"Nothing else." Zhao Jiu, who was dressed in casual clothes, watched the game end below and stood up with the little princess in his arms. "Leave the ones in Jingxi to Han Shizhong. If Guanzhong does this, I will give you Wu Jinqing and Qu Duan."

Well... Yue Fei and Li Yanxian probably won't want them."

Zhang Jun and Wu Jie wanted to speak, but when the game was over and Zhao Guan's family got up, they had no choice but to suppress their thoughts for the time being. They left Hanfang Garden with Zhao Guan's family, returned to Tokyo City, and came to the palace in the afternoon... from the north.

Enter through the Gongchen Gate, turn to the Hua Gate and enter the back garden, and finally arrive at a pavilion in the Yingyang Gate next to the fish pond and mulberry forest.

At this time, the two noble concubines and the three princesses walked out of Yingyang Gate and entered the harem to rest. However, Zhao Guanjia sat down in the pavilion and then invited the two of them to sit together.

Wu Jie was still uneasy. It was his first time in Tokyo. He didn't understand anything and didn't have time to inquire about anything. Zhang Jun, on the other hand, had known that this place was the official's favorite place to stay in private, and it was also the official's favorite place to have private conversations with important ministers.

The place where we talked and even drank here in person was a little more peaceful.

After waiting for a while, three pots of wine were served, of course it was Lanqiao Fengyue, and then several plates of fresh vegetables and home-cooked dishes were put on the table, including meat and vegetables, about a dozen bottles... Then, Zhao Guan's family started to pour their own.

He drank by himself and started using his chopsticks, officially starting today's banquet.

Zhang and Wu did not dare to neglect and followed suit one after another, but they did not dare to relax at all, which was also hard work.

However, after drinking for three rounds and exchanging pleasantries, Zhao Guanjia finally got down to business: "Do you two know why I've called you here?"

Wu Jie immediately put down his chopsticks, almost jumped up and tried to leave his seat and kneel down, but Zhao Jiu raised his hand to stop him, and then he could only sit down again and be careful:

"It is said that the Ministry of War impeached the minister's imperial camp and the army underestimated the amount of money."

Zhao Jiu nodded and looked at Zhang Jun again: "Where is Boying? You came so early, you know more than Jin Qing, right?"

Having said that, Zhang Jun, who had always been prepared before, was at a loss for words.

Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, couldn't help but chuckle when he saw this: "Is it difficult to say, or do you know too much?"

Zhang Jun was embarrassed for a moment.

"But someone told you that the imperial court wanted to launch a comprehensive anti-corruption campaign in the military? Others told you that the official family wanted to drink wine to release military power? Or maybe the Zhao family wanted to trick Wu Jie and Zhang Jun into house arrest in the capital, and then clean up the imperial camp and rear army. Right Army?" Zhao Jiu laughed while picking up vegetables.

Wu Jie was in a trance for a moment, but Zhang Jun finally opened his mouth, but he still couldn't help but feel embarrassed: "I made the officials laugh. At that time, the officials did not want to see me, and I really had no choice but to find someone to ask around, and then I heard a lot of nonsense speech."

"It doesn't matter." Zhao Jiu chewed a mouthful of spring wild vegetables and swallowed it slowly, and then said indifferently. "What is this? I have also heard something even more outrageous, saying that Zhao Guan's family has decreed that everyone in the world will embezzle ten thousand dollars. The above, whether civil or military, were skinned and stuffed with grass to show to the world... Don't you say you haven't heard of them?"

Hearing this, Wu Jie and Zhang Jun relaxed and laughed.

However, Zhao Jiu suddenly sneered: "This is all because the dignitaries in the city are idle and have nothing to do, so they are trying to spread rumors. They hope to use this method to attract my attention, and then ask for official duties." Money is spent... But I don’t know that I have already made up my mind. I would rather subjugate the country than give these people a little salary. The reward is not just that. I am going to send people over now to raid these households and spread rumors. The most important people are used as military resources."

The two commanders were stunned. After hearing this, Yang Yizhong, who had been standing by, slightly cupped his hands and led the soldiers directly to the direction of Yingyang Gate.

"Bo Ying." At this moment, Zhao Jiu turned around and looked at Zhang Jun again. "Did you really believe these rumors? That's why you made such a show before?"

At this point, Zhang Jun still dared to cover it up, but he immediately stood up and bowed his head in embarrassment: "It made the officials laugh."

"If I accept your invitation today, how many dishes will you prepare to entertain me?" Zhao Jiu was very interested and kept asking.

Zhang Jun became more and more embarrassed: "I originally wanted to find the old servants in Cai Taishi's house to get the regulations for the 180 dishes in Cai Taishi's house in the past, but I never got it together. If the officials really go, it will only be 123. It looks like a dish..."

"How do you get it all together?" Zhao Jiu threw down his chopsticks and shook his head repeatedly. "When Cai Taishi Fengheng was in Henan University, there was a group of people in the kitchen who specialized in making steamed buns. Some people rolled the dough, some kneaded the pleats, and some even cut onions. ...That kind of luxury is, on the one hand, too excessive, and on the other hand, it is a temporary illusory spectacle under the fierce fire of north and south during the prosperous Henan period. It is something that can only be encountered but cannot be sought."

"Yes." Zhang Jun finally sighed. "I'm actually looking for a gimmick. I mainly want to invite the officials to come to my house to talk about it, but I have other explanations."

"Of course." Zhao Jiu shook his head more and more. "When you were in Xuzhou, you liked to exchange the money you saved into gold and silver as much as possible. The silver was specially melted into large silver balls of nearly a hundred kilograms, one thousand six hundred taels each.

I got a helpless nickname... In the past four years, I have saved a total of fifty-seven, and this time fifty-seven were sent directly from Xuzhou overnight; I saved eight thousand taels of gold, and this time I sent six thousand taels. Look at you.

The idea is that you should give it to me during the banquet, and then resign from the position of commander-in-chief to seek long-lasting wealth, right?"

Wu Jie on the side was stunned when he heard this, while Zhang Jun could only avoid the seat in the pavilion and kneel down as he was sweating profusely:

"The official sage."

"You still don't know what I'm asking for..." Zhao Jiu sighed. "You thought I allowed those people to go to your banquet to acquiesce to your decision, right?"

Zhang Boying hurriedly explained: "I have been uneasy for a long time when I saw that the official family was so poor. I am afraid that I may have misunderstood it."

"You are not always wrong." Zhao Jiu shook his head. "That day at Huaishang, you were never wrong... Boying, and Jin Qing."

"I'm here." Wu Jie also quickly stood up and knelt down beside Zhang Jun.

"I admire the theory of utilitarianism, and I can barely be considered a utilitarian person. The so-called utilitarian person is the kind of person who encounters so-called structural contradictions and always thinks of disregarding propriety, justice and integrity in order to gain the greatest benefit in the end..." Zhao Jiu

He clasped his hands and looked at the dishes in front of him and sighed. "The Western Army has the status of a vassal town. I could reorganize and disband in Kansai that day. Once I leave, it will return to its old ways. I know this and am extremely worried about it. As for Uncle

Ying Na, I have always been greedy for money. I have had this problem for many years. When I was working in the field, I took the opportunity to occupy land and changed the place where I was stationed to make it easier for the soldiers to build a big house for me. I ate empty pay, discounted the money and took bribes. I felt bad in my heart.

I know clearly and have been accumulating dissatisfaction... There is nothing to hide. But my dissatisfaction and worry are not because I am suffering here and you are doing so, so my heart cannot be at ease, but because I am a handsome minister after all.

After all, your subordinates are the main force of the imperial camp. If it continues to be ruined like this, when the time comes for the Northern Expedition, there will be no fighting power, but at the same time, it is intended to preserve life. What should I say?!"

Zhang Jun and Wu Jie were both stunned, and immediately faced each other... Obviously, Wu Jie really didn't understand this official, and Zhang Jun had really been at ease for a long time, and he would have made a mistake.

"What else? If we really want to fight corruption at this time, why don't the whole army fight against it together? If we really want to release military power over a glass of wine, shouldn't Han Shizhong come first?" At this point, Zhao Jiu looked at the dozen or so dishes on the stone table.

But his tone gradually became colder. "I am calling you here, but I only have one sentence... If you can make achievements in the Northern Expedition in the future, I will finally deal with the collusion of the imperial army and the bad things you Zhang Boying did.

, but they will just forget about it, because after all, they all came from extraordinary times. But if something goes wrong in the Northern Expedition on your two families, then don’t expect to be able to escape unscathed by paying the money and resigning from office, because

I will make you walk around without food!"

Zhang Jun and Wu Jie were both relieved and frightened at the same time, so they prepared to express their stance together. Unexpectedly, Zhao Guan's family gave them no room to speak at all.
Chapter completed!