As for the civilians and reinforcements behind him, they were almost in despair.
It was getting dark, not to mention what was happening outside the city, but inside the Nanyang Palace after the victory, there was a weird atmosphere… It turned out that after returning to the palace after the battle, Yang Yinzhong, the commander of the Imperial City, who had disappeared before, appeared. He did not mention how much he had gained, but just reported some weird matters in a rambling manner, from the morning meals of the soldiers on the city, to the consumption of coal reserves preserved in ice water, to the soldiers' cotton clothes, etc. It was everything, and they were all specific numbers that Emperor Zhao liked the most, which sounded boring.
Emperor Zhao listened quietly to Yang Yizhong's report before nodding his head: "Thank you for your hard work, Zhengfu. But I just remembered that there is one more thing I want you to check..."
"Your Majesty, please give your orders." Yang Yi Zhong quickly lowered his head.
"People in the city should be eating now, and the stoves in the military camps below the city should be boiling water for washing feet. Go and see if there is enough hot water for the city. If not, immediately take the gold medal to find Yan Shaoyin and ask him to prepare it." Emperor Zhao looked at him seriously. "Then come here to cancel the coal number."
Yang Yi Zhong was silent for a moment, but still obeyed the order and left the palace immediately.
After Yang Yizhong left, the other important officials in the hall looked at each other, and then the Chief Censor Hu Yin stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, if you care about the soldiers on the city wall, why don't you take the initiative to go up to the city wall and take a look? If you send your own troops to check what the foot washing water is, the soldiers may not be grateful!"
"That's right." Lu Haowen, who was in high spirits after the battle today, asked Lu Xianggong, who rarely stepped out to meet him. "In my opinion, the emperor should personally go to the top of the city and reward those who have made outstanding contributions in the war, so as to declare the emperor's grace and power!"
"In the past, during the Jingkang period, the weather was cold and the ground was frozen. The soldiers on the city walls of Dongjing were short of military supplies and often deserted. So Yuan Sheng (Song Qinzong) ordered the empress and thousands of palace ladies to embroider scarves and send them to the city walls. The soldiers on the city walls were very grateful, but they said, 'Although scarves are good, they lack winter clothes and coal, and it is really difficult to hold on.' Then the deserters continued to desert..." Emperor Zhao lowered his head and read the documents without stopping, and then called another person to confront him. "General Hu (Hu Hongxiu), you were on the city walls that day, did you know about this?"
"Reporting to the emperor, it is true." Hu Hongxiu stepped out of the line and said, "Not only that, the number of nobles in the palace is limited after all, and the support is not enough, so the troops sent to the city can only come first, and the soldiers who did not receive the support simply dispersed, and some even surrendered to the Jin people directly... Your Majesty did not go to the city to comfort one or two of the role models, but was concerned about whether the soldiers on the city could get enough hot water. In my opinion, it is really appropriate."
Hu Yin was speechless, and Lu Haowen was also silent for a while... After all, this was totally inconsistent with their understanding of the values of war, but it also seemed to be very reasonable, and there was also the lesson of Jing Kang there.
However, there are always people who are better than others. At this moment, Lu Yihao, Lu Shuxiang, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, in this case, when the battle comes tomorrow, why not ask you to put on armor and fight the enemy yourself? The soldiers will surely be grateful, but it will not delay your guarantee of fair logistics for the soldiers after the battle..."
Emperor Zhao put down the document, deep in thought.
But the rest of the ministers were all dismayed. Lu Haowen even disregarded the rules and turned around to look at several censors, intending to ask them to come out and stop it.
However, Hu Yin, the Imperial Censor, who was originally feeling embarrassed, was overjoyed when he heard this, and then he directly cupped his hands to express his agreement: "I think what Prime Minister Lu Shu said is very reasonable."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jiu finally nodded heavily, while Lu Haowen and other ministers were all stunned... The team of Nanyang City is probably not as capable as the group of people at Bagua Mountain back then!
What was Emperor Zhao thinking when he assigned the candidates that day? !
ps: continue to be a human being.
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