Chapter 793: The Reward of the Army
At this time, Zhao Huan didn't know what had happened, he only thought that Zhang Shuye had died, and he felt a little guilty in his heart, but it was just some, and it was fleeting, because no matter how loyal Zhang Shuye was, he was just a courtier, all he cared about was what happened in the golden camp in the past few days and the helplessness and grievances of being forced to surrender.
Along the way, everyone from Zhao Huan and below was depressed, and Zhao Huan was even more depressed in his chest, and there was always a thought lingering in his mind, that is, Xu Zizhen had told him that his throne could sit for a long, long time.
"Brother Xian, could it be that this trip is my fate?" He looked at the roof of the carriage and muttered to himself, remembering the white eyes and ridicule he had received in Jinying, thinking of the basin of cold and hard steamed buns and the fishy smell of water, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became, and finally two lines of tears flowed.
The convoy finally returned to Bianjing, the Jin soldiers outside the city had already dispersed, stationed in the surrounding countryside, Zhao Huan saw the majestic Nanxun Gate from afar, a feeling of going home spontaneously, the home is always warm, and there will be no nightmarish things like a few days ago.
A large number of people outside the city gate, this is the hundred officials in the court and the people in Bianjing City, when they saw Zhao Huan's chariot coming from a distance, they all bowed to the ground, and shouted in the mouth, but soon this cry was mixed with a lot of crying, and this cry seemed to be contagious, at first it was only a few people, and gradually more and more, and then it was a cry outside the city.
Zhao Huan's heart warmed when he saw those many people, even if the Great Song Dynasty had lost so much, and even the Jin people had hit the gate of the capital, the people still loved him very much, and when he thought of this, his tears couldn't be contained, and he rolled down.
But when he heard the monstrous cries of the people, the grievances that he had been holding all the way in his heart broke out instantly, and finally he couldn't help but cry anymore.
Zhao Huan's cry suddenly provoked the accompanying officials to cry too, and they all endured it for a few days, and now that even Zhao Huan has let go, they don't have to scruple anymore.
From Nanxun Gate, the whole royal street is full of people on both sides, the people are crying on the side of the road, Zhao Huan is crying in the car, for a time the clouds are miserable, and the crying in Bianjing City is shocking.
Zhao Huan cried all the way to the palace, and a group of concubines greeted him at the gate of the palace, and they all cried uncontrollably, everything that Zhao Huan suffered from this envoy to Jinying, the city had already received the news, including the inhuman treatment in those days, including the brilliant demotion table, so the people would cry so bitterly.
In the eyes of the people, it is not Zhao Huan's fault that the Great Song Dynasty ended up like this, after all, he has not been on the throne for many days, not to mention that this time he went to the enemy camp for peace talks with a body of ten thousand gold, and this courage is worthy of the love of the people.
But in the following days, the people of Bianjing and even the whole world found that they were wrong.
Zhao Huan returned to the palace before the chair was hot, and suddenly saw a eunuch hurriedly come to report that the golden envoy was coming, Zhao Huan was suddenly so frightened that the ginseng soup in his hand fell over, and his whole body was soft and almost fell to the ground.
"Why did you chase it? Again...... What's the matter? ”
I saw a golden envoy striding in, nostrils to the sky, arrogantly took out a golden scroll from his bosom.
"Emperor Songren, don't you take the order quickly?"
Zhao Huan dared to care about what was not announced, so he hurriedly got off the dragon chair, invited the golden man to the top with a whole placket, and then said respectfully: "Minister Zhao Huan, listen to the hadith." ”
This is Zhao Huan's imperial study, and among the hundreds of officials standing on both sides, he wanted to scold and be angry, but seeing that Zhao Huan was acting like this, they all glanced at each other, and stood aside with a secret sigh.
The Jin man swaggered to the top and stood still, with his back to the north and facing south, holding the "holy decree" in his hand and reciting it aloud, at first it was fine, but the more he read it, the more ugly Zhao Huan's face became.
There was no fancy text in the holy decree, just a simple and direct statement, "Since the Erzhao family has surrendered to me, it should be used as a sacrifice army", followed by a series of numbers that made everyone present jaw-dropping.
"10,000,000 ingots of gold, 20,000,000 ingots of silver, 10,000,000 pieces of silk, 200,000 horses and mules......"
Zhao Huan sat on the ground, his eyes straightened, this is simply an astronomical amount, one ingot of gold is five taels, one ingot of silver is ten taels, and now the treasury of the entire Great Song Dynasty can't even take out a million taels of silver.
Someone among the hundred officials finally got angry, and three people jumped out one after another, scolding: "Shameless gold thief, I fought with you!" ”
The golden man didn't panic, just stood there with his chest crossed, and sneered: "Don't give it? Then my army will go into the city and fetch it by itself. ”
"Stand down!" At the critical moment, Zhao Huan came back to his senses, drank the three people back, and then slapped a smile on his face and said to Na Jin, "The venerable envoy will calm his anger and let me ...... Rong Chen made a little preparation and handed it in in a few days. ”
The golden man glanced at everyone with disdain, and sneered: "Do it tightly, don't provoke the old man to be impatient." After saying that, he still swaggered out and walked out.
"Official!" As soon as the Jin people left, more than a dozen courtiers came out of the crowd and knelt down in front of Zhao Huan, crying, "The Jin people are greedy and excessive, and the officials must not agree!" ”
Zhao Huan sat back on the chair weakly, and said with a wry smile: "Why do I want to agree, but ...... But the Jin army is still outside the city, and for the sake of the people, I have no choice but to respond to him. After speaking, without waiting for everyone to speak again, he stretched out his hand and pointed at one person, "Mei Qing, I ordered you to be the deacon, and there must be no mistake in gathering the resources of the army within five days." ”
At the front of the crowd, a Wenchen was stunned.
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At this time, in the Xu family of Yingtianfu, a group of female dependents were gathering in the hall, and in front of them was sitting an old man with a gray beard, holding his beard and losing his temper, but he was a Yongye who had not been seen for a while.
"Lao Tzu is about to enter the city, what are you bringing Lao Tzu back for?"
Gao Pujun was beside him and said softly: "Father, there is chaos in Bianjing City now, and it is naturally for your own good to ask you to come back." ”
Yongye said angrily: "You also know the chaos? Since you know that there is chaos, you still bring Lao Tzu ...... Ahh ”
Gao Pujun bowed his head and was silent, which was a tacit acquiescence.
Yongye became more and more annoyed, jumped up and scolded: "But where is this little bastard? Can anyone tell me? ”
The women looked at each other, how did they know where Xu Zizhen went, such a big person disappeared if he didn't see him, it had been more than half a month, and no one had seen him.
"You don't say yes, do you? Okay, Lao Tzu brought thousands of elite soldiers all over the city to find him, and I didn't believe that he could hide underground! Yongye was furious, and after speaking, he raised his feet and was about to go out.
At this moment, someone outside the door suddenly smiled and said, "Yongye, are you looking for me all over the world to dry my hair?" Could it be that you have a son and want to invite me to drink full moon wine? ”