Chapter 4: A Thousand Miles of Fighters, All Beings (Two Chapters in One)(1/2)
Zheng Kai seemed to be a little unbearable. He heard Mi Zhenwu begging for mercy. Zheng Kai, who had already walked to the front with the whip, turned around and looked at his father Zheng Zhi again. Mi Zhenwu begged for mercy like this, even if he hoped that Zheng Zhi would be able to make a fuss, Mi Zhenwu was already covered in blood.
Zheng Zhi understood his son's eyes, waved his hand and said, "Blow, this guy remembers to fight but not to eat, fears power but does not know how to behave. He has lived a good life for more than ten years. He beats him to death."
Zheng Kai was no longer able to take a deep breath, lifted the whip and whipped it.
Zheng Kai grew up in a family like Zheng Zhi, and he was surrounded by military men who were murderous without blinking. He was not the kind of timid and ruthless personality. In the military academy and martial arts school, if he wanted to stand out, he had to rely on his ruthless fists.
But it was a cruel fist, and it was just a fist after all. If Mi Zhenwu continues to whip this, he might be really dead. If it is in Zheng Kai's heart, killing people is not bad, but he must have a even opponent. Facing this Mi Zhenwu, who is rolling all over the ground without any power to fight back, crying and begging for mercy, or an elder. At this time, Zheng Kai was really unbearable, and even the whip was much less powerful.
Zheng Kai was already scolding in his ear: "Try hard, thrust to death."
When Zheng Kai heard this, the whip was already raised a little. This father had too much power, so Zheng Kai could not do what he did. Those gentle and kindness were already things in his long memory.
"Your Highness, please spare me. I will know my guilt, but I will know my guilt." Mi Zhenwu, who was rolling, could only keep begging for mercy.
Zheng Kai's whip is endless.
Zheng Zhi was still angry, and his anger was not gone. He walked around and looked at Mi Zhenwu rolling on the ground coldly. Even Zheng Zhi believed that even if Mi Zhenwu was not really involved in this matter of pay, he would not do anything. Even Mi Zhenwu was willing to see it happen, so he did not really control the matter of paying.
This is what Zheng Zhi cannot tolerate. Mi Zhenwu was able to perfunctorily treat himself today, but he had forgotten those fears. Mi Zhenwu, who had forgotten his fear, was an omen that was difficult to control.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I will know my guilt, and I will know my guilt..."
While whipping, Zheng Kai turned around to look at his father.
The more Zheng Kai came to see Zheng Zhi, the more Zheng Zhi spoke, the more he asked Zheng Kai to continue beating him.
Perhaps Zheng Zhi couldn't see Zheng Kai looking back at him, and the pity in the inquiring eyes was something Zheng Zhi didn't want to see in Zheng Kai's eyes. Everyone could pity Mi Zhenwu, but Zheng Zhi felt that Zheng Kai could not have such pity in his heart.
Who is Zheng Kai? Zheng Kai is Zheng Zhi's successor, the future emperor of this empire, and the future head of this nation. The future of this empire in Zheng Zhi's heart will be a century-long cold-blooded history, not a history of mercy. Treating others in cold-blooded is the best mercy for your country and your people.
Perhaps this nod was also something that Zheng Zhi had to subconsciously instill in Zheng Kai. In the past ten years, there has been no such environment and opportunity, and today's opportunity is just right.
Zheng Kai heard Zheng Zhi scolding one by one, and seemed to notice Zheng Zhi's cold-bloodedness towards Mi Zhenwu. The cold-bloodedness was like murderous intent, and he even guessed that Mi Zhenwu might be dying today.
Thinking of this, Zheng Kai suddenly burst out all over his body, shouted loudly, and whipped Mi Zhenwu with all his strength.
Since you are about to die, why bother torture? It is better to beat you to death early to avoid suffering more.
Looking at Zheng Kai again, the horse whip no longer whipped Mi Zhenwu's body, but instead used all his strength to whip between his neck. Only in this way can Mi Zhenwu end his life as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhi said, "Mi Zhenwu, do you know where your guilt is?"
It was Zheng Zhi's question that made Zheng Kai suddenly relax and the horse whip stopped in the air unconsciously. After a look at Zheng Zhi again, Zheng Zhi really didn't say anything and told Zheng Kai to continue slapping. The horse whip hanging in the air finally gently put it down.
This Mi Zhenfu can't die!
Mi Zhenwu raised his head full of blood and answered: "Your Majesty, I will know that I am guilty. I will definitely not. I will indulge my soldiers to make money, which will bring such trouble to the court and cause such trouble to Your Majesty. I will know that I am guilty, I will know that I am guilty..."
Zheng Zhi nodded when he heard this, and no longer looked at Mi Zhenwu on the ground. Instead, he slowly turned around, walked down the horse, and turned over.
Li Gang shook his head, sighed, and turned his back on his horse. Even the things in this world can't hide the meticulous thoughts of His Majesty. Even Li Gang believed in some of his heart that Mi Zhenwu was helpless. After all, there were too many people making money. However, Zheng Zhi could see through the essence by listening to the words. Li Gang has also seen the murder and beheading many times, but it was the first time Li Gang saw this scene today.
Even Li Gang looked around the scene, and there were thousands of soldiers from Gan Hanmi's family present, with more than 30,000 soldiers in the camp. They all looked shocked and mostly fearful.
Li Gang seemed to truly understand why Zheng Zhi could firmly control those alien races in his palms. Everyone in the grassland Dadan, Dangxiang, Khitan, and everyone could die. Such methods were beyond the teachings of sages.
Zheng Zhi had already gotten on the horse, pulled the reins slightly, and his horse steps moved slightly. Then he heard Zheng Zhi say, "I will take my life, and be transferred to the staff of the Privy Council. After healed, he will serve in the Privy Council every day."
"Abide by the order! The military order is established to be a privy council." Li Gang bowed and replied.
Mi Zhenwu was still lucky enough to save his life, so he had no other opinions, so he could only say, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Longyou."
"I will succeed Mi Zhenwu, and be appointed as the third-rank General Guide, who will be in charge of the two cavalry units of Ganhana and Suhan. On the fifth day of the second month, he will follow Liu Zhengyan to fight against the Western Regions." Zheng Zhi spoke again. After saying that, Zheng Zhi had already beaten the horse and left.
Zheng Kai was stunned on the spot, looking at the camp of soldiers, more than 30,000, plus the cavalry of Suhan to Li, more than 50,000. In the blink of an eye, a student who was still a martial arts school suddenly became the commander of 50,000 cavalry. Zheng Kai suddenly felt like a dream.
Zheng Kai had known this time to go to the Western Regions, so he thought he would probably be the chief general of the 1,000 musketeers. He did not expect to become the chief general of these 50,000 cavalry.
Even Zheng Kai knew even more that the responsibilities of the commander of these 50,000 cavalry were already a real test. It was Zheng Kai's difficulty when he controlled the 50,000 alien cavalry. It was Zheng Zhi's increasingly hard-working thought.
Perhaps Zheng Zhi could also accept Zheng Kai's failure, but Zheng Zhi accepted the sacrifice of these 50,000 cavalrymen. He should be as hard as iron.
Zheng Kai was stunned on the spot, and did not get on the horse and ran away with Zheng Zhi. Lu Meng was also standing on the spot. The two looked at each other. Looking at the soldiers standing at the camp, they didn't know what to do. Zheng Zhi had already left, and the only soldiers from the No. 100 Guard Camp were guarding Zheng Kai.
After a while, Zheng Kai reacted and hurriedly went forward to help Mi Zhenwu who was still on the ground, shouting: "Come on, come on, come on, and tell me the medical officer."
Mi Zhenwu looked up slightly, bowed his hand tremblingly and said, "Thank you, your highness, for your help."
Zheng Kai also sighed and said, "General Mi, you are really unwise this time."
When Mi Zhenwu heard this, he shook his head repeatedly and said, "It's too late to regret it, it's too late to regret it. It's enough to survive, it's enough to survive."
What else could Mi Zhenwu say in front of King Zhao Zheng Kai? No matter whether he thought so or not, he could only say so. This whip brought back all the Jingxiaoshenwei from more than ten years ago, and even walked on thin ice. If he said the wrong words in front of King Zhao Zheng Kai, wouldn’t he die?
Zheng Zhi drove out of the camp, and his horse stance slowed down a little. Li Gang followed him and asked, "Your Majesty, the cavalry going to Li has also returned to His Highness King Zhao this time. How can we place the cavalry going to Lide?"
Zheng Zhi didn't think about it and just said, "He also went to the Privy Council to serve as a staff officer."
Li Gang nodded and asked no more questions.
However, Zheng Zhi spoke again and said, "Transfer Han Shizhong to Kaier's command to assist, Sun Shengchao also came. In the military academy, all those over 16 years old will be transferred to follow the army to fight. One hundred students will be drawn from the martial arts lecture school."
Zheng Zhi's mind is hard, but there is also a softness. These arrangements are Zheng Zhi's softness. After all, Zheng Kai is Zheng Zhi's son. Only in this way can he be a little more at ease. Those who are superiors really cannot guess at random, nor can they judge others with an ordinary attitude. A mature leader of a country, ruthlessness, seems to be a necessary quality. Perhaps it is difficult to accept in the hearts of ordinary people, but this is the responsibility to the country and the people. This statement is too naked and one-sided, but it is also extremely reasonable.
This principle is not important in peace and prosperity. However, it is particularly important whenever there is chaos and decisiveness is needed. The law of darkness in the jungle applies to anywhere, especially among national interests.
Li Gang felt a little relaxed when he heard this. He had been a teacher of Zheng Kai for more than ten years and had a deep relationship. Hearing Zheng Zhi's arrangement, he was less worried. Han Shizhong has been around Liaoyang with Yue Fei, often going out of the city to fight with the Jurchens. His military achievements are brilliant and he has won many good news. Now in the court, everyone knows that Han Shizhong is very capable, so he can also calm down when he is transferred to Zheng Kai.
Yue Fei completely took over the Northeast War Zone from Shi Jin three years ago, and changed Shi Jin's previous defensive strategy, mostly offensive. The effect was also extremely significant. The Jurchens are now becoming less and less than before, even Huanglong Mansion City has been bombarded several times.
In the south of Huanglong Mansion, there are no Jurchens again. Most of the Jurchens have entered the forest. Facing the Daxia army with an absolute advantage in numbers, the Jurchens have become a defensive force. The gates of Huanglong Mansion are blocked tightly, and passively bombarded with more and more artillery.
Even Wanyan Wu Qimai also left Huanglong Mansion and entered the boundless jungle.
Shi Jin has now entered Hejian and is in charge of the garrison war zone in the capital. He has also started a family and established a career and was named the second-rank general of the country. He has given birth to two sons, but he is still young, and his eldest son is only seven or eight years old. He has just entered the military academy of his children.
The lonely smoke in the desert, the sunset in the long river.
He traveled thousands of miles to the military, and the mountains were flying like flying. The north qi spread to the golden slabs and the cold light shone on the iron cloak.
The upper reaches of the Ili River are the territory of the Halalu people. To the southwest of the Halalu people is Husiwuerduo, which is the capital of the Western Liao Dynasty and the capital of the Western Liao Emperor Yelu Dashi.
The territory of the Halalu people is nearly a thousand miles away from Husiwuerduo. The Halalu people are now surrendering to the Khitans and are the people of the Western Liao Dynasty.
A team of Han cavalry vanguards had already arrived here, with more than 10,000 people, and the supply was no longer up to their pace. This is also the reason why this team of Han cavalry was about to come to the territory of the Halalu people.
Zheng Kai, who was covered with cloth scarves, could no longer see the appearance of the commander of the army. Only the wind and sand on his face, mixed with sweat that had not yet dried, formed a thick layer of dirt on his face.
A young man beside him, his face became darker and darker. He looked at Zheng Kai who was holding a scarf in front of him, grinning with his white teeth and smiled: "Your Highness, you are so beautiful, you are so beautiful. You show your true nature."
The young man who spoke was naturally Lu Meng. While speaking, he was still touching the fluff on his chin. He was really envious of Zheng Kai's face.
Zheng Kai looked back at Lu Meng, laughed, touched his belly, but said something else: "Damn it, it's a good meal tonight."
Zheng Kai did not swear before. Even in the military academy and martial arts school, there were all military men and swearing a lot. However, Zheng Kai did not say that, because Zheng Kai also had a teacher like Li Gang and his mother at home. After discipline, he would inevitably care about his identity.
It's different now, because this sentence is so damn, Po Han Wu is in his mouth every day, and Zheng Kai is also affected.
Han Wu and Han Shizhong were also beside him, smiling and said, "Damn, the Halaru people saw the opportunity. They knew they had sent someone to contact each other early, so they hid some blood, haha..."
Han Shizhong, who was in his thirties, smiled extremely freely. Since he left the Yumen Pass, he had never suffered a defeat, and he didn't even have a good enemy. The Khitans had already shrunk their power, so they were preparing for a war to gather more power.
The army was 150,000 and 50,000 cavalry as the vanguard. A few dozen miles behind Zheng Kai, there were 40,000 cavalry on the road. More than a hundred miles behind him were Liu Zhengyan’s 100,000 troops, all of which were cavalry.
However, this expedition was not just a few people. The Dadan tribe in the grassland also had more than 100,000 people accompanying them, but not combat troops, but cattle and sheep everywhere, and they came along nomadicly.
This is also the Mongols' tactics. In order to ensure basic logistics supply, the army traveled thousands of miles away and was transported by supply lines. It was obviously unrealistic and could only be used as an auxiliary means. The real supply was the cattle and sheep that were covered with more than 100,000 Dadan people.
The Mongolians made such a way to ensure logistics when they fought in the west. One tribe after another brought countless cattle and sheep to the army. They raised the war with war. If it was not enough, there would be a tribe cattle and sheep to supplement it.
The strategic purpose of this expedition is not to occupy a lot of territory, but to let the people of the Western Regions know the power of the Han people and to impress and surrender the people of the Western Regions. It is necessary to establish a chaotic area to manage this chaotic area by nominal rule, but it is not realistic to have a large number of Han troops stationed. However, Zheng Zhi also has plans for the future. Every decades, he must make an expedition to ensure that the Protectorate suppresses the power of all the ethnic groups in the Western Regions.
With nomadic people as a guarantee for the expedition, their control over the Western Regions will inevitably be much stronger than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties. If you can have railways and trains in the future, it will be much simpler.
To ensure the smooth flow of a road. Maintain the power of a Han people, the land of the bay and the Turkic people will be controlled. After all, the land around the bay must be controlled by sea. Two-pronged approach is the key to making the sea road ahead able to gain a foothold.
Establishing a firm foothold is one of them. Standing firmly is the basis for slowly controlling it. Just like the British control of the Indian Peninsula, this is the step.
I don’t know how many sleepless nights Zheng Zhi spent before the map with this series of plans.
There is a place in Hejian Mansion that is different from other yamen, which looks inconspicuous, but in recent years no one in Hejian Mansion will underestimate this yamen.
This yamen is the Inspection Department. In the Inspection Department, Lu Junyi and Yan Qing sat up and down, both with frowns.
Then he heard Lu Junyi say, "You will go to the palace tomorrow and report it secretly. As for what, let Your Majesty decide."
Yan Qing nodded and said, "As long as this matter is reported, the Wu Government Affairs Office will definitely know that it was reported by our inspection department secretly, and it will be difficult to deal with in the future."
Lu Junyi frowned even more and said, "Our Inspection Department is doing this, and his responsibilities are in no way possible. If this matter is handed over to the Ministry of Justice, I am afraid that there will be no further information if I can't get to Dali Temple."
Now, local governments are different from the past, and they are divided into power and governed. The prefectures and county governments manage government affairs and also manage police arrests. However, the prefectures and county governments cannot handle the case trial and decision.
The trial was decided by the local branch offices of Dali Temple below Dali Temple. Dali Temple is now extremely powerful and is also an equal yamen with the Executive Yuan and the Privy Council. Dali Temple Minister Pei Xuan is even more upright.
The chiefs of the branch offices in various places in Dali Temple are of the same rank as those of the magistrate and the magistrate, and they are not subordinate to each other. Dali Temple is a court, but this court is independent of all yamen. Such a system is naturally extremely advanced. Even the trial and settlement of cases has undergone tremendous changes, and the litigation industry has gradually emerged, with countless officials and private litigators.
It is not that the litigator has a huge industry, but that in the imperial examination, if you want to go to Beijing to get a fame, you must have the experience of a litigator, have the certificate issued by the local Dali Temple, have to participate in the litigation experience in at least three cases, and have to sign the parties in order to participate in the scientific examination.
Therefore, as long as you are a scholar, even if you don’t like litigation, you must be familiar with all kinds of new laws and participate in several cases. This is the reason why there are countless lawyers.
The Inspection Department is also independent of the outside yamen. It is only responsible for Zheng Zhi and has its own police officer, which is quite like a Jinyiwei. However, the Inspection Department does not have the right to make a decision. The final trial of the case will eventually lead to the Dali Temple. The Inspection Department also has other responsibilities, and has an intelligence system independent of the Privy Council. This is the job that Lu Junyi and Yan Qing have been doing for so many years.
Then Yan Qing said again: "The Wu Zhengwu envoy is different from others and has always had many small thoughts. This time, his nephew's incident in Yunzhou is enough to kill many people. I'm afraid that this hatred will be a big deal."
To be continued...