There is no doubt that military parades and reward distribution are strenuous activities.
From the high-ranking officials, Xianggong, Taiwei, to the top soldiers below, everyone is very hard because everyone has to do a lot of repetitive work.
Of course, the soldiers below may feel better because they have been rewarded with real money and silk.
Relatively speaking, from the perspective of Zhao Guan's family, he should have had some compensation such as spiritual satisfaction... For example, tens of thousands of victorious troops shouted long live, and the officials' horses marched horizontally along the bank of Bianhuang, and their pride grew spontaneously.
The so-called life is like this, what else can I ask for... This is nonsense!
To be honest, after experiencing so many battlefields, especially the Battle of Yanling, where 70,000 to 80,000 troops were involved in a general attack, Zhao Jiu no longer felt much about this kind of military parade. One morning plus one afternoon, that’s it.
Feel tired.
As for the governors, the governors, and the officials in the Privy Council, they were in an even worse mood... because they were money-spreaders, and seeing that the money and silk were almost gone, everyone felt a little guilty.
In fact, it stands to reason that the Song Dynasty must have money. Southeast, Jingxiang, Lianghuai, and Bashu were all saved, and the problems of redundant officials, redundant troops, and the waste of the royal family during the Jingkang Incident were all solved by the Jurchens in disguise. Then
According to past experience, as long as the remaining places are connected by transportation, it will certainly be no problem to support the imperial camp of more than 200,000 troops... The Huainan two roads alone cost millions of silks in a year. Is this fake?
However, we must also look at the current reality of Henan being depleted and the Southeast being unstable... If the Southeast cannot be stabilized quickly, there will still be financial problems; as for Henan, to put it harshly, it is a bottomless pit.
Therefore, after all the money accumulated in Xiangyang and Nanyang was thrown out, everyone felt a little uneasy.
However, it must be said that this kind of uneasiness is essentially a kind of progress... When the Zhao Guan family had people scrape the golden body of the Taoist ancestor in Bozhou, and when all the officials in Shunchang Mansion shared two barrels of 'Jiang Shilang', that
If one is at the end of his rope, there will be no uneasiness.
The current uneasiness is obviously because the Song Dynasty has regained the appearance of a serious court, and is a specific worry derived from the idea of running a serious court.
As for the commanders who made a big fuss in front of the imperial court last night, for some reason, each one is more honest than the other today.
Of course, there is still a lot to pretend.
Han Shizhong wore a jade belt, with his chest and belly raised, but he took the initiative to lead the horse for Zhao Guan's family several times; Zhang Jun didn't know whose advice he listened to, and actually rewarded all the Sichuan brocade he received last night to his accompanying tribesmen; Li Yanxian, the "mainstay"
'The flag was hung up early, sitting there like a wooden sculpture...
But Yue Fei, Wang Yan, Wang De, and Lu Qing were just honest.
Let me tell you, there is a reason for this.
According to what Zhao Guanjia said in the south of the city after arriving yesterday, although it has not yet been implemented, there is no doubt about the top three among these generals, and their order is clear.
Han Shizhong was the governor of Shaobao and two towns, ranking first;
Zhang Jun is the Shaobao and Yi Zhen Jiedushi, obviously the second;
Li Yanxian was only the military envoy of a town, but he also had a Yongxing military route manager and pacification envoy who was not in the military rank, and half of the Yongxing military route was still within the control area of the Song Dynasty. This significance was comparable to that of Yue Fei.
The unscrupulous envoys and the envoys in the enemy-occupied areas of Wang Yan were too strong, not to mention that he was also in charge of the imperial camp and the army?
Therefore, Li Yanxian is undoubtedly third.
But going forward, the order of Wang Yan and Yue Fei, in order to protect Yue Fei, the Zhao family was deliberately vague and did not discuss it too much. That is to say, the so-called four kings must have the feeling of five... Therefore, today's military parade
, basically the first three were being honest while pretending, and the remaining four were just being honest. Even Wang De, who was the most troubled yesterday, was a bit pretending to be dead today.
All in all, in this grand military parade held in the north of Heyin City and south of the Yellow River, due to different statuses, although everyone did not have their own thoughts, their postures were also completely different.
However, today's protagonists are not these people, and today's drama is not about the grand military parade that lasted from morning to noon.
In the afternoon, the military parade ended safely. Although there was not enough food and wine, we still tried our best to hold a comprehensive banquet...reward, reward, and a delicious meal is always inevitable.
Zhao Guanjia himself was also on the military parade stage, holding a public royal banquet. Different from the small banquet last night, this time the military commanders and above, including Niu Gao, who had been promoted to commander by Zhao Guanjia, and those from Yue Fei's department who were suppressed as commanders.
High-ranking generals such as Li Kui, Tang Huai, Li Bao, Li Zhang and others were all allowed to have banquets in front of the emperor.
In the official residence, the prime minister is on the left, the commander-in-chief and the imperial camp are on the right, Wang Yuan is on the right, the provincial escort class and the imperial class are the deputy commander-in-chief, and then there are six departments, nine temples, five prisons and six courtyards, chief officials, Hanlin bachelors, and Yushitai.
The important officials are lined up with the chief ministers, dozens of officers in charge of various ministries, and the commanders are lined up with the commanders and ministers... There are all kinds of people, just civil and military officials with real power, but there are actually hundreds of seats.
If Wanyan Talan had turned around, sneaked across the Yellow River, and then passed through dozens of miles of military camps, and finally succeeded in raiding here, I am afraid that the Song Dynasty would really have perished in Heyin.
After three rounds of drinking, to celebrate the longevity of the emperor, to congratulate the great victory, and to mourn the ancestral minister, everyone was slightly drunk, but seemed a little restrained.
Because everyone was at a loss after that...According to the banquet rules, the royal banquet should include singing, dancing, acrobatics, and sumo wrestling. When there are many civil servants, there will naturally be poetry. When there are many generals, there will naturally be as much excitement as yesterday.
As for today's banquet, there should be no shortage of everything.
But to be honest, Zhao Guan's song "Qingyun Case" has dominated the Lantern Festival poems throughout the ages. Who among the civil servants dares to show off their literary talents without authorization? The seven commanders were so tossing yesterday, and they have already become honest today. The group of commanders and commanders below have also
Who dares to do this?
As for acrobatics, singing, dancing, and sumo wrestling... who has seen them since Jingkang?
Is it possible to wait until Taiwei Wang Dewang drinks too much and invite Mrs. Liang from Taiwei Han's house to dance? Then, regardless of success or failure, the singing, dancing and sumo wrestling will always be the same?
Of course, Zhao Guan's family is not that stingy. Since he has prepared such a grand banquet, he naturally has a program to present.
"The officials have oral instructions, but there is no dance and music in the army, so sumo wrestling should be used to entertain." Seeing the right moment, Feng Yi, the guard, suddenly stepped forward and announced in a loud voice.
There were a lot of exclamations on the reviewing stand, and then almost everyone was excited.
In addition, sumo wrestling has always been a popular sport for everyone in the Song Dynasty. It is not only popular among the people, but also among literati, nobles and the royal family. In the later heyday, almost every royal banquet or state banquet would have a professional royal sumo wrestler.
Performances. As the saying goes, what is good at the top is reflected on the bottom. Before Jingkang, it had developed to the point where almost every family in the nobility, wealthy families, big families, and even civil servants' houses supported sumo wrestlers. When they usually attended banquets, there were a row of people behind them.
Sumo wrestlers line up side by side and go out to fight at any time to win face for the main family.
However, among them, the imperial sumo wrestlers raised by the royal family must be the most outstanding.
Back to the present moment, today's review of the three armies, with civil and military forces gathered in the military camp, is there any more suitable entertainment program than the sumo wrestling performance of the Zhao and Song royal families?
So, as soon as this statement was made, almost everyone was eagerly waiting to see what level of sumo wrestlers the official family had gathered in Tokyo these days.
The reviewing stand made of rammed earth had steps in order to facilitate the review. It naturally formed a viewing platform that everyone could use together without getting up. As Feng Yi spoke, soon, on the reviewing stand,
On the flat ground in front, hundreds of imperial guardsmen immediately surged up and roughly surrounded a place.
Everyone became more and more excited, because this is the posture of sumo wrestling in front of the emperor. In the past, when the royal family held sumo wrestling, they would have to surround themselves with soldiers, set up flags and drums, and then, for some reason, they would allow the onlookers and dignitaries to place bets on the spot, and then the winner would have to win.
As for money, there is no reward from officials, and the loser has nothing to worry about, because there are officials who will pay for the loser.
However, just a moment later, all the civil and military personnel present changed their colors, because Yang Yizhong personally came to the stage and brought a group of special 'sumo wrestlers'... At first, some people thought they had seen it wrong, but as no one dared to look down upon it,
Commander Yang came to the stage to salute and report, but no one had any doubts. Some of the commanders who were from the Tokyo Remaining Department were even a little panicked.
"Official!"
Yang Yizhong bowed his head and bowed. "The traitor Zhang Yu and his thirty officers have been brought here."
Not far away, the entire military camp was still in a commotion, but the reviewing stand where the imperial commander was sitting was already silent. Several ministers frowned slightly, thinking about each other, but because Zhao Guanjia did not explain the reason, they were anxious to give advice.
But it is conceivable that if Zhao Guan's family really wanted to do something bloody and shameless on the spot without any reason, such as forcing Zhang Yu and his subordinates to fight each other for fun instead of punishing them, then not only them, but also all the ministers here would be sure
Will protest!
Moreover, don't the officials know that Zhang Yu is from the Tokyo Left-behind Department, and he will die as soon as he dies. Wouldn't making an issue on such an occasion make the officials of the Tokyo Left-behind Department suspicious?
While they were being reorganized, there should have been no additional stimulation for these military leaders.
"Bring the people up." After the military parade, Zhao Guanjia, who had changed into his bright red uniform, had a calm face, but he responded directly.
Yang Yizhong turned around and just waved, and then some soldiers pulled dozens of people tied with ropes to the stage. The leader was the former commander of the Tokyo Left Behind Department, and they were met by a swarm of people.
But when Zhang Yu came to the stage, he was covered in filth and mess. Even though he was so majestic in the past, he still managed to remain calm and raised his head in silence... In fact, this was because he knew in his heart that if he really had a chance to survive, he would definitely kneel down.
On the contrary, I am trying to save my life by taking advantage of the many former colleagues in the Tokyo Remaining Department on the stage.
However, isn't this where the blame for the Nanyang War lies? Everyone including himself knows that he is destined to have no good outcome?
As an official soldier, he cleaned up the anti-Jin civil and military forces in the city, opened the city and dropped gold, which directly destroyed the Wuhe defense line. After dropping the gold, he coerced the soldiers and people in the city and drove them to besiege the capital where the official family of the Song Dynasty was located, and repeatedly faced off against the Nanyang army.
They fought; after being defeated, he walked west in embarrassment, only to encounter a mutiny, and was defeated by Zhai Chong from Xiping, and all his troops and horses were wiped out... After all the battles, he had no possibility of survival.
I just don’t know how to die!
"Are you the one who swarmed Zhang Yu?" Zhao Jiu asked calmly. "Nanyang City drove the people to fill ditches and then built the tunnel?"
Zhang Yu glanced at the young official in a red robe sitting in the seat and said nothing.
"You, and your subordinates, are guilty of unpardonable crimes, but today's imperial military parade rewards you with a chance." Zhao Jiu did not pay attention to the other party's unreasonableness, nor did he pay attention to the countless raised eyebrows on the left.
The 'critic' who came out continued to talk to himself. "I heard that in your army, you drove the soldiers and the people to serve as soldiers. The soldiers and the people did not allow it, so you asked them to fight each other in pairs to determine life and death, and then the dead were abandoned.
Earth, the living are the dead... Today I must repay the people in the same way as they were!"
Zhang Yu was finally moved, but somewhat unbelievable. The thirty officers behind him also looked happy.
The civil servants were all surprised. It wasn't that they didn't want to dissuade, but they suddenly reversed course... Originally they wanted to dissuade Zhao Guan's family not to lose their family members, but now they were worried that if Zhang Yu survived, it would be self-defeating!
Could it be that the whims of the Zhao Guan family allowed such a despicable traitor to survive?
This is too much!
However, for some reason today, everyone was a little cautious. No one came forward until Zhao Guan's family finally came to the conclusion that he would be pardoned, especially when they saw the censor Zhongcheng Hu who came to Heyin with the official family this time.
After Yin and Hanlin scholar Lin Jingmo were speechless, they became even more cautious.
While the civil and military officials below were busy with their own thoughts, Zhao Jiu pointed at the prisoners behind Zhang Yu and asked: "You and other thirty people were specially selected by me under the command of Commander Yang. They were all killed by Zhang Yu using that method."
The elected people have all gone through this kind of thing once, so they should know the rules, right?"
This group of Zhang Yu's officers naturally kowtowed in response, but they were completely different. Some of them begged for mercy, while others claimed divine grace, and Zhang Yu also smiled slightly.
"Then go down!" Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated, but waved his hand to dismiss him. "You have thirty people, which is considered a swarm of people. Zhang Yu is a swarm of bees. Of this swarm of bees and a swarm of people, only one of them can survive today.
Come down...the living will be forgiven!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone on the review stage changed their expressions.
The civil servants and most of the military attaches were whispering to each other, as if they were saying, "Sure enough," some even laughed out loud. The thirty people were overjoyed, but there were also some military generals, especially those who were from the Tokyo Remaining Department.
, couldn't help but look solemn, and then became cautious.
Of course, Zhang Yu himself also lost all color in his face for an instant. He wanted to take the opportunity to curse a few words on this stage to strengthen his blood flow, but just as he was about to speak, the thirty subordinates who were tied to him suddenly
He couldn't wait to go down, and actually dragged him down, and then dragged him off the reviewing stand.
After getting off the stage and entering the armored formation, one of the squad members dropped some daggers, daggers, and sticks. The thirty men either got the weapons and cut the ropes; or they were too late to grab the weapons and tied the ropes directly to Zhang Zhang
Press and hold.
Then everyone swarmed forward, like a pack of wolves devouring flesh. In almost a moment, they turned the swarm into a honeycomb!
From the beginning to the end, Zhang Yu didn't even say a word or even shouted, before he was reduced to a piece of rotten meat.
Thirty people were pardoned and made military slaves. They left with great gratitude, but the piece of rotten meat on the ground inevitably affected everyone's appetite.
The thirty people dispersed in a moment, and the general stage fell into a strange silence. A moment later, when Ma Gao, the commander of the Tokyo Remaining Department, could not hold back for a moment amid the eye contact of several colleagues, he was about to step forward.
Suddenly, a person beside him gritted his teeth and marched out of the queue earlier than he did.
Everyone looked around and saw that it was Wang Shan, the commander of the left-behind department in Tokyo... and then they all felt moved.
"Wang Qing, do you have something to say?" Zhao Jiu smiled half-heartedly.
"Guan family!" The wind gradually picked up in the spring afternoon. Wang Shan was sweating slightly on his forehead, but he tried his best to face each other. "Guan family, Zhang Yu committed a great crime. He deserves this end! But in the past, he also waited with me.
Since the man I called my brother and brother is dead, I want to collect his body for him!"
"You are quite loyal." Zhao Jiu sighed softly, but then looked at Wan Qixi who had stood up at some point. "Wan Qiqing also has something to say?"
"Official!"
Wan Qixi quickly came out of the queue and came to Wang Shan's side. After bowing and saluting, they faced each other proudly and looked upright. "I think what Wang Tongzhi said is extremely ridiculous. Zhang met this thief. His crime is unpardonable, and he forced a good family.
The soldiers and the people fight each other to the death, and drive the people to fill ditches and become a gangster, but it has violated human nature and can be called cruel... Therefore, in my opinion, today's officials use their own way to treat their own bodies. Although it is said to be excellent,
But it’s still not enough! It’s time to hang his body and send it to the army as a warning!”
Wang Shan opened his mouth to speak, but there was no sound.
Wan Qixi's words were already spoken, but they continued one after another, and he said: "Not only that, people like Wang Shan and others were thieves in the past, and many of them had bad military discipline. Although they were later appeased, they should not do it again.
He will be held accountable, but today he defended such an evil thief. It is obvious that the thief's nature has not changed, so I believe that he should be dismissed from his military post and demoted to a commoner to serve as a warning to others!"
Wang Shan quickly knelt down and lowered his head.
As the people around listened, the four prime ministers took the lead, each sitting in their seats, like wooden sculptures, which made all the civil servants look awe-inspiring. On the other side, several handsome ministers looked at each other and wanted to speak, but after taking a peek at Zhao Guan's house,
Everyone acted honestly as usual, and when they saw their coach was speechless, Han, Zhang, Li, Yue, the Second King and other troops were also in awe.
There was only a wave of clueless officials left behind in Tokyo. After exchanging many looks, they became more and more frightened. Then Ma Gao took the lead. In addition to Li Qiong, more than a dozen commanders came out to kowtow, but they were interceding for Wang Shan.
, was so startled that Quan Bangyan and Guo Zhongxun on the opposite side became panicked for a moment.
Zhao Jiu smiled slightly and was about to speak.
Unexpectedly, Wan Qixi was not afraid of such a scene at all, but continued to face him sternly: "Guan family! Don't be fooled by these military ruffians. As far as I know, Magao and other ten commanders did not think of taking any measures in times of national calamity.
The army rescued Lieutenant Han, but instead communicated privately, retreated and joined forces in Fugou, and then became brothers of the opposite sex, agreeing to live and die together, to share wealth... The officials, they have evil intentions! "
The wind was blowing and the flags were flying, and the stage became quieter and quieter. Among the kneeling officials, some people instinctively touched their waists. Then they suddenly woke up, facing the holy banquet, and all the soldiers and armor were eliminated. At the same time, people came down from the stage.
On the other hand, the Imperial Guardsmen all wore armor and were armed with weapons. Together with the civil and military officials on the left and right, they looked at this group of people coldly.
ps: Thanks to the fans of Brother Xin Meng Yun... This is the sixty-sixth cuteness in this book.