Take the system back to the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 207
Zhang Shangying is a real scholar, and now he is very angry after hearing the report and learning of Zhao Cheng's deceit.

What really pissed off Zhang Shangying was the two previous defeats of the government and the army, coupled with the scene of many people being displaced in this harsh winter, felt the near-extinction disaster, and felt that it was impossible for the government and the army to win the war.

This is to promote Zhao'an before more casualties occur.

Since Zhang Shangying has determined that Zhao'an is the way out, of course the sooner the better.Waiting for Wang Xiu to win a few more times, and waiting for the officers and soldiers to lose a few times, the conditions will naturally increase.

The main reason here is the inconsistency of values.

Zhang Shangying felt that he would lose if he continued to fight. At that time, Wang Xiu's conditions were too high to be able to Zhao'an.The only way is to assemble a large army and dispatch heavy generals to fight a truly large-scale civil war within the country.

At that time, no matter whether the army came from the frontier army or the upper fourth army, no matter who was in command, what could not be avoided was the negative harm brought about during the conquest, such as disturbing the people, looting, and accidental killing and accidental injury.

The most difficult thing is the inefficient transfer and collection of food equipment. Since it is a conquest by a large army, it is impossible to rely solely on the imperial court or a certain place for logistics supplies such as food equipment. It must be coordinated by multiple regions, which involves countless bureaucrats. Standing and interests, taking the present as an example, almost no one in Song Dynasty can easily complete these overall arrangements.

Even if the above-mentioned aspects are exhaustive, there is a more deadly problem: even if the army conquest has been decided now, the overall deployment of these, until the army enters the southeast, the fastest will be three months after the beginning of spring.

During these three months, I am afraid that apart from Chizhou's blood flowing into rivers, it will also spread far away.What's more, there is no sign of an army gathering at all now.

Unless it has really caused great damage and the sky is about to change, no one will have the idea of ​​​​assembling a large army.This would easily lead to a reshuffle of Cai Jing's unspoken rules, and it would more likely cause Zhang Shuye's treasury to become even worse when it was already in a state of distress.

The conclusion is: as long as the sky does not change, neither the Cai Jing faction nor the Zhang Shuye faction will accept the price brought by the conquest of the army. They are amazingly unified on this issue.

The difference is that Zhang Shuye hopes to rely on a small number of Wuwei Army and Chizhou Army to solve the problem, and proposes to refuse to negotiate with the bandits.

But Cai Jing can accept negotiating with the bandits, but can't accept chaos.Lao Cai has carefully observed that the government and army have lost twice so far. Seeing that he cannot win without sending a large army, he temporarily seeks Zhao'an in order to avoid greater chaos. This point of view leans on Zhang Shangying.

"Little mallet, militant!"

After thinking about the above thoughts again, after hearing that Zhao Cheng was cheating, Zhang Shangying was furious in the state government, and cursed in front of Cai You and Huang Wenbing:
"There are no surprises, he is just a mess!"

"You know how to express his opinion! You know how to take credit for his invisible achievements!"

"He won the fight, did he think it through? Does he know the current difficulties of the court?
"Does he, Zhao Cheng, know how much harm will be caused to the people in the southeast if the fight continues and if Wang Xiu cannot be defeated? How much trouble will it cause the court?"

"Does he really not know that if the army loses again, the imperial court will face the problem of collecting money and food brought by the conquest?"

Zhang Shangying said this in one breath, and continued to reprimand, "He doesn't know these things, he just knows how to speak up here, he knows how to give people some blind confidence, and instigates people to die. This is the front commander of Chizhou that you appointed and recommended, which is related to the national destiny. official!"

Then he said: "I, Zhang Shangying, have been an official for [-] years since Emperor Yingzong Zhiping. I have eaten more salt than he has ever seen, and walked more bridges than he has traveled. I just don't understand. How can he have the confidence to rely on less than a thousand people to solve the Chizhou problem by military means in the general environment where our dynasty has never made any military achievements?"

Faced with Zhang Shangying who was almost furious, and his words were not unreasonable, even Cai You and Huang Wenbing were a little worried, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

"It's Mr. Zhang who is thorough, pointing to the core of the problem."

A group of officials around, headed by Wang Fu, immediately looked in awe.

Even Pei Yancheng, who has always supported Zhao Cheng, was a little shaken after thinking carefully about the rhetoric mentioned by Zhang Shangying, twirling his beard hesitantly: Zhao Cheng does have ideals and talents, but after all, he is young and vigorous, and his little Zhao Xing may also fall into blindness. Extreme, and he himself didn't know it?
Pei Zhixian looked at Cai You worriedly. Although he didn't speak, it was a kind of reminder.

Pei Zhixian didn't regret supporting Zhao Cheng at the beginning. Although his little Zhao was very talented, he was indeed right time and time again.But as long as he makes a mistake on this kind of issue, it will almost be a catastrophe for the Chizhou government.

As a cruel official, Pei Yancheng very much agrees with Zhao Cheng's theory: as long as there is a war, there must be sacrifices.So as long as this premise is established, Wang Xiu is neither Liao nor Xixia after all, even if he really has the upper hand, the damage to Chizhou as a whole can be controlled.

At least, Lao Pei believes that Zhao Cheng can control it.

But Pei Yancheng was not optimistic about Zhao Cheng embarrassing Zhang Shangying face to face this time. If this stalemate continues, it is very likely that the army will gather in Chizhou.

What Cai You thinks Lao Pei doesn't know, but for Pei Yancheng, he is not afraid of Wang Xiu, but afraid of the frontier army or the Fourth Army marching into Chizhou in large numbers.It's that simple.

No matter who brings this army, Tong Guan, Gao Yongnian, Liu Zhongwu, Zhong Shidao, Wang Hou, Liu Yanqing, etc. In short, no matter who comes, the damage to the people's livelihood in Guichi County may be worse than that under Zhao Cheng's control. Wang Xiu is even bigger!

Let’s not talk about looting, molestation, forced collection of money and food, etc., because this is completely inevitable.Pei Yancheng was most concerned about one of Zhao Cheng's previous arguments: if troops were sent out without knowing who was the commoner and who was the bandit, it would not be to suppress bandits, but dig up the ancestral graves of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, whether it is Wang Hou or Zhong Shidaolai, since the war has escalated to the trend of almost a national war, they will not make a careful distinction, and these commanders who only want to win the war will not listen to any Chizhou bureaucrats At that time, there will be mud and sand, and Chizhou and Guichi counties will really be abolished, and they may not be able to breathe for ten years.

Chizhou has been abolished. Basically, Huang Wenbing and Cai You are also pills. They may not go home packed, but it is very certain that the political career will come to an end here, and it is predictable that they will not be promoted in the future.

Thinking of these things, Old Pei couldn't help feeling very thirsty, and it was inconvenient to speak, so he kept his head down and knelt with the tea.

Cai You and Huang Wenbin are now like a pair of brothers and sisters who are worried about gain and loss, they are expressing affection, and they are flirting with each other, which is very lively.Most people don't understand their eyes, it seems that only their two old chess friends know it.

Gradually, Cai You and Huang Wenbing also formed a preliminary tacit understanding, and under the influence of Zhang Shangying, they also began to question Zhao Cheng.

It's not that they didn't consider what Zhang Shangying said before, in fact, old and cunning people like them, of course, weighed these things from the beginning.

It's just that there was no direct pressure on these things at that time, and the news from Chizhou was that Cai You and Huang Wenbin were responsible for reporting to the higher authorities, which means that in extreme cases, they can still maintain stability and cover up.For this reason, Cai You insisted that as long as he wins in the end, everything is not a problem, and the process and inside information can be ignored.

However, it really can't work now, the imperial court's special envoy Zuo Si Lang Zhong Zhang Shangying has come, which means that everything is under the eyes of the judge who is known as honest and upright.

Now Zhang Shangying said by name that Zhao Cheng was wrong, and it is possible that the army would be stationed in advance because of Lao Zhang's personal judgment.So here, even Cai You and Huang Wenbin must weigh the consequences of confronting Lao Zhangruan.

For an ordinary person, just dump him and let him take the blame.But it was Zhang Shangying, the elder of the three dynasties who did not fall down, and the prime ministers of Sima Guangwen, Yanbo, Cai Jing, all of whom were sprayed by him without exception.

Changing to other people will really give Cai You face, Cai You can control it, but only Zhang Shangying can't.Cai You would never have the desire to wrestle with him to reason, not even Cai Jing, the treacherous minister's father.

In fact, Cai You now fully understands that this is the reason why his father Cai Jing asked him to come, which proves that his father is not optimistic about Chizhou when he is sitting in the temple.

(End of this chapter)