Chapter 204
None of Lu Qiang's relatives knew him, but these people recognized him from his clothes.
Sima Zun waved his hand to the clan, then quickly grabbed Lu Qiang and bent down on his knees: "See my emperor, Your Majesty, we are looking forward to you."
Looking at him, he obviously wanted to squeeze out a few tears, but he blinked for a long time, but nothing squeezed out.
Lu Qiang ignored him and turned to Bao Bu, who also came to Shi Li, and asked, "What's going on?"
Bao took a deep breath and said, "Some royal children took a knife into the barracks and were stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate. Several royal children were angry and beat the soldier."
Lu Qiang nodded and didn't say anything more. He ordered the beaten soldier to fight.
The soldier is very strong and dark, but at this time, his face is full of kicked blood, and his eyes are swollen. He is still energetic and obviously belongs to the fighting type. When you get to Lu Qiang, you can still kneel and kowtow.
Lu Qiang stopped his kneeling body and said gently, "What's your name?"
The emperor asked in person, and the soldiers were a little flattered and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, my brothers all call me Erlingzi, but I have a name, and my name is Wang Bench."
"Haha..."
Lu Qiang couldn't help laughing. In fact, he also knew that children are not easy to raise at this time. People often give random names for their children to grow up healthily, such as two dogs, donkeys and so on.
"King's bench, hehe! Good name, let me ask you, do you know the identity of the person who stopped you? Next time you see this situation, do you dare to stop people?
Wang's bench straightened his waist and said, "There is a rule in the army that outsiders are not allowed to carry weapons into the camp except soldiers and generals. No one is allowed to implement this regulation."
"Do you know that they are all my relatives?"
Although Lu Qiang's tone was kind, it was heard in Sima Zun's ears, but it was like a ladle of cold water poured into his heart. He knew that something bad was going to happen.
Wang bench was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and said, "The emperor can't violate the military order!"
"As you said, the emperor's relatives can't break the law. From today on, you can enter my own barracks and go down to treat injuries!"
The king's bench was really a little stunned. After being beaten, he stepped into the sky and went to the emperor's side? At the reminder of other soldiers, he hurriedly kowtowed to thank him.
Lu Qiang turned his head and said coldly to Bao, "Do you hear me? The soldier fulfilled his duty, and then you performed his duty."
With the support of the emperor now, what else is there to hesitate?
Bao rudely shouted: "Come on, take down all the trouble-provoking people"
The soldiers next to him had already looked at these dlutes and heard the order, and immediately rushed up like a wolf, pressing the children of the royal family who had just beaten people to the ground and tied them up.
"Your Majesty, forgive them for their youth and ignorance, and spare them this time..."
Sima Zun felt that the emperor was coming seriously and was busy begging.
These children all followed him to have a future under the emperor. Because they thought that it was Sima's world again, it was inevitable that they were a little complacent, but they didn't expect that the emperor would give no face at all.
Lu Qiang looked at him coldly and said, "What were they doing when my soldiers were blooding and killing the enemy for the country in front?" What qualifications do they have to beat these soldiers who bleed for the country? Is it only based on the identity of the royal family? Then I tell you that from now on, the law is greater than anything else. Even if I break the law, I will also be punished."
Speaking of this, he turned his head and looked at Bao Hu, who wanted to stop talking, and said, "General Bao, what are you waiting for?"
Bao Hu is indeed a little embarrassed, because he stirred up the barracks, but it is a capital crime. It's okay to teach these royal children a lesson. Can they really kill them all?
"Your Majesty, he... They should be killed according to the law, but..."
When he heard that he was going to behead, Lu Qiang was also slightly stunned. He had the heart to kill chickens and warn monkeys, but he didn't really want to kill, but he had just said his words. Do you want to hit himself in the face? Who else will trust themselves in the future?
"Except only the first evil, the rest of the people whip 30 to honor"
"Your Majesty..."
Sima Zun and other royal families are afraid and hateful. Does the emperor really regard himself as Lu? Why don't you miss a little family affection?
Lu Qiang waved his hand, ignored the pleas of Sima Zun and others, and ordered Bao Bu to be executed immediately.
Bao had no choice but to order the soldiers to pull down several royal children who had been scared to pee in their pants. Time was running out, and a soldier came over with the head of the first rioter.
Seeing this scene, the children who were whipped did not even dare to say anything. They let the whip fall on their bodies, and there was no pain.
Then Lu Qiang said to Sima Zun, "I will give you a will, and you will take up the post of Zongzheng. I hope you can discipline the children of the royal family and don't do anything that damages the prestige of my royal family."
People have killed and beaten, and it's useless to say anything. Sima Zun answered helplessly.
Lu Qiang could feel the anger and unwillingness in Sima Zun's heart and couldn't help looking at him deeply. With the precedent of Sima Xiuzhi, he would not be kind to any clan.
After settling these relatives, Lu Qiang ordered the army to go to Jiankang.
The civil and military ministers are a little unclear about Lu Qiang's move. Therefore, since the country has been taken back, why not take all the families back?
Xie Wangzu first found Lu Qiang and asked his doubts.
Lu Qiang knew that this was a question in everyone's heart, but he did not directly answer Xie Wangzu and said with a smile, "Doesan think Jiankang is still suitable for the national capital?"
After listening to Lu Qiang's words, Xie Wangzu was stunned. Emperor Yuan has been crossing the south for more than 100 years and has always taken Jiankang as the capital, so in the hearts of Jiangnan people, he has been used to defaulting to it as the capital.
Does he want to move the capital?
Thinking of this, Xie Wangzu couldn't help but be a little anxious and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to move the capital? This is a great move! Not to mention that Jiankang is the capital set by the ancestors, it will cost countless people to build another capital alone. At the beginning of the new dynasty, it will be abandoned and waiting to be prosperous. Your Majesty must not spend all the money on it!"
When did this old man become so considerate of the court? But it's not bad, at least he is not fighting for power and profit.
smiled and said, "What the father-in-law said, but did I ever say that I would rebuild the national capital?"
Xie Wangzu was stunned again. Lu Qiang's thinking jumped so much that he couldn't keep up at all.
Lu Qiang's expression became serious and said, "The ancestors must be Jiankang, which has become a habit in many people's hearts. Because of this, I have to abandon it, because after more than 100 years, various forces have been staggered in Jiankang. If we still take it as the capital It is easy to be penetrated by them, and even gradually go back to the old way. In the end, there may be no change in my life. What about my descendants?
Xie Wangzu is also a talented man. Hearing Lu Qiang's analysis, he immediately understood the key and bowed and said, "I understand. Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go to tell them that your majesty's new policy will be implemented smoothly, but please forgive me for talking and dare to ask your majesty, the new capital. ..”
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lu Qiang waved his hand and said lightly, "Now is not the time to say this." He couldn't help thinking that he had not promulg any new policy. The old guy felt that he was indeed an old fox.
The army set off for Jiankang the next day. Now, with the Beifu army, Lu Qiang has nearly 150,000 troops around him.
Liu Yu is not a threat enough. Originally, he didn't need so many troops to follow, but Lu Qiang wanted to create such an overwhelming momentum to deter those who have different intentions.
150,000 troops are overwhelming, and land and water rush to Jiankang.
Yao Xing and Murong Yun, who knew the result, couldn't help but secretly celebrate that they did not participate in the battle of Lu and Liu, and then sent congratulatory letters to Lu Qiang as soon as possible, and sent various gifts to congratulate Lu Qiang on his return to Jiankang.
Lu Qiang received letters and gifts from the two monarchs when he was about to Jiankang. Looking at their letters and gifts, Lu Qiang smiled secretly in his heart. If they knew that I would temporarily make Jiangling the capital, I don't know if they could laugh?
At this time, Liu Yu sent civil and military officials left behind in Jiankang, as well as Zhu Chaoshi and others, under the leadership of Situ Wang Mi, to wait 30 miles outside the city early.
It's Wang Mi again. I really don't know what this old man's face is made of? Why is it so thick?
However, although this old man is not a human, it also played a key role when He Guangshengbing was in Jiankang, so Lu Qiang will not embarrass him at this time.
Wang Mi was also uneasy. Did he think that the officer who scolded him for spitting blood outside Jiankang Palace was the emperor? You know, he pulled the emperor up from his seat with his own hands.
However, Wang Mi also has a strong support. On the one hand, he helps Jingzhou soldiers to win Jiankang without bloodshed, and on the other hand, the Wang family has a deep background inside and outside the court, so he has reason to believe that the emperor needs people like him to stabilize the court.
But he still forgot that Lu Qiang was not any emperor he had served. He was not only a traveler, but also an emperor in danger. His method did not work in front of Lu Qiang at all.
Many times, Lu Qiang adheres to the habit of a warrior, riding on a red rabbit horse with the army, and rarely gets into the carriage. Even the emperor's jade car that Wang Dan made for him in Jiangling has never been in.
One horse is the first, and thousands of troops follow, which is what a man should feel.
The horse came to Wang Mi and other officials who were kneeling on the ground and looked at Wang Mi with a smile and said, "Wang Situ, we meet again"
Wang Mi didn't even dare to raise his head. He touched the ground and said respectfully, "The old minister should have died to thank Your Majesty for his sin, but he was afraid that during His Majesty's absence, the capital would be occupied by Xiaoxiao, so he lived in the world. Now he finally has to see His Majesty's face again, and the old minister can also go at ease. Begging for the crime"
Lu Qiang hates this kind of person who does not repent and tries to be proud of his achievements.
He said lightly, "Right and wrong are straight. After that, we will come to a conclusion. Get up first!"
Listening to Lu Qiang's emotionless words, Wang Mi's heart couldn't help sinking and thinking, "Is he really looking for a back account?"