The heads of people were sent to the city gate in batches, and more and more people in the capital came to watch after hearing the news. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At Zhengyangmen, beside Shen Xi, even Zhang Yanling, who had a grudge against Shen Xi before and even looked down on Shen Xi, was staring at the Tartar heads who were being transported into the city one by one outside the city with wide eyes, and his face was full of incredible shock.

Xiao Jing stood beside Shen Xi, a little emotional, he couldn't tell whether he was crying or laughing, the whole person's emotions were about to collapse, he took out a handkerchief and wiped his tears, with a lot of emotion in his tone:

"Lord Shen, what are you...... How exactly is it done? So many heads...... Even if you keep chopping for a while, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time, right? ”

Shen Xi nodded seriously and said: "What Gonggong Xiao said is that this kind of thing is done by the soldiers below, and it is not the specific responsibility of the official!" ”

"The officer's errand is to plan in advance what tactics will be adopted on the battlefield, and how to change the formation if the Tatars are prepared! Due to the limited number of troops at hand, I can only find ways to be opportunistic, but fortunately, God willing, nothing went wrong! ”

Xiao Jing couldn't help but laugh and said, "Lord Shen, we don't know how to describe you...... Do you know who our family remembers? Our family remembered Taizu and Emperor Taizong, when the two old ancestors led their soldiers and horses to the grassland, and let the Tartars disappear when they spoke...... I didn't expect that more than 100 years later, my Daming once again re-enacted the glory of the past, it's unbelievable! ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, what kind of metaphor are you? It is true that Taizong Zhu Di personally led the Northern Expedition, but was Zhu Yuanzhang the one who led the troops at that time? Use famous generals first, then kill famous generals, and finally burn down the heroes building to have a pot...... Are you going to curse me for being cooked by rabbits and dogs?

Ma Wensheng said happily beside him: "Gonggong Xiao, it seems that there are still several batches of heads to be sent into the city in the future, if you have time, you might as well go to Your Majesty's side to play, and let Your Majesty send more soldiers and horses out of the city to escort the heads...... Now that there is a serious shortage of soldiers and horses outside the city, it will not be good if there are Tatar stragglers who take the opportunity to attack, so that Your Majesty will be defeated! ”

Xiao Jing was extremely excited at this time, and he had long been eager to go to the noon gate to face the saint and tell the emperor the good news, but he forgot that in fact, the emperor almost enjoyed the ceremony of sacrificing prisoners and heads at the same time as him, so he didn't need to report it at all.

Xiao Jing nodded again and again thoughtfully: "What Ma Shangshu said is reasonable, reasonable!" Let's go to the noon gate, Your Majesty is not in good health and needs someone to serve, this is ...... It will be handed over to Lord Shen first, as well as Ma Shangshu and Grandpa Zhang! ”

Before, Xiao Jing also put Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao and others in the first place, but now Shen Xi's credit is so great, his emotions are almost out of control, and when he speaks, he actually puts Shen Xi at the forefront, and Shou Ning Hou and Jianchang Hou are directly classified by him as "several", which makes the Zhang brothers depressed.

The carriages and horses are still in a steady stream into the city, Xiao Jing got down from the viewing platform, his feet were almost unstable, and someone immediately led the horse for him, Xiao Jing pedaled for a long time, and then stepped on the back of a guard and barely got on the horse, and staggered and rode towards the direction of Daming Gate.

Ma Wensheng looked at Xiao Jing's awkward back and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Xiao is so happy, I can't help but go back to report the good news to Your Majesty!" ”

Next to him, Wang Shouren looked at Shen Xi with a somewhat complicated gaze, and then echoed: "What Ma Shangshu said is extremely true!" ”

Shen Xi looked up in the direction of the outside of the city, because there were not many soldiers escorting the first rank into the city, in fact, he was also afraid that the remnants of the Tatars who stayed near the left side of the capital would come out to sneak attack the officers and soldiers waiting outside the city, so he could only make some arrangements for the time being, and let Hu Songyue lead the troops out of the city to maintain it.

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Xiao Jing hurriedly went from Zhengyang Gate to Daming Gate, waited for Daming Gate, got off the horse with the help of several officers and soldiers on duty, and was supported by several eunuchs waiting here, and trotted all the way to the Noon Gate.

Along the way, there are carriages transporting the first level one after another, Xiao Jing basically has to look sideways every time he exceeds a car, the smile on his face comes from the heart, and he keeps muttering: "Your Majesty wants to rely on these heads of Lord Shen to establish power, and now the goal has basically been achieved, look at the emotions of the people of Zhengyangmen, Your Majesty has an extremely respected status in their hearts!" Even if someone wants to be unfavorable to His Majesty, I believe that they will be diluted by today's events! ”

Xiao Jing couldn't help but think that yesterday in the palace, the emperor was displeased because of Liu Jian's abuse of power, and it was his invitation that made the emperor make up his mind to hold such a prisoner sacrifice ceremony.

Originally, the emperor just wanted to reinvigorate his prestige, drive out to watch the ceremony, and praise a descendant like Shen Xi by the way, so as to balance the power of the court.

The results turned out surprisingly well!

Xiao Jing was worried that the emperor would classify him as Liu Jian's party, but after this incident, he felt a little more confident in his heart, thinking that he should be able to easily escape this political whirlpool.

There is no fault, but there is a great credit to the Daming Jiangshan Sheji!

Xiao Jing arrived at the noon gate, Emperor Hongzhi on the high platform did not sit down since he stood up, Liu Jian had just finished inspecting a batch of heads at this time, and was discussing things with the emperor, even if Liu Jian deliberately picked thorns, he did not find any problems from those heads, because those heads, no matter how they looked, looked like they were cut off from the necks of Tatars.

In the past, the frontier would use the way of killing the good and risking the merits to fill the merits, and the method they used was to use the heads of the Ming people or ordinary Tatar herdsmen to hand in as the heads of the Tatar soldiers, but because the Tatar men were often insufficient, the heads of the old and weak women and children might be used.

There are also smart people in the border army, knowing that the people of the Ming Dynasty are different from the Tatars, they will arrange the hair of the Ming people, and after shaving, they will become the appearance of the Tatar pigtails, and some will even deliberately draw the eyebrows of those women's heads, or find someone to kill some children, get the head, and pretend to be meritorious.

Liu Jian was very aware of these tricks, he went up and carefully examined them, although some of them were not distinguishable until now because of the fact that the time was a little old, or because the face was blurred at the time of death, but those that could be distinguished clearly showed that it was the head of a young and middle-aged Tatar man, and after repeated inspection, he at most objected to the number of heads, and asked the emperor to send someone to count them again.

When Zhu Youzhu saw Xiao Jing coming, he couldn't help but share the good news with Xiao Jing, after all, in Zhu Youji's heart, the most trusted courtier was not the professional politicians on both sides of the noon gate, but a retainer like Xiao Jing.

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand and said: "Young Master Liu said that he wanted to count, just wait for the time to build the Beijing Temple, just send someone to count them, I don't want to spend more time today, after all, the soldiers and horses outside the city have not yet completely entered the city!" Father-in-law Xiao, come here, you are in Zhengyangmen, why did you come back? ”

Xiao Jing was excited, he was about to show credit to Zhu Youji, but suddenly thought that he was not qualified, and the credit should belong to Shen Xi and his soldiers.

Xiao Jing said: "Back to Your Majesty, Ma Shangshu was worried that due to the continuous entry into the city before, the remaining soldiers and horses outside the city were already insufficient, and if they were taken advantage of by the Tartar stragglers, I was afraid that it would ruin Your Majesty's prosperity, so I asked Your Majesty to send two soldiers and horses to cooperate with the remaining officers and soldiers to escort the first level into the city together!" ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled: "I also have this intention. Haha, I'm in a good mood today, didn't the Tartars attack the city before, and didn't they also leave a lot of heads to calculate their military exploits? You might as well dedicate these heads together, and the martial law in the city can be lifted temporarily, so that the people in the city can come out to watch the ceremony and cheer up the prestige of the Ming army! ”

Liu Jian, as a cabinet scholar and the first assistant, said that the emperor's words at this time were actually said to him.

Liu Jian saluted and said: "The old minister obeys the order!" ”

When Liu Jian came down from the platform, the whole person felt that he was too strong to support, Li Dongyang came to help, Liu Jian raised his hand to stop it, and sighed with emotion: "Could it be ...... I'm really old, and this great country is supported by young juniors? ”

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