Chapter 124: Showdown
"Under the door. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info I celebrate the confusion of the universe. The blessing of the lotus. It is a year of dedication. Lay the wall and salute the gods. Choose Gangchen. After descending the silk and spoiling the group. The situation is close to the letter. Grace and honor. Longtu Pavilion waiter, Liu Yu, a scholar in the house. Straight and dry. Dan Cheng runs through the day. ...... as a hero"
The edict was slowly read out by Hu Youhuang in a subdued tone, and the audience under the hall was a group of civil officials in scarlet robes or green clothes, and these more than ten people were the principals of the states on Guangxi Road, and they had seen Liu Yu's honor guard when he entered the city early in the morning, so there was not much surprise, and everyone's calm expression was more or less only puzzled, what the new Fu Shuai was going to do.
The first Jun order of Fu Si is to urge the state capitals to send troops to gather in Yongzhou City, and the second is to summon them to the capital city to discuss matters, the third Jun order issued early this morning, heralding the birth of a new household tax system, of course, the name of this is only to change the pension for the sergeants, but everyone here knows that it is not far from the reform.
Originally, there was nothing, but along the way, even the governor of a state would often introduce some innovative measures in order to add some luster to his resume, and with the end of the three-year term, such a policy would most likely be changed by the successor, but this time, everyone who has a heart knows that it is not so simple, because the current national situation is already in turmoil, and no one knows what will happen in the future, and how long can he stay in this son.
After the edict was announced, the hall was silent for a moment, and then a congratulatory voice sounded sparsely, but more than ten people, in the spacious lobby, sat in two rows according to their grades, this is the rule of deliberation, Liu Yu did not strictly guard the door as before, it seems that there is still a taste of light and dust, in fact, it is just because of a group of literati, there is no need to guard against thieves.
"This official has only been in office for more than a month, and I only saw you today, the reason, everyone knows that the Yuan people are too aggressive, and I have to deal with it first, and now I can sit down and talk to you, if I am not intentionally neglecting, I hope you will forgive me."
Liu Yu's words did not have any emotional ups and downs, it was really like an old friend meeting each other, which made the originally tense atmosphere in the hall suddenly relax a lot and appear active.
"Fu Shuai personally led the army this time, drove the enemy out of the country, Kuang Sheji was stable, relieved the people from being trapped in the upside down, and made all the contributions, as a model for my generation, such a big victory, enough to mark the annals of history, we have not been able to attach to the tail, we are already ashamed, stay for a while and a half, what is the matter, do you say?" One of the officers sitting at the front stood up, and was immediately joined by the others.
"That's right, if it weren't for Fu Shuai's willingness to risk arrows and stones, how could he make the Yuan people come in a surge and return home." After a while, the voice of praise sounded one after another, making someone who has always been very thick-skinned a little unbearable, but he is still a literati, and he is full of literary style.
"Where, you are serious, this luck victory, relying on the virtue of the official family and the saints like the sky, the sincerity of the court and the court, relying on the soldiers to work hard, working together, just a literati, how dare you speak out."
Liu Yu waved his hand humbly, with a smile on his face, but Hu Youhuang, who was standing in front of him, could see it clearly, and his eyes were still as calm as water.
"Labor you ran a trip, it was really a last resort, the official first arrived in Guangxi, it was a big change, although the Yuan people in Yongzhou were retreated, but the crisis was not resolved." Liu Yu picked up a document from the case: "Here is the military report I just received, the Yuan people are already approaching Jinghu, and they must be about to enter this road in the near future, and their momentum is far from being comparable before, therefore." ”
He paused slightly, and his eyes swept over everyone: "How to deal with it, I hope you will give advice, should this battle be fought on this road, or will you block the enemy and go to Jinghu?" ”
His words were like a pebble thrown into the water of a lake, causing ripples, and everyone in the hall turned their heads to each other, and the official who had spoken before stepped forward and threw his hand at him.
"Can Fu Shuai report to the general and wait for a look."
Liu Yu nodded, handed the general newspaper to Hu Youhuang, and asked him to pass it to the official, and everyone immediately gathered around when they saw this, and looked at the news on the official's hand, just a few lines, and everyone had already changed color, because the numbers on it were too amazing.
The Yuan people who invaded Yongzhou were only more than 50,000, and they were almost exhausted by parrying, and now there is an army of nearly 200,000 people on land and water, and this battle does not need to be fought to know what the result is, you know, all the soldiers and horses on the whole road of Guangxi are all gathered in Jingjiang Mansion at this moment, and the total number is only more than 20,000 people, and the officials who have read the military newspaper silently returned to their seats, and suddenly they all quieted down.
This military newspaper came from Yuezhou City on Jinghu North Road, and the intention was to ask for help from various neighboring roads, naturally no one dared to doubt the authenticity of the military newspaper, because it was unnecessary to do so, and it was easy to debunk, and before they knew it, their eyes were all looking at the hall, and it seemed that only this young man could bring hope.
"What to do? You've got a plan. ”
Liu Yu's question was not answered, and after being silent for a while, the official who was still holding the military newspaper opened his mouth.
"I don't know what Fu Shuai thinks, we are willing to listen to it."
Obviously, his words also represent the opinions of everyone in the hall, Liu Yu's eyes looked at the past one by one, these people are the last reliance of the Great Song Dynasty, maybe some will hold on to the idea of regretting death until the last moment, but most of them do not have this kind of will, in the face of the general trend, their choice may be more in line with the views of later generations, both to save themselves and save the people, but what is destroyed is the hope of this nation, the hope of self-improvement and courageous struggle, and finally reduced to a generation of obedient people without faith.
"The Yuan people are powerful, once they invade Guangxi, Jingjiang Mansion is the first to bear the brunt, the official is the county guard, and he will not hesitate to die with the city, I believe you are also the same." Liu Yu stood up and raised his tone: "But you must also know that Yongzhou is just a miserable victory, and the remaining soldiers and horses of our army are less than 30,000, and it is difficult to predict how long this idea can be defended." ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have the responsibility to defend the land, but the people are innocent, and this official can't bear to trap the people in the war, so I hereby ask you to wait and evacuate the people with all your might, starting from Jingjiang Mansion, every state is the same, and this official wants to let the Yuan people even if they capture the city, there is no one to kill, and there is no wealth to plunder. For this reason, Guangxi Road will only do this one thing in the future, and this is the plan of this official. ”
The lobby was quiet again, everyone's faces suddenly changed from panic to shock, Liu Yu's words were like a bolt from the blue to them, and they didn't know what to use to describe it, and a word surged in everyone's hearts...... Crazy.
"What Fu Shuai said, but seriously?" The officer standing at the front asked incredulously.
"Naturally, Shuai Si will issue an order today, and every state capital must stamp your official seal, spread it widely, and tell the people, and this official hopes not to miss a single person."
Liu Yu's words broke their last illusion, crazy, must be crazy, the hall is like an explosion, all of a sudden uproar, no wonder, this practice has never been seen in the history books, the people have withdrawn, what city are they still guarding?
"How does this make hundreds of thousands of people in a state want them to go, where are they going?"
"All the guards in the state have been transferred, and there are no people, what will you do to defend the city?"
"The Tartars are still thousands of miles away, is it too much?"
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For a while, the voices of questioning, questioning, and accusations came one after another, and none of them were attached, Liu Yu turned a deaf ear and let them quarrel there, only occasionally raising his hand and glancing at the pointer on it, this result was originally expected by him, anyway, it was a group of literati, and they couldn't fight.
"If it's such an order, please forgive the officials for not being able to implement it." Under the leadership of a few leaders, more than a dozen people stood up together and expressed themselves to him.
"Why? The Yuan people are coming, driving them to attack the city, what should I do? What should I do if I threaten the defenders of the city with them? Even if they are used as people's husbands, it is also beneficial to the enemy and not to me, the city is broken, how can the Yuan people let them go, who dare to defend it, this official will hand over this Jingjiang City to him, who dares? ”
Liu Yu spread his hands, and a rhetorical question put them on the spot, where will these people guard what city, Jingjiang City is located at the junction of the two roads, it is the first pass for the Yuan people to enter Guangxi, such a hot potato, it is too late to lose it, who will be stupid to pick it up?
"Fu Shuai's order is not in line with the system, unless there is an edict from the imperial court, the lower officials and others will forgive their orders, or go to their own places, the affairs of this state will not bother Fu Shuai, I will leave for a long time, and now I should go back, everyone might as well leave."
Under the leadership of a few, everyone said goodbye to him one after another, Liu Yu sat on the chair with a sneer on his face, at this time I remembered the imperial court system, but it was too late.
Before they could get out of the lobby, they were stopped by a team of pro-soldiers, Wu Laosi led people unceremoniously blocked the door, and they didn't push and shove, just like that, these pro-soldiers even wore armor, like an iron tower, standing still, these civil officials couldn't push, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
"Fu Shuai, what does this mean?" The official at the head returned to the hall, not even saluting, staring straight at him, waiting for the other party's explanation.
"Just now you talked about the imperial edict, and the official suddenly remembered that behind this decree, there was also a decree signed by the political affairs hall, and the saint used a seal." Liu Yu picked up a thin silk page, which, unlike his appointment proclamation, contained only a few simple sentences.
Due to the needs of the war situation, Liu Yu was specially granted the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the plane, and all the important military and civilian affairs in Guangxi Road could be disposed of together, and only then did he need to report to the imperial court, this kind of power can be said to be big, and it is not small to say that it is all about how the parties interpret it, and now he has taken it here, almost the legendary 'Shang Fang Sword', of course, it is not used to kill people.
"You...... You are transgression. "The literati naturally have some backbone, and they are not intimidated by Liu Yu's momentum, of course, the main reason is that they know that the other party will not kill.
"If you disobey the order, the official can suspend you now, and the affairs in your state will be taken by the general judge, don't blame the official for not giving you a chance, use the seal, this matter should not have happened, otherwise go back to the post house and stay, and when the official plays the court, there will naturally be room for you to speak."
Liu Yu didn't want to talk nonsense with them anymore, so he stood up and ordered: "Come on, take them back to their residences, confiscate their respective robes and belts, and temporarily detain them in the hall, so that they can be entertained." ”
Then he brushed his sleeves away, Hu Youhuang watched these people scolded and scolded and was taken down, after thinking about it, he still didn't open his mouth, the result of the matter was already doomed, this time not only Liu Yu had no way to retreat, but these subordinate officials were the same, those systems that were originally engraved in his mind became blurred at this time, and he didn't dare to think about the meaning behind it.