"Lord Wang, this time the imperial court awarded three gold medals in a row to summon you back to Beijing, I don't know why?" Zi Han said with some concern.

"The people in the court are chaotic, there are too many variables, Renzong is indecisive and suspicious by nature, I am afraid that someone will set up a routine in it. Qing Yu also worried, "Lord Wang, the government has always been a place of right and wrong, you have seen through the red dust and the desire to power and ignore the political affairs of the court for more than ten years, and now you know that the undercurrent of the palace dispute is surging, why do you want to come here to wade this troubled water?"

"The Buddha said, 'Optimistic knows fate, no joy and no worries', let everything be natural," Zhao Defang said gently, "I see through the red dust but I am still in the red dust after all, and I still belong to the emperor's family after all." Zhao Defang lowered his eyes, and the arrogance and stubbornness contained in his eyes made people feel a little domineering.

Although Zhuge Buqun is a trader, he puffs up his tongue and shakes his lips, and his conversation is elegant, listening to his tone, he seems to care a lot about the main battle faction and the main peace faction. Isn't it true that you advocate using war to promote peace, gain bargaining chips, and recover the lost territory of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun? How could it be that neither side of the country has a firm stand, so that Zhuge Buqun can find a reason to gossip. Qing Yu was puzzled.

"When people first get acquainted with each other, remember to talk about it in a simple way. There is a cloud in "Zengguang Xianwen": When you meet people and say three points, you can't throw away all your hearts. Besides, there are many people who see your jokes in this world, so why worry about everything. Zhao Defang asked in a calm tone, "Since the Chenqiao Mutiny, Taizu Huangpao ascended the throne and became emperor, in the face of the complicated situation of the division of five dynasties and ten kingdoms after the Anshi Rebellion, it took only 20 years to complete the great cause of the unification of the north and the south in the past century, do you know the reason?"

Qing Yu and Zi Han pondered for a while, and then each said: "At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the warlord forces entrenched in the southern region were like the setting sun, showing a trend of decline. There is an opportunity to take advantage of it. "Jiangnan and Bashu are rich in products, and Taizu is wise and martial, and adopts the unification strategy of first south and then north, so that the expenses of the teacher are abundant, and the strength of the whole country is gathered to implement the Northern Expedition. ”

After hearing this, Zhao Defang nodded, the two children in front of him had grown up, knew how to think and analyze current affairs, and continued to show joy, and then added: "The most important point is that the means of disintegrating and breaking each one by one have made the seven or eight hundred thousand troops of the southern countries collapse in the face of the less than 200,000 troops of our Great Song Dynasty. He explained that relatively speaking, although the Northern Song Dynasty is prosperous now, there are Western Xia in the northwest, Dali in the south, and Khitan in the north. Now, the Liao State occupies the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and we have lost the gateway to the Central Plains, an important natural barrier in the north, and are passive everywhere, but the Liao State has also indirectly become a buffer zone between us and other nomads such as the Jurchens and Tatars in the north - therefore, in the confrontation game with the Liao State, we cannot implement absolute peace or absolute main war.

The Eight Sages, this man who spoke leisurely but was sickly, time had left mottled marks on his face, but it was still elegantly like a clear and eternal stream, and reflected the sparkling waves of wisdom.

His addiction to alcohol is different from Xiao Zhengyu. Xiao Zhengyu is an alcoholic, because he has been used to alcohol entering his body with sweetness for a long time, and he gently and gently becomes a part of himself. It made him feel a kind of dependence and addiction, as if he had a feeling that a man loved and wanted a woman. Whenever Xiao Zhengyu tastes fine wine, he doesn't like to drink in small sips, he always can't wait to habitually lift the wine pot to drink, gently close his eyes, and feel the mellow liquid slip through the tip of the tongue, moist through the throat, slippery into the throat, warm floating in the abdomen, slowly free in the nose, quietly diving into the blood, at this moment, Xiao Zhengyu is the most comfortable and happy, and the feeling of happiness arises spontaneously.

Zhao Defang is different, he likes to take a sip, his teeth and cheeks are fragrant, alcohol can make him particularly alert, clear thinking, and quick response, whether it is alone alone, or with everyone, before falling asleep, after waking up, tasting wine and drinking slowly, one after another, entrance, throat, heart...... Life is like wine, don't be greedy; Life is like a cup, don't be full. Not being greedy is cultivation, and dissatisfaction is wisdom. Zhao Defang's life is as strong and sweet as liquor, leaving an old fragrance in the repeated breezes.