One Piece of Song Dynasty

Tong Guan arrived in Sizhou one step ahead of Gao Qiu, so Song Huizong had been snatched away by Tong Guan and protected. Tong Guan "falsely conveyed a letter from the emperor's imperial pen, ordering Gao Qiu to guard the pontoon bridge and not come south." Gao Qiu was very suspicious of this imperial pen and did not believe it. He insisted on meeting Song Huizong, but he wanted to meet him "also It’s difficult to recover.”

Zongwang led the Jin army from the East Route to the city of Tokyo on the seventh day of the first lunar month and began a fierce attack on the city. After hearing the news, Song Huizong quickly left Sizhou and went to Yangzhou. At this time, Gao Qiu refused to carry out Tong Guan's order and led the imperial guards to follow Song Huizong southward. Tong Guan was furious, "Then he ordered Shengjie's soldiers to draw their bows and shoot at them. The guards were hit by the arrows, and more than a hundred people fell from the bridge to the Huaihe River." Shengjie soldiers were soldiers recruited by Tong Guan from the northwest, and they had very strong combat effectiveness. , the imperial guards were no match for them at all. Seeing this, Gao Qiu had no choice but to order the imperial guards to stop advancing.

Father and son Gao Qiu were waiting by the roadside, hoping to meet Song Huizong. Soon, Song Huizong came in a royal sedan, and Gao Qiu "could only look at the emperor, and the emperor and his ministers looked at each other and wept." Song Huizong "had something to say", perhaps because Cai You, Yu Wencuizhong, Tong Guan and other ministers accompanied him On the side, in the end, he didn’t say a word. When people on the road saw this situation, "all of them burst into tears."

Gao Qiu then stayed in Sizhou to "control Huaijin" to prevent the Jin army from pursuing him.

After Song Huizong arrived in Yangzhou, he still felt unsafe and insisted on crossing the river south. The local elders strongly advised not to cross the river by car, but Song Huizong did not listen. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty took a boat across the Yangtze River and arrived at the south bank. All the local county officials in Zhenjiang welcomed the boat to the Xijin Ferry. "When the boat arrived at the shore and got on the brown-topped sedan, an eunuch stood beside the sedan and shouted: "Master Dao has sent word that the officials do not need to come from far away." The guard sent the message, and then retreat."

Empress Zheng had pursued her to Yangzhou, but she did not follow Song Huizong across the river. She stayed in Yangzhou. The "princes, emperors, and concubines" who followed Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty to the south "all lived in the prefectures and counties along the way."

Zhenjiang was the destination of Song Huizong's trip. He has feelings for Zhenjiang. In the third year of Shaosheng's reign, he was named King Duan by Song Zhezong as the military governor of Pingjiang and Zhenjiang. He was fourteen years old that year. In the third year of Zhenghe's reign, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty upgraded Zhenjiang from a prefecture to a prefecture. This was the first city in Zhejiang and Zhejiang areas to be upgraded from a prefecture to a prefecture. This shows that Zhenjiang has a relatively high status in his mind.

There is a natural barrier on the Yangtze River in the north of Zhenjiang, which can stop the Jin soldiers from going south. Only by coming here can Song Huizong feel safe. Moreover, the political situation in Zhenjiang is also more favorable to Song Huizong. The prefect Cai Chen is Cai You's younger brother, and the Jianghuai, Jingzhe and other road system and shipping envoy Song Huan is Cai You's brother-in-law, and Cai You is the most trusted person of Song Huizong. .

Shortly after arriving in Zhenjiang, Song Huizong issued three orders to the officials in the southeast in the name of the camp commander and the shipping commander: First, "Huainan, Liang Zhezhou Army and other departments sent reports to the capital and ordered them to be intercepted." , are not allowed to pass, and are subject to command." This means that the officials in the southeast are not allowed to send any official documents to the capital Tokyo, ordering these areas to "obey command." The second is that "the two generals of Hangzhou and Yue, the generals of Jiangdong Road, and the generals of Zhuzhou, as well as local soldiers, archers, etc., have not been able to unite and mobilize. They are waiting for the command and have to report to the military tent first." The number of people has been sent out, and the instrument has been intercepted." This means that the troops stationed in various places in the southeast are not allowed to march to Tokyo Qinwang, and the Zhejiang Qinwang soldiers passing through Zhenjiang are intercepted as their own guards. The third is to "transport according to the outline and unload it at the location", that is, no materials, including food, are allowed to be transported from the southeast to Tokyo. Discipline is required at all pass crossings. No pass is allowed without a pass issued by the camp.

Song Huizong's own explanation for issuing these orders was that he hoped that official documents and food would "not be obtained by the enemy" because Tokyo was already surrounded by the Jin army at that time. In fact, he may have another purpose, which is not to let the Jin people know his whereabouts.

Song Huizong began to set up a palace in Zhenjiang, "renovating palaces, transplanting flowers and bamboos, and purchasing gardens." However, he did not have much money on hand. In addition to relying on the support of the Zhenjiang government, he also wrote letters to the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, asking them to also provide financial support. However, after all, he has abdicated, and his requests have been resisted by local officials from time to time. This made Song Huizong very sad. Later, Song Huizong once "cited dozens of things to Song Huan, and cried every time he mentioned them." This shows that Song Huizong's life in Zhenjiang was not easy.

However, because Song Huizong was surrounded by some old ministers, especially Tong Guan, who still had troops in his hands, and Song Huizong issued several orders in Zhenjiang, it aroused suspicion among local officials and the court. As soon as the Sizhou government received the first two orders from the Palace and Shipping Department, they immediately reported to Song Qinzong truthfully and reminded the court that "Tongguan has changed."

For a time, "material discussions were fierce" in the capital, and everyone was frightened. "The southeastern land may not belong to the imperial court", and the Supreme Emperor "will restore Zhenjiang", similar rumors began to spread everywhere.

Although there is no direct evidence to prove whether Song Huizong really had the dream of restoration in Zhenjiang, whether Cai Youtongguan, Zhu Meng and others really had the intention to establish a separate central government, it cannot be proved that they got together to issue orders to the local government continuously and also detained the army. Do not let the court suspect.

Song Qinzong was full of doubts. He repeatedly said, "Since I am away from the Taoist Emperor, I will not be able to eat well." , I don’t care.”

At this time, Chen Dong, the leader of the Taixue students, made another report, further fanning the flames and saying: "Today's situation is more urgent than that of the Yi and Di. What's more, the troops of the Yi and Di were all caused by a group of thieves who mistakenly attacked the emperor. Now they are holding the emperor in a critical place." ", "The changes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and the disaster of Xiaoqiang must not be ignored"

Song Qinzong then decided to remove Song Huan from his position as shipping envoy and ordered him to return to Beijing to make other arrangements. He sent Nie Shan as shipping envoy to Zhenjiang. Song Qinzong asked Nie Shan to "secretly plan" Tong Guan, Cai You, Zhu Meng and others. Nie Shan requested the issuance of an imperial edict and summoned dozens of people from Kaifeng Mansion as assistants. Just as they were preparing to set off, Li Gang came to the Funing Hall to report something. When he happened to learn about it, Li Gang hurriedly suggested to Song Qinzong: "The sins of these people cannot be forgiven. However, I am afraid that the court should not handle it this way during the Nie Mountain trip. In the past, When Suzong wanted to visit Li Linfu's tomb, Li Mi admonished him: It's just like Emperor Ming Dynasty, when Suzong hugged Bi's neck and cried, saying: "I can't think of this. If the mountain's plan comes true, it will alarm the Taoist. This worry is your majesty's; if the plan fails, it will be counted." People think that if you take the Taoist ruler to the southeast and seek employment in the south of the sword, how can your majesty deal with it?"

Song Qinzong immediately understood and asked: "What can I do?"

Li Gang replied: "The trip to the mountain clearly denounced Tong Guan and Zhu Meng's subordinates. Your Majesty sent an edict to Cai You and ordered you to persuade Daojun to leave these few people and return to Luanyu early so that the matter can be settled without any trouble."

Song Qinzong "thought it was true" and ordered Nie Shan to give up the plan and stop taking action. l0ns3v3