Pang He returned to the inn and rested a little, and before he knew it, it was dawn, and in a daze, Sima Xiu knocked on the door outside: "Brother Pang, are you awake?"

Pang He struggled to wake up and struggled to get up: "Wake up, wake up!"

Sima Xiu smiled: "Brother Pang, are you okay?"

Pang He hurriedly went to open the door and saw Sima Xiu standing outside the door in high spirits: "I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info drank too much last night and hasn't come back to his senses yet. ”

Sima Xiu said: "I can see that you didn't drink much last night, I can't imagine Brother Pang, your martial arts are so good, this amount of wine is so bad." ”

Pang He smiled awkwardly: "Brother Sima, I don't drink a lot, so the amount of alcohol is indeed worse." ”

Sima Xiu approvingly: "Brother Pang is really a good man and doesn't drink. Wine is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing, it can bring happiness to people, but it can also mess up the mind. However, a little more alcohol is still needed. ”

Pang He said: "Then, let's drink more in the future." ”

The two sat down in the room, and Pang He seemed to hear the sound of rain outside the window: "It's raining!"

Sima Xiu responded: "Yes, it's time to rain too, it hasn't rained for a few days, and it's time to rain." ”

Pang He looked at Sima Xiu and said, "Brother Sima said this, it seems that he has another business." ”

Sima Xiu said: "Brother Pang, why do you have such an idea today. However, you are also right, this Jiangzhou, and even the entire imperial court, really needs a rainstorm to clean up some corrupt officials, rebellious ministers and thieves. Then, there will be a new life, and only then can it be continued. ”

Pang He listened and comforted: "The Great Song Dynasty has such a capable person as Brother Sima, and he is loyal and patriotic, and he will definitely be able to come for generations." ”

"Thousands of generations?" Sima Xiu smiled contemptuously: "Do you think it's possible? That's just a lie, all dynasties and dynasties, which one doesn't want to be able to continue on the throne of this emperor for all generations, but is this possible?"

Pang He said: "The general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and a dynasty will be divided for a long time, and if a dynasty wants to continue, how many Ming monarchs and good ministers need to be produced." It's not easy to win the world, but it's even harder to defend the world. ”

It seems that Brother Pang is also very concerned about national affairs. Sima Xiu said: "This world is not up to you and me, even if it is a Ming Jun, there should be a virtuous minister and a good general, I don't know if Pang He is willing to be a virtuous minister or a good general?"

Pang He smiled slightly: "Brother Sima's question is more difficult for me to answer, because I don't want to be a virtuous minister or a good general." Throughout the ages, accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, and I still stay leisurely in the stone well, which is also happy. ”

Sima Xiu said: "Brother Pang is really different, for thousands of years, how many people have pursued fame and fortune, only a few people are like Brother Pang, and they look down on these." Accompany the king like a tiger, this is indeed true, the cunning rabbit is dead and the lackey cooks, and the birds are good and the bow is hidden. When we have completed the foundation of the emperor, it has become an obstacle to the continuation of the dynasty in their eyes. Shang Ying of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Han Xin, Zhou Yafu of the Western Han Dynasty, etc., the so-called emperors, they stepped on piles of corpses and bones step by step, from enemies to heroes. ”

Pang He sighed and said, "Because they are standing on a high place, condescending, afraid that the people below will rush up and take their place. They were able to sit in this position precisely because they drove others down. Taizu's cup of wine to release military power is indeed a high move, but it also brought about the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years. The Liao soldiers, the Western Xia, and the Jin soldiers, like jackals, looked at our piece of fat. ”

Sima Xiu said: "I don't completely agree with your opinion, Brother Pang. Wenzhi martial arts, first get Wenzhi, and then martial arts. Brother Pang, the reason for the current situation is not because of the lack of generals, but because of the rule of culture. If the imperial court is strong enough and has enough material and financial resources, then building an army is a breeze. Chu and Han competed, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, was far superior to Gaozu Liu Bang in martial arts, but why Wujiang killed himself was because of the lack of cultural governance. Liu Bang, he has Xiao He, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping as a strategist, and what about Xiang Yu, besides Fan Zeng, who else is Wenzhi, like food, only if you can eat well for a long time, and you have strength at all times, then the final victory will belong to you. The reason why Qin is strong is not precisely because of the Shang Yang reform, through the Shang Yang reform, the Qin State embarked on the road of prosperity and strength, because the Qin State has abundant money and grain, it attracts strategists and good generals, and it is precisely because Qin has a strong national strength that it is enough to fight six countries with the strength of one country. ”

Pang He listened to Sima Xiu's words and praised: "Sima Xiu is really a good minister who governs the world, and can clearly point out the shortcomings of today's court, so with Sima Xiu's high opinion, what should the current court, or today's saint, do for today's situation?"

Sima Xiu didn't answer, but looked at Pang He and pondered for a while: "I want to hear Brother Pang first, what do you think?"

Pang He smiled bitterly and said: "I don't have any opinions, I don't know anything about national affairs, and I don't have this desire." Don't hide it from Brother Sima, I just want to live the life I want with the person I like in peace, that's enough, as for the rest, I really haven't thought about it. ”

Sima Xiu still looked at Pang He and said, "However, now that you have gone to Liangshan, you are destined to have no way to live this life in peace." ”

Pang He sighed and said, "Yes, it backfired." However, I still hope to live in peace, but I can't do it, so I will find a place to live in seclusion and live a life of male farmers and female weavers. ”

Sima Xiu looked at Pang He suspiciously: "Do you really think so?"

Pang He said: "Yes, I do think so, what about you, Brother Sima?"

Sima Xiu started the dumb riddle again: "Then what do you think, what do I think?"

Pang He said casually: "I think Brother Sima, what do you want to do is to rule the world and be a good minister?"

Sima Xiu laughed: "Yes, it's a pity that there is no place for me to display my talents now." If the prison robbery is successful this time, my dream will be completely broken!"

Pang He asked: "Brother Sima can completely avoid this matter, and the matter of saving Brother Song Jiang will be completely left to us, so that Brother Sima can..."

Sima Xiu waved his hand and said, "This court, will it tolerate me like this? And I, Sima Xiu, will not abandon my brother for my own ambitions." Brother Song, who is in prison, is not like this? If he is only a priest, will he be willing? If he is really willing, he will not make friends with people in the rivers and lakes, and it is precisely because he is unwilling that he will be in prison. ”