One Piece of Song Dynasty

The Xie Ke family, the official minister who came to pick him up, was inspired by this and wrote a poem on the spot in memory of the king: Yiyiguanliu brushed the palace wall, and the palace was deserted. The spring day was long. Swallows are still busy returning to their nests. Remembering the king, the moon breaks and dusk makes people heartbroken.

Facing the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, there is nothing to do; facing the sea of ​​kindness, there is nothing to repay; facing the moon and the dusk, I am helpless. The endless emotion of the Xie Ke family actually expresses the aspirations of many ordinary officials and citizens in Tokyo.

This short, simple and contagious poem soon spread in the capital, and "everyone who heard it shed tears". People seem to have had a premonition: Sheng may not come back.

However, the next day, the left-behind secretary posted a notice saying: "According to the imperial edict, I have ordered many people to pick up the necessary ceremonial guards and other items. When all the weapons are used up, the chariots can be returned inside."

From this announcement issued by the Remaining Department, the elders in the capital seemed to see hope that the Holy Emperor would return to the city.

But the Jin people are greedy, and their hope for jade has not yet expired. They are rare in everything and ask for everything, such as sacrificial vessels, court clothes, prescription medicines and baits, and even chess and gambling equipment. The various materials that are being loaded and transported to the Jin Army one after another are overwhelming.

People in the capital all sighed at this, feeling very unbalanced in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do and they were helpless.

On the morning of the th day of the first lunar month, there was white fog. The officials and common people of the Song Dynasty had nothing to do, so they all gathered in Nanxun Gate to wait for their arrival. After the fog cleared, Xiao Qing and others entered the city again on Zonghan's order and came to Kaifeng Mansion to ask for things and people.

The items requested this time are: golden chariot, royal chariot, legal chariot, ceremonial guard, chariot head, queen's jade chariot, prime minister's chariot, royal robes of kings, court uniforms of prime ministers and officials, queen's clothes, royal chariot, royal saddle, and royal dust whisk. Son, twenty royal horses, two coral whips, royal ritual objects and ceremonial guards, female musical instruments of the inner family, Dasheng musical instruments, the Great Nei Tu, the Xia Kingdom Tu, the Tianxia Prefecture Governor, the Shangshu Provincial Tu, the Hundred Kings Tu, and the Baolu Palace Pictures, pictures of Longde Palace, pictures of Xiangguo Temple, pictures of Five Sacred Mountains, pictures of Shenxiao Palace, pictures of Tianning Temple, old copies of the founding and enthronement books of the dynasty, Xia Guoju books, paper and two ancient red bronze utensils Fifteen thousand, one hundred tons of wine, five hundred stones of rice, one thousand bullock carts, one thousand oil trucks, one thousand parasols, twenty-eight thousand seven hundred pieces of Lingbao Dan from the Imperial Medical Bureau, etc.

The people requested this time are: painters, medical officers, people of various kinds of opera, people in the teaching workshop, carpenters, bamboo and tile masonry and stone masons, and horse-walking and ball-playing disciples. There are ten saddle makers, one hundred jade craftsmen, fifty ministers, fifty street disciples, five academicians, five ball builders, eighty gold and silversmiths, fifty officials, and eight Fifty workers, fifty back garden workers, fifty Sitiantai officials, twenty disciples, opera singers, dance spinners, and one hundred Junrong class Bingmusi, role of internal official, Imperial College treasury official, Taichang Temple official, Secret Treasury official, Houyuan official, Wusi Sanjian official, Hetai official, Zuosi Libu official, Honglu Temple official, Imperial Medical Bureau official, City Yiwu officials, etc. In addition, we will continue to recruit concubines, female envoys from the Qi Li family, advocates, etc., with no limit on the number of people.

After receiving the order from the Jin, the Kaifeng Mansion did not dare to neglect and immediately started to handle it. While loading and transporting various supplies, they quickly determined the lists of various characters. On this day, Kaifeng Mansion selected a total of more than a thousand people and sent internal servants to escort them to the Jin army.

Those who were unfortunate enough to be sent out of the city all left in mourning. Their relatives were old and wept one after another at Nanxunmen. The sound of wailing shook heaven and earth, and the people were in panic.

Before lunch, a convoy filled with hundreds of concubines, maids from Qili, and advocates drove slowly toward the south of the city. When approaching Nanxun Gate, many officials from the imperial court were still waiting here. Suddenly, a woman was in the car and scolded the ministers loudly: "You have served as ministers of the imperial court and have done harm to the country, but today you have made people like us, what will happen to you?"

The ministers looked back when they heard the sound. The woman looking at the car was speechless and could only remain silent.

As the capital was besieged for a long time, food became increasingly scarce and prices soared. Forced by cold and hunger, the poor began to "plunder the dead and cut up their corpses to eat." After the Kaifeng Prefecture learned about it, they immediately put up a notice to stop it: "If the corpse is exposed in the market, anyone who dares to pick it off will be sued and rewarded with fifty guan."

However, the "cannibals" did not take Kaifeng Mansion's notice seriously at all. Not only did they continue to eat human flesh, they even sold it, with a pound of human flesh priced at eight hundred and fifty cents. This human tragedy, which violated human ethics, made the left-behind minister Sun Fu and others very uneasy.

On February , the left-behind department ordered in the name of the crown prince to confiscate all the rice from Tan Zhen's family and sell it to poor people at low prices. Previously, Tan Zhen's family assets, about one thousand shi of white rice and one thousand shi of bean millet, had been confiscated. At the same time, he ordered the demolition of the houses of Gao Qiu and Yang Jian, and sold firewood at low prices to help poor people keep warm and keep out the cold.

However, this little bit of rice and firewood is really a drop in the bucket for such a large capital city and does not solve the problem at all.

On February , the Jin people came to Kaifeng Mansion again to ask for things and people. On this day, we mainly ask for the concubine's clothes, colored glaze, jade articles, and books and plates from the three palaces. At the same time, we continue to ask for wives, handymen, actors, officials, etc., and ask their family members to accompany them.

Since the th of the first lunar month, the number of women who have been forcibly sent to the Jinjun camp by Kaifeng Prefecture has exceeded . These women "from concubines to Lehu, all choose to dress up and go out." After strict screening, the Jin people left three thousand virgins, and the rest were eliminated and returned to the city. Zong Han and Zong Wang each selected dozens of virgins from three thousand. Each general will be assigned a number of people if he or she is above the level of the enemy. Those below the level of the enemy and who have achieved military exploits will be assigned one or two people. Later, more than a thousand people were eliminated and returned to the city due to illness.

Young girls in the capital had to find ways to escape and hide everywhere. However, the pursuit in Kaifeng Prefecture was very strict. Once caught, they would be tied up with big ropes and escorted out of the city with arms, just like transporting rebels. The girls who were unfortunately taken away cried loudly and screamed for help. Their heart-rending voices continued.

On February , the left-behind department reported to Zong Han: "Everyone in the city who is still like this, and if there is any concealment, will be subject to military law." Afterwards, a notice was posted in front of Xuande Tower: "The big gold needs, Jin has been moved." At this time, the Holy Emperor will return home day and night, expressing his hope that the common people and the country will be harmonious."

The left-behind secretary built many dojos in Yujie that day, preparing to welcome the Holy Emperor back to the city. A group of family members of musicians and medical officers went out of the city that day. When the Jin people checked their suitcases, they found that there were some gold and silk in them that should be handed over according to regulations, so they confiscated them and reported the situation. Zong Han was very angry when he learned about it and felt that the left-behind secretary of the Song Dynasty was deceiving him.

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