Chapter 051: A Lone Hero
"The official family is sick?" Hong Tao now understood that this celebration was made up by the two of them, otherwise the news of the retreat of the Golden River Empire's warships would not have come back so quickly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Although I don't like this kind of thing, I don't object to it. The necessary image project still has to be carried out, which can be regarded as a means of publicity, and the effect is not bad. As for saying that Emperor Lizong did not come forward to greet him in person, this is not a problem, and it is actually better not to come out than to come out. Once the emperor appeared on such an occasion, he had to deceive the people by pretending to act, and it was very troublesome for Eli Lilly to go. However, the question of Emperor Lizong's illness cannot be sloppy, whether he is really sick or fake sick, Hong Tao did not ask Jia Yidao and Ding Daquan, but looked at the Marine Corps lieutenant who was in charge of the security work in the palace.
"I am indeed sick, I have had a high fever since last night, and the military doctor has been on guard all night. In the morning, my condition improved, but I still had some fever and was not suitable for going out for activities. The lieutenant understood what Hong Tao meant, and hurriedly gave a brief introduction to Emperor Lizong's condition.
"Oh, the official family is also worried about the country's worries, can the two adults inform Your Majesty of the good news?" Hong Tao listened to the lieutenant's words, and felt a little relieved in his heart. At present, Emperor Lizong cannot die, which is not conducive to maintaining the stability of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Your Excellency, please rest assured that Your Majesty has already spoken to the female officials in person, and I ask them to convey it on your behalf. Your Majesty will surely get better when he hears the good news of the Prime Minister's retreat from the enemy. Ding Daquan not only said it very sincerely, but the expression on his face was also very sincere, as if he really thought so.
In fact, in these days, he has not seen Emperor Lizong a few times, except for the previous dynasty, the palace where Emperor Lizong's family lived was all closed by the marines, and the only way to communicate with the outside world was those swallows under Cixi. They temporarily served as the head of the palace maids by the emperor's side, handling all the affairs of the emperor's family.
"That's good! According to the two adults, do I need to have fun with the people? Knowing that the emperor's life was not in danger for the time being, Hong Tao began to think about how to maximize the effect of this celebration. However, on this issue, we have to seek the opinions of Ding Daquan and Jia Yidao, and they know best what the people of Lin'an think and what habits they have.
"No, no, no! The adults only need to get on the horse and return to the palace, and the people admire the demeanor of the adults, so they can only admire, and it is not beautiful if it is too close. Jia Rudao was the first to understand what Hong Tao meant, and also gave his opinion.
"What Lord Jia said is that the prime minister is an important minister of the imperial court, and the imperial court has its own prestige ......of the imperial court," Ding Daquan also echoed.
"Well, then I'll be good for once. Don't get on the horse, I've been on the boat for a long time, my arms and legs are a little numb, let's take a walk, I'll have to worry about the two adults here! As soon as he heard that he didn't have to pretend, Hong Tao was very happy, and smiled and arched his hand at the officials present, and then arched his hand at the people of Lin'an in the distance, and then strode towards Jiahuimen, Wen Nan and the marines who had just gotten off the battleship followed.
This is the first time that Hong Tao has publicly appeared in Lin'an City after occupying Lin'an, and it can be regarded as officially announcing his arrival to the outside world. At present, his identity is still the reinforcement invited by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty and the imperial court, but soon there will be a holy decree promulgated, and his reinforcement will be worshiped by Emperor Lizong as the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty. In the process of negotiating with the Jinhe Empire this time, Ding Daquan and Jia Rudao fanned him into a lonely hero's rhythm, which was very beneficial to himself, and the new prime minister was a bit justified when he took office, at least it would not make too many people feel abrupt.
Hong Tao didn't expect this matter in advance, it was completely Ding Daquan and Jia Yidao who took advantage of the trend according to their own understanding. In their opinion, this kind of thing can lead to a lot of benefits, especially in the accumulation of prestige, and whoever gets involved in this kind of thing can gain a lot of prestige. And what their new owners lack at the moment is prestige. For the two of them, the quality of the new owner is directly related to the second half of their lives, so they don't need the new owner to bow down to everything, and they have to do everything that is beneficial to the new owner. While safeguarding the new masters, they are also safeguarding their own interests, which is called a community of interests. Although they couldn't say the word, they understood this truth more thoroughly than Hong Tao.
In the winter of 1254, the Great Song Dynasty finally came out of the haze of war, and the war in full swing in the south suddenly disappeared with the arrival of the northwest wind. In late October, the Straits Corporation suddenly and without warning announced a unilateral truce. Not only that, but their army began to retreat the next day, retreating dozens to hundreds of kilometers from the battlefield in one go, and giving up many passes that could be defended.
Ten days later, the Great Song Dynasty also responded, and Emperor Lizong issued a decree accepting the truce decision of the Straits Company State, and announced the resumption of negotiations between the two sides, sending the new Vice Premier of the Great Song Empire, Wen Nan, as the plenipotentiary representative. At the same time, the armies of the southern Song Dynasty also began to stop contact and slowly retreated, leaving a buffer zone between the warring sides.
Almost at the same time, the Golden River Empire announced that it would officially send observers to the buffer zone between the two sides as an armistice mediator to supervise it, and anyone who dared to unilaterally enter the buffer zone during the negotiations to carry out military provocations would be tantamount to declaring war on the Golden River Empire.
This series of sudden changes made everyone a little dumbfounded, and from south to north were asking a question at this time, why? It's been fighting so well, why is there a sudden truce? And the Jinhe Empire, which has always refused to show up officially, also intervened, this time not as a puller, but as a real persuasion. There must be something in this, the three countries are like they have been discussed in advance, and they cooperate with each other so tacitly, if it is said to be a coincidence, no one will believe it except for the common people.
In fact, there is no context to follow here, and soon someone sorted out the abnormal phenomena that have occurred in the court in the past few months, and found some clues from them. First, there was an attempt to assassinate the emperor, and then a purge began in the imperial court, and many officials were implicated. The original right prime minister's faction bore the brunt, and the left prime minister Ding Daquan and Lin'an prefect Jia Rudao became loyal ministers and had the right to speak in the court.
From this moment on, the decrees issued in the court were one after another, just like asking for money. Most of them were appointed and dismissed for local officials in various prefectures and counties and military towns, but basically the local top leaders were not moved, but the second leaders were transferred back. The general judgment and the prison army were originally the eyes and ears of the imperial court, and in this eventful time, a large-scale exchange is also reasonable.
However, the newly appointed general judge and the prison army are a bit confusing to the second monk, they are all foreign aid invited by the imperial court, and it is said that they come from the East. These Orientals all speak a strange tone of Chinese, and after they come, they walk around the jurisdiction all day long, except for holding a notebook to record, they are not in a hurry to seize power, and they don't care about what the leader does, and they get along very well.
If it had been in peacetime, those magistrates who had a lot of influence in the local and military towns would have already gone to the court to ask what the intention of this move was. There are foreign officials in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, but there are not so many, and now they suddenly send so many second-in-command, what does it mean! But this time, most of the officials unanimously kept their mouths shut, the reason is very simple, everyone can feel that a great change has taken place in the DPRK and China, although no one knows what is happening, but the news from Lin'an City every now and then proves that this conjecture is very correct. Batch after batch of officials became rebels and thieves, and they were escorted outside the Jiahui Gate and cut down. Don't mention anything about persecution of Zhongliang or anything like that, almost every one of these people is conclusively evidenced, and the most important one is that they colluded with traitors.
The plot that follows is even more confusing. The Royal Navy of the Jinhe Empire went north with all the strength of the country and gathered outside Hangzhou Bay, what are you here for, you don't even need to ask, you must be here to pull a bias. There has always been the shadow of the Jinhe Empire behind the Strait Company State, but I didn't expect it to jump to the front so quickly, and fold up its arms and sleeves to directly participate in the war. Just when many magistrates and generals of the Great Song Dynasty felt that the general trend of the imperial court was gone, that group of Orientals jumped out again, and actually took the initiative to sail with ten warships to meet the battle, and the battle was decided, forcing the Royal Navy fleet to retreat.
What is it that makes you so powerful? Who doesn't know what the Royal Navy is? But its more than 100 warships were forced back by more than a dozen warships. According to the people of the Great Song Naval Division, at that time, this man with ten warships was fearless in the battleship group of the Royal Navy, and he went deep alone, approached the flagship of the Emperor of the Jinhe Empire, and captured the main general of the other side alive.
Tai Nima is magical, this is almost catching up with the heroes in the interpretation, and the first rank of general in thousands of troops! But anyone who has a little brain has to draw a big question mark in his heart. But I can't stop the people of the Great Song Dynasty from liking this kind of joke, the Chinese have worshiped the lone hero since thousands of years ago, and if this hero ends up in a tragedy, it will be even more touching, and it must be remembered for eternity.
This matter can no longer be verified, because on the same day, tens of thousands of Lin'an people went to the riverside wharf to greet this hero, and through their mouths, this paragraph has been deduced into many more detailed versions, and even the dialogue between the two main generals at that time has been completed, and it has been compiled into a commentary by the Lin'an people, preached everywhere, and the newspaper is even more special. Whoever dares to question it is questioning the IQ of the entire people and the national prestige of the Great Song Dynasty, and it will be spurned by everyone, and it is not surprising that he is said to be a traitor.
(To be continued.) )