Chapter 12 Solving the Dilemma and Enjoying the Benefits of Becoming a Fisherman
At the end of the first month of the first year of Jingkang of the Great Song Dynasty, the first time the Jin State invaded the south, after hitting the city of Kaifeng in Tokyo, forced the Song court to sign an alliance under the city, Song Qinzong sued for peace, proclaimed himself the emperor of his nephew, respected Jin Taizong as the emperor, ceded Taiyuan, Hejian, Zhongshan three mansions, with five million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 10,000 horses of cattle and sheep, and one million horses of silk, and took King Su Zhao Shu and Dazai Zhang Bangchang as hostages, in exchange for this paper peace treaty.
But later, when the Jin army saw that the army of King Song Guoqin had arrived one after another, they were afraid of being in danger, so they only received one million gold and ten million silver and hurriedly withdrew their troops. But he didn't want to return to the north on the way back, and was attacked by the Song general Seed Master Dao and the Xuanfu envoy of the feudal town Hu Lan, who lost more than 10,000 military horses and captured more than 3,000 people. Forced into desperation, Wanyan Zongwang had to release nearly 20,000 women and craftsmen who had been kidnapped along the way, and pay 10 million silver to make way for the boat to cross the Yellow River. After arriving at the north bank of the Yellow River, Wan Yanzong looked south of the Yellow River, waved the horsewhip in his hand, and said viciously: "What a Liangshan female thief, this revenge will not be avenged, it will be difficult to be a man!" Then he raised his arms and shouted to the Jurchen soldiers under his command: "Dajin Erlang, we will come back!" The Jin army screamed in unison, and then rolled up the flag and returned to the north, and returned to Yanjing without mentioning it.
But it is said that the Daojun Emperor fled to Zhenjiang after the throne, and when he heard that the Jin army had withdrawn, he returned to Beijing by water, and arrived in Tokyo in less than a day. After receiving the Daojun Emperor, he was honored as the emperor and placed in the palace to live.
After Emperor Daojun returned to Tokyo, Cai Jing and others also followed him back to Beijing. Just before the emperor returned to Beijing, Geng Nanzhong and others secretly played Qinzong, denouncing Cai Jing and others for bringing disaster to the country and the people, and the main battle faction Li Gang, Chongshi Dao, Su Yuanjing and others rarely kept pace with the main peace faction on this trip, and also played the court every other day, demanding that Cai Jing and his party be severely punished.
In addition, after the Jin soldiers retreated, the people in Kaifeng suffered from the war, and there were rumors in the market, saying many evil things about Cai Jing and his party, and the charge of provoking the emperor to flee south was detained on the head of Cai Jing and his party.
Emperor Qinzong deeply hated Cai Jing and his party for not caring about the safety of the new emperor and the capital when he first succeeded to the throne, and actually led his troops south from the emperor, and Cai Jing and his party were the emperor's cronies, so he made up his mind to bring down Cai Jing's party. Emperor Yidaojun has not yet returned to Beijing, and the Song court is ready to clean up Cai Jing and his party.
After Emperor Daojun returned to Beijing, on the same day, Gao Yu, the former lieutenant of the palace, and Wen Huanzhang, a staff officer under Cai Jing's party, wrote a letter together to expose the evidence of Cai Jing's party's crimes. With the origin of Gao Yu and Wen Huanzhang, the volcano completely erupted, whether it was the main peace faction or the main battle faction of the Qinzong Dynasty, whether it was inside and outside the government and the opposition, whether it was inside or outside Kaifeng, they all wrote to expose the crimes of Cai Jing and Tong Guanyi.
The anger and hatred that had been suppressed in people's hearts for a long time burst out together. The government and the opposition have exposed the crimes of Cai Jing and Tong Guan clique. Tai student Chen Dong's previous book was moved out again, plus the detailed evidence listed by Wen Huanzhang, directly pointing out that Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan, and Zhu Mian were the six thieves, and the government and the opposition said that "the six thieves have different names and the same crime", please put them to death, "pass on the head of the Quartet, to thank the world".
The day after the outbreak of the condemnation of the Six Thieves, Qinzong first deposed Wang Huang. Wu Min and Li Gang asked Wang Huang to behead, and Yin Niechang of Kaifeng Mansion sent warriors to behead Wang Huang and offer it. Later, a day later, Qinzong ordered Li Yan and Liang Shicheng to die.
Cai Jing and Tong Guan were demoted and exiled, and Cai Jing died in Tanzhou on the way to exile. The DPRK and China continued to expose Tong Guan's crimes, and the Qin sect supervised the imperial history to behead Tong Guan. This unbeatable eunuch in history was executed with his head and humiliated before his death, and it was useless for a eunuch to be punished by a poor doctor.
Within ten months, Zhu Mian, Cai You, and Cai You were all exiled. After that, the court officials discussed one after another, saying that the three were not punishable, and the three were also beheaded on the go. Cai Qian was also exiled and died of illness. Cai Jing and Tong Guan's party brutally oppressed the people and slaughtered the people's thieves, and they were full of evil. And the emperor who really harmed the people was blamed, and he still enjoyed the delicious food and drink in the palace.
And Gao Yu and Wen Huanzhang made meritorious contributions, plus Gao Yu led the troops to catch the last train of King Qin, Qinzong seemed that he still had his heart set on himself, plus Li Gang, Chongshi Dao, Su Yuanjing and others were protected, so Gao Yu was not implicated. Gao Taiwei is still his Gao Taiwei, but Gao Taiwei has changed his court and has become the main battle faction. Wen Huanzhang also benefited from being turned into a tainted witness, and Li Gang and others were escorted, not only was he not implicated, but he got a formal official position from the Wupin Privy Council.
After purging Cai Jing and Tong Guan in a short period of time, Song Qinzong solved the headache of his struggle for the throne with the Emperor Taishang, during which the Emperor Taishang did not intervene too much, only hid in the deep palace to continue to practice his Taoism, draw and write, and enjoy beautiful women. After solving this headache, Song Qinzong's next thing to solve was the matter of the 200,000 Qinwang army gathered outside the city.
And the army of 200,000 Qinwang surrounded Sanniang's department, and it was difficult to ride a tiger on both sides, and he taught Song Qinzong to be indecisive. On this day, Geng Nanzhong came to ask for a meeting, and Wen Huanzhang came to come, and it turned out that Wen Huanzhang took the initiative to come to see Geng Nanzhong, and offered a plan on how to solve this situation.
Qinzong immediately met Geng Nanzhong and Wen Huanzhang, and after seeing the big gift, Geng Nanzhong said Wen Huanzhang's words: "Your Majesty, now the army of 200,000 Qinwang is still around the capital, and this army is controlled by Li Gang, Seed Master Dao and others, and it is difficult to control. When Wen Huanzhang came to offer advice, he issued an order to join the Shandong Road Domain, promising to pardon him for the crime of disrespect on his last trip, and teach his troops and horses to go north to relieve the siege of Taiyuan. ”
Hearing this, Qinzong frowned and said: "Fang just negotiated peace with the Jin people, and the three places of Taiyuan are going to be ceded out, how can you let her go to relieve the siege of Taiyuan?" Geng Nanzhong said: "Now that the Jin soldiers have retreated, the crime of the Jin people's invasion of the south and the peace has been added to Cai Jing and Tong Guan's party, and the voice of the main battle of the government and the opposition is huge and cannot be rebellious. Moreover, a few days ago, the DPRK sent an envoy to Taiyuan to preach the decree and teach the Taiyuan guard general Wang Yu to give up the city, but Wang Yu's soldiers all swore to death and did not want to give up the city, and the court peace agreement was actually very difficult to achieve. Now that the government and the opposition oppose the cession of the three towns, the crowd is turbulent and unstoppable, and it is inevitable that the government and the opposition will attribute the crime of not fighting to His Majesty, and the ministers think that they can send troops to relieve the siege of Taiyuan first. ”
Speaking of this, Wen Huanzhang stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, although the Jin soldiers are invincible in field battles, they are not good at attacking cities. Taiyuan City and Zhongshan Mansion have been defended, and Taiyuan City has not been broken by Jin soldiers since last year. In the humble opinion of the minister, the three towns cannot be abandoned, only the towns of Hebei Province do not abandon it, stick to the city, and the Jin soldiers do not dare to go south easily, so that the capital can be safe. And if the three towns are abandoned, the Jin soldiers can drive the soldiers and horses to the Yellow River to drink horses, where can there be a stable day in the capital? ”
Hearing this, Song Qinzong bowed slightly, signaling Wen Huanzhang to continue. Wen Huanzhang saw Qinzong's approval, and his spirit perked up and continued: "Then the female Xuanfu of the Shandong Road Domain Town makes the soldiers strong and strong, and the situation is very difficult to control, so why don't you order her to go north, let her fight with the Jin soldiers to the death, this is the plan of the two tigers to compete for food." The imperial court can not spend a single soldier, get rid of the hidden danger of Shandong Road, and relieve the siege of Taiyuan, and teach the Jin people not to dare to go south, why not? ”
Hearing this, Qinzong's heart moved, and Wen Huanzhang said: "Moreover, now the main battle of the government and the opposition is quite powerful, and it is not allowed to go against the will of the people, but it is better to teach Shandong Road to send troops, and allow him to wear the crime and make meritorious service. After the Shandong Road army and horses went north, the 200,000 Qinwang army could also withdraw from the siege, and the various departments returned to their respective stations. The first is to transfer the Taoist Department of the Seed Master and teach him not to stay near the left side of the capital. Second, it is the intention of monitoring the soldiers and horses on the Shandong Road, teaching the seed master to monitor the female Xuanfu Department, and must teach her to fight with the Jin soldiers, not only to work but not to contribute. If the Shandong Road military horse and the Jin army fight for both defeats, the teacher can take advantage of the situation to clean up the two military horses, which is the benefit of the fisherman. ”
Hearing that Qinzong was overjoyed, he was about to make an order according to Wen Huanzhang's words, but he heard a person suddenly turn out from behind the screen and said: "Emperor, don't let that Hu Lan go to Taiyuan and Hebei!" When the three of them looked at it, it was the Emperor Taishang who walked over in a Taoist robe. Qinzong hurriedly got up to salute, and Geng Nanzhong and Wen Huanzhang also paid their respects.
Although the Emperor Taishang has lived in a simple house these days, when Qinzong saw him, there was still no shortage of etiquette on his face, and the supplies of what he asked for were in perfect supply. When the Emperor Taishang arrived in front of him, he said: "That female thief is strong and scheming, and now she is trapped in the left side of the capital, it is a good time to exterminate her, you must not let the tiger return to the mountain, let alone teach it to break out of the cocoon, otherwise the world will be in chaos." ”
Since returning to the palace, the emperor didn't ask too much about the government, but when he came to see Qinzong today, he wanted his son to find a few more people who had attained the Tao to come to help him practice, but he accidentally heard Wen Huanzhang's plan to compete for food, and thought that he was rejected by him in the Sanniang camp that day, so he was annoyed and ashamed and remembered in his heart, so he spoke out to stop him.
When Qinzong heard this, he said: "Father, having said that, the 200,000 military horses around him are not his opponents, and the army of King Qin has been near the capital for a long time, and it has changed over time." At that moment, Qinzong said his reasons. Although the emperor's suggestion was right on the side of the Great Song Emperor, this emperor was not a master of court politics, he was just an artist, and he couldn't say a convincing reason, just blindly forced Qinzong not to let the tiger return to the mountain.
In the end, Qinzong still refused to agree, and Emperor Daojun was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away, leaving a sentence before leaving: "If the vertical son doesn't listen to me, the one who will die in the Great Song Dynasty in the future must be this woman!" ”
After Emperor Daojun left, Qinzong was even more angry, he hadn't made up his mind, the Emperor Taishang came to make a fuss, but he strengthened his mind, the Emperor Taishang opposed, he wanted to support, so he issued an order on the same day, taught the army of King Qin to withdraw from the siege, and issued a decree to Sanniang's department, teach it to go north to relieve the siege of Taiyuan and Hebei, and make meritorious contributions!