After the Jin army withdrew, Han Shizhong petitioned the emperor for punishment. In the memorial, Han Shizhong and his wife reviewed their improper command in the Huangtiandang battle, which caused the Jin army to break out, and asked for punishment.
After the emperor received the memorial, instead of punishing them, he issued an order to commend them and ordered a banquet to be held in the palace to celebrate.
At this moment, I am afraid that none of the officials of the Song Dynasty thought that there was an imminent crisis within the Song Dynasty. That day in a military camp near Lin'an City, Song Army officers Chen Fei and Ye Jun were pacing back and forth. After walking for a while, Chen Fei said: "Brother Ye, the army has not received military pay for three months. We have to go Go to Mr. Tong (Tong Guan) to ask for military pay." Ye Jun agreed.
So the two came to Tong Guan's residence. Chen Fei said to Tong Guan: "Master Tong, now that the gold thief has retreated, can the military salary owed to the brothers be repaid?" After hearing this, Tong Guan pretended to think for a while. He said to Ye Jun and Chen Fei: "Two generals, I also know that the brothers have not received military pay for three months, but the Ministry of Revenue (equivalent to the Ministry of Finance) has not allocated money to me, so I have no money to give you. , I hope brothers can understand." Chen Fei and Ye Jun had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.
After returning to the military camp, they still felt that Tong Guan's words were not credible, so they sent their trusted guards out of the camp to inquire whether other troops were owed wages. After a long time, the guards came back and reported to them that other troops also were in arrears of wages, but in Reissues had been issued on the day the emperor held a celebration banquet.
The two asked the guards to go down to rest. After the guards left, Chen Fei said: "Other troops have already received their military pay, but our military pay has not been paid yet. This is probably because Tong Guan has manipulated us. What should we do?" ?" Ye Jun said: "Negotiation will definitely not work. The only way is to launch military remonstrances and demand that the emperor be removed from his side, that Tong Guan be eliminated, and the army's pay be supplemented. Do you dare to do it?" Chen Fei pondered for a long time and slapped his thigh: "Do it, we can't let it happen. The brothers and their families were wronged along with us." Then Ye and Chen began to mobilize the soldiers and encouraged them to launch a military revolt. The soldiers also wanted to get military pay and agreed to their proposal.
A crisis is about to happen.
