Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 126 The Great War Is Inevitable
Emperor Huizong held the blood book in his hand, and sat on the dragon chair in a daze for a long time.

Seeing that the civil and military officials in the court were all silent, he seemed to have forgotten what to say for a moment.

After a long time, he hurriedly got up and walked to the back hall.

Emperor Huizong's personal eunuch stood in the palace holding a fly whisk and shouted loudly: "Retreat from the court! Retreat from the court!"

Count Ying watched helplessly as Emperor Huizong walked out quickly, as if he had no intention of looking back.

Earl Ying thought to himself: Now that the Jin army is attacking southward, what does Emperor Huizong mean?
I quickly turned my head to look at Gao Qiu, Cai Jing and others, and saw that although they were very different from the usual calm days, they didn't show any abnormality.

Anyway, the Holy Emperor has already announced his resignation from the court. Even though the civil and military officials have ups and downs in their hearts, there is no point in continuing to stay in the court.

Everyone began to walk outside the court one after another.

Earl Ying naturally chose to go with the flow, but he just stepped out of the door of the hall.

Suddenly, a palace attendant walked over quickly.

He said to Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others: "The Holy One has ordered that Taishi Cai, Taiwei Gao, please go to Youwen Hall as soon as possible."

The palace man's voice is extremely soft, if you don't listen carefully, you may not be able to distinguish what he said.

Earl Ying saw Cai Jing and Gao Qiu looking at each other, and then they walked quickly towards the Youwen Palace.

Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng and other members of the Six Thieves followed him all the way.

The only thing Earl Ying thinks about now is to go home quickly, and he doesn't plan to go to Youwen Palace with them.

However, just as he was about to turn around, the palace attendant quickly said to the earl, "It's in the middle of the matter, Your Majesty will also let you go together."

Earl Ying nodded and followed everyone to the Youwen Palace.

When I came to Youwen Hall, I saw that there were only two people in the hall, Emperor Huizong and Prince Zhao Huan.

As soon as the crowd headed by Cai Jing came in front of Emperor Huizong, they immediately knelt down on the ground and shouted "Long live, take care of the dragon body".

Count Ying could also tell that Emperor Huizong probably didn't go anywhere after leaving the court, and went directly to Youwen Hall.

Emperor Huizong looked at these favored ministers in the main hall on weekdays, and said: "Just now in the court hall, I didn't intend to explain what I said."

"You are all close confidants around me. On weekdays, our monarch and his ministers get along most harmoniously."

"You can speak freely, the Jin soldiers went south to attack and invade the Great Song Dynasty, how should we decide on this matter?"

Cai Jing pondered for a moment, and said firmly to Emperor Huizong: "My lord, Yunzhong Mansion was originally an important frontier place in Song Dynasty."

"For decades, we, the Song Dynasty, have been working hard. Now it can be said to be a very important city in the Central Plains with vast territory and rich resources."

"Every year, the Ministry of War sends heavy troops to guard the Yunzhong Mansion, just to prevent the barbaric aliens from coming to harass."

"But now it is obvious that the Jin soldiers suddenly went south like a bolt of lightning. The battle of Yunzhong Mansion destroyed the city of Yunzhong Mansion in an instant, and all the defenders of Yunzhong Mansion died on the battlefield."

"From this point of view, I believe that making peace with the Kingdom of Jin is the wisest choice."

Hearing what Cai Jing said, Prince Zhao Huan trembled and turned to look at Emperor Huizong.

Emperor Huizong frowned and said: "The northern barbarians are barbarians, and they have been sanctified for a long time, but they are still eyeing me, the Song Dynasty, for many years."

"This Jin countryman is a master of tigers and wolves. If we make peace, how much gold and silver should we spend?"

Among the ministers who were ordered by Emperor Huizong to come to Youwen Hall, Tong Guan was the most popular.I think that when the Jin army joined forces to destroy the Liao Dynasty, Tong Guan, as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, was embarrassed in front of the Jin army.

He often regards himself as the military marshal of the Central Plains Kingdom. He pays attention to pomp and pomp in everything and is arrogant about everything.

As a result, once on the battlefield, even a small town at the end of the battle cannot be defeated life or death.

In the end, you have to spend money to lose face and beg the Jin army to help fight it down.

These scandals have not yet reached the ears of Emperor Huizong.

He also knew very well in his heart that since he was so promoted by the Holy Spirit, it was impossible not to speak out when the country was in trouble.

Emperor Huizong saw that everyone seemed to want to say something but did not dare to say it, so he became anxious and said: "What are you thinking in your heart? Just tell me quickly."

"You must work out a specific plan for me within half an hour. I can tell you what to do next, ministers."

Next, everyone began to speak freely, quoting scriptures, and told Emperor Huizong everything they wanted to say.

When it was Earl Ying's turn, Earl Ying said: "In my opinion, even if you want to take the road of peace, it is not something you should consider now."

"If we go to make peace now, it will appear that the Song Dynasty is too weak. First of all, the Jin Kingdom will not be able to agree, and it will definitely make people in the world continue to make fun of them."

Emperor Huizong and Prince Zhao Huan nodded at the same time, both of them felt that Count Ying's words made sense.

Prince Zhao Huan was also very anxious. He looked at Earl Ying and asked, "According to Ying Gei's case, it seems that we must fight?"

Earl Ying nodded and said, "That's right, what the crown prince said is absolutely true. Right now, Song Dynasty must fight the Kingdom of Jin, and it must be done with all our strength!"

Emperor Huizong took a long breath. In fact, this suggestion made by Count Ying was what Emperor Huizong wanted to see least.

Throughout the process of uniting Jin to destroy Liao, Emperor Huizong saw the strength of the Jin army and the weakness of the Song army.

The combat effectiveness is really not proportional. If this battle is lost, then it can be said to be extremely heavy losses for the Song Dynasty.

Besides, you have to seek peace afterwards.

But in any case, what the Earl said makes sense.

The majestic Central Plains Kingdom is going to surrender to the Jin Kingdom without even fighting. Wouldn't it mean that everyone in the world will laugh at it?

Being ridiculed by everyone in the world is actually the next best thing.

The most important thing is that now Shouhe can already see what the result will be.

Emperor Huizong was thinking, Prince Zhao Huan looked at the other ministers and said, "You should give what you said in the matter, is there anyone who wants to refute?"

There was silence in the hall for a long time. Everyone felt that Count Ying's remarks were very reasonable, and they did not want to refute them.

Prince Zhao Huan and Emperor Huizong both fell into a state of confusion at the same time.

After a long time, Emperor Huizong made a difficult decision.

That is, from now on, troops and horses from all over the world will be mobilized to gather in Yanshan and Longcheng as quickly as possible.

Now that the Yunzhong Mansion has been broken, I believe that Kangliang City, which is the closest to the Yunzhong Mansion, will also be declared broken soon.

In terms of the geographical location of the Song Dynasty, the next strategic military action of the Jin Army will definitely be in Yanshan and Longcheng.

(End of this chapter)