"Warlords."

Gao Chen, who has always been with the mud, has a clear main battle at this time, not only Gao Chen, but also officials who are related to the four major families are the main battle, but it is not a transformation, the key is that everyone has planned a long time ago, so that the King of Han will be the savior of the Great Song Dynasty. Besides, now that the treasury is empty, if you lose money in the end, this account will eventually have to be paid by the King of Han. It is said that the King of Han pays the bill, but in fact, the four major families in the gold bank have shares, which means that the account will eventually be paid by the four major families, in this case, how could Gao Chen and others agree to peace talks?

Zheng Juzhong thought deeply, he was not only thinking about the safety of the Great Song Dynasty, but also about how his daughter could replace Queen Zhu Lian. Originally, there was no chance, but this time the queen Zhu Lian went to invite King Han, which made this old fox see the opportunity.

As long as it is a little hint to the official family that there is no innocence between the queen Zhu Lian and the king of Han, but whether it is true or false, then the queen's status will be shaken. The official family was already very suspicious, how could they reuse King Han? If you go all out to fight this time, then in the end, the savior of the Great Song Dynasty will be the King of Han, and in the future, even the official family will not be able to shake the status of the King of Han in the Great Song Dynasty.

Zheng Juzhong had an idea at this time, and after he came out, he said: "Your Majesty, the reason why negotiations become negotiations is that you come and go. The conditions set out by the Jin Kingdom are not immutable, and we can also set our conditions, and there is no need to stumble to the end. You must know that even if the King of Han comes, it will be a protracted battle, and it will never be a battle that can be ended in three or five months. If the battle here is not over, then the holy decree will not be able to leave the capital. ”

If the holy decree can't leave the capital, it will be an indelible haze for the officials. Now although the Emperor Taishang has arrived in Zhenjiang, he continues to meet Jiangnan officials, wealthy and powerful people in Jiangnan, and to put it bluntly, he does not want to lose control of the imperial power. If the holy decree can't leave the capital for a long time, then the emperor Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong will become an empty shell. This is absolutely intolerable to Zhao Huan, he knows that Zheng Juzhong is the national ruler, and everything he says is for his own good, and he is definitely not alarmist.

Song Qinzong Zhao Huan had three fears, one was afraid that the queen Zhu Lian would have something to do with the King of Han, one was afraid that the Jin army would attack the city, and the other was afraid that the holy decree would not come out of the capital, and the emperor would empty himself. Among these three fears, the first represents the dignity of men, the second represents the throne, and the third represents power, the supreme imperial power.

The curse of the throne, before he ascended the throne, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan resisted, but after sitting on it, it was the root of his life, and no one could take it away.

After listening to Zheng Juzhong's recital, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan didn't want to listen to the recital of the people below, it was nothing more than a two-sentence peace talk or defending the city, but no matter how it was discussed, there would be no result.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zheng Juzhong was left behind by Song Qinzong.

Zhao Huan said to Zheng Juzhong: "You are the ruler of the country, just say whatever you want, don't hide it, I want to listen to your true thoughts, not those high-sounding official words." ”

"Your Majesty, you must not fight with the Jin Army." Zheng Juzhong was determined to negotiate peace at this time, and he said unabashedly: "Fighting with the Jin army, whether it is victory or defeat, it will be an unbearable consequence for you, Your Majesty." ”

"Oh, why did the ruler say this, why would he not be able to bear the consequences if he overcame?" Song Qinzong Zhao Huan was not a qualified emperor in general, he was a little short-sighted, and he was really assertive, and he asked puzzledly: "Isn't it good to defeat the Jin army, you don't need to cede the land and pay compensation." ’”

Zheng Juzhong shook his head and said: "Your Majesty has not thought about it, the King of Han has his own army, and if he commands the battle, it is nothing more than two situations, the first situation is to quickly end the battle and drive the Jin army away." Then with his support, the Emperor Taishang returned to Beijing smoothly. There are no two days in the sky, there are no two monarchs in the country, may I ask whether the civil and military officials listen to His Majesty or the Emperor. You must know that most of the civil and military officials were promoted by the Emperor Taishang, and the King of Han was still the concubine of the Emperor Taishang. In the battle for imperial power, the last laugh must be the emperor, and you are likely to lose the throne. Is it possible for a deposed emperor to ascend to the throne? ”

Yes, now that the Emperor Taishang is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, how can he be willing to live in the harem? Besides, the Emperor Taishang still has so many princes, what will happen once he is deposed, without Zheng Juzhong saying it, Song Qinzong can also guess it. He was silent for a long time and then said, "What about the second situation?" ”

"The second situation is that the war will drag on indefinitely, Your Majesty, you are trapped in the capital, and the Emperor Taishang will take the opportunity to control the situation in the world. You must know that one person has too much military power, no matter what his benefactor is, the generals below will push him on. It has only been more than 160 years since the change of Chen Qiaoyi, what if King Han comes to add another yellow robe? ”

Yes, whether it is the King of Han supporting the Emperor Taishang's seizure of power, or the addition of the yellow robe again, this consequence is not something that Song Qinzong Zhao Huan can bear. Although this is just Zheng Juzhong's theory of condemnation, the emperor of the Song Dynasty has always been very jealous of such a thing as the yellow robe, and it doesn't matter if it happens, the most important thing is that no one should be given the opportunity to add the yellow robe. You must know that the day before the change of Chen Qiaoyi, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was still a loyal minister of Hou Zhou, and once this kind of yellow robe happened, it could not be reversed.

Song Qinzong was instantly moved by Zheng Juzhong's words, and he said helplessly: "What Guozhang said is reasonable, but Jin Guo's appetite is too big, even if he hollows out the Great Song Dynasty, he can't satisfy them." Peace negotiation doesn't work, I can't afford to pay that much money, how can this be good? ”

Zheng Juzhong heard that the official family also wanted to negotiate peace, so the next thing was simple, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan to resolve the current crisis. ”

"Please speak."

"On the one hand, we used Li Gang to hold on to the capital, and on the other hand, we ordered the King of Han to step up the war against the Jin army." When he said this, Zheng Juzhong paused, and he continued: "The war is to seize the initiative in the negotiations, Weichen thinks that the negotiations are carried out in the war, and the conditions offered by the Jin Army, Weichen I have studied it, and we can make the following modifications, the first fifteen million taels of gold, fifty million taels of silver, ten thousand cattle and horses, and one million silk horses, this is definitely not good." In the end, he could pay five million silver to the Jin country. As for the 10,000 cattle and horses, they came out from the northwest, anyway, it was the sphere of influence of the Han King, so he had to find a way to raise them. A million horses of silk came out of the south of the Yangtze River, and let the Emperor Taishang offend the officials and magnates in the south. In this way, the people of the northwest were dissatisfied with the Han Dynasty, and Jiangnan would resist the Emperor Taishang and finally accept the will of the officials. ”

Song Qinzong Zhao Huan felt that Zheng Juzhong's suggestion was good, and he said with a little hesitation: "Guozhang's idea is good, it can solve the threat of the Emperor Taishang and the King of Han, but I can't take out the five million!" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't need to pay a penny, just let King Han pay this money."

"How could King Han come out?"

"Make a holy decree to let Kaifeng Mansion go to the gold bank to withdraw money, if they don't pay five million taels of silver, then directly check it, and the minister believes that it will eventually be more than five million." Zheng Juzhong hated the existence of Jin Xing and wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge, so he said gloomily: "Unless the King of Han openly rebels, he will definitely not fall out with His Majesty because of five million silver." If he is so ignorant of the times, you can take the opportunity to withdraw the military power and take the opportunity to remove him. ”

"Yes, as long as the Jin army leaves, then the existence of the King of Han is not necessary, just let it be his free prince to enjoy the blessings, and the five million will be used as the King of Han to spend money to buy peace." Song Qinzong Zhao Huan firmly believed that the King of Han would not rebel and would definitely obey obediently, he said: "Then what about the remaining conditions? ”

"Zhongshan Mansion and Hejian Mansion are already surrounded by the Jin State, and it is only a matter of time before they fall, and it is not impossible to cede them to the Jin State. As for Taiyuan Mansion, then let King Han have a headache himself. Zheng Juzhong has made up his mind to die and not die in poverty, he knows that the king of Han has wolf ambitions, so the cession of Taiyuan Mansion to the Jin State is to plant a nail in the Han king's sphere of influence, so that the king of Han does not dare to act rashly. He finally said: "As for arranging for the prince and the prime minister to be hostages, it is only to escort the Jin army across the Yellow River, this problem is not big, Your Majesty can send Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and Zhang Bangchang to go together." ”

Song Qinzong Zhao Huan knew that Zheng Juzhong was taking the opportunity to retaliate against Zhang Bangchang, but this was not a big problem, as for Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, he had been against him, so it was good to send him. After pondering for a long time, he said, "Then it will be decided, you are fully responsible. ”

The head of the gold bank was originally Pan Yun, the princess of Han, and was later handed over to Liu Ruyan. However, Liu Ruyan is pregnant with Liujia, and she has already left the capital to go to Jingzhao Mansion, so now Liu Mingjun, the third son of the Liu family, is in charge.

After hearing the holy decree, Liu Mingjun's nose was almost crooked, but at this time, he was no longer the self-righteous third son of the Liu family before, but a mature and stable businessman. Now that Han Wang, the largest shareholder of Jinxing, is not in the capital, such a large sum of money must be discussed with the four major families.

Everyone discussed what to do in Que Yun Tower.

Liu Mingjun said bluntly: "Now that the King of Han is not in the capital, everyone must make an idea of this matter as soon as possible, you must know that although five million will not empty the gold bank, the gold bank will not have any inventory, there will be no cash flow, once there is a large amount of withdrawal, then the gold bank will smash the pot." ”

Although the gold bank has branches in many big cities, such as Xijing Luoyang, Nanjing Yingtianfu, Chengdu, Jiangning, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and other places, but the capital is the head office after all, and now the war is in chaos, once the gold bank has cash flow interruption, it will definitely be run, then the reputation that the gold bank has established over the years will be completely eliminated.

Shi Yi said: "This trick must have been thought up by the old fox Zheng Juzhong, if we refuse to carry it out, the gold bank will be confiscated, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to open it in the future, which is obviously not a good way." But taking out five million is too distressing. ”

"Yes, this trick is really unavoidable." At this moment, Cao Zhen has already replaced the old man as the head of the Cao family, after all, the old man is over eighty years old and has long been sent to Hangzhou.

Seeing that everyone had no plan, Xiao Rang, the proprietor of Que Yunlou, said: "Everyone, this matter is a big matter, let's ask King Han." However, I suggest that you still have to prepare in advance, now after all, the capital is still the master of the official family, if once the gold store is confiscated, it is estimated that Que Yunlou will also be confiscated. In any case, even if five million is paid, it will not make them so comfortable, and the top priority should be to hide the gold and jewelry first, and the five million will be paid in copper coins. In addition, the jeweled building should also be closed, if that place is raided, Princess Han will be very unhappy. ”

Pan Xu, the father-in-law of the King of Han, Lao Taishan, said: "That's it, during this time, we will be as low-key as possible, and there can be no chaos in the capital, everything is still up to the King of Han." ”

After receiving the carrier pigeon, Liu Zhenglong was extremely angry, and he led the army to save the king, but the official family wanted to give five million silver to the Jin country. However, now he is already the King of Han, and he is only one step away from Long Fei Jiutian, and at this time, he has no previous impulses and is more cautious in doing things.

After Liu Zhenglong handed the letter to Zhu Wu, the Divine Machine Military Master, and Sun Sheng, the Gongsun Sheng of the Cloud Dragon, he said, "Two military advisors, let's see how this question is. ”

Sun Sheng, the Duke of Zhuyun Long, has always been very low-key and reluctant to be in the limelight, but this time he took the lead in saying: "This question depends on when the lord is preparing to ascend the throne, if it is one thing to ascend the throne now, it will be another plan in a few years." ”

"If the official family does not abdicate, the lone king will not be the emperor, and he is not willing to be a chaotic minister and thief who seeks to usurp the throne." Liu Zhenglong shook his head, and he said in a firm tone: "Now that the Great Song Dynasty is in turmoil, and the common people are suffering from war, Gu will definitely not ascend the throne at this time, at least two or three years later." ”

Gongsun Sheng admires Liu Zhenglong the most is to plan and then act, and he will definitely not be carried away by the good situation. He said with a smile: "These five million can become a hot potato for the Jin Army, and make them pay for it." At the same time, it will also shake the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and the throne of the official family will not be stable, and it will not be long before the Emperor Taishang will issue an edict to hand over the country's soldiers and horses to the lord, so as to further empty the official family. ”

"How it works, you name it."

"The minister means that the money can be handed over to the Jin army, and after such a large sum of money is sent to the Jin army camp, we will publicize this matter, so that the common people of the world will know that the official family is greedy for life and fear of death and surrenders to the Jin country, signs a treaty of loss of power and humiliation of the country, and exchanges money for temporary peace. At the same time, it is also necessary to let the people of the world know that this money is from the meritorious group headed by the lord and the four major families. To change the status of the military generals in the hearts of the people, now the world is thinking about change, only a strong force can keep the world peaceful, and only the lord is the savior. ”

Speaking of this, Gongsun Sheng paused for a moment and said: "Those righteous soldiers who came to King Qin's rescue have no military salary, and the Privy Council does not give them a establishment. In addition, this money Jin army should choose to send back to the Jin country, so halfway, there is no need for us to send troops, there will be a righteous army, there will be grass cowards to intercept, in the end whether this money can reach the Jin country is unknown, of course, it depends on the final result of our Han army against the Jin army, if we have the upper hand, we can send out a cavalry to take the five million back. ”

Zhu Wu continued: "Lord, it's time to contact the Emperor, if the father and son fight, then in the end the Emperor will profit, besides, Weichen thinks that if the Emperor Emperor seizes power, it will be more beneficial to the Emperor." ”

"Very good, immediately send a carrier pigeon to Xiao Rang, agree to pay five million silver, pay in the situation of copper money, the official must come forward to indicate that it is a loan, the money is only delivered to the imperial court, and it is indicated that it is military expenses, not that the imperial court paid to the Jin State, in a word, we don't know this, and we don't admit it." Liu Zhenglong felt that five million was a sinkhole, and he said to Gongsun Sheng: "You work hard to enter the city, let the city create public opinion, the lone king and the meritorious family will invest five million as military expenses to support the imperial court to hold Bianliang City, and the lone king will definitely start a war with the Jin army within ten days at the latest." To give the common people the illusion that after ten days, the Lone King will expel the Jin army. ”

After Gongsun Sheng, Liu Zhenglong said to Zhu Wu: "On behalf of King Gu, you went to Jiangnan to meet Emperor Taishang, implying that as long as he is willing to make King Zhao of Likang the crown prince, King Gu is willing to help him regain the throne and drive away the Jin army." In addition, let the Emperor Taishang marry Emperor Ande Ji Zhao Jinluo to Lone, as for the words, you organize it yourself. ”

Zhu Wu couldn't figure out why the lord wanted to marry Emperor Rongde Zhao Fujin and then marry Emperor Ande Zhao Jinluo, but he didn't have the bother to ask.

Liu Zhenglong knew that Zhu Wu had doubts, and he said with a smile: "Although the lonely king has the disease of being a widow, he is not going to give up the country for a woman. But if King Gu doesn't mention the conditions at this time, the Emperor Taishang will definitely not be relieved, no conditions are suitable, after all, he is already the king of Han, and he has reached the point where he can't be sealed. As for money, not to mention, perhaps it would be most reasonable to marry another emperor. Besides, there is one thing you should know clearly, when Emperor Shun married Emperor Yao's two daughters, Empress Ehuang, after Nuying, Emperor Yao ceded the throne to Emperor Shun is a good story for the ages, and King Gu believes that this scene will also appear in this dynasty. ”

Zhu Wu didn't expect that the lord thought of the story of Emperor Yao's concession to Emperor Shun, and it seemed that the lord was not ready to seek a dynasty to usurp the throne, but wanted a smooth transition.

Five million is destined to be a sinkhole, but unfortunately the initiator Zheng Juzhong doesn't know, and Song Qinzong doesn't know it. But whether you know or don't know, the five million yuan people have sent it.

The money has always weighed about thirteen catties, and five million guan is sixty-five million catties, and such a large sum of money cannot be concealed, and soon the news spread throughout the capital. The streets and alleys are talking about this issue, this huge amount of money was paid by the King of Han out of his own pocket to serve as military expenses for the imperial court, which is undoubtedly a boost to the people, that is, the King of Han went all out to fight against the Jin army. For a time, the enthusiasm of the military and the people in the capital was high, and countless young people joined the army, this wave was not a good thing for Li Gang, because the money was given to the Jin army, and he still had no money, and the more new troops were recruited, the greater the pressure.

There is a lot of pressure on young people to join the army, but this is not a fatal thing, the most fatal thing for Li Gang is that the generals below are urging them to ask for military salaries all day long, and it is good to say before that they can prevaricate. Now it is rumored that there is a huge sum of five million, to be precise, there is really a huge sum of five million, in this case, the generals are not willing to wait, they are chasing Li Gang's money.

Suddenly, Zheng Ju found that the five million had become a sinkhole, and it was difficult to transport this huge amount of money out of the city. The whole city was staring at this huge amount of money. But if it is not transported out of the city, how can this golden army leave?

Gongsun Sheng, the initiator, didn't want to make the situation too stiff, but he didn't mean to let Zheng Juzhong go, after all, this huge amount of money was originally a sinkhole, and since Zheng Juzhong jumped in, it was not so easy to come out.

Gongsun Sheng said to Wu Er and Luda: "It's up to you now, no matter how you create a conflict, of course, the casualties are not too big, the main thing is to bring out the momentum, so that the people know that the money from the King of Han is used for military expenses, but the officials are greedy for life and afraid of death, and give the money to the Jin State." As for how to make trouble, that's your business. ”

The newspapers overwhelmingly reported that the King of Han had invested 5 million guan to fund the forbidden army to defend the city, which pushed the King of Han to an unprecedented height. However, in the newspapers, there were articles questioning how the imperial court would use the money and whether it would be handed over to the army for military funding.

On December 30, the seventh year of Xuanhe, that is, the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, 5,000 soldiers escorted 5 million Guan slowly towards the north gate, but they were intercepted on the way, which eventually led to a conflict.

When the army clashed, Li Gang's nerd shortcomings were revealed, and he was at a loss for a while, and finally went to Pan Jing, the general of the right guard, to deal with the conflict under the reminder of the record to join the army.

Pan Jing, the general of the right guard, waited for this opportunity, and he quickly calmed down the conflict, of course, and also exposed the matter, indeed the five million were given to the Jin Kingdom by the imperial court.

At this moment, the contradiction broke out completely, and it was no longer a conflict between the armies, and the students made a fuss, and the situation became more and more serious.

Although, in the end, five million guan was sent out of the city, but the prestige of the official family was discredited, and in order to appease the anger of the people in the city, Zhao Huan of Song Qinzong finally dismissed Zheng Juzhong from his position. He promised to fight the Jin army to the end and handed over the command to the king of Han.

Five million is a pit, and there is one point that many people are not clear, not only for Song Qinzong and Zhao Huan, but also for Jin Jun. And it is difficult to come out of this pit, but unfortunately Wanyan Zongwang can't understand it, and even if he understands it, it's useless. You must know that the Jin army originally went south this time to plunder the wealth, and this huge wealth attracted the attention of countless people, and even Jin Taizong couldn't sit still and asked to transport the five million to the Jin country as soon as possible.

In the face of huge wealth, how can you not be tempted? Wanyan Zongwang didn't want to send the money back so quickly, but he had to find a reason not to send it back.