After a moment of coldness, Zhang Bofen took the lead in speaking and broke the silence: "I think that President Chao is unfounded, and the northern state is my old enemy of the Great Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years. Boosting morale after the fall of the North and the South can enhance national cohesion. We preemptively occupy the Great Wall Pass, how can we not defend it? ”

Uncle Zhang had a reminder from his son, and came back to his senses to poke at the point: "Yes, I was almost led into a misunderstanding by Manager Chao." The northern state has been committing crimes for many years, and more than 100 years ago signed the alliance of the Yuanyuan, which is a mortal enemy. Now that the Jin people are rising, this is a good opportunity for revenge. ”

"No, no, no...... are you from the perspective of the country, from the perspective of the people or the nation?" Chao Gai's cheeks agitated, and his voice was raised to refute the father and son: "From the perspective of the people, just to fill the stomach, just for the small family." I don't know if you've ever been to the North? ”

Uncle Zhang and his two sons shook their heads and said they hadn't been there.

Chao Gai turned his gaze to the north and said to himself: "Anyway, I have been there, not as some people claim. The people over there live very well, they are well fed and warmly dressed, and I don't know from which generation they have identified themselves as Liao. It was very difficult to recruit troops, and the Liao State advocated that the Jin people could only recruit troops. Unlike our side, where the flag was erected, there were countless young people who came to join the army. ”

"It's... This ......" Zhang Shuye and his eldest son glanced at each other and had nothing to say. Because the situation in the Song Dynasty was like this, erecting the recruitment flag and having its own food people. There are many people in various places who are hungry because of taxes.

"I'm not accusing anything? Just to elaborate on a fact. Chao Gai looked at Zhang Shuye and his son, with some mockery on his face: "From the perspective of the nation, I am closer to the northern Fanbang, because for more than a hundred years, they have gradually sinicized, using the name of the Han people, wearing the costumes of the Han Dynasty, everyone can speak Chinese, culture, and habits are no different from the Han people."

Look at the Jurchens again, they are barbarians, they don't know how to do things, and they act despicably. Except for their own people, all races were slaves. The Han people in the north have the lowest status and are called two-legged sheep. Men are cannon fodder, women are playthings, Lord Zhang, you tell me that the two races will coexist peacefully? ”

"No, of course not!" Zhang Zhongxiong's face was full of indignation and he took the lead to express his position. Uncle Zhang glared at him angrily, but Zhang Bofen was silent.

Chao Gai looked at Zhang's father and son and suddenly laughed a few times, and made an analogy: "This is like a conflict and brawl between Lord Zhang's two sons, Bofen and Zhongxiong." No matter how fierce and fierce the fight is, it is also a matter of your own family, but you have to have a third party to join in to help Bofen fight Zhongxiong or help Zhongxiong fight Bofen. Mr. Zhang, what kind of situation do you want to see? ”

"Brother Chao, you can find people out of the way......" Zhang Zhongxiong was a little embarrassed when he heard the alternative analogy, and wanted to shout a few times in dissatisfaction, but suddenly felt a lot of meaning. Sure enough, I saw my father and brother frowning and thinking.

"Hey, this metaphor is so difficult to choose, and the old man doesn't want to see either of the two situations." After a long time, Uncle Zhang looked up to the sky and sighed.

Chao Gai has been eating happily, and his face has not changed in the slightest: "Lianjin annihilated Liao, this is the situation, because the Jurchens joined to break the balance. The Liao State was destroyed, and next, without a shield, it was the Great Song Dynasty. One is cold lips and teeth, and the other can't be stopped. You and I can't change this situation, so we can only wait and see. ”

"Mr. Chao actually has the ability to change." Uncle Zhang looked at the calm and non-stop Chao Tianwang in front of him, and said with certainty.

After so many years in the officialdom, he has a keen insight. I feel more and more that this Chao Gai is unfathomable, not only has a long-term vision and is assertive, but the key is this calmness, which makes him more sure of his guess, the other party may be waiting, waiting for the troubled times to come.

"No, I can't change it!" Chao Gai shook his head regretfully, but added in his heart, why should I change, how can I do a big business if the troubled times don't come?

"You and I don't think the same way! For example, if the Jurchens went south and besieged Jeju City, knowing that the imperial court would not send reinforcements, what would Lord Zhang do? ”

"Call on the people to live and die with Jeju City." Uncle Zhang was categorical.

"Lucky victory, so what to do?"

"Yu Ming court, Jeju city guards." Uncle Zhang still did not hesitate.

"Courage is commendable, amazing!" Chao Gai clapped his hands in admiration, he really believed that Zhang Shuye had a strong personality, and it was indeed like this, in the original trajectory, he was captured and plundered by the Jin people, but he died alone in the middle, and he would rather die than give in.

He looked directly at this virtuous minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, shook his head and smiled: "I'm different!" First of all, I will also lead the people to resist the alien race and swear to the death. However, the imperial court gave up on me and the people, and if the enemy army was defeated, then I am sorry, and the two did not owe each other from then on, and Jeju Fortress declared its independence and no longer had the surname Cho. ”

"Chao Gai, you are really a wolf...... "Uncle Zhang stared at Chao Gai with a glare.

"Don't say it so ugly!" Chao Gai also glared at him, and directly cut off: "Master Zhang, not everyone is as noble as you, humble as a gentleman. You can die for the sake of the country without regard for your family. I am responsible for my family. You see, I have six wives, how many babies will I have to give birth to in the future? I don't want to be given up a second time, I won't be so lucky next time! Fighting a war kills people. ”

In the end, Chao Gai pointed at Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong, stared at Uncle Zhang and asked, "You ask your two sons, is my choice wrong?" ”

"Father, Brother Chao didn't ......" Zhang Zhongxiong was young, and he was the first to speak, but his brother pulled him and shook his head, and he didn't know if it meant to agree.

"But you and I are the ministers of the Great Song Dynasty." Uncle Zhang was silent for a long time, and his words were serious.

"But I didn't want to be an official, someone else framed me and wanted me to go to the Northern Expedition to be cannon fodder." Chao Gai feasted again, and beckoned the ladies to eat and drink.

"Before you came, my predecessor Zhizhou had a very good relationship with me, a good buddy who cut off his head and changed his neck. But he still deducted my military salary, and forbade the officers of the army to embezzle together. For this reason, all the officers were killed, and the army was like this, rotten. It's like a towering tree whose roots have rotted, and you have the ability to turn the tide? If I Chao Gai doesn't go with the flow to find a backer, I will have to fight Tianhu tomorrow. It's still the same sentence, the same stream but not dirty, let's try to protect ourselves first! ”

"Hey, I'll admit it, you're right!" Uncle Zhang closed his eyes and sighed, and then opened them suddenly: "But I still feel that as a courtier, I ...... the king's lux."

"Wait, that's different for you and I think." Chao Gai frowned and interrupted again: "Where did I come from?" Those guys just don't do bullshit, they have money and food for us? What we eat and drink and what we wear is all given by the people, and what we eat is wrong, very wrong. ”

"Ridiculous, without a country, how can the people live and work in peace and contentment." Uncle Zhang was not convinced.

", if there are no people to form a family, where is the state power? Are you stupid to read? Putting the cart before the horse, can't you tell the priorities from the second? ”

"You... You're a strong word! ”

"What's wrong with me? Thousands of families have joined together and become a nation. The state power is only a big fist, and it is better to lead the development of the nation. ”

"Don't quibble, where does the country come from?"

"You are talking nonsense, just like green bricks and houses, do you mean that there are houses first and then bricks?"

Chao Gai and Uncle Zhang stared at each other with wide eyes, arguing about their different concepts as they spoke. To Zhang Bofen, Zhang Zhongxiong covered his forehead speechlessly. This scene had already happened the last time Chao Gai visited.

The two men quarreled louder and louder, and the guests at the adjacent tables stopped talking. The officials turned around one after another, thinking that the two officials had drunk too much and were arguing. came to dissuade one after another, Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong each grabbed one.

"Lao Zhang, let's talk about it if you have something, I think your concept is wrong!" Chao Gai grabbed another abalone and gnawed wildly, looked at Uncle Zhang, who couldn't say himself, and sighed, and then said: "My two uncles drove cattle and sheep from the north to congratulate, and they were robbed of horses through Lingzhou. ”

"Huh? Is there such a thing? Uncle Zhang's brows furrowed.

"How can this be fake? They almost missed the wedding, and Zeng Tou City was very arrogant. said that Chao Gai was a rural Baozheng and didn't dare to let out half a fart. Chao Gai took a knife and cut a large piece of steak and smiled to himself.

He wants to make a move on Zengtou City, and as the head of Jeju Soldiers and Horses, he has to say hello, otherwise, the impact of spreading will not be good.

Chao Gai threw the prepared information over: "Look at it, this is the information I collected, I hope you will recognize the essence of the Jurchen after reading it." ”

"What is this?" Uncle Zhang took the information and asked, but he had already opened it, and when he saw the first page, his face became very ugly. Seeing this, Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong came over to take a look.

Suddenly, the faces of the father and son turned the same.

The information listed above is the evil things that Lingzhou Zengtou City has done in the past ten years. For example, land is forcibly bought and sold, bullying men and women, and rampant in the countryside. Forcibly erect barricades to collect tolls, and even turn into robbers to loot.

"Uh, is that true?" Uncle Zhang stared at the information with a solemn face.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask, there are many people fleeing over there. This is also one of the reasons why I hate the Jurchens, who were taken in back then, but now they are victimized. It's useless to report to the official, and he is extremely arrogant in raising horses for the court, which provokes me. ”

"So what are you going to do?"

"Salute first and then soldier, if you don't return the horse and don't compensate, I'll go crazy directly." Chao Gai feasted and said casually, but a hideous look appeared on his face.

"I hope that at this time, the court will not abandon me."

When Uncle Zhang heard Chao Gai's words, his heart twitched fiercely, and he wanted to say cruel words such as "You'd better not mess around, otherwise there will be no recovery".

However, before he could speak.

However, at this time, Chen Hu led a bloodied soldier into the hall and rushed to Chao Gai, signaling that something was happening.

"Say, don't hide it!" Chao Gai stopped eating and drinking, and looked at the man covered in blood, in his thirties, with many damaged leather armor, and his face was terrified.

"My lord, I am the militia of Hangang Town, and the town was suddenly attacked by the Liangshan strongmen. We are well prepared, and halfway through the Chaojia Iron Rider has already arrived. ”

The man was a little restrained, and when he saw Chen Hu urging, he quickly reported the situation.

"What? Is there such a thing? Before Chao Gai could speak, Uncle Zhang jumped up from the chair and rushed to the side of the man to ask about the situation. Han Shizhong, Yu Tai, Li Kai and others who were eating and drinking nearby will gather one after another.