Chapter 41 Chapter 6 The "Second Commander" Strange Circle

In the tenth year of Emperor Gaozong Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1140), there was a coup d'état in the Kingdom of Jin. Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wushu), the main combatant, killed Wanyan Chang, the peace treaty faction, tore up the Song-Jin peace treaty and sent troops southward. A new round of war broke out.The Song Army gradually changed from a one-sided dominance and peace situation to be evenly matched with the Jin Guopower.In this year, the Song Army made remarkable achievements. Liu Kai, who stayed behind in Tokyo, led the Bazi Army to win the Shunchang Great Victory. Tiefutu and Kidnap Ma lost seven to eight out of ten.

The Yue family army once attacked Zhuxian Town, which is only 20 kilometers away from Bianliang, Kaifeng. When the morale of the Yue family army was high, the court issued twelve gold medals in a row. Xiang Bai said: "The power of ten years will be wasted once." The general of the Jin Kingdom, Yan Zongbi, had nothing to do with Yue Shaobao, so he had to abandon Bianliang and lead the troops to retreat northward. Wanyan Zongbi said, Yue Shaobao used 500 cavalry to defeat my 100,000 army, and he was about to reach Tokyo. You want me to defend the city with mud horses?This scholar uttered a truth in officialdom through the ages: "Since ancient times, there have been no powerful ministers inside, but the generals who can make contributions to the outside, Yue Shaobao can't help it, and want to succeed?" ("Song History·Yue Fei Biography")

Wanyan Zongbi suddenly realized that Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding, the prime ministers of the main combat faction in the Southern Song Dynasty, stepped down one after another, so there was nothing to be afraid of!Then they sent troops to occupy all the states and counties that the Song army had taken away. The name of this scholar is unknown, he has seen through the mystery of the officialdom, and it is not a problem to get an official position just by this sentence.This kind of speculative entry into officialdom is despised by others, but it reveals the true meaning of ancient officialdom.Indeed, as he said, there is an unwritten unspoken rule in the officialdom, that is, the imperial court prevents powerful officials inside from colluding with generals outside.Once they join forces, it will be a serious threat to the emperor, and they might have to change their flags.This is the contradiction in the political system. If the powerful ministers inside and the military generals outside cannot reach a unity, it will be difficult for the court to make a difference.

There are many such examples in history. Generals who fight abroad always have such a strong supporter in the court, so that they can make great achievements and be famous through the ages.For example, Huo Qubing, a famous general during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was supported by the emperor in the court. With such a backing, no matter what the general needs to fight in the front, the court will definitely solve his worries. There are also examples during the Shenzong period of the Northern Song Dynasty.During the Xining period of Emperor Shenzong, Wang Shao, the Northwest frontline general and appeasement envoy of Xihe Road, wrote three "Ping Rong Strategies": "If you want to take Xixia, you must restore Hehuang first." Together, Prime Minister Wang Anshi, who sits in the central government, immediately made a decision to express support for Wang Shao's strategic plan.Wang Shao led the army to defeat the coalition forces of the Qiang people and Xixia, regained He, Tao, Min, Dang, and five prefectures, and then defeated Tubo, regaining the 200,000 square kilometers of homeland occupied by them, forming a siege on Xixia.Historically, Wang Shao's achievements have been highly affirmed, saying that "Song Jizheng".However, the good times didn't last long. After Wang Anshi stepped down, Wang Shao was demoted to Hongzhou Zhizhou.

Fortunately, a general was laid off, which does not mean that the court has changed its strategy. The work of cutting off the extended forces of Xixia has been going on for more than 30 years, and it is called "Xihe Kaibian" in history.Another example is the flood of Japanese pirates along the southeast coast in the late Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang and Fujian, was in charge of suppressing bandits on the front line. The person Governor Hu is attached to is Yan Song, the power minister. After the recommendation of Yan Song's adopted son Zhao Wenhua, Xiao Hu established contact with Lao Yan.With such a backing, the great ambition of pacifying Japanese pirates can be realized.Yan Song lost power, and his party members were quickly wiped out, including Hu Zongxian naturally.After Governor Hu stepped down, Qi Jiguang suddenly emerged after several twists and turns.At this time, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet of the DPRK and China, has the final say. Power ministers and military generals, two people with great ambitions hit it off and jointly created the Ming Dynasty's Xishan Qianguxiu.

The above examples are nothing more than to illustrate that when a general leads troops to fight outside, there must be someone in the court to support him.In ancient China, there were many famous generals, and the right time, place and people were in harmony. Only by occupying various favorable factors can one become a successful famous general.If there are people in the DPRK who hold back and have different political opinions, there will be too many tragedies for heroes like Yue Fei. To sum up, it was not easy to accomplish a great cause in ancient China. If generals and even local officials wanted to make a difference, the premise was that there must be someone in the court to help them, otherwise the job would not be possible!So when the scholar said that, Wanyan Zongbi, who was scheming, suddenly realized, and immediately led his troops to occupy the city that Yue Fei had taken.Although Yue Shaobao is brave and invincible, it is a pity that he has political shortcomings, and the decision-makers do not trust him, which will inevitably lead to tragedy.On December 29, the eleventh year of Shaoxing (1041), Yue Fei was poisoned to death in Lin'an Fengbo Pavilion on the charge of "unnecessary".

The Southern Song Dynasty was built on the basis of the Jingkang Rebellion in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was a small court in turmoil. The army in the early Southern Song Dynasty was roughly divided into three components. The first was the Imperial Army, such as Han Shizhong’s Han Family Army, Liu Guangshi’s Huaixi Army, and Zhang Jun’s "Flower Leg Army".Secondly, it originated from Zongze's left-behind army in Tokyo, mainly the Yuejia army led by Yue Fei.Once again, it is the Shaanxi Army led by the brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin, second only to the Yue Family Army.In the face of the Golden Army cavalry, the national regular army was broken up, and the army that started from the civilians after the baptism of the war has turned regular, such as the eight-character army led by Wang Yan.In the five years of Shaoxing, many armies had regular numbers.These ZTE generals have risen step by step by virtue of their military exploits, and even became extremely powerful ministers.In the Song Dynasty, the official system of the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council was combined into two governments, with the two handles of Wen and Wu, and the Privy Envoy was usually held concurrently by the civil servants. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, due to the severe international situation, this routine was broken, and the chance for the military officials to rise to the top came.In any case, they sat in that prestigious and embarrassing position - "second in command"!

This position has a very special position in the officialdom. It is not easy to sit when one person is below ten thousand people. The downward pressure from the upper peak, the upward momentum from the subordinates, and the parallel friction force have created this position both horizontally and vertically. The particularity of the position, a little carelessness, Yue Fei is an example. Yue Fei, courtesy name Pengju, was born in Tangyin, Xiangzhou, East Hebei Road (now Tangyin County, Anyang City, Henan Province), and has been farming for generations.Compared with Liu Guangshi, one of ZTE's four generals, his background and status are really inferior. Liu Guangshi grew up in the military compound since he was a child, and he is already a general in command of an army at the age of thirty.

In the fourth year of Xuanhe, Yue Fei was drafted into the army.Yue Fei, who has the traditional virtue story of "mother-in-law tattoo" which is widely circulated among the people, was thrown into the Dali Temple for interrogation, stripped naked, and had four large characters tattooed on his back-"Serve the country with loyalty"! By the way, Yue Ke, the grandson of Yue Fei, did not record this in "The Chronicles of King E's Xingshi". It only said that his mother-in-law, Yao, understood the righteousness and watched the country break down. Song Gaozong, who was crossing, went.Yue Fei has joined the army, a soldier with no background can only win fame with real swords and guns on the battlefield.For the first time, Yue Fei fought an ambush, killing Tao Jun and Jia Jinhe who were entrenched in Xiangzhou, and replaced Cheng Xinlang.

In the first year of Jingkang (1126), Kang Wang Zhao Gou received the wax book from Song Qinzong Zhao Huan, and established the Hebei Bingma Grand Marshal's Mansion in Xiangzhou. A transitional interim government announced to the world and began to serve the king.Yue Fei was in the Xiangzhou military camp at that time, and was appreciated by Zong Ze, the deputy commander of Hebei soldiers and horses.In April of the second year of Jingkang, the Jin army broke through Bianliang, Kaifeng, and the "two saints" hunted north and left in dust.Kang Wangzhao constituted the fish that slipped through the net and was also the only spiritual leader of the Song court, so he announced his accession to the throne, that is, Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty.Yue Fei immediately gave the new emperor a son, which roughly means that the country is in control, and now we will study how to study the Northern Expedition.After the son went up, he got the approval quickly, and overstepped his post and seized the official.Yue Fei's mood was understandable, but there was a serious error in the program, which meant a leapfrog petition.

Yue Fei's Cheng Xinlang was the 52nd among the 53 military generals in the late Northern Song Dynasty, and his status was quite low, at best he was a deputy platoon leader.In the stage of the life and death of the country, it seems that it is not your turn to discuss with the emperor whether it is war or peace.This incident exposed Yue Fei's two mental states. First, he was too impatient. Any soldier with combat effectiveness would want to play big swords on the battlefield. After all, the battlefield is the real stage for soldiers.Just enlisted in the army, full of vigor, and made not too much military exploits, seems to be a little erratic, a little passionate.Secondly, not following the rules, this was Yue Fei's first impression on Song Gaozong, and it was not a good impression.Originally, soldiers showed their arrogance with martial arts, and had many bad habits of being soldiers. In the special stage of the country, if the army has no discipline, how should it fight?Isn't that a soldier who has no way to defend against the enemy and disturbs the people?According to the rules, Yue Fei should first hand over his son to his superiors, then report to the higher level, and finally hand it over to Song Gaozong. At that time, Yue Fei was young and ignorant of political affairs. Song Gaozong was only 20 years old when he came to the throne, and Yue Fei was only 16 years old at that time.Being a young official allows you to make mistakes, and you must learn from each mistake, after all, the official road has eighteen bends. At the beginning, the world was in chaos, so there was no time to take care of you as a low-level officer, and if you were dismissed, you would be dismissed. The new court has many things to do, and no one will think of you.Yue Fei couldn't stay idle at home, so he entered Hebei recruiting envoy Zhang Suo, repaired Wu Lang, and ranked forty-fourth among the fifty-three official ranks.Zhang Suo appreciated him very much, and was soon promoted to be a seventh-rank military man and Ren commander, and Yue Fei had the power to command the army.Although there are not many people, at least with this power, it is like a college degree. No matter how well you study in school, it is a stepping stone when you are looking for a job. Without it, you probably won't have an interview opportunity. Yue Fei thus became a general. According to the organizational military deployment, Yue Fei led his troops into Wang Yandu's eight-character army to cross the river and start fighting with the frontline Jin army.When the army arrived in Xinxiang, Wang Yan hesitated. He had seen the combat effectiveness of the Jin army.There are less than 10,000 Jin people, and ten thousand are invincible. This was indeed the case in the early days of the rise of the Jin Kingdom. It wiped out the Liao Kingdom with lightning speed, and immediately wiped out the Northern Song Dynasty. Wang Yan is also a ruthless character. For some unknown reason, he came to trouble here. Yue Fei led his troops to fight fiercely with the Jin army. Give.Yue Fei led the remnants to fight in Taihang Mountains.At this time, Yue Fei committed the problem of being unorganized and undisciplined again, so he left the army privately and went to Zong Ze's command. In this battle, Yue Fei was obviously the deputy, and he failed as the "second in command".Perhaps in Yue Fei's eyes, Wang Yan is nothing, not his leader. It is understandable that he needs to find a good leader during the war.Collaborative work pays attention to cooperation, especially when the two parties do not belong to each other, it emphasizes harmony.Regardless of what kind of effect collaborative work can achieve, first of all, it has a simple standard, not seeking merit, but seeking not to offend.It's best not to create friction during the cooperation between the two parties, because you don't know when the other party will climb on top of you, or black your back.He didn't even know why he died. This is the saddest thing, such as his relationship with Zhang Jun. Yue Fei made many military exploits and was constantly promoted. At the age of 32, he was the military governor of the Qingyuan Army, the youngest commander of the military region since the founding of the Song Dynasty.His outstanding military exploits have attracted the attention of many people, including superiors, subordinates, peers and so on.In times of war, it is inevitable that some soldiers will rob people's food, but the Yue family army has never done it.There were constant internal uprisings in the Southern Song Dynasty, such as Li Cheng in Jianghuai, Yang Yao in Dongting Lake and so on. In the first year of Shaoxing (1131), Li Cheng attempted to separatize his territory and proclaim himself king. Zhang Jun, the commander of the flower leg army, asked Yue Fei to cooperate with him in hunting down the thieves.Yue Fei was the youngest among the four ZTE generals. Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun were seventeen years older than him, and Han Shizhong was fourteen years older than him. No matter his seniority or age, Yue Fei could not compare with other generals at that time. Yue Fei was only 28 years old at the time.This battle was a cooperation between the eldest brother Zhang Jun and the younger brother Yue Fei. Yue Fei volunteered to be the pioneer. Zhang Jun was very happy.In fact, Zhang Jun didn't do this, he was wooing Yue Fei.The Song army beat Li Cheng to the ground, and finally Li Cheng led his troops to surrender to Liu Yu's puppet Qi regime supported by the state of Jin. Jianghuai was pacified, and merit was rewarded. Zhang Jun, who had always been greedy for merit, actually "played the number one in flying skills", so Yue Fei was promoted to the deputy commander of the Shenwu Youjun.Regardless of Zhang Jun's prestige in the army, his relationship with the emperor is far beyond what Yue Fei can match. It is obvious that he extended an olive branch and deliberately wooed Yue Fei.The young man is not bad, let's hang out with the old brother in the future!Unexpectedly, Yue Fei didn't take that approach, but because of the cooperation problem of the Northern Expedition army, the two sides had irreconcilable conflicts. When the Kingdom of Jin attacked Huaixi, Zhang Jun did not dare to go. Yue Fei led his army to break the siege of Luzhou. Song Gaozong rewarded Yue Fei, which made Zhang Jun very embarrassed.At that time, Zhang Jun told Yue Fei that the food and salary were insufficient, which meant that you should not go or that you would come back after going to the front line. With such an excuse, the emperor would not blame him. Guaranteed?Zhang Jun was so angry that his expression changed.Little brother, you didn't do that. Your military exploits are clearly slapping me in the face.When Yue Fei pacified Yang Yao in Dongting Lake, the captured spoils such as buildings, boats and weapons were given to Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun respectively.Han Shizhong has no shame in his heart, and his military exploits are there!Only Zhang Jun was ashamed of holding it, and felt like accepting the winner's handout. Not to mention the relationship between Yue Fei and Qin Hui. Song and Jin negotiated peace, and Qin Hui pushed out the prime ministers Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding successively. Yue Fei sighed when he heard about it. Faith, reconciliation cannot be relied on, and ministers who seek the country will not cherish it, and they may be ridiculed by future generations." Qin Hui hated him deeply.In the beginning, the number one target for cutting military power was Han Shizhong. Because General Han had escorted him and quelled the rebellion of Miao and Liu, Lao Han was also very good at being an official and adopted a passive policy. Yue Fei. To sum up, from a soldier to a commander of the military region, Yue Fei has overcome obstacles all the way. He has a great reputation and won the respect of the people all over the world.During the battle with Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zongbi never scolded him by name, only the recognition and respect of the enemy is the real famous general.But it is a pity that people in the world say you are good, but the problem is that the court has to recognize you.The only friend Yue Fei made in the court may be Han Shizhong, and the two still have a heroic complex.