I am not Song Qinzong

"Yes!"

In the continuous shouting, the armies continued to gather.

For a time, flags were fluttering on the Dengzhou Wharf, covering the sky and the sun.

On the surface of the sea, countless white sails gathered.

With an army of fifty thousand and more than a thousand ships, the momentum is extremely astonishing.

Daozhou is just around the corner.

As the supreme commander, Zhao Huan naturally gathered many civilian and military generals around him.

Everyone's eyes were focused on an old man intentionally or unintentionally.

His name is Zong Ze, and after he became an official in Dengzhou, he lived in the countryside, but was handpicked by the prince as the governor and defense envoy of Daozhou.

This defense envoy is not a new official, but a real job.

That is to say, if Zhao Huan left Daozhou, then Zong Ze would be the highest official in Daozhou, who would control the military and civilians at the same time.

This kind of appointment has rarely occurred since the founding of the dynasty for more than 160 years.

Therefore, everyone was curious about Zong Ze.

Naturally, Zong Ze's resume has also been studied many times.

On December [-]th in the fourth year of Jiayou, Zong Ze was born in a poor farming and studying family in Shibantang, Yiwu Mountain Village.

Although the family is poor, it has a tradition of "farming, reading and passing on the family". His father, Zong Shunqing, was a rural intellectual. Zong Ze joined his elder brother Zong Wo in labor since he was a child.

When he was a teenager, the Zong family moved to Niansanli Town, where the transportation is relatively convenient, and the commerce and culture are relatively developed.

After expanding his horizons, Zong Ze was deeply worried about the future of the country. Therefore, when he was less than 20 years old, he resolutely left home and went out to study. It lasted more than ten years and he studied in dozens of places.

He not only devoted himself to studying and studying "the essentials of the ancients", but also applied what he had learned, investigated the society, understood the people's sentiments, and tirelessly pursued the way of governing the country. He gradually saw that rectifying the administration of officials was the key to solving political corruption; Repeated invasions have also produced the idea of ​​​​stable borders and peace of mind, and serve the country.

So he studied military books seriously and practiced martial arts hard.

In the sixth year of Yuanyou, 33-year-old Zong Ze, after passing the Fajie Examination, traveled thousands of miles to Kaifeng, the capital city, to take the Provincial Examination and passed it successfully.

During the imperial examination, Zong Ze wrote more than ten thousand words eloquently in disregard of the word limit regulations, urging the disadvantages of the times. He also criticized the imperial court for credulously believing Wu Chuhou's frame and exiled Cai Que, thinking that "the disaster of cronies began from now on."

As a newcomer who has not stepped into the official career, he speaks so bluntly that everyone in the government and the opposition look sideways.

The chief examiner "feared disobedience because of his straightforward words", but also appreciated his talent, so he placed Zongze in the "Min Ke" and gave him "a background as a Jinshi".

As a result, Zongze entered the official career.

In the eighth year of Yuanyou, Zongze was sent to Guantao County, Daming Prefecture, as a county captain and county magistrate. Within a month of taking office, he quickly and properly handled the county's accumulated lawsuits over the years, which revealed his handling of government affairs. His talents have won the trust and admiration of the subordinates.

In the second year of Shaosheng, the prefect Lu Huiqing ordered Zongze to inspect the construction project of Yuhe. At this time, Zongze was about to lose his eldest son.When Lu Huiqing heard about it, she exclaimed, "It can be said that he is a person who worries about the country and forgets his family."

It was mid-winter, Zong Ze found many migrant workers stiff on the side of the road during his inspection, and immediately appealed to the secretary, suggesting that the construction period should be postponed and start work when the spring is warmer next year.

In the spring of the next year, "hecheng lived a lot of people".

When he first appeared in the officialdom, he showed noble qualities such as diligence, integrity, and compassion for the people.

Since then, from the first year of Yuanfu to the fourth year of Zhenghe, Zongze successively served as magistrates of four counties including Longyou of Quzhou, Jiaoshui of Laizhou, Zhaocheng of Jinzhou and Ye County of Laizhou.

Throughout Zongze's more than 20 years in politics, he has been able to serve as an official, benefit one party, has outstanding political achievements, "government as far as he can", and has won the trust and love of his followers everywhere.

However, due to the extreme political corruption of the Song Dynasty and the power and treachery in power, Zongze could not be promoted and reused for a long time.

Due to the continuous southward invasion of Liao and Xixia, the Jin people became stronger and stronger. In order to strengthen the northern frontier defense, the imperial court ordered Dengzhou and other four prefectures to be promoted to "secondary frontiers", and some capable officials should be selected to serve as general judges.

Because of both civil and military skills, Zong Ze was promoted to the general judge of Dengzhou in the fifth year of Zhenghe.

Dengzhou is close to the capital, and the powerful forces stretch their hands.For example, in Dengzhou, there are only hundreds of hectares of clan and official land in Dengzhou, all of which are barren land, and the annual rent of more than [-] yuan is passed on to the local people.After Zongze took office, he angrily wrote to the imperial court, stating the truth, asking for an exemption, and finally relieved the people of Dengzhou from the heavy extra burden.

In the officialdom, Zong Ze became more and more aware of the corruption of the ruling group in the Song Dynasty, and felt that it was difficult for him to do anything.

In the first year of Xuanhe, Zongze, who was [-] years old, begged to return to his hometown, and was granted the vain title of being in charge of Hongqing Temple in Nanjing (that is, Yingtianfu). The book is comfortable for old age.

To tell the truth, in the eyes of everyone, Zongze's political achievements are quite outstanding, but his military ability has yet to be verified.

Moreover, Zongze's official position is not a pass judgment, and the situation is still to be determined.

There are not no suitable candidates for Bi Zongze. For example, Zhang Shuye, Zhang Suo, Li Gang and others are all available.

No matter how bad it is, Liu Ziyu is in charge of military affairs, and Luo Congyan, Yang Shi and others are in charge of political affairs, which complement each other.

It's just because they don't know how powerful Zong Ze is.

He is an old man with aspirations for thousands of miles, and he is what he is talking about!

In the first year of Jingkang, Zong Ze returned to serve as a Taiwan adviser, and he was already 68.

When Jin Bing marched southward for the second time, Zong Ze went to Cizhou, the frontier of the war, to serve as the prefect.

He was not afraid of danger, accepted the appointment decisively, and hurried north to take up the post, but accompanied by only a dozen people.

Fortunately, Zong Ze has the ability to make Cizhou's management as solid as gold.

In October of the same year, Jin soldiers besieged Zhending, the northern gateway. Qinzong only granted Zongze the empty title of "Hebei Volunteer Chief" and ordered him to lead his troops to rescue.

As soon as Zongze received the order, Zhending had already fallen.

The Jin soldiers split their routes to the south and dispatched thousands of cavalry to attack Cizhou.

Zongze put on his armor and commanded the battle in Gordon City. He ascended the city to command the battle head fight, and ordered the soldiers to shoot at them with divine arm crossbows.

Kill hundreds, how much?

not much!

However, this was the first time that the Song Army defeated the Jin Bing.

No, to be precise, this is the first time that the Song, Liao, and Liao kingdoms defeated the golden soldiers and shattered the undefeated golden body of the Jurchens!

Its significance cannot be overstated.

In November of the same year, Jin soldiers arrived in Kaifeng successively in two routes from east to west, and surrounded Bianjing again.

Zongze led [-] soldiers from Cizhou, braved the wind and snow, and rushed to Daming first, and was later ordered to support Kaide.

Along the way, he fought thirteen battles with Jin Bing and was invincible!