Chapter 825: Entering Bianjing
Li Jing rode a high-headed horse into Bianjing, this is the first time he left the city after he led the army to attack Tianhu, the winter sun rose from the east, sprinkled on the Vermilion Bird Street in Bianjing, but did not bring a trace of warmth to Bianjing, the war outside the city continued, the Jin people did not leave, there are still traces of war in the city, and even some rangers took advantage of the beginning of the war, wanton in the city, the prosperous Bianjing City, at this moment became extremely desolate.
Li Jing's guards marched on the street, except for the soldiers and guards, no people came out to greet them, the whole scene became very embarrassing, and the surrounding generals showed anger on their faces, even Zhang Xiaochun also felt a trace of dissatisfaction.
"Your Majesty, do you want the people of the city?" Zhang Xiaochun pays attention to the scene of eating pot pulp to welcome the king, perhaps the literati are like this, but now no one comes to greet him, which does not meet the standard of the king.
"No need." Li Jing waved his hand and said: "The war will break out at any time, at this time, let the people come out to greet them, they must be unwilling, forget it!" Not to mention, we're actually intruders. "Who knows if there are any assassins among these people, and if they are plotted at this time, then it is a joke?
"Your Majesty, the outer city has not been opened yet, I don't know if Uncle Zhang will open the city gate at night. Otherwise, let the last general lead a large army into the city. Hu Yanzhuo jumped to try, he was born in Zhao Song Jiangmen, but in fact he was kicked out of Bianjing, and now he finally has the opportunity to come back so openly, Hu Yanzhuo is very excited.
"No, someone will open the gates and let me in soon." Li Jing looked at the tall Xuande Gate, in this place, the Zhao and Song dynasties of the past dynasties would review the three armies every year and enjoy with the people. It's a pity that after today, Zhao Song no longer has such brilliance.
Above the city tower, Zheng Juzhong looked at the cavalry coming slowly, his face was gloomy as water, behind him, there were actually not many people, Li Bangyan, Wu Min, Zhang Bangchang and others had already left Bianjing, and they had not left Bianjing, such as Li Gang, Zong Ze, Zhang Shuye These people were still in the inner city, they still had a glimmer of hope for Zhao Huan, but unfortunately, Zheng Juzhong knew that this hope was almost impossible to have.
"Master Zheng, what should I do now? Li Jing's army has come to the city. Uncle Zhang had bitterness at night, he actually thought that Zhao Song still had hope, but unfortunately, the emperor easily fell into the calculations of the Jin people and became a prisoner of the Jin people, and in the city, Li Jing's soldiers and horses had arrived, and Bianjing City had fallen into the hands of Li Jing, and what was placed in front of everyone was just surrender or death.
"Lord Zhang, the Great Song Dynasty is over, Li Jing's wolf ambition has actually been waiting for this day for a long time, and he will not let go of such an opportunity." Zheng Juzhong sighed and said: "Now we are fighting from inside and outside, Wu Song leads three thousand troops to control the palace, and your soldiers and horses can't attack at all, and they don't even dare to attack." In the face of tens of thousands of tigers and wolves, do you dare to attack Li Jing? Zheng Juzhong looked at Zhang Shuye and said.
Uncle Zhang's mouth opened at night, and finally turned into a long sigh, he really wouldn't attack Li Jing, but let him surrender to Li Jing, but he was a little reluctant in his heart.
"If you don't want to, leave Bianjing and go to Jiangnan! Although Zhao Gou did something that people and gods were angry about, compared to the emperor, Zhao Gou was more suitable to live in this troubled world. With him, there may be a possibility of returning to the Central Plains, but it is unknown. Looking at Li Jing's appearance, those who are willing to leave Bianjing, he will not stop him, take the opportunity to leave Bianjing! Zheng Juzhong saw the dissatisfaction in Uncle Zhang's heart, so he persuaded him.
"What about you, sir? I heard that there is also a feud between you and Li Jing? When it happened to make Li Jing's ancestral grave bad, the boss also said that if it fell into the hands of Li Jing, how would it be good? Uncle Zhang said with some worry: "It's better to go to Jiangnan with Xiaguan." β
Zheng Juzhong shook his head bitterly and said: "I am assisting His Majesty the Emperor, not Zhao Gou, if you go to Jiangnan, you will definitely die, stay in Bianjing, just a subordinate, Li Jing can use it, and if you don't need it, you can just return to your hometown." Master Zhang, you better go! The civil and military forces in the city don't know how much they have gone. β
Uncle Zhang listened to the deep salute to Zheng Juzhong, turned around and went down the city wall, and soon heard a burst of footsteps in the distance, but saw Zhang Shuye leading the soldiers and horses towards the old Cao Gate, and soon disappeared from Zheng Juzhong's sight.
"Father, the king's soldiers and horses are outside the city, let Uncle Zhang leave at night at this time?" Zheng Duoshi couldn't help but be a little worried and said.
"The king does not count these things, and if he is not faithful to him, how can he use them? That Uncle Zhang is also a talent, the king is not at ease, no, the king feels sorry again, kill, I'm afraid the world will speak, it's better to let him leave, and then raise troops to chase and kill, wait! The soldiers and horses of the king catching up with Zhao Gou may have already hit the road. In the process of chasing and killing, killing Uncle Zhang, the world will not say anything. Zheng Juzhong touched his gray beard, looked at the soldiers and horses slowly approaching under the city, took a deep breath, and said, "Let's go!" Welcome the new owner of Bianjing. When Zheng Duoshi heard this, he hurriedly helped Zheng Juzhong down the city wall.
Under the city wall, there were already more than a dozen civil and military officers waiting on both sides of Tianjie, most of them were officials who had no power or power, and the others had either gone south, or they had closed the door of the mansion, not wanting to come out to greet Li Jing.
"A group of naΓ―ve and incompetent guys really think that Li Jing is the same as Emperor Zhao and Song, and they think that they have some talents, and Li Jing will look at the thatched house, but they don't know that Li Jing is a generation of commanders and dominates the world, how can they care about these people. Surrender or fuck off. So high, for whom. Zheng Juzhong looked at some officials behind him with disdain, most of these officials behind him had no power, or they were following Zheng Juzhong, and this time they were also pulled out by Zheng Juzhong, and they took refuge in Li Jing, so there should be some people around them.
"Open the gates." After Zheng Duoshi saw that the officials were divided into two columns and photographed, he hurriedly shouted at the soldiers stationed at the city gate on one side. Those lower-level soldiers naturally did not dare to refuse, and stepped forward one after another and opened the thick gates of the inner city of Bianjing.
"The criminal minister Zheng Juzhong led the city Chinese Wu to greet the king, and the king has no time for ten thousand years." Zheng Juzhong took the Bianjing City Military and Civilian Book from the hands of the chamberlain, knelt on the ground, and the civil and military officials behind him also shouted long live.
The sound of horses' hooves came slowly, trampling on the masonry, and there was a sound of gold and iron, as if it was striking on everyone's hearts, which made people tremble, these people's heads were lower, and even some people were still trembling, even Zheng Juzhong himself also had a trace of sweat on his forehead, for fear that Li Jing would pull out the war knife on his waist and ask for his own head.
"Master Zheng, get up!" After a long while, I heard a gentle voice coming from overhead, which made Zheng Juzhong's whole body relax.
"Thank you, the king." Zheng Juzhong's voice raised a lot.
"Is Mr. Liang Xi still in Bianjing?" Li Jing asked while riding a war horse.
Zheng Juzhong's eyes flashed with a hint of jealousy, Li Gang drove Li Jing out of the door, and repeatedly opposed Li Jing, but when Li Jing entered Bianjing City, the first thing that came to mind was Li Gang, he opened the city gate and welcomed Li Jing into the city, but Li Jing didn't pay much attention to him.
"Mr. Liang Xi has closed the door of the house, except for letting the old servant come out to buy some food, he is just doing his studies at home." Zheng Juzhong still said very seriously. Even if there is a trace of jealousy in my heart, I don't show it, as if I have never been.
"In that case, let him do his studies at home!" Li Jing listened and said calmly. He never thought that Li Gang would come out to help him, and it was already very good to not scold himself when he met.
"Yes." Zheng Juzhong's face was happy, Zhao Song's widows and widows could only have one leader, and that was themselves, even Li Gang and Zong Ze. Immediately hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the arrangements in the palace have been completed, and General Wu Song is in charge himself." β
"Is Chongwen Temple still well preserved?" Li Jing only nodded when he heard this, but asked about an irrelevant place.
Zheng Juzhong was stunned for a moment, but soon said solemnly: "If you go back to the king, the three pavilions are intact, and no one dares to act recklessly." Zheng Juzhong's voice was a little more respectful.
Chongwen Yuan is not another place, but the place where the Zhao and Song Dynasty collected books, at this time, there was no printing press, paper was not unlimited, books were still a noble thing, Chongwen Yuan was the place where the Great Song Dynasty treasured books, divided into three libraries, in the east of Chongwen Yuan for the Zhao library, south for the Jixian library, west for the history library library. These three libraries constitute the birthplace of the civilization of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is said that in the three libraries, there are 80,000 volumes, which is a huge number.
When Li Jing entered the palace, he didn't ask how much money the Zhao and Song Dynasty had, and second, he didn't ask how many beautiful concubines and princesses there were in the palace, and specifically asked about the collection of books in the Great Song Dynasty, which shows Li Jing's ambition. Zheng Juzhong couldn't help but admire Li Jing, this person can get to where he is today, it's not just luck.
"There is also a place called Guangbei Siege City, where all the craftsmen cannot leave Bianjing, and send people to register it immediately, which people are best at what they do, they must be written clearly one by one, and there can be no omission." Li Jing's eyes flashed with greed. In his opinion, the most valuable things in the entire Bianjing City are these two things.
The large number of books in Chongwen Yuan could help him train more scholars, and the extensive siege work could help him perfect his firearms and vigorously promote the development of his meritorious work.
"Yes, let the minister do it." Zheng Juzhong's attitude has become more and more respectful, and people who have achieved great things in the past generations may not be like Li Jing.
Zhang Xiaochun quietly followed Li Jing's side, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, Zheng Juzhong's reaction did not stimulate him, an old minister of the former dynasty, unless his ability is too great, otherwise Li Jing will not be reused, Zheng Juzhong assists Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, the Great Song Dynasty has become like this, Zheng Juzhong also has a lot of responsibility, such a person, Li Jing will use it, but he will not reuse it.
He hesitated for a while and said, "Your Majesty, there are still many princes in the Zhao and Song royal families, I don't know how the king is going to arrange it?" Zhang Xiaochun didn't ask those concubines and princesses, those would only be Li Jing's forbidden bodies, but the princes left by Zhao Song were a burden.
"What do you think?" Li Jing hesitated for a while, for these princes, Li Jing really doesn't have any good ideas, I am afraid that it will bring trouble in the future, if you don't stay, it will inevitably leave people with a mean and unkind image, although Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne back then, but he did not kill the Chai family.
"Your Majesty, it's better to follow the example of the previous week." Zheng Juzhong thought about it for a while and said: "This is enough to show the generosity of the king, and he will definitely be admired by the people of the world." β
"If these guys stay now, they must be a scourge, and I think we should cut down the grass and eradicate it." Zhang Xiaochun's eyes flickered, revealing a hint of gloom. sneered: "Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne back then, he was greatly favored by the Chai family and trusted by the Chai family, but in the end he took away the power of orphans and widows, so he naturally felt guilty, but the king was not, the king was bright and upright, Zhao Song was incompetent, lost the country, what does it have to do with the king, the minister thought that all these people like the prince and the clan should be killed to avoid disasters." β
Zheng Juzhong's face changed when he heard this, and he looked at Zhang Xiaochun deadly, he didn't expect this person who was born in Zhao Song Jinshi to say such a thing, didn't the people under Li Jing's command have no old feelings for Zhao Song at all? If this is the case, Zhao Song's courtiers may not get any benefits under Li Jing's command.
"Forget it, you have to be forgiving and forgiving, this king was also reused by Zhao Song at the beginning, and this time it can be regarded as repaying his cause and effect." Li Jing thought for a while, waved his hand and said: "As long as these princes of the clan are in peace and keep to themselves, this king doesn't care, their palace and this king will not take it back, but they will definitely not enjoy the treatment of the prince, and they will be demoted to the prince!" β
"The king is merciful." Zheng Juzhong's face was relieved when he heard this, and he was immediately relieved. In fact, he didn't hear the meaning of Li Jing's words clearly, after those princes lost the country, they lost their thrones, and after their interests were damaged, how could they not complain, how could they keep to themselves, and how could Li Jing not do it at that time?
Zhang Xiaochun was about to say something, but was stopped by Li Jing, his eyes swept over the generals behind him, and finally fell on Du Xing, Du Xing nodded, he was the leader of the secret guard, and he also listened to Li Jing's words just now, and at this time, with Li Jing's instructions, he immediately understood Li Jing's decision.
"The palace is really very tall, but it's a pity, Bianjing is located in a key area, and there is no danger to defend around, so I'm afraid I can't be a master of Beijing here." Li Jing felt a slight pity, Zhao Song has been operating in Bianjing City for more than 100 years, and it is needless to say that prosperity is naturally needless to say, this imperial city is tall and majestic, and I don't know how many skilled craftsmen have carefully carved it, but unfortunately, his geographical location is destined not to become a Beijing master, and it has to be said to be a pity.
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