One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Miao hurriedly asked: "Master Li, what is the war situation in the north now? Do you know?"

Li Xin replied calmly: "I know, everyone, let me tell you a very unfortunate news. The city of Tokyo was captured by the Jin army in December last year. The Supreme Emperor, the Emperor and most of the members of the royal family were kidnapped by the Jin people." They went to the north, and the entire city of Tokyo was almost looted. When the Jin people withdrew, they appointed Zhang Bangchang as emperor to manage the Central Plains, and the country was named Dachu."

When several people heard this, they all stood stunned. After a long while, Li Miao trembled and said: "So, the Song Dynasty has perished."

Lu Deng stepped forward with red eyes and angrily grabbed Li Xin's clothes and said, "This is impossible, you must be lying to us."

Li Xin took Lu Deng's hand and said calmly: "This is all true. If you don't believe it, I'll call two people in right now. I think you will believe what they say."

Li Xin clapped his hands, and Zhu Lian and Zhao Huanhuan walked in. Zhang Xiaochun looked at it intently and then knelt down and said, "I, Zhang Xiaochun, the envoy to Xuanfu of Hedong and the magistrate of Taiyuan, come to see the empress."

Zhu Lian helped Zhang Xiaochun up and said: "Master Zhang, please get up quickly. There will be no queen here anymore. I have heard about the deeds of Master Zhang who led the army and the people to defend Taiyuan for several months."

Li Xin introduced again: "The one next to the Queen is the Emperor's sister, Roufu Diji. Of course, there are several Di Ji in the palace, but I, the Empress and Di Ji were the last to leave Tokyo, so we can say He went through the whole process of the fall of Tokyo."

Lu Deng said dejectedly: "Then it seems that everything Mr. Li said is true. Our country, the Song Dynasty, has really perished."

Li Xin coughed and said: "I haven't finished what I just said. Although the Emperor, the Supreme Emperor and most of the royal family members were kidnapped, the Emperor's ninth brother Kang Wang escaped. I guess He should have ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing by now. However, Zhang Bangchang was forced to become emperor by the Jin people. He still knew himself. He understood that he did not have the ability and prestige to become emperor at all, so he would return the throne to King Kang. That is the current official family.”

Li Miao wiped his tears and said excitedly: "That means the Song Dynasty has not died yet."

Li Xin nodded and said: "You can say that, but don't be too happy too early. The current situation is still very serious. The Kingdom of Chu was established by the Jin people in order to facilitate their control of the Central Plains. Now that Zhang Bangchang returns power to King Kang, it is equivalent to abolishing the throne." After defeating the Chu State and re-establishing the Song Dynasty, do you think the Jin people would agree? They will definitely attack the Song Dynasty again. Now the north of the Yellow River has basically fallen, and the vicinity of Tokyo has also been crippled, so there is basically nothing north of Tokyo. The danger can be defended, and there is even no place in the entire Central Plains that can be defended. It can be said that the Song Dynasty is still in danger."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaochun immediately stepped forward and clasped his fists, saying: "Then please Sir Li, please send a few of us to Nanjing quickly. We want to make suggestions to the new official's family."

Li Xin waved his hand and said: "That's impossible. I didn't rescue you just to let you serve the new imperial court."

Lu Den asked: "What do you mean, Mr. Li?"

Li Xin gestured: "Everyone sit down first, and we'll sit down and talk."

After everyone sat down, Li Xin spoke first: "Sir, I would like to ask you a question first. After this series of events, is the Zhao family still qualified to sit in that position?"

Lu Deng immediately stood up and said, "Li Xin, you want to rebel?"

Li Xin sneered and said: "Someone wants to rebel. Now the country has been turned into this by the Zhao family. Everything north of the Yellow River has fallen into the hands of the Jin people. The people there are already living under the iron heel of the Jin people. And the people near Tokyo The common people who were plundered by the Jin men are already living in dire straits. Do you know how miserable those common people are living now? If you don't know, you can ask the Queen and Di Ji who caused these miserable conditions."

Zhang Xiaochun's son Zhang Xia said: "That was all caused by the Jin man."

Li Xin laughed and said: "Haha, don't blame everything on the Jin people. If the Song Dynasty was strong enough, the Jin people would dare to attack the Song Dynasty. If they had joined forces with the Jin Dynasty to conquer the Liao Dynasty, the Song army could have captured the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun by themselves." , the Jin people still dared to attack the Song Dynasty, let alone the Song Dynasty. Since the founding of the country, they have never taken advantage of either Liao or Xixia. They can fight against Xixia, a small country with millions of people, for more than a hundred years. The war cost countless manpower and financial resources. The root of all this lies in the Zhao family. How can the Zhao family have the dignity to sit in that position now?"

Lu Deng stood up and said, "If Mr. Li wants to rebel, it will be difficult for me to obey my order. A loyal minister will not care about the two masters, so I ask Mr. Li to kill me."

Li Xin said: "Loyal ministers are not loyal to two masters. It depends on the master. If it is a fatuous king, you must also be loyal. Look at the life of the people at the bottom. Think about the Fangla Uprising a few years ago. Why would there be a peasant uprising? It’s not because they can’t survive. Otherwise, who would be willing to revolt? Who wouldn’t want to live a good life? Now it has been proven that the Zhao family is not the master of the Ming Dynasty. The Song Dynasty claims that the Han people are orthodox, but the territory is less than half of the Tang Dynasty , You have lost so much territory left by our ancestors, don’t you feel ashamed in your hearts? Anyway, I am ashamed of it.”

Zhang Xiaochun asked: "Since King Kang has inherited the throne, he is the legal ruler of the Song Dynasty. I would like to ask Mr. Li what you can do to fight against the Song Dynasty. Even though the Song Dynasty lost a large area of ​​land north of the Yellow River, it is still very powerful. ."

Li Xin smiled and said, "There's no rush. Tomorrow, I will take you to a place. You will know when you get there. You may even meet old acquaintances. Now, I will show you something first. Look at you. Do you know me?" After saying that, Li Xin took out the imperial seal.

As soon as they took a look at it, Zhu Lian was surprised and said: "Isn't this the imperial seal? You brought it out of the palace."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Exactly, this is the jade seal passed down by Qin Shihuang more than a thousand years ago."

Zhu Lian asked: "Master Li, I have always been unclear about something. How did you enter the heavily guarded palace and bring out our sisters and this national jade seal?"

Li Xin said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I have to thank the Supreme Emperor for this. You must have heard about the affair between the Supreme Emperor and the famous prostitute Li Shishi in the capital. He secretly dug a direct passage in the palace in order to have a secret tryst with Li Shishi. The tunnel entrance of Master Li’s residence is in Jing’s study room, and so-and-so secretly entered the palace through this tunnel, and it was so-and-so who discovered the imperial seal in his study room.”

Li Miao burst out laughing when he heard this. After he finished laughing, Li Miao sat down on a chair and shouted: "The Song Dynasty deserves to die, the Song Dynasty deserves to die."

At this moment, Li Xin could understand Li Miao's feeling of grief, which was greater than the death of his heart. An emperor secretly dug a tunnel in the palace in order to meet a prostitute. This can be regarded as an anecdote through the ages.