Water Margin: You dog official, you still say you don’t know martial arts?

Chapter 728 Zhang Bangchang, have you ever considered the emperor's feelings? [1 more]

"Too arrogant! Too brutal!"

Tong Guan was so angry that he slammed the table: (Yi)ツ┏━┓
"Is there any more royal law? Is there any more law?"

Zhang Bangchang had always held a grudge against Liu Gao, so at this moment he did not hesitate to slander Liu Gao:
"If Liu Gao wasn't incompetent, why would it have come to this?"

Cai Jing glanced at him and turned the building back:
"I asked you all to come here to discuss how to report this to the government."

Zhang Bangchang is the latest to join the Four Great Evil Officials. He is very active and enthusiastic:

"General Chen was beaten to death by the Liangshan rebels!
"Of course such a big thing should be reported truthfully!"

"If I report the truth, what do you want the government to do?"

Yang Jian glanced at Zhang Bangchang:
"The imperial court has mobilized at least 300,000 troops, but still failed to capture Liangshanpo!

"The Song Dynasty only has 800,000 imperial guards!

"Are we going to consume half of the world's troops in Liangshan Lake?"

Zhang Bangchang: "Ah, this..."

Yang Jian continued: "If the emperor knew about this huge mess, he would not be able to attack Liangshanpo.

"How can you save the government's face?
"Where is the face of the imperial court?
"Captain Zhang, have you ever considered the emperor's feelings?"

Zhang Bangchang quickly admitted his mistake: "Yes, I was reckless..."

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Yang Jian looked at each other and smiled silently:

A newcomer dares to jump around?
Although Zhang Bangchang took over Gao Qiu's position and joined the four treacherous ministers, he was still in the probation period.

If he fails to meet the needs of Cai Jing, Tong Guan and Yang Jian, it would not be difficult for the three of them to work together to replace him.

"You must not report the truth truthfully."

After suppressing Zhang Bangchang, Yang Jian looked at Cai Jing and Tong Guan:
"And from Li Yuhou's report, it can be seen that the Liangshan rebels still want to surrender.

"Since they want to recruit us, this can be done."

"good."

Cai Jing nodded in agreement.

In fact, the most difficult thing is that the Liangshan rebels are determined to fight to the death with the imperial court.

There are the Liao and Jin dynasties in the north, and the Western Xia in the west. It is impossible for the Song Dynasty to withdraw its border troops.

So even though the Song Dynasty claimed to have 800,000 imperial troops, only 200,000 or 300,000 of them could actually be deployed to attack Liangshanpo.

Now is the limit.

Yang Jian added: "We have interrogated Li Yuhou and his followers individually.

"Their accounts were largely the same. They all said that the polite words in the imperial edict angered the Liangshan rebels."

Zhang Bangchang couldn't help but say, "But we have to say some polite words. Doesn't the emperor have any face?"

Yang Jian glanced at him and said, "Then is there a way to have the best of both worlds, to recruit them and save the emperor's face?"

Zhang Bangchang was stunned for a moment: "How can this be achieved at the same time?"

Commander Zhang is still too young...

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Yang Jian smiled at each other. Tong Guan said:
“That’s not a problem.

"The problem is that the Liangshan rebels have proposed that if we want to recruit them, we have to give them a place to live.

"This territory..."

"It's easy to handle."

Cai Jing stroked his beard twice:

"Arrange them to go to Cangzhou.

"To the west of Cangzhou is the Liao Dynasty, and to the north of Cangzhou is the Jin Dynasty!

"Whether it's the Liao or the Jin, we can make them see the dangers of the world!"

"Wonderful!"

Tong Guan and Yang Jian gave a thumbs up, and Zhang Bangchang couldn't help asking:

"What is the best way to achieve both?"

Cai Jing, Tong Guan, and Yang Jian looked at each other again, and Yang Jian kindly gave Zhang Bangchang some advice:

"The imperial edict should be written as it should be, but how it is read still depends on the person who announces it."

Zhang Bangchang suddenly realized:
"What Commander Yang meant was -

"The imperial edict says one thing, but the decree says another?"

Yang Jian asked in return: "Isn't this the best of both worlds and everyone is happy?"

"Wonderful!"

Zhang Bangchang couldn't help but give a thumbs up:
"But how can we explain the death of General Chen to the emperor?" "Oh, can we help General Chen to die in a different way?"

“Yes, it is impossible for the emperor to personally see the body of General Chen.

"How difficult is it to help Commandant Chen change the way he dies?"

Yang Jian glanced at Zhang Bangchang:

He is indeed qualified to be among the four great treacherous ministers!

This understanding comes instantly!
In fact, it’s not that Zhang Bangchang didn’t think of it, but Zhang Bangchang had just come to power and didn’t expect them to dare to play such a big game.

"We are not trying to deceive our superiors or subordinates."

Cai Jing sighed: "I just don't want the emperor to be embarrassed by this...

“We are deeply trusted by the emperor, so naturally we have to share his worries.

"Captain Zhang, do you understand this principle?"

Zhang Bangchang bowed deeply and said, "I am grateful for your advice!"

……

So, with the joint efforts of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Yang Jian and Zhang Bangchang, a new imperial edict came down.

Since Chen Zongshan had already died, the person who came to announce the decree this time was another palace guard general, Su Yuanjing.

That is to say, I decided to come back as a dog next time...

“…Therefore, I hope you will be fully aware of this imperial edict.

"Promulgated on February 14, the seventh year of the Zhenghe reign."

After Su Yuanjing finished reading the imperial edict, he followed the advice of the four treacherous ministers and embellished the pretentious words of Song Huizong in the imperial edict, and also praised the heroes of Liangshan.

Finally, the heroes of Liangshan felt relieved.

Lin Chong accepted the order on behalf of Liu Gao, and then Su Yuanjing hurriedly left Liangshanpo as if he was escaping for his life.

He didn't want to be like Chen Zongshen, who fell off the bow of the boat and drowned because he was too eager to see the scenery of Liangshan Marsh.

"Cangzhou..."

Lin Chong held the imperial edict in his hands, feeling deeply moved.

He was exiled to Cangzhou back then, but unexpectedly, after so many years, he returned to Cangzhou.

And this time, he was in the capacity of the Military Commander...

The imperial edict appointed Liu Neng as the governor of Cangzhou, and Lin Chong and Guan Sheng as the military commanders, which was equivalent to an independent little kingdom.

If we don't consider being sandwiched between the Liao and Jin kingdoms, this fiefdom would be really good.

"Cangzhou is great!"

Guo Sheng was so excited that he said:
"There are many heroes in Cangzhou, so it's a good opportunity to go and compete with them!"

Although Alex Fong and Guo Sheng are the official couple, Guo Sheng is very combative.

In the original novel, Guo Sheng wanted to snatch Duiyingshan from Lu Fang.

Now Guo Sheng has learned some skills from Lin Chong for another two years and has become even more arrogant.

When he heard that they were going to Cangzhou, the hometown of martial arts, Guo Sheng became excited.

"not good!"

Xu Ning reminded him cruelly:
"To the west of Cangzhou is the Liao dog, and to the north of Cangzhou is the Jin dog!

"The imperial court wants us to be its scapegoats!"

"what?"

For example, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Jie Zhen, Jie Bao, the three Ruan brothers, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Xiang Chong and Li Gun, who were not familiar with the map at all, all changed their expressions when they heard what Xu Ning said.

Guo Sheng cursed:

"So shameless! So despicable!"

"It doesn't matter!"

As his master, Lin Chong raised his hand to stop him:

"Big brother's goal is to seal the Wolf's Lair!
"Wouldn't it be a good idea to go to Cangzhou?"

"Not bad!"

Guan Sheng also said: "Brother always said that he wanted to drink from the Hanhai Lake, seal the Wolf's Lair, go west to the Yellow River, and establish the Qilian County!
"Going to Cangzhou is a great opportunity for us to make achievements!"

"That's what a real man should do!"

Wu Song laughed out loud:

"The government troops are tired of killing people, and their swords are a little rusty!
"It's just right to use the blood of the golden dog to wash the knife!"

(End of this chapter)