"Have you seen Tong Guan before?" Wu Zhi asked puzzled.

"Do you remember that Zhang Qian from before?" Lu Zhishen on the side asked Wu Zhi.

"Zhang Qian?"

Wu Zhi only felt that he was unimpressed when he heard this name, so he asked, "Which Zhang Qian?" ”

Wu Song said with a smile: "It's the Zhang Qian who came with me to drink the full moon wine on the day of the full moon wine of the four little nephews." ”

Hearing Wu Song say this, Wu Zhi gradually remembered such a person.

"Oh, it's the bearded man on the day of the banquet, who was rescued from the sea by you! Yes, yes, his name is Zhang Qian, who works in Taichang Temple in Bianjing. ”

After suddenly thinking about it, Wu Zhi was puzzled again: "This Zhang Qian, what is the unusual relationship between him and Tong Guan?" ”

Seeing that Wu Zhi was still puzzled, Wu Song, Hua Rong and the others looked at each other with a smile, and said something that made Wu Zhi stunned.

"That Zhang Qian is Tong Guan!"

…………

After Wu Zhi heard this answer, he was dumbfounded, and he was stunned for a while, unable to even speak.

Wu Song continued: "After we arrived in Bianjing to see Taiwei Tong, according to him, he was leading the fleet to the Jin State to discuss the joint extermination of Liao, but because the first trip did not choose a good route, the fleet touched the reef, and encountered wind and waves at sea, and all the ships sank, and he was also lucky to be washed to the shore by the waves, so he was rescued by us. ”

Hua Rong also said: "He didn't mean to hide his identity from us at that time, but this time he went to contact the Jin State, which was an important military aircraft of the imperial court, and as an envoy, the identity of Captain Tong was too special to be exposed." Therefore, even the accident of the shipwreck, the court did not leak the news. ”

Song Liao is still nominally a country of brothers, and the stabbing in the back is really not public. Tong Guan is also a eunuch after all, and according to the etiquette system, sending a eunuch as an envoy of a country is detrimental to the country's face.

"And Captain Tong has been recuperating in Qingzhou for a few months, and he happens to live in the Qingzhou camp, so he naturally knows the situation of the soldiers in the Qingzhou camp. He himself is also experienced in the battlefield, has a good ability, when he was in Qingzhou, he was very similar to us, and we all treated him as his own brother, so, this time Hebei was in turmoil, he didn't recommend me, so who did he recommend? Ha ha! Lu Zhishen laughed heartily.

After Lu Zhishen finished speaking, Lin Chong also continued: "When the imperial court sent Ye Liangchen to take command of the rebellion, Taiwei Tong knew that this person was difficult to use, so he arranged General Wu to be in the rebellion army, in order to let General Wu accumulate some military merits first, so that he could easily advocate General Wu to take command of the rebellion in the imperial court!" ”

Everyone, you and I said a word, and finally Wu Zhi's thoughts, which had been confused for several days, suddenly became clear.

It turned out that Tong Guan's previous strange behavior was so reasonable, and it was not like what Wu Zhi thought before, there was any conspiracy, Tong Guan was completely sincere in promoting Wu Song and them!

"It seems that Captain Tong is also a scheming person!" Zhu Wu on the side said leisurely after listening to this.

Wu Zhi understood that Zhu Wu was referring to Tong Guan's calculation that he disregarded the interests of the country and had to fight for Wu Song's greatest military merits, and lost tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the Great Song Dynasty in vain...... and pit Ye Liangchen.

However, since it was for Wu Song's good, Wu Zhi automatically ignored these dark sides.

"I see! It's no wonder, I've long heard that Tong Guantong Taiwei is strange, I can't imagine that a big man with a beard and a thick physique is actually a Tong Taiwei, tsk! ”

Wu Zhi sighed, indeed, even if he knew that Tong Guan, the chief eunuch, had a beard, Wu Zhi didn't expect him to be so powerful.

"It seems that all the previous worries are superfluous, so it is the best, from now on, Wu Song, you can sit back and relax and continue to train and rectify the military affairs of the state road, and I can rest assured that Tong Guan will support you." After a pause, Wu Zhi continued: "Tong Guan has the talent to lead the army, and his military achievements in the army are deep-rooted, so it is no problem for you to befriend him or even follow him. But this person is too greedy for merit, and he will do whatever it takes to get merit, and he is likely to harm the entire army at a critical moment, so even if you follow him, you still have to maintain the spirit of independence! ”

Wu Zhi said these are Tong Guan's most fatal shortcomings, in the original history, when the Song army attacked the sixteen states of Yanyun, Tong Guan committed this greedy mistake, when the Song Northwest Army was defeated and hunted down, he ordered the Northwest Army not to enter the city to garrison, and then finally dragged down the most elite troops of the Great Song Dynasty.

This is also the biggest stain in Tong Guan's life.

"Big brother rest assured, we and Tong Guan are just like-minded, but they are equals, although he is in charge of his position in the army, but he has no intention of interfering in the Qingzhou Army, when he was in Bianjing, he said that he wanted us to organize our own military affairs, and we must come out to build a strong army on both sides!" Wu Song Road.

"Well, you saved Tong Guan, and he repaid the favor, it seems that Tong Taiwei is a righteous person who can be befriended."

After a slight change in his face, Wu Zhi asked Wu Song, "I wonder if Captain Tong has ever talked to you about me?" ”

Wu Song nodded when he heard this, he knew that Wu Zhi was worried about the previous holiday with Tong Guan.

"Naturally, speaking of the eldest brother, Taiwei Tong said that you were dissatisfied with the eldest brother before, so he deducted your silver money and found someone to mention your ......" Wu Song looked at Wu Zhi cautiously, and only after seeing Wu Zhi's calm face continued: "But Taiwei Tong has a good impression of you now, eldest brother, that cart of silver was originally going to return the money that I brought to Qingzhou this time, but there are many people in Bianjing, so for the sake of insurance, I will refuse." Tong Taiwei said that next time you go to Bianjing, eldest brother, he will personally return it to you to make amends. ”

Wu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's just a cart of silver, it's a trivial matter." Did Mrs. Tong say why he had a grudge against me in the first place? I've been in Qingzhou and haven't done anything to provoke him! ”

"This ......"

Wu Song and the others glanced at each other again, as if they were discussing whether to tell Wu Zhi the truth.

"Don't worry about anything, just say it!"

Wu Zhi naturally saw their thoughts.

Hua Rong said: "In the final analysis, it is still last year's Hebei fire incident......

"Oh? How could that fire make me provoke Captain Chaotong? ”

"That's the case, after the fire in Hebei at that time, the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and the ministers were also divided into the main battle faction and the peace faction, Tong Taiwei was the main battle faction, he thought that the Liao State was experiencing the rise of the northern Jin State at that time, and was already tired of war, at this time, the Great Song Dynasty took advantage of the fire to send troops to attack Liao, and it was inevitable to recapture the sixteen states of Yanyun in one fell swoop; At that time, the imperial court was Zhao Tingzhi as the prime minister, and he and the ministers of the Eastern Mansion were both peacemakers, saying that the Great Song Dynasty treasury was empty, and all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes for years had made the people burdened heavily, and the dispatch of troops at this time would inevitably drag down the national economy and people's livelihood. ”

"Later, the official family adopted the advice of Zhao Xianggong and Wang Hao, and did not take the opportunity to attack Liao, but perfunctory." Hua Rong paused, looked at Wu Zhi and continued: "Later, Cai Jing, who had already been deposed at that time, joined forces with Taiwei Tong, and there was a chance for the official family to change their minds, but later, ...... The big officials and you launched a fund-raising activity in Shandong, and a large number of wealthy private businessmen quickly raised funds for disaster relief. ”

"The big official, Zuo Wulang, was given by Wang Huang's suggestion, and he advocated peace because he was extravagant and erosive all day long, and he was most afraid of war." Lin Chong added on the side.

Hearing this, Wu Zhi smiled bitterly, it turned out that Tong Guan's hatred for himself came from like this!

After all, Wu Zhi is the initiator of the fundraising, and Tong Guan is naturally angry with Wu Zhi.

Cai Jing and Tong Guan are both members of the New Party and are the most radical; Zhao Xianggong belonged to the old party faction and acted conservatively. Wu Zhi now understands that national affairs cannot be done with good malice, what both sides say makes sense, and it is difficult to determine who is wrong and who is right.

In the final analysis, this inexplicable mustard with Tong Guan is caused by the gap in the status of the two parties.

The ass decides the head, and Wu Zhi is not in the court, so it is difficult to understand the profound meaning behind the every move of those big shots.

The realm is not enough.