Chapter 414: Never give in

What Tong Guan said just now was actually accusing the emperor. He was a slave of His Majesty and worked for His Majesty. Now that the punishment has come, the officials are still the emperor in the palace. However, all of them are guilty and demoted overseas.

Is overseas a place for people to stay? The people on the Yuanyou Party Monument were exiled to Lingnan. Except for Su Dongpo, Su Ziyouneng, the rest were all dead. Su Dongpo was so well taken care of by Zhao Xing, and he still died shortly after he came back. Therefore, if exiled to Lingnan was a disguised killing, exiled to overseas would be even more torture.

However, Tong Guan is indeed a slave to the emperor. All his trust comes from His Majesty. His Majesty does not trust him anymore. A small note can kill him. Can he blame His Majesty? Will he dare to blame His Majesty?

It would be fine if no one heard his complaints, but what does Yangzhou courtesan do? It is one of their professional ethics to welcome and send messages to guests. In this way, will his complaints be known to everyone in the world?

Tong Guan's eyes flashed with fierce light, and he asked Zhao Xing with his eyes: "Is that OK?"

As a courtesan, he naturally has a delicate heart and is best at observing words and expressions. Tong Guan's face changed. Yi Zhangqing immediately giggled and twisted his body in Zhao Xing's arms and acted coquettishly: "The Taiwei really doesn't care about people, and he doesn't invite a friend to sit down. You are so unfamiliar, Nu Nu will blame you... Hehe, Nu Nu has long heard that Tong Taiwei is famous, and I am very lucky to meet him today! Sisters, don't neglect Taiwei Tong."

Geisha Qiuri immediately stood up to greet him: "What a majestic Taiwei Tong... Master, Nu Nu went to greet someone to send tea, okay?"

The words were inquiry, but Qiu Ri didn't wait for Zhao Xing to answer, and he flashed out of the house. Tong Guan reached out and failed to grab it, and his eyes and chest became more and more ferocious. His hand had already touched the knife.

The other geishas did not dare to approach Tong Guan, so they had to act coquettishly at Zhao Xing: "My husband, since they are visiting friends in the past, I should greet them with all my heart. Unfortunately, there are only leftovers of soup and cold soup here. Come on, come on, hurry up and change to new wine and tea!"

Zhao Xing shook his head slowly and said something no one could understand: "This is not the Ming and Qing dynasties!"

Stop. Zhao Xing greeted him as if nothing had happened: "Taiwei Tong, sit down! These are my Yangzhou playmates, this one is Song Xinxin, the one who just left was as beautiful as the cherry blossoms in autumn, this one..."

At this moment, Qiu Ri ran back with his footsteps, followed by the black man Tyson and Gurkha defender Zahar. As soon as the two entered the room, Zhao Xing immediately greeted: "It's coming just right, let them serve new vegetables and fruits, go quickly!"

When the two guards entered the door, they had already made a striking stance. The target was Tong Guan, and Zhao Xing's timely stopping was just a clumsy cover-up. In fact, Tong Guan had just let go of the knife because Zhao Xing said, "These are my Yangzhou playmates."

This was not the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was a serious crime to kill geisha casually. Tong Guan had a murderous intention to prevent them from spreading his words, but he was at the forefront of the storm and did not dare to be too presumptuous. What Zhao Xing said was to remind Tong Guan: Everyone knows that these female tricks are with me, and I love them very much. If you kill them, I can't escape from it, and I can't bear to let you go, so I won't cover up for you, nor can I allow you to do it.

Tong Guan immediately understood Zhao Xing's hint. When the guard came in, he had obvious intentions. He knew very well: If Zhao Xing greeted him later, he would have finished playing.

Not long ago, when Zhao Xing took a look at the criminals, he said that several of them had been killed. The reason for their killing was very reluctant, and he knew at a glance that it was the other party's place. Yes, it was the other party's place, but Zhao Xing was in awe of now. The ministers in the court hated the murdered people. Now they would only cheer in unison, and then secretly complained that there were no Cai Jing and others on Zhao Xing's list. At the same time, countless victims who had been persecuted by them roared angrily, dissatisfied with Zhao Xing's pleasure...

Under such circumstances, if Tong Guan was killed here today, perhaps the applause from the court was heard.

Tong Guan coughed dryly and smiled bitterly at Qiuri: "You little girl, you were walking fast just now. I thought you really went to get refreshments. It turned out that you were not slid and actually went to greet people... Hehe, is it necessary? You looked at me so arrogant and underestimated Mr. Zhao. Who is Zhao? He is invincible in the fight all over Nanyang. What's that? I have a strong body, but even if I eat the dragon heart and leopard courage, I will not dance in front of Zhao Xiang. Humph, I met my old friend Zhao Xiang, so I had a warm chat. It seems that there is no need to call these two black iron towers as helpers, right?"

Tong Guan showed his attitude and told the geishas to stop insisting. At the same time, he also concealed the truth and diverted his attention and transferred his hostility to Zhao Xing. He told some people who were not present: I had a warm chat with Zhao Xing, but the geisha misunderstood and thought I was going to fight with Zhao Liren, so he called the guards to appear - in fact, I don’t mean that, I am an old friend of Zhao Xing. Besides, do I dare to play with a knife in front of Zhao Xing?

The geisha dared not refute, and Tong Guan praised him dryly: "This little girl, it's a ghost!"

Immediately, he continued to jump to the topic: "After receiving the imperial edict from the court, I came here without stopping. If you want to help me, I can't rely on others anymore - Shaanxi is sick and weak, you know. It was your suggestion to go to war with Tubo, and you agreed to the court for the supply of weapons. But Shaanxi soldiers and generals have been fighting for many years, and they are already exhausted and weak, so they can't stand the fight again.

Li Ren, you need to give me some help anyway. I know you have power in Shaanxi. At least Huanqing still listens to you now. Please send me a group of personal soldiers so that I won’t go to Shaanxi empty-handed.”

Zhao Xing laughed: "I have no soldiers under my command, all of them are generals."

Tong Guan knew what Zhao Xing said, and immediately agreed: "I will give you the official body. If you give me the local people, I will give each official body to avoid them from entering the camp to tattoo."

"Oh, I didn't expect you to have private goods yet... Well, that's right. If you sold thousands of official titles, you would hide some of them yourself. Give them to me, I'll sell them for you, and you'll share them with 30% of them. How about it?"

Tong Guan's face turned into a bitter gourd: "Thank you for half a lifetime... I heard that the officials sold by the imperial court do not admit it here, so why do you want it to do?"

"You are stupid. I certainly don't admit that the court sold the official, but what I sold myself is another matter!"

Tong Guan was excited: "It's better to do this - the court is investigating now. The officials I sold in Cai Yuanchang and were dismissed and deposed. The official titles I have in my hands can no longer be sold for a good price. But you and I will be different from each other. As long as you admit that the Nanyang Affairs Bureau will increase again, it's a good deal, how about it, can you do it?"

"But I just admit it overseas," Zhao Xing said embarrassedly: "This official in the Song Dynasty does not count. I want it, that is, it is sold with overseas islands. Let the buyers use it to coax the natives of South China."

"This is OK!" Tong Guan was overjoyed: "I agreed to divide it into three to seven!"

Zhao Xingdi's attitude was a little disgusting: "I mean: I'm seven and you three."

Tong Guan was furious: "No, you can get the account at most 50% off. This is mine. I got the land official edict from the official family, but I don't have me..."

Zhao Xing's answer is just two words: "Officer!"

Tong Guan was dumbfounded and stopped for a moment. He shouted: "Give me five hundred officers, I would rather share the debt with you four or six. You six and I four!"

Zhao Xing said: "Fifty! It's useless to ask for so many officers. You are going to supervise the military and are only responsible for logistics. Why do you bring so many people? Wasting! Give you fifty officers, and you will get the accounts of 30 to 37 points."

Tong Guan endured it: "300 officers. Four and six points, you six, I four!"

Zhao Xing's answer was: "Fifty! Three or seven points. I'm seven and you three."

"200, four or six points, you six, I four!"

"Fifty! Three or seven points. I'm seven and you three."

Tong Guan lowered his wishes again and again. Zhao Xingdi still answered "Fifty! Three to seven points. I'm seven and you three." Tong Guan couldn't help it and shouted angrily: "Zhao Liren, are you never willing to give in? So what can you do if you give in?"

Zhao Xing pushed Yizhangqing in his arms and raised his finger and replied: "You don't know what you want. Let me tell you: Nowadays, low-level officers in the Song Dynasty are very early, and sergeant officers are everywhere, and they can be competent without special knowledge. And the ones trained in our military academy are at least Dutch. They know the tricks of cultivating grassroots non-commissioned officers, so that the army can quickly increase its combat effectiveness. I give you fifty people, which is equivalent to giving you fifty Dutch.

In this world, it is difficult to find a toad with three legs. People with two legs are everywhere. Grab a group of two legs. Fifty Dutou will train you to 50 Dutou soldiers. After two or three battles, these Dutou have practical experience. They will immediately upgrade to 'command' - to start a war with a small Tubo. I also sent troops in Dali to echo Shaanxi. Do you need to use 50 commanders in Shaanxi?"

"What? Have you sent troops from Dali?" Tong Guan asked in surprise.

"Not only Dali, Chengdu Prefecture also bluffed its momentum and sent troops to echo. In other words, the rebels in Shaanxi Tubo are isolated and have no help, and will not receive reinforcements from one soldier." Zhao Xing looked at Tong Guan with grace: "This is a battle of victory, a fair military merit. I give you this military merit, what are you giving me? I don't want to pay the 300% % of the account... You are so thick-skinned!"

Tong Guan opened his mouth and said, "Why, I ignored it after all, this, forgot, I can't tell you, you will rely on you! But I want to choose this officer myself, so I will go now, so that you can't hide the good candidate."

"Okay!" Zhao Xing replied generously: "I immediately ordered the convening of Shaanxi-born officers."

"No need to call, don't call in advance. I went over and saw them one by one - I will take away all the weapons that the officers carry. From now on, I will never leave you, so that you can do anything." Tong Guan insisted.

Zhao Xing asked back: "How many officials do you have?"

Tong Guan replied: "Not many, only more than four hundred!"

Zhao Xing reluctantly stood up: "More than 400, ah, the profit is enough! For the sake of your promise to pay 300 cents, I will go with you in person... Ladies, wash it clean and wait for me to come back. I made a vote today and I am in a good mood!"

As soon as he entered the military camp, Tong Guan hurriedly dodged: "Leave people, block me, don't let those people see me!"

Zhao Xing followed Tong Guan's gaze and said, "Ah, it was a demoted official sent by the court. He was about to be deported. Why are you old friends in the past? Can't you say hello?"

Tong Guan waved his hand quickly: "I am alone now. How should I greet them when I see them? I should not be hated! Leaving people, block me, you should go over and say hello, or click here, just go by yourself, I will hide for a while."

"Very good!" Zhao Xing agreed: "I'll go and give it a presentation and deal with them quickly. After you have finished your selection, just go by yourself. No need to say goodbye."

"Thank you, thank you!" Tong Guan said as he took out a small key from his arms: "The officials are all in the box. I will send someone to your mansion... I'll say goodbye. After the matter here, I will go directly to Shaanxi. Don't tell them that I'm here.

Among the demoted officials in the Langxia District were eunuch Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and others, as well as ministers Wang Fu, Li Bangyan and others in the court. Among them, Liang Shicheng was known as the "internal prime minister", while Wang Fu and Li Bangyan, two future prime ministers, were one of the six thieves, and their reputation was not significant at that time. Wang Fu is currently only a scholar in the Pavilion, and Li Bangyan is still a man. It was just because he was too close to Cai Jing that he suffered together.

These dozen demoted officials were taken to the corner of the Yangzhou Naval Army Yamen. Zhao Xing was tall and had a clear image. He stood at the stairs and looked at the dozen demoted officials. The corners of the demoted officials' eyes had actually swept Zhao Xing, but they deliberately pretended not to know. Liang Shicheng took the opportunity to raise his duck voice and comforted his companions: "Don't worry, the Taiwei has always been a habit of protecting the demoted officials. Last time he entered Beijing, he had the opportunity to reject dissidents, but he allowed the traitors of the new and old party to continue to be officials, and also strongly supported Chen Guan and others. Our family had a friendship with the Taiwei Xiang, and the Taiwei would not bear to let us go overseas."

Zhao Xing listened to these words in his ears. He looked for Wang Fu and Li Bangyan in the demotion.

According to Cai Jing's "Listening to the Piano Picture" and some records from the Song Dynasty: Cai Jing's eyebrows and handsome faces are sparse and handsome, elegant and calm, and has a bit of a handsome man. Another person who is also the prime minister is named Wang Fu. This person is tall and blond, with golden hair and golden eyes. He was later known as the "prodigal Prime Minister", and is also handsome and can be called the handsome man of the times.

Zhao Xing was very surprised why Wang Fu had blonde hair. According to genetic theory, blonde hair is not a dominant gene, and blonde hair showed that at least 90% of the European genes were of European origin. Unfortunately, the Song Dynasty had unknown historical records of the treacherous minister. Now that he saw it personally, he wanted to summon Wang Fu to come and ask about his resume and family background to confirm his identity, but unfortunately, Liang Shicheng said this. It was not convenient for him to say hello.

What Zhao Xing was even more curious about was Li Bangyan. This person liked playing football and finally became the prime minister by relying on his football skills. In "Water Margin", the story of Li Bangyan winning the prime minister by playing football was placed on Gao Qiu, so Gao Qiu became famous as the "Cuju Taiwei" and was scolded for a thousand years.

It is said that these three prime minister-level figures often participate in secret dramas in the palace. Li Bangyanyou was called "prodigal Prime Minister" by people at that time, and claimed to be: to appreciate all the flowers in the world, play all the balls in the world, and be the officials in the world.

Rumor: A secret palace drama was fun, Li Bangyan was mixed with the Dwarf of the Chanyou. He suddenly took off all his clothes, revealing his body covered with mottled patterns, and murmured obscene words, which immediately caused a rumor all over the place. Emperor Huizong jumped up and chased him with a wooden stick. He fled to the corridor, climbed onto the beams and pillars and refused to come down, begging for mercy in a coquettish voice.

The emperor laughed so hard that he ordered the eunuch to spread the imperial edict and said, "It's OK to come down."

He murmured, "The yellow oriole looked at him and dared not come down the branches." Then he came down from the beam and pillar - thus, an idiom was born in China: the clown jumping beam.

It is said that when the monarch and ministers were overjoyed, they were caught by the queen. The queen was shocked and shook her head and sighed: "If the prime minister is like this, how can this country be governed?"

Wang Fu and Cai Jing and the prodigal prime minister were almost the same as the prodigal son and prime minister, and they all made the emperor happy in the same or similar way. However, the head of the empire at that time obviously did not see this way. Emperor Huizong wrote a letter to Wang Fu's house: "Getting virtuous rule"...

It can be seen that in the case of a single party dominance, in the eyes of the emperor, the clown who can cater to himself will inevitably become the first-class "national elite" of Taigong and Zhuge Kongming.

But now, since Liang Shicheng said that, it is obviously inappropriate for Zhao Xing to say hello again.

He has a reputation for being generous to his friends. If he had recognized this friendship in the past, he would inevitably copy the old examples and keep these people in the country. However, the "jump clowns" had a strong lethality. They were absolutely flattering people who could not succeed or fail. Zhao Xing provoked them and his reputation would be completely ruined in the future. He probably would not be relieved after being scolded for thousands of years. So he just stood on the steps and then turned around and returned to the house under the call of his servants.

The attendant whispered to him: Not long ago, Deng Yufu led a blond and blue-eyed caravan to Jaffna Island; at the same time, the tribute envoy sent by the Arabs also arrived in Guangzhou. It is said that the mission asked about the purchase channels for firearms everywhere in Guangzhou, and claimed that the Song Dynasty asked them to give them firearms technology.

Zhao Xing sneered: "Does the Arabs think the Song Dynasty is still the fool in the past? I guess the court was completely afraid of me this time and would never escort this tribute group to the capital, but the court will definitely push this matter back to me and let me deal with it - do you still have to think about this result?"

This attendant was a civil servant named Shi Wenguan. He was an alien in the Shi family. He had been a disciple of the Shi family for many years but could not pass the imperial examination. In the original history, he would waste his life and know that the Jin army was in the city, so he was activated by Qinzong. However, after Shi Cheng left the army, Zhao Xing did not have a clever attendant, so the Shi family sent Shi Wenguan and studied while serving.

Shi Wenguan grinned and knew it intentionally. He then reported: "Sir, the 15th generation musket has been finalized, and the Guangnan Ordnance Bureau has sent it to Yangzhou with the news ship. Do you want to see it?"

Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh: "How can human creativity be so powerful and not immersive? It's hard to imagine the creative ability of the Song people - Leit, how did they come up with it?"

Shi Wenguan smiled and flattered: "Isn't thankful to the 'physical and chemistry' professor for his 'physical and chemical science'."
Chapter completed!