When a group of recruits were screaming to besiege Zong Ze, Zong Ze had already met his opponent.

When Yue Fei saw a group of soldiers and horses rushing horizontally, he commanded a hundred soldiers and horses under his command to set up a formation and prepare to meet this team of soldiers and horses.

Zong Ze couldn't help but shake his head when he saw a young man in front of him commanding the soldiers and horses, and then stood alone in front of the formation and blocked the way.

He saw that Yue Fei commanded the soldiers and horses like an arm, and thought that he was a young talent, and he didn't want to be so reckless. Although he had killed a section and his horse had slowed down a bit, it was still not something that a young man could stop on foot.

But soon he knew why Yue Fei dared to stand in front of the formation.

When he arrived, Zong Ze took advantage of the horse's momentum to stab Yue Fei in the chest, originally thinking that this shot could assassinate Yue Fei.

Unexpectedly, Yue Fei flicked it casually, and put Zong Ze's steel gun aside.

The steel gun in Zong Ze's hand was almost directly flicked away by Yue Fei, only then did he know that Yue Fei's divine power was about to change his move.

Yue Fei had already slapped a shot at the horse's neck, and the war horse neighed and fell to the ground.

"Tied."

Yue Fei didn't look at Zong Ze, who was dizzy, he shouted, and danced the steel gun into the soldiers and horses behind Zong Ze.

"Yes, good man."

Li Kui saw that Zong Ze was killing like a bamboo for a while, and when he felt holding his breath, he saw a young man knocking Zong Ze down, and he was alone and turned hundreds of people killed by the Song army on their backs, and couldn't help but scream.

Chao Yong also nodded and said, "Good martial arts, let that young man come to see me after I go ashore." ”

Yue Fei only killed a dozen people, and Zong Ze's soldiers and horses were drowned in the recruits who surrounded him on all sides.

Without the Song army to stop them, the soldiers and horses of Daliang quickly went ashore.

As soon as Yue Fei turned back to the headquarters, he saw a ten-division commander under his command holding the veteran with a happy face, and said, "Dutou, this guy is Zong Ze, the general of the puppet Song Dynasty." ”

Yue Fei nodded and said, "Look at the banner behind him, you can know that it is Zong Ze." ”

The soldiers knew that Yue Fei would make great contributions, after all, Yue Fei's martial arts were the best in the whole army, although they didn't know how to compare with the veteran of Liangshan. However, in the new army's big competition, it won the first place. It's just that they didn't expect that the army had just crossed the river, so Yue Fei had made a great achievement.

Yue Fei led his soldiers and horses forward for a while, leaving space for the soldiers and horses behind to land.

As soon as he saw the Prince Dragon Banner landing, he saw an elite veteran coming on horseback and shouted, "Where is the person who captured Zong Ze alive?" ”

When the crowd saw the white clouds embroidered on the chest of the visitor, they also knew that it was the prince's own soldiers, and they couldn't help but look at Yue Fei with envy.

The military uniforms of all the soldiers and horses of Daliang are pure black, and only the royal forest army and the prince's personal soldiers are embroidered with white clouds on their chests, which are different from other soldiers and horses, and take the meaning of "cloud from the dragon".

The Imperial Guards are the Emperor's bodyguards. Naturally, it was the prince's own soldiers who appeared here.

Yue Fei hugged his fists and said, "Yue Fei is here." ”

The soldiers on the horse had also seen Yue Fei's martial arts before, and nodded: "The prince ordered you to take Zong Ze to see the driver, come with me." ”

"Yes"

Yue Fei personally escorted Zong Ze, who was tied up with five flowers, and followed the prince's personal soldiers in the direction of the Dragon Banner.

After a while, he came to the prince.

The surrounding white clouds were guarded by personal soldiers, the golden dragon in the middle opened its teeth and claws, and a military advisor and four generals hugged it behind.

Under the eyes of everyone, Yue Fei walked more than a foot in front of the prince and stopped. He arched his hand and said, "Yue Fei pays a visit to the prince." ”

Chao Yong was also a little surprised when he heard Yue Fei, and couldn't help but look at it carefully.

He is burly and dignified. Although he is young, he is very calm.

Chao Yong didn't speak for a long time, and Yue Fei kept bowing without a trace of crampedness.

Li Kui bared his teeth anxiously in the back. Several times he wanted to speak, but Xu Guanzhong stopped him with his eyes.

Chao Yong looked at Yue Fei for a while, seeing that Yue Fei's face was as usual. praised: "Okay, it is worthy of being the junior disciples of Lu Junyi and Lin Chong, not only are they outstanding in martial arts, but they can also be compared to those veterans in this qi-nourishing kung fu." This time to pacify the Southern Song Dynasty, you are the first meritorious, promoted to lieutenant, and rewarded with 100 yuan. ”

Yue Fei was promoted to lieutenant, and his face couldn't help showing a hint of joy, and he hugged his fists and said, "Prince Xie." ”

Chao Yong turned his head to the soldiers behind him and said, "Bring all my horses." ”

Da Liang destroyed the Western Xia and captured a large number of good horses, Chao Yong got rid of his favorite jade lion in the night, and there were five good horses to spare.

Everyone watched the prince bring five horses with his own soldiers, and their eyes were hot.

Although these five horses are not as good as the Night Jade Lion, they are all good horses.

Chao Yong smiled at Yue Fei and said, "You can choose one of these five horses. ”

Yue Fei saw five war horses that were one in a million, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, and he pressed the desire in his heart, and arched his hand: "How can the last general take the prince's love." ”

Chao Yong patted the neck of the Jade Lion under him and said with a smile: "I only like the Jade Lion of the Night, and the other horses are just spare horses." You just have to pick one. ”

Yue Fei saw that the prince said this, and then he arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the prince's generous gift." ”

Yue Fei looked at it for a while, and then chose a white horse.

Yue Fei retreated, and Chao Yong jumped off his horse and personally untied Zong Ze.

Zong Ze dodged away and said, "I was born as a Song minister and died as a Song ghost." If you are captured today, you will only die, and you will definitely not surrender, so you don't have to do more. ”

Chao Yong was not unhappy, he walked behind Zong Ze persistently, untied the rope, and said with a smile: "My father and emperor have long heard that Lord Zong loves the people like sons, and when he came, he instructed me to invite Master Zong back to the court to benefit the people of the world." The emperor and the people are eager for the Zong to re-emerge, and they also ask the Zong to give up the small righteousness and take the great righteousness. ”

Zong Ze arched his hand and said: "I also admire the actions of the virtuous father and son, but I have eaten Song Lu for 30 years, and I can't support the building in the general's tilt, how can I change to destroy the Song Dynasty." It's hard to obey. ”

Chao Yong said: "The world is originally the people of the world, and the royal family is just to help the people of the world govern the world. The food eaten by the officials is also obtained from the people of the world, and the object of your loyalty should be the people of the world, not a certain royal family. ”

The world is not royal, in fact, in the Song Dynasty, it has become the consensus of most scholars.

The power operation of the Song Dynasty, the emperor's edicts had to go through the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council, otherwise the courtiers could resist because it was illegal.

This point can be implemented most of the time in the Song Dynasty, and during the Renzong Dynasty, the prime minister Du Yan refused to approve the emperor's private edicts, and each accumulated to ten. It will be sealed and returned. Renzong also had nothing to do with Du Yan.

When Song Xiaozong, Zhao E, a national player in the inner court who often accompanied the emperor to play chess, asked the emperor for an official, and Song Xiaozong also intended to fulfill him, but considering the practical operation problem, he could only tell him: "It's okay to make a decree, I'm afraid the outer court will not let him go." He also instructed him to beg the prime minister, it is conceivable that Zhao E must have to talk about the emperor when he goes, but the prime minister resolutely refused, and said: "The decree of the longitudinal surrender must be paid." Song Xiaozong listened. can only sigh: "It's difficult for a scholar to talk to him!" ”

During the Song Duzong, because the emperor approved today and tomorrow, he always bypassed the prime minister's agency to issue an edict, destroying the practice of "the power belongs to the owner, and the government comes out of the book". Under the door to seal the refutation, and then pay the Shangshu Province to implement, where not by the three provinces to implement, the name is 'oblique seal ink edict'. Ineffective also. At the end of the recital, Liu Huang concluded: "Therefore, political affairs are governed by the Chinese book, and if they are not governed by the Chinese book, they will be chaotic, and the world should share with the world." It is not the owner's private gain. ”

During the Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo also said to Song Shenzong that the monarch should rule the world with scholars.

Early Southern Song Dynasty. There is even an imperial historian Fang Tingshi who directly told Song Gaozong: "The world of China, the world of the ancestors, the world of the ministers, the surname, and the three armies are not the world of His Majesty." ”

Of course, all this is still based on the premise of the emperor's wisdom, and after Zhao Ji took power, all these restrictions were gone. To put it bluntly, the prime minister is appointed by the emperor, and if the emperor is virtuous, the prime minister can naturally fight on the basis of reason. If the emperor is mediocre, it is doubtful how many people can still disobey the emperor.

Zong Ze was also born as a Jinshi, so he naturally has this idea of taking the world as his own responsibility. It's just that he also heard Chao Yong's practice of killing Li Gang and banning Chen Dong, thinking that Chao Yong was a person who could not tolerate criticism from others, but he didn't expect Chao Yong to say this.

Zong Ze was suspicious: "Does the prince really think that the world is the people of the world? ”

Chao Yong nodded and said: "Of course, the main force of the change of dynasty is not the people of the world, and whoever can win the world is decided by the people of the world, so the heroes of the past dynasties have curry favor with the people and want to get the support of the people." Tian Hu, Wang Qingna and other people who deceived the people, although they can gain a temporary momentum, but once the righteous army is overwhelmed, the people will abandon them, or even turn against each other. This has been confirmed in Hedong, and I believe that Wang Qing will not be long before he becomes a lone husband. ”

Although Zong Ze felt that Chao Yong said that people were selfish, not the fraternity of saints, it was undeniable that many people treated the people well for the sake of the stability of their own country, and once the country was stable, many emperors would begin to exploit the people. When the people couldn't bear it anymore and rose up, then the dynasty was changed again.

"Then should the officials of the Great Liang be loyal to the emperor or to the people of the world?"

Zong Ze's problem can be said to be attacking the shield of the son with the spear of the son, since you said that people are selfish, then naturally they will not be willing to serve others with the officials they appoint.

Chao Yong said with a smile: "My Emperor Daliang has only one task, that is, to keep the Daliang country, if you want to keep the Daliang country, you must let the people of the world support it." Therefore, it is okay for you to be loyal to the people of the world, and the world is greater than the sky. Now the people of the world can only passively choose who governs the world, and one day, the people of the world will take the initiative to choose who will govern the world. Of course, it may take a long, long time, but this is the inevitable trend of historical development. ”

Zong Ze couldn't help but wonder: "What is active and what is passive?" ”

Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "To put it simply, now the people will only rise up when they can't get by, and they can be said to be passive when they choose who to rule the world." But in the future, the people's requirements will increase, and if they are not doing well, they will choose who to rule the world again, and it can be said that they have taken the initiative to choose at that time. ”

Zong Ze was stunned and said: "If you have a bad time, you will rebel, then the world will not have constant swordsmen?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "No, when it develops to a certain period, it is not necessary to use war to decide who governs the world, but through the votes of the people." ”

Zong Ze said in disbelief: "If the people choose another person, will the previous emperor willingly give up the throne?" ”

Chao Yong saw Zong Ze's surprised look, and knew that what he said was too advanced, but he had already started, so he could only continue: "If you don't give up, you can't do it, his position was originally given by the people." ”

Zong Ze shook his head and said, "The power of the people is the greatest, but it is still difficult to imagine the situation you said. ”

In fact, Chao Yong didn't believe it, because he hadn't seen that happen, it was just talking.

Zhang Qing came quickly, hugged his fists and said: "Our troops have all crossed the river and asked to attack Runzhou." ”

When Zong Ze heard this, his face couldn't help but change. It was his son Zong Ying who guarded Runzhou, and there were only 3,000 people left in the city before, and now the front line was defeated, and I am afraid that the defenders in the city did not know how many escaped. And his son Zong Ying doesn't know his life and death, and he will definitely not abandon the city and flee.

His eldest son died young, and he had already experienced the pain of the white-haired man sending the black-haired man once, and now he might have to face the same pain again, and he could not be moved.

Chao Yong was about to speak, when he saw another person coming quickly.

The person who came was the sick lieutenant Chi Sun Li, and Sun Li came to him. Flying off the horse, he greeted Chao Yong, then turned to Zong Ze and hugged his fists and said, "It's been a long time, Master Zong." ”

Sun Li and Zong Ze both served in Dengzhou, Zong Ze served as the general judge of Dengzhou, and Sun Li served as the commander of Dengzhou, and the two worked together for more than a year, and then Zong Ze was dismissed. Later, Sun Li also went to Liangshan because of Xie Zhen and Jie Bao, killing officials and robbing prisons.

Sun Li has great respect for Zong Ze. After the army went south, he sent a letter to Zong Ze to recruit Zong Ze, but Zong Ze asked the messenger to drive out of the camp and did not reply to Sun Li.

The two armies are in front. To each his own.

Zong Ze didn't have a trace of embarrassment, and hugged his fists and said: "General Sun's demeanor is still the same, which is gratifying." ”

Sun Li felt a little harsh when he heard it, as if he was sarcastic about his rebellion with Da Liang. sighed: "If Master Zong is in Dengzhou, maybe I will also become a prisoner of Daliang like Lord Zong." When the original Zong Daren was in Dengzhou, he was not afraid of the powerful. Love the people like a son, who does not obey. Later, the adults were dismissed for writing against Lianjin to destroy Liao, and Dengzhou was deceived by those corrupt officials again. My two brothers beat the tiger, but Mrs. Mao took the tiger with his son-in-law is Kong Mu in the state, and he wanted to kill my two brothers. Sun Li had no choice but to kill the official and rob the prison and go to Liangshan. ”

Zong Ze nodded and said: "I also heard that many people were forced to go to Liangshan, and it is rare that you can not forget the people and do the right thing for heaven after you go up the mountain." ”

Sun Lidao: "Now that the emperor is magnanimous and thirsty for talent, why don't you join me in serving the Great Liang." With great talents, he will be able to assist the emperor to create a prosperous era and leave his name in history. ”

Zong Ze hesitated slightly, and arched his hand: "I am entrusted by the emperor to lead troops to resist the Great Liang army. Now that the army has been defeated and captured, it is already a negative grace, how can it be disloyal? Today, Zong Ze begs for death. ”

Chao Yong was embarrassed: "I have heard of the reputation of Master Zong, and I can't bear to harm him. It's just that you killed and injured many of my soldiers before, and if you let you go like this, I will have no shame to face the Liang soldiers. ”

When the soldiers heard the prince say this, they couldn't help but be greatly moved. Once upon a time, their lives could be compared with those of loyal ministers and good generals, and many heroes let go of the people who killed their soldiers for the sake of their own reputation and even a trace of respect in their hearts. If Zong Ze can be used by the beam, they will also die as they deserve. But Zong Ze was unwilling to submit, and the soldiers undoubtedly wanted to kill Zong Ze to avenge their comrades.

Sun Li heard Chao Yong talk about the soldiers, and he couldn't plead again.

Zong Ze looked like he was going to die generously.

Xu Guanzhong said: "You can let Master Zong persuade the soldiers and horses of Runzhou to surrender, if Lord Zong can make the soldiers and horses of Runzhou give up resistance, it will also save us from a fight." In this way, it can be regarded as atonement, the prince forgives the sins of the sect, and the soldiers have no complaints. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "If you can do this, it would be the best." I wonder what Master Zong thinks? ”

Zong Ze thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I was ordered to resist the Great Liang army, how can I persuade the Runzhou soldiers and horses to surrender in turn, what is the difference between that and surrendering to the Great Liang?" ”

Li Kui listened to everyone for a while, and he was already impatient, seeing that Zong Ze didn't know how to lift, he glared at him strangely, and shouted: "The prince said all the good things, this old man can't do this, that can't do it." It's angry, let me cut it with an axe. That bird Runzhou, I will take people to fight, break the city, and kill him without leaving a chicken dog. ”

Chao Yong turned his head and glared at Li Kui and said, "Don't be rude to Master Zong." ”

Sun Li persuaded: "There are only 3,000 soldiers and horses in Runzhou City, and once the adults are defeated, they must be frightened birds. The prince wanted to recruit them, but he just wanted to avoid a fight. ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "In the big war, the soldiers on both sides and the people in the city will inevitably have casualties. ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "Give up the small righteousness and take the big righteousness." The general trend of the Song Dynasty has gone, and the people of Runzhou will suffer from war again. ”

"Hey"

Zong Ze sighed and said, "Then the old decay will go this way." ”

Chao Yongxi said: "Okay, I have four good horses here, and Master Zong will choose one to travel." ”

Zong Ze hurriedly said: "Those who have their backs on the time dare not be rewarded by the prince. ”

Chao Yong smiled and said: "I always respect Master Zong, so I will give it to Master Zong in private, and I will not do state affairs." ”

Zong Ze resigned a few more times, and seeing that Chao Yong insisted on sending it, he had to choose one at random.

Chao Yong personally led the war horse to Zong Ze, and arched his hand: "Then I will bother Master Zong to go, please." ”

Zong Ze took the war horse, didn't know what to say, nodded, and led the war horse forward.

After walking for a while, he turned around and hugged his fists at Chao Yong, then turned over and hit the horse and left.

Li Kui saw Zong Ze hurrying away, and said hurriedly: "Don't you send someone to follow him?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "No. ”

"And what if he runs away?"

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "He won't run, I'm afraid he won't want that horse." ”

Xu Guanzhong said with a smile: "Master Zong is not a pedantic person, and when Zhao Ziyan is arrested, it will not be difficult to persuade Master Zong to become a leader." ”

When Chao Yong heard this, he said happily: "Then it depends on the military division, if Zongze is willing to submit, I will not hesitate to be a governor of Jiangnan." (To be continued......)

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