Speaking of this, Huang Qiong stared at this woman's pale face after reading the report. "As a privy envoy in charge of the country's military affairs and a first-rank official of the imperial court, he received an annual salary of 20,000 guan, 2,000 bolts of silk, and 5,000 shi of rice. The imperial court also rewarded him with 1,000 acres of Yongye land. The annual land rent is two thousand guan. It can be said that your Dong family is rich in money and power."
"The imperial court has never treated your father badly. But take a look for yourself, what did your father do after he was promoted to Privy Council? On weekdays, Da Shi accepted bribes from military envoys from various places, and even sold his official position secretly. A coastal government soldier Horse envoys, it’s public to ask for 20,000 guan. A deputy envoy of Jiedu costs 30,000 guan. For a horse envoy from Bei Tibetan Army in Maozhou, Xichuan Road, your father dares to ask for 60,000 guan.”
"As the daughter of the Privy Councilor, whether she is your biological child or adopted by him, do you know how important these Beibo soldiers and horse envoys are to the court's stabilization of the border areas? These Beibo soldiers and horsemen are all serving to the imperial court. Your father bought the official position with heavy gifts. Think about it for yourself, what will they do after they take office? If they give your father a penny, they will get it back a hundred times."
"There are also those military attaches transferred from outside. If they don't pay tribute to your father, even if the Ministry of War issues the transfer order, your father can suppress it. The transfer order should not be issued. If it is not the border army, the fourth camp, and the Xijing camp, it is not It's under your father's control. With your father's method of selling officials with clearly marked prices, I'm afraid that in a few years, these elites of the imperial court will be ruined by your father, just like those guards. "
"Your adoptive father is indeed very kind to you. But the imperial court has committed many crimes for all the people in this world. How much people's wealth and anointing will it take to fill up his greed? He is in charge of the military affairs of the Qi Dynasty The most important person controls the head of more than 100,000 guards in the world. What he does is even more despicable than those corrupt officials who bend the law. He is destroying the Great Wall of our dynasty."
"Do you know how much ill-gotten wealth he has made from Longyou alone in the past few years by joining forces with your father-in-law? Look, this Longyou was originally the most powerful guard in the world, but he was replaced by your adoptive father. What kind of ruin has the father-in-law become with the support? If I spare him this time, how will I face the people of this world, the hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of military attachés of the Great Qi Dynasty?"
Faced with Huang Qiong's stern scolding, his face turned pale after reading the report. Dong Qianhong, who also knew in her heart that she was in the wrong if she tried to plead for her adoptive father, did not dare to plead for her adoptive father. He could only sigh, step back and ask for advice: "Your Majesty, is there really no room for negotiation on this matter? The sinful woman also knows that his sin is so serious that it is truly unforgivable.
"Not to mention this dynasty, even according to the laws of the former Tang Dynasty, it was a major crime to kill the nine tribes, even if they were cut into pieces with a thousand swords, it would not be an exaggeration. But considering that he has served the court for many years, he can Can't we make his death less painful? Leave a way for the rest of the Dong family to live. My brothers, at least, are not guilty enough to die. And my adoptive mother, who only knows how to eat fast and chant Buddha for half her life."
In response to Dong Qianhong's plea, Huang Qiong hesitated, nodded slightly and said: "The sons of the Dong family will be dealt with at my discretion according to the law. If they are indeed not involved, I will definitely not kill them all. As for your adoptive mother, if it is true as you said, she only knows how to eat fast and chant Buddha's name without participating in it, I will also leave her a way to survive."
Dong Qianhong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Huang Qiong's answer. Maybe it's out of gratitude, maybe there are other purposes. He dragged Mrs. Li, who was frightened by Huang Qiong's anger, to kneel down in front of Huang Qiong and glanced at Huang Qiong. After reaching out and caressing her gently for a while, although she was a little shy, she opened her mouth firmly and began to serve her diligently.
But after meeting this woman, she became so tame after achieving her goal. Although from the beginning, Huang Qiong's actions as a girl were very sparse, it was probably the first time for her to serve a man like this. But Huang Qiong, who understood what she was thinking, could only smile bitterly. This woman was very cunning, and she even dragged Li Jiedu's man to fill the house. She was afraid that she would change her mind, so she did this.
That night, Huang Qiong did not go to the room of the fourth daughter of the Wang family, who in his opinion needed to calm down more at the moment. Instead, he and his two daughters spent most of the night in his bedroom. The second daughter, who has been living for a long time, is also catering to her. It wasn't until the two girls occupied the other place that the two girls couldn't support themselves, so they hugged the two girls and fell asleep deeply, feeling quite unsatisfied.
In the early morning of the next day, Huang Qiong did not wake up the two daughters who were still sleeping. He took more than 20 guards and 300 troops and left his camp on horseback. All the way to the south gate of Lingzhou City. At this time, outside the south gate of Lingzhou, the troops involved in the counter-rebellion had already lined up in order. The remaining members of the Pingxia and Yeli tribes also arrived outside the south gate under the escort of heavy troops.
With the arrival of Huang Qiong, continuous cannons were fired around the Nanmen Plain. Tens of thousands of troops outside the south gate looked at Huang Qiong, who was dressed in a prince's formal dress and riding a sweaty horse, taking the lead out of the south gate of Lingzhou. Thinking of this young British king, during the previous Battle of Huanzhou, he not only braved the battlefield as a prince, but also killed Tuoba Jiqian's eldest son with one arrow and seriously injured Tuoba Jiqian's thunderous method.
After the war, he personally collected the bodies of the fallen soldiers and comforted the wounded. When the army went out as a group, they personally beat drums to cheer everyone and a series of other actions. Most of these young soldiers, especially the young middle- and lower-level military attachés, have now been completely conquered by the British king. Seeing the King of England riding out of the crowd, he couldn't help but raise his sword and spear high, and the mountains shouted long live.
Huang Qiong, who was riding a horse, accepted the landslide and tsunami-like cheers calmly. Huang Qiong raised his left hand high only after shouting three long lives. And as he raised his left hand, the tens of thousands of troops seemed to have received a unified order, and they stopped cheering in unison. Huang Qiong raised his eyes and looked at the troops, and couldn't help but shout loudly: "Long live our loyal and brave soldiers of the Qi Dynasty."
Huang Qiong's loud shout used his own inner strength. This loud voice spread to the ears of every soldier in the army. Outside the south gate, which was temporarily used as a parade ground, the crowd circled around for a long time before it calmed down. And as Huang Qiong's loud shout fell, the venue once again erupted into long-lasting shouts of long live, even mixed with the constant shouts of long live the King of England.
Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, even the lower-level military attachés were riding on their horses with flushed faces, holding their sabers high, and shouting "Long Live the King of England". Upon hearing these voices, He Yuanfeng and Du She who were behind Huang Qiong, as well as Zhang Qian, Zheng Daoyuan, the grain superintendent, and Lu Ming, the Longyou comfort envoy, couldn't help but look at each other, and their faces suddenly turned pale.
Although several people had different thoughts at this time, they all understood that the military morale of these tens of thousands of soldiers would probably belong to the King of England from now on. If the imperial court mobilizes tens of thousands of troops to deal with the King of England in the future, I am afraid that even the emperor may not be able to mobilize them. Thinking of this, several people looked at Huang Qiong, who looked calm at this time, and sighed in their hearts that the King of England was good at what he did.
In just over a month, these tens of thousands of troops were brought into submission. The local guards didn't matter, but the 25,000 troops and horses in the Xijing camp had always been as proud and powerful as any of the four major camps, and they had never been convinced by anyone except Ouyang Jie. If it weren't for He Yuanfeng, he would have been an old man from the Xijing Camp. We still have some good connections in the Xijing camp, so I am afraid that leading these troops will have to suffer a lot.
But there were so many arrogant and powerful generals, but they were subdued by this young King of England with a raise of his hands. This King of England's methods were really not suitable for his age. Compared with the civil and military officials who had different thoughts at this time, Huang Qiong ignored what they thought. After the shouts of long live calmed down, he dismounted and walked from the city gate to a monument that had been carved long ago to commemorate the fallen soldiers.
This one is over one foot tall and is carved entirely from a single piece of white marble. The front is engraved with the four characters Heroes of Immortality, and the back is densely carved with monuments bearing the names of thousands of soldiers killed in the counter-rebellion. On the third day after entering Lingzhou, Huang Qiong personally gave the order to appease the envoy of Longyou and ordered him to customize it. After receiving Huang Qiong's handwriting, the Lu appeasement envoy did not dare to neglect.
Zuo Shenzheng was sent to personally supervise the matter, and it took a lot of effort to find such a large piece of white marble in a quarry in the south of Qingyang. After finding this piece of white marble, Zuo Shenzheng personally supervised the work and did not dare to be careless in anything from quarrying to carving. To be honest, in this era, in order to commend one's illustrious military exploits, there are many steles carved on stone to record the achievements.
But this was the first time that Huang Qiong had set up a monument for those fallen soldiers who died on the battlefield. Before receiving the inscription written by Huang Qiong, the original Zuo Shenzheng thought it was the British king who wanted to imitate General Dou of the Later Han Dynasty in recording his merits on stones. I just didn't expect that after getting the inscription, I discovered that the British king actually wanted to build a monument to commemorate the fallen soldiers.
He was even asked to personally supervise the work, and after the completion, he was personally escorted to Zuo Shenzheng in Lingzhou. What I didn't expect before was that the British king not only wrote the inscription himself. When the monument was carved out of Lingzhou City, Huang Qiong personally participated in the erection of the monument as a prince. It can even be said that the hole when the monument was erected was dug by the King of England with his own personal bodyguards without anyone else.
It can be said that this monument, from carving to erection, is Huang Qiong's hard work. And if Huang Qiong was just taking advantage of the situation when he paid homage to the fallen soldiers in the Battle of Huanzhou outside Huanzhou City that day. So today, Huang Qiong is even more solemn. During the ceremony, Huang Qiong, dressed in a prince's formal attire, not only burned incense in person to pay homage, but also bowed deeply three times to show his respect for the fallen soldiers.
He also read out the memorial text written by him. After reading the memorial inscription, Huang Qiong held up a full jar of Shu's famous wine, smashed it hard in front of the inscription, and shouted that the soldiers would go well. Huang Qiong's series of actions moved all the soldiers present. Every soldier who goes to the battlefield is not afraid of death, but what really worries them is that their efforts will be forgotten in the shortest possible time.
Now the King of England not only erected an inscription for the brothers who died in the war, but also personally burned incense and bowed to pay homage. This makes these soldiers who usually live at the lowest level, how can they not be moved? When Huang Qiong's shouts fell, the shouts of "Long Live the King of England" sounded again around the stadium. Originally shouting "Long Live the King of England" was mixed in with the "Long Live the King". But this time what the troops shouted was directly "Long live the King of England."
Amidst the cheers of the troops, Huang Qiong walked slowly back to his mount. After getting on the horse, the horses and reins were used to guide the troops into every square formation, whether it was the Xijing camp, the guards, or the border troops, every square formation was reached. Every time he came to a square formation, Huang Qiong would stop and take a closer look at the soldiers who still had dust and even scars on their faces.
