Zhao Jiu was too lazy to say anything this time.
When Scholar Kobayashi took it, he was silent for a moment before reading it out:
"I kowtow to the emperor and say hello. I just learned about the matter of Liu the thief in Jinan Prefecture in Xiping at the beginning of this month. I was very angry, but I should have ignored it because I followed the emperor's order to follow Han Taiwei to recuperate in Huaixi. But although I don't know the truth, I often hear people say that there is no two suns in the sky and no two masters for the people. If I ignore this Liu the thief, won't people think that the emperor has no loyal and reliable people to use? I thought about it and the more I thought, the angrier I got, so I bit my finger and dripped blood, and asked the clerk to write a note to the emperor with my blood, just to let the emperor know that if you want to attack Jinan, I will definitely go first, and learn from Han Taiwei to capture Liu the thief alive, and then cut him into pieces to vent your anger..."
After hearing this, Zhao Jiu remained silent for a long time.
Scholar Xiaolin had no choice but to wait for a while before reminding: "Sir, that's all."
"Write a letter...Write a letter to all the commanders of the Imperial Camp. Just one message. Don't write these bloody things when writing a letter in the future!" Zhao Jiu shook his head and picked up the bow and arrow again. "Also, I want to say something to Liu Wenshun who cut his finger. I know he is from Jinan and he hates Liu Yu very much. But no matter what, he should cherish himself when he expresses his feelings..."
"Is that all?" Amid the sound of the wind, Scholar Kobayashi took a step forward and looked at him sternly.
Zhao Jiu was slightly startled, then put down the bow and arrow in his hand again: "What did Lin Qing say?"
Scholar Xiaolin was a little hesitant, but he still answered frankly: "Your Majesty, I think that although Liu Ni is a clown, he is the first to do so... If we don't destroy him quickly, there will be no problem for Jinan, but we must be careful not to shake the morale of our own people."
"Lin Qing is right." Zhao Jiu nodded, looking a little serious. "But Lin Qing, the suppression of the rebellion in the southeast, the resettlement of Henan people, the reconstruction of Dongjing City, the rest of the army, and the settlement of the disputes in Guanzhong, which one is not important? As for Liu Yu's claiming the throne, it was indeed a bit beyond my expectation, because I thought that since he had driven away the Jin army, he would not have the confidence to claim the throne again with only the seven states of Jingdong; but from the bottom of my heart, I had expected the emergence of such a person from the beginning... In other words, I was prepared for someone to claim the throne, but I didn't want it to be at this time... And you made me lose my composure because of his sudden claiming the throne, and I always feel that it is not worth the loss."
Scholar Kobayashi stood with his hands up and chose to continue listening... This was a special way of communication between him and Emperor Zhao. Many times when he did not understand or even held opposing opinions, he would not speak out against it, but chose to continue communicating in this way. Correspondingly, Emperor Zhao seemed to need such a person who was profound and good at listening.
In fact, as the person who actually presides over the work beside Zhao Jiu, coupled with his shrewd character, Scholar Kobayashi may be the person who listens to Emperor Zhao's political opinions the most.
On the other hand, when there were only confidants like Lin Jingmo and Yang Yizhong around him, Zhao Jiu would not usually hide anything:
"This incident happened at this time, and there is a big problem, that is, if we start to suppress the rebellion immediately, can we win quickly? If we can win quickly, it's fine. If we can't win quickly... I won't say that we lost the war, I will just say that we can't win quickly... Then the whole situation will be disrupted because of a mere battle to suppress the rebellion in Jinan. In the end, when the Jin people come back this year, we will be unprepared. We are too weak now!"
Lin Jingmo finally nodded slowly.
He did not agree with Emperor Zhao's remarks on priorities. At least he did not think that the defense of the southeast, Guanzhong, and Tokyo, and military rest were more important or had higher priority in this matter, but he acknowledged Emperor Zhao's final concern.
It must be understood that after the previous battle, the Song Dynasty emptied its storage, lost a large number of elite troops, lost northern Shaanxi, completely vacated Henan, and cut off supplies from the southeast. It only relied on the courage brought by the battle of Changsha and the political reputation of Emperor Zhao in the old capital to maintain a superficial "winner" posture.
But what is the reality?
In fact, Han Shizhong's hasty conscription after returning to Huaixi caused local unrest, forcing Emperor Zhao to write to him personally, asking him to maintain military discipline.
In fact, due to Henan's re-registration and relief for returning refugees, the storage capacity in Nanyang and Xiangyang also dropped to a very dangerous level;
In fact, although Chen Gui said that Dongjing City could be defended, his plans were repeatedly limited to the number of civilians and the allocation of money and grain;
In fact, because the Southeast was cut off from supply and the huge Tokyo garrison army was taken over at the same time, in order to save money, all officials were on half-salary. As for Emperor Zhao coming to Tokyo and settling in the imperial city, even weeding in the harem was done by Madam Wu and some young eunuchs who had returned. Emperor Zhao even hunted all day instead of shooting arrows in the past. At the beginning, it was because there were foxes, rats, cats and rabbits in the palace, which scared the few palace servants everywhere...
It is so pitiful that even though there is such a huge palace, the two princesses have to live under someone else's roof when they return.
At this time, it seemed reasonable for Emperor Zhao to stick to the original strategy and temporarily ignore Jinan in order to survive the most difficult moment and then make a thundering strike.
After all, if it is true as Emperor Zhao said, once we send out troops and fail to win quickly, what will we do then?
Will the whole thing collapse?
have no idea.
But it will definitely have a serious impact on the new round of war after this fall.
After returning to the front, since Scholar Kobayashi understood the emperor's meaning, he nodded slightly again and stopped asking about the matter. Instead, he asked to leave directly, and Zhao Jiu agreed directly... This was a foregone conclusion. In addition to writing letters to appease those controlling officials, Scholar Kobayashi also had to convey the emperor's meaning to some people. There were some things that the emperor could not communicate directly and openly, so he could only convey his meaning in this way.
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