After feeling Su Yonglin's will, Zhao Zuoliang felt that he really had no way out.
"I already understand the general's ambition to a certain extent."
Zhao Zuoliang lowered his head and was silent for a while, then raised his head again and said: "Right now, I have lost everything. The Zhao clan no longer needs me and no longer accepts me. It is meaningless for me to continue to stay in the Zhao clan."
"So, you are trying to reach a marriage alliance with me, fish out your family, establish a new sect on my side, and regain power and status?"
Su Yonglin smiled and helped Zhao Zuoliang complete what he had not finished.
Zhao Zuoliang also smiled.
"The prerequisite for having power and status is to save your life, general. We must save our lives first before we can talk about anything else, right?"
Su Yonglin nodded decisively.
"It is true, but if so, isn't it more dangerous here? By marrying your daughter to me, isn't it equivalent to making a hugely dangerous gamble? This kind of gamble is more dangerous than the gamble your son made. It’s scary, once you lose, the consequences will be disastrous.”
"But what if we win?"
Zhao Zuoliang said: "As far as I know, not many people are willing to make a big gamble with the general for so many days."
Su Yonglin leaned on the backrest and looked at Zhao Zuoliang seriously.
"In my limited memory, you don't seem to be a person with such determination and courage."
"I have no choice."
Zhao Zuoliang said these five words.
Su Yonglin was silent for a while and showed a relieved smile.
"The same goes for me. The wife I am marrying as a matchmaker should definitely not come from a family that is the icing on the cake."
So Zhao Zuoliang laughed.
"Although it is said that marriage should be grand and standardized, it is probably a bit difficult to conduct it in a grand and standardized manner in this situation. Even so, it should be a formality, otherwise, I would be very sorry for my little daughter. After all, the matchmaker is getting married, what does the general think?"
"As it should be."
Su Yonglin nodded and said, "It's a pity that I no longer have any relatives and am alone, like a lonely ghost. You don't mind, right?"
"of course not."
Zhao Zuoliang said with a smile: "Rules are dead, but people are alive. You can't be trapped by dead rules. You can simplify it as much as you want. As long as it makes my daughter's wedding reasonable, that's enough."
"That's very good."
Su Yonglin smiled and said, "I heard before that you made great contributions when attacking Xiangzhou and Weizhou. I wonder if this is true?"
"It is indeed true, but the one who is directly commanding is not me, but Zhou Zhi, the commander of Youyi Army. He is more talented in military affairs, so I believed in his opinion and let him command the army. I only sat in the rear, so I obtained Victory."
Zhao Zuoliang explained honestly.
Su Yonglin was quite emotional after hearing this.
"Although you don't have very high talents, you are broad-minded and generous enough. You know where to intervene and where not to intervene, and you respect talents. There are really very few people who can do this, so even if Without great talent, being in a high position will not cause disaster."
"This... I take it as a compliment."
Zhao Zuoliang was a little embarrassed.
Su Yonglin laughed: "After meeting so many people, do you really think that what I said is not a compliment?"
"this……"
Zhao Zuoliang thought for a while, sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Thank you, General, for the compliment!"
Then, Su Yonglin discussed the details of the wedding with Zhao Zuoliang, and also asked about Zhao Xirui's personal situation.
"A few years ago, when my grandfather was still alive, he arranged a marriage for me. However, not long after, the young lady fell ill and passed away, and the marriage was abandoned. You are also aware of my current situation. Traveling westward, traveling and traveling is tiring, but the body and bones are still very important."
Zhao Zuoliang understands this very well.
"Although my little girl grew up in a harem, she is in good health and has no symptoms. People who understand facial features once said that my little girl has a tough life. I quite agree with this."
Su Yonglin didn't care about physiognomy, but it was enough as long as he was healthy and had no symptoms.
He was not completely unconsidered about his marriage to Zhao Zuoliang's daughter.
Because Zhao Zuoliang's surname is Zhao and Zhao Xirui's surname is Zhao, for the entire Liberation Army, Zhao Xirui's existence is undoubtedly a lubricant, leaving precious room and possibility for both sides to resolve disputes.
Moreover, Zhao Zuoliang stated that he would rely on Su Yonglin and break away from the Zhao clan, so when Su Yonglin liquidates the Zhao clan in the future, it will not have much shock to Zhao Zuoliang and Zhao Xirui.
This is also a good prerequisite.
Of course, considering the various developments and political needs in the future, a political marriage is inevitable, but at least Su Yonglin does not want to hand over the position of his head wife to a [high-ranking family member].
He really hates these rich and powerful people who like to add icing on the cake.
Really, really annoying.
If the daughter of a wealthy family became his wife, he would naturally have many concerns, but if she was just a concubine, he would not have so many concerns when it came to taking action.
The last remaining trivial reason is that Zhao Xirui's own attitude and courage to speak out about his father's mistakes made Su Yonglin's view of traditional women slightly change.
Of course, it's not clear whether this is true or not, but if it is true, he will find it very interesting.
If this girl is someone with whom he can exchange thoughts, then maybe he and this girl will have some common topics.
This matter has basically been finalized. Next, we will wait for each other to follow up and prepare for execution. Zhao Zuoliang will take his family to leave Yizhou and go directly to Wuji County to organize the wedding.
After discussing these issues, Zhao Zuoliang told Su Yonglin something.
"Last year, the Song Dynasty court in the south sent someone to contact the leader, saying that they would grant him an official position and recruit him. However, I guess the Song Dynasty court did not want to make the matter too big for the Jin people to know, so this matter The matter is still a secret, and very few people know about it. The commander can count them all on one hand."
Su Yonglin's eyes became quite sharp after hearing this.
"So, our Commander-in-Chief Zhao has accepted the official position in the Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Zuoliang nodded.
"Yes, the official position given to him by the Song Dynasty was to set up the Shandong East Road and Shandong East Road, which was equivalent to handing over the Shandong two roads to the commander-in-chief. Because the general had not conquered Hebei at that time, the Song court did not know about this matter. Moreover, the leader did not tell Song Ting that Shandong was actually a tripod."
"That's kind of interesting."
Su Yonglin laughed: "Our Commander-in-Chief Zhao doesn't want to let the Southern Kingdom's imperial court in Shandong actually not be decided by him alone?"
"More or less, the general's territory and the territory of General Sun Tzu Yi were assigned to me and Zhao Xiang as general managers respectively. Now that I have lost my position, I don't know who he gave this position to, but the Southern Kingdom's court does not know that the general and the existence of General Sun.”
Zhao Zuoliang told everything he knew.
Su Yonglin thought for a while, then nodded slowly and said, "Commander Zhao doesn't intend to become an enemy of the Southern Kingdom? Does he intend to defect to the Southern Kingdom?"
"That's not true."
Zhao Zuoliang shook his head and said: "At that time, no one knew that the general could take Hebei and defeat the army of gold thieves, so the reason why the commander did this was to leave a way out for himself, so that if he was defeated, he would not be defeated in the future. Waiting to die in the North Country.
He didn't like the Southern Kingdom, and he looked down on the Emperor of the Southern Kingdom, so he didn't intend to let the Southern Kingdom interfere in Shandong affairs. He just used this excuse to leave a way out for himself. But speaking of it, the Southern Kingdom never sent anyone north to interfere in Shandong affairs. "
