Volume 1 Troubled Boys Chapter 291 Royal Banquet
Yue Fei's heart was full of things, how could he really rest at ease, but he still smiled and thanked Xue Shangshu.
This old Shangshu lord has a kind face and enthusiasm, but he does not have any low-eyebrow behavior, and it seems that he is also a figure who has been immersed in officialdom for many years.
"Lord Xue, according to the practice of the imperial court, we and other foreign generals who were ordered to return to the dynasty should have gone to the military department to hand over first, but I don't know ......," Yue Fei said.
Lord Xue stroked his beard and said with a smile: "General Yue, but it was because of the unhappiness of Lord Cao of the military department just now that he asked such a question, right?"
Seeing Yue Fei nodding slightly, he continued: "The general doesn't have to take this matter to heart, now it's not that you don't follow the practice of the imperial court, but the emperor received the news of your arrival in Lin'an earlier, and he is really happy, and he can't wait to see the general, and he doesn't have any scruples about the military department, but I think Your Majesty's move as a courtier should always be understood, but Lord Cao has a bigger temper, and he is not an unreasonable person!"
"After all, this great victory is really a great joy for the whole court, and it is too late for everyone to be happy, how can this trivial matter hurt the friendship of the monarch and the ministers?
As he spoke, there was no expression on his wrinkled face, and he had always spoken modestly, as if he had seen through everything but would not say anything about the strengths and weaknesses of people.
Yue Fei couldn't help but smile indifferently and said: "What Lord Xue said is reasonable, how dare Yue Fei resentment Lord Cao, after coming to An Mian Sheng this time, he can still return to the army as soon as possible, and if he can lead the army to the north again, it will depend on the strong support of all the lords in the court!"
Xue Shangshu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, General Yue is still planning to wave his army north?"
Yue Fei nodded seriously, without hesitation.
"Yue Fei made a wish when he first joined the army, the Jin people have bullied me in the Great Song Dynasty for many years, the shame of Jingkang is still like the eyes, and now the great rivers and mountains have fallen into the hands of the Jin people, and the whole country is in trouble and I don't know when I can take revenge."
"And my seven-foot body, even if the horse leather shroud is not hesitated, this battle of Yuncheng does not dare to take credit, only to win in the destruction of the enemy's elite division, it will take a long time to come back after Yan Wushu, it is a good time for my Great Song Dynasty to wave the army north to regain the lost territory, if you miss it, wait until the Jin people breathe this breath......"
He looked at Xue Shangshu, clenched his fists and said: "Lord Xue, Yue Fei is not a person who is proud of his achievements and is good at military power, I only hope to recover the Great Song River Mountain, lest the Jin people regroup one day, and then lead the iron hooves into my Guan Mountain, then the world will inevitably rekindle the flames of war, I am afraid that even the peaceful scene of Lin'an in front of me will hardly have a corner!"
"When I saw Your Majesty, I also asked Lord Xue to give Yue Fei a few words for his heart to serve the country!"
Xue Shangshu looked at Yue Fei, knowing that his heart was stirring at the moment when he said that he was full of ambitions, he couldn't help but purse his lips and nodded slightly, he turned his head to the outside of the carriage and looked out through the small window.
The streets and alleys are bustling with people, quiet and peaceful.
"Most people in this world have lived an ordinary life until they die, plain, even if there are ups and downs in our opinion, it is just a temporary wind and wave that blocks the boat, but in fact, in everyone's vision, the wind and waves in front of them are far more difficult than the landslide and earth crack at the end of heaven and earth, because as long as the boat accidentally capsizes, people will have no tomorrow, and there will be no hope without tomorrow......"
"I'm already old, I shouldn't have licked this Shangshu position anymore, His Majesty and Qin believe in Ren, I can only count the days and live day by day, I wish not
Mislead the country, don't be blinded, wait for another two years, it's time to say goodbye to the old and return to the hometown, worship the ancestors, and take care of the children and grandchildren!"
"General Yue has been fighting abroad all these years, and I am afraid that he has rarely had the opportunity to spend his family life with his wife and children and Gao Tang, in fact, it is also an indispensable part of a person's life...... The older I get, the more I understand that Gao Tang Mingjing's sad white hair, like green silk turning into snow at dusk, the years of life being able to get together are so short......"
At this moment, this Ministry of Rites Shangshu suddenly seemed to have become a chattering old man who lamented the transience of life, and when he saw the endless flow of people outside, he seemed to have seen many things in the past.
Yue Fei originally saw that Xue Shangshu was modest, and his attitude was true and sincere, and he wanted to state in front of the emperor all kinds of key points to continue to go north, if such an experienced person was willing to help him, he would not be too lonely, but he didn't expect that Shangshu, who was old but deaf and clear-sighted, was just talking about him left and right.
Xue Shangshu stopped talking, Yue Fei had no choice but to close his eyes and recuperate, and suddenly it seemed that he had returned to the place where he had fought bloody battles in armor, and in front of him was still a powerful enemy iron cavalry as black as a dark cloud, but behind him were dry eyes and bloody chests.
Almost every one of them came to the army with the same heart to serve the country, and at that time they didn't even know what it meant for the ship to wear this bright armor, and when they saw themselves in their green eyes, they were more reverent and yearning.
They want to defend the country and make contributions, isn't this exactly the ambition that every hot-blooded man should have?
But after a few years have passed, those who still survive among them will gradually understand that once they enter the field, the iron horse Jinge, the green mound dusk road, the drums and horns contend, and the white bones stand up as monuments, in fact, there is no one in ten thousand who can survive, and the war is always cruel, and it is a wall to be built with the flesh and blood of the soldiers, and behind this wall is the father, wife and children of the hometown.
At this time, the young soldiers were no longer young, but they also understood better the meaning of putting on armor and holding swords and halberds.
Therefore, people who really understand the war will never want the war to continue, this is Yue Fei's heartfelt experience, but this time before the class returned to the court, all the soldiers of the Yue family army shed tears on the battlefield, they knelt outside the camp tent and pleaded with themselves, first, they were ashamed, and second, they would never miss the opportunity again.
They are willing to use their own flesh and blood to fight with the Jin people again, not for fame and fortune, not for the so-called military power in hand, and not afraid of disarming and returning to the field, but because they don't want the bloody twilight of the Jin people to make a comeback and stain the land of Shenzhou, let alone let their juniors experience everything they have experienced today.
The carriage shook slightly, and Yue Fei felt as if he was sitting on the back of a war horse, looking into the distance, it was the mountains, the sea, and the peaks and peaks of the enemy's thousands of troops and horses on the flat land, and they seemed to be gathering inch by inch.
Yue Fei's whole body suddenly shuddered, and a heavy pressure instantly hit his whole body.
He looked back, and at this moment, countless pairs of eyes also looked at him, those eager eyes were waiting for his order as if countless great wars had come, even if they wanted to cross the mountains and seas, they would never take half a step back.
It is this kind of firmness and determination that makes this army different from any other, they dare to fight to the death, that is the courage of victory, and they are not afraid of death
The decisive decision of death.
There were hundreds of thousands of troops in front of him and behind him, but at this moment there was no sound at all, and he fell into complete silence.
Suddenly, a weak voice came from behind Yue Fei, it still sounded so young and immature, but the moment it appeared, it broke all the calm, and it seemed sonorous and powerful.
"It's a pity that the mountains are easy, and it's a pity that the Yue family is in trouble!"
This sound is like a slight ripple on the surface of the infinite sea, and if you don't pay attention, you will never feel the ripples that come from it.
But then, it seems that there are turbulent waves surging for the first place.
"It's easy to regret the mountain, but it's hard to ...... the Yuejia army"
"It's easy to regret the mountain, but it's hard to ...... the Yuejia army"
"It's easy to regret the mountain, but it's hard to ...... the Yuejia army"
When the faint sound was connected, it must be bigger than the wind and waves on the sea, and it hit Yue Fei like a storm, so he turned around and looked up at the dark clouds in front of him, and raised the Liquan gun in his hand.
At this time, an old voice appeared more realistically in my ears.
"General Yue, the palace gate has arrived, we should also get off!"
Yue Fei opened his eyes, there was no Jin Ge Iron Horse in front of him, there was no cloud formed by the condensed enemy army, only a wrinkled old face.
"It seems that the general is still too tired from the journey, but His Majesty has been waiting in the palace for a long time, and at this moment he has set up a royal banquet......"
Yue Fei stepped out of the carriage and looked at the towering city wall in front of him and the palace behind the city wall, he couldn't help but close his eyes, he wanted to make his heart more calm, because he knew that it was not only his own and the soldiers' blood that persuaded the emperor.
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Walking through the palace door, everything became more solemn.
The spears and hooks reflected a bright and chilling light in the early morning sun, and the long jade staircase leading to the depths of the palace was guarded by an armored guard every few steps, and the distance between people seemed to have been calculated with extreme precision, and they did not look different.
It was not the first time that Yue Fei had entered the palace to face the saint, but he seemed to have a different feeling every time, probably because his mood was different every time.
Fortunately, Master Xue is a scholar in the Ministry of Etiquette, and any etiquette is extremely thoughtful, otherwise he may not even be able to find the direction based on the experience of entering the palace twice, after all, the buildings within the palace walls are complicated, he often fights outside, and he is extremely unfamiliar with this place, and where are people allowed to break in indiscriminately in the palace.
The imperial banquet is arranged in a side hall, although it is a side hall, but it is also very spacious, when Xue Shangshu took Yue Fei into the hall, many long tables have already been placed on both sides, and there are delicious fruits and snacks on them.
Behind each long table sat an official wearing a dignified brocade robe and a high crown, most of whom Yue Fei didn't know, only Lord Liu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Lord Cao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, sat next to each other, and the two were talking something, but they didn't notice Xue Shangshu and Yue Fei who had just walked in.
Yue Fei knew that it was not ordinary people who could sit in this hall at this moment, and he looked at it with his spare eyes as he walked, in addition to clasping his fists and saluting every adult, he was looking for someone.
It's a pity that after looking for a long time, he couldn't find that person's figure, which means that he is not there, otherwise with his temperament, he must have gotten up and stepped forward.
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