Chapter 643: Zhao Shen angrily reprimanded and ordered a reward
Chapter 643: Zhao Shen angrily rebuked and issued a reward
Cui Min was talking to himself, but he didn't notice the change in the expressions of the people around him!
Zhang Jun stared at him fiercely with a pair of tiger eyes. If he hadn't been in front of Zhao Shen, he would have wanted to kick him!
Zhao Shen did not stop Cui Min, but he narrowed his eyes at him!
"Your Majesty, from what I have seen, this Shen Tang must have a disobedient heart.
Therefore, the crime must be punished and executed!”
After Cui Min finally finished speaking, Zhao Shen sneered, "So, according to Master Cui's wishes, how should we put down the chaos in Chengdu Prefecture?
How to repel the Tibetan invasion?”
Cui Min smiled confidently, "Your Majesty, I just happened to think that the reason why the Tubo people invaded our Song Dynasty was just for peace.
If we, the Song Dynasty, could reconcile with Tubo, wouldn’t we become one family?
Moreover, Puzan of Tubo asked to marry Princess Guangling. Once they got married, your majesty would be Napuzan's brother.
At that time, all it takes is a letter to make Tibet retreat."
"In this way, we, the Song Dynasty, can pacify Chengdu without spending a single soldier and recruit strong reinforcements. Isn't this a good thing?"
"Marriage?
A good thing?"
Zhao Shen stared at Cui Min, and his heart was filled with rage! These are the officials of the Song Dynasty! These are the pillars who shout to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country every day! How ridiculous is a minister of the Ministry of War, who does not want to fight to the death to serve the country, but takes the initiative to ask for a marriage?
The ministers who were loyal to the country were said to be guilty, and the villain behind this was still complacent. When did the Song Dynasty become like this?
If all the officials of the Song Dynasty were like this, how long could the Song Dynasty exist?
"Snapped!"
Zhao Shen grabbed the memorial in Wang Quan's hand and threw it directly on Cui Min.
"Master Cui, tell me what this is!"
Zhao Shen asked coldly.
Cui Min was startled and raised his head, only to see Zhao Shen's frost-covered face! He was startled, but he managed to calm down and cautiously replied, "Memorial, Shen Tang's memorial!"
"Memorial?"
Zhao Shenhan said in a cold voice, "Master Cui, let me tell you! What I see is a heart of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and a heart that is willing to fight to the death for the Song Dynasty!"
"At the beginning of the year, Tubo invaded Chengdu! We, the Song Dynasty, were short of soldiers and armor, and we were short of food and grass! The civil and military forces of the entire dynasty were helpless! He was the traitor you called, who took the initiative to ask for a fight, and went to the Kingdom of Jin alone to borrow 60,000 troops.
After several months of campaigning against Chengdu Prefecture, although the Tibetans were not driven out, half of Chengdu Prefecture was pacified and the war situation was stabilized."
"Then, I listened to the slander and ordered him to return to Lin'an! I even took away the management rights of Lianli City from the Shen Mansion!"
"But in the end, it was found that Shen Tang was not guilty! What Zhang Tianhua said was just slander, and there was even a Tibetan conspiracy behind it!"
"Now that Chengdu Prefecture is in crisis, you are all talking nonsense, but who has thought of a feasible solution?
Make peace! Thank you for being able to speak out, and thank you for being the Minister of War of the Song Dynasty! Cui Min, as an official of the imperial court and the Minister of War, doesn't want to contribute to the country. Instead, you are so cowardly that you want to make peace and slander those who take the initiative to seek war. !Do you think that the people in Chengdu Prefecture are high-ranking officials with generous salaries?
There are hundreds of thousands of Tibetan troops there, and it is a place of deadly battle!"
"Shen Tang went here not to be an official, nor to make money. He went to work hard for me, the Song Dynasty! And what about you?
But here you are slandering him?”
"Shen Tang is the number one winner of three consecutive prizes, so he is naturally a smart person.
At least, he will definitely not be any stupider than you, Mr. Cui! You, Mr. Cui, could have thought that his move would arouse my suspicion and even bring disaster to himself. Could it be that Shen Tang couldn’t think of that?"
"I tell you, Shen Tang can definitely imagine it! But, he still does it! Why?
He fought hard to be jealous of me and fight for great disaster, but as soon as he knew that the battle situation in Chengdu Prefecture had changed, he still rushed thousands of miles to the battlefield. He was doing it for the safety of our Song Dynasty and for the sake of the Chengdu Prefecture. The safety of tens of thousands of troops is for the safety of millions of people in Chengdu Prefecture!"
"He did not care about any consequences, worked hard for the Song Dynasty, worked hard for the court, and fought tooth and nail for me.
You, the Minister of the Ministry of War, just don't think about your own faults, but you actually asked me to punish Shen Tang for his crimes?
What is your intention?
Do you want me to become a foolish king who will be famous throughout the ages?
Do you want me to be despised in history like that Jie and Zhou?"
At this time, Zhao Shen was furious and was already shouting loudly!
In his heart, he owed Shen Tang, but Shen Tang not only did not complain about the court, but took the initiative to share his worries.
Just when he was moved, someone came up to punish Shen Tang! How could he not be angry?
"Writing advice to the death and fighting to the death! Then the world will be at peace! If our Song Dynasty were all ministers like you, then the country would not be far away from being destroyed!"
Having said this, Zhao Shen closed his eyes for a while, and then spoke again, "Royal Quan, pass on my will! Promote Shen Tang to the bachelor of Longtuge, and grant him the title of General of De! Full power to supervise the war in Chengdu Prefecture, and all the soldiers and horses of Chengdu Prefecture will return Shen Tang dispatches!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone present took a breath!
Bachelor of Longtuge, General of Guide! This is a serious official of the third rank! I think back then, the famous Bao Zheng and Bao Longtu were just like this! And Shen Tang, who set foot in the court, had only been in the court for more than two years. It's just time.
In the Song Dynasty, the official positions of the first rank and the first rank were basically empty positions! For example, Zhang Jun, Shi Hao, etc. were the second rank, and were among the top of the court.
The six books of ministers are from the second rank, and then go to the third rank such as the bachelor of Guanwen Palace.
Shen Tang's leap to the third level in one step can definitely be called reaching the sky in one step!
"In addition, Wang Huai will be dismissed from his military post, and he will immediately return to Lin'an to resume his duties. The affairs of Chengdu Prefecture will be handed over to Shen Tang!"
"Zhang Jun, this order will be delivered immediately to Chengdu Prefecture at an eight-hundred-mile express speed! It is only natural that Shen Tang would share my worries!"
"I obey the decree!"
Although Zhao Shen's will was a bit exaggerated, Zhang Jun was happy for Shen Tang from the bottom of his heart!
The title of General Guide is already the second echelon of military positions. Further up, there are only General Huaihua and Champion General! In addition, what makes Zhang Jun most happy is that besides General Guide, Zhao Shen actually appointed Shen Tang as the bachelor of Longtuge! In this way, Shen Tang has two important civil and military positions. In the future, his status in the court will be three points higher than that of him and Shi Hao!
Others naturally wanted to refute, but looking at the extremely cold look on Zhao Shen's face, these people had to swallow all their objections! At this time, if Zhao Shen was offended, even if Zhao Shen was angry, he would directly It is absolutely not unusual to demote them to the bottom.
Didn't you see that Cui Min was already lying on the ground in a daze at this moment...