Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 196 The Jin army marched south and there was discord between the ruler and his ministers
Gao Qiu knelt on the ground and looked at Li Gang intently, feeling that something was very wrong.

So he rushed to the side in a hurry, pointed at Li Gang and said anxiously: "Master Li, what are you going to do?"

Li Gang clenched his fists tightly and walked up to him.

Dang even wanted to swing his fist and hit him hard on the top of his head.

The other members of the Six Thieves stretched out their hands, pointed at Li Gang, and said urgently: "Master Li, please stop being rude!"

Li Gang was so angry and hateful that his chest kept rising and falling.

Speaking of which, it was mainly because Li Gang made great contributions to the imperial court in the first defense battle of Bianliang and was promoted to a noble rank by His Majesty.

If this were not the case, in the past, people like Cai Jing would have definitely challenged him in front of Emperor Huizong.

It was precisely because of this that no one dared to do anything to Li Gang.

Li Gang looked at Gao Qiu who was kneeling on the ground, his jaw kept trembling, and his voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Remembering the previous war, I, the Song Dynasty, would fight to the end with the Jin army and not negotiate for peace."

"Either we start a confrontation with the Jin army as soon as possible and remain firm. What will be the result? At that time, despicable people like you Gao Qiu in the court actually gave the holy speech again and again to say yes. Let’s negotiate peace!”

"That's fine. Considering the financial resources of my court, that's reasonable. But after the peace negotiation."

"When we started to fulfill the matters related to the cession of territory and compensation, we started to deny it again! All day long, the civil and military officials of the DPRK and China were kicking each other's balls. You kicked me and I kicked him. How unbecoming!"

In fact, regarding matters related to the Song Dynasty's performance of compensation for ceding territory to the Jin Kingdom, Emperor Huizong also knew exactly what his ministers did.

At this moment, Emperor Huizong was deeply moved by the wax.

Seeing that Li Gang, Gao Qiu, Cai Jing and others were about to have a big quarrel in the hall again, he had no choice but to say: "Li Qing's family, just talk it through if you have anything to say. Don't make such an ugly noise at every turn."

Your Majesty has already said this, so it stands to reason that the ministers below should just listen and do it.

But Li Gang didn't.

He actually turned a deaf ear to the Holy One's words.

He pointed at Gao Qiu's eyes and said sternly: "What now? The Jin army is going south to attack the Song Dynasty again, and you are starting to advocate the conditions of quickly promising to cede territory to the Jin country and pay compensation!"

"A true man must be true to his words and resolute in his deeds. I have never seen someone as despicable as you in the thousands of years that I have been in the land of Nine Provinces. You go back on your words and contradict yourself. You are just like a woman!" "

As soon as these words came out, all the civil and military officials in the court were filled with excitement and were greatly surprised.

Earl Ying's heart tightened as well, and he thought: Damn it!Li Gang actually said that Gao Qiu is no different from a woman!
What does it mean?To put it bluntly, isn't this just naming names and saying that Gao Qiu is not even as good as a woman?
You must know that these civil and military ministers in the court are all the top leaders of the Song Dynasty, the real elite.

As soon as Li Gang said these words, it seemed like a basin of water was poured out. It was really difficult to recover the water.

Gao Qiu became anxious, jumped up suddenly, grabbed Li Gang's collar, and said angrily: "Li Gang is brave! Do you dare to repeat what you just said?"

Li Gang gave Gao Qiu a loud slap in the face with his backhand.

Similarly, he also tightly grasped Gao Qiu's collar, and shook and pushed Gao Qiu back and forth in place.

Li Gang said: "Your grandfather, I repeated it, what can you do?"

The important ministers of the court started fighting like this in front of the ministers. The civil and military officials of the court in front of Huizong didn't know what to do.

Huizong was also extremely shocked and quickly glanced at the guards on the side.

The guards on the side rushed forward and forcibly pulled Li Gang and Gao Qiu away.

Li Gang was pulled to the east end of the court hall, and Gao Qiu was pulled to the west end of the court hall, so that the two of them had to be separated to the east and west, and there was no way to do anything.At most, they can only yell at each other.

The expression on Emperor Huizong's face changed from shock, to surprise, and finally to anger.

For many years, Emperor Huizong rarely got angry with his courtiers in court.

Firstly, it was because Emperor Huizong's heart was not in court affairs, but in fine wines, gardens, poems, books and beauties.

Secondly, when Emperor Huizong was King Duan, he always kept the ancestral precepts in mind. Throughout the Song Dynasty, the emperors of the Song Dynasty always treated the literati and officials with courtesy.

But at this time, Emperor Huizong finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Immediately, he slapped his palm on the dragon chair and quickly stood up.

Pointing at Li Gang and Gao Qiu, he shouted sternly: "This is really unreasonable! As officials of the imperial court and ministers of the imperial court, how dare you be in the court, how dare you be in front of me, so unreasonable!"

"Is this still the fucking court of the Song Dynasty? Am I still the fucking emperor of the Song Dynasty!"

All the civil and military officials in the court were so frightened that their hearts almost jumped out of their throats.

They all scrambled to kneel on the ground, knocked their heads to the ground, and said in unison: "Your Majesty! Calm down your anger!"

Emperor Huizong panted and looked at the civil and military officials, slowly closing his eyes.

For a long time, the civil and military ministers in the court thought that Emperor Huizong was about to imprison Li Gang and Gao Qiu.

But he never expected that the angry eyes would disappear from Emperor Huizong's face next.

Emperor Huizong's voice became much softer. First he sighed softly, and then said in a deep voice: "In the first defense battle of Bianliang, I, the Song Dynasty, sacrificed a lot, but it was not just a small amount of money."

"The main reason is that too many soldiers' lives were sacrificed. After this incident has passed, I have always felt guilty for the families of the soldiers."

"If we don't manage it well this time, the second Bianliang defense battle will definitely be inevitable."

Silence, terrible silence.

There was no sound in the hall, and the silver needles could be clearly discerned when they landed.

No one dared to speak.

Earl Ying was in a state of confusion, thinking that things happened too fast.

It stands to reason that even if the Jin army went south to attack the Song Dynasty for the second time, it should be at least four months later.

But who knows that this timeline is not as he thought. A rough calculation, isn't this a full three months ahead of schedule?

If the Jingkang Incident happened, the Northern Song Dynasty would also be destroyed.

This means that Brother Zhao Ji will be taken north by the Jin army along with all the Zhao royal family and civil and military officials, and become prisoners overnight.

If Juezi Ying thinks of this, his scalp will feel numb.

And the situation in the world today is also very different from before the first Bianliang Defense War.

Nowadays, there is no way for mercenaries to respect themselves in the Jiangnan area, or to settle down in a corner.

Before and after the First Battle of Bianliang, Emperor Huizong and the civil and military officials in the court had made huge adjustments to the military deployment of the Song Dynasty...

(End of this chapter)