The 800-mile expedite cannot be used casually. This method will not only kill horses, but also people. The 800-mile expedite will kill people. Things that require the 800-mile expedite are important matters of the country.
Raofengguan attacked Hu Camp on the night of May 13th, and more than 4,000 Hu troops who invaded south were killed or captured. For such a major event, of course, eight hundred things had to be done to rush the news to the emperor.
The pacifying envoy on Lizhou Road and the governor of Jinzhou wrote a successful report, and ordered him to rush 800 miles to Lin'an, the capital.
Well, Shi Lizhong, the transfer envoy, was supposed to be involved in this good news, but unfortunately he was still on his way back from Lin'an.
The two left Jinzhou on fast horses...and then changed horses every few dozen miles at the inn or express delivery shop, galloping across the state and provinces all the way to Lin'an. Each road has the fastest and most convenient route to the capital. This morning
It has been tested. So, if you drive 800 miles in a hurry, you will really run 800 miles every day. This speed test is really comparable to modern cars.
No, if you are not running on the highway, modern cars are not as fast as it. Because cars are often subject to many restrictions. But there are no restrictions on this 800-mile express. Not to mention the common people, even the county magistrate is on the road.
If you encounter someone, you have to stand aside. Whoever stands in your way will die.
Changing horses every dozens of miles, changing people every day, changing people and horses, running day and night, in fact, it is only more than ten kilometers an hour. This speed is not a problem for fast horses outside the customs.
On the morning of May 17th, the weather in Lin'an was particularly good. Everyone felt that the air today was particularly fresh.
"Great victory... get out of the way... get out of the way of the eight-hundred-mile emergency report... great victory... great victory in Jinzhou..." A burst of rapid horse hoofbeats came, and then the officers and soldiers guarding the city heard shouts in the distance.
A great victory? Urgent news from eight hundred miles away?
"Get out of the way...get out of the way...Stand to the side...go to hell...if you block the 800-mile emergency report, your head will be picked off..." The officers and soldiers guarding the city were stunned for a moment, and their bodies were shaken.
He quickly moved the horses away from the city gate and ordered people entering and leaving the city to give way.
Boom, two dusty postmen rushed into Lin'an City like a whirlwind, holding a sign for the eight-hundred-mile emergency and shouting the eight-hundred-mile emergency...
Although he is not Shuoyue, Long Guangning is a more diligent emperor after Dasong moved south, so he has to discuss matters with ministers almost every day. At the Shuoyue Great Court Meeting, the two governments, three departments, six ministries and nine ministers all went to court.
It's the kind of meeting. It's usually a small court meeting, usually only the chiefs of the two government departments and the three departments or the specially announced court officials. Long Guangning did not manage the affairs in the Chui Gong Hall as usual after leaving the court this morning, but left the main hall and strolled in
"Walking around" in Ouchi is Long Guangning's favorite "leisure" activity.
Accompanying him for a leisurely stroll was Li Dangchen, the Secretary of the Imperial City. Everyone knew the emperor's habits. At this time, he allowed only his closest confidants to accompany him, while the others could only follow at a distance and wait for orders.
Li Dangchen has two identities, the leader of the eunuchs, and the head of the Imperial City Department.
Every time like this, he would follow Long Guangning three steps behind him with his hands folded, bowing and following every step, definitely looking like a standard old slave.
Of course, when Long Guangning asked him about news outside the palace, he would immediately return to his role as the second head of the Imperial City.
"Li Dangchen, is there any news about Jinzhou?" Long Guangning asked after walking for a while with his hands behind his back.
The Dasong Dynasty was truly the most humane feudal society for thousands of years and for thousands of years to come. The emperor did not discriminate against eunuchs, and they were addressed in the same way as officials, by calling them by their names.
Li Dangchen immediately straightened up and returned to the Imperial City Division. He said without thinking: "Your Majesty, the Imperial City Division reported yesterday that Meng Lianggon led 200 troops to leave Raofeng Pass on the night of May 13th.
I guess he must have taken action."
"Two hundred people? What can two hundred people do?" Long Guangning stopped and said.
"I...I don't know...the Imperial City Department's manpower in various departments is still...insufficient...please ask the emperor to punish..." Li Dangchen saluted Long Guangning, paused and continued, "However,
Your Majesty, according to the report from the detective of the Imperial City Department, Meng Lianggon received the letter from the evildoer before receiving the order. Presumably... his actions must be... the idea of the evildoer. The actions of this evildoer are always unexpected.
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Long Guangning's face flashed and he said with a smile: "Well, that should be the case... That monster is always unexpected. But what does he mean by asking Meng Lianggon to take two hundred people away? Meng Lianggon is now a pioneer officer,
He can call upon the soldiers and horses on Lizhou Road."
"Yes, I am puzzled by the explanation. However, your Majesty, please do not be anxious. Today's report from the Imperial City Department should contain news about Jinzhou." Li Dangchen said quickly. He really didn't understand why Meng Lianggon only brought
Two hundred soldiers? And he also left Raofeng Pass. Could it be that he wanted to lead two hundred soldiers to sneak attack Hu Bing?
Long Guangning raised his legs and continued walking, and said with a smile: "Yes, yes, I am indeed a little anxious. Shiquan is nearly three thousand miles away from Lin'an. Even if there is news, it cannot be delivered so quickly... However, if
That’s what the monster means. I believe there will be good news.”
"Yes...this is exactly what makes that guy evil..." Li Dangchen took a look and felt that this was an opportunity. He continued, "Your Majesty, Wang Tiju has discussed with me that the Imperial City Department should increase its manpower.
Expand the search for news from all sources...especially news from border towns..."
"Well, your proposal is very good, but... I don't have any money now... Dasong is poor now, and I am even poorer, and the expenses in the palace have been reduced again and again." Speaking of money, Long Guangning thought of Ma Hanshan again, that boy is really
You monster is the best at making money.
It is the same in any era. Money is not everything, but having no money is absolutely impossible. The same is true for emperors.
I have to find a way to make money, otherwise I will have to eat chaffy vegetables... Long Guangning thought in his heart, he has to find a time to meet the monster, maybe he will give me another five hundred thousand taels.
As mentioned before, Dasong's economy is deformed. Not only is it severely polarized, but the country is poor and the poor are poor.
The wealth in Fuji is in the hands of the gentry. These people are extremely rich, while the people and the country at the bottom are so poor that they have no time to eat.
"Your Majesty, that monster... can make money." Li Dangchen thought for a while and whispered.
"Well, it's true... You don't want me to ask for money from him, right?" Long Guangning said with a smile.
"No, he will send money to the emperor... He will send it to the palace..." Under the sky, it is the king's land; on the shore of the land, it is the king's ministers. No matter how much money the emperor receives, it does not count as bribery. The ministers are obedient and filial to the people.
Just an emperor.
"Is this good?" Long Guangning wanted money because he had been poor for too long.
"It's not for nothing... Your Majesty... Your Majesty can buy a stake in his business. What the Emperor gets is just dividends." Li Dangchen said it tactfully. The so-called buying a share means using the imperial power to provide convenience in exchange for some money.
Of course Long Guangning understood what Li Dangchen said, and of course he knew how to operate it, but as an emperor, how could he have the nerve to make money like this?
He glanced at Li Dangchen and said: "Well... Although doing business is a despicable industry, for the sake of our ancestors' inheritance and the great destiny of the country, it is a last resort to make small profits to enrich our internal funds. I will leave this matter to you.
Leave it to your Majesty to handle it, but please don’t make it public, lest those imperial censors waste paper and pen again. Every year, their expenditure on paper and pen for impeachment is an astonishing amount. What a waste..."
"We are under the command of the minister. I know how to operate, so I will not let them criticize..." Li Dangchen was secretly happy, haha, great, our family is also worried about how to go out of the palace often in a legitimate way. Now,
Well, the emperor's life is on his side, who dares to talk nonsense?
Ma Hanshan gave him the shares because he was worried that Long Guangning would find out sooner or later and would reprimand him. Now that it's better, even if the news leaks out and someone reports him to Long Guangning, he doesn't have to worry anymore, because,
These businesses belong to the emperor.
The king and his ministers were discussing how to make money, and the king who promoted the imperial city to the city came after them like a flying flower.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty is overjoyed...overjoyed..." Wang Lianhua shouted from a distance.
"Wang Qing, why am I so happy?" Long Guangning frowned and said, I am worried about money, and you bastard actually said you are very happy?
"Your Majesty...the great victory in Jinzhou...what a great victory...our garrison at Fengguan destroyed nearly two thousand Hu captives and captured more than two thousand Hu soldiers..." Wang Lianhua raised the report in her hand and gasped.
"Ah! A great victory? A great victory in Jinzhou? Two thousand prisoners and more than two thousand were killed. Then... wouldn't that mean that all the barbarians who invaded this time were wiped out?" When Long Guangning heard this, he was stunned on the spot for a moment, and then screamed...
After hearing such news, the emperor became unsteady.
Shocked, really shocked... What a joy, this is indeed a great event. Since Dasong moved south, there has never been such a great event.
Dasong has been a country for more than two hundred years, and it has been fighting almost all the time. However, in the first hundred years, Dasong was always winning, so the country had the opportunity to develop rapidly at that time. In recent decades, Dasong has been winning.
After losing... After the cession of the territory of Nanshi, Donghu has been riding on his head to do whatever he wants. Han Qizhou's Northern Expedition was originally an excellent opportunity. However, the traitors in the country were in power, and the traitors and Donghu colluded carefully, so they succeeded and failed. In the end, it turned out that
It was such a humiliating thing to be beheaded and compensated.
Beheading and paying compensation happened just a few years ago. This was the humiliation of Long Guangning's life, his stain, and the humiliation of Da Song... Long Guangning wanted to wash away this humiliation even in his dreams, but... the country's power was weakening, and political affairs were interrupted.
Controlled by a group of corrupt people who talk and do nothing, he has no choice but to do anything, so over the years, his heart has died.
Therefore, something as small as the defeat of 200 Hu soldiers at Wagang Village in Mahanshan had made him excited for several days. After seeing Mahanshan, it rekindled his ambition to defeat the Hus and take revenge... Now, Jinzhou actually killed 2,000 enemies.
, captured more than two thousand enemies, this is simply a great joy.
This is indeed a great event. Ancient wars were not like those shown on modern movies and TV shows, where thousands and tens of thousands of people were killed at every turn. That was impossible. Everyone worked together to attack, and the party that could not be killed retreated and was truly dead.
In fact, there are not many people on the battlefield. There may be many injured, and there should be a lot of people who die if they cannot be cured.
The reason why so many Hu soldiers died in the Battle of Raofengguan was because Ma Hanshan did not follow the routine at all and had weapons that were beyond the times, so it had such an effect. Even so, in fact, some of the Hu soldiers who died were
Half of them were trampled to death during the chaos.
No matter how he died, two thousand people were killed and two thousand prisoners were killed in this battle. It was really a great victory. This battle will definitely shock the world, will definitely be recorded in the annals of history, and will be written into the art of war as a battle example. It is so classic.