Chapter 1: Gifts and Gifts
Wang Qin could not confirm that Team Huang was the "big figure" hidden in the team, because Team Huang was young and even though there were many young generals in the army, it was necessary to win the respect of the army that they had made great contributions. Most of them were born in Qiandi, and how old they were more than ten years ago!
If it is said that his noble origin was the son and nephew of the court, the generals of the army were pleased and ordered the troops along the way to welcome him. However, Wang Qin saw that the troops who were waiting along the way looked excited when they looked at Huang Guzheng, their eyes were full of respect, and even worship. With just one sentence, even swords and seas of fire would rush forward without hesitation, and this was not something that a noble child could win.
Wang Qin was troubled by his own thoughts and was teased by his colleagues, which made him suspect that he had drunk too much and had not woken up for the past two days, but the next day he found that not only was he not awake, but he had been dreaming these days...
The next day, the convoy will arrive at the end of this trip according to the itinerary - Gaoyi. In the early morning, he still embarked on the itinerary with the warm hospitality of the garrison. He was still cared for by the troops along the way and entered Gaoyi County safely. When he saw the city in sight, there were people waiting in line on the road outside the Ten Mile Pavilion, and this scene was luxurious.
As the convoy approached, the crowd of people who were waiting came out and headed straight for the Huang team who was walking in front of the team to kneel down on one knee and shouted loudly: "Sun Kai, the commander of the Fourth Army of the Imperial Army, pays homage to His Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"
"Long live, long live, long live!" The generals and officials who were welcoming also knelt down at this time, shouting long live.
This scene shocked everyone in the convoy so much that his soul was out of his body. Especially Zhu Yu, who was just chatting with Team Huang, almost fell off the horse. Fortunately, he was also an official for many years and had seen the world. He hurriedly jumped off his horse and chanted long live with everyone, and his trembling hands and feet exposed his panic.
"Let's flat!" Zhao Bing knew that no matter how much he pretended, he could not hold it anymore, so he raised his hand and said
"Thank you, your Majesty, please enter the city!" Sun Kai stood up and thanked him, stepped forward to pull the horse's reins and led the horse into the city. At this time, the drums and music suddenly started, and Niu Debao led a group of guards to line up behind, blocking the idle people and others on the periphery, protecting His Majesty forward.
"The Great Song Dynasty is mighty, the Great Song Dynasty is mighty..." The generals lined up all handed over the rifle. Zhao Bing returned the salute immediately, but did not stop for a long time. He surrounded everyone and drove away with a group of guards.
"Zhu Cang, let's set off, why don't you be in dying again!" Hu De came over and leaned over and patted Zhu Yu, who was still kneeling on the ground with his head tied, and said with a smile.
"Captain Huang is... His Majesty!" Zhu Yu looked up and saw that the waiting team had gone away, then stood up and asked in disbelief.
"Do you still have some doubts?" Hu Decai asked back with a serious expression.
"I dare not, I dare not!" Zhu Yu waved his hands repeatedly and said.
"Along the way, you are very bold!" Hu Decai curled his lips and smiled.
"This... the lower official has no eyes, but he really doesn't know, otherwise he wouldn't dare to offend him!" Zhu Yu became even more frightened after hearing this, and wanted to slap himself more than a dozen mouths.
"Haha, let's go quickly, or you have to stay overnight outside the city again!" Hu De smiled at his embarrassed look.
"Yes, yes..." Zhu Yu then realized and called the group of civilians who had not yet woken up to go back on their way.
The convoy had more than 100 cars, which lasted for more than two miles long. I still couldn't figure out what happened before. When I learned about what had just happened, everyone was stunned on the spot. No one expected that he would have been with them for many days, nor did he expect that the very enthusiastic and kind team Huang was actually the emperor of the current dynasty.
Zhu Yu, Xie Bin and Wang Qin were even more uneasy. Although they had not been together for a long time with Team Huang, they had a very harmonious relationship with him and could be said to be talking about everything. And they couldn't help but complain and talk about official anecdotes, which were originally thoughtless, but who knew if there were any misunderstandings and committed the crime of disrespect.
But now that things have come to this point, nothing can help, so I can only hand in my job first. After entering the city, the convoy separated on their own. They went to the yamen to deliver supplies and received the tickets, and were placed in the inn. The three of them lived like a year this night. Thinking about what they did over the past few days, they all felt that their future was ruined, and it was difficult to have a future to make a comeback. If they couldn't make a good life, they would be unable to protect them.
But there was nothing wrong all night and no one came to cause trouble for them. They breathed a sigh of relief and quickly prepared to leave this place of failure. When the convoy was waiting for the city to open the city, they saw that the Chief Chen of the General Administration was already waiting there. They knew that the emperor's convoy was headed on the surface, and his true identity must be not simple, so they hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"When Chen Shishi, the secretary-general of the Provincial Escort, it is a last resort to conceal his identity during this trip. Please don't blame the three of you!" Chen Shishi bowed his hand and said with a smile.
"How dare the officials? I thank them for their requisitions on the way. I am grateful for them. I have many offensive words and deeds. I am sorry!" Zhu Yu knew that the Secretary-General was established after the court reformed the official system and was a close minister who specialized in assisting the emperor in handling official affairs. The outside world calls them "internal ministers" and will be the choice of the clan ministers in the future. How dare you neglect them?
"Your Majesty has no choice but to send him off. I'm here to say goodbye to you!" Chen Shishi saw that they were upset and didn't have much to say, so he said bluntly.
"Your Majesty... I am worried about your Majesty, what is the virtue of the emperor?" The three of them looked at each other with shock in their eyes, and they quickly saluted.
"Your Majesty was very speculative with you on the way, and I was deeply pleased to see you diligently and properly do things. But I couldn't help but feel that I could not give you some wine, so I could only prepare some small gifts to give you." Chen Shishi helped the three of them up, took three fox furs from their entourage and put them on one by one, "Your Majesty saw that you were thin and the frost and snow were heavy at night, so I gave you a little respect to you!"
"Thank you Your Majesty for the reward, and the officials and others have no intention of repaying you. In the future, they will devote their efforts to the country and the king!" The three of them gave a deep bow to the city and said in tears.
"Your Majesty treats you as friends, so you must not do this!" Chen Shishi quickly helped the three of them up and pointed to the two large lanes loaded with supplies behind him. "You are working hard for the country. You can only spend the Spring Festival on the way. Your Majesty prepares some wine, meat and food to comfort you, please do not refuse!"
"Your Majesty regards us as friends and will not refuse. I will see you again when I am destined to come, and I will give you a little wine to thank you!" When Zhu Yu heard this, he no longer felt pretentious and asked someone to repost the thing to his car.
"I will tell Your Majesty this to you. Don't forget today's appointment when you come to your door!" Chen Shishi also said with a smile.
"We will not break the contract!" Zhu Yu swears with him, and then said, "The city gate has opened, so I will thank Your Majesty!" After saying that, he bowed to the city again and said, "The city gate has opened, and I will thank Your Majesty for this!" After saying that, he bowed to the city again, and when he looked up, his face was full of tears.
"Take care all the way, see you next day!" Chen Shishi also retreated aside and returned the gift, until he watched the convoy leave the city gate before he got up and returned...
Zhao Bing left Handan from the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month and traveled north across five counties. It took six days to reach the end of the year. After two days of rest, the Jiaofang Siji people were divided into two teams, led by the Secretary-General and the Ministry of Rites, and brought condolences to the garrisons of the adjacent Third Army and the Fifth Army and other headquarters, and he stayed in Gaoyi for a while.
The emperor went on a light carriage. Sun Kai knew His Majesty's habits and chose a mansion not far from the county government to stay in the city. Although the emperor told him not to pay his respects every day, he still insisted on coming here to ask for peace every day.
"Sun Kai, I saw that many new thatched houses were built outside the city, but were refugees who were placed?" After the ceremony, Zhao Bing asked him to sit down and ask.
"What Your Majesty sees is that tens of thousands of troops gathered here to confront the Zhending enemy. In order to avoid war, the people between the two places fled, resulting in the empty ten households of Zhaozhou, Luanzhou, Jinzhou and other counties." Sun Kai replied.
"Well, on the way, I heard that many wealthy families gathered or took the people to build villages to defend themselves, and even colluded with bandits to attack traffic and destroy my baggage. Is there any here?" Zhao Bing nodded and asked again.
He knew that as early as the rebellious period of the Wangmang reign of the Western Han Dynasty, there were situations where powerful people built fortresses to protect themselves. At that time, this kind of fortress was called "door forts" or "door walls". During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the number of such docks or docks began to increase dramatically with the formation of the north-south confrontation pattern, and this kind of civil self-defense force even gradually began to grow into a huge force that could control the pattern of a place.
During the Jingkang period, the Jurchens invaded the south and the court crossed the south. The people in the Lianghuai area spontaneously built forts and protected themselves. Later, the imperial court found that this form could effectively block the Jurchen cavalry, so it built forts and villages in an organized manner. Since then, forts and villages spread throughout the dangerous areas of Lianghuai areas have become difficult to crack.
During the Mongolian and Jin War in the Central Plains, the people also built forts and villages to protect themselves. For example, Zhang Rou, Shi Tianze, Liu Bingzhong, Dong Wenbing, etc., who started in Hebei, all lay the foundation for the absorption and integration of this force. It is not surprising that some people follow this imitation.
"I'm not to be ignorant of your Majesty, this place is close to Taihang Mountain and is covered with hills. Many powerful men built a large number of fortresses in dangerous places, with hundreds of people and thousands of people. They hoarded a large amount of food and grass, and even reclaimed fields for a long time. Among them, there were remnants of the Mongol Yuan who often sent troops to capture the people and attack the official army." Sun Kai said.
"We first arrived here and then went to rest and send troops to fight. However, they occupied the advantage of the territory and were familiar with the terrain. It was difficult to attack with the village. Even if we destroyed the walls and attacked them, we would still be subject to fierce resistance. It would be endless and caused considerable casualties to our army."
Chapter completed!