The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 13 Father and Son Promotion
Chai Ronghuang drove back to Beijing, and the journey was mighty,

This time, Chai Rong deliberately did not allow the imperial army to martial law, so that many people could see the beauty of the sky.

The people on the road spontaneously brought wine and food to reward these victorious soldiers. They had never been so proud.

Chai Rong let go of his identity, walked into the homes of ordinary people, and talked cordially with them.

He did not give people a sense of superiority, but instead made people feel that he was an ordinary farmer. For a while, Chai Rong's image of being close to the people was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and his prestige rose rapidly.

In fact, the prime minister Feng Dao was the most shocked. He did not expect the emperor to defeat the Northern Han Dynasty so quickly and return to the court triumphantly.

This made his plan come to nothing. Could it be that Chai Rong was really destined by his destiny?
As the prime minister, he still ordered to go down and prepare a grand ceremony to welcome His Majesty into the city.

Officials quickly arranged everything to welcome Chai Rong into the city at the north gate, and Bianliang soldiers and civilians welcomed Sejong Chai Rong into the city together. The whole scene can be regarded as the biggest welcoming ceremony since the Five Dynasties.

Chai Rong looked at the adoring eyes of the people, and his vanity was greatly satisfied.

On the court, Chai Rong sat on the throne and began to reward the meritorious ministers;
Internal servant Zhang Dejun read the imperial decree slowly:

"Imperial decree, down to all officials!"

Following Zhang Dejun's shout, all the officials knelt on the ground.

Zhang Dejun held a yellow silk and slowly unfolded it:
"In the first year of Xiande, I conquered the great unification. However, during the mourning period of our country, the Northern Han army overwhelmed the country, seized my territory, and killed my soldiers. I had no choice but to attack them. The meritorious officials will be rewarded."

"Zhang Yongde was inspected in front of the palace, took the lead, and was named the inspector Taibao; Liu Ci, the former Heyang Jiedu envoy, was deployed for the deputy capital of the Hedong camp, and moved to Yongxing; Li Yunjia, the Zhaoyi Army Jiedu envoy, was also a servant; Marquis of Yu Li Chongjin used his meritorious service to lead the loyalty of the military army..."

Following the imperial decree, the rewards were finalized one by one, and the recipients all smiled happily.

"Zhao Kuangyin, the former commander of the east and west squadrons, the commander of the right wing of Hujie, and the commander of the battalion and infantry, was transferred to the post of Marquis Yu, the capital of the palace, the deputy governor of the palace commander, the governor of Yanzhou, and the general Guide, a scattered official."

Zhao Xu secretly thought: "Father still entered the Dianqian Division, and this time there is an extra Dianqian who commands the deputy history. The scattered officials have no practical significance, they are all military officers. But the governor of Yanzhou is worth pondering. He is a civil servant." , which means that he also has the opportunity to appear in the general public."

"Zhao Xu, the former battalion deputy commander, beheaded Zhang Yuanhui and killed countless enemies. He was appointed as the deputy Du Yuhou in front of the palace, and was awarded the fourth-rank general Xuanwei. .”

In fact, Chai Rong also hesitated on the issue of rewards and punishments, but after some persuasion from Zhang Yongde, Chai Rong made up his mind to reuse Zhao Kuangyin.

On that day, Zhang Yongde saw that Chai Rong was hesitant about the punishment, so he followed Chai Rong, waiting for the opportunity to advise Chai Rong, and refused to leave until midnight.

Chai Rong also wondered if there was something wrong with this Zhang Yongde, so he asked and found out that he came for the affairs of General Fan and He.

Chai Rong asked his opinion, and Zhang Yongde said without hesitation:

"Ai Neng and other generals have never made great achievements, and all rely on His Majesty's favor to occupy a high position.

But they hoped that the enemy would flee first, and where would the national law and military law go.I know that Your Majesty wants to unify the world. If there is no strict military law, will people with lofty ideals come to our court?Will those soldiers still serve our dynasty? "

When Chai Rong heard Yongde's words, he laughed and praised Zhang Yongde as a loyal man.

Ordered the arrest of Fan Aineng, He Hui, and more than [-] military envoys under his command, and ordered:
"Ru Cao is exhausted as a veteran general in the court, and he must be unable to fight. Now there is no one who is fleeing in the wind, and he is about to sell me to Liu Chong'er as a rare commodity!
Beheaded.Since the arrogant generals are lazy and the soldiers know what to fear, they will not be able to stop the government. "

After the imperial decree was read, everyone was stunned. Nima felt that this was an award ceremony for Zhao's father and son. Their father and son were named principal and deputy Du Yuhou, and they both became senior generals of the Forbidden Army.

Everyone can accept Zhao Kuangyin's promotion to Duyuhou. Leaving aside the relationship between Chai Rong's brother-in-law, Zhao Kuangyin himself is also very capable. Besides, this time he also captured an important official of the Northern Han Dynasty. It is normal to be promoted to Duyuhou, and everyone can accept it. .

His son, Zhao Xu, was just a not-so-well-known leader in the capital. Everyone didn't take the position of deputy commander of the battalion seriously. Now that he became the deputy governor of the capital, everyone really couldn't make a turn.

Zhang Dejun looked at where everyone was in a daze, and reminded him: "My lords, don't you thank me?"

It was only then that the crowd came to their senses and shouted "Long live my emperor".Zhang Yongde also did not expect that the emperor would make Zhao Xu the vice capital of Yuhou.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." Zhao Kuangyin immediately jumped out and played to Chai Rong.

Chai Rong has always attached great importance to this foster brother: "Kuang Yin, if you have anything to say, just say it."

"Thank you for your majesty's kindness. The emperor's kindness is immense. I am grateful, but the dog is not suitable to be the vice capital. His age..."

After Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, Zhao Xu was about to leave the shift: "Your Majesty..."

Before they finished talking, Chai Rong stopped them: "Kuangyin don't talk, and do you also think the same way, Zhao Xu is too young to be the vice capital Yuhou, do you think I am confused? ?”

All the officials said they dare not.

"My standard for employing people is not based on closeness or age, but on credit. Although Zhao Xu is young, in the Battle of Gaoping, he single-handedly killed Zhang Yuanhui, which enabled our army to win smoothly. This is the first achievement." , whoever has such merits, I will reward him as well, there is no need to discuss, Wang Qing will do his best in the king's affairs in the future."

Chai Rong's words are undoubtedly telling everyone that as long as you have meritorious service, I will reward you, regardless of your age.

Zhao's father and son thanked him again.

Zhao Xu was also quite excited in his heart. He didn't expect to become a senior officer all of a sudden.

Of course, rewarding meritorious deeds and punishing demerits is a theorem of the ages. Chai Rong decreed that more than [-] generals, including Fan Aineng, He Hui, Cui Yaqiang, and Han Shuangye, fled before the battle, leading to the annihilation of the entire Eastern Route Army.

Afterwards, with Chai Rong's departure, everyone came to congratulate Zhao and his son. Everyone could see that the Zhao and his son would surely rise to the top.

Zhao Mansion!

The whole house is full of joy, just like the new year, Zhao Hongyin is recuperating at home due to injury, but now he doesn't have a trace of sickness.

The eldest son (Zhao Kuangyin is actually the second son, but his eldest son died early) and the eldest grandson made outstanding achievements in the Battle of Gaoping this time, and they were promoted to the chief and deputy capital Yuhou due to public service. This is a matter of Guangzong Yaozu.

The whole family was happy. Mrs. Du stroked Zhao Xu's head from time to time, full of doting, and her mother, He Shi, was also very happy. The only child was promising, how could her mother be unhappy.

"Kuangyin, Xu'er, you have really brought glory to my Zhao family this time, I come to offer you a toast." Zhao Hongyin smiled from ear to ear.

Zhao Xu and his son hurriedly raised their glasses and drank them all in one gulp.

Here, Zhao Kuangyi happily toasted their father and son a few glasses.Madam Du and He Shi, who didn't drink at all, also drank a full glass.

When the family dinner was about to end, Mrs. Du said:
"Master, Kuangyin and you are all here. I have something to tell you. Taking advantage of today's happy day, I think it's time to talk about Xu'er's marriage."

"puff!"

Zhao Xu almost spat out the soup in his mouth. What about my marriage? I'm only too old to talk about my marriage. It's too ridiculous.

"Grandpa, dad, take it easy, I'm only 13 years old, um, this marriage..."

"Why is it too early? When your father was your age, your mother had already entered the door. Why do you still say take it easy? I don't think you can take it any longer." Mrs. Du is unwilling, it seems that she wants to hug her great-grandson .

Zhao Hongyin also nodded:
"Yeah, Xu'er is not young anymore, and she has made great contributions this time. I think I can get married. Besides, my brothers and monks had already discussed to form a family with children. Unfortunately, we didn't have any daughters at that time. My son had already died." They are all married, so we discuss to complete it among the grandchildren."

"Later, Brother Shangzhi's eldest son, Gao Huaide, got married and gave birth to a daughter, and Xu'er was also born at that time, so we made a baby marriage for the two of them at that time, thinking that she should be a grown-up girl by now. "

Zhao Hongyin's face was full of nostalgia, the brother Shangzhi he was talking about was the famous general Gao Xingzhou,

In later generations, I read a Romance saying that Gao Xingzhou died at the hands of the Zhao family. The most famous one is that Zhao Hongyin borrowed from Gao Xingzhou.

Zhao Xu still remembered that he was reading an excuse letter written by Zhao Hongyin to Gao Xingzhou.

Xing Zhou Xiandi Tai Jian:

I'm so sad, I'm so sad.You and I, the hero of the old dynasty, and the second minister of the new emperor, the pattern of this life has been set, and we can only resign ourselves to fate;
And his son, He Gu, was poisoned by this tea: Quaner Kuangyin's conquest trip was not his original intention, it was actually driven, because he wanted to use the hands of a virtuous brother to punish fools, and force you and me to be close friends!

The world is full of dangers, fate is so perverted, and the sword and the axe are used to accept it with no regrets; but the misfortune spreads to the descendants, and the heart is unwilling.Therefore, I dare to be bold, and I would like to use the head of my dear brother Xiangshang and Kuang Yin to defeat the traitor.Attack?guilt?There is a lesson to be learned from the history, in the future, the foolish brother should kneel down in front of the virtuous brother to thank him! "

Zhao Hongyin paused in tears.

Because of this letter, Gao Xingzhou willingly committed suicide in front of Zhao Kuangyin.

Later, Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, and Gao Huaide, Gao Xingzhou's son, became the general, probably as compensation for the Gao family.

At this moment, Zhao Hongyin remembered that Gao Xingzhou seemed to be in a bad mood, so Zhao Kuangyin quickly said:

"Father, I also promised Uncle Gao to treat Brother Huaide well. Now Brother Huaide has been promoted to the commander of the right wing of the iron cavalry because of this battle, and he will lead the training of the Guozhou regiment. Let Xuer and Guiying get married!"

"Master, I think what Kuang Yin said is right. Kuang Yin will take Xu'er to the Gao Mansion to meet tomorrow, so you can arrange their marriage?" Mrs. Du said hurriedly.

Zhao Hongyin and his sons all nodded, and Zhao Xu was left to protest silently, but no one paid any attention to him.

Zhao Xu wanted to cry but had no tears: "I actually have a fiancee, why don't I have any impression?"

(End of this chapter)