Chapter 144: Reward
In fact, at the same time, Hanzhong City, which had just experienced a catastrophe, had regained its former prosperity!
These days, the city has calmed down, the soldiers of the Jingyuan Army have withdrawn from the city, and even half of the soldiers of the imperial camp have been withdrawn from the city! In the beginning, there were some bold people who secretly went out into the streets, and when they found out that there was nothing to do, they told their families, and their families spread to other places, so today, there is not much difference between Hanzhong City and before the wedding!
It's just that you can often see two or three people getting together and talking!
They didn't know much about what happened on their wedding day, and all they knew was gossip!
"It is said that on the same day, he begged to kill the king, and was killed on the spot by His Majesty! I have a nephew who works on an errand in the imperial camp, and my nephew said that His Majesty practices martial arts every day, and his martial arts are already the first in the world! Zhe Keqiu thought that he could kill His Majesty, but who knew that His Majesty only used one move to break Zhe Keqiu's ribs and vomit blood on the spot! "An old farmer who sells peaches.
"Your Majesty is working as a carpenter every day, how can you practice martial arts every day? You're talking nonsense! "One of the people next to me obviously didn't believe it!
"Your Majesty is the emperor, how can you be a carpenter every day? That's just a myth from the past! "The old farmer's road.
"It's possible!" The person next to him was stunned and said.
The two of them were talking here, when they saw a young man walking over, this young man was in his twenties, and he looked quite handsome, like a showman! He came to the stall and bought a pound of peaches and left, leaving with a faint smile on his face.
"These folk people are ridiculous! Your Majesty used to be a carpenter, but it was just for paralysis! But Your Majesty won't let you talk about it, and we don't have to spread it! The young man shook his head and muttered.
He went all the way in the direction of the palace!
There was silence at the entrance of the palace, no one dared to trespass here, only a few dozen imperial soldiers stood there!
When he saw the young man come in, a soldier immediately stopped him!
The young man smiled, showed a gold medal, and he was ushered into the palace!
"Lord Wangshu, Your Majesty has been waiting for you in the Qianqing Palace for a long time!" The guard said.
The young man nodded, he handed over the peaches he bought to the guards for safekeeping, and stepped up towards the Qianqing Palace!
After about half an hour, he came to the Qianqing Palace!
Here he saw Zhao Chen, Li Gang, Kang An, Lin Bao and others, and at that moment he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Weichen Wang Shu see Your Majesty!" ”
Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Hurry up, please get up!" ”
Wang Shu stood up respectfully and followed behind everyone!
Zhao Chen seems to be writing something, but Wang Shu is far away and can't see clearly! He was just curious!
After a while, Zhao Chen raised his head, he first looked at Wang Shu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, General Zhao Zhe went to Dasanguan, and General Liu Qi went to Shu Dao south of Hanzhong!" Why don't you leave with the two of them and stay in Hanzhong City? ”
Wang Shu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, although Wechen has been in the army for many years, Wechen doesn't know how to lead troops to fight, Wechen is just a strategist under Qu Duan!" If Weichen followed the two generals, Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi, he wouldn't be of much help, so he chose to stay in Hanzhong City! If Your Majesty needs Wechen, Wechen will come immediately! ”
Zhao Chen nodded and said, "I understand your thoughts!" I heard that the reason why Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi chose me was mainly because you persuaded them, but is there such a thing? ”
Wang Shu nodded and said, "Not bad!" ”
Zhao Chen said: "In this way, this time you can be killed, you are the biggest hero!" Without you, there would be no 50,000 Jing Yuan Army, and without 50,000 Jing Yuan Army, I would not be able to cause trouble! ”
Wang Shu hurriedly said: "Weichen doesn't dare to be!" Weichen was only loyal to His Majesty, so he persuaded Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi to them! ”
Zhao Chen smiled and said, "No matter what your purpose is to convince them, you have made a great contribution!" In my place, meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and faults will be punished! I was just discussing with Li Gang the issue of the promotion of officials, Li Gang used to be the prime minister, and later he was persecuted and became the county magistrate of Chencang County, of course he wants to be reinstated! As for you, I have decided to give you the post of deputy minister! ”
Yes!
Wang Shu was taken aback, stayed there, and said, "It's actually the deputy minister?" ”
He couldn't believe it! Although he has made great achievements this time, his qualifications are very shallow, and he was just a strategist of Quduan before! In terms of qualifications, he is not as good as Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi, he originally thought that it was enough for him to become a waiter in the sixth department, and he would be slowly promoted in the future, he didn't expect Zhao Chen to make him a deputy minister! This deputy is a high-ranking official in the DPRK after the prime minister and the privy envoy! In addition to the prime minister and privy envoy, the deputy minister has the greatest power! He felt his body fluttering like he was in a dream!
Zhao Chen saw that he was staying there and said, "What? Do you have any grievances? ”
Wang Shu came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, how can Weichen be dissatisfied? Weichen just felt that this deputy position was too high, lest he be incompetent! ”
Zhao Chen said: "I believe that you can be qualified for the post of deputy minister!" You can learn from Li Gang for a while, he has been an official for many years, so he naturally has some experience, and he has promised me to tell you all this! ”
Wang Shu nodded, he looked at Li Gang and said, "Thank you, Lord Li!" ”
Li Gang said: "You're welcome! From now on, we will all be His Majesty's courtiers, and we will all do things for Your Majesty! As long as you are loyal and conscientious to Your Majesty, I can help you with any difficulties! ”
Wang Shu showed a grateful look in his eyes, he nodded lightly, and said no more!
Zhao Chen said: "The DPRK and China have experienced a rebellion, and most of the DPRK and China officials, including Han Ping, Wei Ming, and Xue Rui, have been killed!" There is a shortage of officials in the imperial court now, which is one of the reasons why I have appointed you as deputy prime minister! I want to do a great thing that no one in this world has ever done, Wang Shu, I believe that the reason why you chose me is also to repay me! I hope that our monarchs and ministers will work together to create a prosperous era that has never appeared in the Han people, what do you think? ”
Wang Shu felt that his heart was boiling, and he immediately said: "Weichen should do his best to assist His Majesty and rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty together!" ”
Zhao Chen said: "Okay! Just now, Master Li Gang and I have already discussed the rewards for generals such as Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, Yue Fei, and Kang An, so let's listen to it and see what's wrong! ”
Wang Shu hurriedly said: "Yes! ”
Zhao Chen said: "I have decided to appoint Zhao Zhe as the commander of the Jingyuan Army, Liu Qi as the commander of the Huanqing Army, Yue Fei as the commander of the Forbidden Army, Wu Jie as the commander of the Yangtze River Water Army, and Kang An as the commander of the imperial camp!" If there are no other problems, I will give the decree! ”
The official position of "control" was not a permanent official position in the Northern Song Dynasty, and generally only in wartime, the emperor selected one person to lead the generals, which was called the system! But now Zhao Chen obviously uses the command system as a permanent official position, and several of the most important generals under him have now all become "commanders"! Among them, Yue Fei has been in charge of the forbidden army for more than ten days, and now it is Zhao Chen who has officially issued a holy decree! And Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, Wu Jie, Kang An and others are also officially appointed!
With this "control," the former official positions such as the economic and strategic envoys and the system envoys will naturally be under the control and accept the command of the control!
As for the Jingyuan Army, the Huanqing Army, etc., these are the common divisions of the Northwest Army of the Northern Song Dynasty! The Jingyuan army guards Jingyuan Road, and the Huanqing army guards Huanqing Road, of course, Zhao Zhe and Liu Qi are now in Hanzhong, although Zhao Chen assigned these two places to them, they can't go over for the time being!
Wang Shu thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Quduan was originally a strategic envoy of Jingyuan Road, and now Zhao Zhe is in charge of Jingyuan Road, what should Lord Quduan do?" ”
Zhao Chen sneered: "I have decided to appoint Qu Duan as a privy envoy to command the military of the whole country!" ”
He's going to call Qu Duan to Hanzhong! After Qu Duan came to Hanzhong, he had no soldiers and no generals, even if he held the position of a privy envoy, he would not pose any threat to Zhao Chen!
This is a plan to ascend and descend in the dark!
Hearing this, Wang Shu was stunned, sighed softly, and said, "The privy envoy is not bad!" ”
Zhao Chen said: "Wang Shu, do you think Qu Duan will come to Hanzhong to accept the position of privy envoy?" ”
Wang Shu thought for a moment and said, "It should be!" I have followed Master Qu for many years, and I am most familiar with Master Qu! Although Master Qu is all-round in civil and military affairs, he has no ambitions, he has always followed the crowd! To put it mildly, he has an indecisive personality! With so many things happening in Jingyuan this time, he must be very anxious, but he didn't dare to take any action! On the one hand, His Majesty appointed him as a privy envoy by decree, and on the other hand, he cut off the supply of military rations to the Jingyuan army, and I think it won't be long before he takes the initiative to come to Hanzhong to accept the position of privy envoy! ”
Zhao Chen nodded and said, "Qu Duan can be there!" He is the first person in the Western Army under the path of the teacher, and his military achievements are outstanding! If he comes to Hanzhong, I won't let him just hold a fictitious position, the country is really at war, and I may really use him! ”
Wang Shu nodded and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
Zhao Chen smiled and said, "Since you don't have any other opinions, I will issue a holy decree!" From now on, our army of the Great Song Dynasty will be divided into the Jingyuan Army, the Huanqing Army, the Forbidden Army, the Yangtze River Water Army, and the Imperial Camp! May the generals be able to work together to eliminate the Jurchens and King Kang! ”
In the past, Hanzhong only had to be the only one, and one person led more than 100,000 of the Zhejia army, but now it is divided into five parts, and Zhao Chen no longer has to worry about the chaos of the fold! He was also relieved in his heart!
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In the evening, after dinner, Zhao Chen came to Kunning Palace again!
It's quiet here, except for Zhiyueru and her maid, there are no servants in the palace!
The sound of the jingling piano came from the palace, and Zhao Chen felt that his heart was also peaceful!
After a while, Zhi Yueru and the maid finally noticed Zhao Chen's arrival, and the two hurriedly came over to see each other.
"Get up!" Zhao Chen said lightly.
Zhe Yueru and the maid stood up, Zhao Chen looked at Zhe Yueru carefully, he found that he had only not seen him for ten days, and Zhe Yueru seemed to have become thinner! The sadness in her eyes didn't diminish a bit! The only thing that remains unchanged is her beautiful face!
"Are you still sad?" Zhao Chen said.
"If Your Majesty had experienced the death of his father and brother, would he not be sad?" Folding the moon is like a somewhat stubborn way.
Zhao Chen nodded slightly, the maid over there had already moved the chair over, Zhao Chen sat down, and then he motioned for Zhiyue Ru to sit down as well.
Tonight was unusually clear, the moonlight was shining from the sky, and the Kunning Palace was bright.
"I came here in April and May last year, and it's been almost a year now! When did you come to Hanzhong, right? Zhao Chen said.
"Hmm!" Zheyueru nodded slightly.
Thinking of the joy and curiosity when he first came to Hanzhong, and then thinking about the current scene, Zhe Yueru's eyes turned red again.
"Don't cry! I can relate to your feelings! Since I came to Hanzhong, I have often been lonely in my heart, especially after Yue Fei, Li Gang and others were driven away by your father, I am even more lonely in my heart! In addition to loneliness and fear, I don't know what my fate will be like in the future, I don't know if I will always be a puppet, I don't know if I can see Yue Fei, Li Gang and others again! There may be some similarities between my mood at that time and your mood now! Zhao Chen said.
"Your Majesty, how could my father, who is loyal to you, betray you? He must have been framed by a traitor! Zhiyue gritted her silver teeth, and after a while, she said.
"Is the traitor framed? Maybe only you think so! A mocking smile appeared on Zhao Chen's face.
"Your Majesty, my father is indeed loyal, there is no need to question it!" The moon is like a road.
She is pure by nature, she has been in the mansion since she was a child, and her father does not talk to her about political matters! In her mind, her father has always been a big hero, maybe the father in the heart of any girl is such an image, it is difficult for her to accept the statement that her father is a traitor!
"Well, let's not talk about your father, you will naturally know what kind of person he is in the future! In the future, I will often come to accompany you, talk to you, listen to you play the piano, and after a long time, I will gradually forget the pain! If you want to go out, I can go out with you! What song did you just play, why don't you play it again? Zhao Chen shook his head and said.
Zhi Yueru nodded lightly, sat down and played the piano at the moment, and Zhao Chen listened on the side, not to mention it.