This time he took the risk of sending troops to rescue the Dongping Mansion. Sun Tu was not only considering military matters such as defeating Liangshan and taking over Dong Ping. He also wanted to gain political benefits from this time.
I don’t know if some people in the court have already greeted the officials of the various states in Shandong, or for some other reason. Since Sun Tu came back, he has lost any control over the troops and horses of the state governments outside Qingzhou. His military orders have not been transferred at all. He could not move a single soldier from another state, and this was obviously something he could not accept.
To reverse this unfavorable situation, in addition to showing the strong strength of the Qingzhou Army, we must also grasp the handle of these people. The incident in Dongping Mansion provided Sun Tu with an excellent opportunity and excuse. Especially when there was no movement in other state capitals, Sun Tu had the absolute initiative. He had sufficient The reason is to punish these subordinate state capital supervisors as the Jingdong Road Military Supervisor. Since the soft one is not enough, then the hard one will do it!
The first person chosen by Sun Tu was Duan Yu, the governor of Zizhou, who was not far from Dongping Mansion!
Seeing Sun Tu suddenly leading people in, the faces of the two officials in the room froze, especially Duan Dujian, who had a look of fear in his eyes. After a slight hesitation, he quickly stepped forward with a smile and saluted: "This is a humble position. Zizhou Dujian Duan Yu has met Sun Dujian, and I didn’t know that Sun Dujian is here to visit you, so I apologize for being a little far away from you." As he spoke, he pretended to kneel down as if he was going to bow down, but in fact his movements were not. It was extremely slow, obviously waiting for Sun Tu to come forward and support him, so that the relationship between the two parties would ease.
The Song Dynasty was no better than the later Ming and Qing Dynasties. It was almost impossible to see people kneeling down and paying homage. Not to mention Duan Yu meeting Sun Tu, even a seventh-rank official meeting the prime minister of the dynasty. As long as he was not guilty or deliberately trying to please, it would be impossible. Kneel down and bow down. But this time, Duan Yu made the wrong calculation. Seeing him acting like this, Sun Tu was completely indifferent and just looked at him and the gloomy Shen Danian with a half-smile to see how he would end up.
This time Duan Yu shot himself in the foot. The action of bending his knees was really awkward, and after he made the move to kneel down in front of Sun Tu, it was difficult for him to stop, so after a moment, he He knelt down in front of Sun Tu with a helpless thud. Because he lost control of his strength, his knees hurt from the impact, and his face was distorted. As a result, Duan Yu was completely overwhelmed by Sun Tu in terms of momentum, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Seeing Duan Yu making such a fool of himself, Shen Danian's face became even more gloomy, and he finally couldn't help but hum: "Superintendent Sun, you are so brave!"
"Oh? Magistrate Shen's words are too strong. Duan Dujian was just a little excited so he was more polite. It's not me who forced him to kneel down." After saying that, he took a step forward and gave Duan Yu a false promise. He said: "Duan Dujian, if you have anything to say, let's get up and talk about it." Duan Yu felt wronged in his heart, but in the end he still stood up with anger.
"This is not what I am referring to, but how dare you lead troops to break into our Zizhou government office. Who gave you the power to do such a ridiculous thing!" Shen Danian cheered up and asked in a deep voice. .
Sun Tu's behavior was indeed very inappropriate. To put it mildly, it violated an official taboo; to put it more seriously, it offended the dignity of the court. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was directly taken down and convicted. Of course, no matter how courageous Shen Danian was, he would not dare to really
Attack Sun Tu, otherwise the Qingzhou army outside the city will rush in to save people.
Faced with such accusations, Sun Tu did not deny it. He immediately raised his hands to Shen Danian and said, "What Magistrate Shen said is true. I am indeed a bit arrogant. But I acted rashly because of impatience. And if it weren't for Magistrate Shen, you If I make a mistake first, I won’t do anything like this again.”
"Superintendent Sun, are you making excuses? What mistake could I have made that would cause you to break into my government office?"
"Prefect Shen, are you trying to deceive me into not knowing what's going on here?" Sun Tu's eyes once again slipped past Duan Yu, who remained silent: "As a civil servant, why do you interfere in the affairs of our army? Dare I ask, you are the only one Does the prefect of Zizhou have the right to interfere in military affairs? Duan Yu even dared to reject the orders issued by his official!" This time he came to raise troops to question the crime, so naturally he would not show any mercy and got straight to the point. : "Actually, I didn't want to embarrass you before, but today you left Duan Yu in the government office again. If I want to find him, I can only come here. Otherwise, I'm afraid you will have to avoid him like just now." Gone!"
Logically speaking, civilian officials do not have the right to interfere in military affairs, but the Song Dynasty has always valued civil servants over military affairs, and used civil servants to control military affairs. In this way, it has long been an unspoken rule for civilian officials to interfere in military affairs and even control the military within their jurisdiction. Only in Qingzhou, because of the emergence of Sun Tu, would there be such a special situation as using force to control culture.
However, the reason why the unspoken rules are called unspoken rules is because they are not explicitly stipulated. To be honest, everything they did was illegal. This was the fundamental reason why Sun Tuneng took the initiative to make trouble. Shen Danian was also slightly stunned. At this time, he could only say: "I'm afraid Sun Dujian may have misunderstood. I have never wanted to interfere in military affairs. Everything before was Duan Dujian's decision. Today he is also because of I came to the government office to meet you because I have something to discuss." At this time, he had to remove himself before he could continue to compete with Sun Tu.
But there was no way Sun Tu could give him a chance to buffer. He immediately turned to Duan Yu, who had turned pale, and said, "Duan Dujian, in this case, he disobeyed my order, and then he was arrested in Dongping Mansion. Were you the only one who made all the decisions about not saving people when they were besieged by bandits in Liangshan?"
Duan Yu was really scared to the extreme this time, and his body couldn't help but tremble violently, and he almost knelt down to Sun Tu again: "I... I didn't dare, but at that time... there were some problems with the rural army in the city, so I didn't So you can send troops at will..." I couldn't come up with a reasonable excuse for a while.
"There is a problem in the army. Why have I never seen you report it?" He said with another sneer: "Bring people in!"
The two military attachés were pushed into the room with their heads hanging down. Duan Yu's face changed once again at just one glance. These two people were his right-hand men in the army. Yuhou Ge Hui and the commander Fan Liang did not expect him. The two of them were actually caught by Sun Tu early in the morning!
In fact, before coming to the government office to question the crime, Sun Tu had already led his people into the military camp here. With his current status and momentum, how could the Zizhou Township Army resist him? So he quickly captured two officials who remained in the camp. After interrogating them, he led them to attack. Prefect's Yamen.
"You two should say what you just said to me again, so that the forgetful Duan Du can refresh his memory." Sun Tu Leng
He ordered in a loud voice.
Even though these two people had always been Duan Yu's confidants, they didn't dare to disobey him at this time. He said intermittently: "Previously, Sun Dujian sent my Zizhou army and horses to Qingzhou for training, but it was Duan Dujian who suppressed him... and When Dongping was attacked before and they sent people to ask for help, the governor only promised rescue, but then strictly ordered us not to leave the city without authorization... "
"Is it because something happened in the army that we can't move lightly?"
"No, no..." the two said, but they did not dare to look at Duan Yu or Shen Danian.
"Duan Dujian, what else do you have to say now? Not saving Dongping is already a crime. I can even suspect that you have colluded with the Liangshan bandits, so I refuse to save you! As for disobeying my order, it is even more serious. It's a serious crime in the military. Just based on this, I can kill you to enforce military law!" Sun Tu looked directly at the opponent and said coldly: "At this time, you still want to say that all this is your own will. ?"
Duan Yu was not a courageous person to begin with. Hearing such a threat at this time, he was already frightened out of his wits. He could no longer care about anything else, so he shouted urgently: "Sun Dujian, please spare your life, your official... so is your official." I was forced to have no choice, it was Futai who told me to ignore it and not send troops... "
As he said the words, Shen Danian's body was shocked and his face turned livid. He knew that Duan Yu was not a courageous and responsible person, but he did not expect that Duan Yu would collapse so quickly. After only a few threats from Sun Tu, he had already explained everything, and along with it He also pulled himself into the water.
At this time, Sun Tu turned his attention to Shen Danian again: "Prefect Shen, what else do you have to say now?"
"Yes, I asked him to do this, but it is also for the safety of Zizhou. If the local army is suddenly transferred, how can we resist the invasion of bandits? Moreover, now all the state capitals are governed by civil laws. Wu, does Sun Dujian still want to be the enemy of the world?" Now that we have reached this point, let's talk about it. Shen Danian stared back at Sun Tu fearlessly, as if he wanted to compete with him.
Sun Tu laughed: "I don't want to be the enemy of the world. I don't blame Magistrate Shen. I just want to prove that I broke into the government office today for a reason. And compared to my small fault, Magistrate Shen I'm afraid that your act of overstepping someone else's responsibility will be a greater crime, right?"
Shen Danian snorted, but no longer dwelled on it. At the same time, he felt panic again. Sun Tu didn't seem to mean to embarrass himself, but what if he would do this again
Soon, Sun Tu announced the answer. He ignored Magistrate Shen and said directly to Duan Yu: "Duan Yu, as the governor of a state, you not only don't want to serve the country, but instead give up the general power to others, you really have failed the imperial court. Entrust. Although I have no right to hold others accountable, I do have the right to remove you from your official post. From today on, you are no longer the governor of Zizhou. Fan Liang, you will temporarily take over the post of governor of Zizhou, and I will give you Are you willing to leave three hundred soldiers to guard Zizhou and train your troops, and leave Ruda to manage military affairs with you?"
As soon as this order came out, everyone present was stunned. They were both happy and worried. Sun Tu was actually going to seize Duan Yu's military power and completely control the military power of Zizhou in his own hands!