The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 114 Shi Miyuan: A group of unruly people!
Song Dynasty, Lin'an.

As the capital of the Song Dynasty, Lin'an was extremely prosperous. As the saying goes, "The warm wind intoxicated the tourists, who mistook Hangzhou for Bianzhou."

The news of the Jin army's southward march spread like wildfire in the martial arts world, and the court naturally also received the news, and earlier than the martial arts people. The difference was that the Song Dynasty court did not publicize it, but instead immediately debated it in the court, with one side advocating war and the other advocating peace.

As the prime minister, Shi Miyuan naturally advocated peace. Back then, Shi Miyuan and Empress Yang forged the imperial edict of Song Ningzong to kill Han Tuozhou. Thus, he took the biggest step towards the pinnacle of power.

In the first year of Jiading, Shi Miyuan was actually in power. He restored Qin Hui's title of King Shen and his posthumous title of Zhongxian, and actively pursued the policy of surrendering to Jin and begging for peace. He changed the relationship between Jin and Song from an uncle-nephew country to an uncle-nephew country, increased the annual tribute, and provided "silver for rewarding the troops" and so on.

After this series of operations, Shi Miyuan became the second Qin Hui in name only and was notorious among the people. Now, as the Jin army marched south, Shi Miyuan took over the power and decided to sue for peace at the first opportunity.

There was no other way. If he advocated war, wouldn't that be a slap in his face? Wouldn't the extra money and tribute be given in vain?
A person in such a high position and power as him must never "make mistakes". Even if he is wrong, he must be right. To put it another way, it was his subordinates who made the mistake and he was just deceived.

When the news of the Mongolian envoys entering Lin'an reached Shi Miyuan, he chose to suppress and conceal it at once. He did not want the Mongolian envoys to appear in the court of the Song Dynasty. Seeking peace was his idea. If the emperor and his ministers of the Song Dynasty were persuaded by the Mongols, it would deal a great blow to his prestige.

At the same time, Shi Miyuan kept in contact with the Jin people, asking about the details of these Mongols. Of course, it was impossible to kill them. After all, they were envoys of a country. Even if Shi Miyuan was powerful, he would not dare to kill the envoys of a country without authorization. He could only try his best to delay.

Prime Minister's House.

There were several people sitting in the hall, all of them were advocates of peace. "Prime Minister, the news of the Mongols entering Lin'an will probably not be delayed for too long. Why is there no news from the Jin Kingdom yet?"

Shi Miyuan was wearing a red dress and sitting on the main seat. He glanced at the man calmly and sneered, "Why are you in such a hurry? You've already lost your composure before the attack even started."

Shi Miyuan is now in his prime, and the power he holds makes him look intimidating without even getting angry. There is an invisible pressure with him whenever he walks, sits or lies down. As soon as he opens his mouth to speak, no one speaks.

"It will take some time to get from Lin'an to Zhongdu. Even if you fly, it will take seven or eight days. Don't worry. I have asked the three departments to prepare this year's annual tribute and military reward money. As soon as the peace talks are completed, I will send someone to deliver them immediately."

It's not that the people sitting here have never thought about advocating war, but unfortunately, they are either Shi Miyuan's followers or his cronies. They have no choice but to sit in this position. If they do not agree with Shi Miyuan's proposal, they may become the first victims before the war between Song and Jin even breaks out.

Lord Prime Minister Shi, you can't tolerate any grain of sand in your eyes.

"I have already found out that the Mongolian envoys were able to cross the river and enter Lin'an this time because someone secretly helped them."

"what?"

"Who is it? How dare you go against us!"

The men under his command were either surprised or filled with indignation.

Shi Miyuan sneered and glanced at them, "Don't worry, they are not the group in the court."

"Sir, who is that?"

Shi Miyuan's eyes flashed with cold light, "A bunch of unruly people who attempted to interfere with the court's peace talks should be killed!"

Hearing this, the people around him breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't those people in the court, everything would be fine. His confidant Zheng Qingzhi said, "Prime Minister, the unruly people are causing chaos. It would be better to let the imperial guards below take action and treat them as spies of the enemy country to serve as a warning to others."

"I have heard that the martial arts world has been very busy recently."

Shi Miyuan nodded slightly, then sneered, "These unruly people should be taught a lesson. How can they easily interfere in the court affairs? This time, the Mongolian envoys came and caught us off guard."

The next day, Shi Miyuan's handwritten letter was delivered to the Imperial Army camp. At this time, Guiyun Manor did not know that the iron fist from the court was about to arrive, and was still sending invitations everywhere to invite heroes.

Lu Chengfeng gently waved his feather fan and asked, "Guanying, is there any news from the Beggars' Sect?"

Lu Guanying shook his head and said, "Father, the Beggars' Sect can't contact Elder Hong right now. It looks like he can't come this time." There was a hint of disappointment in his voice.

Lu Chengfeng sighed, his face full of worry, "Alas, without Senior Hong's presence, I'm afraid our Guiyun Manor won't be able to convince the public. It would be great if Master Chongyang was still alive."

Although we should unite when facing foreign enemies, people in the underworld have always been lawless and cannot be easily subdued. Without sufficient prestige and strength, it is impossible to unite everyone.

If we cannot unite, we will be like a bunch of loose sand and will not be able to achieve much.

"Father, the Quanzhen Sect is in Guanzhong. They are in the territory of the Jin Kingdom. We can't go too far."

Lu Chengfeng nodded, "I understand. Master Chongyang died too early. If he could live to this day, how could the cause of resisting the Jin army be so difficult?"

After all, Guiyun Villa is not strong enough. Even if it sends out invitations, it is just providing a platform. If Huang Yaoshi were here, Guiyun Villa might still have a say.

However, Huang Yaoshi is both good and evil, and it is hard to say whether he will get involved in such things. After much thought, the only person in the world who has such strength and prestige is Hong Qigong.

Originally, the leader of the Iron Palm Gang, Shangguan Jiannan, was also capable, but he died, and the Iron Palm Gang was also defeated by the Song soldiers. Now the Iron Palm Gang is not as powerful as before, and its appeal is even less so.

Qiu Qianren is a martial arts expert, but he has become a running dog of the Jin people. Otherwise, it would be reasonable for him to attend this conference.

……

Small island, on the beach.

Guo Jing was wearing short clothes and was fighting with someone. He held a red tasseled spear in his hand, which made him look powerful and vigorous. The tip of the spear was sharp, as agile and unpredictable as a venomous snake, and the soldiers below were dazzled by the sight.

"You lose, try again next time."

In less than five moves, the person who was fighting against him was defeated.

"General Guo, I lost." The man saluted him sincerely, obviously convinced by the defeat.

Guo Jing nodded, "Go back to the team, all right, you guys continue training!"

As the words fell, the soldiers on the beach formed their battle formations and continued to practice with their spears. They were only practicing the most basic picking and stabbing, but no one complained and they practiced very seriously.

Guo Jing put his hands behind his back and glanced at everyone, nodding secretly. This was considered a good idea.

In the past few days, those who came to him for surrender were not only the lowest-level imperial guards, but also people from the martial arts world. These people were arrogant at first, but none of them could be his opponent. They were all easily defeated by him and taken under his command.

They all came here to fight against the Jin Dynasty, and the losers naturally had to obey orders. In just half a month, there were already 700 people here, all of them young and strong. As long as they had enough food and trained well, and could survive one or two major battles, they would be excellent veterans.

Of course, not all the people who came were determined to fight against the Jin army. Many of them were veteran soldiers who took advantage of the situation. Guo Jing had experienced battlefields and led soldiers before, so he could not tolerate any grain of sand in his eyes. These guys were black sheep, and he used various means, both overt and covert, to deal with them, thus maintaining the purity of the team.

(End of this chapter)