Is “In one day, he received twelve gold plaques” true?
The 'History of Song: Biography of Yue Fei' clearly records that when the Yue family army was winning successive victories, 'Qin Hui knew that Yue Fei's determination was unshakable... he requested an order to withdraw. In one day, twelve gold plaques were received.' Faced with the urgent orders, Yue Fei was indignant and wept, sighing, 'Ten years of effort, wasted in a single moment.' This highly tragic historical event is not only recorded in detail in official history but also adopted verbatim in 'The Complete Story of Yue Fei', becoming core evidence for later generations to hate the corruption of the Southern Song court.
Tragic famous generals who repeatedly achieved remarkable feats in official histories are highly deified in historical romances, with numerous fictional folk legends added.
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