Chapter 499 Political Games
Zhao Dezhao himself couldn't figure it out. Which of Cao Bin and Zhao Tingmei is the one who deserves his trust? What both of them said makes sense. Anyway, they are much more thoughtful and comprehensive than what he thought, but the conclusion is completely different, which makes him, the serious emperor, a little confused.
He wanted to pretend to be deeper, and to say less, read more and think more. This is the seven-character mantra that Zhao Kuangyin had left him a long time ago, but now he can't do it at all, because he must act like a respectful and polite person to treat people who have to be treated with caution, such as Sun Chunming.
So as soon as he saw Sun Chunming, he immediately got off the carriage, and after receiving his bow, he quickly helped him up, expressing his respect for him just to be too much, but he was afraid that he would not be too much. To be honest, just by controlling his facial expressions, he had already put all his energy into it. This was the result of his practice all night yesterday.
"Don't be too polite to me. I heard that this bastion was designed by you personally? It's really a clever and incredible. I know nothing about military affairs. I'm willing to follow me to look at the city wall and tell me the mystery of this?"
Sun Chunming said calmly: "I am willing to follow the official family to take a good look at this castle, but the Taizu Tomb is here. The official family has newly ascended the great treasure. If you pass Luoyang, you will not go to worship first, but climb the city wall first. If you write it into historical books in the future, it will be inappropriate."
Zhao Dezhao was stunned, and then said yes with a guilty look on his face, without any intention of being angry at Sun Chunming for giving him a soft nail in public. Instead, he repeatedly praised Sun Chunming for being straightforward and so on, which made him feel a little disgusting.
It seems that Sun Chunming is not easy to convince.
Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but look at Sun Chunming carefully. The last time they met was many years ago. At that time, Sun Chunming had just come to Luoyang to take charge, and he was still a child who didn't know anything but thought he was self-righteous. He also did a lot of ridiculous things that seemed almost to slap himself because of his immaturity.
Time is unforgiving. The Junjie back then was still a little older, and he was less than fifty years old. It was a good time, but his temples had a trace of white hair, but his temperament seemed to have not changed much. He even seemed to be more energetic. His eyes were dark and shiny, and he looked like he was only in his thirties. On the contrary, when he saw him ten years ago, he looked like an old man in his sixties or seventies.
Sometimes when I think about it, I really think the father and son are strange, even Sun Yue are the same. They are basically the same age. However, when I was a child, I always felt that this guy was too old and that every child always looked like an old man. But now he is clearly at his thirties and sometimes he looks more and more like a child, and he does things regardless of his preferences.
When everyone finally finished paying serious worship of Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Hongyin, the atmosphere began to become lively. However, he was no longer in a hurry to see the city wall. Instead, he took the initiative to get warm with Sun Chunming and suggested going to their house to ask for a cup of good tea.
Sun Chunming naturally could not refuse this, but what surprised him was that Zhao Tingmei suddenly said that she felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to go home to sleep. This gave Zhao Dezhao enough face and made officials of all sizes and big and small to talk endlessly.
Everyone knows that Sun Chunming is Zhao Tingmei's confidant. The soft nail before was originally a small attitude. Even ordinary magistrates don't understand this simple little political game. Now that Zhao Dezhao is so reluctant, Zhao Tingmei not only doesn't stop him, but even doesn't follow him at all. It clearly shows that he gives them the opportunity to be alone. Everyone is a little confused. I don't know if he is really unwilling to take power and just wants to be a prince of Xiaoyao to return to his true nature, or whether he has determined that Sun Chunming is tied up with him tightly. Sun Chunming has no possibility of changing his course.
In fact, even Sun Chunming cursed Zhao Tingmei in his heart, because even he himself didn't know what Zhao Tingmei's attitude towards this nephew who suddenly became emperor. After the news came, he talked to Zhao Tingmei several times, but they always pretended to be stupid and answered questions that were irritable, as if you were dementia, you could do it yourself, and he didn't know how to use it.
Therefore, Sun Chunming has not yet figured out how to face Zhao Dezhao, and how should he deal with it if Zhao Dezhao proposes to win over.
The most important thing is that he didn't know the depth of Zhao Dezhao himself. His impression of Zhao Dezhao was still a few years ago, the self-righteous little fool. What if something popped up from this guy's mouth and couldn't handle it, what would happen if he couldn't handle it?
Therefore, Sun Chunming simply chatted about the poems and songs of the romantic poems and songs, talking about antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but not the main thing. Zhao Dezhao would always pull the topic apart as soon as he started.
When it comes to the ability to beat the official accent, how could Zhao Dezhao be an opponent of an old agency like Sun Chunming? After several times, it should have been clear what Sun Chunming meant long ago, but he just persisted in pulling back. Sun Chunming is really capable. No matter how arrogant you are, I can bring it back to you.
Zhao Dezhao thought that whether it was listening to Cao Bin or Zhao Tingmei, Sun Chunming was a threshold that he could not avoid. Cao Bin's suggestion was to simply sign Sun Chunming as the subordinate of the Secretariat to pull him over from Zhao Tingmei's subordinate. Zhao Tingmei also suggested that he should slowly and not act rashly. Therefore, he could simply take Sun Chunming as a breakthrough point and want to open up the situation, and simply exert the shameless spirit of a politician, just pretend that he could not understand Sun Chunming's meaning, so that he could not help but drag him down.
Aren't you willing to chat with family? Then let's talk. Anyway, you can't take away the guests if I don't leave, right? Anyway, if I want to chat, you have to chat with me, right? Anyway, Zhao Tingmei is not here now, right?
Sometimes chatting is not about what to talk about. Chatting alone is already a political signal. If the two of them were chatting with Zhao Tingmei on their backs for several days, no matter what Zhao Tingmei thought, wouldn’t the melon-eating crowd outside think more? Even if they believed they only talked about Fenghua and Xueyue, the emperor chatted with Fenghua and Xueyue all day at the minister’s house. Is this a treatment only for confidants?
Sun Chunming was really surprised. When they talked for half an hour and were completely nonsense, he keenly realized the problem. Unexpectedly, Zhao Dezhao's political methods became more and more advanced, and it was difficult for him to explain afterwards.
Zhao Tingmei's inaction and unclear attitude gave Zhao Dezhao too much operational space. Even Zhao Dezhao believed his words at this time, but Zhao Dezhao, who realized this, was soon alert and began to doubt whether it was the smoke bomb released by Zhao Tingmei to confuse him.
Chapter completed!