Coming out of the camp, Pei Xiangjun saw that Chen Qing's face was a little gloomy. After all, he had been Chen Qing's aide and could still say a few words, so he whispered: "Prince, they are ordinary people after all. Don't talk to him.
They usually care."
Chen Qing sighed and said: "What does it mean to benevolent and grudged against rice? That's it. I don't know where they lived before. Do they dare to make demands to Jin Bing?"
How could Chen Qing not be angry? The family just now was divided into two households, but they actually requested to divide into one more household on the grounds that their youngest son was already an adult. This meant that the family had to be divided into three households. Trying to think more
A house requires more money.
Not only his family, but almost all families asked for household division, which really made Chen Qing feel very uncomfortable.
For the first time, he felt regretful. You must know that he had to pay a price of 30,000 gold soldiers to get these tens of thousands of people back. He felt sorry for the people who were tortured in Liaodong this time, and wanted them to return to their homeland, but...
They let themselves down again.
"Jun Wang, I guess they are just trying their best to gain a little benefit in order to survive in such a cruel environment in Liaodong. People who didn't strive for benefits all died."
Pei Xiangjun's words may be the truth. Chen Qing doesn't want to worry about it anymore, just think of it as the price of increasing his reputation!
He said calmly: "Change the method. Instead of giving money per household, we will give each person five guan of money based on head count. You can also divide households if you want. If you have two sons, regardless of whether they are married or not, you can divide them into one household. But at most
It can only be divided into one household."
After saying that, he got on his horse and said, "I'll leave the rest to Magistrate Pei."
"I humbly obey orders!"
Chen Qing urged his horse and galloped towards the north with his own soldiers.
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On the last day of February, a Jurchen army escorted the former Emperor of the Song Dynasty Zhao Huan and the Crown Prince Zhao Chen. Also arriving was a car carrying the coffin of the former Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty Zhao Ji.
What Wanyanchang didn't expect was that the leader of the escort team turned out to be Wanyan Changsheng, the emperor's brother. Although Wanyan Changsheng was only seventeen years old, very young, Wanyanchang did not dare to act rashly. Wanyan Changsheng actually held the Golden Wolf Head Order.
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The Golden Wolf Head Order represents the emperor's authority, and this is obviously aimed at himself. This also shows that the military takes this exchange very seriously, and is afraid that it will hinder it, so it pressures the emperor to bring the Golden Wolf Head Order to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
The Golden Wolf Head Order suppressed all thoughts of destruction, and the exchange went surprisingly smoothly.
Guan Shigu and Xu Ning, as the escorts, confirmed the late emperor and the prince. According to the regulations agreed by both parties, both parties released them at the same time. A carriage carrying Wanyan Nianhan and Wanyan Yinshu could go along the right passage to Guancheng.
As we sailed away, there was an envoy from the Kingdom of Jin on each side to receive us.
In the passage on the left, the same carriage carried the late emperor and the prince out of Guancheng, with Guan Shigu and Xu Ning following on horseback.
This is when the car curtain is opened, revealing a thin and pale face. It is none other than the late Emperor Zhao Huan. He is about thirty-seven or eighteen years old this year, with a haggard face and a trace of melancholy in his eyes.
When they were in Yanjing, Wan Yanchang talked with him for a long time and told Zhao Huan in detail about the current situation in the world. Of course, there was Wan Yanchang adding fuel to the fire, giving Zhao Huan a blow in the head, and like a basin of cold water, Zhao Huan's
All hope was extinguished.
Zhao Huan silently looked at the mighty Song soldiers on both sides. He couldn't be happy. This was not his army, but the army of Chen Qing, the warlord of the Sichuan-Shaanxi separatist regime.
"Father."
As soon as Prince Zhao Chen opened his mouth, Zhao Huan waved his hand to stop him, "Change your title. Call me father instead of father. That is a recipe for disaster."
At this time, dozens of generals came forward and bowed on their horses, "See the Emperor! See the Young Master!"
Emperor and Shaojun were what Chen Qing called them, and they also became the names of all the generals. Zhao Huan smiled and nodded slightly, "Thank you for your hard work, generals!"
At this time, Liu Cui stepped forward, cupped his fists and saluted: "My humble duty is to be the commander of the Western Army. Liu Cui, please go to the camp to rest first. My prince is still settling the people in Taiyuan and will be here soon."
Zhao Huan nodded cautiously, "Thank you for your hard work, General Liu!"
He lowered the curtain of the carriage and, escorted by the Song Army's cavalry, the carriage drove toward the camp.
Immediately afterwards, the Song army began to release their family members and captains of thousands. When the last captain of thousands entered Chitang Pass, the city closed suddenly, and the exchange between the two sides was completed.
In the carriage, Zhao Chen whispered to his father: "The father of Liu Dutong just now is Liu Ziyu, the famous general of the Western Army."
Zhao Huan was startled, "How do you know?"
"Xu Ning told the child."
"Xu Ning? Is that the former guard who is missing a hand?"
"Father, he is not a guard. He is the former instructor of the Forbidden Army. He has taught the child martial arts for more than a year. He can be regarded as half of the child's master. When the child was kidnapped from the city, he fought tooth and nail to protect him. His hands were then
Cut off."
Zhao Huan thought. With this connection, could he get some information from Xu Ning?
He whispered: "Find a chance to talk to him. I want to know something."
Chen Qing arrived at the camp at the first watch. Zhou Kuan and Liu Cui had not rested yet. When they heard the king's arrival, they rushed to the gate of the camp to greet him.
"See the prince!"
"How is it? It went well!" Chen Qingxiao asked the two of them.
Liu Cui bowed and saluted, "Everything went well. Both father and son are in good health. They should rest now."
Chen Qing nodded and asked Zhou Kuandao: "Is there anything unexpected happening here?"
Zhou Kuan shook his head, "No, everyone met according to the etiquette ordered by the prince. I feel that the late emperor was a bit restrained. In addition, this afternoon, the prince chatted with Xu Ning for a long time."
Chen Qing was not surprised. After all, Zhao Huan only served as emperor for one year. His career as emperor was over before he had time to learn the majesty of an emperor. However, it was impossible for him to have no ideas of his own. Looking for Xu Ning was not an option.
Is it a sign of seeking knowledge?
"Did Xu Ning take a rest?"
"I'm here!" Xu Lin flashed out from the side.
"You and Counselor Zhou will come to my big account later. I want to know the situation."
"I understand the humble position."
Chen Qing said to Liu Cui again: "Strengthening night defense to prevent enemy sneak attacks is unlikely, but we must not be careless."
"Follow the order!"
Chen Qing went to the Chinese army's tent, and not long after, Zhou Kuan came with Xu Ning.
Chen Qing asked the two of them to sit down and said to Xu Ning with a smile: "Tell me about the meeting!"
Xu Ning pondered for a moment and said: "The prince asked me a few questions, which seemed to have been prepared in advance. The first question is, are we still the imperial army?"
"It seems that someone talked to the late emperor and told him many things."
"It's Wan Yanchang!"
Xu Ning said: "The prince told me that Wan Yanchang met his father in Yanjing and they talked for a long time. He doesn't know the details."
Xu Ning had a good impression of the prince, and he did not want the prince to be implicated by his father.
Chen Qing smiled and asked, "How did you answer the prince?"
"I told the prince in my humble position that we are all loyal to the Song Dynasty, but we just have some ideological differences with the court."
“We have different ideas, well said!”
Chen Qing laughed loudly, "What else?"
"He is more concerned about how we will arrange the father and son. Should we keep them in Sichuan and Shaanxi, or send them to Lin'an? He is also worried about whether the prince will harm him."
"Harm him?"
Chen Qing laughed dumbly and said: "I worked so hard to get him back just to harm him?"
"He said that his father had been living in fear in the past few years. He always felt that the Jin Dynasty would kill him all the time. Sometimes when he saw a stranger, he thought he was coming to kill him, and he became very nervous."
Chen Qing secretly thought, if it is true, then Zhao Huan has some mental problems.
Xu Ning went back to rest, and Zhou Kuan asked again: "How does the prince plan to settle the late emperor?"
Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter how I arrange him. The key is that I must be recognized by the court. In other words, the late emperor must go to Lin'an."
"But it's too dangerous to go to Lin'an."
"I know it is very dangerous, but even if it is dangerous, something must be done, otherwise my hard work will be in vain, and such a good chess piece will be defeated by me."
Zhou Kuan thought about it and said: "It's not about how early or late you go to Lin'an. The key is to create a great momentum so that everyone in Lin'an knows that the late emperor is back. Then when you go there, you can create more momentum. When the late emperor comes to come, there will be pressure from public opinion.
The imperial court did not dare to keep a low profile, and the remaining issue was authenticity.
What I mean is that we can let the late emperor rest for a period of time, and then use this time to create public opinion in Lin'an, and finally go to Lin'an."
Zhou Kuan's words resonated deeply with Chen Qing's thoughts. Isn't this the reason why he started the Beijing News?
Chen Qingdian nodded happily and said: "That's it. During this time, I can just use it to solve the crisis in the Hexi Corridor."