The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 50
It wasn't until noon that the door of the study was opened again, and Hong Qi and Lu Qiu walked out with solemn faces.

After Lu Qiu ate, he left hand in hand with Hong Qi. Zhao Tang called Su Shi again, handed over the order talisman, and asked him to pass an order to the Divine Guard under the Infantry Division, and then he stopped.

In the afternoon, someone outside the mansion brought an invitation card to give a gift. After seeing the invitation card, Zhao Tun asked the housekeeper to bring the person, but he recognized it. It was Tong Guan's son, Tong Shimin. Beijing?"

Tong Shimin bowed and said: "Go back to the lord, my father returned to Beijing last night, and then entered the palace, and has been staying in the mansion since he came down today, and has not gone to work in the West Mansion."

Zhao Tong said, "How is the matter in the Southwest?"

Tong Shimin said: "Two gangs of bandits were wiped out, and one gang was recruited, but they are not very fertile. The bandits in the southwest are very poor!"

Zhao Tong said with a smile: "Then what else can I send to my side? Privy Tong is exhausted this trip, and I just need to subsidize it myself."

Tong Shimin respectfully said: "When I returned to the army, I was rectified in Luoyang, Xijing. The local officials paid filial piety. How dare my father monopolize it."

Zhao Tong shook his head and said: "The Taoist has a heart, you go back to him, I will be there for the evening banquet."

Tong Shimin bid farewell and left, Zhao Tong went to look at the box, there was no gold or silver, only some jewelry and jade, he ordered Lei San to send all these things to Suiyulou, probably to be converted into silver taels.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost dusk, and seeing that the sky was full of majestic clouds and brilliant rays of light, and the hot flashes in the air were gradually fading away, Zhao Tang ordered someone to prepare a sedan chair, and went out of the mansion to go straight to Tong Guan's place.

Tong Guan lived outside the palace very early, and there are no less than seven or eight houses in Tokyo, but the most frequent residence is a mansion in Bixie Lane, East Street.

This place in Bixie Lane is quiet, except for Tong's Mansion, the residences of some high-ranking military officials, and Taoist hermits who devote themselves to cultivation, there are no miscellaneous people.

When we arrived at Tong's mansion, we saw a large gate, but there were not many horses and carriages in front of the gate. Apparently Tong Guan didn't invite many people. The soldier on duty saw the sedan chair and ran inside to announce. Seeing Tong Guan come out.

I saw this leader of the Privy Council, the chief eunuch of the court, who was in charge of the Privy Council, and opened the third division of Yitong. He was dressed in a purple robe and a crimson gauze hat without wings.

"My lord, my lord, I have lost my way, please forgive me!" Tong Guan saluted with a powerful voice.

Zhao Tang looked at him, always wondering that this boy, as an eunuch, had a beard, and he is not young now, and he is so strong, which is unimaginable.

If it is said that someone was merciful at the time, it is unlikely. Tong Guan was the palace wall where Shenzong Xining entered. At that time, there were not many eunuchs in the inner court, at most there were only two or three hundred eunuchs. The scale has been expanded by more than ten times, and there is still a chance to do some tricks.

Zhao Tong said: "Dao Fu, you have seen far away. Why do you come to greet me in person? Let's go inside and talk."

The two of them went straight into the middle hall, and they saw the splendor and jewels, but it was several times more luxurious than that of Zhao Tong's residence.

In the middle hall, the big table was set up early, and the servants stood around. When they saw the two people walking in, they all bowed down.

There was only one person, and he just stepped forward to salute, but Zhao Tun recognized him when he saw it, and couldn't help but smile even wider on his face.

Tong Guan said: "I asked Liang Si to come to accompany the prince, please don't blame the prince."

Zhao Tong said: "I haven't seen you for a long time. Today is just the time to talk about it, but the Taoist has a heart."

The man greeted him again, and said: "But the good heir is reckless."

Zhao Tang looked at him, he was of medium build, very strong, his face was elegant but there was a hint of firmness, he couldn't help but secretly sighed in his heart.

This man was Li Liangsi, whose original name was Ma Zhi, who was brought back by Tong Guan when he was an envoy to the Liao Kingdom a few years ago, and he was the initiator of the famous "Sea Alliance".

Ma Zhi talked about wars on paper, only knowing that the Jurchen soldiers were brave and the Liao army was corrupt, but he didn't know that the Song army was worse than the Liao army. Compared with each other, they were only worse, but he still thought that under the attack of the Song and Jin Dynasties, he would reset the world pattern, but he did not expect Song Zhilan was far superior to Liao, and 10,000+ people could not beat the thousands of remnants of Liao. In the end, everything was taken for granted, and finally this body fell into the legend of treacherous officials.

It is also said that he is a Jurchen spy, but there is no evidence in it, and judging from the final outcome of this person, he probably should not be, otherwise he would have run away long ago, and there is no need to stay in the court and wait to be sentenced to death.

No one can bear the huge consequences of the alliance at sea. To put it bluntly, the alliance at sea would not have come to fruition if the emperor had not insisted on going his own way.

When Ma Zhi came to Tokyo with Tong Guan, Zhao Tun was only eleven or twelve years old and had not yet left the palace to open a mansion. It was only after some time that he found out about this. At that time, let alone whether he had the strength to kill Ma Zhi, it was Ma Zhi's. A set of rhetoric has entered the heart of the Taoist emperor, and since then, this matter has been discussed until now.

Right now, the Daojun Emperor and the ministers in the court are almost in agreement, and they just wait for the right time to implement the policy of Ma Zhi. Zhao Tun entered the court too late, and this kind of thing is in the mind of the Daojun Emperor, it is almost impossible. If it is big, it is difficult to stop it.

At the beginning of the banquet, Ma Zhi, who is now called Li Liangsi, didn't talk too much, but just served as the wine secretary, at least on the surface he was relatively stable.

Zhao Tang took the wine and said, "Doctor, I also practice martial arts, but it's always difficult to master it to a high level. I don't know how you trained your copper skin and iron bones. If you have any methods, tell me about it."

Tong Guanlian didn't dare: "My lord, the martial arts of the outer sect are just hard work. It will naturally become stronger after a long time."

Zhao Tong said again: "Don't say that everyone knows these things, I remember that your adoptive father Li Xian was so powerful in the Northwest, his martial arts were more than copper skin and iron bones, I don't know how much you scored?"

Speaking of Li Xian, even though Tong Guan had a rough appearance, he couldn't help showing a trace of nostalgia, saying: "The foster father's ability cannot be surpassed by him, and his proficiency in martial arts can only inherit two or three. The foster father has housekeeping skills, so does Guan. It’s only in recent years that I’ve gotten a glimpse into the door, if it can be passed on from generation to generation, it will be worthy of the kindness of knowledge.”

Zhao Tong inquired: "Since it is Li Zhongmin's housekeeping skills, it is a rare skill for the Taoist to care so much about it."

Tong Guan clasped his fists and said: "My lord, it's not because Tong Guan is hiding something for selfishness, it's actually my adoptive father. This ability can only be learned by castrated eunuchs. I don't dare to offer it to my lord!"

Zhao Tang's eyes moved when he heard this, he laughed loudly and said: "It should be so, but today I have something to tell you."

Tong Guan wondered: "My lord, please speak frankly. If you can do it, you won't refuse."

Zhao Tong said: "I have a person who is a general judge in Wuweijun, Huainan West Road. I was going to bring him to Beijing. At first, I thought that the Ministry of Household Affairs was the best. After all, after the restructuring of Yuanfeng, the three divisions were abolished, and the Ministry of Household Affairs gathered the achievements of the three divisions. , the power is very heavy, but after thinking about the household department being controlled by the Cai family, it’s all right to think about it, it’s more convenient to go to your Privy Council.”

(End of this chapter)