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When Chen Wenduan and his sister arrived at the camp of the Zhongyong army, the commander of the Zhongyong army had been waiting outside the gate with his commanders. Seeing the arrival of Chen Wenduan, the imperial envoy, he quickly welcomed Chen Wenduan in.

After Chen Wenduan was welcomed to the main account of the Chinese army, they took their seats.

Yue Zhongyong said at first, "Mr. Chen is the queen of a famous family. Now the holy family is really long. When I see him today, he really deserves his reputation."

"No, marshal Yue is so polite. Your family is so loyal in Song Dynasty. I really admire you for who doesn't know and who doesn't know." Listen to Yue Zhongyong finish, Chen Wenduan also said politely.

Yue Zhongyong continued: "the imperial envoy is very polite. I'm very ashamed."

After that, Chen Wenduan introduced his generals one by one.

After the completion of these etiquette, naturally cut into the theme.

Chen Wenduan then asked: "Marshal Yue, the imperial envoy came here on the order of the emperor to investigate the problem of arrears of military pay. I don't know how Marshal Yue explained this matter."

Hearing Chen Wenduan ask this question, Yue Zhongyong said to Chen Wenduan, "report to the imperial envoy that the arrears of military pay for the sergeant are true. I dare not deceive him."

Chen Wenduan was very surprised to hear that Yue Zhongyong really defaulted on his military pay. He immediately asked: "Marshal Yue's military pay is the money sent by the imperial court to support his family. Why do you want to default? You have been in the army for a long time. You should know that if this provokes a mutiny, you will be very upset."

"Your Highness, I really have a hard time telling you about the arrears of military pay." Yue Zhongyong said.

"Marshal Yue, please talk about it well. When the imperial envoy goes back, he can also play to the emperor. Please make the emperor's decision for you." Chen Wenduan said.

Seeing that Chen Wenduan was so sincere and not as domineering as ordinary Imperial Envoys, Yue Yongzhong said: "as you know, my Lord, my loyal army is recruited by myself. The number of people recruited in recent years has increased several times compared with that when it was first established. However, the salary of the Imperial court is still determined according to the old number of people, and the number of people who were sent by the imperial court is not small This year, our garrison is in a year of severe drought. The limited military pay allocated by the imperial court has to be used for drought relief. In this way, the military pay is not enough. There is no way to do so. We have to default on the military pay of the sergeants. "

hearing what Yue Zhongyong said, Chen Wenduan asked," Marshal Yue, the imperial court sends people to check the number of troops stationed in different places every year. As the number of your troops increases, according to the imperial court's law, it's natural to increase your military pay. Besides, why don't you want the imperial court to report the drought and apply for relief. "

hearing Chen Wenduan ask this question, Yue Zhongyong replied:" Your Majesty, it's true that every year someone checks the number of new sergeants, but whenever we want the imperial court to ask for the new sergeant's pay, the imperial court always defaults on it for various reasons. As for the drought, I have already reported it to the imperial court, but the prime minister Shi Miyuan asked us to solve it by ourselves It is said that the Song Dynasty is now in peace and prosperity. If the present emperor knows that there has been a natural disaster here, it will make the emperor unhappy. "

When Yue Zhongyong finished speaking, a deputy general who was sitting at the beginning of his speech stood up and saluted Chen Wenduan and said, "Your Majesty, I want to tell you the truth for Marshal Yue. I don't know if you want to hear me?"

Chen Wenduan looked at the man, waved his hand and said, "general, it's OK to say that this time I'm here to listen to your ideas so as to make things clear here."

The deputy general immediately said to Chen Wenduan, "in fact, we can't approve our application for the new increase in military pay. To put it bluntly, we are an upright official who doesn't want to bribe Shi Miyuan, and the head of the military department is Shi Miyuan's confidant. So every time they deliberately embarrass us, we are really suffering."

At this time, another general stood up and said to Chen Wenduan, "Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of your jokes. In order to raise money for the army, marshal Yue sold his wife's dowry. He ate the same food as a sergeant every day, and he didn't receive any money for half a year."

Speaking of the excitement, several generals here all spoke one after another about the current difficulties of the Zhongyong army. For a moment, there was a lot of noise and excitement in the big account of the Chinese army.

Seeing this scene, Yue Zhongyong gave a loud drink and said, "the imperial envoy is here. It's so noisy. In this way, my commander will follow the military law."

After these things last night, Yue Zhongyong turned to Chen Wenduan and said, "I'm glad to see the imperial envoy. These people are all martial arts men. They are used to being rude. If there is any disrespect, please forgive me."

Chen Wenduan said: "Marshal Yue is polite and straightforward. Is this the true character of my song dynasty man? What you say should be from the heart. The imperial envoy will not blame them at all."

After listening to Chen Wenduan, Yue Zhongyong said, "it's very hard for you to come here from Lin'an. I've arranged a dinner in Houzhang to help you clean up the dust. Please do me a favor."

After listening to Yue Zhongyong's arrangement, Chen Wenduan said in a hurry: "the soldiers in the army are very miserable on weekdays. Our imperial envoy doesn't have to hold any dinner here. In this way, we can prepare dinner for us according to what we eat with Marshal Yue on weekdays and send it to the place where our imperial envoy lives. Marshal Yue and the generals don't have to accompany each other. They are all busy If the imperial envoy needs your help, I'll come to you again. How about this? "Listening to Chen Wenduan's request, Yue Zhongyong said in a hurry: "my Lord is the imperial envoy of Feng Liao's imperial edict. Coming here represents the present saint. If we treat you according to what you said just now, we will not only disrespect you, but also the present saint. Don't do it, imperial envoy."

Seeing that Yue Zhongyong still had to insist, Chen Wenduan said, "Marshal Yue, you and I are as good at first sight, so don't mention it. If you think I'm your fellow, just follow my arrangement."

At this point, Yue Zhongyong knew that it was meaningless to insist on his own arrangement, so he personally took Chen Wenduan to his long arranged residence according to Chen Wenduan's requirements, and said a few polite words to Chen Wenduan before leaving.

Not long after Yue Zhongyong left, the sergeant brought up the dinne