As soon as this matter was announced, the government and the country were in an uproar.

A large number of officials immediately submitted a letter to impeach Yao Zhong, demanding that the court deal with Yao Zhong seriously and never let the arrogance of the military general overwhelm the civil servants.

Public opinion was surging, and for a moment, it seemed that thousands of officials in the entire court were impeaching Yao Zhong. Everyone was pointing their guns at Yao Zhong and fired quickly at him, regardless of the situation. The surging wave did shock Zhao Sheng.

But for civil servants, this is a very serious topic.

Those arrogant generals dare to punch the civil servants and make a big fuss in the governor's mansion. Then the next step is to kill Lin'an City and seize the bird throne?

We are considering you, Your Majesty!

Only at this level can the imagination of civil servants in the Southern Song Dynasty make such a leap forward.

This situation was not accidental, nor was it the officials who believed that Yao Zhong must have colluded with the Ming army and Song Chen must have not colluded with the peasant army.

Putting aside all facts, this is a political correctness issue. Moreover, the ones with the most voices in the court are civil servants, and the microphones are all in the hands of civil servants, and their voices are all their voices...

Since Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, the reason for the reason of the literary and noble martial arts was the family law of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and the rules of the ancestors. The restrictions and suppression of military generals by various restrictions and suppression, and letting them dance in shackles is to make the military generals obedient and not threaten the rule of the court, and to avoid the recurrence of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, causing tragedy.

Generals can not defeat foreign enemies, they can surrender with their knees and be incompetent, greedy and lustful wives and concubines. They can do anything, but they cannot rebel.

Society cannot respect military merits to prevent too many military talents from being suppressed by the court.

In order to prevent the recurrence of Chen Qiao's mutiny from turning into a yellow robe, and to save Zhao Guangyi's throne who was shaky after being defeated and completely killed in the society, the generals must make sacrifices.

No matter whether he makes a mistake or not, as long as the general provokes a civil servant, it must be [put aside all facts, has he not made a mistake?]

Those who can master and guide public opinion in the Song Dynasty were never military generals, but civil officials, and most of the people who spoke in the court were civil officials, not military generals.

Their butts naturally sat on the side of the Zhao Song Family Law, which protects their interests. Once a conflict broke out between the general and the civil servant, they first moved out the Zhao Song Family Law and knocked the military officer to the ground, stepped on ten thousand feet, and let him die, and then talked about other right and wrong.

Therefore, the attitude of the court officials is obvious.

Zhao Xing was quite helpless in the face of this situation.

Although he instinctively felt that this matter was very deep, it was unlikely that Yao Zhong, a general who had just been transferred to Xiangyang for less than a year, could reach a commercial agreement with the Ming army immediately, which was unscientific.

And after all, did the Ming Kingdom really need the weapons of the Southern Song Dynasty?

Don't they produce themselves?

Compared with the Ming army in Henan, the bandit army on Jiangnan West Road may need the weapons of the Southern Song Dynasty more, right?

However, in the face of strong protests from civil servants in the court and the actual needs of Zhao Song's family law, Zhao Xing had to accept the request of the civil servant government, accept the suggestions of the Left Prime Minister Ye Yiwen and the Right Prime Minister Shen Ji, and first set the tone of Yao Zhong's mistakes.

Then discuss other things.

"Yao Zhongyan said that Song Chen had colluded with the bandit army in the west of Jiangnan, and Song Chen said that Yao Zhong had colluded with the Ming army in Henan. The two of them attacked each other, which is probably groundless. I think there must be something strange about this matter and I need to send envoys to investigate it to the end. What do you think of me?"

After Zhao Xing set the tone of Yao Zhong's mistake, the civil servants were finally willing to think about the problem rationally, which was related to their loyalty to the court, and they did not dare to be careless.

However, the punishment for Yao Zhong is indispensable. Some people have submitted a letter to directly take Yao Zhong and remove him from his position as commander. He cannot be allowed to continue to command troops. Otherwise, who would know what he would do if he was in trouble?

Zhao Xing was dissatisfied with this and believed that the fourth siege was near, and Yao Zhong was the candidate for the commander. How could he be taken down because of this unconclusive thing?

Of course, Chen Kangbo is one of the top two people in this matter.

The fourth encirclement and suppression operation that was about to be launched was to be carried out with Yao Zhong as the head commander. Yao Zhong was experienced and outstanding in military achievements, so he would definitely have good results after he was led by the reconstructed Jinghu War Zone army.

But now this kind of thing happens.

After thinking about it, Chen Kangbo felt that he could not speak for Yao Zhong.

"Yao Zhongjiu is in the army with rich experience and has made many military achievements. He is a general in the army. He was originally the best candidate for the commander of the bandit suppression campaign..."

Chen Kangbo said depressedly: "But as soon as this matter happened, public opinion in the court and the country was in an uproar. It would be impossible to agree with the order to let Yao Zhong command the troops to fight. No matter what reason Yao Zhong had, it could not be an excuse to punch officials. This is definitely wrong.

Now his actions have caused the government and the public to discuss and distrust him very much. In this way, officials in the Jinghu area will be very dissatisfied with Yao Zhong and will isolate him. If he presides over the war, he will definitely be dragged down, so..."

"So he can't use it?"

Zhao Xing snorted coldly: "Can personal grudges compare to national affairs? The officials in Jinghu are a little too arrogant!"

"Your Majesty, this is not a personal grudge, it is the law of ancestors."

Chen Kangbo said helplessly: "The rules set by our ancestors are that the civil and nobles and military officials are inferior to the military, suppressing military generals and preventing military generals from crossing the border. This is a consensus among the court and the country. Although Yao Zhong has outstanding military achievements, he did not do the right thing this time."

When Zhao Xing heard this, he snorted again.

"Anyway, what you mean is that Yao Zhong must be severely punished, or even be imprisoned and questioned?"

Chen Kangbo shook his head.

"Whether to commit a crime or not, we have to wait for the investigation results, but in this battle, Yao Zhong cannot serve as the head coach."

Zhao Xing was silent for a while, then slapped the handrail hard.

"Yao Zhong is indeed wrong in this matter, but aren't those corrupt officials wrong? They deduct military supplies and use inferior products as good ones. This kind of thing is not once or twice! I don't believe that there is no problem with the local officials in this matter!

No matter how much Yao Zhong said, he was a veteran and understood that his ancestors had made the law. He could make him so angry and even lose his mind. It is conceivable how much the local officials were too overdoing! It must be investigated strictly! Just check it to the end!"

Chen Kangbo did not object to strict investigation, but he was not very satisfied with Zhao Xing's attitude.

"Your Majesty, as the civil servants in the court have preconceived ideas, Your Majesty should not do anything. Whoever is right or wrong will be a public opinion. You cannot be the first to think that whoever is right or wrong, otherwise it will affect the fairness of this matter."

"What do you think about it?"

Zhao Xing looked at Chen Kangbo with a bad expression.

Chen Kangbo shook his head.

"I can't be sure, I only know what to do now."

Zhao Xing's face was gloomy and gloomy. After thinking about it, there was no way to make a decision.

Because the matter was serious and someone with enough authority needed to handle the matter, Zhao Xing decided to send Zhou Linzhi, the deputy governor, to Ezhou to handle the matter personally.

But no matter what, Yao Zhong cannot serve as the commander of this siege, so the Privy Council must re-choose the commander of the rebels.

After choosing, they had no better choice. They could only let Zhou Yun, the commander of the Guards and Infantry Division stationed in Jiujiang, temporarily take on the task of being the head coach, and Wang De's son Wang Shun acts as the deputy commander.

They were stationed in the local area, closer and more familiar with the local environment. It would be better to let them take action than to send someone else to serve as the head coach now.

As for Yao Zhong’s side...

Seeing that even the army of Xiangyang Prefecture could not be commanded, Zhao Xing was about to start to have a headache about the head of Xiangyang Prefecture again.

The main part of Xiangyang Prefecture is the Sichuan Army. Suddenly changing the commander from other places will probably lead to a bad state of command. Now Xiangyang Prefecture is facing the direct threat of the Ming army, Zhao Xing really dares not scatter the generals.

So at the suggestion of Chen Kangbo, Zhao Xing decided to transfer Wang Yan, an important general in the Sichuan-Shu War Zone, to leave the garrison and enter Xiangyang, and serve as the commander of the Xiangyang army and the prefect of Xiangyang Prefecture, and to be fully responsible for preventing the Henan Corps of the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!