I am Da Song

Chapter 142
In the early morning, a ray of sunlight dispels the darkness, and the light shines on the earth.

Surrounded by dozens of civil and military officials, Zhao Huan walked into the city of Nanjing. At this time, the chaos and killings in Nanjing all night had come to an end. The long streets were strewn with hideous corpses, and black smoke was still rising from the charred houses.

The soldiers were elated, and a large number of soldiers who brought order out of chaos knelt down on the streets and welcomed the officials into the city.

In order to highlight their loyalty, these people wittily held up a large number of red flags. The red flags inside the city were like a sea, and they seemed to be more like Wangshi than the imperial camp outside the city.

No way, who let the rebellion last only ten days, a group of Song soldiers didn't even have time to change their appearance, and reopened the army banners that had been put away before, and they turned into "loyal and loyal" court righteous men again.

The Song army has always been so determined!

Firmly help the winner!Song Jun will help whoever has the upper hand.Regardless of whether he is rebellious, or a Khitan, or a Jurchen.

The Jurchens had strong soldiers and strong horses, and 10,000+ Song soldiers surrendered collectively.

Now the officials seem too strong to be human!It is simply swallowing the world and sweeping the world, the big guy thinks it is more reliable to be a loyal minister.

Zhao Huan didn't look down on these opportunists, that's how the feudal army was.If Da Song stabs people's faces, don't expect them to serve Da Song wholeheartedly.

It is also true that those true righteous men in the city are commendable.To be able to get out of the mud without being stained, take the initiative to contact Master Wang, and serve the country loyally.

Zhao Huan smiled and looked at the general who was kneeling at the top, it was the vicious general who attacked Liang Hongyu fiercely.He is not an unknown person who can bravely win the three armies. He is one of the seven kings of the Southern Song Dynasty and Wang Yang Cunzhong.

Unlike Liu Guangshi, who was born in a high-level family and lived in Yuhou, the capital of Ma Jun, the bodyguard, although Yang Cunzhong also has a bit of background as a general of the Yang family, but when it comes to him, a collateral ethnic group, the influence has been minimal.

So he started to fight bandits in Shandong and Hebei during the Xuanhe period, and now he is just an ordinary general.Compared with Liu Guangshi who is also young, one is in the sky and the other is underground.

Obviously, from his standpoint, it is more beneficial to maintain the orthodoxy of the court and serve the country loyally.Even if Zhao Gou introduced him as a confidant, he still has his heart towards the court.

He was the first general to instigate the rebellion of the Imperial City Secretary, and because he was by Zhao Gou's side, he was able to inform the outside of the city of various key information.

This is also Zhao Gou's helplessness. The high-ranking scholar-bureaucrats he relied on for help are decadent and cowardly, and dare not lead troops into battle.However, the grassroots officers who dared to lead troops into battle were more yearning for the imperial court's New Deal.Nearly half of the generals he used highly were devoted to the imperial court.

With such a high ratio, the Imperial City Division is like a fish in water, and Nanjing City is like a sieve that leaks air, reporting to the outside of the city everywhere.

After Yang Cunzhong saw the ceremony, he personally brought a trembling official with a dirty face to kneel in front of Zhao Huan, and said: "Fan Na, the rebellious minister, has been captured by the officials. Such jumping clowns deserve the power of thunder and heaven." .”

"Fan Na?" Zhao Huan smiled and looked at the puppet court Shaofu, Shangshu Zuopushe, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and Wen Guogong.At this time, he has long lost the arrogance and domineering, showing off his might.Kneeling on the ground trembling, there was still a stench on his body.

"I thought you would commit suicide, but I didn't expect you to be even more stupid than I thought." The corners of Zhao Huan's mouth rose slightly.

Yang Cunzhong explained to Zhao Huan from the side: "When we went to his house, he had killed all his wives, concubines and children, and was trying to commit suicide. There were gold nuggets, daggers, poison, white silk, etc. in the hall. He may be afraid of pain. I have tried everything, and when I entered, he was still standing on a chair and gesturing to his neck with white silk. Seeing the imminent disaster, he hurriedly hanged himself. He was rescued by our officers and men, and he will be punished by Hou Mingzheng."

Zhao Huanle chuckled, not feeling any difference, scholar-bureaucrats, they all have such virtues, the water is too cold, the head is too itchy, it's all them.

Then Zhao Huan squatted in front of Fan Ne, looked at his trembling face, deliberately smiled and asked, "Fan Ne, guess what will happen to you?"

Fan Ne snatched the ground with his head "bang bang", now he is not afraid of pain, even though his forehead was hit with blood, he still cried loudly, begging: "Officials! Officials! It's my obsession, it's me I was confused for a moment, and I shouldn't have uttered wild words to offend your majesty. Please give me a chance, please forgive me."

"Hehe." Zhao Huan asked with a smile: "Is this the end? You should at least come up with something new."

Zhao Huan clapped his hands, stood up and said, "The scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty always talk about loyalty and death, but when disasters come, they are always used to bowing their knees. Huangcheng Secretary, take it down, find a good player, Ling Chi three thousand knives put to death."

The corners of the mouths of the ministers clustered around raised slightly. They didn't expect that there was such a young side behind the iron blood of the official family, and they would personally tease them in front of their opponents.

However, some people smiled and sighed, always feeling that the youthful attitude of the official family has brought infinite vitality to the Song Dynasty. This country is full of vigor and vitality.

After the good news, Yue Fei reported to Zhao Huanhui: "Officials, ministers, etc. are incompetent, and indeed they failed to catch the hypocrite Zhao Gou. It is said that he was taken away by Liu Guangshi, the general around him, and the deputy marshal Huang Qianshan and others."

Zhao Huan didn't care too much, Zhao Gou could have escaped, and Liu Guangshi was a long-legged general who was famous through the ages. The combination of these two people was not so easy to catch.

Then he smiled and replied: "It's okay, it's a good thing for them to escape. Three months, I can still wait."

The reason why it is a good thing is that it is not convenient for Zhao Huan to say too much in detail in front of a group of civil servants.

There were more than [-] redundant officials in the Song Dynasty, and the subordinate officials were even more difficult to count.When Zhao Gou went to the south, he hooked up with a wave of scholar-bureaucrats and indirectly helped the court clean up a large number of redundant officials.This process may not be friendly, but it is equivalent to scraping the bones of Da Song to heal his wounds.

The major shortcomings of the Song Dynasty, redundant soldiers, redundant officials, corruption, and shameless scholar-bureaucrats, can all be cleaned up through this rebellion.

After all, the puppet dynasty that these scholar-officials and soldiers took the initiative to take refuge in, was purged and could no longer blame Zhao Huan.

The Shenwu Youjun Military Committee did not experience any major battles in this fight against the rebellion, so there was no need for rewards.After capturing the city of Nanjing, Zhao Huan handed over the general power to Yue Fei, and asked him to go south to Lianghuai to clean up the situation.

On the other hand, I stayed calmly in the city of Nanjing, not caring that the 10,000+ army guarding me was still a rebel army a day ago.

He even went to the camp to inspect the attached soldiers and encouraged them to be loyal to the country.

In front of them, more than [-] officials of the puppet dynasty, from the prime minister down, were all executed.

Then Zhao Huan personally issued a decree: "During the period of military chaos, the looted property will not be held accountable. Before Dingmao Day (February 23), all the people should return to the government the women and official prostitutes who occupied them before."

This order is very harsh and contrary to the interests of the rebels, but it has been resolutely implemented in the entire army.

Everyone knows very well that their official family is by no means a good target for reasoning.

No one dares to ask whether Dingmao Day ends on the day before Dingmao's day, or the moment when Dingmao's day ends.

And no one dares to ask, what will happen if you don't pay?What penalty.

Before Dingmao, the vast majority of people honestly returned women to the government.

On the day of Dingmao, the Imperial City Secretary was dispatched and began to investigate and hide, completely ignoring the excuses of those who were lucky enough to say "playing too much", "not paying attention to the time", "misunderstood the edict", etc. He was hanged on the spot in front of the camp.

And from beginning to end, the soldiers did not dare to think about another mutiny.And they really couldn't find a general who could lead their rebellion.

(End of this chapter)