Qiao Hu was noncommittal about this. His favorite thing in the army was the sword that stabbed the head. As long as he could train it well, it would definitely be an invincible sword on the battlefield.
He, Qiao Hu, was once a thorn in the army. It was only after several battles that he understood the painstaking efforts of the instructors who had trained him.
So before he came to the military academy, he was already prepared to train the thorn head
But it wasn't until Qiao Hu came to Lin'an Military Academy that he discovered that Han Shizhong's so-called thorns were not the big bosses in the army at all, but some powerful young men.
It could easily be that his father is the Duke of the country, or his uncle is some high official in the court.
Beat them, they are so pampered that they can't stand it; scold them, every ancestor is particularly famous.
But he couldn't be beaten or scolded. The most annoying thing was that a few bastards dared to openly oppose him as an instructor, and didn't take him seriously at all.
Every time during training, Qiao Hu thought to himself, it's our Han family army. If those soldiers who are carrying the Wei army come and don't beat your heads to pieces, my name, Qiao Hu, will be written upside down.
The name of Bei Weijun was already well known among the Song army, and the myth of following the emperor to defeat 40,000 Jin elites with five thousand soldiers could be spread far and wide.
Especially before they were defeated, those elite members of the Golden Army had the title of absolute invincibility.
But what really made Bei Weijun famous in the Song Army was not this, but a rumor about ordinary soldiers.
At that time, Qiao Hu once heard that Bei Weijun was very fond of Liu Chan. No matter what trouble Bei Weijun got into, as long as it was reasonable and reasonable, regardless of whether it was a big mistake, Liu Chan would not pursue it too much.
Qiao Hu sneered at this and said that you had never seen anyone get into big trouble. At that time, a soldier suddenly came around and said something related to his brother, which confused Qiao Hu on the spot.
The story is like this
When Huizong of the Song Dynasty was still Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, there was a prince in the north who had existed since the founding of the Song Dynasty. On weekdays, he could be said to do all kinds of evil in the countryside, oppressing the people, and even scolding soldiers at every turn. With him, he was the king of the country.
As a public servant, he is unscrupulous.
Song Huizong knew about it, but he only warned him and took no other action. Naturally, the officials in those places were angry but did not dare to say anything.
After the Jin Kingdom captured the north, the Duke disappeared. The people thought he had been killed by the Jin soldiers, and they all applauded in celebration.
But who would have thought that after the Song Dynasty regained the north, he would actually appear again and continue to rely on his status as a prince to do all kinds of evil, oppressing the people and living in a land of fish and meat.
Liu Qi, who was stabilizing people's livelihood in the north, and his Eight-Character Army could not do anything to him, but kept persuading him. As a result, the Duke's arrogance became even more arrogant, and he actually injured several soldiers of the Eight-Character Army.
But Liu Qi was also helpless about it.
Qiao Hu felt that not only Liu Qi, but also Han Shizhong would be helpless if he arrived. After all, he was a prince, and who else would dare to attack the prince except His Majesty.
Then Yue Yun led his Weiwei army to arrive. No one thought that they would actually dare to take action.
The Duke thought that the Wei army was just an ordinary Song army, and he did not take them seriously either.
Once again, after several Bei Weijun defeated the bandits, the prince actually dared to let his son snatch Bei Weijun's loot. One of Beiwei's soldiers had never been so angry. He was not used to it at all, and his warnings were ineffective.
After that, he killed his son directly.
If he dares to steal the army's trophies, he will not break any laws even if he kills him, but he is the Duke of the country after all.
The Duke was dumbfounded on the spot, and then he cried loudly and wanted to go to Yue Yun to seek justice after catching the Bei Weijun. He also shouted for his servants to kill him directly, while the Beiwei Jun was
Cleaning up his trophies, he didn't have time to chat with them, so he directly killed everyone except the Duke.
As for the Duke, they really spared him, but they just didn't kill him. They just gave him a beating!
After the prince was beaten, he didn't dare to stay any longer. He left in despair after leaving a harsh word.
After Qiao Hu heard the news, he felt very sad, but he was immediately worried about backing the Wei army. After all, they were the princes of the country. They were just ordinary soldiers, how could they compete with others.
After the Duke reported the matter to Yue Yun, he thought that Yue Yun would handle it, but Yue Yun slapped two big mouths on him, then asked his subordinates to beat him up, and threw the Duke away.
Arrived outside the military camp.
Qiao Hu also asked at that time, why is that boy Yue Yun so bold? Aren't you afraid that His Majesty will punish him?
Yue Yun originally belonged to the Han family army, and Qiao Hu was somewhat familiar with him. However, Yue Yun was still a young boy at that time, and he did not expect that he would become the commander-in-chief of an army in a blink of an eye.
Then the soldier suddenly became excited and spoke eloquently.
The soldier said, who would have thought that when His Majesty heard about this, he did not blame the soldier. Instead, he rewarded him greatly, saying that he was not afraid of the powerful and did not lose the reputation of carrying the Wei army. If the Duke of the country really took the back
The spoils of war for the Wei Army, and if they remained silent, then carrying the Wei Army would be a disgrace to them, and they would lose the face of the Wei Army.
When they heard this, the soldiers around Qiao Hu all clapped their hands and applauded, saying that the Beiwei Army was indeed the most capable cavalry in the Song Army.
Then someone asked, "What happened to the Duke later?"
The soldier took a sip of water and continued, Your Majesty sent people to raid the Duke's family, revoked the Duke's title, and demoted them all into slaves.
The soldier also said that His Majesty said something at that time:
"I'm just a prince, how dare I chill the hearts of the soldiers who protect our country."
Qiao Hu remembered this sentence very clearly and it was still fresh in his memory.
However, he knew that he could not be as tough as Bei Weijun, who could kill people at will without being punished. After all, it was Bei Weijun, who was favored by the emperor and was not serving the country. If other armies did the same, I am afraid there would be nothing
Good ending,
That's why he turned a blind eye to the powerful children in the military academy and didn't even ask what they did. Even if no one came during their training, even if they kept making trouble, the military academy was in a mess.
Yes, Qiao Hu still said nothing.
There was no way, as the chief instructor Han Shizhong didn't say anything, how could he dare to say more.
However, his disappointment in Han Shizhong grew day by day. Yue Yun could slap a prince in the face for his own soldiers, but your Han Shizhong status was higher than Yue Yun, so why didn't you say a word?
No one could answer Qiao Hu's question, so he continued to remain silent.
But when he saw those rich and powerful children who usually showed no scruples at the gate of the military academy actually came to train, he subconsciously thought that he was still dreaming.
He looked up at the sun and was about to pinch himself when he suddenly saw a group of people carrying several plaques. The leader was a eunuch.
Only then did he realize that it was someone from the palace. No wonder they all became so honest.
In the Song Dynasty, Liu Chan was Heaven, so the people in the palace represented Heaven's will.
Qiao Hu quickly sent someone to ask Han Shizhong to come over, and he greeted him with a smile on his face. The children who were trained in the military academy stood upright one by one, but their trembling postures made people laugh.
After a while, Han Shizhong was seen running over in a hurry. He stopped, clasped his fists and said to Zhao Hao: "I didn't know that Eunuch Zhao was coming, but I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me."
"Master Han is still so polite. I think you look good. You must know that His Majesty has been particularly dissatisfied with you recently. So, please ask me to send you some plaques."
Zhao Hao said angrily.
"Oh, I dare to bother Your Majesty. It's my fault."
Han Shizhong still looked respectful, without saying anything wrong.
Zhao Hao bared his teeth, saying that Han Shizhong was not interesting at all. He made a joke with him to lighten the atmosphere, but he acted in a serious manner.
"Hey, Mr. Han, don't say such nice things. Doing things for His Majesty is the most important thing. Mr. Han should hurry up and sign this plaque and think about what to do. Then we can go back to our respective homes."
When Han Shizhong heard this, he looked at what the person behind him was holding. Zhao Hao asked someone to lift the curtain and saw the plaque clearly written:
If you want to be an official and make a fortune, please go elsewhere. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, go to this place.
As soon as Qiao Hu saw the words on the plaque, he immediately understood what Liu Chan meant. If he really followed what was written on the plaque, how could he be so angry after coming to the military academy? Then he looked at Han Shizhong with a dissatisfied look, saying:
Your Majesty has said so, and you still do it, aren't you just looking for anger?
Han Shizhong smiled bitterly. How could he not know what Liu Chan meant? But facing so many powerful people, could he really do that? Once he offended all the powerful people in Lin'an, how could Han Shizhong stay here?
Zhao Hao has been following Liu Chan for a long time. He saw that Liu Chan had beaten Han Shizhong many times. But it seemed that Han Shizhong did not change at all every time, and now he still thinks that neither side will be offended.
There was no way, Zhao Hao knew as soon as he saw Han Shizhong's expression that he was still stubborn. If Liu Chan were here, he would definitely give him a good beating. He felt that as the eunuch beside Liu Chan, he should give Han Shizhong some good advice.
After all, he is a good person, don't do anything wrong.
"Master Han seems to have a bad look on his face. Is there any problem? Why don't you tell me, maybe I can help you understand."
"Eunuch Zhao is too worried. I will send someone to put the plaque up right away."
Zhao Hao gritted his teeth and pulled Han Shizhong's arm, calmed down his mood, and said calmly: "Master Han, you and I are old acquaintances. Do you mind if I give you a heads up?"
"Please tell me."
Han Shizhong pretended to be all ears.
"It stands to reason that you have been with His Majesty much longer than I have. You must know better than me what kind of character His Majesty is."
Han Shizhong complained in his heart, the longer I stay with His Majesty, the less I know what kind of character His Majesty is. Your Majesty's character is like my mother's face, it changes at will. He used to be timid, but now he has become violent.
, Just kill someone if you want to, without regard to the person’s status.
"Eunuch Zhao, what do you want to say?"
"Have you not seen it clearly, Mr. Han? Your Majesty's meaning is the most important now, and it is what we must consider first. Those powerful people are indeed very powerful, but they are nothing compared to Your Majesty. The affairs of Hu Guogong's family
, haven’t you seen it clearly yet?”
Hu Guozheng was the Duke of that family mentioned before, but unlike what Qiao Hu knew, Liu Chan did not just simply ransack the house. Instead, he killed all the guilty ones and those who seemed to be guilty.
In short, Hu Guogong's family has been completely wiped out.
This incident caused a great stir in the court, and Han Shizhong, who was in the military academy, naturally heard about it. In the end, Liu Chan was forced to walk out of the harem and threw his sword directly onto the court, saying that anyone who dared to object again would be killed.
Got him.
As a result, the entire court was silent. Zhao Ding was not afraid of death and wanted to refute, but was knocked unconscious by Liu Chan and sent back to the mansion.
Then Liu Chan said something else in the court: "Whatever kind of power you enjoy, you should pay what kind of obligations. If he is really the Duke of the country, he should bravely resist when the Jin soldiers invade the south. A greedy and afraid of death.
What a duke! He has disgraced the country and should have died ten thousand times long ago.
Zhao Hao continued: "That is to say, you still care about those powerful people. Look at which ministers in the court think highly of them now. When the country was in crisis, they did not serve the country with their own lives. Now that the world is at peace, they want to come and eat a piece of the fruit. How can this happen?
It's a good thing. Do you think that His Majesty's sword alone can intimidate the court? Those ministers just want His Majesty to have a clear attitude. Now that His Majesty has shown his attitude, you still can't tell!"
Han Shizhong also sighed: "You think I don't know, but look at this military academy. In addition to the children of the powerful, there are also many children of the high officials in the court today. What can I do if you ask me to do it?
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Zhao Hao scratched his head and thought that Han Shizhong was usually quite smart, so why couldn't he understand what he meant?
"Master Han, you must know that His Majesty's attitude is the first priority. You always want to avoid offending both sides, but that is possible. Now you can see clearly that His Majesty's attitude towards the Kingdom of Jin is to fight. Then you can
Think about it carefully, how are the ministers of the peace faction? Haven't you shed enough blood in Lin'an? Haven't you seen His Majesty's prestige clearly?"
Now that things have happened, the ministers in the court have also reacted. It was not the prince's idea to kill the ministers of the peace faction, but Liu Chan's idea. The prince is just a knife in Liu Chan's hand!
But so what if they reacted, the position in the court has changed. Not only did the ministers who were leading the battle not oppose Liu Chan, but they also supported it very much. Even the prince won over a group of his own team because of this.
In fact, it's not that Han Shizhong didn't understand, it's just that he subconsciously regarded Liu Chan as Zhao Gou and felt that if he offended someone, Liu Chan would definitely not retaliate against him.
Coupled with the fact that Han Shizhong was too stubborn, things seemed particularly disorganized.
Historically, when Qin Hui murdered Yue Fei for no reason, Han Shizhong did not say a word. Only after Yue Fei died did he ask Qin Hui why he wanted to kill Yue Fei.
"I understand what Eunuch Zhao said. Please tell your Majesty that I will definitely act in accordance with your Majesty's wishes and will never let down your Majesty's regard."
Han Shizhong finally gave up his hesitation, his eyes became firm, and expressed his belief in Liu Chan.