The person who was called Brother Liu by Yang Yanzhao looked up at the general in front of him, although he recognized Yang Yanzhao, but it was only by virtue of the vague impression in his memory.

"I didn't expect that Brother Liu would still recognize me, we haven't seen each other for many years, right?"

At this time, after confirming that the person in front of him was Yang Yanzhao, the big brother Liu threw away the broom in his hand that he was going to use to beat his crying wife, helped his wife up, and then sighed.

"I didn't expect that after many years of separation, we would meet again in this situation. I was a prince, and you were just the son of a general. And today you are already the commander of the Song army, and I am just your prisoner. ”

With that, he turned around, wiped away the tears that were still hanging on his wife's face with his sleeve, and said softly, "Okay, don't cry." The other party's handsome is Yan Zhao, and you know each other. Yan Zhao's person will not embarrass us, you can go back and pack your things now. ”

At the same time that Brother Liu instructed his wife, Yang Yanzhao also gestured to the soldiers, meaning not to embarrass their family.

After receiving her husband's entrustment and Yang Yanzhao's kindness, the woman took the initiative to return to the backyard.

Just after the woman left, Brother Liu said to Yang Yanzhao: "Yanzhao, let's find a place to catch up." As he spoke, he led Yang Yanzhao out of the yamen and walked towards the market on the street.

Because of Yang Yanzhao's repeated orders before entering the city, the soldiers of the Song army did not disturb any of the people, and although the market was much more deserted than before, the shops were still doing business.

This also made it easy for the two to find a tavern owned by the Han Chinese and sit in it.

Because Yang Yanzhao is still wearing the armor of a general. So even the store saw that the leader was their stay. Still didn't dare to greet the two.

The two of them sat down in the tavern. Brother Liu took the initiative to ask the store for a pot of wine and some appetizers. And when the store was serving the food, Yang Yanzhao's eyes were still a little afraid.

This kind of look is not the first time Yang Yanzhao has seen it, although he has won successive battles along the way, but after capturing a city, the scene of welcoming the Song army in his imagination did not appear.

If the Khitan people in the city are afraid of the Song army, it can be explained, the Han people who live in these cities and still account for the vast majority are also afraid of the Song army, which makes Yang Yanzhao a little puzzled.

It wasn't until after the capture of Datong Mansion that Yang Yanzhao, who saw that this situation still existed, suddenly remembered what Zhao Weiji had said to him before he set out on the expedition.

"Yanzhao, you tell me. Is our march to Yanyun an invasion of the people there? Or liberation? Is this Great Song Dynasty their homeland? Or is it simply a neighbor of the same kind and the same language? ”

At that time, Yang Yanzhao did not give Zhao Weiji any answer, and Zhao Weiji did not give Yang Yanzhao his own answer. Later, this conversation was as if it had never happened, and Yang Yanzhao still led the troops to the battle.

But today, Yang Yanzhao finally knew why Zhao Weiji asked such a paragraph. Indeed, judging from the conclusion drawn from Yang Yanzhao's observation, for Yanyun's people, the Great Song Dynasty was more invaded than liberated, and the Great Song Dynasty was more like neighboring countries than their homeland.

Such a situation made Yang Yanzhao have to reconsider the strategy, can such a rapid advance really recover Yanyun, and will there be a civil uprising and rebellion in these defeated cities? Their war this time is a little unpopular in Yanyun.

Just when Yang Yanzhao was still thinking about these questions, that Brother Liu had already poured himself a glass of wine and was in his stomach, just as he was pouring himself a second glass of wine. Yang Yanzhao took his thoughts back from his contemplation.

"Brother Liu doesn't even call me when he drinks by himself, it's really a bit uninteresting." Yang Yanzhao, who found that Brother Liu was actually pouring himself a drink, couldn't help but make fun of it.

That Brother Liu didn't have any embarrassment to be ridiculed like this. Instead, after swallowing the wine in the cup again, he symbolically explained: "If you don't lose the battle, if you are in a bad mood, drink two glasses by yourself to soothe it." ”

When he said this, Yang Yanzhao was amused: "Blame me for that?" As he spoke, he pushed his glass forward.

"Don't blame you, who do you blame? Your brother Liu, my wealth is lost by you. While laughing, Brother Liu didn't stop, filling Yang Yanzhao's wine glass and his own, "Let's take one." ”

After the two of them dried the wine in the cup, Brother Liu took a piece of beef with chopsticks and threw it into his mouth, and then said to Yang Yanzhao: "Yanzhao came to find me, the captive, isn't it just to catch up with the past, right?" Say, let's see what I can do as a wasted man to help? ”

Yang Yanzhao didn't expect that this Brother Liu would see through his intentions at a glance, and since this is the case, he doesn't plan to hide anything anymore: "I hope that Brother Liu can help me contact Yanyun's clan." ”

"Oh?" As soon as he heard this, Brother Liu became a little energetic: "Don't tell me why you want me to help, let me guess." Brother Liu thought for a moment, and then continued: "I think it's because of the attitude of these people." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the bartender behind him, as well as the people passing by outside the restaurant.

"If I'm not mistaken, the attitude of these Yanyun people towards your Song army should be different from what you thought before you set out on the expedition, right?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Yang Yanzhao.

Yang Yanzhao, who had seen through the old bottom, was not embarrassed, nodded honestly, and affirmed Brother Liu's guess.

"Hehe, I think when you first set out on the expedition, you probably thought that this Yanyun Hanmin didn't say that he would cooperate with you in the battle, at least after entering the city, he would also eat pot pulp to welcome the king. But I didn't expect that not only did I not welcome the king, but I also had a fear of your arrival, am I right? ”

Yang Yanzhao didn't feel any surprise that this Brother Liu could completely guess the cause and effect, this person's intelligence Yang Yanzhao had already understood, and he now hoped that this Brother Liu could help him solve this problem.

"That's right, that's why I want to come to you, Brother Liu, to see what solution you can have." Saying that, Yang Yanzhao picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glass in front of the two again.

For Yang Yanzhao's service, Brother Liu did not refuse, after Yang Yanzhao filled the wine glasses of the two, he picked up the wine glass, touched it with Yang Yanzhao, and then drank it all.

After drinking this cup, he spoke again: "Actually, if you want me to contact Yanyun's family, I can help you, I think with my qualifications, they should give me this face."

But you plan to start with the big family to solve this problem, in fact, there are some symptoms that do not cure the root cause. ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. ”

"Although opening up the joint of the family can help you save a lot of things when you take over each city, but to truly eradicate the fear of the people towards you, it is impossible to rely on the family alone, you must know that the family family does not worry about who is informing them.

For them, there is not much difference between being a big Song citizen and being a Liao people, relying on their family strength and prestige in this place, even if there will be a certain impact because of the change of masters, but this influence will not last long, and they will still rise when they should rise. ”

Brother Liu's words made Yang Yanzhao think of Zhao Weiji, the emperor never seemed to believe in the big families, and even he was on guard against these big families to a certain extent.

He once said: "In the eyes of these families, the family is always in front of the country, and if the interests of the family conflict with the interests of the country, they will definitely choose the interests of the family first, even if that interest is immoral and even harmful to the people." ”

"Not to mention ......." Seeing that Yang Yanzhao listened to his words, Brother Liu continued to add: "What's more, the family clan and the common people sometimes have natural hostility, and it may backfire if you blindly curry favor with the family clan." ”

"Then you say, what should I do?"

"This ......, you wait for me to think about it." After speaking, Brother Liu fell into deep thought, because it was the first time he thought about this problem, and he was just staying in Xijing (Datong), and he didn't need to think about many things.

But this time, he had to face a problem, that is, how to reasonably balance the relationship between the family and the common people, especially when he came to Yanyun as an "outsider" like Song Jun.

"Yan Zhao, big brother asks you a question, you have to answer me honestly."

"Big brother, you say." Seeing that Brother Liu suddenly asked him with a serious face, Yang Yanzhao also had to restrain himself.

"What is your emperor's attitude towards the family family, that is, the new Emperor Jingde (Zhao Weiji's year name), and does he usually show any love or disgust for the family?"

As soon as he heard this question, Yang Yanzhao retold the paragraph that Zhao Weiji had said before about his evaluation of the family. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished repeating it, Brother Liu laughed out loud.

"I have a way, Yan Zhao, if you believe in my big brother, I will help you prepare an excerpt and send it back to the capital. And then stand still until the capital reacts, what do you think? ”

Yang Yanzhao saw that Brother Liu was so confident, so he completely believed him, and after he finished writing the excerpt, he quickly sent it back to Bianliang in his own name.

And after sending out the excerpts, the entire Song army was no longer ready to march, but temporarily stayed in Datong Mansion to wait for feedback from the capital.

On the side of the capital, after receiving this excerpt, the cabinet was immediately stunned by the astonishing remarks inside, and the cabinet, which did not dare to react to this excerpt without authorization, had to hand over the excerpt to Zhao Weiji, hoping that he could give a suitable solution. (To be continued......)