Shao Song

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Zhao Jiu asked Wang Yan to pick up Ma Kuo for a reason, because the place where Ma Kuo and his subordinates are now active is basically the place controlled by Wang Yan’s old army before crossing the river, which is considered a familiar road.

In addition, there is also the meaning of emphasizing and conveying specific information.

After all, Wang Yan's side is more or less a general, not to mention an extremely human minister, but it's worth it. And if Wang Yan can rely on bringing back a 30,000-man eight-character army from the Taihang Mountains... even if it loses control of this force soon... you can get to this point, then there is no reason why Ma Kuo can be better than Wang Yan. difference.

Of course, these are all minutiae and trails. The key point is that after Zhao Guanjia had just gained a little advantage in the Kansai direction, they couldn't wait to recruit the horse, but the determination to regain Lianghe was enough to silence everyone.

It is hard to imagine that after this official has been in power for five or six years, he has gone through so many resolute political cleansing, and there are people who dare to admonish the official to suspend or slow down the Northern Expedition.

Aren't you afraid of being labeled as a surrender by the Dibao, and your grandparents and grandchildren will be left unused, or simply exiled?

"The minister heard that the official family had just returned from the northwest, and when passing by Shanzhou, he couldn't wait to send Wang Taiwei across the river to find the ministers to speak. He was overwhelmed, and the minister did have a thousand words about the situation in the two rivers to report to the official family. But before the report, the minister did not say anything and was unhappy. If you did not say anything, you must not say a thousand words later..."

On the river embankment, facing the Zhao official’s family who came to welcome him in person, under the eyes of Wang Yan, Liu Hongdao, Fan Zongyin, Lu Benzhong, Ren Baozhong, Liu Yan and other civil and military officials, after Ma Fanpai paid his respects, he did not wait for the Zhao official’s family to come forward and support him. Shaking hands, they bowed their heads directly, which could be called impatient and even a little rude.

"Ma Qing, let's talk about it." Zhao Jiu was tempered, and immediately raised his arm, urging the other party to speak.

"Officials, you must not underestimate the Jurchen people because of the previous victory of Emperor Song Yaoshan and the retreat of the Beilu River. If you cross the Hebei Expedition at this time, I am afraid that you will lose out in nine out of ten and return." Ma Kuo raised his head. , Sincerely relative. "When you recharge your energy and wait for the sky..."

On the embankment in the afternoon, Zhao Guanjia laughed dumbfounded when he heard this.

When Ma Kuo saw this, he became more anxious and said: "The minister is absolutely not intimidating! Officials, the Northern Expedition is of great importance. Once the Northern Expedition crosses the river but cannot maintain a large town in Hebei for a long time, the morale of the people will be depressed. Besides, Hebei is dilapidated and the hearts of the people are in turmoil. If Emperor Song crosses the river but cannot comfort the people, it will be a bit of a hindrance."

Zhao Jiu was completely solemn: "Of course I will act cautiously. This time I call Qing Qing to listen to the reality of Hebei before making a decision."

Only then did Ma Kuo calm down.

However, at the same time, the civil and military surroundings inevitably looked at each other, and Wang Yan, who accompanied Ma Kuo all the way to the south, was also a little embarrassed.

In other words, everyone noticed that there was a problem with Ma Kuo from the beginning.

Of course, this question does not mean that there is a problem with Ma Kuo’s position. If this person has a problem with his position, there will be no reliable person at the end of the day; it does not mean that there is a problem with the content of his suggestions, and he is the only one who sticks to Lianghe. As the military leader of the anti-golden army behind enemy lines, he himself is the only expert on this topic. He is the only one who refutes others, and no one refutes him.

This question actually refers to the untimely mentality of Ma Kuo.

He spoke in a hurry, and his tone of voice was hurried. It seemed that he still regarded Zhao official family and Manchu civil and military as the state of Jingkang. The so-called superficial and unbearable, he can't listen to persuasion, can't do anything, only decent and the most prestigious, he doesn't care about the real situation ahead... …So, the North Road chief seems to have a mentality for fear that a little bit of weakness will cause misjudgments by officials and accompanying civil and military officials, which will lead to catastrophic consequences.

This mentality is of course very wrong, but it is excusable.

Because the betrayal and difficulties that Ma Kuo has experienced are far beyond the comprehensibility of Henan monarchs and ministers, and he is lonely in the north, enemies on all sides, his mentality is not right, and even some intolerance is natural.

The best example is Wang Yan who was also present. Wang Yan had been in Taihang Mountains for two years and his mentality almost collapsed. Everyone thought he was a traitor. He changed three or four beds to sleep in one night, and finally forced his subordinates to tattoo their loyalty together.

After coming back, he was still narrow-minded. He had a vague attitude of resistance to any scheduling, handling, and arrangements of the army, and he had difficulty with his subordinates. Even the former confidant of the army division Xiaofan was promoted and divided into military power. Later, he couldn't tolerate it.

It's not good to say, it's a little sick already.

Therefore, although there was a reason for the incident, and it can even be said that the reason behind this morbid state is worthy of respect, Zhao Jiu still removed him from the post of independent leader and became a local officer.

In contrast, Ma Kuo’s point is out of fashion, and in fact it counts nothing.

In fact, Zhao Guanjia understood the other party’s mentality, greeted him a little, and dragged him to the barracks behind him. After sitting down in Zhang Rong’s lobby, he specifically let the other party sit down. The rest of the civil and military services stood up. The so-called attitude was expressed, the posture was straightened, and then again. After a few conversations, the correct play quickly became proper.

"How many people are there in the Taihang Volunteers?"

"So that the officials know that the Taihang rebels are of course countless. The minister roughly estimated that there will always be hundreds of thousands of young people hiding in the mountains. But that is the total number, and the minister can't control the dispatch. As for the minister... There are only 30,000 to 40,000 people in front of the North Taihang flag raising the flag, and about 20,000 of them are Zhanqingzhuang."

"It's pretty good." Zhao Jiu immediately nodded and praised. "The area of ​​the South Taihang is limited. On that day, the Eight-character Army 30,000 went south. I guess Ma Qing's side was almost the same number. Moreover, in the past two years, Jurchen has been stationed in Taiyuan, Longde Mansion, and Hezhong Mansion. Division, suppression, and restriction are also inevitable... Twenty thousand is not bad."

"The official family knows thousands of miles... Just as the official family said, there were fifty to six thousand people, thirty thousand young and strong, but in the past two years, the number of people squeezed by the Jurchens has only decreased. However, it is not hidden from the officials. Home is 20,000 young people. When it comes to life, the minister may not be able to schedule it properly." Ma Kuo is sincere.

"How do you say?" Zhao Jiu was surprised for a while, but immediately realized. "But because you came from the North Taihang, the locals in the South Taihang are not convinced?"

This time it was Ma Kuo's turn to start slightly, but he soon recovered: "As the official said, the main two families... one is from the northwest of South Taihang, and from Taiyuan on Hedong Road; the family is from South Taihang. To the southeast, that is, from Hebei West Road, Weizhou, which is directly opposite here, is the foundation of Tuanjieshe...There have been some disobediences, and the ministers may not be able to dispatch by then."

"Be more detailed."

"So that the officials know that the former head of the family called Zhang Heng, and his ministry is called 10,000, but they are all family members of the mountain. According to the estimation of the ministers, he is basically only two thousand old people. However, although this person has few soldiers and horses, However, they have a very strong foundation around Taiyuan. In the Taihang Mountains, they want to trade with the people of Taiyuan and inquire about the military situation in Taiyuan. They all rely on him. Even last year, when the Jurchens oppressed Nantaihang the most, this person once led two thousand people from Fenzhou. After crossing the Fenshui River and going to Guji Mountain to eat, the Jurchens didn't notice it... the ministers would not dare to merge these characters easily."

Zhao Jiu nodded again and again when he heard what he said and understood.

Not only him, but several nearby ministers who knew a little about the soldiers were also serious... You must know that Guji Mountain was the main mountain range of Lvliang Mountain in the northwest of Shanxi Province, and Zhang Heng's move from Taihang to Lvliang was equivalent to sweeping away at Jurchen. During the period, it traversed the entire Shanxi Province unscathed. Although it was said that it traversed from the southernmost end of the Taiyuan Plain, it was enough to explain the problem.

At the very least, this person has a solid foundation in the Taiyuan Plains, and no one dared to tell the truth. The key is that the arrangement of the Jurchen is also clear, so that he can seize the gap and swagger through the past.

This kind of super earth snake's function, if used well, will have miraculous effects, and Ma Kuo will take the risk of annexing this person unless he is crazy.

"When you left, I wrote him a grand decree and promised him the future of a commander. If he doesn't understand the value of a commander, he can go out indiscriminately for any other future." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment, and immediately A political commitment was made.

"The officials clearly stated that Zhang Heng was originally a Taiyuan tycoon, and he is definitely willing to serve the country, but the problem is that he is far away, and an empty decree may not be able to win him." Ma Kuo asked a little bit.

"Then let him go to Guji Mountain, come in contact with Yan'an Mansion on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and take over some ordnance from there...By the way, I can check his goods to see if he pretends to be!"

"So wonderful!"

"Where is the other one?"

"The other is the result of strong soldiers and strong horses." Ma Kuo recovered, but also helpless. "This person is called Liang Xing, and he is called Liang Xiaoge. He is only twenty-seven this year. He is the old part of Yue Jiedu who was scattered in Hebei. Later, during the Yaoshan War, Yue Jiedu crossed the river and met him. I heard that he had taken a cottage in the mountains and led hundreds of people. Instead of taking him away, he was allowed to live in the Taihang Mountains to wait for the northern expedition of the officer army. He was given the title of commander and left many armors..."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Zhao Jiu sneered when he heard the words, but already guessed what was going on in his heart.

"This should be a good thing." Ma Kuo was really anxious. "But this person is young and vigorous. On the one hand, he relied on the weapons and armors that Yue Jiedu left him to choose training horses and expand his strength. On the other hand, he refused to submit to the dispatch of his ministers. The general, how can he listen to the words of his ministers? Several times confronted him, attacked the county town of Shanxia without authorization, several times connected the cottages in private, and even dispatched the chief to engage in conflagration among the cottages belonging to the minister. The minister was unable to control him for the sake of the overall situation! He also turned a deaf ear to the military order issued by Li Jiedu in Shanzhou, saying that he only recognizes Yue Jiedu and does not recognize Li Jiedu."

Zhao Jiu was stunned for a long time before he continued to laugh: "I will try, let Yue Pengju explain to you... How many soldiers does this Liang Brother have?"

"Four thousand strong and powerful, and the best ordnance in the South Taihang." Ma Kuo's expression became more and more helpless. "At least three hundred pairs of iron armor, more than a thousand sets of leather armor, and more than a hundred crossbow machines... The point is that he himself, a native born and raised at the junction of Weizhou and Huaizhou, has been summoned by Yue Jiedu again, and he has such strength. The volunteers from Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Weizhou, and Huaizhou on the South Taihang side listened to him."

Ma Kuo's complaint was overwhelming. This Liang Xiaoge did not fit the overall situation, but Zhao Jiu could only smile wryly.

It's not even Zhao Jiu. There is no essay in the military account. Which one doesn't know? Even Ma Kuo crossed the river to face the saint with such a hard time, Yue Fei is the cooperation, how can he properly send the military order to Liang Xing? Then how can Liang Xing believe a blank piece of paper?

Unlike that Zhang Heng, this Liang Xing incident will be a bad debt in all likelihood.

"How can I give you a time?" After thinking for a long time, the Zhao official family felt embarrassed, so he tried his best. "Wait a few days, take the ceremonial ceremony and return."

"The officials thanked the officials for their kindness, but now they are no better than in the past. There are heavy soldiers on three sides of the South Taihang. The ministers can only take small paths through the mountains and ridges. The leader of the cottage doesn't believe it..." Ma Kuo struggled with it.

"Why don't you believe it?" Lu Benzhong couldn't help but interrupt his curiosity.

"Of course it's because of believing in the king." Zhao Jiu sneered before Ma Kuo looked embarrassed. "After the return of the two sages, the Jurchens must go to the mountains to rumors that believing in the king is false, and that he really went back early... As everyone knows, this brother I still has a little integrity."

Lu Benzhong suddenly-it must be a long time, the Southern Taihang can hear the news from Henan to some extent, so the false belief king's matter gradually exposed, and Ma Kuo's credibility in this aspect gradually went bankrupt.

"Whether you bring it or not, you have to report it!" Zhao Jiu thought for a while and got it right. "After Ma Qing is gone, I will let the Di Bao publish the details of your visit to me, from Liang Xiaoge to Zhang Heng, and then to the feast matters... it's better than nothing."

"Thank you, the official." Ma Kuo was relieved.

"Now the safest road to the Taihang Mountains should still be the road to Jiezhou (north of Shanzhou)?"

"Yes."

"I will ask Li Yanxian to send you some ordnance. The most appropriate thing is to have a strong soldier and a strong horse."

"Shou Chen said frankly," Ma Kuo quickly became serious again. "Officials had better not send any good ordnance, not even a crossbow machine, big axe, or iron armor. Used leather armor and ordinary swords are the best..."

"Afraid of being intercepted by Jurchen?"

"Yes."

"Thanks." Zhao Jiu sighed. "It's really hard behind enemy lines."

Ma Kuo didn't have any self-effacement, he just sighed in the audience.

So far, I was asking about Ma Jiao's own situation, but after a while, Zhao Jiu regained his spirits, but did not speak directly, just glanced at his entourage in the seat. For a time, at least three or four people knew about it together, but it was Ninbo Tada, who had nothing but beard and hair, the fastest.

Seeing this person take a step, he immediately bowed his hand to the horse: "General Manager Ma, who is in charge of the official residence, Ren Baozhong, accompanied the military counsellor. There is something to ask the general manager. As soon as he landed ashore, he told the official that it is not suitable at this time. Northern Expedition... Then dare to ask the chief, when will the Northern Expedition be possible? The chief must have a plan in his mind."

"Not bad." The straight scholar Lu Benzhong also became serious. "General Ma has worked hard in the north, but he may not know that the officialdom is also extremely difficult in the south. There are always people who want to abandon the two rivers to Tugoan, and they force the official family to get rid of many people. These people gather in the south and rely on With the Daoxue Academy, the echoes are successful, and there is a faint gang-like attitude, so we must guard against... If this side cannot be expedition to the north for a long time, I am afraid it will be difficult for the southerners to gather together."

Ma Kuo frowned slightly, obviously unable to digest properly for a while.

At this time, Liu Hongdao, the minister of war and the capital water monitor, did not know why, and suddenly stepped forward and became serious: "In fact, they often talk about military affairs in the South because of their difficulties. These years, in order to recover the Central Plains and calm the Kansai region, but also to support Two hundred thousand imperial battalions, the southern taxation has always been extremely heavy, and the people have many complaints..."

"But the people of Lianghe are in the midst of fire and water?" Ma Guo was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stood up to argue. "Do you want to talk more about the cruelty of the Jurchens? Just as the Eight-character Army left in the past, we collapsed from the Northern Taihang, but in half a year we restored the previous 30,000 regulations. It can be seen that the people in Lianghe have been poisoned. Meng'an Muke was placed in Lianghe, forcibly occupying land, and forcibly becoming Han Chinese as slaves, has been said thousands of times, and I am afraid that everyone in the center will be bored... But Shilang Liu, do you know that the Jurchens still have haircut orders? It is to force the people to shave their hair."

Liu Hongdao was caught off guard for a while.

"Although this order is gradually loosening, it is because the people all resist every day, and it is because the officials won in Yaoshan, and it gradually became like this! Those who encounter violent temperament will still do this...Last year in Shizhou, There was a Han official who was a jinshi from Marshal Nianhan's mansion and became a magistrate. He shaved his head first, and then stood on the street so that the people on the street were not allowed to cross his hair, otherwise they would be beheaded...Liu Shilang No matter how hard the people in Jiangnan are, how can they compare to the people in Lianghe? How can they use these words to prevaricate the Northern Expedition?!" Ma Kuo continued to scold, excited, as if he was a little excited.

And when he was angry, don’t say that the Zhao official’s family was a little anxious, and both Ren Baozhong and Lu Benzhong also disliked Liu Hongdao and broke the situation...Especially Ren Baozhong did not say anything, but secretly anxious because of the hair issue, for fear that Zhao officials would pay attention to it. This matter, and then I hate myself... but I hate Liu Hongdao's talk a lot.

As for Liu Hongdao, after a moment of stunned, he was also a little angry: "Manager Ma! Where did I say a word that does not allow the Northern Expedition? Instead, it is you. Why do you persuade the officials not to expedite the Northern Expedition as soon as you landed?"

Ma Kuo immediately lost his attitude when he heard the words, and his eyes were red for an instant: "It is precisely because I am worried day by day, hoping that the king will go north, so that he is suffering from gains and losses. I am afraid that once he makes a mistake, the story of Yanyun will be repeated! Shilang Liu, should he be dismissed from office? Is it proper and reasonable to flatter you and the faces of many senior officials, but not to speak for the people of Lianghe?"

Liu Hongdao was completely embarrassed and lost his voice.

"Ma Qing doesn't care about them." Zhao Jiu saw that the situation couldn't be cleaned up, so he could only speak again in person. "Everything is up to me... They originally intended to ask you about the truth in the north! For example, how many soldiers do the Jurchen have?!"

Ma Kuo forcibly stopped his emotions and turned around and arched his hands in agreement: "Returning to the officials, the Jurchens are not clear about the total number of soldiers and horses at the moment... but they can probably figure it out."

"How to calculate?"

"In Jingkang, when the Jurchens were in their heyday, the total number of soldiers and horses was very simple." Ma Kuo was right. "The Eastern and Western Army, each with 100,000 households, and one hundred Meng'an, but each Meng'an did not supplement soldiers at that time, about five or six tactics for each Meng'an, and five to six hundred horses. In other words, at that time, the Eastern and Western Army had 60,000 each! This is the foundation of the Jurchen people!"

Zhao Jiu nodded slowly.

"At the same time, there are also the winning army on the way to destroy the Liao Dynasty." Ma Kuo continued to explain properly. "The number of soldiers in the Changsheng Army didn't matter at the beginning, but when Guo Yaoshi was capricious and rebelled against the Song Dynasty, he took away the so-called fifty thousand people. The minister estimated that he should actually have more than 40,000 soldiers... However, Chang Because Shengjun had a lot of contact with Jurchens, and was mostly from Liaodong, he was not afraid of Jurchens in his heart, and coupled with his capriciousness, he was jealous. So that after Guo Yaoshi surrendered, Jurchens went up and down. For several years, the generals were banned and booby-trapped officers, and the generals of the ever-victorious army were basically cleaned up. Even among them, because some generals resisted, they simply killed seven or eight thousand people with their soldiers. In the end, there were about two to three thousand. It looks like it has been completely taken out of the bones, but it is directly scattered, and it is used as a supplementary soldier for each Meng'an."

At this point, Ma Kuo paused for a while and came to the conclusion: "In other words, the victorious army is counted as thirty thousand people, and all of them have been acquired by the Jurchens. It is just that this soldier and horse has been completely annexed by the Jurchens, and it is a success. The independent formation of the army is gone."

When Zhao Jiu heard this, he nodded and couldn't help but glanced at Liu Yan, who was standing on one side, and Liu Yan was obviously sad.

"In addition to the Changsheng Army, there is also the Yisheng Army with fifty thousand yuan." Ma Kuo didn't notice Zhao Guan's small movements, but continued to explain seriously. "The Righteous Victory Army is the former and the past of Jingkang. After the Song Dynasty won the Changsheng Army, in order to restrain Yao Yaoshi Guo, the soldiers and horses were specially recruited from the Han'er of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. The treatment was better than that of the Forbidden Army... It is just that the Yanyun Han people have always been. Not accepting the emperor and Song Dynasty, the soldiers and horses were assembled, and the Jurchens went south. The Yisheng army surrendered 50,000 yuan, and the Jurchens were also properly accepted and used directly."

This time, Zhao Jiu didn't react at all.

"In addition to the Changsheng Army and the Yisheng Army, there are Taiyuan descendants and Hebei descendants. Add these together, and the minister dares to say that the number of Jurchens is 200,000 households. If counted by Meng'an Muke, there are only 120,000. , But in fact, with the help of these Han'er troops, they were definitely more than 200,000 soldiers! In addition, the Liao State's troops outside the Great Wall at that time could not have been lost in vain. .Wanyan Wu begged to buy and put sticky Han and Orient to lead the east and west army south, it is impossible not to exist some countries are simply outside the Great Wall. Therefore, the minister took the liberty to be right, when the Jurchens were in full bloom, the junior was 300,000. Everyone, there must be." Ma Jiao said here, after a short pause, he looked up at Zhao Guan's house.

As Zhao Guan’s family hasn’t spoken yet, Lu Benzhong on the side is a little puzzled: "But 300,000 was only when Jurchen was in its heyday. In the six or seven years since then, Jurchen only used twenty two routes south of Yanyun. Ten thousand households...there are soldiers and horses in the rear, should they be abandoned long ago?"

Ma Kuo was short of breath.

But Zhao Jiu had a bad sight at this time, and finally nodded: "Manager Ma is afraid that there will be people like you, and he wants to warn the court not to have only two hundred thousand households in the eyes, but to be clear about one thing. That is, once we cross the Hebei Expedition and the offensive and defensive changes, we are no longer familiar with the 200,000 households. Those subordinates and veterans of the Marching Division who have not been fighting for five or six years can still be summoned. ...The enemy should be lenient."

"The minister meant this." Ma Kuochang exhaled.

"But Ma Qing, I know what you mean..." Zhao Jiu was right. "It’s not the same thing to raise 300,000 soldiers and 200,000 soldiers?! Besides, is it necessary to cross the river in one go? Don’t leave back guards? And 300,000 troops in the Northern Expedition, not to mention post-war comfort. , Not even talking about rewards, just how much money and food should be prepared for 300,000 people in half a year?"

The civilians and martial artists around, heard this, they were all frightened.

"Officials! Crossing Hebei to expedition, it's not 300,000 but no soldiers!" Ma Kuo gritted his teeth. "However, it is not necessary for the official family to raise all 300,000 imperial camps. It is feasible to count us 20,000 in the Taihang Mountains. Besides..."

Ma Kuo got more and more excited when he spoke, and the more excited but also the harder he was. At the end he couldn't speak for a while.

"You can also invite the Khitan and the Mongols to help out... As long as they can contain one or two, it counts?" Zhao Jiu seemed to see through the other's mind and asked tentatively.

"Yes." Ma Kuo seemed to lack strength in his words, and it was obvious that the stimulus given to him by the Sea Alliance that day was still there.

"Officials." Ninbaozhong plucked up his courage and got up at the right time. "The minister would take the liberty to say that, if you say so, Dangxiang soldiers will also endure hard work... Officials don't need to be recruited all the time. They can wait until they are needed and temporarily recruit tens of thousands of people from Ningxia Road. Ten years of taxation is enough! And once these party soldiers have crossed the Yellow River and have no way of retreating, they must also consider the clan, and they will inevitably fight to the death."

Zhao Jiu was taken aback, and he nodded slightly, as if his heart moved.

"But the official!" Ma Kuofu said again. "That's the case, you have to make sure that the soldiers and horses are real numbers."

Zhao Jiu was startled again, and then nodded again.

Then, when the account was silent, Zhao Jiu, who was the first to recover, asked again: "Before I said, "Reserve your energy, so that you can wait for the weather..." There are 300,000 soldiers in stock, and 300,000 soldiers for logistical needs... What about that day? When was it? Was it the time when the restructuring of Wanyan Wushu triggered civil strife?

Ma Kuo looked at the official again, and then bowed his head sincerely: "Officials, great powers are fighting, and hopes for the enemy's civil strife, it should not be... However, the Jurchens themselves are tribes and barbarians. Fortunately, the destruction of one country in twenty years and the swallowing of two rivers can be said to have expanded to the extreme, and no matter how the Wanyanwu technique is changed, it will not be possible to abolish the old time and field system of Jurchen from top to bottom~www.wuxiaspot.com~Implement the law of the Han family ...... This kind of reform, the writing is good, the military is not changed, the upper is good, the lower is not changed, and the vigorous system is abolished, so you have to kill Nianhan prisoners of the country. What about ten thousand households? Is it okay to go directly to Meng Anmuke? Therefore, if the officials can really recharge their energy, then the so-called Tianshi has already been counted from the time when Wushu began to touch Wanhu, and there is no need to wait specifically!"

Zhao Jiu slowly nodded.

So far, the two have spoken properly. Next, it is natural that Zhao Guanjia will say some more polite words and perform some postures of monarchs and ministers.

But unexpectedly, just when the official Zhao's family was about to say something, Ma Kuo suddenly withdrew a few steps, and knelt down in the navy lobby, which was actually a bit messy, and then paid a respectful prayer.

It made Zhao Jiu and others caught off guard for a while.

"Qing has any request, I should agree to it." Zhao Jiu got up immediately.

"Nothing to ask. The minister will return to Hebei. I don't know when I will see you again. This ceremony is supposed to be the case." Ma Kuo bowed his head to the right, without any eagerness or anxiety before.

But Zhao Jiu panicked instead: "Several years of separation, and more than a few months of hard work, can we reach this point. How can we return in one day? I have already given Qing Bei a reward in Tokyo."

Ma Kuo raised his head and felt relieved: "The officials are very kind. But the ministers came in a hurry, and they were only worried about the officials...The people in the center of worry are frivolous, knowing that everything is difficult, and throwing away the overall situation. I saw it today, but I didn't expect it. Officials have long known the overall situation, and officials are in control of the overall situation, but also know that everything is difficult. Why should the minister stay more? It is better to return to Hebei as soon as possible to keep people's hearts."

After speaking, Ma Kuo bowed and bowed again, and he turned out to walk straight forward.

Zhao Jiu was stunned. He wanted to stay and chase him a few times, but in the end he just waved his hand and asked Wang Yan to follow him and send him off to the chief of North Song Road.

PS: I coded in the car, and vomited...