Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Most of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty stood on the side of surrender and proposed surrender.

Such generals felt a sense of disgust and helplessness towards the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty and the aloof emperor.

"Guan! All of us can surrender, but you can't surrender! What will happen if you surrender?" A military general stood up and said.

"General, how do you interpret this? Wang Renyi of Guanzhong came to send people to persuade us to surrender. The officials love the people in the city and do not want to cause more killings. Why not surrender in Kaicheng?" a civil official said.

"Because of this, you, the official, are the one who cannot surrender the most. If you surrender, your life and death will fall into the hands of others.

We surrendered, and those who were more lucky could continue to serve as officials, while those who were unlucky could at least save their lives, and at worst, go home to farm.

But what about you, the official? What happened to the two emperors Huiqin and others after they surrendered to the Jin Kingdom? A lesson from the past! "The general said.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present immediately became excited.

"Ai Qing, what do you mean by this?" Zhao Yun asked.

What does it mean that others can surrender, but only I can't?

"Those ministers have surrendered. If they want to serve the King of Guanzhong, the King of Guanzhong, who is truly talented and knowledgeable, will definitely accept it. Those who cannot become officials can at worst go home.

But what about the officials! If you surrender, the best outcome is to save your life, and then be imprisoned forever by the King of Guanzhong. Even all the concubines in the harem may be humiliated by the Guanzhong army.

The bad result would be that the royal family would be massacred by the King of Guanzhong, just like the shame of Jingkang during the Song and Northern Dynasties. "A civil servant stood up and said.

What will happen if the emperor surrenders to the enemy? When the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Chen Kingdom, how good was the fate of Empress Chen?
Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, accepted the Zen position of the young emperor of the Sui Dynasty, but the young emperor of the Sui Dynasty was eventually killed. Did the Taizu of this dynasty treat the Chai family well after taking over the world from the Chai family?

When the emperor is alive, he is an appeal to the old era and a banner of rebellion. No new monarch will let the monarch of the old era survive.

Even if you have no intention of rebellion, what about your descendants? What about people who want to take advantage of you? They will still rebel under your banner.

This is a truth that has not changed in China for thousands of years. The best result is to be imprisoned in a house, never see the light of day, or even die of an inexplicable illness.

"This, this! What should I do? King Guanzhong, King Guanzhong promised me that he would treat me kindly." Zhao Yun said.

"Your Majesty, can you believe what the King of Guanzhong said? What's the difference between him and those prairie barbarians? They even gouged out the eyes of our supervisor of the Song Dynasty back then, and tattooed words on his back to shame the officials!

If you surrender, the King of Guanzhong will treat you kindly in the future. Someone said, didn't the King of Guanzhong say that he would gouge out the eyes of Emperor Zhao? So should the King of Guanzhong dig or not? "A military commander said.

After the surrender, they, the ministers, were fine, but the real unlucky ones were the royal family and the emperor!
"Officials! These people who persuade you to surrender are all a bunch of rebellious officials and traitors. They only think about their own glory and wealth.

I have not cared about your feelings at all, or what will happen to the Zhao royal family in the future? If you surrender, you will be the worst off among all of us. "A civil servant stood up and said.

Everyone here can surrender, but the emperor cannot surrender.

When the emperor surrenders, how can anyone end well? Let’s not talk too far, let’s just talk about how humiliated the two emperors of Huiqin and Huiqin in the recent Northern Dynasties were by the people of Jin.

What kind of humiliation did their concubines and children suffer?

"The King of Guanzhong is a benevolent and righteous man. He has never caused any massacre since he joined the army. He has a good reputation in the Central Plains. He should not be such a murderous person." A civil servant stood up and said.

The reputation of the King of Guanzhong is still good. When he attacked the Central Plains, he made an agreement with the Mongolian Khan Wokuotai. Countless cities in the Central Plains region avoided being massacred by the Mongolian army because of the King of Guanzhong.

The same was true when attacking the Shandong area, and the local people were able to survive.

"The King of Guanzhong is indeed benevolent and righteous, but his benevolence and righteousness are given to the people of the world, not to the emperor."

"Those cities that were captured by the King of Guanzhong, what happened to their defenders? Their entire family was slaughtered!

Moreover, who told you that the king of Guanzhong was extremely benevolent and righteous before Xideng? For those Western countries, there is a lot of killing. "A military commander said.

When the king of Guanzhong attacked the west, didn't he order the massacre of the city? He ordered the massacre across the city, and he always adopted a high-pressure policy towards those in power, especially the rulers.

"It is said that when the King of Guanzhong was in the West, he even forcibly married the wife of an enemy prince. It is said that she was a princess of the Qin Kingdom in the West. This girl was even brought back to Guanzhong."

"Officials! You have many beauties in your harem. Do you want to give them up and offer them to the King of Guanzhong for his enjoyment?" A military general stood up and said.

This King of Guanzhong had a precedent, and when he attacked Xixia, he also took in concubines from the Xixia royal family.

"There are even rumors that when he conquered the Kaifeng Mansion of the Jin Kingdom, the Guanzhong King inspired hundreds of Jin Aizong's concubines."

"Yes, it is said that the subordinates at that time were asked to guard outside, and the screams of the concubines and women of Aizong were heard by many people around them." A minister said.

"This is just hearsay. It is said that the King of Guanzhong was interrogating these concubines at that time." A civil servant said.

This matter was indeed a small rumor, but at that time, in order to undermine the morale of the King of Guanzhong, the Song Dynasty publicized this matter widely, and many nearby people did hear some screams at that time.

"Hmph! How would you interrogate those concubines and royal women in person?" A military general sneered and said.

Hearing what the ministers were talking about, Zhao Yun suddenly became afraid again. He was afraid that the King of Guanzhong would insult his concubine and humiliate her queen as the ministers said.

After all, our prince has a precedent. He did this in the West and brought his princess back.

As for the Kingdom of Jin, it may be a rumor, but several concubines of Xixia did marry into the palace of the King of Guanzhong!

"Keke, if we don't surrender, wouldn't we be even worse off after the city is broken?" Zhao Yun said.

If you surrender, you will die, but you may not die. If you don't surrender, you will die and there will be no life. So, how can he choose?

In fact, if the King of Guanzhong really wants some of the concubine's women, it is not impossible to give them to him, but it is really not good to tell them about their reputation!

"Guan family! The envoy from the King of Guanzhong has just arrived. Let's delay it for three days.

Three days later, you tell the envoy that we are willing to surrender, but we must prepare some gifts for the King of Guanzhong and give him a grace period of 1 to 2 months. At that time, you can go out of the city to surrender in person. "An official said.

"Officials! If we delay for a while, we may still have a chance. There is just no news from Mongolia.

It will take some time for the news on the grassland to reach the Central Plains. We might as well wait! "A military commander said.

"And maybe the man will send reinforcements by then."

"In this case, we will summon the envoy after three days and tell him that we are willing to surrender, but we ask the King of Guanzhong for a grace period of 3 to 1 months." Zhao Yun said.

It doesn't matter if you delay for a while, but if it doesn't work, you will eventually surrender.

After some deliberation, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty finally decided to pretend to surrender first, and then continue to delay for a while.

In the next three days, the Guanzhong army did not launch any more attacks, and the envoy sent by Zhang Yong, the king of Guanzhong, was also entertained by Song Haosheng in the court hall three days later.

Zhao Yun once again received the envoy from Guanzhong.

"Messenger! I have thought clearly and am willing to surrender to the King of Guanzhong." Zhao Yun said.

"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty is really a sensible person. Don't worry, Emperor. The King of Guanzhong has said that if you are willing to surrender, you will be made a marquis. You will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life." Zhang Yong's envoy nodded with great satisfaction. He nodded and said. "The King of Guanzhong is willing to be so kind to me, so I am naturally willing to surrender, but this surrender will take some time, as some clans in Lin'an Mansion.

There are also ministers, generals, and troops who all need to be comforted, and some gifts need to be prepared for the King of Guanzhong. "Zhao Yun said.

"So, how many days does it take for the Emperor of the Song Dynasty to deal with the affairs in Lin'an Mansion?
Please also inform the foreign ministers so that they can go back and report to the King of Guanzhong. "The envoy from Guanzhong nodded and asked.

It is possible to make some preparations for surrender, and a grace period of a few days is not impossible. This authority was still given to him by the King of Guanzhong.

"Please also ask the envoy to inform the King of Guanzhong that it will take three months. After three months, I will definitely leave the city and surrender." Zhao Yun said.

Upon hearing this, the envoy from Guanzhong immediately frowned, and his expression even changed.

"Emperor of the Song Dynasty, are you trying to entertain me while I am entertaining the King of Guanzhong for three months? Why didn't you say three years from now?"

Are you kidding? How much grain and grass are consumed by the hundreds of thousands of troops of the King of Guanzhong here every day? Do you know how difficult it is to transport grain and grass from the three directions of Sichuan, Sichuan, Central Plains, and Guanzhong?
There are hundreds of thousands of people on the road responsible for transporting it. How dare you say that you have a grace period of three months.

"It is true that I have no intention of entertaining the envoy, and I don't dare to offend the King of Guanzhong. It's just that I really need some time to raise some gifts to give to the King of Guanzhong. If three months is too long, two months will do!" Zhao Yun said.

In three months, the other party will definitely not agree, so we can talk! Prepare for the final month or two.

"Impossible, not to mention two months, even one month will not work." The messenger said.

Are you kidding me? Before leaving, the King of Guanzhong told him personally that the maximum grace period was to delay it for another three days, or even a month and a half, that would not work.

"There are really too many matters in Lin'an Mansion that need to be dealt with by the emperor. I wonder if the envoy can grant an extension of one and a half months. After one and a half months, we will definitely open the city." An official stood up and said.

"Hahaha! It seems that we can't talk anymore. The King of Guanzhong will give you three more days at most. If you don't surrender after three days, we will attack." The envoy said with a cold snort.

"Messenger, walk slowly, messenger, walk slowly, one month, please give us one month, please?"

"Hahaha! I forgot one thing. There is something I need to tell you and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

The envoys sent to Mongolia have already arrived in the Mongolian grasslands, just a few months ago. "The envoy from Guanzhong looked at the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, sneered and said.

The prince is really good at predicting things! Releasing this news at this time can indeed once again dampen the morale of the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers.

Sure enough, as Zhang Yong expected, the faces of all the civil and military officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, as well as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, changed wildly after hearing the news from the Mongolian envoy.

He secretly sent an envoy to Mongolia, and the King of Guanzhong knew about it. This was not a good thing! If we don't leak secrets on our side, then the Mongolian side will leak the secrets.

Could it be that what I and others were most worried about happened? The Mongolian side had no intention of dealing with King Guanzhong's affairs at all, or as those generals guessed, they had no control over King Guanzhong at all.

"Messenger, we, we just want to greet the Mongolian Khan first and want to submit to Mongolia." A civil servant wiped the sweat from his forehead and said.

What is this thing called? Someone actually blocked the door and asked.

"Haha! I'm not afraid either. Let me tell you, your envoys from the Southern Song Dynasty are really brave. They actually assassinated the Mongolian Khan on the grassland." The envoy said.

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty, as well as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, were stunned.

What's wrong with this? We sent envoys, but we didn’t send assassins!

"Dear envoy, what do you mean by this? We did send an envoy, but it was indeed to pay tribute to the Mongolian Khan.

At that time, the King of Guanzhong had not yet attacked the Song Dynasty. These people were not assassins. You must not wrongly accuse good people! "A Song Dynasty official said.

The Song Dynasty has always ruled the world with benevolence and righteousness. How could they send assassins to kill the Mongol Khan? This thing is absolutely impossible.

"The name of the envoy you sent is Li Quan, right?" envoy Zhang Yong asked.

"Yes, it is indeed Mr. Li. Is there any misunderstanding in this?
Mr. Li is a scholar with no power to tie a chicken. How could he assassinate the Mongolian Khan? "A civil servant nodded and said.

It seems that something really happened in the direction of the Mongolian grassland. What happened to the envoy they sent out!
How did a diplomatic mission turn into an assassination?

"Hmph! The Great Khan of Mongolia did not comply with your Song Dynasty's request to recall the King of Guanzhong, or to join forces with your Song Dynasty to attack the King of Guanzhong," the envoy said.

As soon as these words came out, the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty once again felt a little bit in their hearts. Good guy, what are our envoys doing?
Does the King of Guanzhong already know? What should I do? I originally expected this messenger to change my destiny against heaven, but what can I do?
"Master Li failed to persuade him and actually wanted to assassinate the Mongol Khan. However, the assassination attempt failed and he was wiped out by the Mongol army.

Except for himself, all the accompanying envoys and followers have been killed by the Mongol Khan. "The envoy from Guanzhong said.

When Zhao Yun heard this, he couldn't sit still for a moment. Is there any mistake? When you left, I gave you a lot of advice.

Please be careful in everything you do. You must not offend the Mongol Khan. You must persuade the other party hard.

Why, why did you just go and assassinate someone? Are you pushing Da Song into the fire pit?

"At this time, the Mongolian Great Cold is furious. If the King of Guanzhong hadn't stopped him, I'm afraid the Mongolian army would have gone south to see him off. By then, life would have been really devastated." The envoy from Guanzhong shook his head and said.

"This, this may be a misunderstanding. This, this is all the envoy's private actions. It has nothing to do with our Song Dynasty and our Song Dynasty!" A minister of the DPRK said hurriedly.

Assassination is the most disgusting thing, and envoys are sent to carry out the assassination.

"Okay, the news has been conveyed. I will give you three more days. If you don't surrender after three days, our army will attack the city. I'll take my leave." The Guanzhong envoy left the hall after saying this.

But he was stopped by the two generals accompanying him.

"Messenger, my emperor hasn't finished asking you yet! It's disrespectful to leave like this."

"Emperor of the Song Dynasty, what do you mean by this? Are you trying to stop me?" the envoy said.

"If you don't want to stop the envoy, I would rather ask the envoy to stay for a few more days." Zhao Yun said.

His whole head is dizzy now, and he doesn't know who to listen to, whether to resist or not to resist?

In the past, the only hope for resistance was to count on Mongolia, but before it was just speculation among military generals, now it has been completely confirmed that Mongolia will not help them.

They would even come together to beat them, which made him even more desperate.

I am surrendering after all! Or not to surrender?

"Emperor of the Song Dynasty, is this the way you treat guests in the Song Dynasty?" the envoy from Guanzhong said.

"What kind of manners are you two acting like this? Why don't you let go of the envoy quickly? We, the Song Dynasty, are a country of etiquette. Even at the moment of life and death, we must ensure the minimum etiquette." Several civil servants stepped forward and immediately stopped the general.

"That's all, let someone send the envoy out of the city!" Zhao Yun said.

Soon, the envoy of the King of Guanzhong was led by several military generals from the Song Dynasty. They left the palace together and headed towards the city gate.

"Messenger! I hope you can say a few kind words to the King of Guanzhong and give us some more time so that we can prepare some gifts for the King of Guanzhong." An accompanying general said. (End of chapter)