, but the concept and consciousness are different, and the Song rulers consider themselves to be civilized and have always adhered to it. No matter how to kneel behind the scenes, pay reparations, lose power, and humiliate the country, the surface dignity must always be reflected.

It is not so easy to change the rigid traditional habits and rules under the control spirit of Confucianism, and there is no motivation to change under pressure.

Naturally, there are people pretending to be masters of the secret spy department in the guards of the forbidden army, one is to strengthen the defense, and the other is to prevent and spy on them.

The ordinary people in the capital did not know about extortion, nor did they know that the pirate envoys were coming.

When they saw the forbidden army solemnly escorting a few people to approach, they couldn't help but stretch their necks curiously to take a look.

A well-informed person joked that "these people are pirate envoys, and they have come to our Kyoto court to meet Your Majesty for negotiations." ”

This leak immediately caused a sensation, and the enthusiastic onlookers naturally staged it automatically.

The people of the capital were either frightened or curious and looked at the so-called festival battle held by Zhong Xiang.

Rag flowers?

It's rags, right?

Also, what kind of trick is wrapped around the bamboo pole? Green, brown ...... Like a cane with leaves?

Yes, it's a wild rattan, and I don't know where to pull it and wrap it.

Is this a special war? The dog-beating stick called Hanako, which is more elaborate than this, is it more attractive than this, right?

Many onlookers burst into laughter.

Look at the pirates in the midst of the forbidden army,

There is no high crown, no wide robe and big sleeves, no gorgeous and expensive gold beads, no ...... There are only black and inconspicuous armor, not to mention the majestic and noble golden helmets and golden armor, which seem to have few pieces of iron, and they are still dusty, and they look more and more obsolete, dirty, and unbearable, and they are not decent envoys at a glance, but more like prisoners who have fled here after being defeated by deserters on the battlefield...... Surrounded by the bright armor of the Forbidden Army, it looks even more inferior......

The only thing that stands out is that the tall horses ridden by the pirates are all majestic, and they are extraordinary at first glance.

Then there is the pirate's immediately upright posture and the invisibly revealing majesty.

The people of the capital laughed more and more people laughed.

They live at the feet of the Son of Heaven and are accustomed to seeing the world, but they are not lacking in knowledge.

Now too many small countries of various pheasants in the East, including Goryeo sticks, have been eradicated by pirates, and naturally there is no contact with the Song Dynasty anymore. The sea was controlled by pirates, and sea access was cut off. The Song State still knows nothing about the destruction of Fanbang. But in the past, as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire and a major trading country, the Great Song Dynasty was a situation where all countries came to the court, and many envoys from various countries came to the capital to pay homage. The people of the capital, especially the natives of the capital, have seen a lot of foreign envoys.

Those Fanbang barbarian envoys have all kinds of images, those with bird feathers, those wearing bones and animal teeth, their faces painted strangely, barefoot, and fancy clothes...... Many of them were suffering from the bumpy winds and waves on the road because the road was too far away, the sea was bumpy, sick, hungry, and difficult, and all kinds of embarrassment, but when they came to the Song Kingdom, they would always clean up decently, and the festival was even more characteristic and exquisite. Even if it is a savage who is not particular about the envoys of the Xia of Liaoxi, it is at least so luxurious that the rich people of the Great Song Dynasty may not be able to afford all kinds of rare furs and furs to wear to prove that their country is strong and noble, and they have never seen pirates so down-and-out and undignified, and they don't seem to care about being despised and ridiculed.

"Pirates, that's also a barbarian. Overseas wilderness, all kinds of simple, is not the land of our civilization that has accumulated thousands of years of civilization and prosperity in the Central Plains......."

"Yes, overseas barbarians are barbarians. The pirate is strong and domineering, and it is difficult to get rid of the essence of a barbarian, how can it compare to our Chinese romance......"

"Huh? You see that this pirate envoy is so unstylish and unsophisticated, I'm afraid that the pirate king himself doesn't know how to pay attention to the country's pomp and decency, right? Could the legendary heavenly wealth and power be fake, all the lies deliberately made up by pirates to deceive people and lure us to defect? ”

"That's right. When you say that, it feels like that. It must be fake, deceitful. Pirates, robbers, can only fight, kill, kill and rob, how do you know how to govern the country? Besides, he has only occupied the desert island and claimed that Wang Jianguo has only been established for a few days, how can he establish a country countless times better than our hundreds of years of the Great Song Dynasty in the blink of an eye? ”

"Liar. It's a whole lie. Specify yes. ”

"Haha, so those so-called good people who are qualified to escape are fooled, but when they go overseas, they are sinned in a strange wilderness. The so-called villains who we pirates don't look down on are not qualified to go and don't dare to go, but we are lucky and blessed. Haha......"

"That specifies yes. Those who fled were busy in the wilderness battling countless terrible beasts and vipers, desperately trying to gain their place for survival. Not to mention the worry-free paradise of food, clothing, housing and transportation, I am afraid that there is no ready-made grass hut to shelter from the wind and rain, so I have to build it myself. Oh, poor, the Manchu people and even the Manchus are tired of building grass nests, competing with wild beasts for food, opening up wasteland in the boundless wilderness of wild grasses, working hard to plough and cultivate, and working hard to eat in the future, but the newly opened raw land is barren, how can there be a bumper harvest......"

"Well deserved. It is ridiculous and ridiculous to abandon one's ancestors, forget one's ancestors, and follow pirates and thieves to seek heaven. It's better to starve to death and cry to death. ”

"That's right. What pirates are advanced countries. It's all a lie. Don't let us so-called villains know that we have the knowledge, courage and ability, not like those fools and fools who are honest and foolish and controlling, I am afraid that there will be more people like us, gather people to make trouble, rebel, and destroy the rule of the pirate country and seize their power......"

"Ah, when you said that, I woke up. That's for sure. Otherwise, even the readers are not very welcome. How can there be a lack of great Confucian ...... to govern the country?"

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