Seeing Wan Yanliang bringing in private goods at a meeting discussing the life and death of the country, Heshi Lieliangbi, who had just been appointed Privy Councilor, could not accept it and immediately stood up to oppose it.
"Your Majesty, why do you need your Majesty to go out personally to defeat the rebels? The rebels in Hebei and Shandong are not far from Zhongdu. Your Majesty can just sit in Zhongdu and command remotely. The knights conveying military information only lasts a day or two, so why do you need your Majesty to personally take risks? I think this is an unwise decision."
Wanyan Benjian, a veteran of the clan, also stood up and expressed his disapproval.
"Your Majesty is responsible for the great responsibility of the country, and every word and deed is related to the stability of the Kingdom of Jin. I believe that your Majesty should not personally take risks."
Another veteran minister, Wuyan Puluhun, also expressed his disapproval and made his words more clear.
"Your Majesty, the bandits are cunning and powerful. Your Majesty is the king of a country. How can you personally take risks? Since ancient times, the emperor has been fighting a battle that must be won. The emperor cannot make any mistakes, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous. I think, Your Majesty will still stay in the central capital and select other good generals to go on the expedition. The emperor cannot live in danger."
With these three people taking the lead, every one of the important ministers participating in the meeting began to object. You said something, I said something. In short, the words were different, but there was only one central idea.
The emperor cannot conduct military campaigns in person.
Don't even think about the Southern Expedition.
Give up, you!
Of course Wan Yanliang could read the thoughts of the ministers.
Wan Yanliang became furious.
"Good general? Who?"
Wanyan Liang asked the ministers very unhappily: "You recommend a good general to come out and show it to me. I said before that Wanyan Alin is a good general, but what happened? Is there any good general who can lead the troops deployed in different parts of the country to attack together?" No trouble?"
This question seemed to hit the point, and the officials were stunned.
The Kingdom of Jin is so big and there are so many generals, so choosing a good general is certainly not difficult, but Wan Yanliang also made a request.
It can unite all the different armies in the country to attack together.
This difficulty is not as great as usual.
The Jin Army has been divided into different factions since its establishment, and has never been a monolith. In the early years, when Wanyan Agu was still alive, he could integrate the entire army with his prestige. After Wanyan Agu was gone, everyone would not accept me and I would not accept you. Everyone has his own Follow objects and core interests.
At the same time, the various armies have been hostile to each other for a long time due to different regions of origin, different military exploits and other minor conflicts. They cannot get along with each other and find it difficult to cooperate properly.
The armies under a large number of founding generals such as Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongbi, and Wanyan Zongwang later evolved into different factions, and they all had considerable conflicts with each other.
It can be said that there are many mountains in the army. You don't want to see me making meritorious services, and I don't want to see you making meritorious services. In short, it's okay if you don't encounter them, but if you do, it's hard to tell.
This time the whole country is mobilized, and the troops gathered are not from one place. If you choose a good general at random, you may be able to command the army in one place, but not the army in another place.
Front-line commanders selectively execute orders given by the commander-in-chief. When friendly forces are in trouble, they remain motionless, while the enemy's attack moves like the wind. Even if they are stunned and do nothing to save them, they can even trap elite troops to death.
Therefore, since ancient times, once the army increases in number and comes from different places, the biggest difficulty is to choose the commander.
It is not enough to have military capabilities alone. You must also have the ability to coordinate armies from different places to attack and execute tactics together. At least, the armies from all places must be convinced and obey.
This is the most terrible thing.
Because the army cannot be commanded, the tactical intention cannot be realized, and the result is defeat. This kind of thing happens often.
In the past, there were not many generals with such prestige in the Kingdom of Jin.
But now, because of Wan Yanliang's god-level operation when he first came to the throne, he basically killed all the generals who were widely respected in the army and could threaten him. The meritorious veterans suffered heavy losses, and those who survived were kept silent. As for the current situation, the Kingdom of Jin really lacks a person who can serve as commander-in-chief.
Some have enough prestige, but are too old to go on an expedition.
Some have enough ability, but not enough prestige to control the arrogant and powerful generals.
Under such circumstances, it would be the best choice for Wan Yanliang to personally command the troops as the emperor.
Otherwise, should we let Wen Dunsizhong, who has a white beard and white hair, go into battle again?
The ministers were in trouble.
You look at me, I look at you, I don’t know who to recommend as this foolproof commander-in-chief.
Seeing that the ministers were speechless, Wan Yanliang felt quite proud.
"That being the case, it would be better for me to serve as the commander-in-chief myself and go on an expedition in person. If you ministers have no objections, then this matter will be..."
"In short, Your Majesty still wants to take advantage of the situation and go south to attack the Song Dynasty after suppressing the rebellion, right?"
Wen Dun Sizhong sat in his seat and interrupted Wan Yanliang's words without politeness.
Wan Yanliang frowned.
The ministers were shocked and looked at Wen Dun Sizhong.
Old man, are you playing a little too much?
Wan Yanliang suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Wen Dun Sizhong.
"What do you mean by your words?"
"That's what it means literally. All your Majesty wants is to take advantage of the situation and go south to attack the Song Dynasty after suppressing the rebellion, so as to achieve full success. Is the old minister right?"
Wen Dun Sizhong also looked at Wan Yanliang.
Wan Yanliang took a deep breath and tried to control her emotions.
"Why not? Since the whole country has been mobilized, let's mobilize to the end. After suppressing the rebellion, we will take advantage of the situation and attack the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty will definitely be unprepared. As long as the Song Dynasty is not prepared, our army will be able to take advantage of the trend and go down to the Jianghuai area, and then rush into the south of the Yangtze River. Go straight to Lin'an!"
Wen Dun Sizhong sat still.
"Your Majesty, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Guangyi thought the same way back then, so after destroying the Han Kingdom, he took advantage of the trend and went north to conquer the Liao Dynasty. Your Majesty knows better than my veteran minister what the outcome will be."
"Your Majesty is comparing Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty with me, thinking that I will follow in his footsteps?"
"I don't dare, old minister."
"What else don't you dare to do?!"
Wan Yanliang suddenly became furious. He slapped the armrest and stood up, saying angrily: "Although you are a veteran of the Four Dynasties, you are so blatantly slandering your Majesty. Do you really think that my sword is not fast? Come on!"
Wan Yanliang summoned the warriors outside the palace, snatched the knife from his hand, and stared at him eagerly.
Good guy, did you go under the knife?
Is it possible to kill someone in public?
The ministers were shocked and felt very frightened. They couldn't help but retreat continuously and hurriedly said "Your Majesty, this is not possible" and "Your Majesty, please calm down".
But Wen Dun Sizhong didn't feel any fear. He stood up slowly as if he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and looked at Wan Yanliang without fear.
"I have served the emperors of four dynasties and am the most important minister. I ask myself that I have made some contributions to the country, not counting my corpse. In this case, even if I die now, what is there to be afraid of?"
Then he stood there, lowered his head, closed his eyes, waiting for Wan Yanliang to kill him.
Wan Yanliang didn't expect this old guy to be so hard-boned and courageous.
He is truly worthy of being a veteran of the Four Dynasties who followed Wanyan Aguda all the way here...
Wan Yanliang really had nothing to do with him.
You can't kill, you can't fight, the smelly and hard old thing is really the most helpless thing.
After a long silence, Wan Yanliang angrily threw down the knife in his hand.
Although in fact there was nothing that could be done against him, Wan Yanliang was not willing to let the ministers think that he had lost.
"Emperors have been around since ancient times, and then they can become orthodox. Today, there is Song Dynasty in the south, Xia in the west, and Goryeo in the east. Although our Kingdom of Jin is powerful and can be called the overlord, does everyone in the world think that the Kingdom of Jin is orthodox? ?
As long as there is still a country, the Kingdom of Jin will not be truly orthodox, and I will not be the real emperor. Lingjun is old and has never studied. If you don’t know this truth, you may still understand it, but if your son Yidie studies, you You can ask him if this is the case! "
Wen Dun Sizhong just sneered.
"Back then, I followed Emperor Taizu to conquer the world. He didn't even have writing, and his tribe rarely read. How could he still destroy the Liao Kingdom and defeat the Song Kingdom? Now that the veteran is old, he is over seventy years old, and he is busy with affairs. Yidi is still young, and there are What’s there to ask?”
This is referring to mulberry and scolding huai!
Who are you scolding, old man?
Wan Yanliang's eyes widened and he stared at Wen Dun Sizhong, gnashing his teeth and breathing heavily. All the ministers were worried that Wan Yanliang could not control himself and actually killed Wen Dun Sizhong.
This is a veteran of the Four Dynasties, he cannot be killed!
