Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 957 Song Gaozong: It has to be you, Liu Aiqing! [1 more]

But for some reason, Liu Gao felt that Zhong Shidao's face was not looking good, and he really opened his mouth in a very aggressive manner:
"Shandong's No. 1 Tiger Minister?

"Since Liu Taibao has been on the battlefield for a long time, may I ask what you think of this Northern Expedition?"

Hi?

Liu Gao knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. It turned out that before he came in, Zhong Shidao was advising Song Gaozong.

And it seems that the persuasion has failed.

Song Gaozong winked at Liu Gao:

My dear, help me fight him!

Liu Gao understood and nodded with a smile:
Your Majesty, rest assured, I know what to do!
"General Zhong, I don't think we should go north to fight!"

After Liu Gao finished speaking, Song Gaozong's face turned green:
You know what!
If you don't know, don't pretend you know, okay?
"Oh?"

Zhong Shidao's expression suddenly softened, and he asked Liu Gao expectantly:

“Why shouldn’t we march north?”

"Liao and Jin are both tigers and wolves!"

Liu Gao talked to Zhong Shidao:

"The Liao and Jin armies are strong and powerful, and they are evenly matched, so they can check and contain each other!
"Our Song Dynasty was spared from war and enjoyed peace, but the Liao Dynasty is now on the decline!

"If the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom join forces to destroy the Liao Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom's wolfish ambitions will never be satisfied!

"After annexing Liao, Jin's next target will definitely be the Song Dynasty!

"So in my opinion, the Song Dynasty should unite with the Liao Kingdom to fight against the Jin Kingdom!
"Together we both benefit, but apart we both suffer!"

"That's right!"

Zong Shidao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he slapped his thigh:
"You are worthy of being the best minister in Shandong! I admire you!"

Zhong Shidao felt that he had met a kindred spirit. Every word Liu Gao said seemed to touch his heart:
Thank you my Shandong food!

……

Do you want to listen to what you are saying?
Song Gaozong's face turned black:
You are a servant of the dragon!

If you don't help me at this time, why do you help him?
Zong Shidao took the opportunity to continue to advise Song Gaozong:

"Your Majesty, the alliance with Jin to attack Liao is like a robber breaking into a neighbor's house. We cannot save him, but take advantage of the situation to rob him and even share the spoils with the robber. This is not the way of a gentleman!

"Besides, if the robber kills the neighbor, the next one will come to kill my family. How should my family respond then?"

Song Gaozong's face was gloomy: "General Zhong, I have my reasons!

"Are you going to disobey my order?"

Zong Shidao fell to the ground and said, "Your Majesty, this cannot be done. I beg Your Majesty to take back your order!"

Song Gaozong snorted coldly and looked at Liu Gao:

"Liu Taibao, what do you think?"

"Although I think we shouldn't launch a northern expedition, I believe your majesty has his reasons!"

Of course Liu Gao had to obey the order. If he didn't, wouldn't his arrangements be in vain?

So Liu Gao said without hesitation:
"The minister obeys the order!"

The reason why I said that just now was just to test Zhong Shidao, or to improve Zhong Shidao's favorability.

As for what Song Gaozong thought, Liu Gao didn't care. Anyway, he could turn the table after destroying the Jin Kingdom.

Who is still playing with the little tyrant?

You know what I mean!

Emperor Gaozong of Song was a little confused by Liu Gao and couldn't figure out whether Liu Gao was obedient or not.

You say he is obedient, but he actually speaks for Zhong Shidao!

You say he is disobedient, but he still obeys orders!

But it doesn't matter. Song Gaozong directly used Liu Gao to criticize Master Zhong:

"General Zhong, listen to this!
"Listen to what a loyal minister is!"

Song Gaozong angrily accused Master Zhong:
"You don't believe me!"

Zong Shidao was also drunk.

He didn't expect that Liu Gao, who was such an intelligent person, would still follow Song Gaozong in making trouble.

No, aren’t you just blindly loyal?

Zhong Shidao thought he was loyal enough, but he didn't expect there were people who were even more loyal than him! What a bummer!

Song Gaozong's words "You don't believe me" were so powerful that Zong Shidao had no choice but to lower his head against his will:

"I...obey the order!"

Song Gaozong was delighted and waved his sleeves:
"Okay! Zhong Qing, you will be the Grand Marshal of the Army, and Liu Qing, you will be the Deputy Marshal of the Army!

"You two must cooperate sincerely to conquer cities and expand territory for me!"

Liu Gao and Zhong Shidao: (ω)(_)
Zhong Shidao left first, and Song Gaozong left Liu Gao behind, looking grim:
"Liu Qing, you just..."

"Your Majesty, I am doing this to help you convince General Zhong!"

Liu Gao said sincerely:
“General Zhong is old and has a stubborn temper!
"I can only set a trap for him. Isn't this trapping him?"

"That's it..."

Song Gaozong suddenly realized and admired Liu Gao even more:

“Even the Grand Master couldn’t convince General Zhong!
"It has to be you, Liu Aiqing!"

Liu Gao: (*^__^*)
……

After coming out of the palace, Liu Gao was walking on the street when suddenly a big man blocked his horse.

"Step aside!"

When Zhang Bao saw the big man's aggressive attitude, he was frightened and reached out to push the big man as if facing a powerful enemy.

Unexpectedly, the big man just pushed Zhang Bao away with his hand, and Zhang Bao staggered and retreated repeatedly!

Just as He Yuanqing and Wang Heng were about to attack, the big man bowed to Liu Gao and said:

"Liu Taibao, please stay!
"Mr. Zhong, please invite Liu Taibao to the restaurant to meet him!"

"Wait!"

Liu Gao stopped He Yuanqing, Wang Heng and Zhang Bao who was about to attack out of anger, and glanced at the big man.

This big man had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he looked intimidating without even getting angry. He was none other than the general following behind Zong Shidao.

So Liu Gao nodded:

"Lead the way."

[Ding! Wang Jin's favorability +10! ]

[Congratulations to the host and Wang Jin for becoming “acquaintances”! ]

It turned out to be him, the first hero in the opening chapter of "Water Margin"!
Liu Gao got off the horse and followed Wang Jin into a roadside hotel and went up to a quiet room on the second floor.

Zong Shidao was sitting alone in a private room, holding a bowl of wine in his hand, looking down at all living beings through the window.

But he is not looking down on the world from a high position, but is sincerely concerned about the suffering of the people...

Liu Gao liked Zhong Shidao very much.

Unfortunately, Zhong Shidao was born in 1051 AD, and now it is already 1118 AD after the New Year.

Zhong Shidao is already sixty-seven years old, but fortunately, he is still an old horse with great ambitions, and he is still very capable in fighting.

Moreover, in history, Zong Shidao died of illness at the age of 76. With An Daoquan around, he could have lived for a few more years.

It's not that the Song Dynasty didn't have famous generals, it's just that the emperor was incompetent. Even if he didn't kill the famous generals, he would make it difficult for them to achieve their ambitions...

Zhong Shidao, Zong Ze and Yue Fei are all representatives among them. Fortunately, Liu Gao came.

"Liu Taibao, please!"

When Zhong Shidao saw Liu Gao this time, he was much more friendly. He took Liu Gao's hand and sat down, and even poured wine for Liu Gao himself:
"Liu Taibao, I am sorry for offending you in front of the emperor today!

"Please don't blame me, Liu Taibao!"

"No wonder, no wonder!"

Liu Gao sighed:

"I cannot insist on supporting General Zhong. I hope the general won't blame me!"

"It's not your fault!"

Zong Shidao shook his head:
"Your Majesty is young, I don't know which treacherous minister has bewitched you...

"Honest advice is unpleasant to the ear. Your Majesty does not want to listen to our honest advice. What can we do?"

How dare you say that, old man!

Liu Gao:Σ(⊙▽⊙“a
(End of this chapter)