Chapter 280: The Faint Monarch and the Traitor
It is said that after Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty learned of the rebellion of the four Kou and sent Cai You to lead troops to recruit Daliang, he also began to deal with government affairs every day. Qingliu such as Su Yuanjing in the DPRK also began to play frequently, and Zhao Ji also adopted some of them, such as Su, Hangzhou Zuozuo Bureau, and Yuqian Gangyun, wood and stone color.
The atmosphere in the DPRK and China is also positive.
"The Huaikang Army Festival made Lord Cai ask to see him."
This said, when Zhao Ji was reviewing the fold in the imperial study, he heard Cai You come back, and his wrist couldn't help but shake, and the royal pen drew a piece on the fold.
Zhao Ji put the imperial pen on the pen holder and said in a deep voice: "Let him in." ”
At the door opened, Cai You, who was wrapped in a white cloth, climbed in from the ground, and cried while crawling: "Weichen is incompetent, please ask the emperor to punish the crime." ”
Zhao Ji heard Cai You say this, and couldn't help but stand up in shock, and said hurriedly: "Has the army been defeated by the Liangshan bandits again?" ”
"Oops"
Cai You seemed to have touched the injury while crawling, screamed in pain, and said: "When the battle was called, Weichen went to the front of the battle to check the reality of the Liangshan thief, and he didn't want to be shot by the thief, so he folded for a while. Weichen originally planned to gather his soldiers and horses and then exterminate the Liangshan bandits, but he didn't want to be too seriously injured and fainted. When Weichen woke up, he found that he had been taken back to Tokyo by his relatives to heal his injuries. Wechen is guilty, he missed a major military event. ”
Zhao Ji heard that Cai You fled back alone, and couldn't help but be shocked: "What about my army? ”
Cai You hurriedly said: "Weichen felt that his injuries were heavy before he fainted, so he asked Longxi Hanyang Jiedu to make Li Congji take charge of the army. ”
Zhao Ji heard that someone was in command on his behalf, so he relaxed a little and asked, "I ask you, how many soldiers and horses have you broken in a while?" ”
Cai You actually didn't know how many soldiers and horses he was captured and killed by Liangshan, but he only knew that more than 30,000 people returned to the camp that day, but he didn't dare to say to Zhao Jiming, and said, "More than 10,000 people were broken." ”
Liang Shicheng, who was waiting for Zhao Ji to review the recital, said: "If there are more than 80,000 people, it should be able to exterminate the Liangshan bandits." However, this Li Congji was also born as a thief, so he was in charge of the army, and I am afraid that he will have different intentions. ”
Zhao Ji nodded and said, "It's just that who in the court can still lead the troops?" ”
Liang Shiwei wanted Wang Hao to make contributions, but when he saw Cai You's miserable appearance, he felt that things were not so simple, and he didn't dare to make a noise for a while.
Zhao Ji thought for a while, but didn't come up with a suitable candidate, so he had to say: "Now that the situation is tense, I am afraid that the change of generals will delay the military affairs again, so let Li Congji continue to be the commander, and I will send a supervisor to supervise military affairs." ”
Song Taizong released the military power with a cup of wine, and the Zhao family in the past dynasties prevented the generals from making trouble, if there was a conquest, they all assigned their henchmen and courtiers as the commanders, and most of them were civil ministers, and occasionally used the military generals to be the commanders, and they would send the next supervising army to contain them, so as to prevent the generals from supporting the army and making chaos.
Zhao Ji had made up his mind, so he picked up the pen.
Liang Shicheng hurriedly served Zhao Ji with ink.
Cai You crawled on the ground but was in a cold sweat, he said that he led the soldiers and horses guarding the rear camp to escape, and the army would inevitably be defeated again, and Li Congji didn't know if he had escaped. If Li Congji hadn't escaped, and the emperor's holy decree had gone down, I'm afraid it would have delayed the military affairs. But if he says it, he can't explain it.
Cai You thought about it for a while, but finally felt that his surname was important.
Zhao Ji made a holy decree in one go, and handed it to Liang Shichengdao: "Let people take the gold plate and pass it to Xingren Mansion and transfer it to the front of the army." The prison army will also set off today, and there will be no delay. ”
The gold medal is the twelve gold medals that Yue Fei often said later, but this gold medal is not a real gold medal, but just a communication certificate.
During the time of Song Taizu, the voucher of post communication was a post coupon, written on paper, also called the head, with which the post road was unimpeded. But by the time of Song Taizong, there was a rebellion of swindling on a stagecoach. There was an official's son who made fake post tickets and deceived many post horses. Song Taizong changed the post coupon to a silver medal as a post road certificate. This kind of silver medal is two and a half inches wide, six inches long, there is a Lizi book, engraved with the pattern of flying phoenix and unicorn, and there are years and months on both sides. The gold plate began from the time of Song Shenzong, and it was stipulated that it was used for urgent foot delivery. At that time, the Song Dynasty fought fiercely with the Western Xia, and the Western Xia sent troops to besiege Lanzhou. In order to make the military information quickly transmitted, Song Shenzong ordered to use gold plates to go straight to the emperor, and it was not like ordinary documents to enter the delivery shop.
The gold plate is more than a foot long wooden communication card, one foot long, with vermilion lacquer as the bottom engraved with gold book, the book is eight characters: "the text in front of the emperor, not allowed to enter the shop". It means that the official documents and letters from the side of the emperor of the imperial court are not allowed to be handed over in the post station, but can only be delivered in turn on horseback, so that it is much faster.
This kind of gold-lettered document requires that it be said that it will travel 500 miles, day and night. It is like flying lightning that everyone who looks at it avoids the road. Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to the gold plate, there were blue cards and red cards. The blue plate is a female yellow background blue characters, also wooden, stipulating that the line is 350 miles, and it is also a kind of communication voucher for urgent delivery. The red letter card is black lacquer and red letters, and it is limited to 300 miles.
Liang Shicheng took the piece and folded it out, and Zhao Ji remembered Cai You on the ground, and said: "For the sake of your injury for the country, I will spare you the sin of defeat for the time being, you should get up." ”
"Thank you for your grace of not sinning."
"Oops"
Cai You thanked him, barely climbed a little, and then screamed, and said: "Weichen's back is very painful with an arrow wound, and he can't stand up without help." ”
Zhao Ji saw that Cai You didn't look like acting, so he called the little eunuch outside to come in and help Cai You up.
Zhao Ji looked at Cai You's sweat, frowned, and said, "How is Qing's arrow injury, do you want the imperial doctor to come and show you?" ”
Cai You only had some flesh and skin injuries on his back, how dare he let the imperial doctor come to see it, and hurriedly said: "No need, after the minister was brought back by his relatives, they invited a doctor to show the minister, and it will be fine to recuperate for a while." ”
Zhao Ji treated these favored ministers very kindly, and nodded immediately: "Then you go down first, and then go to court after you recover from your injuries." ”
Cai You was moved to shed two lines of tears, and said: "The emperor is kind, and the ministers have nothing to repay, so they will do their best and die later." ”
Zhao Ji stepped forward, patted Cai You on the shoulder, and encouraged: "You are from a famous family, you have less experience, and you were a little frivolous in the past." I didn't expect to experience this battle, and I became much calmer. With more experience in the future, he will definitely be able to become a cadre like Cai Xiang. ”
It seems that his acting skills are on the rise, and the emperor didn't see that he was acting. In the future, if you play with Wang Hao, you should be able to beat Wang Hao.
Cai You thought about it and said movingly: "The emperor's lesson is that the queen Weichen must be down-to-earth and share worries for the emperor." ”
Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Okay, Xiao Anzi, send Cai Qing down." ”
(To be continued)