Qiming 1158

Chapter 661 Sit in protest before going to the inn where the envoys of the Ming Kingdom live
On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, it is the time when the people of Lin'an celebrate the Lantern Festival, and every family prepares to spend the year with lanterns and colorful lights.

At this moment, it was also when Zhao Gou was angry in the palace.

Tang Situi and Shen Gai really couldn't handle Xin Qiji, so they could only retreat, and they returned to Zhao Gou and asked Zhao Gou to take charge of the overall situation.

When Zhao Gou heard that Xin Qiji had used force to blackmail the Southern Song Dynasty, he was furious, smashed the table and smashed the bench, and ordered to kill two eunuchs who were not pleasing to the eye, so that the other eunuchs were too scared to speak out.

"Who does he Su Yonglin think he is? Wanyan Agu fights? He just signed a peace treaty, and now he actually asks me for New Year coins? Shameless! Treacherous! Don't be a human being! Bastard! Bastard!!!"

Zhao Gou hated Su Yonglin very much, and was extremely annoyed by Su Yonglin's behavior.

As soon as this anger rose, Zhao Gou immediately ignored it.

"He wants New Year coins, right? Yes! Let him come to Anna! If he comes to Lin'an! I will offer the New Year coins with both hands! Let him come!"

Zhao Gou smashed his favorite inkstone to the ground with a flick of his hand.

The inkstone smashed to the ground and broke into several pieces, and some debris splashed on the faces of Tang Si Tui and Shen Gai. The two shrank their necks and closed their eyes.

After seeing Zhao Gou calm down a little later, Tang Situi tentatively opened his mouth to persuade Zhao Gou.

"Think twice, Your Majesty! The Ming Kingdom has just destroyed the Jin Kingdom, the military is strong, and the Song Dynasty's armament is slack. If it is not rectified, it will not be able to win no matter what!"

"Then rectify! Seriously rectify! Those who don't work, those who are corrupt, and those who take empty pay will all be killed! Kill! Su Yonglin, a straight thief! Come and ask me for the New Year coins if you have the ability! He can come. , I can afford it! If he can't come, don't even think about it!!!"

Zhao Gou angrily reached out and pointed at the trio of the Privy Council.

"You guys, go and rectify the armaments for me immediately, seriously, and severely! If you can't rectify an army of 30 within two months, you should stop staying in the Privy Council and go to Lingnan!"

The trio of the Privy Council turned pale, knowing that this task was going to be difficult, but looking at Zhao Gou's anger and killing someone after a disagreement, all the pain could only be swallowed in his stomach, thinking that he could only wait for Zhao Gou for a while. Time to calm down to persuade him.

Before that, no matter what he said, he had to agree, and the province became the victim of his anger.

Seeing how these people lowered their brows and pleasing their eyes, Zhao Gou stomped his feet fiercely, and left with a flick of his hand.

The five people who left the highest decision-making level looked at each other.

There is no doubt that they are now grasshoppers on a rope. Once the Ming Kingdom decides to go to war with the Southern Song Dynasty, each of the five of them will bear the brunt of the war, and they will definitely not escape the judgment of fate.

The news will be made public soon, and all Southern Song officials will know the results of their negotiations with Ming, as well as Ming's demands.

What will happen to the public opinion?
What will the public opinion be like?
How will the military feel about this?

Is the army ready for a showdown with the Ming army?
All this is unknown.

"Wang Shumi, what do you think about this matter?"

Tang Situi reluctantly looked at Wang Lun, who had always been unpleasant, and asked him.

Now if the two cannot cooperate sincerely to deal with the current situation, they will end up together, and no one will be more fortunate than the other, so at this time, the interests of the two are the same.

Since the interests are the same, we should work together to make progress together, and we can't just watch the situation slip to an irreversible point and then bemoan why we didn't work hard at that time.

He believed that Wang Lun understood.

Wang Lun looked at Tang Si Tui.

Does this prime minister, who once strongly opposed the rectification of the armament and opposes himself everywhere, still feels fear now?
snort!
"What else can you think of? I can't change the mind of the Ming Kingdom, and I can't change your Majesty's mind. Then get ready to go to Lingnan, unless the army of the Song Dynasty can defeat the Ming army of a hundred battles."

After Wang Lun finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Tang Si Tui was stunned.

The other three were also stunned.

They couldn't imagine Wang Lun saying such a thing at all.

Go to Lingnan?
And listening to his tone, it seems that he does not believe that the Song Dynasty army can defeat the Ming army at all.

As head of the Privy Council, is it really appropriate to speak like this?

But no matter what, the days will continue to pass, and time will continue to pass. The news that the Ming State asked the Song State to provide the old coins to help them renovate the Yellow River quickly spread throughout the court and the public, and then spread to the people.

The entire Lin'an City was extremely shocked by this incident.

Amid the shock, only a few expressed no surprise.

Because in their opinion, the Ming Empire, after the unified Central Plains was called the Empire and the founding of the country, has long since become a domineering country like the Jin Kingdom, and everything they have done is traceable.

They said that they had seen through the wolf ambitions of the Ming people long ago, and they had long seen through the impossibility of peaceful coexistence between the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

Now that the Ming Kingdom is coming to ask for money, the imperial court knows that it is panic?
Of course, panic, not only the court, but the people are even more panic.

Some smart people have already reacted.

Once the annual currency becomes a reality, the various economic tasks that they need to undertake will definitely increase suddenly.

The imperial court will never bear those year-old coins by itself, and must find ways to pass on this expenditure to the people.

The big men will not pay for their own national responsibilities, and in the end it is the common people who are unlucky.

They are afraid, hate, and panic.

So they tried to put pressure on the imperial court to reject the unreasonable demands of the Ming Kingdom, and even secretly linked together, preparing to entice some scholars to sit in a collective protest near the inn where the envoys of the Ming Kingdom lived, so that the envoys of the Ming Kingdom could see that they were firmly opposed to this determination to act.

As long as the envoys of the Ming Kingdom can see the scene of the wholeheartedness of the Song Dynasty, there will be a little hesitation, and they will not be so determined to obtain the New Year coins.

Therefore, under the persuasion and arrangement of some people with a heart, a saying "sit in and protest before going to the post station where the envoys of the Ming Dynasty lived to show the unity of the Song Dynasty" gradually spread in the streets and alleys of Lin'an City.

This statement describes the Ming Empire as a particularly unreasonable robber who forcibly asked the Song Dynasty to pay the annual currency. What he did is disgusting. The people of the Song Dynasty must show a one-hearted attitude, so that the envoys of the Ming Kingdom can see the hearts of the people. Achieve the effect of [Shocking the Ming Kingdom] [Subduing the Soldiers without a Fight].

More and more young and enthusiastic scholars agree with this statement. With the humiliation of not being able to cut off the golden coins for Da Song, and the determination not to let Da Song suffer humiliation again, they gathered in the Together.

The hot-blooded scholars gathered together shouting slogans and set off to the inn where Xin Qiji lived.

At the same time, Lu You, who had just returned from a business trip to Lin'an, was about to return to the imperial court to report the results of his official business. Suddenly, he found that Lin'an was different from before. Rumors of Ming Dynasty asking the Song Dynasty for New Year coins were spreading all over the streets.

The scholars of the Song Dynasty were filled with righteous indignation and prepared to gather together to protest at the inn where the envoys of the Ming Kingdom stayed, so that the Ming Kingdom realized that the Song Dynasty was of one mind.

Lu You was greatly horrified, and immediately ran back to his own imperial department to inquire about the news.

Through his friend Han Yuanji and some colleagues in the department, Lu You knew the ins and outs of this matter, and then he frowned, his face full of bitterness.

"How did that happen?"

Han Won-gil also had the same bitter look.

"Wuguan, you still have the foresight. The Ming Kingdom relies on its strong military power. As expected, just like the Jin Kingdom, it has a coveted heart for the Song Dynasty. What is not my race... I am still too stupid to see the Ming Kingdom wild ambition!"

"In order to repair the Yellow River, Da Song is required to provide year-old coins? This... what kind of excuse is this?"

Lu You shook his head again and again, his face full of confusion: "What exactly does the Ming Kingdom want? What do they want to do? Will it be detrimental to the Song Dynasty just after the establishment of the country?"

"Who knows what they want to do? But anyway, Ming Guo has bad intentions for sure."

Han Yuanji clenched his fists: "The Song Dynasty finally got rid of the humiliation of the Jin Kingdom, and the Ming Kingdom wants to impose this humiliation on the body of the Song Dynasty, how can it be so easy! Wuguan, I have heard that some people have joined forces with many Lin'an scholars. Let’s go to the inn where the envoys of the Ming Kingdom stay together for a sit-in protest, let’s go and have a look!”

(End of this chapter)