It was no surprise to Zhang Shi that Shen Gai asked this question.
Rather, it's really strange that he didn't ask the question.
So Zhang Shi decided to follow his instructions.
"I also feel a little bit like riding a tiger, but... I have to do this."
Zhang Shi pretended to be helpless and said: "I must bear the responsibility for the mistakes I made. Before the Ming Dynasty Yellow River Project is truly completed, I must drive away the Ming Dynasty instructors."
Seeing him say this, most of Shen Gai's doubts disappeared, and he even began to consider the feasibility of this matter for Zhang Shi.
"Will tomorrow be able to just watch the fat in your mouth being snatched away?"
"The original agreement was for two years. Now there is only one month left before we can drive away the Mingguo instructors openly."
Zhang Shi nodded and said: "If we take the initiative, it is our fault. If the people of the Ming Dynasty are still unwilling to leave according to the contract, then it is the fault of the Ming Dynasty. We have a righteous name, so there is no need to be afraid of them. The Zhongdu court will come People, I have something to say."
Shen Gai thought for a moment, frowned slightly and said: "The Ming Dynasty is so powerful, will it deliberately deny it? Moreover, what should we do if the Zhongdu court puts pressure on us? The Ming Dynasty is the superior country after all. In this case, The pressure on the court will be great.”
"We can only take one step at a time."
Zhang Shi shook his head and said: "The current situation is very dangerous for us. Any slight disturbance will cause unexpected reactions. Therefore, I must eliminate all possibilities of restlessness, so that I can truly hold on to Hangzhou. Otherwise, I will not be able to hold on to Hangzhou all day long." No."
Shen should agree with this.
"If that's the case, if you still need my help, just ask. I won't refuse anything that I can do. It's just... Jingfu, are you really not going to leave?"
Zhang Shi pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, then laughed and shook his head.
"Don't leave. I've said so. There are so many things to do, and it's not appropriate to leave."
"………………"
Shen Gai was silent for a long time, finally looked at Zhang Shi, sighed deeply, said nothing more, and left.
In the next few days, Zhang Shi was busy preparing to "expel" the Mingguo instructors. Ge Shou, a close confidant of Shen Gai who had previously had opinions and doubts about Zhang Shi, came to Shen Gai again and expressed his distrust of Zhang Shi. I suspect there is some collusion between Zhang Shi and Ming Guo.
Shen Gai told Ge Shou what Zhang Shi said to him. Ge Shou didn't believe it even more when he heard the words.
"Zhang Shi is an envoy to the Privy Council, a high-ranking official, and a noble person. Such a person is actually willing to give up his glory and wealth to rest with the country? It is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world! Don't you think it's strange, sir? Does such a person really exist? "
When Shen Gai heard this at first, he thought it was no big deal, and he even felt vaguely aware of it.
But I soon felt something was wrong.
You boy...
Are you scolding me?
I am also a high-ranking official.
You accused me of being greedy for life and afraid of death, right? Pointing at mulberry trees and scolding huai trees?
Shen Gai looked at Ge Shou with strange eyes.
Ge Shou was proud for a while, but suddenly he felt that something was wrong in his words. It seemed that he not only scolded Zhang Shi, but also scolded Shen Gai...
Ah this...
"Ms. sir, I...I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about Zhang Shi, just Zhang Shi."
Ge Shou quickly explained.
Shen Gai's expression was still not good.
"I heard before that you wanted to ask for a position in the Privy Council for a relative, so you asked Zhang Jingfu. Zhang Jingfu refused because your relative was an unlearned gambler. Could it be that you Is this why you always hate Zhang Jingfu?"
Ge Shou was immediately frightened.
"Ms. sir, I...I...I'm not, I didn't mean that. Zhang Jingfu, he...he...he is really a little unreasonable, really a bit..."
"That's enough! In the midst of a national crisis, you're still making trouble! It's because of people like you that the Song Dynasty has reached this point!"
Shen Gai suddenly became angry, and Ge Shou was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.
Shen Gai's anger persisted and he ordered Ge Shou to be dismissed from his post and directly kicked out of the Hangzhou court. He was not even given the quota originally reserved for him to run away with him.
Ge Shou lost his wife and soldiers, and he was completely stunned.
After this incident, Shen Gai's doubts about Zhang Shi were greatly reduced. Although it was not absolute trust, the inexplicable doubts were gone. There was even a little admiration in his heart, and even a trace of shame towards himself. .
He felt a little ashamed that he could not be as decisive and brave as Zhang Shi.
After all, he is not a completely shameless person. Perhaps there is a part of him in his heart that wants to become a model of loyalty and good character that will be written down in the history books. He even once felt that the reputation of those models of loyalty and good character is actually very easy to mess up, and it is just a matter of death.
When things came to a close, he realized how difficult the so-called "just one death" was.
Back then, what kind of courage did Li Ruoshui have to curse the cruel Wanyan Zonghan?
What kind of pain did he endure before he died?
He once admired Li Ruoshui's integrity and courage, and hoped that he could become that kind of person, admired by everyone and remembered by future generations.
But now it seems that he will always have nothing but admiration for Li Ruoshui and cannot imitate him.
He has no courage.
Facing a powerful enemy, an enemy that could kill him at any time, and even control the survival of the entire Southern Song Dynasty, Shen should not have the courage to confront him head-on.
After realizing this clearly, Shen Gai let out a long sigh and reconciled with himself.
Although he has no courage, as long as he recognizes his weakness, running away is an acceptable option.
Shen Gai had already accepted the fate of lying down, but Zhang Shi had not.
Zhang Shi still has many, many things he wants to do.
Although the Skynet Army and the Ming Army Navy were ready to snipe those bureaucrats who tried to flee overseas, Zhang Shi would like to catch them all in Hangzhou if possible.
To do this, we need the military power of Hangzhou City, Shen Gai's trust, and we need to fully understand their escape plan.
So Zhang Shi decided to do something.
He passed the news to Su Changsheng through his friend, comrade and colleague Lu You in the Privy Council, hoping to get cooperation and help from Su Changsheng in expelling the Ming army instructors so that he could gain enough prestige.
In this way, there is a greater chance that we can gain military power in Hangzhou, and then wipe out all the bureaucrats and dignitaries of the Jiangnan Kingdom in the entire city of Hangzhou, solving all problems in one fell swoop.
It would be a beautiful thing to take down this base camp of the bureaucratic compradors in one go and help the Ming Dynasty eliminate them all in one go!
Lu You agreed.
So with such instructions, Lu You set out secretly.
After Lu You went to the Ming Dynasty as an envoy, he had been secretly keeping in touch with Su Changsheng.
He witnessed the social status quo of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes and had long conversations with Ming Dynasty officials. After reading through the first and second volumes of "Hongwu Political Treatise", he had a deeper understanding of the Ming Dynasty's revolutionary ideas and social revolutionary policies. He also has his own views on historical and social issues including the law of dynastic cycles.
He finally recognized that the path of the Ming Dynasty was the path for the country and the nation to move towards the future.
So under Su Changsheng's introduction, Lu You officially became a secret revival member.
Having said that, he was somewhat hesitant in dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty court. It was not until he clearly learned that Zhao Shen and Yu Yunwen planned to destroy the Yellow River embankment that he despaired of the Southern Song rulers.
After the Second Ming-Song War, he was discouraged by the nominal collapse of the Southern Song Dynasty and the chaotic struggles among the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he returned to his hometown to live idle for several months.
After the situation stabilized, in order to get more help, Zhang Shi contacted Lu You through Su Changsheng's relationship, hoping that Lu You could come back to help him.
[Since the Southern Song Dynasty has lost its last dignity, let us finally give him some dignity and let him die completely. 】
This sentence touched Lu You.
With the idea of completely destroying the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You returned to Hangzhou and took up a position in the Privy Council with Zhang Shi's support.
He was nominally a middle-level official in the Privy Council, but in fact he was the liaison between Zhang Shi and Su Changsheng. When Zhang Shi was inconvenient, it was Lu You who came forward to negotiate with Su Changsheng.
This time too.
