You know, how can there be such a perfect person? If he really looks like Yan Xiaozhong, the prefect Yan, maybe Emperor Zhao would believe him a little more.

However, these are all irrelevant matters, and they are just Zhao Jiu's selfish thoughts. In the final analysis, he still needs to ask in person.

However, perhaps due to lack of sleep, Emperor Zhao did not know where to start. He could not just keep his mouth open, so he could only take the opportunity to ask Zhang Jun, who was standing beside him, "How did Deyuan (Zhang Jun's name) come back so quickly?"

"Good, the master knows." Zhang Jun was relieved at this time, so he answered casually. "As soon as I left the place where the master was staying, I met Liu Yanxiu (Liu Ziyu's pen name) on the street. He also heard the news and was about to find Prime Minister Lu to sign up and prepare to go out to recruit peripheral volunteers..."

Zhao Jiu became more and more uneasy after hearing this... You have to know that he made this decision deliberately because the military situation was urgent. In order to seize the city, he had to gamble with the lives of these ministers. He even drove Han Shizhong away overnight... Because if something happened, the news that Han Shizhong came to see him overnight would spread again, and the civil officials would probably vent their anger on Han Liangchen.

Back to the present, if Liu Ziyu did this at this time, he was either a fool who did not understand his own thoughts, or he was loyal despite knowing the danger. But the last possibility inevitably made this person seem even more unreal.

Meanwhile, Liu Ziyu sat at one side of the back hall of the Ruyang government office. After thinking for a moment, he took the initiative to speak: "Excuse me, may I ask if the emperor is worried that there will be a reversal in recruiting the rebel army and seizing the cities in the northeast of Nanyang?"

Zhao Jiu was silent for a moment, thinking that it was better not to take the risk of lying to such a person, so he slowly shook his head: "I am worried that the so-called righteous armies and bandits in various places have different positions. Among the many people who went today, perhaps not everything will go smoothly, and some people may even die because of it, so I feel quite guilty."

Upon hearing this, Liu Ziyu immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty is kind-hearted, but at this point, our army is weak in field battles. If we want to compete with the Jin cavalry, we must quickly occupy the city. Moreover, at this time, the country is in trouble and the Central Plains is in chaos. People are dying everywhere. As an official, you should not be afraid of danger... Moreover, in my opinion, your move is really clever and not too dangerous!"

Zhao Jiu didn't say anything. It was unclear whether he disagreed or didn't want to comment, or maybe he was simply waiting for the other party to explain.

Fortunately, Zhang Jun was here. With Zhang Xiantai's slight gesture, Liu Ziyu immediately understood and took the initiative to explain:

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, there is really not much risk in recruiting the rebels and bandits from all over the place at this time... There are three reasons. First, General Han and Deputy Commander Wang Deyin have a total of 40,000 to 50,000 people outside, which is enough to deter them. This is power. Second, Your Majesty underestimates the significance of the emperor and the emperor. With Your Majesty staying in Runan and personally sending court officials to pacify them, who among these chaotic people will not recognize Your Majesty's words unless they really have great ambitions? This is benevolence. Third, at this point, if there are really traitors or serious bandits, they should have surrendered to the Jin or established their own country long ago. Those who have not surrendered to the Jin or established their own country can only go with the flow at this time. This is momentum."

This made sense, and Zhao Jiu nodded slightly, but he was not too excited.

To put it bluntly, the man in front of him was not Han Shizhong, so he could not completely trust him. And after yesterday's reflection, Zhao Guanjia could not help but doubt his own "power and virtue", or he could not take this power and virtue seriously.

You must know that since ancient times, which tyrant did not think that he still had plenty of power and virtue before his death?

Two or three years before the Jingkang Incident, wasn't Emperor Huizong of Song, one of the two saints, still prosperous and majestic?

What's the result?

Liu Ziyu's speech did not elicit much reaction from Emperor Zhao, and he himself was not discouraged. On the other hand, Zhang Jun became a little anxious, so he took the opportunity to say something in the middle: "If Yan Xiu said this, wouldn't Liu Guangshi and Ding Jin be shocked by these people? I have been worried about this matter before."

"I don't think so." Liu Yanxiu was still proud, but turned to Emperor Zhao and continued to talk. "Your Majesty... Please think about it, who is Liu Guangshi? He is a general for generations. He is the first person to be established in the army after your accession to the throne. He can be called the leader of the military. And who is Ding Jin? He has tens of thousands of soldiers and once blocked the imperial court. He is full of wolfish ambitions. People like them have ended up like this. Not to mention that they have brought it upon themselves, they have also caused shock and vigilance. At this moment, there is only Fan Qiong around! And how can those people in Jingxi who have thousands or hundreds of soldiers compare with these two? How can they empathize with them? How can they not trust your Majesty for this matter?"

Zhao Jiu now found this interesting: "What's going on with these people in Jingxi?"

"That's exactly what I want to say." Liu Ziyu bowed his head and replied. "Your Majesty, the west of Beijing seems to be in chaos right now, with soldiers everywhere and everyone fighting each other, just like the Warring States Period, but in fact, if you break it down, there are only four types of people... The first type is those who surrendered to the Jin people and followed the Jin people to plunder. Now most of them are in Tangzhou and Dengzhou, close to the main force of the Jin people; the second type is those who are loyal to their country. As officials, they are dedicated to their duties, and there is no need to say more. The real distinction lies in the latter two types, which are the two different types of people among the so-called rioters that your Majesty is recruiting this time. I call them the difference between host and guest!"

Hearing this, Zhao Jiu was finally moved, and he suddenly understood everything as if he had suddenly been enlightened!

It is said that Emperor Zhao still does not know how to combine theory with practice... When he heard the report before, he just thought that Jingxi was really in chaos. In addition, among the thieves he encountered before, Ding Jin, a rising star in this place, left a deep impression on him. Therefore, Emperor Zhao always thought that the situation in Jingxi would be similar, and countless people had become ambitious and no longer took the Song Dynasty court seriously.

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