Is this the last exam? Sun Tu suddenly felt refreshed. During these days, he really took the time to read some ancient military books such as the Three Strategies and Six Strategies and Sun Tzu's Art of War. In addition, the theoretical knowledge he learned in the army before traveling through time, Sun Tu was confident enough to deal with Tong Guan's questions. He immediately stood up and solemnly said, "Sister in charge of Tong Shuai's advice."

"I asked you, why is the chief general who commands the imperial court?" To Sun Tu's surprise, Tong Guan's first question did not test his military strategy or the method of commanding troops, but instead raised an open question that could have multiple answers.

Many different answers can be given to this question, such as focusing on the essence of training. After all, the strength of the army is the foundation that reflects the strength of the general; for example, the word "food and supplies" is because the three armies have not moved the food and grass first; even a word "military discipline" is the most important. Regardless of ancient and modern times, the real elite soldiers are the most important.

But when these answers flashed through Sun Tu's mind like a revolving lantern, he thought of choosing the most suitable one from them, and suddenly his heart moved. He thought of the key point - when Tong Guan asked the question just now, he deliberately emphasized the tone on the word "Governor". Isn't this just pointing out himself?

The court... Sun Tu suddenly became happy and suddenly became enlightened. He replied no longer hesitated: "In the eyes of the officials, the most important thing for the generals of the court is the word "loyalty". Only by being loyal to the emperor and the court can we ensure the stability of our Song Dynasty."

After hearing this answer, a satisfied smile appeared on Tong Guan's face, which also made Sun Tu know that he had finally given the answer that satisfies him the most. With the current use and defenseless nature of the Song Dynasty's imperial court towards military officers, the standard for judging whether a military general is available is the point of loyalty. No matter other strategies or martial arts can be placed behind.

After mastering this, when facing Tong Guan’s next question, he seemed particularly relaxed: “What do you think if you have a dispute with the imperial chief in the state?”

"The officials should obey the orders of the provincial road chief and dare not fight with him. After all, our generals and soldiers are also responsible for defending the people and cooperating with local officials to administer."

After asking a few questions about the difference between civil and military affairs, Tong Guan suddenly raised a jumping question: "What do you think Grand Master Cai?"

"Hmm?" Sun Tu was stunned again. Why did he suddenly ask about his opinion of Cai Jing? Although he had never met Cai Jing, he had heard a lot of comments about him from the people. Many people called him the traitor of the dynasty, which was a traitor of the country and the people.

However, Sun Tu naturally could not answer this way at this time. He said, "The lower-ranking position is low and the lower-ranking position is really not afraid to evaluate the Grand Master of the current dynasty..." While paying attention to the changes in Tong Guan's expression, he immediately understood it after seeing a hint of praise in the other party's eyes and continued, "But if I really asked the Grand Master of the Second Official to comment, I thought Grand Master Cai had made great contributions to my Song Dynasty. If he had not stood up to assist him as a son, there would be no prosperous world today. Although some crazy people in the court always complained about Grand Master Cai, it was just a slander of rumors and was not worth mentioning at all."

No matter what the purpose of Tong Guan’s question was, what Sun Tu had to do now was to give the answer according to the other party’s wishes, so that he could be satisfied, and finally promote himself to that critical position. Because he knew very well that such an opportunity was not easy to obtain, and this time he happened to meet a Liao people who came to Beijing to give him the opportunity to make meritorious service.

"Very good, I hope Qianli can remember what he said, do something for my Song court and His Majesty outside the capital." Tong Guan nodded with a smile. This sentence made Sun Tu feel very happy. He knew that the other party had already recognized his answer, so he should tell him that he would be promoted to any position.

But just when Tong Guan seemed to want to tell him what arrangements he would make, the door of the study was suddenly knocked on, and Tong Rui appeared in front of the door with a serious look on his face: "Master... the thing you told him has already come to an end."

Tong Guan, who was about to have a break with Sun Tu, was not angry because of the servant's disturbance. Instead, his face changed and waved his hand at Sun Tu: "You go back first, there will be a result about your next transfer before the year."

Although Sun Tu was a little suspicious, he still bowed his hands and left the study. Tong Rui took the opportunity to walk in and closed the door. Just as Sun Tu turned around and wanted to leave, he vaguely heard a sentence from inside: "After many days of investigation, they finally found the thieves in Huangzhou area, and forced them out of their mouths that the matter was instructed by Zhou... the young master..."

At this point, he heard the sound of a cup breaking out in the room, which made him dare not delay any longer and walked out quickly. At the same time, he had guessed in his heart what happened to Tong Rui report to Tong Guan. It should be that the pink swallow thief who he had given him before had confessed the inside story of the abducting Tong Yuan.

Obviously, it was after a while that it was Zhou Yun who wanted to harm his nephew, so Tong Guan was angry and lost his composure. However, Sun Tu was not too surprised by this. Zhou Yun had no choice but to set fire to someone just for a tiger skin, and eventually led to the death of dozens of people. It was reasonable for him to attack his cousins ​​in order to compete for Tong Guan's trust.

This thought made Sun Tu think of more details of the original ones - Zhou Yun was also present when he sent Tong Yuan back that day. Although he was quite decent at the time, his smile was a little stiff. I am afraid he had already hated him to the core. Also, what happened to Tong Mu outside earlier was this guy instructing him behind his back?

Just when Sun Tu walked through the courtyard with thoughtful thoughts and was about to leave Tong's Mansion, he heard a noise coming from behind, and then he heard a man shouting: "Tong Zhuang, do you still want to argue now? We have already obtained conclusive evidence, and no one can protect you!"

When Sun Tu heard the strange name Tong Zhuang, he let out a long sigh. He remembered it now. The one who was with Tong Mu that day was the Tong family slave. Now the two things that happened more than a year ago could be completely connected. It was Zhou Yun's instructions behind the scenes, so that he naturally got rid of Tong Mu and Tong Yuan so that he could become the only junior relatives around Tong Guan, and thus gain various benefits.

Unfortunately, Zhou Yun was not lucky and was always defeated by him. Not only did he make two plans and destroy them all, but he was finally exposed. Even if he was exposed, he was completely thanked by Sun Tu. Thinking about all this, Sun Tu's face suddenly showed a relaxed smile. After walking out of the gate of Tong Mansion, he looked southeast: "Second brother, I have helped you again this time, and I don't know if you will miss my love."

However, Sun Tu was not very interested in Zhou Yun's result. Now the most important thing for him is his future. I don't know what kind of position Tong Guan would arrange for him. He was so reluctant to be transferred out of Bianjing to show his strengths in a wider world.

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As the highest commander of the 800,000 imperial guards and military officers at all levels in the Song Dynasty, Gao Qiu and Taiwei Gao are actually above the Privy Councilor Tong Guan. He is not an incompetent person who only knows how to accept bribes and demand bribes as many people in later generations think. At least he really takes all the military power in his own hands, and even the Third Class Academy, which is transferred by the low-level military officers, is in his control.

This afternoon, Gao Qiu was as usual to send documents transferred by various military officers to him and read them casually to determine their stay or not based on their value of use.

When he found a transfer order about Sun Tu from these files, his face slightly sank: "I am the Grand Marshal. I remember that he had been in trouble in the capital before, but now he has been promoted to a seventh-rank Wugong Lang because of a Cuju. He also has a real disadvantage in Jiangzhou. How can such random promotion be achieved? Are you not afraid of being blamed by other generals?" As he said that, he picked up his pen and wanted to draw incorrectly on the transfer order.

In fact, doing such things as him is a bit inconsistent with the control. This is not even a decision by the Privy Council. He, a grand lieutenant, intervenes in a slight manner, and it will only damage the reputation of the court if it is spread.

However, Taiwei Gao is so unique. It would be fine if he was promoted by an ordinary military officer, but Sun Tu has always had grudges with him, so now that he naturally cannot give him a chance to stand out when he falls into his hands.

The officials around him did not dare to come forward to dissuade him at this time, so they could only treat him as if he hadn't heard anything. Anyway, there would be someone to protect him?

But at this moment, a very powerful voice came from outside: "Master Gao, please raise your hand." With this voice, Tong Guan had already walked in with great strides.

His appearance immediately made Gao Qiu pause in his movements, and he looked up at the other party with a smile: "So it was Tong Shumi who wanted to reuse this person? But Sun Tu was young after all. Even if he made some contributions, he could not be too high, otherwise how could the soldiers below convinced? In the eyes of this Taiwei, you are not helping him, but hurting him." These words were really a bit high-sounding, which meant to block all the other party's words.

Tong Guan was not angry because of this. The other party had the right to do so after all. However, he did not mean to be a dowry, but said with a smile: "Taiwei Gao puts the overall situation first and is naturally able to understand. But, what I really want to use this time is not my intention."

"Who else?" Gao Qiu frowned, then shook his head and said, "The prince was young after all. He could not give him the power to command and train troops because of his goodness in Cuju."

"It's not the intention of His Royal Highness, but..." Tong Guan said as he took a step forward, staring at the other party and said, "Teacher Cai has the intention of using him!"

As soon as this said, Gao Qiu's face changed drastically, and his hands subconsciously shook.
Chapter completed!