The soldiers of the New Army of the Song Dynasty who were paid to serve as soldiers were actually very obedient. As long as they were given enough money, they could do anything!
They are just a group of armed workers with high salaries...and their jobs are destined to be short-lived. Most of them can only work for a few more years before they have to be laid off and go home. So the only thing they care about is how much money can they put in their pockets before losing their job?
As for who gives the money...does it matter? Doesn't it seem important?
The important thing is...whether you give enough money!
Now the number of the New Army Army Division is only 100,000. If these 6 million longevity coins are distributed to them, each person can get 60 coins!
Moreover, once Zhao Huan and Jin Thief start fighting in Huaidong, then this battle will have to last for two or three years, right? An extra 6 million guan will be given in one year, which will be 18 million guan in three years! After defeating the golden thief, he must be given a reward of 12 million yuan, right?
After three years of fighting, you can get 30 million yuan in bonuses alone! How could you not do such a good thing? Why spend money to buy peace...that's what only national traitors say! Don’t you know who this national traitor is?
"Liu Yu, you are a national traitor...just watch!"
When Zhao Huan was thinking about finding a reason to give away the coins, there was already a civil servant over there holding a wat board to beat the national traitor Liu Yu!
Zhao Huan quickly took a closer look, that one was angry! Not angry at others, but angry at yourself! The emperor thought he was confused, why did he bring Yu Wenxuzhong to Jiangdu!
It turns out that the person who wanted to beat up Liu Yu was the Censor Zhongcheng Yu Wenxuzhong - the Censor was originally responsible for the etiquette of the court meeting, and anyone who talked and acted randomly could be impeached by the Censor in court! Well now, Yu Wenxuzhong took the lead in violating discipline and beating people in the court! Isn't there going to be chaos in the court now?
"Kill you, this national traitor!"
When Zhao Huan wanted to stop Yu Wenxuzhong, someone came up to help him with a wat board. Zhao Huan looked again and choked on Zhi Yu Wenxuzhong's words as soon as they reached his mouth.
Because this person is Xue Bi, the left deputy chief of the Privy Council... The deputy chief of the Privy Council was originally an official position that conveyed the emperor's orders and managed the internal affairs of the Privy Council. Although important, it was not enough to make the emperor feel afraid.
But since Zhao Huan implemented civilian control of the army and handed over the task of training the new army to the Privy Council, the importance of the Chengzhi Department of the Privy Council has suddenly increased!
Because Zhao Huan was also afraid that the civil servants who led the troops would become warlords, the largest tactical unit of the Southern Song Dynasty's new army was 2,000 generals. The land division of 100,000 people had 50 generals. But who is in charge of "general"? Theoretically, it was under the direct control of Zhao Huan, but Zhao Huan did not understand military affairs and had no interest in learning. Moreover, he also knew that he could not manage it well - he would die if he did not manage it well!
Therefore, this matter was handed over to the Privy Council's Department of Purposes to be specifically responsible... Zhao Mingcheng and Li Gang, the two heads of the Privy Council, divided the Department of Purposes into two, with the left in charge of the army and the right in charge. In charge of the navy.
Zuo Si, who was in charge of the Lu Division, had one Du Chengzhi and three deputy Du Chengzhi. Among them, Du Chengzhi of the Privy Council stayed in Jinling to assist Zuo Privy Council in managing the affairs of the Lu Division, while the three deputy Du Chengzhi were stationed in Yangzhou, Ezhou, and Jiangsu. Prefecture (Jiujiang) is in charge of the New Army garrisoned in Lianghuai, Jinghu and Liangjiang (excluding Jinling) - in fact, it is the capital control of the New Army!
And this Xue Bi was a Jinshi in the second year of Zhenghe. During the defense battle of Kaifeng, he followed Li Gang in charge of camp military affairs, managed the people of Kaifeng, and participated in the Battle of Wannian Xindi. Later, he followed Li Gang to fight in Jingdong, Jingxi, Huaibei and other places. Although he is a scholar, he has rich military experience, and he also has the strength to grow very quickly.
Later, when Zhao Mingcheng and Nie Shan took the lead in setting up the New Army, he and the two brothers Li Ruoshui and Li Ruoxu were recommended by Li Gang to serve under Zhao Mingcheng... The New Army could become what it is now. Ruoxu’s contribution is huge.
And Xue Bi's current position as Deputy Capital Chengzhi in charge of the Lianghuai New Army has extremely heavy powers!
Before Zhao Huan arrived, the 50,000 new troops stationed in Lianghuai were all controlled by him and Zhang Shuye, the general manager of Lianghuai... This is the head of the army!
When Zhao Huan thought of the 50,000 new troops behind Xue Bi, the leader of the army, his heart twitched, and he temporarily forgot to stop the atrocities committed by Xue Bi and Yu Wenxuzhong. So the two of them hit Liu Yu on the head with the wat board!
Not to be outdone, Liu Yu also pulled out the wat board to fight back. But he only had one wat board, and the opponent had two, and he had the upper hand, so he was at a disadvantage when he came up, and received two solid blows on his forehead - Yu Wenxuzhong and Xue Bi didn't hold back at all, they came up. With a deadly blow, Liu Yu's scalp was torn by the corners of the wat board, and blood flowed out.
"What do you want to do? You..."
Cai Songnian standing next to him claimed that he was an official of Daikin and rolled up his sleeves and shouted, pretending to be going to help.
But the group of civil servants who led the troops had no intention of sparing him. Zhang Shuye raised the head of the wat board and rushed towards him, shouting: "Cai Songnian betrayed the country and deceived the emperor, and killed the late Emperor Zhuang Zong and hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng." People, we will beat him to death today!”
Beat to death?
Cai Songnian couldn't believe his ears - this was a court! Fighting in the court is unheard of, and beating to death...is this really Jiangdu? Isn't this Luoyang? Why are you so barbaric?
"kill him!"
"Avenge the late emperor!"
"Kill this traitor..."
Before Cai Songnian could react, more soldiers and civilian officials came to beat him with wat boards!
These people are all civil servants, so if they don't respect martial ethics, they will fight in groups!
To be honest, if Cai Songnian goes to Luoyang, he will definitely not be beaten in Zhenguan Palace. Because the generals under Zhao Kai were actually quite conscious - most of the military attachés in the Song Dynasty were very self-disciplined and did not dare to be too domineering, let alone beating people in court. Their legs would go weak when they heard the word "domineering". .
Moreover, Zhao Kai has a strong ability to control the generals under him - the most powerful generals are either his brothers or his brothers-in-law, and most of them are warriors whom Zhao Kai has risen from.
And the civil servants under Zhao Huan were already arrogant, and now that they have military power, why don't they raise their tails to the sky?
Cai Songnian was unlucky today. He was beaten by a group of military enthusiasts who worked out every day. They not only hit him on the head with a wat board, but also kicked him!
These military enthusiasts still have a few pounds of strength - they play with bows every day, how can they lose their strength? They rounded up the wat board and smashed it on the head. Not to mention Cai Songnian, even if Jin Wushu came, he would still be beaten to death!
Cai Songnian died soon. He was knocked to the ground, his head and face were covered with blood. He was kicked by someone and suffered internal injuries. He vomited a lot of blood, then passed out and was dying.
Liu Yu was a little better, holding his head and kneeling on the ground, begging for mercy: "Spare my life, spare my life... I am a loyal minister, I was born as a Song minister, and I died as a Song ghost... Please Stop fighting!"
There were several Khitans and Jurchens in the main hall, and they were all huddled in the corners... They were also doubting in their hearts: Is this really Jiangdu? Why are the civil servants here so cruel?
When Zhao Huan witnessed the scene of a group of soldiers and civilian officials committing murder before him, he was of course so shocked that his voice became hoarse... At this moment, he seemed to have seen his ancestors! All of these people look like Zhao Kuangyin! terrible!
I don’t know if Liu Yu’s shouting about “Be born as a Song minister, die as a Song ghost” had an effect, and Yu Wenxuzhong and Xue Bizhen stopped fighting.
But they didn't intend to let Liu Yu live!
How to let him live?
If the road to begging for mercy is not blocked, this battle will not be fought!
These civil servants who led the army knew very well how weak Zhao Huan was when facing the golden thief, so they could not give him a chance for peace talks!
"Officials," Yu Wenxuzhong had already taken the lead in shouting, "I will impeach Liu Yu, the Huaibei pacifier, for surrendering to the enemy! Please order Liu Yu to be executed to cheer up people's hearts!"
"Official, I second the proposal!"
"Officials, please kill Liu Yu!"
"Officials, if Liu Yu doesn't die, how can he resist the Jin Dynasty?"
"Officials, if Liu Yu doesn't die, the morale of the army will be unstable!"
Military morale is unstable?
Zhao Huan was most afraid that the morale of the army would be unstable... He quickly glanced at Zhao Liangcheng, who was standing there motionless (in fact, he was also stunned, but he looked so good, and he was so stunned), He thought to himself: Zhaodu is checking, why don't you come forward to comfort me?
Zhao Liangcheng was glanced at by Zhao Huan and felt a little scared, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The official... Liu Yu does deserve to die, but he is a civil servant after all, so it is still inappropriate to execute him."
Zhao Huan gritted his teeth and said, "How should I kill a civil servant if he reacts?"
Zhao Liangcheng did not understand the deep meaning of these words, and thought about it seriously, "Why don't you commit suicide!"
When Liu Yu heard this, he became anxious. He didn't want to die, so he quickly shouted: "Guan, don't listen to Zhao Liangcheng. He doesn't understand anything... This time the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers have a very powerful weapon." Firearms can collapse city walls, but Yangzhou cannot be defended!"
Zhao Huan turned to look at Zhao Mingcheng again, and Zhao Mingcheng said: "This is a bombing pot. You pour gunpowder into a copper pot, light it with a medicinal thread and throw it out. The emperor's brother used it to pacify the Western thieves."
Zhao Huan hurriedly asked: "Does the imperial court have any explosive pots?"
If not, then we must make peace!
Zhao Liangcheng said: "After I found out about this in the north room of the Privy Council, I immediately ordered the gunpowder store to trial production. Now it has been successful. It is not difficult to make this thing, and a large number of explosive pots will be sent to Jiangdu soon."
Zhao Huan felt a little strange and asked: "Then how did the north room of the Privy Council learn the secret of the fried pot?"
Zhao Liangcheng replied: "Beimianfang sent people to follow King Su into Luoyang and saw the explosion of the explosive pot at the school outside Xuanwu Gate in Luoyang, so Xingye sent people to report back."
This is what Zhao Kai deliberately revealed to Zhao Huan... Anyway, this matter can't be hidden for long, so there is no need for the Southern Song Dynasty to be taught by the Jin State with bombs.
Moreover, the Southern Song Dynasty now had an "Invincible Fleet". If there were bombing pots again, could this Invincible Fleet be able to go out and wander around?
Zhao Huan felt at ease when he saw that the explosive pot could save his life, so he said to Liu Yu gently: "Liu Yu, you are a civil servant, so you don't need to know the canonical punishment. You might as well commit suicide. I don't know if you want to hang yourself, take poison, or use Cutting his belly with a sharp blade and wiping his neck?"
