Although it was early in the morning, looking from the observation deck, one could already see many officials walking towards the public houses.
We even saw Lu Xiufu heading towards the lobby of the palace with a stack of official documents. Perhaps he had discovered many corrupt officials when he first took office.
Seeing this scene, Lin Zi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing hearts. After all, Yu Dechen has assassinated the king once. What if he really changes sides and assassinates the king again?"
"Then regulate the defense of Prince Qin's Mansion and Chang'an City, or check the details he said. Don't be sneaky. Even if you stare at him for a year and a half without finding any evidence, you won't be able to clear up your doubts. Instead, it will easily make him feel guilty.
Being suspected also makes others uneasy."
Yu Dechen was so lucky to come back. It is normal for Lin Zi to have doubts, but how to balance caution and suspicion?
Li Xia was thinking about how to explain this issue to Lin Zi clearly.
"How to put it this way, this kind of thing is like pursuing a girl. An unconfident man will keep asking questions and demand immediate confirmation of the relationship, but a mature and confident man knows how to enjoy ambiguity."
"this……"
Lin Zi didn't understand, and thought that pursuing a woman should be determined by a matchmaker.
Li Xia said: "It's just like when Zhang Wulang only wanted to wait and see between me and Kublai Khan, but because of Kublai Khan's suspicion, he was forced to come to Hanzhong to join me. But Zhang Wulang turned the other way, and Kublai Khan was very hostile to the Zhang family.
He became even more suspicious and couldn't wait to force them to express their position.
This is like a wealthy robber standing in front of a group of women with a knife and asking them to say they like him. Among them, Zhang Hongfan fell in love with his wealth and was willing to marry him and get the best position. But others will only feel scared.
I am afraid and want to escape, which is why the Zhang family has gradually been willing to contact me in recent years."
Lin Zi understood something and asked: "Then we should treat Zhang Hongji like the concubine of this robber? Should we comfort her instead of forcing her to express her position?"
"That's probably what it means. Whether it's Yu Dechen or Zhang Hongji, we don't always have to ask, 'Are you loyal to the King of Qin?' Loyalty cannot be found out by asking, not investigating, or monitoring. There are two kinds of loyalty, one is faith,
The second is stance. Most loyalty in this world is stance."
"With Princess Zhang's relationship, the Zhang family's position must be on the king's side."
"How can it be so simple?" Li Xia said: "Then if I go to Kaiping, Helin, and marry all the Mongolian princesses, wouldn't it be Kublai Khan and not even Ali, who would have to join me?"
"this……"
"Let me give you an example."
When talking about this topic, Li Xia also thought of one person and said: "For example, Zhang Hongfan, his position can only be my enemy, and he will fight to the death."
"Why?"
"You can't just look at Zhang Jiulang's thoughts, you have to look at Kublai Khan first... Now you are Kublai Khan, and you find out that Zhang Rou's daughter is married to Li Xia, and Li Xia is getting stronger day by day, what should you do? Xin
Don’t trust Zhang Rou? Should you deal with Zhang Rou? How to deal with it?”
"I...I don't know."
"Then what if the entire Zhang family is inclined to defect to Li Xia and there is no one loyal to you anymore?"
Lin Zibo did not hesitate and said: "Then the Zhang family must be destroyed."
"You will lose a lot, but Li Xia will lose nothing."
"It's better than letting the Zhang family defect to Li Xia, and letting Li Xia... no, let the king's strength increase."
"It's okay, just think of yourself as Kublai Khan."
"yes."
"Then if there is an outstanding son of the Zhang family who absolutely and clearly expresses his loyalty to you, what will you do? Will you still destroy the Zhang family?"
Lin Zidao: "Then there is no need to fight to the death. As long as he is really loyal to me, I will use him to control the Zhang family."
"Politics is the art of compromise." Li Xia said, "I can't send troops to Hebei, and the Zhang family can't occupy Hebei or invade Henan, so someone must be unequivocally loyal to Kublai Khan."
Lin Zi thought for a while and asked: "If this is the case, is it possible for Zhang Hongfan to join the king in the future?"
"No."
Li Xia immediately shook his head without thinking.
"In the beginning, it was just a choice. Later, interests will push the positions into more and more opposition. The interests of the Zhang family are divided into two ends, and the Zhang family will inevitably divide. On one side, Li Xia, who is related to the Zhang family, is getting stronger;
It is the old Meng Yuan forces that are still powerful and can still determine the survival of the Zhang family.
The reason why Zhang Jiulang is loyal to Kublai Khan is because the position of general manager of Shuntian Road will inevitably attract the most outstanding children of the Zhang family; Zhang Wulang will come to join me sooner or later, because once I succeed, he will be a relative of the emperor, and he
He will definitely not be able to become the general manager of Suncheon Road.
I can't make the entire Zhang family turn to me, and Kublai Khan can't stop someone from the Zhang family from leaning towards me. This split is doomed, and no one can stop it."
…
When he was in Hanzhong, Zhang Hongfan refused to come out to meet him, so Li Xia knew not to recruit this man again.
Before Li Xia had the strength to attack Hebei, Zhang Hongfan had no choice at all, and there was no need to join Li Xia. Kublai Khan used him more, trusted him more, and gave him more.
And when Li Xia has the strength to defeat Kublai Khan, he will no longer be needed.
Because what needs to be done at that time is to reduce the military power of the Zhang family.
No matter how much power the Zhang family has left, it will not be distributed to Zhang Hongfan. It is like placing a bet before the betting starts, but there is no principle of taking both sides after the betting starts.
If Li Xia was defeated in the end, Kublai Khan would not have given Zhang Wulang, who was the first to defect, a chance to change his ways. It was even possible that Zhang Jiulang would take action to clean up the family.
The same is true in reverse.
The first person to stand up and take a stand can gain the greatest benefits, but at the same time take the greatest risks.
All in all, Li Xia fully understood Zhang Hongfan's position and was prepared to kill him or be killed. In troubled times, this is nothing.
"Back to Zhang Hongji. Now that Zhang Wulang and Zhang Jiulang have stepped forward to take risks, the rest of the Zhang family don't have to work too hard. The best attitude is to be loyal to Kublai Khan on the surface, but try not to offend me. This is the position
.I don’t believe that Zhang Hongji will instigate Yu Dechen to assassinate me or spy on intelligence as you said. This kind of reaction is too drastic and is not in the interests of the Zhang family..."
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There is a river in the west of Baozhou City called "Yimuquan River", which flows through Baozhou City from west to east.
At that time, Zhang Rou rebuilt Baozhou City and diverted an acre of spring river into the city, both for defense and to provide a source of clean water for the city.
The creek is gurgling, and many waterwheels have been built along the river to irrigate farmland, creating a peaceful and peaceful scene in autumn.
Zhang Hongfan rode his horse along the river. Looking at the scenery, he originally wanted to compose a poem, but the sentence "Little bridges and flowing water, people's houses" came to his mind for no reason, because the sentence inevitably reminded him of Li Xia.
He shook his head and smiled bitterly, pulled the reins, and looked into the distance.
A long time ago, Zhang Wulang took his younger brothers and sisters for an outing nearby. Once he asked his eldest sister what kind of husband she wanted to find in the future. The eldest sister, who was only six or seven years old at the time, said, "One who can help the family."
Do something to make dad less tired."
How sensible I was then.
In short, every time I return to Baozhou, there are too many past events, big and small, that come to mind. This is probably the case in my hometown...
Walking all the way outside the city, Zhang Hongfan was not in a hurry to enter the city, but first arrived at a manor outside the city.
It was the manor owned by an elder of the Zhang family. Zhang Hongfan needed to call him "Seventh Uncle." The seventh uncle was very happy to see him back and hurriedly arranged for preserved fruit tea.
Sitting in front of the stone table in the courtyard, watching the beautiful maid boil water and making tea, I just finished talking and smelled the fragrance of tea.
“What a great tea.”
Zhang Hongfan held the tea cup and smelled it, closed his eyes and tasted it for a while, then asked: "This variety...Longyuan Shengxue?"
"Kiulang has a good vision. Actually, I don't know how to taste tea. All the tea tastes the same. Buying some top-quality new tea to entertain guests can show your strength. Don't let others underestimate the Zhang family, hahahaha."
"One kilogram of dragon balls is worth two taels of gold, but gold is easy to get, but tea is not." Zhang Hongfan asked: "Is it from Fujian Road in the Song Dynasty?"
Uncle Zhang Qi had both the recklessness of the farmers in Hebei and the extravagance of the rich and powerful. He laughed loudly and said: "Of course, otherwise it would still be impossible to grow it? He has two taels of gold but no way to buy it.
Not this tea."
Zhang Hongfan also smiled and asked, "I wonder where the seventh uncle is from?"
"Of course it's the same as in previous years, either from Bozhou or Yidu, where else can I come from?"
"Bozhou is no longer guarded by the Zhang family, and Li Fen, the capital of Yidu, has been pacified, but the trade route has not been cut off yet?"
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