One Piece of Song Dynasty

"How, what do Empress Zhu and Di Ji think after seeing this scene?" Li Xin asked, pointing to the retreating Jin soldiers.

Li Xin has not left Tokyo since she took Zhu Lian and Zhao Huanhuan out of Tokyo, but has been hiding around Tokyo. Li Xin did this so that Zhu Lian and Zhao Huanhuan could see the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty with their own eyes and let them recognize the reality. What they saw with their own eyes was more convincing than what Li Xin simply said with his mouth.

Zhu Lian and Zhao Huanhuan put down their monoculars and remained silent. When they were first kidnapped by Li Xin, they were very resistant. Later, as time went by and they saw more and more things, they no longer resisted. .

Li Xin continued: "Your father, husband, and brother have now become kings of subjugation. You have seen the barbarism of the Jin people in recent months. If I don't kidnap you, the consequences waiting for you will be What, I think you should be clear by now.”

Zhu Lian asked: "I think Mr. Li doesn't just want to save us."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, when I take over the Song Dynasty in the future, I need you to help me. After all, my surname is not Zhao. Although the Song Dynasty is almost destroyed, the Zhao family still has some influence in this land. force."

Zhu Lian said: "Why is the future not now?"

Li Xin smiled and said: "Haha, now is not the time. Although the royal family surnamed Zhao has basically been taken away by the Jin people, there is still one person who slipped through the net, and that is Kang Wang Zhao Gou. He is now named Grand Marshal and is leading the army to be stationed on the East and West Road of Beijing. In this area, if my estimate is correct, he will soon ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor."

Zhao Huanhuan said excitedly: "You said that Ninth Brother will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, which means that the Song Dynasty can still be saved."

Li Xin sneered and said: "Di Ji, it is best not to have much hope in your ninth brother. Even if he ascends the throne, he will not send troops to take back his homeland and rescue your father and brother."

Zhao Huanhuan said angrily: "I won't allow you to slander my Ninth Brother like this. Ninth Brother and I have been playing together since we were young. He is a very good person."

Li Xin spread his hands and said: "What I said is all the truth. People will change, especially in the face of power."

Zhu Lian sighed and said: "Little sister, what Mr. Li said is probably true. If the ninth brother ascends the throne, if he sends troops to rescue my father and your brother, then what should I say about this throne? After all, there is only one throne. Throughout the ages, there have been many cases of brothers killing each other in order to compete for the throne. The Xuanwu Gate Incident in the former Tang Dynasty was an example when Li Shimin killed his brother and ascended the throne. Therefore, if the ninth brother ascended the throne, it would be impossible for him to send troops to rescue his father. With your royal brother, he wishes that the father and your royal brother would not come back."

Li Xin interrupted: "Besides, after all these things, Di Ji thinks your Zhao family still has the nerve to sit in that position?"

Zhao Huanhuan muttered: "It's as if you are qualified to sit in that position."

Li Xin smiled and said: "You will know whether I am qualified or not. You will come with me to my territory to see. Anyway, you will have no place to go in the future. Of course, you will also be my people in the future. Let's go, it's time for us to go back." "In this way, Li Xin took Zhu Lian and Zhao Huanhuan on their way back to Hui'an.

Deputy Marshal Huang Qianshan has been stationed in Caozhou. He felt that Marshal Kang Wang had been stationed in Jeju for many days and "had not heard anything about the affairs of the capital", so he was passive and unable to make decisions. We should find a way to send people deep into the capital to understand the real situation. So, he quietly issued a recruitment order: If anyone can siege the city, there will be a heavy reward.

There was a small official in Nanhua County named Li Zong who came to apply, saying that he could find a way to enter the city. Huang Qianshan sent someone to send a lot of money to his family that night, and promised to give him a high official after the incident was completed.

Li Zong then came to the capital and wandered around, deliberately letting the Jin people capture him into a military camp and arrange for him to do hard labor. Later, he got an errand to go to the city wall to deliver meals to the Jin army. As he gradually became familiar with it, he began to chat with people in the city. Sometimes they would throw down copper coins and buy needlework and other items from the city.

On this day, when no one was paying attention, Li Zong jumped off the city wall and entered the city. He was captured by the patrols in the city and handed over to Wang Shiyong, the leader of the three provinces. Li Zong said that he was sent by Huang Qianshan to go to the city to understand the actual situation in the city.

Wang Shiyong then recommended Zhang Bangchang to the Jin people, introduced him to him, and awarded him the post of Chengxinlang, hoping that he would stay in the city as an official. Li Zong did not dare to accept it and asked to be let out of the city. Wang Shiyong did not force anything and agreed immediately.

Li Zong came to Nanxunmen and pretended to be a porter out of the city. Then he looked for an opportunity to escape and came all the way to Caozhou.

Li Zong entered the city and obtained three documents: one was a document recommending Zhang Bangchang as emperor, one was a letter from the Jin people to withdraw their troops, and the other was a letter of pardon from Zhang Bangchang. These materials are all publicly printed and sold in the capital.

On the first day of April, Huang Qianshan led Li Zong to Jeju, entered the commander's mansion, and presented three pieces of information to King Kang.

When King Kang read it, he "shed tears" and said to the marshal's shogunate staff: "The crazy captives have seduced our capital with provoking provocations and wanton corruption. They have invited our two emperors and the princes, princes, and ministers to hold them hostage in the captive stronghold, fearing that they will be kidnapped to the north." Move. It is necessary to quickly send troops to all the prefectures and counties in the north and south of Henan to respond to the soldiers of the officials and the people, as well as the local tyrants and militiamen of the village leaders in Hebei, and intercept them with all their strength. They will divide the capable people according to their residence. On the day when the gold prospectors cross the river and return, they may When the river breaks the bridge, one may set up an ambush according to the danger, or attack in front of it, or pursue after it. The head of the government will personally lead the army to respond, solve the problem to the death, and welcome back the two emperors. He also rushes to appeal to Zongze and supervises the north and south of Henan. The leaders of the righteous people in various prefectures and counties, as well as the mountain villages and water villages in Hedong and Hebei, are eager to respond and are now here to command and implement."

The Generalissimo's Office then issued an order to all the prefectures, counties and villages in Henan and Hebei, ordering them to arrange and direct their own affairs to attack the Jin people and return them to the two emperors.

Gao Shize, a staff member of the Marshal's Mansion, wanted to talk to Li Zong alone to learn about other situations in the city. However, Huang Qianshan kept Li Zong by his side and never got a chance.

Li Zong's whereabouts are unknown and he disappears mysteriously. Some people say that he was killed by Huang Qianshan. Because Wang Shiyong once asked him to send a letter to Huang Qianshan. No one knows the contents of the letter. Huang Qianshan was afraid that he would report him, so he killed him.

On the same day, Xiu Wulang and Gemen Houhou Zhang were arrested by the Generalissimo's Mansion and "killed to incite military sentiment." Hou Zhang left the city a few months ago on the order of Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty to deliver the decree to King Kang, and he has stayed in the Marshal's Mansion ever since.

Li Zong was the first to tell Hou Zhang about the disaster in the capital. Hou Zhang "advocated these things to the outside world." When the soldiers and civilians heard this, they were all anxious and restless. What's more serious is that Hou Zhang actually forced King Kang with dangerous words, advised King Kang to make plans to cross the river quickly, and suggested that King Kang keep the main force with him to ensure safety.

The Marshal's Office believed that Hou Zhang's actions were malicious, so he was arrested and sent to prison for interrogation. When searching his residence, he unexpectedly found the golden man's war robe and kowtow turban given to him by Ding Shun, a thief from Hebei Province, and beheaded him.

The soldiers and civilians hated Hou Zhang very much. People "quarreled over the corpse, broke the flesh with silk threads, and ate it." After that, the hearts and minds of the people and the army calmed down a little.