Chapter 210: The End of the Era
Wanyan Zongfu returned to the house with a numb expression, and the people of his wife and children did not dare to touch his moldy head, and they did not dare to say a word.
Wanyan Sosuke entered the study alone and leaned back in the chair. When I closed my eyes, it was all pictures of me who had followed my father to fight the golden iron horse and laugh proudly, and my father's voice and smile echoed in my ears, and everything seemed to have never gone far.
Why is this empire dying? Is it because of a mistake in the policy towards the Great Song Dynasty? So who bears the responsibility for this mistake? If his father didn't pass the throne to Wan Yan Sheng, but Zong Wang, or himself, what would have been the result?
"Prime Minister." At this time, someone gently called out to Yan Zongfu.
Wanyan Zongfu heard someone come in and call him, and he didn't need to open his eyes to listen to the sound to know that it was Wang Qi. Wanyan Zongfu still closed his eyes and said, "Wang Qi, you can also go back to accompany your family." ”
Wang Qi said: "Prime Minister, I have no family, I have always regarded the Prime Minister's Mansion as my home, and you are my parent." ”
"I was confused for a while, and I forgot."
"Prime Minister, are you going to fight to the death with the Song army, or ......?"
Wanyan Sosuke slowly opened his eyes and said, "I don't know either. The ship is sailing in the middle of the sea, facing the monstrous waves and about to disintegrate, the sailors and passengers can jump ship to escape, and the helmsman must fight the ship until the last moment! ”
In the eyes of Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Sheng is the helmsman of this ship, and he is also a deputy, and he can't protect himself when he is in danger.
"The spirit of the prime minister who has done his best for the country and died is understood and admired by the villain. However, there are no eggs under the nest, so why not keep the green mountains and start from scratch, and turn the tide is unknown! Wang Qi persuaded him.
"It's a good 'keep Qingshan to start from the beginning, and turn the tide is unknown'!" Wanyan Zongfu exclaimed, "But the saint can't start from scratch, and the Song Dynasty won't let the saint have a chance to start over." Jingkang's catastrophe is a lesson from the past, and our fate will only be worse. I heard that Huang Longcheng killed and maimed the people who played with the Song family's clan relatives, what happened? ”
Wang Qi said: "There is no turning back from the saint, but what if there is a different person? ”
"What do you mean?" Wanyan Zongfu's eyes flashed and asked.
Wang Qi whispered in his ear: "What if you sit on the dragon chair as the prime minister?" ”
"The enemy is now, Hugh is talking nonsense!" Wanyan Zongfu was shocked and scolded.
"Don't worry, sir. Forgive the villain for his courage, the saint is the initiator of the destruction of the Jin Kingdom, and he will not be able to escape the sanctions of the Great Song Dynasty. But if the prime minister takes charge on behalf of the saint and asks for perfection from the Song Dynasty, he can also retain some bloodline for Dajin. Daikin is far away from the Central Plains, and if he tries his courage over time, he may not be able to make a comeback! ”
"I didn't say I was going to surrender."
After listening to Yan Zongfu, Wang Qi simply said that he didn't want to surrender, but he didn't mention anything else, it seems that there is a drama.
So he continued: "The 60,000 horses of Huanglong City were destroyed in just one day!" Huining is worth 50,000, how to resist? The war has been attrition so far, and there is not much left of our army. Instead of being a car with his mantis arm and the courage of his horseman, why not be willing to suffer the humiliation of his crotch, he will be brave every day, and then he will be brave after knowing the shame, he may not be able to be the top of the mountain? ”
Wanyan Zongfu said: "Wang Qi, I didn't expect that you are not only good at martial arts, but also very powerful, if I found out that you have this ability in the past, I sent you to negotiate with the Song Dynasty, maybe it will have a miraculous effect." ”
"Prime Minister, don't laugh, just say, does what I said make sense?"
Wanyan Zongfu was silent, fought fiercely in his heart, raised his head and said, "What should I do?" ”
Wang Qi immediately whispered in his ear, and Yan Zongfu looked surprised when he heard it.
Halfway through, the snow everywhere gave a hint of brightness to the night.
Wanyan Zongfu drove to the palace gate with Wang Qi, got out of the carriage, and the guards did not know Wang Qi and did not allow him to enter the palace.
Wanyan Zongfu shouted: "This king has something important to tell the saint, the Song army has been camped ten miles outside the city, if you delay the opportunity, you will be punished by the nine clans!" ”
The gatekeeper was so frightened that he quickly confessed his guilt, and let Wang Qi follow Wanyan Zongfu into the palace.
Wang Qi entered the palace for the first time, and he looked at the houses and roads in the palace attentively, comparing them with the appearance of the Liao Palace in his memory.
After hearing that Yan Zongfu had a 100,000 urgent military aircraft to report to the saint, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the two to Yan Sheng's bedroom.
The weather is too cold, and the dormitory uses large braziers to burn red charcoal everywhere so that the temperature in the room is not too cold.
Wan Yansheng lay down on the bed, looking at the ceiling with his eyes open, and in recent times, he had long lost interest in the rain and dew of the concubines. The house was warm because of the charcoal fire, but Wan Yansheng's heart was cold.
"Holy Lord, Holy Lord, the Prime Minister has a big report!" The chamberlain cautiously shouted through the portal.
Wan Yansheng sat up lazily and replied, "Let him come in." ”
Wanyan Zongfu took Wang Qi into the dormitory, and after Wang Qi entered the palace, he quietly looked around.
Wan Yan Sheng saw that Wan Yan Zongfu was leading people, and there was a trace of vigilance in his heart, and he asked, "Who is he?" ”
"This is the former military command. Saint, the Song army has already camped ten miles outside the city! I'm afraid tomorrow the city will be attacked! Wanyan Zongfu said.
"What, so fast?" Wan Yan Sheng jumped up from the bed and walked out of the tent with his shoes on, "So fast!" How long can a city defense last? ”
"Please make a decision as soon as possible." Wanyan Zongfu said.
Making a decision early means that you can't stick to it for long.
Wan Yan Sheng sat on the edge of the bed and muttered, "Dajin is going to die at my hands......"
Wanyan Sosuke said, "If the Holy One wants to coexist with Daikin, we will follow you; If the Holy One doesn't want to let the hundreds of thousands of people in the city be ruined, we will follow you! ”
The lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians fell on Wan Yan Sheng's heart like the last straw that crushed the camel.
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If failure is already a certainty, why add more sins?
Although Wan Yansheng thought so in his heart, he couldn't say that he had the last dignity and stubbornness that an emperor should have.
"Holy Lord, you have also witnessed the results of the court today, life is the most precious thing compared to dignity and vanity!" Wanyan Zongfu said.
Wan Yansheng couldn't speak, his lips trembled, and he squeezed out a few words painfully for a long time: "The minority obeys the majority." ”
"Ministers are full of soldiers and civilians in the city, thank you to the saint!" Wanyan Sosuke knelt on the ground excitedly and said, "Holy Lord, what should you do?" Lessons from the two abolished emperors of the Song Dynasty ......"
Wang Qi listened intently to Wan Yan Sheng and continued, if he could do what he wanted, he would be able to save Wan Yan Sheng from some pain later.
"It's impossible for me to accept humiliation!" Wan Yan Sheng straightened his waist, "Zongfu, I have wronged you, remember to hide my body, and remember to find a way to mediate for the clan as much as possible." ”
"Holy ......" Wanyan Zongfu was crying in pain, these were not what everyone wanted to see.
Wan Yansheng seemed to have a sense of relief in his heart, and the burden on his body suddenly lightened, and he said, "I went to ask your father for the guilt first...... Sosuke, is there a ...... A safer approach? ”
There are countless ways to face death, but everyone is afraid of pain.
Wang Qi said: "The minister has a way. ”
Wan Yansheng took a closer look at Wang Qi for the first time, looking at his appearance, he was a bit of an old man, but he couldn't remember who it was.
Wan Yansheng said: "Then please Aiqing." ”
Wan Yan Zongfu took the posthumous summons prepared by Wan Yan Sheng and went out, closed the door casually, and left Wang Qi and Wan Yan Sheng in the house. Two lines of old tears slid down his cheeks, fell into the snow, and disappeared, like the Dajin Empire that was about to disappear.
"Holy Lord, you can sleep in peace." Wang Qi tapped Wan Yan Sheng's neck and head a few times, and Wan Yan Sheng really fell asleep.
Wang Qi pushed open the door, picked up a large handful of snow from the ground in the courtyard, returned to the room, and covered the snow in a large brazier burning charcoal, which made a "squeak" sound, followed by a large amount of green smoke.
Wang Qi covered the four braziers with snow, then closed the windows tightly, and went out, carefully closing the door.
"How?" Wanyan Zongfu asked.
"No problem." Wang Qi replied.
Wanyan Zongfu glanced back uneasily, and then the two of them left the palace.
The next day, after a long time of dawn, the chamberlain still didn't see the saint open the door and got up, and there was no response after a few calls, so he boldly pushed the door open, and an obvious smell of charcoal fire came to his nose.
He covered his nose and rushed in to take a look, Wan Yansheng had already lost his breath, and his whole body was cold.
Something happened! Something is wrong!
Emperor Dajin finished Yan Sheng and committed suicide by burning charcoal!
Wanyan Zongfu was urgently summoned to the palace by the Holy Queen.
Wanyan Zongfu knelt next to Wanyan Sheng's body, old tears were horizontal, crying and grabbing the ground: "Holy Lord! Holy Wow! I didn't expect you to send me the decree last night, and you actually had the idea of suicide! ”
The Holy Queen hurriedly asked what was going on.
After Yan Zongfu took out the summons and showed it to the Holy Queen, he said, "Last night, I received news that the Song army had set up camp outside the city, so I immediately entered the palace to face the saint. For the sake of the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, the saint has decided to declare himself a vassal to the Great Song Dynasty. The saint felt ashamed of his ancestors, so he decided to pass it on to me and let me mediate with the Song Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the Holy One was already ...... Such a decision was made! Holy Lord! ”
The holy queen thought in her heart, now that the city is in danger, if her child becomes a saint, it will not become Zhao Huan's second, it is better to push the boat down the river and give this hot potato to Wanyan Zongfu.
The Holy Queen said sadly: "Since this is the will of the Holy Lord, please don't shirk it." ”
"Holy Queen, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of me, I will move forward bravely!" Wanyan Zongfu said.
The Holy Empress and Wanyan Zongfu each had their own thoughts, and soon reached a consensus, and Wanyan Zongfu should sit on the throne as a matter of course.
At this time, Wanyan Zongfu received news that the Song army was already on the way to Huining, and it was estimated that the troops would come to the city in two hours.
Wanyan Zongfu urgently convened a court meeting, and the Holy Queen Upper Hall personally announced that the Holy Lord had died last night, and read out the posthumous call of Wanyan Zongfu.
The officials wept bitterly, but they didn't expect that the saint had found a short-sightedness.
It's okay to avoid being humiliated by the Song Dynasty.
Wanyan Zongfu was still wearing his official uniform, sat on the dragon throne, and said, "The will of the saint still needs to be completed by me." According to the holy will, for the sake of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city, as well as all the people in the Dajin territory, the city surrendered and was proclaimed a minister. ”
When Yan Zongfu said the last few words, he almost wanted to cry.
The officials knelt down and said, "Obey the holy will." Long live the saints, long live, long live! ”
Wanyan Zongfu was already satisfied to hear the officials call him long live at the end.
Perhaps, the long live that the ministers call refers to Wan Yan Sheng.
But none of that matters anymore.
The gold lord Wanyan Sheng is the fourth brother of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguta, the second emperor of the Jin Dynasty, known as Jin Taizong in history. He succeeded to the throne in 1123 and died at the age of fifty.
Wan Yan Sheng's greatest achievement during his reign was to capture Emperor Tianzuo of Liao in 1125 and declare the destruction of the Liao State; In 1127, he besieged Bianliang in Song Jing and captured Emperor Huizong of Song and Emperor Qinzong of Song, almost dividing the Song Dynasty into two dynasties, North and South.