In the end, Zeng Bu still couldn't accept Tang Ning's third condition, so he left directly.

A major change of blood in the army, no matter what time it is, is something that only the emperor can do. No matter how capable he is, he is just a military general, what qualifications does he have to do this?

Since the end of the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the Great Song Kingdom has been very demanding on the warriors. In fact, this is not a rule set by Zhao Kuangyin, as early as the Guo Wei period during the founding of the Later Zhou Dynasty, he had already realized that it was deformed to let the military generals take power.

Therefore, arranging manpower in the army has always been the emperor's favorite thing to do, and it is also something that only the emperor can do.

If not, how can the power of the manager be divided? If his subordinates obeyed him, wouldn't it be easy for him to rebel?

The Chenqiao Mutiny was Zhao Kuangyin's means of seizing power, and before him, there was Guo Weizhou's Mutiny to seize the power of the Later Han Dynasty.

The reason why Zhenguojun did not face this situation was entirely because of Zhao Xu's inexplicable trust in Tang Ning and Tang Ning's inexplicable loyalty to Zhao Xu.

Even so, when it came time to change it, Zhao Yan was still stuffed in. And now under Zhao Ji's control, the Zhenguo Army has long been replaced by people loyal to him.

It doesn't matter what the combat effectiveness is, as long as the army is loyal to the emperor, this is the concept that Zhao Ji has in his head.

After Zeng Bu returned to Beijing, he reported the matter to Zhao Ji, but for some reason, he still concealed the very violent sentence 'eat' for Tang Ning.

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Since this is the case, there is no way to do it, let's not force him!" Okay, Zeng Xiang, you've worked this business trip, come, I invite you to eat something delicious!

Someone's coming! Ask the imperial chef to make steamed lambs, steamed bear's paws, and steamed deer tails. Roast duck, roast chicks, roast goose. Boiled salted duck sauce, chicken bacon, pine flower tripe, dried meat, sausages, ......"

“……”

Zeng Bu finished the meal with a heavy heart, and Zhao Ji was somewhat different from his imaginary attitude-

"What?! He actually disagreed? Damn it! If it weren't for him, wouldn't the rebels have attacked Kaifeng Mansion?

No way! I can't allow that to happen! Go and send someone to invite Danyang Hou! ”

"No, Your Majesty, the Marquis of Danyang put forward three conditions, the first two are nothing, and the third is too much, how can you agree with your heart!"

"Zeng Xiang, are you saying that I am narrow-minded? All right! I will learn from the pain, change the past, and in the future, I will govern the world with a broad mind! ”

"Your Majesty...... Hearing your words, the old minister is willing to die! ”

"No! Zeng Xiang, this world still needs you and me to govern together! ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Zengxiang ......"

——All of the above is Zeng Bu's personal imagination.

Although there is nothing surprising about this result now, Zhao Ji accepted this fact without even asking, Zeng Bu had a subtle feeling.

It's like this matter, there is no need for him to take a boat for six days, ride a horse for three days, and then take a boat for a day to Runzhou, which is also the same result.

Zhao Ji found an excuse to go to Yanfu Palace to announce ~ adultery with his concubines when Zeng Bu hadn't left, and Zeng Bu was in a very heavy mood when he left the palace.

What to do? If this continues, the rebel army will fight into Kaifeng Mansion. Alas, it would be nice if they could dissolve on the spot by accident, but this possibility is very small, and it is impossible to think about it.

"Report~! Report! Zeng Xiang, there is a wire report from the front, the righteous thief has been seriously injured in the fierce battle in Yingtianfu because of internal strife, and now he has returned to Jingxi to recuperate! ”

"What?!" Zeng Bu was shocked, could his prayers have worked?

"There must be a reason for this to happen!" A man with a long chin suddenly walked in outside the door and said, "Liu Ling, the deputy envoy of the Lower Imperial City, has seen Zeng Xiang!" ”

"Oh! It turned out to be a good thing you did! ”

After Liu Ling sat down, he began to explain the ins and outs to Zeng Bu, it turned out that Wu Desi had already arranged for people to enter when Fang La fled.

And that person's current status is not low, and after Ying Tianfu City was broken, he casually found an excuse to provoke an infighting.

It's just that Zeng Bu's words made Liu Ling's feeling a little subtle, what do you mean by 'it turned out to be a good thing you guys did'? It doesn't sound like a good deed.

Zeng Bu touched his chin and said, "But the people in your company are really powerful, if it's convenient, can you tell the old man what reason he used to provoke infighting?" ”

Liu Ling said with a smile: "It's nothing more than the uneven distribution of money, Zeng Xiang may not know that the composition of righteous thieves is very complicated, including farmers, soldiers, and bandits."

The number of peasant soldiers among them was not large, but these people had good intentions, and they would not do anything too much after conquering the city.

But the bandits are different, they themselves are lawless, and although they are restrained after the city is broken, they will still do things behind their backs.

The part of the peasants and soldiers had a long-standing grudge with them, and the spy took the opportunity of breaking through Yingtianfu to provoke a dispute between the two sides, and a civil war began. ”

Zeng Bu suddenly realized, no wonder Zhao Ji didn't care about this matter at all, and he proposed to go to Runzhou to invite Tang Ning out of the mountain as you like.

After Liu Ling finished speaking, he arched his hand to Zeng Bu and said: "Zeng Xiang, Your Majesty thinks that this matter is not good for you, so he sent his subordinates to explain this matter to Zeng Xiang, so that you don't have to worry."

If there's nothing else to do, I'll take my leave. ”

"Oh...... Walk slowly......" Zeng Buchong hurried

Liu Ling, who was leaving, waved his hand.

Although there is some confusion about the situation, the problem of the righteous army can finally be put aside, and now the Great Song Kingdom is facing many problems, and there are still party members after the end of the righteous army.

However, it doesn't matter if the party has the Western Army to contend with, there is the so-called Jin Army that is raging in Yanyun Bazhou.

At the court meeting three days later, Zeng Bu proposed this matter to Zhao Ji, and Zhao Ji remembered that there was such a matter, and patted his head and said: "What good proposals do you have?" ”

"Peace, peace. Anyway, those barbarians are just greedy for our money, so we might as well give them some charity. "I don't know if that guy said this, anyway, listening to his voice is very bad.

But his thoughts also represent the voices of most Song Chen, the world is the most peaceful, and no one wants to fight, which affects them to make money.

Zeng Bu waved his hand and scolded angrily: "How can you ask for peace? Don't you know how to make inches? What if they offer gold and silver treasures to the golden army today in exchange for a moment of peace, what if they are insatiable? ”

"Then send them another batch, and they should be sent to Hanako."

What Cai Jing said was very reasonable, and Zeng Bu didn't know how to refute it for a while.

"But what Zeng Xiang said is also reasonable, why don't we simply sign an alliance with the Jin people, so that they don't dare to do it easily."

"Great idea!"

"I'm for it!"

“……”

Zhao Ji smiled when he heard this: "It's worthy of Cai Xiang, so let's do it!" ”

The next day, a procession of envoys from the Song Kingdom carrying gold, silver and jewels began to set off for the Kingdom of Jin.

Arriving at the capital of the Jin State for almost half a month, Wanyan Aguta personally received the envoys of the Song State.

"Where did you come from?" Wanyan Agu opened the door and saw the mountain.

"It was my Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty who intended to form an alliance with His Majesty, and specially sent me to visit His Majesty." The envoy of the Song Kingdom replied honestly.

Wanyan said: "I see, but what good is it for us to form an alliance with you? Will you send troops to assist us in attacking Liao?

Do you give us gifts every year? You're going to ......"

Wanyan Agu muttered a lot, this is the condition of his alliance with the Song State.

However, this alliance is imperative, after all, the Kim Congress will withdraw troops from the eight states.

"Huh? When did you promise to withdraw your troops, don't daydream! The envoy of the Jin State, who came to Kaifeng Mansion with the envoy team of the Song State to see Zhao Ji, said.

“……”

"On the contrary, you must send troops with us to attack the Liao State, otherwise the covenant will be null and void! I, Emperor Dajin, will send troops to attack and open the Fengfu! Leave! ”

“……”

The envoy of the Kingdom of Jin left in a hurry.