Martial Arts: I am in the Ming Cult and I am building a dynasty

Yang Zhao deliberately killed 20,000 enemies and drowned 20,000 more when the Jin troops were crossing the river, in order to completely infuriate the Jin troops.

The corrupt nobles and generals in the city of Bianjing had all been killed by Yang Zhao.

But those damn bastards in the northern border had been colluding with the Liao, Jin, Mongols and other countries in the north for a long time, and they kowtowed to whoever came their way.

Those nobles and wealthy families who have been entrenched in the northern border for hundreds of years have long become a cancer.

However, it is difficult to eradicate these cancers within the Song Dynasty without clear evidence and charges.

Even if we can occasionally find some of these bastard illegal and criminal activities.

These bastards who have been working in the background for decades or even hundreds of years are always able to escape real punishment through various means.

The Song Dynasty government was unable to deal with these bastards, and if it took forceful action, it would greatly lower the prestige of the court.

Therefore, Yang Zhao stimulated the two brothers Wanyan Zongmou and Wanyan Zongbing, and let these Jin troops, on behalf of the Song Dynasty officials, wreak havoc and vent in the northern border.

In any case, long before the Jin army entered the country, the officials, gentry and common people who truly followed the court's footsteps had already evacuated to the eastern part of Hebei.

as predicted.

After the main forces of Yang Zhao and Di Qing's army joined forces, they soon witnessed the endless brutality of the Jin people in Chanzhou City.

There are as many as forty-six famous and prominent families in the entire Chanzhou city.

In just one night, more than a thousand people who had once been domineering in Chanzhou City were all slaughtered by the Jin army.

In the eyes of the two brothers Wanyan Zongmou and Wanyan Zongbing, these Song families who had once been as obedient to them as dogs were all accomplices of Yang Zhao, who deliberately deceived them and others into going deep into the Song Dynasty.

With such a deep hatred, there is no need to listen to any explanation, just use the knife to speak.

And after having the savings of these wealthy families.

The Jin troops, on the contrary, had no intention of slaughtering the remaining ordinary civilians in Chanzhou City. They simply abandoned the city and headed north.

Chanzhou City, the county magistrate's office.

Yang Zhao and Di Qing looked at the remaining citizens in the city cleaning up the broken limbs in the government office, and both of them had an expression of deep emotion on their faces.

Soon, a servant walked out from the back house holding a hideous head.

Di Qing sneered and said, "I know this man, Liu Tongwen, a Jinshi in the first year of Xuanhe. When the Jin army attacked, it was this scum who opened the city gates and organized the people to line the streets to welcome them."

"Now that this guy has been slaughtered by the Jin army, I wonder if he will curse his mother in the underworld."

Di Qing once stayed in the northern border for a long time.

It can be said that before Di Qing completely rose to power, he had suffered a lot of difficulties and ridicule from these wealthy gentry and merchants in the northern border. Although he did not hate them deeply, he hated them very much.

Yang Zhao glanced at the head and then stopped paying attention. He said, "Long before the Jin army entered the country, the Six Bats Hall had already conducted a thorough investigation of the entire northern border. No one who was not evacuated to the eastern route of Hebei was innocent. Even these so-called common people who look extremely miserable now are actually accomplices and lackeys of those wealthy gentry and merchants. They all deserve to die."

While touring the county government office, the two men discussed the upcoming war.

The northern border of the Song Dynasty is vast and located in a plain. It should have been one of the most prosperous grain-producing areas in the Song Dynasty.

But after years of harm caused by the Six Traitors of the Song Dynasty and the representatives of the aristocratic families in the court, these men of northern Hebei, who were supposed to be brave and heroic, had long since become spineless frontier dogs.

There are now only 40,000 Jin troops left under the command of the two brothers Wanyan Zongmou and Wanyan Zongbing, and they are no longer a threat.

After discussion, Yang Zhao and Di Qing did not want to annihilate or drive away the 40,000 Jin troops as soon as possible. Leaving these Jin troops in the northern border to wander around and thoroughly plow and clean up the remnants of the wealthy gentry and merchants in the northern border became their top priority.

Take the city of Chanzhou for example.

The gentry and merchants in Chanzhou City were almost completely wiped out by the extremely angry Jin army. There were one or two landlords left, but they could not cause any waves at all.

At this time, all we need to do is reorganize our military equipment.

The gentry and common people who had been evacuated could be moved back at any time, and the court policies could be implemented perfectly.

If only the entire northern border could be like this Chanzhou City.

Within two or three years, this northern border, which was almost out of the control of the Song Dynasty, will soon become one of the most solid barriers of the Song Dynasty.

Once you have an idea, you must implement it thoroughly.

In the following days, it was Zong Ze who led 50,000 northern border troops and retook the lost Jizhou with lightning speed.

At the border between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, Zhending Prefecture and Jizhou supported each other, isolating the inside and the outside.

At the same time, Di Qing led the main force of the army and began to clear out those places where the Jin army had plowed, completely eliminating all hidden dangers, and began to sort out the defense of the northern border through military control.

Only Yang Zhao let Yue Fei, Wu Yunzhao and Wu Tianxi lead the Jiuyang Guards and Xuntian Guards, chasing the two brothers Wanyan Zongmou and Wanyan Zongbing like chasing rabbits, and they ran wildly throughout the northern border.

Wherever the Jin army was needed to cause trouble, the three armies would join forces to help them change direction.

With the cooperation of the three armies, this Jin army was like a tool to plow the entire northern border. In less than a month, 90% of the wealthy merchants in the northern border were killed.

At this time, the first snow in deep winter finally arrived.

It was different from the sporadic light snow in previous years.

The first snow of the year fell heavily and lasted for two days and two nights, dyeing the entire northern border of the Song Dynasty in silver.

The heavy snow covered the place, drowning out the former intrigues and the crimes and bloodshed left by the Jin army.

By the next year, the corpses of countless wealthy gentry and businessmen will make the land in the northern border of the entire Song Dynasty extremely fertile, turning it into a paradise on earth.

The winter snows are coming, and deep plowing is underway in the North.

At this time in Yecheng, Yang Zhao, Di Qing, Zong Ze, Yue Fei, Wu Yunzhao, Wu Tianxi and others gathered in the central hall. There was no previous etiquette or customs. They gathered around a golden roasted whole lamb. Everyone was holding a jar of good wine and they were having a great time.

After eating two sheep, more than ten jars of wine were drunk.

Yang Zhao just opened his mouth and said, "General Di, General Zong, the Liao army in Hedong has been killed or wounded, and the Jin army in the eastern route of Hebei has only about 2,000 people left. I offer you two a bowl of rice."

"After finishing this bowl of wine, I will not stay in this northern border any longer."

Chapter 230: Zhao Shirong's Greatest Enemy

Yang Zhao planned for several months, nearly half a year, and set up a perfect ambush circle in the northern border of the Song Dynasty.

Plus the four famous generals Cao Wei, Di Qing, Zong Ze and Yue Fei.

With this top-level configuration, even if Wanyan Zongmou and Wanyan Zongbing had wings, they would still be shot down from the sky and would have absolutely no way to escape.

After satisfying his cat-and-mouse game in the northern border, Yang Zhao hurried back to the city of Bianjing.

The atmosphere in Bianjing City at this time was very strange.

The siege of the city by the Jin army almost exhausted all of Zhao Ji's prestige in the Song Dynasty, and even Zhao Ji's son and grandson were badly harmed.

In order to complain about Zhao Ji, the common people in Bianjing City even invented a dish.

Peel the boiled eggs, chop them in half with a kitchen knife, roll them in a pan of oil and fry them until the skin is crispy. This is fried chicken, also known as fried chicken balls.

It is not complicated at all and is very cheap. Even a poorer family can afford it if they save on their food rations for a few days.

The implication is that Zhao Ji and his descendants should all be killed.

Especially around the end of the year, if you walk around the streets and alleys, you can smell the aroma of fried chicken in almost every household.

However, Zhao Shirong's reputation is completely different from Zhao Ji's.

As early as the days when the Jin soldiers besieged and attacked Bianliang, Yang Zhao was stationed on the city wall, and Zhao Shirong also wore a red and yellow style princess costume and beat the drum on the top of the city to cheer.

Even in the propaganda of Yang Zhao and others, Zhao Shirong was always the main character.

Almost every citizen in Bianjing City knew that Princess Zhao Shirong, in order to protect Bianjing City and the surrounding people, killed three thousand corrupt officials in a row and had a huge falling out with Emperor Zhao Ji.

Different from Zhao Ji's bad reputation.

In the city of Bianjing, Zhao Shirong was regarded as a Buddha by almost every household. Many common people even erected a longevity tablet for Zhao Shirong in their homes.

The reputation of the Zhao family, the royal family of the Song Dynasty, among the people began to polarize.

And it was in this strange New Year's atmosphere that Yang Zhao returned quietly to the Princess's Mansion.

Handle some miscellaneous teaching affairs and information.

Yang Zhao quickly asked Liufutang and Xiao Qinyan to take action, promoting Zhao Shirong's achievements among the common people and the literati respectively, and revealing some signs of Zhao Ji's abdication.

Within two days, rumors that Zhao Ji was going to abdicate to Zhao Shirong spread throughout Bianliang.

And this time.

Zhao Shirong, who was originally very calm, found Yang Zhao and threw herself into his arms without caring about anything. She said anxiously, "My husband, isn't it too hasty to force Zhao Ji to step down so early? I feel that Zhao Ji still has some hidden cards in his hand that we don't know about."

Yang Zhao actually knew that Zhao Shirong was under a lot of pressure.

In this era where men are the masters, a woman, and a royal family member at that, wants to rise to the top and become emperor.

To many people, this is a joke that is not even worth thinking about.

But Zhao Shirong was half pushed by others and half worked hard on his own. In just less than two years, he had reached the point where he was second to none.

It can be said that the pressure Zhao Shirong bore was far greater than that of Wu Zetian in history.

After all, Wu Zetian had experienced the two emperors ruling the country ten years ago and laid the foundation for twenty or thirty years before she was able to ascend the throne.

But even so.

After her death, Wu Zetian did not dare to leave any record on her tombstone.

Zhao Shirong had a great reputation in the Song Dynasty, but from beginning to end, no one, whether in the literati or the common people, had ever suggested that Zhao Shirong become the emperor. At most, they just wanted Zhao Shirong to be the regent.

He held Zhao Shirong's slender waist tightly.

Yang Zhao put his forehead against Zhao Shirong's forehead, as if this would help him share some of the pressure or give him some courage.

"Don't worry, my lady, we will succeed."

"I, your husband, will be in the Imperial Palace of the Great Song Dynasty, watching you ascend the throne of the Nine-Five Dragon and become the ruler of the world."

"We will have a baby and raise him to be plump and white..."

Yang Zhao murmured in a low voice.

And this low whisper, in the city of Bianjing and the entire Song Dynasty, was like earth-shaking thunder, enough to change the color of the heaven and earth and shock the whole country.

A girl from the royal family actually wanted to usurp the throne and sit on the dragon throne of the Song Dynasty.

Even the beggars and refugees at the bottom of the society in the Song Dynasty would talk about this matter over and over again in detail, make fun of it, and even mock it.

Not to mention the various existences of other classes in the Song Dynasty.

As for other dynasties, they even regarded the Song Dynasty as a joke.

In an era where men dominate everything.

Zhao Shirong wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor. His biggest enemy was not the Six Thieves of the Song Dynasty, nor was it Emperor Zhao Ji of the Song Dynasty, but the common sense, cognition, etiquette and traditions that people had followed for thousands of years.

But just as this trend was gaining momentum.

The two pieces of news coming from the northern border of the Song Dynasty once again spread throughout the world like thunder.

New Year’s Eve.

Cao Wei, Di Qing, Zong Ze and Yue Fei, with more than 200,000 heads of foreign races, built a huge Jingguan as big as a mountain in the northern border of the Song Dynasty.

A stone tablet engraved with murderous intent was erected in the name of Zhao Shirong.

The Liao and Jin armies, with a total of 250,000 troops, were almost wiped out.

In that huge Jingguan, there were even the heads of more than a dozen members of the Liao royal family and two Jin princes, allowing people to witness for the first time the ferocity and majesty of Zhao Shirong.

Outside of the Song Dynasty, people from other dynasties and regions dared to discuss this issue.

But in the Song Dynasty, except for some ignorant vagrants, no one dared to mock Zhao Shirong.

Others don't know.

However, the scholars, gentry, merchants, etc. within the Song Dynasty were very clear about it.

In that huge Jingguan, there were not only the heads of foreigners from the Liao and Jin countries, but also wealthy gentry and merchants from the three regions of Hedong Road, Hebei West Road, and Hebei East Road.

In the entire northern border of the Song Dynasty, more than 90% of the wealthy gentry and merchants were killed to extinction.

No one dares to be stubborn in front of a bleeding knife.

What's more, they are the top group of scholars and generals in the Song Dynasty.

For example, Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi, Kou Zhun, Han Qi, Cao Wei, Di Qing, Zong Ze and others had already joined the shogunate under Zhao Shirong.

You see, even the legitimate emperor Zhao Ji hid in the palace and did not attend court for more than a month.

Anyone who opposed Zhao Shirong in the Song Dynasty at this time could be described as extremely stubborn.