One Piece of Song Dynasty

Chen Dong led hundreds of Tai students to write a letter at Xuandemen, which soon caused a sensation in the city and attracted widespread attention from the whole society. What Chen Dong and the Tai students did not expect was that not long after, people began to come from all directions and unexpectedly gathered outside Xuande Gate, including citizens and soldiers. More and more people gathered, and soon there were tens of thousands of people. It could be described as a sea of ​​​​people and a huge momentum.

People come spontaneously and for the same purpose. They were very excited and encouraged each other: "Unless I see Li Youcheng and Zhong Xuanfu re-appointed, I will never return."

At this time, all the officials just retreated from the court, and the court officials walked towards Xuande Gate from Donghua Gate one after another. When Li Bangyan walked to the door, someone suddenly recognized him. Everyone cheered and rushed forward, accusing him one after another and enumerating his crimes. Some people cursed loudly, "Li Bangyan, you are a prodigal son, how can you be the prime minister?"

Some people walked straight up to Li Bangyan and "grabbed his shoes, trying to beat him." Others picked up rubble on the ground and threw it at him.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Bangyan turned around and ran away. He ran very fast because he was good at kicking a ball. He was like galloping and leaping, "running into the court is the only way to escape".

At this time, Nie Chang, the Minister of Household Affairs and Kaifeng Yin, came up. He raised his whip and bowed his hands to Chen Dong and others and said, "You are loyal and righteous for this." Obviously, he supported the students' patriotic actions.

The guards patrolling the gate quickly reported what happened outside the gate. After Song Qinzong learned about it, he immediately issued an order, ordering Yanmen to quickly send someone to accept the memorial submitted by Chen Dong.

Soon after, Song Qin's internal ministers came to Xuandemen and announced to everyone: "I have personally read the letters submitted by all the living beings, and have taken note of their loyalty and righteousness, and shall implement them as soon as possible."

After hearing this, some students felt that their goal had been achieved and planned to thank him and leave immediately. However, most of the soldiers and civilians refused to disperse. They "surrounded the students for a hundred times" and prevented them from leaving. There was an old man from Tokyo who wept and begged: "The one who fights for Luan Yu and can't come out, who takes the city and holds it in order to survive our people, is Li Youcheng. The one who enters the camp to force captives and defends our people so that the Jin people don't dare to plunder is the Privy Council of Zhong." Ye. Li Bangyan, Li Zhe, and Cai Mao are those who endanger the country, abandon the people of the country, and dismiss me as the Prime Minister and the Privy Council to support the invaders. None of the admonishers or censors have mentioned it. They rely on justice and do not love their bodies. He warned and supported Dian to defend the people of our country, hoping to be invited to do so. Rather than die at the hands of the barbarians, I would rather die at the hands of the king and father because of his treachery. A few moments after the Duke's delay, Li Youcheng and Zhongshi Dao were announced, so it was not too late to leave."

Everyone cheered together again: "If you know that you are not a hypocrite, you must retreat after seeing Li Youcheng and Zhong Xuanfu re-appointed."

As a result, Tai students and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians continued to gather in the square in front of Xuande Gate, "filling the streets and alleys, and their voices shook the ground."

Song Qinzong sent Wu Min, the Privy Councilor, to explain to everyone. Wu Min came to the square and said to everyone: "Li Gang's use of troops has not been successful, so he has to give up. As soon as the Jin people retreat, he will be reinstated."

People were very dissatisfied with Wu Min's explanation. People continued to gather in the square, and the roar of the mountains could be heard for dozens of miles.

At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, the students heard that the Jin people had begun to attack the city again outside the city, so they rushed to the Dengwen Drum Courtyard and beat the Dengwen Drum to alert the court.

The Dengwen Drum was placed in the west corridor of Xuandemen South Street. The guards guarding the Dengwen Drum said to the students: "It is better to go to Donghuamen to play the drum than to go to Zhongyuan."

Then everyone came to the Dengwen Drum Courtyard and carried the Dengwen drum to the Donghua Gate together. Later, they put it on the ground and "rolled it in front of them." Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians followed Chen Dong and other imperial students to the gate of Donghua. The Tai students were so passionate that they beat the drums violently, shaking the heaven and the earth, and the sound echoed throughout the nine layers. Later, they even broke the Dengwen drum to pieces.

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty passed an edict and ordered Shi Yong, King Yin of Kaifeng, to come and give instructions. Wang Shiyong led a group of guards to Donghua Gate. First, he ordered dozens of soldiers to surround Chen Dong closely, and then ordered several executioners to stay close to Chen Dong. Then, he said to all the students in a stern voice: "You can't back down if you threaten the emperor."

The imperial students were not afraid and responded: "Threatening the emperor with loyalty and righteousness is no better than threatening him with treachery and sycophancy."

The students answered and rushed towards Wang Shiyong. When Wang Shiyong saw that the situation was not good, he was afraid of being caught and beaten, so he ran away in a hurry.

At this moment, Song Qinzong was wandering in the Funing Palace. Listening to the loud noise outside the Donghua Gate, he felt uneasy. He sent the palace commander Wang Zonglio to Donghua Gate to inspect and see what was going on.

Wang Zonglio led the imperial guards in front of the palace to the Donghua Gate area and inspected it back and forth. Wang Zonglio felt that the situation was serious, so he immediately went back and suggested to Song Qinzong: "The matter has reached this point, and there is nothing we can do. We must follow it, otherwise, changes will inevitably occur."

Song Qinzong was a little panicked when he heard that he might change. He hurriedly issued an order to announce Li Gang's appearance, and ordered Geng Nanzhong, the minister of the Privy Council, to sign a letter and rush to inform the people. Geng Nanzhong hurriedly came to Donghua Gate and said to everyone: "We have received the decree and announced Li Gang."

After the people heard the news, thousands of people rushed to the bathroom courtyard to greet Li Gang. What is puzzling is how these people knew that Li Gang was waiting in the bathroom at this time.

Song Qinzong was even more panicked after learning about the situation. He was worried that the irrational people would rush into the forbidden hall. Therefore, he sent his chamberlains one after another to the bathroom courtyard to urge Li Gang to enter the palace quickly. "There was an endless stream of people announcing the decree."

The chamberlain Zhu Gongzhi was the first to receive the imperial edict. However, before he arrived, the envoy who came after him had already arrived at the bathroom courtyard. A well-informed person explained to everyone: "Zhu Yuyao was announced, and he refused to go."

After a while, a chamberlain came over on horseback. Someone recognized him as Zhu Gongzhi and said, "This is Zhu Yuyao."

Everyone was very angry. They immediately stepped forward and pulled Zhu Gongzhi off his horse. They quickly chopped him alive, separated his flesh from his bones and severed his limbs. At this time, someone pretended that the emperor had an edict: "Those who kill ministers are not guilty."

Afterwards, the crazy people beat the servant when they saw him. Thirty-seven people including Zhang Taiwei were beaten before and after. Not only were they beaten, but "the common people fought over each other, and everything was over in a matter of seconds." More than a dozen chamberlains were beaten to death, "their corpses were torn apart and their lungs and intestines were broken." People also dug out the livers and intestines of the dead chamberlains, hung them on the top of bamboo poles, and shouted to the people on the street: "This is a traitor!"

The admonishment officers Tang Chong and Shi Ji, the Taiwan officer Zheng Zi and others also came to the scene. When they were about to leave one after another, everyone held up their sleeves and refused to let them go, citing the excuse that Zhongshi Dao and Li Gang had not yet entered the palace, and asked them to enter the palace immediately to admonish them.

It was obvious that at this time, whether it was citizens, soldiers, or university students, people's emotions were out of control and they were becoming more and more crazy. Some people have lost their rationality, while others take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos. A patriotic student movement gradually evolved into a bloody riot that was very rare in the history of the Song Dynasty.

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