Chapter 100: Recuperate
The fake king is dead, Wang Yangming regained a little strength, and said softly to everyone: "This fake king is innocent of death, but now these soldiers are in a crazy mood, but don't be bad for us." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
The soldiers let out their anger, but they didn't know what to do next. At this moment, a leader-like person came out of the soldiers, stepped forward and said to Zhang Qian and the others: "I am the commander of the forbidden army, responsible for the defense of the capital. We had a lot of disrespect for you before, and we really felt guilty in our hearts, but now that our country is in turmoil, and the dragons have no leader, we are going to convene the civil and military officials to elect a new king, so please go to the state guesthouse to rest first. ”
Zhang Qian originally wanted to agree, but Hideyoshi stepped forward and persuaded: "Marquis Zhang, a few of us finally escaped from death, don't go to the Longtan Tiger's Den anymore, now they are unstable in the country, and I don't know where to go next, I think it's the best policy for us to leave quickly." ”
Zhang Qian nodded, and said to the commander: "We are all tired after a night of killing, and we originally wanted to go to the state guesthouse to rest, but my subordinates are still waiting for our news outside, I think we should hurry back and meet them." Your Excellency, please hurry up and deal with your internal affairs, and worry about us no more, and if any news is delivered to us later, you can come to us on the western border. ”
The leader nodded, ordered the soldiers to open the city gate, no longer hindered Zhang Qian and the others, and he himself took a group of soldiers back to the palace without stopping.
Seeing that they had finally escaped the great disaster, everyone sat on the ground to rest. Hideyoshi hurriedly said: "Now is not the time for us to rest, we must immediately rush to the west to join the Eagle Yang Army, otherwise there will be any changes, and we really can't deal with it." ”
The men nodded yes, struggled to get up and went out of the city gate, found the horses they had left behind, turned over their horses, and ran west without stopping. After more than an hour of wild running, they finally returned to the western border, and the scouts of the Eagle Yang Army came out to greet them, and when they saw that everyone had returned intact, they were all overjoyed and took them to the tent of the Chinese army to rest.
Everyone bandaged the wounds on their bodies, supported by the effectiveness of the soldier food pills, but they didn't feel hungry, but their minds suddenly relaxed, and they all felt sleepy and unbearable. Wang Yangming explained to Wang Panpan and Shen Qingdai what had happened before and after, and ordered them to strengthen their vigilance and be ready to enter the Yanqi country westward at any time, so they went back to sleep with a few people.
When I woke up, my whole body was sore, and I guess the side effects of Bamen Dunjia had not completely passed. He walked out of the camp and saw that the rest of them had already woken up and performed their duties, so he greeted them, and was very happy to see that everyone had survived the disaster. Entering Zhang Qian's camp, Zhang Qian was talking to Hideyoshi, and when he saw Wang Yangming coming, he stepped forward and took his hand and said, "Captain Wang, you woke up." I order that no one in the army disturb you, and let you sleep well. ”
Wang Yangming thanked Zhang Qian. Zhang Qian said: "What are you polite to me?" If you hadn't led everyone to save each other desperately, the old man's life would have been explained in this Yuli country. ”
Wang Yangming said with a smile: "Master Hou must not be polite to me. You are the commander of the mission, and I am on the orders of General Boyan to protect you, and if anything happens to you, I will go back to General Boyan, and he will definitely cut me down. ”
Zhang Qian laughed: "You are Boyan's confidant and favorite general, how can he be willing to cut you." He paused for a moment and said slowly: "After this change in the country of Yuli, the old man has a deep feeling in his heart. You see, that false king, who usually acts as a prestige and incurs the hatred of the country and the family, once his true face is revealed, he is immediately dismembered by his soldiers. In fact, even if he is a real king, as long as he does not treat his subjects well, the subjects will rise up sooner or later. ”
Wang Yangming nodded and said: "Master Hou, the lower officials once heard a saying, saying that if the king is a boat, the people are like water, and water can carry a boat and also overturn a boat." ”
Zhang Qian raised his eyebrows and said, "What a metaphor! When the old man returns to Great Xia, he must make this sentence clear to the saint." However, Emperor Hongwu of my dynasty treated the people generously, and the relationship between the monarch and the people is not to be worried. ”
Wang Yangming nodded yes on his face, but he thought in his heart, you are in the court, you can't see the people's livelihood in Daxia, you only think that Emperor Hongwu is eloquent and strategic, an emperor through the ages, but he doesn't know that most of the people outside Chang'an City are afraid that most of them are living in dire straits, and besides, Emperor Hongwu is very suspicious, just looking at his vigilance against San Yisheng, he knows that he doesn't trust his courtiers very much. As the old saying goes, the king regards his ministers as siblings, and the ministers regard him as his heart, and the ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, and the ministers regard him as his countrymen, and the king's ministers regard his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as enemies. How many years the foundation of this Great Xia Dynasty can be too peaceful and stable is only unknown.
Zhang Qian saw that although Wang Yangming's energy had not recovered, he must have been fine, so he took out a letter and said: "This is the letter of state for the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor of Yuli Kingdom, and the time is set for three days, do you think we should go or not?"
Wang Yangming took the letter, unfolded it, and saw that it was two languages, Yuli and Chinese, and he couldn't understand Yuliwen, and saw that the Chinese text was to the effect: Yuli has been usurped by traitors for many years, and the people know nothing, and they are in dire straits, and all officials are ashamed. Fortunately, the puppet monarch was recently punished, and the hundred officials pushed the prime minister to take off as the new monarch, Jianyuan Wansheng, and held the enthronement ceremony three days later, and invited the envoys of the Xia Dynasty to watch the ceremony.
Wang Yangming said in his heart that this Wei Liguo acted quickly, but a new monarch had already been elected in one day, but why not choose a new monarch from among the king's heirs, but put the prime minister on the throne?
He didn't know that the false king was worried that he would not be able to control the state for a long time, so he had killed all the old king's heirs by various means in the past few years, some of them lied that they had died young, and some of them died of illness, so that in the end the king did not have a legitimate heir. This prime minister has always been a blunt admonition to the king, and the false king has long hated him so much that he doesn't dare to attack him because of his past prestige. Now that the false king is dead, Tokhtar has become the head of the courtiers, and it is only natural that he will be elected as the new king.
Zhang Qian worried: "What is Toto's attitude towards my Great Xia, it is still unknown, if Totoku also has a tiger's eye on my Xia Dynasty, I am afraid that we will go to be more auspicious, so I am hesitating, this enthronement ceremony, should we go or not?"
Wang Yangming didn't reply to him, but turned around and asked Hideyoshi, "Monkey, what do you think?" After this battle, Hideyoshi's wisdom was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Wang Yangming unconsciously wanted to ask his opinion.
Hideyoshi said: "I was also analyzing this matter with Marquis Zhang just now. I think it's reasonable for the new emperor to ascend the throne, and it's inappropriate for us not to go. As for the safety section, there is no need to worry too much, there were only six or seven of us before, and we had already retreated under the heavy siege of the other party, giving the other party a huge dismount. The other party takes into account our strength, and will definitely not dare to act rashly this time. If the Hou Ye is not at ease, we can bring more people, so that even if the other party has any ideas, he will not dare to do it. Besides, since Natokh is prestigious, he must not be a fool. Now that my summer is in full swing, he can't plough a small country, if he knows the current affairs, he naturally doesn't dare to snub us. ”
Wang Yangming nodded yes and said, "We can take half of the Eagle Yang Army over, and we won't stay after watching the ceremony, and we will leave immediately." ”
Zhang Qian saw that the two of them were very confident, and without hesitation, he ordered everyone to rest for three days, and three days later, fifty Yingyang troops escorted Zhang Qian and other major leaders of the mission to the palace to participate in the enthronement ceremony. As Hideyoshi expected, at the enthronement ceremony, the delegation received a high-standard reception, and the new king Tokhtar treated Zhang Qian with great courtesy and vowed to make friends with Daxia. Zhang Qian saw that although his party had endured so much suffering in this Yuli country, they had also received the support of Yuli country for Daxia, and the hard work was worth it.