Chapter 6 The Golden Soldiers Go South

Wang De stayed in the Jujing Garden, and Zhao Chen followed the eunuchs towards the Funing Palace.

Zhao Chen practiced martial arts for three months, his internal strength was successful, and his physical fitness was also greatly improved. There was a distance of more than five miles from Jujing Garden to Funing Palace, and Zhao Chen ran all the way, gradually leaving those eunuchs behind. When he came to Funing Palace, Zhao Chen's face did not change at all, and his breathing was very normal, as if he had come here slowly.

He waited for a moment at the gate of the Funing Palace, and several guards had already gone to report. After a while, Zhao Chen really entered the Funing Palace.

At this moment, in addition to Song Qinzong and Zhao Huan, there are dozens of ministers in the Funing Palace.

Dazai and his subordinate Zhang Bangchang are here, and Shaozai Li Bangyan is here, these are the two prime ministers of the court. In addition to these two, there are also Zhao Ye, Wang Xiaodi, Cai Mao and other important ministers of the court.

Originally, when Song Huizong was in power, Cai Jing, Gao Yu and others were in charge of the government. It's just that with the abdication of Song Huizong, Zhao Huan has replaced the ministers of the court with his cronies, and he directly denounced Cai Jing, Gao Yu and others as traitors! It's just a pity that Cai Jing, Gao Yu and others are traitors, but Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan and others appointed by Zhao Huan himself are also famous traitors in history!

There are several loyal ministers in the Qinzong Dynasty, such as Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Zhang Shuye and others are all famous loyal ministers in history, but these people are upright and not liked by the emperor, and they have long been demoted to various places! Now that something big is happening in the country, the emperor can only discuss how to deal with it with a group of traitorous ministers.

Seeing Zhao Chen come in, Zhao Huan nodded towards Zhao Chen and motioned for Zhao Chen to stand beside him.

"Father, what happened? But...... Jin Bing goes south? Zhao Chen asked anxiously.

"Not bad!" Song Qinzong nodded, his face a little heavy.

Zhao Chen's heart tightened, although he had long known that Jin Bing would go south, but when this incident really happened, he was still a little at a loss!

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me how we deal with the current situation?" Song Qinzong looked down and said.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the events of the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty?" Zhang Bangchang stood up and said.

"At the beginning of the country?" Zhao Huan was stunned for a moment and said, "What are you talking about?" ”

Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the country, my Great Song Dynasty and the Liao State were at odds, and the Liao people often went south. Now the Jin State and the Liao State are the same barbarians, and their thoughts must be the same, and they must have gone south to 'fight the grass valley', so there is no need to worry! ”

Song Qinzong nodded, and although the ministers next to him were terrified, they also nodded at this moment.

Zhao Chen couldn't bear it anymore and said, "If Jin Bing goes all the way south to the outside of Kaifeng City, what should we do?" ”

Zhang Bangchang said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to worry! In fact, after the last time the Jin soldiers went south, they once surrounded Kaifeng, and in order to prevent such a thing from happening again, the imperial court has already placed heavy troops in the three towns in the north! These three towns in the north can definitely block the pace of the Jin soldiers, making it difficult for the Jin soldiers to continue to go south! ”

"Three towns in the north?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

He had some knowledge of history, but his knowledge of ancient geography was still limited.

"The three northern towns are Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian! Taiyuan guards Hedong, Zhongshan guards Hebei, and Hejian guards Shandong, and the three cities are distributed in the northern plains in a line, and the Jin soldiers can only continue to go south if they break through the three northern towns! And the three cities are unusually strong, and now there are heavy troops stationed, the golden soldiers are barbarians, there are not many siege weapons at all, they can't defeat these three cities at all! Zhang Bangchang said.

Zhao Chen frowned, he didn't know how powerful the three northern towns were, but he knew that it only took three months for Jin Bing to fight from the north to Kaifeng, and the three northern towns definitely didn't play much of a role!

In fact, the three northern towns did play a role in history, especially Taiyuan City!

During the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, there were two famous cities that were immortal through the ages, one was the Diaoyu City at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the other was the Taiyuan City of the Northern Song Dynasty at this time. The former is famous for killing the Great Khan of the Mongols, and the latter for his tenacity. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin raised the whole country's troops to attack Taiyuan City, and with Zhao Kuangyin's strength, it was difficult to conquer Taiyuan for the rest of his life. After Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne, he used a million soldiers and horses, the number of crossbowmen alone exceeded 500,000, and surrounded Taiyuan City with the country's manpower and material resources, but it also took almost a year to conquer Taiyuan City. The Jin soldiers invaded the south, and the important towns in the north fell one after another, but only Taiyuan City has been holding on. The Jin soldiers began to besiege Taiyuan City from the first time they went south, and until now, Taiyuan City has been surrounded by Jin soldiers for more than half a year. For most of the year, Taiyuan City did not receive the assistance of a single soldier, and it is still resisting. After the fall of Taiyuan City, the most important reason was hunger, Taiyuan City was starved, and all the things that could be eaten in Taiyuan City had been eaten, and the city was broken.

The Northern Song Dynasty has lost contact with Taiyuan City for more than half a year, but they still regard Taiyuan City as one of the barriers to the north.

"Therefore, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and all the ministers, there is no need to worry! The Jin soldiers went south just to fight the grass valley, and even if they weren't, it would be difficult for them to conquer the three northern towns! Let's just relax! Zhang Bangchang said with a smile on his face.

"What if the three northern towns are conquered?" Zhao Chen said again.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worried! Your Highness is young and terrified in his heart, this is also normal! Zhang Bangchang said disapprovingly.

"You!" Zhao Chen was angry in his heart, and he couldn't wait to rush forward and kick this famous traitor in history to the ground.

"Okay, Chen'er, you are indeed young! Now that you're only 10 years old, what do you know? Song Qinzong said.

"Father, my son has something to say!" Zhao Chen said.

"What else do you have to say? Say it all! Zhao Huan frowned and said.

"Father, the Jin soldiers are strong, and the three northern towns may not be able to stop the Jin soldiers! If the Jin soldiers went all the way south and surrounded Kaifeng, wouldn't Sheji be in danger? Therefore, for the sake of the community, I think we should not believe too much in the three northern towns, and we must have other measures! Zhao Chen said.

"Oh? Other initiatives? Tell me about it! Zhao Huan said.

"We should move the capital!" Zhao Chen said.

"What? Moving the capital? Zhao Huan was stunned, not only Zhao Huan was stunned, but Zhang Bangchang and other ministers were also stunned.

"Not bad! Move the capital! When the Tang Dynasty was in full swing, An Lushan rebelled, didn't Emperor Tang Ming retreat to Sichuan, and then still drove An Lushan away? We can also move the capital, temporarily avoid the Jin soldiers, and then unite the strength of the whole country and fight to the death with the Jin soldiers! Zhao Chen said.

This is an idea that Zhao Chen has come up with these days! Since the Jin soldiers are strong and difficult to resist, it is better to move the capital! Whether you go to Sichuan, Jiangnan, or even the west, you can avoid the edge of the Jin soldiers for the time being, and the rest will be talked about later! Although he has been the prince for three months, he is still a student thinking, and he mainly wants to save his life now! As for what to do in the future, he hasn't gone to this question yet! In his opinion, moving the capital will definitely be able to save his life!

"Ridiculous! Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you are really making a big fuss! A minister below said coldly.

This minister's name is Liu Dong, but he is a loyal minister. When Song Huizong was in power, he once wrote a book to reprimand Cai Jing, Gao Yu and others, and he also had some fame in the court. At this moment, Liu Dong heard that the prince was going to "move the capital", and thought that the prince was so cowardly and cowardly, and he was very angry in his heart! In his mind, although the Jin soldiers went south, but now they have only conquered a few small cities in the north, and there are still more than 3,000 miles away from Kaifeng, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to dodge, so timid, where is the demeanor of a prince of a country?

"Chen'er, don't talk about moving the capital in the future! If I move the capital under the threat of a foreigner, how much infamy will I leave in the history books in the future? How will you explain it to future generations? Didn't I also become a faint monarch like Emperor Tang Ming? Song Qinzong said.

He was afraid of leaving a "stain" in history, but he didn't know the shame of the capture of the Second Emperor and Jingkang, which was an unprecedented shame in Chinese history! In history, his evaluation is far inferior to that of Tang Minghuang! Emperor Tang Ming worked hard in the early stage, and slowly became mediocre in the later period, which made the Tang Dynasty decline from prosperity to decline, but even so, he can still be called meritorious, unlike Song Qinzong, who did not leave anything good, and there is no positive evaluation in the history books!

"Father, think again!" Zhao Chen said anxiously.

"Come on, take the prince down!" Zhao Huan shook his head and said.

At that moment, Zhao Chen was "invited" out by the guards again......

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Late at night, in the East Palace, the fire candles are bright!

Zhao Chen sat at the table, without the slightest sleepiness in his heart! At this moment, there are still two eunuchs and two palace maids waiting in the room.

Zhao Chen was confused, but he couldn't think of a way to leave Kaifeng City.

"Your Highness, it's already late at night, why don't you rest first?" After a long time, the eunuch next to him reminded.

"Rest? How can I sleep now? Zhao Chen smiled bitterly.

finally came to this era, and after only three months, is he going to face death?

The night deepened, and a terrible cry was heard in the distance, like a child's cry, and the hearts of those who listened to it were cold.

"What's that sound?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness, this is the voice of a wild cat calling for spring! Rest quickly! The eunuch said.

The thought of "the wild cat is called Spring......" just flashed in his heart, and he was about to get up, when he was suddenly stunned!