Chapter 618 Zhao Didan's aftermath!
"These four words should be written in a larger way, to be eye-catching, to be able to see them when you go home every day, to encourage yourself at all times, and to tell yourself every day that everything you have done is not enough and you need to work harder!"
After hearing this earnest words, many ministers' eyes turned red, tears flashed faintly in their eyes. Each minister's heart became extremely heavy. While his heart was heavy, he also felt motivated!
Next, they only have one goal, to chase the Qin Empire and take revenge!
"I will follow Your Majesty's teachings!" The civil and military ministers bent down with excitement and said in unison.
"Retreat!" Zhao Didan shook his sleeves, stood up from the dragon throne with a expressionless face, walked directly down the platform, and left the solemn and sacred Chengqian Hall from the back hall!
The civil and military ministers under the high platform saw that Zhao Didan left, and they knelt down on the ground, bowed to the ground, shouted loudly, "I respectfully send you Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
When Zhao Didan's figure disappeared from the eyes of the civil and military ministers, the civil and military ministers stood up slowly from the ground and left Chengqian Palace one after another. When the civil and military ministers left Chengqian Palace, their faces were gloomy, which made the eunuchs outside the hall shudder.
After Zhao Didan left Chengqian Palace, he took the eunuch to Li Bo to the Yangxin Palace. It was mid-July, the summer was hot and the hot earth was sweating profusely, but Yangxin Palace was as cold as autumn. As soon as people outside walked in, they felt refreshed and dissipated with a wave of heat.
The Yangxin Palace has this effect, so it naturally relies on more than a dozen ice stoves to refrigerate!
As soon as Zhao Didan and Li Bo entered the Hall of Heart, they saw a beautiful woman wearing a purple patterned gauze robe sitting in the center of the main hall. The beautiful woman was drinking tea, looking leisurely and contented. Zhao Didan, who was afraid of everyone, could not help but lower her proud head and a look of guilt appeared on her face.
Zhao Didan walked to the beautiful woman and bowed slightly, "Grandma Emperor, Grandma Emperor is here to see you!"
"I have met the Empress Dowager Li Bo!" The eunuch asked Li Bo to bend down respectfully and bow to the tune.
This beautiful woman is resolutely the Empress Dowager Zhu Ci of the Great Zhao Empire!
Zhu Ci looked up at Zhao Didan, sighed gently, then gently placed the teacup in his hand on the table next to him, and said to Zhao Didan in a tone: "Sun, Grandma Huang already knows what happened in Chengqian Palace just now!"
"The emperor's grandson is ashamed of his expectations of the emperor and his ancestors' long-cherished wishes!" Zhao Didan's eyes were slightly red, and his tone was full of guilt.
"Sun'er, the matter of sending troops to attack Jin has disappointed the emperor. The reason for the disappointment is that Cheng'er understands that Jin Tu has been regarded as Qin Tu by the Qin Empire. The attack on Jin was determined to seize food from a tiger's mouth. Even if it succeeds, it will be bitten by a tiger. However, you don't understand such a simple truth. You still insist on sending troops, resulting in a great defeat on the front line, and the five generals and one king fell!"
"This defeat was the worst casualties since the founding of Zhao Liguo. As a decision maker, you cannot refuse to blame. However, the emperor's grandma was very pleased to handle the aftermath. She knew that there was a heaven outside the day and someone outside the person. She knew that she would avoid the edge for the time being and did not be humiliated by this. She continued to send troops to attack Qin, which was considered to stop the loss in time!" Zhu Ci looked at Zhao Didan expressionlessly and said, unable to detect whether she was happy or sad in her heart from her expression.
Zhao Didan lowered his head and said nothing, looking gloomy.
"What are you going to do next?" Zhu Ci asked softly.
"The national funeral was held for the five generals and one king, and the pensions for the fallen soldiers were doubled. The fleeing soldiers were rewarded with ten taels of silver each, and issued a self-criticism!" Zhao Didan said without thinking.
Generally speaking, if the front line is defeated, it is already kind to not punish, let alone reward the three armies. However, Zhao Didan did not follow the ordinary path. Not only did he not punish, he also rewarded the three armies. It would be fine if he rewarded the three armies, but he also issued a self-criminal edict. What is the self-criminal edict? It is the emperor who admitted his mistakes!
In the eyes of ordinary people, Zhao Didan's move is extremely irrational, but in the eyes of smart people, this move is amazing. First of all, due to the great defeat on the front line, the morale of the military and civilians has plummeted. If the defeated soldiers on the front line are punished at this time, it will cause panic among the people in the army!
Secondly, in the case of sending troops to attack Jin, Zhao Didan was the decision-maker, and the main responsibility for this great defeat was him. If he admitted his mistakes at this time and rewarded the three armies, he could stabilize the morale of the army, and the families of the fallen soldiers would be relieved. The entire empire would also do his best to support him to achieve the goal of stabilizing the hearts of the people.
As long as the people and the morale of the army are stabilized, Da Zhao can resolve the sequelae of this war, and then start to recuperate and restore national strength. He is seeking opportunities to fight with the Qin army and take revenge!
Zhu Ci picked up the teacup on the table, gently sipped the fragrant tea, and then said calmly: "It's great to know that mistakes can improve. Since my grandson has an idea, don't stand here and do what you should do!"
"Grandson leaves!" Zhao Didan bent down with respect and saluted, and then took Li Bo away from the Yangxin Palace.
After a period of time, a self-criticism edict was spread from the palace and posted on all streets and alleys of Handan City, attracting countless people to watch. The announcement is as follows:
[The King Cheng once advised me not to send troops to attack Jin, but I was determined to send troops to attack Jin, trying to take advantage of the situation to rob Jin and seize Jin territory to expand Zhao territory. However, the final result told me that I was wrong and I regret not sending troops to attack Jin, which caused 200,000 troops to die in other countries and the five generals and one king. I bow to the people of Zhao in the world, one bow, two bow, and three bow!]
This announcement made Emperor Zhao's emperor pill not make any falsehood, and attributed all the blame to himself, and admitted that the Great Zhao Empire wanted to take advantage of the situation to rob Jin, nor did he punish the Great Qin Empire, and did not even mention the Great Qin Empire. Obviously, the Great Zhao court did not want to provoke the Great Qin Empire and wanted the war to end completely in this way.
"Defeated...beat?"
"How is it possible, how can you lose!"
"How did the 200,000 army be destroyed? Jin Empire? It is impossible. Jin Empire no longer has the power to fight again. It is impossible to annihilate the 200,000 elite troops of our Great Zhao. This must be a heinous crime committed by the Qin army!"
"Sure enough, I guessed it. The Qin army attacked us!"
"Alas~ The hatred between Jin and Qin is as deep as the sea. The Jin army was almost killed by the Qin army. Just when we were about to enjoy the results of the war, our Da Zhao intervened and would naturally be regarded as an enemy by the Qin army. After all, no one can tolerate someone robbing their own results!"
"Your Majesty is confused!"
"The court did not point out the Qin Empire in public, and it is probably because it wants to quit the war!"
"At present, quitting the army is the best choice. If you continue fighting, you won't get any benefits!"
Chapter completed!