I am Da Song

Chapter 16 Three Meals a Day

The Art of War says, "If you kill one person and shake the three armies, kill him; if you reward one person and make everyone happy, reward him."

It's just that no one thought that the officials of the Great Song Dynasty would use such drastic means, which was extremely impressive.

Rewards are gold mountains and silver mountains.If you kill them, no one will stay.

A total of 1000 people fought, accounting for almost one-tenth of the defenders in the inner city.All the defeated soldiers were executed by the officials under the city.

But the effect was very remarkable. All the soldiers of the Imperial Army abandoned all speculative and slippery mentality, and no longer dared to think about running away or being defeated.

A total of 1000 people were executed by the officials without even blinking an eye.No one else felt that they had run away and could have a chance of being exempted by luck.Now advancing and retreating to wait for death, the only way everyone can think of to survive is to fight to the death on the spot, block the offensive of the Jin army, and survive for ten days.

Zhao Huan also didn't want to use such extreme methods, but if he didn't leave a deep impression on everyone, he couldn't change Song Jun's style of stretching.

In troubled times, only heavy codes can be used. Zhao Huan's every moment is very important, and he has no time to dawdle with these people.

After solving the morale and morale problems of the Forbidden Army, Zhao Huan handed over the task of defending the city to Liu Fan.He was about to return to the palace with his guards and honor guards.

It's not about going to the palace to enjoy women's sex, but there are still a lot of urgent matters in the forbidden palace, and the real court officials are waiting for me to deal with them.

Turning down the steps of the city wall, Wu Ge followed Zhao Huan and said, "Officials, the most urgent task is to prepare armor and weapons for the imperial army. Among the [-] officials in the imperial city under your command, only a hundred or so people in the front row can wear infantry armor. The remaining [-] or so people can only wear thin conscription robes. Fortunately, the army formation was dense and the unarmored soldiers behind were not seen, which frightened the rout."

"Go to the arsenal of bows, swords, guns, armors (that's right), there must be a lot of weapons and armors left behind." Zhao Huan said confidently.

It is a shame that the magnificent Song Dynasty, a rich and prosperous country known as "the military equipment is so advanced that it has never been seen in modern times", has now fallen into such a state of embarrassment.However, Zhao Huan couldn't get angry because it was his predecessor, Mingjun Song Qinzong, who caused this result.

Wu Ge said with a worried look on his face, "The officials may have forgotten that a month ago, the Jin people asked for military weapons, and the officials had ordered the Kaifeng government to fully cooperate. Every armored weapon in the warehouse will go by chariot, or like a husband." It will take a few days to use up the burden. Now all the treasuries have been emptied."

Of course, Zhao Huan would never forget such a shameful thing, and replied with certainty: "The problem lies here. It took nearly a month to move 1000 million bolts of silk. But it only took a few days to move the weapons and armor. You know Our dynasty has advanced military equipment, which has never been seen in modern times. What's more, the imperial court pursues a national policy of strong roots and weak branches. Most of the country's military equipment is stationed in Tokyo, and the number is probably more than that of silk. With the efficiency of our court officials, it is absolutely impossible to count We will all move out of the city within a few days."

Zhao Huan didn't believe that, with the virtues of Song Dynasty officials, they would do their best to search every treasury and give it to the Jin people.What are you drawing?The Jin people will not promote them to official positions, nor will they give them monetary rewards.

Wu Ge's eyes lit up, and he said with admiration: "The official sees the details, and the minister admires it."

Zhao Huan smiled casually and made no comment.You know the result, and it's very easy to reverse the content.Historically, before the Jin army evacuated, a branch of rebel army began to be formed in Tokyo.Undercurrents surged in the city of Tokyo, and the Jin Army even ordered the Kaifeng government to restrain the people from building weapons without permission.

Thinking of the Kaifeng Mansion, which was very eye-catching during the Jingkang crisis, Zhao Huan approached Li Ruoshui and ordered: "After the Kaifeng Mansion stopped collecting gold and silver, the next thing is to go all out to check the houses in the inner city. Houses shall be registered and requisitioned, and returned to the common people after the war.”

What satisfied Zhao Huan the most about Li Ruoshui was that he never talked too much and firmly carried out all the orders given by Zhao Huan.

After hearing Zhao Huan's order, Li Ruoshui immediately said: "I will handle this matter immediately."

Collecting private supplies to serve the wartime government is undoubtedly a matter of extremely testing the organizational and execution capabilities of officials.

But Zhao Huan felt that in terms of the efficiency and ability of Kaifeng Mansion when it served the Jin people, it was no problem to accomplish this matter.

When heading to the south wall, Zhao Huan was in a trance, full of preoccupations, and was in no mood to enjoy the scenery along the way.Returning to the ban at this time, Zhao Huan noticed how large and prosperous the inner city of Tokyo was.

Now the imperial street where Zhao Huan Chengyu is located is about two hundred steps wide, that is, more than 300 meters.The wide, straight, and endless Royal Street makes it hard to imagine that this is a great building paved by manpower in the [-]th century AD.

What's even more astonishing is that there are long imperial corridors on both sides of the imperial street. In the early years, traders could do business under the imperial corridors.But starting from Song Huizong, Zhao Huan's cheap father, it was forbidden to buy and sell here during the Zhenghe period.Although the business behavior has been hit, it is indeed more magnificent and majestic.

Then the government also placed a black lacquer branch in front of the imperial corridor, and pedestrians could only pass outside the branch.Two rows of vermilion lacquer branches were placed in the middle of the road, forming the central royal road, which can only be passed by the royal family, and people and horses are not allowed to go there.

On the inner side of the branches on both sides of the imperial road, there are two imperial ditches made of bricks and stones.The imperial ditch is full of lotuses, and peaches, plums, pears, and apricots are planted all over the near bank, with mixed flowers.

Zhao Huan remembers that every year at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, when viewed from a distance, it is a beautiful scene.

Although it is just spring now, there are intervals of plum blossoms blooming among the mixed flowers on both sides of the strait, and the fragrance is full of Jingjing.

And the scent that attracted Zhao Huan even more came out from both sides of the Royal Street.This fragrance is the fragrance of all kinds of meals!Nearly a thousand rout soldiers were executed, and it was almost noon at this time.

Poor Mr. Zhao has traveled through the world since last night. He has killed people with his own hands, shed blood on his body, he has been high-spirited, and he has slaughtered thousands of people. He has experienced all kinds of thrills. Grains of rice have never entered.

Now smelling the delicious smell of food, the glutton in my stomach can no longer restrain it, and I can't help talking.

It is true that the rulers of the Song Dynasty were weak and cowardly, and it is despised, but the folk civilization is indeed amazing and admirable.

Just like this three meals a day.Before the Song Dynasty, the Baihu Tongli and Yue chapter stipulated that the king was in the center and controlled the four directions, so the emperor had four meals a day.The princes eat three meals a day, and there is music to persuade them to eat.The common people can only have two meals, namely morning food and evening food.

But since the Song Dynasty, the people have also been used to three meals a day, which not only broke the feudal ethics, but also reflected the genuine prosperity of the Song Dynasty.There is not enough food among the people, and it is impossible to support the people for three meals a day.

It is precisely because of this background that the servants of the Imperial City Secretary are generally as high as five feet nine inches one minute six centimeters.

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