Fu Song

Chapter 472

When Liu Fengkui left, his figure was a little stooped.

The gap between ideal and reality is now impacting his heart all the time.

As a servant, a father-in-law who came out of the big house, he should have been the most loyal lackey of the emperor, and should devote himself to eliminating all rebellions against the emperor.

Liu Fengkui suddenly hated what he did for reading so many books.

If I hadn't looked so clever back then, I wouldn't have been selected to study and write. Maybe now I would be like some of my friends back then, doing some cleaning work in the palace, living a simple life, and dying an easy death.

He doesn't like to make choices.

In this whole life, in fact, others are helping him make choices.

But now, Xiao Cheng was forcing him to make a choice.

He has always had a different feeling towards Xiao Cheng.

Xiao Cheng is different.

He is a father-in-law.

Even though his intelligence and knowledge are far beyond ordinary people, in the eyes of others, he is still a father-in-law.

He could see the disdain for him in those people's eyes.

He can also collect disrespect from those people to him from various sources.

But Xiao Cheng is different from others.

Liu Fengkui could feel this from the first time he interacted with him.

The eyes of the other party are clear, and more importantly, the attitude of the other party is equal.

There are some things that you can't pretend or hide.

Without pity or contempt, Xiao Cheng treated him exactly the same way he treated Ma Xing on Shaanxi Road at that time.

At first, Liu Fengkui thought it was an illusion.

But after several times of contact with Xiao Cheng, he finally confirmed that Xiao Tai was really not at all strange to some special people like them.

Equality, this is what people like Liu Fengkui want to pursue all their lives.

Those scholar-bureaucrats looked down on them.

This is also the reason why he was willing to help the Xiao brothers back then.

But he never expected that the Xiao brothers back then would go all the way to today.

How to choose?
Liu Fengkui was confused.

He knew that, in fact, his current state already represented a great change in himself.

Xiao Cheng asked himself to look more and think more when he went back this time.

I have to think about it myself.

Xiao An?

Zhao An?

Liu Fengkui staggered and nearly fell to the ground.

This person is absolutely true, because Xiao Cheng has no need at all, and he doesn't bother to be fake.

The existence of such a true golden branch and jade leaf can be called the root cause of the future turmoil in the Song Dynasty without exaggeration.

One day when something really happens, this person will be an excellent banner.

Is the surname Xiao or Zhao?

Depending on the current situation, Xiao Cheng said that something big will happen in Bianliang one day, is it really going to be like this?

I want to go back and take a good look.

In the past two years, I have basically ignored the news from the north.

Under the pine tree, Xiao Cheng bent down, picked up a pine cone, stuffed it into the small stove, looked at the flame that suddenly rose up, thoughtfully.

"Will he choose to help us in the same boat?" Jiang Yingxue asked softly.

"Liu Gong is a different eunuch!" Xiao Cheng held up his teacup, "If a person like him goes to take the examination for a Jinshi, it is really easy to catch. Moreover, he has been working outside the palace since he was an adult. Having traveled all over the territory of the Song Dynasty, no matter whether it is good knowledge or skill in doing things, it is beyond the reach of ordinary officials."

"But people like this will have their own opinions and thoughts!" Jiang Yingxue was a little worried.

However, Xiao Cheng laughed: "It is precisely because he has his own opinions and ideas, and refuses to follow others' opinions, that I said these things to him. Back then, he dared to endorse the elder brother together with Ma Xing, so it can be seen that this person You know, when the imperial court really wanted to pursue the eldest brother, Ma Xing was a pacifier all the way, an important minister of the imperial court, and the emperor would not do anything to him, but Liu Gong was strictly speaking a slave of the emperor, so he was killed. Those scholar-bureaucrats outside will only applaud him loudly instead of complaining for him."

"Because Mr. Liu made them ashamed?" Jiang Yingxue said sarcastically.

"That's right!" Xiao Cheng said, "So, I think that even though Liu Gong is still hesitating now, after he goes to Bianliang, he will definitely change. Because in the past few years, he has been here with us. Once you get used to it, when you return to Bianliang, you will definitely see that everything is not pleasing to the eye.”

"Grand Liu has been in the Imperial City Department for a long time. He traveled all over the world, and there are people promoted by him everywhere. If he really can fall to us, it will be a great thing for us. Although Zhiqiuyuan has developed rapidly in the past two years Hurry up, but in the north, our strength is still too weak. In the past, we did not work hard in the officialdom and in the army, but now we can see the problem."

He picked up the teacup and drank the water in it, but Xiao Cheng's eyes showed some pain.

Back then, he was still too naive.

He still underestimated the heroes of this world.

His plan was originally not like this.

Changing the world is his ambition since he came to this world.

Very early on, he was laying down.

Therefore, with the means of making money such as Tiangong and Tianxiang, there is also the means of controlling the underground world to obtain some necessary information.

Of course, there was a plan to transfer the elder brother from Hebei Road to the Northwest to smooth Hengshan through ingenious manipulation later on.

If the eldest brother has been in Hebei, I am afraid that it will never be possible to make a bright future. Even if he manages all the way, he is just under the command of the pacifier. Under the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty, the civil servants are always higher than the military generals, and no big things can be achieved. .

But in the northwest, the eldest brother finally soared into the sky.

This is what he calculated.

As for himself, he was preparing to follow the steps, first pass the Jinshi examination, and then spend ten years to walk step by step into the court, to the position below one person and above ten thousand people.

At that time, it will be the best time to show off your skills and make all kinds of tricks.

And this is also considered by Xiao Cheng to be the least harmful way.

A top-down improvement that can minimize the damage to this world.

At that time, Xiao Cheng did not recognize the bottom-up revolution.

Because that kind of change will be subversive, everything will be destroyed, and everything will be overthrown and restarted.

In this process, the most injured are undoubtedly those ordinary people at the bottom.

So Xiao Cheng wanted to make a gentle improvement.

Although before this, there was a brave man with extraordinary talents who tried once and ended in failure.

But Xiao Cheng confidently believes that with the lessons learned from the brave man, coupled with his own knowledge and cognition far beyond others, he will surely succeed.

However, the world hit him hard.

It's not that someone can see through his situation, but that someone discovered something strange in the chaos, and then they took advantage of the situation and cleverly embedded their situation in this situation.

Later, Xiao Cheng still found out who these people were.

Zhao Yuan Zhao Ziyu!
Lin Ping Lin Pingzhi!
One is the chief counselor of the King of Chu, and now he is about to become a member of the Dutang.

One is a Han Chinese from the Liao Kingdom, who is now an important minister of the Liao Kingdom.

I underestimated the intelligent and talented people in this world too much, and when I was making arrangements, I also forgot to make a lot of money in the officialdom, so that when the incident happened, I was powerless.

The force of the underground world that was relied on in the past is not worth mentioning in front of the violent machine of the court.

In an instant, they were dead, scattered, and rebellious.

His underestimation of the enemy and his wrong judgment led to his complete defeat in Bianliang.

And the price is the departure of relatives.

Therefore, a complete revolution is still needed!
After paying a huge price, it was only for Xiao Cheng to understand such a thing, which made him miserable.

Originally, there was no need for this trial and error cost.

It was my own innocence that caused all this.

"Two days ago, I received another gift." Jiang Yingxue said, "It was sent by Lu Hesheng. After several turns, when it arrived in front of me, the people who handled it couldn't figure out where the gift came from. Every year Send, take a different path every year. Erlang, I feel that the younger sister's power seems to be getting stronger and stronger, and she is deliberately covering it up in front of you."

Xiao Cheng's face was sullen, but his hands were full of veins, and he squeezed a pine nut until it crackled.

"From the information I have collected, it seems that my younger sister's temperament is quite different from the past."

"Can it still be the same?" Xiao Cheng sighed, and threw the pine nuts in his hand into the pond not far away, but the pine nuts did not sink, but floated on the surface of the water, rippling with the wind. "Haven't I changed too? After going through so many things, who can be the same as before."

"It's just my little sister." Jiang Yingxue hesitated.

"I know!" Xiao Cheng said: "At first, she wanted revenge. Now it seems that she is going to go south with her horse, and I'm afraid it will only be in the past two years. Didn't Yelumin have already arrived in Nanjing Road?" Is it? A whole [-] Shan troops have arrived in Nanjing Road, and it is clear what they want to do. I am afraid that only the people in the imperial court still believe in that nonsense of Lin Pingzhi?"

"Besides revenge, I'm afraid my little sister has other ideas!"

"She regards the world's major events as a game, as a chessboard, and she wants to play this game of chess with her brothers!" Xiao Cheng said angrily.

"It's really possible." Jiang Yingxue said: "One drink and one peck, maybe it's a destiny. Yelujun was assassinated on the way to Bianliang back then, but the killer used the gunpowder provided by his elder brother. The hidden wounds back then are gradually showing up. , Yelujun's health has been worsening year after year, but he still tries his best to walk around, and the four seasons never stops. Although he has suppressed the Quartet and made the Liao Kingdom prosperous, but he himself, I am afraid he is not a The phase of longevity may be folded at any time."

"At that time, with my little sister's current methods and temperament, I'm afraid that the Liao Kingdom will completely fall into her hands." Xiao Cheng rubbed his face vigorously, as if he really didn't want to admit this possibility.

Jiang Yuxue couldn't laugh or cry, "Big brother and you, what should we do?"

"What can we do?" Xiao Cheng sighed: "It must be that soldiers meet each other, fight each other, fight to the death. Little sister, she will definitely enjoy this process. You don't know, when she was still at home, she She often argues with me, or discusses, her views, some of her strategies for governing the country, and employing people, hehe, it’s not necessarily worse than mine.”

"I'm afraid you didn't expect that you would cultivate such a strong opponent for yourself?" Jiang Yingxue said. "At that time, there will be a big brother in the northwest, you in the south, and a younger sister in the north. In this world, are you three brothers from the Xiao family really coming to compete for Dingding? At that time, there will be no possibility of reconciliation between you two?"

Xiao Cheng took a look at Jiang Yingxue and shook his head: "How to reconcile? Do you want her to surrender, or let me kneel? For the little girl, this may be an interesting game, but for me, it is a matter of life and death for Chinese civilization." Survival. There is no other way but to go all out. And when the time comes, it will definitely not be the three brothers and sisters fighting each other, but the eldest brother and the second brother will join forces, and the county will beat the younger sister!"

Jiang Yingxue blinked and looked at Xiao Cheng, wanting to laugh, but she couldn't think of it. After thinking about it, the bitterness on her face became stronger.

Originally, the Liao Kingdom was the strongest.

Now Yelujun and Xiao Chuo, the male and female, cooperated tacitly, the differences between the Liao Han people and the Khitan people were at least superficially bridged, and the national strength of the Liao Kingdom was improving at an extremely fast speed.

On the other hand, in the Song Dynasty, there have been constant internal conflicts over the years, and intrigues have flourished above the court. The national power has not declined compared to before, but at least it has not improved.Speaking of it, Xiao Cheng was expanding his territory in the south, but he and the imperial court were at odds with each other and did not trust each other.

Now if the Liao people came to fight, and Xiao Cheng wrote a letter saying that he would raise his troops to go to the king, the court would definitely not allow him to move.

Who knows if you came to serve the king, or took advantage of the chaos to kill the king?

In the northwest, although Xiao Ding is dominant, his foundation is too weak. Although he has forcibly suppressed the Uighurs, Yellow-headed Uighurs, and Heikhans in the past few years, such a huge area needs troops everywhere. If you're not careful, these guys will resurface.It looks tough, but Xiao Cheng also knows it. He is just a strong outsider, but he is just trying to maintain it by force.If you want to truly stabilize, it is impossible without decades of digestion and absorption.

This is not like the Dali that I just conquered. This country is too deeply influenced by the Song Dynasty, and it is not difficult to govern it.

"So the reason why she changed her name to Xiao Chuo and didn't recognize you?" Jiang Yingxue said, "Does the imperial court know who this Xiao Chuo is?"

"So what if you know? No one will admit it." Xiao Cheng said: "For Da Song, this is an extremely embarrassing thing, and for the Liao people, I'm afraid they can't accept their The queen is a Han Chinese."

"So, they won't believe you even more."

"It's not important anymore!" Xiao Cheng sneered: "On the Hebei Road, Wang Jun was captured and brought back to Bianliang for questioning. There was only one Zheng Xiong left, and he was alone. Zhang Cheng was considered capable of fighting, but they put him in Fight against Big Brother on the Shanxi Road, and once the Liao people go south, I am afraid that the Hebei Road will collapse immediately."

"It's a pity Zhang Cheng, you were originally good brothers, but now you have become enemies!"

(End of this chapter)