What is hypocrisy?
What is the highest good?
I'm afraid no one can explain this question clearly.
But Tian Guizi firmly disagreed with Su Yonglin's statement that he was a hypocrite.
If he is a hypocrite, are there any kind people in this world?
Save so many people from life and death, let them have enough food, clothing and money, and let them start to live like a human being. Would such a person have no kind thoughts in his heart?
This group of people, or most of the people in the entire Liberation Army, are able to live like human beings because of Su Yonglin's hard work and hard work. Should such an initiative of thousands of families becoming Buddhas be treated as non-existent?
So Tian Guizi wants to refute.
"There is no perfect person in the world."
Tian Guizi shook his head resolutely: "There is no way to have the best of both worlds in the world, Alang, this is what you have always said, choose the lesser of two evils, and use the minimum price to obtain the greatest victory. This is your code of conduct.
Some things cannot be reversed by human power. You have done so much within the scope of human power. Among the emperors and generals throughout the ages, which one has done better than you? You've done a great job. "
Su Yonglin turned around, leaned against the wall and looked at Tian Guizi for a while, and then laughed.
"When things happen, I am always comforted by you... This is the first time, Gezi, every time I have something on my mind, I am always comforted by you. I feel like you are like a close sister."
"My dearest sister? Uh...hehehe, I'm just telling the truth."
Tian Guizi smiled: "Alang is sincerely thinking about them, but there are some things that are beyond Alang's ability and cannot be done. And more people don't treat the people as human beings at all, just as livestock, and treat them No matter what you ask for, how lucky are the people of Hebei and Shandong to be protected by Alang?"
"What a blessing..."
Su Yonglin raised his neck and looked at the gradually darkening sky, and sighed: "This can be regarded as a blessing, so how miserable will they be on ordinary days? Gezi, there is a disease in this world, and the disease is so serious. .”
"Then use strong medicine, use a large dose, and cure this world severely!"
Tian Guizi clenched his fists: "As for Alang, we can definitely do it! Alang can definitely remove this disease together with the root of the disease! As long as Alang is here, as long as Alang takes us, we can definitely do it!"
"Absolutely? I don't dare to say that."
Su Yonglin smiled and shook his head: "I just want to do my best. In my lifetime, I have to leave something to the world that makes them happy, otherwise my life will be in vain."
Tian Guizi's words made Su Yonglin feel better, and the heavy feeling of oppression was somewhat relieved. Sensing this trend, Su Yonglin cheered up and followed Tian Guizi away from the city wall and back to the headquarters of the Liberation Army.
When I returned to the headquarters, I happened to run into Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi coming side by side. The two looked in a hurry and were discussing something.
When they met Su Yonglin, the two of them immediately saluted.
"Su Shuai!"
"No gift."
Su Yonglin looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Looking at how hurried you are, are you here to do something?"
"Yes, Dr. Lin asked us to report on the Beiwei Army's food, salary and some military supplies. The Beiwei Army is about to be dispatched. All preparations must be made. The Food and Pay Department is also very busy now. .”
Yelu Yuanyi spoke quickly and rushed to answer.
Su Yonglin nodded.
Taking a defensive position in the north was his strategy to strengthen the wall and clear the country, but in the south, since there was only one enemy army, Kong Yanzhou, he was not worried about not being able to cope with it.
Caozhou and Shanzhou were finally saved after the defeat of the Western Expedition during the Zhao Kaishan period.
Although the two places were badly destroyed by Kong Yanzhou and many people were killed, the surviving people in the two states all hated Kong Yanzhou, so Su Yonglin recruited local people to join the army in Caozhou and Shanzhou, using their influence on Kong Yanzhou and the Jin army Hatred is definitely an excellent source of soldiers.
Most of the recruits from these two places joined the Po Enemy Army and the Youyi Army. With a deep hatred for the Jinren and Kong Yanzhou, the recruits trained very hard and gradually became elite.
The Beiwei Army has always been the most elite part of Zhao Kaishan's command. The quality of the soldiers and the weapons and equipment are the best. There is no need to replenish the troops for a while.
The army was almost rebuilt, and Su Yonglin set up a gunpowder workshop here to produce qualified granular gunpowder for the army because of the local saltpeter production.
In accordance with Su Yonglin's request, Zhao Zuoliang mobilized Shandong's manpower and material resources to expand production here, intending to turn this place into a supply base for gunpowder for the Liberation Army, and also carry out a certain degree of restoration and construction of the two places.
And on the fifth day after Wan Yanliang officially went south to fight, Kong Yanzhou also officially launched his attack, directing his troops towards Caozhou and Shanzhou.
According to the intelligence, Kong Yanzhou's army was indeed small in number. It looked like there were only five or six thousand people. It didn't look like they were here to threaten the Liberation Army, but rather they were here for a winter outing to enjoy the snow.
Of course, the reason why only five or six thousand Jin troops were dispatched was not that Kong Yanzhou could not mobilize so many troops, but that Kong Yanzhou had to use a large number of troops to defend the Jin-Song border, and many mobile troops could not move.
This situation was beyond Su Yonglin's expectation at first. Su Yonglin thought that Zhao Gou, who had been a coward for most of his life, was finally going to rise to prominence, and was particularly surprised.
But according to the intelligence analysis sent back by Su Changsheng from Jiaxing Intelligence Headquarters, that was not the case at all.
Before, Wan Yanliang didn't know what was wrong, and he actually ordered the Southern Song Dynasty to send troops north to attack the Liberation Army. Later, this news was leaked for some reason, and the entire government and the entire Lin'an knew about it.
When it comes to attacking the Liberation Army, if there is an advantage to be taken advantage of, then it is estimated that the Southern Song Dynasty is not unable to do such a thing.
But the problem is that Wan Yanliang actually "ordered" the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Liberation Army.
Wan Yanliang put on the airs of the suzerain state and wanted to order the Southern Song Dynasty to attack the Liberation Army as the emperor of the suzerain state. He also said that when the event was accomplished, he would reward them with four border states.
If that was all, it probably wouldn't trigger what happened next, but Wan Yanliang added another sentence - If you don't send troops and disobey my order, I will come to deal with you after I finish dealing with the Liberation Army.
This was so good that it stimulated all the warring factions in the Southern Song Dynasty court.
If you discuss it carefully and use a consultative tone, although Southern Song Dynasty will not be obedient, he will not necessarily be angry.
But you chose to use a threatening tone, which made the Southern Song Dynasty's main war faction, which had gradually risen in recent years, seize the opportunity to create public opinion.
The literati and poets of the main war faction linked the threat of the Jin Kingdom to the humiliation of being a vassal state and the emperor as an emperor for more than ten years in the Southern Song Dynasty. They successfully set off a wave of public opinion offensive and immediately tied the sovereignty and treason to each other. together.
At this critical and sensitive moment, whoever dares to say that peace is the most important thing is surrendering and betraying the country. If the emperor does not deal with you, the warring faction will drown you with saliva and let you die socially.
The weather vane in the court changed rapidly. The peace faction did not dare to raise its head, and Zhao Gou, who could not raise his head at all, did not dare to raise his head even more.
Therefore, under the strong request of the main war faction, the Southern Song Dynasty court made a decision to actively prepare for war, requiring the border armies to reorganize their armaments to prepare for emergencies and to be ready to deal with the Jin army's southward offensive at any time.
At the same time, in order to respond to this request, the courtiers of the war faction strongly requested Zhao Gou to recall Zhang Jun, the famous soul figure of the war faction who had been denounced before, and ask him to come back to preside over major events.
Jin soldiers may go south at any time, and the court needs someone with rich military command experience to command the army in case of emergencies.
Of course, this person cannot be a military general, and there are fewer and fewer people among the civil servants who have fought in wars. Zhang Jun is a remnant of the old era, and is currently the best candidate that the main war faction can think of.
However, this request was really unacceptable to the Lord Harmony faction headed by Tang Situi.
Three years ago, it was the advocate and faction headed by Tang Situi who advocated the impeachment of Zhang Jun, who was demoted to live in Yongzhou and was not allowed to discuss government affairs.
It would be bad if the main war faction forces that had finally been suppressed were fully revived due to this storm, and even super thorns like Zhang Jun came back.
At this level, Tang Sihui and Zhao Gou vaguely reached a tacit understanding that could be determined without words.
Because Zhao Gou also disliked Zhang Jun, a thorn in his side who advocated the Northern Expedition.
As soon as he came back, Zhao Gou's Ansheng life was gone, and Tang Situi's power was in jeopardy.
This is unacceptable to them under any circumstances.
