"This man is not more than forty years old, and he has such a foundation that the future is immeasurable. It is comparable to the peerless hero Cao Mengde in the late Eastern Han Dynasty! Maybe in the future, it may be able to open a dynasty. I heard that this person cherishes talents very much, and he is not stingy with rewards, if I vote for it at this time, with Ning'er's ability, I will be among the nobles in the world in the future, or I will have a place in my Cao family!! ”

Cao Rong thought of this, and saw that Deng Yun was extraordinary, not angry but mighty, vaguely having the posture of a king, and that Zhao Huan was almost the same, and his heart was even more impatient, and he was about to open his mouth to speak. Cao Ning glared at him, and scolded: "You traitorous thief, everyone can be punished, don't think that my father and son will join you!" ”

When Cao Rong heard this, his heart immediately tightened, and he immediately heard several murderous soldiers beside Deng Yun scolding. Deng Yun waved his hand unhurriedly, and everyone shouted and scolded. Cao Rong hurriedly said: "The child doesn't know what to do, Yanhou don't have to mind." It turned out to be Yanhou!! ”

"Daddy!! There is no need to talk nonsense with him, you see that General Yue is dedicated to the country and knows the righteousness of Wang Zuo, but he embraces the land and dominates the court, and repeatedly opposes the court. Although the two are brothers, they are loyal and good, and a thief!! If I were him, would I have the face to stand under heaven and earth!! Cao Ning suddenly interrupted Cao Rong's words and scolded so much that his mouth frothed. But Huo Rui, who was behind Deng Yun, was so angry that his steel teeth were about to be crushed, and he couldn't wait to pounce on him and tear Cao Ning apart. The rest of the soldiers all had cold faces and fierce eyes.

"Bastard boy!! Why don't you shut up for me!! I have to be angry with my father to death before I am willing to give up!? Seeing that Cao Ning's scolding was not enough, he wanted to open his mouth to scold again. Cao Rong suddenly roared with red faces.

Cao Ning didn't know that his father had already taken refuge, and he was suddenly stunned, and his whole person seemed to stiffen.

Deng Yun sighed lightly and said to Cao Rong silently: "General Cao doesn't have to be angry. I have a few words to say to this little brother. ”

When Cao Rong heard this, he hurriedly muttered a few words in Cao Ning's ear, and then smiled with Deng Yun: "Yanhou but say it directly." ”

Deng Yun nodded, but Cao Ning's face changed for a while, and there was even more resentment in his eyes, because his father had already given him a death order just now, and for the benefit of the Cao family, he would definitely surrender to the man in front of him.

"Little brother, I wonder if you are loyal to the 'country'?"

At this time, Deng Yun had already opened his mouth. When Cao Ning heard this, he couldn't help but scold, but he still held back and replied coldly: "The country is the foundation of people's roots, and those who are not loyal to the country are not people who have not forgotten their roots!?" ”

Cao Ning is sharp-toothed, but secretly sarcastic. Deng Yun listened, but he was not angry, so he asked again: "Then what is the country?" ”

Cao Ning was obedient, and couldn't help frowning, and couldn't answer for a while. Deng Yun smiled and said: "The country is the land of the world, people-oriented, with the community as the tool, and then the monarch and the minister control the community, command the world, and the people make a living for it, for the country." Among them, the foundation of the country is both the people and the people. If the people have difficulty in making a living, the country will not be a country. Now that the Great Song Dynasty is in a treacherous manner, the social system has long been destroyed, and the people of the world are complaining. The Song Dynasty is no longer a country, so how can there be treason!? ”

As soon as Deng Yun's words came out, all the generals in the future were greatly touched, and they couldn't help but bow their heads. Cao Ning's face also changed greatly, although he was extremely reluctant to agree, but he couldn't help but secretly praise this golden jade good words.

Deng Yun saw that Cao Ning didn't answer, and he didn't get angry, and said with a smile: "Zhao's country, but the people of the country are all in the water and fire, and now in Hebei and Hedong alone, there are nearly 70,000 or 80,000 people who starve to death a year, and over the years, natural and man-made disasters, the most serious, even hundreds of thousands of people died a year. But do you know why the number of deaths has dropped so much in recent years? ”

Cao Ning's heart twitched, and his whole body couldn't help but tremble. Deng Yun's eyes narrowed, and two rays of light seemed to shoot into Cao Ning's pupils, and he said sharply: "That's because the people in Hebei and Hedong all look to my territory to vote." In order to resettle these displaced people, I not only distributed food relief, but also allocated land for them. In this way, the number of merchants will increase, and there will be many opportunities for work, and these displaced people will soon be able to start a family and establish themselves in my territory. They can plough the fields with their hands and fill their stomachs, and they can also use their skills and command to start a family business and earn money!!

But can you imagine how these people made a living in the Great Song Kingdom in the past!? They were exploited and humiliated by rich men and traitors, and sometimes they were hungry and starved for a bite to eat, and they lived without dignity. In the eyes of those rich and traitorous officials, they are like ants, but if they don't like it, they can be tortured to death at will!! Where is the root of all these calamities, and no one in the world knows!? ”

Cao Ning had closed his eyes, his face was pale and trembling. Cao Rong hurriedly grabbed Cao Ning and knelt down, shouting: "Yanhou is righteous, my father and son are willing to serve to the death!" Die for the 'country' of Yanhou!! ”

Cao Ning lowered his head, but shed unwilling tears. He is loyal to the Zhao court, and Yue Fei is his role model, and he hopes to be a person like Yue Fei in this life. But for some reason, Deng Yun couldn't even think of a rebuttal to what Deng Yun said just now. He went from wavering at the beginning to bewilderment, and all Zuihou was left was unwillingness.

……

In August of the fourth year of Jingkang, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival. But Zhao Huan had no thoughts, and the front line hurriedly reported that Cao Rong's father and son were defeated, the whole army was annihilated, and none of the more than 10,000 elite soldiers fled back. Not long ago, Jin Wushu had withdrawn his troops from Dongming. Cao Rong's attack on Yunzhou made the soldiers guarding the towns in various places particularly uneasy, among which Han Shizhong, who had recently been recalled to Anyi and eliminated the thieves in the northwest and Zong Ze, who had pacified the Jianghuai rebels, sent letters to inquire. Although it was said that it was an inquiry, there were a lot of sharp words in the letter between the two, which made Zhao Huan feel that these two people were really incompetent, and they were all preaching.

At this time, Han Shizhong and Zong Ze have made meritorious contributions to quelling the thieves, and their prestige is very prosperous in the past, and they are deeply respected by people all over the world. Zhao Huan was afraid of offending the anger of the people and causing resentment, so he did not dare to be disrespectful to these two people.

As the days passed, Han Shizhong and Zong Ze saw that Zhao Huan still had no measures, and repeatedly sent letters, all of which advised Zhao Huan to quickly appease Deng Yun, so as not to cause trouble!

"How good is this, how is it good!?" In the imperial study, Zhao Huan was so anxious that he walked back and forth, his face full of panic. Qin Hui stood aside, his face couldn't help but be a little gloomy. Not long ago, he also received a letter from Wu Qimai, who scolded and threatened him. Qin Hui, who has always been greedy for life and afraid of death, is now thinking about how to save his life.

“bixia！” Qin Hui thought about it for a while, but he didn't have a clever plan, and he was trying to appease Zhao Huan first, and then make a picture. As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhao Huan seemed to have immediately found a cathartic point, and scolded with all his might.

"You dog minion~~!! If you hadn't advised me to attack Yunzhou at the beginning, how could there be such troubles and difficulties now!! Those barbarians are all fierce and ruthless, even the Jin people are not their opponents, if they are angry, they invade on a large scale, how can it be good, how is it good~~??? ”

"Bixia is angry, the minion should die, the minion should die!!"

Zhao Huan's whole face turned hideous, and Qin Hui was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt repeatedly. At this time, suddenly in front of the imperial study, someone reported that Prime Minister Li Cheng had come to see him.

Zhao Huan's face was suddenly shocked, revealing a little joy, and he was very eager to summon in a row. Li Gang then stepped forward, glanced at Qin Hui, who was prostrate on the ground, cowering, snorted coldly, shocked his face, and bowed to him.

"Old minister Li Gang, meet Bixia, long live my emperor, long live long live!!"

"Li Aiqing, I am about to summon you. Li Aiqing is here to see, Aiqing and I are really heart-to-heart!! Zhao Huan was furious, this was a smile that was more ugly than crying, which was very flattering.

Li Gang's eyes were sharp, he held his white beard, shook his head, and said very smugly: "If Bixia can have more heart and soul with the old ministers, instead of those traitorous ministers!" How could the Great Song Dynasty have the difficulties it has today? ”

"Haha~!! Li Aiqing is right, right. Li Aiqing came this time, could it be that he already had a plan for Yanyun's bandits? Zhao Huan smiled flatteringly again. Li Gang's expression was shocked, and he said sharply, and suddenly said something that made Qin Hui's heart beat and he gritted his teeth.

"The old minister has been exchanging letters with the old marshal of the sect these days, and has discussed this matter, and now it has been decided. Back to Bixia, Zong Lao Shuai is willing to break into the feat of 700,000 bandits camp alone (later good people for good things, legend has it that Zong Ze went to Wang Shan's tent single-handedly, after a Wang Zuo's righteousness, Guan Ling and Yan Chengfang turned their backs and surrendered, and the brave and wise Zong Ze made the thieves and bandits fail, turned the tide, and finally surrendered 700,000 bandits) went to Yanyun on the same day, and the dragon barbarian Deng Yun Xiaoming was the reason for the righteousness, of course, our courtiers all believed. Bixia would never do such a treacherous thing, and there must have been a traitor instigating it in secret, in order to appease the anger of the dragon barbarian. The old minister waited for Bixia, immediately took off this person's official veil, sentenced him to a sinner, and went to Yanyun with Teacher Zong Ze and handed it over to the dragon barbarian!! ”

Li Gang Zheng drank the words, and Qin Hui was like falling into the endless abyss. Zhao Huan also frowned, and couldn't help showing a little reluctance, among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Qin Hui knew his mind best, so he naturally didn't want Qin Hui to go to Yanyun to die, but if he didn't follow what Li Gang said, he was afraid that Zong Ze would not go to this Yanyun. After some weighing, Zhao Huan finally made a decision.

"What the prime minister said is indeed reasonable, and I will be allowed to hand over this person to the prime minister in a few days, okay?" As soon as Zhao Huan said this, Li Gang's expression couldn't help but change, and he shouted.