"Are you serious?"
Zhao Ji's voice trembled slightly.
"Your Majesty, there is another benefit to allowing the people of Liangshan to open up and expand the territory. Your Majesty does not think that the officials you grant are too many. War is cruel, and casualties are inevitable. The officials you have sealed off will not be left with many after several battles..."
Cui Jingyou looked at Zhao Ji and said.
These words made Zhao Ji even more excited. Isn't this just driving the tiger to devour the wolf? When everything is over, he will get everything without having to pay anything.
"Will Sun Lei agree?"
Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment and looked at Cui Jing and asked. The question now is whether Sun Lei will agree.
"Your Majesty, regardless of whether Sun Lei agrees or not, Your Majesty must lower his profile and let the world see His Majesty's kindness and sincerity!"
"If Sun Lei doesn't agree, then he is greedy. He doesn't appreciate His Majesty's kindness to him. He insists on letting the people fall into war. He is a sinner through the ages! From this point of view, Sun Lei has lost the support of the people."
"What's more, if Sun Lei doesn't want it, then so many people in Liangshan don't want it? A group of reckless ancestors may have never been an official in their eight lives. Now, His Majesty has shown mercy and promised hundreds of official positions, many of which are high-ranking officials! Those people will Aren’t you tempted?”
"Once those people are tempted, they will no longer follow Sun Lei in rebellion, and Liangshan will begin to collapse. If someone leaves Liangshan and joins the imperial court, your majesty can give him a generous reward. In this way, Liangshan will fall apart."
"The final result is that Sun Lei becomes a loner, and Liangshan turns back into a water village, unable to make a difference!"
Cui Jing said with a smile that this was a conspiracy. Sun Lei had to agree whether he agreed or not. The Song Dynasty was the orthodoxy, and Liangshan was just Caotou Village after all.
"And this one?"
Zhao Ji finally felt at ease after hearing this. He had no worries at all. Where could he find such good things?
"You arrange this!"
Zhao Ji looked at Cui Jing and said, he agreed without even discussing with other ministers.
"Yes, Your Majesty! But what about Princess Yanqing?"
Cui Jing asked again, now that rumors about Sun Lei's lust have spread, and Princess Yanqing is famous for her beauty, only by following the trend can we make the most of the rumors.
"My daughter will marry a bandit!"
Zhao Ji's face was full of tangles. Although the emperor was very ruthless, he was not a ruthless person, especially when it came to his own children, and he couldn't use them as bargaining chips.
"Your Majesty, for the sake of the Song Dynasty, Princess Yanqing will be considerate, and if Sun Lei becomes a prince, he will be worthy of the princess. And Sun Lei is only over 20 years old, so he is a good match!"
Cui Jing advised that if Sun Lei became the prince, then there would be no problem with the marriage.
"I leave it all to you!"
Zhao Ji waved his hand and said, just as Cui Jing said, Sun Lei is just a bit inferior in background, but the rest is worthy of his daughter. Just to destroy the Liao Kingdom and regain Yanyun, if he had a good background, the princess would be worthy of him.
Cui Jing was overjoyed, bowed and left.
"Your Majesty, Captain Gao is still outside."
The eunuch whispered to Zhao Ji.
"You haven't left yet?"
Zhao Ji frowned, Gao Qiu and Sun Lei had a grudge against each other, and Cui Jing asked to see him just to recruit Sun Lei, and to force Gao Qiu to give up this grudge.
"Let him in!"
Zhao Ji didn't want to see Gao Qiu at this time. He knew Gao Qiu's purpose, and he also knew that it was difficult to persuade him. Gao Qiu was an old man from Qiandi who followed him in Prince Duan's Mansion. He had served him with all his heart over the years. That was a sign of loyalty. .
As soon as Gao Qiu entered the side hall, he kowtowed to Zhao Ji, then knelt on the ground and cried.
"why are you crying!"
Zhao Ji looked at Gao Qiu and said helplessly.
"Your Majesty, I think of my dead son. He was just such a son! He died so tragically!"
Gao Qiu cried and complained. Zhao Ji summoned Cui Jing just now, which meant that Zhao Ji had the idea of recruiting Sun Lei again.
"Little Gaozi!"
Zhao Ji stood up, walked to Gao Qiu, and said in a low voice, this was the name he used to call Gao Qiu in Prince Duan's Mansion.
When Gao Qiu heard this title, he stopped crying and looked up at Zhao Ji. He had not heard these three words "Little Gaozi" for many years. It was because of these three words that he rose to prominence.
"Sun Lei is still useful now. Just put your hatred aside and find an opportunity for you to take revenge in the future!"
After all, Zhao Ji still feels sorry for his servant. As for Sun Lei, a rebel is a rebel after all. When he embarks on the path of rebellion, the outcome is doomed, and he must be dealt with after being used again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Gao Qiu was overjoyed. This was what he wanted. As long as the emperor still loved him and stood by his side, it was enough.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Fan Lou is going to launch a new oiran recently..."
Gao Qiu said in Zhao Ji's ear coquettishly.
"Tell me in detail!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ji became immediately interested and quickly asked for details.
Outside the palace, Sun Li said goodbye to the officials who greeted him thoughtfully, and rode back to his mansion.
As soon as he got home, Sun Li began to sigh.
"My lord, aren't you going to the palace for a banquet today?"
Leshi offered hot tea to Sun Li in confusion.
"You're a woman, people don't understand."
Sun Li said a little irritably that he did not tell his wife about being an undercover agent. The less people knew about this kind of thing, the better. Even telling his wife would only make her more troubled.
Le Shi reluctantly went to the back hall. Since leaving Dengzhou, Sun Li has been rising steadily, and his official position has been promoted one after another. However, Sun Li has become more and more worried. Sometimes he will be woken up by nightmares in the middle of the night. She is really worried that something will happen to Sun Li. .
"Junior brother, I heard that you are sitting in the main hall at the palace banquet today, just under the Taiwei! It seems that the third rank is just around the corner!"
Luan Tingyu walked in with a smile and said, "The palace banquet had just ended when the news spread throughout Tokyo."
"Hey, what's the use? If I continue like this, I will become a lieutenant. When the time comes, Sun Lei will close the net, what will I do?"
Sun Li said with a grimace that he didn't want to be promoted at all now. Sun Lei had made it clear that he wanted him to enter the upper echelons of the imperial court, and he would cooperate with him in all wars related to him, but the more this happened, the more difficult it became for him.
"Closing the net? Um..."
The smile on Luan Tingyu's face faded. He is also afraid of this now. He can now be a seventh-rank martial official. There are already rumors that he will be promoted from the sixth rank soon because of his achievements in the conquest of Liangshan. According to the speed, Sun Lei When the net was closed, he was afraid that he had already passed the fifth level.
"Did we move too fast?"
Luan Tingyu said, before he could not seek an official position, but now he is afraid of being promoted.
"Sun Lei is so helpful? How could he not be promoted quickly? But today Cui Jing went to see the emperor again, and it is probably a matter of recruitment!"
Sun Li said.
"Sun Lei will definitely not be recruited. As for the others, it's hard to say!"
Luan Tingyu nodded and said, the recruitment matter has spread throughout Tokyo.
"I'm just afraid that this conspiracy will anger Sun Lei, and Sun Lei will jump over the wall. I saw Le He and Ma Lin in the palace today. Their performance was even rewarded by the emperor. If they have evil intentions..."
Sun Li whispered.
"assassinate!"
Luan Tingyu's expression changed drastically. (End of chapter)
