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Text Chapter 280: The Fainting King and the Traitorous Minister

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    It is said that after Zhao Ji in the Song Dynasty learned that the four bandits were in rebellion and sent Cai You to lead troops to conquer Daliang, he also began to go to court every day to handle government affairs.  Qingliu officials such as Su Yuanjing in Chaozhong also began to frequently submit memorials to criticize the current ills, and Zhao Ji also adopted some of them, except for the Su and Hangzhou Construction Bureaus and the Yuqian Gangyun, wood and stone coloring and other affairs.

    The atmosphere in the court is also upright.

    "Master Cai, the military commander of the Huaikang Army, is asking for an audience."

    On this day, when Zhao Ji was reviewing the memorial in the imperial study, he heard Cai You coming back. His wrist twitched, and the imperial pen drew a line on the memorial.

    Zhao Ji put the imperial pen on the pen holder and said in a deep voice: "Let him come in."

    When the door opened, Cai You, wrapped in white cloth, climbed in from the ground. As he climbed, he cried: "I am incompetent, please punish me."

    When Zhao Ji heard what Cai You said, he stood up in shock and asked anxiously: "Has the army been defeated by the Liangshan bandits again?"

    "Ouch"

    Cai You seemed to have touched the injury while crawling. He screamed in pain and reported: "On the day of the battle, Wei Chen went to the battle line to check the strength of the Liangshan bandits. He didn't want to be shot by the bandits, so he made a small retreat. Wei Chen was originally planning to gather his troops.  Ma Zai defeated the Liangshan bandits, but he was too seriously injured and fainted. When Wei Chen woke up, he found that he had been taken back to Tokyo for treatment. Wei Chen was guilty of missing the important military affairs. "

    When Zhao Ji heard that Cai You had escaped alone, he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Where is my army?"

    Cai You hurriedly said: "Wei Chen felt that he was seriously injured before he fainted, so he asked Li Congji, the envoy of Hanyang Jiedu in Longxi, to take charge of the army. Wei Chen originally thought that he could wipe out the Liangshan bandits after recovering from his injuries, but he did not expect that he fainted and was killed.  Take him back to Tokyo with you."

    Zhao Ji felt relieved when he heard that someone was taking command on his behalf, and asked: "I ask you, how many soldiers and horses did you lose in one go?"

    Cai You actually didn't know how many soldiers and horses were captured and killed by Liangshan. He only knew that more than 30,000 people returned from the camp that day, but he did not dare to tell Zhao Jiming, "More than 10,000 people were killed."

    Liang Shicheng, who was waiting on Zhao Ji to review the memorial, said: "If there are more than 80,000 people, they should still be able to wipe out the Liangshan bandits. However, Li Congji is also a bandit. If he takes over the military power, he may have different intentions."

    Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Who in the court can still lead the army?"

    Liang Shiben originally wanted Wang Fu to perform meritorious deeds, but seeing Cai You's miserable appearance, he felt that things were not that simple, so he did not dare to say anything for a while.

    Zhao Ji thought for a while, but couldn't think of a suitable candidate, so he had to say: "The situation is tense now. Changing generals before the battle may delay the military affairs, so I will let Li Congji continue to be the commander. I will send a supervisor to supervise the military affairs."  ¡±

    Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty released his military power over a cup of wine. The Zhao family had always guarded against military generals causing rebellion. If there was a war, they would appoint close ministers as commanders, and most of them were civil servants. Occasionally, military generals would be used as commanders, and supervisors would be sent to control them to prevent the generals from overpowering them.  The army is in chaos.

    Zhao Ji made up his mind and picked up the pen.

    Liang Shicheng hurriedly polished ink for Zhao Ji.

    Cai You was crawling underground but was sweating profusely. He led the soldiers and horses guarding the rear camp to escape that day. The army must have suffered another defeat, and Li Congji didn't know whether he had escaped or not.  If Li Congji had not escaped, the emperor's decree might have delayed the military.  But if it were revealed, it would be difficult for him to explain.

    Cai You thought for a while, but finally felt that his life was important.

    Zhao Ji wrote an imperial edict in one breath and handed it to Liang Shicheng: "Have someone take the gold-lettered plaque and pass it to Xingren Mansion and forward it to the army. The supervisory army will also set off today, so there is no delay."

    The gold medals are the twelve gold medals that Yue Fei received as it was often said later. However, these gold medals are not real gold medals, but just a communication certificate.

    During the reign of Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the voucher for postal communications was a postal coupon, which was written on paper and was also called a touzi. With this coupon, one could travel unimpeded on the postal road.  But when Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty arrived, there was a rebellion incident involving people who pretended to ride on a stagecoach.  There was an official's son who forged postage tickets and defrauded many stagecoaches.  Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty changed the post coupons to silver medals as post route vouchers.  This kind of silver medal is two and a half inches wide and six inches long. It has official calligraphy, engraved with flying phoenix and unicorn patterns, and the year and month on both sides.  Gold-lettered plaques were first used during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, and were prescribed for urgent delivery.  At that time, the Song Dynasty was fighting fiercely with Xixia, and Xixia sent troops to besiege Lanzhou.  In order to transmit military information quickly, Song Shenzong ordered gold-lettered plaques to be sent directly to the emperor, and unusual documents were delivered to the delivery shop.

    The gold-lettered plaque is a wooden communication sign that is more than a foot long. It is one foot long and has a gold script engraved on the base of vermilion lacquer. The script is eight characters: "The writing in front of the emperor is not allowed to enter the shop."  This means that the post officials are not allowed to hand over official documents and letters from the emperor in the post station, but can only deliver them one by one on horseback, which is much faster.

    This kind of gold-lettered plate is required to send messages, and it is required to travel five hundred miles a day, day and night.  It is like flying lightning, and those who look forward to it will avoid it.??.  Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty, in addition to gold-character plaques, green-character plaques and red-character plaques were also set up.  The green-character plate has green characters on an oriole background and is also made of wood. It stipulates that one can travel three hundred and fifty miles per day. It is also a communication voucher for urgent deliveries.  The red letter sign is in black and red letters, and the travel limit is three hundred miles per day.

    Liang Shicheng took the memorial and went out. Zhao Ji then remembered Cai You on the ground and said, "For the sake of your injury for the country, I will exempt you from the guilt of defeat for the time being. Get up."

    "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace of not committing sin."

    "Ouch"

    Cai You thanked him, managed to crawl up a bit, and then screamed, "The arrow wound on Wei Chen's back hurts so much that he can't stand up without help."

    Zhao Ji saw that Cai You didn't look like he was acting, so he called the little eunuch outside to come in and help Cai You up.

    Zhao Ji saw Cai You sweating, frowned and said, "How are you doing with your arrow injury? Do you want my doctor to come and take a look at it?"

    Cai You only had some flesh injuries on his back, so he didn't dare to ask the imperial doctor to see him. He said hurriedly: "No need. After I was brought back by my personal escort, they asked a doctor to take a look at me. I'll be fine for a while."  ¡±

    Zhao Ji treated these favored ministers very kindly. He nodded and said: "Then you go down first and wait until you recover from your injuries before going to court."

    Cai You was so moved that he shed two lines of tears and said: "The emperor is so kind to me, but I can't repay it. I will definitely work hard and die."

    Zhao Ji stepped forward, patted Cai You on the shoulder, and encouraged: "You are born in a famous family, and you have less experience, so you have been a little more frivolous in the past. Unexpectedly, after going through this battle, you have become much calmer. With more experience in the future, you will definitely  Can become a minister like Prime Minister Cai."

    It seems that his acting skills have improved. The emperor didn't even notice that he was acting.  From now on, if I play the role of an actor with Wang Fu again, I will be able to beat Wang Fu.

    While Cai You was thinking about it, he was moved and said: "The emperor taught me that in the future, the ministers must be down-to-earth and share the emperor's worries."

    Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Okay, Xiao Anzi, let's send Cai Qing down." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
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