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Chapter 176 Choices
Wanyan Zong saw that it was difficult to attack Kaifeng, so he resorted to a trick to induce surrender. The Song court was filled with an atmosphere of humiliating surrender.Li Gang was dismissed from office by Zhao Huan because he firmly opposed the request for peace from Jin.

But the Song court was useless, but the people of Kaifeng were very smart. After the early battle to defend the city, they all knew who could really protect their safety, and spontaneously organized angry demonstrations, forcing Zhao Ji to withdraw his order to dismiss from office.

Li Gang was once again appointed, and Wanyan Zong saw that he was unable to attack Kaifeng. After the Song Dynasty agreed to cede three towns in Hebei, he withdrew his troops in February of the first year of Jingkang (1126).

It can be said that the first defense of Kaifeng was a military victory under the organization of Li Gang, but Zhao Ji lost at the negotiating table.

After the Jin army withdrew, the spirit of internal fighting among Song officials burned again, and the capitulation faction began to exclude and frame Li Gang.Zhao Ji could not let go of the shame of being forced to take back his life, and finally worked together to "drive" Li Gang out of the Song Ting Center.

In May 1126, Li Gang served as Xuanfu envoy of Hedong and Hebei.

Even so, Zhao Ji and the surrender faction were still angry and restricted Li Gang's affairs, making him an apostle with no title and no power to control the army.

In the end, Li Gang was forced to resign in September 1126. He was also accused of "exclusively presiding over war discussions and losing teachers and money", and was demoted to Kuizhou (today's Fengjie, Chongqing).

In this way, Song Ting killed his strongest bargaining chip against the Jin people. His stupidity was suffocating.

"At the end of last year, the Jin army went south again. On the eve of going to the Jin camp, the officials thought of using Li Gang, so they appointed him as a bachelor of Zizhengdian and in charge of Kaifeng government affairs. Unfortunately, Kuizhou was too far away, and the appointments came and went, waiting for Li Gang It was already too late when we arrived in Kaifeng." Li Ruoshui explained.

"Li Gang is currently in Kaifeng?" Chen Xun asked the question, but in his heart he was frantically weighing the pros and cons.

Li Gang did have this prestige, which was enough to take the lead in organizing the Qinwang army.

The organized King Qin's army could indeed fight against the Jin army with the Chen family army, but looking at it from another perspective, it is also possible to turn around and deal with the Chen family army together.

It's all in Li Gang's thoughts.

Chen Xun's knowledge of Li Gang can be said to be "hearsay". He has never dealt with him face to face and has no idea what kind of person he is.I don't even know the extent of his loyalty to Song Ting and the Zhao family, and how far he can tolerate the "rebel" Chen Jiajun.

Everything is unknown and it is too difficult to choose.

And what makes Chen Xun most uncomfortable is that if Li Gang really organizes all the King Qin's troops, the right to speak in Kaifeng City will inevitably be transferred to him.

Since ancient times, political power has come from the barrel of a gun. Chen Xun would not believe that Li Gang would still listen to him after he had hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

"In Kaifeng, he found me a few days ago and chatted with me for a long time. I could see that he wanted to continue working for the people, so I dared to introduce him to you." Li Ruoshui replied.

"Can I see you first?" Chen Xun asked.

If you don’t understand, then meet him and make a decision.

……

The Caishikou outside Zhuque Gate turned out to be a very huge free market.

Kaifeng has been harmed by the Jin soldiers for more than a year, and now the market has become very depressed.

However, great changes have taken place in the past two days. The market is overcrowded every day. Also changing are the Cao Gate on the east side of the inner city wall, the Liang Gate on the west side, and the Jinshui Gate on the north side.

After Chen Jiajun entered Kaifeng City, the situation in the city quickly stabilized. Within a few days, the security environment in the city became even better than before the Jin people came.

On April 500th, the Chen Jiajun built a high platform outside the Sifangmen of the inner city, and held public trials of Jin soldiers on the platform every day. There were [-] people in each place every day. It is said that each Jin soldier had to go through all four public trials before it was over. , only if no one accuses him of his crime in all four public trials can he survive.The people of Kaifeng City had never heard of such a strange thing for hundreds of years. For a time, the entire restoration and reconstruction project of Kaifeng City was greatly affected, and the people all crowded into the public trial venue to watch the excitement.

Of course, there are also those who identify their enemies.

Li Ruoshui had to compress the trial time from four hours a day to two hours a day.

Another group of ten golden soldiers were pulled up. The faces of these golden soldiers were all washed clean, and their hairstyles were neatly combed according to their national hairstyles. Their accessories, hats, clothes, etc., were restored to their daily appearance as much as possible. appearance.

Ten people stood on the stage, bearing the scrutiny of the people of Kaifeng below the stage. There was a thick layer of blood under their feet, which almost covered the soles of their shoes.

"This man's name is Tang Kuo Fuxin. He is 27 years old. According to reports from other Jin people, he has done evil around Fanta and in Liujiazhuang in the south of the city. In..." A military official held a ledger and stood on the far left. Next to the famous young gold soldier, he read out his previous activity route.

"This person's name..." After all the profiles of these ten people were read out, the military officer asked the people below: "Is there any suffering master who comes forward to identify him?"

The people below have become familiar with this process in the past two days.

"Me!!" A woman stepped forward, ignoring the strange looks from others, and pointed at the third Jin Bing on the left with a red face: "He has been to my house..." Before she could finish her sentence, she burst into tears.

There is no need to ask further questions, there are too many such things these days.

A military official led her to the back to register, and asked her to go up to the stage and walk to Jin Bing to confirm again.

During this period, three of the ten golden soldiers were identified, two of whom had killed people, and one who had only robbed.

After no one identified them anymore, the two men who had killed others and the first Jin soldier who was identified as having raped were pushed to their knees on the stage.

Behind the three men stood "executioners" holding spears. Two were recruits of the Chen family army, and one was a commoner in Kaifeng. He planned to kill the enemy himself.

"Execution!" The hands of the two Chen Jiajun recruits were shaking a little, but the Kaifeng civilian was very brave. He stepped forward and stabbed him for more than a dozen times. He didn't let go of the spear until he lost strength, knelt on the platform and cried: " Damn it, baby!! Did you see it? I took revenge on you!!! Ooooooh!!”

The shrill cries touched many people in the audience, and for a while there was a lot of sobbing in the audience.

The last two recruits were forced by the veterans to complete the task, and together they drove the man who was crying until he was convulsing down to the public interrogation platform.

Coolies recruited from Kaifeng City came up and carried away the corpses of the three golden soldiers, and the public trial ended.

"The public trial of the remaining seven people will continue in the east of the city tomorrow. People who are familiar with them please inform each other. Next, the public trial of the third batch of No. 90 in the south of the city will be held."

Ten more golden soldiers were brought up.

……

"I couldn't find you when I went to your house. I guessed that you were here." As the crowd gathered, Li Ruoshui walked up to a middle-aged man and greeted him.

"I have nothing to do at home, so I just came out for a walk." the middle-aged man replied.

(End of this chapter)