The truce was a very important matter, and Zhao Jiaren asked Hao Ren, who had learned enough knowledge to digest for several years, to return to Dadu immediately. As a gift, he also gave Hao Ren a full record of the conversation he studied.

Hao Ren had completely let go at this time, and he still had to ask for a piece of Zhao Jiaren's ink treasure inch by inch. Zhao Jiaren has long lost the mentality of 'words must be written well'. Since he was asked to write, he wrote one. Whether others think this word looks good is no longer a factor for Zhao Jiaren to consider. If you don't think it looks good, you can throw it away?

So on October 21 of the second year of the Great Song Dynasty, Hao Ren wrote 'Heaven has a constant way, the earth has a constant number, and a gentleman has a constant body.' The gentleman is the usual, and the villain calculates his merits' Mobao was carefully put away, and then embarked on the road to Dadu with a delegation composed of four Great Song envoys.

The sea route is fast, and they first spent four days driving against the wind to Rizhao, so that the Mongolian cavalry waiting in Rizhao went back on their own. Then I took a boat to continue north, and it took four days to reach Zhigu Village against the wind. It took two days to get the seasick guys back to normal, and another two days to ride horses to Dadu. The whole journey lasted twelve days, and when he went south, Hao Ren took longer than this to paint from Dadu to Rizhao.

At this time, Zhao Jiaren also had to leave Songjiang Mansion. It was not that Zhao Jiaren was afraid that someone from Mongolia would send assassins to Songjiang Mansion to attack Zhao Jiaren, although after Hao Ren arrived in Songjiang Mansion to meet Zhao Jiaren, this kind of theory increased.

The reason why I want to go back is because the first imperial examination of the Great Song Dynasty after the surrender of Lin'an began, and a large number of people gathered in Lin'an to participate in the imperial examination. Zhao Taiwei can hand over the work before the imperial examination to the responsible officials, but the little emperor himself can't preside over the palace examination, and the final selection must be personally checked by Zhao Taiwei.

"Remember to send me a telegram if you have something." Zhao Jiaren explained to Liu Meng before leaving.

Liu Meng nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, Captain, we already have a lot of experience." ”

"I'm a little worried about whether you will underestimate the people's power now." Zhao Jiaren voiced his concerns. History has proven countless times how reckless the bureaucracy behaves in order to meet the will of the people, and how much they do not treat the working people as human beings.

"If the captain can't believe it, he will remove us." Liu Meng made a joke.

For such a bachelor, Zhao Jiaren could only smile bitterly. That's the problem, it's impossible for a leader to command a group of machines, at least Zhao Jiaren can't manipulate humans through the 'matrix' right now. Then it's up to the officials to do it themselves.

The joke between the two big men was heard in the ears of the people next to them, and their faces couldn't help but look ugly. Liu Meng didn't care about Zhao Jiaren's dismissal because Liu Meng knew that it was impossible. But it was easy for other officials to know that Zhao Jiaren wanted to remove them. At this stage when Taiwei Zhao personally commanded the land reform, many people were dismissed from their posts and sent back to Lin'an.

Zhao Jiaren returned to Lin'an, where the imperial examination was underway, and he immediately went to the Privy Council to prepare for war. The armistice on the Mongol side was very sincere, and although they refused to exchange the cities of Sichuan that they had taken, they hinted very clearly that if Zhao Jiaren attacked the cities guarded by the Song traitors, the Mongols would not send troops to help. And they will not go on the offensive because of this.

Historically, the content of the armistice was mutually agreed upon by both sides, for example, the Mongols did not think that Zhao Jiaren had betrayed the armistice because Zhao Jiaren had attacked the traitors. And Zhao Jiaren didn't care if the Mongols misunderstood, because he actually hoped that when he attacked the rebels, the Mongols would send 100,000 troops south of the Yangtze River to help the rebels.

But this is just Zhao Jiaren's wishful thinking. With the intelligence of the Mongol army, after making an unfavorable judgment of the war, they ran to Jiangbei without even defending Jiangnan.

Hearing that the traitors were going to be dealt with, there was a thunderous roar in the Privy Council. The Song army already had 120 battalions and 15 divisions at this time. It was not enough to wage a full-scale war with the Mongols, but it was more than enough to deal with the traitors. The Privy Council, which had been made enthusiastic by the desire for meritorious service, immediately took out the battle plan that had already been made several copies before and asked Taiwei Zhao to review it.

That night, Zhao Jiaren had just returned home. Someone came to visit, and the person who came turned out to be Wu Qian, who was nominally presiding over the imperial examination. At this time, Zhao Jiaren had unceremoniously moved into the house given to Jia Nidao by Song Lizong. Others may think that this house is unlucky because of the fall of Jia Yidao, but Zhao Jiaren has no such thoughts.

There must be many people who are expecting Zhao Jiaren to end up like Jia Yidao, and Zhao Jiaren doesn't care about it at all. Because others don't know the fall of the Great Song Dynasty, but Zhao Jiaren knows.

Even if he is eighty years old, the old man Wu Qian is still in good health. Sitting down in the living room, he said, "Captain, you should be using soldiers when you come back this time." ”

"That's right." Zhao Jiaren replied.

"I wonder what the Captain is going to do with those traitors?" Wu Qian continued to ask.

Zhao Jiaren took a sip of tea, he felt that the old man might be ready to rely on the old and sell the old to speak for some people, so he replied helplessly: "A special law has been promulgated." For the disposal of those traitors, Dali Temple will be implemented in accordance with the law. ”

Old man Wu Qian asked, "Tai Lieutenant." Can the law be enforced without being too harsh? ”

Zhao Jiaren sighed, he had long expected this situation, but he didn't expect the opposition of this group of people to be so fast. Fortunately, after thinking about these things before, he also considered a solution, and at this time he smiled: "In this way, Master Wu might as well make a list of the people you want to keep." And if there are other people who want to protect someone, they will also make a list. Without a list, how can I know who everyone wants to protect? ”

Wu Qian didn't take out the list immediately, nor did he write the list, the old man sighed and said, "Tai Wei." Those people should not have surrendered to the Mongols. But they are also the talents of my Great Song Dynasty, if they are obsessed, they should naturally be killed. But if you are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, let them spare their lives. ”

"Master Wu, I have already said it. If you think someone should be pardoned, or who you want to intercede, write a list? Without a list, how do I know who to pardon. Zhao Jiaren once again used his train of thought to deal with Wu Qian.

Wu Qian shook his head again, "Tai Lieutenant, you haven't used troops yet, if you encounter a Mongolian Great Song official who defected to you when you use your army, and we write the name of pardon, wouldn't it be self-defeating." Those people should be killed, there is nothing to say. I'm just begging the captain to give him a way out of life for those who have lost their way. ”

Hearing that the old man's age is still so good, Zhao Jiaren is also very impressed in his heart. The purpose of his desire for these people to write a list is to encircle them, or at least to know who has the kind of idea that can forgive traitors. For the modern nation-state, perhaps the power holder can still use a little power when it is specifically implemented, but the power person does not dare to openly express his position in the face of major rights and wrongs. If you want to make a statement, it is to make their mouthpieces quarrel.

For example, some people in New China began to argue about the concept of 'patriotic thieves', trying to destroy patriotism for the sake of the masters behind them. Those who have crossed the capital that have tried to destroy patriotism have refused to show up directly in the foreground. Even if the people in the first three rows have the same idea, they can only order, instigate, and connive behind their backs. They didn't dare to jump out and challenge directly.

Facts have proved that at least Wu Qian himself has a basic IQ. Since the old man himself refused to put a noose around his neck, Zhao Jiaren responded differently, and he asked, "Master Wu, do you want me to make a policy against traitors that you are satisfied with?" ”

"The Taiwei is in power, so naturally it is impossible for me to force the Taiwei to do things. Heaven has the virtue of a good life, I just want to ask the captain to be more tolerant when the time comes. "Old man Wu Qian is still in the same style.

Seeing that the old man was not fooled, Zhao Jiaren could only let the old man go back and tell him that there were people around him who had the same idea, and if they had ideas, they would make a list. Then send the old man out.

Back in the house, Zhao Jiaren decided to take a bath. It feels very good to be immersed in hot water, especially after having glass, you can use a solar water heater made of glass tubes, which is much more convenient than boiling hot water.

As a result, when he was about to take a bath, he saw his wife wrapping her head in a towel, leading her daughter, and carrying her second son out of the newly renovated bathroom. Zhao Jiaren asked tentatively, "Running out of hot water for the shower?" ”

After taking a bath, the radiant lady said, "If we don't run out, we won't come out", Zhao Jiaren's mood became bad. In the end, he had to ask the kitchen to boil him another bucket of hot water, and when he came out of the pool where others had soaked, he would rinse it again.

However, soaking in hot water still made Zhao Jiaren feel much better. For the traitors, Zhao Jiaren had no intention of forgiving from beginning to end. If it was those who were forced to surrender in order to survive, and then fled at the first opportunity, Zhao Jiaren could barely spare their lives. It's easy to understand that people want to live.

However, the Mongols invaded the south, and not too many people could survive only by such means. Since Xiangyang was breached, under the persuasion of Lu Wenhuan and other traitors, a large number of civil and military forces of the Song Dynasty surrendered directly. After the surrender of Lin'an, more civil and military surrendered to the Mongols. Including Xia Gui and Gundam who once fought side by side with Zhao Jiaren against the Mongolian army.

Now Zhao Jiaren is not thinking about whether to spare them at all, but whether to spare these people who are still in the Great Song Dynasty. Even if he doesn't connect the nine clans, Zhao Jiaren also wants to connect the three clans. Stopping Zhao Jiaren from doing this was Fan Tianshun, the nephew of the Great Song traitor Fan Wenhu.

Some of the Xiangyang Song troops, who pretended to surrender to the Mongols, fled to Lin'an. They brought the deeds of Fan Tianshun's heroic martyrdom. If it is the three clans of Zhulian, Fan Tianshun's family is also within the scope of Zhulian. Even for the sake of such a representative, Zhao Jiaren also had pity, for fear of accidentally hurting his loyal ministers.

I want those people to jump on their own. Zhao Jiaren made a decision.