Zeng Tong smiled and raised his glass, the two clinked glasses and drank, and began to eat and drink, talking while eating, all of which were indignant words of cursing the Jin people.

Jiang Yu took a sip of wine and said angrily: "How can the Great Song Dynasty court be so cowardly, why do you want to negotiate peace? This afternoon, you were negotiating with the Jin people inside, and I heard it outside, and I was about to explode, and the Jin people wanted the Great Song Emperor to be the emperor, and they also gave them so much gold, silver, jewelry, cloth and silk property every year, it was so deceitful that I was so angry that I was angry! I was eager to rush in and beat those golden dogs to death one by one, so as to relieve the hatred in my heart!"

Zeng Tong's face showed anger, and he said angrily: "Why not! The old man is also angry and unbearable, and he argues with the Jin people on the basis of reason, and wants to leave several times, but unfortunately the emperor has an order, and the court has an order, this peace talk must be successful, not fail, and we can only swallow our anger, make compromises, and make concessions when we should make concessions, and we can only try to be beneficial to our side, but we cannot let the negotiations break down." ”

Jiang Yu said angrily: "! What else is there to talk about, just surrender!"

Zeng Tong sighed: "What's the way to do this, who called our country poor and weak, inferior to others, and couldn't beat others, so we had to be bullied and humiliated." ”

Jiang Yu hated and said: "It's all to blame for the mediocrity of the Great Song Emperor, the incompetence of the court ministers, hateful and lamentable!" Speaking of this, I felt that it was inappropriate, this sentence was even scolded by Zeng Tong, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zeng, the juniors didn't say you, you and Mr. Yu are both good, loyal ministers, tough guys, and the juniors admire it very much......

Zeng Tong shook his head and sighed: "Young Xia doesn't have to shy away, what you said is right, our emperor is indeed ...... Alas......" sighed and said: "Actually, this can't be all blamed on him, at the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, he set the national policy of guarding the internal and external, strong and weak branches, always beware of his own people, always engage in internal fighting, internal friction is not stopped, resulting in the ministers everyone in danger, everything follows the rules, dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool, neither dare to do things, but also dare not take responsibility, in this way, everyone is self-preservation, how can there be half an enterprising heart?"

Jiang Yu nodded and said: "Mr. is very right, the Great Song Dynasty is such a national policy, the ministers and generals were originally for the Great Song Dynasty to do things, but the emperor didn't trust them at all, always guarded against them, and even deliberately provoked the ministers to fight, he was good at controlling in the middle, especially the use of civil power, resulting in the generals having no power, the generals do not know the soldiers, the soldiers do not love the generals, the generals are centrifuged, the military is not well-prepared, there is no combat power, and every battle will be ......defeated."

Zeng Tong nodded and sighed: "Yes, it was not possible to beat the Khitan of the Liao State before, when the Khitan army invaded, the soldiers pointed out, such as entering the realm of no one, Emperor Zhenzong even wanted to move the capital south, in order to avoid the enemy's front, thanks to Kou Zhun Kou Prime Minister insisted on the main battle, and strongly persuaded Emperor Zhenzong to drive the expedition in person, which blocked the Liao soldiers, but was unable to win, and finally signed the alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song and Liao countries were about brothers, and the Great Song Dynasty gave Liao 100,000 taels of silver every year, 200,000 horses of silk, called the year coin, and finally maintained the peace of the Song-Liao border. The Great Song Dynasty gives the Liao year currency every year, and in the long run, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is declining, and the national strength of the Liao State is flourishing, and the so-called tiger relics are nothing more than this. With that, he let out a long sigh.

Jiang Yu was a young man, he couldn't help but be full of indignation, raised his glass and drank it all, slapped the table and said angrily: "Clever name, forcible seizure, oppression of the people, exploitation of the people, but to fatten the enemy, what kind of thing is this?"

Zeng Tong sighed and said, "Forget it, don't talk about it." Staring at Jiang Yu tightly, he suddenly changed his words and said in a low voice: "Shaoxia, you really can't remember your life and name, and you don't know your origins?"

Jiang Yu shook his head and said: "The younger generation really doesn't know, I don't have any impression, someone told me what my name was, and told me about the past, but I can't remember it at all, I can't just rely on a few words from others to conclude that what they said is true, so what's the point? Forget it, don't say this, it's a headache to think about." ”

Zeng Tong nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Young heroes don't have to be discouraged, everything has its own certainty, I believe that one day young heroes will remember everything." ”

Jiang Yu sighed and said, "I hope so." Please, sir!" the two of them had another drink.

Zeng Tong stared at Jiang Yu and said in a deep voice: "I heard Lord Yu say that he wanted you to join the army and serve the Great Song Dynasty, but you politely refused, yes or no?"

Jiang Yu nodded and said indignantly: "Such an emperor, mediocre and incompetent, such a court, decaying and declining, is it worth my life to serve?"

Zeng Tong stared at Jiang Yu and said in a deep voice: "Young man, high-ranking officials, glory and wealth, are you really not moved?"

Jiang Yu said in a deep voice: "The prince is not my will, but I wish the world peace! I just want the world to be peaceful and the people to be healthy." As for me, I just want to wander the world, smile proudly, be imaginative, and do whatever I want. I don't care about anything else. ”

Zeng Tong's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "Okay, I care about the people of Li, I am compassionate to the people, I am really a hero, I don't chase fame and fortune, I don't want to be famous, and I have a chivalrous mind." Okay, when the big white floats!" With that, he lifted the flask, filled them with wine, and raised his glass and said, "Please!"

Jiang Yu raised his glass and said in a deep voice: "Mr. is too famous, I dare not be ashamed, please!" The two raised their glasses and smiled at each other.

Zeng Tong put down the wine glass, got up and closed the door tightly, and leaned behind the door to listen, there was no movement outside the door, got up and came back and sat down.

Jiang Yu felt strange in his heart, looked at Zeng Tong, and was about to speak, Zeng Tong said in a low voice: "Shaoxia, the old man has a confidential matter, and he wants to discuss it with Shaoxia." ”

Jiang Yu was stunned and said, "Sir, please speak." ”

Zeng Tong looked solemn and whispered: " Lao Yu just talked about the alliance of Song Liao Yuan, when Song Liao negotiated, the old ancestor Zhi Yao Gong was a member of the household department, was ordered to prepare for peace talks, and personally led people to the front line, who knew that halfway to meet a Liao army, the ancestors escorted the soldiers who escorted the peace talks to fight to the death, escorting the peace talks to the gold while withdrawing, the Liao army chased closely, and finally the soldiers were killed and wounded, so the ancestors took the remaining few people, retreated to a mountain peak, found a hidden place, buried the peace talks, and then several of them fled in the opposite direction, leading away the enemy。 At this point, he stopped, his expression sad, tears flashing in his eyes.

Jiang Yu listened in horror and did not speak.

Zeng Tong calmed down his emotions, and then said in a low voice: "Later, the enemy chased after him, and the ancestor took the few remaining soldiers to fight the enemy desperately, and finally was forced to a cliff by the enemy, and the ancestor and the soldiers were already seriously injured, exhausted, and unable to fight again. The soldiers would rather die than be taken prisoner, determined to die for their country, so under the leadership of their ancestors, they jumped off the cliff from the top of the mountain......"