The days flew by, and the seven-day holiday on New Year's Day soon came to the last day. On the seventh day of the first month of the fourth year of the Great Song Dynasty, in the city of Nanchang (Longxing Mansion), Du Ke, the head of the Ming Sect, met with the envoy from Lin'an. The envoy brought a letter from Zhao Taiwei, and Du Ke knew the words, but he did not read it directly, but asked the envoy to directly explain the purpose of the trip.

The envoy's name was Wen Tao, and unlike other civil officials, he was not able to enjoy the New Year's Day holiday. Instead, they set off before the holiday and rushed to Nanchang (Longxing Province). On the last day of the holiday, I finally met the leader of the third type of armed forces in the Great Song Dynasty at this time.

Du Ke made a request, and Wen Tao also recruited it, and he told the purpose of his trip, "Sect Master Du." Zhao Taiwei thought that the main attack of the Du Sect was the Mongols, and now the Mongols had been defeated, and those Song traitors were almost annihilated by the official army. You have been in Longxing Mansion for so long, you should know very well that the people stationed in various places around Longxing Mansion are officers and soldiers. Both the Song traitors and the Mongol army were defeated. Therefore, Taiwei asked Sect Master Du to hand over Longxing Mansion, as a righteous army, Taiwei Zhao would naturally give a reward to the righteous army. ”

Du Ke's face was gloomy, and he could see that he didn't immediately express his appreciation for Taiwei Zhao's suggestion. Wen Tao didn't press any further, but waited for Du Ke to think about it. As the person who was chosen by Zhao Taiwei, Wen Tao actually didn't understand Zhao Taiwei's thoughts. Although the Great Song Dynasty also appeased the rebels from all walks of life, it still focused on annihilation. Appeasement is a choice that cannot be made after it is really destroyed.

This Ming Sect Leader Du Ke judged from the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty that it was an existence that must be exterminated. However, Zhao Taiwei felt pity for these guys, and felt that the reason why they raised the army was to rebel against the Mongols. Since the Great Song Dynasty was not able to enter Jiangxi at that time, it is natural that these people cannot be said to be rebellious.

Looking at Du Ke's expression, Wen Tao, who was born in Jinshi, felt that Du Ke probably wouldn't agree. And Wen Tao himself actually hoped that Du Ke would not agree to the court's recruitment. However, Wen Tao also knew that if he didn't agree, something would happen, that is, Du Ke might kill Wen Tao and express his attitude to the imperial court.

"I'll discuss this matter later, and I'll tell you in a few days." Du Ke replied.

Wen Tao had no intention of reluctantly using. He said that he would wait for Du Ke to send someone, and then took his leave. After making sure that Du Ke did not send someone to hunt him down, Wen Tao felt that his heart was completely in his stomach. He put his hand on his chest and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. At this time, the wind on the lake was very fast, and the cold wind was blowing, so I felt that my face was hot, and I felt my fierce heartbeat.

His family is also the Jinshi family of the Great Song Dynasty, and like the Jinshi family of the Great Song Dynasty, Wen Tao's grandfather and grandfather are both Jinshi. From what I heard from the elders of the family, these rebels were in a dilemma. First, it is difficult for them to rebel. If it weren't for the desperate point, ordinary people would be willing to rebel with their heads. Second, it is difficult for them to stop. Now that they had already rebelled with the determination to die, they felt that they had to get a satisfactory result before they could stop it.

Recalling that when he was taught by his grandfather, it was not Wen Tao who was educated, but Wen Tao's second uncle. When Wen Tao was playing outside the study, he listened to his grandfather teach his second uncle in the study. After talking about the rebellion, Wen Tao's grandfather said in a stern tone: "If you look forward and backward at the beginning, it will be difficult to make a decision when the matter does not work out." Do big things and spare yourself, and forget your life when you see small profits. It's human nature, and that's how you ...... now."

Although it was just an 'audit', Wen Tao felt that what his grandfather said was very reasonable. He also found that he was always reluctant to make a decisive decision when faced with the things he wanted, and when he encountered difficulties, he tried to save them in every possible way. Therefore, when the Great Song Dynasty was in danger, Wen Tao decisively decided to continue to follow the Great Song Dynasty.

As for what happened next, Wen Tao originally thought that it must be the future of nine deaths, but he didn't expect that this group of people who had been tormented by the crisis of annihilation for several years would take more than a month to arrive in Fuzhou from Lin'an, and then end the journey of suffering.

What he didn't expect was that Wen Tao actually heard a more convincing explanation of 'sunk cost' when he listened to Taiwei Zhao's lecture. Mr. Zhao called the efforts that were put into the doomed things 'sunk costs', and more would be invested to save the things that must be irretrievable." So the key is not how much effort you put in or what you succeed or what you do, the key is to understand what you're doing.

Wen Tao was an envoy and a member of the Jiangxi Crusade Army Headquarters. He himself did not want Du Ke to surrender, and at this time, the intelligence collected from various places showed that Du Ke had 30,000 Ming Sect members. If the war starts, these heads will be a great achievement. In the army, there were seven or eight recruits with whom Wen Tao was related. According to Captain Zhao's "Military Service Law", if this war starts, they can survive, and when it is time to retire, the state will arrange jobs. If they are willing to go to school, the state will recommend them to enroll, and there are extra points when kǎo shì.

Since the imperial court has a system, Wen Tao wants war. The families of these recruits are all stalwarts, so they have lost their official positions and ruined their future. As a relative, Wen Tao of course has to help everyone find a way out.

However, Wen Tao did not make up lies because of this. He himself knew that lying was worse than not participating, because Wen Tao himself had never been a person capable of lying. Don't do what you can't do, this is another lesson of Grandpa Wen Tao.

In charge of the extermination work is Luo Xiaoyi, the commander of the Luo Division, who is one of the older ones in the Song army. In the internal management regulations of the army, every class has a retirement period, and the retirement at the division commander level is 50 years old, and Division Commander Luo is just 49 years old this year. In other words, if he can't go further, Commander Luo will be honorably discharged.

After listening to Wen Tao's report, Division Commander Luo ordered: "Disperse the troops and make arrangements for encirclement and annihilation." ”

"I don't think it's appropriate." Pan Xuan, a member of the academy who accompanied the army, expressed his opposition at that time.

"Why?" Luo Xiao asked puzzled. Wen Tao didn't speak, just stared at Pan Xuan with burning eyes.

Pan Xuan said solemnly: "If our army wants to exterminate this group of Ming Sect members, it will be easy, but Taiwei Zhao has repeatedly explained to us before that he doesn't want to do anything to the people. If we send troops to surround them first, what will they think if they find out? ”

"They're thieves, so why should we think about them?" Mayor Luo couldn't help but say his opinion.

Wen Tao fully agreed with Commander Luo's opinion. The seven or eight recruits who had to be taken care of in the army had six surnames, and the Jinshi families of the Great Song Dynasty all intermarried with each other, and everyone was very close in blood for hundreds of years. Not to mention those recruits, let's just say Wen Tao, his uncle's wife's brother's grandfather is a brother to Zhao Jiaren's great-grandfather.

Among those relatives that Wen Tao had to take care of, many of them were closer to Zhao Jiaren than Wen Tao, and this was the relationship between the Jinshi family of the Great Song Dynasty. Now that someone suddenly spoke from the perspective of a group of rebellious people, Wen Tao felt very uncomfortable.

However, Pan Xuan is a member of the society and the head of the society in the division. He insisted on his attitude, so that Master Luo couldn't do anything. And Pan Xuan also sent a message to Zhao Jiaren Feige, sending the latest news to Zhao Jiaren. This makes it even more difficult for the troops to do their own thing.

Wen Tao decisively chose to obey the order for the time being. However, he himself did not think of what Taiwei Zhao did. It's just a toss in the face! Everyone is a relative, so why bother!

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