Chapter 042: Traitor

Gently lifted the corner of the sedan curtain, and looked at the streets of Yanjing City, from time to time the unkempt and chained Nanren slaves, the horse manure that can be seen everywhere, and Yanjing who was sitting in the sedan chair stayed behind and frowned unconsciously.

His eyes swept over the white newspapers and leaflets pasted on the wall, and Shi Li's love heart chuckled and coughed slightly.

The sedan chair immediately stopped, and the guard stepped forward, bowed and said, "Xianggong, what do you command?"

Shi Liai pointed to the things posted on the wall, angry, and said urgently: "Send someone immediately to clean up all the things posted on the wall for me, don't let the fourth prince see it!"

The guard retreated, and Shi Liai lowered the curtain, still angry in his heart.

Wang Song's guy is dead, why are there people doing these "Huayi discrimination" things? I don't know, where did these newspapers come to Yanjing City?

What's odious is that this newspaper actually listed him Shi Liai in the second place on the list of traitors, only after the dead Liu Yanzong, isn't this a blatant slap in the face? How can he have the face to go out to meet people in the future?

Many young scholars in Yanjing City were deceived by this newspaper, and often held rallies and demonstrations, and even formed associations to resist Jin. If it weren't for the fact that many young people who spoke wildly, said and acted perversely, had complex backgrounds and intertwined relationships, he would have been a killer and his head would have been rolling.

Touching the beautiful brocade box next to him, Shi Liai couldn't help but smile knowingly. The exquisite gifts inside will definitely make the fourth prince's heart bloom.

In the past, he was the right-hand man of Wanyan Zongwang, who gave advice and made a lot of meritorious contributions, and was able to stay in Yanjing, know the affairs of the Privy Council, and hold a high position. Wanyan Zongwang was killed by Wang Song, and Wanyan Zongbi replaced his second brother as the deputy marshal of the Eastern Route Army.

Shi Liai naturally wanted to slap his new boss.

As for why Wanyan Zongbi came to Yanjing City, Shi Liai probably knew that the fourth prince, a hawkish figure of the Great Jin Dynasty, must be going south with a large army and approaching Tokyo City.

As the head of Hanchen, Shi Liai naturally wanted to do his best to rack his brains for the Jurchen army to go south to attack the Song Dynasty.

The Song people betrayed the alliance of the Liao and Song dynasties and hooked up with the Jin people, resulting in the destruction of the Great Liao.

As for Emperor Liao and the princess as prisoners of the Jin people, they have long been selectively forgotten by him.

"The old minister greets His Highness!"

Seeing the burly and tall Jurchen generals in the lobby, with bald hair and braids, and iron armor, Shi Liai hurriedly stepped forward to pay respects.

"The time is not polite, let's sit down and talk."

Wanyan Zongbi was full of smiles, with a square face, and the lines were very soft.

"The fourth prince is here, I'm afraid that the soldiers are about to go south, so let's sit in Yanjing."

Shi Liai was upright and sat down on the chair in a proper manner. Don't look at him as full of authority in front of the Han people, in front of these Jurchens, he is not careless at all.

"Shi Xianggong is an important minister of my Dajin Kingdom, and this marshal came this time, of course, he has something important to ask for."

"Your Highness, just say it, the old minister knows everything, and he has no end to it."

Shi Liai maintained her usual respectfulness.

"I'm handsome, thank you to the old man."

Wanyan Zongbi laughed, and then frowned.

"Although my Dajin Kingdom is in full swing and its iron cavalry dominates the world, the losses in the past few years have been too much. The southward expedition to the Song Dynasty was not as smooth as in previous years. ”

While speaking, Wanyan Zongbi couldn't help but think of Wang Song. The defeat outside the city of the Daimyo's Mansion made him still remember it, and he was also ashamed of his life.

It was this person who caused the Jurchen warriors to suffer heavy losses, and they had to slow down the military scale of the southward invasion of the Song Dynasty last year.

Although Wang Song has been killed in battle, his remaining arrogant soldiers are more than 100,000, and their strength is still not to be underestimated.

Shili's love knows. After a series of battles, the Battle of Daimyofu, the Battle of Taiyuan, and the Battle of Fuzhou, the Jurchens suffered heavy losses, and the Han'er also suffered countless casualties.

"Your Royal Highness, the favorite thing of the southerners is to fight in the nest, those scholars and doctors, all of them are squirming, drinking wine and writing poems, if you want to talk about governing the country and the people, it is laughing and generous."

After Shi Liai finished speaking, Wanyan Zongbi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

"What the old man said is very true! Let's talk about the battle of Fuzhou, these people did not send troops, causing Wang Song to die in that desolate place, which is really breathtaking. It's ridiculous!"

Wanyan Zongbi let out a sigh of relief and continued:

"Speaking of which, I also want to thank this group of fools, if it weren't for them, the Lou Room Army would have been wiped out, and the elite of the Western Route Army of my Dajin Dynasty would probably have been lost."

"There is still that fold to ask for, even closed the city gate, cowered in the state office, shocking the world, crying ghosts and gods, we also want to thank this folding minister!"

The two laughed together, especially Wanyan Zongbi, who almost laughed out of a pig's cry.

It was not easy to calm down, and Wanyan Zongbi shook his head and said: "Having said that, Wang Song's old department is still there, and after a campaign, it is inevitable that the army will be lost." I still have to find a way to do it once and for all. ”

Shi Liai was secretly frightened. The fourth prince has a deep understanding of the customs of the Han people, and with him leading the army and the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, he can be regarded as having encountered a strong enemy.

"Your Highness, I heard that Zhao Ji, the son of Qinglou, has re-ascended the throne, and from the perspective of the old minister, it seems that it is not difficult to capture the north of the Yellow River!"

Shi Liai stood up and whispered a few words in Wanyan Zongbi's ear.

Coercion and intimidation, the alliance under the city, self-defeating!

Hearing these words, Wan Yan Zongbi shrugged his brows, and then laughed.

With the Han system, sometimes, things on the battlefield can be solved by political means outside the battlefield.

Shi Liai, the minister of Liao, the leader on the list of traitors in the newspaper, just a few simple words solved the confusion that had haunted Yan Zongbi's heart for a long time.

Although the Jin soldiers attacked the city in Lianghe, and the front of the army had approached the south of the Yellow River, the resistance they received was also extraordinary, and many victories were disastrous victories, and the Jurchen knights suffered heavy casualties. This also forced the Jin people to use more Han and Khitan foot soldiers, and the pace of southward movement had to be slowed down.

Especially Taiyuan City, Daimyofu, Dongping Mansion, including the three prefectures outside the river, all of them are hard bones and difficult to swallow. If you want to conquer them one by one, you are afraid that you will have to take the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

"Zhao Ji is as timid as a mouse, has no ambitions, has just ascended the throne, and only seeks the stability of the throne. The sergeant and doctor of the court, the incorruptible and shameless people, are more loyal and courageous, and as soon as the peace agreement comes out, the majority of the people who will be the lord of the Manchu Dynasty will be peaceful. Wang Song is dead, the army is discouraged, the court is uneasy, even if there are Zong Ze, Li Gang and the like, it is difficult to stop the general trend of peace talks. ”

"What the old minister said is very true, and I admire it so much!"

Wanyan Zongbi nodded and said with a smile: "The Song family is all boneless wretched. In addition to writing poems and paintings, sleeping flowers and willows, Song Huang Xiaoer will also do more. A group of big turbans in the DPRK and China know all day long that they are vying for power and profit, crowding out military generals, and they are full of flowers, and they cannot govern the country and the people, and they will only do everything possible to calculate people. finally came out of Wang Song, and they couldn't stay in Tokyo City, and finally died on the battlefield. The Southern Dynasty will not die, and heaven will not tolerate it!"

Wang Song thought that he was loyal, for the country and the people, but in the end he only got the nickname of "loyalty", which is really ridiculous when he thinks about it. Shi Xianggong, do you say that these ministers of the Nanren have nothing else in their minds except silver and beauties?"

After Yan Zongbi finished speaking, he and Shi Liai glanced at each other, and both of them laughed.

Although the Jin people were careless in managing the people's livelihood, it did not prevent them from working in the Great Song Dynasty, and many things that happened in the court would soon flow into the ears of the Jin people. In these years, there is no shortage of "traitors" who see the wind and rudder.

"These scholars and doctors in the south have been governing martial arts with literature for nearly 200 years, and this idea of being superior to others is engraved in the bones, and it can't be eliminated if you want to!"

Shi Liai shook his head and smiled, but there was yearning in his eyes. Most of the scholars and doctors of the Southern Dynasty looked down on them, the former ministers of the Liao people, and called them "Fanchen", and the Han people in the north were "Fanren". It is precisely this kind of cultural and political discrimination that makes the Han people in the north always have dissatisfaction with the southerners.

Finally, there was a Wang Song, people do not distinguish between high and low, land does not distinguish between north and south, there is no discrimination and prejudice, but in Fuzhou is a whimper, and the estrangement between the Han people in the north and south has begun to strengthen again.

Who knew that the newspaper "Warning Bell" had a greater impact than what Wang Song had done, so that the Han people in the north were dissatisfied with the rule of the Jin people, and the people's hearts were fluctuating and ready to move, and Shi Liai, these "traitors", were also pushed to the forefront.

"Shi Xianggong, you are a "traitor" in the newspaper, and I am a "national thief", so let the "traitor" and the "national thief" together give a big gift to the Nanren court. ”

When he heard the word "traitor", Shi Liai's pupils suddenly contracted. He smiled awkwardly, and after Yan Zongbi spoke, he didn't dare to make a fire even if he had a fire.

He is nearly seventy years old, and if he is remembered by future generations in the name of "traitor" and nailed to the pillar of shame in history after a hundred years, then he is really "glorious ancestors".

"Your Highness, in the name of the imperial court, you can send a note asking for peace to the Southern Dynasty. As for the terms thereof, it is necessary to carefully consider them. In addition, our Dajin Dynasty will also launch an offensive on the battlefield. And what is on the table, but it is decided by the battle on the battlefield. ”

Since he has been established as a "traitor" by the Song people, he, a "traitor", must do his best to assist the Jin people in destroying the Song Dynasty. Since then, no Song people have said that he is a "traitor". Only when the entire territory of the Song people is under the rule of the Jin people, and there is no distinction between the Song and Jin people, can he, a traitor, be justified and become a virtuous minister of history.

The history books are written by the victors. Losers, there is no one to sympathize.

"Shi Xianggong deserves to be the important minister of the country, and he is to the point in one sentence."

Wanyan Zongbi nodded and said: "There is a saying in the south, saying that you will take advantage of your illness and kill you. Now that Wang Song is dead, we can wave our troops south, bypass the fortified cities of Taiyuan and the Daimyo's Mansion, and come to the capital of Bianjing. In this way, I am afraid that Zhao Ji'er will start to panic again. ”

Shi Liai also laughed. Wanyan Aguta's sons are all thoughtful, both cunning and greedy, and they can go on horses to command the army and fight on the battlefield. When the southerners ran into them, they could only consider themselves unlucky.

"Shi Xianggong, I'll come, you come to write, let's think carefully, Keri will go south, and the soldiers will come to Kaifeng City. I want to see, Zhao Ji'er, what tricks can he play!"

His brother Wanyan Zongwang did not capture Tokyo City back then, and this feat of breaking the Song Dynasty and destroying the country should be completed by him, the fourth highness!

Shi Liai pondered to himself, and soon wrote a majestic essay, which Yan Zongbi read and praised on the side.

"The old man is really wonderful. This peace is in the hands of Zhao Ji'er, it must be a storm!"

Seeing that the end had already been discussed, Shi Liai took out the brocade box and put it on the table.

"Your Royal Highness, this is a rare thing that the old minister got from the market, I will give it to Your Highness today, and I wish the army to go south to destroy the city and pull out the village, conquer everything, and be invincible!"

Wanyan Zongbi opened the brocade box, and the six ordinary-sized, crystal clear glasses inside immediately caught his eye.

"Your Highness, this product is from Hebei, as evidenced by the inscription on it. His Royal Highness can be used to drink alcohol, or to drink tea, and of course, to drink water. ”

Wanyan Zongbi picked up a cup in his hand, looked at it carefully, and praised it in his mouth.

"These southerners know how to do these tricks. When Hebei is captured, the cup-making workshop will be taken away, and it will be done once and for all!"