choke element

Chapter 673

After punching it a few times, Zhang Xingxin couldn't help sighing: "In this way, brother, you will naturally be a loyal minister who will go down in history. It can be said that you are benevolent and benevolent. It's a pity that I, Zhang's family, have dozens of people, and I have to take this risk with you." risk."

"Huh?" Zhang Xingjian asked with a smile, "Don't you want to?"

Zhang Xingxin smiled wryly: "Brother, the sound of your qin reverberates in the night sky, can someone with a heart not know where it came from? Will you or not, we brothers will always be together."

Zhang Xingjian was a little moved, looked up at his younger brother,

Zhang Xingxin's eyes lit up: "Brother, do you still have something to hide from me, right?"

From outsiders' point of view, the decline of the Great Jin Kingdom to this point is the withering of talents in the court.Among the civil servants, the most far-sighted Tu Shanyi has passed away for more than two years, and among the military officials, if the generals had not withered, it would not have allowed Hu Shahu and Shuhu Gao Qi to succeed.

But in such a huge imperial court, where there has been a gathering of people from the Central Plains for decades, how can there be no smart people?It's just that the vast majority of smart people are forced to spend their ingenuity on the day-to-day internal struggles of the Great Jin Dynasty Hall.

Zhang Xingxin has always known that his elder brother is a rare and intelligent man with great insight.

He has been an official for 27 years, from a county magistrate to a political adviser, and a minister of the Ministry of officials. He has stood firm in the turbulent waves of several generations of emperors, and relied on his elder brother's guidance at every critical moment.And Zhang Xingjian, as a well-known Confucian official in the court, was always upright in everything, but he never offended anyone easily, and he never had a painful foot to catch.No matter how the world is changing, and Qiucao's love is getting thinner day by day, his reputation will always be spotless and there will be no gaps to take advantage of.

This achievement relies on great intelligence.

In contrast, Zhao Bingwen, who was also regarded as the leader of the Confucian officials, was far inferior in his control over the advance and retreat of the court.When Zhao Bingwen first entered the official position, he was eager to stand out, but he didn't dare to offend the nobles of Jurchen, so he arrested Xu Chiguo, the Han ruler at that time, and impeached him. However, Emperor Zhangzong was counting on Xu Chiguo to fight against King Zong. How could he bear Zhao Bingwen's nonsense?Zhao Bingwen's party was severely punished immediately, which caused many Confucian officials to be unlucky, and the reputation of "Bingwen climbing people" has been circulating for 20 years.

As for the other famous officials of the Han people, Xu Ding was too greedy for money because of his skill but no virtue;All of these people have their own flaws, but Zhang Xingjian and Zhang Xingxin who obeyed his elder brother's arrangements in everything, have no flaws at all.

Why is a smart person like Zhang Xingjian suddenly going into muddy water when he is in his dying years?He is already this age!How many days can he live with this disease?Is it really because of that illusory reputation?
Zhang Xingxin suddenly thought that his brother must have some special arrangements, which he kept from himself!

Zhang Xingjian laughed hoarsely.

He said, "Under my pillow, there are two letters. Bring them."

Zhang Xingxin quickly fetched it.

"This place has the widest field of vision. If you just watch here for a while, you will be able to judge the situation in the Marshal's Mansion. If the only people you can gather at Pusanduan are only a thousand or two thousand, you should carry this letter with your left hand. Go to the Marshal's Mansion to see Guo Ning, and show him the letter. In the letter, I found out that Pu Sanduan and the other Jurchens were trying to do something wrong, so I pretended to make them dare to gather together, and then used the sound of the piano as a warning to help Marshal Guo. They wiped them all out. In addition, in the letter, I also persuaded Marshal Guo to set the title of prince early, so as to demonstrate Jianye's determination to change generations, so that people in the world know what to do."

"...Could it be a little earlier?"

"After this incident, if Guo Ning is still there, the Jurchens in the city will be finished. If you don't talk about this, Xu Ding or Gao Ruli will definitely talk about it. At this very moment, the person who is fully focused on listening to the wind and waiting for the final result, I It seems that there are eight hundred if there is no one thousand, why let them take this opportunity?"

Zhang Xingxin pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Then, what is the meaning of the letter on the right hand?"

"If you find that Pu Sanduan has gathered far more people than this, or has used some special hidden means to really kill Guo Ning. You should take the letter on your right hand and go to the palace to see His Majesty, and will Show him the letter. In the letter, I will tell the emperor how the situation in Zhongdu is, and then tell him that the feat of bringing order out of chaos and rebuilding the country must not fall into the hands of powerful ministers, and the emperor must personally go out and use force close to the bureau to calm the situation."

"Ahem... I'm afraid the emperor won't dare, and he doesn't have the ability."

"The emperor has little martial arts skills, but the two brothers Wanyan Xilie and Monk Wanyan Chen who he has deliberately favored recently are a little different, and there are some brave people around him. I don't think they are willing to be mediocre. People. After they know the content of this letter, they will definitely try their best to persuade the emperor. When the event is finalized, the emperor will rely on Xie Lie and Monk Chen in military affairs, and you will be indispensable in political affairs. In this way, my family will have at least ten or twenty years of wealth."

Zhang Xingjian was really about to run out of fuel, and he had exhausted all his energy for playing just now.Seeing that his voice was getting lower and lower, Zhang Xingxin took a cup of hot tea, dipped his brother's lips, and rested.

"Then, even if the emperor doesn't dare... After all, in this scene, I sent the letter first and sent people to harass the city later, and I helped Pu Sanduan a lot. Pu Sanduan will not treat you badly!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Xingjian sat on the couch: "Do you understand?"

Zhang Xingxin thought for a long time before he realized that his brother was deeply involved in this sinister situation, but he had the ability to deal with Ding Haijun, the Jurchen nobles and the emperor, and he was not at a disadvantage.

He wanted to say a few words of admiration, but suddenly he thought of another thing: "Brother, what about you? What will happen to you after the things you just said are done? What I'm worried about is that if someone leaks that you and Pu Sanduan have secretly communicated The secret, the navy or the emperor will pursue it..."

Zhang Xingjian still laughed back, but his laughter became deeper and deeper, and began to be filled with the sound of rolling phlegm.

For a moment, although his face was sickly, he was still in good spirits.At this moment, the spirit seemed to be continuously withdrawn from his body, the flesh on his face collapsed little by little, almost visible to the naked eye, and his eyes became more and more cloudy obviously.

"I'm going to die. I had a premonition a few days ago. It's not too early or too late, just right."

His neck slowly fell back, leaning against the brocade cushion, and his body sank into it slowly.He said: "I have lost my life. Anyone who wants to mention anything is not all slander and frame-up? As long as you have my letter, no one can criticize me. The future of our Taipingqiao Zhang family in Haiqu depends on rely on you."

Zhang Xingxin stared blankly at his elder brother falling into sleep, he mustered up the courage to reach out his hands and try to breathe, only then was he sure that his elder brother was still alive.

In fact, the two Zhang brothers are high-ranking officials, and each has wives, concubines, relatives, and party members. Although the mansion is in one place, their daily activities are not particularly frequent.Zhang Xingxin suddenly wanted to ask, if I didn't come to take care of him today, would the two letters be lost?Is it not on me to bear the heavy responsibility of the clan's future?

He really wanted to ask, but he didn't dare to shake his drowsy brother.

The elder brother had ordered him to stay here and keep watching the situation of the Marshal's Mansion, but he really didn't want to make it so obvious.

After wandering around for a while, Zhang Xingxin kept the two letters in his arms and went out.

Pushing open the door, his footsteps paused slightly.

He also remembered that in fact, no matter how accurate such a calculation is, it is nothing more than grasping the rules of the court operation, grasping people who want to act according to the rules, or pretend to act according to the rules.In the past few decades, this method of calculation has always been beneficial, but if it really encounters irresistible force, what will these calculations do?

When the Mongolian army rushed into Zhongdu that day, fighting and massacring without any scruples, I never saw my elder brother making such a shrewd plan. Didn't everyone just mix in with the common people and choose a way to escape?What did the Mongols do when they broke into the mansion of my Zhang clan? Did my brother just forget it?

In today's world, force is the foundation of standing and the foundation of a regime.The Mongols were able to trample half of the Dajin Kingdom by virtue of force, and the force of the Ding Navy was stronger than the Mongols. Why do some people always don't understand and accept it?Is it so difficult to admit that a group of reckless people from Tangluojian, Hebei have gained power since then?

Zhang Xingxin sneered twice, and walked away.

The door of the room behind him was not closed, and the servants who were serving in the distance hurried over to close the door.

But a ray of autumn wind still blows into the room, blowing down a calligraphy hanging high in the hall.It was a famous poem written by Shihu layman of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. It wrote: "Swallow stone railings and jade are piled up, Liutang embraces the city from north to south. Longjin water is left in the west mountain, and the officers and soldiers drink horses."

(End of this chapter)