Chapter 44: Celebrating the Spring Festival (1) (VIP)
Time flies so fast that Li Jun is busy rectifying the army, and it is unknowingly New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, Li Jun got up early and first went to greet Xie Daoqing as usual. Li Jun really had nothing to say to Xie Daoqing, but due to the etiquette and legal system at that time, he, the emperor, had to go.
For Xie Daoqing at this time, she felt very happy when she saw Li Jun's face. As she had already paid severance payments to her ministers, Li Jun still turned the tide and helped the building fall, he forced Boyan's army to block Lin'an's city and defeated Boyan and fled. It was not easy.
Even Taizu of Song, who was praised by future generations, had never achieved such a great victory. In Xie Daoqing's mind, Li Jun was already a god at this time. He was so happy that he even forgot to chant the Buddha's name. He hurriedly stood up from the cushion and held Li Jun's hand and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, no, Qi'er, Qi'er, let aunt take a good look. Well, he has lost a lot of weight, but his spirit is better."
Li Jun bowed and said, "See Shouhe Holy Blessings, and wish you a happy new year to Shouhe Holy Blessings."
"Qi'er, Qi'er, I'm not allowed, I'm not allowed." Xie Daoqing hurriedly stopped him and said, "Qi'er, you have won such a big victory. Do you know how happy your aunt is? When my aunt was happy, she recited the Diamond Sutra thirteen times."
"If chanting scriptures can bring back the army of Boyan, won't those monks and nuns become pillars of the country? Why do Wen Tianxiang and other court officials do?" Li Jun did not agree with her in his heart, and had to pretend to be flattered and thanked her: "Xie Shou and Shengfu. Being able to defeat Boyan also has the merit of chanting Buddha's name." He added a suffix in his heart: "It's weird!"
Li Jun's words were icing on the cake, which made Xie Daoqing, who was already in good spirits, even more happy. He said, "Your Majesty, I have no credit for what you said. These are all made by the soldiers who are really good at killing themselves. If the soldiers had not sacrificed their lives to defend the country, there would not have been such a great victory. Your Majesty, you can't lose the soldiers."
"You also understand the truth, why are you always confused before? You like to come and have a hindsight." Li Jun complained to her in his heart, saying, "Xie Shou He Sheng Fu teachings. Shou He Sheng Fu, today's celebration requires you to say a few words to the soldiers, and you also want to attend the evening banquet."
Xie Daoqing counted the Buddhist beads and said happily: "Qi'er, you can remember your aunt, and you will be happy if you have this kind of heart. You don't need to teach the soldiers this way. With you, an emperor who is better than anyone else, what else can you worry about? Qi'er, go quickly, the soldiers are waiting for you."
In Li Jun's mind, Xie Daoqing has been nagging endlessly. There are not many times as reasonable as today. He has to sigh that victory has the unique effect of changing human nature. He should recommend a new prescription to Chang Yu and said, "Then I will say goodbye. Shou and Holy Blessing, you must have a good rest, and don't chant Buddha's name all day long. We will have more victory in the future, and we also need Shou and Holy Blessing to teach me."
Li Jun said something very ordinary, but he didn't expect Xie Daoqing to be moved to tears and said, "Qi'er, with your words, your aunt can rest in peace even if she dies. Qi'er, these days, my aunt has thought about where the Buddha is? The Buddha is in people's hearts. We are Buddhas. We don't want Buddha to bless us, we want us to bless ourselves, we are our own Buddhas."
Xie Daoqing's words were already very reasonable, and Li Jun couldn't help but be stunned. He never expected that she would have such a view. Before he could express his opinions, Xie Daoqing continued to say: "Auntie finally understood that aunt is not the material for governing the country. I just asked about this state affairs and didn't think about it anymore. Just recite scriptures every day to express my aunt's feelings. Qi'er, go quickly, don't let the soldiers wait for a long time. The court is already very sorry to the soldiers, and you can't let them be sorry anymore."
At this moment, Li Jun was really moved. He stared at the twilight old woman and said, "Shouhe Shengfu, I'm leaving." While walking, he turned around and waved. Xie Daoqing counted Buddhist beads with his left hand under the help of the palace maid and kept waving his right hand.
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In the square outside the palace, the soldiers were wearing bright armor and lined up in neat formations, with joy on their faces. There were still tens of thousands of ordinary people watching. Such a big victory made the Chinese people happy, and the ordinary people were naturally happy.
New Year's Eve is a festive and good day for the Chinese nation. Today's weather is beautiful. The heavy snow has disappeared for many consecutive days. The sun also comes out to congratulate the victorious people. The sun is shining and good weather, which makes the already joyful soldiers even more happy.
Li Jun came to the imperial city surrounded by guards. Wen Tianxiang led his ministers to salute Li Jun and said, "See the Emperor." This is the most pleasant sound of the morning and beautiful voice that Li Jun heard when he came to this world. The effect of a great victory was really good. The voices of the ministers shouted were much higher than decibels. The joy naturally merged into it, and I felt that they were much taller.
"Forgive." Li Jun smiled and waved his hand, and called his ministers to raise up, "You should sit down according to your own people."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The ministers happily thanked them, then stood up and sat down.
Liu Zheng, the minister who was determined to escape that day, looked at Li Jun sitting down on the dragon chaise with a majestic posture. He was a little more domineering than when he first met Li Jun at the city gate that day. In his mind, Li Jun became much taller.
On this happy day, Li Jun didn't want to make the court officials too uncomfortable, so he specially prepared seats for them. All ministers attending the celebration have seats. Of course, this seat is also of particular importance, sorted by merit, and those who have great merits sit on the head.
When Li Jun proposed this idea, Wen Tianxiang suggested that it be set up into two squads of civil and military affairs, which is also a custom in the court and a custom of all dynasties. However, Li Jun rejected it without thinking. His reason was that if the soldiers were not using their lives and shot out with one sword and one shot, this year's Spring Festival would not be festive, and there was constant funerals, so what was wrong with letting the generals sit with the civil officials? If the civil officials had more credit than the generals, they could also sit in the upper head.
If Li Jun hadn't come to this world unexpectedly and changed the wheel of history, according to the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty, it would have been a defeated army and the whole country would have mourned, and there would be no festive things. Wen Tianxiang had nothing to say about this, so he had to arrange the seats of the celebration according to Li Jun's wishes.
In fact, Li Jun’s real idea was that the Song Dynasty was too suppressed by the generals. He took advantage of this great victory to improve their status and attract outstanding young people in society who were determined to serve the country to the army.
Li Jun's eyes passed by his ministers. Liao Shenggong was sitting first, Gundam was Gundam, Wen Tianxiang was third, Zhao Liangchun was fourth, Huang Yongshan was fifth, Chen Bi, seventh was Zhao Qian, Xu Guanghan, ninth was Huang Han, and tenth was Huang Shenggong. There were only Wen Tianxiang, a civil servant, two scientists, Huang Yongshan and Shen Bi, and the rest were all generals.
The arrangement of this ranking is naturally what everyone hopes for. Since Liao Shenggong discovered it for Li Jun, he has always been the best understander and executor of Li Jun's intentions. He has put forward many valuable suggestions and put them into practice. He is nominally Gundam's deputy. It can be said that he is the soul figure second only to Li Jun in the Lin'an Defense War, and he is the real executor of the Lin'an Defense War. Sitting in the first place, no one dares to object.
Needless to say, a famous general of Gundam made great contributions in this battle of defense, made outstanding achievements and was highly respected, and he was the second. Wen Tianxiang was a famous minister in charge of the Secretariat and prepared materials, and his contribution was not small.
If Zhao Liangchun hadn't led the army to aid, Lin'an would have been defended, the result would be really hard to say. Not to mention anything else, winter clothes would be enough to give Li Jun a headache. The Song Dynasty was really incompetent, and the reserves of strategic materials such as Lin'an were really not satisfactory. Without winter clothes, Li Jun had to order the slaughter of all livestock except war horses and mules, which were urgently needed, peeled off and processed for a little. If there was time, it would be made into a leather waistcoat and put on it. If there was no time, it would have to wear it back on it.
When Zhao Liangchun first entered Lin'an, he saw the scene in Lin'an. He was so surprised that his chin fell off. Seeing the common people wearing livestock skins, he thought he had entered the zoo.
Everyone knows the contributions of Huang Yongshan and Shen Bi. If they hadn't worked day and night, where would the Song army have got the weapons? Letting them sit in front of civil officials would have been a real thing. In ancient China, scientists were not treated very well, and those novel inventions were often denounced as "strange tricks". Li Jun's actions were not a last resort, but unprecedented, and set a precedent for Chinese history.
Zhao Qian and Xu Guanghan, one is the commander of the famous Xuan Armored Cavalry, and the other is the commander of the special forces. These are the two most important sharp knives in Li Jun's hand. Although they have not been officially upgraded to a strategic force, the contributions made in the Lin'an defense battle are obvious to all. Such a ranking is just right.
Li Jun treated the generals so well, but they did not receive a lot of praise. The pedantic Confucian scholars were very dissatisfied and quoted the words of Confucius and Mencius and slandered Li Jun, saying that he was a militaristic man, not benevolent and righteous, and valued military achievements, and was a sign of destruction of the country. When Li Jun knew it, he laughed and said, "In Confucius' eyes, Qin was a tiger and wolf country that did not practice benevolence and righteousness. He valued military achievements but did not perform benevolence and righteousness. He also specifically warned Confucian scholars not to enter Qin. Xunzi violated this and went to Qin to study, and even the Confucian ancestral temples were not included. Xunzi's talent and knowledge throughout the ages were praised by Confucian six. One of the great men is a Confucian scholar, which shows how pedantic the Confucian scholars were. Although Qin was denounced as a country of tigers and wolves by Confucianism, the measures were appropriate, the country was peaceful and the people were safe, the people were rich and the country was strong, and the world was fought for dominance, which eventually led to a unification. Qin Shihuang's "struggle with the six generations of resolute ferocity" and finally unified China. On the other hand, the six countries in Shandong valued corrupt scholars. What was the result? After Qin Shihuang launched the war of unification, the Qin army advanced eastward and the six countries in Shandong quickly perished. No matter what the corrupt scholars said, improving the status of generals is the most in line with the needs of the current situation."
On the left side of the ministers, there was a group of officers and soldiers wearing big red flowers on their chests. They made great contributions in the defense of Lin'an. In order to commend their contributions, Li Jun made a special offer to let them go up to the city to watch the celebration.
"Let's start." Li Jun said to Wen Tianxiang.
"Abide by the order." Wen Tianxiang received the order, unfolded a scroll of emperor silk, and stood beside Li Jun to read an article he wrote for Li Jun. It was nothing more than some lyrics that praise merits, and used them in rhythm and horns. It can be said that the lyrics are gorgeous and can be called a good article.
Li Jun is a person who values practice and doesn't care about these function words at all. He wanted to ignore them, but thought that this was a requirement of etiquette and was indispensable, so Wen Tianxiang wrote this festive word.
After reading it, Wen Tianxiang asked, "Emperor, the military reading ceremony has begun. Please review the three armies."
In order to boost morale and the people's hearts, Li Jun was ingenious and wanted to hold a military parade to watch it, so as to enhance their self-confidence. For military parades, when emperors went on tours, they often inspected the military, which was not a true military parade ceremony.
It cost a lot to hold this military parade, and it also cared for the training of the soldiers, because the queue of the military parade was a flower-like manner, and was only used for viewing and was not useful in actual combat. Li Jun considered that if a military parade was held at this time, it would play a very important role in the uplifting of morale and the people's hearts, and its effect was much better than that of a literary saint like Wen Tianxiang. Think about the most critical moment of the Moscow Defense War, Stalin rejected the opposition and read the military in the Red Square. The Soviet Red Army, who had received the review, went directly to the battlefield, and played a huge role in the Moscow Defense War. It was precisely based on these considerations that Li Jun decided to pay a certain price to hold this military parade.
Li Jun stood up and said to Liao Shenggong and Gundam, "Let's go too." Liao Shenggong and Gundam, two generals with the greatest military achievements, naturally became the accompanying staff of Li Jun's military parade.
The three of them walked down the imperial city and turned over the war horse. Li Jun stepped on the reins and walked in his head. Liao Shenggong and Gundam walked behind him. Li Jun carefully looked at the war horse under his crotch, his whole body was red, like a burning cloud, without a single hair, and the magical horse was extraordinary. With the silver saddle, it was really a BMW silver saddle, which made Li Jun couldn't help but like this horse that was indifferent to thousands.
Accompanied by Liao Shenggong and Gundam, Li Jun rode his horse slowly past the three armies. The army that was inspected was all veterans who had been baptized for a long time. Each of them had outstanding achievements. They stood straight, as if they were marked with a ruler, with bright eyes and saluted Li Jun.
"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!" Li Jun shouted.
"Serve the court!" The soldiers shouted together. Twenty thousand soldiers shouted together, as if a thunderclap shook the sky, and the sound spread from afar, for a long time.
"Thank you for your hard work, soldiers!" Li Jun shouted again.
"Expel the Tartars!" The soldiers shouted again, shaking.
Li Jun shouted over and over again, "Thank you for your hard work, soldiers" and rode his horse past the three armies. At this moment, the soldiers' eyes were much more popular. Li Jun knew very clearly that as long as he gave the order, the soldiers would hit wherever they pointed, and even if they could go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire, they would be willing to go.
The soldiers shouted the slogans of "Serve the court!" and "Expel the Tartars!" and accepted Li Jun's inspection. They shouted the slogans over and over again, and the enthusiasm in their eyes became more and more enthusiastic.
Although "expelling the Tartars" is only four words, it is very important in the minds of the Song people. It is unlikely that there will be a very difficult situation in Chinese history. What causes this result is not historical luck, but historical misfortune. As we all know, the Song Dynasty has faced serious threats from foreign enemies since the founding of Taizu, first Liao, Xixia, then Jin, and then Mongolia, one stronger than the other, and one more difficult to deal with. On the contrary, the Song Dynasty was getting weaker and weaker, and the war against Liao and Xixia was defeated again and again, with few victories. This is still good. Although it has suffered a defeat, the territory has not been lost too much, mainly harassment at the border.
It was different when it came to the Jin Kingdom. This kind of luck in misfortune no longer visited the Song Dynasty. The Jin soldiers marched south and killed the Song Dynasty and defeated the army. The capital Bianliang was surrounded several times, but in the end they were lost, losing half of the country, and were in Lin'an.
The Mongols were even more cruel. They were going to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty. Kublai Khan's army had already arrived at the city of Lin'an. Although they had repelled Li Jun, in the minds of the Song people, the desire to expel the Tartars and return the mountains and rivers was stronger than ever.
The soldiers' blood boiled. They looked at Li Jun, the emperor who led them to fight back against Mongolia with great respect. They were in a state of great excitement. As long as Li Jun ordered them to die, they would not frown.
After the review ceremony was completed, Li Jun returned to the city with Liao Shenggong and Gundam. Next, the army should walk through the imperial city. The soldiers lined up in neat rows and walked past the city in neat military instigation, and accepted Li Jun's review again.
Walking in front of him were the Xuanjia Cavalry led by Zhao Qian. Although this army was not large in number, there were only three thousand people. In the minds of the soldiers, they were thousands of troops, and they always appeared on the most important battlefield at the most critical moment, causing heavy damage to the enemy.
The people of Lin'an liked this cavalry in black armor very much. The people threw the paper flowers in their hands at them, which was the best recognition of them.
The second one was the special forces led by Xu Guanghan. This army was very mysterious, elusive, and could always create miracles. They dared to go deep into the den of dragons and tigers and kill the enemy's leaders. Boyan almost died. Their stories had long become legends in the mouths of the people, and the people happily showered paper flowers at them.
In order to maximize the effect, the soldiers had to work hard. Li Jun specially asked the army that was under inspection to reach the most important places in Lin'an City, so that the people could see this heroic army that had been tested with their own eyes.
The soldiers walked past the city one by one. The neat army, majestic and majestic momentum were hard to match in the history of the Song Dynasty. Even Yue Fei's famous Yue family army might not be stronger than it. The people saw it and were happy in their hearts, and they became more and more enthusiastic. I don't know who shouted "Long live the emperor!" Immediately, one person called for harmony, and a sound of long live throughout Lin'an City.
The excited people showered the paper flowers in their hands at the soldiers, and for a moment, the entire Lin'an became a sea of flowers.
Chapter completed!