Qiming 1158

Chapter 1132 You colluded with the Ming Kingdom!

The Ming army was busy preparing for the siege of the city tomorrow, as well as filling the moat to facilitate the direct assault on the city wall.

But at the same time in Lin'an City, it was by no means a state of people's hearts and minds. On the contrary, Lin'an City was filled with the grief and dissatisfaction of a large number of people who didn't want to go to war.

There is no other reason, because a rumor suddenly spread, and it spread throughout the entire Lin'an City in a very short period of time, and the rumors were rampant.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty launched a military war against the Southern Song Dynasty was because the emperor Zhao Tan and the Zhang Junjun state affairs Yu Yunwen secretly planned to destroy the Ming Dynasty's Yellow River Dam and caused a breach. Inciting the extreme anger of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army went south, and this battle took place.

The gossip also stated that the country had notified the Southern Song officials of the reason for the war, and demanded that Yu Yunwen be severely punished. Zhao Tan would have to pay the price himself, otherwise he would never give up.

However, because the matter involved Emperor Zhao Tan, Zhao Tan ordered the news to be blocked from leaking.

Then we have to pull everyone to die together, or to be more precise - we want everyone to die for him first, and then he will look at the situation and see if he can survive.

Anyway, he is the emperor, so he will not easily find life and death.

The effect of this news spreading in Lin'an City was terrifying.

It was only an hour after the envoys left the Ming army barracks and entered the city, news spread everywhere.

The officers and soldiers defending the city, officers at all levels, the common people in the city, petty officials and officials in the city, and so on, all knew about it, and they were all engaged in extremely heated discussions, and they all cared deeply about this matter.

Emperor Zhao Tan soon learned of the matter and was so frightened that he immediately ordered Yu Yunwen to deal with the matter.

Yu Yunwen had no good way to deal with it in a hurry, so he could only order a silence, and anyone who dared to communicate such content would be beheaded, and 500 imperial imperial guards were sent as a law enforcement team, and a group of more than 100 people were arrested and beheaded in public. The momentum of this discussion.

Then refute the rumor and say that it is false. It is completely a rumor. It is impossible for His Majesty and Yu Yunwen to do such a thing. These are all sinister actions of people with sinister intentions. Rumors stop at the wise, and everyone must not believe them.

However, the more strictly prohibited, the more deeply ingrained this statement is in people's hearts. Looking at people who were beheaded, the credibility of this statement continues to increase in people's hearts. There are already quite a few people who believe that this war happened because of The Southern Song Dynasty's own deliberate instigation.

Because of this incident, Zhao Tan poured his anger on Shen Cai.

The reason is that Shen Kai knew the inside story and was ordered to block the news, but the news leaked, and Zhao Tan's situation suddenly became dangerous.

Shen Gai defended in many ways, saying that he did not leak the news, and that he and his subordinates were very strict, and there was absolutely no act of leaking any news.

He swore to God that he didn't.

But Zhao Tan was in a hurry, how could he listen to his explanation?

"You didn't? I think you did it! You hated me for not agreeing to Ming's request, so you colluded with Ming's and spread the news to shake the hearts and minds of the army and the people, trying to coerce me into submission! Isn't it?!"

"How can the official family speculate on the old minister like this?!"

Shen Gai was shocked: "The old minister is loyal to the official family, how could he do such a thing? How can the official family doubt the loyalty of the old minister?"

"Loyalty? Is it a rebellious heart?!"

Zhao Tan stared at Shen Gai fiercely.

Shen Gai suddenly felt extremely cold.

He really didn't want to fight and wanted to bring about peace, but with the conscience of heaven and earth, he never had the idea of ​​betraying Zhao Tan and betraying his master for glory.

He was just too afraid that the Ming army would liquidate him.

"If the officials believe that the old minister is guilty, and please provide exact evidence to prove that the old minister has committed a crime, then how the officials will deal with the old minister, the old minister is willing to let the officials handle it, but if not, the old minister will never confess his guilt!"

Shen Gai was very unhappy, so he contradicted Zhao Tan.

Zhao Tan was so angry that he picked up the tea cup in his hand and smashed Shen Gai's forehead. He also dismissed him from the position of Shangshu Youcheng, and let him honestly think about it behind closed doors as guilt, saying that he would wait for the fight. After the battle, he must be severely punished.

Shen Gai was injured by the emperor and almost fell over. His head was wrapped in circles of gauze. For this reason, the gauze was still bloody.

The surrounding group of officials from the Lord and the faction stared at his head, their faces full of sadness.

"How can the official family not love the minister so much?"

"I and other officials do my best to do things for the official family, how can the official family treat loyal ministers like this?"

"What did I do wrong? No one will tell the officials about the Yellow River Dam. How can I not be chilled by doing this?"

"This is not the treatment of Confucian officials!"

"He, Yu Yunwen, is also a bastard! He did something stupid, and he has to drag us to death!"

Although a group of people were very dissatisfied with Zhao Tan's behavior, they didn't dare to criticize Zhao Tan directly, they could only criticize him severely.

Shen Gai sat on the bed with a dark face and did not say a word, as if he was surrounded by thick black air, which made people daunting.

After everyone's discussion, there was no way to stop Zhao Tan and Yu Yunwen. In their hearts, there were thousands of people who didn't want to hang out with Zhao Tan and the others and waited to die, but they couldn't do anything, so they had no choice but to retreat. Please Shen Ging take a good rest, they Will try again.

After everyone left, Zhang Shi secretly ran back and met Shen Gai.

"Jingfu is here, why is it?"

"Naturally it's for the husband."

Zhang Shi said softly.

"Xianggong? I'm no longer Xianggong. Now I'm just a guilty person without official position. I don't know when I will be driven out of Lin'an City and exiled to the ends of the earth.

Shen Gai darkened his face and said with a sneer, "Could it be that Jingfu came to see me for a joke? Is it because I have never been on good terms with Ling Zun?"

"Xianggong's statement is absurd. My father has been dead for a long time, and what does the death of my father have to do with Xianggong?"

Zhang Shi opened his mouth and said, "I can't agree with what the minister said that there is no official position. In the past, Dong Zhongshu left his post and returned to his hometown. Whenever Emperor Wu of the Han had any problems that were difficult to resolve, he would send someone to take the matter to the mountain where Dong Zhongshu lived to inquire. People call it the prime minister in the mountains, and it can be seen that whether there is the honor of the minister is different from whether there is the position of the minister.”

When Shen Jiai heard the words in Zhang Shi's words, he suddenly felt that something was not right.

"I don't have any friendship with Jingfu Suri, and Jingfu has only recently entered Beijing. Why would you say such things to me, a political enemy of your honor?"

Shen should feel very strange.

Zhang Shi was Zhang Jun's son, and he was Zhang Jun's political enemy, and the two never confronted him.

Of course, Zhang Jun was ordered to be killed by Zhao Tan. At that time, Shen Gai and Tang Situi had already been squeezed out by Zhang Jun, so he was dismissed from Lin'an, and he had no ability to control Zhang Jun's death.

So strictly speaking, Shen Gai had nothing to do with Zhang Jun's death.

But then again, Zhang Shi had always held a cultural and educational position in Changsha and was in charge of Yuelu Academy. He was the main cultural official in the imperial court who opposed and criticized the "Hongwu Political Theory". famous literati leader.

The reason why he lives in Lin'an is naturally because of the total defeat of the Song army in Xiangfan and the large-scale southward movement of the Ming army, so that he can no longer stay in Changsha.

Tens of thousands of Ming troops attacked Jingnan Road. As an important town, Changsha soon fell to the Ming Kingdom. Naturally, Yuelu Academy couldn’t stay any longer. He took most of the students in the academy and ran all the way and fled to Lin’an, taking his life.

Zhao Tan was already apologetic about killing Zhang Jun, so he gave Zhang Yu a position, and now Zhang Yu holds a moderate official position in Lin'an.

Shen Gai and Zhang Shi have never had any friendship, but today, when everyone is in danger, what is the purpose of Zhang Shi running over and saying such words?

When Shen Kai asked, Zhang Shi smiled.

"Does Xianggong really think this is the final outcome? Xianggong thinks, can the Ming army outside the city break through Lin'an City?"

"How can I say so accurately?"

"That Xianggong thinks, Xiangyang City or Lin'an City, which one is more difficult to attack?"

"Naturally... Xiangyang City."

Shen Cai said solemnly: "Although Xiangyang City is smaller than Lin'an City, the moat of Xiangyang City is wide and unparalleled in the world, the city walls are tall and generous, and there are still several years of food and grass savings in the city. If it is an ordinary army, it may not be able to successfully conquer Xiangyang in ten years, and Lin'an City... ...Although it's bigger, the defense doesn't seem to be the strongest."

"Xianggong's words are very sincere, and I also think so. What's more, the Ming army also has a new type of firearm called artillery.

Zhang Shi said slowly: "The Ming army said that as long as they refuse their conditions, they will definitely fight until the city wall is broken. Although the outer city wall and the inner city wall are broken, the outer city wall is still unsecured, and the inner city wall can resist the Ming army. How long?"

(End of this chapter)