Chapter 601: Begging for mercy

Wu Kui burst into tears and prostrated again: "Guang Rui's army came out and brandished the butcher knife at his comrades. Wu Kui knew that he had committed a serious crime."

"I believe in the reputation of Yixi Weishe. I just ask the bachelor to be merciful to his brothers for the sake of Guangrui's army fighting for the country and being wronged."

"As for Wu Kui, I dare not die."

Su You had a surprised look on his face: "You...are a Tibetan?"

Wu Kui nodded: "The Guangrui Army is a Han cavalry army, but its leaders have always been Tibetan."

Su You exclaimed: "Although you are of a different race, you can still make your soldiers risk their lives to rescue you. You are also a figure like Li Guang in the Han Dynasty."

"Don't worry, Guang Ruijun's family members, I have ordered Wang Guangyuan to make proper arrangements and open a granary to store grain at an average of three dou per person."

"I also told the army not to kill and surrender. Recruiting brothers from the Guangrui Army is the same as beheading them. Killing them indiscriminately is the same crime as killing good people."

"Call brothers to come down. If you kill the governor and the county captain, you will definitely be punished."

"But I can assure you that no harm will come to our little relatives."

After speaking, Leng Sensen said authentically: "I may not be able to save the first criminal, murderer and arson. But I promise you that if what you just said is true, you will be allowed to watch the execution and watch Wang Wenliang die under the king's law." In front of you, let you have a good time!"

Then he calmed down and said, "Go ahead and tell your brothers not to make the same mistake again and again."

"For the sake of your loved ones, come down the mountain. We won't survive three days without water or food."

"The Dun'an Army and the Suppression Army are on standby at the border of Qingniuchuan. Not to mention them, just Lin Guang and Zhe Kerou at the foot of the mountain. Can you deal with them?"

"You just risk your life and finish the job. What will happen to your parents? What will happen to your wife and children? Become a prisoner, a prostitute, a slave, and die in the wilderness?!"

Wu Kui burst into tears with gratitude: "The bachelor is so benevolent and righteous. No matter how heartless Wu Kui is, he cannot remain indifferent."

He kowtowed to Su You again with the fan ceremony: "I will go and summon the brothers to come down the mountain. Wu Kui only regrets that he is not lucky enough to be able to serve in front of Yixi Weishe's tent, so he can only wait here..."

Su You interrupted coldly: "Just kill yourself with a knife, right? There is no such good thing! You still have to follow me back to Qingzhou, and fight against the law in front of the people and colleagues!"

"I will repay you the justice you lost before; but you must also repay the justice they lost!"

Wu Kui was silent for a long time, and then he kowtowed deeply: "Wu Kui, the guilty general, will obey the commander's orders."

"Miscellaneous Notes from Sichuan":

"In the fourth year of Xining, Luowu, Funing fell, Qingzhou rebelled, and Jiange was punished.

You rushed to Qingzhou day and night, recruited Wu Kui, and expressed his gratitude to him.

Kui howled in regret and threw his troops into submission.

The chaos subsided in three days.

At the beginning, it was known that the King of Qingzhou, Guangyuan Yanglao, had sent his sergeant back to the old garrison, and the generals of Qianjie Department wanted to attack with eight thousand Tibetan soldiers, hoping to kill them all.

Since you are in the midst of Guangrui's army, your plans have been stopped.

More than 600 soldiers from Jiejie fled to the border of Qianyao Prefecture. When they heard that the oil was coming, they gathered together to surrender.

You Nai ordered the ban on killing, sent officials to Jingyuan, surrounded Qing, recruited and captured scattered soldiers, and did not kill for the sake of merit.

He was ordered to surrender one person and receive a first-level reward.

After hearing this, he sighed and said: "Human life is of the utmost importance, and compassion can hurt you. The oil moved by you deeply touches my heart."

The chaos in Gyeongju was peaceful, and not a single soldier was wasted. The one who surrendered was under the command of Fan Jiu.

When the Xia people heard that Qingzhou was in chaos, they retreated.

In March Xinchou, the edict said:

"The rebels in Gyeongju, Yuan Mou rebelled and killed the governor and county captain, and those who captured and killed them were hanged according to the law;

Instead of Yuan Mou, he tried to fight against the enemy and captured the enemy. The father and son stabbed him together, and decided to fight in the prison city of Jinghu Road.

Release the rest."

Afterwards, Han Jiang dismissed Dengzhou and moved to Xuzhou, Damingfu.

Zhonge was demoted to deputy envoy of Tuanlian in Ruzhou and resettled in Tanzhou. He was demoted to Biejia in Hezhou and moved to Shanzhou. Then he was moved to Huazhou.

Su You took advantage of his achievements in pacifying the border and quelling the chaos. He moved to Tianzhang Pavilion to be a bachelor, the envoy to the North Academy of Xuanhui, Zhu Guo, Jin Ziguanglu, the official, assisted the Xuande heroes, and the envoy of Shaanxi Yongxing Military Route to appease Weizhou.

There is a lot of emphasis here, including the Xuanhui Courtyard, which is responsible for the records of the various departments and three groups of servants in the general office, the rituals of suburban sacrifices, court gatherings, banquets and tents, and all internal and external offerings. All the names and objects are inspected.

Zhao Xu, the envoy of Xuanhui North Academy, had just issued an order to participate in politics and serve as deputy chief minister. Under the same knowledge, he shared the same academy with the envoy of the South Academy, and each had its own department and was in charge of the affairs of the academy. His qualifications were slightly inferior to those of the envoy of the South Academy.

This is a fictitious position, but the status is high and when there is no one in the position, it is usually filled by the deputy privy envoy.

This is preparation for Su You's next promotion to Tongzhi Privy Councilor or Deputy Privy Envoy.

There is also a newly emerged title, "Heroes of Assisting Yun and Xuande", this is called the title of "Heroes".

Prime ministers and privy council envoys will be given gifts when they first pay their respects; those who participate in politics and are deputy privy council officers will receive gifts based on the emperor's opinion; foreign ministers with high honors may be given gifts.

The title of meritorious official Su You received is extremely rare among foreign ministers, and of course it matches his merits.

But this thing was too scary, so Su You hurriedly expressed his condolences.

It’s not like the emperor’s relatives were granted excessive titles. The rank of that Zhuguo was already from the second rank, and there was only one Shangzhuguo left above, which was the eleventh rank of the proper policy honors!

Zhao Xu liked Su You very much, but Su You would never dare to be arrogant due to his favor.

In real history, the youngest prime minister appeared in the Huizong Dynasty, and when Fan Zongyin became prime minister, he was also thirty years old.

But Su You, this year is only twenty-four!

Your power has not yet been established, your wings have not been sealed, you are too young and you are flying too high, your feet are empty, then you will only fall to your death!

This is by no means the result Su You wanted.

After ten years of official career, I have climbed to the level of a very popular minister. How will I survive the next forty years?!

If I were to be thrown into disuse at the age of thirty, and then watch a bunch of idiots pulling a rickety car like the Song Dynasty towards the road of destruction, I could have traveled across the ocean to be happy. What would the common people do? There is so much help. What should we do with those who have lived up to ourselves, promoted ourselves, and supported ourselves?

Fortunately, Su You was a master at writing self-criticism reports in later generations.

So in his letter of thanks to the imperial court, Su You first said that he had violated the orders of His Majesty and Zhongshu, and that what he had done in Shaanxi were specious laws such as the Green Crops Law, the Protecting Armor Law, and the Exemption from Service Law, and he also resolutely resisted the Law of Protecting Horses, which was illegal. Those who listen to greetings should not be rewarded.

Secondly, the victory of Xiaoguan was based on the pain of Huanqing being ravaged. At that time, he was the nominal commander-in-chief of the two-pronged military. He did not consider the overall situation, favored one over the other, won one and lost. In fact, after the offset, the credit was not big.

Third, there were major flaws in the intelligence work. Wang Wenliang, a Xixia native and a great spy lurking in the frontline headquarters, was not discovered for so long, and he was promoted to the point where he influenced Yongxing's military decisions!

This caused Han Jiang to make major mistakes in his work, caused a major setback in the Hengshan strategy, and laid the foundation for the Guangrui Army's rebellion.

Although Han Jiang had already taken over his responsibilities at Yongxing Military Road when the incident occurred, the cause of the incident had already occurred, so he should bear joint and several liability.

Fourth, before the imperial order arrived, the rebels were not killed in accordance with Song laws. Instead, they expressed sympathy for the rebels and adopted the policy of peace and suiyu.

Although it was later discovered that the Guangrui Army's rebellion was a major conspiracy concocted by Wang Wenliang, such an approach without prior knowledge was absolutely flawed and should therefore be punished.

Fifth, for the sake of convenience, he opened a normal position without authorization to calm the situation, which has exceeded his scope of authority.

Although the grain supply in Changpingcang was replenished afterwards, this special case still violated the legal constraints on local rulers and should be punished.

Sixth, the victory at Xiaoguan was not the result of an individual's efforts. It was the result of the concerted efforts of everyone from top to bottom.

I was promoted too quickly and meritorious personnel were not allowed to receive rewards. This was obviously unfair and made me feel uneasy.

I hope that the imperial court will reduce its own merits and reward the soldiers who bravely resisted the enemy. Only then can rewards and punishments be truly clear.

Seventh, many Shaanxi veterans were my superiors back then. They worked conscientiously in their jobs for the sake of the country regardless of personal gains and losses.

They should have been promoted a long time ago, but they have been stagnant for a long time because of the war. This is not the way for the imperial court to reward meritorious officials. Please promote them first, I am not in a hurry.

The most prominent example is Cai Ting, the Shaanxi road transfer envoy. He managed the army well and kept his troops in good order. He was always like a bandit when he arrived. He did not move for a long time, which led to the sigh of "Yuguan people grow old".

Wu Kui, the Marquis of Yu in the Guangrui Army, loved his soldiers as much as his sons and hated his enemies as much as his enemies. He was supposed to be a famous general, but due to his minister's negligence, he was framed by Wang Wenliang and made a big mistake. He will be hanged together with nineteen other commanders.

I am inexplicably sad and always feeling guilty. I really dare not accept any reward. I ask the court and Your Majesty to understand my feelings.
Chapter completed!