Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 853
Today, the Martyrs Cemetery of Nuoda has become a sea of ​​white.

More than 500 eminent monks from the Xiangfu Kingdom Temple sat cross-legged inside and outside the martyrs' cemetery, not knowing what kind of formation they were forming. In short, the sound of chanting sutras enveloped the entire martyrs' cemetery for several miles.

At this time, the people standing here are not only the family members of the fallen soldiers, but also the court of Xiangfu Kingdom, almost all the important officials, and even the residents of Xiajing City, because of the propaganda of the newspapers in the past two days, many people have been dispatched. few.

Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.

Following the order of Yu Jiangang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, amidst the piercing sound of horns, a thousand soldiers of the city defense army carefully placed a thousand urns into the tomb with solemn faces.

Immediately, more than a dozen other soldiers covered the tomb with stone slabs, inserted a tombstone with a name on one side two feet high and one foot wide into the stone base in front of the cemetery, and finally covered the stone slab with loess to block the grave. dead all gaps
After the same process was carried out fourteen times, the ashes of more than 1 fallen soldiers and more than 2000 rebel soldiers who died in battle were all buried.

Ye Chen, who was wearing a black dragon robe for offering sacrifices, came to a very large altar. According to the way Han people sacrificed heroic spirits in this era, he offered three animals, offered incense, worshiped heaven and earth, and then burned the altar...

On the badge to God, Ye Chen praised the bravery and fearlessness of these soldiers, thanked God for bestowing these brave and loyal soldiers on him, and wished these soldiers can obtain the grace of God...

In order to show the importance attached to this matter, the ceremony arranged by the Ministry of Rites was extremely complicated, which lasted for most of the day and did not end until the afternoon was close to evening.

Ye Chen insisted on completing all the etiquette required for the memorial service from the beginning to the end, without any omission, let alone the slightest anxiety and perfunctory.

At the end, Ye Chen, Yang Jiye, Han Xizai, and Ma Wentao removed the red silk covering the stele, revealing a huge black stele that was ten feet long, densely engraved with names.

Ye Chen stroked the stone tablet and said to everyone: "Anyone who dares to offend our Xiangfu country will be a joke in front of our brave and invincible soldiers and brave and fearless people!"

This sentence won the cheers of everyone, and the sound shook the whole field for a while, and went straight to the sky.

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From the next day, "Xiangfu News" and "Xiajing Express" each published a series of reports about the martyrs' cemetery to pay homage to the martyrs. , and the 37 martyrs who made the greatest military exploits each made a special topic, including three volunteers.Telling their life stories, and mourning for them by relatives and friends, the reports are so touching that the whole Xiangfu country sympathizes with these soldiers who died fighting for the country and the people.The "Xiajing Express" began to publicize the 45 soldiers who made special achievements and were still alive in this war who performed the most suddenly, killed the most enemies, or made the most military achievements through bottom-up selection. Publish their various shocking deeds on the battlefield, and make a series of comments.

In addition, the "Xiajing Express" hosted by Han Xizai announced the list of the top [-] rebels who participated in the rebel army in response to the reward order for the battle with the Liao army on the third day.And also reported and publicized the top ten deeds.

Under the guidance of the power of public opinion in the two major newspapers, the morale of the army, the thoughts of the people, the consciousness of officials, and the cohesion of loyalty to the country and the court in Xiangfu Kingdom have been unprecedentedly high.

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The land of China has clearly become a three-legged confrontation. Xiangfu Kingdom is far from being able to compare with Song and Liao in terms of population, territory, and army. However, the two wars have established its ability to compete with Song and Liao. military strength.

After the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, the first New Year's Day is coming, which marks a full year since the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, and also means the arrival of the second year of Xiangfu Tianding.

In this year, Xiangfu Kingdom can be said to have been turned upside down, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has changed with each passing day.Even after two wars, the living standards of the people of Xiangfu Kingdom are still steadily improving, and the speed of national strength and military strength is beyond the imagination of Song and Liao.

Thanks to the Xiangfu Bank's business of depositing money and giving interest, the financial crisis of the Xiangfu Kingdom's court was easily resolved, and all the rewards for the army and rebels had been issued before the year.Zhong Sanhe and other top ten benefactors were also conferred official positions ranging from ninth rank to seventh rank. It is no surprise that they are all military officers, but the specific job assignment has not yet been determined.Moreover, the top three Zhong Sanhe, Chang Podao, and Shi Lang made an exception to be received by His Majesty the Emperor. Such an honor is envied by many warriors in the world.One must know that Ye Chen is not only a legendary emperor praised and admired by the world, but also a peerless master who is recognized as the top three martial arts masters in the world.

Chang Podao is the well-known young master of Changjiabao in the rivers and lakes of the Xiangfu Kingdom, whose headquarter is in Huaizhou.In this battle with the Liao Army, Changjiabao responded to the call of the Xiangfu Kingdom to offer rewards. Chang Fei, the owner of the castle who was known as the number one master in the Northwest before the founding of the Xiangfu Kingdom, personally led more than 400 masters in the castle to join the rebel army. Zhouzhou and Fuzhou fought for more than a month, and lost nearly half of them. A total of more than 300 Liao troops were beheaded, and all of them were finally counted on Chang Podao.

And the stone wolves also have a lot of background. People from Yongxingjun Road and Hedong Road in the Song Dynasty, and Xijing Road in the Liao Dynasty, when it comes to horse thieves "wolves", it can be said that everyone knows, everyone knows!When the timid people hear the name 'wolves', they will change color in horror.But enough to scare a child from crying.

The wolves are a group of horse thieves with a number of about one thousand. Everyone has superb riding skills and superb martial arts. Their lair is at the junction of Liao, Song, and Xiangfu. They specialize in robbing wealthy households and businessmen. Organized a large army to encircle and suppress, but in the past few years, there was no success.This time the Xiangfu Kingdom was at war with the Liao Army, the leader of the wolf pack, Stone Wolf, saw this opportunity to whitewash the "wolves", and led five hundred elites to sneak into the Xiangfu Kingdom, join the rebel army, and killed more than 1000 and [-] Liao troops. Also nearly half.Second only to Chang Po Dao.

In fact, not only Chang Podao and Shi Lang have a lot of background, but everyone in the top twenty represents a heroic force behind them.

So if it wasn't for Hu Sanguang's good luck to capture Xiao Dage, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army, he would have entered the top ten at most.

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The new year is approaching, and the countries in the land of China are just a few happy and some sad.This day is the dynasty of the year, the dynasty of the moon, the dynasty of the sun, and the order of the first year. Whether it is the Liao in the north, the Song in the south, or the Xiangfu Kingdom in the northwest, this day is the extremely important holiday.

Taking advantage of the successful negotiation between Xu Xuan and Lu Yuqing last time, and the official establishment of diplomatic relations, Xu Xuan added an additional item according to Ye Chen's order that Song and Liao should send permanent embassies to the capitals of both sides. Immediately, he sent his ambassador to the Song Dynasty and established the Xiangfu Country Embassy in Kaifeng.In view of the unfathomable Ye Chen in the eyes of the kings and ministers of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Pu followed closely after they did not understand the meaning of Ye Chen's move, and finally sent a letter to Xiangfu Kingdom before New Year's Day. own resident ambassador.

The form of bilateral diplomacy has unconsciously entered another era, but the original diplomatic etiquette is still intact. Now that diplomatic relations have been established, envoys from He Zhengdan will be sent to each other.And with the arrival of this day, no matter what troubles the rulers and ministers have in managing this country, whether it is Kaifeng in Song Dynasty, Zhongjing in Liao Dynasty, or Xiajing in Xiangfu Kingdom, the people are all beaming and lively.

In fact, it is similar to the Chinese New Year in later generations.Changing into new clothes, drinking hot wine, and worshiping ancestors, even if Ye Chen is now the emperor, it is impossible for him to be exempt from customs.

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Xiangfu Kingdom Tianding two years, New Year's Day.

The weather is rare and fine. On the night of the first month, nothing can cover up the stars in the sky.The fireworks that shoot into the sky one by one can't suppress the light of Sirius and stars.

Although it was only the third watch, just after midnight, the lights reflected the light reflected by the remnant snow, so it didn't look too dark.A snowfall the day before yesterday made Xia Jingcheng completely covered in silver.

Han Xizai was getting older, and his sleep time was getting shorter and shorter, especially in the past few days, he couldn't sleep well, and he woke up when he was disturbed by the sound of firecrackers.He pushed open the window, and the sound of crackling firecrackers immediately became louder, and a gust of cold wind swept into the room.Taking a deep breath of the icy cold winter night air, my mind, which was a little drowsy just after waking up, suddenly became sober again.

Looking back, his pupils shrank. A young man was sitting on a chair beside him at some point, enjoying the morning tea and pastries prepared by his concubines and maids.And the concubine and the two maids had all collapsed to the ground at some point, not knowing whether they were dead or alive.

Since Han Zixiu brought the letter seven days ago, and the Han Zhong he sent and the head of the Fuchu guard with quasi-first-class strength died after leading the way, Han Xizai spent a lot of money to hire two first-class martial arts masters and dozens of quasi-first-class masters. , but now the thief has been quietly sitting in front of him, but the martial arts masters he invited can't see a single figure.

After all, Han Xizai was not an ordinary person. After taking a deep breath, he regained his composure. He did not call for help, nor turned around to try to escape from the bedroom, but said, "Your Excellency is Meng Feiyang?"

That's right, this young man is none other than Meng Feiyang, who is highly valued by the Minister of Agriculture, Meng Feiyang, who is now in charge of the Agricultural Research Department.

Meng Feiyang didn't speak, he ate the cakes in front of him in two or three mouthfuls, then picked up the teapot and drank the tea in one gulp, then he said with some insatiable desire: "As expected of the prime minister, this kind of character is worth learning from me, a junior! "

Han Xizai saw that Meng Feiyang had no intention of hurting himself for a while, so he couldn't help feeling relieved, and asked sharply, "Meng Feiyang, what exactly do you want?"

(End of this chapter)