Chapter 395: Li Gang crosses the river
The green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite each other, and the lonely sail comes by the sun.
The water of the Yangtze River flows rapidly, the turbulent waves are like a giant dragon rolling, and the water potential is like thousands of horses galloping on the battlefield, which is unstoppable. The waves on the water surface are like naughty elves jumping up and down, making the river whirlpool, like an invisible divine needle iron stirring in the water, trying to muddy the clear water of the Yangtze River, which looks naughty and dangerous.
A big boat went down the river, it didn't care about the domineering of the Yangtze River, pushing the rapids like weeds on both sides, and speeding away.
A man at the bow of the boat looks up like a sculpture into the distance, and there seems to be endless anticipation in his eyes. He was full of white hair and a heavy face, as if he was not interested in the bold and magnificent scenery of the Yangtze River, and he looked at it from afar. From time to time, a few gulls flew over the crest of the waves, and the shrill screams could not wake him up in his contemplation.
"The country is broken by mountains and rivers, the city is deep in spring, the flowers are splashed with tears, and the birds are frightened. The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the family letter was worth 10,000 gold, and the whitehead scratching was shorter, and the hairpin was overwhelming. ”
The man suddenly showed a sad face, recited Du Fu's poem "Spring Hope" aloud, and then stopped abruptly, and returned to the previous quiet in his worried heart.
However, he kept silently reciting in his heart: "Your Majesty Gaozong, can't you put state affairs first, unite the autonomous region, and recover the lost territory?" Patience to tear the great rivers and mountains apart? Even if I, Li Gang, break my leg and wear out my mouth, I must promote unity and fight against the enemy together! ”
Yes, this person is Li Gang, who turned the tide in the capital when the Jin soldiers invaded for the first time.
When the Jin soldiers retreated, Li Gang was shelved by Qinzong and became a propaganda envoy with no power. Later, the hat of "being a friend and traitor, deceiving the world and stealing fame" fell from the sky and fell on his head, and the official was repeatedly impeached, Li Gang was deposed, and exiled to Qiongzhou as a petty official.
The second invasion of the Jin soldiers, the loss of the capital, the capture of the second emperor, Li Gang was grief-stricken when he heard this, scolded the traitorous ministers for misleading the country, and constantly contacted some rebels, trying to do a little bit for the rejuvenation of the nation. Later, when he heard that the autonomous region had finished punishing Yan Zongwang and rescued the Emperor Zhao Ji, he was overjoyed and led the crowd to come, wanting to restore Zhao Ji and revitalize the Great Song Dynasty.
Who knew that Zhao Ji was disheartened, did not have a trace of desire for power, and had no intention of being the emperor at all, and at this time, Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, changed his name to emperor in Hangzhou.
It stands to reason that this is also a blessing in misfortune, so that the entire Song people have a backbone, and they will not be scattered and go their own way. As long as King Kang works hard, unites the Song people, and recovers the lost land, the revival of the Great Song Dynasty will become a reality.
But Emperor Jianyan, who had just sat on the throne of God, did the stupid thing of hating his relatives and enemies, and crossed the Yangtze River and crossed the Yellow River to the autonomous region with a holy decree. Song Jiang was severely accused of sending troops to provoke a war without a king's order, making peace with Liu Yu without a king's order, recruiting hundreds of thousands of troops without a king's order, and supporting his own troops, which was the biggest traitor in the Great Song Dynasty. For the sake of rescuing the emperor, immediately disband the team and come to Hangzhou to ask for forgiveness, otherwise the day when Long Yan soars into the sky will be the time to destroy his nine clans. Then he changed his smiling face and asked the Emperor Taishang to move to Hangzhou to live in the old age.
Song Jiang was unwilling to let Zhao Gou wish, he broke out on the spot,-for-tat, and immediately reprimanded Zhao Gou for having no righteousness as a monarch and a minister, and no love for a father and brother. Seeing that the capital was besieged, as the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, he led his troops to flee all the way, crossed the river to Hangzhou, abandoned the second emperor and did not save him, and humiliated him. Now the former emperor is still there, but he has changed the yuan without permission, and he is disloyal and unfilial. Afraid that the emperor would be the emperor in the autonomous region, he intended to deceive him back to Hangzhou and put him under house arrest, which was immoral and shameless. The autonomous region sent troops to defeat the Jin Kou and the puppet Korean army, recovered the country, and rescued the emperor, concubines and many old ministers, but it was slandered as provoking a war for self-inflicted war, supporting the army and respecting itself, and cutting off the head to exterminate the clan, which was unkind and unjust.
In view of this, Zhao Gou is not qualified to be an emperor at all!
He announced on the spot that he did not recognize Zhao Gou's orthodox throne, and the date of the reply was still written in the second year of Jingkang, and he also beat the eunuch who commanded the edict to the flesh, and returned to Hangzhou on a soft bed to restore his life.
Song Jiang's tough attitude made the old ministers of the Song Dynasty secretly happy in their hearts, and they smelled joy from it, it seemed that Song Jiang was going to overcome all difficulties and support Zhao Ji's restoration, and they would also be important ministers of the restoration of the country at that time.
As a result, the old ministers of the Song Dynasty also accused Zhao of being disobedient, and they all wrote to Zhao Ji to be the emperor and revive the Song court. Who knew that like a stone sinking into the sea, Zhao Ji was indifferent, but they were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, and they couldn't wait to come to the yellow robe again.
The autonomous region's approach made Zhao Gou embarrassed and angry, and he once again sent an envoy saying that Song Jiang had secretly detained the Emperor Taishang and the former ministers of the Song Dynasty, and that he had a heart of disobedience. If the emperor and his former ministers are not allowed to come to Hangzhou, he will definitely take the lead, sword the thief, and anoint the grass and wilderness to save the monarch's father and the ministers. Lazy people listen to books
He also claimed that the subjects supported him, the will of heaven had not changed, his ancestors Deze, Jianyan Rensheng, in a word, he was the only legitimate heir of the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and the rest were the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty.
Not convinced?
No way! Wait, there is your good fruit to eat!
This is a contradictory upgraded version of the holy decree, containing the evil intentions of the autonomous region, it is obvious that he threw an olive branch to Song Laochen, as long as he disagrees with Song Jiang, then there will be a lifetime of glory and wealth beckoning to them.
This is a shortcut that those who want to be officials dream of, and some people who are disappointed in Zhao Ji began to use their brains crookedly, preparing to respond to Zhao's plot to take an official and a half-job. But they were not so bold to shout in the autonomous region, so they went to Hangzhou as an envoy to persuade Zhao Gou to go to the disaster in person.
Of course, Song Jiang understands the trickiness in it, and he can see what they think in their hearts without guessing, these people always put their own interests first, and the interests of the country and the nation are just gorgeous clothes that they put on their bodies by deceiving the public and whitewashing themselves.
Keeping these people in the autonomous region can only be a factor of instability, because the autonomous region does not have the absolute power that they rely on to oppress the people, but these people are not easy to arrange, and they will not be satisfied with the high or low level, even if they make him the head of the autonomous region, they will not be satisfied, and what they want is to have a general view of the power and generals.
In the midst of the doubt, Zhao Gou came to recruit and solved the problem abruptly, and he should really thank this loser. Let's go! Let's go! Let these moths help Zhao Gou to go to the loser! But you can't blame these people, they really won't do anything else except be dirty officials!
Among these people are many celebrities, such as Li Gang, He Li, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong, Zhang Bangchang, etc.
Several batches of people went one after another, only Li Gang came back, and the rest of the people turned their heads and pointed the finger at Song Jiang, righteously preaching orthodoxy and the way of monarchs and ministers, and then became officials of all sizes in the Jianyan Dynasty.
So Zhao Gou was complacent because he was digging the corner, and Song Jiang was happy because he was unburdened.
However, Li Gang was anxious, he couldn't watch the Great Song Dynasty fall apart, he had to do his best to heal this wound. Now that the autonomous region and the Jianyan court have fallen out, not to mention the Great Korea sandwiched in the middle, there are already signs of warlord secession in many places, who are ostensibly subordinate to the Great Song Dynasty, but each runs its own territory.
For example, Zhang Chunxiao and Wang Yu of Taiyuan openly claimed that they belonged to the autonomous region of the Great Song Dynasty and were stationed for the motherland to defend against the Jinkou.
If the chaos continues, won't it become a chaotic situation of five generations and ten countries, with wars all day long, and it is the people who suffer! Therefore, he kept running and appealing on both sides, intending to resolve the contradiction and work together to restore the Great Song Dynasty.
Li Gang's tireless running touched many people in the autonomous region, and Song Jiang specially selected two people from the special forces to serve as Li Gang's escorts, and also assigned him a big boat.
Today, the big ship sailed into the Yangtze River again, and Li Gang couldn't help but feel sad about this chaotic situation, the country was torn apart, and there was still a struggle in his mind?
"Master Li, let's go into the warehouse and rest for a while! You've been standing at the bow for more than half an hour! ”
Guarding Teng Yun's words brought Li Gang back to his senses, he sighed and said: "Commander Song said that the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we can do a little bit for the Zhongxing Great Song Dynasty, no matter how hard and tired we are." It's just that Gaozong is like a gangster in the market, talking about him left and right, not entering oil and salt, and frequently breaking his word, even the commander's suggestion to attack back and forth, and the good strategy of destroying Great Korea is ignored. I really don't know what he can't wait to become emperor for? Is it his dream to be in a safe corner? also changed Hangzhou to Lin'an, Lin'an, is it a temporary home or a stealing peace? ”