Although the Jin army on the western route was dragged under the city of Taiyuan by Wang Yu and Zhang Xiaochun, the Jin army still had the eastern route army.

Soon after the occupation of Yanjing, Wanyan Zongwang led a large army to leave Yanjing City, and then advanced all the way south.

At this time, the northern border passes of the Song Kingdom, such as Songting Pass, Hancheng Town, Fujiakou, Shimen Town, Yehu Pass, Gubeikou, etc., were all lost, and the officers and troops guarding these passes had been defeated by Yu Zhongzheng, the governor of Jingzhou, and had been imprisoned by the Jin people; Wu Zhen, the governor of Jingzhou, has escaped from the sea; Jizhou Zhizhou Gao Gong and Fang Zeng commented that they had led the soldiers of the tooth team to flee south; Danzhou Zhizhou Xu Jieqian and Huang Wen also fled one after another; Shunzhou Zhizhou Lin Lianghu, Lu Kuo, fled into Yanshan; Ge Feng, the governor of Zhuozhou, had fled first; Huang Lie, the governor of Yizhou, fell into the city and broke his left foot when he fled, and unfortunately broke his right foot and died.

It was precisely because of the non-resistance of these people, coupled with the loss of Guo Yaoshi and other generals and second ministers, that Wanyan Zongwang made up his mind to continue to advance south, preparing to continue to expand the results of the war.

As a result, these vassals have unshirkable responsibilities, but the greater responsibility lies with those in power in the Song Kingdom, that is, Zhao Ji and others.

As early as when the Jin army was preparing to invade the south, Zhan Du, the governor of Zhongshan Prefecture, had repeatedly called the police, saying that the Jin people had signs of an invasion to the south, and reminded the imperial court to prepare early.

But Zhao Ji, Tong Guan, Cai You and others didn't take Zhan Du's police call seriously at all.

Not only did Zhan Du report to the police, but Cai Jing, the prefect of Yanshan Prefecture, also repeatedly secretly reported the movements of the Jin people, and Cai Jing even used a silver medal horse to urgently report to the imperial court, and notified the key passes of each pass, saying that the Jin people had troops to invade Qinghua County, loot the residents, burn down the houses, and destroy the salt works.

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Knowing the Privy Council, Cai You, after receiving these alerts, thought that it was just a local conflict on the border.

At this time, Zhao Ji was holding an exuncitment at the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs outside Tokyo.

The so-called suburban ceremony, which is the great gift of the Son of Heaven to worship heaven and earth, is a symbol of the emperor's identity, is a symbol of the legalization of the regime, and is an activity that the rulers of all dynasties have attached great importance to, and is a national ceremony.

The ritual of worshiping the heavens in the Song Dynasty was mainly manifested in the "three-year-old one-parent suburb system", that is, once every three years, on the winter solstice in November, in the southern suburbs of Tokyo, the emperor personally presided over the sacrifice to Haotian.

This suburban ceremony is actually different from the ritual of worshipping the heavens held by the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty every year, and it is also different from the priest and regent of the later generations.

The "three-year-old one-parent suburb system" is said to have started with Qin Shi Huang, but it seems that it was not really implemented before the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty's "three-year-old one-parent suburb system" was customized during the Song Renzong period, and has been handed down since then.

For some reason, Zhao Ji attached great importance to holding big gifts, and during the 25 years of Zhao Ji's reign, he personally presided over as many as 18 big ceremonies, including the Southern Suburbs Ceremony and the Mingtang Grand Ceremony.

Zhao Ji's good friend Cai You is very aware of Zhao Ji's importance to the big gifts, so Cai You suppressed these alarms, afraid of ruining Zhao Ji's interest Cai You thinks that it is not too late to deal with these things after the suburban ceremony is over.

Cai You couldn't help but not tell Zhao Ji about these things, and even Prime Minister Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan didn't know about it.

Cai You dared to do this, and it was not that Cai You didn't rely on it at all, Cai You thought that Tong Guan was personally in charge of Hedong Road, and it would be foolproof; And Yanshan Road is guarded by Guo Yaoshi, and the victorious army will be able to compete with the Jin people. So, not bad these days.

Later, for five days in a row, the report was urgent, and Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan also knew about it.

Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan were worried that once these reports were made public, it would cause great confusion in people's hearts, so they hid and did not report them together with Cai You.

In the past few days, Cai You, Bai Shizhong, and Li Bangyan went to the capital every day to discuss and discuss until dark.

It's just that no one knows what Cai You and the three of them are discussing.

It wasn't until Tong Guan fled back from Taiyuan that the Jin invasion surfaced.

At this time, the Jin Army's Western Route Army was already besieging Taiyuan City, and the Eastern Route Army had begun to move south.

The day after Tong Guan returned to Beijing, the Jin envoys Salumu and Gao Qingyi also came to Tokyo.

Salumu and Gao Qingyi bluntly said that if the Song State wanted to quell this invasion, it must cede land and become vassals.

At this time, Cai You, Tong Guan and others sensed the urgency of the situation, so they reported these reports to Zhao Ji.

However, Cai You and Tong Guan did not dare to say that Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun rebelled, they only said that Chang Sheng's army was besieged, and the Jin army began to move south.

When Zhao Ji heard the news, he was shocked, and asked Cai You, Tong Guan and others to quickly find a way to stop this catastrophe, but it was really not possible, so he issued an order to appoint Guo Yaoshi as the envoy of the Yongqing Army, and Feng Yan Wang, Zhang Linghui was named the king of the county, and ceded the Yan land to Guo Yaoshi, so that Guo Yaoshi could guard it for generations.

It is not difficult to see from Zhao Ji's performance and response that Zhao Ji is afraid.

Wanyan Zongwang led the Jin army on the east road to quickly cross the Baigou River, and along the way, the momentum was like a bamboo, and it seemed that it was about to reach the Yellow River.

It's not that the Jin Army on the Eastern Road has never encountered resistance.

In fact, the Jin army was frustrated when attacking Hejian and Zhongshan, and was resolutely resisted by the Song army, and the defender of Zhongshan Mansion was Zhan Du, and the defender of Hejian Mansion was Chen Yu, who led the army and people of the city to resist to the death.

Later, after Yan Zongwang deceived Hejian and the major generals of the Zhongshan Erfu soldiers who were unable to fight, it can also be said that Yan Zongwang was bold and reckless, and actually bypassed the Erfu and went straight to Tokyo.

Seeing that Yan Zongwang was about to hit the Yellow River, the next step was to cross the Yellow River and take Bianliang City directly, Zhao Ji hurriedly ordered the crown prince Zhao Heng to be the pastor of Kaifeng.

Kaifeng pastor, in the Song Dynasty is not often placed, Song Taizong, Song Zhenzong is the first Kaifeng pastor, and then succeeded to the throne.

Zhao Ji ordered Zhao Huan to be the pastor of Kaifeng at this time, and his purpose was naturally to let him stay in Tokyo to resist the Jin army, while he himself planned to flee to the south of Xinghuai and Zhejiang, that is, to flee to the south.

Soon, Zhao Huan entered the court, and Zhao Ji ordered Zhao Huan to remove the goldfish worn by the prince and give him a jade belt.

According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, the jade belt was only used by the emperor.

In fact, there are exceptions to this, when Wang Anshi recovered Xihe, Cai Jing recovered Qingtang, Wang Hao recovered Yanjing, and was also rewarded by the emperor with a jade belt.

Zhao Ji gave Zhao Heng a jade belt at this time, probably to show the minister that the crown prince Zhao Huan could give orders as the emperor during his stay in Beijing.

Subsequently, Zhao Ji gave Zhao Huan two small palaces and two palace concubines.

There is also precedent for this.

At the beginning, when Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, Empress Qinsheng gave it to the Empress Dowager with two maids, who were Zhao Ji's two queens, the late Queen Wang, Zhao Huan's biological mother and the current Empress Zheng.

It is not difficult to see from Zhao Ji's series of practices that Zhao Ji is ready to let Zhao Huan stay in Tokyo Bianliang to help him withstand the thunder, and even has the meaning of giving Zhao Huan a Zen position, and his old man is ready to go to the south to pray for the gods to bless the Great Song Dynasty through this catastrophe......

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