Chapter 138: Medals
After Gao Huaiyuan settled Saban and his entourage, he colonized Li Ruohu's soldiers and horses in Tibet on the school field of the Lizhou Metropolitan Division. Although these soldiers have been sleeping in Tibet for a year, but when they return here, they are all full of energy, Gao Huaiyuan stood on the high platform, looking at the clothes on these soldiers have already been a little tattered, and the armor is not as bright as when they left, but faintly feel that they exude a unique temperament of fierce soldiers, knowing that this year, these officers and soldiers have been tempered into a strong army, so he immediately announced that all the troops in Tibet this time, the upper and lower people will receive a medal specially customized for them to commemorate their great march.www.biquge.info
The medal is also something that Gao Huaiyuan has just recently introduced, and after he explained, he has also won the support of the Privy Council, etc., this kind of thing is a new thing, and it can really give the generals a sense of honor, so after Gao Huaiyuan explained the medal system as much as he could, everyone would naturally not object to this matter. . .
And before entering Sichuan this time, he designed a medal, and ordered the money caster to mint more than 10,000 pieces, and brought them to Lizhou, which came in handy this time.
And this time Li Ruohu led 10,000 soldiers to envoy to Tibet, the way was not peaceful, they can be said to have overcome many difficulties, only to arrive at the place where Saban is, and then on the way back, also encountered a lot of trouble, so that many officers and soldiers left their lives in Tubo forever, some people were cremated, and the ashes were brought back to the Song Dynasty, but some people could not even find the body, so they stayed in Tibet forever...
Of the 10,000 people who went out, less than 7,000 were left when they returned, and even among these 7,000, many of them were permanently disabled due to frostbite or war wounds. Gao Huaiyuan not only announced that everyone would receive a medal to commemorate their trip, but also announced that the families of the officers and soldiers who died in Tibet would also receive one such medal, in addition, he also announced that everyone would be replaced with a new armor, that is, the kind of trap armor that had just begun to be promoted in the Song army, and everyone would also receive a reward of fifty yuan in addition to their military salary, and the families of the victims would receive a pension of two hundred yuan, and the military would give proper accommodation to the disabled. Each person will also receive a special reward of 200 kan...
After listening to Gao Huaiyuan's words, a cheer immediately sounded on the school field, and the seven thousand soldiers, under the leadership of Li Ruohu, immediately knelt on the ground and thanked Gao Huaiyuan.
"You don't have to thank me, you have earned these things and honors yourself! You have won the reputation of our Great Song Dynasty, and the country deserves to give you these! I only hope that you will be able to serve the country in the future just like this trip to Tibet! The state will never treat you badly! Gao Huaiyuan waved his hand and said loudly to the officers and soldiers below.
After saying that, Gao Huaiyuan also personally got off the high platform, personally put a shining bronze medal on Li Ruohu's chest, and gave Li Ruohu a military salute...
Immediately, the large box of medals was moved out and placed in front of the school, and Li Ruohu personally wore this medal for his subordinates, and then these generals wore medals for their subordinates, and so on until everyone who came back this time wore this medal on their chests, this review was completely over, and as for the distribution of medals and pensions to the families of the dead, naturally other people were responsible. Li Ruohu and Zhou Cong'an were taken by Gao Huaiyuan to his temporary trip, and Yue Kun and Huang Yan also arrived here together, and Li Ruohu told Gao Huaiyuan about their entry into Tibet this time.
This time, after Li Ruohu led the army to escort the mission into Tibet, he did encounter many dangers, and there were still many people among the Tubo people who were not very soft on the Southern Song Dynasty, especially after hearing that the mission carried a large amount of money and goods, they were even more eager to get rid of this mission, and they all got entangled, wanting to kill this mission, snatch all the property they carried, and keep it for themselves...
But Li Ruohu didn't give them this opportunity, and bribed a lot of Tubo people along the way to serve as their scouts.
Although the Tubo soldiers are also very fierce, they lack organization, even if they occupy a geographical advantage and have the advantage of people and people, but against Li Ruohu, a well-organized Song army, they can only hit their heads and break their blood.
Often soon after the two sides engaged, the Song army was under the command of Li Ruohu, and the Tubo army that was temporarily gathered was beaten to the ground, not to mention, the Song army was still chasing to the death, all the way to their nest, blocking the door, and Li Ruohu carried ten artillery pieces with him this time, even if these Tubo forces drilled into the stone fort, he refused to let go, pulled out the artillery and aimed at the gate to bombard, and after the bombardment was opened, he led the army to attack and kill, until these small forces who dared to offend the majesty of the Celestial Empire were slaughtered. After a few times, the news spread, and it greatly shocked the Tibetan forces passing along the way, they had never seen or heard of such a thing as artillery, and after hearing the exaggeration of those who escaped by the extermination of the tribe, they were even more frightened.
The remnants of these exterminated tribes described the artillery as very, very terrifying, and even described that when the artillery was fired, it was like a thunderbolt, which could flatten a castle at once, so that many Tubo people were frightened when they heard that the mission had entered their territory, and they immediately ran to offer Hada and gifts of cattle and sheep, which seemed very deferential...
Later, basically no Tibetan forces dared to offend the heavenly power of the mission, and when the mission went deeper into the territory of Tibet, it was much calmer.
Zhou Cong'an was also very familiar with the affairs of Tibet, and along the way, he constantly sent some exquisite gifts to those tribal leaders who submitted to the mission, so as to buy the hearts of many Tubo people and make them more inclined to submit to the Great Song Dynasty.
On this return trip, they specially escorted Saban through some important forces in Tibet, so that Saban had the opportunity to have extensive contact with the monks and laymen of these forces and listen to the opinions of various forces, so they should have come back a long time ago, so they delayed for several months before escorting Saban back to Lizhou City...
"Cong'an, Ruohu, you two did quite well on this trip, it can be said that once Tubo returns to our dynasty, the two of you should be the first to take the lead, after coming back this time, Cong'an or stay in Lizhou to do things! I'll arrange a suitable spot for you in the Procurement Division! You are responsible for assisting Lord Zhao and Saban in negotiating many matters related to the entry of Tibet into the Song Dynasty, you are more familiar with this aspect, and you also understand what the Tubo people think, so please leave this matter to you! After Gao Huaiyuan heard them describe the trip to Tibet in detail, he nodded again and again to express his satisfaction, and instructed Zhou Cong'an.
Zhou Cong'an hurriedly got up to thank him, just at this time Zhao Kui also came to the house to ask to see, so Gao Huaiyuan welcomed Zhao Kui into the house, and everyone sat down together to talk about this matter...
"Lord Cardinal, the lower officials have been puzzled in the past two days, I wonder why Lord Cardinal didn't mention the matter of letting the Tibetan tribes submit to our dynasty after seeing Saban this time?" As soon as Zhao Kui sat down, he immediately asked Gao Huaiyuan.
Gao Huaiyuan smiled and asked people to serve tea, and after a few sips, he moistened his throat, and then replied with a smile: "I'm afraid I still have to ask Lord Zhou to talk about this matter first!" Lord Zhou, you might as well explain to Lord Zhao on behalf of the official."
Zhou Cong'an hurriedly stood up and saluted Zhao Kui and said, "Your Excellency will see the envoy!" ”
Zhao Kui didn't ask for a big and hurriedly got up to return the salute, he also knew that Zhou Cong'an would definitely be reused by Gao Huaiyuan after this trip to Tibet, so he was very polite to Zhou Cong'an, and introduced a staff member he brought with him to Gao Huaiyuan and Zhou Cong'an and others...
"This is the subordinate official's staff surnamed Yu Mingju, and now he is temporarily appointed to the position of chief Bo, and he will also follow Lord Zhou to be responsible for negotiating with Saban in the future!" As he spoke, he introduced this staff member to everyone.
After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he was immediately taken aback, and quickly looked at this Yu Jie, he is relatively familiar with the name Yu Jie, Chinese know Diaoyu City, and they all know that the Mongol Great Khan Meng Ge led an army to attack Diaoyu City, but was injured by Yashi, and finally died in Sichuan, and this Diaoyu City was planned and established by Yu Jie, but I didn't expect that Yu Jie was still so young at this time, and actually worked under Zhao Kui.
"It turns out that you are Yu Jue! This official has admired the name for a long time! Gao Huaiyuan immediately smiled at Yu Jue.
After Yu Jue heard Gao Huaiyuan's words, he was a little flattered, but at the same time he felt a little strange, because although he was a person from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he moved to Qizhou at a young age, and later because of his poor family, although he studied, but because of his livelihood and dropped out of school, he defected to Zhao Kui and became a staff member under Zhao Kui.
Yu Jue couldn't figure it out, but he still quickly knelt down and didn't even dare to say it, like Gao Huaiyuan thanked, Zhao Kui and others around him were also very strange, I don't know when Yu Jue became a celebrity, but I can't ask this, maybe this Yu Jue has long been Gao Huaiyuan's person! So everyone couldn't help but be impressed by Yu Jue again.
Zhao Kui wondered in his heart, is the official position given to Yu Jue a little too low? It seems that you have to find a way to find a high official position for Yu Jue when you go back, after all, Yu Jue's talent is still quite good after following him as a staff member!
Gao Huaiyuan inadvertently said a word, and won a bright future for Yu Jue, which was something he didn't expect, but as soon as he said it, he also realized his abruptness, so he quickly pulled the topic to Saban.
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