Compared with the old order list, this time the new list has some more military tasks that need to be completed by Zhang Yuejing.
For example, the attack on Huainan West Road.
"Should Huainan West Road also be taken down?"
Wen Anzhi looked at the contents on the list and said, "I never mentioned it before..."
"This is true when you think about it. Since we want to turn the Southern Song Dynasty into a complete Southern Song Dynasty, we must take over all the areas north of Jiangsu. We cannot give them a chance to breathe. Otherwise, if a Huainan West Road stands against Jiangbei, it will be the same for us. It’s a very unpleasant thing, even if the chairman doesn’t give the order, I will ask for orders to capture Huainan West Road.”
Zhang Yuejing had strong dissatisfaction with the Southern Song Dynasty, and he would seize any place he could, so that the local people could escape from the clutches of the Southern Song Dynasty.
A batch can be saved.
Now the Southern Song Dynasty envoys came as expected, so Zhang Yuejing sent an order to allow the Southern Song Dynasty envoys to come to Xiangyang to meet him.
But at the same time, military operations cannot be stopped, and all four areas must be occupied without any omissions.
On the eighth day of July, after a lot of trouble, Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai came to Xiangyang City as Zuo Cheng and Shangshu You Cheng of the Southern Song Dynasty, and met Zhang Yuejing, the coach of the Ming Dynasty's Southern Expedition.
Wen Anzhi happened to have something to do when they arrived in Xiangyang. He went south on business and did not stay in Xiangyang City. Zhang Yuejing was responsible for this simple meeting alone.
It's very simple anyway.
"Shang Shuzuo Cheng, Shangshu Youcheng? The emperor of the Southern Dynasty was actually willing to send out his left and right prime ministers? It's really hard work for the two ministers!"
Zhang Yuejing laughed loudly and found this very interesting.
Zhao Hao actually sent out two prime ministers. How much did he want to conclude the peace treaty immediately and stop the war?
"It's not hard work, but it must be very hard for a general to march and fight all the way."
Shen Gai took a step forward and saluted Zhang Yuejing with a flattering look on his face.
Zhang Yuejing felt funny when he looked at Shen Gai's appearance. Looking at Ye Yiwen again, he felt that Ye Yiwen, who looked calm and neither humble nor overbearing, had a little bit of integrity.
Compared with him, Shen Gai looked more and more like a submissive bitch rather than a prime minister or an envoy.
Is this the Prime Minister of the Southern Song Dynasty?
"I have worked very hard, but it doesn't matter. For the great cause of His Majesty the Ming Emperor, it doesn't matter if I work harder."
Zhang Yuejing smiled and said, "I wonder what your two gentlemen are doing here?"
"What are you doing here? The general should know very well."
Ye Yiwen made up his mind to be neither humble nor arrogant, and maintain his dignity, so he took a deep breath and said seriously: "The peace treaty between the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty was only a few years ago. The peace treaty clearly stated in black and white that the Song Dynasty was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and that the Ming Dynasty was the superior state. , the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had to be canonized by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and even had to kneel down to receive the imperial edict from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty!
All of this is the greatest sincerity of the Song Dynasty, but why does the Ming Dynasty still invade south and force each other? Was there anything disrespectful to the Ming Dynasty in the Song Dynasty? If so, please state it clearly. If not, I would like to ask, since ancient times, has anyone from a superior country attacked a subordinate country without any reason? Isn't it an unethical act to fight an undeclared war? "
"Xiangong Ye is too rude, you can't be so rude!"
Shen Gai was afraid that Zhang Yuejing would be angry, so he quickly said: "General, don't be offended. Mr. Ye has always been straight-tempered. He has no ill intentions, but at the moment... The Song Dynasty is indeed a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. If there is no heinous crime, the country will not be allowed to send troops." Conquest, General, what do you say?"
One is a good person and the other is a bad person?
This pairing is quite interesting.
"This is a very good question. Why did the Ming Dynasty go to war without declaring it? This is a very interesting question."
Zhang Yuejing smiled and said: "Having said that, it seems that the Ming Dynasty started the war without declaring it, but in fact, it was you who started the war without declaring it. It was the Song State, not the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Yuejing's answer was something Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai never expected.
Are we the ones waging undeclared war?
We lost ground emotionally, but it was us who ended up fighting without declaring it?
Is there such a truth in the world?
Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai didn't understand very much.
"Although the general has won the battle, he can't confuse right and wrong, can he? Justice is in the heart of the people. What is the difference between the general's actions and Zhao Gao, who calls a deer a horse? Does the general want to imitate Zhao Gao's story?"
Ye Yiwen mocked Zhang Yuejing with a dark face.
Comparing me to a eunuch?
Zhang Yuejing took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and did not show his dissatisfaction for the time being.
"Zhao Gao refers to deer as horses for the sake of his own power, and what I did was just to state the facts. The horse in front of us is really a horse, not a deer.
If you don't believe it, I suggest that you go back and ask this question carefully to your Majesty the Emperor, and to the Deputy Privy Councilor Yu Yunwen. Ask them why the Ming Dynasty had to go south. They must know.
Then they will tell you how they used the traitors who defected from the Ming Dynasty to plan to destroy the Yellow River embankment being built in the Ming Dynasty, and how they took action and sent a team of 300 people northward to destroy it! "
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Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai were shocked when they heard this.
Destroy the Yellow River embankment?
Emperor Zhao Yu and today's Pingzhangjun and state affairs officer Yu Yunwen?
The two of them want to destroy the Ming Dynasty's Yellow River embankment?
Or did they use the traitors who escaped from the Ming Dynasty to do it?
This is real?
Then why don't they know anything?
"How could such a thing happen? Why don't we know anything?"
Ye Yiwen was shocked and said: "I am the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty. If such a thing had happened, I would definitely know about it, but I know nothing about it. Where did the general know about it? If such a thing had not happened, You can’t talk nonsense about evidence!”
Zhang Yuejing sneered: "Nonsense? We have killed almost all the people, but the ship responsible for transporting the three hundred people is still there, and most of the sailors on the ship are still alive. The Ming Dynasty also got the instructions written by Yu Yunwen to attack the Yellow River embankment of the Ming Dynasty. The paper of the plan is in Zhongdu now!"
"This this……"
Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai suddenly didn't know what to say.
They had never heard of this kind of thing, and they had no idea about it. They suddenly felt that they had been tricked by Zhao Xin and Yu Yunwen.
Such a terrible thing was known to the Ming Dynasty, but you still didn't tell us?
Isn’t this obviously asking us to die? !
Shen should be speechless, but Ye Yiwen raised the question.
"Can I have a look at the paper? Can the sailor come and explain what happened?"
Zhang Yuejing shook his head.
"Does the Ming Dynasty still need to bring evidence when marching to fight? As a superior country, the Ming Dynasty also knows that no matter how big a country is, it will perish if it is warlike. It will not send troops to attack the Southern Dynasty without reason. If this is the case, it must be the Southern Dynasty's evil intentions!
I said this harshly, but the two husbands must have known it well, and the nature of the matter was so bad that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was so furious that he even went to Lin'an to find the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty to ask him why he had such evil thoughts. "
After Zhang Yuejing finished speaking, Ye Yiwen suddenly became angry.
"If there is no clear evidence, how can we prove that this is the fault of the Song Dynasty? How can we prove that the Ming Dynasty's move south is a just move? How could such an act be unnecessary? How can the reputation of the Emperor and ministers of the Song Dynasty be damaged? The Ming Dynasty raised troops How can the issue of going south stand up in front of the people of the world?"
Zhang Yuejing sneered.
"If you want evidence, you can tell it to your Majesty. If your Majesty agrees, I will personally lead the troops to send the evidence to Lin'an, so that all of you can witness with your own eyes how your emperor and ministers did not risk the lives of millions of people. Take it seriously!"
"you!"
Ye Yiwen was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while.
Seeing that the atmosphere was deadlocked, Shen Gai hurriedly opened his mouth to smooth things over.
"General, it's not that we don't believe the general, it's just that what the general said is so bizarre that it's hard to believe. We also know the significance of the Yellow River Project to the Ming Dynasty, but why did the Ming Dynasty go to war without asking questions?"
"It's very simple. In order to punish the vassal states that have made mistakes, and to punish the vassal states that have done evil things to the supreme state."
Zhang Yuejing said solemnly: "It should be noted that if this matter is not stopped by the Ming Dynasty in time and the Yellow River embankment collapses, the tragedy of life on both sides of the Yellow River will be repeated. Back then, that dog thief Du Chong dug up the Yellow River embankment and hundreds of thousands of people were drowned. Millions of people were displaced, the Yellow River changed its course, and his sins are countless.
At that time, it could be regarded as the decision made by the thief Du Chong himself, but this time, the emperor of the Southern Dynasty and your deputy privy minister Yu Yunwen handled the matter together. They took the lives of millions of people in Henan and Shandong provinces of the Ming Dynasty What position does life place on it? As if they don't exist? "
