Chapter Eighty-Three: The Heart Thief

The problem of loyalty is a problem that every superior has to face, and since ancient times, there are countless superiors who have been betrayed by their own subordinates and finally died without a place to be buried. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But it seems like a very fair thing to do, and it has to do with giving and receiving.

No one wants to be unconditionally loyal to someone, even if he can obtain psychological satisfaction.

Both the Great Song Emperor and the Khitan Emperor are now driving the elites of the two countries to serve themselves under the banner of loyalty and filial piety.

Before they can gain their loyalty, they must first satisfy some of their selfish desires.

So high-ranking officials and treasures and beauties became their first choice.

In the end, the atmosphere formed among the people is - learn to become a civilian, martial artist, and the emperor's family!

After Tie Xinyuan tore off the warm or heroic skin, he found that betrayal was only related to the price of betrayal.

There is no loyalty in the world, just because the cost of betrayal is too great, and there is no betrayal in the world, just because loyalty is gained too little.

If betrayal is not paid and loyalty is not rewarded, the world will soon collapse under the influence of man's selfish desires.

Rather than accept the very likely betrayal, Tie Xinyuan would rather not want them at the first time, which is why he did not hesitate to sell these shepherds to the Great Song Dynasty at the first time.

In the face of benevolence and benevolence, Tie Xinyuan chose interests without hesitation.

In order to appease these shepherds, Tie Xinyuan even did not hesitate to create a dream-like future for them.

A brave new world of clothes to wear, food to eat, and respect, and the only thing they have to pay for is their exquisite horse breeding skills.

The old shepherd Zhang Cheng is very satisfied with this virtual future, in fact, the old and sophisticated Zhang Cheng also understands that he has the skills of herding horses and raising horses, and even if the situation is worse in the future, it will not be worse than his previous situation.

After getting Tie Xinyuan's promise, he immediately said, hoping that Tie Xinyuan could leave immediately and stay in Xijing, there are too many uncertain factors, and only by leaving the hellish Xijing far away can he talk about anything else.

Tie Xinyuan is naturally as good as a stream, he only has thirty-six subordinates, plus Ga Ga and Wei Chiwen and himself is only thirty-nine people, so he naturally cleans up quickly, especially now with the help of five hundred skilled shepherds, an hour later, the team has already stepped on the ice and snow and set off west......

The moment the oil lamp in the cellar went out, Meng Yuan opened his eyes, and the oil in the oil lamp was only enough to burn until evening.

He added oil to the oil lamp in the dark, replaced the rush grass, and when the light returned, even the war horses that followed him couldn't help but get closer to the oil lamp.

It is very necessary to eat a hearty meal before work, and now is when the sky is dark, even if there is a little fireworks, it will not be discovered by those Liao people.

Meng Yuanzhi quickly made a pot of meat porridge, and after eating it very seriously, he sat quietly for a while.

By the time the lid of the cellar was lifted with everything on his back, it was already pitch black in the pine forest.

The stars kept blinking in the cold sky, there was no moon at the beginning of the month, but fortunately, the snow everywhere reflected the starlight slightly, which was enough for the sharp-eyed Meng Yuanzhi.

The gray figure ran wildly among the trees, Meng Yuanzhi's mood was extremely happy, he did not have the slightest consciousness of being an assassin, it was more like he was running to a feast.

When Bai Ri left Longshou Mountain, he had basically figured out the layout of the Khitan sentry posts, and carefully avoided those sentry posts, which greatly slowed down his advance.

Several times he could hear the sound of the Khitan people on duty hitting each other with their upper and lower teeth because of the cold.

After silently breaking through the five checkpoints, the camp of Yin Zhang Cimin of Xijing Prefecture, who was tasked with protecting the perimeter, appeared in front of him.

The camp in front of them was not big, surrounded by a circle of cypress trees, they didn't even set up a wall, only more than a dozen thick cowhide tents were set up on the flat ground, and by the two huge bonfires, there were more than a dozen Xijing Mansion errand servants, drinking and chatting.

Meng Yuanzhi didn't know why these people thought that they could monitor the open space opposite the bonfire through the bonfire. The campfire is in the middle, and even on a moonlit night, it is pitch black beyond the range of the campfire.

After seeing the Khitan people's defense scene, Meng Yuan slowly retracted his body into the cypress bushes, and then went around most of the camp to the blind spot of the Khitans.

Candles were still lit inside the big tent, and there was talk and laughter coming from inside, it was very noisy, and there were quite a few people.

Meng Yuanzhi cut a small gap in the tent, looked inside, and found that there were as many as five people in the tent.

There are two huge charcoal basins burning in the tent, and the smoke rises and finally escapes through the gap at the top of the tent, the biggest advantage of this is that the heat can successfully block the cold intrusion, and the smoke will not be injured by the charcoal fire.

These are five very happy bureaucrats, who have just reaped a great deal of wealth from the thieves, and now is a good time to celebrate.

For them, clearing the homeless people and getting money from the thieves is a great achievement that can be sung and praised.

And Lord Yin, who was sitting in the middle, was undoubtedly the object of everyone's praise - Yin Zhang Cimin of Xijing Mansion, who was already half-drunk.

As a Han Chinese, the biggest reason why he was able to serve as the Yin of Xijing Mansion in Liao was because he was the first champion produced after Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen ascended the throne and opened the department.

He once wrote poems and words, telling that he was unhappy when he was in the Great Song Dynasty, and only after meeting the true dragon emperor could he show his mind, and also called on the people of insight in the Song State to come to the Liao State to be loyal to the Liao Emperor, and also said that learning is a huge treasure in the world, and the virtuous live in it.

This matter has been regarded as a beautiful talk for a long time in the Great Song Shilin, which is simply unbelievable.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Liao, Yelu Abaoji once asked the left and right ministers, "The king who is ordained, the person who respects God and has great merits, who wants to worship him, which one comes first?" ”

The ministers present all believed that the Buddha should be worshipped. Liao Taizu disagreed, believing that Buddhism was not a native religion in China.

At this time, the crown prince Yelubei replied: "The great sage of Confucius, respected by all generations, should be the first." ”

After hearing this, Yelu Abaoji was very happy, and ordered the construction of the Confucius Temple, and ordered the prince Yelu to sacrifice in the spring and autumn.

Later monarchs of the Liao Dynasty also attached great importance to Confucianism, worshipping the Confucian Temple, attending lectures, translating and publishing Confucian classics, and sending envoys and students to study in the Song Kingdom.

The Liao Dynasty also appointed some Confucian students of Sinology as school instructors, and even appointed some people who abandoned the Song Dynasty as instructors when there was a shortage of talents.

For example, there is a man named Wu Bai, who was originally a doctor of the Song Dynasty, and after being captured in Liao, he was appointed as the doctor of the Shangjing Guozijian.

In the seventh year of unification, 17 Jinshi of the Song Dynasty came north with their families to return to Shun, and the Liao Emperor Yelu Zongzhen ordered the relevant departments to verify, and the middle one was made up as an instructor of national studies.

However, Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji did not open the imperial examination at the beginning of the founding of the country.

The earliest time of the Great Liao Kaike was probably in the era of Taizong Yelu Deguang. Because according to the "History of Liao", Mu Fang was the first to ascend to the Jinshi Rank, but the imperial examination of the Deguang Dynasty was the only example.

Later, Jingzong Yeluxian issued an edict in the eighth year of Baoning to restore the Nanjing Rite Tribute Academy, which opened the Tribute Academy, so the Liao State's opening of the branch and the official beginning.

Tie Xinyuan and Meng Yuan were always a little ashamed when they talked directly about these Khitan readers.

According to Xu Dongsheng, Zhang Cimin's knowledge is not bad, he is a truly learned person, and the poetry dictionary comes as soon as he opens his mouth, even when he talks about the affairs of the displaced people, he can also quote the scriptures to explain the reasons for the expulsion of the displaced people.

After being stimulated by the homeless people, the herdsmen, and Zhang Cimin, Tie Xinyuan had a new perspective on the issue of loyalty.

It's not so much that killing Zhang Cimin is for those poor homeless, it's better to say that Tie Xinyuan wants to kill Zhang Cimin, but in fact, it's to kill the thief in his heart!

Meng Yuanzhi knew these things, so he would rather take the risk and kill Zhang Cimin, that is, to tell other scholars that betrayal still needs to pay a price.

When there were more and more cold stars in the sky, Zhang Cimin finally stopped drinking and feasting, and after sending off the rest of the bureaucrats, he did not sleep peacefully, but sat in front of the table, took out a huge pearl to play with, and even blew out the candle flame, and the bead emitted a brilliant light, reflecting his beard and hair into a miserable blue color.

"After studying for 30 years, I will get the most precious treasure in the world today, even if I give up tomorrow, what does it matter?"

"Han Bizhu, it's really good, wasn't it collected in the Great Song Palace before? Why you? ”

A deep voice sounded from behind Zhang Cimin.

Zhang Cimin's body froze suddenly, but he didn't shout out, but said slowly: "The strong man wants?" Take it! The old man will sleep peacefully, and the strong man will take care of himself. ”

Meng Yuan reached out and took the bead and said: "Some people think that you are his heart thief and must be killed, I want the bead, and I want your head." ”

The beads of sweat on Zhang Cimin's forehead rained down, and he still didn't shout, but continued: "The old man heard that there is no air, and the elite generation has rules, and he only takes one thing at a time, why don't the strong men obey the rules?"

If the strong man thinks that the cold blue beads are not enough to redeem the old man's life, there are still some gold beads on the side of the bed, and the strong man takes ....... ”

He stopped before he could finish his words, and although he opened his mouth wide and tried to finish his words, a red line appeared in his throat, ruthlessly cutting off the rest of his words in his abdomen.

Meng Yuanzhi took a quilt and wrapped Zhang Cimin completely, then took out a human head from the quilt, ignoring the sneer stimulated by the blood in the quilt, put Zhang Cimin's body on the bed, covered it with a thick quilt, and then returned to the cypress forest from the same way. (To be continued.) )