At this point, Emperor Zhao paused for a moment before continuing to explain, "Here, the country is the country, the family is the family, and the army belongs to the country. As for the other side, on the one hand, the country and the family are not separated, the Wanyan clan is divided internally, and then monopolizes the power; on the other hand, there are some situations where the country is owned by the army, and everything follows the military power... Of course, there are also some Jurchens who understand reason and know that this is wrong. They also want to change and are changing. However, the past 20 years have been entirely dependent on the army to swallow up thousands of miles, and only have we reached the current situation? How can we change it just by saying so? Therefore, in the matter of Yan'an, as long as we grasp this point, that is, the army is equally important to the country, or even the army is more important than the country, many strange behaviors of the Jurchens will be clear at a glance."
"If that's the case, it does make some sense."
Lu Haowen seemed to be thinking about something, and then he suddenly realized something. "I think Wanyan Wushu left Yanjing to inspect Hedong this time. From a public point of view, the first thing he wanted to do was to bring Huo Nu's 20,000 soldiers back to the country. This was his top priority. From a private point of view, he might have wanted to manage the Western Route Army for himself and expand his influence in the army... As for whether Yan'an would be with the Xixia people or not, whether it should be preserved or not, it has nothing to do with anything else, but it has something to do with the outcome between him and Huo Nu."
"That's about right." Zhao Jiu replied easily. "In fact, it's not just about the Yan'an incident, but also about the various behaviors of the Jin people before. As long as you understand that the Jurchens have some of the country and the army, at least if you give equal weight to the country and the army, then many things that seem strange can make sense. Not to mention Jingkang, after the Battle of Yaoshan, the Jin army was equivalent to defeating four Wanhu in the east and west at the same time. So in the eyes of most of them, crossing the river and fighting again is tantamount to damaging their foundation. Since the army can't cross the river again, whether it's Jingdong or northern Shaanxi, they are just useless things. It's natural to use them for peace talks, and it's meaningless to hand them over to Xixia as bait. On the other hand, if you can't damage their military momentum, and only judge the decision-making ideas of the Jurchens based on the situation of advance and retreat and the morality of the people, it's tantamount to talking to animals, and it's humiliating yourself... Of course, this will become more and more difficult to say as time goes by."
Lu Haowen kept shaking his head, and it was unclear whether he disagreed or was thinking of something.
"But no matter what." Zhao Jiu said solemnly. "Whether he will continue to be entangled with the living girl or whether he wants to sell Yan'an, I don't care, and I don't want to give up this opportunity... Besides, the matter is done, the troops have been dispatched, if Lu Xianggong wants to persuade this matter, there is no need to mention it."
Lu Haowen kept shaking his head, and then asked another very strange question: "May I ask why the emperor trusts Yue Fei so much?"
Zhao Jiu raised his head and glanced at the other person, then looked back at Yang Yizhong and Lu Benzhong standing beside him. He was silent for a moment, then gave a puzzling answer: "Of course it's because of my background."
Lü Hao asked again and again, blurting out: "Experience is easy to talk about, but his origin, are you referring to his native Hebei, and his determination to fight against the Jin people?"
"Of course I mean that, but it's more than that." Zhao Jiu answered slowly while looking at the chessboard in front of him. "There are many people who have fled from Hebei, including Li Qiong, but why do I value Yue Fei so much? Isn't it because he was born a tenant farmer?"
The atmosphere in the corridor was subtle for a moment.
"Don't doubt it, I mean what you think." Zhao Jiu made a move casually, but he didn't even look at the reactions of the people around him. "Han Wu used people who came later to get the upper hand, I use people who are poor and humble to succeed... Just like when I promoted Zhao Ding to prime minister, it was more or less because he had been a minor official for more than ten years; and Han Shizhong was born in a poor family in northern Shaanxi, Zhang Jun, Wu Jie, and Wang De were born in good families in the border areas, in fact, they all have some of the same meaning. For example, Qu Duan lost his father at a young age, Li Qiong was a fugitive from Hebei, and Li Yanxian and Li Shifu were local tyrants in the border areas. They also have their merits, but after all, they are not as good as Yue Fei, who was born as a tenant farmer and exile from Hebei. Compared with them, I intend to suppress and eliminate those military families. Han Xiaozhou would not be used at all. Even if it was the Lu Xianggong family, who had been in charge of military and national affairs for four generations, if it wasn't for the Mingdao Palace's luck that day, I would not even look at them."
Emperor Zhao was sarcastic and mocking, and it was not known whether he was trying to win the game of chess to gain psychological advantage. But if so, it could only be said that he had indeed succeeded. Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the corridor became even more weird. Although Yang Yi Zhong had a blank expression on his face, the two Lus were inevitably embarrassed. Lu Haowen made many mistakes, allowing Emperor Zhao to win on the chessboard again and again.
"What the government means is that since ancient times, brave generals must have risen from the ranks, and prime ministers must have risen from the prefectures and counties. Is that what it means?" After a pause, Lu Hao asked, who was playing chess just now, and was embarrassed to speak. "And among the aristocratic families, how many of them know the suffering of the people?"
"Almost, but not entirely." Zhao Jiu also continued to sigh while making moves at high speed. "In the final analysis, I still want to talk about the word experience. Even birth is also attributed to experience. Just like most people are just ignorant babies when they are born, they are very different later. How far they can go depends on their experience and how much experience they have... Born into a tenant farmer's family, and worked hard to become a local commander, naturally they know more about the sufferings of the people, the thoughts of the lower-class soldiers, and the intrigues of the middle class than those born into a family of four generations of officials."
"This is irrefutable." Lu Haowen sneered.
"Just like Yue Pengju." Zhao Jiu continued to chatter. "If he had not been born a tenant farmer, he would have known the sufferings of the people and the military supplies. Every bow and arrow was exchanged for the food in the mouths of the people, and the food in the mouths of the people, every grain of rice and grain, was so hard to come by. How could he have attached so much importance to military discipline and cultivated his personal morality? This is where Han Liangchen, Zhang Boying, Li Shaoyan, and Wu Jinqing are far inferior to him. Qu Da, on the other hand, is usually unruly, but probably because he grew up as an orphan, he is second only to Yue Pengju in military discipline... They all say that I took care of Qu Duan's merits in saving me, but if he had not had outstanding military discipline in northern Shaanxi and made contributions to pacifying the people and stabilizing the border in several routes in the northwest, he would not have been reinstated in the first place."
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