One Piece of Song Dynasty

Tears fell on Zhao Mingcheng's face. He opened his eyes and woke up. The blurry outline of Li Qingzhao gradually became clear in front of him. Zhao Mingcheng smiled laboriously, tears streaming down his face. Li Qingzhao hurriedly smelled the medicine jar, grabbed the dregs from the medicine jar, looked at the prescription, and immediately said in shock: "Ah, it is indeed a herbal medicine. We northerners can't stand the heat, so we are afraid that officials will take the herbal medicine by mistake."

Zhao Mingcheng gasped violently and moved his lips, gesturing for her to come over. Li Qingzhao hurriedly held his hand, put his face close to his, and put his ear to his lips. Zhao Mingcheng was furious: "I took half a breath just to see you one last time, but you are here."

Li Qingzhao was already in agony, but suddenly he was stunned when he heard this, and scenes from the past jumped into his eyes.

Although Zhao Mingcheng was extremely affectionate with her, he was not exempt from vulgarity. He not only had a concubine, but also sometimes went out to socialize for career and money. This made Li Qingzhao, who always thought highly of himself, very dissatisfied and even made quarrels several times. After a quarrel, Zhao Mingcheng went to the countryside alone to relax and accidentally discovered Bai Juyi's original work. He immediately rode home for two hours and read with her at night by candlelight, thereby resolving the emotional crisis. They are such a couple who appreciate and rely on each other.

Zhao Mingcheng's face was covered with cold sweat, he looked at her lovingly, and pointed at the paintings on the wall with all his strength. Li Qingzhao nodded quickly and said: "Yan Liben's painting will be returned to my cousin."

"Zhao Xiang's" Zhao Mingcheng breathed quickly and struggled to raise his head. Li Qingzhao nodded again: "Zhao's wonderful message, it is more precious than your life and mine, officials can rest assured."

Zhao Mingcheng held her hand and nodded slightly. He seemed to have a thousand words to say, but he could only cry and could no longer speak. Li Qingzhao couldn't say a word, so he could only hold his hand, rub it and cry silently. At this moment, Xing'er came in in a panic and announced, "Your Majesty has arrived."

Before he finished speaking, Shaofen had already brought in Gillian and the imperial physician Wang Jixian. Li Qingzhao stood up in confusion and was about to give a big gift when Wu Shaofen supported her and said, "Madam, there is no need to be polite. Your Majesty will call the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Mr. Zhao."

Wang Jixian, a famous doctor from a well-known family, took Zhao Mingcheng's pulse and used a spoon to pry his teeth to see the tongue coating, but the teeth could no longer be pried open. Wang Jixian got up and went to the outer room, asking Li Qingzhao to take a step to talk. Li Qingzhao followed Wang Jixian to the outside in a daze. Wang Jixian shook his head and said, "No, let's prepare for the funeral."

Li Qingzhao felt as if the ground was shaking, and Xing'er was already there crying loudly and hoarsely. Li Qingzhao was shocked, stumbled back, and rushed to hug Zhao Mingcheng's body. Wu Shaofen could only bow her head in silence, while Wang Jixian turned around and looked at the paintings on the wall, greedily taking a step forward to take a closer look.

Li Qingzhao closed Zhao Mingcheng's eyes and cried calmly: "Mingcheng, my wife has always hated you for running away from the battle since we went south, but you are terminally ill and still refuse to breathe your last, just because you told me in person to protect Zhao's magical post." , return Yan Liben’s scroll of Xiao Yi Zhuo Lanting to my cousin, you have to finish the instructions before you can close your eyes."

When Wang Jixian heard these two masterpieces, he turned around in surprise, breathing rapidly, unable to contain the ecstasy in his heart. Seeing Li Qingzhao's sadness, Wu Shaofen couldn't help sighing with emotion, and concluded Zhao Mingcheng's coffin: "Master Zhao is timid, but he values ​​a painting and calligraphy more than his life. This is his bravery, and this is my man."

After the Jin army crossed the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the cavalry rumbled across the wilderness and rushed towards Jiangsu and Zhejiang downstream. At the same time, the Jin army in the north of Jiankang River also began to cross the river. Du Chong had already ambushed people by the river, but the Jin army suddenly changed the way to forcefully cross the river at Majia Ferry. Du Chong hurriedly mobilized more than people including Chen Que, Yue Fei, Liu Jing and other generals to block Majia Ferry. As a result, the Jin army Chen Que died in battle, and Yue Fei and Liu Jing were defeated and dispersed. The Southern Song Dynasty was forced to abandon the temporary capital Jiankang.

Li Qingzhao and Xing'er, who were dressed in mourning, had just buried their husband Zhao Mingcheng, and now they were riding in a carriage, driving hurriedly among the fleeing people.

Zhao Gou, Lu Yihao, Zhao Ding and other officials and civilians went ahead and arrived in Zhenjiang. The monarchs and ministers traveled together. Lu Yihao proposed that the refugees from the south would soon spread to Fujian and Guangxi. The finances of various roads in the south would be tight, but military expenditures were extremely scarce. Therefore, additional military monthly stakes must be collected on the Southeast Eighth Road. Please ask Zhao Gou'en for permission. Looking at the people who were killed along the way, Zhao Gou had no choice but to agree: "Fujian and Guangnan will be exempted from one-third of the annual silver payment, and it will be used to relieve the people in Jinan."

Lu Yihao then reported Zhang Jun's petition, saying that the Jinxi Route Army's offensive was extremely fast and fierce. Zhang Jun requested the Prime Minister of Sichuan and Shaanxi for financial gifts, personnel appointments and military power. In this way, he had truly become a tyrannical prince. Zhao Gou wondered, hadn't he agreed before that Zhang Jun would be able to do things easily without having to go to court?

Zhao Ding explained that he was the one who advised Zhang Jun that it is better to pay more attention to everything. Zhao Gou criticized Zhao Ding for doing unnecessary things, but besides criticizing him, he also secretly liked Zhao Ding's caution and sincerity. Zhao Gou immediately agreed with Zhang Jun to take charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi's financial, personnel and military power, and once again expressed his firm support and trust in Zhang Jun. Since Zhang Jun is allowed to take charge alone, he must be allowed to be arbitrary.

However, Zhao Ding was secretly worried that once this opening was opened, Liu Guangshi, Han Shizhong and other envoys would definitely demand to be in charge of finance and personnel. In that case, the imperial court would really fall into the passive position of the Jiedushi envoys everywhere in the late Tang Dynasty. .

"The imperial edict states that the various systems and envoys must only use soldiers and listen to their own convenience, and all other matters are prohibited." In order to block the generals' mouths, Zhao Gou immediately issued an edict first. He also understood that even if he issued an edict first, he might not be able to silence the generals, but there was no other way.

Li Qingzhao fell ill as soon as he returned to Chiyang. He lay in bed and was cared for by Xing'er for a month before he gradually got better. That night Zhao Chun came in in a panic and reported the bad news that Jiankang had fallen and that Jin soldiers had defeated Wuhu. Further south from Wuhu is Chiyang, which must be moved immediately.

Li Qingzhao had previously contacted his younger brother in Hongzhou and fled to Hongzhou in an emergency. Now without further ado, Li Qingzhao immediately asked Zhao Chun to hire a vehicle, load it and rush to Hongzhou. That night she abandoned all her belongings on the spot, including soft clothes and more than a hundred quilts. She loaded her collection into the car the next day and was about to leave when she suddenly heard a shocking news spread by a group of refugees who had fled: The states south of the Yangtze River have fallen one after another, and the Jin army has introduced the war into Zhejiang. The emperor returned to Hangzhou and promoted Hangzhou to Lin'an Prefecture. Before his buttocks were warm, he hurriedly crossed the Qiantang River and continued to flee eastward.

After hearing the news, Li Qingzhao felt grateful to Zhao Gou for giving way, and decided to follow the emperor. He had made up his mind, but he could not take everything away, so he decided to divide his troops into two groups. Zhao Chun would escort most of the collection to Hongzhou, and he would take it with him. Chase the Emperor with carefully selected collectibles.

It's easy to say. Just sorting the 2 volumes of books, 2000 volumes of epigraphic and stone engravings, hundreds of scrolls, and thousands of antiques that Zhao Chun took away, he spent three days day and night, loading them all. 20 cars, Li Qingzhao only escorted 5 cars. Before leaving, another thing happened, which Li Qingzhao did not expect.

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