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Chapter 332 Dangerous situation

After Zhao Bing made such a struggle, the matter of asking for peace was put on hold. But he thought that this matter was not done well. Although he had won tactical victory, he lost strategically.

Of course, this matter was not only about the generals and the generals, but also showed the court his determination to resist the Yuan Dynasty. He would rather die than surrender to the Mongols, and established a positive image among the ministers and the military and civilians. At the same time, it was also revealed that Zhang Shijie was not responding to the court in a single call, nor was he following his horse. Therefore, he judged that after Chen Yizhong left, there was still people in the court swaying left and right, so he could divide and disintegrate them.

The disadvantage is that he exposed his intentions too early, which inevitably made Zhang Shijie feel alert and his prevention will be tighter. On the other hand, he will be more cautious in his actions, and he will secretly persecut the disobedient people to strengthen centralization. Then it will be more difficult for him to act and cannot achieve the effect of sending surprise troops. But things always have pros and cons, and good things that are the best of both worlds are hard to come by, at least they have not made him famous for the ages.

In fact, Zhao Bing can understand this. He has had more than 20 years of experience in fighting the Mongolian army. At the same time, he has also made countless achievements. Sometimes he will personally wield his sword and hit the enemy lineup and break through the siege. In terms of military affairs, he has great pride in himself. However, the person in his throne is only seven years old. Faced with the young emperor who can't do this, in Zhang Shijie's opinion, what can he understand no matter how smart he is? His words inevitably lack sufficient respect.

Therefore, when formulating national policies, Zhang Shijie, as the head of the government, was naturally unwilling to take the initiative to act like everyone should listen to me. This attitude, aside from the perspective of the sacred power of the imperial power, is obviously not a mistake. Even in modern society, when a company is in crisis, young heirs have to preside over the overall situation, the veterans who conquer the world will definitely be doubted. Because everyone is unsure whether such a "rich second generation" who has not been trained and is even learning can be competent for leadership work. In modern society, people question the ability of a "second generation" and show a contemptuous attitude, which can be said to be natural.

However, in this era of imperial power supremacy, this attitude is obviously not revealed, otherwise it will inevitably be labeled as a ruthless person. Therefore, even if Zhao Bing is young, he is the real chief, and the empress dowager will help him temporarily. According to the rules, everyone usually holds the emperor's banner and dare not do it easily. However, now the Song Empire has shown a collapse, so people like Zhang Shijie who have a strong desire to lead naturally have to act alone intentionally or unintentionally.

But in this context, even if Zhang Shijie decided, the emperor repeatedly opposed it, and he did not dare to act too recklessly. Otherwise, he would not be a joke if he was angry. Moreover, he could not completely control the court and still needed to act under the emperor's banner. Therefore, no one mentioned this matter after that day, just like a stone thrown into the sea, which became calm in a short while, at least on the surface.

At this time, the palace on the island was also built, and Zhao Bing moved to the island. Since the palace had only more than 30 rooms and it was difficult to accommodate the entire guards, he ordered the baggage camp to build a pier on the beach not far from the palace. Navy warships were docked nearby, and soldiers took turns to garrison. He only brought the guard camp to the palace. At the same time, the various departments of the court also went to the island and built a draft market around the palace to facilitate transactions. It seems that the court was going to stay here for a long time, and life on the island seemed to be normal. But Zhao Bing knew that this was like the tranquility before the storm, which contained a greater crisis...

After July, the Yuan Dynasty's Jiangdong Xuanfu envoy Zhang Hongfan went to the palace to meet him and submitted a memorial, "Zhang Shijie appointed King Guang at sea, and Fujian Guang responded, so it is advisable to advance." A minister asked Kublai Khan to issue an edict to surrender King Zhao Bing and Zhang Shijie. Kublai Khan refused to obey. He appointed Zhang Hongfan as the marshal of the Mongolian and Han army, and was fully responsible for chasing and killing the last exiled man in the Southern Song Dynasty. He gave Zhang Hongfan a brocade garment and jade belt to allow him to do things at a disadvantage. He also took out the Shangfang sword on the spot and gave him the totalitarian power of "if anyone who does not use his life, he will kill him with this." Later, Zhang Hongfan recommended Li Heng, the commander of the Yuan army in Jiangxi, as his deputy general.

On the other hand, Ali Hague, who was in charge of Jinghu, was ordered to lead 40,000 troops to pacify Hunan. Zhou Long, He Shier and others were captured and beheaded. Zhang Lieliang and others led the remaining troops to Wuluo Cave of Sizhou, Kuizhou Road, and were attacked by the government troops and all died in battle. Now the army has moved to Jingzhou, and the imperial edict is directing all places to surrender quickly. The situation in Guangxi and Yunnan has become tense again, and Qiongzhou is also under its military front. The plan for the imperial court to go to Chameng City is already difficult to implement.

Wen Tianxiang, who was in Kaifu in Jiangxi, was also very sad at this moment. In more than two years, he led an armed force to travel to Fujian and other places in Jiangxi, and fought tirelessly with the Yuan army. He failed repeatedly and regained again and tried to create miracles. But his comrades who followed him died one by one, some of his stances were shaken and even surrendered, and the once restored territory was also lost. Wen Tianxiang could only take his remnants to travel in the Chongshan Mountains and fight and retreat. Then in a battle, his wives, concubines and daughters were captured by the Yuan army. Soon the army broke out, and hundreds of soldiers died. His son unfortunately fell ill and died, which put Wen Tianxiang's career in a desperate situation.

Wen Tianxiang finally realized that things were not done this time, so he submitted a request to the court to punish his crime of defeating Jiangxi, and at the same time asked to return to the court. However, he forgot what he did when he entered the court. First, he blamed Chen Yizhong for not giving up the Three Palaces and fleeing alone, and accused him of being cowardly and not establishing Ji Gang, which made Chen Yizhong very dissatisfied. After Wen Tianxiang saw Zhang Shijie, he asked him how many troops the court now had. Zhang Shijie replied with his troops. After hearing this, Wen Tianxiang sighed: "The public army is here, where is the imperial army?" This was obviously accusing Zhang Shijie of monopolizing military power, which naturally made Zhang Shijie very dissatisfied.

In this way, Wen Tianxiang was not in harmony with the generals and prime ministers, so he could not stay in the court, so he tried his best to resign from the position of prime minister. Chen Yizhong also followed the opportunity to let him go to Kaifu, Jiangxi. Although Chen Yizhong left now, Zhang Shijie was still there. He thought that he would definitely regain the position of prime minister when he returned to the court. Putting aside the ambition to revive the Song Dynasty, he just let a civil servant who lacked practical experience and failed repeatedly stand on his head. Zhang Shijie's heart would never be happy. Therefore, he politely refused Wen Tianxiang's return to the court, just asking the emperor to give him the title of Shaobao and Duke of Trust. In this way, Wen Tianxiang's road to returning to the court was blocked by his bad temper!
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