Chapter 264 Some people are born to be strategic masters! (Here we come!)

Author: The Cat on the Wall 1

Chapter 264 Some people are born to be strategic masters! (Here we come!)

But Zhang Heng and Yan Shengshen sent him back to Wuhetong after Yan Shengshen arrived at Hengshan Village. As for the journey back to Yongzhou and even back to Guangzhou, Yang Wenguang, who was originally in charge of Hengshan Village, could handle it.

Zhang Heng did not return to Guangzhou, but stayed in Yongzhou. Next, he still had many things to deal with, or in other words, he had to have a fight with the kings and ministers of the DPRK here.

Of course it's not rebellion, but compared to rebellion, this matter is much more difficult, because he wants to completely change the characterization of Nong Zhigao's crime against Guangdong and Guangxi!

This matter is more interesting to say.

In the Chinese language system, characterization is very important, and what is even more interesting is that a different description will ultimately affect the characterization.

For example, in terms of the qualitative nature of the matter of Nong Zhigao, if Zhang Heng had no thoughts about Annan and no other thoughts about Nong Zhigao, then there are two descriptions of Nong Zhigao.

One is: the Jiaozhi thief Nong Zhigao invaded the border area, slaughtered thousands of officials and people in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the imperial court sent troops to defeat him;

One is: the Guangyuan Prefecture bandit Nong Zhigao's cavalry rebelled, slaughtered thousands of people in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the imperial court sent troops to defeat him.

Both of these characterizations label Nong Zhigao as the enemy of the Song Dynasty. There is nothing to say. Just kill him when there is an opportunity.

However, now that Zhang Heng wants to use Nong Zhigao's power to solve Annan's threat to Guangdong and Guangxi, he cannot characterize Nong Zhigao as an enemy.

Once Nong Zhigao is defined as an enemy, Zhang Heng's plan to support Nong Zhigao is breaking the law and betraying the country. If someone exposes him, Zhang Heng will be very passive and even be forced to step down.

Therefore, both methods are not possible.

Therefore, Zhang Heng had to change the nature of the whole matter, otherwise there would be no way to proceed with the things he promised Nong Zhigao.

Therefore, Zhang Heng wants to characterize Nong Zhigao as a righteous man who, in order to protect Guangyuan Prefecture from Annan's invasion, did not hesitate to attack Guangdong and Guangxi to remind the court of Annan's wolfish ambitions for the Song Dynasty!

It is conceivable how much impact this characterization had on the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. It would probably subvert their inherent thinking. Moreover, Zhang Heng had actually anticipated how big a disturbance this would cause in the court.

This will be an unprecedented shock!

The war that Nong Zhigao had ignited in Guangdong and Guangxi had shocked the entire Song Dynasty court, so this conclusion would cause such a big disturbance, it would even be even more overwhelming.

This matter is understandable.

Nong Zhigao started a war in Guangdong and Guangxi, and almost reduced the two provinces to a pulp. The imperial court sent several waves of troops in succession, and nearly 200,000 troops went south. Finally, Zhang Heng led Di Qing to defeat Nong Zhigao. At this point, Zhang Heng

Heng took it back to ask for merit. It was a great achievement, which was enough for him to ascend to the position of counselor in political affairs and even privy minister.

However, now Zhang Heng wants to characterize Nong Zhigao as a righteous man, which the entire court cannot understand - the court sent more than 200,000 troops, and more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians died in Guangdong and Guangxi, and the losses were countless.

, now you tell me, the rebel Nong Zhigao is not a rebel, but a righteous man?

Are you kidding me?

"Are you kidding me, General?"

Di Qing was a little dumbfounded after hearing Zhang Heng's plan. He tried hard to find his words: "Did the last general not hear all of what he said, so there was some misunderstanding..."

Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "Shuai Di, what I said was very clear, and you heard it right."

Di Qing was surprised and said: "I'm going to say something to offend you. You are the birthday man who hanged himself. You think you have a long life, right?"

This kind of thing is not about whether it can be successful or not, but about directly handing a knife to the political opponents!

What’s your name...I’ll think about it later..."

Di Qing thought hard.

Zhang Heng reminded: "Political awareness is not enough."

Di Qing suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, this is because the political consciousness is not good enough. We can't distinguish between ourselves and the enemy clearly. Nong Zhigao is a rebel. No matter how you characterize him, he is a rebel. You want to help him reverse the case. In the eyes of the court and ministers, what are you doing?"

What are your intentions? Or, are you a member of the anti-thief Nong Zhigao?"

Zhang Heng nodded, and Di Qing was encouraged and continued: "If you wanted to do this a few years ago, it would probably be okay.

After all, Xianggong Jia, Xianggong Zeng and Xianggong Wu were all in the court in the past few years. With them here, no matter what you do, there will always be someone to speak for you.

But now they are all in the local area, and you are not in the court. When the time comes, those people in the court will become a tiger, and they will directly convict you, and the consequences will be disastrous!"

Di Qing looked at Zhang Heng, his eyes full of worry.

Zhang Heng nodded: "Leave this matter to me. The credit of your army has been reported. No matter how the matter is determined, your credit will not be reduced, and those who deserve to be punished will naturally be punished."

, these will not change, and the dead will also receive fair treatment."

Di Qing sighed: "But, is it worth it?"

Zhang Heng smiled softly: "Shuai Di, you are not only a general. In my opinion, you are also a handsome man. Look at Annan. Is it possible that one day he will become a serious problem in the Song Dynasty?"

Di Qing frowned: "It is possible, but in the eyes of the general, your future is more important. It's just Annan. If they dare to invade the border, they will just send another 200,000 troops to kill Fu Fu directly."

Liangjiang, just kidnap the leader of the Li Dynasty and send him to Bianjing.

But you are the future of the Song Dynasty. If you are slandered by traitors because of this matter, it is not worth it. The general will still want to wait for you to lead us warriors to fight against Liao and Xia!"

Zhang Heng was grateful for Di Qing's concern, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Thank you, but I have my own opinion on this matter."

Di Qing left worriedly, leaving Zhang Heng alone in deep thought.

Zhang Heng didn't think for long before he immediately firmed up his opinion.

Now that things have come to this, all we can do is leave tens of millions of people!

Zhang Heng walked to the secret room.

The so-called secret room is the name he gave to his group of staff.

There were four people in the secret room at this time. When they saw Zhang Heng coming in, they quickly stood up.

"Zhang Xiang, are you here?"

The speaker was a scribe in his thirties.

Zhang Heng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Brother Geji, how is the collection of materials going?"

This man's name is Li Geji, a native of Fujian. He is a staff member recommended by Zhang Mazi before, and he is also Zhang Mazi's brother-in-law. Although he comes from a humble background, he is indeed a talented person, especially good at clerical work. Well, he is good at it.

Confusing black and white.

Seeing Zhang Heng's inquiry, Li Geji hurriedly said: "The Yongzhou magistrate's office found 13 documents attached to Nong Zhigao's request, which lasted for more than two years. There are Zhazi who requested the Yongzhou magistrate to send troops to defend Annan.

Sixteen letters were sent to Chen Gong, the magistrate of Yongzhou, and the gold and silver were tamed. However, Chen Gong did not repay, but instead gave away all the property. Chen Gong had already explained these details in detail. His

The confession has also been signed and secured.

Qi Bin, the former commander of Yongzhou, also handed over more than a dozen copies of the documents attached to the request. Commander Qi also truthfully confessed that Nong Zhigao had repeatedly asked him to "pay tribute to the imperial court and ask for help from the imperial court."

"", but he secretly gave away his property and did not write a letter to the court. The reply to Nong Zhigao was that the court did not accept it.

However, Nong Zhigao's attachment to the Song Dynasty did not die, and he later sent a letter of tribute and gold to request him. In addition, Nong Zhigao also applied to the Song Dynasty for official positions through him many times, so as to control all the ministries.

According to Qi Bin's account, Nong Zhigao first asked to be the governor of Tianzhou, the second time, he asked to be a coach with a lower status, and the third time, he did not ask for an official position, but only asked for a robe from the court.

The official uniform of the wat, as a symbol of Song officials, for the fourth time, he simply asked for a thousand taels of gold tribute whenever the Song Dynasty held a grand ceremony in the southern suburbs, in exchange for the treatment of mutual trade with Yongguan, but Qi Bin stopped him.

The property was received correctly, but it was not reported.

These confessions of Qi Bin have also been signed and stamped, and there are original documents applied by Nong Zhigao, which are enough to explain the ins and outs of this matter."

Zhang Heng sneered when he heard this. Nong Zhigao told him about this.

At that time, Nong Zhi was extremely desperate when he asked for help but refused, so he summoned his troops and made preparations to rebel against the Song Dynasty.

After that, Nong Zhigao led his army eastward along the Youjiang River, one of the sources of the Yujiang River, and first captured Hengshan Village in the upper reaches of the Youjiang River. Hengshan Village was defeated, but Chen Gong, the magistrate of Yongzhou, was worried that he would be lost due to the fall of Hengshan Village.

Official positions were not reported, which also created favorable conditions for the smooth march of the Nong army.

So after Nong Zhigao came to Yongzhou City, Chen Gong saw that something was not going well and hurriedly deployed defense troops. He ordered Wang Qianyou, the general judge, to guard Laiyuan Gate, Li Su, the acting governor, to guard Da'an Gate, and Wu Ji to guard Chaotian Gate, but there was no time.

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With lightning speed, the Nong army broke into the city. In a fierce battle, more than a thousand Song Dynasty officers and soldiers were killed, and a number of important officials such as Chen Gong were captured.

After capturing Yongzhou City, Nong Zhigao checked the military treasury and found the gold letter he had submitted before. He angrily asked Chen Gong why he didn't submit the letter requesting his subordinates. Chen Gong argued that he had already submitted it, but the Song court did not

agree.

Nong Zhigao immediately ordered people to search for the draft of the memorial, but found nothing. Only then did he realize that he had been deceived by Chen Gong.

Zhang Heng smiled and said to Li Geji: "Well done."

Zhang Heng took the report written by Li Geji about this investigation, the ins and outs, authenticated the physical evidence and oral confessions, and sorted out the whole thing in chronological order, supplemented by various wars that had occurred over the years as supporting evidence.

This part is basically written according to the original rhythm.

But in some details, it is very skillful. For example, it reflects Nong Zhigao's admiration for the Song Dynasty in some key places, and shows the greed of Chen Gong and Qi Bin. Unconsciously, Nong Zhigao's admiration for the Song Dynasty is shown.

Zhigao's attack on Guangdong and Guangxi turned out to be against the law, but the circumstances were excusable, and people couldn't help but sympathize with Nong Zhigao.

After Zhang Heng read it, he also looked at Li Geji with admiration, thinking that when Zhang Mazi introduced you, he said you were the most famous lawyer on Fujian Road, but now it seems that you are Fang Tangjing who confuses right and wrong.

But then again, with people like this around, it will be much easier to write memorials and other things in the future.

Zhang Heng turned to look at another scribe and said, "Brother Shi Ye, when will the embankment team arrive in Yongzhou?"

The scribe's name was Su Shiye, and he was a junior family friend recommended to him by Jia Changchao.
To be continued...