Chapter 248: Who's the Winner
One of the reasons why Zhao Yan dared to mobilize troops without authorization was because of his keen insight into the war and felt that fighters were rare; The other is that I feel that I have the certainty of winning this battle; And his greatest reliance is the emperor's trust in him. This made him bold, the last time in the battle of Yanjing, he dared to change the battle plan to lure the Wushu to go deep into the annihilation, and almost let the Wushu army escape, and then led the troops to seize the Dading Mansion, exempting the former crime, which made him think that as long as he won the battle, he would not be punished.
However, Zhao Yan forgot that war is a continuation of politics, and how many famous generals in all dynasties and dynasties died not on the battlefield but in political battles, and if they win on the battlefield but lose politics, the consequences will be more serious and terrible. Zhao Ta realized that Zhao Yan was a military genius, but he lacked political sensitivity, and if he was allowed to go on like this, he would not only get into trouble for himself, but sooner or later he would have to throw his head away but still shout wrongs, after all, not everyone trusted him so much, so he had to be taught a lesson.
"Brother Yi'er, is it also a sin for me to win the battle, and Your Majesty will believe their slander?" Zhao Yan asked angrily after being shocked.
"One person in the court said that it was slander, but the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty said that you were not subordinate to the army without authority, is it also slander, is it that you are the only one in the court of the Great Song Dynasty who is a wise man!" Zhao Yi asked again.
"This ......" Zhao was dumbfounded, he knew that he was not a virtuous person who was 'drunk and I am alone in the world'.
"It is your reckless behavior that may provoke a new civil and military dispute, break the current balance, put many warriors into a crisis, and involve His Majesty in this struggle, and if it is not good, it will ruin the situation that His Majesty has worked hard for many years. The Great Song Dynasty will also set off a bloody storm again, and I don't know how many brothers in Lu Dao will die. How to talk about the matter of ZTE, how can this be compensated for by you taking a mere city! Zhao Yi reprimanded. He knew very well that some people in the court were dissatisfied with their military ministers having a place in the court, but the first to bear the brunt were the brothers who were pulled up by the emperor, and he didn't know how many eyes Lu Dao was staring at them to make mistakes.
"Huh?! I didn't expect so many ......," Zhao Yan finally realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and muttered in frustration.
"Are you guilty now?" Zhao Yi asked again because he let him go.
"I am guilty, because my greed has put the brothers in crisis, ruined His Majesty's plan, and betrayed His Majesty's trust!" Zhao Yan bowed his head and said.
"Well, I finally have self-knowledge!" Zhao Yi's face eased and nodded.
"Brother Yi'er. This time, I made a big mistake with my own soldiers, and I was sent to Beijing to deal with it, although I died, I have no complaints! Zhao Yi figured it out, Di Qing made great contributions to the country back then, the official residence was a privy envoy, and he was cautious and never made mistakes for officials, but the civil officials still refused to let him go and forced him to death. This incident committed by himself has already violated the taboo of martial artists, and now it has been revealed. There was no goodness, and he was ready to die.
"Hmph, Your Majesty finally didn't misunderstand you!" There was a smile on Zhao Yi's face, and this humming was like a laugh.
"Brother Yi'er. Your Majesty won't let me judge myself here, will you? Looking at Zhao Yi's weird smile, Zhao Yi got goosebumps, and he asked with a frown.
"Hmph. It's really a dog biting Lu Dongbin doesn't know the hearts of good people, if Your Majesty wants your life. It's Yushi who sent this time, not me! Zhao Yi pointed his finger at his nose and said.
"Huh. I know that Your Majesty will not abandon us! Although Zhao Yan was ready to die, he didn't want to die, and said with a smirk.
"Laugh at it, have a long memory!" Zhao Yi glared at him and said, "The emperor commands, Zhao Yi listens to the order!" ”
"The last general will take the order!" Although there were only the two of them in the hall, Zhao Yan still dressed up, bowed three times and bowed nine times to the south, and knelt down to listen to the order.
"Zhao Shame, you kid can't settle down, you can't wipe your butt clean when you do something, and you have to let me rub your cheek. Although you have completed my long-cherished wish for many years to recover Linhuang Mansion this time, but you are good at transferring troops and horses, and you have committed a taboo by overstepping your authority, and you don't need to change the reason to kill you ten times, but I remember that you have followed you for many years, and you are still a talent, so I will spare your life this time! Zhao Yi repeated Zhao Ta's original words, and Zhao Yan listened very kindly, "But the merits and demerits cannot be offset, and if you make a mistake, you can't be exempt from punishment, and you can't be a pacifying envoy, and don't do it if you are in charge of the infantry army, just show me the door according to the family law!" Well, that's it, Zhao shame, are you convinced? Oh, Zhao Yi, don't forget to kick him twice for me, I'm so angry......"
"Second master, the little one is convinced, no complaints!" After hearing this, Zhao Yan kowtowed and thanked him, and immediately jumped up.
"Don't move, you haven't kicked your feet yet!" Zhao Yi shouted loudly.
"Brother Yi'er, you are a personal vendetta of the communiqué, that sentence must have been added by yourself, I will go to the second master to accuse you of falsely transmitting the holy decree!" Zhao Yi dodged Zhao Yi and shouted.
"Nonsense, how dare I fake the Holy Decree!" Zhao Yi reluctantly chased after him and said.
"After the second master reprimanded, he said to get out of here, he never said that he was angry with him, that was your verbal language, you can't fool me!" Zhao Yan dodged and shouted.
"No wonder the second master said that among us, except for Zhao Zhong, you are the most thief, it seems that there is nothing wrong at all!" was exposed by Zhao Yi, and Zhao Yi also stopped chasing and said.
"Hehe, it turns out that Brother Yi will also tell lies, tell me that the second master really wants me to go to see the gate?" Zhao Yi said with a hippie smile on his arm around Zhao Yi's shoulder.
"Of course, the deputy commander of the Guards is not looking at the gate!" Zhao Yi said angrily, "For you, I have been walking non-stop for more than ten days, and the food has been delicious, you hurry up and tidy up for me, and then take me to see this Linhuang Mansion, you have been wandering around for so many years, and I am almost suffocated to death in Beijing!" ”
"Hehe, that's not bad, I thought I'd let Xiangyi go to see the gate!" Zhao Yan said with a long sigh.
"That's good, but you've become a lieutenant general like me, and you'll have to salute Brother Ren and Brother Yong in the future!" Zhao Yimei said with a smile, at least he didn't have to salute him in the future.
"Ah, the military rank has also been reduced, and the military salary has to be reduced by a lot, and I have to find a way to do some business when I go back, otherwise I have to have a deficit!" Zhao Yan began to worry, there is money to spend here, but when he arrives in Beijing, the money is not enough to spend......
A few days later, Zhao Yi's plea and Zhao Yi's investigation report were successively sent to Zhao Ta's case, and the emperor was furious after 'knowing' Zhao Yan's unauthorized transfer of troops, and ordered severe punishment. But suddenly learned the news that Linhuang Mansion was recovered after all rejoiced, now the Khitan set up five capitals, four of which have fallen into the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, only in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom Tokyo is still in the hands of the Jurchens, want to attack the Jin State, the restoration of the Han and Tang dynasties is not far away. When they knew that Zhao Yan was only acting beyond his authority because he wanted to seize the opportunity, they felt that it was still forgivable compared to recovering Linhuang Mansion.
So after the emperor issued an order, the ministers wrote to Zhao Shi to excuse him, thinking that he was a special merit for the country, and afterwards he made a timely statement to the saint, although there was, but it was excusable, and the emperor was gracious. But the emperor ignored it and still had to deal with it strictly, and after the ministers wrote again, the emperor was forced to relent, but he still gave punishment, dismissed his Privy Council infantry commander, Dading pacification envoy, demoted from general to lieutenant general, transferred back to Beijing Division and transferred to the deputy commander of the Guards. Later, Zhao Lian, the Marquis of Duyu, was the envoy of Linhuang Mansion, and was also in charge of the forbidden army departments under Dading Mansion.
At this time, Li Gang, Zong Ze and others understood that they were 'tricked' by the emperor, he first blocked the news, and then released it according to the situation, he first shaped Zhao Yan into a hero, and then beat him back to his original form, to punish him severely, to show his anger at his unauthorized transfer of troops. And a large amount of news suddenly appeared, which made everyone indigestible for a while, and their preconceived ideas made them unable to accept the appearance of a tragic hero who shed blood and tears, so they petitioned for exoneration.
At this time, the emperor had successfully diverted everyone's attention, and after pretending to shirk it, he insisted on giving Zhao Yan a punishment. When everyone calmed down and thought, they suddenly found that Zhao Yan was guilty of the taboo of martial artists, he could mobilize the army to resist the enemy, and he could also mobilize the army to rebel, but at this time, the wish was also invited, and the crime was condemned, how could the soldiers who had a good face admit that they were wrong, so they could only make mistakes, thus losing a good opportunity to force the martial artists to let go of power......
Zhao Ta relied on his authority and wisdom to safely solve possible crises and avoid a civil and military dispute. Compared with Zhao Ta, what he lacks is not strength, not even wisdom, what he lacks is the judgment to distinguish the priority of national interests, and the determination to persevere in achieving a goal, what he lacks is the ability to perceive and control the interests between countries and the diplomatic power structure.
When Yan Kang learned the news of Saili's dedication to the Song Dynasty, he immediately sent an envoy to ask the Great Song Dynasty for it, but he no longer had the courage and strength of his grandfather when he asked Liao for Ah Shu, but he wanted to use Zhao Huan as a condition in exchange, but at this time, there was no need for Zhao Ta to say more, and the ministers of the court and China had long been dissatisfied with his repeated failures, and they lost the most basic trust between them, and the result can be imagined.
Now that the Great Song Dynasty has closed the door to negotiations, the former friends have also left him one by one, and even the Mengwu and Wang Gu tribes, who used to call and change casually, have successively deviated, and the Jin Kingdom has fallen into unprecedented isolation in the world. And Wan Yan Yan is facing not only a diplomatic crisis at the moment, Sairi's defection marks the complete destruction of the opposition in Jinguo, forming a form of one-party dominance, but he has also lost the bargaining chips that can balance power, and hidden dangers have secretly grown, but I don't know who will be the winner in the end...... (To be continued......)