Chapter 66: Why Do You Have What I Don't Have?
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The emperor rode on the jade chariot, personally led a large scale of sacrificial procession to the flat platform, only to see the honor guard in the car neatly driven, the battle is bright, the flag is fluttering, the drum music is ringing, the emperor from time to time to the Hanlin bachelor Song Shou who accompanied him to ask about the allusions of various honor guards.
In the Song Dynasty, according to the importance of the emperor's travel activities, the specifications of the Lu book were divided into different levels, including big drivers, law drivers, small drivers, and Huang Ludu. The book is used for the most important occasions, such as suburban rituals and home fields.
The suburbs are the great gifts of the emperor to worship heaven and earth, which is used to pray for the eternal stability of the country and the health of the society. In order to show devotion to the gods and ancestors, as well as to demonstrate the supreme authority and strict hierarchy of the emperor, the scale of the ceremonial guard was very large and complex.
This guard of honor was not only numerous, but also orderly. The personnel in the guard of honor must arrange their formations in strict accordance with the rules of etiquette, and there are clear regulations on who is in front, who is behind, who is on the left, and who is on the right, and their dress, the various flags, battles, and weapons they hold in their hands must be acted in accordance with the regulations, and even the breed, coat color, and attire of the horses they ride are regulated.
In addition to the imperial chariots, the entire honor guard also includes civil and military officials, various retinues, forbidden army guards, bands, etc., and animals include elephants, cows, horses, etc. There were 61 chariots, 2,873 horses, 36 oxen, 6 elephants, and 1,701 musical instruments.
These things are all in the responsibility of the ceremonial officer, and what Yun Zheng needs to be responsible for is the safety of the lives of the 5,681 people in this brigade.
“…… The car is flying yellow, and the halberd and shield suit are wrongly embroidered. The dragon and the tiger move. Guarding the Mandarin Heron. Saga, the hills, the scorching stars. Chen Bing Jili team, choose horses and horses. Strict beard eight gods, happy to smash a hundred beasts. Inherited by the ancestors, the universe is overturned. The lord respects the dedication, and the Son of Heaven personally sacrifices. The spirit of the flag forest, the ceremony of music. The majesty is neat, and the trivial is all investigated......"
Su Shi, who followed Yun Zheng out to see the world, spoke with a lot of words, and obscure sentences gushed out of his mouth like a river.
Bo Bo was very envious and followed closely behind Su Shi. Not a word. For him, this is a rare knowledge.
He was fascinated by these splendid shackles, with leopard's tails on their spears and carriages inlaid with pearls that he had to pay for with his life. All sorts of flags almost obscured the sun in the sky......
Yun Zheng took advantage of the opportunity that the emperor was going to Pingxingtai to meet the alliance. The road between the mountains has been widened. The high hills on both sides of the road were full of heavily armed Song troops, and every ten miles they walked horns would sound to demand that the defenders of the next stage take over.
The people who followed Zhao Zhen to Pingxingtai were all soldiers in the army. In particular, the 200 armor soldiers guarding around the emperor's chariot, the first 100 were armed with huge shields, and the last 100 sergeants were armed with sabers, all of them were giant men with great figures.
Their weapons were hung on their horses, and they insisted on walking, and the infantry soldiers changed every three miles, leaving the entire chariot guard impassable.
Behind the chariot is a modified side box, and the heavy side car is shaking as long as it moves.
Sixteen sturdy mules and horses struggled to pull the great war fortress toward the flat platform.
At the top of the carriage were two eight-bull crossbows that were ready to go, and the iron plates in front of the crossbow guns were removed from the most violent killing weapons.
As soon as the second layer is opened, the ballistas inside will show their fangs, and the six small soldiers will sit cross-legged on the floor, and once the battle horn sounds, they will throw the most powerful phosphorus fire bombs in a swarm at the first time, opening a flesh and blood path for the emperor to leave the battlefield at the first time.
Yun Zheng was sitting on the third floor of the side van, with armor all over his body, his hands on his knees, the armor on his face had fallen, and he was sitting under the tattered Flying Tiger flag, like the most eternal darkness.
Zhao Zhen looked left and right in the side car curiously, and was very satisfied with the dispatch of this war fortress to protect himself, and knocked on the thick iron rivets on the car with his knuckles and smiled: "It's really an indestructible battlefield weapon, Han Qing, how much is such a fortress in the Great Song Army?" ”
Han Qi, who accompanied the emperor, arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Great Song Army has one hundred and seventy-one partial vans, all of which belong to the Huaihua Army in the Jingxi Army, this army is the best at guarding, and it is impossible to guard with the partial vans. ”
Zhao Zhen asked puzzledly: "Couldn't such a majestic and movable war fortress be used for attack?" ”
Han Qi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, just because it is majestic, it is cumbersome, and now the battle is light and flexible, the cavalry attack is ethereal and uncertain, and it is difficult for the van to catch up with the pace of the main force of the army, but this thing is foolproof for defense." ”
"One hundred and seventy-one, less!" Zhao Zhen had some regrets.
Han Qi sighed: "This thing is not easy to make, a partial van car requires a production cost of 600 yuan, not counting the eight-bull crossbow and ballista cannon, hook gun, ram and other mechanisms equipped for the partial van.
There are advantages and disadvantages, even General Yun is not willing to use the partial van too much, he said that unless this thing can develop and move on its own, oh, that is, like Zhuge Wuhou's wooden ox and flowing horse, he is not ready to use it on a large scale in the army. ”
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Yun Zheng, who was giving orders, and whispered: "On weekdays, he is so short-tempered, and he has to do something if he doesn't say a good word, but at this time, he is cold and impersonal, not at all like what he looks like on weekdays." ”
Han Qi said with a smile: "If the general had brought his methods in the court to the two army formations, he would have died a hundred times by this time."
As long as he enters the state of wartime, he is a god of killing, and all his thoughts are about how to defeat the enemy, regardless of the etiquette and human feelings on weekdays.
Therefore, His Majesty should not hold him accountable for his unreasonableness. ”
"Naturally, I won't blame, there are no rules, you can't make a circle, the army should be like this, he is worried about my safety, how can I blame him.
Let's go, let's get on and drive, the bumps here are really uncomfortable, and we don't want to hinder the general from giving orders. ”
Han Qi helped the emperor to walk along the beams that had been set up a long time ago to the chariot and said with a smile: "That was originally used for fighting, not for a carriage to ride." ”
Returning to the chariot, Han Qi immediately sat on the soft platform of the chariot with Beban in his arms, although the sun was scorching on his head, he still wore a dress to maintain his best appearance.
Zhao Zhen sat on the main seat, and when he saw that all the old ministers were under the sun, he ordered Zou Tong to find a crank umbrella for the eunuchs to hold to shade these old ministers.
Bao Zheng said with a smile: "This is the easiest time for the old minister to deal with the Liao people, the Liao people used to always use force to speak, and now the old minister wants to see what the Liao people have to say." ”
Song Shou laughed and said: "Most of your official career is in the Zhikaifeng Mansion, where do you know the suffering of our Honglu Temple, we are the main yamen to deal with the Liao people, the Liao people are not only in my Great Song Dynasty, in Western Xia, and in the rest of the places are the same, carefully calculated, the Liao people in Tokyo are the most well-behaved." The cloud tiger is here and all evils are inviolable! Even his wife dared to take the generals and Liao envoys to regret it, it was strange to say that those family members in his family who were limb perfect, blind, or lame could beat the Liao envoys to their knees and beg for mercy.
Before I came, I was puzzled about this, but I won't be surprised at all when I get here, those disabled family members of the Yun family must be warriors from the battlefield! ”
Shi Zhongxin snorted and said: "Once those disabled warriors leave the army, the end is often very miserable, they have a lot of courage but can't make a living with a sword, in the general's mansion in Beijing, that family doesn't have some such old people, and they can't let the veterans who followed their bloody battles live on the streets and are lonely, right?" Lao Li, it's really a bit heartbreaking for you to say this. ”
Li Shu said with a smile: "The old man didn't mean to blame the general, I just want to say that this is the negligence of our administration, after the soldiers retired because of their disabilities, we only gave them some money and food to send them away, which is inappropriate."
A few years ago, thieves were like hemp, there were constantly three or two old pawns gathered together, as long as they encountered injustices, they would rise up, the court exterminated Wang Mazi in those years, there would be Li Heizi, annoying, the state government in the countryside was extremely weak, often as long as there were rebels, there would be some ignorant people Jing Cong, the weak people occupied the mountain as the king, and the strong people captured the state capital, which eventually caused a catastrophe.
The old man thought that these retired veterans should be used, as long as there is no disability in both legs, all the people who can fight are included in the control of the state capital, let them serve as reserve officials, and with a little money and food, there will be tens of thousands of capable warriors in the Great Song Dynasty, just ask who else can rebel in such a situation? Extinguishing the fire in the first place is the most cost-effective and trouble-free way to do it.
And those disabled veterans will also be grateful for the emperor's grace and will be loyal to the king. ”
Shi Zhongxin nodded and said: "It's a good way, even if we replace all the servants with those veterans in each family, how many can we use?" If we want to deal with this matter, we still need the court to take action, and we will not be criticized by others and be accused of accumulating dead soldiers.
Han Qi consistently wrenched the dead man's face and said angrily: "Who said that you have secretly stored the dead? As for those generals in your family, what use can they have besides eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling to be a good hand?
Although the generals of Yunfu are more capable, they are also cultivated by the people themselves in the army, and after the battle damage, they will be returned to the mansion for use, which is in line with the practice of the Great Song Dynasty. ”
Shi Zhongxin was not afraid of Han Qi, hugged his big belly and continued: "You are in the army, you have seen the majesty of the general, and you will always feel uncomfortable after seeing the majesty of the general, and you will always feel uncomfortable after the fierceness of the soldiers.
If you really need a strong domestic servant, say it, Lao Shi will give you some, don't make a knife behind your back! (To be continued......)
ps:The second chapter,Recently, there have been two updates a day.,There's also a Tang brick biography.,After writing the biography in ten days, I went all out to attack the Great Song Dynasty.。
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