Song Mingyue

Chapter 197 Incomparable Glory (Happy New Year)
The north gate of Bianliang is very lively.

At the gate of the city, the banners and flags of the Forbidden Army in front of the palace are like clouds, their armor is like snow, their swords and guns are sharp, and they are arrayed like mountains.In the middle of the front of the imperial army, hundreds of officials from the imperial city guarded the carriages and horses in the center of the ceremonial guard. Under the banner in the center, a luan car decorated with gold and jade was particularly conspicuous. Sitting on the Luanjia, Liang Shicheng and Cai Jing stood on both sides, and behind them were Tong Guan, Yang Jian and other important officials.

It's rare to see the imperial car in person, adding a bit of solemnity to the bustle and bustle.

And inside the city gate, starting from the corridor of the city gate, the people on both sides lined up to greet each other, and lined up all the way to the center of the city.

Such a magnificent formation is only to welcome the Song Dynasty's doctor Zhengfeng, General Zhongwu, Baima Founder, Jinyiwei Commander Zhao Hao and the accompanying soldiers who returned triumphantly from the Jurchen envoys.

tap tap ~
With the faint sound of horseshoes, the common people began to commotion, and they all raised their heads to look south. Even the imperial army and civil and military officials at the door couldn't help but look up.

In the sky, from the direction of the north ferry of the city ten miles away, a multicolored cloud suddenly appeared, rushing towards the north gate. Coming, banners fluttering in the wind.

When the big flag embroidered with the word "Song" appeared in the sight of everyone, the people in the crowd cheered.

The soldiers and horses running from afar seemed to have spotted the crowd at the gate of the city, and raised their weapons one after another, piercing obliquely towards the sky, forming a dazzling forest, which was extraordinarily spectacular.

Under the banner, a slender boy with a halberd in his hand, a sword hanging from his waist, straddled an eight-foot war horse, with a huge eagle on his shoulder, led the crowd roaring towards the north gate, Seeing that he was about to approach the team that was being greeted by the officers and soldiers, the young man reined in suddenly.

Xi Yuyu~
With a violent horse neighing, the giant eagle on the young man's shoulders suddenly flew up, the horse's front hooves suddenly raised high, and then stopped again, but the young man on the horse seemed to be one with the horse , his figure was as stable as a rock, and he reined in his horse to stand upright, and the giant eagle fell on his shoulders.

Then there was a sound of horse neighing that resounded throughout the world, and the three hundred soldiers behind them also reined in their horses and stood up neatly, and stopped slowly.

Afterwards, the black and red "gold" banner followed closely. Hundreds of Jurchen knights with thick necks and shoulders, whose scalps were shaved green and left with three piles of money rat tails, also stopped. .

In an instant, there was silence between the sky and the earth, and everyone's eyes were focused on the young man in front of him.

At this moment, he was the focus of all eyes, and his glory was boundless.

Immediately afterwards, the young man rode his horse slowly through the long crowd on both sides, reined in the horse's feet [-] steps away from Zhao Ji, turned over and got off the horse. bye.

"My minister, Zhao Hao, pay homage to Your Majesty! I follow His Majesty's orders, and led the people to Liaodong to sign an alliance with the Emperor of Jin on His Majesty's behalf. Fortunately, I have lived up to my orders: His Majesty the Emperor of Jin is willing to become a country of brothers with our Great Song. Allied troops to attack Liao, return the sixteen prefectures of Youyun in the Song Dynasty, and send the minister of the clan, Your Excellency Wanyan Xiyin, to accompany me to the Song Dynasty to show his sincerity! Although this trip of my minister has gone through ups and downs, and I have almost died, but fortunately I have lived up to Your Majesty's great trust, but I was originally supposed to return it to Xun Yue, but it was delayed for a hundred days, and now I am afraid to return the order, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

Zhao Hao's energy was transported to his dantian, every word was sonorous and forceful, like a heavy drum, everyone could clearly hear every word.

Those officers and soldiers of the Forbidden Army, since they were born as teachers, were all in awe, and all the other civil and military officials were all moved, even Cai Jing, Yang Jian, Wang Fu and others couldn't help but look awed.

Zhao Ji stared at Zhao Hao in a daze, with a solemn expression, slowly stood up, stepped off the Luanjia step by step, walked in front of Zhao Hao, held his arms, and his voice became excited.

"Sin, who dares to give me the crime of my nephew? My nephew is a thousand-mile horse of my Zhao family, the pillar of the Song Dynasty, and now I have made such a great contribution. I am so relieved...My nephew has worked hard all the way, and I will ride this car with me , enter the city together!"

Sharing a car with officials into the city?It is not without precedent in history for people to ride in the same car with the emperor, but without exception, they all died poorly, and the reputation handed down is not good. For example, Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty once asked the eunuch Zhao Tong to travel with him.

Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at Zhao Ji, wondering if the cheap old man's head was caught by the door, and murmured: "I don't dare to die!"

Zhao Ji looked serious, and said coldly: "Could it be that my nephew wants to resist the order?"

After speaking, he laughed, pulled Zhao Hao up and walked up to the Luanjia. Zhao Hao had no choice but to be dragged onto the Luanjia by Zhao Ji.

The surrounding officials were stunned and at a loss.On the other hand, old Cai Jing is a sparrow from Dongting Lake. He has seen the world, and he ordered in a deep voice, "Play music!"

At the moment when Zhao Hao and Zhao Ji boarded the Luanjia, the sound of drums and music soared into the sky, and the sound of drawing horns continued. Tens of thousands of people and soldiers in front of the city gate cheered. Even the Jurchen knights seemed to be Infected, they cheered together, and the overwhelming cheers filled the entire world.

In this way, Zhao Hao and Zhao Ji rode in front, followed closely by civil and military officials, followed by the personal guards and imperial guards, and then followed by a group of hard-working envoys led by Yang Keshi .

Yang Keshi and others have worked hard all the way and escaped from death. Now they are welcomed by all the people. They have never received such an honor in their life. They are so excited, they keep raising their whips to salute the people on both sides, while Lu Zhishen, Liang Hongyu, Wu Song and Fang Baihua, originally from a lowly family background, was even wanted by the imperial court, but at this moment she had a special feeling in her heart.

What an honor it is to ride in the same car with the Son of Heaven!
Zhao Hao pretended to turn his head inadvertently. Although he only had a glimpse, he could see the expressions of all the officials.

There are those who are envious, and they wish they could replace them with their own bodies, which is the idea of ​​most officials; those who are envious, these are those with higher ranks in the party such as Cai Dang and Wang Fu; those who are excited, most of them are from the Qing school; For example, Jin Chongyue, Xu Churen, and the brothers of the Zhong family, they know that although this matter is honorable, it is not a good thing, and they will inevitably be criticized for Zhao Hao in the future; those who harbor evil intentions, such as Cai Jing and Yang Jian, are already thinking about the future in their hearts. How to use this as an excuse to counterattack and reckon.

However, for Zhao Hao, even though he felt a little uneasy, he would not panic... One day, I will ride this car alone, and the king will come to the world, what is it worth riding together for a while?
In the end, his eyes paused for a moment on the face of a young girl carved in jade beside Luanjia. Seeing that the girl was looking at him eagerly and excitedly, he felt a heat in his heart, and squeezed towards her imperceptibly. Squeeze your eyes.

A funny smile suddenly appeared on that exquisite little face, the smile of the goddess of light, Die, was dazzling.

"Young Master, that's Young Master, Young Master is there!" A little girl who looked like a servant girl seemed to have discovered a new world, and cheered happily among the crowd.

Beside her, a pair of wonderful eyes stared closely at Zhao Hao who was on the Luanjia, seeming to be happy but not happy, seeming to be crying but not crying.

After trekking thousands of miles across the mountains and rivers, I finally met you and finally comforted the pain of lovesickness. You are among thousands of people and feel the glory. In my eyes, there is only the appearance of peonies at the meeting, which makes my heart move.

And not far from her, Xie Yu, Wang Jue, and Wang Yan, who came to Beijing to rush for the exam, felt another feeling in their hearts.

"My virtuous brother left after half a year of separation. We have to work hard to get closer to my virtuous brother."

And the most shocked ones were Zheng Feng and Zheng Yu brothers, staring blankly at Zhao Hao on the Luanjia, with incredulous expressions on their faces.Perhaps, whether they admit it or not, the young man who fought with them in Jiangning City, they can only hold a candle to, never reach.

As for the arrogance and gloating at the pier, it was just another slap in the face, but even if Zhao Hao found out, he would not humiliate them again, because they were no longer worthy...

At the end of the team, they followed the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin. They needed to enter the palace as envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to meet His Majesty the Emperor of Song Dynasty on the day of the Great Dynasty.

"This Mr. Zhao Hao is indeed extremely favored in the Song Dynasty!" A Jurchen official couldn't help but exclaimed.

Wanyan Xiyin pondered for a while, and then smiled calmly: "Mr. Zhao Hao is brave and good at fighting, but unfortunately he is not a wise man. Sooner or later, disaster will come, so there is nothing to worry about."

"Why did your lord say that?" the Jurchen official asked.

Wanyan Xiyin sneered and said: "Although Zhao Hao is brave, how is he compared to Di Qing back then? Di Qing only moved his family to the Buddhist Hall of the Royal Xiangguo Temple to avoid the water, but was criticized by the literati and bureaucrats and lost his official position. Riding in a luan, sooner or later you will be criticized by the officials of the Song Dynasty, and the clan is the most guarded against the clan in all dynasties, what good results can there be?"

The official was stunned and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is brilliant!"

……

The next day, the Great Dynasty.

Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, solemnly received Wanyan Xiyin, an important official from the Kingdom of Jin, in the Daqing Palace. Wanyan Xiyin created the Jurchen script. He formulated many political systems. It is not comparable to Wulin's answer to Zan.

When all the officials heard Wanyan Xiyin's name, they were already full of exclamations. After Wanyan Xiyin brought the letter of credence to the palace, he was extremely courteous and humble, which made everyone deeply believe in Zhao Hao's achievements in this mission. No doubt.

In the end, in Jin Guo's letter of credence, it not only clearly promised to return the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures to Song Dynasty unconditionally after the attack on Liao Dynasty, but also praised Zhao Hao and his party for their contribution to helping Jin defeat Liao Dynasty. The fact that Hao and others won a complete victory in the martial arts competition with the Jinren, but the words "your son Hao, brave and unparalleled" are enough to explain everything.

From then on, all the officials in the hall, whether they were enemies or friends, were convinced by Zhao Hao at this moment. Even if they wanted to criticize Zhao Hao for taking credit for his pride, it would have to be several months later.At this time, Zhao Hao has made great achievements, even Cai Jing would not dare to touch this bad luck.

Zhao Ji, who has always regarded himself as an emperor through the ages, is about to fulfill the long-cherished wish that his ancestors failed to achieve, and his heart is even more ecstatic. The Jurchen messenger was rewarded.

As for Zhao Hao, who has made great achievements, Zhao Ji wished he could be directly promoted to the first rank of the dynasty, but after all, he was not overwhelmed by joy, and his subordinates kept a little bit of sense.

Yuan Zhengfeng Doctor, General Zhongwu, Baima Founder, Commander of Jinyiwei, Wenbai Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, Wubai Champion General, Marquis of Shouan, and Xun was the top guard. The hurdle of the third rank is directly promoted to the third rank.

In less than a year, from no grade and no rank to the third grade in the current dynasty, it is unique in the entire history of the Song Dynasty.

And those soldiers who followed Zhao Hao through life and death, naturally also had to be rewarded.

Yang Keshi worshiped as the commander of the Ma Jundu, and he was the fifth rank; Han Shizhong was promoted to the commander of the army capital, and he was the commander of Zhenwei Xiaowei, and he was the sixth rank.Lu Zhishen was promoted to be the battalion commander, and he worshiped the school lieutenant Xuanjie, and he was the eighth rank;

All of a sudden, the name of the young master Zhao Hao spread throughout the streets and alleys of Bianliang City, known to all women and children, and his deeds such as crossing thousands of miles of Liao territory alone, defeating [-] Liao troops with three hundred riders, and defeating the Jurchens in the arena were even more famous. The storyteller adapted it into a story, which was well-received every time.

PS: It’s a bit late, but I would like to take this chapter to wish everyone a happy new year and a healthy family. At the same time, I wish everyone, like Zhao Hao, to be promoted to the ranks and have a bright future!
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