The next morning, although the sky was already bright, the autumn wind from the previous night brought a slightly cool breeze, which then created a gloomy and rainy scene.
At this time, our severely hit Emperor Zhao was depressed and sleepless all night, and walked out of the tent with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.
However, in contrast, the tall and majestic Yang Yizhong seemed to be tireless. He was seen squatting outside the tent in full armor, holding a sword, with bright eyes. When he saw Zhao Jiu coming out of the tent, he immediately stood up and bowed his head to face him:
"Your Majesty! I know that although Tongzhilang Liu Yan was pardoned, he was still uneasy. However, Your Majesty went to bed early and did not dare to disturb him, so I kept him waiting in another tent... Do you want to meet him?"
"Shouldn't we just let him go?"
Yang Yizhong bowed his head and did not answer.
"Forget it, let's just meet him." Zhao Jiu yawned and responded helplessly. Although he couldn't empathize with him, he could understand Liu Yan's fear, and at this moment he really needed to win over such a military leader.
You must know that even if you haven't eaten dog meat, you have seen dogs running. After watching so many TV dramas and novels, Zhao Jiu still has some sense of propriety. He knows very well that in troubled times, as an official on the run, the one who can really take his life is definitely not the prime minister or the eunuch. Those people can only put him in a position so that he can't do anything. The biggest threat is precisely people like Liu Yan and Yang Yizhong who directly control dozens or hundreds of soldiers.
Liu Yan is about thirty years old this year, and looks more like a civil servant than a military commander. In fact, it is said that he was a Jinshi in the Liao Dynasty, and Tongzhilang also seems to be a civil official, which seems to be much more noble than Yue Fei's Wuyilang!
Well, why do we say seems and as if?
The reason was that Zhao Jiu really didn't understand. You have to know that according to the rules of the Song Dynasty, officials are officials, positions are positions, and real assignments are assignments. Moreover, officials are divided into temporary officials, regular officials, and graded officials, and they are divided into different categories. Civil officials are civil officials, and military officials are military officials... Anyway, it is impossible for a 21-year-old college student with normal IQ like him to understand all these things in a few days.
Even Yang Yi Zhong, the servant who followed him every day, was confusing to Zhao Jiu, because there were other servants around him, who were eunuchs who specialized in helping him find clothes.
Of course, no matter what, just as the reason why Zhao Jiu was afraid of Yang Yi Zhong was that this majestic-looking, tall man always wore armor and carried a knife to monitor him, Liu Yan's most actual position at this time was still the leader of the 800-man Red Heart Team, and everything else was empty talk.
Besides, the situation is now, the Song Dynasty is about to fall, who cares about this? Before the Jingkang period, someone publicly proposed to set up a vassal state in Hebei. As for those messy official systems, don't let Zhao Jiu get the chance to take power, otherwise he will definitely cut them off and replace them with something that is one-one-two-two.
"What's Liu Qing's name?" After thinking for a while, Zhao Jiu, who was in a bad mood and afraid of being exposed, decided to cut the Gordian knot.
"My name is Pingfu." Liu Yan was so ashamed that he didn't even dare to raise his head.
"Pingfu, I know you are upset, so let's do this, you pack up." Zhao Jiu, who was standing in front of the tent, said with a straight face. "From today on, the Red Heart Team will send 50 riders to serve in front of the emperor, and they will be treated the same as the other squads... Anyway, the other squads seem to be rebuilt, so let's just call it a new squad! This will show that I have no doubts about you and the Red Heart Team. And Pingfu, you have to work harder, you have to take care of both the emperor and here... The sky is gloomy, so make a fire quickly, don't delay everyone's meal."
After these words were spoken, not only Liu Yan and the several officers of the Red Heart Team who followed behind him were all overjoyed, but even Yang Yi Zhong was stunned on the spot, his heart was in turmoil.
After a while, Liu Pingfu naturally got busy, but Yang Yizhong, who had become more talkative during the day and night, held his sword and sighed:
"The official's behavior this day and night is truly heroic like that of the Han and Tang dynasties!"
Zhao Jiu was originally listless, but after comforting Liu Yan and the Red Heart Team, he became somewhat energetic because of the gloomy weather and slightly low temperature in the wild. Unexpectedly, when he suddenly heard the word "heroic spirit", he felt his teeth ache... What kind of heroic spirit is this? If he really had the heroic spirit of the Han and Tang Dynasties, he would have directly ordered Liu Yan to kill Yang Yizhong here, and then led 800 cavalrymen to the Mingdao Palace to kill Kang, Huang, Wang, and Wang at the same time.
Do I need you to talk about heroism here? What era is this? Do you want to show off your courage?
Of course, Yang Yizhong was tall and strong, fully armed, and looked like someone who was not easy to mess with. It was also said that he was born in a family of generals and had a high reputation among the imperial guards. Zhao Jiu was a college student who had just traveled through time and space and had only killed chickens and beaten cats before, so he really didn't dare to make up his mind to fight with such a person... What if he was within five steps and could defeat a country?
Thinking of this, he could only shake his head and remain silent - he had been thinking about all sorts of things last night. If he wanted to fight against the Jin, he must first have strength; if he wanted strength, he had to effectively control the remaining half of the country and build his own large team; and if he wanted to build his own large team, he must first break through the barrier of Kang, Yang, Huang, Wang, and Wang in order to take control of the government and personnel; but if he wanted to break through the isolation of these five people, he had to first win over his own small team.
Today, being able to win over Liu Yan against Yang Yizhong can be considered a blessing in disguise.
"The emperor is so lenient to Liu Pingfu, is it because of his cavalry?" Seeing that Zhao Jiu did not react, Yang Yizhong, who stood upright, asked again while no one was paying attention in the chaos around him. "And the Liaodong troops have nothing to do with the imperial court?"
Zhao Jiu finally stared at Yang Yizhong, or rather, he finally realized the abnormality of his personal bodyguard, but he still didn't understand the reason.
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