At this time, it was already a cold winter, and the north wind was howling in the capital, but it couldn't stop the commotion of people with ulterior motives. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since Zhou's mother and her teacher evacuated the capital, rumors arose from all sides the next day, causing people to be uneasy, and even Li Gang, who was in the Tribute Academy of the Ministry of Rites, should have been deaf to foreign affairs, but at this time he couldn't help but panic.

"What is Brother Bo Ji worried about?"

Seeing that he was unhappy, Dong Changqing asked with a smile.

The two are old acquaintances, although they can't talk about friendship, but they are also nodding friends. Later, Li Gangzhong entered the official career, and Dong Changqing took refuge in Zhou Quan as a guest, and both parties stayed in Beijing, and they inevitably met during their travels. After Zhou Quan learned about it, he asked Dong Changqing to make friends with him, so the two formed a friendship alliance.

Although their ambitions are quite different, in general, both of them are worried about the country and the people.

"Recently, the Jingshi group has been in turmoil, but you can still sit firmly on the fishing platform, admire and admire." When Li Gang said this, he raised his eyes and looked at Dong Changqing: "Gang came to visit today, and only asked about Brother Rubai, does Zhou Zhizhi have any objections?" ”

Dong Changqing smiled: "Since ancient times, there are three things that have been plotting rebellion and rebels, the first is to accumulate grain, have you heard that the Zhou system is planted in Xuzhou and Haizhou?" ”

Li Gang also smiled when he heard this, Haizhou, Xuzhou, now that the grain has completely relied on foreign imports, don't say that the grain is widely grown, but I am afraid that it will be the same as the Beijing Division, as long as the outside world stops grain for three months, there will be a famine in its boundary.

"The second thing is to build a high wall, Xuzhou and Haizhou Prefecture are still under the rule of the imperial court, not to mention for the time being, the Li Guojian is located in Diqiu New Town, which was built by Zhou's father and son, I Wen Boji has traveled to the canal, do you see that Diqiu New City has a city wall?"

Of course not, after Li Gang traveled at that time, he also raised the matter, feeling that such an empty garrison would easily attract thieves.

If Zhou Quan intended to rebel, his father Zhou Fu gathered to guard Diqiu, and the imperial army arrived, and Diqiu, who was not protected by the city wall, could not be defended for a long time.

"The third thing of rebellion is to attract the world's heroes, and it is not a secret, under the Zhou system, the number of scholars who come to take refuge is unknown, but the only people he left behind are the younger brother me and Bai Rui, and the rest of the people are either persuaded to return to serve the country, or they are sent on a long trip - Brother Boji, who wants to rebel to do this?"

Li Gang frowned, thought for a while, and could only admit that no.

"Those who want to achieve great things, or such as Liu Bang, were originally greedy for money and lustful, but after entering Xianyang, they made three chapters of the law, did not be greedy for the treasury gold, did not take the beauties of the palace, without him, they sought fame; Or like Wang Mang's generation, he works hard all night, is a corporal of courtesy, and makes friends with virtuous people...... Which point does the weekly system conform to? ”

"Ah......h

Li Gang thought for a while, and then shook his head, Zhou Quan's reputation for being greedy for money and lustful has spread all over the world, not to mention greed for money, the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce is a clear proof, and lust does not need evidence, and the princesses of several countries are circling around him. As for Corporal Lixian and befriending virtuous people, Zhou Quan's friends are all gentlemen in the Beijing Division, bullying men and women one by one, including Zhou Quan, only the names of "evil youth" and "gentleness", they don't have any dealings with today's famous scholars!

In the eyes of readers, this is a bunch of scum, scum, and social moths, but few people are willing to work for their waste.

"Bo Ji, do you know where the so-called Zhou system conspired against it?" Dong Changqing said again.

Li Gang was also very skeptical at this time whether Zhou Quan's statement of rebellion was correct.

Therefore, as soon as Dong Changqing asked, he sat up straight, and said slowly: "Although there is no evidence in this matter, Zhou Quan privately took his mother and family out of Beijing, even if he has no intention of rebellion, I am afraid that he will not be subordinate!" ”

"Bo Ji, it's still me who asked, do you know where the rebellion comes from, and you know why Zhou Zhizhi took his mother out of Jingshi."

"Oh, please."

Dong Changqing stretched out his hand and dipped some tea in the cup, and then wrote the words "Imperial City Division" on the table.

In fact, the news that Zhou Quan was going to rebel may not have come from the Imperial City Division, but there is no doubt that the Imperial City Division contributed to it.

"Is there any evidence?"

"I'm just going to show the evidence, will you believe it?" Dong Changqing waved his hand: "Boji, you are a talented person, and you have been a speech official, and you still have some influence on the side of the Imperial History Tower, you can know the truth of the matter by asking yourself." ”

Li Gang's heart sank, and from Dong Changqing's words, he felt that there was a big conspiracy in front of him.

If Zhou Quan had no objection, why did he take his mother away, and why did the Imperial City Division add fuel to the fire and spread rumors that he wanted to rebel, instead of directly putting the evidence of the rebellion in front of Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and accusing Zhou Quan with confidence?

He is a smart person, and a smart person can't help but think a lot, and the more he thinks about it, the more he feels that there are still many secrets hidden in the rumors about Zhou Quan's rebellion.

"The system has been disheartened, Boji, it's not a secret, Da Liao used the princess of Shu as bait to lure him into the Liao ......"

"Never!" Li Gang almost jumped up.

Although he does not agree with Zhou Quan's character and style of acting, he believes that Zhou Quan is a talent, equivalent to Guan Zhong Guan Yiwu in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Now that the growth of the national strength of the Song State is inseparable from Zhou Quan, not to mention how much money he made for the Great Song Dynasty, just saying that he has increased the current steel output of the Great Song Dynasty by ten times, which is enough to show the importance of Zhou Quan.

"Steel alone, Zhou Quan alone, can resist the elite ten divisions of the forbidden army, if he surrenders to Liao, he will betray his homeland and be willing to be a slave of a foreign race, just the so-called traitor!"

Hearing Li Gang's scolding, Dong Changqing was not angry: "But isn't it, Zhou Zhizhi also said this to me, he said that although he is not informal, he knows that he is by no means a gentleman, but the national righteousness still has to be spoken, this is the bottom line." Therefore, whether it was the temptation of the princess of Shu by the Liao State or the persuasion of the king of the half country by the king of the Goryeo Kingdom, Zhou Zhizhi had no such intention, he was just disheartened and wanted to go overseas, leave the Central Plains, and never come back. ”

"This can't be, with his intelligence, if he leaves the Central Plains, won't it be a loss for my Great Song Dynasty?"

Li Gang thought about it for a long time this time, but in the end, he still came to this conclusion: the Great Song Dynasty is inseparable from Zhou Quan.

He is no longer a novice who has entered the official career at the beginning of the imperial examination, in recent years, he has worked in many positions, and even was summoned by Zhao Ji once to ask the right, and he has also worked in such a key official position as supervising the imperial history and serving the imperial history in the palace of power - only two months, he was dismissed for indiscriminate firecracking, and went to serve as a member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (subordinate to the Criminal Department), therefore, he is quite clear about the current treasury revenue and expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty. If there is no sustained income, the treasury will immediately be half-empty, and it will bottom out in two or three years.

Where does the ongoing earnings come from? Leaning on the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce! Rely on Zhou Quan!

"How can you bear to leave your homeland, other countries are invited by high-ranking officials and beautiful women, and you are not willing to go, not to mention that you are so sloppy in a foreign country, and you will never see the prosperity of Beijing again! But there are people in Beijing who want to do harm, so what can I do? ”

Li Gang immediately understood Dong Changqing's intention of inviting him here today.

Although he Li Gang is only an idle official now, his reputation has risen in recent years, and he has become a model in the minds of the younger generation of students.

"This is trying to use my strength......" he groaned in his heart, wondering whether to participate in this matter.

The harm of participating in this matter is extremely great, even if he is a righteous gentleman, he has to weigh the pros and cons before he can answer.

Dong Changqing didn't urge, in fact, during this time, he was busy running on this matter. When it was Li Gang's turn, it was already the result that things were about to be arranged by him.

Li Gang agrees naturally, if he doesn't agree, there are others who will come out as the person who released the first shot.

There are even people who are gearing up to do this vote.

After sending Li Gang away, Dong Changqing received a famous edict.

"Geng Nanzhong?"

This Geng Nanzhong is the prince's sworn friend, and he has been the prince's right concubine for five years since he entered politics and the second year. Under his influence, the crown prince Zhao Huan did not have a good impression of Zhou Quan, even if Zhao Ji intended to introduce Zhou Quan to the prince as the future minister, he failed to get a positive reaction from Zhao Huan.

"Sure enough, there is a reaction from the prince's side!" Dong Changqing rolled up his sleeves, perked up, and laughed.

The Imperial City Division is in the hands of Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and the most pressure is probably not Zhou Quan, but the crown prince.

Even if Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai are not very old, but around them, there are people who want to gain the merit of support, and the two sides are fighting openly and secretly, and they can't wait to beat each other's brains out.

When the rumors of Zhou Quan's rebellion arose, the people around the prince were watching the excitement one by one, and Geng Nanzhong and others were even eager to try, and they were also ready to fall into the well and give Zhou Quan a moment. But some time ago, someone said to Geng Nanzhong that there is an opportunity to play the brains of the Yun Wang Party in front of you, and if you don't know how to cherish it, you will definitely regret it for 10,000 years. After Geng Nanzhong was woken up, he suddenly understood: This is a rare opportunity!

"I've seen the right concubine below." After getting the name, Dong Changqing was not in a hurry, but hung it for two days before Shi Shiran went to visit Geng Nanzhong.

"You can calm down, doesn't Zhou Quan think that he is as stable as Mount Tai?" As soon as he saw him, Geng Nanzhong sneered: "The Donghai Chamber of Commerce is about to fall apart, and he, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, is afraid that he won't be able to do it for a few days." ”

This is not untargeted, because Zhou Quan may rebel, the rest of the shareholders of the Donghai Chamber of Commerce have maintained a strange silence on this matter, most of them choose to wait and see, and even make frequent small moves - after all, the interests represented by Zhou Quan are a big piece of fat, if Zhou Quan really falls, then they will inevitably fight for this interest.

Hearing him threaten with this, Dong Changqing smiled nonchalantly: "It's a big deal to throw away the Central Plains, if you don't like this official, you must be a rich man overseas, but I don't know, the prince has lost the position of the prince, can he get a king of peace?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Geng Nanzhong's hair stood on end, and his eyes cracked: "Shaft, dare to make such a rebellious statement!" (To be continued.) )