Chapter Forty-Eight: The Disaster of Innocence
In the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty, the wind and rain were ethereal, the back was Daliao, and there was Dajin in the back, Dali in the southwest, and Xixia in the northwest. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info surrounded by enemies, the scene is subtle.
The relationship between Dali and the Northern Song Dynasty in the southwest is slightly better, but the others are eyeing each other. For this reason, although Song Weizong did not do his job, his basic political adjustment and diplomatic means still made a difference. Dali and the Northern Song Dynasty have been communicating with each other for many years, and this time the northwest is turbulent, and Tubo and Western Xia are at war, which affects the western border of the Northern Song Dynasty. And the only ally in the west of the Great Song Dynasty, you definitely have to grasp it well. Therefore, it was decided to send a team of envoys to Dali to express condolences to the alliance between the two countries.
And this to go to Dali must first pass through the southern Sichuan Shu Road, there have already been Taibai poems passed on to the world: "Oh, the danger is high!" The difficulty of Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky! Silkworms and fish, how dazed is the founding of the country! He is 48,000 years old, and he is not populated with Qinsai. There is a bird road in Xidang Taibai, which can cross the top of Emei. The earth collapsed and the mountain destroyed the strong man to death, and then the ladder stone stacks were hooked together. There is a high standard of six dragons returning to the sun, and there is a return to the river with a wave and a reversal. The flight of the yellow crane is not yet passable, and the ape wants to spend his sorrow and climb. The green mud is a panpan, and a hundred steps and nine folds linger on the rocks. He sat on his back and sighed with his hands. ”
Among them, the roads are rugged and the mountains and rivers are treacherous. For the dignitaries who live in the gentle land of the Central Plains all the year round, it is undoubtedly avoided. Above the court, you push me and refuse. No one wants to be a bird, after all, it's definitely not a good job. Being in a foreign land, there is a chance that there is no return. Especially now in a time of turmoil, it would be absolutely thankless to go out now.
The world said that Song Weizong was indecisive, so that it became more and more intense later, and eventually led to the difficulty of Jingkang. But there is another reason, Song Weizong is a literati and a Confucian student. This kind of people have a common problem, once the matter is decided, ten cows can't pull it back. can be referred to as capricious, and even later in order to escape for his life, he even did not hesitate to give up the throne to his son, and escaped with his henchmen to live happily.
Therefore, the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty is largely related to its willful character, and if this death order is ordered, there is no way for civil and military officials to resist. In order to avoid being harmed, you can only drag others into the water, which is just to find a substitute for the dead.
Unlucky, Tong Sanshao, who had returned from the defeat of Liangshan before, was bitten by his father's political enemies. In the end, under the compromise of the interests of both sides, Tong Sanshao, who has always been loyal to enjoyment, was appointed as the envoy of this visit to Dali. Although the current Tong Sanshao has 10,000 reluctances in his heart, the current situation is unbearable for him. Although he is also a descendant of the Tong Mansion, he has two brothers and many younger siblings. Originally, if it hadn't been for the previous trip, he might have continued to be decadent. But the matter has come to this, and the Tong family has been disgraced. I am not having a good time going abroad now, and in the forbidden army, I am not only ridiculed. I don't have the face to face the group of brothers I used to get along with day and night, after all, I made them innocent and miserable. He will not forget the scene where the soldiers desperately protected his evacuation, and his henchman, who grew up together, sacrificed himself to block an arrow, and still gave up the horse to himself, holding a spear to break the back for himself. How many times I woke up from the night, how many times the picture was repeated. Tong Sanshao, who had no heart and lungs in the past, can now be regarded as having some understanding of life and has grown a little. Knowing that there are some things to be undertaken by himself, although he has a big tree behind his father to shelter from the wind and rain, but as his father grows old day by day. How long are such days, as the so-called son of heaven and courtier. He also has to rely on himself to make a breakthrough, in the eyes of others, this mission is a chore, but for today's Tong Sanshao, it is also a danger and opportunity. How do you know if you don't take advantage of your youth?
It is said that Tong Sanshao's trip to Dali is already an ironclad matter, but he is unwilling, and he just happened to see Gao Shide, who was smiling left and right in the crowd, and suddenly thought together.
Then he proposed to recommend a Liupin deputy envoy and arrange for two thousand forbidden troops to accompany the escort, this request was not too much, and Song Weizong also nodded and agreed.
But when he sent the list to be reviewed and approved, after stamping the jade seal. When the list was announced, some people were overjoyed and some were dumbfounded. The dumbfounded ones are Gao Yu, Gao Shide and others. And the big ones are their opponents and political enemies, especially Gao Shide, which can indeed be regarded as an unjustified disaster.
"Your Majesty, the dog is young and frivolous, acting arbitrarily, and is really not a candidate for the deputy envoy of this trip, and I ask Your Majesty to withdraw the order and send those old and serious adults to do it." Gao Yu knelt down on the spot and decomposed.
"Master Gao, it's funny. In public and private, in fact, Ling Lang is the best person to envoy for this matter. As soon as the journey was far away, he needed to be escorted by soldiers and horses, so Lang was young and promising, and he was already the leader of the forbidden army at a young age. Second, Ling Lang is a Dali County horse, and according to the etiquette law, he also has to return the gift. This trip must be Linglang, and please ask Your Majesty to learn clearly. Tong Guan, who had already discussed with his son Tong Sanshao, immediately spoke. The meaning is very clear, since you let my son die, then I will add another bargaining chip to see what you do.
Gao Shide was innocently lying on the gun, and the news reached the family, and some people were happy and some were sad. Of course, the one who is happy is Duan Siya, the lord of Dali County, who married into the Gao family. I miss my relatives at home day and night, and this news is definitely great news for them.
The sorrowful person is Gao Shide himself. Others, such as Gao Yu and the like, are a little worried, but now they have golf, a grandson where the incense is. But there are no worries, good men are ambitious, but the ancients thought like this.
Back to the barracks, I looked at the 3,000 soldiers under my command. Now it can be said that he has cultivated it wholeheartedly, and now he has to lead two thousand men and horses to escort him away. It's a long way to go, and all dangers are unknown. There are a few of the remaining two thousand people at that time, and now Gao Shide can't bear it, letting these elites who have been cultivated by himself take risks with himself.
"Brothers, do you know all about the orders of the imperial court? There may be 2,000 of you who have left your homeland with me, and I don't know how many will return. To put it bluntly, I can't bear to let the brothers accompany me on such a trip. Gao Shide stood on the school floor and spoke in a deep speech.
"We have been repeatedly favored by the general, don't say that the trip to Dali, even if it is a sea of swords, we are willing to accompany the general." Under the leadership of the officers and soldiers below, everyone shouted one after another.