From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

The atmosphere suddenly became silent, which made Zhao Jianjia blush.

She lowered her head, a little embarrassed, and whispered: "I... I don't know much about this. I don't know if I can save them. Just make the decision."

Li Zhaolu sighed and said: "Jianjia niece, you are a well-known talent, and you naturally have your own strengths."

"In fact, Annan Hou's 6,000 troops suppressed various places in Lin'an Prefecture. It is not impossible for us to take advantage of his anger and quietly rescue the families of several great scholars."

"But we won't save them."

Zhao Jianjia glanced at everyone, and it seemed that everyone agreed with this point of view. She couldn't help but wonder: "Why? Several great scholars are good people and have helped us a lot. If possible, why don't we save their families."

Zhou Yuan "This is politics."

"What?"

Zhou Yuan sighed and said, "Politics is like this. Compared to saving those families, we prefer to stand aside and watch."

"Because rescuing us will take risks, and we hope that Annan Hou will kill those people and make the Confucian scholars hate him more."

"There are countless reasons not to save, but there is only one reason to save, that is conscience."

"But this is politics, there is no light, no darkness, only interests, as for those with bad conscience, let's put it aside."

Zhao Jianjia really couldn't accept this judgment, and immediately said: "Are we still just if we do things like this?"

Zhou Yuan said: "There is no real justice, only general justice."

"What is general justice? It is to exterminate the rebels, revive the Jin Dynasty, and let the people live a better life. This is general justice. As for the details of justice in the process of achieving this goal, we never pursue them."

"Because that often ruins the big things."

Li Zhaolu said softly: "My dear niece, you are a girl after all, and you don't understand the tricks. Simply put, in this field, it is best not to be controlled by emotions, but only by interests."

"Only in this way can things be done well."

Zhou Yuan laughed and said: "But politics without human touch is not long-term politics. It's just that where to talk about human touch depends on the position of people."

"At least in this critical situation, we have no chance to talk about our position, let alone human feelings."

Zhao Jianjia was stunned for a long time before sighing and saying, "I don't understand those high-ranking principles. I just think those people are innocent."

Zhou Yuan said, "Yes, they are innocent, and in a sense, they can even be called great."

"But our ability is limited."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan looked at Li Zhaolu and said in a deep voice, "Lord Li, do it. The Xu family needs to take action immediately. As for those family members, go and save them."

"Of course!"

Li Zhaolu stood up and strode out, obviously to give orders.

After a while, he smiled slowly and said, "There are people I trust below, and I am assured of doing things. Let's go and have something to eat."

Although it was a simple meal, because the situation today was very good, everyone was in a good mood and ate comfortably.

After a while, Zhou Yuan, Li Zhaolu and Zhuang Xuansu came to the study and made secret plans.

Li Zhaolu asked as soon as he entered the room: "My dear nephew, what's going on? There are more than 200 family members in total. How to place them after they are rescued? And we hope they die, which will make the Confucian scholars hate them even more."

"This action is really unnecessary!"

Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Li, Jianjia is a person who hates evil as much as she hates evil. I don't want her to be so uncomfortable. It's just a small matter. Just do it. It doesn't affect the overall situation."

Li Zhaolu took a deep breath and said: "I hope nothing happens over there. As long as the Xu family is taken, everything will be fine."

Zhuang Xuansu said: "Let's talk about the important thing. Once the 20,000 troops arrive, what will Annan Hou do?"

Zhou Yuan said: "There is no doubt that he will attack Kuixingfang, welcome back the King of Chu, and forcibly restore his reputation."

"As long as the King of Chu is Now, they have a legitimate reason to fight. What if the Confucian scholars are in chaos? As long as the soldiers are not in chaos, it doesn't matter. "

Li Zhaolu nodded and said in a deep voice: "But even if the gentry are ignited, those wealthy families may not dare to take action when the 20,000 troops arrive!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Yes, in essence, these 20,000 troops are coming, so we have to target these 20,000 troops."

Li Zhaolu hurriedly asked: "Do you have any information?"

Zhuang Xuansu said: "Of course, these 20,000 troops have four camps, namely Wurui Camp, Wuwei Camp, Wuying Camp and Wuyong Camp. Among them, Wuyong Camp is a famous heroic camp and the elite of the Liangjiang army. "

"The soldiers of Wuyong Camp are all veterans for more than ten years, with rich war experience. Most of them have fought in the north and have strong abilities.Outstanding, extremely brave, and has never been defeated since coming to the south. "

Li Zhaolu frowned and said in a deep voice: "This kind of soldiers have iron wills, I am afraid it will be difficult to divide them. Kuixingfang is a tough battle."

"Even if the reputation of Annan Hou is bad, it will only affect morale at most. Kuixingfang cannot withstand their attack."

Zhou Yuan smiled faintly: "It's okay, I have prepared a backup plan, that is, when they attack Kuixingfang, I will kill them with one blow."

"Please ask Lord Li to immediately ask the Jinling army to prepare in the name of deposing the envoy, and Lin'an Prefecture should also be prepared."

"In two or three days, we will close the net."

Li Zhaolu clasped his fists and said: "The emperor's grace is great, and I will never fail in his mission! ”

……

After leaving Yun’an Academy, Zhou Yuan and others did not return to Kuixingfang immediately, but quietly came to Moyunzhai.

After knocking on the tightly closed door for more than a dozen breaths, the voice of the waiter came from inside.

“No business these days, please come another day!”

Zhou Yuan said: “Let Mo Xiang open the door.”

With one sentence, the people behind the door were silent.

But soon, a delicate voice said: “Yes… it’s the young master! Is it the young master?”

The door was opened directly, and the surprised Mo Xiang saw Zhou Yuan. She was so happy that she couldn’t speak. She opened her mouth, but her eyes were red.

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: “It’s only been more than ten days since we last met. You shouldn’t be like this!”

“Young master, please!”

Mo Xiang bowed, and then quickly bowed to Zhao Jianjia, and said softly: “Miss Zhao, please too.” "

The two walked in side by side. Mo Xiang quickly poured tea for them and said, "I sent someone to invite the young lady. She will be here soon."

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "How is Mo Yun Zhai doing during this period?"

Mo Xiang shook his head and said, "No one dared to go out, and the books could not be sold. We were closely watched, so we simply closed the store."

"Later, the young lady went directly to the mansion of Annan Hou and made a scene, and the spies at the door were removed. "

Zhou Yuan was stunned by these words. A fuss? Good girl! As expected of Qu Shuyuan's daughter, she is so bold.

But thinking about it, Qu Ling did have something to rely on. The governor of Liangjiang and the Qu family were relatives!

No matter how much Qu Ling made trouble, Annan Hou would at most drive her away and would not have any other thoughts.

Sitting on a chair and drinking tea, Zhou Yuan saw Zhao Jianjia looking uneasy, and then laughed: "Jianjia, do you understand me now?"

Zhao Jianjia was not in high spirits, just frowned and said: "What do you mean you understand?"

Zhou Yuan said: "I didn't want to study or be an official at the beginning, but why? It's because I know that politics is against human nature. Once you are involved, you will inevitably be unable to control yourself. "

"For example, in today's incident, Qiaoshan Gong understood the righteousness and was willing to protect the holy way even if his family was broken up. ”

“Shouldn’t we protect the family of such a person? But political interests tell us that we can’t protect them.”

“This is helplessness, this is why I don’t want to be an official.”

Zhao Jianjia suddenly realized, but was speechless.

She thought of every detail of being with Zhou Yuan for so long. It seemed that everything he did had a vision and basis, but she became the childish and willful one.

Alas…

She looked at Zhou Yuan and said softly: “I am too childish and cannot understand your difficulties.”

Just this one sentence is enough.