Zhao Kaishan was quite helpless with Zhao Zuoliang's arguments.
When the two were alone, Zhao Kaishan covered his head and sighed deeply.
"Uncle, do you think I am willing to do such a thing? I am not willing either. Isn't there nothing I can do? As long as I have some means, I will not do such a thing. I am really short of soldiers.
This Nanle City is really evil. I can't defeat it no matter how hard I fight. It loses too many soldiers and generals, and the army is too depleted. It can't be maintained without conscription. Conscription is a must! "
Zhao Zuoliang shook his head repeatedly, very unhappy.
"I don't understand military matters, but I heard that the reason why people are unwilling to join the army is that firstly, there are too many casualties, and secondly, the promised pensions and rewards are not in place. Many families are dissatisfied because their sons died in vain. Isn't this very Weird?
How could they not feel sad when they couldn't get the money that their family members had sacrificed their lives for? If they feel sad, how can others not feel the sadness of the rabbit dying and the fox dying? "
"this……"
"Kaishan, what's going on here? Did you allocate this money or not? Do you want to give it or don't want to give it? Just be sure!"
"I gave it, I really gave it, I am willing to give it, why can't I get this little money? But I don't know what happened, the money was not put in place... Maybe someone is greedy, but Where do I have time to take care of these things now?”
Zhao Kaishan looked bitter: "I know someone has done corruption, but I really don't have the time or energy to take care of it. The top priority is to conquer Daming Mansion!
Conquering Daming Mansion is the most important thing, everything else should be put in the back row, there is no need to delay! Once this kind of thing is investigated, it will inevitably involve serious matters and will not be easy to solve. And where do I have time? "
"Then you can't let this kind of thing go unchecked! The pensions and rewards were taken away inexplicably, and you don't know what happened! Then the forced conquest will destroy the hearts of the people!"
Zhao Zuoliang warned Zhao Kaishan earnestly, but Zhao Kaishan still had no intention of changing his mind.
"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that I can't do it! I can't do it. How can I spare the energy to do these things in this situation?"
"You can't stop doing it just because of this. Those people want to dig up the ancestral graves of our Zhao family!"
Zhao Zuoliang said with a sad face: "Once we lose the hearts of the people and the Jin people come, we only need to lose once and there will be no future! Kaishan, you must know the pros and cons!"
After listening to what Zhao Zuoliang said, Zhao Kaishan was a little touched in his heart.
Because that is indeed the case.
Greedy for his money and ruining his reputation, those people were enjoying themselves, living and drinking, and pinning all the bad reputation on Zhao Kaishan, weren't they digging into the Zhao family's ancestral grave?
Zhao Kaishan looked at Zhao Zuoliang and thought seriously.
"What does uncle think I should do now?"
"Now, the only thing I can do is learn from Cao Cao."
"Cao Cao?"
"When Cao Cao led his troops to attack Yuan Shu, due to poor logistics, lack of food and grass, and unstable military morale, Cao Cao decided to frame the grain officer for embezzling grain and grass to divert the attention of the soldiers. Then he killed the grain officer and opened the warehouse to release grain. The soldiers should be well fed to boost their morale and defeat Yuan Shu with a single drumbeat."
Zhao Zuoliang made full use of the knowledge he accumulated from his daily reading.
Zhao Kaishan quickly understood what Zhao Zuoliang meant.
"Uncle, what do you mean, let me find a scapegoat and kill it to alleviate the resentment among the people, and then reward him with money to restore the people's support?"
"exactly."
Zhao Zuoliang nodded: "Outsiders don't know the inside story. They will only think that by killing the people who deserve to be killed, the resentment towards our Zhao family will be reduced a lot. This is a way to remedy the situation.
After all those who deserve to be killed are killed, we can reward some money and make some gestures, and the people's hearts will naturally return. At that time, we can resume recruiting troops. For now, forced conscription should be suspended. "
"Uncle is right."
Zhao Kaishan became happy: "Speaking of which, I do have some people who want to attack me. These people have been making a lot of trouble recently and they have tricked me. It's intolerable, but what can't be tolerated!"
Zhao Kaishan then decided to "strictly fight against corruption."
He asked about reliable anti-corruption candidates, and Zhao Zuoliang directly recommended Zhao Kaihe, who had failed in military affairs. He also cited examples of Zhao Kaihe's attempts to cause trouble during the march and asked Zhao Kaishan to do something.
It is best to drive Zhao Kaihe out of the army to prevent him from continuing to harm the army, making mistakes and losing battles that could have been won.
Zhao Kaishan felt that there was nothing wrong with this. Zhao Kaihe did not have the ability to command an army in combat, and he was not short of generals to charge into battle, so he agreed to Zhao Zuoliang's suggestion.
He called Zhao Kaihe to talk and expressed his intention to appoint him as Shandong Supervisor, specifically responsible for handling this incident, finding the masterminds behind the corruption of pensions and rewards, and punishing them severely.
Of course Zhao Kaihe was unwilling to do this because his boss was unwilling. He still wanted to stay in the army and take this opportunity to do something and strive to lead the army again.
In troubled times, what is the point of being a civil servant?
It must be the leader who feels safe.
He saw this very clearly.
But Zhao Kaishan had made up his mind, and Zhao Kaihe had no choice but to agree to take up the position of supervisor against his will.
Then through Zhao Kaishan's narration, he learned that Zhao Zuoliang was responsible for this incident. He immediately resented Zhao Zuoliang and was very dissatisfied. He felt that Zhao Zuoliang was targeting him everywhere.
He went to find Zhao Zuoliang.
"Uncle, why do you want me to do this? You clearly know that I just want to lead troops and fight bloody battles with gold thieves, so why do you want me to be an inspector? What's the point if a man can't fight bloody battles on the battlefield?"
"Kaihe, you should know what it's like to fight in a war. Are you really suitable to be a general? It's not like I'm an uncle who can't speak well. On the battlefield, you can only make people who could survive die, so you still It’s better not to go to the battlefield.”
Zhao Zuoliang replied coldly without raising his head while handling military affairs.
Zhao Kaihe suddenly felt embarrassed.
Although this is indeed the case, you can't say this in front of me. This is simply too much.
"What uncle said is going too far."
He replied angrily.
"Excessive?"
Zhao Zuoliang put down his military affairs and stood up. He walked up to Zhao Kaihe and said angrily: "It's important for people to know themselves. What they can and cannot do needs to be clear. If you don't know clearly, something will happen." of!
I'm not good at leading troops, so I let people who are good at leading troops do it. Zhou Zhi did a good job this time. I do what I'm good at. If I cooperate with him, we can accomplish great things, instead of constantly pushing myself. Not a correct idea! And you have to force others to do it! "
Zhao Zuoliang's words made Zhao Kaihe's face heat up and he felt very uncomfortable.
"Uncle, you mean that I can't lead troops?"
"You can charge into battle, but you are far behind in commanding on the battlefield. You are a clan member who founded the mountain. You are really not suitable to be a general who charges into battle, so no matter what, it is better for you not to do such a thing."
Zhao Zuoliang was very dissatisfied with Zhao Kaihe's behavior of always trying to cause trouble, so he did not use his usual gentle attitude, but put on the airs of an elder and used a scolding tone.
Zhao Kaihe held a grudge against this.
On the surface, he has no confidence to confront Zhao Zuoliang. He is the elder within the family, and outside the family, he is the commander of the army. He is a commander who can be trusted by Zhao Kaishan. After he loses his military position, he will no longer be his opponent.
Will this humiliate me?
Zhao Kaihe rushed to the base camp of Yizhou, Shandong with full of resentment, and started to cause trouble in Yizhou as the supervisor of Shandong.
Zhao Kaishan asked him to investigate the whereabouts of the pensions and war bounties allocated to the local areas, and asked him to conduct a rigorous investigation into the three states of Yizhou, Mizhou and Juzhou, which were the main sources of the Liberation Army. The Tong family and the Zhao family are not the same family.
Anyone who tries to ruin the reputation of the Zhao family by taking action on this kind of matter can be pulled out and beheaded, and do something else on the way.
Zhao Kaihe happened to be unhappy and had no way to attack Zhao Zuoliang for the time being, so he prepared to use these unlucky people to vent his anger.
