The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-eighth year of Tiansheng.
Zhao Jun, who had just finished his morning court, received urgent news from Wang Huaien before he returned to Funing Palace.
It is said that Huo Qubing and his party have already entered Bianjing, and they will be able to reach Bianjing early tomorrow morning at most.
After receiving the news, Zhao Jun immediately ordered the officials who had just dispersed to go home for lunch to be called back.
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A group of officials had just separated at Zuoyemen, some on foot, some on horseback, and some in cars, preparing to go back to their homes to find their mothers.
suddenly!
"My lords, please stay! Stay! The Holy One has decreed that all officials should return to the Chui Gong Hall to discuss matters!"
brush!
All the ministers who were about to get off work turned their heads and looked in the direction of the sound, and suddenly saw a father-in-law in purple eunuch uniform running out of Zuoyemen in a hurry.
If you take a closer look, who is this person if he is not Wang Huaien and Eunuch Wang, who is next to His Majesty?
The moment he saw him, Baiguan suddenly had only one thought in his mind.
Oh ho! It’s time to work overtime again!
Reluctantly, he returned to Chui Gong Hall, where all the officials were discussing.
With the sound of His Majesty's arrival, the officials instantly became quiet.
With an undisguised smile on his face, Zhao Jun quickly walked to his dragon chair, turned around and sat down, looking at everyone.
All the officials immediately bowed and said, "I have come to see Your Majesty. May Your Majesty pay your respects?"
"Excuse me, gentlemen, I am at peace!"
After Zhao Jun returned according to the rules, he said directly: "Do you know why I called you back just after leaving the court?"
The officials below looked at me and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads.
Zhao Jun didn't hold back and told the news immediately.
"In the past, the Huns invaded, and the first emperor and the prince died in battle. The entire northern territory of our Song Dynasty fell under the iron heel of the Huns. Tens of millions of people were displaced, and their loved ones were separated forever. Tragedies continued to be staged in our land of the Song Dynasty. It’s true that both humans and gods are angry!
However, although I later expelled the Huns together with King Zhenxi, the damage caused by the Huns to our Song Dynasty was already irreparable.
This time our Song Dynasty suffered heavy losses!
Today I received news that Huo Qubing, a young general from Yunzhou, led 10,000 fine cavalry, and went deep into the Xiongnu grassland alone, causing chaos in the Xiongnu grassland, killing countless enemies, and capturing the families of many important Xiongnu figures alive.
Among them is Hu Yelan, the wife of the contemporary Xiongnu Great Chanyu!
His eldest son Jiva, his second son Dawa, his eldest daughter, and a whole family of Tira!
I have just received news that tomorrow the young general Huo Qubing will escort a group of prisoners to Beijing. Tomorrow I will welcome this young hero of the Song Dynasty with the highest courtesy!
Prisoners must be sacrificed in the Ancestral Temple!
These Xiongnu prisoners must be used to explain my ancestors of the Song Dynasty! "
Wow!
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, the officials who were originally quiet immediately went into a rage!
They had no idea that someone had gone deep into the grassland to do such a big thing, and that this young general would bring the captives to Bianjing tomorrow. The Holy Spirit would greet him with the highest etiquette and sacrifice the captives at the Imperial Ancestral Temple!
All the officials were unable to recover after each one of them exploded.
But after coming back to his senses, someone immediately stood up and questioned:
"Your Majesty, are the achievements of this young general you said true? Have you sent someone to check whether the captured prisoners are really relatives of the Xiongnu Chanyu?
There is no room for non-officials to tolerate talented people. This is really a bizarre thing. A lone army of ten thousand people penetrated deeply into the Xiongnu grassland, turned the Xiongnu grassland upside down, and even captured the Xiongnu Shanyu's family members alive and escaped.
The achievements mentioned by His Majesty are not like what can be achieved in reality, but more like the actions of heavenly soldiers and divine generals descending to earth. It is hard for me to believe it! "
"Yes, Your Majesty, don't believe others' words. Who knows whether something is true or false if it has not been verified!"
"I ask your Majesty to think twice and send someone to check the authenticity carefully before saying that you will welcome it with the highest courtesy and offer prisoners to the Ancestral Temple!"
All the officials simply did not believe that anyone in this world could achieve such an outrageous feat. They all believed that this was a lie and that someone had lied about the military situation and asked Zhao Jun to send someone to check.
If it were normal, Zhao Jun would have been angry a long time ago, but now he is in a good mood and said with a smile:
"My lords, don't worry.
I have already verified whether this matter is true or not, and it is all true. Those prisoners all have their own identity tokens, and they must not be false.
Therefore, there is nothing false about these achievements, so you can rest assured! "
hiss!
As soon as Zhao Jun said these words, everyone took a breath of cold air!
Your Majesty has said so, and this record must be true.
Since it can't be faked, such a terrifying record is really amazing!
Since the founding of the country, who has achieved such success?
Even the King of Zhenxi had to bring 200,000 people to chase death on the grassland. This young general named Huo Qubing actually dared to go deep into the grassland and do these things with only 10,000 people. It was really amazing!
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally bowed together and said:
"I congratulate Your Majesty on the acquisition of this divine general. We in the Song Dynasty have such a young divine general!
In this way, the divine general will surely become the pillar of the country in the future, and our Song general will no longer be afraid of barbarian invasions!
This is my great fortune in the Song Dynasty! Your Majesty's blessing! Fortunately for all the people in the world! "
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Zhao Jun laughed loudly and said immediately: "In this case, is there anyone who objects to my welcoming you with a big gift?"
All the officials shook their heads.
But at this time, Zhang He led the crowd and said: "Your Majesty, I have a question!"
"speak!"
With permission, Zhang He raised his question.
"Your Majesty, I know how excited your Majesty is to have such a great general in our dynasty. However, whether it is to greet General Huo with the highest etiquette, or to present prisoners to the Ancestral Temple, there are extremely complicated etiquette preparations.
General Huo will arrive in Bianjing tomorrow. Is it too late to prepare now? "
Seeing that he was worried about this matter, Zhao Jun immediately smiled and said: "Xiang Zhang is worried too much, how could I not know?
I had already ordered the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Hubu to start preparations when General Huo set off, and now I think they are all ready. "
After Zhao Jun finished speaking, everyone immediately turned their attention to where the Liubu Hall officials were.
A strange old man wearing a second-grade purple robe and crane cloak and Cui Wen, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up at the same time.
Needless to say Cui Wen, this strange old man in purple robe and crane cloak is the new Minister of Rites. As for where is the former Minister of Rites Wang Yang?
Most of the entire Ministry of Rites was involved in the previous reselling of grain for disaster relief. As the Minister of Rites, he could not escape the blame and was dismissed from his post. Shortly after his dismissal, it was revealed that he had embezzled as much as 200,000 taels of black money during his tenure. The whole family was imprisoned and are now in jail awaiting his final sentencing.
The current Minister of Rites is named Wang Ruixue. He is an old scholar supervised by Zhao Juncong. He is an old-fashioned man and is extremely proficient in all kinds of etiquette.
When he was first selected to be the Minister of the New Ministry of Rites, he was opposed by the officials. However, under Zhao Jun's strong pressure and his distrust of officials, the officials finally compromised. After all, so many official scandals had just been exposed. , they really have no face to object now.
As soon as the two people stood up, Wang Ruixue immediately reported: "Your Majesty, don't worry, our Ministry of Rites has made preparations for all necessary matters!"
Cui Wen, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, also handed over his hand and said: "Your Majesty, our Ministry of Revenue has also prepared a reward of silver coins, which will never chill the hearts of the soldiers!"
"good!"
Zhao Jun said hello happily and immediately made plans for tomorrow.
And the name Huo Qubing quickly spread throughout Bianjing after all the officials dispersed.
Became a household name!
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(End of chapter)
