Chapter 408: The troubled Zhao Kui

The next morning, Zhao Gang went to report to the Ministry of Officials, and this down-to-earth guy officially went to work in the afternoon of the Guards and Pro-Military Division. Because he was the lowest-ranking of the several bigwigs in the pro-military division of the Ministry of Officials, Zhao Gang did the most troublesome and tiring job: leading the team to check the post.

But for Zhao Gang, a guy who doesn't know much about intrigue, this is a good thing. Erecting such a window, which can be opened at any time, is very conducive to negotiating with others and covering oneself. After all, the officials in Lin'an City are all very exquisite, and if Zhao Gang stays with them for a long time, it will be easy for people to know Shi Bin's deeper plans.

It is quite good to master a part of the garrison force of the capital, and this way of working is good, but Zhao Gang's days of coming to Lin'an are too difficult. In Chengdu, Shi Bin is the Emperor of the Soil, and his hardcore brother of the Emperor can walk sideways, although he does not bully others, but there will be no pressure. In Lin'an, a random person on the street came out and said that it might be a distant cousin of a dignitary, even Shi Bin didn't dare to be too presumptuous, and Zhao Gang's brain turned unhappily and became more and more tired.

Therefore, since Zhao Gang came to Lin'an, Shibin gave him a knowledge popularization class, and explained all the rules of officialdom and all kinds of intricate bonds. Although Zhao Gang heard it in a fog, he knew one thing: never take care of one thing privately, and the first thing to do when encountering things is not to deal with them in time, but to immediately find his superiors and ask them to solve them. And come to Shi Bin's mansion every other day and tell him everything he sees and hears.

Although Zhao Gang is naïve but not stupid, he quickly integrated into the two divisions and three ya, although he is not familiar with other bosses, but at least he has become a friend of wine and meat, and he can get some news that only the two divisions and three yas know.

Three months after Zhao Gang entered Beijing, that is, in July of the first year of Baoyou (1253), it was almost midnight every day, but he quietly came to Shi Bin's mansion.

For Zhao Gang's arrival at this time, Shi Bin was both surprised and excited. Because Zhao Gang, a fool, can think of avoiding people's eyes and ears, explaining that the matter he came to tell him is not trivial, and it may affect the overall situation of the entire anti-Yuan Dynasty.

So without saying a word, he jumped up from the bed, quickly put on his shoes, and dragged Zhao Gang into the inner room in his pajamas and talked.

"Zhao Gang, why did you remember to come here at this time, is there something important?" Shi Bin asked very hurriedly.

"Of course, if it weren't important, the younger brother wouldn't come to see the eldest brother at this time. The younger brother didn't feel clear about this matter, and he was afraid that the eldest brother was unprepared, so he simply came tonight. ”

"And what are you talking about? What does it mean to feel unclear? Shi Bin has always been speechless about Zhao Gang's language ability, so he had to ask patiently.

"Yes, big brother. This news was learned when I chatted with Zhao Kui and Zhao Zaifu's subordinates today, and it should have something to do with the recovery of Shaanxi. ”

Zhao Kui's subordinates who had contact with Zhao Gangneng were the ones who were transferred to Lin'an as the former deputy commander of the palace this time, and if Zhao Kui could trust him like this, it must be Zhao Kui's true thoughts. So Shi Bin immediately asked Zhao Gang to tell the specific content.

Seeing that Shi Bin was so solemn, Zhao Gang knew that he couldn't make a mistake, so this time he didn't rush to speak, but after sorting out his thoughts, he said: "I heard that person say that Zhao Kui has been called into the palace by Li Zong to discuss things in the past two days, and every time he leaves the palace, he will let him go to the palace to discuss things. And what Zhao Kui said was nothing else, but asked him what official roads there were in the surrounding areas and Shaanxi. ”

Q: What are the official roads in the surrounding areas and Shaanxi? This purpose is obvious, it is that Li Zong wants to retake Shaanxi. This news made Shi Bin very happy, you must know that since the change of Duanping, it is rare for Li Zong to be aggressive.

"Zhao Gang, how can you feel unclear about such good news?" Shi Bin asked.

"Big brother, although Zhao Zaifu definitely wants to recapture Shaanxi, the deputy commander said that he sighed a little." Zhao Gang explained.

This phenomenon made Shi Bin also confused, and there was definitely no southern invasion of the Yuan people during this time. After Zhao Kui entered the palace twice, he returned home to see the terrain of Shaanxi, and he definitely wanted to regain the lost land. Since they have talked to Li Zong, what are you sighing for? Could it be that Lizong did not agree to retake Shaanxi? If you don't want to take it back, is it necessary for Zhao Kui to look at the map?

Shi Bin couldn't think of a reason for the time being, but he said to Zhao Gang very happily: "Zhao Gang, thank you." You're doing a very good job. It gives me time to think about things so that I don't get caught off guard. ”

In order not to make people suspicious, as soon as the matter was finished, Zhao Gang left through the side door of the stone mansion and returned to his mansion.

I wanted to go to the prime minister's office early the next morning to talk to Zhao Kui, but after thinking about it, since Zhao Kui sighed, maybe he would take the initiative to come to him, so Shi Bin decided to wait for the rabbit to try first. If you can't wait, then take the initiative to find Zhao Kui.

After waiting for three days, Zhao Gang came twice. He told Shi Bin that Zhao Kui had been summoned by Li Zong to pay tribute five times, and every time he returned to the mansion, he was looking at the map, and sighed for a long time, each time it was heavier and heavier.

This time, Shi Bin didn't worry anymore and decided to just wait, because he was already sure that Zhao Kui would eventually take the initiative to meet him, the governor and privy deputy envoy. However, Shi Bin's judgment on this was wrong, Zhao Kui did not take the initiative to meet him, but sent someone to invite him to the family banquet.

There is no happy event and it is not a festival, the reason why Zhao Kui invited guests is naturally related to his own sad face, so when Shi Bin went to the banquet, he was not distempered, not early, not late.

Seeing Shi Bin enter the restaurant, Zhao Kui smiled and said: "Lord Shi is here, the old man's house is shining, thank you for the light!" ”

"Zhao Zaifu, where is this, it is a great honor for the younger generation to be invited to the family banquet by you." Shi Bin also touted Zhao Kui.

"Lord Shi, you must have guessed why the old man came to invite you to the banquet, right?" Zhao Kui said with a smile.

It seems that Zhao Kui already knew that Zhao Gang had told him some things, and Shi Bin didn't pretend to be confused, it was too naïve to play this kind of trick in front of this old fox, so he said: "What did Lord Zaifu say about how many times did you come out of the palace and look at the map when you came home?" ”

"That's it." Zhao Kui nodded.

"I heard Zhao Gang say that you are always looking at the map of Shaanxi, but I heard him say that you don't seem to be in a good mood, so even if you know this, it's almost the same as not knowing, and you can't guess anything."

Zhao Kui looked incredulous after hearing this, stared at Shi Bin for a long time, and finally gave up, because he judged that Shi Bin should have really not thought about it, or he didn't think about it at all.

"Lord Shi, knowing the old man's reaction, I didn't even think about why, this is not like your style, when did the adult become so negative?" Zhao Kui said with a smile.

"There's a good saying, 'Curiosity kills cats,' and what I should know will let me know. Now that I am at the feet of the Son of Heaven, in Lin'an City, it is better to have good rules. Are you right, Lord Zhao? ”

"I didn't expect Lord Shi to be so powerful, what you said is very right, you will naturally know when you should know. Now is not only the time when Lord Shi should know, but also the time when the old man has a request for you. Zhao Kui said with a smile.

Do you want him? Shi Bin believed and didn't believe it, Zhao Kui would never invite him to a banquet if he didn't ask for him, but he had never seen a person who asked for someone so confident, as if he was not worried that what he asked for would not succeed.

"Does Lord Shi feel that the contrast between the distress I showed before and the confidence I am showing now is too great to understand?"

"It's nature. But Zhao Jaefu will never mess around, you must have a reason to do this. Shi Bin said with certainty.

"Thank you, Lord Shi, for looking at it. In the past few days, when I entered the palace, the emperor told me all about Shaanxi, but it is regrettable that the emperor did not approve of me sending troops to recapture Shaanxi. ”

"Lord Zhao, since the emperor does not approve of you sending troops to recapture Shaanxi, why does the emperor mention Shaanxi? What are you doing on the map of Shaanxi? Shi Bin asked suspiciously. At the same time, he thought viciously in his heart, Li Zong was afraid that he had a brain problem after taking pills, and he liked to have nothing to do.

"Lord Shi, the emperor is still enterprising..."

Shi Bin immediately slammed 'bah' in his heart, scolding Li Zong for being stupid and scolding Zhao Kui for talking nonsense with his eyes open, which was extremely shameless.

This time, Shi Bin's thoughts were written on his face, and Zhao Kui had to say immediately: "Don't misunderstand Lord Shi, the emperor also wants to recapture Shaanxi, but he doesn't want to use force..."

Don't want to use force? This sentence made Shi Bin understand why Zhao Kui sighed and said that Li Zong was enterprising, and it turned out that he wanted to redeem Shaanxi through peace talks. Shi Bin's face immediately turned black as the bottom of a pot, staring at Zhao Kui fiercely.

"Why does Lord Shi look like this? Even if you don't agree to redeem it, you can discuss it. ”

"Don't Lord Zhao know why I look like this?" Shi Bin glanced at Zhao Kui fiercely again.

Shi Bin's reaction was much more than Zhao Kui expected, his previous self-confidence was completely gone, he never expected that his Zai Fu might was worthless in front of Shi Bin, and he was caught off guard.

I had to change my strategy temporarily, and said very softly: "Lord Shi, I invited you to the banquet today not to lose the emperor's temper, but to invite you to join me in persuading the emperor to go on a northern expedition." Besides, it's useless to be angry here, haven't I been angry all these days? ”

After thinking about Zhao Kui's words, he found that he was right, so Shi Bin calmed down. After a while, he said coldly, "What are you going to do with you?" Is it just a part of the folds? ”

"As long as the adults jointly play the fold, why do I need to invite you to the house? Just send a servant to deliver the letter. Of course, the joint performance is still required. ”

"What else is there besides the joint play?"

"I just want to invite Lord Shi to enter the palace with me to persuade the emperor to go on the Northern Expedition." Zhao Kui said, "The old man is old and frail and has not been on the battlefield for many years, the emperor does not believe my words, and Lord Shi's words are convincing." ”

In fact, Shi Bin didn't want corpses to be everywhere, so he thought of a question: Why didn't Li Zong agree with the Northern Expedition and insisted on redeeming it? So I asked the question.

"Lord Shi is so powerful, the reason why Li Zong wants to raise troops so much is not because of anything else, but because it costs a lot less to do so, and there are a lot fewer casualties, so that the society will develop and govern better, and the Zhao family will be stable."

It took a long time to blindly seek peace regardless of the shame for the stability of his Zhao family, and Shi Bin was even more disdainful of Li Zong.

But knowingly asked: "Then why doesn't Zhao Jaefu want to redeem?" I don't think redemption seems entirely wrong either. ”

"My Great Song Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and I want to come to the court from all directions. Now that Lord Shi has finally helped me earn back some face, how can I easily throw it away? Peace talks have always been done by the weak, and the strong disdain peace talks! ”

Although I hate Zhao Kui, he always says that Li Zong is good, and he looks like a pug. But in the anti-yuan, Shi Bin still admires his spirit of not giving up easily. So after he said this, Shi Bin agreed to be a lobbyist with him.