In addition to the continuous snowfall, Chizhou also cast a shadow.

Zhang Ji's mood is related to the situation, and he is very depressed now. Basically, she would walk the same part of the road at the same time every morning, and she would nod slightly to the same people.

Today is an exception, not in that mood. Since there is news that Zhao Cheng's command has been taken away for the third time, the only person who has the means to suppress Wang Xiu when he is at a disadvantage and does not dare to act rashly has been dismissed, which is a kind of separation.

Zhang Ji suddenly discovered that the world, or the Great Song Dynasty, has never changed, what it was and what it is still what it is, and it seems to have a more serious and terminally ill tendency.

As we all know, some of Zhao Cheng's actions can really be implicated in evil, but his enthusiasm for doing things is also incomparable to ordinary people, and it has been proved more than once that only he is the only one who can really control the harm in Chizhou and make Wang Xiu scruples.

After this incident, Zhang Jiyu doubted Zhang Shangying's character for the first time, not his level.

The genius commander who personally reversed the outcome of the battle in Xishan and Lingyang Mountain was snubbed by them for the third time. It is not easy to judge how much patience Zhao Cheng has, only one thing is certain, any horse will be crushed by the last straw.

If Zhao Chengzhen was forced to a dead end by them and went up the mountain and fell to the grass, he would really become the nightmare of the Great Song Dynasty, and he would be ten times more terrifying than Wang Xiu!

What's even more regrettable is that this is the Great Song Dynasty and not the barbaric Warring States Period, otherwise Zhang Jiyu would probably advise Zhang Shangying: If you don't use it, kill him.

In addition, everything came too coincidentally in Zhang Ji's opinion. At the first time, public opinion reversed, and there was a happy discussion everywhere about the end of the war, the wise actions of the government, and the cold mix of the warmonger Zhao Cheng.

Zhang Ji didn't compare this matter with the Warring States, but he thought of the military disadvantages faced by the Great Song Dynasty since the establishment of the dynasty, and all kinds of unclear events led to the loss of the war, which seemed to be the cowardice of the army, and he could not find the reason.

But in fact, the incident encountered by Zhao Cheng this time seems to include the traditional genes and phenomena of the Great Song Dynasty.

Uncle Zhang's letter from my father has not yet arrived, and it will never arrive again if it is not available now. This means that Zhang Shuye can't do more now, this matter has been dominated by Cai Jing's will, so he can only wait and see the result.

"I hope the result is not the destruction of Chizhou City."

For the time being, Zhang Ji can only start praying like a stick......

"It's getting colder!"

The snow wind was blowing on the high hill of Lingzhi Mountain, and Wang Xiu was staring into the distance at a high place with Litian Leap.

"What does the king think of Zhu Xiao sending people to say that the government wants to Zhao'an?" Li Tianyan asked with a frown.

Wang Xiu didn't answer positively, but looked in the direction of Yangshan, "The cold winter has continued until now, and the white agarwood department has been out of grain for at least half a month......

Li Tianyan also became proud, "That's for sure." They hold their own identities and refuse to rob, and they are not in the scope of government relief, and they do not have enough food reserves. If you want to take them down, now is the time? ”

"Nope."

Wang Xiu shook his head in surprise, "Winning them is not the current focus. Due to the change in the situation, the envoy of the imperial court entered Chizhou, and Zhao Cheng was demoted. ”

Li Tianyan frowned and said, "Could it be that the king really intends to accept Zhao'an?" ”

"Delusional!"

Wang Xiu said coldly, "The Dog Imperial Court is really exhausted this time, so I think about Zhao'an." This means that they have run out of money and food, have the lowest morale of the army, and are facing the coercion of the Hu people who are ready to move in the north. Basically, it no longer has the ability to extinguish fires in the backyard, and the incident is just in time. ”

tightened the tiger skin cloak on his body again, "It's up to Fang La, if he starts an incident in Muzhou and scatters to attract attention, it will be our biggest opportunity." ”

Li Tian Yan hugged his fists and said with a smile, "It seems that the time for the king to enter Beijing and sit in the Dragon Court is not far away." ”

Although Wang Xiu also thought so, he was not very proud, and only sighed in his heart, it was precisely because of the existence of people like Zhu Xiao that Wang Xiu's judgment was strengthened: Zhao Song Jiangshan was exhausted.

"Zhu Xiao personally contributed to Zhao Cheng's dismissal, which is very good." Wang Xiu said coldly.

"The king seems to be very dissatisfied with Zhu Xiao?" Litian Leap thought it was strange.

Wang Xiu's face turned even colder, "Only a pig would believe in this kind of person, he can betray his master, and he will be even more able to betray us in the future." Now he's helping us, it's not him and we're good. It's because our copper needs to be cashed out through him. Have you noticed that their appetites are getting bigger and smaller rather than smaller, and that we have less and less left of ourselves? ”

Li Tianyan thought for a while and said, "According to this, the reason why I think Fang La should also cause an accident is also because of the uneven distribution of spoils?" ”

"Of course!"

Wang Xiu is very sure of this, "The greed of human nature determines that eating will only become more and more ugly, rather than more and more gentle." Without me, sooner or later, Fang La, the old fox, would be overwhelmed by them and turn back, and I, Wang Xiu, were just boosting and speeding up the process. ”

"Before, the bureaucrats of the Zhu family and the Ying Feng Bureau were so stupid that they believed Fang La, and only took 20% of the income from Fang La's silver mine? Until I told Zhu Xiao that Fang La's grassroots team had no silver smelting process at all. If there were no craftsmen from the Ministry of Works, Fangla's silver mine would have been a waste mine. ”

“……”

Li Tianyan was very helpless, and said after a long time, "So this is the reason why they suddenly changed and took away seventy percent of the Manichaean gains?" ”

"Yes, it's almost a stupid thing mated by a bunch of inbred people." Wang Xiu laughed, "They boast that they know a lot of ink in their stomachs, but they don't actually understand anything." For example, after I gave Zhu Xiao this benefit, Zhu Xiao was so stupid that he treated him indiscriminately, and he also wanted to take away fifty percent of the income from our copper mine? In this way, what do our brothers eat? In this way, he really thinks that I can't live without him? ”

"That's true...... A kind of stupidity with a very adventurous spirit. ”

Li Tianyan was really speechless, after the king gave the news, Fang La had few people and no silver refining process, so there was no way to be "redistributed". But Nima and I Lingzhi Mountain is a copper mine, we can smelt copper ourselves, and private coinage and silver are completely different, it is something that ordinary people can use to circulate, and Lingzhi Mountain is also strong.

In other words, compared with Fang La, Lingzhi Mountain can not rely on Zhu Xiao regardless of technology or channels, and give him two percent just for the sake of doing things, and he doesn't want to break his face immediately, but he wants to open a dyeing workshop when he has a little color?

"Well, this is indeed the human nature that the king said, and the appearance will only become more and more ugly."

Li Tianyan nodded slightly after thinking about it.

Wang Xiu's face became as cold as the weather, and he finally glanced in the direction of Chizhou, "What is even more stupid about them is that they have chilled Zhao Cheng, who is the only one I have scruples." If Zhao Cheng is still here, maybe they really have some confidence to talk to me about Zhao'an's conditions. But isn't this act of destroying the walls of the city and cutting off my hands and feet an opportunity to seek greater benefits? ”

Li Tianyan realized this, "So the king doesn't care about the white agarwood department during this period?" ”

Wang Xiu nodded slightly, "Yes, without food and Zhao Cheng's command, Yangshan's actions should be extremely limited." The top priority at the moment is to use Zhu Xiao as a medium to cooperate with the government's Zhao'an negotiations, and then seize the opportunity to give the government's last force a heavy blow. ”

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