Xu Shisong had already made up his mind - he wanted to be a direct minister.

Of course, as a descendant of the Xu family in Jiangbei, he can only be an upright minister in the Great Zhou. In this way, at least civil officials are willing to use this integrity to make Xu Shisong's job easier.

If Xu Shisong had a little sycophancy, those civil officials who claimed to be upright and gentlemen would definitely jump out and accuse him of plotting wrong.

So now Xu Shisong, no matter what happens, is straightforward and clearly insists on his own views - fortunately, he is originally this character, he dared to disobey his father at the internal meeting of the Xu family's room, and now he is in line with his own character in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The kind of road to the black, to put it mildly, is foolish and loyal, and Confucianism highly praises the traditional military general's character.

If he was given a chance, Xu Shisong didn't mind being Yue Wumu at all, although he didn't know who Yue Wumu was.

What's more, Xu Shisong's wife is a princess, the sister of Emperor Longdao, and if he is Yue Fei, his child does not need to be Yue Yun, which is enough for a person like him.

"Xu Qing, I want to ask you, if you don't have the ability to defeat your rebellious brother in the Northern Expedition, why do I give you command of all the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou?"

Emperor Longdao's words were a bit heart-wrenching:

"I used to trust your third brother so much, when I was in charge of the East Palace, I told Wen Xianggong that he was a model of martial artists in the world, but he rebelled and stood on his own!"

"I also trusted your fifth brother so much, although he killed too much that day, I still trusted him, thinking that he was a Confucian general who dared to do things, and asked him to open up Jinghu Lake for this reason, but he was also a rebel!"

"I trust you now, and I hand over all the elite soldiers of the Great Zhou to you, can you deserve this trust?"

Xu Shisong smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Your Majesty, there are some things that only the minister is suitable to tell you, and only someone like the minister will tell you."

"Jiangbei was originally self-reliant, their soldiers and soldiers were recruited by themselves to feed, when the Great Zhou gave up on them and retreated to Jiangnan, when Jiangbei was invaded by the Tartars, the Great Zhou did not help them, it was they who overcame it. How can such a person be said to be rebellious? ”

"My third brother, he is a capable minister in the world, a hero in troubled times, since Da Zhou gave up Jiangbei and threw him in the troubled times in Jiangbei, it is normal for him to be a hero."

"As for Xu Shiliu...... if Your Majesty still allows the inferior gentry to encroach on the land of the sergeant, take the sergeant as a slave, and take the sergeant's relatives as a servant, such a person will definitely continue to appear in the future, and the minister dares to guarantee that it will definitely not be the Xu family."

"You mean Ipode?" Emperor Longdao asked.

"No, I want to say, let him pass everything in the past, and the most important thing now is how to make up for the mistakes of the past."

Xu Shisong is colored:

"The minister will not be rebellious, but it is useless for the minister not to be disobedient."

"Your Majesty, it's a good thing to attack the Xia Kingdom from the north, it will give us a lot of time."

"My second uncle and third brother founded the country based on the expulsion of the Tartars, so they must fight all the surrounding Tartars, even if they destroy the Xia Kingdom, they will fight the Muguls in the future, no matter how attractive Jiangnan is to them, they will definitely not go south before defeating these Tartars, this is an opportunity for us."

"But this opportunity doesn't mean that we can copy their back path when they go on a northern expedition to the west, that will only push the hearts of the people in the world to Jiangbei - there is already a trend of this."

"What we need to do is to sort out our internal affairs and rearm ourselves now, only if the national strength and military strength are not inferior to Jiangbei, we will be able to seize the real opportunity next time."

"How long will it take to rearmament?" Emperor Longdao clenched his fists and asked in a low voice.

"If we put our minds together, it will take about 10 years. If you can't do it, you will never be able to do it. ”

……

Xu Shisong, who now lives in Lin'an, originally wanted to go to Jianghuai to live, because it was the closest to the possible front line and easier to get closer to the Jianghuai New Army that trained him.

However, although he had become a privy envoy, he was still "placed under residential surveillance", and Emperor Longdao gave him military power but did not let him get close to the army, so he could only live in Lin'an to reassure the emperor of the Great Zhou, and then remotely control the reorganization and training of the front-line army.

This is very troublesome, and it will be half the effort, but Xu Shisong has no other way.

Seeing the Son of Heaven, he finally persuaded him to dispel the idea of the Northern Expedition while Jiangbei was launching the war to destroy the summer, Xu Shisong returned to his home - a garden with a strong Jiangnan style, small bridges and flowing water, birds and flowers, and the mood of the Great Zhou Privy Envoy finally became a little relaxed.

His wife, Princess Renfu, is waiting for him with a pair of children.

Xu Shisong only has a wife for the princess, has no concubines, and has never slept in flowers and willows.

Because he needed to control his army remotely, he didn't have his own office, so he simply went home after the court and worked from home.

He rarely goes out to drink, and he never participates in the entertainment activities of officials (he is a military general, and this kind of activity is usually accompanied by a concubine), and he has the image of a good husband in modern society.

Therefore, the relationship between Princess Renfu Zhao Xiangyun and Xu Shisong has always been very good, and they only maintain a minimum of servants in this official property, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs used by the princess herself from childhood to adulthood.

Every day when Xu Shisong goes to court, the princess waits for him like this, and she is quite accommodating.

"Did the husband persuade the imperial brother?"

Xu Shisong never hid anything from Zhao Xiangyun about his work, so Princess Renfu knew what he was doing in the palace today.

"I guess I persuaded it." Xu Shisong sighed and said helplessly: "But the official family is still very anxious, this time the husband can persuade him, but next time it may not be." ”

"Why does the husband have to do such a thing?" Princess Renfu was puzzled and asked, "Even Lord Wen will not be like her husband." ”

Zhao Xiangyun's so-called Lord Wen refers to Prime Minister Wen Zhong, the most authoritative person in the court after Wen Xianggong, and can even be said to be one of the biggest masterminds behind the coup d'état that allowed Emperor Longdao to ascend the throne.

"Because my surname is Xu."

"The husband's surname is Xu, whoever wins in Jiangbei and Jiangnan is the same, why do you have to ......?"

Zhao Xiangyun never hid her disappointment in front of Xu Shisong, the reason was very simple, it was Da Zhou who wanted to give her to Tartar to spoil her, and it was Jiangbei who snatched her back.

In her heart, this could even be regarded as a life-saving grace, and her disappointment in her family was already irrepressible at that time.

Then, as she said, Xu Shisong's surname is Xu, and now he is the prince when he returns to Jiangbei, and Zhao Xiangyun is the prince's wife, which is not much different from the status of being a princess who marries out in Jiangnan.

"Madam, the choice has been made for the husband, and he must start from the beginning."

Xu Shisong sighed:

"If it really comes to that time, the husband will send you and the child to Jiangbei first, Xu Shiyang is ruthless to outsiders, but he is actually very soft-hearted internally, when the time comes, even if I am loyal to Da Zhou, he will not embarrass you."