serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 196

On September [-]th of the third year of Jianwu, Wangri Dachaohui.

The Shuo Ri and Wang Ri Grand Court Meetings are held every half a month, and officials below the fourth rank who are not eligible to participate in the court meeting will be allowed to participate.

At this time, the main hall of Qianqing Palace was deadly silent.

All eyes were on the center of the hall.

Lying under the steps of His Majesty is a king hat with only the left wing left, and there is a black gauze hat not far away.

King Zhongshun, who was wearing a five-claw python robe, and Niu Jizong, who was wearing an official robe, were holding each other's shoulders tightly.

Emperor Jianwu sat silently on the dragon chair, watching his good courtiers quietly.

A month ago, King Zhongshun privately suggested sending civil servants outside the pass to assist the military attache in handling government affairs, manage and educate the Mongols, let the Mongols speak Chinese, wear Han clothes, perform Han rituals, and finally integrate into the Han nationality, making the outside of the pass truly a The territory of the Great Zhou.

Regarding King Zhongshun's suggestion, he did not express his opinion at the time, and he agreed in his heart, but not now, but after the spring next year, not only because the military guards are needed, but also the distribution of benefits is involved.

There is an unspoken rule between the royal family and the military. Before the military conquered places outside the customs, all the proceeds will be divided in half with the imperial court. How can the civilian officials let the civil servants take care of the places they fought so hard? Grabbing food?

No, as soon as King Zhongshun proposed it, he was strongly opposed by Niu Jizong and others. Originally, the two parties were just arguing, but King Zhongshun clarified the matter in front of all officials, and said that Niu Ben, Niu Jizong's son, had divided 10 taels.

Niu Jizong got angry and quarreled with King Zhongshun. Later, the two started fighting.

It was not uncommon for ministers to fight at court meetings in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Let’s just say that during the reign of the Supreme Emperor, Jia Hu’s grandfather Jia Daihua beat officials from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Rites many times.

Looking quietly at the two people who were glaring at each other, suddenly, Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed, and after half a stick of incense, King Zhongshun didn't respond at all, he recovered from his illness?
Thinking of this, Emperor Jianwu slapped the armrest and scolded: "As a high-ranking member of the imperial court, you are so disregarding the official status! Chief Assistant, each of them will be fined for one year!"

Song Chengliang: "Yes."

Emperor Jianwu said to Niu Jizong: "You are both generals. It's nothing to come here to compete in martial arts in a calm manner. It's just that Prince Zhongshun has just recovered from a serious illness, and his qi deficiency is easy to relapse."

Having said that, he turned his eyes to King Zhongshun and asked, "Lord Zhongshun, is that so?"

King Zhongshun was startled for a moment, and then he had no choice but to reply, "Almost."

Emperor Jianwu's eyes flashed again: "This matter should not be ignored. Dai Quan."

Dai Quan: "The servant is here."

Emperor Jianwu: "Let Xu Yuanzheng and the others take the pulse of Lord Zhongshun later."

Dai Quan: "Follow the order."

King Zhongshun was a little flustered, he looked at Niu Jizong bitterly, and lowered his head.

Emperor Jianwu turned his eyes to the officials again, and said: "The rebel Zhang Xuesheng and others are escorted to Beijing today. Such a heinous person, everyone can punish him. I mean, there is no need for three courts to judge and convict him. Three days later , sent to Caishikou Lingchi. Spread the head of the bandit leader Zhang Xuesheng all over the country, so that those who have different intentions can understand that Zhang Xuesheng is an example if someone colludes with the Manchu Tartars and instigates the people to rebel!"

Song Chengliang: "The emperor is wise!"

All the officials said in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

What else did Emperor Jianwu want to say.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps came from outside the hall, and the chief eunuch on duty at the Meridian Gate came running out of breath, and shouted loudly: "Eight hundred li hurry up!"

Emperor Jianwu was surprised, and there were four feathers stuck to the memorial!

Dai Quan hurriedly went up to meet him, took the memorial, turned around and walked back, presenting it with both hands.

Emperor Jianwu took the memorial and glanced at the seal on the baking varnish. His expression changed abruptly. The movement on the memorial became more and more unsightly, the cold light in the eyes kept flashing, and the teeth were clenched tightly.

Everyone trembled, and their expressions suddenly became tense.

After an unknown period of time, Emperor Jianwu closed the memorial in his hands and stood up, his two cold gazes slowly swept over everyone's faces.

Everyone looked awe-inspiring.

Emperor Jianwu pondered for a long time before he said coldly: "There is no need to wait for three days, the execution will be executed at noon tomorrow. Also, all officials above the fifth rank in Beijing should go to watch the execution! The cabinet will follow me to the study room to discuss matters. The officials of the Ministry are waiting here, and the others have dispersed." After finishing speaking, he turned and walked towards the apse.

Song Chengliang, Wang Hetang, Zhao Zixun and others followed closely behind.

The civil and military officials in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, stunned on the spot.

Sujiabu is a large town in the west of Anhui Province. It is the first town where the Pi River flows out of the mountains and into the Huaihe River. The waterway transportation is relatively developed, and there are many shops on the wharf, which is very prosperous.

Along the Pihe River, fifteen miles downstream of Sujiabu, there is a place called Han Ferry.

On the vast plains, there are corpses everywhere. Some of these corpses belong to the army, but more of them belong to the rebels. There are countless corpses floating in the Pi River, and the river turns red.

One after another, the rebel spear formations slowly approached Han Ferry, and they were in the distance. More than ten thousand Zhou troops were surrounded in the center.

Suddenly, the sound of drums shook the sky.

Those rebels rushed up frantically with long guns in their hands. There was no battle formation and no tactics. They just slammed into them so fiercely. Just fell down, the two sides were already bloodshot, and neither of them would take half a step back, and kept stabbing the long spear in their hands until they fell down.

I don't know how long it took, and finally some rebels couldn't bear it anymore, and fled back screaming, causing the rest of the rebels to follow.

Looking at the rebels receding like a tide, the surviving officers and soldiers did not have the slightest joy, because another wave of rebels came over again.

Although the combat power of the rebel army is far inferior to that of the official army, the ants kill the elephants!

Watching the follow-up troops of the rebels surge up again like a tide, the Hubei General Soldier remained silent for a long time.

"Master, what should we do?"

Anxiety appeared on the faces of the generals beside him.

At this time, the Hubei General Soldier's blood was disheveled, his battle armor was damaged, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Due to the stalemate in the war, he and the Shaanxi General Army decided to sneak attack the rear of the rebels. After investigation, they found that the rebels were weak on the front line of Pihe River, so they decided to raid Sujiabu and burn the food and grass of the rebels.

Yesterday he personally led 8000 Hubei guards across the Pi River, intending to attack Sujiabu from the rear, but he did not want to fall into the encirclement of the rebels, and the army fought and retreated, and finally retreated. When I got here, all the luggage was lost, and there were only less than [-] people left in the army.

Wave after wave of rebels rushed up again, and the two sides fought brutally again.

Killing, killing, constantly killing, all the officers and soldiers have long been numb, just fighting with instinct, they stab the spears in their hands again and again, and they don't remember how many people they killed.However, there were too many rebels. The front row fell, and the rebels behind continued to rush up.

The more officers and soldiers fought, the less they fought.

The rebels were still coming like a tide, without a single grain of rice or a drop of water for a day and a night, the soldiers of the Hubei Guard were exhausted and could no longer maintain their fighting strength. , Countless officers and soldiers fell powerlessly to the ground, numbly waiting for their fate.

"Master, let's go!"

Several generals tried their best to pull the Hubei General Soldier, but he threw them away. He straightened his armor, knelt down to the capital, bowed several times, stood up, looked at Hubei again, sighed to the sky, pulled out the sword at his waist and threw it at his neck. He squeezed and fell down.

"Big guy! Big guy!"

Several generals hugged his body and wept bitterly, then raised their long swords across their necks and wiped them. The moment they fell to the ground, they seemed to hear the sound of horns and the earth-shattering sound of horseshoes.

The sound of the horn resounded all over the world, and even spread over the entire battlefield. Everyone looked over. From a distance, a large group of cavalry was heading towards the battlefield!
(End of this chapter)