Wanli 1592

Chapter 760: Prison Offering Ceremony
Xiao Ruxun and Shen Yiguan came to a place tens of meters away from Zhao Zhigao. Xiao Ruxun jumped off the horse, took the reins from Shen Yiguan's hand, and led the prisoner offering team forward slowly.

"The last general, Xiao Ruxun, pay my respects to the Chief Assistant!"

Facing this good old man with the name of chief assistant, Xiao Ruxun has no temper at all. He knows that this old man treats him kindly, and he also gave him some help three years ago. Xiao Ruxun is grateful for being able to give himself some necessary support to tide him over.

Along the way, Xiao Ruxun felt that he had also received help from many people. Without the help of these people, it was obviously impossible for him to get to where he is today.

So he understands that there are also loyal and good people in the civil service group, and holy lotus flowers can grow in dirty and smelly mud. The so-called silt but not stained is probably the best portrayal of Zhao Zhigao.

Like all white lotuses, they cannot change the quagmire in which they were raised, even though they themselves are incompatible with the quagmire.

Zhao Zhigao failed to accomplish anything, he had nothing worthy of praise, it would be better to say that he could not have made any achievements at all, because he did not have that power at all, in the quagmire, the darker and smellier the more powerful, the whiter the more fragrant The more you will be marginalized.

But even so, the white lotus is still beautiful.

Zhao Zhigao himself may not have felt that way.

"Xiao Zhennan please get up quickly, the old man is ordered by His Majesty to lead the horse for Xiao Zhennan."

After all, Zhao Zhigao tremblingly stepped forward to lead Xiao Ruxun's horse, Xiao Ruxun quickly stopped Zhao Zhigao.

"The first assistant is old and has trouble with his hands and feet, so it's better not to be like this! How about letting the general lead the horse to walk with you?"

What else Zhao Zhigao wanted to say, Xiao Ruxun said bluntly: "Your Majesty is at the Meridian Gate. Although a minister has made great achievements, he dare not ride a horse in front of His Majesty. What does the Chief Assistant think?"

Zhao Zhigao thought about it too, and seeing that Xiao Ruxun had made up his mind, he no longer forced himself, so he said, "Since that's the case, I'm sorry for Xiao Zhennan."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Xiao Ruxun led the horse, and asked Zhao Zhigao to go ahead, and he was slightly behind Zhao Zhigao by half a body.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhigao didn't know what kind of feeling he felt, so he walked forward silently.

While walking, he suddenly asked Xiao Ruxun in a relatively low voice: "Xiao Zhennan, what are your plans for the future?"

Xiao Ruxun felt strange, so he replied: "Naturally wait for His Majesty to arrange, what His Majesty arranges for the general to do, and the general will do. Naturally, what the general hopes more is to gallop on the battlefield and fight against foreign humiliation for the country."

"A rare good general, a rare good general."

Zhao Zhigao smiled hehehe: "I didn't expect that Da Ming could produce such a good general. It's really rare, rare. As long as Xiao Zhennan is here, I will have no worries at the frontier. Xiao Zhennan's reputation can be a hundred thousand troops!"

Xiao Ruxun hurriedly said: "The old chief assistant is too famous, the last general is ashamed!"

"You deserve it, of course you deserve it, if you don't deserve it, who else deserves it?"

Zhao Zhigao shook his head silently: "You must cherish yourself. Even if you are not for your family or future generations, you must cherish yourself for Daming. It is too difficult and not easy for Daming to produce a good general."

Xiao Ruxun was taken aback for a moment.

"Of course the last general will pay attention to his body. On the battlefield, the last general is the commander-in-chief, so naturally he will not rush into battle at will."

Zhao Zhigao looked at Xiao Ruxun and nodded slightly.

"How can a person live without an opponent? Whether it is on the battlefield or outside the battlefield, you are different from the old. The old is useless, and living is also a hindrance to others, but you are different. You are still young. There are still opportunities to contribute to the country, so you must cherish yourself."

Xiao Ruxun frowned, feeling strange at Zhao Zhigao's words, but Zhao Zhigao closed his mouth and walked forward without saying a word, which really made Xiao Ruxun a little puzzled.

Was Zhao Zhigao implying something to himself?

Xiao Ruxun hasn't figured it out yet, but the Meridian Gate is already approaching.

At this time, except for Shi Xing and the officials of the Ministry of War, the rest of the officials bid farewell to Xiao Ruxun one after another, or went to the bottom of the city, or went upstairs to the city gate.

The prisoner offering ceremony in the Ming Dynasty had its own set of regulations and grammar, and the civil servants were first-class experts in both setting rules and breaking them. Without much inspection of the scene of the prisoner offering ceremony in the Song Dynasty, they rehearsed a ceremony by themselves. Courtesy.

In front of the Meridian Gate, the princes and ministers, civil and military officials, are solemn and solemn, and stand in different shifts. The emperor wears dragon robes and gowns, and rides out of the inner palace. Play cymbals.

When the emperor arrived at the Meridian Gate, he walked along the horse path and ascended to the imperial tower. Under the Meridian Gate, the officials of the Ministry of War led the generals and the prisoners to kneel down. Then the minister of the Ministry of War reported the prisoners.

The ceremony officer saluted again, then brought the prisoner over and asked him to kneel on the ground. The officials of the Ministry of War said: "I have ordered to pacify a certain place, and I would like to present the captured prisoners. Please ask for an order."

At this time, the emperor issued a decree, or handed over the prisoners of war to the Ministry of Punishment, or released the prisoners of war with grace, or simply announced their killing.

So what appeared before Xiao Ruxun's eyes was a grand scene, not to mention the flying flags and crowds of people, the city was lined with swords and guns, and there was a sense of chilling. Looking at the Meridian Gate Tower from afar, Xiao Ruxun knew that there was a yellow cover on it. It was Zhu Yijun who had arrived upstairs at the Meridian Gate.

High-ranking officials Xungui accompanied the emperor on the tower, while low-ranking civil servants and military generals stood on both sides of the tower, accompanied by a large number of brightly armored soldiers, which was a scene of a prosperous empire.

Now that the previous procedures have been completed, the next is what the Ministry of War and Xiao Ruxun have to do. Shi Xing gave an order, and his own soldiers released 110 six prisoners of war at the leader level of the Beilu tribe from the prison car, and then escorted them Line up and get ready.

Then, Shi Xing walked forward together with Xiao Daheng and a group of military officials, and came to Xiao Ruxun. Xiao Ruxun nodded, looked at the military generals behind him, and gave them a wink. A group of generals walked forward with Xiao Ruxun .

The officials of the Ministry of War walked on the left, the military generals walked on the right, and behind them were two rows of honest prisoners of war.

When they reached a certain position, Shi Xing and Xiao Ruxun stopped together, and then knelt down together.

Shi Xing cleared his throat.

"Minister! Shi Xing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War! Offer up prisoners by order!"

After a loud shout, immediately the soldiers in charge of the salute sang the salute loudly——

"Offering prisoners!"

"Offering prisoners!"

"Offering prisoners!"

It spread all the way to the bottom of the Meridian Gate Building, and then suddenly drums and music were played, salutes were fired, and all the officials stood in silence to celebrate the hard-won victory.

After the cannons stopped, the drum music also stopped, and Xiao Ruxun heard a voice coming from the Meridian Gate Tower——

"salute!"

"salute!"

"salute!"

The sound changes from far to near, from small to loud, which means that the next process is about to start.

So Xiao Ruxun got up, waved his hand, and led the soldiers to escort the prisoners to the bottom of the city gate. When he looked up and saw Zhu Yijun above, Xiao Ruxun ordered the soldiers to kneel down.

More than 100 captives knelt obediently and remained silent.

Then Xiao Ruxun saluted the emperor above the city gate, and shouted loudly: "My minister, Xiao Ruxun, is hereby ordered to put down the invaders and northern captives in Datong, Shanxi Province. I would like to present the captured prisoners, please!"

This step could have been done by the Minister of the Ministry of War, but in order to make Xiao Ruxun more honorable, Zhu Yijun ordered Xiao Ruxun to offer the prisoners himself.

When he arrived here, Zhu Yijun made another decree.

(End of this chapter)