Prime Minister

At this moment, it is the first moment of noon in Xizhou.

Under the commander-in-chief of the Jinglue Mansion, the imperial decree has been unfolded, and the gold medal is impressively eye-catching.

Zhang Yue held the imperial decree in his hand and stared slightly, but he didn't say the word "accepting the decree" for a long time.

He read the imperial decree repeatedly, but saw that the emperor was not so firm in his order to withdraw troops.

But looking back on the twelve gold medals, the first gold medal was still polite and asked Wu Mu to withdraw his troops and return to Beijing to receive the reward, but later he was more determined than the other, and finally used an unforgiving tone.

Although this is not necessarily a historical fact, it can be speculated based on this.

The envoy of the gold medal said: "Zhang Longtu, the imperial text sent by this gold medal is like an ancient feather call, so don't neglect it! The retreat of the troops is a foregone conclusion, and the new horse-riding successor Wang Zhongzheng who supervises this matter is already on his way. Please also invite Zhang Longtu Retreat and return to the Tongyuan Army!"

Not only the gold medal retreat, but even the supervising army has been dispatched.

Zhang Yue said: "Thank you for letting me know."

Although Zhang Yue informed, he didn't say whether to accept the order or not... This is undoubtedly a message to his subordinates.

Everyone was a little restless.

But some people said: "The military discussion has been decided. Stop entering Hezhou at this time. Don't you hear that the general is not accepting the order of the king."

It's not loud, but it's a first-class signal.

But everyone is still hesitating, saying that the emperor's life will not be tolerated. Don't you know that this sentence is the most feared thing in the Song Dynasty?
So the person muttered something and pressed it.

Zhang Shouyue said to the left and right: "Don't talk nonsense, let's listen to the commander in chief."

The army leaders remained silent.

Everyone waited for Zhang Yue's meaning without saying a word. At this time, Zhang Yue asked: "May I ask when the envoy's gold medal will be issued?"

"Eight days ago."

"What time?"

"It's after You hour!"

"Is it after You time?" Zhang Yue asked.

"Yes." The gold medal messenger hesitated for a moment, but still spoke truthfully.

Zhang Yue said: "Okay, I will not obey this edict!"

The face of the gold medal envoy changed, Xihe Road civil servants and generals on the left and right all showed signs of expression.

Is this a rebellion?
Some people also thought that Zhang Longtu would have known this if he had known this before, so at least let me wait and be prepared.

The envoy of the gold medal asked with a gloomy face: "The villain didn't hear clearly, please Zhang Jinglue say it again!"

Zhang Yue only knew one thing. Now that the military council had made a plan to attack Hezhou, once he was ordered to withdraw his troops, his prestige in Xihe would disappear.

Zhang Yue didn't hold back and said: "Eight days ago was not the time for the big daily life. The edict was issued at the time of You. It can be seen that it has not been well-discussed by the prime ministers of the two governments. This is not an order, but a disorderly order of the court. I will not obey it at Xihe Road. also!"

The gold medal envoy was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect Zhang Yue to deduce this from his few words just now.

It was indeed the case when everyone heard it, and there was a burst of whispering.

At this moment, the emotions of being teased by Zhang Yue surged up, and the gold medal envoy asked, "Does Zhang Longtu know what you are talking about?"

There was already a bit of threat in these words.

Everyone held their breath and looked at Zhang Yue, but seeing him smiled and said: "I heard clearly, this order will not be honored!"

At this time, an official came out of the shift and said: "That's right, His Majesty granted the authority to make decisions on the fly, and now it is suddenly changed. It is not a random order, what is it? Someone must have made a statement, so that His Majesty didn't notice it for a while, and ordered this random order!"

Some people dare to call this chaos.

Everyone seemed to agree with Zhang Yue.

It turned out to be Su Zhe, the secretary in charge of Xizhou.

Su Zhe was very low-key when he was in Xizhou, and no one expected that he would be the first to stand up and support Zhang Yue.

To be honest, Zhang Yue didn't expect it, he thought it would be Xing Shu, Lu Shengqing and the others, but he didn't expect it to be Su Zhe.

But on second thought, Su Zhe was the most likely.

Needless to say, the friendship between Zhang Yue and the Su Shi brothers, the two offended Wang Anshi, and it was he who kept protecting them.

Moreover, Su Zhe was a very courageous person despite not talking much. He was the one who criticized Emperor Renzong when he was in charge of the examination.

In the eyes of an orthodox scholar-bureaucrat like Su Zhe, the emperor is nothing.We are officials to educate the emperor, what to do and what not to do, not to let the emperor manipulate us.

A censor in Tang Xi dared to scold his husband in the court, even disregarding the face of the emperor, but now if anyone dares to accompany Zhang Yue to resist the edict, it must be Su Zhe.

Judging from the timing of the edict issued by Zhang Yue, one of the official edicts did not choose to issue the edict during the five-day daily routine, indicating that there was no prior discussion, and the other issued the edict at night, when the two governors Although there are people on duty in the palace, it is impossible for them all to arrive.

Therefore, most of the officials listened to the opinions of one or two ministers. Because of the death of Jing Sili, they were at a loss for a while, and in a panic, they temporarily issued an edict to let Zhang Yue retreat, which was not a fully mature decision.

Zhang Yue raised questions about the details of the edict.

Of course, Zhang Yue couldn't question it alone, even if he was an envoy of Jinglue, or even an envoy of Jiedu, he still needed someone to follow him. Su Zhe was the first to stand up and take the responsibility of resisting the decree together with Zhang Yue.

At this time, Zhang Yi came out of the squad and said: "Please tell your majesty the envoy, just now the military discussion has been made, and all the generals have unanimously decided to send troops to Hezhou. Even if they are really familiar, they cannot be changed. Otherwise, how will the army be governed?"

Zhang Yi is the planner of this troop dispatch plan, so it can be said that he has a stake in it.

The more Zhang thought of this, he looked at Zhang Shouyue and other generals, but they remained silent.For so many years, the Great Song Dynasty used literature to control military affairs, so that they no longer dared to question the orders from the emperor.

Think of that scene 70 years later.

When the first gold medal was handed out, Wu Mu still wanted to call the generals to discuss it. The second gold medal was handed out... After the [-] gold medals were handed out, one tone was stricter than the last, and it cannot be changed now.

Ten years of work is wasted once.

How can anyone who reads history not sigh?

The envoy of the gold medal said: "Zhang Longtu, this Wang Zhongzheng is already on his way, the gold medal didn't arrive first..."

Zhang Yue said that he understood.

He looked at Zhang Shouyue and asked, "Old General Zhang, is the strategy discussed by the army just now feasible?"

Zhang Shouyue was silent for a moment and said, "It's possible."

Zhang Yue looked at Cai Yanqing again and said, "Mr. Cai can testify that the policy of dispatching troops is not decided by Zhang alone! It is based on public discussions!"

Cai Yanqing nodded and said, "Of course."

Zhang Yue said to the envoy of the gold medal: "I have also seen it with one step. Zhang has only one sentence now, and he will not accept the fate of the foreign king."

When the gold medal envoy heard the words, the officials and generals under his fingers asked: "Resisting the order is disrespectful. This is a serious crime of beheading. Do you want to remove your heads one by one?"

After the gold medal envoy finished speaking, his brows slanted, his eyes glared, his mouth crooked, and he put his hands behind his back, as if he was the emperor at this moment.

Officials are not unreasonable people, but things often go wrong with these villains who like to use chicken feathers as arrows.

"As the commander-in-chief said, is this random life?"

"The Son of Heaven doesn't know the responsibility of the three armies, how can he talk about the affairs of the three armies?"

"Who are you? How dare you speak such big words to me!"

The civil servants didn't like this, and instead pointed at the gold medal messenger and cursed.The gold medal envoy was taken aback, he just wanted to scare them, but the civil servants of the Song Dynasty would not accept his tricks.

"In the past, Li Wenjing even burned the imperial decree? I'm afraid of a bird!" The foul language was also violent.

"Where is the sacred decree, I will also burn it..."

The man spoke halfway, but his mouth was still covered.

Seeing that the civil officials were furious, the generals were silent for a while, and they all looked at Zhang Shouyue and Wang Junwan.Both of them were silent, and the other generals did not dare to say anything.

The envoy of the gold medal was also embarrassed by scolding. He pointed at Zhang Shouyue, and Wang Junwan said: "The imperial court does not kill civil servants, but how many lives do you guys have?"

Seeing Zhang keeping the promise, Wang Junwan dared not retaliate. The generals on the left and right stopped, sighed, and all of them were unhappy.

If they had fought Hezhou before, they would have been between two choices, but how could they allow villains to bully them.

Cai Yanqing wanted to speak, but Zhang Yue stopped him.

The gold medal envoy said: "I'm going to put my words here, as long as a soldier leaves this Xizhou City, it will be regarded as a resistance!"

All the generals didn't say a word, but it seemed that on the surface of the calm sea, there was an earth-shaking force brewing below.

At this time, Zhang Yue walked up to Zhang Shouyue and said, "Old General Zhang, if there are any consequences to this matter, someone in Zhang will take care of it, and no one else will be involved."

Zhang Shouyue raised his head, his eyes under his gray eyebrows suddenly brightened and he said, "Scholars like Zhang Jinglueer have this responsibility, and martial arts like me are not cowards. This Hezhou is a mountain of swords and seas of fire, and I also broke into it!"

After Zhang Shouyue finished speaking, he turned to face the generals, twisted his face and said, "Go back to Hezhou!"

A little spark can turn into a prairie fire.

The power accumulated for a long time erupted suddenly like a volcano that had been silent for thousands of years.

The one who responded to Zhang Shouyue at this moment was the roar of mountains and tsunami.

"Go back to Hezhou!"

Dozens of big men's roars echoed in Jinglue Mansion.

At the military meeting just now, the hesitation, questioning, and embarrassment of Zhang Shouyue and other generals were instantly wiped out.

After countless times of tempering, pig iron is finally cast into a sword!
The gold medal envoy was dumbfounded, and when he was about to exit the Jinglue Mansion in embarrassment, he suddenly said outside: "The imperial decree has arrived!"

The second gold medal has arrived!
The gold messenger was already laughing wildly.

Zhang Yi, Xu Xi and the others looked at Zhang Yue, wondering in their hearts. The morale of the army that was so hard to inspire, this unity of purpose, will be regained with the arrival of the second gold medal.

But Zhang Yue calmly said: "Follow me to accept the order!"

Everyone suddenly realized that they followed Zhang Yue to the middle gate to receive the order.

"Take back the previous decree, listen to the scriptures and make Zhang Yue deal with everything about Xihe!"

The newly arrived gold medal messenger said.

"The more ministers accept the order."

Zhang Yue accepted the order calmly, without showing any emotional fluctuations.

Zhang Shouyue looked at Zhang Yue's demeanor of not being shocked by honor or shame, and admired it from the bottom of his heart. This is the demeanor of a real general.

There is a kind of power that lies not in loudness but in wisdom, but this wisdom is not worth mentioning without the blessing of courage and firmness.

The generals looked at each other with doubts, worries, and fears, and the dark clouds in their hearts were swept away.

At this moment, someone in the crowd yelled again: "Go back to Hezhou!"

Zhang Yue interrupted at this moment: "It's not to fight back to Hezhou! It's...revenge!"

Everyone was startled, and then they all shouted: "Revenge!"

"revenge!"

"revenge!"

Looking at this scene, Cai Yanqing thought to himself, the revenge of a gentleman can still be avenged in nine generations.

National feud?Eternal is also possible!
PS: Si Li's overthrow of the army, and the resurgence of bandits...The commentators want to take advantage of this to abandon Hehuang, and go up to eat for it. Several Chinese envoys were sent to Jieshao to station in Xizhou, so be careful not to go out...And it is a victory, Shang was very happy, and gave his hand to praise and said: "The general is in the army, and the king's order is not accepted. The trip to Ninghe, you will get it."

This is a true historical event, but the protagonist in the book is changed from Wang Shao to Zhang Yue.