Chapter 381: There Is Only One Truth
"Buzz!"
The array of the border troops seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and the momentum of the forward rush came to an abrupt halt, and the generals who were still encouraging the soldiers to move forward also stood in place, and everyone looked at the flag and the car in amazement. [No pop-up novel network]
The Yellow Luo umbrella and the Yellow Dragon Banner are clearly the honor guards of the Son of Heaven!
No one here has ever seen this ceremonial guard, but they all know it, which is not surprising, the details of the ceremonial guard of the Son of Heaven in the past dynasties may be a little different, but they are generally the same, and they will naturally know it if they listen to it more.
It's just that no one could have imagined that this guard of honor would suddenly appear here under such circumstances.
If the honor guard arrived, it was obvious that the Son of Heaven was there in person, and the Son of Heaven came with the cavalry of the 3,000 battalions, so the purpose of his coming here was also obvious, it was to rescue Qincha...... The emperor rescued Qin Cha, this kind of thing is very difficult to say, and there seems to be no precedent, but as long as you have heard about the deeds of Qin Cha Xie Hong, then you will not question this matter.
That Qincha is not an ordinary favorite minister, it is said that he has eight friends with the emperor, and he is the emperor's brother with a different surname! With the friendship between them, the emperor will come to the rescue in person, which is not so rare.
Stopping in a daze was purely frightened, no matter what strange thoughts were turning in their minds, the movements of the border troops were extremely uniform, and it was like a gust of wind blowing, and the army suddenly fell to the ground like a wave.
There is no need for any order, this is also the subconscious action of the border army, for thousands of years, the awe of the imperial power has been engraved in the bones of every Chinese person, the great tomorrow in person, worship the ground is also the only thought in their minds.
"Hooray, hooray, hooray." The cavalry of the 3,000 battalions also dismounted, hugged the chariot in the center, and bowed down in unison.
From their beginning, the border army also echoed, the earth-shattering sound of long live resounded through the wilderness, straight to the sky, at this moment, there is no distinction between friend and foe, the tense atmosphere of saber rattling is even more eliminated, everyone is the same Ming people, jointly worship a son of heaven, why kill each other?
Does this count as attacking the shield with the spear of the other? The corners of Xie Hong's mouth twitched, revealing a sneer.
China is thousands of miles long, and in ancient times, when communication and transportation were not very convenient, it was difficult for such a large empire to be integrated simply with the concept of a country or a nation.
You must know that even in later generations, there are still various dialects in various parts of China, and the customs and habits are very different, and it is quite difficult to unify them, so there is the concept of the Son of Heaven.
Everyone agrees with the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven represents the prestige of the imperial court, so the entire empire is also formed. Under the vigorous promotion of the scholars and doctors, the concept of respecting the Son of Heaven is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, regardless of the peddler or pawn, the reverence for the heavenly family is the same.
Those who can treat the emperor calmly, except for traversers like Xie Hong, are only scholars. The Son of Heaven was picked up by themselves, of course they wouldn't lie to themselves, even if they did, only those nerds would take it seriously.
For the scholars, the Son of Heaven is just a representative of their whole, although he is the highest status in this class, but his will cannot be above the entire class, but should protect this class from the wind and rain, such as carrying a black pot or something.
As far back as the Tang and Song dynasties, the imperial court had a rule that if a natural disaster occurred, it was a warning from heaven, and the Son of Heaven had a fault, so he had to fast and bathe, and then make an edict or something, and pray to heaven for forgiveness.
If the imperial power is strong, this is nothing, there are rights and obligations, but in the Ming Dynasty, when the imperial power was gradually declining, these things were flexibly used by the scholars and became a sharp weapon to limit the imperial power.
Of course, in terms of the ideas of later generations, unrestricted power is not desirable, and even the emperor should be restrained. However, this principle can also be applied to the scholars, if the scholars and the imperial power are opposed, and maintain a balance, it is indeed a good system.
The doctors did not restrict the imperial power for this purpose, they did it for their own unchecked abuse of power, for their own selfish interests, and they only represented a class, even if there were some differences between them, most of them were caused by the uneven distribution of accounts.
Therefore, after Zhengde ascended the throne, Liu Jian and others had such an attitude and put forward many inexplicable exhortations, because they had to suppress the emperor at the beginning, so that Zhengde realized his situation and accepted his fate like his father, so that the scholars and doctors could do whatever they wanted.
But when it comes to the outside world, they can only vaguely say that the emperor is young, so he will have many inappropriate behaviors, but they don't dare to slander righteousness. The emperor is the representative of the scholar class, internally, they can limit the imperial power, but externally, they must not belittle, otherwise they will hurt themselves.
Therefore, despite the earth-shattering fighting in the capital for several months, Jizhen even mobilized for a time and made preparations to enter Beijing to quell the rebellion. But in the hearts of the border army, the emperor's prestige has not weakened at all, even if he enters Beijing, it is in the name of King Qin.
Qingjun side? That is only in the tacit understanding of the scholars, and only a diehard like Liu Daxia would make such astonishing words.
And borrowing the momentum, borrowing the emperor's momentum, is Xie Hong's biggest trump card, and he has been used repeatedly, and he can do miraculous feats every time, and this time it is obviously the same.
"I see...... Scarface muttered to himself as he knelt on the ground with a misty look in his eyes.
As soon as the initial shock passed, Jiang Bin immediately calmed down, this is not the first time Xie Hong has done this kind of thing, this time it is just to let the emperor run a little more, compared to letting the emperor go to Zhenbaozhai to watch the scene, there is actually no difference in the quality of the surname.
It's not just Scarface who thinks so, in fact, most of the people around Xie Hong are very immune to seeing the emperor, isn't it the emperor? Following Master Xie, who hasn't seen someone ten or eight times? For some high-ranking people, the frequency of seeing the emperor is not lower than that of a scholar or something.
They were not surprised, but no one on the side of the border army had such immunity, and Wu Yu was completely dumbfounded. He was the only one still standing in the border army, not really trying to rebel or what, he was too shocked, so he was stunned.
He knows that Xie Hong's backstage is the emperor, but he is actually not very afraid, because his backstage is also very large, and there are three scholars who know it, and there may be more if he doesn't know.
But the problem is that Xie Hong showed up the backstage, but he couldn't show his backstage, let alone let people be present, even if those letters were not in his hands, how could it be bright?
And it's useless to show it, among the scholars, or above the court, the appeal and prestige of the ministers are no less than the emperor, if it was last year, any scholar could crush the emperor to death.
But now in the wilderness of the border town, he is facing a group of big-headed soldiers.
They also know that the ministers are great and have great official positions, but if you ask them how great the ministers are, they will definitely not be able to say. But when it comes to the emperor, they can always say a lot of allusions, don't look at them not reading, but the emperor's deeds have always been common in ancient and modern times, far from being comparable to scholars with a history of only a few decades, this is called heritage!
He could only keep cursing in his heart. scolded Xie Hong for not paying attention to the rules, moving the backer so decisively, and the backer appeared so weird! also scolded his own backstage for not doing his best, even if Xie and Liu have already sent a letter to Shi, but Wang Ge is a fresh** bachelor, and if he can't stop the emperor, forget it, you have to report a letter here!
Now what? Wu Yu looked around blankly, and found that whether it was his henchmen or his descendants, they all knelt down one by one, and occasionally a few loyal and bold looked up at him, and they also expressed concern with their eyes: My lord, everyone is kneeling, you should also kneel down quickly.
Well, I really care about him, 20,000 people are kneeling, and Wu Shen will stand alone stupidly, not to mention disrespect or anything, just say that your posture is too conspicuous, right? Haven't heard of it? The gun shot the first bird, and it was said that you are like you, the general!
"The Holy Driver is here, who is the one who stands it? Dare to offend Tianyan, aren't you afraid that Wang Fa will be ruthless? These concerns are reasonable, Wu Yuzheng was stunned, and suddenly a shout came from the side of the car, and dozens of people shouted in unison.
"Holy Driver? Where is the emperor? The general only saw the car, but did not see the emperor, if the holy car was not there, it was Xie Hong who embezzled the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, and he was the one who was guilty, not the general! ”
I don't know if it was a broken jar or what, in the face of the questioning eyes of more than 20,000 people, Wu Yu roared regardless of it. When a person reaches a desperate situation, the power that bursts out is amazing, although he is only one person, but his voice is not inferior to the shouts of dozens of people on the opposite side, with a sense of madness, it spreads throughout the wilderness, echoing endlessly.
I have to say that Wu Yu's questioning has some truth, and its persuasiveness even exceeds his previous lies. However, this is only a conclusion that Xie Hong came to from his own point of view.
In fact, no matter whether it is the border army or the Beijing camp, no one agrees with Wu Yu's words at all, the emperor is the Son of Heaven, how can he meet anyone who sees him? The honor guard of the Son of Heaven represents the Son of Heaven, this is an iron law!
Misappropriation of honor guards? Isn't this a dream? One hundred and fifty years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing has never happened, and I have been fortunate to see the car driving for three lives, and let the emperor come out to see you? Want to see the sky for yourself? What kind of thing are you!
A large area was vacated next to Wu Yu in an instant, no matter what the relationship with him was, everyone's eyes looking at him were full of contempt and fear:
General Wu is obviously crazy, not only knowing that it is a Qincha but also ordering a siege, but also repeatedly disrespectful to the emperor, you are crazy and want to rebel, everyone can't control it, but you have to pull everyone into the water together, that is your mistake, you want to die, you go to die yourself, we will not accompany you.
It's not enough to just not be accompanied, I'm afraid I have to find some way to make meritorious service and atone for my sins, although Lord Qincha is ruthless and black-hearted, but the emperor is a benevolent lord, and everyone knows the news from the Xuanfu side, as long as he expresses his remorse, the emperor will definitely be generous and careless.
As for how to express remorse...... Hehe, then it depends on what kind of will the emperor has.
The border soldiers looked at General Wu in their eyes, and there was a little more bad intentions, and they voted for it! However, a good way that has been passed down for thousands of years is the only way to express determination when taking refuge.
This murderous gaze even included General Wu's cronies, under such a gaze, these people were all as pale as dirt, and they were all sweating, but none of them had the idea of resisting.
Although he was already a little crazy, Wu Yu's mind was still sober, and from the eyes of everyone around him, he had a premonition of his end, and it was obvious that this time the general trend had gone.
But he was not convinced, and he didn't know if it would stimulate his potential before he died, although it was far away, he clearly saw that the person who was talking next to the car driver was clearly acting according to the instructions in the car array, that is, the order was not the emperor's will, but Xie Hongna's idea.
I obviously guessed correctly, there is only one truth: there is no one in the car, and the guard of honor is empty!
But the sad thing is that none of the people around him believe him, and he has only one ending...... "Well, if he guesses the answer, there is no need to divide the body, just give him a good time." Xie Hong pinched his chin and gave instructions.
"Good...... Yes? Jiang Bin agreed halfway through, and suddenly reacted, Brother Xie didn't mean to say...... "Oh, it's really empty, I borrowed it from my second brother, well, I have to return it when I use it." Xie Hong explained with a smile, as if what he and Zhengde borrowed was not the Son of Heaven's honor guard, but something irrelevant.
"......" Everyone was speechless, Brother Xie, you and the emperor are naughty, and you have opened a precedent for the Ming Dynasty again.
Among them, there are not unsympathetic eyes, not looking at Xie Hong, but looking at Wu Yu who is standing in the distance, such an answer can be guessed, and he can be regarded as a talent, but unfortunately, he is on the wrong team, pitiful!
Ps. There is only one truth, that is, Rigoletto is a cool text, and Xiaoyu is also a good fish~
(To be continued)