The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 527
Let's say that after the court was dismissed that day, Zhao Ji returned to the harem, and before he even had time to change the dragon robe, he secretly summoned a group of confidants and asked in disbelief,
"The Jin people are coming fiercely, do you have any advice from your family?"

Bai Shizhong was worried that he would be settled by Zhao Jiqiu for his concealment of the military situation earlier, so he actively offered suggestions to try to make up for one or two.

"Officials, judging from the previous incidents, all the actions of the Jin people are for money, why not follow the same routine?"

Just as Zhao Ji was about to nod his head in agreement, he saw a strange expression on Cai Jing's face, and said, "Cai Aiqing is mature and prudent, do you have any different opinions?"

Cai Jing walked out slowly, and clasped his hands and replied, "Officials, Jin people have no faith, so don't put all your hopes on peace talks. It's better to make more preparations."

"The Qing family's words are very kind. If there is any good strategy, please come quickly!"

"The veteran thinks that the officials should first issue an order to order officials from Hejian Mansion, Daming Mansion and other places to actively resist the Jin army going south, and at the same time dispatch elite forbidden troops to go north to support, so as to prevent the Jin people from paralyzing our Song Dynasty through negotiations."

"Okay, as the Qing family said, I will make an order immediately, what else?"

Cai Jing's eyes moved slightly, and he wanted to say something more, but he still couldn't say anything, so he shook his head to indicate that he had finished speaking.

On the contrary, Cai You saw that his old man had regained the favor of Zhao Ji, his heart was so sour, and he didn't want to be more beautiful than before, so he hurriedly stood up and said,

"Officials, I'm afraid you have forgotten that there is Mu Xu, the governor of Dingxiang. His territory is in Yundi. As long as he is ordered to send troops, if the Jin army does not want to be cut off, they will definitely not dare to enter lightly."

Zhao Ji frowned and sighed, "Mu Xu told me time and again in the past, saying that the golden man was a wolf with ambition, and cooperating with him was an act of seeking skin from a tiger. I regret not listening to his words!
Later, because of this incident, the court and him were so dirty, I was worried that he might not be willing to obey his will, what should I do? "

Cai You had already thought of this section, so he said calmly, "It's not easy, your Majesty can order Mu Xu to be crowned king, and then talk about the relationship between Weng and his son-in-law. He won't do anything against his will."

"This..." Zhao Ji hesitated when he heard the words. It's not that he thinks Cai You's idea is wrong, but that their old Zhao family has always been on guard against warriors since they came. If you continue to indulge, I'm afraid it will become more and more difficult to treat.

Gao Qiu and Mu Xu's feud is as deep as sea, and of course he doesn't want to see the enemy's family proud. Seeing Zhao Ji's expression at this moment, he immediately objected, "No, Mu Xu is only a prince of a country, and he has repeatedly resisted the decree. If he is sealed again He is the king, so it may be more fueling his ambition."

Seeing Gao Qiu's lack of face, Cai You immediately said in displeasure, "Taiwei Gao said so, there must be a clever plan to defeat the enemy, so let's hear it!"

Gao Qiu has a clever plan, he is simply making things difficult for Mu Xu, now being ridiculed by Cai You, he immediately blushed and said, "The words of the lower officials are out of a public heart, and they are all for the consideration of the court, why should Cai Zhongcheng So aggressive?"

"Hmph, what a public mind, who doesn't know that you have a personal enmity with Mu Xu, I think you are..."

"Enough! Let's put this discussion on hold for the time being. Let's see the results of the negotiations with the Jinren first, and then it won't be too late to talk about other things."

But Zhao Ji saw that the quarrel between the two was getting worse, so he stopped talking, and then said, "You wait to back down, I will think about it again."

"Yes, I will take my leave."

Seeing Zhao Ji's impatience, how could they dare to talk too much, so they resigned according to their words, but Zhao Ji suddenly said, "Teacher stay here for now, I have something to say."

When only Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng were left in the hall, Zhao Ji asked, "I saw that the grand master seemed to have something to say, don't you know?"

"The sage has never done anything wrong with the officials, and I do have something to say, but these words are not suitable for too many people to listen to."

"Now there are only Taishi and Liang Daguan left here, so Aiqing can speak out."

Cai Jing glanced at Liang Shicheng, saw him smile back, he also clasped his fists back and saluted, and then said, "Officials, according to the old minister, the Jin people are afraid that the comers are not kind, and the general benefits may not be able to satisfy the appetite of the other country. , so to be on the safe side, the veteran thinks that officials should prepare for the worst."

Zhao Ji's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked calmly, "Aiqing, please explain clearly!"

Cai Jing gritted his teeth and said, "If the situation is critical, the officials might as well be Nanxing Jiangnan, and inspect the great rivers and mountains of my Song Dynasty."

Hearing that someone finally said what he wanted to hear, Zhao Ji couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and even sighed secretly, "As expected of Cai Jing, he is the only civil and military man in the Manchu Dynasty, and he can see what I want."

Although this was his original intention, Zhao Ji also knew that this move was not in the style of the emperor, so he pretended to be reserved and said, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate, I am the king of a country, if I abandon the capital city and leave, what will the world think of me! "

When it comes to which of Zhao Ji's servants is the best at figuring out what to do, it must be Yang Jian and Liang Shicheng, but the former died of illness years ago, and now there is only one Liang Shicheng left.

In fact, this guy is the same as Cai Jing, and he also saw early on that the official of his family had the intention of going out of Beijing to avoid disaster, but he was more insidious, and he was unwilling to take the initiative to expose the matter, for fear that he would be held accountable in the future.

Now that Cai Jing raised it first, Liang Shicheng has nothing to worry about. He immediately said the countermeasures he had already thought up, "Officials, there is no way to solve this matter, or there are some..."

"But it's okay to talk."

"Yes, the servant feels that for the sake of the reputation of the official family, it is better to follow the example of Tang Gaozu."

After finishing speaking, Liang Shicheng immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, "The servant made a mistake, and I also ask the officials to come down."

"Come on, Mr. Liang, let me think about this matter." Zhao Ji was not angry, after all, he cherishes his reputation the most, so he felt that this suggestion might not be a solution.

While Cai Jing took advantage of Zhao Ji's thinking, he glanced thoughtfully at Liang Shicheng, and became more on guard against this eunuch.

Perhaps Zhao Ji thought that Liang Shicheng was purely out of consideration for his reputation, but Cai Jing clearly realized that this fellow was clearly killing two birds with one stone. On the surface, he wanted to relieve the king's worries, but secretly he wanted to push the crown prince Zhao Huan to the throne.

No one knew that Liang Shicheng, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, was a staunch supporter of the crown prince, and no one knew that sooner or later, the officials would abolish the crown prince and replace King Liyun as the crown prince.

Of course, there is a premise for this matter, that is, no accidents happen.

But right now, an accident just happened, which gave Liang Shicheng the opportunity to secretly assist Zhao Huan in launching a deadly strike, and it was even possible for him to accomplish this, which made Cai Jing not afraid.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and the three monarchs and ministers were thinking about their own thoughts. After a while, they heard Zhao Ji say, "Forget it, let's look down for a few more days. I will make a decision after the negotiation between Bai Aiqing and the Jinren comes out."

It is not difficult to hear from Zhao Ji's words that he still has doubts about the abdication.

If you think about it, you can understand that there is still a difference between the emperor and the supreme emperor. If it is not a must, who would be willing to hand over the position of supremacy to someone else, even if this other person is his own flesh and blood.

For the next few days, the entire Song Dynasty court focused on Honglu Temple and the northern state capital, hoping for good news.

Here at Honglu Temple, the conditions of the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin changed three times a day. It was clear that the two sides had reached an agreement at the first moment, but at the next moment, Saluhu and Gao Qingyi would raise the conditions again, making it difficult for Bai Shizhong and the others to cope. .

At this time, anyone with a little knowledge can see that Jin Guo has no sincerity in negotiating, and this behavior is most likely to delay the time.

But Zhao Ji still refused to give up, and often summoned Bai Shizhong several times a day, urging him to reach a settlement with the Kingdom of Jin as soon as possible, so that the Jin soldiers would withdraw from the territory of the Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible.

It's a pity that Zhao Ji's extravagant hope has come to naught after all.

On the fourth day of the seventh lunar month, an urgent report came from Du Wei, the magistrate of Daming Prefecture. In mid-June, the Jin army invaded Hejian Prefecture. He resisted to the death and repelled the Jin army's attack several times.

But the good times didn't last long. After a few days of testing, Wan Yan Zonghan keenly found that there were not many defenders in the Hejian Mansion, and it was still difficult to defend it. It was absolutely impossible to go out of the city to fight.

Seeing this, Wanyan Zonghan made a decisive decision, leaving a small number of troops to continue besieging the city, while himself and Wanyan Zongwang led troops across the river, followed the Yellow River north, passed Jizhou without attacking, and went straight to Daming Mansion.

This move can be described as extremely bold. If the guard general of Jizhou in the Song Dynasty had the courage to send troops to attack the Jin army's logistics, then the Jin army might be caught in a dilemma.

But Wan Yan Zonghan is proficient in battle, how could he commit such a taboo?
It turned out that when he attacked Hejian Mansion, he deliberately let go of the southern opening, trying to lure the defenders of Jizhou and Enzhou to come to rescue, intending to implement the strategy of encircling the spot and fighting for aid.

The result was far beyond Wanyan Zonghan's expectations. The defenders of the two places, not to mention coming to support the friendly army, unexpectedly chose to fortify the walls and clear the fields, guard the city, and did not dare to go one step further.

Thinking about the performance of the Song Army on various roads in Hebei, Wanyan Zonghan immediately understood that the Song Army's combat effectiveness is low, and most of them have no fighting spirit.

That being the case, what else is there to say? It is expected that after the Jizhou defenders dare not leave the city easily, they choose to abandon this place strategically and continue to go south to take Daming Mansion, an important town in the north of the Song Dynasty.

Once captured there, there will be only Kaide Mansion left, and then it will be able to threaten Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty, across the southern tributary of the Yellow River.

In such a situation, Zhao Ji finally understood that he had been tricked by the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin. Liang Shicheng packed his bags secretly, in preparation for emergencies.

Soon, Zhao Ji's preparations came into play. In the past ten days, on July [-]th, an urgent military situation came from the north. The Daming Mansion fell. Zhizhou Du Wei committed suicide and died for his country. .

Seeing that the Jin army was about to reach the Yellow River, and the next step was to attack Bianliang, Zhao Ji was frightened, so he decided to adopt half of Liang Shicheng's suggestion.

Why is it said to be half of the proposal?Because Zhao Ji was still hesitating at this time, he was not hesitating whether to leave, but he was hesitating whether to pass the throne to Zhao Huan.

In the end, he had a crooked brain, first named Zhao Huan as Kaifeng Mu, and then made further plans based on the upcoming changes in the situation.

Kaifeng shepherds were not often established in the Song Dynasty. Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong both served as Kaifeng shepherds first, and then succeeded to the throne.

At this time, Zhao Ji ordered Zhao Huan to be the shepherd of Kaifeng, and his purpose was naturally to let him stay in Tokyo to resist the Jin army, while he himself planned to travel south to Huaihe and Zhejiang, that is, to flee to the south.

The civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty may not be capable, but they are all human beings. From the series of abnormal actions of the Zhao official family, they all realized that the official family wanted to leave the prince to take the thunder and run away with a bucket .

Facing such a timid official, the court officials were divided into two distinct factions.

Loyal people naturally remonstrated one after another, thinking that Zhao Ji should not leave the capital at this time, otherwise it would definitely cause people's hearts to fluctuate, which would be detrimental to the court's war.

And those treacherous and villainous people tried their best and used various means to try to get their good officials to take them with them, and they didn't want to stay in Tokyo and wait for death.

All of a sudden, the entire imperial court danced wildly with demons, and the news quickly spread to the people, and the people in Tokyo City also panicked.

The rich and powerful families first left the city and went south to avoid misfortune, while the poor and powerful people did not want to sit still. They either fled to the countryside or went to the streets to rob food and other supplies.

Just when the capital of the Great Song Dynasty fell into a doomsday scene, worse news came that the Kaide Mansion was breached, and the Jin people were about to drink the Yellow River at any time.

Seeing that the situation was developing in the worst direction, Zhao Ji finally couldn't sit still. He summoned the court on July [-]th and issued two orders.

In the first imperial decree, he named Mu Xu, the Duke of Yingguo Dingxiang Jiedu, as the king of Yunzhong County, and ordered him to send troops to Yandi to force the Jin army to return to the division to relieve the crisis in the capital.

Although Baiguan felt that this decree was a bit unexpected, it was still within acceptable range. After all, the Great Song Dynasty was in danger, and they didn't care whether it would make Mu Xu bigger or not.

But the second decree made many people unable to calm down.Because in the imperial decree, Zhao Ji first made a summary of his merits and demerits since he succeeded to the throne, and then changed his voice, and announced that he would abdicate on the same day, toured the south of the Yangtze River, and passed the throne to Prince Zhao Huan.

For Zhao Ji's escape, the ministers were already mentally prepared, but they never imagined that this official would do such a terrific thing that he didn't even want the throne in order to escape.

Some ministers were about to go out to persuade Zhao Ji to take back the decree just after the imperial decree was read out, but they suddenly heard a howl from the Daqing Hall, like a cuckoo weeping blood, which was extremely moving.

The person who spoke was none other than Prince Zhao Huan, another protagonist in the imperial decree.

In front of the civil and military officials and relatives of the emperor, Zhao Huan knelt down on the head of His Majesty Dan and sobbed like a dead old lady,

"I implore my father to take back my order. My son is young and has little virtue. How can I take on the important task of governing the country? I hope that I will be with my father forever and receive teachings every day. If my father refuses to agree, my son is willing to be the master of Taiyi Palace. Unwilling to subdue the great rule..."

When the ministers first heard the first half, they thought the prince was making three invitations and three speeches, and they were deeply moved by his filial piety.Until the second half of the passage, many people couldn't help calling "good guy" secretly. This is not an excuse, it is clearly unwilling to succeed.

This is really an eye-opener. Throughout the ages, the throne of the emperor, which has attracted so many heroes, has become a hot potato when it comes to the father and son of the Tian family. Everyone wants to push it out.

(End of this chapter)