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Volume 1: Saving the Three Thousand Beauties in the Harem Chapter 438: Tokyo Version of "Sheep-Leading Ceremony"

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    March 17th, spring warms in the Central Plains.  After marching thousands of miles, the first reorganized division of the Tianzhu Army led by Commander Victory finally escorted the Jin war criminals and captured clan members back to Tokyo.

    Although the administrative center of Tianshu is in Chang'an and not in Tokyo, setting the public trial ceremony in Tokyo has a very special significance.  Wouldn't it be nice to let the invaders who ravaged this city kneel down here and accept the judgment of history!

    As soon as the army crossed the Yellow River, Zhang Li, who was left behind in Tokyo, and Yin Zongying of Kaifeng Prefecture, led ten thousand soldiers and civilians, and went out ten miles to meet him.

    The thirty-four first-level war criminals under Wu Qimai were provided with carriages and horses before crossing the Yellow River. However, once they crossed the Yellow River, all preferential treatment was immediately canceled and they were all loaded into prison cars. In Di Lie's words, the previous preferential treatment was  They were afraid that the bodies of these war criminals would not be able to endure the arduous journey of thousands of miles.  Now that we have reached the end of the land, it is the season of recovery for all things. If we don¡¯t put it into a prison car and put it on display for the public, are you here to be prisoners or masters?

    According to Di Lie's order, a large sign was nailed to each prison car, indicating the identity of the prisoner and the crimes he had committed (which city in the Central Plains he had attacked, or what invasion order he had issued), so that the people of Tokyo could be informed.  Throw in rotten eggs or cabbage.

    It's just that Di Lie thought that the people in Tokyo were too kind, or that their living standards were too high. When the people in Tokyo saw the prison car, they immediately surrounded it, regardless of who was in the prison car (in fact, few people recognized him.  (character), but they were clearly Jurchens with golden hair and golden rings. They cursed angrily one by one, picked up the dirt or small stones beside the road, smashed them over their heads and heads, and threw them at them like raindrops.

    More than 30 former important ministers of the Jin Kingdom were beaten so badly that their mother could not recognize them.

    The guard Guo Dashi saw something bad at first sight.  If this continues, I'm afraid the prisoners will have to explain everything before entering Tokyo.  Immediately, the soldiers were ordered to open the neck of the prison car, allowing the heads of the thirty-four war criminals to retract into the prison car.  In this way, even if there were flying rocks and clods, most of them could only hit the thick wooden fence of the prison car, and a few would get through the cracks in the fence and hit the prisoners.  Most of them only hit the body rather than the head.  Thanks to Guo Dashi's emergency measures, war criminals such as Wu Qimai entered Tokyo with half their lives left.

    It was not until the prison convoy entered Tokyo City that many people heard the gongs sounding in front of them to clear the way and the loud Kaifeng government officials announcing the identities of the prisoners, that they realized that the enemy prisoner they had greeted to death with rocks and mud was actually the leader and prime minister of the Jin Kingdom.  , Tutor, Attendant, Prince, General this series of big shots with scary names.  This experience.  It's really like a dream.

    On this day, "earth and rocks attacked the gold master" became a widely circulated legend.  The people in Tokyo who were lucky enough to participate in this event have been talking about it for decades. Many people have added this ancestral anecdote to their family trees

    On this day, the Northern Expedition returned triumphantly.  When the army entered the capital, tens of thousands of people lined the streets, and the gongs and drums were loud.

    Di Lie worked hard for this moment.  Under the gaze of everyone, King Tianshu Hua is dressed in golden dragon scale armor, flying phoenix, flaming ears, golden helmet, and a large fiery red horse.  The sword and jade seal are high above the well railing pulled by the horse.  The sun is shining above the head, and the golden armor is dazzling; at the foot of the people are watching, cheering and worshiping; in front are the Tokyo guards and the Kaifeng governor who are clearing the way; on the left and right are a group of brigade generals and environmental guards, like stars over the moon - at this moment, although he is not an emperor,  Better than an emperor.

    If.  The emperor's appearance that Di Lie deliberately created made the people of Tokyo prostrate themselves in worship. When the heroic soldiers of the First Reorganized Division entered the city, it detonated the whole city.

    The first is the neat phalanx of light armored infantry (sword soldiers).  The people of Tokyo were amazed; when a steady stream of heavy armored infantry phalanx appeared, the long-lost infantry armor made the people of Tokyo even more excited; and the phalanx of musketeers with live ammunition revealed the chilling power of unknown weapons.  The atmosphere was surprising; the last army that appeared made the whole sky above Tokyo boil - iron cavalry in armor!  In the minds of ordinary people, cavalry is the strongest fighting force in this era. Three thousand cavalry with bright armor are enough to drive people crazy.

    There are tens of thousands of troops in the First Reorganized Division. Of course, they cannot be stationed in the city. They only represent the 60,000 Tianzhu Northern Expeditionary Army, boasting their achievements and military power to the people of Tokyo.  According to the planned route, the entire army will enter the city from Nanxun Gate, march along the Royal Road, turn east at Zhuque Gate, go north from Taipingfang, and pass in front of Daxiangguo Temple; finally leave Tokyo from Chenqiao Gate and go straight to Liu.  Jiasi military camp is stationed in the camp.

    Tokyo was originally a metropolis with a population of one million. After being repeatedly ravaged by the Jin people, the population dropped sharply, leaving only one out of ten.  Fortunately, there has been no large-scale attack and plunder in Tokyo, and the buildings in the city have not been significantly damaged. As long as the population is reunited, the vitality will naturally recover slowly.  In this regard, Zong Ying, who is quite popular, has done a good job, so I give it a thumbs up.

    In addition to the people of Tokyo, many people came either by invitation or uninvited.Envoys from various countries, including the Southern Song Dynasty, Xixia, Tubo, Dali, Annan, Goryeo, etc., all stood on the imperial guardrails on both sides of the imperial road and witnessed this shocking scene with their own eyes. The appearance of the King of China and the  The power of heavenly punishment really made these envoys tremble and become speechless.

    The Southern Song envoy Kang Wang Zhao Gou and the deputy envoy Yu Shi Zhongcheng Qin Hui were among the envoys from various countries.  When it comes to the strength and military power of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is definitely the strongest among the above-mentioned corner countries. The tidy appearance of the Tianzhu Army may not be enough to scare them, but in the prison cars, each and every one of them used to be in this pair of  In front of the embarrassed monarchs and ministers, the arrogant and arrogant enemy chieftains all became humiliated prisoners This huge contrast really made Zhao Gou and Qin Hui frightened.

    Even though we have heard many times that the Kingdom of Jin has been destroyed and the enemy chieftains have been captured, hearing a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once. It was not until this time that Zhao Gou was completely convinced.

    "A message was sent from Kaifeng Mansion that in three days, the prisoner will be dedicated to the shrine. Your Majesty, it is not difficult to guess the heart of King Hua." The scene was so noisy that Qin Hui had to listen to Zhao Gou's ears when he said such heart-wrenching words.  , shouting at the top of his lungs.

    Zhao Gou still had a look of shock on his face. Hearing this, his eyes flashed and he smiled suddenly: "If King Hua has this intention, it would be the best. I will definitely help him."

    Qin Hui twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is smart. If we can successfully resolve that major matter this time, the first priority will be this matter. I believe that in this way, King Hua will reciprocate the favor, and we will have no worries"

    Zhao Gou coughed lightly and glanced at Qin Hui, who immediately stopped talking.  He stood respectfully and said nothing.

    Zhao Gou then turned his gaze to the long row of prison convoys on the royal road, and said thoughtfully: "This King of Hua is really smart. He doesn't worship the ancestral temple, but he builds a shrine"

    Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty¡¯s army has destroyed the country and returned in triumph, which is the most important ceremony.  That is to offer prisoners to the Ancestral Temple.  Even though the Tianshu forces bear the name of Queen Yuansheng, they will definitely not dedicate the ancestral temple of the captured Song family, otherwise it will be a marriage for others.

    Of course, this does not mean that the Tianshu forces have no temple to worship. Di Lie had already known about Kaifeng Mansion when the Jin Kingdom surrendered unconditionally a few years ago.  Official preparations are underway to build the Tenchu ??Army Memorial Shrine - Hanhundo!

    Tianshu City originally had a monument and a cemetery for martyrs, but Tianshu City is already a military center and is located deep in Taihang, making it inconvenient for people from all over the world to go there to pay homage.  Therefore, Di Lie reduced complexity to simplicity, replaced large cemeteries with shrine spiritual tablets, and established a shrine in every state in the world.  Enshrine tablets and carve statues for people to pay homage to.

    Compared with the deserted martyrs' cemeteries in various places in later generations, the small temples and shrines are full of incense. The benefits of this are self-evident - what kind of gods are they? The common people believe in this, replacing those inexplicable martyrs' spirits with mythical martyrs.  Buddhism and Taoism are a mess of gods.  Wouldn't that be great?

    Tokyo Hanhun Hall was built on the site of "Genyue", the former Huizong's cave paradise. Using the foundation and materials of this abandoned royal garden, a solemn, simple and simple hall was built without much effort.

    There are basically no furnishings in the hall, except for eight pillars and black painted wooden boards paving the floor.  There are rows of futons on the ground, the most conspicuous ones are ten floors high and low, covering the four walls.  Densely packed spiritual tablets.  Each tile represents a fallen hero from the Heavenly Punishment War.  This is where the prisoner presentation ceremony takes place.

    The military generals naturally supported King Hua's move to replace the Ancestral Temple with the shrines of fallen soldiers. Although civil servants objected, the Lord of Kaiyuan had no ancestral temple to worship, so temporarily replacing it with the Han Soul Hall seemed to be a solution.  , so there was no objection.  However, when King Hua proposed that he would imitate the Jurchens and perform the "gift of leading a sheep", one stone stirred up a thousand waves and triggered a fierce civil and military dispute.

    At this time, in order to participate in this grand ceremony, all the officials from various states within Tianshu's influence who could spare came. Important officials such as Chen Gui, Zhang Jiao, Zhao Si, Ma Kuo, Zhang Xiaochun, Yu Wenxuzhong, Hou Fangjing, Wang Youzhi, and even  Even Xu Huiyan and Zhe Keqiu, who were far away in Hedong, came.

    Among the civil servants, Zhang Xiaochun and Yu Wenxuzhong were the first to express their opposition to the use of barbarian rituals; among the military attach¨¦s, Xu Huiyan, the military commander of the Jinning Army, also believed that Tianshu was the winner, so how could there be any reason to worship a shrine with the rituals of a loser?

    Ma Kuo euphemistically said that this custom of the Jurchens was too shocking and should not be implemented in a country of etiquette.

    ???????????? But a group of old people who were at the time when Tianshu was founded strongly agreed.  Especially Zhao Si and Zhao Zhong recalled the situation when they first heard about the brutal behavior of the Jin people against the clan of the Northern Song Dynasty. With tears streaming down their cheeks, they angrily rebuked the ministers: "In the past, my father was humiliated and the clan was humiliated. But who ever scolded the barbarians from the Northern Song Dynasty?"  ? In ancient times, it was said to repay evil with kindness, but how to repay kindness?"

    Yang Zhechong even denounced it with a plain saying: "Others can do it in the first grade, so why can't we do it in the fifteenth grade?"

    In the end, the humiliated King Lao Su and the newly rescued princes burst into tears and told the ministers about the shameful and humiliating scene of the royal family exposing their breasts and leading sheep to prostrate themselves.

    ??Among the ministers here, some had heard of it a little bit back then, and some had never heard of it before, but no matter whether they had heard of it or not, when they heard it from the mouths of the humiliated people, they were all shocked and sad.

    Zhao Zhen¡¯s eyes were red, his sleeves were tied and he was biting his arms, and shouted: ¡°How can such a beast be worthy of human courtesy!¡±

    Di Lie made the final decision: "You treat me with civilization, and I respect you with civilization; you insult me ??with barbarism, and I repay you with barbarism."

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    On March 22nd, the prisoner presentation ceremony officially began.

    Just in front of the Han Soul Hall, Tianshu civil and military officials, from King Hua on down, dressed in imperial robes, crowns and high boots, paid homage to the heroes who had sacrificed their lives heroically in all the battles against the Jin Dynasty since the first year of Jianyan.  Envoys from various countries also attached their wings with solemn ceremony.

    Nearly 300 members of the Jin Kingdom's royal family and war criminals, headed by the gold lord Wu Qimai, were all topless, with a sheep fur around their waists, and each holding a felt strip. They stood under the bright sun, bearing the looks of contempt from all directions.  , everyone is so ashamed and angry that they want to die, but they still dare not die - even their right to die is in the hands of that "evil spirit".

    Under the guidance of the ceremony officer A Shu, Wu Qimai and Queen Tang Kuo Shi, both topless, took the two rams. The emperor and the concubine held one hand and slowly entered the shrine.  Following closely behind were thirty-four war criminals and more than two hundred major Jurchen royal family members, one by one kneeling and kowtowing to the thrones of heroic spirits in the shrine's mourning hall, including the Tianjiao camp.

    ??Subsequently, King Dilie of China took two sheep from Wu Qimai and Queen Tang Kuo, slaughtered them with his own knife, and enshrined them in front of the memorial tablet of the chief priest of Hanhun Hall.

    Seeing this "original" sheep-raising ceremony, Zhao Gou seemed to have an illusion of the humiliation his parents, wives, daughters, brothers and sisters suffered during the Jingkang years. The situation at that time was also like this now!  It's like this now!

    Zhao Gou was trembling all over, his face was turning green and white. He covered his mouth with his sleeves and kept coughing. The more he coughed, the worse he got. His body was arched like a shrimp, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

    Zhao Jiu was not the only one who vomited blood.  Wu Qimai, the financial backer who forced his body to complete the sheep-raising ceremony and fulfilled the enemy's request in exchange for the survival of his family, suffered from extreme physical and mental torture, shame, anger, humiliation, and despair.  He raised his head towards the scorching sun and spurted out a stream of angry blood, then fell straight down

    As the so -called: people do n¡¯t lose the sky, the world turns back; I do n¡¯t believe it, do n¡¯t believe it, who has spared the heavens!  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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