Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Second, I'll Cover You
Sun Yue's face was very dark. He knew that Cao Bin made him like this capital magistrate purely good intentions. Even a three-year-old child knew that the first foreign war since the founding of the Song Dynasty could not fail. As long as these civil servants of the Privy Council could make a quota for the army, they could make money while lying down.
If it weren't for the purpose of honing Sun Yue, if Zhao Pu hadn't supported him, such a good job wouldn't have been his turn.
But! This battle is a real huge pit in history! Li Chuyun lost it to this battle.
It’s not that the Song Dynasty had never fought them. On the contrary, the battle was extremely beautiful in history. It took less than a hundred days to destroy Hu-Nan Jingnan in a total of less than 100 days, and more than 90 days of these 100 days were on the way. In actual combat, it conquered Jingnan in just two days and captured Hu-Nan in ten days. However, this glory belonged to those generals and Murong Yanzhao. It was just Murong Yanzhao’s curtain call. Such brilliant results brought a perfect end to his life across the world, but it did not belong to the Privy Council. Li Chuyun, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, gave his life in this battle, and none of the officials of the Privy Council, who followed him to make a wish.
Simply put, it is not complicated. First, Li Chuyun and Murong Yanzhao disagree and had a big conflict, which caused Murong Yanzhao, who was already terminally ill after the war, was so angry that he died of anger. In order to calm the anger of the military generals, Li Chuyun was naturally dealt with.
Second, Li Chuyun did something strange in Hu-nan: he cannibalizes people! He directly scared all the people in Hu-nan, and Zhao Kuangyin was also confused. Therefore, Li Chuyun not only failed but also had a success in this battle. He was directly demoted from the Deputy Privy Councilor to the Governor of Zibo, and died of depression in less than three years.
If Sun Yue goes to war with the army, he will inevitably face two extremely embarrassing things. One is that if Li Chuyun and Murong Yanzhao work together, how can he handle himself? At that time, he will inevitably have to be both sides of the body.
Secondly, it is also the most important thing. If he follows Li Chuyun, then Li Chuyun will inevitably force him to eat people. This has broken through the bottom line of human ethics. There have been many troops in history that have eaten people, but they are all forced to do it when there is insufficient military rations. Like Li Chuyun, who purely wants to taste the taste, seems to be a unique portion. If Sun Yue really touches this, he will definitely be ruined in his life.
He doesn't care about being punished with Li Chuyun. Anyway, he can make a comeback at any time at such a young age, but he must not be affected by the cannibalism.
To sum up, this battle is not only not an opportunity for civil servants like him, but rather a super invincible and huge pit! The kind that you can never climb out of after falling down for a lifetime.
So Sun Yue became anxious and went to Zhao Pu that night, begging him to become the chief magistrate.
Zhao Puze looked at Sun Yue with a distressed look and frowned, "Do you know how much effort Cao Chengzhi and I have sacked to make you become the chief supervisor? Do you know how many people object? For this, I almost started to attack Li Chuyun. I said it was my special mother who almost let him beat him up. As a result, you told me, don't you want to go? Tell me the reason."
Sun Yue's face felt bitter. He had no reason. He couldn't tell Zhao Pu that I was entrusted by the gods and dreamed of Li Chuyun. This time, Li Chuyun would cheat the entire Privy Council.
"Master, I... I'm only eleven years old after all, and I've never been to the battlefield. I'm dizzy when I see blood. I'm afraid I'll make any mistakes in this kind of national affairs. After all, the battlefield conquest is related to the lives of soldiers. If it is implicated in the three armies, it's even more unforgivable."
"You are the chief supervisor, who is in charge of life, and the battlefield command is not under your control. What mistakes can you make? With General Murong and Li Chuyun in front of you, you just follow them to join in the fun and open your eyes. What are you doing?"
"I……"
"Are you afraid of war?"
"This...yes, I am really scared. You said that I am a weak scholar, only eleven years old, and I have no eyes on the battlefield, alas."
Sun Yue knew that saying this would make him look very cowardly and useless, and even disappoint those who are optimistic about him. However, this seemed to be the only reason he could do. Besides, to be honest, he was indeed a little nervous, just be cowardly, that's called it from the heart.
Zhao Pu angrily slapped the table and said, "I'm confused! In today's great struggle, what's the future for you without fighting? If you don't fight, what's wrong with you in the Privy Council? Is it not good for those who go to the Zhengshi Hall to write poems and songs all day long? Child, you are the talent of the prime minister, and you must go to this battlefield. Who is born to fight? You have learned military tactics with Wei Renpu for so many years, is it because you understand the boredom?"
Sun Yue lowered his head and was speechless. Song Chu was in the Privy Council and he really didn't have to go to the battlefield.
Zhao Puxun saw him lowering his head, and seemed to be very aggrieved. When he thought that the child was still young, he immediately said softly: "Okay, you are all in charge, follow the commander's tent, and you don't have to go to the front line to fight in person. Unless the entire army is defeated, you will not lose any hair. Obedient, don't be willful, and prepare. This is the first time the new army has been on the battlefield. This military reform strategy was proposed by you. Don't you want to watch it? You must know that the new army costs more than twice as much as ordinary soldiers. Many people have a lot of opinions. If you perform poorly this time, the new army's strategy may die. You must know that Li Chuyun has always opposed the military reform. This time he is a military supervisor. Are you willing to give the general's fate to him?"
Sun Yue said depressedly: "Of course I'm not happy, but my arm can't twist my thighs. He is the deputy envoy of the Privy Councilor and the military supervisor. I can't be bullied to death by him? Alas!"
Zhao Pu smiled and said, "You are afraid that he will wear you little shoes. Tsk, this is really hard to say. Why not do this? The biggest advantage of the new army compared to other ordinary imperial guards is that they are cheap commanding. The soldiers and generals are familiar with them, and there is no restraint. I will ask the official family for a decree and give the new army the right to act cheaply."
When Sun Yue heard this, his eyes lit up, "Doing cheaply? In other words, if I have the chance, I can ignore Li Chuyun? If I disobey the military order, he cannot ask Wang Ming to kill me?"
Zhao Pu said, "You still have to have respect. You must obey military orders in a big strategy, but if he dares to wear small shoes for you in a fight... As long as you can get the support of General Murong, I will defend you! I will protect you! The new army is related to my century-old foundation in the Song Dynasty, and you can handle special tasks."
When Sun Yue heard this, he was overjoyed and hugged Zhao Pu excitedly and kissed him. In this way, he might be able to get around this big pit.
Chapter completed!