Zhao Gou was indeed very angry because he felt that he had been tricked by the Liberation Army.
If you want to talk about money, talk about money early. I can still counter-offer, or simply don't want those useless people. The result is good now, but it won't work if I don't want to, and I have to pay such a high price for it.
It’s almost worth a year’s worth of coins!
The co-author just got rid of the annual coins given to the Jin Kingdom, and now he wants to give the annual coins to the Liberation Army?
Is the Song Dynasty a fully automatic coin supply machine? !
In this regard, Tang Sidui did not dare to speak, but Zhang Jun stepped forward to comfort Zhao Gou.
"Your Majesty, the matter has come to an end. It is useless to say more. It is better to prepare how to welcome the princes and empresses. The whole country is paying close attention to this matter, so there can be no mistakes."
"You think I don't know?"
Zhao Gou was in a depressed mood, so he glared at Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun knew that he had made a mistake and quickly apologized and left.
Zhao Gou responded to his mood, waved his hand, and said: "Forget it, I don't want to take care of these things anymore. You go and make arrangements. Do what needs to be done. You can watch and do the rest. Let the clan come back. The prince came out to greet you, and he will take charge of everything. I am tired and weak... just meet my old brothers and sisters."
After that, Zhao Gou stood up a little tiredly and left the meeting hall.
Veterans, look at me and I look at you. No one dares to continue to trouble Zhao Gou on this issue.
This loss is indeed very unpleasant.
But I have to bite the bullet and eat it.
According to their deliberations, they decided to formally welcome back the captured clans on the first day of August, cross the river from Haizhou to Lin'an, and then invite the crown prince Zhao Yu to go ten miles from Lin'an to welcome them on behalf of the emperor Zhao Gou, and welcome them into Lin'an. city.
After that, according to Zhao Gou's instructions, he was allowed to meet his brothers and sisters who were older than him. The rest of the people probably didn't want to meet them, so they just treated them like ordinary clan members.
Moreover, following the emperor's wishes, Tang Sidui and others also discussed that, except for a few older direct descendants of the Second Emperor Huiqin, the rest of the clan would be given low-level official positions according to the lowest-level clan treatment, and follow It's enough for minor officials to receive their salaries together.
Just don't let them starve to death.
For the second and third generations of the clan, they also made discussions to let the boys study as soon as possible, allow them to participate in the imperial examination, and let them find ways to make a living on their own. Girls were relatively easy to handle. After they came back, they would count the number of people and prepare to marry them off. go out.
Of course, the water thrown out by married daughters depends on their husband's family and does not require any money from the court.
Anyway, after many calculations, the price that the court needed to pay for these more than a thousand clan members was reduced to the lowest level, and the plan was sent to the palace for Zhao Gou to review.
Not long after, Zhao Gou sent a message——
Can.
By the way, he also commended the prime ministers and ministers for their actions in saving money for the court.
Zhao Gou really didn't want to provide these clan members with generous living conditions. He finally got rid of this big burden, now he has to pick it up again?
Even if this matter is over.
On the first day of August, Chen Kangbo, as the representative of the Prime Minister's team, personally went to Haizhou to welcome the clan, kowtowed to the oldest princesses and princes, and welcomed them back to their homeland.
The two sides hugged each other and cried for a while, and then the huge welcoming team set off.
On the seventh day of August, the team arrived at a location ten miles north of Lin'an City. Here, Crown Prince Zhao Hao formally welcomed them on behalf of Emperor Zhao Gou.
Although these clan children who had been away from their motherland for a long time did not wait for the arrival of the emperor Zhao Gou, they felt that it was okay when the crown prince Zhao Xun came. The sons and daughters of Zhao Ji met with Zhao Xun as representatives. Zhao Xun wiped his tears. Meet them and take your attitude to the extreme.
Then they returned to Lin'an together.
Almost all the people in Lin'an knew that the children of the clan who had been kidnapped back then were finally coming back, so they gathered in full force to watch the children of the clan who had been rescued by the Liberation Army. In order to maintain order, the entire garrison of Lin'an City was mobilized.
On that day, Lin'an City was crowded with people, but the atmosphere was not warm, and could even be said to be a bit dull.
People didn't cheer or shout angrily, they just looked at the clan members with strange eyes, and then whispered to each other.
These clan members who were captured more than thirty years ago are now back. They were rescued and released by the Liberation Army. What kind of emotions and attitudes should be used towards them?
People don't know.
There was no official guidance from the palace, it was just made public.
So Lin'an City was unexpectedly quiet on this day.
Among the crowd, Lu You and his friend Han Yuanji were filled with emotion as they watched the clan members riding horses through the downtown area with their heads lowered.
"In the past, ten thousand people in the clan were held by gold thieves, but now only a thousand people have returned. Thirty-three years have passed. Alas..."
Lu You sighed and shook his head.
"It would be nice to come back."
Han Yuanji smiled bitterly and said: "The Kingdom of Jin has finally fallen, the Central Plains has been restored, and the clan has finally returned. Is there any better situation than this?"
Lu You listened and was silent for a while before saying: "But it was not the Song Dynasty army that accomplished all this, but the Liberation Army who did not know their enemies or friends. It is hard to say what will happen in the future, right?"
"If you can bring all the clan members back, even if they are not friends, they will not be enemies."
Han Yuanji said slowly: "Didn't we send envoys to the north twice before? I heard that the results were good. The leader of the Liberation Army was relatively friendly to the Song Dynasty. This is enough to prove that the Liberation Army is not the enemy, right?"
"That's hard to say. Back then, the Song Dynasty and the Golden Thief formed a maritime alliance, but later they fell out with each other."
Lu You shook his head and said: "If there was no Liberation Army in the Central Plains, Mingxing would still be attached to the Song Dynasty, but with the Liberation Army, the situation is different. With their strong military power, they may have plans for the Song Dynasty."
"Wuguan, you are worrying too much."
Han Yuanji said: "The golden thieves are of a foreign race and are not of my race, so their hearts must be different. The Liberation Army is all Han and of the same race as me, so it may not be as you think."
"Cao Cao has never let Liu Bei and Sun Quan go."
Lu You looked at Han Yuanji and said: "The Liberation Army is powerful and can destroy the Jin Kingdom, which is enough to prove that its military power is superior to that of the Song Dynasty. Even if it is not an enemy, the Song Dynasty should have taken precautions early."
"Wuguan, you don't think that the Liberation Army will go to war with the Song Dynasty, do you?"
"I……"
Lu You thought for a moment and then said: "I just think that even if the Jin Kingdom is destroyed, we should not give up all the precautions. The Song Dynasty has been cultivating martial arts for many years, and we should rectify our military equipment. I heard my friend in the Privy Council say before, The level of armament along the border is far beyond imagination.
The armaments in many places have not been managed for a long time. The weapons are rusty and the bows and crossbows can no longer be drawn. The border defense army has a large shortage of soldiers. The army that claims to be a thousand people only has more than 600 people and more than 300 people. They were all shortchanged.
Even those who stay are just a motley crew, basically doing odd jobs. They don't train a few times throughout the year. They just pretend to practice when someone checks them, and do nothing when no one checks them. Such an army can fight. ? "
"But how could the war happen so easily?"
Han Yuanji shook his head: "Wuguan, you still think too much. Don't think so much. Just do your own thing well."
"I hope I'm overthinking it."
Although Lu You was worried, he still nodded and said nothing more.
In the current situation, given his identity and status, he really shouldn't say much.
After Zhao Min welcomed the clan members back to the palace, he still hosted a banquet, and all the clan members who returned to Lin'an were entertained.
Not many officials attended, but there were still some officials from the Ministry of Rites who attended the banquet with Zhao Xun to celebrate that the children of the clan were finally out of the sea of suffering.
Zhao Xin also very thoughtfully hired a chef who could cook Kaifeng cuisine to host the banquet, so that the elderly clan members could not help but burst into tears and cried bitterly on the table.
Then everyone burst into tears again.
This scene was indeed very touching, and all the officials from the Ministry of Rites shed tears.
However, Emperor Zhao Gou did not appear from beginning to end.
