Ranking Pass History: Inventory of the Top Ten Great Players in History

Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie led all the civil and military officials off the big boat, knelt down in a row on the bank,
"I have seen the Emperor Taizu."

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at them lightly, then flicked his sleeves,
"Everyone, please get up. Let's go back to the city to rest, and tomorrow we will all go to the court to discuss matters."

Zhao Kuangyin's tone was very bad, which made many officials' hearts sink.

In the early morning of the second day, in the imperial palace of Lin'an, hundreds of civil and military officials all wore official uniforms, divided into two rows, quietly watching Zhao Kuangyin sitting on the dragon chair, and the young emperor Zhao Bing sitting on Zhao Kuangyin's lap .

Zhao Kuangyin didn't waste any time either, just speaking was a lesson.

"Dear dear friends who came back yesterday, you can learn from your loyalty, but in the face of Meng Yuan who swallows the world, loyalty alone is useless.

You need to have the courage to fight against the Mongolian Yuan army.

But IMHO, you really don't.

In the face of the Mongolian Yuan army, you blindly escaped and avoided the battle.

Once evasion becomes a habit, even the elite will become weak.

So I put the ugly words in front, you can learn from your loyalty, but if you continue to control the government, the Song Dynasty will still perish! "

Lu Xiufu came out and said, "Emperor Taizu taught you the right thing. The old minister is incompetent, so he is willing to resign from the position."

Zhang Shijie also came out and said, "Since I became a privy envoy, the Song Dynasty has suffered repeated defeats in many battles, so that I have nowhere to defend, so I can only float on the sea. I have no face to serve as a privy envoy again, and I am willing to resign and go back to seclusion."

Zhao Kuangyin said angrily, "I didn't ask you two to resign, but you two stood up first.

Lu Xiufu, you are a good civil servant. Although your talents are limited, you are neither courageous nor loyal.It is not suitable to be the prime minister, but it is still possible to be the chief official of one party.Go and serve as the prefect of Quanzhou.That is an old hen that can lay golden eggs, you have to make it red.

As for Zhang Shijie, it is not your fault that you have been defeated repeatedly.Purely in recent years, the national power of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties has formed a tendency to crush the Song Dynasty.

In addition, although your general and military strategies are good, they are not enough to save the sky.

After all, you are a general, and I made the policy of emphasizing civility over military affairs in the imperial court, so I will bear the blame for the death of Song Dynasty.

But your position as a privy envoy is about to drop.

You have been repeatedly defeated by the Yuan army, you have lost your vigor, and you no longer have the fighting spirit to take the initiative.

From today onwards, you will serve as Deputy Privy Envoy. "

Zhao Kuangyin finalized the positions of Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie with a few words.

Seeing that Zhao Kuangyin did not question Lu and Zhang, the other officials breathed a sigh of relief.

They thought that their official positions would not be lost.

However, they soon found themselves thinking too much.

If Zhao Kuangyin could stay in the end of the Song Dynasty for a long time, he might also pay attention to a political balance, leaving half of the officials in the court to contain the rebel generals who will be promoted later.

But Zhao Kuangyin will leave Lin'an soon, and now that he knows how big the territory of the Yuan Dynasty is and how powerful the Emperor Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty is, how dare he play such political tricks.

The enemy is at present, if you can't twist all the resistance forces into one rope, just wait to be broken one by one.

So Zhao Kuangyin selected more than a dozen civil and military officials, and then removed all the civil and military officials on the spot.

Lao Zhao is a kind man.

In order to repay the loyalty of these officials, he ordered that all dismissed officials be given 500 taels of silver each as a settlement allowance.Even Deng Guangjian, the emperor's teacher, was also sent away.

Zhao Kuangyin laughed and said,
"Prime Minister Wen recruited 500 troops in Nanjian Prefecture, and you only gave him 500 taels of silver as military expenses. Now each of you has received [-] taels, which is almost enough to support [-] troops, haha."

When the dismissed officials thought about the dirty things they did before, they all left the court in silence.

Zhang Shijie and Su Liuyi, who were left in the court hall, also had darkly hot faces.

Next, Zhao Kuangyin did not reward Wen Tianxiang and Chen Shuzhen's subordinates immediately, but first announced a shocking imperial decree.

"Now that the country is facing a crisis, how can the young emperor be able to save the sky! In the name of the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, I announce that Zhao Bing will abdicate and be named An Le Gong. He and his mother Yang Shufei (Queen Dowager) can choose to live in any city in the Song Dynasty.

If their mother and son are willing, they can also return to Bianliang with me. "

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin finished speaking, Empress Dowager Yang, who had been hiding behind the curtain, said loudly,

"The humble concubine would like to go to Bianliang with Bing'er, and take shelter under the wings of the great grandfather."

The reason why Concubine Yang Shu said this is because she knew that after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, it would take more than 100 years to encounter military disasters, and her Bing'er could grow up safely there.

Zhao Kuangyin nodded slightly,
"According to Concubine Yang Shu's wishes. You and Bing'er can return to Bianliang with me."

"Emperor Taizu, do you want to go back to Bianliang, the capital of Song Dynasty?"

Lu Xiufu heard the subtext in Zhao Kuangyin's words, and immediately asked cautiously.

"Yes."

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "I haven't even wiped out the Northern Han Dynasty, so of course I have to go back to fight the Northern Han Dynasty. I can stay in Lin'an for another ten days or so before I go back."

"Can Grandfather still come?"

"At least within ten years, I will not come here again. In that life, I will destroy the Northern Han Dynasty, pacify Khitan, and take back the terrible Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures."

Speaking of taking back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, Zhao Kuangyin showed a determination on his face.

In this life, without the good brother who split his head with an axe, he will definitely restore the territory of the old Tang Dynasty and reappear the glory of the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Xiufu couldn't figure it out now.

Since Zhao Kuangyin is about to leave, why should the little emperor Zhao Bing be abolished?
Now that Zhao Bing had been abolished, Zhao Kuangyin asked him to get off his lap to find Concubine Yang Shu who was hiding behind the curtain.

Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Zhao Shijun, the tenth grandson standing behind Wen Tianxiang, waved to him, and said loudly,
"Shi Jun, stand up!"

During the months of guarding Ganzhou, Zhao Shijun was always by Zhao Kuangyin's side.He told Zhao Kuangyin about the hundreds of years of history of the Northern Song Dynasty from the founding of the country to its collapse, which opened the eyes of old Zhao.

Zhao Kuangyin was testing him, the first was to test whether his courage was really that strong, and the second was to test his ability.

There were several times of defending the city, Zhao Kuangyin let Zhao Shijun lead the soldiers to fight hand-to-hand with the Mongolian soldiers.

As a result, Zhao Shijun was not at all cowardly.

His brother Zhao Shishang has a magic arrow.Although Zhao Shijun was not good at archery, he was good at marksmanship.

He also killed more than a dozen Mongolian soldiers in the city.

Zhao Kuangyin was very satisfied with his performance.

Zhao Shijun thought that he might be named a prince with a soldier in his hand, and he would form an iron triangle with Wen Tianxiang and Chen Shuzhen, and together they would assist the young emperor Zhao Bing.

As a result, Zhao Bing was abolished as soon as he came up, and Zhao Kuangyin told him to go to the dragon chair.

In order to give this tenth grandson a big surprise, Zhao Kuangyin has not disclosed the news.

But in this situation, even a fool can see Zhao Kuangyin's arrangement.