Chapter 437 Martial Saint

Yin Yinglei said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Marshal Yue once went to the front line of Hebei's anti-Jin resistance alone when he was young, and defected to Zhang Suo, who was the envoy of Hebei Road at the time. Yue Shuai said, "Courage is not enough, and the use of soldiers is the first to plan. The plotter, the opportunity to win or lose, so it is the way to general, not to suffer from its lack of courage, but from its lack of strategy. Later, Marshal Yue said to the old marshal Zong Ze, "The key to a soldier is to be surprising and unpredictable, so that you can win." Battle after battle, the art of war is constant, the use is wonderful, and there is one heart. The minister believes that these two sentences can summarize the reason why Yue Shuai has not been defeated in his life. ”

"Courage is not enough, and the use of soldiers is the first to plan. The use of wonder, in one mind. I repeated it and agreed, "Well, Yue Fei's words are good, and they are also in line with the way of going to war and planning in the ancient military books. ”

Yin Yinglei continued: "Your Majesty is right, Marshal Yue will carefully analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy and us and the geographical environment of the battlefield before each battle, which is what Your Majesty once said that he was fully prepared in advance, flexible and mobile during the event, and decisive in dealing with the aftermath after the event. ”

I nodded and said, "Shi Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here."

"The essence of Yin Aiqing's lectures on military universities will be compiled into a book, and the Military Affairs Yuan will forward it to all major military regions."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

I said a little loudly: "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, in order to reward Yue Fei's contribution to our dynasty, I have decided to posthumously seal him. Little Seven, proclamation. ”

Xiao Qi walked out from behind me, took out the holy decree, and read it aloud: "I am the famous general Yue Fei in the middle of the dynasty, outstanding martial arts, shocking the past and the present, in recognition of his immortal achievements for my dynasty and the righteous spirit of loyalty to the country, I specially posthumously named Yue Fei as the emperor of Weiyuan Town Tianzun Wusheng, and all parts of the country can be equipped with its temple, so that its ancestral temple can enjoy fireworks offerings, so that the people of our dynasty can worship and remember." In addition, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other martyrs who are willing to serve our dynasty can come to the ministry, and I will personally interview to determine their positions. Chincis. ”

"Huh? Martial Saint Emperor? This gift can be described as the extreme. Everyone sighed and sighed.

In China's thousands of years of history, there have been two martial saints. Before the Tang and Song dynasties, the emperors of the past dynasties posthumously sealed the martial saint is the hero of the Xingzhou Dynasty for eight hundred years, Jiang Shang Jiang Ziya, since the Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong, began to posthumously seal the military general Guan Yu during the Three Kingdoms period, to the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor Zhu continued to chase Guan Yu, Mingshenzong officially sealed with the word "saint", during the Qing Dynasty, Guan Yu's status was even higher, the Qing government also ordered the whole country, the general construction of Guan Temple, on time to worship incense, so that Guan Yu became a martial saint with the same name as Confucius, and has continued to later generations.

At this moment, I gave Yue Fei the name of "Martial Saint", which made all the generals envious, but they were convinced. As the head of the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (the other three are Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Liu Guangshi), Yue Fei's merits far exceed the other three, even in the entire history of the Great Song Dynasty, Yue Fei's achievements are unparalleled, it can be said that if there is no Yue Fei, there may be no Southern Song Dynasty later.

Relatively speaking, from the original face of history, Yue Fei is more suitable as a martial saint than Guan Yu. Whether it is his contribution to the nation and the country, or his military exploits, Guan Yu cannot be compared with Yue Fei. After Guan Yu died, he shouted when he appeared: "Give me back!" It seems to be arrogant, and Yue Fei once shouted before his death: "Give me back the rivers and mountains!" "Comparing the two, what kind of courage is Yue Fei talking about? One is Liu Guanzhang's brotherhood, and the other is the love of the world, which is completely the difference between small righteousness and great righteousness.

However, history is written by those in power, and Guan Yu is just suitable for the taste of the change of rulers' dynasties, so he was constantly canonized by the ruling class, and in later generations, the fame of the martial saint Guan Yu is far greater than Yue Fei, and the Guan Emperor Temple is far more than Yue Wang Temple.

This cannot but be said to be a kind of sorrow, the sorrow of the nation, the sorrow of the country. Under the feudal imperial system, let the people love it, it is far inferior to the emperor's posthumous feud.

A few days later, the major newspapers in Lin'an, led by the Great Song Dynasty Royal Newspaper, successively published the whole process of the Great Song Emperor's worship of Yue Wang Temple, and the name of the martial saint Yue Fei has spread since then, when the country is in danger, the imperial court needs heroes, and the people also need heroes, and Yue Fei, who has a very high reputation among the people in the Song Dynasty, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

Under my instructions, the Lin'an Mansion decided to build a statue of Yue Fei on the central square of Lin'an City. At the same time, under the instruction of the imperial court, major newspapers also published two articles, one of which was "Shanggaozong Fengshi" written by Hu Quan in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty. In 1135, Hu Quan, who had just been promoted to the Privy Council, heard that Qin Hui had sent Wang Lun as an envoy to the Jin State in August 1138 to beg for peace, and was humiliated and proclaimed. In this article, Hu Quan said, "The ministers and ministers are not righteous to share the sky with juniper. The heart of the district, willing to cut off the heads of three people, the pole of the street. Then the envoy was detained, blamed for being rude, and Xu Xing questioned the guilty division, and the soldiers of the three armies were angry without a fight. Otherwise, if the minister goes to the East China Sea and dies, he would rather deal with the small court to survive the evil! ”

The other is the "First Book of Shanggaozong" written by Chen Dong, a student of Tai during the Jingkang period. In the article, Chen Dong wrote, "The minister is cheap with a grass thatch, His Majesty records the name, and the first is posthumously called, and the minister does not dare not repay His Majesty with the words of the world." I think that the minister must have angry ministers, but he doesn't dare to deceive the king's father's ears, and he will live and die! ”

Both of these articles express a common point of view, that is, they hope that the imperial court will actively fight the main war in order to recover the lost land and rebuild the unity of the country, and should not blindly seek peace and use the small court to survive, otherwise it will end up in life and death.

From the release of the "Letter to the People of the Great Song Dynasty" to the posthumous posthumous title of Yue Fei as the Emperor of the Martial Saints, all this shows the determination of the imperial court to resist the Mongols and recover the old mountains and rivers. Under the subtle influence of the newspapers, the enthusiasm of the people of Lin'an to resist Mongolia was unprecedentedly high, and their confidence in the recovery of the north began to gradually recover.

Under the command of Suo Wuxian, the members of the dragon tooth kept sending the Great Song Dynasty royal newspapers to the north and posted them in the downtown areas of major cities, which more or less ignited the heart of the Han people in the north who had been silent for a hundred years. Of course, the dragon's tooth also paid a lot of price for this, and the secret contact points in several places were seized by the Mongolian government.

On 14 September, another Mongol army, about 25,000 Han and Jin mixed infantry soldiers, arrived at the city of Xiangyang under the leadership of Shi Tianze, the deputy superintendent of the expedition, and Kong Yuan, the commander of the capital. The new 25,000 Mongolian soldiers plus the original 60,000 troops, the Mongolian army under Xiangyang City has reached as much as 85,000, which has exceeded the number of people in the Xiangyang Military Region. On the third day after that, Marshal Ashu ordered 20,000 soldiers led by Ali Hague and Kong Yuan to surround Fancheng, and since then, the road traffic between Xiangfan and Fan has been interrupted.

Judging from the battle reports I received from the Sichuan, Luzhou, Yangzhou, and other military regions in August and September, the Mongolian armies on the eastern and western routes are also actively dispatching troops and generals to make an offensive.

September 18, Lin'an Daqing Palace.

"Going to court." As Xiao Qi's voice sounded, the day's court meeting officially began.

"Ministers, see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

"Everyone loves Qing, don't be polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the battle between Song and Mongolia has been going on for several months, and at present, our dynasty is in the defensive stage, perhaps, this period is the most difficult, but the Mongols will not be easy either, in addition to competing for strength, the two sides also have to fight for perseverance. When the strength is equal, perseverance is likely to be the key to victory. As for the source of this perseverance, I believe that there are two aspects, one is from myself, as a soldier, the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road, without such courage and perseverance, there is only a dead end, and the other is from the guidance of the imperial court, which has the responsibility to let the soldiers in front understand that behind them is their family, their compatriots, their country, if they take a step back, it is equal to their own family, their own country is more dangerous, therefore, they must defend the front line without hesitation. In order to boost the morale of the Xiangyang army, I plan to send a messenger to Xiangfan to inspect the two places, I wonder which Aiqing is willing to go? ”

"Chen Wen Tianxiang is willing to go to Xiangyang."

"Hideo Chenlu is willing."

The presidents of the government affairs and military affairs spoke at the same time.

Although Wen and Lu are not of high rank, they are currently only from the third rank, but they are the deans of the two most important departments in the Xianchun court, and their weight is sufficient.

I thought for a while and said, "Lu Aiqing, now that the war has started, there are many affairs in the Military Affairs Yuan, you can't go out for the time being, Wen Aiqing." ”

"The minister is here."

"I have appointed you as a messenger and will leave for Xiangyang tomorrow to express my condolences to the soldiers of the three armies and the people of Xiangfan."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Li Beiyang, Li Aiqing, Shi Yanzhi, Shi Aiqing, I appointed the two of you as deputy envoys, and I will go with Wen Aiqing."

"The ministers obey."

"Three Aiqing, you stay after the court meeting, I have something to explain."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, continue today's court meeting."

Jiang Wanli first came out and said: "Your Majesty, tomorrow is the time for this year's imperial examination, and the candidates for the main examination and the chief and deputy examiners of this subject are still subject to Your Majesty's decision, and the parties need to be notified tonight." ”

"Well, time flies so fast, it's a triennial scientific expedition in a blink of an eye, Jiang Aiqing, I will inform the Ministry of Rites before the hour (5 pm) today, and the Ministry of Rites will notify the relevant personnel one by one after receiving my notice."

Jiang Wanli said: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”