One Piece of Song Dynasty

Longde Palace is adjacent to the Imperial City, separated only by a gate. After passing through this gate, you can "pass through the palace and garden, and they are all the place where Yan traveled." According to Song Huizong himself later told Li Gang, when this gate was built, The purpose of the city is to allow the emperor and his grandchildren to visit Longde Palace from Jiacheng after he has meditated internally, so that he can have children and grandchildren more conveniently. The emperor could also come through Jiacheng to visit him without leaving the palace gate.

Empress Zheng also moved out of the harem, but she did not move into Longde Palace. She moved to Jiejing Xiyuan. Jie Jingyuan is also a quiet royal garden. There were dozens of royal gardens in Tokyo at that time, but Jie Jingyuan was not the most famous. The most famous ones were Qionglin Garden, Yujin Garden, Ruisheng Garden and Yichun Garden, which people at the time called It is called "Tokyo Four Gardens".

After the internal Zen, Song Huizong was still thinking about state affairs. He once said this to Song Qinzong and his ministers: "Others don't know, but I know that this prisoner cannot be taken. I went to the southeast and taught him how to send troops to the right of Shaanxi. recover."

Song Huizong felt that the Jin people's large-scale march south this time was fierce, and the target was directed at him. Although he had already reached the Zen position, he still could not stay in the capital and wait for death. He planned to leave the capital and go to the southeast on the pretext of going to Mengcheng, Bozhou to burn incense. Take refuge.

Mengcheng in Bozhou is the hometown of Zhuangzi and a holy land of Taoist culture. There is a Zhuangzi Temple in the eastern suburbs of Mengcheng, which was built in the first year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty respected Taoism and Lao Zhuang. As early as June of the first year of Xuanhe, he issued an edict to honor Zhuangzi as the "Zhenjun of Wei Yuantong".

On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jingkang, Song Huizong formally proposed to Song Qinzong that before the Zhengyuan Festival, he wanted to go to Mengcheng, Bozhou, to burn incense, pay homage to Zhuang Zhou, and pray for the Taoist ancestor Lao Zhuang to bless the country and the people.

Song Qinzong agreed and issued an edict to the Supreme Emperor to burn incense in Bozhou the next day, requiring all relevant departments to make various preparations. Taishi made some calculations through divination and suggested that Song Huizong choose to set off on the fourth day of the first lunar month.

However, on the night of the third day of the first lunar month, Song Huizong heard that the Jin soldiers had crossed the Yellow River and Junzhou had been lost. He felt that the situation was urgent. He could not wait until the fourth o'clock of the first lunar month. That night, "at the time of the second drum of night leakage", That is, between 2123 and o'clock at night, he quietly left Longde Palace, "drove eastward" until Tongjin Gate, went down the river and took a boat. At that time, Song Huizong only had Cai You and a few servants around him.

Tongjin Gate is the land gate, and the east water gate of Bianhe River is on the south side. The Bianhe River is the most important water transportation artery in Tokyo. "From the Huaihe River to the south, it is admired by the states and lost by the people. Gold, valleys, wealth and silk are often transferred every year, and the boats and boats are linked to each other for thousands of miles." The Bian River water enters the city from the west water gate of the outer city, flows into the inner city water gate, crosses the Zhou Bridge and Xiangguosi Bridge in front of the palace, then flows out of the inner city water gate, then passes through the east water gate of the outer city, and flows out of the city in the southeast direction.

Song Huizong hurriedly boarded the boat and left the city along the Bianhe River overnight. The water flows in the night, and the boat moves on the water. It was the cold winter season at this time, and the water level in the Bianhe River was shallow, so the boat speed was slightly slower. Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty felt that traveling in this way was too slow, so he abandoned the boat and went ashore and took a "jianyu" or sedan chair instead. After sitting on the "shoulder carriage" for a while, Song Huizong felt that it was still too slow, so he returned to the river bank and "had to take a boat to transport bricks and tiles."

Because he left in a hurry, he didn't have time to prepare food. After all the turbulence and fatigue, Song Huizong began to feel "very hungry." The palace envoy Cai You hurriedly sent his servants to look for food on the boat. Later, he "got a piece of bread from the boatman and shared it." Overnight, Song Huizong and others actually "traveled hundreds of miles" and arrived at the southern capital of Shangqiu, Henan Province at dawn. It has to be said that Song Huizong escaped very quickly.

At this point, Song Huizong probably breathed a sigh of relief. They "went to the state house, got their clothes and quilts, and rode them on horses and mules."

After dawn, it is the fourth day of the first lunar month. At this hour of the day, the Supreme Empress, the Imperial Concubine, and the Prince and Diji also left Tokyo and "continued their journey". They boarded the ship one after another and went to catch up with Song Huizong. Song Qinzong ordered Pingliang Army Jiedu Envoy and Zhongtaiyi Palace Envoy Fan Ne to lead the retinue of the Victory Army. On this day, many court officials heard that Song Huizong had left the capital, and they "escaped" one after another.

Song Huizong did not stay long in Nandu. After they bought the mules, they quickly rode on them and continued their journey. On the way, he passed a village. Song Huizong was tired and wanted to take a rest. He saw a house with a bamboo leaf half-opened, so he knocked on the door and entered. There was only one old woman at home in this family, so Song Huizong started a family affair with her. The old woman asked him his surname, and Song Huizong replied: "My surname is Zhao. He lives in Tokyo. He has become an official. I recommend his eldest son to take over."

After Song Huizong arrived at Fuli on a horse mule, he "began to board the official boat." The boat sailed to Sizhou, and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty landed ashore and went to the riverside market to buy fish. He was good at buying things. He bargained with the fish seller. The two kept arguing. The fish seller called Song Huizong "Baoyi". "Baoyi" means Baoyi Lang, which is the rank of military attache and was formerly known as Youban Dianzhi.

After returning from buying fish, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was very moved when he returned to the boat, so he wrote a poem to Linjiang Immortal: "To cross the water and pass through the mountains, I recited more than a thousand poems. The Huaibo wave is cold and heavy, and the rain is sparse. On the Yanlong Beach. Heron, people sell fish from boats. I live in a secluded room in an ancient temple, and sleep in a monk's house late at night. The dream soul wakes up and moans. I am worried and worried, and I write a letter with tears. "

After arriving in Sizhou, Song Huizong stopped in his hurry and took a rest. Sizhou City is located in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River, where the Huaihe River is connected to the Bianhe River. It is a transportation hub between the north and the south and has a very important strategic position. At this time, the deputy envoy Yu Wencuizhong, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and other ministers all caught up from behind.

Tong Guan was originally appointed by Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty to stay in Tokyo, but Tong Guan heard that the emperor had been "lucky in the East" and was "uneasy", so he led the victorious Czech army out in full force to "follow Long De's lead". Tong Guan was indeed very courageous. He dared to refuse to obey Song Qinzong's appointment. This was also one of the ten major crimes for which Tong Guan was later convicted and executed, namely: "Going to the southeast without receiving orders; staying behind without being ordered." .”

At that time, there were many officials like Tong Guan who left the capital without authorization and went to the southeast region. "The emperor was lucky to visit Bozhou in the east. The ministers and dignitaries did not care about those who were in trouble for the country. They all begged for help and took their families with them. The rest of the officials and their families had left, and the attendants had fled from the ministers, such as Zhang Quan, Wei Zhongda, He Dagui and five other people. Sixteen people." As a result, there was a situation where "there were only three or four people who went to the court, the squad was empty, and everyone was shocked." There were more than a thousand people in the Cai You and Song Huan families in Cai Jing, both at home and abroad, but none of them were in the capital." And among Cai Jing and Cai You's family, "many people abandoned their official positions and fled."

Tong Guan and Gao Qiu were both important ministers with military power. They both came with troops. Tong Guan led 0 victory soldiers, and Gao Qiu led 3 imperial guards. In name, they were all here to protect Song Huizong. , all wanted to protect Song Huizong when he crossed the Huaihe River and went to Yangzhou. In fact, they also came to follow Song Huizong to save their lives. One emperor and one courtier. The national crisis was looming, and they had a premonition that they would be in trouble if they stayed in the capital. l3nsv