Dragon blood bodyguard of the beauty president

Chapter 3716 Dilemma
Ma Zhiyuan was startled by Tong Guan's words, he had discussed with Song Gongming about the prisoners of war.

Song Gongming said that he would intercede with the emperor for these prisoners of war and ask for forgiveness of these prisoners of war.

After all, there are millions of young and middle-aged people. If they are all killed, it will involve millions of families in the south of the Yangtze River.

Keep them, even if it is to open up wasteland and grow food, at least they can save some labor.

What Jiangnan is short of now is labor.

He was sweating coldly and remained silent for a long time.

Tong Guan's voice became a little cold and said, "Prefect Ma, do you have any comments?"

Ma Zhiyuan came to his senses, shook his head again and again and said, "No, I will follow the arrangements of the Privy Envoy."

Only then did Tong Guan's expression soften and he said, "Very well, let's come here first today. Everyone, go get familiar with this place, hurry up and try to accept the affairs here as soon as possible."

"The subordinate takes orders!"

A group of officials who came from the capital got up one after another, and all of them dispersed in disappointment.

They thought that when they came here, they would at least have a welcome feast.

It's good now, Song Gongming is hiding from people, and he can't even have a banquet.

After the group withdrew, only Gao Lian stayed behind, looked at Tong Guan and asked curiously, "Enshi, why did you kill these captives? The good fields in the south of the Yangtze River are barren, but there are few tenants everywhere. If these captives are used as official slaves , Opening up wasteland and farming, wouldn’t it save us a lot of money?”

Tong Guan drank his tea and said calmly, "Taiwei Gao knows how Duke Qi treats these captives?"

Gao Qiu said, "Of course, the Duke of Qi has already sent a report, asking His Majesty to forgive these prisoners. It is said that His Majesty also agreed to him, and let us come here to deal with them as appropriate."

Tong Guan said with a smile, "That's right, what the Duke of Qi wants to do, we just can't do what he wants. He wants to buy the hearts of Jiangnan people and let these prisoners of war go. We just killed these prisoners of war and let the people in Jiangnan Disappointed with him, hated him, and completely spurned him. At that time, he will lose the support of the people in Jiangnan, and this is when we can truly control Jiangnan."

Gao Qiu suddenly exclaimed, "You are so kind!"

Tong Guan said with a gloomy expression, "Song Gongming asked for this all by himself. He called himself Qingliu and deliberately opposed us. When we came to Jiangnan, he didn't even see him. He hid in the mansion and pretended to be sick. This envoy fulfilled him , If he doesn’t come to see us, we will force him to come and let him beg us.”

"That's right, for the millions of prisoners of war, Song Gongming will definitely come to ask us for help. At that time, it's not up to us to decide."

Gao Qiu laughed treacherously, as if he had seen Qi Guogong kneeling in front of them begging for mercy.

At Duke Qi's mansion, Ma Zhiyuan came here sweating, waiting outside the door to be summoned by Duke Qi.

Military adviser Wu Yong came out at this time, clasped his fists and apologized to Ma Zhiyuan, "Master Zhifu, forgive me, my father-in-law is really sick and unconscious these days, and he really can't discuss matters with the Lord Zhifu. If the Lord Zhifu has something to do, we can wait until he wakes up." .”

Ma Zhiyuan said anxiously, "Military Master, I can't wait! You don't know, Tong Guan has just ordered that millions of Fangla's prisoners of war will be executed in three days. Let Duke Qi and I have an idea. Only Duke Qi can stop him now, otherwise, Three days later, Qiantang Prefecture will be headed to the ground, blood will flow like a river!"

Wu Yong frowned and said, "I will tell the Duke of this matter as soon as he wakes up. The magistrate should go back first. It is useless to stay here now."

Ma Zhiyuan wiped the cold sweat off his brow and said, "Well, the next official will step down first."

He left with a frown, and returned to the magistrate's yamen.

In his heart, he was unwilling to kill the captives.

After all, Tong Guan and the others only stayed here for a while, and when they slapped their asses and left, the common people would blame him for this.

At that time, he will be an enemy in the eyes of the people in Jiangnan.

But now Qi Guogong doesn't care about anything, and leaves the problem to him alone.

There was nothing he could do, he suddenly felt the pressure doubled, and his head couldn't help but hurt.

At this time, his son Ma Wenliang walked in, cupped his fists and bowed down to him, "My son greets his father."

Ma Zhiyuan didn't show him a good face, he rolled his eyes and said, "What are you doing here?"

Ma Wenliang said, "The son is here to relieve father's worries and problems."

"you?"

Ma Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows and scolded, "Nonsense, do you know what father is thinking?"

Ma Wenliang smiled and said, "Father is thinking about millions of captives, isn't it?"

Ma Zhiyuan was surprised, looked at his son unexpectedly and said, "How do you know?"

Ma Wenliang said with a faint smile, "Father, don't worry about how the son knows, the son has said it, and there is a magic way to solve it."

Ma Zhiyuan asked hastily, "What's the trick, tell me quickly!"

Ma Wenliang said, "Right now, Duke Qi is ill and Tong Guan is powerful. It seems that Tong Guan has the upper hand. But father, you should know that there are millions of rebels in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as Duke Qi speaks, you can easily turn things around. The difficulty now is Qi Guogong was too loyal and didn't want to rebel against the court. That's why he fell ill in bed. There was no balance between loyalty and ideals. What my father had to do was to choose to side with Qi Guogong, or choose to stand with Tong Guan and the others. side."

"Does this have anything to do with the question of prisoners of war?"

Ma Zhiyuan frowned.

Ma Wenliang said, "Of course it is. If my father is on the side of Duke Qi, then he will help Duke Qi realize his ideal. He will naturally be grateful to his father, and he will definitely use him again. If father chooses to side with Tong Guan, Then according to Tong Guan's plan, kill the captives and attack the Duke of Qi. At that time, you can also please in front of Tong Guan's door. Whichever father chooses, the son will have a countermeasure."

Ma Zhiyuan said depressedly, "I let you say everything. As a father, you don't want to offend anyone. That's why it's so difficult. If you can choose, why is it so difficult to be a father?"

Ma Wenliang said, "In this world, there is no reason to take advantage of everything. This is not only a struggle between Tong Guan and Qi Guogong, but also a struggle related to the foundation of my Song Dynasty. If my father chooses the wrong one, it will be forever. Our Ma family The power will be completely cut off."

Ma Zhiyuan asked, "Then what's your opinion?"

He suddenly discovered that his son seemed to have grown up, and he even spoke in a different way.

Ma Wenliang said, "It's very simple. The son chooses the Duke of Qi. The current actions cannot be done by the Duke of Qi as a loyal minister. If he wants to continue to be stupid and loyal, not only him, but also his millions of volunteer brothers, and the people in the north and south of the Yangtze River will all be because of him." Suffering catastrophe. When forced to do so, he will definitely choose to rebel. If Tong Guan does not give him a way out, he will not give Tong Guan a way out. Three days later, it will be time for him and Tong Guan to showdown. On the other hand, father will definitely know what will happen at that time."

Ma Zhiyuan wiped the cold sweat off his head and said, "As far as I know, the Duke of Qi will never rebel against the court! How did you offend him?"

Ma Wenliang said, "Father is so confused! At the beginning Song Taizu didn't want to seize the world of Dazhou, but in the end he added the yellow robe, so he couldn't help but not to do it! Qi Guogong just didn't want to do it, and his brothers and generals would force him to do it. What we have to do now is to add fuel to the flames and help Qi Guogong and his generals make a choice. At that time, we can be regarded as having made a contribution to support. Not to mention keeping the current position, it is also very helpful possible."

(End of this chapter)