Qiming 1158

Chapter 714 Lin'an Treaty
When the news that the Ming army was ready to attack the city came, the ministers were collectively shaken. They came directly to the palace and begged Zhao Tan to stop the needless struggle and accept the request of the Ming army, so as to prevent Lin'an from repeating the same mistakes of Kaifeng.

They complained about the tragic experience of the people in the city after Kaifeng was broken, and asked Zhao Tan to deal with this matter rationally and not to fight the Ming army to the end.

They deeply remembered what happened in Kaifeng City back then, and remembered that aside from the suffering of the royal family, their ministers were not much better.

Most of the ministers were looted of all their property, and some unlucky ones went north with a large number of royal families to the bitter cold land of Liaodong because of their close relationship with the royal family. They suffered humiliation and died there, never returning to their homeland.

This is related to their vital interests. If the Ming army really attacks the city, and the Song army really can't stand it, they will repeat the same mistakes and become the laughing stock forever.

Because the Ming Kingdom has replaced the Jin Kingdom, it has all the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and it also controls the bitter cold land of Liaodong. It is not difficult at all to exile them to the legendary Five Kingdoms City.

The interests are damaged, and they cannot bear it.

They cannot and dare not entrust their own destiny and that of their family to an emperor who has just ascended the throne.

Who dares to believe that this emperor can turn the tide and help the building to collapse?
Therefore, not only the civil and military officials of the dynasty, but also the existing imperial relatives, the harem concubines that Zhao Gou did not take away, and the clans of the Northern Song Dynasty who were sent back by the Ming Dynasty, all of them ran to the palace crying and shouting. Li asked Zhao Tan to protect Lin'an and prevent Lin'an from being damaged by the war.

They were crying and shouting, their voices were very miserable and their momentum was very large, blocking the palace where Zhao Tan was working.

Inside were the Zaifu who asked Zhao Tan to judge the situation.

Outside is the ruling clique crying and begging him to surrender.

Shi Hao stood alone on the other side without saying a word.

Zhao Tan felt an unprecedented despair.

Including the main battle factions who once insisted on fighting, most of the main battle factions who once wrote to Zhao Tan to let him insist on fighting also turned off the fire and stopped talking.

When things came to an end, these "hard-boned main fighting factions" were still very reluctant to die. They kept their mouths shut, and some even mixed in with the group of officials asking for Zhao's surrender, exerting huge political pressure on Zhao.

This huge political pressure almost destroyed Zhao Tan and made Zhao Tan miserable.

When he knew that the civil and military officials, the emperor's relatives, and the country's relatives were begging him not to continue to resist, he deeply felt the pain of "the monarch is not the monarch of the subjugated country, but the ministers are all the ministers of the subjugated country."

The officials who had their spines broken by Jin Guo and Qin Hui's party failed to straighten their backs after all. Under the deterrence of the Ming army, they knelt down.

Among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, there were only three remaining people who still wrote to the iron that they would live and die together with Lin'an City, and even asked to mount the city wall to fight the enemy and protect the dignity of the Song Dynasty.

The last three performances of insisting on resistance are seen as ridiculous and meaningless by many people, but in Zhao Tan's view, this is the last comfort in his heart.

Han Yuanji, the head of Sinong Temple.

The imperial decree deleted the official Lu You.

Zhongshu Sheren Yu Yunwen.

These three names were remembered by Zhao Tan. These three people made Zhao Tan understand that although there were many people in the Manchu civil and military who were greedy for life and fear of death, after all, there were still officials who were willing to stand upright.

However, just three people could not support Zhao Tan to continue resisting.

He could even imagine that this was the ultimatum of the ministers.

As an emperor who has just ascended the throne and has no solid support, he has no other die-hard supporters except Shi Hao. At this stage, his throne is actually unstable.

Especially at this time, Zhao Gou was not there, and no one was there to support him. If he insisted on going his own way, if he really reached a critical moment, it would most likely lead to a palace coup and thus lose the throne.

Zhao Tan, who was exhausted to the extreme, couldn't hold it anymore.

In fact, this is the ultimatum of the ministers.

Although the military forces represented by Yang Cunzhong did not express their position, they still stood in the city, posing as if they were going to fight the Ming army to the death, but if all the ministers wanted to surrender and did not want to resist, how could Yang Cunzhong be able to turn the tide?

And at this moment, some ministers really have the heart of not being ministers.

They planned to elect Zhao Ji's son Zhao Tieshi or Zhao Wanshi in Liaodong as emperor while Zhao Gou was away and Zhao Tan's position was unstable and shaken, and lead them to surrender to tide over the difficulties.

They don't want to die with Zhao Tan, nor do they want to be captured with Zhao Tan and go north to lose their free and luxurious life.

Originally, the ministers really had no choice, except for Zhao Tan, it was difficult to immediately elect the next suitable emperor, but after the Ming Dynasty sent a group of Northern Song clans back, they had a choice.

They have Zhao Ji's son who can be a backup emperor candidate, and can also become emperor smoothly. If Zhao Tan is really "stubborn", they decide to fight Zhao Tan in the name of wickedness and oust Zhao from the throne.

Even if Zhao Gou will be very angry when he comes back, it doesn't matter. Who makes you absent when it is the most important?
You ran away and left us to suffer and suffer. Is there such a reason?

Fortunately, Zhao Tan did not persist until they decided to go rough.

The ugliness of the ministers made Zhao Tan completely despair and made him lose his last resistance. He asked Shi Hao to help him out of the palace. Facing the miserable scene of civil and military officials and royal relatives, he was full of grief and indignation. A manifesto was issued.

"Even if I die in battle, I don't want to bend my knees and surrender, the Ming army can't do anything to me, but you guys stabbed me in the chest, making me helpless! I didn't surrender for myself, I surrendered for you! You are greedy for life and fear of death, but you want me to bear the name of the eternal infamy and become the surrendered emperor, how can you wait for it! How can you bear it!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Tan cried out that he was sorry for his ancestors, his ministers were all ministers who lost the country, etc., and left the council palace and returned to his bedroom.

Then Zhao Tan authorized Shi Hao to sign a peace agreement with the Ming army outside the city on his behalf. All conditions are acceptable. Only the reduction of the year-old coins mentioned earlier can be fought for more, and it can be relieved for the Song Dynasty. burden.

A palace coup that is likely to happen has come to an end, and Zhao Ji's son will not have the luck to regain the throne after all.

On the morning of the ninth day of the fifth lunar month, Shi Hao arrived at the Ming army camp with a heavy heart.

This time, Shi Hao didn't do much entanglement, but agreed to the demands of the Ming army smoothly, whether it be indemnity, year-old coins, ceding land, or being a minister, all agreed.

This agreement, known as the "Lin'an Treaty", was officially signed.

Neither side has any more entanglements, only the old coin, because it agreed to the third and fourth conditions, the Ming army also made some concessions, and adjusted the price of the old coin to 25 taels of silver and 25 The grade of silk cloth is the same as that of Jin Kingdom back then.

It is stipulated that other materials can be converted into the supply of old coins, but the content of the old coins must at least guarantee the supply of 10 taels of silver and 15 bolts of silk cloth, that is to say, the discount range is 15 taels of silver and [-] bolts Silk cloth.

There are also strict regulations on the scope of discounted materials. Gold can be used, grain can be used, general cloth can be used, and building materials needed to repair the Yellow River can also be used for discounts, including the labor provided to the Ming Dynasty to build the Yellow River.

What can be discounted is basically the market hard currency that has a wide range of uses, including human resources, which can be used to do things, and there is no luxury.

When Shi Hao signed the treaty, although his heart ached, he also noticed the difference between the Ming government and the Southern Song government, and realized that the failure was not without reason.

It seems that they really started the war just to do practical things, not for face, fame or other reasons. The war has a very clear direction and purpose. If the goal is not achieved, it will not stop. If the goal is achieved, the action will be stopped immediately, and the order will be banned.

Perhaps, even if the army is stronger than it is now, the Southern Song Dynasty is not an opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

For some reason, Shi Hao suddenly had such an idea.

The thought made him feel terrified.

(End of this chapter)