Chapter 4 Keeping People Under the Knife
When Shi Zhan was woken up, the sun had already risen, he lifted the felt and walked out of the tent, and the soldiers were already cleaning up the battlefield. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"What time is it?" Shi Zhan asked Li Chang.
"It's almost time." Li Chang replied, and then saw that Shi Zhan's eyes were red and bloodshot, so he asked, "Didn't the eldest brother sleep well last night?" ”
"It's okay, it's just that I've been worried about the war recently, and now that I've won, I may not have eased up for a while." Shi Zhan said and walked towards the camp, followed by Li Chang.
Several tall fires burned in the distance, and the corpses of the Xianbei people were thrown into the fire, burning beyond recognition. Seeing this, Shi Zhan sighed silently, and then asked, "What are the casualties of our army?" ”
"According to preliminary statistics, our army has killed 8,915 people in this battle, more than 3,000 were seriously wounded, and more than 6,000 were lightly wounded, and the list of fallen soldiers is still being counted."
"Send someone to write a letter of resignation, and hurry to Yecheng to report the news of the victory to Your Majesty, inform us of the current casualties of our army, and wait for us to deal with all matters, and choose a day to return to the court."
"Understood, little brother will do it." Li Chang said that he was about to retire.
"Wait." Shi Zhan called out to Li Chang.
"What else does the eldest brother command?"
"What about Wang Shicheng? I haven't seen anyone since last night. ”
"After the victory of our army last night, the third led two thousand cavalry to the place where we surrounded the Xianbei people before and stationed, where there were a large number of baggage and grain and grass thrown by us and the Xianbei people, he said that he must not send people to guard, and the battlefield also needs to be cleaned, so he didn't ask you, and went directly."
"The third child has a stable temperament, is not arrogant or impatient, and has a global view, which saves me a lot of heart."
"What the eldest brother said is right, this point of the third child really makes me out of reach." Li Chang said with a smile.
"Alright, you go get busy."
"Yes." Li Chang gave a military salute and turned to leave.
At this time, in the Yecheng Palace, King Shihu of Zhao was in the early dynasty with hundreds of officials above the main hall.
At the beginning of the Zhao Kingdom, the Xiongnu Shan Yu Liu Yuan founded the country, and the country name at that time was "Han". After the Hidden Emperor Liu Ji was killed, his uncle Liu Yao set himself up as the king, changed the country name to "Zhao", Shi Hu's father Shi Le usurped the throne and killed Liu Yao the following year, seized the throne, followed the name of the Huns, Shi Hu succeeded to the throne, moved the capital to Yecheng.
Shi Hu sat drunkly on the dragon chair, sleeping like a dead pig, snoring like thunder. The ministers bowed their heads and whispered, not daring to speak loudly, everyone knew that the emperor was drunk all night last night, singing and dancing.
Suddenly, Shi Hu slipped down from the dragon chair and sat on the ground, the ministers immediately knelt down in fright, and the eunuch next to him was suddenly at a loss, and he didn't even react to help the emperor.
"Damn, I fell to my death, you idiots, you can't help me up!" Shi Hu struggled to get up, but his body and hands and feet did not obey the call, and he didn't wake up from last night's wine, so he didn't get up.
A few little eunuchs reacted at this time, ran over with all hands and feet, and helped Shi Hu onto the dragon chair, after Shi Hu sat firmly, he waved his hand and gave each of the two eunuchs next to him a loud slap, and then scolded: "Are you blind?" Don't I know how to help when I fall to the ground? Come on, drag these idiots out and behead them! ”
Several little eunuchs were suddenly frightened, and they all knelt down and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty spare your life!" Your Majesty, don't kill us! ”
Shi Hu was still drunk, not to mention that he was already brutal by nature, how could he take the lives of these eunuchs in his eyes, ignoring the eunuchs' begging for mercy, he waved his hand and motioned to the guards in front of the palace to drag people out and behead them.
Baiguanmen was so frightened that no one dared to say a word, at this time, whoever talked too much was looking for death, and they all knelt on the ground with their foreheads on the ground.
It is said that after these unlucky eunuchs were dragged out of the hall, they still shouted for mercy, and they all peed their pants in fright. The guards pulled several eunuchs outside the palace gate, and when they were about to be executed, a voice came from not far away: "Stop!" Keep people under the knife! ”
When the guards heard the prestige, it was a teenager, although he was not as weak as the crown, but he was already a talent, heroic, who else was in the whole capital?
"Min Gongzi!" When the guards saw the boy coming, they stopped the execution and saluted respectfully.
"Min Gongzi, save us, save us!" Several eunuchs seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and their faces were full of tears and snot when they cried.
The young man looked at the embarrassed appearance of these eunuchs, and then asked, "What crime have these people committed?" I remember that they seem to be the emperor's personal servants, why were they dragged here early in the morning to be beheaded? ”
"If you go back to Master Min, your subordinates will execute these people by the emperor's order, and as for the reason, your subordinates are not very clear." When the guard saw the young man questioning, he reported it truthfully.
The young man frowned and asked the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground: "You didn't serve the emperor in the main hall early in the morning, what did you do and be dragged here to beheaded?" ”
One of the little eunuchs choked up and said: "Back to Min Gongzi, the minions are serving Your Majesty in the main hall, Your Majesty was in great interest last night, drank a night of wine, and fell asleep on the dragon chair this morning, I didn't dare to disturb Your Majesty's rest, who knew that Your Majesty suddenly fell to the ground from the dragon chair, the minions did not react, they all panicked, and did not help Your Majesty up at the first time, so Your Majesty Long Yan was furious, and wanted to kill a few of us, Min Gongzi, you save us, please save us!" We've kowtowed to you! The little eunuchs immediately kowtowed to the young man, and blood came out of his forehead.
"Okay, okay, don't kowtow." The young man motioned for them to stop, then turned back to the guards and said, "I think Your Majesty just made a drunken will, and now I think that the wine has already woken up, I will ask Your Majesty if you really want to kill these eunuchs, if Your Majesty insists on killing, then you will do it again, how about it?" ”
"This ...... Min Gongzi, I know that Your Majesty favors you, but we are acting on orders, in case Your Majesty blames you, what should we do? The guards looked very embarrassed.
The young man smiled, patted the guard on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, if Your Majesty punishes, I will bear it for you, don't worry!" ”
"That'...... Min Gongzi, please go early and return early, and the lowly people are here to listen to your news. One of the leading guards saluted the boy respectfully.
After Shi Hu just fell, the person was sober, but the wine had not yet woken up, and he was scolding and scolding in the main hall, without the majesty of a monarch, and the officials were afraid of becoming his punching bag, and they were afraid to raise their heads one by one.
"What the hell, what are you doing on your knees and burying your faces? Is the family dead, or am I dead? Kneel down for me and lift your head up! ”
When the ministers heard the emperor's order, they slowly raised their heads one by one, and then quietly looked left and right, and saw that the others also raised their heads, so they knelt down tremblingly and straightened their waists, but most of them still trembled with their legs and did not dare to look directly at Shi Hu.
"Do you have nothing to say in the early court? None of them can be silent? It's too peaceful, isn't it? There is no recital today, and the sun is really coming out of the west! Shi Hu patted the table angrily, and said, "So you Han people are soft bones, cowards!" Look at you guys scared one by one! ”
Shi Hu saw that none of the ministers spoke, so he stared at a slightly older person, and then asked, "Prime Minister, tell me, what is the script today?" ”
"Old minister...... Today's unscripted ......" The Prime Minister was trembling, and he didn't dare to speak more, so he lowered his head again and kowtowed to Shi Hu.
"Useless thing, you old slippery head!" Shi Hu was obviously angry.
Just when Shi Hu was about to be furious, the guards in front of the palace came to the main hall to report: "Your Majesty, Gongzi Min asked to see him outside the palace, saying that he had something important to report." ”
"Huh? Who? Xiao Min? What did he report early in the morning? Shi Hu's face suddenly softened a lot.
"Weichen doesn't know, Min Gongzi only said that if there is something important, he must meet His Majesty, and let Weichen come to report."
"Hurry up and let him in, this kid, God is babbling." Shi Hu, who was still fierce just now, instantly softened his face and smiled inexplicably.
The young man strode into the main hall and bowed respectfully: "Shi Min see Your Majesty." ”
"Get up, excuse me, excuse me, Min'er, just now you asked the guards to report that there is something to report, I don't know what you are reporting?" Shi Hu said to the young man named Shi Min with a gentle smile.
"Your Majesty, I had a strange dream last night." Shi Min replied respectfully.
"Oh? Strange dreams? What's strange, let's hear it? Shi Hu was intrigued by Shi Min's words.
"Last night I dreamed that on top of a big hall, there was a golden dragon entrenched, extremely majestic, and many ordinary people on the hall knelt down to worship when they saw this, and the golden dragon spat out people's words, edifying everyone, and everyone was silent. I felt that the main hall in this dream was like a palace within this palace, so I entered the palace early in the morning to have a look, confirming the strange dream of last night. ”
"How? Did you find it? Shi Hu hurriedly asked.
"I haven't found it yet, so I have the recklessness to report to Your Majesty, thinking that with Your Majesty's holy wisdom, you will definitely be able to answer my doubts, but as soon as I step into this Shenghe Palace, I seem to have found the answer." Shi Min smiled slightly.
"Oh? What's the answer? Shi Hu sat up from the dragon chair and asked mysteriously.
Shi Min replied with a smile: "What I dreamed of last night, isn't it the situation on the top of this hall?" ”
"Hahahahaha, Min'er, you little slippery head, early in the morning to say that there is something to report, in fact, it is to make me happy, come and come, I haven't seen you for many days, go back to the palace with me, and let me see how your martial arts are progressing." Shi Hu said as he walked down the steps and towards Shi Min.
Shi Min looked at the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty kneeling on the ground and asked, "Your Majesty didn't come to court early?" ”
"Hmph, these sour Confucians are all headaches to look at, since there is no original play, then disperse." As he spoke, he pulled Shi Min to walk outside the hall, and then shouted: "Come on, get up and drive back to the palace!" ”
Shi Min followed behind Shi Hu, Shi Hu walked a few steps, suddenly stopped, turned his head and asked, "Speaking of driving back to the palace, where did those minions go?" ”
"Didn't Your Majesty just ask the guards to pull a few of them out and behead them?" Shi Min reminded in a low voice on the side.
"Huh? I almost forgot, this ...... You kid, huh? Shi Hu pointed at Shi Min and said with a smile: "Okay, for your sake, I spared these minions, counted their fate, and interceded for them when I met you." ”
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Shi Min smiled and bowed his head to thank him.
"Okay, the good people have let you do it, go back to the palace with me, let's have a good chat!" Shi Hu pulled Shi Min and walked out of the hall with a smile.