Chapter 324 Zhao Guan’s family has the legacy of Han Emperor Gaozu
Zhao Ji stood on the east wall of Xijing in Xia Kingdom and looked at the city.
News of the Song Army's success spread frequently, and the sound reached my ears...
"Report! Prince Pu's Mansion and the government office in Xijing City have been captured by our army..."
"Report! Three large granaries in Xijing City have been captured by our army..."
"Report! The enemies in the North City of Xijing have abandoned the city and fled. The North City has been occupied by our army..."
"Report! More than 6,000 defeated soldiers who escaped from the north city of Xijing have been hunted down by Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Guo Cheng, and Han Shizhong, and more than half of the enemies were killed...
"Report! Liu Yanqing's troops have recruited more than a thousand Xia army recruits..."
"Report! Zhang Jun, the vanguard of the central division, led more than a hundred cavalry, together with Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Wang Zhen's troops, and surrounded and annihilated the remaining Xia army's more than 2,000 cavalry two miles outside the north city of Xijing..."
"Report! Liu Guangshi surrendered more than 200 Xia Army cavalry during the encirclement and annihilation battle..."
Zhao Ji heard the good news coming frequently, his face was filled with a winner's smile, and his heart was full of pride.
Zhao Kai, Zhao Gou, Zong Ze, Yao Gu and others around him were all ecstatic after hearing that the Song army had won successive victories...
They knew that only after the current Zhao Guan family's personal expedition and wise command, and bringing so many gunpowder and hot weapons to the Song army, could they achieve the feat of conquering Xijing City, the capital of the Xia Kingdom. Such a great achievement surpassed those before the Song Dynasty.
All emperors.
As the cries of killing in the city gradually subsided, several groups of reporting officers reported back to Zhao Guanjia: The Song Army has fully occupied and controlled Xijing City...
In the early morning of that day, Zhao Ji issued an order: the imperial driver moved to the city.
Protecting Zhao Guan's family were hundreds of personal officials from the Imperial City Division.
Wearing armor and holding weapons, they closely guarded Zhao Guan's house to ensure its safety.
Protecting the outer layer of Zhao Guan's imperial chariot was Yao Gu's army.
Zhao Ji led the 10,000 Song troops from Yao Gu's tribe and entered the city in a mighty manner. Their faces were filled with the joy and pride of the victors.
Zhao Ji rode on a war horse and moved forward slowly. Wherever he looked, there was chaos.
After the war, the streets of Xijing City in Xia Kingdom were filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood.
The people in the city were so scared that they closed their homes and did not dare to go out. Only a few brave people peeked at the cracks in the doors to peek at this mighty army that had just won a great victory...
Rivers of blood flowed on the streets, and corpses of Xia Jun who had not had time to escape could be seen everywhere. Some were lying in the middle of the road, and some fell in corners, with frightened and desperate expressions still on their faces.
Of course, a small number of Song soldiers were also killed in the close-quarter pursuit battles in the streets when the Song army entered the city.
As Zhao Ji walked along the street, he could occasionally see the corpses of one or two Song soldiers among the more than twenty corpses of the Xia army lying scattered.
When he saw this scene, he felt heavy and complicated.
War is cruel, and no one will die in a war.
However, Zhao Ji firmly believed that only war and military unification could achieve the unification of China.
'Only after I unify China can our Song Dynasty and the Han Dynasty become more prosperous and stronger, and will not be invaded and humiliated by foreign enemies, and the people can live a better life.'
After Zhao Ji entered the city, he was not dazzled by the victory. He immediately arranged his troops and horses to defend the city...
He took his seat as the head of the government office in Xijing, summoned all the soldiers who had returned in triumph, and seated them in the hall.
Under the personal auspices of Zhao Ji, Zongze reported his military exploits according to the pre-calculated reports from various Song armies, and began to reward the officers and soldiers who captured Xijing City during the summer expedition...
Zhang Jun, a primary school student sitting at the bottom of the Xijing City Government Office, was both nervous and excited.
He never expected that he, who was just a junior under the Seed Master, would have the honor to meet the saint and be granted a seat by Zhao Guan's family!
He secretly looked around at the many big shots in the government office lobby. Everyone of them had a higher official position than himself.
According to the list of merit awards that he and Zhao Guan's family had discussed together, Zongze still awarded Zhongshi Dao, Zhongshizhong, Yao Gu, Liu Yanqing, Guo Cheng, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing, and Wang
More than 20 generals including Gui, Zhang Xian, Niu Gao, etc. received promotions, promotions, and property rewards...
When Zongze finally said:
"Jinwu School Lieutenant Zhang Jun came forward to listen to the order..."
Zhang Jun stood up from his seat nervously, kneeling in the hall with excitement.
"The last general, Zhang Jun, listens to the order."
Zongze looked at the strong man Zhang Jun with an appreciative look. Judging from his extraordinary appearance, he should be around thirty-four or five years old, and he should be the same age as Han Shizhong.
"Zhang Jun, the captain of the Jinwu School, accompanied the Central Division of the Zhong Division in the battle to attack the Xijing City of Xia Kingdom. He took the lead in attacking the enemy's Xicheng City. Later, in the process of pursuing the enemy, Zhang Jun led more than a hundred of his cavalry to kill the enemy.
There were more than a thousand soldiers, but Zhang Jun killed more than 300 enemies alone!"
"The Zhao official family heard that Zhang Jun killed the enemy so bravely and had great military exploits, so they ordered Zhang Jun to enter the palace and face the saint to receive the seal!"
Zongze announced this, and he very wisely presented the list of awards to Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Ji took over the list of conferred halls and looked at Zhang Jun who had made great military exploits. He felt very complicated.
Before that, he specially called the Zhongshizhong to check Zhang Jun's background, military experience and other information.
According to Zhong Shizhong: Zhang Jun, who fought bravely in the attack on Xijing City of Xia Kingdom and killed many enemies, was named Boying and was born in Chengji, Qinzhou...
Zhang Jun was born in poverty and joined the army as a young boy. He became an archer in the army at the age of 16 and has been in the army for 20 years. Because Zhang Jun had many military exploits in the Song-Xia war in the past few years, he was promoted from a small soldier to a soldier.
He was promoted to a low-level military attaché of the fifty-third rank and became a military officer.
By the way, this Zhang Jun was one of the four historical generals of the Zhongxing Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty. He was also one of the participants who killed Yue Fei in history.
However, Zhao Ji still plans to reuse Zhang Jun.
Zhao Ji has the courage to reuse talents in an eclectic way.
Besides, Zhang Jun in history was definitely on the side of Emperor Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty.
He is absolutely loyal to the king.
Besides, Zhao Ji thinks he is not a foolish king. As long as Yue Fei in this world is as loyal as Yue Fei in history, he will never have the slightest intention of harming Yue Fei.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Besides, in history, Zhang Jun began to rise to prominence because in the first year of Jingkang (i.e. 1126 AD), the Jin army attacked Taiyuan, and Zhang Jun accompanied the army of Zhongshi to help.
, and then gradually began to be reused.
When King Kang Zhao Gou became the Grand Marshal of the Army, Zhang Jun immediately led his troops to follow him, and he was promoted to the commander of the rear army of the Marshal's Mansion. After Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, came to the throne, Zhang Jun was appointed the commander of the front army of the Imperial Camp Division.
After the mutiny of Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou was deposed. Under Zhang Jun's control, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong put down the Miao Liu Incident. Zhang Jun was promoted to the commander of the Imperial Right Army Capital for his meritorious service, and paid homage to Jiedu Envoy.
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At that time, Zhang Jun began to rise to prominence.
Zhao Ji knew that because of the arrival of his time traveler, the humiliation of Jingkang would never happen again, so Zhang Jun would no longer have a chance to take off in his career.
Now, if Zhang Jun is not praised for his merits, he may always be just a low-level officer under his command in the army.
Zhao Ji has the confidence to make good use of a great general like Zhang Jun.
He also firmly believes that he can coordinate the relationship between Zhang Jun and Yue Fei so that he will no longer become an "accomplice" who harmed Yue Fei like Zhang Jun in history.
With his thoughts at this point, Zhao Ji opened the merit list written by Zong Ze and read out loudly:
"Enter the martial arts school captain Zhang Jun to receive the title."
Zhang Jun listened closely to the holy words. He was so nervous that his body trembled slightly. He knelt in front of Zhao Guanjia and kowtowed to listen to the seal.
Zhao Ji leisurely said: "According to the "Regulations on Rewards and Punishments in the Military" that were previously formulated and promulgated, I promoted Zhang Jun to the rank of Wu Delang due to his great achievements in defeating many enemies in this battle, and rewarded him with money.
A thousand strings..."
After Zhang Jun heard that he had been rewarded personally by Zhao Guan's family, he was so excited that his eyes were red, and he thanked him with a trembling voice:
"Weak minister Zhang Jun, thank you Lord for your kindness! Long live my emperor..."
Zhang Jun's original rank as a military attache was only a low-level military attache of the fifty-third rank according to the Song Dynasty military attaché hierarchy. But now Zhang Jun was promoted to Wu Delang by Zhao Guan's family, which was a thirty-sixth rank!
Relying on his own ability and his outstanding performance in killing enemies bravely on the battlefield, Zhang Jun was promoted to seventeen levels in a row and became a mid-level military general, which made everyone present admire him...
Zhao Ji looked at Zhang Jun who was extremely passive and excited. He knew that this exceptional promotion of Zhang Jun based on merit was equivalent to a company commander in later generations being promoted to regimental commander due to merit.
Zhao Ji called Zhang Jun's name affectionately and encouraged:
"Bo Ying, if you are so loyal and brave today on the battlefield, you will definitely have a bright future!"
Zhang Jun was moved to tears and kowtowed again to express his gratitude.
"Weak minister Zhang Jun, thank you Lord for your kindness. Long live my emperor!"
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Zhao Ji was in the Xijing government office of the Xia Kingdom and began to discuss arrangements for the aftermath of the Song army's occupation of the Xia army's capital...
"One hundred and nineteen years ago, this place was the Lingzhou City of our Song Dynasty. Now, my imperial commander personally marches and all the soldiers work hard to capture the enemy's Xijing and regain this lost land."
"Therefore, I would like to rename this city Lingzhou City of the Song Dynasty. What do you think of it, my dear friends?"
Zongze, whose face was full of joy, immediately started happily:
"This is how it should be if an official is a sage. If the name is right, everything will go smoothly..."
Zhongshi Dao, Zhongshi Zhong, Yao Gu, Liu Yanqing, Guo Cheng, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun, Wu Jie, Yang Zaixing and more than 20 generals who had just returned in triumph and were here to discuss the matter all expressed their agreement.
The Zhao Guan family renamed Xijing, the capital of the newly conquered Xia Kingdom, Lingzhou.
Zhao Ji added: "When I led the army into the city this morning, I saw that tens of thousands of people in the city were so scared that our army was attacking the city. They closed their homes and did not dare to go out."
"Now the people in the city are in a state of panic. After our officers and soldiers won this great victory, they will easily become arrogant and arrogant, and even more likely to commit acts of burning, killing, looting and adultery."
"Therefore, I have made a three-part agreement with the army and the people: those who kill will die, and those who injure others and steal will be punished; and the rest will be abolished."
"I imitated the three-chapter law that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty made when he entered Xianyang, and made this law, publicized it and made it widely known. The army and the people must abide by each other, and any violation will be punished!"
"During this transitional period, I will use this method not only to make the people in the city abide by it, but also to make the officers and soldiers of our Song Dynasty strictly abide by it. In this way, the soldiers and people of Lingzhou City, which has just been recovered by the Song Dynasty, can return to their hearts!"
"My beloved sir, what do you think?"
Zongze, Shi Shidao and more than 20 generals all expressed their approval...
Zongze, who was upright and disliked flattery, expressed his sincere admiration after hearing the three chapters of the Zhao Guan family's agreement:
"The Zhao Guan family really has the legacy of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty! This is why the Song Dynasty prospered!"
All the generals nodded in agreement...
Zhao Jidao: "Since all the beloved ministers unanimously agree with the three chapters of the covenant I have formulated, I will let Zong Aiqing prepare an edict and quickly promulgate it and implement it, so that everyone in our army and the people in the city will know and abide by this law!"
"I obey the decree." Zongze followed Zhao Guanjia's instructions on the spot and quickly drafted a three-chapter edict.
Zhao Ji took the edict from Zong Zecheng. After reading it, he immediately stamped it with a red seal and gave it to military officials to copy many copies and promulgate it for implementation...
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During the ensuing discussion between the monarch and his ministers, Zongze raised a difficult question:
"Wei minister Zongze reported to the officials that after our Song Dynasty officers and soldiers entered the city, they captured the civil servants and officials in the Xijing City of the original Xia Kingdom, a total of 1,969 people."
Zhao Ji nodded and said that he had heard this report before.
"The humble minister Zongze dares to ask the officials how they will deal with them? Should they be killed? Or should they be kept? Let the officials decide!"
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said:
“Don’t kill them all, and don’t kill none of them!”
The generals looked at Zhao Guan's house in confusion.
Zongze could already guess some of Zhao Guanjia's intentions, but he still waited honestly for Zhao Guanjia to say something.
"What I mean is: among the nearly two thousand civil servants and officials of the original Xia Kingdom captured by our army, those who sincerely surrender to the Song Dynasty will be temporarily retained in their original posts. Those who swear to death and refuse to surrender will be killed without mercy!"
All the generals present agreed with the correct decision made by Zhao Guanjia.
They all praised:
"The official sage..."
“This method works!”
"Using the officials of Xijing, the capital of the original Xia Dynasty, to govern Lingzhou, which has just been recovered by the Song Dynasty, is the best policy. The officials are wise and the people are blessed..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "The good deeds performed by the officials who entered the enemy's country today to accompany the capital are comparable to those of the Han emperor who did not commit any crimes when he entered Xianyang in the autumn and was able to forgive and surrender..."
"Official sage, long live my emperor..."
Zhao Ji listened to the praises of the generals, but he was not lost in the sound of praise.
He continued talking about business and said:
"After my Song army entered the city, they captured several large granaries in the city."
"I heard that during Li Renzhong's lifetime, in order to defend the city for a long time due to the danger of the city, he forcibly confiscated the food from the homes of all officials, merchants and civilians in the city and returned it to the public. Each family received the minimum daily consumption based on the number of people in the city.
Food to ensure adequate supply of food for the Xia army defending the city."
"Li Renzhong never imagined that this move would make this city full of complaints. He had forced so much food to be requisitioned, and now it has all been owned by my Song Dynasty officers and soldiers..."
Among the more than 20 generals present, many people praised Zhao Guanjia's words, thinking that the Song army received so much food because God blessed the officials and provided the Song army with supplies...
However, a few people, such as Zong Ze, Zhong Shidao, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Zhang Jun, all frowned and started to chant:
"The humble minister Zongze will report to the official family."
"Chen Ze believes that Li Renzhong plundered the people's food in the city during his lifetime. After our army retained part of it, the remaining food should be distributed to the people in the city for free. Otherwise, if the people starve due to lack of food, there may be a civil uprising!"
"The humble minister is a teacher and agrees with the Privy Envoy's words."
"Han Shizhong, a humble minister, also agrees!"
"The humble minister Yue Fei also agrees..."
"The humble minister Zhang Jun also agrees with the Privy Councilor's words..."
"Hahaha……"
Zhao Ji laughed loudly and deliberately said:
"But I don't agree with the Privy Councilor's words!"
"I have a better plan!"
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