The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 93 Conferment ([-])

Song Huizong showed a gloomy expression, glanced at everyone with gloomy eyes, and said with a sneer, "Do you still have me in your eyes? Shut up all of you, let me go down, no one dares to enter the Daqing Palace without my order, Kill without mercy, get out soon."

The Imperial Forest Army withdrew from the Daqing Palace resentfully. Song Huizong's eyes fell on Zhao Gou, and asked, "Gou'er, you are so courageous. You dare to show off your power in front of me. Do you still have this emperor in your eyes? What crime do you dare to take?" !"

Zhao Gouyi was not afraid, even if he died, he had promised to keep Song Jiang and others safe.Since he is the recruiter, even if the current emperor is his father, Zhao Gou still sticks to his position and will never waver.If Song Huizong hadn't wanted to kill Song Jiang and others, Zhao Gou would not have lost his position and almost caused a catastrophe.

"Father, my son knows that the main hall will be severely punished if he takes action, so he has no choice but to do it." Zhao Gou replied loudly, "Song Jiang and others are the generals of the Liangshan rebel army, but they accepted the imperial court's offer and believed in their son's death. The minister is willing to come with me, and even the soldiers under his command will be handed over to the imperial court, and there is no soldier around, so he comes alone."

"On that day, as a recruitment envoy, I went to recruit Song Jiang and others. When they were willing to accept the recruitment, I promised to give them a chance to change their past, so that they could serve the court. Now, the father is indiscriminate. Song Jiang and others, then the promises made by the son-in-law were not false words. As the prince and the official of the court, how can the words not be counted? Even if the father punishes the son-in-law, it doesn’t matter. The emperor bypassed their death penalty."

Song Huizong roared angrily: "Gou'er, don't dare to ignore the monarch just because I love you more. If you dare to intercede again, be careful of your own safety and let me go."

Zhao Gou stared at Song Huizong unswervingly, firm in his position, even if his head was in a different place, he would never break his word.At this time, Zhao Gou was like a man full of enthusiasm, not afraid of any danger at all, even if the person in front of him was the current emperor, Zhao Gou still did not show the slightest timidity.

Song Huizong was very angry. Since he became emperor, he had never encountered anyone who dared to violate his holy will, let alone his own son. He roared angrily: "I will give you another chance. He will be punished for the same crime as Song Jiang and others, and will never be forgiven lightly."

Zhao Gou calmed down and said sonorously: "A gentleman will do something and not do it. I know that Song Jiang and others sincerely submit to the court and are willing to be loyal to the Song Dynasty. I have seen their talents with my own eyes. If the father insists on doing it, the sons can only risk their lives to intercede, and only ask the father to give them the opportunity to serve the Song Dynasty, and the sons will guarantee that they will have no second thoughts with their lives."

Song Jiang and others were very disappointed when they saw that Song Huizong did not believe what he said. Even Zhao Gou hated them. If Zhao Gou hadn't sworn to ensure that they were safe, or the situation was unfavorable, they would rather die than submit to the court.However, Zhao Gou tried his best to persuade him, even if he was facing the emperor, he was willing to intercede for them and argue hard for them.

At this moment, Song Jiang and others sincerely admired Zhao Gou. They never thought that Zhao Gou would trust them so much, and they were both surprised and joyful.The heart that wanted to die, gave up at this moment, and everyone knelt down on the ground. Song Jiang respectfully said: "Qi Zou the emperor, the grassroots know that committing chaos is a capital crime. If you don't ask the emperor to forgive us for our crimes, please forgive us." Your Majesty forgives the crimes committed by King Guangping, and the people are willing to die to apologize."

Everyone shouted in unison: "I am willing to apologise with death, and hope that the emperor will give me an extrajudicial favor to bypass the Guangping County King!"

Yue Fei, Tang Huai and others also hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "I beg the emperor to forgive the county king for his crime of disrespect!"

Wu Lin and Yang Yizhong also knelt down and begged Song Huizong, and even Liu Qi bowed and knelt down.At this moment, all the soldiers who had been on the battlefield with him knelt down and begged Song Huizong to forgive Zhao Gou's crimes, but the court ministers were silent, and Gao Qi sneered again and again. He wished Zhao Gou would be questioned and beheaded; , I was secretly delighted.

Seeing that his sons were all helping Zhao Gou, Liu Zhongwu felt a little helpless, smiled bitterly, and thought to himself: "This kid is always causing trouble for me, alas!..." The moment Liu Qi knelt down, Liu Zhongwu knew that his son If you don't follow your own instructions, don't get too close to Zhao Gou. If things go against your wishes, you still choose to follow in Zhao Gou's footsteps.

Liu Zhongwu bit the bullet and took a step forward, respectfully said: "Qizou the emperor, I thought that what the Guangping county king did before was nothing more than emphasizing love and righteousness, so that his words and deeds were a bit extreme, but he was still young and wanted to call for peace If you have meritorious service, please ask the emperor to spare the life of the county king."

Liu Zhongwu was the first minister to stand beside Zhao Gou at that time. Unexpectedly, even Gao Qiu looked at Liu Zhongwu with a frown.Liu Zhongwu has always remained neutral. He has never participated in any factional struggles, nor is he willing to support any prince. He only has the emperor in his mind, and he doesn’t care about the rest. Today, he stood up to speak for him because of Zhao Gou. His behavior is really impressive. incomprehensible.

Then, Zong Ze also stood up and asked Song Huizong to forgive Zhao Gou. Song Huizong remained silent and his face became more and more gloomy.It wasn't until Zhong Shidao stood up that Song Huizong's gloomy face subsided.Song Huizong looked at Liu Zhongwu, Zong Ze, and Zhong Shidao meaningfully, and then glanced at the other ministers. All of them lowered their heads dejectedly, not daring to look at Song Huizong.

Zhong Shidao is an old marshal in the army. His disciples are all over the entire army, including any official positions. They can be regarded as generals of the older generation. His words carry more weight than others.Song Huizong was waiting for this moment. The moment Zhong Shidao stood up, everyone didn't notice that Song Huizong's face showed a hint of relief, and his frowning brows quietly relaxed.

Song Huizong saw that everyone was begging to spare Zhao Gou's life, he smiled knowingly, and thought, "Gou'er's power has finally formed, I didn't expect Shuai Zhong to be among them, it was beyond my expectation. However, it’s good in this way, there is a kind of handsome support, Gou’er’s status in the army is absolutely high, even Liu Zhongwu stood up to speak for Gou’er, this neutral position was broken at this moment, it must be dumbfounding, All the generals of the Liangshan Army have been subdued by Gouer, and this is the real capital to start dealing with Gao Qiu and others."

Song Huizong didn't really want the lives of Song Jiang and others from the beginning to the end, but just to test the loyalty of Song Jiang and others and their brotherhood.In addition, it is to test whether Zhao Gou has the courage to honor his promise in front of many ministers regardless of his own future safety, and finally to find out how many people are willing to support Zhao Gou.

"Since you are all pleading for the King of Guangping County, I will be lenient and let this matter go for now!" Song Huizong knew that if he wanted to do a play, he would do it seamlessly, so as not to be seen through his thoughts.Song Huizong put Zhao Gou's affairs aside, looked at Song Jiang and the others, and said in a deep voice, "As for you people..."

Song Huizong paused for a moment, and made a look. The eunuch beside him immediately stepped forward and shouted in his sharp voice: "Emperor Huizong of the Great Song Dynasty issued an edict: Song Jiang, the vanguard, was named General Yunhui, Huainan East Road Chuzhou appeasement envoy and general manager of soldiers and horses; deputy vanguard Lu Junyi, appointed General Guide, appeasement envoy of Luzhou on Huainan West Road and deputy head of soldiers and horses; military advisor Wu Yong, envoy of Wu Shengjun; Commander of the capital; Hu Yanzhuo confers the commander of the capital of the imperial battalion horse army..."

This decree is not to drag Song Jiang out to beheaded, but an official decree of rewards, and even the dead generals are rewarded one by one.At this time, all the ministers in the court were amazed, their eyes widened, unable to understand Song Huizong's mind, Zhao Gou was stunned, Song Jiang and others were dumbfounded.

Until the eunuch read out the last word, even the soldiers who died in battle were rewarded. Song Jiang and others were stunned. They didn't know what trick Song Huizong was playing again, and they all raised their heads and looked at Song Huizong in a daze. .If Zhao Gou hadn't touched Song Jiang, maybe Song Jiang would have forgotten to thank him.

Song Jiang and the others still couldn't believe it was true. The holy decree was in his hand, and he read it carefully. It had Song Huizong's notes and the great seal of Chuanguo Yuxi on it before he believed it was true.They really didn't understand what Song Huizong was thinking. Before, they were still angry and looked like they were killing them, but in a blink of an eye they became smiling, and they didn't seem like a single person. Everyone was dumbfounded and silent. language.

(End of this chapter)