Chapter 7 Breaking the game
If you exclude issues of principle and look at it from a theoretical perspective alone, then the opinion put forward by Li Bangyan and others to negotiate peace with Jin Bing can even be said to be correct——
Taiyuan is the barrier of Bianjing City. Once Taiyuan is lost, the entire Bianjing City will become a little girl taking off her clothes, and will face a situation where there is no danger to defend.
Negotiating peace means that Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan can retreat, which means that Bianjing City and Taiyuan do not need to go through war, and Taiyuan can still serve as a barrier for Bianjing.
Does negotiating a peace cost money?
Please, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem, okay? The only thing left in the Song Dynasty is money.
However, it is a pity that these idiots in history chose to negotiate peace, but they forgot that Taiyuan still refused to surrender. In the end, Wanyan Zonghan hunted in Datong Mansion, and Wanyan Lou's room starved to death in Taiyuan.
In order to solve the problem of food, the people of Taiyuan first committed suicide by old people, and then changed their sons to eat. They killed women when they had no children. After killing the women, they killed horses, livestock and even men. In the end, Wang Zhen, the deputy general manager of the capital, led his men to fight in the streets, and he was killed.
Zhongshuang jumped into the river and died.
Taiyuan, which is ten miles around, held on for 250 days. Two hundred thousand women, children, old and young died for the country, and the city was finally destroyed.
What is even more puzzling is Bianjing.
"The small list is recruiting brave and brave soldiers to serve as vanguards. This day, the small list is recruiting all kinds of people from the capital. There are many applicants. There are also all the state army officers, public servants and soldiers who have no return. There are also many applicants, so Qi Qi
The noble family here also prepared their own money and rice and dared to fight to help the country."
Then Dabao, Erbao and the officials in the court chose to negotiate a peace.
It can be said that the people of the Song Dynasty are full of martial virtue, and the officials of the Song Dynasty are indescribable——
Unlike the Ming Dynasty, where the emperor wanted to borrow money but couldn't, and the poor were left with nothing but their bones, the situation in the Song Dynasty was that as long as the emperor dared to attack, the people dared to donate money and lives, for fear that the emperor would not accept it.
Moreover, from the Jingkang period until the Battle of Yashan, the lazy and cowardly scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty, besides liking to criticize the emperor and occasionally singing against the emperor, basically emphasized the need to preserve the blood of the Zhao family.
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As for whether the emperor wanted war or reform?
It doesn't matter, just follow the emperor's wishes, as long as it doesn't delay everyone's singing, dancing and visiting the brothel.
Therefore, being the emperor of the Song Dynasty was not very comfortable.
It was precisely because these officials were so pissed most of the time that Zhao Huan chose to flip the table with confidence and boldness.
"The decree was passed to promote Zhong Shi Dao as the Prince's Shaobao, the Privy Council Envoy, and ordered his troops to be broken into pieces, and they harassed Wanyan Zongwang's troops day and night in turn."
Zhao Huan thought about it for a long time, then suddenly turned around and ordered: "Jia Zhong Shi Zhongquan knows the affairs of the Privy Council and ordered his troops and all the Qin Wang rebels to divert to Taiyuan."
"Officials think twice."
Li Gang hesitated and said: "Old Mr. Zhong may not be able to defeat Wanyan Zongwang. If the rebels are allowed to divert to Taiyuan again, I'm afraid..."
"Do I need him to win?"
Zhao Huan asked in reply, then half-squinted his eyes and said: "I know what the situation of our army in the Song Dynasty is, and I don't even expect that Zhongshi Dao Department will be able to fight against Xingwan head-on."
How come two thousand Forbidden Army militiamen can be chased by twenty-seven golden soldiers and run for their lives across the mountains and plains? It is better to expect the army led by Zhong Shidao to defeat Wanyan Zongwang's twenty thousand pairs of red sticks head-on. It is better to expect a sow to climb a tree.
More realistic!
"However, harassing people day and night, constantly causing trouble for people named Wan, making them unable to eat or sleep well, dragging Wanyan Zongwang under Bianjing City, there is no problem, right? If you can't even do this, then
I might as well give up Bianjing."
He tapped the green bricks on the city wall with his bent fingers, and Zhao Huan's face was full of solemnity: "Wanyan Zongwang didn't bring much food and grass. Even if he had the food and grass from Moutuogang, I'm afraid it wouldn't be able to support the consumption of 70,000 horses.
In other words, Wan cannot hold out for long. Unless Wanyan Zongwang can break the city in a short time, he must retreat before the Yellow River is enlightened.
However, Wan cannot hold on, and Taiyuan is afraid that Taiyuan will be even less able to hold on, so no matter what, Wanyan Zongwang must be eliminated as soon as possible, and then send troops to Taiyuan. The purpose of letting Zhongshi Dao's troops harass day and night is to speed up Wanyan Zongwang's retreat.
speed."
Seeing that Zhao Huan was planning to conquer Taiyuan personally, Li Gang couldn't help but hesitate: "Once the official family conquers Taiyuan personally, Bianjing..."
"There's nothing wrong with Bianjing City."
The corner of Zhao Huan's mouth raised a strange arc, and he said mockingly: "Didn't I say that I, the Song Dynasty, governed the world with benevolence and filial piety? I really want to see what kind of benevolence and filial piety the emperor has.
In addition, let the weapons supervisor and Guangbei siege team build chariots according to the plans presented by Zong Aiqing, and build more chariots, so as not to waste the 10 million yuan that the emperor left for me."
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Before the fifth day of the first month of the first year of Jingkang, the warmest palaces in the entire Song Dynasty were Genyue Palace and Longde Palace where the great treasure Zhao Jixiang lived, followed by Wende Palace where official business was handled, Zichen Palace where court meetings were held, and where court meetings were held.
Daqing Palace, and then Yanfu Palace where Zhao Huan, the second treasure, originally lived.
As for the unknown Yaohua Palace, because it is a cold palace, and Zhao Jixiang is really not a good guy, the two words "Nuan He" and "Yaohua Palace" are not close to each other at all, and it is even less visited on weekdays.
Zhao Huan's sudden appearance made Yaohua Palace suddenly a little more lively.
"My nephew Zhao Huan came to visit my aunt. I wish my aunt good luck and good health."
As soon as he arrived outside the Yaohua Palace, Zhao Huan waved his hand to stop a large number of attendant maids and eunuchs, and headed towards the Yaohua Palace with Wu Xin alone.
"The poor Taoist is true, he has met the officials."
Chongzhen, the master of Yaohua Palace, was dressed a little too bulky, and seemed to be related to the fairy-like names such as "Huayang Master", "Yuqing Miaojing Immortal Master", "Xiwei Yuanzhonghe Miaojing Immortal Master".
Those who don't take the bait, but their own temperament is more like an immortal: "Only women in the world are true, and there are no official aunts anymore. I hope officials will be careful in their words."
"Why doesn't my aunt recognize her nephew? When my nephew was young, my aunt loved her nephew the most."
Best Actor Zhao Huan looked at Chong Zhen pitifully and said, "My mother died early. In my nephew's heart, he always regards his aunt as his own mother."
Chongzhen was unmoved at all. He just made a bow and said, "The past is like a passing cloud."
Seeing that playing the family card didn't work, Zhao Huan simply bowed and said: "It's okay if my aunt doesn't recognize my nephew. It's just that the country of the Song Dynasty is in danger. Can my aunt have the heart to abandon the country of the Song Dynasty and all the people in the world?"
Seeing that Chongzhen's expression changed slightly, Zhao Huan struck again while the iron was hot and continued: "To be honest with my aunt, now Wanyan Zonghan is besieging Taiyuan, and Wanyan Zongwang is besieging Bianjing. If Taiyuan is lost, the capital will no longer have a screen.
At this critical moment, the emperor went on a patrol in a hurry, taking away the gold and silver from the imperial army and the treasury before leaving. Now my nephew can only survive by relying on donations from the people in the city."
Chongzhen's face finally relaxed a little, but after a while he shook his head again and sighed: "The emperor's temperament is like this. He always retreats when difficulties arise, cannot shoulder responsibilities, but is greedy for pleasure.
, it’s really… oh, it’s really hard on you.”
"My nephew is not suffering."
Unable to squeeze out tears, Movie Emperor Zhao did not embarrass himself, but kept his bow and said: "The Emperor not only took away the gold and silver from the imperial army and the treasury, but also issued an edict to intercept people from all over the country entering Beijing.
The memorial and the rebel army strictly ordered the local government and the rebel army not to take precautions, not to march, not to fight, and not even allowed the rebel army to enter the capital to Qin Wang.
It would be fine if it was just like this, but my nephew plans to personally conquer Taiyuan to drive back the Jin soldiers and save the people. If after the nephew personally conquers, there are some rats in the court who want to welcome the emperor back to power, it will not matter if my nephew is defeated and dies.
I'm afraid that if the war in Taiyuan is hindered, the country of Song Dynasty will also be in danger of overturning."
Taking a deep breath, Movie Emperor Zhao continued: "My nephew does not ask my aunt to take care of the throne, nor does he ask my aunt to take care of Qilin'er. My nephew only asks my aunt. For the sake of my country, the Song Dynasty, and all the people in the world, I will
My nephew will be able to take charge of the overall situation after his own expedition!"
Zhao Huan was very confident that he could persuade this strange woman in front of him who was twice deposed and restored twice in the original history, and twice listened to the government under the national crisis, and finally succeeded in continuing the great Song Dynasty.
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The first queen of Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Xu, was also the royal sister-in-law of Dabao Zhao Jixiang, and was posthumously named Empress Zhaoci Shengxian, Empress Meng!
As long as he can convince her today, Zhao Jixiang is a loser!
If you, Zhao Jixiang, want to come back to resume power, but find that your former imperial sister-in-law is beside the Dragon Throne Emperor, and now Empress Dowager Meng is listening to politics behind the curtain, what can you, Zhao Jixiang, do?
Can you force Empress Meng, who was just your imperial sister-in-law at the time, to retreat to Yaohua Palace to practice Taoism again like in the first year of Chongning?
After all, we, the Song Dynasty, governed the world with benevolence and filial piety!
Of course, having Empress Dowager Meng alone is not enough insurance, I have to give her a dragon-head crutch, and at the same time leave Li Gang and He Guan as assistants, plus the Imperial City Division, which is now controlled by Wu Xin,
That’s quite expensive!
The most important thing is that in the late Southern Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Meng deceived every scholar-bureaucrat by "just trying to keep the Zhao family's flesh", and finally failed to save Zhao Bing, the last piece of the Zhao family's flesh.
The situation was similar to that of Empress Dowager Yang who committed suicide by jumping into the sea. Both of them paid special attention to Zhao Song Jiangshan and the Zhao family bloodline.
And they are different from other queen mothers who appeared in Guozuo during the Song Dynasty and 320 years.
Other empress dowagers may be greedy for power when they listen to politics behind the curtain, but the two times Empress Dowager Meng listened to politics behind the curtain almost always appeared under unavoidable circumstances, and as long as the situation improved slightly, she would withdraw the curtain and return to power.
For example, the first time to listen to politics behind the curtain was after the Jingkang Incident in history. Zhang Bangchang, who was established as the Emperor of Chu by the Jin Dynasty, had no choice but to welcome the Meng family to Yanfu Palace and restored the title of Empress Yuanyou to the Meng family, and asked her to listen to the government behind the curtain.
After Wanyangou came to the south and ascended the throne, Queen Meng withdrew the curtain and stopped listening to politics. Wanyangou also respected Queen Meng as Queen Mother Yuanyou. Later, because the word "Yuan" violated the name taboo of his grandfather Meng Yuan, Wanyangou changed her name to Queen Mother Longyou.
The second time to listen to the government behind the curtain was in the third year of Jianyan. After the Empress Dowager Meng also went south, the Miao and Liu rebellions happened. When Wanyan Gou was forced to abdicate due to the rebellion, the Meng family once again listened to the government behind the curtain and summoned Han Shizhong.
His wife Liang Hongyu encouraged Han Shizhong to come to Qinwang quickly, and after the chaos was settled, he removed the curtain again.
This is also the point that Zhao Huan attaches most importance to.
After all, only when the rear is stable, can he lift his own table with confidence, and can he feel more confident about killing Wanyan Zongwang who is besieging Bianjing.
"Why……"
With a slight sigh, Chongzhen finally took over the heavy burden handed over by Zhao Huan: "Don't worry, the Ai family agreed.
However, if the officials want to personally conquer the city, what should they do with the Jin soldiers outside the city? Is there any way to deal with it now?"
Hearing that Chongzhen finally called himself Aijia, Zhao Huan was overjoyed. He straightened up and said with a smile: "My nephew has known for a long time that my aunt must love me the most. As for the Jin Bing outside the city, my aunt doesn't need to worry. My nephew
Chapter completed!