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On March 17, spring warmed in the Central Plains. After marching thousands of miles, the first reorganized division of the Tianzhu Army, led by Commander Victory Squadron, finally escorted the Jin war criminals and captured clan members back to Tokyo.

Although the administrative center of Tianshu is in Chang'an and not in Tokyo, setting the public trial ceremony in Tokyo has a very special meaning. Wouldn't it be nice to let the invaders who ravaged this city kneel here and accept the judgment of history?

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As soon as the army crossed the Yellow River, Zhang Li, who was left behind in Tokyo, and Yin Zongying of Kaifeng Prefecture, led ten thousand soldiers and civilians, and went out ten miles to greet them.

The thirty-four first-level war criminals under Wu Qimai were provided with carriages and horses before crossing the Yellow River. However, as soon as they crossed the Yellow River, all preferential treatment was immediately canceled and they were all loaded into prison cars. In Di Lie's words, the previous preferential treatment was...

They are afraid that the bodies of these war criminals will not be able to endure the arduous journey of thousands of miles. Now that we have reached the end of the field, it is the season of recovery for all things. If we don't put them into prison cars and put them on display for public display, will you be prisoners or masters?

According to Di Lie's order, a large sign was nailed to each prison car, indicating the identity of the prisoner and the crimes he had committed (which city in the Central Plains he had attacked, or what invasion order he had issued), so that the people of Tokyo could be informed.

Throw in rotten eggs or cabbage.

It's just that Di Lie thought that the people in Tokyo were too kind, or that their living standards were too high. When the people in Tokyo saw the prison car, they immediately surrounded it, regardless of who was in the prison car (in fact, few people recognized him.

(character), but they were clearly Jurchens with golden hair and golden rings. They cursed angrily one by one, picked up dirt or small stones beside the road, smashed them over their heads, and threw them at them like raindrops.

More than thirty former important officials of the Jin Kingdom were beaten so hard that their mother could not recognize them.

Guo Dashi, the guard, saw something was wrong. If this continued, the prisoners might have confessed everything before entering Tokyo. He immediately ordered the soldiers to open the neck of the prison car, allowing the heads of the thirty-four war criminals to retract into the prison car.

.In this way, even if there are flying rocks and soil

Most of them could only be hit on the thick wooden fence of the prison car, and a few got through the cracks in the fence and hit the prisoners. Most of them only hit the body rather than the head. Thanks to Guo Dashi's emergency measures, Wu Qimai and other war criminals were able to

He entered Tokyo city with half his life left.

It was not until the prison convoy entered Tokyo City that many people heard the gongs sounding in front of them to clear the way and the loud Kaifeng government officials announcing the identities of the prisoners, that they realized that the enemy prisoner they had greeted to death with rocks and mud was actually the leader and prime minister of the Jin Kingdom.

, Tutor, Attendant, Prince, General... this series of big names with scary names. This experience is really like a dream.

On this day, "earth and rocks attacked the gold master" became a widely circulated legend. And the people in Tokyo who were lucky enough to participate in this event have been talking about it for decades. Many people have this addition to their family trees.

Anecdotes of ancestors...

On this day, the Northern Expedition made its triumphant return. The army entered Beijing, and thousands of people crowded the streets, and the gongs and drums were loud.

Di Lie had worked hard for this moment. Under the gaze of everyone, King Tianshu Hua, dressed in golden dragon scale armor, flying phoenix and flaming ears, golden helmet, flaming red horse, sword and jade seal, stood high in the well where the horses were pulling him.

Above. The sun shines above the head

, the golden armor is dazzling; the people below are eager to see it, cheering and worshiping; in front are the Tokyo guards and the Kaifeng governor who are clearing the way; on the left and right are a group of generals and surrounding guards, like stars over the moon - at this moment, although he is not an emperor, he is better than an emperor.

If the emperor's appearance deliberately created by Di Lie made the people of Tokyo prostrate themselves in worship, when the brave soldiers of the First Reorganized Division entered the city, it detonated the whole city.

First of all, there was the neat phalanx of light armored infantry (sword soldiers), which made the people of Tokyo admire it; when the continuous phalanx of heavy armored infantry appeared, the long-lost infantry armor made the people of Tokyo even more excited; and

A phalanx of musketeers with live ammunition reveals unknown weapons

The chilling atmosphere was surprising; the last army that appeared made the whole sky above Tokyo boil - the iron cavalry in armor! In the minds of ordinary people, the cavalry is the strongest combat force of this era.

Three thousand armored cavalry were enough to drive the people crazy.

The First Reorganized Division has tens of thousands of troops. Of course, it is impossible to be stationed in the city. They only represent the 60,000 Tianzhu Northern Expeditionary Army to show off their military power to the people of Tokyo. According to the planned route, the entire army will enter the city from Nanxunmen.

, parade along the imperial road, turn eastward at Zhuque Gate, go north from Taipingfang, pass in front of Daxiangguo Temple; finally leave Tokyo from Chenqiao Gate and go straight to the Liujiasi Military Camp.

Tokyo was originally a metropolis with a population of one million. After being repeatedly ravaged by the Jin people, the population dropped sharply, leaving only one out of ten. Fortunately, there was no large-scale attack and plunder in Tokyo, and the buildings in the city were not significantly damaged. As long as

Once the population is reunited, life will naturally recover slowly. In this regard, Zong Ying, who is quite popular, has done a good job, so I give it a thumbs up.

In addition to the people of Tokyo, many invited or uninvited envoys from various countries, including those from the Southern Song Dynasty, Xixia, Tubo, Dali, Annan, Korea, etc., were all on the imperial guardrails on both sides of the imperial road.

Witnessing this shocking scene with their own eyes, the majestic appearance of the King of China and the power of the Heavenly Punishment really made these envoys tremble and become speechless.

The Southern Song Dynasty's chief envoy Kang Wang Zhao Gou and deputy envoy Yushi Zhongcheng Qin Hui were among the envoys from various countries. In terms of the strength and military power of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was definitely the strongest among the above-mentioned countries. The tidy military appearance of the Tianzhu Army may be

Not enough to scare them,

But in those prison cars, one by one, the enemy chiefs who used to be arrogant and arrogant in front of this embarrassing pair of monarchs and ministers have all become humiliated prisoners... This huge contrast really made Zhao Gou and Zhao Gou

Qin Hui was discouraged.

Even though he heard many times that the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed and the enemy chieftains were captured, seeing it a hundred times was not as good as seeing it. It was not until this moment that Zhao Gou was completely convinced.

"A message was sent from Kaifeng Mansion that in three days, the prisoner will be dedicated to the shrine. Your Majesty, it is not difficult to guess the heart of King Hua." The scene was so noisy that Qin Hui had to listen to Zhao Gou's ears when he said such heart-wrenching words.

, shouting at the top of his lungs.

There was still a look of shock on Zhao Gou's face. Hearing this, his eyes flashed and he smiled suddenly: "If King Hua has this intention, it would be the best. I will definitely help him."

Qin Hui twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is very smart. If we can successfully solve that major issue this time, the first priority will be this matter. I believe that in this way, King Hua will reciprocate the favor, and our court will have no worries..."

Zhao Gou coughed lightly and glanced at Qin Hui, who immediately stopped talking and stood respectfully silent.

Zhao Gou then turned his attention to the long row of prison convoys on the imperial road, and said thoughtfully: "This King Hua is really smart. He doesn't worship the ancestral temple, but builds a shrine..."

Since ancient times, when the armies of the Central Plains dynasties destroyed their country and returned in triumph, one of the most important rituals was to dedicate the captured ancestral temple. Even though the Tianshu forces bore the title of Queen Yuansheng, they would never dedicate the ancestral temple of the captured Song Dynasty.

Otherwise, you are marrying someone else.

Of course, this does not mean that the Tianshu forces have no temple to worship. As early as two years ago when the Jin Kingdom surrendered unconditionally, Di Lie had already informed Kaifeng Mansion that he was officially planning to build a Tianzhu Army Memorial Shrine - Hanhun Hall!

Tianshu City originally had a monument and martyrs cemetery, but Tianshu City is already a military center and is located deep in Taihang, making it inconvenient for people from all over the world to go there to pay homage. Therefore, Di Lie simplified the complex and replaced the large-scale with shrine tablets.

In a cemetery, every state in the world has a shrine, where tablets are enshrined and statues are carved for people to pay their respects.

Compared with the deserted martyrs' cemeteries in various places in later generations, the small temples and shrines are full of incense. The benefits of this are self-evident - what gods and spirits? The common people believe in this, replacing the inexplicable martyrs' spirits with mythical martyrs.

Buddhism and Taoism are a mess of gods. Wouldn’t that be good?

Tokyo Hanhun Hall was built on the site of "Genyue", Huizong's cave paradise in the past. Using the foundation and materials of this abandoned royal garden, a solemn, simple and simple hall was built without much effort.

There are basically no furnishings in the hall, except for eight pillars and black-painted wooden boards paving the floor. There are rows of futons on the ground. The most conspicuous thing is the densely packed spiritual tablets covering the four walls. Each tablet represents a heavenly being.

Killing the heroes who died in battle. This is where the prisoner sacrifice ceremony takes place.

The military generals naturally supported King Hua's move to replace the Ancestral Temple with the shrines of fallen soldiers. Although civil servants objected, the Lord of Kaiyuan had no ancestral temple to worship, so temporarily replacing it with the Han Soul Hall seemed to be a solution.

, so he had no objection. However, when King Hua proposed that he would imitate the Jurchens and perform the "gift of leading a sheep", one stone stirred up a thousand waves, triggering a fierce civil and military dispute.

At this time, in order to participate in this grand ceremony, all the officials from various states within Tianshu's influence who could spare came, including Chen Gui, Zhang Jiao, Zhao Si, Ma Kuo, Zhang Xiaochun, Yu Wenxuzhong, Hou Fangjing, Wang Youzhi, and even

Even Xu Huiyan and Zhe Keqiu, who were far away in Hedong, came.

Among the civil servants, Zhang Xiaochun and Yu Wenxuzhong were the first to express their opposition to the use of barbarian rituals; among the military attachés, Xu Huiyan, the military commander of the Jinning Army, also believed that Tianshu was the winner, so how could there be any reason to worship a shrine with the rituals of a loser?

Ma Kuo euphemistically said that this custom of the Jurchens was too shocking and should not be implemented in a country of etiquette.

On the contrary, a group of old people who were at the time when Tianshu was founded strongly agreed. Especially Zhao Si and Zhao Zhong, who recalled the situation when they first heard about the brutal behavior of the Jin people against the clan of the Northern Song Dynasty. With tears streaming down their faces, they angrily rebuked the ministers: "The former king

My father was humiliated and my clan was humiliated, but who ever criticized the Northern barbarians? In ancient times, we repaid evil with kindness, but how can we repay kindness?"

Yang Zhechong even denounced it in a plain language: "Others can do it in the first grade, so why can't we do it in the fifteenth grade?"

Finally, the humiliated King Lao Su and the newly rescued princes burst into tears and told the ministers about the shameful and humiliating scene of the royal family exposing their breasts and leading sheep to prostrate themselves.

Among the ministers here, some had heard of it a little back then, and some had never heard of it before. But no matter whether they had heard of it or not, when they heard it from the mouths of the humiliated people, they were all shocked and sad.

Zhao Zhen had red eyes, rolled up his sleeves and gnashed his arms, and roared: "How can such a beast be worthy of human courtesy!"

Di Lie made the final decision: "You treat me with civilization, and I respect you with civilization; you insult me ​​with barbarism, and I repay you with barbarism."

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On March 22, the prisoner presentation ceremony officially began.

Just in front of the Han Soul Hall, Tianshu Wenwu, from King Hua on down, dressed in royal robes, crowns and high sandals, paid homage to the heroes who had sacrificed their lives heroically in all the battles against the Jin Dynasty since the first year of Jianyan. Envoys from various countries

, also attached with solemn and ceremonial wings.

Members of the royal family of the Jin Kingdom, headed by the gold lord Wu Qimai, and nearly 300 war criminals, all topless, with a sheep fur around their waist, each holding a felt strip, stood under the bright sun, bearing the looks of contempt from all directions.

, everyone is so ashamed and angry that they want to die, but they still dare not die - even their right to die is in the hands of that "evil spirit".

Under the guidance of the ceremony officer A Shu, Wu Qimai and Queen Tang Kuo were both topless and took two rams. The two emperors and concubines held one hand and slowly entered the shrine. Followed closely by them were three

Fourteen war criminals and more than 200 major Jurchen royal family members knelt and kowtowed one by one to the statues of heroic spirits in the shrine's mourning hall, including the Tianjiao camp.

Later, King Dilie of China took two sheep from Wu Qimai and Queen Tang Kuo, slaughtered them with his own knife, and enshrined them in front of the chief priest's memorial tablet in Hanhun Hall.

Seeing this "original" sheep-raising ceremony, Zhao Gou seemed to have a vision of the humiliation his parents, wives, daughters, brothers and sisters suffered during the Jingkang years. The situation at that time was just like this! It is also like this now.

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Zhao Gou was trembling all over, his face was turning green and white. He covered his mouth with his sleeves and kept coughing. The more he coughed, the worse he got. His body was arched like a shrimp, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

Zhao Jiu was not the only one who vomited blood. Wu Qimai, the financial backer who forced his body to complete the sheep-drawing ceremony and achieved the enemy's request in exchange for the survival of the whole clan, suffered from extreme physical and mental torture, shame, anger, humiliation, and despair.

The oil ran out, the lamp dried up, and the vitality was cut off. He suddenly raised his head and spurted out a stream of angry blood towards the scorching sun, then fell straight down...

As the saying goes: If a person loses money but does not lose money, the world will turn around; if you don’t believe it, look up and see who God will spare! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is mine.
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