Chapter 898
Zhao Bing took the imperial boat to the dock and took a break in the palace surrounded by his ministers. He felt a lot. He led the troops to raid before. At that time, the cemetery was already deserted and the palace had lost its repairs. The roof was leaking and the eaves collapsed. He could only live in the bedroom of the Gaozong Mausoleum. But today all places have been renovated and restored their former glory.
The continuous hard work and the fact that Zhao Bing felt very tired, but he still summoned the officials of Taichang Temple who arrived in advance to inquire about the preparations for the tomb sacrifice. Three days ago, Taichang Temple had already sent incense, blessings, livestock, and other items for the tomb sacrifice to Shaoxing and was placed in the office of the Mausoleum District. The day before yesterday, the incense, blessings, livestock, and other items for the sacrificial items were sent to each tomb, and the kitchen staff of each tomb sacrifices were made and stored in the Shenku.
Yesterday, the sacrifices of each tomb were decorated according to the system. The sacrifices were divided into two types. The main case was the sacrifices of the emperor and the empress, and each case was set up according to the emperor and the empress buried in the cemetery. The decorations of the sacrifices on each case were fixed:
The emperor's case was respectively listed on the emperor's case of three entries, one tea, two soup, two rice, four dishes, one roasted meat, one roasted liver, one meat, one oil cake, one horn, one chestnut, one jujube, one round eyes, one lychee, one walnut, two steamed buns, one lamb, two meat, one juice pot, and one wine pot. In addition to the sacrifices displayed on the empress' case, the rest were the same as the emperor's case. In addition, before the emperor's case, a total of one ox, one sheep, one pump, and one hull were set up, and one hull was set up in front of the emperor. The emperor and the empress had a section of each of them, and one incense and two candles were set up in front of the hoist. Those who buried concubines in other places were only sent to the grave to sacrifice to the tomb for drunkenness.
Because the emperor personally worshipped, in addition to the main sacrifice, incense and candle sacrifices have increased and become more abundant. Among them: incense, eight pounds and eight pounds of incense are prepared in the mountains, eight pounds of quick incense are reserved, two pounds of incense are reserved in the small hills, and two pounds of quick incense are reserved in the small hills. In addition to the main sacrifice, candles are prepared in the mountains, sixteen ounces of eight ounces of candles, thirty-four ounces of four ounces of candles, fifty ounces of one ounce candles, eight ounces of candles, ten ounces of four ounces of candles, twenty ounces of candles, and forty ounces of one ounce candles.
In addition to the main sacrifice, the mountain is prepared for the first 16 sections, the rituals of the gods, the rituals of the gods, the rituals of the 4 sections, the rituals of the gods, the rituals of the 4 sections, the rituals of the rituals of the 4 sections; in addition to the main sacrifice, the mountain is prepared for three cattle, five pigs, five northern sheep, six rabbits, two cattle, five pigs, two northern sheep, one deer, and two rabbits; in addition to the main sacrifice, the main sacrifice is prepared for eight altars of coarse fruit, four altars of fine fruit, two altars of fine fruit, and three altars of fine fruit; in addition to the main sacrifice, the wine is prepared for eight bottles and six bottles.
Then Zhao Bing asked Ming that the ceremony of the grand sacrifice was about tomorrow, and the etiquette used was as if it were a few days ago, and there was no change. He then encouraged him a few words and ordered him to leave first. Thinking that it was too early to pass the time of the great sacrifice, but he was not sleepy. He sent a message to Luo Xian, a commander of the grand protection, to come to see him, and then sent a message to Chen Dun to prepare a horse.
"Your Majesty, where are you going?" When Luo Xian arrived, he saw that the little emperor was already waiting at the door, and quickly stepped forward to bow and asked.
"Luo Guardian, the Mausoleum District has undergone a major change. I want to know where the guards who died in the Mausoleum District were buried that day? Please give me some guidance." Zhao Bing ordered the guards to lead a horse and said to him.
"This is the duty of humbleness, and I am willing to serve Your Majesty!" Luo Xian hurriedly bowed.
"No gifts, let's go!" Zhao Bingfei flew on the horse and raised his hand to ask him to avoid the gifts.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Luo Xian got on the horse, but he did not dare to go along with the little emperor, but was half a horse behind. Chen Dun led a team of guards to escort him.
"After the war, there were many corpses on both sides, but because of the urgent need to be properly buried during the war, the army hurriedly evacuated. I have been thinking about this matter!" Zhao Bing asked with a look of his face.
"Your Majesty is kind and righteous. After Your Majesty led his troops to evacuate that day, I used the property he left to buy coffins and burial objects, and summoned nearby villagers to collect the remains of the remains." Luo Xian reported, "A total of more than 800 corpses of the Imperial Guardians were collected. After re-embedding, he buried them on the southern foot of Baihuling according to His Majesty's orders, and erected a monument in front of the tomb."
"Well, it's done well!" Zhao Bing nodded.
"How dare you praise Your Majesty for the merits of the humble miniature?" Luo Xian said on the horse. "As for the Tartars' corpses, there were more than 20,000 corpses, it can be said that they are everywhere. It took more than ten days for the villagers to clean up the bodies, buried the bodies outside the valley, gathered ten hills to make them into the capital, and engraved them on the monument to record the amazing achievements of Your Majesty!"
"This victory was the bloody battle of the guards. It was their sacrifice that laid the foundation for the recovery of Jiangnan." Zhao Bing waved his hand and said, saying that he did not dare to take credit.
Under Luo Xian's guidance, Zhao Bing gradually entered the battlefield. At this time, the bastion they were defending had been demolished and restored to its original state. After more than a year, the blood-soaked land had grown again with weeds. If it were not for the insider, it would have been impossible to see that there had been a battle between the two sides mobilized nearly 100,000 people here, but this battle was enough to be recorded in history. It changed the situation of Song Meng, and it could also be said to have changed the pattern of the world.
Zhao Bing rode his horse to a high slope of Wulian Mountain. He was here to command the battle. The fierce fighting scenes of soldiers on both sides seemed to be still in front of him. The sound of guns and cannons, the roars of soldiers and the neighing of war horses still lingered in his ears for a long time. At that time, he came across the sea with the determination to succeed without success. It was uncertain and he had never imagined what the situation was today.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Just as Zhao Bing was deeply moved, anxious calls came from behind him.
"Secret Lu, Wen Xiang, I'm so hurrying, is there something important?" Zhao Bing looked back at the horse, but Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang were chasing him on horseback. Before they could calm down, he frowned and asked.
"Your Majesty, I have worked hard for days and take care of the dragon's body!" Lu Xiufu was stunned when asked, and immediately tried his best to calm down and salute.
"Is it just for this? I'm not that delicate yet!" Zhao Bing was a little confused when he looked at the two of them and said in confusion.
"Your Majesty is in his prime, and if you care about me, you will be confused!" Wen Tianxiang smiled and said with a smile on his face as he raised his sleeves and wiped his forehead.
"The two prime ministers came in a hurry. Is it something else?" Wen Tianxiang's unsavory words made Zhao Bing so disbelief. He asked with a whip and tapped the saddle.
"Your Majesty, don't be too careful. Just now, I went to the palace with the left prime minister to pay my respects and report on the matter of the tomb. Only then did I know that Your Majesty has left the palace and nothing else happened." Wen Tianxiang bowed his hand and said immediately.
"Your Majesty, what Wen Xiang said is true. I am worried about Your Majesty's dragon body, so I came here." Lu Xiufu saw that the little emperor looked at him again and quickly replied.
"I'll thank you two. I'm just a little bored, so I'll come out to breathe!" Zhao Bing smiled and said with a look of trusting you. But he knew in his heart that these two people were actually worried that they would sneak away before the ceremony, so he hurriedly chased after him, otherwise he wouldn't have run away.
"Your Majesty, although it is early spring now, it is not as cool as Qiongzhou. The weather is still a little cold. Don't get caught in the cold wind!" Lu Xiufu was an honest man and had already seen what the little emperor thought, so he could only bite the bullet and tell the lie to the end.
"Prime Minister Lu, last year the demon monk Yang Lianzhenjia destroyed the tomb of my ancestors. You and I led my people out of Qiongzhou to protect the tomb. Wen Xiang and others also left Qiongzhou to rush to Fujian and Jiangxi to urge the rebel army to launch a counterattack to echo me. What did you think then?" Zhao Bing pointed to the huge cemetery and asked.
"Your Majesty led the guards and me to divide the troops at the Qiantang River mouth. I was extremely nervous at that time. This battle was the first time to land in Jiangnan after ten years of dynasty. Your Majesty went to the dangerous place in person. That day, he thought that the Song Dynasty could be without ministers, but not without His Majesty. If Your Majesty is in trouble, I will steal Your Majesty even if I die!" Lu Xiufu replied.
"I am not as worried as Prime Minister Lu. I think that although this counterattack is a risk, Your Majesty is not a reckless person. He must have considered it carefully, so he is still very confident in victory. However, he did not expect that Your Majesty could defeat the Mongolian Yuan army in a row, quickly occupy Jiangdong, and capture Lin'an!" Wen Tianxiang stroked his beard and smiled.
"Yes, Your Majesty can recover Jiangnan in one battle, not only beyond my expectations, but I am afraid that the officials and others did not expect. And this is all thanks to Your Majesty's strategy, which is what you have today!" Lu Xiufu said.
"I have been hiding my strength in Qiongzhou for ten years, trained elite troops and rectified the administration of the government, and waited for the opportunity to seize Jiangnan again. Therefore, I was running thousands of miles away, and it seemed to be taking risks, but I was confident because the army was determined to fight. However, after returning to Jiangnan, I felt very confused and the future was difficult to tell!" Zhao Bing sighed.
"Your Majesty is about to take charge of his power. It is time to make achievements. How could he think this way?" Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang looked at each other and saw their feelings. He bowed and said.
"At that time, I was the name of protecting the tombs and counterattacking Jiangnan. It can be called a battle of backwaters. If I cannot succeed, I will lose all my family's fortune. But I am not afraid, because there are still loyal ministers and generals in the court. As long as you are here, you will not worry about making a comeback. But after regaining Jiangnan today, I have an army of 500,000,000,000,000,000,000 people, and tens of millions of taxes, which is a hundred times or a thousand times better than in Qiongzhou. But I have no confidence that day, and I am always worried and unable to sleep or eat!" Zhao Bing frowned and said.
"I suddenly felt that I was traveling again in the old place today. On that day, I led all the troops to fight bloody battles, and countless soldiers sprinkled blood on the battlefield. These passionate men all drove away the Tartars with their arms and minds, and regained my ambitions to the mountains and rivers and mountains to move forward without considering life and death. Now I think it was me who harmed them. If they were in a corner of Qiongzhou, how could they lose their lives in vain? They would regret it even if they saw the court so determined!"
"Your Majesty must not have such thoughts!" Wen Tianxiang hurriedly said, "Although the court is now a little ups and downs, the loyalty of the emperor to Your Majesty has never changed. He has never changed his ambition to recover the Central Plains and the horses' west. Your Majesty is the lord of all people. If you have this idea, how can you let the ministers and others deal with it?"
"Your Majesty, Wen Xiang is right." Lu Xiufu said, "Your Majesty has been in power since childhood. At that time, Qiongzhou was in danger several times, and life and death were on the front line. However, he was able to defeat powerful enemies repeatedly with tens of thousands of remaining troops. The danger was much worse than before. How could Your Majesty become timid and wander around because of a slight setback? That would really be a pity for these soldiers who were loyal to the country."
"I understand what you said, but I am very puzzled. Now the court's military strength and financial resources are improving day by day, but people's hearts have also changed. No one mentioned restoring the Central Plains and was not interested in the government affairs. Instead, they devoted their thoughts to fighting for power and balance of power. Thinking about it really makes me helpless and heartbroken." Zhao Bing said with a wry smile.
"Your Majesty, you are all incompetent in governance, so please punish me!" Lu Xiufu said with shame after hearing this.
"The court is in chaos, and the ministers are not interested in making progress, attacking each other and repeatedly breaking the rules, which leads to Your Majesty being framed by villains, and even in danger, all of them are incompetent and have to bear the heavy trust of Your Majesty." Wen Tianxiang blushed and politely said.
The little emperor's words made the two of them feel a little uncomfortable. As the two of them are left and right, they shoulder the heavy responsibility of assisting the government, and should share the worries for the king. However, since their "cultivation", things have been constantly happening. Officials formed cliques in private, appointing people in nepotism, and participating in business, and other illegal matters. Even if they do not investigate their mistakes, they will not be able to escape the responsibility of being too strict and ineffective supervision.
"At present, the great enemy is across the river, and they want to rush their troops south to regain the south of the Yangtze River. What are we doing? I really think that the Yangtze River can rest assured, and that Xiao Ge can be every day. Or do I put the peace in the south of the Yangtze River to that unreliable peace? I agreed to the peace talks at the beginning, which was nothing more than to rectify the internal affairs and gain a chance to breathe, but that real gold is not the case. Do you think that Boyan left Yangzhou and returned to Beijing to discuss the conditions for peace talks, and he wanted to stop the army!" Zhao Bing seemed even more angry and questioned repeatedly.
"Your Majesty, does Boyan have other intentions to return to Beijing?" Lu Xiufu was shocked and asked carefully. The Ministry of Rites reported that Boyan had agreed to use the Yangtze River as the boundary, and to live in peace between the two countries and open up a scene along the river to communicate with each other. As long as you get the approval of the Khan, you can sign an agreement, but the little emperor's intention is not that true at all.
"After the Zhenjin returned to Dadu, he secretly ordered Goryeo to contribute 2,000 warships. At the same time, from Shandong, Hebei and Goryeo signed the recruitment of those who were good at water, and bought 50,000 war horses in the north. Boyan returned to Beijing to negotiate military affairs with Zhenjin, receive warships, and train naval forces." Zhao Bing said again, "The Mongolian Yuan used the opportunity of peace talks. The Zhenjin had integrated all forces, grasped power, and prepared for war preparations. But what about us? The internal affairs were not repaired, and they were still in the same mess, but they wanted to hold these ceremonies to waste the national education and whitewash the peace. I am afraid that this time I will report to the tomb this time."
Chapter completed!