Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 115 The Humble Me
Let's say that after Emperor Huizong returned to his palace, he immediately became in a hurry.

He asked the palace attendant beside him: "Apart from Li Gang, Gao Qiu and Tong Guan are also here, right?"

The palace man said in a sharp voice, "Yes, Your Majesty."

A helpless look suddenly appeared on Emperor Huizong's face, he snorted coldly, and said in a bad mood: "Li Gang, it's Li Gang again! I'm going to be bored to death."

Speaking of which, Li Gang had entered the palace under the leadership of palace officials as early as an hour ago at the third quarter of Youshi.

As soon as he entered the palace, he immediately found Prince Zhao Huan.

This prince Zhao Huan became the later Song Qinzong.

Prince Zhao Huan is the eldest son of Song Huizong, and his mother is Queen Wang, who has been favored for many years.

It is said that early this morning, Li Gang had already secretly contacted Zhao Huan.

He said that he must find the Holy One tonight and have a good talk.

Zhao Huan had been indulging in drinking and sex recently, so he originally didn't want to pay attention to Li Gang.

It was only after Crown Princess Zhu Lian's repeated persuasion that Zhao Huan agreed to Li Gang's request.

At that time, Li Gang saw Prince Zhao Huan at the palace gate and immediately grabbed Zhao Huan's hands.

He said anxiously: "Prince, tonight's matter is the most important thing, I must not let this fool you!"

"In the past few days, we, the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom, have been advancing continuously, and are about to attack Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom. According to the opinion of the minister, we are determined not to continue the attack, and we must order the Sheng to withdraw the troops as soon as possible!"

Zhao Huan had an impatient look on his face and said angrily: "What do you think this is, but it is such a trivial matter!"

"Li Gang, you can just inform your father. Why bother bothering me?"

Li Gang was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to be rude in front of the prince.

He could only suppress the raging anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Prince, please listen to what I have to say."

"Both Gao Qiu and Tong Guan are coming tonight. This Tong Guan has just returned to the imperial court for more than a week, and he wants to ask for credit and reward in front of the Holy Emperor! We can't let him succeed tonight!"

So Prince Zhao Huan and Li Gang had no choice but to walk into Funing Palace and wait patiently for Emperor Huizong to arrive.

The two traitorous ministers Gao Qiu and Tong Guan arrived first, followed by Emperor Huizong.

When Li Gangfu saw Emperor Huizong, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times without saying a word.

The old man said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, we must not continue the attack on the Liao Kingdom! Please issue an order to withdraw the troops as soon as possible."

At this time, Emperor Huizong was extremely impatient, and sat down angrily with a muffled "bang" sound.

He glared at Li Gang who was kneeling on the ground and refused to get up, and said: "Li Aiqing, what do you mean by this! From the beginning of the alliance with Jin to destroy Liao, you have been unable to live in peace for a day!"

"I have a lot of things to do every day. I have finally finished handling the government affairs, and I still have to deal with such a mess like yours. It's really annoying!"

Li Gang was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears.

He was stunned for a moment. He looked at Emperor Huizong blankly and asked, "Your Majesty, what did you say? Is this... such a waste?"

Emperor Huizong also said "hmm" angrily.

Prince Zhao Huan just stood aside with his head lowered, saying nothing.

Li Gang became anxious and glanced at Zhao Huan again and again, but Zhao Huan turned a blind eye.

The treacherous minister Gao Qiu looked down at Li Gang who was kneeling on the ground, with a touch of disdain in his heart.

Thinking that he might as well be a favor, he tried to help Li Gang up from the ground.

But as soon as he put his hands on Li Gang's arms, Li Gang immediately jumped up and threw him aside forcefully.She pointed her finger at his nose and said sternly: "Shameless boy, get out of here!"

Tong Guan on the side was startled. He looked at Li Gang and then at Gao Qiu. Tong Guan was shocked.

You should know that at this time, Gao Qiu had reached the rank of Taiwei.

Li Gang actually dared to do this to the dignified lieutenant in front of the Holy Emperor!
Isn't this equivalent to giving the dignified Taiwei a great humiliation?

Gao Qiu became furious in an instant. He rolled up his arms and sleeves and said to Li Gang, "Do you dare to repeat what you just said?"

Li Gang gritted his teeth, also rolled up his long sleeves, and said, "If I don't break the legs of a yellow-haired kid like you who only knows how to play football today, I will never be a human being!"

Seeing that two important ministers were about to fight in front of Huizong, Emperor Huizong was furious, slammed his hand on the table, and said sternly: "Stop it!"

As soon as Emperor Huizong finished speaking, Li Gang and Gao Qiu immediately stopped their hands and lowered their heads.

Emperor Huizong looked at Li Gang, the anger in his heart boiling to its peak.

He really wanted to slap Li Gang in the face twice, but he also knew that Li Gang had been an official in the court for decades and had always been a loyal minister who thought wholeheartedly about the country and the country of the Song Dynasty.

If he were beaten in Funing Palace today, most of the civil and military officials in the court would be disappointed as soon as word of the incident spread.

Emperor Huizong was helpless and pointed at Li Gang for a long time, and finally said with hatred: "Li Gang, just tell Gao Qiu and Tong Guan what you have in mind, and don't bother me anymore."

Emperor Huizong ignored Li Gang's hard words and persuaded him to stay, and walked away.

As soon as Emperor Huizong left, Li Gang's heart suddenly felt as if it had fallen into an abyss.

The hot blood in his body seemed to turn into ice in a thousand-year ice cellar in an instant.

It's so cold, so cold.

Prince Zhao Huan stretched out his hands and gently rubbed his temples.

He said impatiently to Li Gang: "Since my father has left, Li Gang, you should go back as soon as possible!"

Li Gang knelt on the ground and cried repeatedly, unable to get up.

Compared with the loyal minister Li Gang, the treacherous ministers Gao Qiu and Tong Guan were much better at pleasing the prince.

Gao Qiu's face suddenly changed from gloomy to clear. He smiled slyly at Zhao Huan and said, "This time the two of us came back to Bianliang and brought two wives of first-rank officials from the Liao Kingdom. Prince, do you have anything?" Not interested in trying something new?"

Prince Zhao Huan was not interested in other matters, but as soon as he heard this kind of matter, his blood burst into his ears.

Zhao Huan was overjoyed and hurriedly left Funing Palace with his traitorous ministers Gao Qiu and Tong Guan.

Let's say that the Ninth Prince Zhao Gou had just finished his sword dance in the courtyard. He was sweating profusely, put away his sword, and walked slowly towards the palace.

In two days, Zhao Gou will have completed the adult ceremony and will move out of the palace.

He has never left this deep palace since he was a child. Now that he is leaving, it is inevitable that he still feels a little reluctant to leave.

While he was thinking about it, he saw the door of the bedroom suddenly opened.

A palace maid stumbled out with a stack of rice paper in her arms.

The palace maid came to him and said breathlessly: "Ninth Prince, my servant has been cleaning up for a long time, and finally found these calligraphy handwritings of yours under your bed. Please take them with you before you leave!"

Zhao Gou stopped in his tracks as if by mistake, he sighed deeply, his face full of sadness.

He raised his head, looked up at the bright moon, and said sadly: "No matter how hard I work, I am just me after all."

"No matter how good I am in both civil and military skills, what can I do? After all, this life can only pass by mediocrely. The wounds I have suffered will never be repaid."

(End of this chapter)