Zhu Huan went home earlier than usual, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw his wife Cheng coming up and asked with concern: "How is the matter of our family's Dalang's recommendation?" ”

"Who's the recommendation?" Zhu Huan's anger was bursting, and he was slightly frightened by his wife Cheng for a while.

Hearing this, there seemed to be a problem with the recommendation, and Cheng immediately asked: "You are a meritorious minister in Huaidong, who doesn't agree to the recommendation?" Could it be Li Tingzhi? ”

Speaking of Li Tingzhi, Zhu Huan snorted hatefully, turned around and entered the house. His wife Cheng didn't know what was going on when she saw Zhu Huan's expression. But as a mother, of course, she cares about her son, and according to the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty, meritorious people can recommend people as officials. Now that the imperial court has returned to Lin'an from Fuzhou for a year, Zhu Huan, a meritorious man who guards Yangzhou, has not yet had a chance.

Since her husband was not strong, Cheng chased into the house and said, "I have already agreed with someone a few days ago that I am going to see Mrs. Zhao." You'll have to give me a gift. ”

"Give a gift! What a gift! Zhu Huan was furious and shouted loudly.

Mothers are fearless when it comes to protecting their children. Cheng replied without hesitation: "You can't get through, of course I have to find a way." ”

"Hah! Then I'll tell you, today I have gone to find Taiwei Zhao and begged him to recommend him. However, Taiwei Zhao said that now that the country is at war, if you want to recommend it, let the child go to the army to serve the country first. Zhu Huan's voice was full of mockery.

"Martial arts?" Zhu Huan's wife did not particularly resist Cheng's request.

"It's good to take the martial arts! It's a soldier! Soldier! Zhu Huan's voice became more intense.

"Is it a military profession or a soldier?" Cheng earnestly verified.

"Being a soldier, of course! Soldier! The thief is with the army, and he has to stab the word, oh, and he has to shave his head! Zhu Huan took out all the descriptions that would not be misunderstood by his wife Cheng.

Cheng looked at Zhu Huan in a daze, took a few steps back and sat on the chair in a low mood. This description is so clear that there is no possibility of any other association. In the Great Song Dynasty, it was not a glorious thing to join the army, because it was a conscription system, so the soldiers gave everyone the feeling that they had to become soldiers when they were cornered, or they were forced to join the army after being assigned.

The phrase 'thieves with the army' is enough to describe the status of the army in the hearts of the people.

Now the thieves are even more different from before. Hair cutting is a very unusual action in Da Song, expressing intense attitudes and emotions. It's okay that Taiwei Zhao broke his hair, after all, he was a member of the Zhao family, and when the Great Song Dynasty was facing the crisis of destruction, of course he had fierce emotions. But all the troops broke their hair together, and even those 'cadres' also broke their hair, which made people feel even more alienated from the Song army under the command of Taiwei Zhao.

After being in a bad mood for a while, Cheng asked again: "Are you sure this is what Taiwei meant, not that others are using the name of Taiwei to make things difficult for everyone." Or is the captain deceived by others? ”

"I personally asked the captain today. Can there be anything wrong? Zhu Huan thought back to that incident, and couldn't help but grit his teeth.

The Great Song Dynasty was a bureaucratic country, and anyone who wanted to change the fate of their families wanted their children to become officials. At such a moment of drastic change, the bureaucratic system of the Great Song Dynasty was devastated like never before. Zhu Huan didn't expect that he couldn't get his wish at this time, and his resentment towards Zhao Jiaren was even stronger.

Zhu Huan's wife saw that her husband was useless, so she stopped talking nonsense. The next day, she went to Wu Qian's house as agreed. Old man Wu Qian's original partner had died a long time ago, and it was Wu Qian's son who was in charge of his family at this time. The hostess of this house is Wu Qian's daughter-in-law Xu.

"I've seen my godmother." Cheng stepped forward and saluted.

Xu asked Cheng to sit down, "Now my father-in-law is meeting guests, you wait for a while." ”

Zhu Huan's wife Cheng sat down obediently, and now although Wu Qian is about to become a complete official, he has become popular because he can preside over the imperial examination. No matter what others think, at least Cheng thinks that the old man has reached this time, and what can he do for his relatives and friends. If she didn't have this plan, she wouldn't be interested in recognizing a godmother.

At this time, Liu Jingwen sat opposite Wu Qian, who had studied under Wu Qian and served as a waiter in the Criminal Department. Liu Jingwen said with a pleading face: "Teacher, I did something wrong back then. Now it is known that the big mistake is very wrong. But at that time, we were also helpless, when Jia Rudao was in power......"

Wu Qian couldn't listen anymore and interrupted his disciple's words. "Everything is Jia Nidao, and at that time, Jia Nidao had been assigned to Lingnan. You don't go to court yourself, is it Jia Rudao holding your hand in Lingnan? ”

"Teacher, teacher, at that time, the Mongol army was besieging Lin'an. Chen Yizhong is doing nonsense in the court, what is the use of me above the court? If I stay in Lin'an, I will be arrested. Liu Jingwen tried his best to defend himself.

Wu Qian saw his disciple explain this, but he didn't bother to criticize it again. The people who have come to him recently have basically said the same thing, there was Jia Rudao's dictatorship in the past, and the queen mother defected to the enemy, plus the little emperor was young and ignorant. In short, everything is someone else's business, and they, the officials, have done their job to the best of their ability.

"I waited for you for more than ten days before I went to Fuzhou. You have never arrived ......" Wu Qian wanted to make a concluding speech.

"Teacher. When I got the letter...... "Liu Jingwen really wanted to say that there was something going on at home, but he felt that he couldn't make it up." At that time, Wu Qian's servant sent a letter to Liu Jingwen's house, and Liu Jingwen was very gentle and unambiguous to say that he was desperate for the Great Song Dynasty and would not choose to follow any little emperor.

Liu Jingwen regretted his choice incomparably. At that time, it was even better to pretend. His teacher, Wu Qian, an eighty-year-old man, was carried to Fuzhou by someone, and he did not make any contributions when he arrived in Fuzhou. As a model of patriotism, he is now in a high position and will soon be honored.

In fact, at that time, it was just a matter of pretending, and it was really just pretending. But at that time, Liu Jingwen thought it was a waste of time. The Zhao family is exhausted, and any investment is meaningless. He didn't expect Zhao Jiaren on Fujian Road to have such a powerful force, not only stabilized the situation in a very short time, but also quickly began to counterattack. Liu Jingwen didn't expect that the Mongolian army, which was like a tiger swallowing thousands of miles, turned out to be a paper tiger. As soon as Zhao Jiaren counterattacked, they ran away.

"Teacher, do you really not give a chance if you are stumped?" Liu Jingwen pleaded.

Wu Qian shook his head, "You are my disciple, even if you make a mistake, can I not give you a chance." It's just that now Taiwei Zhao has made it clear that adversity sees the truth. The Great Song Dynasty has been raising scholars for 300 years, and he has done his best for the scholars. At this time, since the scholars did not choose the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty did not have the face to ask the scholars for help. ”

Liu Jingwen didn't know if these words were Zhao Jiaren's original words, or if they were adapted by the teacher. Either way, it's very polite.

Now the situation of the scholars is very embarrassing. After Zhao Jiaren returned to Lin'an, he did not look for the old ministers everywhere, the new Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty Weifu used it for his own use, except for a few staunch ministers like Wu Qian, all of them were Zhao Jiaren's personal information. Former officials like Liu Jingwen, who did not defect to the enemy and did not follow the Zhao family, were not in his consideration at all.

The officials of the Great Song Dynasty had very generous pensions. Before, Liu Jingwen thought that the Great Song Dynasty was over, and the pension was something that he couldn't even think about. He didn't expect Da Song to be relieved, and his Liu Jingwen's pension had no chance. Because he is no longer an official of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Teacher, I came to beg you, naturally I want to serve Da Song again. Even if the teacher doesn't agree, at least I'll do my family Erlang a favor. He is very knowledgeable, but somehow he can't put in his resume. Teacher, is it difficult for Mrs. Zhao to hate us so much? ”

Hearing his apprentice say this, Wu Qian also understood that his apprentice saw the key. That's how Zhao Jiaren hates these people. Of course, Wu Qian didn't know what Zhao Jiaren's hatred was. Because in the history books that Zhao Jiaren read, there is a legend of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians throwing themselves into the sea at Yashan.

In reality, Zhao Jiaren found that few scholars went south to the Fuzhou court, but a large number of ordinary people went south to the court. Whatever scholars throw into the sea, the stories made up in the book are all lies. Since the scholars are like this, Zhao Jiaren is even more determined to eliminate them.

Wu Qian didn't know Zhao Jiaren's thoughts, but he knew that Zhao Jiaren had ordered that as long as the immediate family members of the officials in the family did not follow the imperial court, they would not be given the opportunity to take the exam. Naturally, there is no need to talk about those who defected to the enemy, and the same is true for Liu Jingwen who did not follow the court.

Although he didn't agree with this policy in his heart, Wu Qian couldn't find a reason to deny it. He could only tell this to his apprentice. After listening to this, Liu Jingwen was already in tears, and he knelt on the ground and begged: "Teacher! Teacher! My Erlang has always been patriotic, and he and Fan Tianshun's son are still the same teacher. Teacher, Fan Tianshun is Fan Wenhu's own nephew, Fan Wenhu is a traitor of the Great Song Dynasty, a traitor. Taiwei Zhao can open up to Fan Tianshun's son, but I didn't surrender to the enemy! Even if I am no longer an official and have the Qing Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty, I can't be connected to such a point. This is not the ancestral family law of our Great Song Dynasty. ”

Hearing that the disciples even moved out of the Zhao family's 'ancestral family law', Wu Qian was even more sad in his heart. Da Song is indeed not very connected, but Taiwei Zhao can be regarded as angry. didn't make much effort in Fuzhou, but Wu Qian knew how much strength Zhao Jiaren really had. Zhao Taiwei was different from the previous Great Song Dynasty, he had a navigation guild in his hands and a large industry that could feed hundreds of thousands of people.

There are people to be had, there are soldiers to be served, and there is no shortage of money and food. Zhao Taiwei just wanted to vent his anger, and Wu Qian couldn't help it. He could only say to his disciples, "You just admit it." Not this year. ”

However, his own disciple is a disciple after all, Wu Qian said with some hesitation: "If you really want to give your son and nephew a way out, it is better to become a soldier." ”

"Soldiering?" Liu Jingwen repeated the teacher's words. Now he suddenly felt that his teacher might want to vent his anger like Zhao Jiaren.