The dream of a lonely hero

Inside the tent. The King of Jin was furious and paced back and forth in a rage. After a while, Chai Yuxi said, "Your Highness, calm down! Yan Yun's words are rash, but he is also straightforward. With a little more training, he will not let your Highness down."

The King of Jin's anger gradually subsided, and he said, "Alas! You and Jia Su will have to take more care of this thing in the future."

Chai Yuxi said, "Your Highness is right. It's all because of the laziness of the lower officials that Yan Yun was neglected to discipline him."

The King of Jin said, "Let's not talk about him. What about Li Bin? If he hadn't rescued me in time in Yangshulin, I would have been How could his family be in such a bad situation today!"

Chai Yuxi said: "That is his duty as a minister, and it is also his blessing to serve Your Highness. In the past few days, Your Highness has visited him almost every day and rewarded him with a lot of money and goods. I just came back from visiting him under Your Highness's order, and his injuries are not serious. Is there anything I should say?"

King Jin said: "Yuxi speaks frankly."

Chai Yuxi said: "Don't be too kind. If you give too much, it will not continue. If it does not continue, resentment will arise."

King Jin said: "Too much favor will not last long, and failure to continue to show favor will inevitably cause the recipient to complain. I know this truth. Li Bin has followed me in my battles and is still a commoner. I have treated him coldly in the past, and I cannot let such a loyal and brave man feel disappointed."

Chai Yuxi said: "Your Highness can see the smallest details, but the petty officials can't!"

King Jin said: "The price paid for the elimination of the Golden Spear Society this time is too high. The five hundred imperial guards given by the government to the Xiongwei Camp are now less than At the time, the number of soldiers was reduced to 20, and the commander Wu Huaijie was killed. Li Huaiyi, the commander of the Dingzhou garrison, and Yao Jineng, the commander of the Dingzhou garrison, also lost a lot of troops. Alas! "

Chai Yuxi said: "Your Highness, don't blame yourself. It is a miracle that your Highness wiped out hundreds of thousands of Golden Spear Society bandits with only 20,000 troops. There are so many famous generals in our dynasty. Who can have such a record! Since ancient times, casualties in battles are inevitable."

After Chai Yuxi's consolation, the King of Jin felt relieved. The King of Jin said, "Have Tian Qin's Xishan Army and Liu Siyu's Wei Bo Army withdrawn?"

Chai Yuxi said, "Reporting to Your Highness! Follow the instructions to reward each army with 100,000 strings of cash. Last night, Tian Qin and Liu Siyu led their troops back to their respective headquarters. I think the military supervisor Zhang Qing will not notice it?"

The King of Jin said, "It's difficult! Tian Qin and Liu Siyu's more than 20,000 troops left the camp, and it is difficult to hide from the public."

Chai Yuxi said in panic, "What should we do if Zhang Qing returns to the capital and talks nonsense?"

The King of Jin was calm and composed, stroking his beard, and then he became angry and said viciously, "Yang Chongsu! Yang Chongsu! Five days later, Yang Chongsu and others will be executed outside the gate of the Zishipo camp!"

The King of Jin ordered Gao Qiong, Wang Zhao, Yang Mao, and Mi Chao to lead 500 soldiers to Ehu Mountain and set fire to the mountain. Gao Qiong and others took the order and left. This fire not only burned the empty nest of the Golden Spear Society in Evil Tiger Mountain, but also burned all the grass and trees. Not a blade of grass was left, not even a mouse was left.

Five days later, at 3:00 p.m., Yang Chongsu, Zhao Ming and hundreds of other followers were dragged out of the gate to be executed. The King of Jin led the civil and military officials and soldiers of the Song army to watch. Yang Mao passed down the King of Jin's order to cut off the arms of Zhao Ming and other followers first. The dozens of soldiers who were carrying out the execution raised their knives and chopped, "Crack, crack!" Hundreds of arms fell to the ground., blood all over the ground, Zhao Ming and others cried and screamed; after a long time, the second order of King Jin was passed down, dozens of soldiers raised water and fire sticks and beat the minions without thinking, "crackling", and the screams spread for more than ten miles. The timid soldiers in the Song army quietly closed their eyes and blocked their ears, not daring to see or hear. After a long time, the screams gradually stopped. The execution soldiers carried the sticks to check if there were any who had not been beaten to death. If they found any who were not dead, they would hit them hard on their vital parts until they were beaten to death.

Cheng Xu and Jia Xuan stood among the civil and military officials who were watching. Jia Xuan whispered to Cheng Xu: "Brother Cheng! The King of Jin surrendered and pardoned many leaders of Tianlang Mountain, why is he so persistent to Yang Chongsu and others?"

Cheng Xu whispered: "This is the way the King of Jin controls his subordinates. Only in this way will the leaders of Tianlang Mountain who are surrendered and pardoned feel fear and luck, and be more loyal to the King of Jin."

Jia Xuan secretly admired Cheng Xu's far-sightedness.

Yang Chongsu, who was tied to the pillar, had been stuffed with rags in his mouth and could not shout. The executioner received the order from the King of Jin, and he came forward with a knife to cut Yang Chongsu alive. "Hey! Spare his life." The voice was like thunder. The executioner and everyone were shocked, thinking that the King of Jin was so powerful that he could not resist the emperor. Who would dare to say "spare his life" without the King of Jin's order? Everyone looked in the direction of the voice, and it was the military supervisor Zhang Qing who ran over.

Prince Jin frowned and said, "Zhang Qing! You must plead for the culprit Yang Chongsu!"

Zhang Qing's face was icy, and he said, "Your Highness Prince Jin! How dare the military supervisor Zhang Qing? Let the emperor pass on the oral order: pardon the son of the emperor's nephew, Yang Guangji, the young prince Yang Chongsu, and ask the military supervisor Zhang Qing, who is in charge of the eunuchs, to return to the capital to see the emperor. I decree this."

Gao Qiong opened his eyes wide and said, "Zhang Qing! You are so good at martial arts that you want to find an opponent to play with you, but you can't fake the imperial edict!"

Zhang Qing ignored him and said to the Prince of Jin, "Your Highness, listen carefully!"

The Prince of Jin stood there in a daze, not saying a word, his face was blue and purple with anger, and his eyes were about to pop out.

Zhang Qing ordered his personal eunuch to take Yang Chongsu back to Beijing to report. After returning to Beijing, Emperor Zhao Kuangyin summoned Yang Chongsu in the Military Affairs Hall and appointed him as the ninth-rank commander of the Palace Front Department.

Prince Jin led his army back to Dingzhou to wait for the imperial edict. Zhao Dezhao, Marquis of Yanting, took Yan Feng and his entourage to say goodbye and return to Beijing to report. In the back hall of Dingzhou Prefecture, Prince Jin sat and listened to Chai Yuxi's report, while Liu Qi stood on one side. Chai Yuxi said: "Report to Your Highness! Anguo Jiedushi Li Weidong is also able to flatter himself. He took advantage of the fierce battle between the Liao army and the Golden Spear Society in Xima Mountain to attack the Golden Spear Society's rear road and succeeded. He reported to the court that he had led troops to eliminate all the 100,000 Golden Spear Society bandits in Xima Mountain; he was not satisfied with this, so he led troops to attack Sun You, the former deputy leader of the Golden Spear Society in Tiemang Mountain. Sun You had been recruited by the court to become the Yiding Jiedushi, but he pretended not to know. As a result, Yiding Jiedushi Sun You was caught off guard and most of his 10,000 soldiers were beheaded. He lied that he had beheaded tens of thousands of Golden Spear Society members in a great victory in Tiemang Mountain. He was praised by the court and rewarded with 50,000 strings of cash. His ability to beat a 'dead tiger' is not low." I was going to say more, but considering that Li Weidong was a disciple of Fu Yanqing, the father-in-law of the King of Jin, I will not say more.

Liu Ao said: "What a pity! He took away 50,000 strings of cash so easily. Your Highness, do you want to report this to the court?"

King Jin said: "What do you want to report? Even if the court knows the truth, will it punish him? The court does not mind too many or too few reports of victory. What it wants is to promote the prestige of the Song Dynasty and boost the morale of the people. Sun You was originally a bandit of the Golden Spear Society and was recently recruited by the court to be a general. How can the court let him be self-reliant? Li Weidong's attack on him to weaken his strength is exactly what the court wants. As for Li Weidong's false report of military merit, maybe the court knew it before rewarding him. Don't forget that the government's Wude Division is not a decoration, but it will definitely punish him in secret. You don't have to worry about it."

Liu Qi said: "Li Weidong's Anguo Jiezhen should have a chazi (a full-time plainclothes reconnaissance personnel) under the jurisdiction of the Wude Division. "

King Jin did not answer, and said: "Have the rewards for Wang Lie and Hui Guang been paid? ”

Liu Qi said: “Reporting to Your Highness, Your Highness’s order was sent to them yesterday, and they all went back.”

The Emperor Zhao Kuangyin heard that the Dingzhou Recruiting Envoy, Prince of Jin Zhao Guangyi, had won a great victory in clearing out the millions of bandits of the Golden Spear Society in Tianlang Mountain, and was overjoyed. He immediately issued an imperial decree, ordering the Ministry of Revenue to issue gold, silver and colorful satin, the Ministry of Works to issue 300 jars of imperial wine, and the Ministry of Rites to add seals, and sent the Privy Council Governor Wang Jisheng to lead 500 imperial camp soldiers and horses to Dingzhou to reward the three armies. The imperial decree posthumously conferred the title of the seventh rank 23rd grade Zhiguo Xiaowei for the fallen general Wu Huaijie, the commander of the Xiongwei Camp; the “mad and fierce Wu Ben” Wang Neng, the “ferocious and fierce Wu Ben” Zhang Xu, the “ferocious and fierce Wu Ben” Lu Bin, the “mountain-opening Yaksha” Wang Xijie, and the “crossing river” Geng Quanbin, the "Iron Dragon", Li Qi, the "Iron Winged Cloud Peng", Pei Jing, the "Whale Peng of the North Ridge", and Xiao Daiying, the "Lord of the Flute", were promoted to the seventh rank, 32nd level Wujing school lieutenants; the fourth of the "Three Ghosts of Youyun", Zhao Yinping, the second Suo Yinxiong, and the sixth Chi Yinbiao, were promoted to the ninth rank, Renyong school lieutenants. Li Huaiyi, the commander of the Dingzhou garrison troops, was promoted to the fifth rank, Right Xiaowei General, the commander of the right wing of the Palace Front Division, the commander of the right wing of the Iron Cavalry, Yao Jineng, the commander of the Dingzhou troops, was promoted to the fifth rank, Right Wei General, the commander of the Palace Front Division, the right wing of the Control Crane Army, and Jia Yan, the governor of Dingzhou, was promoted to the fifth rank, Taichang Shaoqing, and Cheng Xu was promoted to the eighth rank. The county magistrate of Luling County in Fangzhou, Jia Xuan was promoted to the ninth rank of Lingzhou Beijia, and Xun Yi was promoted to the ninth rank of Guozi Taixue Xuelu; Jia Su, the chief historian of the royal palace, Chai Yuxi, and Liu Qi were promoted one level; the disabled general Shang Feng was promoted to the seventh rank 32nd level Wujing Xiaowei, "Iron Palm Zen Zeng" Mingran was promoted to the seventh rank 33rd level Wuyi Xiaowei, "violent Wuben" Dai Xing, "strong and brave military guest" Sang Zan, "fierce and brave military guest" Ge Ba, "strong and brave military guest" Fu Qianwei, "Zhanwen Taoist" Liaoran Taoist was promoted to the seventh rank 34th level Wuyi Xiaowei, "Golden Hair Kunpeng" Li Chong, "Piercing Clouds Tuanpeng" Yang Jiong were promoted to the seventh rank The 40th-rank Wujing lieutenant, "White-faced Mountain Lord" Li Bin, "Wang Tieshan" Wang Zhao, "Gao Tieta" Gao Qiong are the 8th-rank 46th-rank Bingyi lieutenants, Yuanda, Ma Yin, Yang Mao, "Little Marquis of Peach Blossom Warmth" Wang Rong, "Eight-armed Vajra" Li Jun, "Sai Yingbu" Fu Dun are the 9th-rank 51st-rank Peirong lieutenants, Wang Yande, "Iron-crutch Buddhist Guest" Daguo Shangren, "Good Doctor Feather" Ma Shouzhi, "Golden Sword Feather" Lü Shouwei, "Five Ghosts of Youyun", "Death-urging Ghost" Cui Yinpeng, "Soul-catching Ghost" Gou Yinfang, "Green-faced Ghost" Qing Yinsha, "Impermanence Ghost" Wu Yinzhong, "White-faced Ghost"(One-armed ghost) Bai Yinluo and Mi Chao were appointed as the 52nd rank of the ninth rank, and the Yanyun official was restored to the 51st rank of the ninth rank. A military camp was set up in Tianlang Mountain, and "Lü Dongbin" Miao Yanjun was appointed as the ninth rank Tianlang Village Chief, "Thin-faced Thunder Lord" Yan Shuda and "He Xiangu" Liu Qiniang were appointed as the deputy chiefs of Tianlang Mountain. The 700 Golden Spear Society followers who were recruited were stationed in Tianlang Village and managed the civil affairs of Tianlang Village. According to the merits of the civil and military officials who participated in the war, gold, silver and colorful satin were rewarded. "Double-halberd Yaksha" Gao Jing, "Double-gun Wanderer" Dai Sheng, "Winged Tiger" Bao Zhao, and "Flying Mountain Leopard" Liu Hao followed the King of Jin and obeyed his orders.

The King of Jin was promoted to the first-rank minister, and was given 200,000 strings of money, seven sets of imperial flower robes, two famous horses, and 100 pieces of brocade. He was also given 14 halberds in front of the gate of the King of Jin's palace.

The halberd is not only a weapon, but also a ceremonial object for the civil and military officials of the court to show their status. The halberds are placed in front of the door to show the status. There are only 24 halberds in Confucius' Confucian Temple. The emperor gave the King of Jin 14 halberds in front of the door, indicating that the King of Jin's status is quite noble.

In his memorial to the court, the King of Jin certainly could not mention the contributions of Tian Qin, the commander of Xishan, and Liu Siyu, the governor of Weizhou. These two troops were borrowed by him privately, and Guo Jin, the commander of Xishan, and Fu Yanqing, the commander of Weizhou, secretly sent troops to help without the documents of the Western Palace Privy Council. Naturally, the imperial edict did not reward Tian Qin and Liu Siyu.

During his stay in Dingzhou, the King of Jin made great efforts to win over and cultivate his followers. Li Huaiyi, who was promoted from the commander of the Dingzhou garrison troops to the commander of the right wing of the imperial guards, Yao Jineng, who was promoted from the commander of the Dingzhou troops to the commander of the right wing of the imperial guards, and Jia Yan, who was promoted from the governor of Dingzhou to the junior minister of the fifth rank of the Ministry of Rites. The two military generals and one civil official were favored by the King of Jin privately and became his confidants in the imperial guards and the court.

Whenever the local bandits were pacified, the court would send officials from the Privy Council to select brave warriors to be incorporated into the imperial guards. As a routine matter, Wang Jisheng, the governor of the Privy Council, selected the bravest and strongest soldiers from the Golden Spear Society and recruited them into the Imperial Army. The "Seven Gunners of Langshan" included the "Golden Spearman" Guo Mi, "Silver Spearman" Geng Ji, "Bronze Spearman" Wang Chao, "Iron Spearman" Li Qi, "Crush Spearman" Yang Jiong, "Shen Spearman" Wang Xian, "Flower Spearman" Zhang Xu and other hundreds of Golden Spear Society minions who surrendered were also selected. Due to their high martial arts skills, the "Seven Gunners of Langshan" soon became the ninth-rank commander of the battalion in the Imperial Army of the Palace Front Division. With the help of the King of Jin, the commander Wang Xian deployed in Xishandu was also transferred to the Imperial Army. These, together with the trusted aides of the Prince of Jin who had been placed in the Imperial Guards, such as "Black-Faced Tiger" Du Yanjin, "Iron Tiger" Fu Yanhan, Wang Xian, Chen Zhan, and Wang Bin, formed a certain power. Although they were all low-ranking officers, they were not easy to attract the attention of senior officials because they did not show their talents. Moreover, for low-ranking officers, there was no such phenomenon as soldiers not knowing their generals and generals not knowing their soldiers. The transfer of the Imperial Guards of the Western Palace Privy Council broke the system so that the generals could not form private power, but the battalion level could not be broken. The transfer and rotation were all based on the battalion (about 500 soldiers). It can be seen that the Prince of Jin had a far-sighted vision, which was related to his experience as the Du Yuhou of the Palace Front. Although he had not been in office for a long time, he could still see some mysteries. Prince of Fu ZhaoGuangmei was different. He never paid any attention to low-ranking military officers.

The court's personnel arrangements for civil and military officials who had made contributions in eliminating the bandits in Tianlang Mountain were mostly based on the memorials submitted by the King of Jin. However, there was still a gap from the King of Jin's expectations, which made the King of Jin angry and filled his chest with anger.

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