Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.
It is said that Zhuanxu was granted the title of Gaoyang Clan because of his meritorious service in assisting Shaohao. This was the beginning of Kaifeng's city building.
By the time of the Xia Dynasty, Kaifeng had a higher status. Starting from Emperor Shu, Kaifeng had been the capital here for more than 200 years.
However, it was not until the Warring States Period, in the sixth year of King Wei Hui, that the Wei State moved its capital to Daliang, and this was the beginning of Kaifeng's prosperity.
In this era, Kaifeng surpassed Chang'an and Luoyang, and was on the eve of taking off.
However, this road is not easy to travel. Kaifeng has not yet taken off, and it has been completely raided by the Khitans. Thirty to four percent of the people have left, and every family has been looted and reduced to pauper.
And this wasn't the end of the story. The Khitans were defeated within a few months of occupying Kaifeng. It is said that even the emperor of Liao who entered Kaifeng with great force was killed in the battle.
The current owners of this city are the Xiliang army who came from far away from Hexi.
And compared to the ferocious and cruel Khitan Northern Barbarians, it seems that the Xiliang army from Xiliang also made the people of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo feel a little trembling.
The Xiliang Army! It's strange that the Kaifeng people near Luoyang have a good impression of them. Master Dong went too far back then. His reputation is still there today.
However, what gave the people a little peace of mind was that the Xiliang army that entered the city in the early stage finally did not burn, kill or loot.
But they also blocked the four gates of Tokyo, only allowing entry but not exit. Who knows if this is a precursor to a massacre of the entire city behind closed doors?
Li Cunhui's expression was a bit unsightly. Murong Nobunaga was originally responsible for capturing the Khitan Lord Yelu Deguang, but he was actually not bad at all.
He led a temporary army of 5,000 soldiers to conquer Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo with thunderous force, and then caught up with the Khitans who were returning hastily north in Huazhou.
At this time, more than 2,000 Khitans led by Yelu Wuzhi and others, after joining the garrison of Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo, had a strength of 6,000.
Li Cunhui personally charged and killed more than two thousand Khitans who were about to destroy the pontoon bridge at Baimadu in Huazhou.
If it were not for the pontoon bridge guarding the White Horse Crossing, the Khitan people would have suffered even greater losses.
At that time, Li Cunhui thought to himself, with such dazzling achievements, the gap in credit between Murong Nobunaga and Murong Nobunaga should not be big, right?
But what happened next in Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo nearly broke his defense.
These people in Tokyo have been completely plundered by the Khitans, they have no money left, and they seem to have lost their vitality from top to bottom.
Regarding the arriving Yongliang army, they insisted on calling it the Xiliang army, and felt that the worst possible outcome would be that they would be raped and plundered again by the Xiliang army. Anyway, they had nothing worth protecting.
Facing the people of Tokyo who were lying flat on their backs, Li Cunhui's prestige was still low, no! It shouldn't be said that it was low, it should be said that he had basically no prestige.
He couldn't even organize the people of Tokyo to welcome Zhang Zhao.
Later, it was Murong Nobunaga who arrived at Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, and with his identity as Murong Baipao and Li Siyuan's son-in-law, he persuaded the officials and people in Tokyo to come out to greet Zhang Zhao.
On November 15th, Zhang Zhao, wearing an ocher yellow robe, carrying a yellow umbrella, and six emperors, entered the disaster-ridden capital of the Later Jin Dynasty from Xinzheng Gate, the west gate of Kaifeng Mansion.
The common people of Tokyo, organized by Murong Nobunaga, lined the roads with loess, washed pots of food with pulp, and knelt down at the city gate to welcome Zhang Zhao.
Before Zhang Zhao entered Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, he issued an edict that all elderly people over fifty years old in Tokyo were exempted from kneeling.
As soon as this order came out, the faces of the people of Kaifeng who were kneeling on both sides in fear suddenly became a little surprised.
Because since the end of the Tang Dynasty, the emperors have changed like a revolving door. Although there are many emperors, they all have a common characteristic.
That is, before all the emperors entered the capital, the tooth soldiers who supported them had already entered the capital and started burning, killing, looting, and blackmailing the people.
It has never happened before that people over fifty years old are exempted from kneeling.
Many times, the emperor, who was surrounded by rebel armies, had to personally plunder the people of the capital to satisfy the soldiers' demands for goods, so he had no time to think about benevolent government.
From the time the Xiliang army entered the city until now, they have not killed anyone, let alone robbed even a penny.
Even the Xiliang army that entered the city in the early stage, except for necessary personnel, never entered Kaifeng City at all.
This is completely different from when Li Congke and Shi Jingtang entered Luoyang.
But now, before the emperor has arrived, he has issued an edict to prevent those over fifty from kneeling.
This shows what?
This shows that the rumors may really be from Xiliang, King Zhang, no! It should be said that the Emperor of Zhou who came from the west may really be a benevolent king like King Wen of Zhou in ancient times.
However, after the edict came, even the people who were obviously over fifty years old did not dare to get up, for fear that Zhang Zhao was fishing for law enforcement.
At this time, warriors were so crazy that it was not uncommon for them to pardon first and then kill them all.
Guo Tiance, who was sent by Zhang Zhao to attack the front line, quickly discovered this phenomenon.
He immediately asked Li Cunhui and Zuo Yu Linwei to cooperate with the local Wuhou in Tokyo to help the old people up, and repeatedly promoted Zhang Zhao's benevolence and righteousness.
Only then did everyone reluctantly believe that it seemed that Emperor Zhou was not just showing off, but really wanted to sympathize with the old man.
Kaifeng Mansion, which was as silent as death, suddenly glowed with some of its former vitality. Both the merchants and officials could not help but whisper to each other.
As a result, all the people over fifty stood up and automatically stood in front of the crowd, stretching their necks to look around.
The people of Kaifeng finally had some expectations for the emperor who entered the city.
At the end of the month, Zhang Zhao's slow carriage finally arrived at Kaifeng Prefecture in Tokyo.
Looking at this relatively tall city wall made of rammed earth, Zhang Zhao was filled with emotion.
If he hadn't come to this era, it would have been Liu Zhiyuan who arrived here a few years later.
And just fifteen years later, Zhao Kuangyin will become the owner of this place again.
Subsequently, the emperor of the Zhao family changed from suppressing martial men at the beginning to using civility to control martial arts, and then completely became a noble man but a weak man.
In the end, the shame of the Zhao family and Jingkang became one of the most painful humiliations for the Han regime in the Central Plains and even for the Han people.
From here on, the culture of the Han and Tang dynasties, which was inclusive, inclusive, open and confident, disappeared and began to become conservative and stubborn.
The changes in the Song Dynasty, or Chinese history, and the changes in the mentality of the Chinese people were far more than that.
After Wen Gui and Wu Qing came to the fore, and were misled by a bunch of Confucian scribes who read the scriptures incorrectly.
The Han political power in the Central Plains began to completely split and collapse. Although Ming Taizu suddenly came up with a sudden force, he could not reverse the decline.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhao finally had the opportunity to reverse this trend and entered Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo before Liu Zhiyuan and even before Zhao Kuangyin.
After passing through the Wengcheng of Xinzheng Gate, Feng Dao, Li Song and others, former important ministers of the Later Jin Dynasty, knelt here to greet him.
Among them, Feng Dao was at the front, holding a wooden tray. On the tray was the golden seal of the Later Jin Dynasty that the Khitan people had not had time to take away.
Zhang Zhao waved his hand to Guo Tiance to take the golden seal. He dismounted and walked a few steps before suddenly pulling out three feather arrows from the Hu Lu he carried with him.
Zhang Zhao raised the first feather arrow into the air, then broke it, and said loudly to the surrounding Tokyo people.
“The plunderers pay twice as much!”
The surrounding Yulin Guards and Kanshandu, and the soldiers of various town armies roared loudly: "I obey your orders!"
Then, Zhang Zhao broke the second feather arrow again and shouted loudly.
"Kill the adulterer!"
All the sergeants also shouted in unison, "I obey your order!"
Zhang Zhao broke the third feather arrow again, "He who kills must pay with his life!"
Hearing this, the morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow, and the sergeants roared at the top of their lungs,
"Follow the emperor's decree! Do not commit adultery! Do not rob! Do not kill!"
Hearing this oath that shook the house, the people in the surrounding Tokyo city rejoiced. They spread the word from mouth to mouth, and the rising and falling crowd was like a wave, and they all knelt down.
They knelt down and shouted sincerely, "Welcome the Emperor to the city."
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Alas! Another elder in the family has passed away. After a busy day, we will make do with it and try to write as much as we can tomorrow to make up for it.
This chapter has been completed!