Chapter 324: No Matter
No way, it's all like this now, what else can I do? Can you fight the thief? You can't fight the people in the world.
"Deputy General Chao, in fact, what you just said, Song also wants to, but I'm tired at the moment, and I don't want to care about it, the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty will never be able to clean up these moths."
"When my mother told me, I still looked indifferent, thinking that although officials were greedy, it didn't mean that they were insatiable, and it turned out that I was wrong." "Song Mou also recently understood, why my mother refused me to be a criminal officer, it's already like this, what else can I do to fight the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty?"
Tang Yueyue and the others just looked at Song Qing like this, looking at his appearance at the moment, feeling a little helpless, but helpless.
They wanted to be comforted, but they didn't know what to say at the moment, and even though they had a thousand words, they couldn't say them.
Song Qing looked lonely at the people who were still fleeing, watching them stay away from their homes, and they didn't know where to live if they were leaving their hometowns.
Such a Great Song Dynasty might as well be occupied by the Mongol army, how good.
"Deputy General Yun, and Miss Yueyue, let's go, I'll take the men and horses to camp in the city, since I've already come, let's take a look, this is the last time Song will govern, once it is resolved, I will resign and not do it."
"Since Song Duzong and Empress Dowager Xie don't care about anything, what is the need for Song to do things for them? Hey, I just hope that the Great Song Dynasty can hold out for a few more years, but I also hope that it will end sooner, maybe under the rule of Kublai Khan, this place will become better. ”
When the people came to the city, tens of thousands of people set up tents at the same time, and in a short time it was announced that they were done, and when passers-by saw the army, they cursed and passed quickly. There are also dolls who are scared and crying, "The bad guys, the bad guys are coming, they are all a bunch of bandits, worse than the Mongol army."
Song Qing was speechless, and suddenly in front of him, a team of men and horses ran over, they held blades in their hands, and when they saw Song Qing and the team, they immediately rushed over.
They scolded in their mouths, and it was very difficult to stand up.
"Where did the officialdom come from? Get out of here, and we will not welcome you. "Yes, even if we can't fight the Mongol army, what if we can't fight you? Joke, I'm going to die, and I don't want to have anything to do with the court.
Song Qing looked at them and walked over, whispering softly, but he was not angry.
"Ladies and gentlemen, here is Song Qing, the criminal officer of the Great Song Dynasty, who just arrived here today, I don't know what happened to the entire Jiannan Dongchuan?"
"Why are you like this? Why are the people fleeing again? Why is that?"
The leader scolded angrily, very politely, "Mention the criminal officer? Hehe, what about the arraignment? Lord Song, I know your status in the imperial court in the minds of the entire Song people, but this does not make us change our opinion of you and others. ”
"It's Lord Song, we also know that you are the son of Song Ci's punishment, but so what? Even if you are Lord Bao and General Yue Fei, it is estimated that you will not be able to save the Great Song Dynasty.
Song Qing was shocked, "Then everyone, you can have an opinion on the entire Great Song Dynasty, and you can also have an opinion on Song, but I want to know why such a scene occurred, this is always okay." ”
Tang Yueyue also said: "Yes, folks, our lord is a clean official, I think you should also know, you can have an opinion on the court and Song Duzong, but you can't have an opinion on our Lord Song."
"Do you know that in order to investigate corrupt officials, someone in the officialdom has already assassinated him?
When these people on the other side heard this, they eased up a lot at this moment, and finally realized that they seemed to have gone too far.
They gathered together and discussed for a while, and now their attitudes became a little more relaxed. "Lord Song, the little one just now did have a bad attitude, and he was a little unfriendly to the adults, and I hope that the adults will forgive the sins, but do the adults know, and now the situation in the Great Song Dynasty has become very, very bad.
Song Qing didn't mind, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Everyone, I, Song Qing, understand your feelings very well, if Song changes to you, I'm afraid it will be even worse than your attitude, after all, people's hearts are made of meat."
However, Song really wanted to know, why did this place become like this? Why did the local people flee? Could it be because of the popular uprising?"
The leader said: "The people are all right, Lord Song, mainly outside the city here, there are already 200,000 Mongolian troops guarding outside, once an order is given, they will attack the city."
"My lord, this is 200,000 Mongolians, how should we solve it? The history of the local system and pacification, as well as the local prefect and prefect, have all defected to Mongolia. ”
Song Qing was shocked, is this really the case? Why is that? Why do these officials do this? Is it greed for life and fear of death? It seems that this is indeed the case. Then all this can be understood, he originally thought that the situation would improve, but now he is helpless.
"Folks, just now you said that all the local officials defected and went to Mongolia, I don't know if this is true, is it true?"
They nodded, and suddenly began to cry
"My lord, no matter how bold we are, no matter how many brains we have, then we don't dare to spread rumors to the court, right? Do you say?"
"Local officials, if they act, how can they be like this at this moment? This is also too strange, if you don't believe it, you can ask others, what is going on in this matter, I believe that adults should have their own proportions. ”
Song Qing had actually believed it a long time ago, and he had already known it.
It's just that he didn't expect that Kublai Khan's people had actually come to Jiannan Dongchuan, shouldn't they be in Suzhou?
Suddenly, Song Qing understood, the other party was going to surround himself, and things were a little ruthless, and it also accelerated the pace of the early demise of the Great Song Dynasty.
"Everyone, what you said about Song already knows and understands, I am already in danger now, it seems that it is now over."
When he thought of the 200,000 Mongolian troops outside, Song Qing had a big head for a while, and he couldn't beat it at all, and the disparity in strength was twenty to one, and he was not an opponent at all.
The leader said, "My lord, what should I do?" These 200,000 troops, maybe when they will suddenly enter the city, what can we use to resist?"
There was no way to resist at all, this was the first thought in Song Qing's mind, and other than that, there was no more attention.
He sighed and said: "Everyone, let's go, the faster you go, the better, all flee, remember to stay away from the major cities in the future, the main goal of the Mongol army is to occupy the city, as long as you stay away, then there is a possibility of survival."
They sighed, "My lord, what about you?" You people, it is estimated that there are not enough for the Mongolian army to stuff the teeth, and it is estimated that you will be sent to death if you go, my lord, or you will lead us to flee. ”
Song Qing shook his head, as an official of the Great Song Dynasty, he couldn't escape, which would ruin his reputation.
However, he was unwilling to work for Song Duzong, it was already like this, it was not worth it, everything was not worth it.
Moreover, even if they fought head-on with Mongolia, they would suffer heavy losses, and how could their 10,000 men be sent to death in vain?
"Folks, while Kublai Khan's army has not yet attacked, you can go, go as far as possible, remember, don't appear in crowded places in the future, and don't come back here.
They sighed with gratitude, reluctant to their hometown, reluctant to live up here, and reluctant to live up in their neighborhoods.
However, the current situation is already like this, it is irreparable, and now what can be done except to leave?
Hundreds of people left without looking back, and the city was empty with nothing left but many houses built on it, which probably belonged to Kublai Khan and the Mongols before long.
Song Qing's heart was bleeding, and he remembered the poem that the country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is full of grass and trees, which is a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu, which has expressed Du Fu's sad mood when the Tang Dynasty was about to fall.
The Song and Qing dynasties only knew what it was like to be a slave to the country at this moment, and the Tang people were also very Northern Song Dynasty at the beginning, just like themselves and others hated Kublai Khan and the Mongolian army today. History is always such a coincidence, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty only have a total of more than 300 years.
The group of soldiers behind Song Qing, they already knew that they and others were going to be slaves to the country, and no one could change it, and everyone was very unhappy in their hearts.
Forget it, Song Duzong doesn't care about anything, what else can he have besides eating, drinking, fighting, fighting crickets and three thousand beauties in the harem?
Song Qing thought about it for a long time, he was already tired, tired, even if he had been an official for a few months and less than half a year, he had seen through this officialdom, and he had seen it through, and he had seen it badly. It's time to let go, instead of continuing to blindly arrest corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it is better to go back to accompany your family, the Great Song Dynasty, just let Mongolia occupy it, these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, let Kublai Khan clean them up.
"The two lieutenants, and the girl Yueyue, let's go, here.... I can't do it.
What is the use of staying in an empty city without people, walking in the direction in which everyone came and went, intending to leave completely?
They walked for several days, and there were so many refugees along the way, they didn't know what kind of place they were going to, but after all, it was a quiet place without gunsmoke.
Song Qing led 10,000 people to stop here, the banquet that is not dispersed in the world should be over, even if it is reluctant, there will be a day to leave.
"Two lieutenants, how much silver do we have now? How much is it all?"
The deputy general thought for a while and said, "My lord, it is estimated that there are about 400,000 taels, but I don't know how much."