Chapter 199: Glory (Happy New Year)
The north gate of Bianliang is very lively.
At the gate of the city, the forbidden army of the front division of the palace is like a cloud, the armor is like snow, the swords and guns are strict, and the array is like a mountain. In the middle of the front of the forbidden army, hundreds of imperial city officials escorted the honor guard in the middle of the carriage and horses, under the banner in the center, a gold and jade ornament Luan car is particularly conspicuous, the Great Song Dynasty Daojun Emperor Zhao Ji sat on the Luan car, Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing stood on both sides, and then Tong Guan, Yang Jian and other important ministers.
It is rare to see it in person, and it adds a bit of solemnity to the bustling and lively.
And inside the city gate, starting from the city gate, the people on both sides greeted each other and lined up until the center of the city.
Such a magnificent formation was only to welcome the triumphant return of the Jurchen envoy to the Great Song Dynasty, the general of Zhongwu, the founder of the White Horse, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Zhao Hao and the accompanying soldiers.
Knock click~
With the faint sound of horses' hooves, the people began to stir, and they all looked to the south, and even the forbidden army and civil and military officials at the door couldn't help but look up.
I saw the sky, from the direction of the ferry in the north of the city ten miles away, a colorful cloud suddenly emerged, rushing towards the north gate, the cloud drifted closer and closer, and gradually it could be seen that hundreds of cavalry were coming, and one by one the banners were hunting in the wind.
When the big banner embroidered with the word "Song" appeared in everyone's sight, the people in the crowd cheered.
The soldiers and horses running from afar seemed to have discovered the crowd at the city gate, and they raised their weapons one after another, stabbing obliquely into the sky, forming a shining and dazzling forest, which was particularly spectacular.
Under the banner, a slender young man, holding a halberd, a sword hanging from his waist, riding an eight-foot war horse, and a huge eagle standing on his shoulder, led the crowd to roar, galloped to the north gate, and saw that he was about to rush to the army to greet the team, and the young man pulled the reins on the ground.
Xi Yu Yu~
With a violent neighing of the horse, the giant eagle on the young man's shoulder fluttered and flew up, and the front hooves of the war horse suddenly rose high, and then paused, but the young man on horseback seemed to be one with the horse, his body was as steady as a rock, and he stood on his horse, and the giant eagle fell on his shoulder.
Then there was a neighing sound of horses that resounded through the world, and the three hundred soldiers behind him also stood neatly on their horses and slowly stopped.
After that, the black-red "gold" banner followed, and hundreds of horsemen with funny scalps, three handfuls of money rat tails, and Jurchen knights with thick necks and shoulders also stopped.
In an instant, there was silence between heaven and earth, and everyone's eyes were focused on the young man in front of him.
At this moment, he is in the spotlight and glorious.
Immediately afterwards, the young man rode his horse slowly through the long crowd on both sides, reined in the horse's feet twenty steps away from Zhao Ji, turned over and dismounted, and galloped to Zhao Ji and the officials in front of his vigorous body, and bent down and bowed.
"Weichen Zhao Hao, meet Your Majesty! In accordance with His Majesty's will, he led the people to Liaodong and signed an alliance with the Emperor of Jin on behalf of His Majesty. Wechen's trip, although after ups and downs, nine deaths, but fortunately not to live up to His Majesty's trust, Ranchen should have been returned to Xunyue, but delayed to a hundred days, now I am afraid of the resumption, but also ask Your Majesty to give sin! ”
Zhao Hao's luck dantian, the words are sonorous and powerful, like a heavy drum, word by word, everyone can hear clearly.
Those soldiers of the forbidden army, from the cultivation of the Tao and the cultivation of the division, all of them were in awe, and the other civil and military officials were all moved, even Cai Jing, Yang Jian, Wang Hao and others couldn't help but look awkward.
Zhao Ji looked at Zhao Hao in a daze, with a solemn expression, slowly stood up, stepped down from Luanjia, walked in front of Zhao Hao, held his arms, and his voice became excited.
"Give sin, who dares to give my nephew's sin? My nephew is the thousand-mile horse of my Zhao family, the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, and I am really comforted to make this great contribution this time...... My nephew has worked hard all the way, and I took this car with me and entered the city together! ”
Riding into the city with the official family? In history, it is not without precedent for those who ride in the same car with the emperor, but without exception, they do not die well, and the reputation that has been handed down is not good, for example, Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty once asked the eunuch Zhao Tong to travel with him in Luan.
Zhao Hao was stunned for an instant, looked at Zhao Ji blankly, and only felt that this cheap uncle was caught in the door, and said: "Weichen is a capital crime, Weichen doesn't dare!" ”
Zhao Ji's expression was solemn, and he said coldly: "Does the nephew want to resist the order?" ”
After laughing, he picked up Zhao Hao and walked to Luan, Zhao Hao was helpless, so he had to be pulled on Luan by Zhao Ji half-pushed.
The surrounding ministers were stunned and at a loss. However, Cai Jinglao'er is a sparrow from Dongting Lake, who has seen the world, and shouted in a deep voice: "Play music!" ”
At the moment when Zhao Hao and Zhao Ji boarded the Luan, the sound of drums rose to the sky, the sound of painting horns was endless, and tens of thousands of people and soldiers in front of the city gate cheered one after another, and even those Jurchen knights seemed to be infected, and they cheered together, and the cheers of the mountains and seas filled the entire heaven and earth.
In this way, Zhao Hao and Zhao Ji drove in front, followed by a cadre of civil and military officials, followed by the guards and the forbidden army, and then led by Yang Keshi, a hard-working and meritorious envoy.
Yang Keshi and others worked hard all the way, escaped death, and now they can be welcomed by everyone, they have never won this honor in their lives, they are excited, and they can't help but raise their whips to greet the people on both sides, and Lu Zhishen, Liang Hongyu, Wu Song and Fang Baihua, originally from low backgrounds, and even wanted criminals by the imperial court, have a special taste in their hearts at this moment.
What a glory it is to ride in the same car with the Son of Heaven!
Zhao Hao pretended to turn around inadvertently, although he only glanced at it, he took in the expressions of the hundred officials.
There are those who are envious, and they hate to replace them with their bodies, which is the idea of most officials; There are jealous people, these are Cai Dang and Wang Hao and other party officials with higher rank; There are excited, most of them are pure schools; Those who are worried, such as Jin Chongyue, Xu Churen and the brothers of the seed family, know that although this matter is glorious, it is not a good thing, and it is inevitable that people will attack Zhao Hao in the future; There are those who harbor evil intentions, such as Cai Jing and Yang Jian, who are already thinking about how to counterattack on this ground in the future.
It's just that for Zhao Hao, although he was a little uneasy in his heart, he would not panic...... One day, Lao Tzu will sit alone in this car, reign in the world, and ride together for a while, what is it?
Finally, his gaze lingered for a moment on the face of a pink-carved girl beside Luan, and when he saw that the girl was looking at him with eagerness and excitement, he unconsciously felt a heat in his heart, and squeezed his eyes at her imperceptibly.
The delicate little face suddenly bloomed into an interesting smile, and the smile of the goddess of light, the butterfly, was dazzling.
"Childe, that's Childe, Childe is there!" A little girl who looked like a maid seemed to have discovered a new world, cheering in the crowd.
Beside her, a pair of wonderful eyes stared closely at Zhao Hao on Luan's ride, as if she was happy or unhappy, as if she was crying but not crying, and she was crazy for a while.
Mountains and rivers, thousands of miles of travel, finally saw you, finally comforted the pain of lovesickness, you are in the middle of ten thousand people, feel the glory, and in my eyes, only peony flowers, make my heart move.
And not far from her, Xie Yu, Wang Jue and Wang Xuan, who came to Beijing to catch the exam, had another taste in their hearts.
"The virtuous brother has been gone for half a year, and we must work hard to shorten the distance between me and the virtuous brother."
And the most shocked were the brothers Zheng Feng and Zheng Yu, who looked at Zhao Hao on Luan's car in a daze, with an incredible look on their faces. Perhaps, whether they admit it or not, the young man who fought with them in Jiangning City, they can only look at it, and it will never be reached.
As for the arrogance and schadenfreude at the dock, it was just another resounding slap in the face, but even if Zhao Hao found out, he would not humiliate them again, because they were no longer worthy of ......
At the end of the procession, following the envoys of the Jin Kingdom, they needed to enter the palace as the envoys of the Jin Kingdom on the day of the Great Dynasty to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
"This son of Zhao Hao is really very favored in the Great Song Kingdom!" A Jurchen official couldn't help but admire.
Wanyan Xiyin pondered for a moment, and then smiled indifferently: "Zhao Hao's son is brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately he is not a wise man, sooner or later a catastrophe will come, so there is nothing to worry about." ”
"Why do you say that?" The Jurchen official asked.
Wanyan Xiyin sneered: "Although Zhao Hao is martial and brave, how is he better than Di Qing back then?" Di Qing just moved his family to the Buddha Hall of the Royal Xiangguo Temple to avoid the water, and he was attacked by the scholars and lost his official position, now Zhao Hao as a clan, and the emperor shared the Luan drive, sooner or later by the Song Dynasty doctor verbal criticism, and the previous dynasties are the most precautionary for the clan, what good results can there be? ”
The official suddenly smiled and said, "Your Excellency is clever! ”
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The next day, the Pilgrimage.
Emperor Zhao Ji of the Great Song Dynasty ceremoniously received the important minister Wanyan Xiyin from the Jin State in the Daqing Palace, Wanyan Xiyin created the Jurchen script, many of the court and political systems were formulated by him, and he was the prime minister, and he was the first adviser to the emperor of Wanyan Agu, which was comparable to the non-Wulin Dazanmo.
After hearing Yan Xiyin's name, the officials were already full of exclamations, and when Yan Xiyin went to the palace with the national letter, he did his utmost courtesy and extremely humble attitude, which made everyone convinced of Zhao Hao's achievements in this mission.
And in the end, in the letter of the Jin State, not only clearly promised to return the sixteen states of Youyun to the Great Song Dynasty unconditionally after the attack on Liao, but also did not hesitate to praise Zhao Hao and his party for helping Jin break the Liao, although it was not clearly stated that Zhao Hao and others won a complete victory in the competition with the Jin people, but the words "Hao, the son of your country, are brave and brilliant" are enough to explain everything.
Since then, the ministers above the main hall, whether they are friends or enemies, have been convinced by Zhao Hao at this moment, even if they want to attack Zhao Hao for being proud, it will be a few months later. At this time, Zhao Hao has great achievements, even if it is Cai Jing, he does not dare to touch this mold.
Zhao Ji, who has always regarded himself as the first emperor of the ages, saw that he would complete the long-cherished wish that his ancestors and ancestors had failed to achieve, and he was even more excited and ecstatic, and immediately replied to the letter of state, and presented him with generous gifts and golden people, and rewarded the Jurchen envoys.
As for Zhao Hao, who has made great contributions, Zhao Ji can't wait to directly promote him to the first rank of the dynasty, but after all, he was not carried away by joy, and his subordinates left a little measure.
Yuan Zhengfeng Doctor, Zhongwu General, White Horse Founding Uncle, Jinyi Wei Commander, Wenbai Jin Ziguanglu Doctor, Wubai Champion General, Jue Feng Shou Anhou, Xun for the Upper Protector Army, the original rank of the fourth grade, crossed the hurdle from the third grade, and directly rose to the third grade.
In less than a year, from no grade and no order, to the current dynasty and three grades, there is no one in the entire history of the Great Song Dynasty.
And those soldiers who followed Zhao Hao from birth to death were naturally indispensable for rewards.
Yang Keshi worshiped as the commander of the Ma army, and he was the fifth product; Han Shizhong was promoted to the commander of the army, and he worshiped Captain Zhenwei from Liupin. Lu Zhishen was promoted to battalion commander, and he was the captain of Xuanjie, and he was eight products; Liang Hongyubai, Wu Songbai, and Fang Baihua all worshiped Captain Yilu, from the seventh grade.
All of a sudden, the name of the son Zhao Hao spread all over the streets and alleys of Bianliang City, and women and children knew it, and his lone army crossed thousands of miles of Liao, 300 rode to break 100,000 Liao troops, and defeated the Jurchens in the ring competition.
PS: It's a little late, I would like to wish you a happy new year, a healthy family, and at the same time wish everyone like Zhao Hao, add officials to knighthood, and have a bright future!