Chapter 113: Ankang Mountain Enters Beijing
Jiang Ming and his entourage left Linzhou with all the gifts.
At the same time, the news of King Lu's ascension to the throne also announced to the world that the new emperor followed the old system and did not even change the year name.
Cui Zheng is still the prime minister, and the officials who came to Linzhou also perform their duties, but because many officials along the way did not follow due to illness or infirmity or lost their way, etc., they inherited by analogy, and those who were not in the upper official were replaced by the next level.
At the same time, the new emperor asked those officials who did not come to come as soon as possible, and the officials who arrived on time were still the same, and they did not arrive on time and wrote a letter to explain the reasons, and the officials kept them for one year.
The civil officials straightened out the stability of the imperial court, and the generals were also appointed one by one, with Wu Ya'er serving as the Shuofang Jiedu envoy, Liang Zhen as the Zhenwu Army Jiedu envoy, and other generals such as the original Shuofang Jingluo Army, and the Tianping Wei Bo who came to the aid of the capital also had their own appointments, and finally issued an edict to the local guards who did not rebel to crusade against the rebels.
As the edict was passed on from all sides, the four sides also responded, and the generals in the vicinity personally led troops to worship the new emperor, such as Hedong, Longyou Road, Shannan Road, and those in the distance sent people to bring gifts to congratulate, such as Jiannan Road, Jiangnan Road, etc., but there were also many generals who were waiting, neither rebelling, nor responding to the imperial court.
Of course, the imperial court did not punish them, and now what Linzhou has to do now is to clear the remnants of the rebels around it, and then gather strength, defeat the rebels, and return to the capital.
Wu Ya'er led an army of more than 100,000 to pursue the rebels in Linzhou, recapture the occupied city, and ignite a raging momentum.
Mountains shut out the raging fire from Gyeonggi.
The Ankang Mountain rebellion and the panic and chaos caused by the emperor's death also seemed to be frozen with the arrival of early winter.
The autumn mood in the capital is still there, but the old and young rich and poor people in the capital pour out of the nest, no matter gorgeous or simple, there are new clothes to wear new clothes, there are no old clothes are also clean, women hairpins and hairpins, men wear flowers, children hold festive toys, they walk in groups of rows and rows on the road.
The main road was swept away, the potholes were filled in, the trees damaged during the escape on both sides were cleared, the fallen leaves and dead branches disappeared, and the whole land of the capital was renewed, as if it was about to be the New Year.
It's just that the joy of the New Year is not relaxed, the people's expressions are either numb or frightened, no one laughs, occasionally whispers, and children are strictly controlled from crying.
There were soldiers and horses galloping back and forth on the road, and the soldiers and generals were clearly described as fierce, but they did not beat and scold these people with swords and guns, nor trampled on these people, but only stared at them with a pair of eyes, like a shepherd's hound.
The sheep walked obediently and softly until they heard the cry.
The cry was heartbreaking, the voice was tactful and high, hovering from the sky to the earth, and it seemed to be endless.
With a pop, it seemed that the mountain had collapsed and the ground shook.
The people looked forward in horror and saw a mountain of meat getting out of the car and falling to the ground.
"The Grand Duke!"
"The Grand Duke!"
The strong servants on the side of the car rushed up to help, and An Kangshan, who was wearing linen filial piety clothes, pushed them away, knelt and crawled backwards and cried: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Prince." ”
The huge body was crawling on the ground, the heavy linen clothes had been worn out, and there were no shoes on Ankang Mountain's feet, which had cried and climbed off when he was in the imperial tomb before.
"It's too late for the slave!" An Kangshan beat his chest with tears on his face, "Godmother, Your Majesty, you were killed by that traitor." ”
An Kangshan's voice was tactful like singing, crying about the death of His Majesty's concubine, scolding Quanhai Cui for being a traitor, Wu Ya'er for his wolf ambition, lamenting how difficult it was for the people, sad that the prince was sick and weak, and that King Wai Zhao was killed.
As he cried and sang, the people heard a play, the content of which was their previous experience, Cui Zheng Quanhai held His Majesty hostage to fight, Zhenwu army seized the city, Luo Shiqing was killed, Luo Guifei was forced to commit suicide, the emperor was killed, Zhenwu army with 100,000 troops and the imperial court abandoned the capital, in the description of Ankang Mountain, he never rebelled, and King Zhao was not killed by him, all this is a conspiracy of Cui Zheng and King Lu, the purpose is to usurp the throne.
Now that Cui Zheng and King Lu have achieved their goal and usurped the throne, poor Your Majesty, the crown prince King Zhao, is blind to death, chaotic and chaotic, what can I do, what can I do.
An Kangshan cried breathlessly, his face was covered with tears and mud, and finally took out the sword, the world has changed, he doesn't want to live in this chaotic world anymore, so he simply follows the first emperor, so that he can sing to His Majesty and dance with the concubine.
Seeing that Ankang Mountain was about to commit suicide, a group of generals and civil officials rushed forward to stop them, shouting that although the traitorous ministers and evil sons killed the king's father and brother, and the world was deceived, God could see it, and God would punish them.
"Since the Metropolitan Governor is His Majesty's courtier, he should eliminate such evil ministers and thieves for His Majesty." A middle-aged official in a brand-new official robe shouted angrily, "Otherwise, what is the difference between it and a rebellious minister and thief!" ”
So the generals followed angrily and held their swords and guns: "Your Majesty appointed the metropolitan governor to lead the troops, isn't it just to protect the country and defend the people, how can the metropolitan governor abandon the country and ignore it?" Then we might as well die with it. ”
They poked their stomachs and necks with knives and guns, and the poke was bloody, and the onlookers turned pale with fright, and An Kangshan couldn't care about crying, so he got up and hurriedly dissuaded them.
"I was wrong, I was wrong." He shouted, "I have lost my duty as a minister." ”
In this way, the generals were persuaded to do so, but fortunately, the armor was thick, and they bled one by one but did not hurt the vital point.
"The Grand Governor." The civil officials who did not use their swords and guns stepped forward to salute, their voices were sad, and a few old officials burst into tears, "Please enter the city of Dadu, remove disasters for Daxia on behalf of the heavens, avenge the prince for the first emperor, and protect the people from being ruined." ”
Ankang Mountain retreated: "How dare I, how can I, I still go to the imperial mausoleum to guard His Majesty and the crown prince." ”
The civil officials and military generals all knelt down, some hit their heads on the ground, some straightened their backs and were full of sorrow, some shouted that the sky was going to die in my Great Xia, some cried that the first emperor died without turning a blind eye, and some angrily asked whether Ankang Mountain was worthy of the first emperor, the scene was chaotic, Ankang Mountain seemed to support this and appease that one person, his hands were at a loss, the people looked dumbfounded, and there were also people in the crowd who knelt down.
"Please let the Metropolitan Governor enter the city."
One after another, people knelt down and shouted, like a fist smashed into a pit on the beach, the pit was dotted on the beach, I don't know whether it was a depression with attraction, or the surrounding soldiers were eyeing each other, and the cold light of the half-unsheathed knife loomed, and the people who stood in a daze slowly knelt down.
Some were dumbfounded, some leaned over and muttered in fear, and some shouted with twinkling eyes.
"Please let the Governor into the city."
Looking at the officers and soldiers who knelt on the ground, and listening to the earth-shaking shouts, Ankang Mountain looked up and sighed sadly: "Ankang Mountain does not hesitate to do this!" ”
Ankangshan, who obeyed the will of the people instead of heaven to set things right, finally agreed to enter the city, but refused to take the car, and walked into the capital barefoot in linen and filial piety.
"Bloody footprints were left on the road." The narrator gestured, "It's so big." ”
Listening to it, Zhonghou sneered: "The feet of Ankang Mountain are indeed not small." ”
He sat up from the bed and touched his chin twice.
"I haven't prepared in vain for half a month."
As early as half a month ago, the vanguard army of Ankang Mountain arrived in the capital, they walked through the capital unimpeded, entered the palace, occupied the six yamen, pulled out the officials who were hiding at home and did not leave, let them go to the yamen office, knocked open the shops in the capital with knives and guns to let them open, forced the rich to buy things, drank tea and had fun on the street, and arrested some young and strong servants.
After being busy for half a month, he began to knock on the door and check the house before dawn today, ordering every household to go out of the city on the street, to change into new clothes and wear festive jewelry.
Zhonghou's side is naturally no exception, he pretended to be sick and escaped with a bad face, the family can't all be sick, and the others have to complain that Zhonghou was treacherous and took the lead, and went outside the city to act as a pawn to build momentum for Ankang Mountain.
"This drama is quite self-defeating." A man said, "But King Lu sings well over there." ”
"Yes, the news that the old name passed through here a few days ago has now spread on the street." Another man smiled and said, "Many are talking about King Lu's bravery, and one person has retreated from tens of thousands of rebels." ”
Zhonghou glared: "It's only been a few days since he went from wearing armor to killing the enemy in person, to repelling all the rebels by himself?" In a few days, will he become a god of war and be invincible again? ”
"That maybe, after all, the new emperor has our uncle over there." A man touched his nose and said.
Zhonghou didn't react for a while which aunt his uncle was, and he sighed when he came back to his senses.
The people in the room were laughing, and there was a rumbling sound outside, and the hooves of horses shook and the ground shook, as if thousands of horses were galloping.
"The army of Ankang Mountain has also entered Beijing." Someone came in outside the door and said.
Unlike the forwards who went to Beijing first, these soldiers and horses were like wolves and tigers, and their faces were bloody all the way, and there were large and small burdens hanging on their horses, and they didn't know how much loot they hid inside.
In addition to the strict requirements for combat, Ankang Mountain is extremely tolerant and generous, and all the spoils of war are divided by soldiers, and whoever grabs it is whoever, and the first thing to do when they arrive at a place is to let the soldiers and generals loot wantonly.
If you want the horse to run, you have to let the horse eat, this is what Ankang Mountain said.
Now that the horses have been put into the capital, I don't know how much grass they have to eat, I don't know how many people have suffered, how many women have been abused, Zhonghou's face has changed slightly, and he gritted his teeth: "Don't.... Easy shot. ”
The sentence "Don't make a move" can't be said in the end, how can you really watch people suffer and ignore it, and act on the opportunity.
The people of the capital are pale and trembling and desperate to hide in their homes, whether it is a small door or a high gate and a deep courtyard, it is easy for soldiers and horses to break in, there is no court law, there is no patrol soldiers, there is no bound morality, people have no expectations, only resignation.
But to everyone's surprise, the horse's hooves continued to shake in the capital, but they did not break into the house, many people dared to open the door to look out, and saw that the soldiers and horses were like a group of moths rushing in the same direction.
Treasury.
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The tall and silent treasury is noisy, if you stand on the high corner tower, you can see countless soldiers and horses rushing in, doors are slammed open, countless chests are opened, countless wooden shelves are hit, gold, silver and jewels are scattered on the ground like sea water, countless people swim in the sea, scrambling to stuff the gold, silver and jewelry into the baggage and drape it on their bodies, and then rush to the next door, lest they slow down.
There is a palace in the capital, and there is a treasury in the imperial city, and the treasury is where the treasure is located in the summer.
"And the wine!"
"Hahaha, I've drunk this vat of wine!"
"Look, there's clothes made of gold!"
"When I put it on, I'll become an immortal, I'll become an immortal!"
Countless soldiers wore gold and silver, held gold bricks and silver ingots, wore gorgeous crowns and hats, plunged into the wine, drank and sang and danced.
The noise made half of the Imperial City burn.
"Governor, do you want to stop them?" A civil servant frowned and asked in a low voice.
There are too many good things in the treasury, the most precious thing in the world, and this is really a waste.
An Kangshan raised his hand and pulled his loose hair behind him: "What kind of treasure is that in the world." ”
He looked up at the long white jade staircase that seemed to lead to the sky, and at the end of the steps was a majestic palace.
That's the treasure of the world.
Ankangshan tore off the sackcloth of Mai, laughed and spread his hands, climbed the steps as light as a bird, and flew towards the palace.