Now the situation can be understood as: whether there are bandits in Chizhou or not, and whether it needs to enter a state of emergency, needs to be decided by Cai You, the governor of Chizhou. None of the subordinates of Zhongshu have the right to decide, which is the usual mode of "presiding over the government and adjudicating the vice-judge" in the Song Dynasty.

Cai Youcai is the local guard appointed by the emperor, and the meaning of governing is to take the initiative. In this case, if the imperial court also exercises the "sovereign power", it will be chaotic, so the imperial court will exercise the right of judgment, that is, the right of secondary judgment. In fact, the imperial court could not tell Cai You what to do, but could only tell Cai You to "not do anything", or Cai You could be removed from office and punished if he made a mistake.

For example, Cai You said that if there are bandits under his rule, he can take the initiative to launch a campaign to suppress bandits, but if he causes trouble and causes a decrease in grain production, people are angry and complained, and the court can say, "Boy, you are in trouble, you will be fined three glasses of wine, and you will not be allowed to move the army in the future."

That's pretty much it.

In other words, without the decision of Chizhou Justice Cai You, Huang Wenbing has no right to send troops, because he is here to represent the imperial court. If there is a violation, although Huang Wenbing cannot be killed, as long as he has the ability, the army he brought into Chizhou can be killed as a rebel.

However, once Cai You made the decision to "crack down on bandits and start a war", there will be nothing for Cai You in the future. Huang Wenbing, who was appointed by the Privy Council and the Ministry of Soldiers, was responsible for the deployment of troops, and Dong Ping and Qin Ming were responsible for implementing the strategy of Huang Wenbing, the commander of Chizhou.

In other words, today's situation has become a political confrontation between Cai You and Huang Wenbing. One wants to fight, and the other wants to stabilize the term of office and the mud.

Feeling that Cai You would continue to maintain stability, he sat back and watched the Yongfeng prisoner who had no copper jump his feet in a hurry but did not start a war, and continued to trap the Wuwei army in Chizhou wearing small shoes. So some old foxes in the hall thought that Huang Wenbing's authorization of a thousand cavalry to be deployed at the high post of Xishan very close to Wang Xiu was a kind of political act of porcelain!

Because Cai You did not judge Wang Xiu as a thief, Huang Wenbing could not go to war. However, there is one exception: if the Royal Forbidden Army is attacked by bandits, it is of course considered a rebellion. Then there is no need to wait for the judge's decision, and it will automatically enter the process of quelling the chaos.

"Now such a deployment, in Zhao's view, is a military failure! Those who mess with Chizhou must be such a subordinate handiwork! ”

After staring at Dong Ping for a while, Zhao Cheng was shocking and almost scolded.

The others were shocked, and even Cai You was taken aback, and a little blamed Zhao Cheng for not being calm, and even angrily denounced this tacit confrontation as a military issue.

"You are a mere scholar, talking nonsense on this kind of issue, questioning my decision to judge the military without justice, so bold!"

Dong Ping got up suddenly, it was really amazing.

"Slow ......"

Huang Wenbing stopped him, "Dong Ping, sit down, Zhao Cheng, after you finish speaking, this official is interested in hearing what you have to say on specific issues?" ”

Zhao Cheng got up and pointed to the map of the military area on the wall, "It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rainy season has passed, and it has officially entered the windy season. Suppose that a small number of bandits lurk under the high post, set fire to the mountain at this time when the vegetation is dense and dry and the wind is strong, if it is infantry, our Han sergeant's lack of equestrian experience, our army and horses have not been in battle for a long time, and they will inevitably be frightened and kicked chaotic. Such inaction is in danger. ”

Frankly speaking, there are all scholars here, and these concepts are too vague and there is no specific sense of crisis. I just think that Zhao Cheng is looking for logic from the political level for the sake of opposition, which is very common among the literati of the Great Song Dynasty.

"Alarmist, sensational!" Wang Hao first scolded disdainfully.

In this way, Dong Ping was more confident, and hugged his fists and said: "Then I have to ask Lord Zhao, do you think about marching and fighting too simply?" Do you think that Wang Xiubu Caokou is too martial and too bold? Ben Jiang has been in the army for many years, and he has seen some of the various bandits and bandits, but if you say that you don't call them bandits, they are called heavenly soldiers. Does Chizhou have one? But if there is, we have to ask, who is behind these bandits, and who is responsible for this? ”

Including Cai Wenji, who was watching at the door, also felt that Zhao Cheng was too light and too bookish.

Well, after thinking about it for a while, Zhao Cheng also felt that he had thought a little too much.

However, it did not affect Zhao Cheng's position, ignoring Dong Ping's provocation, and continued to look at Huang Wenbingdao, "Maybe the lower officials think too much, but the lower officials maintain their own opinions, the important affairs of the military are not child's play, and they are related to the stability of one state and one place." People can do things for many reasons, and it's not hard to find hundreds of them. And more human, when you have a position to want to do something and find a reason to do it, you will deliberately fool those reasons not to do it. ”

"It's okay to choose to ignore the small things, but it's too late to correct the mistakes."

Zhao Cheng continued, "But at the moment, in the heavyweight affairs related to the interests of hundreds of thousands of people in Chizhou, the lower officials think that there is no big harm in being cautious, in this kind of affairs, there can be hundreds of reasons to do it, but as long as you find a logic that should not be done, you must consider the consequences, if the consequences are not able to lose, the possibility must be returned in a small way." This is called thinking twice. ”

Qin Ming and Dong Ping couldn't understand these tongue twisters, and they couldn't help flashing a look of ridicule, and turned their heads away with a sneer. If it weren't for Zhao Cheng being a civil official, it would give birth to right and wrong.

However, Huang Wenbing, who was cautious and cautious, paused for a while, "Although the official sees that you have no fame, you also seem to have read a lot of books. Since you use this logic to debate in specific matters, then this official exam tests you, where does the logic that you say 'Wang Xiu will take the initiative to attack' comes from? General Dong seems to be a little inconsiderate, but he is really not wrong, this kind of bandit you said is really rare in my dynasty, even if it is accidental, it is generally in the north where the people are strong, and the south is completely missing? ”

Zhao Cheng hugged his fists and said: "Xiaguan has the answer as follows:"

"First of all, when Wen Yanbo and Xianggong Beizhou put down the rebellion, it was the Manichaean cult that was quelled. The impact was very great, the harm was widespread, and it did not eradicate the roots, and some bandit leaders escaped and lurked in the south for many years to develop underground forces. For any sect or organization to develop, the first thing that cannot be separated from it is not doctrine, but money. So the southeast of this period has their largest soil. ”

"Secondly, Wang Xiu is the notorious largest cottage in Chizhou, not to mention in previous years, only this year's record, they have slaughtered two villages, one hundred and ten lives in hand, and there is no need to doubt the decisive bandit attributes."

"Third, although the situation in Chizhou is tense, there is still a final balance between officials and bandits. But now the imperial court has made a decision, and the Wuwei army has entered Chizhou. Xia Guan thought that as long as Wang Xiu was not an idiot, he would not feel that the Wuwei Army was here to pay tribute to him. This clearly shows that there is a need to fight, and if I am him, we must consider how to get the first opportunity when war is inevitable. The so-called first opportunity is to strike first, which is common sense. ”

"Fourth, even if Wang Xiu is a little more stupid, he thinks that the Wuwei Army is a bureaucratic army that does not dare to fight, and he is here to pretend to be forced. But the first thing he saw when Wuwei Army came, he didn't even make a provocation and deployed it in Xishangang, which was far away from his Lingzhi Mountain. The imperial court generals under the command of Lord Huang are still so glass-hearted, jumping at the same time or even jumping without touching it, so as a thief who has more than 100 lives in his hands and is decisive, Wang Xiu not only saw the Wuwei army enter Chizhou, but also saw the first time to be deployed in Xishangang, which is very close to the door of his home, what does Lord Huang think he will think? Or suppose he was General Dong, nicknamed 'Hit All the Time', what would he do for it? ”

What should have been said has been said, Zhao Cheng walked back to sit down and lowered his profile again.

This time, many scholars really heard the feeling, especially Cai Wenji thought about it along Zhao Cheng's train of thought, and after thinking about it, it seemed that there were really some problems.