Chapter 283: Xiang Family's Choice

The Emperor Taishang would never dare to enter Beijing rashly, he was afraid that he would be imprisoned. If you want to ensure safety, you can only rely on the King of Han, and only the King of Han is the backbone of the Emperor, and only the King of Han dares to return to Beijing.

This offensive war between civil officials is becoming more and more intense, the means of attack are omnipotent, almost any tricks are used, I can't wait to dig out all the black history of the Zhao family's father and son, I don't know why, I don't know which one actually pulled the queen Zhu Lian, and used extremely obscure methods to reflect the queen Youxi, this is a big thing, you must know that the queen Zhu Lian is not in the capital now, but in Jingzhao Mansion. Although the King of Han was in Taiyuan Mansion, he was not in Jingzhao Mansion. But even so, this attack spearhead was directly pulled to the head of King Han, which caused an uproar.

The wrath of the King of Han, although it is not as much as a million corpses and a river of blood, is by no means a trivial matter. However, King Han was not angry, the key was that he was preparing for a decisive battle with the Jin army, and he was not in the mood to take care of these things.

The king of Han can ignore it, but the people below can't ignore it, you must know that the king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the king is humiliated and the ministers are dead. The flames of war burned to the head of the Han king, and the meritorious family could not sit still.

Pan Xu was immediately angry, and he said to Pan Jing: "The battle of this group of literati has actually infected the King of Han, if we don't fight back, then we will have it." ”

Pan Jing said with a smile: "Big brother, you don't have to be too excited, there is something strange about this matter, the most angry should be the Son of Heaven, after all, whoever cuckolds will be angry, let alone the Son of Heaven?" Now, the Son of Heaven has not yet made a move, if we are in a hurry to take action, where will the official family be. ”

"That's right, the Son of Heaven should be the most angry, so let's see how the Son of Heaven reacts first." Pan Xu calmed down, and he thought for a while and said: "No matter what the Son of Heaven reacts, our meritorious family must make the strongest sound, otherwise those civil officials will think that we are easy to bully." ”

"What the eldest brother said is also right, so let's talk to the other few families to see how we should fight back next, but the top priority now is to wait and see what happens."

Wrath of the Son of Heaven.

In the Yangju Palace, the official Zhao Huan erupted with unprecedented anger, and the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time finally broke out at this moment, so that Bai Shizhong, Fan Zhixu, and Zheng Juzhong did not even dare to come out. Everyone knows that in this case, the Son of Heaven is angry, and whoever speaks will be unlucky.

The angry official family looked at no one at this moment, and he said angrily: "Can any of you tell me what is going on? ”

Seeing that no one spoke, Zheng Juzhong stubbornly said: "That article was published in Xiangjia's "Tabloid Newspaper", who wrote it, and we still need to investigate. ”

"All the relevant personnel of the "tabloid" were arrested, all the assets of the Xiang family in the capital were seized, all the children of the Xiang family were expelled, and they must leave Beijing within two days, otherwise they will all be arrested and put in prison."

This time, the official family was really angry, and he couldn't take care of the face of the Xiang family, this time he had no face, where could he take care of so much.

Fan Zhixu hesitated for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, it's not proper, I have always been free of speech, at most I will catch the person who writes the article, so I won't even drive Xiang Jia, you must know Xiang Jia." ”

"Shut up, get out of here." The angry official family directly burst into foul language, he forgot that in the Great Song Dynasty, the Xianggong of the political hall is a special existence, and the official family cannot be easily provoked, otherwise it will be quite troublesome.

Sure enough, Fan Zhixu didn't expect that the official family would humiliate him, and the old man left peacefully, which made the atmosphere of the whole scene very embarrassing. Even Bai Shizhong, Wang Shiyong, Sun Fu and others felt that the official family was a bit excessive, but now that the Son of Heaven was in a state of rage, no one wanted to be bored.

Beating the dog depends on the owner, and he drove directly to the house, undoubtedly slapping the emperor Zhao Ji hard, but these are far from enough for the official family, he said viciously: "If you can do the first year of junior high school, I can do the fifteenth." Guozhang, how do you say this battle should be fought back? ”

"Your Majesty, there is no turning back." Zheng Juzhong didn't want to fall out with the Emperor Taishang, that would be very unfavorable to the official family, and he still preferred the official family in his bones, rather than the King of Han. The Zheng family is a scholarly family with a long heritage, how can they be inclined to a reckless hero from the grassroots like King Han?

"Turn back, has the old man ever thought about turning back?" The official family was really angry, and directly called the Emperor Taishang an old horseman, and he said angrily: "The dragon has reverse scales, and if you go against it, you will die." This time, I must let him know who is the master of the world. ”

Now that the official family has made up his mind, Zheng Juzhong has nothing to take into account, he pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty can invent an edict to the world, and let the Emperor Taishang return to Beijing to fulfill his filial piety." At the same time, he ordered to seal the Tianlong Forbidden Army and hold the official position of the commander of the Japanese Forbidden Army. Their family members are still in Beijing, and they will never offend the official family for the sake of loyalty to the emperor. At the same time, the local army was strictly ordered to escort along the road, and at the same time to appease the king of Han, so that the king of Han would not move, then the official family must obediently return to Beijing. As long as you arrive in the capital, it is not at the disposal of Your Majesty. ”

It's the King of Han again, but at this moment, the official family can't take care of it so much, he pondered for a long time and said: "This matter, the Qing family will handle it single-handedly, within the month, the Emperor Taishang must return to Beijing." Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless and not thinking about the relationship between father and son. ”

Filial piety to the official family, let the official family return to Beijing This is a yang scheme, it is obviously a trap, but the emperor has to jump, if he refuses to return to the capital, then the previous remarks attacking the official family is not filial will be pushed down, at that time, the emperor will become very passive.

At the same time, because he was in too much hurry, the families of the Japanese Forbidden Army and the Tianlong Forbidden Army were all in the capital, which was doomed. In the battle between father and son, it is impossible to talk about whose strategy is more masterful, but whoever can control the army has the right to speak.

The army is the shortcoming of the official family, and it is also the shortcoming of the emperor, which is the most headache for the two fathers and sons. However, the situation of the official family is a little better, after all, he is the emperor de jure and is still supported by most local armies. Even a Japanese Jin army loyal to the emperor, the Tianlong Forbidden Army, was also cited as a problem for the family, and the official family was stuck in the neck and couldn't move.

Sure enough, when he received the official decree, Emperor Zhao Ji was dumbfounded, and originally thought that it was equal, but now he understands that the gap between the two is a moat that cannot be leaped over, and this gap is the control of the army.

When the Jin army invaded the Song Dynasty in the south, the emperor hurriedly passed the throne to the crown prince Zhao Huan, and this kind of dumping behavior was despised by the military officials in the world, which is why it would be so difficult for him to regain the throne. Emperor Taishang had made a lot of efforts before, but it seemed that they were all in vain, and in the hearts of officials all over the world, such an emperor was not worthy of loyalty.

After receiving the edict from the official family, the Emperor Taishang was dumbfounded, he knew that once he returned to Beijing, it would be the fate of house arrest, which was beyond doubt. However, it is not possible to not go now, at most it is to delay time, but how long can it be delayed?

Xiang Zongliang has not been in a good mood recently, the official family has gone too far, and even seized all the properties of the Xiang family in the capital, and expelled the Xiang family directly from the capital. Although he was in a bad mood, he still waited carefully by the emperor's side.

The Emperor Taishang threw the edict to the ground and said angrily: "This rebel is going to do something to me, what do you say I should do, you can't just arrest it." ”

Xiang Zongliang still saw the clues, he picked up the edict and read it a few times and said: "Your Majesty, this time the official family is a yang scheme, it is difficult for you to refuse." ”

"Nonsense, if you refuse, do I still ask you?" Emperor Zhao Ji said coldly: "The glory and wealth of the Xiang family all come from me, if I am really under house arrest by that rebel, you will not be better." ”

Yes, everything in the Xiang family was given by the Emperor Taishang, which Xiang Zongliang did not deny at all, of course, it is difficult to say after this, after all, the future belongs to the King of Han, this is undoubted, and he has never doubted it.

Xiang Zongliang pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, returning to Beijing is not necessarily the end of the world, the key is that once you go back, it will be a dead fish, and you will never turn back, either you abolish the official family and make King Likang the crown prince, or the official family will put Your Majesty under house arrest, and there is no room for maneuver, Your Majesty, you can think clearly." ”

"Does it have to be King Likang?"

"That's natural, responsible, King Han will never agree, he will never do a loss-making business. Now that it is the king of one word, it is already unsealable, and there is no reward, in this case, if there is no benefit, the king of Han will not come out. ”

Emperor Zhao Ji shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, before the King of Han supported King Kang, but King Kang carried King Han and the official family to make small moves, and as a result, on the day of King Kang's wedding, King Han actually took Princess Kang, and then King Kang took refuge in his eldest brother, at this time, King Han may not necessarily insist on King Likang as the crown prince." ”

I am afraid that the officials will not know about such a secret thing that King Han occupies Princess Kang, and it is even more impossible for Xiang Zongliang to know. It can be seen that there is still a hidden force in the capital that serves the emperor, which is probably the reason why the emperor dares to argue with the officials.

Xiang Zongliang was really thundered, but with his understanding of King Han, this kind of thing is not impossible to do. Xiang Zongliang was silent for a long time and then said: "The King of Han has now reached a state where he has no desires and no desires, unless it is for the well-being of future generations, which is why he insists on interfering with His Majesty to establish the crown prince, so if it is not King Likang, then what else can affect the King of Han?" ”

"I don't know, you send someone to Taiyuan to spy with the King of Han, no matter what conditions the King of Han proposes, he will unconditionally agree."

Emperor Zhao Ji is indeed inseparable from King Han, but he doesn't know what conditions to impress King Han, so he can't send all his daughters over, in that case, how will the history books evaluate himself in the future?

Xiang Zongliang himself is obviously not suitable to go to Taiyuan Mansion, he asked his son to send his daughter Xiang Yanxue to Taiyuan to the olet, which can be regarded as a situation of loyalty.

Regarding the father-son dispute between Zhao Ji of Song Huizong and Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong, King Han was unwilling to participate and did not want to care, but Xiang Zifang came, at this time, no matter how it was obviously inappropriate, but how to manage it, he himself had no idea for a while.

Zhiduoxing Wu Yong saw King Han's hesitation, so he said cautiously: "Lord, it is not necessarily a bad thing for us to intervene. ”

"Intervene? How to intervene? Now that Yan Zonghan's bastard pretended to be a turtle and couldn't hide, the battle on Hedong Road couldn't end, and the lonely king would be nailed here, and it could be said that the whip was beyond the reach of the capital. ”

King Han was not in a good mood in the end, he originally thought that after the grain transportation incident, the Jin army would send troops, but he didn't expect that Yan Zonghan would continue to be a shrinking turtle, in this case, the two armies were deadlocked, in this case, he was not in the mood at all, but the arrival of Xiang Yan Xue, who was absolutely captivating, still made this prince Chitose feel better.

Wu Yong knew that if he wanted to get ahead, he had to make suggestions, otherwise he was doomed to do nothing. He said unhurriedly: "The dispute between the official family and the Emperor Taishang, how can it be that for you, the Emperor, the Emperor has the upper hand, which is more beneficial to you, but you can't let the Emperor Taishang control the overall situation, otherwise you will make a wedding dress for others." ”

"Don't talk nonsense, get straight to the point."

"The King of Han cheered up the Emperor Taishang and encouraged the Emperor Taishang to return to the capital, of course, he went back alone, and did not bring the Tianlong Forbidden Army and the Japanese Forbidden Army, because once these two forbidden armies entered the capital, they would definitely be controlled by the officials. Along the way, our Han army escorted, and before entering the capital, let the Emperor Taishang announce the abolition of the official family, otherwise do not enter the city. ”

King Han immediately reacted, and he said with a smile: "The dog bites the dog's mouthful." ”

"Yes, neither the official family nor the emperor dare to merge, because in that case, no one can bear the consequences of failure. The two sides can only start a polemic, and this polemic is a harm to both sides and completely shakes the foundation of the Zhao family. There are no two days in the sky, there are no two kings in the country, and it is in a city, father and son fight, and the world is in an uproar. At this time, if the Jin army goes south, it is destined to change the dynasty. ”

It's really a fan of the authorities, at this time, the king of Han has sorted out his thinking, and finally understands why Yan Zonghan is unwilling to fight, he received an order from the emperor of the Jin State to pave the way for the Jin army to go south for the second time, and his own Han army is staring at Taiyuan Mansion, in that case, the Jin army can go straight to the capital.

"Okay, you go down, you have full authority to deal with this matter."

At this moment, King Han's train of thought couldn't be saved, and he was a little more serious some time ago, so he went to see Yan Xue.

Xiang Yan Xue, a smart beauty in ice and snow, showed superhuman wisdom, which was beyond the expectations of King Han, especially the analysis of the situation, the head is the way, and it can be said that he is responsible for answering questions.

After listening to King Han's strategy to Yan Xue, she shook her head and said, "Wu Yong's thinking is too simple, things won't go so smoothly." ”

"Oh, why did Concubine Ai say that?"

Xiang Yanxue said with a smile: "Lord Wang, you think, the official family has been on the throne for more than a year, and it can be said that he has already controlled the Jingshi, and he is already the Son of Heaven in the hearts of the people of the world, and the Emperor Taishang is already in the past. The civil and military officials in the court, the military and the people in the capital, who will support the emperor, the so-called recall is nonsense, it is useless, and it will not cause a situation where father and son are fighting and the world is in an uproar. ”

"Say, since you can see through this, there should be a remedy?" In front of his own woman, Liu Zhenglong, the king of Han, did not need to hide it, he said: "The lonely king wants to change the dynasty, and he doesn't want to be a chaotic minister and thief, so he can only take advantage of the opportunity of the Jin army to go south to become the emperor under the condition of shaking the orthodox foundation of the Zhao family." We must obey the mandate of heaven, inherit the unification, and absolutely cannot seek to usurp the throne. ”

Bing Xue was smart Xiang Yan Xue immediately understood what her husband wanted to do, what she wanted was not a yellow robe, but almost Zen, this is indeed difficult, and now I can't see the opportunity, I can only take one step at a time, and I must not be careless or wrong.

"Husband, are you saying that the Jin Army will still go south this year?" Xiang Yanxue began to plan, but there was a premise for all this, that is, whether the Jin army went south or not, there was a big gap.

King Han said: "It is estimated that it will not be this year, but it is almost certain that troops will be sent in the spring of next year." You must know that the first invasion of the Song Dynasty, although it did not achieve the strategic goal, but still let the Jin army see the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty, and has already taken Hejian Mansion, Zhending Mansion, Zhongshan Mansion, Jin Guotie Cavalry Wave South, as long as it crosses the Yellow River, it is directly approaching the capital. You must know that Wanyan Zonghan nailed the lonely king to Taiyuan Mansion, and the Jin State could completely free up his hands and go all out to take the capital, so the Jin army would definitely send troops to destroy the Song Dynasty. ”

At this time, the meaning of the Han King was very clear, he would continue to stay on Hedong Road, ostensibly to confront Yan Zonghan of the Jin Kingdom, but in fact he gave up the arch defense of the capital, as long as the Han army did not defend the capital, then as long as the Jin army went south, then the Great Song Dynasty would die.

Xiang Yan Xue shook her head gently, and she persuaded: "Husband, if the Jin army goes south again, it will be the moment of the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty. The Jin army went south again, even if you repelled the Jin army, then the Great Song Dynasty would become an empty shell, and the Zhao family would not be able to sit still, you could not ignore the safety of the people in the capital for the sake of the so-called false name. ”

King Han's face was gloomy, and there were not many people in the world who dared to accuse him head-on, almost none. But this beautiful woman who has not yet entered the cave room bluntly accused, in this case, the face of this high-ranking Han King is a little unbearable.

A wise Xiang Yanxue suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing, she hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "Lord, this matter is not an unsolvable dead end, you can not only successfully ascend the throne and become the emperor, but also save the people of the capital from fire and water, you can take care of it completely, there is no need to sacrifice the people of the capital." ”

"It's not easy to say, the Lone King has a maximum of 300,000 troops, and the strength can't catch up with the Jin Army, as for the combat effectiveness, it is an indisputable fact that it is a cut short of the Jin Army. The odds of winning are not very good. Moreover, there is a lack of marshals who command the three armies, and when it is really a decisive battle with the Jin State, a Wanyan Zonghan can entangle the king, and Wanyan Xian will also go east and go straight to Luoyang, the west of the capital, so that the west rejects the king, and the east can be connected with Wanyan Zongwang to form a line and easily take the capital, which is indeed powerless for the lone king. ”

Speaking of which, King Han is a little frustrated, there are indeed many fierce generals under his command, and the number of troops can be continuously increased, and sooner or later the Jin army can be fully suppressed. But there is only one marshal who can command the three armies, and so far there is no one, so he can only charge into battle by himself. Hebron is an excellent cavalry commander, but when he encounters a military wizard like Yan Zonghan and Wan Yan Zongwang, he is still slightly insufficient, and at most he can have a draw with Wan Yan Zongbi. As for Li Zhu, Wang Yin, and Lu Junyi, that is the level of Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Zongqi.

The lack of commanders of the three armies who can fight Yan Zongwang and Yan Zonghan made Liu Zhenglong in a dilemma, which is why he was unwilling to fight the Jin army too early. In his bones, the King of Han was willing to finish Yan Xianye, the marshal of the Jin Kingdom, but he really couldn't find a handsome talent who could finish Yan Zonghan and Yan Zongwang, so he didn't dare to act rashly.

"Husband, you're a little paranoid." Xiang Yanxue gently held the hand of King Han and looked at the man affectionately, she said tenderly: "All along, the reason why the Jin army was able to sweep the world was mainly because of the mobility of the cavalry. You don't have a general in your hands who can finish Yan Zongwang and Yan Zonghan, it doesn't matter, you just need to fight a blitzkrieg and completely defeat one of them, after all, it is in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, although the forbidden army is weak and vulnerable, but there are righteous troops everywhere, which can completely block the progress of the Jin army. You just need to kill the city at the right time when it is conquered and save the people in the city. As for the members of the royal family, then it is better to have their own destiny. ”

Blitzkrieg, Liu Zhenglong's train of thought was still awakened by Xiang Yan Xue, in fact, he already had an idea, but it was inconvenient for some things to say it directly! Now that Wu Yong has gone to assist Emperor Taishang to return to the city, the next step is how to deal with the invasion of the three-way Jin army, as for the capital, it is better to go with the flow.

King Han, who was in a good mood, hugged Xiang Yanxue in his arms and said loudly: "Isn't it the lucky star of the lonely king, after the lonely king becomes the emperor, he will definitely crown you as a concubine." ”

"Lord, this is during the day, is it okay at night?" Xiang Yan Xue symbolically struggled and fell.

In the second year of Jingkang, on October 29, King Han led his army into Taiyuan Mansion, which surprised everyone, especially Wanyan Zonghan, who really couldn't understand what this Great Song God of War wanted to do.

Wanyan Zonghan was indeed hiding in the camp like a shrunken turtle, but after the King of Han entered Taiyuan Mansion, he was unwilling to hide and wanted to find a way to besiege Taiyuan City.