Chapter 833 You must be grateful

Author: An Huajun

Chapter 833 You must be grateful

Wang Ruohai hurriedly entered the official hall of the Suide Military Office. He said to Wang Xiaolian: "Fuzhou Zhe Ke begged to commit suicide by drinking poisoned wine and handed over the affairs of the government to Zhe Yanzhi! Now that Chi Yuping's army has arrived in Fuzhou, please declare

Decide!"

Wang Xiaolie was stunned for a while, then shook his head and said: "This is a bargain. I would rather die than surrender. Did he lose his mind when he surrendered to the Jin Dynasty? Forget it, Fuzhou is a remote place and not suitable for garrisoning large armies. Let Chi

Yuping led his army back to Shizhou and left a regiment there. He asked Zheyan to temporarily take charge of the affairs of the government and guard against Xixia."

Wang Ruohai nodded and asked again: "How to deal with the people of the Zhe family?"

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and said, "Leave it to Zheyan. I believe he can handle it well."

Wang Ruohai said: "Isn't it a bit hasty to hand it over to Zheyan--Xuanfu?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The reason why we attacked Fuzhou is because Fuzhou is in the remote northwest and threatens our retreat. We have neither the ability nor the need to completely solve the Fuzhou problem. As long as our retreat is safe.

After solving Fuzhou, we should aim at Lanzhou. At this time, Deputy Liang will take over."

Wang Ruohai nodded.

It is Wang Xiaolie's established policy to deal with the armies of Lanzhou and surrounding states before the Jin army moves south on a large scale and threaten the back roads of Taiyuan Prefecture. All wars must be based on coincidence and victory by surprise. This is what Wang Xiaolie laid out.

of surprise soldiers.

If it were only against the Western Route Army, Wang Xiaolie already had a strength advantage. How to use this advantage is the key to victory. Gathering the troops in Jinzhou and Longdefu is one way, and spreading the troops is another.

Obviously, Wang Xiaolie believes that greater results can be achieved by spreading out.

In fact, in Fuzhou, Wang Xiaolie didn't even want to stay in a group. But now that Zhe Keqiu had just left, Zhe Yanzhi needed a center of gravity to help him stabilize his place.

Wang Ruohai went to arrange matters in Fuzhou, leaving Wang Xiaolie alone in the official hall.

After leaning on the chair and thinking for a while, Wang Xiaolie stood up and walked out of the door.

It is already the first month of the year, but the weather has not warmed up at all, and the spring chill is severe. But although the wind is still cold, it does not feel like a knife in winter.

After walking a few steps, Wang Yan came out of the room. When he saw Wang Xiaolie, he hurriedly saluted.

Wang Xiaolian said: "The secretary is in a hurry. Where are we going?"

Wang Yan said: "Go and inform Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong. They will come to the official office later. Xuan Fu has something to say."

Wang Xiaolie said: "I was thinking about this just now. It would be too formal for them to come to the official office, and I'm afraid people will murmur in their hearts. Let's do this. Let's prepare a banquet for the two of them at noon today. It's a lot.

It's easy to talk about it at a banquet."

Wang Yan said: "Okay. Then go and notify them. Look, it's almost noon."

Watching Wang Yan leave, Wang Xiaolie walked in the courtyard, thinking about something on his mind.

When the Jin army attacked Shaanxi, both Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong immediately surrendered to the Jin army, allowing the Jin people to occupy Shaanxi without paying much price. Of course, they were not the only ones to surrender. Many Shaanxi defenders also surrendered because they surrendered too quickly.

In the later period, many generals relapsed and returned to the Song Dynasty. Because of this incident, the Emperor of Jin was very dissatisfied with Lou Su and once reprimanded him.

After Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong paid the money, they were very determined and did not repeat themselves. When other generals returned to the Song Dynasty, they also suppressed the rebellion and performed meritorious services, rising to great heights.

Because of this, Wang Xiaolie's attitude towards the two of them was that if both his betrayal to the Song Dynasty and his surrender now were taken into account, the merits and demerits would at most be offset. What happens next depends on what he does in the future.

At noon, Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong arrived at the military office early. They were led to the living room next to them by the soldiers, and they sat quietly and waited.

Seeing Zheng Jianchong sitting there, his face gloomy and unhappy. Zhang Zhongfu said: "Jing Lue, why are you unhappy?"

Zheng Jianchong looked at Zhang Zhongfu and said, "You still know that I am a manager, but in Xuanfu's eyes, I only remember that I am a magistrate."

Zhang Zhongfu sighed: "How can you not bow your head when you are under the eaves? Now you and I are both fish and meat, and Xuanfu is a knife. What can I say?"

Zheng Jianchong just sneered and ignored Zhang Zhongfu.

Zhang Zhongfu, Zhang Zhongyan, Zhao Bin and others are all close confidants of Qu Duan. Zhang Jun did not believe Qu Duan and blamed him, so they surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. Up to now, Zhang Zhongfu has not surrendered to the Jin Dynasty for a long time, and he does not care about fame like Zheng Jianchong.

Bit.

Seeing that Zheng Jianchong stopped talking, Zhang Zhongfu had no choice but to turn his head and look at the door.

After half an hour, a soldier came in and said to the two of them: "Xuanfu has finished his work and is waiting in the back office."

The two got up and followed the soldiers to Houya.

I saw Wang Xiaolie directing his soldiers to serve the food. When he saw the two people coming in, he stepped forward and said, "I have some free time today, so I'll treat you two to a drink. Some things must be said openly to prevent you from thinking nonsense."

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong hurriedly said they didn't dare.

At this moment, Wang Ruohai and Wang Yan came in and invited Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong to sit down.

Today's banquet is more formal. First there are four cold dishes: crystal elbow, white chopped chicken, cold lotus root slices, preserved egg tofu, and six hot dishes: tofu box, steamed pork ribs, Sixi meatballs, fried mutton with green onion, stir-fried liver and kidney, and braised carp. Also

There is dessert after the meal, but it hasn't been served yet.

Although Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong are in high positions, they have always been in the northwest and have never seen such exquisite dishes. They were a little dazzled and did not dare to move.

In fact, regular banquets should not serve some strange-tasting foods, such as preserved eggs and tofu. Moreover, most of these dishes are not exquisite and cannot be considered a first-class banquet. However, in this era, stir-fry dishes have just become popular and there are few dishes. These foods are enough to satisfy the banquet.

People were amazed.

Seeing everyone sitting down, Wang Xiaolie raised his glass and led the crowd to drink three rounds.

The wine was Yicheng's famous liquor Jinshaquan, not hard liquor. After a few drinks, Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong felt that their mouths were bland. However, it was hard to say anything in this situation.

Putting down the wine glass, he took a few mouthfuls of food and ate. After putting down his chopsticks, Wang Xiaolian said: "You two have returned to the Song Dynasty for a few days, and I haven't invited you to a meal. I feel very embarrassed. I have some free time today, so I prepared some.

Let me treat you two to wine and food. There are many things that offend you, so don’t blame me!"

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong said hurriedly that they didn't dare.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Before you returned to the Song Dynasty, you both served as military envoys, which can be said to be high and powerful. After returning to the Song Dynasty, you should be arranged according to your previous official positions. This is the common sense in the world. But here, I can only serve from the magistrate.

Come on, do you two know why?"

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong were busy talking and seemed to be listening attentively.

Wang Xiaoxue said: "From the name of the positions of economic envoy and pacification envoy, they are actually central official positions assigned to local areas. Therefore, the imperial court will not use these envoys as seniority, but only refer to local areas.

The highest official position in this dynasty is magistrate, and I am just a state magistrate. I am a local official, so I cannot give you a central court official position. I can only be a local magistrate, and that is the state magistrate."

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong looked as if they suddenly realized what they were doing, and quickly apologized to Wang Xiaolie.

In fact, they know in their hearts that Wang Xiaolie is just an excuse. The magistrate and the magistrate are indeed the highest local official positions. Various envoys have no direct constraints on them, but can only rely on the power of the court to be under them. The ministers in the court, especially

Prime ministers and local officials are mostly appointed as magistrates and state governors. Except for serving as economic envoys and other positions in important places, they will not be appointed as transfer envoys. But this does not mean that things in name are facts.

Wang Xiaolie does not have the power to "act expeditiously" like Zhang Jun did when he was in Sichuan and Shaanxi, but he has the ability to act expediently. From the beginning of his independence, he has been isolated from the imperial court. The appointment and dismissal of his subordinate officials, and the promotion and demotion of generals are all Wang Xiaolie's own decisions.

There is no need to wait for the court's approval. Now that Shaanxi is occupied, if Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong are appointed as economic envoys or similar officials, Wang Xiaolie will certainly be able to do it. It is obvious that this is not the reason for just letting the two be appointed governors.

After drinking two more glasses of wine, Wang Xiaoxue asked, "What do you two think an official position is?"

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong hurriedly shook their heads and said, "I'm so stupid, how can I say this clearly?"

Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "You don't need to be so careful in front of me. The so-called official position, in layman's terms, is nothing more than being loyal to the emperor at the top and living up to the people at the bottom. But what does it mean to be loyal to the emperor? Listen to everything.

Is it the emperor's? Obviously, no. What does it mean to live up to the people? Some people say that it is just to sit back and talk about one's heart when there is nothing to do, and to repay the emperor with death in danger. This is not right either. "

Hearing this, Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong did not dare to speak and just ate their food.

Wang Xiaolie said: "The so-called official position is such a position, and the requirements of this position. What kind of requirements? We must start from the world. We know that the emperor is the emperor, and he herds the people on behalf of heaven. For the emperor, heaven is

There are requirements. That’s why the world is immoral, heaven wants to bring disaster, and the emperor sincerely corrects his mistakes. Is this right? Now it seems that it may not be right."

Both Wang Ruohai and Wang Yan looked calm, and they ate when they needed to, and drank when they needed to drink. After a long time, they had heard this kind of talk too much, and it didn't matter anymore.

Wang Xiaoxing said: "The Jin army broke into Kaifeng Mansion and captured the Emperor of Northern Hunting. This is the greatest shame in history! His Majesty crossed the river on his white horse and struggled to start a new life. It is indeed difficult to start a business. In today's world, as long as the Majesty is determined to resist

Gold, only if you can avenge the humiliation of the past can you avenge the humiliation of the past. Otherwise——"

Having said this, Wang Xiaolie shook his head.

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong felt nervous, knowing what Wang Xiaolie meant. Zhao Gou's legitimacy lies in resisting the Jin. If he does not resist the Jin, he will lose his legitimacy. Historically, Zhao Gou cooperated with Qin Song to overturn this point. If he does not resist the Jin, he will lose his legitimacy.

Being able to sit comfortably in the world is another matter.

Wang Xiaolie said: "As ministers, every official position has requirements. Officials must be cautious, as if walking on thin ice when facing an abyss. Even so, I think there are very few officials in the world who meet the requirements. What should we do? The only choice is

Appoint a person to be this official. If you don't meet the requirements, will you act like you are suitable? So to be a magistrate, you must first know what the requirements are. If you can't be an official, will you act like you are suitable?

?”

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong looked at each other and finally understood what Wang Xiaolie meant.

I tell you that a local official knows the best state, and then I tell you that knowing a state is not easy. If you want to be an official, you must first study. Only when you understand it, you are truly speechless.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course, if you don't want to, it doesn't matter. You can be another official. The level will be higher, but there is no future. It depends on your choice."

Zhang Zhongfu and Zheng Jianchong thought in their minds that since Wang Xiaolie said that other officials had no future and might not be easy to do, it might be difficult to choose. And if they go against Wang Xiaolie's wishes, they might cause unexpected troubles in the future.

After thinking about it, they raised their hands together and said: "Thank you Xuanfu for thinking about the two of us. Of course we are willing."
Chapter completed!