It wasn't until noon that the door of the study opened again, and Hong Qi and Lu Qiu walked out with solemn faces.

The palace prepared a meal, and after Lu Qiu ate, he left with Hong Qi, and Zhao Ta called Su Shi again, handed over the order, and asked him to go to the Divine Guard under the infantry division to pass on an order, and then he stopped.

In the afternoon, someone outside the house took an invitation card to give gifts, Zhao Ta asked the housekeeper to bring someone after seeing the Cambodia, but he recognized that it was Tong Guan's godson Tong Shi Min, and couldn't help laughing: "When will Tong Shumi return to Beijing?" ”

Tong Shi Min said: "Back to the prince, my father returned to Beijing last night, and then entered the palace, and he has been staying in the house since the next dynasty today, and has not gone to Xifu to work." ”

Zhao Ta said: "How is the matter in the southwest? ”

Tong Shi Min said: "I wiped out two groups of thieves and recruited a group, but they are not very rich, and the thieves in the southwest are very poor!" ”

Zhao Tan said with a smile: "Then what else to send to me, Tong Shumi's trip is tired, and his own subsidy is it." ”

Tong Shi Min said respectfully: "When I returned to the army, I rectified in Luoyang, Xijing, and it was all the filial piety of local officials, how could my father dare to monopolize it." ”

Zhao Ta shook his head and said: "Daofu has a heart, you go back to him, I will be present at the evening banquet." ”

Tong Shi Min said goodbye and left, Zhao Ta went to see the box, there was no gold and silver, all were some jewelry and jade, he ordered Lei San to send these things to the broken jade building, probably to be converted into silver taels.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost dusk, seeing that the sky was magnificent, the glow was brilliant, and the hot flashes in the air were gradually fading.

Tong Guan lived outside the palace for a long time, and there were no less than seven or eight houses in Tokyo, but the most frequent residence was a mansion in the East Street Evil Warding Alley.

The quiet place of the Evil Alley, except for the Children's Mansion, is the residence of some high-ranking officials in the army, and then there are Taoist hermits who are concentrating on cultivation, and there are no miscellaneous people.

When I arrived at Tong's Mansion, I saw a big courtyard, but there were no cars and horses in front of the door, obviously Tong Guan did not invite many people, the soldiers on duty saw the sedan chair, ran into the report inside, Zhao Ta came down, just walked into the door, and saw Tong Guan come out.

I saw this leader of the Privy Council, the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the eunuch of the dynasty was dressed in a purple robe, wearing a wingless silk hat, a burly figure, a ruddy complexion, and his own bearing.

"The prince is driving, the lower officials have lost their welcome, and I ask the prince to forgive me!" Tong Guan saluted, and his voice was majestic.

Zhao Ta looked at him, always wondering that this Tong Guan, as a eunuch, actually gave birth to a beard, and he is not young now, and he is still so strong, which is a little unbelievable.

If it is said that there were people who showed mercy to the knife back then, but it is unlikely, Tong Guan is the palace wall that Shenzong Xining entered when he entered, and there were not too many eunuchs in the inner court at that time, at best, there were only two or three hundred people, no better than now, Emperor Daojun has expanded the scale of the inner chamberlain by more than ten times, and there is still a chance to do something.

Zhao Ta said: "Daofu, you are far away, why do you come to greet you in person?" Let's go inside and talk. ”

The two of them went straight into the middle hall, and they saw the splendor and jewelry, but it was several times more luxurious than Zhao Ta's mansion.

In the middle hall, a large table was set down in the morning, and servants stood around, and when they saw the two of them entering, they all bowed down.

There was only one person, who just stepped forward and saluted, but Zhao Ta saw it but recognized it, and couldn't help but smile even more on his face.

Tong Guan said: "I asked the good heir to come to accompany the prince, and please don't blame the prince." ”

Zhao Ta said: "I haven't seen it for a long time, and I just happened to talk about it today, but the Taoist has a heart." ”

The man saluted again and said, "But the good heir is reckless." ”

Zhao Ta looked at him, medium stature, very strong, elegant face but with a hint of firmness, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

This person's name is Li Liangsi, formerly known as Ma Zhi, who was brought back by Tong Guan's envoy to Liao a few years ago, and is the initiator of the famous "Maritime Alliance".

Ma Zhi talked about the army on paper, only knowing that the Jurchen soldiers were brave and fierce, and the Liao army was rotten, but he didn't know that the Song army was worse than Liao, worse than each other, only worse, but he still thought that under the attack of Song and Jin, he would redefine the pattern of the world, but he didn't expect that Song was rotten and far better than Liao, and more than 100,000 people couldn't beat thousands of remnants of Liao.

It is also said that he is a Jurchen spy, but there is no evidence in it, and judging from the final outcome of this person, it should probably not be, otherwise he would have run away a long time ago, and he would not have to stay in the court and wait to be given death in the end.

The huge consequences caused by the alliance on the sea, no one can bear its burden, but to put it bluntly, if there is no emperor of the Daojun who insists on going his own way, the monarch is arbitrary, he is so happy, and he is short-sighted, the alliance on the sea will not be successful.

When Ma Zhi came to Tokyo with Tong Guan, Zhao Ta was only eleven or twelve years old, and he had not yet left the palace to open the mansion, and it was only after some time that he knew about it, not to mention whether he had the strength to kill Ma Zhi, that is, Ma Zhi's set of rhetoric had entered the heart of Emperor Daojun, and since then, this matter has been discussed, until now.

At present, the Daojun Emperor and the ministers of the court are almost unanimous, just wait for the right time, they will carry out the strategy of horse planting, Zhao Ta entered the court too late, and this kind of thing is in the heart of the Daojun Emperor, it is simply bigger than the sky, and it is difficult to stop.

At the beginning of the banquet, Ma Zhi, who is now called Li Liangsi, did not say much, but just accompanied the wine director, at least on the surface, it was relatively stable.

Zhao Ta put the wine: "Daofu, this king also practices martial arts, but it is always difficult to practice profoundly, I don't know how you practice this copper skin and iron bones, and what methods are there to talk to this king." ”

Tong Guan didn't dare to say: "Lord Wang, the martial arts of the outer gate are just boiling strength, and after a long time, they will naturally be strong." ”

Zhao Ta said again: "Don't say that everyone knows these people, I remember that your father-in-law Li Xian was powerful in the northwest back then, and his martial arts were not only copper skin and iron bones, I don't know how much you have gained?" ”

Speaking of Li Xian, even if Tong Guan's appearance is rough, he can't help but show a hint of remembrance, and said: "The ability of the father-in-law, Guan can't look at his back, his martial arts are proficient, and he can only inherit two or three, the father-in-law has the ability to look after the family, and Guan has only peeked into the door in recent years. ”

Zhao Ta inquired: "It is not only Li Zhongmin's housekeeping skills, but Daofu cares so much, it should be a rare art." ”

Tong Guan hugged his fists and said: "Prince, it is not Tong Guan who hides his secrets, but it is a righteous father, this skill can only be learned by eunuchs who are castrated, and the lower officials will never dare to sacrifice it to the prince!" ”

Zhao Ta's eyes moved when he heard this, and he laughed and said, "I should be like this, but I have something to tell you today." ”

Tong Guan wondered: "Lord Wang, please speak up, Guan can do it, and he will not shirk." ”

Zhao Ta said: "I have a person, in Huainan West Road Wuwei Army Xiaodi to make a general judgment, I was going to bring him into Beijing, initially thought that the household was the best, after all, after the Yuanfeng reform, the three divisions were canceled, and the household department set the culmination of the three divisions, and the authority was very heavy, but later I thought that the household department was swayed by the Cai family, just think about it, or go to your Privy Council to serve conveniently." ”