Chapter 3 Song Jiang's Suggestions
"Song Zhusi doesn't want to see the second prince?" With Zhou Yi's understanding of Song Jiang, it is not difficult to guess what he is thinking at this time.
"All are wise, and I hope that all will be perfected." Hearing Zhou Yi's rhetorical question, although Song Jiang looked calm, his heart was turbulent, and he found that he couldn't see through this Wu Song in front of him more and more.
"This ...... I'm afraid this is a bit difficult, Song Zhisi, you also know that the second prince is a royal family, and you are a prince-" Zhou Yi's attitude was lukewarm, but there was a thorn in his words, although Brother Yun is a fake second prince, but he can't just come to a person and see it, besides, Song Jiang's current identity is just a fugitive.
Listening to Zhou Yi's prickly words, Song Jiang's face jumped wildly a few times, and then returned to normal, he took a step forward and said in a voice that was almost only heard by Zhou Yi alone, "Song Jiang cheekily asked for permission from all the people, and if he wanted to see the second prince in the future, it was not for his own honor and disgrace, but for the safety of the Song Dynasty." Between the words, there was a bit of sincerity.
"Oh?" This made Zhou Wei a little surprised, he stared at Song Jiang's eyes, and he couldn't see a trace of falsification. Zhou Wei pondered for a while, and finally agreed to Song Jiang's request, "Okay, since Song Abshisi has such a mind, if Wu Song doesn't agree, I'm afraid it will be unreasonable, wait a minute, let me report it." ”
As soon as he saw Zhou Yi agree, Song Jiang's face immediately showed a happy expression, and he bowed to Zhou Yi and said, "Xie Du is complete, Song Jiang is grateful." ”
Zhou Wei came to the carriage, put on a respectful look, and said to Brother Yun in the carriage, "See the second prince for your humble duties, please forgive me for the troubles, the existing Song Zhisi of Yuncheng wants to see the second prince, and I hope to allow it." ”
As soon as the words fell, the curtain of the carriage was opened, and Brother Yun walked down calmly, only to see that he was wearing a crown of heaven, a gold and jade belt around his waist, and a brocade robe that reflected his wealth and nobility.
After getting out of the car, Brother Yun replied in a slightly childish tone, "Since it was recommended by Wudutong, this prince will be approved, you can order him to come to see me." With that, he flicked his robe and returned to the carriage.
"Song Zhisi, come with me, the second prince has already agreed to your request." Zhou Wei came to Song Jiang and spoke calmly.
Hearing this, Song Jiang's face showed a look of ecstasy, and after he said goodbye to everyone in Baihu Mountain, he followed Zhou Shun into Brother Yun'er's carriage.
Zhou Wei didn't want to waste time here, so after a simple politeness with everyone in Baihu Mountain, he drove the carriage away.
On a wide yellow mud road, several horse-drawn carriages drove quickly, and a large cloud of dust was stirred up behind them.
In a particularly large carriage, there were three people, Brother Yun, Zhou Cheng and Song Jiang. Brother Yun'er has a noble status, so he naturally sits in the innermost, followed by Zhou Yi, and Song Jiang sits at the end. If this was in a village on a certain mountain, the position of the three people might be reversed, but at this time, Song Jiang's face was not the slightest displeasure, but faintly happy.
In fact, this is not surprising, in ancient times, all scholars who were determined to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country had special respect for people or things that were close to the emperor. Isn't there a word in the ancient saying called "the king humiliates the minister to death", which is the best embodiment.
Song Jiang sat opposite Zhou Rei, his head down, trying his best not to let the second prince see the golden seal on his face. For Song Jiang, who wants to serve the Great Song Dynasty and leave a name in history, this golden seal is a shame for his life, otherwise he would not let the divine doctor An Daoquan help him remove the golden seal on his face in the Water Margin.
"Song Abbot, don't you have something to tell this prince? Wu Dutong is the savior of this prince, you don't have to have any restraints, just say it. Brother Yun, who was sitting at the top, took the lead in breaking the cold field.
Song Jiang narrowed his face and said with a serious face, "Thank you Your Highness for your reception, Song Jiang does have a few words that I would like to ask Your Highness to convey to today's saints?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Cheng and the others were stunned for a moment, just kidding, what is Song Jiang's identity now, a fugitive, a fugitive who doesn't even have an official rank, and he actually wanted to convey a few words to Huizong Zhao Ji, but Zhou Cheng really wanted to hear what he said, so he gestured with a look, and Brother Yun asked, "Since Oshi has something to say to my father, you might as well talk about it." ”
Song Jiang did not hesitate at all, he said eloquently, "Song Jiang is not talented, but he was promoted by his friends in the underworld, calling me a timely rain, not Song Jiang talking about it, this world's good man, there is no one who does not give Song Jiang a little thin noodles, these days, Song Jiang learned through the secret news on the road that Fang La, the thief, is buying weapons, grain and grass everywhere, and a few days ago, a batch of unknown materials were sent to Fang La, it seems that it will not be many days before Fang La will make any big moves, so Song Jiang wants to ask His Royal Highness to tell the Holy Lord, send troops to exterminate Fang La as soon as possible, Otherwise, there will be endless troubles. ”
After finishing speaking, Song Jiang's face showed a little excitement, and there was a trace of sincerity in his eyes.
Zhou Wei had to admit that this Song Jiang did have some knowledge. In history, Fang La's uprising was tepid at first, but in the middle of the period, Fang La's rebel army captured 52 counties in a row, almost occupying most of the south of the Yangtze River, although Fang La's uprising was finally suppressed, but the Song Dynasty was also greatly injured.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi also had a good impression of Song Jiang, although this Song Jiang was ruthless, but he was at least a person with integrity, he could work tirelessly for the faith in his heart, and he was more worthy of the respect of others than Cai Jing, Gao Yu and other strategists.
But where did Brother Yun know about the characters of Fang La and others, he hesitated for a while, and then turned to Zhou Yi and asked, "I don't know what Du Tong thinks of what Song Zhisi said?" "In the final analysis, Brother Yun is still a child, and he still doesn't know anything about politics.
Zhou Yi saw Brother Yun asking, first arched his hand at him, and then turned his head to Song Jiang and asked, "Song Zhisi's insight is indeed extraordinary, Fang La's family is indeed a disaster, but Wu Song wants to ask Zhisi, which force do you think poses the greatest threat to my Song Dynasty today?" ”
"This ......, Song is not talented, and he dares to think that it is the Great Liao in the north, the Liao State has been fighting with my Great Song Dynasty for decades, and it has even invaded the sixteen states of Yanyun in my Great Song Dynasty, and now he has repeatedly violated my borders, which is the biggest threat to my Great Song Dynasty, I think it should be the hateful Liao State." Song Jiang thought for a while before he said slowly.
Although Song Jiang had foresight, he, like most people in the Song Dynasty, regarded the old enemy Liao Dynasty as the number one enemy, but he did not know that the Liao Dynasty was actually a paper tiger, a few years later, it would be destroyed by the Jin State, and soon after the Jin State destroyed the Liao, he would wave his troops to the south and take Tokyo directly, which led to the later "Jingkang Shame", and the prosperous Northern Song Dynasty also disappeared, leaving only a small court of the Southern Song Dynasty in a corner of peace, which continued to survive in the south of the Yangtze River for decades, until it was finally wiped out by the Mongols.
It has to be said that although the Song Dynasty is one of the few dynasties in history that is very economically and technologically developed, such as the "four great inventions" that the Chinese are proud of, two inventions (compass and gunpowder) were produced during this period, but it is also a dynasty that has been bullied by other peoples.
Needless to say, the Liao State has been using the Song Dynasty as a gas bag, sending troops to the border of the Song Dynasty to grab money and grain, not to mention, and also signed many unequal treaties with the Song Dynasty, forcing the Song Dynasty to hand over a large amount of money every year as a tribute. Finally survived until the Liao State was destroyed, but did not expect the rise of the Jin State to be more ferocious, it directly sent troops to attack Tokyo, in addition to burning and looting, but also captured Song Huizong, Song Qinzong father and son, as well as a large number of Zhao royal family, harem concubines and Guiqing, courtiers and other more than 3,000 people went north to the Jin Kingdom, and the public and private savings in Tokyo were empty.
Even the king of a country was taken prisoner, so you can imagine how great this shame is. No wonder Yue Fei wrote impassionedly in his "Man Jianghong", "Jing Kang is ashamed, it is still snowing, the courtiers hate, when will it be destroyed!" ”。
Zhou Yi also thought about whether he should change something after he was reborn, but it was not clear whether his trip to Tokyo would be a blessing or a curse, and he could only take one step at a time.
At this time, Zhou Yi looked at Song Jiang, who also had a serious face, and said word by word, "You are wrong, the biggest threat to my Song Dynasty is not Da Liao, but Da Jin." ”
"What do you say? Jin Guo? I don't know what kind of credentials do you have? Song Jiang vaguely seemed to have grasped something.
"Song Abbot should be very clear about the 'Sea Alliance', after Jin Taizu defeated the 700,000 army of Emperor Liao Tianzuo in Huanglong Mansion, my Great Song Dynasty took the opportunity to recover part of the border land, but the condition is that the annual tribute will be transferred from the Liao State to the Jin State, and it is inevitable that the Jin State will be powerful. Now that the Jin army is in full swing, and I, the Great Song Dynasty, are facing internal and external troubles, if the Jin soldiers move south, who do you think can resist it? Zhou Zhidian woke up.
At this time, Song Jiang frowned deeply, Zhou Zhi's words were like a basin of cold water, which made him sober up instantly, and at the same time, a bone-chilling chill also hit his whole body, yes, if the Jin soldiers went south, then who could resist the Great Song Dynasty? Song Jiang almost didn't dare to continue to think about it.
However, Song Jiang didn't think much about it, he stood up and bowed respectfully to Zhou Yi, "Today's words of Dutong made Song Jiang feel enlightened, and with someone like Dutong accompanying the second prince, Song Jiang was too worried. ”
"Song Zhisi is polite, with the talent of Zhisi, I don't know how many times stronger than Tong Guan and Cai Jing and others." Zhou Wei had no prejudice against Song Jiang at this time, and he said truthfully.
Hearing this, Song Jiang showed a frightened expression on his face, and waved his hand again and again, "It's all serious, Song Jiang is just a fugitive, how can he be compared with the Taishi of the current dynasty?" ”
Zhou Wei stared at Song Jiang with both eyes, and said in a low voice, "I can't hide it, the second prince went to Tokyo this time to sweep away Cai Jing and Tong Guan, a gang of traitors, and return me to the Great Song Dynasty a Qingming politics, so Brother Song doesn't need to panic." ”
Hearing this, Song Jiang's face showed a look of ecstasy, and he bowed his head to the ground excitedly, "The second prince is wise, my Great Song Dynasty is now a swarm of thieves, it is precisely because of the traitorous ministers in the court, if the second prince can succeed this time, it is really the blessing of my Great Song Dynasty." ”
Brother Yun heard it in a fog, but he still helped Song Jiang up under the signal of Zhou Zhi's eyes, and said words such as "Qing Zhen is a loyal minister", which moved Song Jiang almost to a mess.
Then, the three of them chatted for a while in the carriage, and with Zhou Yi's advanced knowledge, Song Jiang was naturally impressed.
Suddenly, with a "huh-" sound, the carriage stopped, Wang Jin hurriedly got into the carriage, and said with a gloomy face, "Brother Wu, it's not good, you get off the carriage and take a look." ”