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Chapter 45 For the sake of the children, I will work hard

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There are three kings in the northwest. Zhao Kai, the royal family member, has no foundation in the northwest, and his strength is the weakest.

Li Hu, the vassal state of Han, was appointed as the ambassador of Yunzhonglu, and was the strongest. Tong Guan, the prince of Guangyang, was the Grand Tutor, and his actual position was the Xuanfu Envoy of the Yanshan Mountains in the Lianghe River. He was in charge of military affairs for more than 20 years in the northwest, with the deepest foundation. He also had 20,000 victorious army under his command. Although his strength could not compete with Li Hu, it was enough to shock the northwest.

After Tong Guan arrived in Taiyuan, people from the northwest had a private comment on the three kings: Prince Yun was an alien monk, Li Hu was a strong dragon across the river, and Tong Guan was a local snake. Foreign monks missed good scriptures and had to seek help from local snakes. If the strong dragon across the river wanted to eat and drink enough in the lake in the northwest, they must live in peace with local snakes, otherwise both sides would be defeated.

But judging from the current situation, the statement of the Northwest people has been subverted. Li Hu's crossing river dragon is too fierce. Whether it is an alien monk or a local snake, he was swallowed into his mouth.

Tong Shimin was very scared. He grew up under Tong Guan's wings. Although he was born in poverty, he was only attracted by his father who died on the battlefield. By chance, he was adopted by Tong Guan and has since become famous. However, Tong Guan's status was too prominent. He was naturally affected by the stars and the moon. He was inevitably affected by some bad habits of Yanei. There is still a fundamental difference between Yanei and the children of aristocratic families. Yanei, like Tong Shimin, went on a career under Tong Guan's protection, and of course he did a lot of corruption and abuse of power. He was used to being generous and had a smooth flow. He suddenly faced the threat of death, and was of course very scared.

Tong Guan cannot compare with big families like Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, nor can he compare with upstart families like Cai Jing. He is an eunuch. He became a powerful minister of the Song Dynasty with the trust of the emperor. If he becomes an emperor, he is nothing, and he may even become a scapegoat and be labeled as a scapegoat. He has been under the mark of rape for thousands of years. Therefore, he has always wanted to make achievements, want to fight the west and the north. As long as he succeeds, this is his achievements. Even if he falls, the later emperors will not be able to erase his achievements. His family and descendants will enjoy wealth and honor for generations because of this achievement.

However, ambition is one thing, realizing ideals is another. Having good ideas may not succeed, and having good intentions may not be able to do good things. Especially under the system of the Song Dynasty, in the officialdom of Bianjing, everything you do is restrained, even the emperor himself cannot do, let alone Tong Guan. So he has struggled for more than 20 years. Although he was named a king, he got what he wished and his life reached its peak, but in fact, he has achieved nothing, and as for his achievements, there are only a few achievements. If he changes to an emperor, he wants to find a scapegoat in the current situation, and Tong Guan’s guilt can be said to be endless.

The little emperor started a massacre in Bianjing, and the news soon reached Tong Guan's ears.

Tong Guan had too many confidants in Bianjing, and his old officials were everywhere in the capital. As for the Northwest Army, there were more officers in the land of gratitude to him, especially some middle and low-level officers, who were very grateful to him. Tong Guan was the commander of the Northwest Army. If he had military achievements, it was his. There was nothing to argue about. However, Tong Guan wanted to establish his own power and take root in the northwest. Otherwise, how could he command the Northwest Army as an arm? So he must promote a group of people and suppress a group of people, so in

When rewarding merits, his memorials were of great importance, which offended a considerable number of Northwest generals. Whether Tong Guan was good at middle and low-level officers, he basically rewarded all those who could be rewarded and promoted all those who could be promoted, because it was not easy for these people to guard the Northwest for many years. Moreover, most of them were from the army and were suppressed by the children of the Northwest generals and had no chance to make a comeback. Tong Guan spared no effort to promote them, in fact, it was equivalent to attacking the Northwest generals, which was also an important reason why Tong Guan offended the Northwest generals.

The young emperor eliminated the old emperor's confidants, which was inevitable and there was nothing to complain about when the emperor was once a day. Of course, this was bad news for him. His more than 20 years of hard work turned into nothing, and he and Cai Jing must bear all the responsibility for the catastrophe suffered by the Song Dynasty. The old emperor could not bear this responsibility, and all the guilt would be borne by the old emperor's confidant ministers. If the young emperor held the throne firmly, then Tong Guan and Cai Jing would be on the list of traitors in the national history and would be infamous for thousands of years.

Cai Jing was working hard. He moved the old emperor to the southeast and rebuild the court in order to firmly control the authority of the Song Dynasty. Tong Guan was also working hard. He moved the king to Datong to echo the old emperor north and south, and ensured that the old emperor handed over the emperor to Prince Yun, and then preserved his fame and fortune and wealth. However, Li Hu was a Han Dynasty enemy. Tong Guan did this. It was very dangerous to have a trick on Tiger. As it turned out, he did something wrong.

"Why do you trust Li Hu?" Tong Shimin saw Tong Guan sitting calmly behind the desk, leisurely fiddling with chess pieces to study the endgame. It seemed as if nothing had happened. I couldn't stand it.

He asked a question. Li Hu might have to pull them out after a while. Min Bulai struggled. I wonder if my father still has a way to save him.

Tong Guan looked up at him and smiled slightly. "If you were in Bianjing now, would your situation be better than now?"

Tong Shimin smiled bitterly, lowered his head and sighed. Tong Guan looked at him with a desperate look and his smile became stronger. "Come here." Tong Guan pointed to the soft cushion on the opposite side of the case. "Time goes back twenty years. After your father died in the battlefield, your mother died of illness. You became a little beggar. Can you survive until now? Or barely survive. Will your situation be better than now?"

Tong Shimin sat opposite Tong Guan. After thinking for a long time, the expression on his face gradually calmed down and his eyes gradually became calm.

"I went to worship the fallen soldiers in battle and stood in front of your father's grave. I heard that you were begging alone in your hometown. My heart hurts very much. I don't know what I can do for your father. I subconsciously told them that I want to find you and raise you." Tong Guan twisted the chess piece in his hand, his thoughts immersed in the memories of the past, and his tone was desolate and bitter. "Maybe your parents' spirit in heaven bless you, I was very lucky to find you. When I saw you, my tears rolled in my eyes. I thought of those soldiers who died in battle. Their parents and children may be more miserable than your situation, but I can't do anything. The only thing I can do is raise you to repay your father and those soldiers who died."

Tong Guan looked at Tong Shimin with a look of love in his eyes, "I raised you and started a family and a career. I will have no regrets in my life. I die and come to the nine springs. I will not feel ashamed to see your father and those dead soldiers. I can face them openly and talk with them."

Tong Guan let out a sigh of relief, relieved his painful mood, and put the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard, "My family is poor and I still can't support my family when I was twenty years old. Suddenly, I had an opportunity, but the price was that I would never have any children. I did not hesitate, without any hesitation, I want to support my parents, brothers and sisters, I am the eldest son of the family, this is my responsibility. Twenty years later, I have become successful and my ***** I have grown up. I hope I can enjoy the joy of family like a normal person. At this time, I have you, and I am very happy. Until now, I am happy that I can have you. This is the happiest thing in my life."

Tong Guan stretched out his hand and patted Tong Shimin's cheek intimately, "You have brought me a complete home and countless happiness. Now, I have a wife and grandchildren, which has allowed me to enjoy the joy of family. I want to thank you and thank you for everything you have given me."

Tong Shimin's eyes turned red and tears couldn't help but roll out.

"For many years, this incident has been a weapon for opponents to attack and slander me. I adopted you to repay your father and the dead soldiers. I have no other ideas, but many people think that I did this to buy the hearts of the Northwest Army. Your father is my subordinate, and those dead soldiers died for the Song Dynasty. In order to repay them, I adopted you, raised you, and gave you everything I can give. What's wrong with this? Why do they have to slander me like this and hurt you? Is the books of sages they read telling them to treat the beauty and kindness of the world like this?"

"This incident made me feel uneasy, because I did not use any of your ideas. This vicious slander was very cruel. It made me determined that I would give you the best things in the world, I would block their mouths, and I would tell them that although I was a poor and humble person, I was also a human being, I also have dignity, and I also have wisdom. I can do better than them, so I worked very hard..."

"Dad..." Tong Shimin could no longer hold back and she burst into tears.

Tong Guan smiled, with a hint of desolation, a hint of helplessness, and a hint of pain in his smile, "I really worked hard, but there are too many things that are not satisfactory in the world... You gave me a lot, but I gave you too little... If my head can be exchanged for your and your children's lives, I will never be stingy, but..."

"Dad, don't say it." Tong Shimin knelt down beside Tong Guan, hugging him and crying bitterly, "I am willing to die with you, and the children will not blame you. They like you, grandpa, and they are willing to leave with you."
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