Chapter 114: I was wronged for the sake of the Song Dynasty
‘····I asked you to exchange the congratulatory gifts into gold and silver, and you did so immediately without any complaints.
It can be seen that you are very respectful to me.
I am very happy. ’
‘Unlike that good-for-nothing Yang Guang, I wrote a letter scolding him, but he didn’t admit his mistake honestly, and he dared to cut off all contact with me and lose his temper with me.
He is looking for death.
Just wait, it won’t take long for me to conquer the Sui Kingdom and cut him into pieces, letting him know how powerful I am. ’
‘Of course, don’t worry, you are respectful and obedient. I am still satisfied with you now.
But you have to keep working hard and keep it up, do you understand? ···’
Zhao Ji’s hands holding the letter were trembling slightly, and anger was burning on his red face.
Then...he continued to read.
Just comfort yourself in your heart, don't get angry or angry.
I am here for the Song Dynasty and will not act on my temporary ambition.
What I did was right, the Ming Dynasty shifted its attention to the Sui Kingdom.
‘By the way, you did a good job in expelling Gu Xichao from his position.
Otherwise, how could Gu Xichao come to Daming?
Now Gu Xichao is my third-rank official. You have done a good job in this. I want to praise you again.
Also, Gu Xichao had several friends in Song Dynasty, and he missed them.
You send people to send all the families of these people, old and young, to my country, Daming, to reunite with their friends, who happen to be working for me.
At the same time, let me see if your respect has weakened?
Okay, let's do this for now.
Here is the list, hurry up.
Han Shizhong and Ruda of the Northwest Army...
Wang Jin and Lin Chong, the gun and stick instructors of the Forbidden Army...'
The last two pages of the dense list, Zhao Ji After just two glances, I couldn't bear it anymore.
"Zhu Houzhao, how dare you bully me like this?"
He shouted angrily with a red face and was about to tear the letter into pieces with both hands.
But with trembling hands, he hesitated again and again, but finally did not tear it off.
In anger and feeling deeply wronged, tears flowed down.
I cried for a while on the spot and immediately asked my close ministers to come over.
When Cai Jing, Fu Zongshu, Gao Qiu and others arrived, they saw their officials with red eyes looking aggrieved and angry.
Shocked, I quickly understood the ins and outs and read the letter.
Suddenly, everyone felt speechless.
The official family was so angry that Zhu Houzhao cried!
How could Zhu Houzhao humiliate officials like this?
Everyone was angry.
After all, they are Zhao Ji's closest confidants, and they will not benefit from Zhao Ji being humiliated.
But those who can stand here know Zhao Ji very well.
Seeing that Zhao Ji was crying with anger and grievance, but this deeply insulting letter was fine, I understood everything.
The officials were really afraid of the Ming Emperor Zhu Houzhao.
But thinking about the young emperor who was like a man descended from heaven, their hearts skipped a beat.
It’s normal to be afraid.
"What a Zhu Houzhao! How dare you bully the Song Dynasty like this! I and him are inseparable." Gao Qiu was the first to shout loudly, with an angry look on his face.
In the hall, there were bursts of angry sounds.
When the anger subsided a little, Cai Jing saluted solemnly and said solemnly: "Guan, you have been wronged for the Song Dynasty!"
Zhao Ji was struck by what he said, and looked at Cai Jing expectantly.
Cai Jing did not live up to his expectations and said solemnly: "The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was young, energetic and sharp, but he was actually a cruel king.
For the sake of the Song Dynasty, the officials were willing to be humiliated by him. , Protecting the people of the Song Dynasty from military disasters, he is indeed the eternal Mingjun of the Song Dynasty."
"It is precisely you, Guanjia, who have been wronged, and it is your patience and humiliation that allowed the Ming Dynasty generals to bear the burden. His attention shifted to the Sui Dynasty. "
"Yes, that's right. Officials do not care about personal honor and disgrace, they are dedicated to the Song Dynasty."
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One sentence after another made Zhao Ji look better.
After everyone had finished speaking, he waved his hand, his face a little disappointed, but he said firmly: "It's okay, for the sake of the Song Dynasty, it's okay for me to suffer some grievances."
The ministers praised again.
"The officials and ministers thought that they could send all these people there as Zhu Houzhao wanted, to paralyze and indulge Zhu Houzhao, and let him fight to the death with Meng Yuan and Sui in the future.
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In this way, we, the Song Dynasty, do not have to spend a penny to avoid military disasters and just sit back and watch the storm. "Gao Qiu turned his eyes and said loudly.
A smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Ji's mouth, and he felt more comfortable.
But there was some hesitation on his face: "If these people are sent away Will going to the Ming Kingdom make the Ming Kingdom stronger? Let other countries laugh at my Song Dynasty? "
"Officials, don't worry, I have seen it, and I have no impression of any of these people. They must be low-level generals in the army with little ability.
What if I give it to the Ming Dynasty?
Moreover, these little people were given to the Ming Dynasty, as well as this Gu Xichao, a mere lowly person.
Together, these people are just trash that I, the Song Dynasty, don’t care about at all, but they were picked up as treasures by the Ming Dynasty.
The countries in the world will only laugh at the Ming Dynasty, not the Song Dynasty. "Gao Qiu, who is a high-ranking military official, affirmed.
The smile on Zhao Ji's face grew even more and he nodded slightly.
"That's right. Cai Jing spoke again. He showed a confident smile and said, "Do the officials still remember this Gu Xichao?" ”
"I have a bit of an impression." Zhao Ji thought for a moment and said nonchalantly, but of course he remembered it in his heart.
Can An, the son of a mere prostitute, be my top pick in the Song Dynasty?
It is really insulting to my great Song Dynasty.
He still remembers such a stained person. "Officials, Gu Xichao came from a very humble background, but now he is valued by the Ming Emperor. It should be that the Ming Emperor was young and bought horse bones for a thousand gold, so he deliberately gave him a third grade.
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But Gu Xichao went to the Ming Dynasty with no foundation. If he wanted to make a difference, he needed the help of trustworthy people.
He came from a humble background and did not know the real talented people of our Song Dynasty at all. He only knew some low-ranking people.
So, I wanted the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to send these little people to the Ming Dynasty to serve as his wings.
It’s ridiculous. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty is also fatuous. He goes to such great lengths to fight for the son of a prostitute and wants to go to some low-ranking people in the Song Dynasty. It is really beneath his status and will become the laughing stock of all the countries in the world.
For officials, we should help them. "Cai Jing talked eloquently.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
"Haha, not bad, this Zhu Houzhao is still young and not calm enough." Zhao Ji smiled and said quite proudly.
The ministers echoed again.
"Okay, then I will help him and give all these people to him." Zhao Ji said with some high spirits.
After thinking about it, he added another sentence: "Select a group of useless people and give them to him together.
When Zhu Houzhao knew that those people were incompetent, I really wanted to see his face.
Hahaha. "
"Yes, I will try my best to choose. "Gao Qiu responded respectfully.
Choose another group of people to send over, of course those smelly Qiu Ba, who need him to do it.
After Zhao Ji became completely happy, Cai Jing and others Back off.
They made eye contact, but no one said anything.
Until he was far away from the palace where Zhao Ji was.
“It’s true that fish enter the river and the eagle strikes the sky.” Cai Jing stroked his beard and sighed slightly.
Thinking of the young man he had seen before who amazed him.
What a shame.
"Hmph, but it's not that easy for the son of a prostitute to truly rise." Gao Qiu still said with disdain.
Others didn’t say much.
"It will be a great service to the prime minister to send these people to the Ming Dynasty." Cai Jing and others laughed.
They dispersed one after another, and no one had any intention of getting into the matter in depth.
Gao Qiu couldn't help but snorted again. Of course he knew that this matter was a hot potato.
No matter how nice they said it, the thing was that they were afraid of the Ming Dynasty and sent the talents of the Song Dynasty there.
Of course, he doesn’t care about this talent at all.
It’s just that it takes a lot of thought to do it well.
To satisfy the officials, we must also secretly satisfy the Ming Emperor.
Otherwise, with the official being so afraid of the Ming Emperor, he would really feel chilled if he offended the Ming Emperor.
He didn't think that his own official could offend the Ming Emperor for himself.
Send these people as soon as possible. Half of the selected people can be incompetent people, and the other half must be people with no reputation but real ability.
Thinking secretly, Gao Qiu went to do something.
The other side.
There was nothing unusual about Fu Zongshu throughout the whole process. It was not until he returned to the study at home that his face became slightly solemn, he pondered for a long time, and called his daughter over.
Not long after, Fu Wanqing walked out of the study with a surprised look on her face, her gentle eyes exuding brilliance.
I knew that Xichao would definitely succeed.
Genuine third grade!
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty valued him so much, Xichao must be very happy to be able to show off what he has learned and lose his ambition in life.
After a few breaths, his expression became a little sad again.
Dad was right. Now Xi Chao is an important minister of the Ming Dynasty, and dad is an important minister of the Song Dynasty.
If Xichao and I were together, it would definitely affect them.
We can only contact you secretly and wait and see what happens later.
It is not easy to send the whole family of the people on the list to Daming, and it will take a certain amount of time.
Not to mention the people from the Northwest Army.
So Zhao Ji first replied to Zhu Houzhao with a letter.
The letter said nicely that the people you want are all incompetent people with no talent.
He also advised Zhu Houzhao to believe in the imperial examination. Only those selected by the imperial examination are the real talents.
Don’t listen to villains.
Finally, I said generously, since you want it, I’ll give it to you.
Five months at the latest, they will all be sent to the Ming Dynasty.
A few days later, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile when he received this letter.
This Zhao Ji is trying to find some face.
But since he actually sent everyone on the list, I will forgive him generously.
Hmm~ Do I want less this time?
I should ask for more in the future.
I heard that the Song Dynasty was the richest.
Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed and felt that he had found another way to make money.
Who said making money is difficult?
Obviously it’s easy.
The next day, Zhu Houzhao was even happier.
Because three talents from the Sui Kingdom finally arrived in the capital.
Zhu Houzhao saw them in the palace for the first time. When he saw the size of the three people, he was happy and liked them very much.
(Chapter 2, thank you for your support.)
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