Chapter 374: The Old Lady is Gone (Fourth Watch)
From Ouyang Xiu's entry into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, Wang Ning'an came over, and as the son-in-law of the Yang family, he should escort the old general on a journey. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Alas, Erlang, the old man is ashamed, the body of General Wang was not brought back, I am sorry for you!"
Wang Ningan sighed, he shook his head lightly, unimpressed.
"As a descendant of the Wang family, I will take it back with my own hands! If I can't find his old man's body, the left and right must be in the territory of Liao, and I will take Liaoguo back! ”
Ouyang Xiu was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly, "What a spirit! That's what I want! ”
Ouyang Xiu was very happy, he talked a lot with Wang Ning'an, especially about the New Year's coin. Before going, who would have thought that the Liao State would actually accept the New Year's coin, isn't it when the weak are helpless, and they will offer gold and silver with both hands and pray for peace? Could it be that the Liao State already thinks that it is invincible to the Great Song Dynasty?
After decades of hard work, the Liao Kingdom has actually degenerated to this extent?
Ouyang Xiu couldn't believe it, and this was the case!
When he proposed that 30,000 yuan per Chinese New Year's Eve could be settled in currency or commodities, the whole Liao Kingdom actually accepted it gladly, as if they had taken advantage!
The ability to do it on your own face is really breathtaking.
A strong, proud, and enterprising Liao State has disappeared, and now it is nothing more than a walking corpse entrenched in the vast land, and it has nothing to show for itself!
Even if he doesn't die in the Great Song Dynasty, he will die in the hands of others.
This is Ouyang Xiu's diagnosis to Liao Guoxia.
Wang Ningan agrees, history is written like that, there is nothing to question, the problem is that if you can't grasp the power, even if the Liao State is finished, and it is replaced by a stronger and more barbaric country, the Great Song Dynasty will still be unlucky.
In the final analysis, iron must be hard.
Taking advantage of this wave, expanding the army and strengthening the army has become a step that must be taken!
Now it depends on how determined Zhao Zhen can be.
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After escorting Yang Wu's men and horses across the Yellow River, there were already 8,000 people, and there were more scholars, people, and merchants on the periphery, who followed from afar, wanting to witness the most important moment!
When the people came to a place thirty miles away from Tokyo, there was a completely white mat shed in front, headed by Jia Changchao, the two mansions, a lot, in addition to them, there were also Zhao Yunbi, the king of Beihai County, Zhao Zongjing, the king of Jiyin County, and others led by the clan, behind them, in the Jingjiangmen, all the characters on the table poured out of the nest, a lot, all neatly arranged, looking forward to it.
After that, there were officials in the capital, students of the Royal Academy, students of the Three Thousand Tai, merchants, gentry, common people, craftsmen, and even many foreign merchants in Beijing.
Jia Changchao's face was solemn, he walked up and bowed to the carriage three times, and then to Ouyang Xiu three times.
The etiquette of the Han family, bowing and worshipping again is the most solemn, usually to see the emperor, it only needs to be done once, but this time it was worshiped three times in a row, worshiped Yang Ye, and worshiped Ouyang Xiu, which shows that the imperial court attaches great importance to this matter.
After Jia Chang worshipped, he said to Ouyang Xiu: "Uncle Yong's trip has greatly increased the prestige of the country and welcomed back the bones of the old general, which is a great achievement!" ”
Ouyang Xiu immediately returned the salute, "The wolf of the Liao Kingdom is ambitious, brutal and unkind, afraid of power but not virtuous. Being able to bring back the body is not a matter of cultivation, but the result of the soldiers' desperate battles. ”
Jia Changchao thought so, "Your Majesty is waiting for the old general Yang at the city gate, and the old general will be handed over to us by Qing!" ”
After speaking, Jia Changchao took the initiative to move forward, someone prepared a wooden pole and put the coffin away, starting from Jia Changchao, Di Qing, Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi, Han Qi, Tang Jie, Wang Gongchen, Bao Zheng...... Several ministers worked together to lift the coffin steadily.
Wang Ningan glanced at everyone, and there was one person missing, that Wang Yaochen!
It is said that he didn't look down on Wang Jiajun, and attacked Wang Ning'an on the Golden Palace, saying some inconsequential things...... Wang Ningan originally wanted to come back this time, humiliate himself, and vent the evil anger in his chest, but where did this Wang Yaochen go?
Wang Ningan didn't know that just two days ago, Wang Yaochen had been demoted out of the capital.
In addition to being bitter and sneering, this Golden Palace councilor can't take out anything useful, and Zhao Zhen has endured enough.
directly ordered him to go to Chengdu Mansion to be the prefect...... Although the level has not changed, it is difficult to walk in Shu, and Wang Yaochen is not young anymore, so he goes to Sichuan, and he doesn't know if he can come back alive.
At the same time, Zhao Zhen transferred the original Yizhou prefect Zhang Fangping to the capital.
This Master Zhang has also been in the office for 20 years, step by step, with solid political achievements and an excellent official reputation. Zhao Zhen transferred him to the capital with the intention of taking charge of the Yushi Observatory.
And the original Yushi Zhongcheng, that is, our drunkard, the day of Xuan Ma and worshipping the prime minister is not far away.
The ministers carried the coffin together, not far away, not close, and walked out for 10 miles, like Di Qing, who was in good health, would be fine if he walked for dozens of miles, but the others were all as if they had broken their waists, so they could only endure it.
In the next ten miles, it was Zhao Song's clan who carried it, Zhao Yunbi, and Zhao Zongjing and the two walked in the front.
Especially Zhao Zongjing, he pursed his lips and didn't say a word, tears kept rolling in his eyes.
He is the only one in the clan who has been to Liao, when he and Wang Ningan went to Liao, they didn't want to worship Yang Wuving, but they didn't have the face to meet General Yang, after all, that time was to go to peace talks...... Unexpectedly, after a few years of hard work, the remains of General Yang could return to the Great Song Dynasty openly, and Zhao Zongjing was really excited.
Wait and see, not only Yang Wuving, but also the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun will also be taken back!
They walked ten miles, but the last ten miles had to be handed over to the disciples of Jiangmen, Yang Wenguang had already returned from Lingnan, and the injuries on his body had been healed, and he, as the eldest man of the Yang family, took over the heavy wooden bar from Zhao Yunbi's hands. Yang Huaiyu and several other generals also walked out and took the coffin.
At this moment, another person stepped out of the crowd.
He silently came to the coffin, his knees weakened, he knelt on the ground, and kowtowed to Yang Wuving. This person is Pan Shu, the current head of the Pan family, and Pan Su's uncle.
Anyway, Pan Mei had to bear the responsibility for the death of Yang Invincible back then, and now that the old general's body has returned, the Pan family can't help but express it!
Kowtowed, Pan Shu did not get up, but knelt to the side and lay on the ground respectfully to apologize.
"Brother Pan, the bar is a little heavy, are you willing to help?"
Pan Shu was stunned for a moment, Yang Wenguang was smiling at him, Pan Shu was stunned for a moment, quickly got up, his voice trembled, and asked: "I, I ......"
"What is past is in the past!"
Yang Wenguang said with a smile: "Great-ancestor was killed in the Northern Expedition to Liao, and now seventy years have passed, and his old man's last wish has not been fulfilled, we should be ashamed, where can we still be entangled in the details......
Pan Shu nodded vigorously, "Brother Yang has seen it, and the younger brother admires it!" I swear to the heavens here that from now on, everyone in the descendants of the Pan family will regard the descendants of the Yang family as brothers and sisters! Be determined to recover Yanyun and take revenge! ”
"Recover Yanyun and take revenge!"
"Recover Yanyun and take revenge!"
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Countless people shouted along, and the sound was earth-shattering.
Even the most reserved people on weekdays have forgotten their feelings, shouting at the top of their voices, trying to express all the accumulated anger.
Yang Wenguang and Pan Su stood shoulder to shoulder and carried Yang Wushu to the gate of the city.
At this time, a wide carriage was waiting here, including Zhao Zhen's imperial chariot to give way, because the old man in the car was the well-deserved protagonist today!
Since Yang Ye died in battle, the old Taijun's clothes are only blue, white, and black, and it is the first time to wear such gorgeous clothes.
The daughter and granddaughter-in-law supported the old lady and got out of the carriage.
It's rare that today's old lady is very obedient, and she didn't even shout to go 30 miles away to greet her husband, she just waited silently until everyone carried her husband's coffin to the city gate.
In the eyes of the old lady, tears were rolling, and she didn't have to endure it anymore.
An old man who is over 100 years old, she is actually afraid that she will lose her temper and be overly excited, and she will not be able to see her husband in one breath...... The old lady staggered to the front of the coffin, stretched out her thin hand, and stroked the cold gloomy wood.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were moist, and some people couldn't cry!
Fold the old lady, can be called a human rui, but who can understand her suffering, nearly 70 years, guarding the Yang family's court, watching generations of descendants die, and sending black-haired people again and again...... She was bitter in her heart, but she was reluctant to leave this world, she had to wait, wait for her husband to come back, otherwise, even if she died, she would be alone, she was too afraid of loneliness...... Seventy years is enough to drive anyone crazy.
The old lady lay on top of the coffin, rubbing it gently, and kept chattering in her mouth, telling all kinds of things over the years, talking for a while, laughing for a while, laughing for a while, crying for a while...... Even if it was the supreme of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Zhen couldn't bear to disturb this old lady, so he could only watch quietly.
In the end, Yang Jiumei leaned into her mother's ear and whispered a few words.
The old lady nodded with a smile, "How can our family affairs be compared to national affairs, don't let people say that the Yang family doesn't understand the rules, carry him back." ”
Yang Wenguang and the others came over, wanting to carry the old general away, but they didn't want the old lady to hold the coffin with his hands and refuse to leave.
Mu Guiying said with tears in her eyes: "Grandma misses grandpa, she has missed her for seventy years, can she still separate them?" Let's take Grandma away with you! Just let them be together forever! ”
The Yang family was sad and heartbroken, so they found a cushion and put the old lady away, but fortunately, there were many children and grandchildren of the Yang family, and dozens of people worked together to carry the old couple back to the Yang family.
From this day on, Mrs. Zhe stayed by her husband's side and did not leave for a moment, preparing two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks for dinner, and two pillows for sleeping...... When she was sober, the old lady talked about her past experience with her husband, and when she was confused, the old man laughed stupidly.
For twenty days, the old lady had no tears, only a smile left, until one morning, Yang Jiumei and Mu Guiying came to say hello, and found that the old lady had passed away, and the corners of her mouth still had a sweet smile - in heaven, their lives were happy and peaceful......