In the matter of deciding to recruit the Heavenly Dao army to the north to help the Great Song Dynasty attack the Xia Kingdom, the imperial court achieved an extremely rare high efficiency, from being proposed by Wang Anzhong in the early court, to sending the holy decree out of the palace gate to Jingdong Road, it took less than half a day before and after.

In the matter of who to send to Jingdong Road to announce the decree to Zheng Linfeng, the imperial court seemed to be playing a joke with Zheng Fei that only he could understand, because the minister sent by the imperial court was actually ...... Uncle Zhang's night!

Under normal circumstances, the "decree" is a beauty difference, which represents the emperor's decree, no matter how big the person who receives the decree is, the prince minister also has to kneel to receive the decree, the identity is equivalent to half of the minister, not to mention, the person who receives the decree must also have to stammer a few points to the minister, and the good things are less fortresses and feel sorry for the holy decree in their hands.

However, there are exceptions to everything, and going to Jingdong Road to proclaim the decree is a great exception!

Even in the past, when the imperial court and Jingdong Road still maintained a superficial peace, it was quite a dangerous thing to go to Jingdong Road to proclaim the decree, not to mention that now this kind of time when the two sides are in tension, who wants to announce the decree at this time, in case this holy decree angers the Zheng Dafan Town, no one dares to guarantee that the master will not let the minister of the decree die in anger, so no one wants to take this errand in the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty, including the eunuchs in the palace, but no matter what, someone has to go, right? It was also at this time that Prime Minister Cai Jing recommended a person to the imperial court, and this person was none other than Uncle Zhang!

Why did Cai Jing recommend Zhang Shuye, this has to start from the last time Zhang Shuye went to recruit Liang Shanjun, it stands to reason that in the last Zhao'an negotiation, Zhang Shuye was meritorious as the deputy envoy of Zhao'an, even if there is really no merit, there should be hard work, right? It's a pity that this is not the case, Zhang Shuye has been completely neglected since he returned from the negotiations, and he only got an idle position in the Yushitai, and there is only one reason for this, that is, because Cai Jing is making trouble inside!

At the beginning, Zhang Shuye offended Cai Jing because of his integrity, not afraid of power, and impartial law enforcement, and was degraded again and again by Cai Jing's design, and was degraded to guard the grassland at the lowest time, and the treatment was almost no different from Lin Chong when he was in trouble, and it was not until a long time before he was reactivated by the imperial court, but Cai Jing did not let him go, and once again designed to demote him out of Tokyo, so that he was far away from the power core of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was not until he later served in Jeju that he led to the subsequent things.

And the last time he and Zhao Liangsi recruited An Liang Mountain Bandit Kou to return to Tokyo, Cai Jing saw that the annoying Uncle Zhang actually came back again, which is good for Lord Cai, who has never been able to rub sand in his eyes? This can't be done, as long as Prime Minister Cai is here, you Uncle Zhang don't think about having a good day!

As a result, Cai Jing relied on his power several times, and as a result, although Zhang Shuye received a lot of honors for recruiting An, he did not leave anything behind in the actual things, and he only got a small idle position in the imperial history platform, and once again stayed away from the power core of the Great Song Dynasty.

Until yesterday, when the emperor and the ministers discussed the details of dealing with Jingdong Road, the emperor asked the ministers who should send to Jingdong Road to announce the decree?

Cai Jing's heart couldn't help but think of Uncle Zhang, hum, there are many dangers like this, it is very likely that there will be an errand that will not return, if it is not handed over to Uncle Zhang, it will be too sorry for the troubles he once caused to the original appearance!

Cai Jing immediately recommended Zhang Shuye to the emperor, he said, it was Zhang Shuye who provoked the thief Kou in Zhao'an Liangshan, if there was no Zhang Shuye, how could there be these troubles in the future? It was only fitting that he should be sent to end the matter now. When the emperor heard that it was really reasonable, he immediately agreed, and on the morning of the second day, he appointed Zhang Shuye as the minister of the decree at the same time, and immediately rushed to Jingdong Road to announce the decree.

In other words, Uncle Zhang couldn't cry or laugh after getting the news, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he couldn't help but have those connections with Zheng Linfeng in this life? He has already "hidden" to the Yushitai, but he still can't escape the big hand called "fate" in the dark.

In fact, Zhang Shuye knew very well that the reason why he was arranged to be an idle position in this Yushitai was Cai Jing's ghost, but he was not angry or sad because of this, because in Yushitai, his quiet and even somewhat deserted office location was not a relief for him?

To tell the truth, no matter what noble purpose he was for at the beginning, even if he knew that Zheng Linfeng was the desire of the people, but secretly betraying the Great Song Dynasty was still a deep scar in his heart that could never be erased, in the face of conscience and loyalty, he was lost, he didn't know what to do next, is to continue to help Zheng Linfeng deal with the court? Or is it a reversal blow and will help the court deal with Zheng Linfeng? At this time, Cai Jing's move of thinking that he was "hitting" him and "demoting" him to the Imperial Historical Observatory just helped him have a choice, that is, since neither side could help, it was better to escape for the time being. He really wanted to be grateful to Cai Jing, grateful to Cai Jing for letting him come to such a quiet place, keeping him away from the core of the imperial court, and so that he would no longer be sandwiched between the Great Song Dynasty and Jingdong Road.

And since he arrived at the Yushitai, Uncle Zhang's mood at night has really improved a lot, he deals with official business when he has something, and when he has nothing to do, he reads books and practices his pen, except for occasionally listening to a few colleagues who live here and are depressed talk about the imperial court's counterattack against the Xia Kingdom, the Great War in the Southeast, the recruitment of Zhuwu and the pacification of Jingxi, he no longer cares about anything else, he is like a hermit, hidden in the chaotic and noisy court, living a life like a retreater.

But who knows, he escaped the trouble, but the trouble did not let him escape, when this morning, he was dragged out by several colleagues who came in a hurry to receive the order, he understood that the good days were coming to an end......!

Da Song and that Zheng Linfeng will have a battle sooner or later, he has been mentally prepared, he knows that judging from everything he witnessed on Jingxi Road that day, that Zheng Linfeng will never be satisfied with this, the so-called Zhao'an is just Zheng Linfeng's delaying tactic, and this day is finally coming! And after a year of contemplation, Uncle Zhang had already figured out that his original choice was not wrong, what was wrong was only his nostalgia for Da Song, so it was not so much that he wanted to evade responsibility, but that he wanted to escape from continuing to betray Da Song, but unfortunately, Da Song ...... again!

Uncle Zhang sighed at night and walked out to prepare to receive the order, well, since you can't hide, then accept it calmly! I, Uncle Zhang, don't seek to hear from the princes at night, but only ...... Have a clear conscience! Da Song, Da Song, this is your own choice......!

Out of the house, after Zhang Di passed the holy decree, Uncle Zhang got up at night and immediately said to Zhang Di after receiving the holy decree with a normal face, "Father-in-law, I want to go home and clean up a little and say goodbye to my family, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Zhang Di sighed lightly and nodded, "Lord Zhang, please go back quickly, don't embarrass me." While speaking, he also looked at Uncle Zhang with sympathetic eyes, because he knew that this errand was extremely dangerous, but he was afraid that this unlucky Uncle Zhang would not return, and in this case, if he didn't let the family go home to say goodbye to his family, it would be a little too unkind!

Uncle Zhang arched his hand gratefully at Zhang Di, then he turned around, smiled lightly at his colleagues who had been with him for more than a year, and then turned around and strode out.

No one thought that although Uncle Zhang did return home immediately, he did not go directly to see his family, but went straight to his own kitchen, only to see that in the kitchen, a middle-aged man with a simple face was preparing the meals of the Zhang family alone, this person is called Yu Tang, but Zhang Shuye hired a cook a year ago, specializing in cooking for the old and young of the Zhang family, although this person's cooking skills are average, but he is honest and kind, and he has won the love and respect of the Zhang family.

When Uncle Zhang Ye entered the kitchen Yu Tang found it, suddenly, a look of surprise flashed across his face in an instant, more than a year, this is the first time Uncle Zhang has entered the kitchen!

Almost in an instant, Yu Tang's whole person seemed to be a different person, and he put the frying spoon in his hand to the side and hugged his fist to Uncle Zhang, "My lord! "That doesn't look like a cook who has been doing his job in Zhang's Mansion for more than a year, but like a decisive soldier!

Uncle Zhang didn't seem to be surprised by his change, just nodded and said, "Time is urgent, I can only say it once, you quickly send the news back to Jingdong, I will delay as much time as possible on the road." ”

Yu Tang replied cleanly, "Yes! ”

Uncle Zhang said at night, "The imperial court is preparing to start a war against the Xia Kingdom, and has decided to let the Heavenly Dao Army send a large army to the northwest to help the battle like last time. However, the intention of the drunkard in this move of the imperial court is not to drink, but to find an excuse to start a war on Jingdong Road, please make countermeasures as soon as possible! ”

After that, Uncle Zhang left the kitchen without looking back at night, and then began to go to the front yard to find his family to "say goodbye", and the kitchen was deserted again, only to see Yu Tang pick up the stir-fry spoon again and stir-fry the vegetables, with a simple expression on his face, as if nothing had happened.