Chapter 55: The End of the Water Margin (I)
Feng Ye had just returned to Kyoto, but he was blocked by Zhu Wu, many things have been rushed together recently, the scientific examination is a major event, generally speaking, Zhu Wu can call the shots as the prime minister, but this scientific examination is different.
This is Feng Ye's first scientific examination after unifying the world, and it is also preparing for a big examination to recruit 3,000 people. The number of people admitted at one time is equivalent to ten times in ordinary times, and once every three years in the imperial examination, this time it is worth the officials recruited in ordinary thirty years.
Zhu Wu now has a monopoly on power, and the government affairs of the entire court are out of his hands, and Feng Ye has put the entire government in his hands. Therefore, in order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Wu was ready to let Feng Ye be the chief examiner of this scientific examination.
Otherwise, these Manchu officials would be his protégés and former officials, and he had a good relationship with Chen Da, Yang Chun, and Shi Jin among the generals. Even if Feng Ye, the emperor, didn't care, Zhu Wu himself always guarded this line.
There is also the matter of worshipping the generals on the golden platform, which is related to the reward of meritorious soldiers, and Zhu Wu is even more unable to make decisions about this kind of thing, and he does not dare to have the slightest idea of participating in it. Grace is from above, and the matter of rewarding meritorious soldiers can only be done by Feng Ye, the emperor. No one can replace this. Therefore, when I heard that His Majesty the Emperor Feng Ye was back, he hurriedly rushed over with someone.
"Your Majesty, there is another thing that is the revision of the history books, now that the Great Song Dynasty has died in the country, the coffin is conclusive, this historical revision of the Song Dynasty. Regarding the foreign wars of the Great Song Dynasty, there is some debate among the officials who revise the history.
Judging from the existing history books of the Great Song Dynasty, the victory rate of the Great Song Dynasty in foreign wars was very high, and many officials felt that history should be revised according to this, and some officials felt that those were just the boasting of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. I don't know what Your Majesty means?" asked Zhu Wu cautiously.
Feng Ye waved his hand indifferently and said, "There's no need to smear it, and there's no need to praise it, just write it realistically." I don't care. ”
The Great Song Dynasty was a little cowardly to the outside world, and every year it had to pay tribute to people, and it was a shame to say this kind of thing. But there are still many people who say that the Song Dynasty had a high probability of winning foreign wars.
In fact, there is really no need to argue about this matter, just look at the territory, since the foreign war is so powerful, and the war is always won, why didn't you take back the 16 states of Youyun? If you want to say that the 16 states of Youyun are some kind of dangerous places, it is understandable that the Great Song Dynasty cannot take them back. But from Cangzhou to Youzhou, there is no danger at all in between.
There is a word called Wen Guo Fei Fei, Spring and Autumn penmanship. The Liao State came over, the Song Dynasty did not come out of the city, and the Liao State plundered the surroundings and retreated. The Song Dynasty declared that they had won and repelled the Liao attack. This victory is a defensive victory.
Then the literati of the Great Song Dynasty wrote this kind of "victory" in foreign wars into the history books. The 80 percent victory rate of the Great Song Dynasty's foreign wars should have come from this.
If it weren't for the Great Song Dynasty paying tribute to the Liao State every year, maybe everyone would have believed the words in the history books.
Otherwise, it really can't be explained, why did the Great Song Dynasty, which always won battles, be so ashamed to pay tribute to the Liao State? How could there ever be a victorious country in history that made offerings to the defeated country? Throughout the history of the world, there has never been such a thing.
Speaking of which, I must praise it, although the Great Song Dynasty is a little weak in force, but in terms of cultural governance, it is really doing a very good job. At least the number of scholars has developed on a large scale, far surpassing that of the Tang Dynasty. Otherwise, if Feng Ye wants to admit 3,000 people at a time, he may not be able to make up enough numbers. This is still in the case of a large number of Confucian scholars without reference.
"Your Majesty, you are in your prime, but you also need to recruit beautiful girls to enrich the harem and continue the heirs. Zhu Wu took the opportunity to persuade. Feng Ye nodded perfunctorily and did not continue to talk about this topic. Feng Ye felt that with his current strength, he really needed the endless dragon qi of this world to support his cultivation speed.
But in the future, when his strength is strong enough, maybe this dragon qi will not be anything to him. There's no need to leave anything behind. At that time, the world should be able to let go, so as not to leave and worry. Feng Ye felt that with his own strength growth speed, this time should be very fast.
Feng Ye hadn't finished dealing with the government affairs on Zhu Wu's side, and Qiao Daoqing, the commander of the Supervision Guard, was already waiting at the door.
"Xuan, supervising the health commander Qiao Daoqing to meet him. Feng Ye's guards shouted.
After Feng Ye established the country, he abolished the inhumane profession of eunuchs, anyway, he didn't plan to find a wife for himself in this world, so he was not afraid that someone would cuckold him. Now the entire harem is served by guards and palace maids.
"Minister, Qiao Daoqing, see Your Majesty. Qiao Daoqing saluted.
"What is Qiao Qing asking to see?" Feng Ye asked.
"Your Majesty, since the destruction of the Song Kingdom, there have been many corrupt officials in various places, and the ministers have found out during this time, and the evidence is conclusive, there are more than 200 officials, big and small, but the supervision guard has no law enforcement power. Therefore, I have come to report to Your Majesty. Qiao Daoqing said in a deep voice.
The Supervision Guard was a department directly responsible to the emperor, and did not have any contact with any other imperial court departments, so as to avoid the situation of officials protecting each other. Feng Ye looked at the fold in his hand, handed it directly to Zhu Wu and said, "Arrest everyone first, and then re-examine it, don't have an unjust case."
If the situation is true, I will bring these corrupt officials to the capital, and after the imperial examination is promoted, in front of them, these corrupt officials will be stripped of their skins and stuffed with grass. Let them take this as a warning, even if they become officials in the future. ”
Zhu Wu looked at the folds in his hand, the large number of lists, his scalp was numb when he saw it, if this was according to Feng Ye's handling methods, it would inevitably lead to a big change of officialdom. The political situation that has just stabilized is afraid that it will stir up again. Hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, isn't this punishment too harsh, look at this person, but he embezzled twenty taels of silver." From the minister's point of view, how about a small punishment and a big commandment?"
Zhu Wu was born as a bandit, so he hadn't seen any cruel scenes? It's just that he was sitting on the side of the officials now, and seeing Feng Ye's punishment for corruption was so severe, it was inevitable that something would hurt him. I wanted to persuade Feng Ye to relax the punishment.
Feng Ye shook his head firmly and said, "Over time, the water drops wear through the stones. He dares to embezzle twenty taels of silver today, and he will dare to embezzle forty taels tomorrow, and people's greed is endless. Everyone must know that as long as there is corruption, there is no good end. ”
There must be zero tolerance for corruption. Because these corrupt officials will co-opt and corrupt other officials, so that they can be more corrupt. Once a convention is formed, it will change from an unspoken rule to an open rule. The lower limit is gradually broken again and again.
Once the officials start to be corrupt on a large scale, where will the common people still have a good life? Wouldn't that cut off the source of Feng Ye's dragon qi? Therefore, whoever makes the common people have no good life now will be Feng Ye's enemy of life and death. Seeing Feng Ye shaking his head, Zhu Wu didn't dare to persuade him again. "Your Majesty, this is a list of meritorious soldiers compiled by the Ministry of War. ”
"Okay, I know, I'll be there then. Feng Ye responded.
The imperial examination is easy to handle here, and when the list is released, Feng Ye, the emperor, will show up, and it will be over if you invite everyone to have a meal at once. What is not easy to do is on the side of Jintai, a battle to destroy the country has been fought, and there are countless meritorious contributors, if this is rewarded one by one, it will be too long. In the end, Feng Ye decided that he was only going to pay homage to generals above the fifth grade.
Now it is different from the beginning, I am afraid that the generals will not be able to seal after their meritorious service, and now that the whole country has been unified, there is no need to suppress the official positions of the military attachés. Just when the scholars entered the examination room and began to take the Jinshi examination, Feng Ye was also on the golden platform outside the city, conferring knighthoods on many meritorious soldiers.
The 300,000 troops in Beijing were all gathered under the golden platform, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to receive them, and after countless meritorious services, the soldiers who were waiting to ascend the golden platform to pay respects were waiting for Feng Ye's arrival with excitement. The gold bricks on the golden platform are paved with two layers, all of which are one-pound gold bricks. Feng Ye felt that the soldiers should naturally be rewarded for their courage in killing the enemy. Just gold, what is it in Feng Ye's eyes?
The most excited are Shi Jin, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Lin Chong, Ruan family brothers, Lu Junyi and several others. After all, they went south to destroy the Song Dynasty, and as generals, of course, they also made the greatest contributions.
Shi Jin thought that for the sake of the brotherly righteousness of Zhu Wu and several people, he offended the Great Song Dynasty government and burned his own Zhuangzi. Because he didn't want to fall into the grass, he gave up his identity and wandered the rivers and lakes alone. At that time, who would have thought that there would be today's scenery. In terms of relationship, he and Emperor Feng Ye are friends and met in Weimo.
In terms of merit, over the years, he led the troops to fight in the south and the north, and finally led the army to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, from where you look, Feng Ye will not treat him badly. It's just that he doesn't know how His Majesty the Emperor will reward him. Although he asked Zhu Wu in private, Zhu Wu didn't know. Think about the feudal generals that Feng Ye promised him at the beginning, but now they have all been realized, and the glory of the ancestors!
This is especially true of Wu Song, when he was drunk and clashed with people in his hometown, and after knocking people unconscious, he mistakenly thought that he had killed someone. can only run away, hide in the Zhuangzi of Chai Jin's big officials, and suffer from the people's nests. His Majesty personally came to invite him to do something great together. Now that the big thing has been done, he has also become famous, and his brother is now married to a daughter-in-law.
If His Majesty hadn't invited him at the beginning, I really don't know what kind of life their brothers would have lived now. To have today's place, Wu Song is very grateful to Feng Ye.
Several other generals were in the same mood, excited and apprehensive. I don't know how His Majesty will reward him.
To say that the most worried is Hebei Jade Qilin Lu Junyi, I think that when Feng Ye just got into trouble, he also went to the Daimyo's Mansion to invite him, but he didn't expect him to be at home at that time. As a result, he is now a head shorter than Shi Jin, Wu Song, Lin Chong and others.
He thinks that his martial arts are better than everyone else, and he is assisted by Yan Qing by his side, but now he ranks last among several generals. It's just because I missed the opportunity in the first place. It's very bad in my heart.
Feng Ye stepped onto the golden platform in a dragon robe, and the 300,000 soldiers in the audience knelt down and shouted at the same time: "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live." "For the sake of this golden platform worship, Feng Ye also specially bought a sound amplifier equipment from the Demon God Federation. The voice on the golden stage can be heard clearly by the 300,000 soldiers in the audience.
"No rudeness!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty. The 300,000 army shouted in unison.
"I, since the army started in Youzhou, I have relied on the lives of all the soldiers to destroy Liao in the north, and the Ping Song Dynasty in the south, and dozens of large and small battles have been fought to have today's glorious and prosperous era. Along the way, I have seen the merits of all the soldiers in my eyes and remembered them in my heart.
Now that we have finally ruled the world, it is time to reward you for your merits. Meritorious soldiers can go to the military merit office and exchange military merit for land. Feng Ye bowed and saluted the soldiers.
Feng Ye's salute brought tears to the eyes of the soldiers in the audience, it was His Majesty the Emperor, the True Dragon Son, who actually saluted these soldiers. In the past, whether it was the Great Liao or the Great Song Dynasty, who would take them as soldiers in their eyes?
Most of the soldiers are illiterate, and they don't understand any big truths, although they can't say what kind of big truths such as the death of a soldier for a confidant, but for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor, they are willing to go to the battlefield for His Majesty the Emperor to fight the enemy.
What's more, the emperor also gave them the land, and they were willing to sell their lives to the emperor for this point. Of course, it is His Majesty who is generous to the field, and this is the most convincing place.
Just when these soldiers were grateful to Feng Ye, Feng Ye watched the black press against the crowd that fell to the ground, and the dragon qi in the sea of consciousness surged again, forming a golden pillar of light, which shone directly on Jin Ao's body.
Jin Ao's size also skyrocketed again, until it rose to twenty-seven or eight meters, and then it stopped rising. With such a huge dragon qi, Feng Ye's strength was also promoted to the eighth layer of the demon transformation period.
"Tianwei Marquis Shi Jin, come to the stage to listen to the seal. Feng Ye's guards beside him said.
Under the gaze of the 300,000 army, Shi Jin was dressed in armor all over his body, standing at the front of the team majestically, and when he heard the decree of the guards, he jumped onto the golden platform and knelt down on one knee in front of Feng Ye. He said in a deep voice: "Minister, here." ”
"Tianwei Marquis Shi Jin, led the army to destroy the Song Dynasty for me to go south, worked hard, and now Shi Jin is the general of the Yipin Town, Tianwei Gong, hereditary replacement. Feng Ye canonized.
"Minister Shi Jin, thank you for Your Majesty Longen. Shi Jin said excitedly, although he thought that Feng Ye would not treat him badly, but he didn't expect Feng Ye to make him a first-class general of the Zhenguo, which was the head of the generals.
Compared with his former friend Prime Minister Zhu Wu, his status is not bad at all. The latter duke title, and the hereditary replacement, can be regarded as the fulfillment of Feng Ye's promise to him at the beginning, the prince of Wandai, and the country will retire together.
Feng Ye stepped forward to help Shi Jin and handed the seal into his hands, only then did he take a step back and bow to Shi Jin. In order to show respect for the other party in the national affairs TOEFL. The word of worship on the stage is what it means to worship.
"Luda, Wu Song, Lin Chong, and Lu Junyi came to the stage to listen to the seal. The Guards issued another order.
The four of them also wore helmets and armor, and walked out of the military formation majestically and jumped into the ring. Kneeling on one knee and saying in unison, "Minister, here." ”
"You and the other four led the army south to destroy the Song Dynasty, with outstanding achievements, and now Feng Luda is the general of the second grade Zhendong, the lonely prince of the sky, and the hereditary replacement.
Wu Song is the general of the second rank Zhennan, the heavenly injury duke, and the hereditary replacement.
Lin Chong is the general of Erpin Zhenxi, the Duke of Tianxiong, and the hereditary replacement.
Lu Junyi is the general of Erpin Zhenbei, the Duke of Tiangang, and the hereditary replacement. ”
"Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty. ”
Feng Ye lifted these generals up one by one, and personally handed over the general seal to them. In terms of merit, these people are not much worse than Shi Jin.
It's just that only one Zhu Wu on the civilian side is the prime minister of the first grade, and if there are several more first-rank generals on the military general's side, the military general's strength in the court will be too great. Therefore, Feng Ye could only give a few people the title of second-grade general. But in terms of title, Feng Ye was not stingy, these people and Shi Jin were all knights.
"Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, and Ruan Xiaoqi came to the stage to listen to the seal. "The Guards have sent the order again. These three brothers have been waiting for a long time, and their brothers were personally invited by Feng Ye at the beginning, and they think that their skills are no worse than others. Now I am watching Lin Chong, Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and others all be crowned princes of the country, and they are hereditary. How could their brothers not be in a hurry?
Now the country's naval army is all built up by their brothers from scratch bit by bit, in terms of meritorious service, the battle to destroy the Song Dynasty in the south, the naval army led by their brothers, that is also a great force. It's just that I don't know how His Majesty will reward him, and the three brothers have always been apprehensive in their hearts, and now it's finally their brother's turn to go to the golden platform.
The three brothers of the Ruan family are dressed differently from the others, and because their brothers are navy soldiers, they wear a leather armor. got on the golden platform, knelt on one knee to Feng Ye, and saluted with fists.
"Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, formed a naval army, worked hard, led the naval army to conquer the Yangtze River, broke the defense line of the Yangtze River in Zhao and Song, and made outstanding achievements. Today, Ruan Xiaoer is canonized as the general of Zhenhai and the prince of Tianjian. Ruan Xiaowu, for the second rank of the general Jinghai, the prince of heavenly sin, Ruan Xiaoqi, for the second rank of the general of Pinghai, the prince of the heavenly defeat. All are hereditary. ”
"Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty. The Ruan brothers thanked him excitedly. Originally, they thought that their brothers would have a lower status than the previous ones this time. But they didn't expect that Feng Ye gave them a surprise, they were all second-rank generals, and the title of the Duke of Guo was no lower than that of Lu Dawu Song.
Although these three brothers are a little worse than those in terms of military merits, they have established a naval army from scratch, which is also a great merit. If there was no their brother's navy, it would not have been so easy for Shi Jin to cross the Yangtze River and completely destroy the Great Song Dynasty.
There were other people's bounties later, which lasted from morning to noon. Finally completed the golden table worship.
Of course, for the soldiers below, Feng Ye will not treat him badly, a large amount of gold and silver, land, and rewards will be given, which will make countless soldiers blush, and they only hate why they didn't charge forward and make meritorious deeds when they were in the war. Otherwise, wouldn't those who are now rewarded have their own share?
Feng Ye hurriedly arranged wine and food for the soldiers to reward the three armies. I hurried back to the palace, and the imperial examination was about to end.