Chapter 45 fourth quarter

The 40,000 troops were inspected in the teaching ground, and everything was in order. The officials inspected the troops on the double building of the Zhai Palace in Duansheng Garden, and personally gave a farewell farewell to the Deputy Xuanfu envoy. They said to each other what should be said in this ceremony, and everything was in order. After the end of the card, the vanguard set off, and then the Deputy Xuanfu envoy led a large group of followers (Ma Kuo was in this team) as the central army, followed by the central army, and then the palace army set off, and everything went as planned.

After the army set off, the noisy teaching ground suddenly became deserted. Amidst the bewildering dust, straw ropes, strips of cloth, pieces of paper, dried lotus leaves wrapped in food, husks, and melons were left behind. Skins, pits, dropped cakes, etc.Here and there were found many broken bowstrings, arrow shafts with broken arrowheads and feathers, fragments of rusted, blunt, broken, and unusable weapons, and pieces torn from spear shafts. Silk wrappings, pom-poms falling from armor, tassels falling from flags, etc., and horse dung, horse drowning, etc. everywhere, making it stink.After completing the task of being inspected, all these were left behind, and no one cared about them.

The people of Tokyo sent away 40,000 troops and an almost equal number of soldiers, companions, servants, and miscellaneous personnel in one day, reducing nearly one-tenth of the population of the city, which indeed seemed a bit deserted.But Tokyoites who like to liven up the excitement will never forget to draw from this type of fresh program to keep them entertained. The fresh topic on the tenth day of April is talking about the review and departure of the army, and everything looks good.Xuanfu envoy Tong Guan put on a pair of golden chain mail, but he was majestic. Only Cai You, the deputy envoy of Xuanfu who was wearing military uniform and riding on horseback for the first time, seemed awkward, and he always wanted to grope him. The hook of the sword that has not been used to it is like a person who has just had his teeth pulled out. He always uses the tip of his tongue to lick the newly vacated hole. As a result, the sword fell off the hook twice and fell to the ground, requiring his own soldiers to pick it up for him before hanging it superior.At that time, it caused a roar of laughter.

The "headline news" on April 11 was that the army left the city last night and was stationed at Chenqiaoyi.Two flag bearers who held the flag for the Xuanfu envoy dropped the flagpole, took a gold-plated flag bucket and flag, deserted, and carried out "fleeing".The army lost the handsome flag as soon as it set off, which seemed a bit unsightly, like an ominous omen.But when the matter reaches the mouths of Tokyoites who like to have fun, it squeezes out the uncomfortable moisture and becomes a fresh and lively topic. How Tokyoites know how to have fun! You see, who came up with the word "juan escape" and how appropriate it is used.Taking away the two new full-width satin flags, plus the gold-plated flag bucket and the two silver gourds on top of the flagpole, they are worth at least one hundred taels of silver, and these two deserters can be considered to have made a small fortune.

People in Tokyo have never objected to the activities of other people's wealth, especially those little people who took some money from the government.Since it has become an open and legalized matter for the big officials to squeeze a lot of fat from the common people, why should they care about those little people?Take the ants to top the tank, this is called making a fuss over a molehill! Since Meng Shu, there have been stone steles in the official yamen of Dongchuan and Xichuan, engraved with the words "Er Lu, Min Zhi Min Gao...", which are called "Jie Bei".After Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, steles of precepts spread all over the world. This is really a good example of bureaucratic articles.Now that the officials have opened one eye and closed the other, watching the courtiers use straws to suck up the blood and bone marrow of the common people, even if the officials have memorized the precepts thoroughly , so familiar that you can recite it backwards, what's the use of it?As a rule, the more familiar the official articles are, the less effective they are. What's more, during the Xuanhe period, there were fewer and fewer officials who were willing to read the Jiebei even on the surface.

Obviously, it was not because of the accidental and unlucky accident of losing the commander-in-chief flag that caused the defeat of the Liao war, but because the silverfish of the government ate up the big tree of society. Wherever there are officials committing crimes), fundamental facts (officials with one eye closed are the root of all official crimes) caused the defeat of the war.Although Tokyoites have a clear distinction between love and hate and are extremely intelligent, they will not understand this simple truth until much later in the future.