Gangneung Province.

"So, has Xie Daoqing been brought here now?" Xiao Feng looked at the person in front of him and asked.

Chen Ziang kowtowed and replied: "Exactly! It's just that because she has been running all the way, she is currently a little sick, so she is temporarily meditating in Yuanmiaoguan." ”

"I see?" Xiao Feng sighed slightly, seeing that Chen Ziang's face was covered with wind and frost and a feeling of exhaustion, he immediately complained: "This way, I am also fortunate to you, so let's go down and rest first." ”

"Thank you, my lord. Chen Ziang thanked him, but he immediately remembered a person, immediately raised his head, and complained: "It's just the lord, I went to Bagong Mountain before I came back and saw a person, and that person asked to come with me, I wonder if the lord is willing to meet him?"

"Who?"

Xiao Feng was a little surprised, her purpose for this action was only Xie Daoqing, as for those Lu Shimeng, Wen Tianxiang and the like, they were not among the targets.

After all, with the temperament of these people, it is absolutely impossible to seriously submit to her, if they are reluctant to stay, it will be easy to damage themselves, and they will naturally give up the purpose of solicitation.

"In the past, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty was Zhang Jian. Chen Ziang paused, and then complained.

Xiao Feng was taken aback for a moment, and read it in his mouth: "Zhang Jian, what is he looking for me?"

"I don't know. It's just that the person suddenly brought it up, and I took into account that this person was the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, so I asked him to join it. Chen Ziang replied, and he couldn't help but remember the scene when he first met Zhang Jian.

At that time, he had just left the battlefield, and in order to avoid being discovered by the Yuan army, he did not choose to leave in a hurry, but first lurked in Lin'an for half a month, and waited until the wind subsided before leaving Lin'an.

During this time, Chen Ziang also took the time to collect the bodies of Qiushuang and Hu Zemin, and took them to Bayuan Mountain, and then buried them here.

It is located in the deep mountains, quiet and remote, with beautiful mountain scenery, except for the woodcutter who chops wood on weekdays, naturally no one disturbs, it is the best place to retreat, if the two are buried here, you can also avoid the disturbance under the mountain.

At the beginning, Chen Ziang thought so.

As for the strange man in the mountains, when he contacted Jiang Cai, he faintly guessed that the other party's identity was extraordinary, otherwise he would not have been able to let Li Tingzhi send Jiang Cai to carry out the task with just a piece of jade pendant, and only after fighting against Zhao Mengchuan and Xie Changyuan did he know the identity of the other party.

After hearing this, Zhang Jian chose to go down the mountain, and he was able to be safe and sound along the way, thanks to his secret arrangement, so that he did not disturb the Yuan army along the road.

"I see?"

After listening carefully to Chen Ziang's story, Xiao Feng was also very interested in Zhang Jian, and said: "Since this is the case, then let him come up." It just so happens that I have some things that I want to discuss with him. Standing up, Xiao Feng straightened his clothes, making himself look a little imposing.

Chen Ziang stepped back, and soon let that Zhang Jian come up.

"In the next chapter, I will see His Royal Highness the King of Jin. Walking up slowly, Zhang Jian bowed to Xiao Feng.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin?" Xiao Feng shook his head and said self-deprecatingly: "The Song Dynasty is already finished, and what His Royal Highness the King of Jin says is all false." I can't afford it, but you might as well call me Prime Minister. After all, I am now the prime minister of the Huaxia Army, and it can be regarded as justifiable!" pointed to the prepared chair next to him, and said, "You better sit down, after all, you must be tired from running all the way." ”

"That's just as well. ”

Zhang Jian was not very restrained, and did it with a big grin. looked at Xiao Feng with a look of insight.

Xiao Feng suddenly felt awkward and asked, "What do you think I'm doing?" Although she is the commander of the first army, she is also a woman, and she will naturally feel awkward when she is looked at like this.

"Nothing. I just sighed that Prime Minister Xiao is superb in cultivation, and he is only six years younger than me in terms of age, but I didn't expect him to be so beautiful. Zhang Jian shook his head, touched his white hair again, and replied in distress: "It's a pity that I'm already old, I'm afraid I don't have a few years to live." ”

Indeed, perhaps because of her ability to rejuvenate her face, although Xiao Feng is over sixty years old, her hair is black and beautiful, and there are no wrinkles on her face, but the tiredness that is occasionally revealed will make her look a little older.

As for Zhang Jian, he is completely like a bad old man, with gray hair and wrinkled face, if it weren't for the sparkling eyes, in the eyes of others, I am afraid that he would be about to rot.

"Huh. ”

Xiao Feng snorted and laughed, and the previous solemn atmosphere suddenly collapsed, and replied, "Do you care, is that all?"

"Isn't that possible?"

Zhang Jian asked rhetorically: "A hundred years of people, but the white horse has passed through the gap." For example, who would have thought that the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty would collapse one after another in just a hundred years? In such a world, I can only rely on my own body, and it would be good if I could live a few more years. ”

When he was young, the Jin Dynasty was the biggest threat, and his father had said many times that he wanted to go north to the Central Plains or something, but the Jin Dynasty had already fallen, and the Song Dynasty did not complete the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, but was destroyed by the newly rising Yuan Dynasty.

Now the Huaxia army has emerged again, and there are even faint signs of replacing the Yuan Dynasty.

Such a change is really shocking.

Xiao Feng sighed and said, "That's true. She also felt tired when she thought about the past few decades, and sometimes she thought about whether she should let go of her heavy rules, but when she thought of the unfinished business, she still held on and continued to persevere.

"It's just that you came to me for what? Don't you want to persuade me to rebuild the Song Dynasty?" Raising his head, Xiao Feng looked at Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian shook his head and replied, "Of course it can't be. After all, the Song Dynasty had already died, and even if it was rebuilt, it would only delay the time to perish, and it would not be able to resist the Yuan army at all. ”

"Oh, why is that?"

Xiao Feng was a little surprised, staring at Zhang Jian, she naturally had no interest in rebuilding the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Yu, who was erected, was just a pawn to recruit talents, and when the time came, she didn't mind throwing it away.

As a high-ranking person, Xiao Feng has never lacked consciousness.

Zhang Jian took a deep breath and said, "Prime Minister Xiao, you also know that although our dynasty has never unified China, it can be regarded as a vast territory, a prosperous population, and a million armor in the army. In this case, why have they been repeatedly defeated by the northern Tartars, and even fled all the way south, until now they have been completely destroyed?"

"Oh, I want to hear about it!"

Although Xiao Feng had an understanding in his heart, seeing that the other party's attitude was sincere, he naturally made him explain.

Zhang Jian took a deep breath and said, "It's very simple, that's the discord between the kings!"

"Is there discord?" Xiao Feng thought for a moment and continued to ask, "What's the explanation?"

Zhang Jian replied: "Prime Minister Xiao is very knowledgeable, and he should know that since the establishment of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the system of my Chinese dynasties has changed. ”

"It's nature. Since the birth of Zulong, Yu Lie of Fen VI has established a central dynasty on top of this great China. Since then, there has been our Chinese civilization. Xiao Feng replied.

If we take the origin of Chinese civilization as an example, we can start with the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, but if we talk about the theoretical construction of Chinese culture, it began to be perfected in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it was not until the emergence of the Qin Dynasty that the unification was truly completed and the county system was established that has never lagged behind until today.

The book is the same text, the car is the same track!

Hundreds of generations still practice Qin law and politics, but it's not for fun.

"That's right. ”

Zhang Jian replied: "But Prime Minister Xiao should also know that although this county system was established, it brought a problem. ”

"What's the problem?" Xiao Feng thought thoughtfully.

Zhang Jian said slowly: "Where is the government!"

"That's true. Xiao Feng replied: "Although Zulong established a centralized system and took the governance power of various places into his own hands, he acted too impatiently and failed to establish a corresponding system, otherwise Qin would not have died." ”

"That's right. And the core problem lies in the power of the monarch and the power of the minister. With the constitution of heaven in his mouth and the order in his head, it is natural for the king to think that he should hold all the powers. However, the king is raised in the deep palace, how to know the suffering of the local people, and how to govern the place, he does not know anything, so he naturally needs the assistance of the prime minister, so as to maintain the peace of the court. ”

Zhang Jian said slowly: "Later, the Han Dynasty 'deposed the hundred schools and respected Confucianism' in order to solve this problem. ”

It's a pity that this method failed after all, and instead became the root cause of the fall of the Han Dynasty. Xiao Feng smiled, with contempt in his mouth: "After all, those wealthy families couldn't bear to be bullied by that king, so they naturally rose up to resist. As a result, there was the disaster of the next hundred years. ”

Zhang Jian shook his head helplessly and replied: "That's right. Although the emperor is powerful, he is born with great power, but in addition to the first generation of emperors, the rest are not doing anything, even if there are talented people, they are just a drop in the water, and the waves will be swallowed up in an instant, until in the end, it is even more ridiculous to let the dull person take the position. Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, but he remembered that Song Duzong, who could let such a stupid person ascend the throne, was enough to prove how unreliable this so-called king was.

"That's why the Prime Minister is needed. ”

Xiao Feng said with the wisdom of seeing through the world on his face: "Compared with the king from above, the prime minister from the bottom knows better how to maintain the operation of the bureaucracy and ensure the peace of the place. Therefore, among the Confucianists, most of them attach importance to the relationship between kings and ministers, just because they also understand that if there is no virtuous person to assist, no matter how wise the king is, there is absolutely no guarantee that he will be safe and sound. It's just a pity ......"

Speaking of this, Xiao Feng shook his head, with a mockery on his face: "The so-called monarch and minister, where did it come from so easily?"

"That's true. ”

Zhang Jian was gloomy for a while, he also went through two generations of kings, so he naturally knew what kind of hidden dangers were hidden under the so-called monarch and minister.

Counting the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, such as Shi Miyuan, Jia Nidao, and Ding Daquan, traitors abound, and the reason why they were able to run rampant in the government and the opposition and unscrupulously suppress the ministers, what is the reason?

It's just that those kings can't fulfill the responsibility of governing the world, so they can only rely on these prime ministers.