Chapter 91 Human Heart

Zhang Jun was panic-stricken, Feng Yi was panic-stricken, and Emperor Zhao was as expressionless as usual.

But soon, Zhang Deyuan resumed the posture of an elite scholar-official. He stood up and bowed solemnly, "Your Majesty, I am the Chief Censor. How could I not understand the family rules of my ancestors and privately hand over the eunuchs? As for Han Shizhong, although I have had some contact with him recently, he definitely did not report to me last night about any confidential military information discussed with Your Majesty. It was just that one of Han Shizhong's attendants came to my house this morning and told me some messy things... If Your Majesty hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that he came last night and persuaded Your Majesty to change his mind! As for the latter matter, Your Majesty can ask Han Shizhong to confront me after the war. I have never violated the rules."

"Deyuan." Zhao Jiu frowned slightly. "To be honest, I don't believe you would have such a close relationship with the eunuchs. As for your close relationship with Han Shizhong, I deliberately indulged you, and even personally suggested it. The reason for this is that Han Shizhong has a bad character, and most of our military officials have a bad ending, so I hope you can protect him in the court... But you must know that yesterday you took the initiative to follow my wishes to promote the war, but today you changed your usual behavior and advised me not to fight. It's really strange; and when did you have the ability to have such a proper consideration of military affairs?"

Zhang Jun was somewhat relieved when he heard the emperor use "I" instead of "I". After hearing the end, he realized that it was all a misunderstanding and felt relieved. However, he felt helpless when he thought that he was still a "person who knows nothing about military affairs" in the emperor's eyes.

Of course, at this point, he had no way to evade the situation, so he leaned forward and said, "I wonder if Your Majesty knows the story of Ma Zhou during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang?"

Zhao Jiu was at a loss for words.

Zhang Jun couldn't help but cough awkwardly, and then he said tactfully: "During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong had a minister named Chang He. Chang He was a rough warrior and uncultured. But suddenly, for a while, his memorials were meaningful, and more than 20 of them hit the nail on the head. Taizong was surprised and asked him directly why. Chang He told Taizong directly that the memorial was written by his retainer Ma Zhou... Ma Zhou was only 30 years old at that time, and he was kept in the Ministry of Personnel for consultation. He was promoted three times within a year, and finally became Taizong's most trusted minister in the later period of his reign."

Zhao Jiu's political history level also understood it again: "Deyuan said... someone is teaching you from behind?"

"Liu Qian, the Grand Secretary of the Wendian Hall, died during the Jingkang period. His eldest son Liu Ziyu returned home with his coffin. He just returned and is living with me. These words were originally said by him when I went back to discuss with him." Zhang Jun finally revealed the truth. "Liu Qian was mostly a general during his lifetime. As early as the reign of Emperor Zhezong, he was the Transport Commissioner of Shaanxi. Later, he made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion and resisting the Jin Dynasty. Liu Ziyu followed his father in the tent since he was a child. He was known for his knowledge of military affairs in his early years. It is said that from childhood to adulthood, he would go to the alley every morning to shoot more than a hundred arrows, just like the officials every evening, so he was not an ordinary civil official..."

Besides, after hearing the name and the narration, Emperor Zhao felt like he was reading a low-quality time-travel novel. The man was born into a government family, was a civil servant, understood military affairs, and had national hatred and family feuds... The key point was that the name was too out of place!

However, as Zhang Jun continued to narrate, Emperor Zhao gradually felt relieved and realized that this was a living historical figure... For example, it is true that this person's name is Liu Ziwu, but that was the fault of a group of failed writers later and had nothing to do with him. He also had two younger brothers, one named Liu Zihui and the other Liu Ziyi. Doesn't this make sense?

Moreover, after Zhang Jun's hint about his father Liu Qian's experience, Zhao Jiu also realized that he, like the old Taiwei Yang Weizhong who had not yet arrived, was one of the people who rose up in the northwest during the reign of Emperor Zhezong. Therefore, he had been on the margins during the reign of Emperor Huizong and could never become the mainstream. This provided a footnote for Liu Ziyu's military career as a teenager.

However, Emperor Zhao still maintained a certain rationality... Because after what happened yesterday, he was wary of all those who only talked about war on paper, including himself. God knows if Liu Ziyu just happened to guess right? And this person's name is so special. If he really did something in this era, there is no reason why Emperor Zhao couldn't remember it? He remembered Niu Gao, right? !

Of course, no matter what, this is the time to use people, and such a talent, even if he is just good at talking on paper, would be good to have him by your side as an advisor.

After all, there is a saying: Two Zhao Kuo are worth one Zhuge Liang. If everyone can make do with more, it will at least improve the fault tolerance, right?

So, with this in mind, Zhao Jiufu responded with a serious expression: "Why didn't you recommend such a person? You recommended so many people before, and I appointed them all..."

"Your Majesty." Zhang Jun was increasingly helpless. "Liu Ziyu was the person that Hu Yin impeached and wrote down in my notebook the day before. How dare he go against the will of the emperor?"

Zhao Jiu suddenly realized what was going on, and asked the other party to go back quickly and bring Liu Ziyu over, and then asked Feng Yi, who was kneeling there, to stand up... In fact, he had wanted to deal with the latter yesterday, because the eunuch's performance was too much like the so-called eunuchs in traditional dramas, but he couldn't find a suitable reason to deal with him. In fact, because he was on the road, he couldn't even find a suitable place to put him, so he had to put him aside for the time being and treat Liu Ziyu with peace of mind.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jun came and left quickly, and brought Liu Ziyu here in a moment.

After the greetings, Emperor Zhao offered him a seat. He looked at him casually and saw that he had a dignified appearance and was tall. He sat there with his back straight and looked awe-inspiring... If Yang Yizhong was a natural-born military general, then this man had the typical appearance of a general... Emperor Zhao was of course even more suspicious of this.

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