Surrounding Daxiangguo Temple is the most prosperous place in Kaifeng City, with restaurants and tea shops. Especially in the Bian River, there are various food stalls mixed with countless vendors, which are very lively. In front of the hotel where Du Zhongxiao stays, there is a food stall selling all kinds of food and wine at the same time.

When he came back with the book, he saw Yang, Lu Kai and Daoxin sitting there, and a few men sat opposite him, drinking together.

When Yang Zhu saw Du Zhongxiao, he whispered: "Little officials come and drink together!"

Du Zhongxiao said to Su Song: "There is nothing to do, so let's drink two drinks. These people are from the northwest and are most familiar with it. It's better to listen to them talk about war. This is the most important thing in the world, and scientific research may be related to this."

Su Song nodded and said, "With Du Zhongxiao coming forward. At this time, the test questions are not completely limited to the classics. There are often some current issues, especially the tests and the answers. You should know the world's affairs, otherwise you will easily make jokes during the exam.

When he arrived, Du Zhongxiao introduced Su Song and sat down in the guest seat.

Yang Ya pointed to the men sitting opposite and said, "This is Yao Sizong from Huazhou. He is still a hero and has a very famous reputation. This time he came to the capital with us to compete for his background. Those who are also from Huazhou and are the children of Zhang Yuan who came to Dangxiang to serve as an official. That person is Peng Tiejie. He came to the capital with the Zhang family. After receiving the edict, he was ordered to go to the northwest village to surrender Zhang Yuan."

Zhang Yuan was a failed Jinshi in the Song Dynasty. He fled to Dangxiang with Wu Hao and used it for Yuan Hao. Someone had the idea. The court took Zhang Yuan's family and asked them to go to the northwest front line to induce Zhang Yuan to surrender. Yao Sizong and Zhang Yuan had old friends. After going to the capital, the Bachelor's Academy tried, he was selected and went to the northwest to become a magistrate. Because he was on the same road, he got together with Zhang Yuan's children.

Du Zhongxiao heard of the name Zhang Yuan in his previous life, and it was very legendary. This man betrayed the Song Dynasty and helped the evildoer to abuse the evildoer. It was a perfect crime of treason. But the Song Dynasty was so strange. Not only did he not blame his family, he also made a promise to make a wish to lure Zhang Yuan, promising a high-ranking official and generous salary after Zhang Yuan returned.

This is the difference between the Song Dynasty and later dynasties. It has the legacy of the Five Dynasties. The Khitan and Dangxiang subconsciously regarded it as a separatist regime. It often follows the logic of warlords' melee during the Five Dynasties. In the era of warlord separatism, there were many such things, so it was not surprising to do so.

Du Zhongxiao couldn't help but look at Zhang Yuan's family for a few more times, namely his younger brother Zhang Qi, his nephew Zhang Bingyi and Zhang Zhongjing. The three of them looked as usual, and they sat there drinking and eating meat, and there was nothing special about it. This was something that Du Zhongxiao was very unaccustomed to. According to the thoughts of his previous life, there was someone in his family doing such a big thing as treason. How could these people feel at ease? In fact, people in this era would not think so much.

After drinking two glasses of wine, Du Zhongxiao said to Yang and Lu Kai: "Look at you coming back from the Imperial City today. Is there a hope for the future?"

Yang Wu nodded: "We both went to the northwest to be officials, but we didn't know which state army. We have prepared some gifts in the past few days and walked around the yamen. We heard familiar people say that the officials and officials in the yamen in the capital are extremely difficult. If there is no gift, they will not be able to give them."

Du Zhongxiao said repeatedly: "It should be true, you can't feel heartbroken at this time. You can get through many difficulties, and you will never be careless in the end."

Like Du Zhongxiao's father, both were from the Jinshi in the township. They went to the capital to submit their own books and worked for themselves. Only after they tried in the bachelor's academy, they were appointed as officials. They were the officials who were appointed as officials at the first time, which was almost the same as those of the Jinshi on the list. However, their origins basically determined that they had no future in the future. They were mostly unable to be transferred to the mainland, and it was good to be a county magistrate. If they could not become a magistrate in the border areas, they were destined to be a hard life.

The Du family now has a restaurant, so he won’t do such an opportunity to be an official now.

After chatting, the topic turned to the Northwest War without realizing it.

Yang Tao sighed repeatedly: "Since Yuanhao rebelled, several wars have passed, and it has been tragic every time. I heard that Liu Taiwei died at the mouth of Sanchuan, and there were important officials in the court who wanted to guard Tongguan, so afraid of foreigners. From Fan and Han Gong went to the northwest, people's hearts were more stable, but they did not win, and they were in peace. We both went to the northwest to become officials, which must be a difficult place, and we were really nervous."

Yao Sizong said over there: "A man was born in the world and lived his sword to the world. This is the time to make achievements. The two brothers looked forward and looked back and forth, how could he accomplish great things! Dangxiang was a small country, and he could only fight for a while. I was born in the northwest. When I was young, I traveled all over the border states and states. I knew that Dangxiang was poor and the people were poor, and the war could not last long. I was at ease. As long as the court could hold on, Dangxiang could not support the war for a long time."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and sighed: "The difficult thing is that the court may not last for many years. If this continues, most of the tenths of people will still have to make peace. If it is just a Dangxiang, it would be fine. If the war begins in the northwest, the Khitan in the north will probably have to intervene, and things will be difficult."

It goes without saying that the Song Dynasty could not do anything to Dangxiang when Du Zhongxiao learned the history of Dangxiang. The two countries fought and reconciled, and the stalemate continued until Dangxiang destroyed the country.

Daoxin was a monk with wine and meat. He drank a bowl of wine and said to Zhang Qi: "Everyone said that your brother was a high-ranking official with the Dangxiang people, and the master of the aristocratic ruler followed his advice. If you go and bring your brother back, he will talk to Xiang, and the war in the northwest will be pacified."

Zhang Qi smiled awkwardly and did not respond. The court asked him to take his nephew to the northwest to surrender Zhang Yuan, but some people in the court also felt that it was inappropriate and wanted to send them to distant places. It would be fine to receive Zhang Yuan this time, but if they could not receive it, they would not know what the consequences would be.

Seeing a few people talking lively, Su Song said: "Foreign wars are not good, but internal affairs are not repaired. If you want to quell the rebellion in the northwest, you still have to rely on the shortcomings of the court's reform to turn defeat into victory. If this is not the case, even if the northwest wins a little, it will be difficult to pacify Dangxiang."

After hearing this, Du Zhongxiao kept silent, and the others lowered their heads to drink.

Su Song's view is not unusual, and it is even the mainstream view of the scholars and officials. Internal and external affairs are at a disadvantage, and the court has reached a time when reforms must be made, but no one has a specific plan for how to change. Whether it is calling for reforms or opposing major changes, in fact, they do not oppose the reform itself, but they are just controversial about the order and what to change, and how to change. The difference between this is party struggle.

Du Zhongxiao stayed away from the party struggles, even if he didn't interfere in private. The other people were not traditional scholars and officials. Yang Jun and Lu Kai were thinking about their own future, while Yao Sizong and Daoxin and others were thinking about fighting on the front line and making achievements. Change had nothing to do with them.

Su Song himself was not keen on politics. Seeing that several people were silent, he sighed and stopped talking.

After drinking a glass of wine, Du Zhongxiao said, "It is not a cold day after day. As the saying goes, flowers are brocade and fire is cooking oil. The current situation of the court is not like this day and night. Thinking about a plan to calm the world, I am afraid that it will cause greater chaos. Master said that governing a big country is like cooking small fresh food. After all, this matter requires a great wise person to start calmly and change the situation step by step. We are not useful to talk more about current affairs now."

After saying that, he looked up suddenly, but saw Wu Kejiu leaning out from the roadside. Seeing Du Zhongxiao looking at him, Wu Kejiu waved quickly.
Chapter completed!