Chapter 1568: Emphasis on civility over martial arts, giving gifts turns into enemies
Chapter 1568: Emphasizing culture over martial arts, giving gifts turns into enemies
Five days later.
Su Mingzhe pursued for three hundred miles before returning with a full load of troops.
Guo Jing took the people all over the city ten miles out of the city to greet him.
Ever since Yue Fei and Yue Wumu were harmed by "unnecessary" words, the Song Dynasty has not fought a decent victory for a long time.
Even if we defeat the invading Tatars, it will be a disastrous victory.
Only Su Mingzhe, 8,000 people first wiped out 70,000 Tatars, beheaded and captured more than 60,000 people.
Everyone thought that this was an extraordinary achievement and the pinnacle of Su Mingzhe's life.
As a result, just over a month has passed.
Su Mingzhe gave Song Dynasty another exciting and heart-pounding victory.
The Tatars claimed to have an army of 400,000, and Su Mingzhe led 50,000 cavalry to pursue them all the way.
After Kublai Khan fled back to the north, he checked his headquarters and found that there were only more than 20,000 people left around him.
in other words.
There were 380,000 Tatars remaining in the Southern Song Dynasty.
That’s 380,000 people!
The Song Dynasty traveled south for a hundred years, and the Jin people and the total number of Mongols that were wiped out were not that many.
A few days later, the military report was sent to Lin'an.
The people of Lin'an simply bought out all the fireworks shops.
In the following days, there was an endless stream of activities going to the West Lake, drinking wine, and worshiping ancestors. It was even more lively than the Qingming Festival not long ago.
…
"My lords, the champion defeated the strong with the weak, took prisoners, and captured more than 200,000 Tatars... It can be said that he has made indispensable contributions!"
Zhao Yun's body, which had begun to stoop due to drinking and sex, straightened his back again at this moment. When he faced the ministers, his eyes were also shining:
"I want to reward the champion so that he can continue his efforts and regain my homeland of the Song Dynasty. Do you have any suggestions?"
"Your Majesty, it is urgent to regain our homeland. However, the champion has just defeated the Tatars. If we are exhausted and go on an expedition, something unspeakable may happen. I think it is prudent to let the champion take a rest.
Summon him to come to court and question him..."
Xie Zonghe, the Minister of Rites, made a long list of words, which were summed up in two points:
First, Su Mingzhe has made great contributions, and it is difficult to repay him without generous rewards.
However, the imperial court just gave him a casual reward. There was no need to praise him too highly and entrust a young man with the important task of regaining his homeland!
Second, recovering the homeland is not only an important task, but also a greater achievement. Even if the court wants to count on Su Mingzhe to recover the homeland, it is best to arrange someone above him.
In this way, not only can the credit of Su Mingzhe be divided, but the key point can be to prevent Su Mingzhe from getting bigger, so as not to become a scourge of the Song Dynasty and cause the "Old Chenqiao Incident".
I have to say that Xie Zonghe was really talented in becoming the Minister of Rites.
His words eliminated most of Zhao Yun's passion.
Even Su Mingzhe started to feel melancholy about the reward.
There is no way, Su Mingzhe's contribution is really too great, it can be said that it is second only to the expansion of territory and the recovery of lost territory.
However, the Song Dynasty had an old system, as long as it was to expand territory, regain lost territory, and establish a king.
Before that, those who were crowned kings included Wang Anshi, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, eunuch Tong Guan, etc.
Of course, most people who are crowned kings do so posthumously.
Only a few people were crowned kings during their lifetime.
Zhao Yun was not a monarch with decisive willpower. He was moved by Xie Zonghe's words and had to ask:
"Then according to what Bachelor Xie sees, how should we handle the reward for the champion?"
In the late Song Dynasty, military generals were particularly discriminatory. This view was not only shared by civil servants, but also the emperor and military generals themselves were not immune.
"Female the Duke!"
Xie Zonghe heard the probing meaning in the emperor's mouth and immediately shouted:
"As far as I know, the champion's native place is Jeju Prefecture, so why not make him the Duke of Jining County!"
After hearing this, Emperor Zhao Yun couldn't help but nod his head and asked the officials:
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"Gentlemen, would you like to thank the bachelor for what he said?"
Many of the ministers were friends and party members of Xie Zonghe, and some realized that the emperor was satisfied with this opinion, so they stood up one after another and shouted:
"I second the proposal!"
…
Half a month later.
Chang Xi, the eunuch in charge, arrived in Xiangyang with the imperial edict to declare it.
Wait until Chang Xi finishes reading out the imperial edict of award.
"Jining County Duke?"
After receiving the imperial edict, Su Mingzhe frowned slightly, then raised his hands to the eunuch who issued the edict and smiled:
"Eunuch Chang, since the Jingkang disaster, Jeju Prefecture has been occupied for hundreds of years. I don't know what the official's intention is to award the reward now. Please give me some advice!"
"Master, I still have an imperial edict here."
Chang Xi calmly took out another imperial edict, read it out again, and then chuckled:
"My lord, the officials have high hopes for you!"
Su Mingzhe was all smiles after hearing the second imperial edict:
"The official's kindness made Su burst into tears of gratitude and wished he could repay it with death!"
This first imperial edict was a reward from the imperial court to Su Mingzhe.
In addition to being promoted to the title of Duke of Jining, there are also rewards such as fertile land, gold and silver jewelry, beautiful women, and mansions.
The second imperial edict was to ask Su Mingzhe to go to Lin'an for pilgrimage, and to hand it over quickly and rush back as soon as possible.
Su Mingzhe expressed his loyalty in front of Chang Xi, and then asked someone to help him pack his luggage and prepare to return to Lin'an with Chang Xi.
Chang Xi was very satisfied to see that Su Mingzhe had no attachment to military power at all.
You must know that as the eunuch in charge, he came to read the imperial edict in person. The most important task was that Emperor Zhao Yun ordered him to check whether Su Mingzhe was unwilling to fight for military power.
If Su Mingzhe had the slightest hesitation, showing any hint of attachment to military power.
If Su Mingzhe returns to Lin'an this time, there is no chance he will come out alive.
Fortunately, Su Mingzhe was "loyal" to Song Ting.
Chang Xi was extremely satisfied with his performance.
Before the banquet.
Su Mingzhe took Chang Xi to his back house and gave him two boxes of treasures.
This time, Kublai Khan led his army southward and plundered many belongings of the people of the Southern Song Dynasty along the way.
After Su Mingzhe captured the Tatar camp, these belongings were considered spoils of war and fell into Su Mingzhe's hands.
Although at Guo Jing's suggestion, Su Mingzhe used most of the rewards to reward soldiers and appease the local people, the remaining small part was also valuable.
Even if Su Mingzhe had been an official for a hundred years and had a salary, he still wouldn't be able to accumulate so much.
Chang Xi was naturally satisfied with the gift, and then he faced Su Mingzhe and said:
"The official family is a heroic figure. After learning that the young master used troops like a god and easily drove away the Tartars, he was determined to let the young master go north to regain the old land. Unfortunately, the ministers in the court were content with enjoying themselves and did not understand the butler's thoughts... If the young master was
It is not impossible for me to return the Song Dynasty to its old capital, even if I am granted the title of king!"
"Thank you father-in-law for your advice!"
Su Mingzhe knew what the emperor was thinking and knew what to do next.
At the banquet.
Su Mingzhe and Lu Wende, as well as the eunuchs from the army, all praised Chang Xi.
The banquet is over.
Lu Wende and the eunuchs also gave Chang Xi two boxes of gifts.
After returning to her residence, Chang Xi opened six boxes of gifts and cursed Lu Wende:
"How dare the Lu family kid bully me!?"
It turned out that the gift from Lu Wende turned out to be two boxes of silver.
These two boxes of silver were both full, which amounted to about five thousand taels.
The gifts given by Su Mingzhe and the eunuchs were all rare and valuable gold and jade items, as well as jade, agate, colored glaze, etc., each worth tens of thousands of gold, worth at least two to three hundred thousand taels.
Such a comparison shows that Lu Wende does not know how to be an official.