Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 127
For hundreds of years, it was often at moments like this that the importance of the Sixteen Provinces of Youyun was revealed.

Previously, Tong Guan had indeed spent a lot of money to buy the Sixteen Youyun Prefectures from the Kingdom of Jin.

But the key is that the Jin people had a hand at that time.

When the Jin Kingdom ceded Youyun Sixteenth Prefecture to the Song Dynasty, it took away all the personnel, food and even important buildings within Youyun Sixteenth Middle School.

Youyun Sixteen States has become an empty city.

The attack of the Jin Kingdom was so sudden that the Song Dynasty did not even have time to carry out the most basic construction of the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun.

In this way, the most powerful natural barrier in the Song Dynasty was quickly crossed by the Jin army as if it were an uninhabited territory.

After all, Earl Ying does not belong to this era, although he also understands that the Sixteenth State of Youyun is probably very important.

But what it meant to the Song Dynasty, he was more or less unclear.

The ladies in the family, Pan Jinlian, Pang Chunmei and others, all know a lot.

To give a very vulgar example, this is actually like a woman who stays alone in her boudoir all year round, and there is a busy market outside her home.

There are houses in all directions, and there is not even a decent fence.

This was the case for the Sixteen States of Youyun in the Song Dynasty.

In this way, how could the Jin army's sudden southward attack on the Song Dynasty not cast a thick layer of haze in the hearts of the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers?

But none of that matters now.

The most important thing is, can the two cities of Longcheng and Yanshan be defended?
How long can we defend with a royal belt?

At the moment, it seems that this is simply an unknown quantity.

The Song Dynasty court began to mobilize soldiers and horses from all over the world as quickly as possible. The defenders from the nearby five provinces and sixteen cities tried their best to rush to Longcheng and Yanshan respectively within eleven hours.

In Jiangnan and Guangdong and Guangxi, it may take more than 22 hours to complete.

At this time, Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai led a 35 Jin army to march southward from Youyun Sixteen Prefectures.

Trying to do it all in one go, Bianliang City was taken over in one fell swoop.

Time passed very quickly on this day. When Earl Ying, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others left Youwen Hall, the time had already reached the seventh quarter of Shenshi.

When Earl Ying returned home, Zhao Xiangzhu had already prepared dinner early.

Under the leadership of Huan'er, he quickly came to the dining room.

The table was full of deliciously fragrant food, and as soon as he sat down, he started to devour it.

Before they had eaten half a tael of mutton, four people, Pan Jinlian, Pang Chunmei, Li Ping'er, and Ying'er, walked in from outside.

Pan Jinlian asked him in a panic: "What happened in the court? Why are there so many officers and soldiers on the streets today?"

Li Ping'er said: "Moreover, they all look like they are in chaos, which makes people panic."

Earl Ying drank tea crazily and patted his chest.

Seeing that Earl Ying didn't speak for a while, Pang Chunmei became anxious and asked quickly: "Speak quickly! What happened?"

Earl Ying took a breath and told them what happened in the court today.

As soon as they learned about it, the first thing they thought of was to leave Bianliang and return to their hometown in Qinghe County.

Because the news of the Song-Jin war has not yet been completely spread from the palace.Therefore, the people in Bianliang City were just very curious about these soldiers and generals who were in chaos.

This was the first reaction of Pan Jinlian and others.

But it can't be said that it was just a woman's opinion. After all, during the entire process of uniting the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, even the people of the Song Dynasty saw the weakness of the Song army.

Once the war breaks out, wouldn't it mean that everyone will be devastated immediately?
Earl Ying kept eating because his stomach was empty.

On the other hand, he said vaguely: "Don't panic, wait until I finish eating this meal, and then make plans."

At this moment, Zhao Xiangzhu walked out of the kitchen.

He quickly came to Earl Ying, looked at him and asked: "The Holy One is really determined to fight the Jin Army?"

Earl Ying nodded while eating.

Zhao Xiangzhu slapped the table and said: "Long before joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty, I actually had a rough premonition of today!"

"I think back then, when the late Emperor was still alive, His Majesty was still serving as Prince Duan. At that time, I was in Prince Duan's Mansion and I heard many times that the people of Liao State were as brutal as they could be!"

"Later, another Kingdom of Jin appeared. Good guy, he is better than his predecessor!"

"The Song Dynasty never dealt with the Liao Kingdom, but the Jin Kingdom was even more barbaric and cruel than the Liao Kingdom..."

Before she finished speaking, Earl Ying raised his head and waved his hand and said, "Actually, the Holy Emperor just asked the ministers for their opinions at first, and wanted to see what they thought about this matter."

"Most of the ministers in Youwen Palace advocate peace."

"In the end, it was me who acted with emotion and reason, and told the Holy One what was at stake. That's how the soldiers in the streets and alleys of Bianliang City are in chaos today."

Zhao Xiangzhu suddenly understood and said: "That's it. According to me, most of the favored ministers around the Holy Emperor should advocate peace. Of course, hey! If peace cannot be achieved, peace must be sought."

"Anyway, this kind of thing has been common for hundreds of years. The Nu family remembers that the old people once said that during the Renzong Dynasty, once the generals of the Liao Kingdom went south, the court began to seek peace before anything happened."

At this moment, Pan Jinlian fell onto the seat with a pop.

Looking at Earl Ying, he asked nervously: "I'll go back to Qinghe County tonight, okay?"

Earl Ying shook his head and said: "First of all, out of emotion and reason, we should not choose to leave at this time."

"If I hadn't been appointed by the Holy Spirit as a fourth-rank official today, I would have left. After all, whether I want to stay in Bianliang City or not depends entirely on the personal relationship between the Holy Spirit and me."

"Furthermore, in about one or two hours, a death order will be issued from the court, and no ministers in the court will be allowed to leave Bianliang."

As soon as the words fell, Jinlian, Chunmei and Ping'er were all shocked.

They also want to look at this matter more optimistically, but the reality really cannot make them less optimistic.

This is true for all ordinary people's homes, and everyone in the Zhao royal family is in chaos at this time.

At the time of Xupai, King Kang's Mansion.

A few days ago, King Kang Zhao Gou, who had just completed his coming-of-age ceremony, was sitting in his study. The woman sitting next to him was his newlywed Princess Xing Bingyi.

Princess Kang, Princess Xing, saw Zhao Gou getting more and more excited. She was really puzzled, so she asked softly: "My lord, what is it that makes you so excited?"

Zhao Gou straightened his right palm and slapped it hard on the table.

Immediately, he stood up and slapped the case, looked at the bright moon outside the window, and said excitedly: "The Jin army went south to attack the Song Dynasty. It seems that the day for me, Zhao Gou, has finally arrived!"

(End of this chapter)