Chapter 085: The Capital
It was golden autumn, the autumn breeze was blowing, the fallen leaves were piled up, but the whole Bianliang City was a prosperous and lively scene.
The autumn moon hangs high, it is the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival at this time, the lights are on, many restaurants in Bianliang City are full of wine customers, peddlers and pawns, literati and rioters are endless, bustling, lively and abnormal.
The color building in front of the tile door of the restaurant is decorated with re-color, and on the painted flagpole on the roof, the wine flag with the word "drunken fairy" is displayed in the wind.
At this moment, it is the season when business is the best and the most customers, people come and go, and there is an endless stream of customers.
As for the citizens of Tokyo who stay at home, they will enjoy the moon and go out together to enjoy the moon and go out with newly purchased sake, mooncakes, pomegranates, pears, chestnuts, grapes, oranges, etc., and plump crabs. Wealthy families would admire the moon on the pavilions and pavilions they had built, while ordinary people would buy food and chat at home. And the palace is even more lively, will play music and dance, melodious and tactful music from afar, fluttering in Kaifeng City.
As soon as Jin Bingfu retreated, Bianjing City began to be full of glory and luxury. The wounds of war were quickly forgotten by forgetful people.
Not only was it left behind, but it was simply intensified, smiling, singing and dancing, lest it be too late to go, because there was good news from the front, and the two rivers Xuanfu made Wang Song and Wang Xianggong lead his tiger and wolf soldiers, not only recovering a large area of the homeland in Hedong, but also restoring Taiyuan Mansion!
When the news came, the entire Bianliang City was full of excitement and laughter. The people sang and drank wine, the scholars were snorting and drunken in poetry, and there were many good families, rangers, and hot-blooded people, who took up their burdens, put on the simple knife on their backs, stepped on the long sword, and went to Hedong, wanting to invest in Wang Song's account, make meritorious contributions, and seal the wolf Juxu.
For the people in Tokyo, since the end of Xuanhe, the days of fear and fear for more than two years can finally come to an end.
The streets and alleys are full of joy, children play all night, and the night is full of joy and intoxication. The capital is bustling and noisy, and everyone is intoxicated by a sea of joy. Young men and women usually have few opportunities for contact, and this night is to go out to admire the moon, and after dusk, the moon becomes the old moon of lovers.
Many men, women and children burn incense at home to worship the moon, silently make a wish, bless Wang Xianggong to live a long life, protect the country and the people, and break the Hulu again.
In the Funing Palace of the Imperial City of the Great Song Dynasty, the lights are also brilliant at this time, and there are laughter and laughter. Although the emperor did not sing and dance lightly, the beauties were ringed around, and the warblers and swallows were swallowed, but there were also fine wines and delicacies, fresh melons and fruits, and more promising state affairs, and everyone was a little more calm.
A year ago, the Jurchen iron cavalry was vertically and horizontally, the soldiers were near the city, and the country was on the verge of breaking the country, and now the thousands of horsemen, riding north, and recovering Taiyuan City, happiness came too fast and too dizzying, so that the people in Bianliang City, up to the Son of Heaven, civil and military officials, down to the ordinary people who were peddlers and pawns, and drank cars and sold pulp, all experienced the extreme feelings of ice and fire.
Not only was the city of Taiyuan recovered, but the east of the river from the south of Taiyuan has also been restored under the king.
The situation in Hebei is not rotten either. It is time for the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army to move north, directly approaching Zhendingfu and Jingcheng Pass, and the two rivers will be connected into one, just around the corner.
There is also the document that has just been handed over, Wang Song has led the army to recover the three passes of Shiling, and the gate to the north of Taiyuan has been closed.
The good news came one after another, which was naturally refreshing, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were full of red light every day, and the palace attendants and palace maids made small mistakes, and the emperor also turned a blind eye.
In a pavilion in the depths of Funing Palace, the lanterns are colorful and brightly lit. On the table are mooncakes, melons and fruits, fine wine and other things. Zhao Huan's family of four sat around the table, accompanied by two palace maids.
"In the Qin period, the bright moon and the Han period, the Long March has not been returned. But to make the dragon city fly will not be called Humadu Yin Mountain. ”
Zhao Huan looked at the bright moon in the sky, couldn't help but be full of interest, and laughed loudly: "The army shook Hedong and restored Taiyuan, and Wang Ponu was the first meritorious." The army of tigers and wolves is unstoppable, it is the Great Wall of my Great Song Dynasty, I am very relieved!"
Seeing that her husband was happy, Queen Zhu Lian also said happily:
"The official family, most of Hedong is under Wang Hua, and it is all the credit of Wang Song. If the official family treats him well, he will be grateful and serve the court. But ......"
She pondered for a while and said: "In terms of rewarding meritorious deeds, there is nothing to blame, it depends on how many times Wang Song has destroyed, this is the fundamental."
"What the queen said is that the Jurchen Iron Cavalry is hundreds of thousands, and if it only kills and injures hundreds, it is really not gratifying. Wang Song has always been calm, the loyal and righteous soldiers are strong and strong, and there are tens of thousands of thieves, and there will be no fakes. ”
Having said that, there was a faint hint of worry between Zhao Huan's eyebrows.
He also saw the minister's recital. The monthly supply of money and grain for the two rivers is already astronomical. Although compared with the original redundant and weak army, the food and salary have been much less, but the cost of state supplies is huge, and if the labor is fruitless, it only has to break the city, and there are no casualties, wouldn't it be a great disappointment.
And the 80,000 people, all of whom are elite people, are in the hands of Wang Song and a martial artist, if he wants to cherish himself with a broom, it makes people shudder to think about it.
Even if Wang Song were to replace him, it would not be whimsical.
The more than 20,000 Shenwu troops in Tokyo City were also Wang Song's subordinates. If Wang Song waved his army to the north, and there was another change in Chen Qiao, colluding inside and outside, how should he deal with it?
On the one hand, there are thousands of foreign enemies, the momentum is violent, and the heart of the Song Dynasty will not die, and on the other hand, the general has a heavy army, which is enough to command the world and replace it. As the son of the Great Song Dynasty, how should he choose?
He can't do the self-destruction of the Great Wall, especially now. Compared with the wolf-like field, he would rather achieve Wang Song.
The two have been married for many years, and Queen Zhu doesn't know her husband's character. In addition to being indecisive and a little suspicious, the husband is actually quite generous in personality.
Empress Zhu said in a low voice: "Wang Song conquered Taiyuan City overnight, and his ability to command troops is unparalleled in the world. When the vehicle arrives, it will be rewarding him for meritorious deeds, and it will not hurt to give him a king with a different surname. ”
"What the queen said is very true, I believe in Wang Song, he will not do anything to deceive the king!"
Zhao Huan nodded and said: "On the same day, he mentioned in the recital that he wanted to be Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and assist me to become a generation of Ming Jun, which shows his heart. Moreover, Yuanyuan and his talented and beautiful women, it is better to let them get married as soon as possible, so as not to have many dreams at night and many incidents!"
Although Wang Song has a heavy army, Zhao Huan will not and does not dare to do anything to destroy the Great Wall at this time. Once Wang Song has an accident, the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army will be scattered, and when the Jin people go south, it will be a disaster to destroy the country.
It's just a matter of the DPRK and China, and it can't do everything according to your heart. In the land of two rivers, the money and food demanded by Wang Song's 80,000 army alone had already made the civil and military ministers in the court full of complaints, not to mention the princess marrying Wang Song.
Everyone has selfish intentions, but they don't know that the Great Song Dynasty is stormy and the state affairs are difficult.
Zhao Huan sighed. From the bottom of his heart, he still trusts Wang Song. When the Jurchens besieged the city last year, they wanted to cry without tears and were at a loss, but now I still remember it vividly.
However, these ministers and Qingliu in the court caught the discord with the military ministers and the ancestral system, and Wang Song had no merit, and kept attacking him, which made him upset.
Even Wang Song's killing of Wang Xiang, the governor of the Western Dao, and the fake holy decree to enter the army and the king of Qin, were shaken out, and the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and everyone knew about it.
"Official, it's useless to think too much, so let's wait for the account books and vehicles to arrive."
Empress Zhu said softly: "Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our dynasty has emphasized literature and suppressed military force, strong cadres and weak branches, although there are millions of people, the Jin people go south, but they will collapse at the touch of a button. Although Wang Song said that he had recovered Taiyuan, he would not know until Xianjie's vehicle arrived!"
Although Wang Song recovered Taiyuan, Zhao Huan did not know what the battle situation was. The Jurchen iron horse dominates the world, which is a nightmare that Zhao Huan can't get rid of. Only by killing the Jin people can Wang Song Zhao Huan seal the mouths of the ministers of the court.
These so-called Qingliu and scholars in the court, their opposition is not Wang Song himself, but the military general system represented by Wang Song. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the military ministers did not take charge of the army, and suppressed the military with literature, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the five generations of martial artists in power at the end of the Tang Dynasty.
The husband and wife, and no one else was present, naturally they had nothing to talk about. Empress Zhu was born in a famous family, is knowledgeable, and often comes into contact with political affairs, so she is naturally a little insightful.
Hearing his parents talking about Wang Song, the crown prince Zhao Chen on the side also joined in, he raised a small face, and said loudly: "Wang Xianggong is strong in martial arts, recovers his homeland, and is loyal to his father." Those ministers in the court, one by one, only know how to drink and write poems, and do not do business. When Fanzi went south, he either advocated escaping, or he didn't know any soldiers. They say that the prince is not, most of them are just jealous of him, they are traitors!"
Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help touching his son's head and laughing: "Then Zhao Xiaoying, what kind of king will you be in the future?"
Zhao Chen blushed and said: "In the future, the child will be a king like the First Emperor, conquer the Quartet, pacify the world, and build immortal feats!"
Zhao Huan and the queen glanced at each other and couldn't help but nodded. Zhao Huan said: "My father sent you to the army for training, I don't know if you are willing?"
Zhao Chen asked excitedly: "Of course the child is willing, if it is a loyal army, it would be great!"
"You've got your own idea!"
Zhao Huan smiled and said: "Zhao Chen listens to the order, I now want to canonize you as the deputy envoy of the two rivers Xuanfu, and listen to the order under Wang Song's account, are you willing?"
Zhao Chen said excitedly: "Zhao Chen took the order, thank you, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Chen left happily, and Empress Zhu said worriedly: "Official, you and I only have this one child, isn't it too reckless to let him follow the army on the expedition?"
The two also have a daughter, but Zhao Chen, as the heir to the throne of the Great Song Dynasty, wants to go to the battlefield of Jin Ge Iron Horse, and the mother is always a little worried.
Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "Chen Er is talented and intelligent, but he stays in the palace all day and doesn't know what the armor is. Wang Songxiong is strategic, and Chen Er follows him, which is the right time. Let him stay in the Shenwu Army for a while, experience it, and then go to Taiyuan, which can be regarded as giving Wang Song a buffer opportunity. ”
"The official family is really painstaking. I hope that Wang Song can live up to the high expectations of the official family and teach Chen Er well. ”
Empress Zhu knew it and thought: "The official family can directly issue an order, appoint a supervising army, and order the Hebei Loyal and Righteous Army to move north to relieve the people from hanging." Can't Hedong report frequently, Hebei has nothing to gain! ”
The husband and wife smiled at each other, all kinds of meanings, all in plain sight.
The imperial court directly issued an order and appointed auxiliary ministers, so that the Hebei Zhongyi Army could be controlled in the hands of the imperial court.
The crown prince came to Taiyuan in person to assist Wang Song, and it is not yet known whether the people believed in Wang Song or were interested in the Song royal family. With a two-pronged approach, even if Wang Song has complaints, he is helpless.
Unless, he wants to erect a banner to rebel and reign over the world. Zhao Huan believed that Wang Song would not and would not dare to do such a stupid thing.