Qian Song

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Although Wu Ge and the others were very careful, their actions were known to Li Cun a long time ago.

The first person to report this to Li Cun was Guozijian Jijiu Dong Fu. He received a report from the Tai students who were interested in Li Cun and the Daqian Dynasty as soon as some Tai students responded to Wu Ge and the others. His face turned pale with shock, and he brought the imperial student into the palace overnight to beg to see Li Cun.

After Li Cun listened to the reports of Dong Fu and the imperial student, he handed them over to Zhang Chao and Hu Tu.

Immediately afterwards, a person that Li Cun never expected also came to report Wu Ge's actions to Li Cun.

The person Li Cun never expected was Mei Zhili.

Mei Zhili was a Jinshi in Chongning for five years. He was ordered to delete the official and transferred to the editor of "Nine Regions".Later, he successively served as a doctor of martial arts, Guozi Siye, Zhongshu Sheren, and a middle-ranking post in the Ministry of Finance.

Mei Zhili is an upright and strict official, and does not shy away from the powerful.Because he offended Wang Fu, Wang Fu demoted him to Qizhou and deprived him of his official position on the grounds that he was late when offering sacrifices to the original temple (a separate ancestral temple besides the main temple). .In Chuzhou, there was an example of offering official charcoal, and all the trees were cut down. Mei Zhili asked to be exempted from offering.The local people suffered from the heavy salt tax, and Mei Zhili wrote a letter to ask for an exemption, and he was exempted.Therefore, the common people set up temples for Mei Zhili's portrait.

After Li Cun destroyed the Zhao Song Dynasty, Mei Zhili did not choose to retire, but chose to become an official in the Daqian Dynasty.

According to Mei Zhili's past experience, Li Guang recommended Mei Zhili as the right Cao of the household department.

Li Cunzhun.

In history, Mei Zhili was an absolutely loyal minister of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

The Jin people abolished Zhao Huan as a commoner, and abolished the Zhao Song Dynasty. Fan Qiong escorted Zhao Ji and other royal family members of the Zhao Song Dynasty to Jinying. The master humiliated his minister to death, so I should die to save him?"

Mei's mother said: "Loyalty and filial piety are difficult to have both. You have received such a kindness from the state, so you should report it wholeheartedly. Don't think of the elderly."

So Mei Zhili asked his brothers to support his parents, and resolutely discussed with the generals, planning to attack Jin at night to rescue Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

In the name of lending aid, Mei Zhili secretly contacted the military and civilians with Wu Ge and his clan Zhao Zifang, and gained more than [-] people in a few days.

At the same time, Mei Zhili and his colleagues Chen Zhizhi, Cheng Zhen, and An Fu knew that the people's power was exhausted and it was impossible to meet the Jinren's request, so they risked being dealt with by the Jinren's military law and refused to pay.

Some eunuchs reported the real situation of Bianliang City in Tokyo to the Jin people with private revenge, and suggested that the Jin people take advantage of the lack of food in Bianliang City in Tokyo to sell grain to the people in the city. The people in the city really bought grain with money, which proved that Mei Zhili and others Tokyo Bianliang City was not searched clean.

Wanyan Zonghan angrily reprimanded Mei Zhili and the other four, and threatened to obey their orders. Mei Zhili and the others replied: "The people are empty, and there is no way to recruit them, so it is difficult to obey orders!"

Wanyan Zonghan asked who the official was, intending to blame Mei Zhili.

Cheng Zhen was afraid that Mei Zhili would be punished, so he stepped forward and said, "We are all officials."

Wanyan Zonghan first ordered the four deputy censors Hu Shunzhi, the palace censor Hu Tanglao, the supervisory censor Yao Shunming, and Wang Yu to be responsible for a hundred sticks.

Mei Zhili and others interceded for them.

The four were immediately sent back, and when they rode to the gate of Nanxun, the golden man shouted from behind: "Shangshu, please stop, there is an order from the Marshal."

The four dismounted to listen to the order, and were beaten to death with maces one by one, and their heads were discarded under the door, and their families were asked to redeem the corpses with gold and silver.

The plan of Mei Zhili, Wu Ge and others to save Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan also failed because Fan Qiong found out.

Li Cunzhen didn't expect that Mei Zhili would choose to "betray" Wu Ge and the others when he came to his place.

Li Cun looked at Mei Zhili, and asked: "The Lord humiliated the minister to death, and I abolished the Zhao family and imprisoned him. You don't want to rescue him, but you confess to being loyal to the Zhao family. What's the reason?"

Mei Zhili did not say that since Li Cun took over Bianliang City in Tokyo, he has been secretly observing Li Cun.

Moreover, as an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Mei Zhili had a very clear understanding of the economic income, grain income, population growth, and annual economic expenditure of the Dagan Dynasty.

Then compare the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Mei Zhili could easily come to the conclusion that Li Cun being the emperor was a great fortune for the people compared to Zhao's control of the country.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, as long as there are no extra problems, Li Cun will definitely be able to quell the war in the Central Plains within a year or two, and it is even hoped that within three to five years, China will be able to completely end the war, and let the Chinese people who have been baptized by the war Return to the life of living and working in peace and contentment.

Therefore, if you try to help the Zhao family restore the country, it is tantamount to turning back the wheel of history, and it will only make the people continue to suffer from the flames of war, and may not be able to live and work in peace and contentment for decades.

Furthermore, based on Mei Zhili's observations, although Li Cun was born in the fields, he was brave, open-minded, knowledgeable and good at tasks, and within a few years he had no strategy left behind, no soldiers left behind, and a great cause. It can be said that, except for being a womanizer and a little too much, everything else is in line with a wise and mighty monarch.

In this period of turbulent international situation, I am afraid that only an emperor like Li Cun, who is extremely good everywhere, can protect the hundreds of millions of people in China, right?

Therefore, Mei Zhili cannot gamble with the future of hundreds of millions of people in China because of his foolish loyalty to the Zhao family.

In addition, there are hundreds of thousands of elite warriors from the Dagan Dynasty in the Gyeonggi area. There are [-] troops stationed on the city wall for a long time, and there are thousands of troops patrolling the city. Wu Ge and the others are obviously hitting stones with eggs. There is no way it will be successful.

Also, even if Wu Ge and the others succeed, so what? Could it be that the Zhao family couldn't defeat the Dagan Dynasty in its heyday, and now that the country is ruined and the family is destroyed, can they defeat the Dagan Dynasty?
Taking a step back, even if Zhao Gou, Zhao Wei, or someone else with the surname Zhao becomes the emperor, is it really better than letting the wise and powerful Li Cun be the emperor?

Based on these considerations, Mei Zhili finally chose to help the Daqian Dynasty quell this rebellion that could never succeed and should not succeed as soon as possible.

At this moment, facing Li Cun's questioning, Mei Zhili said calmly: "The people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least."

This sentence is very familiar to Li Cun, but Mei Zhili is the first one to say it so bluntly in front of Li Cun.

Li Cun did not blame Mei Zhili, after all, this represented the thinking of a large number of people, and, judging from the current situation, the existence of such people may not be a bad thing for Li Cun.

Although Li Cun was pleased with Mei Zhili's choice and admired Mei Zhili, he did not immediately promote Mei Zhili, but handed Mei Zhili over to Zhang Chao and Hu Tu. .

It was only after Mei Zhili followed Zhang Chao and Hu Tu to the former Imperial City Si Yamen that he realized how correct his choice was.

It turned out that Wu Ge and the others had been closely monitored by Wu Desi and the pro-military Duwei Mansion, and their every move was under the control of Wu Desi and the pro-military Duwei Mansion.

Not only that, but there are still many people from the Daqian Dynasty who have already penetrated into Wu Ge and the others.

Why did Mei Zhili know this?

Because Zhang Chao and Hu Tu also asked Mei Zhili to go undercover with Wu Ge and the others.

However, the task Zhang Chao and Hu Tu gave Mei Zhili was not to inquire about the news, but to ask Mei Zhili to suggest that the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty should be confessed...

Mei Zhili didn't even need to inquire about the news, how could Mei Zhili not know that Wu Ge and the others had long been targeted by Wu Desi and the pro-military Duwei Mansion.

Let's put it this way, the reason why Wu Desi and the pro-army Duweifu are not arresting Wu Ge and the others is not because Wu Desi and the pro-army Duweifu can't catch them, but because Wu Desi and the pro-military Duweifu want to expand the results of the battle and get it done once and for all. .

In this regard, Mei Zhili sighed leisurely, and he was not at all happy because he went ashore by himself.

in fact--

Mei Zhili is not the only former minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty who reported Wu Ge to Li Cun. Lu Haowen, Minister of the Ministry of War, Ma Shen and Zhang Suo, Fengyi Lang Zhishi, and many other former Zhao Song Dynasty officials The old ministers regarded Wu Ge's actions as a certificate of nomination and handed them over to Li Cun.

Without exception, these people who had submitted their nomination certificates to Li Cun were all sent back to Wu Ge and the others by Zhang Chao and Hu Tu.

At the suggestion of Mei Zhili and others, Wu Ge and others gave away a large number of royal families and clans of the Zhao Song Dynasty in order to keep Zhao Wei.

During this process, Zhao Zifang made great contributions. Many hidden royal families and clans of the Zhao Song Dynasty were confessed by him. He even came forward to persuade those royal families and clans of the Zhao Song Dynasty to put the overall situation first and take the initiative to go to Kaifeng Mansion Surrendered.

After the joint efforts of both parties, in the end only a few royal families and clans of the Zhao and Song Dynasties have not been found, including Zhao Wei, Zhao Zifang, and Jian'an County King Zhao Yu (the eldest son of the Empress Mingjie).

After discussing with Zhang Chao, Hu Tu and others, they felt that the fire was almost ready and the net should be closed.

Unexpectedly, at this time Wu Ge and the others found themselves exposed.

Regarding the exposure of this kind of thing, Wu Ge and the others had a plan in advance. If the incident failed, they would concentrate their forces to escort Zhao Wei to capture Jinshuimen, and then go all the way north to find Zhao Gou.

in fact--

As early as when Wu Ge and others learned that Li Cun had sent Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and other royal families and clans of the Song Dynasty to the south, they had already cried a lot. Yea!"

Then someone wiped away their tears and proposed to kill the palace to avenge Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and other royal families and clans of the Song Dynasty.

Wu Ge was quite sensible at the time, knowing that with their small number of troops, they might not be able to kill the inner city, and would be wiped out by the dry army, so he resolutely opposed this stupid sacrifice. He said to everyone: "If you start first It's a matter, we are not complete, and we have no horses, I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat even the patrols and thieves, how can we help?"

Under Wu Ge's repeated persuasion, the others gave up, but they still took the opportunity to draft three open letters for use in future riots.

The content of these three open letters is roughly as follows:
The first letter reprimanded the Daqian Dynasty for detaining the emperor, royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasty in the name of peace negotiations, which was immoral;
The second letter reprimanded the ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasty for not thinking of a way to save the country's destiny, but turned around and voted for the Daqian Dynasty, and acted like a minister;
The third letter reprimanded the residents of Bianliang City, Tokyo, for not thinking that their father was trapped in the prison of the Daqian Dynasty.

It can be said that Wu Ge and the others are ready for everything, but they did not expect that there are a large number of spies and undercover agents from the Daqian Dynasty in their team.

Now, some people couldn't bear the heart of loyal people like Wu Ge to die in vain, and secretly told them the news that they had been exposed.

After Wu Ge and others learned about this, not only were they not afraid, they also killed their wives and children, burned their living room, decided to act righteously in advance, and directly attacked the palace, and captured the king first.

Banzhi Cui Guang, Cui Yan and other generals found Wu Ge with the weapons they had obtained through various channels, and everyone asked Wu Ge to immediately order the army.

Wu Ge asked, "How many people are in our army?"

Cui Guang, Cui Yan and others replied: "There are nearly 3000 people, and there are hundreds of thousands of common people. If you hear that we are rising up to save the king and punish the thieves, they will all agree to follow."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Wu Ge feels that everyone's ambition is invincible, so he has no choice but to agree.

Cui Yan, Cui Guang and others urged Wu Ge to get on his horse, led them to kill the palace, and captured Li Cun alive.

Wu Ge then put on his armor and mounted his horse, leading the crowd to kill towards the inner city.

When Wu Ge and the others went to the west of the Jinshui River, Wu Ge gradually realized that something was wrong, because the surroundings were so quiet, no matter how they shouted or called, no people came out to respond to them, and no people even came out to watch. lively.

This is too abnormal.

But it was too late.

Soon, tens of thousands of horses came from the inner city far away.

At the same time, 5000 people were killed from the alleys on both sides.

The 2 army is not only fully equipped with armor, but also filled with a large number of cavalry, and there are even a large number of tiger squatting guns, and thunderbolts are standard equipment for these [-] horses.

With this kind of configuration, not to mention that there are less than 3000 troops to fight Wu Ge and the others, even if they fight 3 horses, they are all within reach.

Seeing this, Wu Ge sighed leisurely: "The big thing is over!"

There is no suspense in this battle.

Except for less than 100 people who surrendered, more than 700 people including Cui Guang and Cui Yan were all killed on the spot, and Wu Ge and his son were exhausted and captured.

Although he was captured alive, Wu Ge still had no fear. Without changing his face, he slandered Fan Qiong, Zuo Yan and others who were in the army. He retorted that his loyalty to the Zhao and Song Dynasties was awe-inspiring.

After the matter was reported to Li Cun, who was in the early court, Li Cun did not see Wu Ge, but directly issued a decree: "A hero should not be insulted, give him a good time."

As a result, all those who planned to rebel against the Qian Dynasty and restore the Song Dynasty, including Wu Ge and his son, Zhao Wei, and Zhao Zifang, were all executed.

Soon after, Zhang Chao and Hu Tu brought over a large pile of documents looted from the Qishengyuan, including a large number of letters between Wu Ge and others and the old officials of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Seeing this scene, many people who had secretly communicated with Wu Ge and the others were so frightened that they were sweating profusely, and some with poor psychological quality almost collapsed on the ground.

Just when many people thought that there would be a bloody storm coming soon, Li Cun suddenly ordered: "Bring up the brazier and burn all the letters and documents in the hall."

In the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao with fewer victories and more victories.When Yuan Shao fled, he threw away books, chariots and other things before he could take them away.When Cao Cao's cronies were picking up these miscellaneous things, they found some letters in the book, which were written by Cao Cao's subordinates and Yuan Shao secretly, so they showed these letters to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked through it, and most of the content was praising Yuan Shao, and some even expressed their desire to leave Cao Cao and join Yuan Shao.

The cronies suggested that Cao Cao arrest and execute all those who wrote the letter, but instead of doing so, Cao Cao ordered all the letters to be burned.

The confidant was very puzzled, Cao Cao said with a smile: "At that time, Yuan Shao was so powerful that I couldn't even protect myself, let alone everyone?"

After Cao Cao burned these letters, those who had written to Yuan Shao were greatly moved, and from then on they devoted their lives to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's magnanimous and tolerant character has also been passed down through the ages.

In fact, Cao Cao is not the first person in history to use burning letters to win people's hearts.

Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, had already used this method.

After Liu Xiu pacified Wang Lang, he received thousands of letters between his subordinates and Wang Lang. Liu Xiu summoned his subordinates and burned all the letters with a torch. The reason was "to make the rebels feel at ease."

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Xiufan, king of Guiyang in Song Dynasty, rebelled against him and was put down by Xiao Daocheng. At that time, the information spread slowly. In the hands of Xiao Daocheng.

Xiao Daocheng also burned all these letters, and said to those people: "Liu Xiufan and his son are dead, and I have also burned your letters. You don't have to worry anymore."

Also, when Zhao Siwan rebelled, Zhou Zu led his troops to crusade, and Wang Pu went out with Zhou Zu, and quickly quelled the rebellion. When cleaning up the documents left by Zhao Siwan, I saw many letters between the dignitaries in the court and Zhao Siwan.

This is evidence that these people have colluded with the feudal town. Zhou Zu immediately planned to take these letters back to the court so that these people could be punished.

But Wang Pu disagreed with this. He said to Zhou Zu: "The demons and ghosts waited until night to appear. Now that the rain has passed and the sun is shining, they will naturally disappear. I hope you burn all these letters and don't remember them. their fault."

Zhou Zu adopted his suggestion, which really stabilized the hearts of those people and made them serve the country faithfully from then on.

Therefore, the method of burning letters, although it is difficult to escape the suspicion of being a show, can indeed play a role in winning people's hearts.

For now, those former ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasty who were almost scared out of their wits felt as if they had been reborn after seeing Li Cun order their criminal evidence to be burned!
in fact--

It's not that no one knows, Li Cun burned the letter, it just means that Li Cun doesn't want to pursue these things, and wants to let them go, it doesn't mean that Li Cun doesn't know what they are doing.

But this is still enough for sinners like them to be grateful, because Li Cun could have killed them all with this matter, but Li Cun did not, but showed them the mind of an emperor.

Of course, you can also understand that this is Li Cun's political means, a kind of wisdom in life.

It is no exaggeration to say that many former ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties, whether they participated in this political event or not, including many former ministers of the Liao Empire, really began to be loyal to Li from this moment. Those who survived and were loyal to the Daqian Dynasty.

At the moment when all the letters and documents were reduced to ashes, His Highness suddenly burst into a thunderous voice: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!!!"

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