Chapter 35 Taizhou cut personal affair

After subduing Qi Fang, the imperial court must reward Yue Fei greatly. It just so happened that Shao Ji, the official of deletion, wrote a letter to Zhao Gou, and also praised Yue Fei as "a brave warrior with a strong determination, and Xun Xun is like all living beings." He rebelled in Hebei and tried to use dozens of horses to control the army of ten thousand captives. It was also tasted outside the gate of Nanxun in the capital city, with eight or nine hundred people defeating Wang Shan and Zhang Yong's 500,000 people, shocking Yixia. And the people who were under the soldiers ate together, and the folks were not disturbed in autumn. Let's consider the Jin people Those who stayed in the south of the Yangtze River were troubled by the southeast, so they did not care about their own lives, overcame the restoration of health, and became a place where the country's shape is better than the throat. The stability of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is also their strength."

Zhao Gou readily agreed to promote Yue Fei to the rank of martial arts doctor, the defense envoy of Changzhou, and the governor of Taizhou and concurrently the magistrate of Taizhou (now Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province). Zhenfushi is a deformed product under the specific historical background of the Southern Song Dynasty.The invasion of the Jin people could no longer be resisted by the military strength of the Song court alone, so the court had no choice but to seal up the township envoys and appoint capable and prestigious people to serve as them, and let them form private military forces in the name of the government to clean up for themselves on the battlefield. endgame.

Although the original team of the Yue Family Army formed by Yue Fei was the soldiers left by Zong Ze in the Division, there were not many of them, only one or two thousand people, and the rest were assembled along the way from scattered soldiers. It was raised by itself, so, in a sense, it is also a private armed force. Similar to Yue Fei's experience, Zhao Gou also appointed as Zhenfu envoys, including the famous anti-golden heroes Zhao Li, Xue Qing, Li Yanxian, etc., a total of 39 people. It should be a happy thing that the team has been officially certified, can enjoy certain financial subsidies, and has been dubbed the "Town Fushi".

But Yue Fei was very dissatisfied. why? Because the jurisdiction of the Fushi of Tongtaizhou is in the east of Yangzhou, backed by the Yangtze River, far away from the Huaihe River, in the area from Taizhou to Nantong, and not on the front line of the anti-golden war, which is very inconsistent with Yue Fei's own will to fight against the gold, so Yue Fei strongly resigned "Tongtai's order" ", proposed to take his mother, wife Bingyun, and Lei's two sons as hostages, stay in Lin'an where Zhao Gou is located, and go to the front line of Huainan East Road by himself, "raise soldiers and horses, cover up and kill gold thieves, recover this Luzhou county, and serve Then he regained the old places of Shandong, Hebei, Hedong, Gyeonggi and other roads. The concubine made Fei's life ambitions less fast, and the festival of repaying the king as a minister."

After writing to me several times, there has been no reply. Yue Fei was extremely depressed and went to Taizhou to take up his post unhappily. During the transfer to Taizhou, several extremely unpleasant incidents happened one after another. The first thing is that on the way home, Yue Fei suddenly encountered troops from the Yixing base camp. He couldn't help being very surprised. In the event of an accident, we specially "selected elites and well-equipped food to prepare for the response", and ordered the generals who stayed behind to go to Anji for reinforcements. Yue Fei couldn't help being furious, and scolded the generals who stayed behind: "I ordered you to stick to the base camp, the sky will collapse and the earth will collapse and you will not be able to move, but you ignore my general order, send troops without authorization, and wantonly violate military laws!" If you move, the ground cannot move. You have not waited for my order to shake it on your own, and you have no teacher.")

The generals said aggrievedly: "It's Madam who heard that the war is tight, so she chose brave fighters to support you. She cares about you." Be filial to your ears.") Yue Fei became even angrier when he knew it was his wife's order. Is it possible for women to intervene in major military affairs? !How bold! Military orders are like mountains, without them, no one can move lightly.Once the army moves, if it is not properly dispatched, the morale of the army will be slackened and morale will be shaken. This is related to the future and destiny of the army, as well as the future and destiny of the country and the nation. How can the troops be easily mobilized because of Yue Fei's life and death?How can a woman interfere with military affairs? !

For this reason, Yue Fei severely criticized his wife and the generals. The second incident happened to Fu Qing, a former military commander. Yue Fei served as the eunuch, and Zhang Xian, Wang Gui, Yao Zheng and others under him were promoted to commanders.Of course, Fu Qing is also indispensable. Fu Qing was older than Yue Fei, and joined the army earlier than Yue Fei. All along, he liked to rely on his old age to show off his old status in front of Yue Fei.And he himself is brave and good at fighting, which is appreciated by Yue Fei. But the more Yue Fei respected him, the more he got carried away and forgot his identity, even who he was and what his last name was.Yue Fei talked about Big Brother Fu, not only did he not intend to return the gift, but he deliberately gave Yue Fei a nickname, and often called Yue Fei by his nickname in front of the generals.

Of course, with his level, it is impossible to get a nickname with any connotation.Yue Fei's surname was Yue, so he gave Yue Fei the nickname "Yue Zhang". "Yue Zhang, money is a bit tight today, hurry up and give me some silver envoy." ("Yue Zhang, Fu Qing has no money to envoy, so I can ask for some gold or money.") Whenever such a situation occurs, Yue Fei will have a look of "no disobedience." ", answered him politely; if he wanted to borrow money, he also "repeatedly offered it" to satisfy him as much as possible. Fu Qing relied on pampering, and became more and more self-inflated. He often boasted in the army: "Yue Zhang can own this army, it is all due to my military exploits." ("Yue Zhang advocates this army. I have contributed to the battle.") Without me, Fu Qing, there would be no Yue Family Army at all.

When this word reached Yue Fei's ears, Yue Fei just laughed it off. However, now that Yue Fei has become the governor of Tongtai, the nature of the army has changed. It is now a regular army of the government. Fu Qing's contacts and conversations are no longer as casual as before. Fu Qing began to feel a little lost, and often complained that such a life was boring.When others asked him why he was boring, he would speak ill of the Yue family army to shake the morale of the army.He has also repeatedly expressed the idea of ​​​​preparing to change jobs and go to other armies.Later, when the situation escalated, he actually wrote directly to Liu Guangshi's subordinates, requesting to be transferred to Liu Guangshi's army.

According to the military law, these two items alone can punish Fu Qing. However, Yue Fei still held back. Until one time when he was discussing meritorious service in Taizhou, Yue Fei was about to transfer the shirt and gold belt that Zhao Gou had bestowed on him to Wang Gui, when Fu Qing suddenly jumped out and loudly accused Yue Fei of unfair rewards and punishments. He babbled about a great deal, to the effect that he once fought the Qingshui Pavilion in the restoration of Jiankang, and he made great achievements in the world, but there was no reward. Specialization is chilling!There is no future for following such a leader.Finally, an application to switch to Liu Guangshi was formally submitted.

Yue Fei finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted: "If you don't kill Fu Qing, it's not enough to establish an army!" He ordered people to burn his shirt and smash his gold belt, and kill Fu Qing on the spot. As a result, the military discipline of the Yue family army became stricter, and they were purged from top to bottom, with orders like mountains.But after that, for quite a long time, every time Yue Fei thought about it, he couldn't help feeling sad. Fu Qing is indeed a rare talent, and he has made great contributions to his establishment. As for the imperial court, Yue Fei wrote several times to apply for a change of place, and proposed to take his mother, wife, and son as hostages in the application, which made Zhao Gou very unhappy. Zhao Gou was extremely dissatisfied with the destruction of the imperial gift, and had a strong opinion of Yue Fei. In Taizhou, Yue Fei would not have been so sad if it was just the beheading of Fu Qing. What hurt him the most was the following: At the beginning of taking office, Yue Fei sent people to Yixing to pick up his family members.This was originally a good thing, but some people came to Yue Fei to complain, saying that his uncle harassed the people and searched for property on the way to move. Disturbing the people and accumulating money is something only rogues and bullies do. How can the dignified Yue family tolerate such things? ! Yue Fei was so angry that he ordered his uncle to be tied up, beat him with fifty army sticks, and said in front of his mother: "Uncle's actions have damaged the reputation of the Yue family's army. It is incompatible with military law." ("Uncle does this. I am tired of flying. Flying can tolerate it. I am afraid that military conditions and military law cannot be tolerated.") Yue Fei is a well-known dutiful son. No matter how busy he is with military affairs, he always takes care of his mother in the morning and evening.Whenever my mother had a headache, she would personally adjust the medicine and change her clothes, taking care of everything.Sometimes, in order not to affect my mother's rest and recuperation, I even walk on tiptoe, for fear of making noise.Two years later, because his mother was seriously ill, he "had nothing else to serve, but to serve soup and medicine", so he begged to suspend his duties.Based on Yue Fei's respect and respect for his mother, it can be imagined that when he said this, he was extremely angry. After the fifty army sticks are beaten, if the uncle knows the mistake and can correct it, the matter will be over.However, the uncle actually held a grudge in his heart, and tried his best to find an opportunity to kill his nephew to relieve his hatred. One day, when Yue Fei was training his cavalry on the training ground, his uncle suddenly "came forward to the flying horse for about tens of steps", drew his bow and set up an arrow, turned around and shot at Yue Fei. , A sharp arrow flew, "The Chinese Communist Party's saddle". Yue Fei couldn't bear it anymore, so he flew on his horse, caught up with his uncle, pulled him off the horse, and ordered Wang Gui and Zhang Xian to behead him. During the execution, Yue Fei burst into tears like rain. The officers and soldiers at the scene saw it and were all moved. When the mother heard the news, she cried out sadly: "Oh my God, I have always liked this brother, why are you so eager to execute him?!" Yue Fei answered with tears: "Master, have you thought about it? If the arrow misses a little bit, I will die. What was shot was a saddle, so it can be seen that it is God's protection. If I don't kill my uncle today, I will definitely be killed by my uncle in the future." What's more, what my uncle did has aroused public anger, so he had to be killed." ("If an arrow goes up or down, it will fly to death. Fei was killed by my uncle, although my mother wants to be safe for a day. It is impossible to get it. Therefore, the one who hits the saddle bridge is flying in the sky. If you don’t kill uncle today, you will be killed by uncle in the future, so it is better to kill him.”)