Chapter 327: War Weariness
Half a month after Chu Tianya returned to Beijing with the emperor, the excitement of the government and the opposition and the people of Tokyo slowly subsided. The order of the court, which had been destroyed in the war, has been slowly established and restored, and the people are also actively working hard to manage their lives and begin to look forward to the arrival of peace and contentment.
In recent years, since the Song and Jin Dynasty jointly destroyed Liao, the Great Song Dynasty has been in constant turmoil. During this period, more than one million people were affected by the war, many people lost their relatives and homes, and many more people were displaced from their homes under the impact of the great waves of war, and since then they have been desperate for a peaceful life in their hearts.
When the war came to an end for the time being, all the hearts of all the people had this wish - not to war, to hope for peace!
Including in the army, there is gradually some "war-weariness" feeling spreading. Although the voice was not loud, it finally reached Chu Tianya's ears.
In fact, Chu Tianya is not the same as everyone else, hoping that the war can end as soon as possible and live a comfortable and stable life. And he is in the top position, and he understands better than anyone that the current Great Song Dynasty really can't afford to fight anymore. Not to mention anything else, the wealth accumulated by the rich Great Song Dynasty in a hundred years has almost been lost in the wars of the past few years!
Especially in the war-torn areas of Hebei and Hedong, the people are simply devastated and miserable; In addition, the Great Song Dynasty's dìdū Tokyo was twice invaded by the Jin army, and the damage to the Central Plains, the economic and political center of the Great Song Dynasty, was also quite severe. The wealth and economic foundation accumulated in the 100 years since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty have almost collapsed under the devastation of wars in recent years.
In the past few years of war, countless refugees fled south from Hebei, Hedong and the Central Plains, and fled across the Yangtze River to the south, which had not experienced the devastation of the war. Refugees have also brought great shock and instability to these places.
All in all, the war has brought great sores to the Great Song Dynasty. After the sores, everyone wants to heal the wound and restore their health.
As a result, the love of "war weariness" began to spread among temples and people. As Chu Tianya, who was in charge of the Great Song Dynasty's military power, he obviously felt the pressure of demand from all sides.
At the same time, there were also calls in the south of the Yangtze River -- hoping that Hangzhou and Tokyo would reconcile as much as possible and that there would be no more civil war.
The people's will is so unwilling, and the pressure faced by Zhao Gou's father and son is even greater than that of Chu Tianya. After all, they provoked this war, and now they are "out of nowhere" and have become outright "rebels" and sinners who provoked a civil war in the eyes of the world.
After a reluctant stalemate on the south bank of the Huai River for nearly a month, Zhao Gou was forced to withdraw his troops under pressure from all sides!
The defection of the soldiers, the cessation of logistics in Hangzhou, the attack of public opinion, and the political pressure from all sides, Zhao Gou had to make such a compromise.
Zhang Shuye did not take the opportunity to pursue, but after Zhao Gou withdrew his troops for several years, he crossed the river without hurrying, first recovering Luzhou, which was captured by Zhao Gou's rebels, and then using this as a base to approach the Yangtze River step by step, and continue to put pressure on Hangzhou.
At this time, Hangzhou has completely collapsed from the inside. The strong desire of the army and the people to "stop the war" forced Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou to pay attention, and thus began "peace negotiations".
Zhang Shuye was authorized by Chu Tianya to act as an agent for negotiations with Hangzhou, and from time to time reported the news to the Tokyo court. Chu Tianya also gathered all the ministers and officials above the court to discuss countermeasures, in order to take into account the overall situation and avoid this war of internal friction, Chu Tianya's tough attitude also changed slightly and made some concessions. First of all, Tokyo was willing to pardon Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou and all the officials and soldiers under his command for treason, and Hangzhou was to hand over all the military power under the unified leadership of Zhang Shuye. The original Hangzhou officials continued to be retained, but the officials who withdrew from Tokyo south with the Emperor Zhao Ji must return to Tokyo with Zhao Ji, Zhao Gou and others to meet the saint and admit their mistakes to the officials and the imperial court in person.
All other conditions are reasonable; But the last item directly frightened Zhao Gou. Originally, their plan was that Tokyo was willing to exonerate and let Zhao Gou's father and son and his officials continue to stay in Hangzhou, so it was easy to discuss. But now, the Tokyo court is asking them to "return to Beijing and admit their mistakes", which in their eyes is simply a Hongmen banquet. Zhao Gou, who was weak-hearted, didn't dare to throw down his army at all and went to Tokyo alone!
But Zhao Ji doesn't care, he relies on himself to be the emperor and the father-in-law of Chu Tianya, and he is convinced that he will be fine if he goes to Tokyo, at most, he will withdraw from the center of power, and from then on he will be a prince who eats and waits for death - anyway, he is like this in Hangzhou, so what does it matter if he goes to Tokyo?
In the face of the final conditions and ultimatums issued by the Tokyo Imperial Court, the contradiction between Zhao Ji and Zhao Gou was once again stimulated. Zhao Gou, who held the military power, was forced to have no choice, launched a secret small mutiny, directly imprisoned Zhao Ji, and then issued a statement to the outside world that the Tokyo court "certainly" wanted to execute Emperor Taishang and King Kang.
Then, Hangzhou tore its face, hung the flag of self-help above the city, and openly declared war!
At this point, the Tokyo Imperial Court and Chu Tianya also gave up the peace talks, and ordered Zhang Shuye to start - attacking Hangzhou and quelling the rebellion by force!
Soon, half of the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under Liu Ziyu's command, who had just been withdrawn from the Jiyuan battlefield, were transferred to Jiangnan and handed over to Zhang Shuye under the command of Zhang Shuye, along with the infantry generals Xue Yu and Liang Xing. The ravines in the south of the Yangtze River are complex and the terrain is complicated, which is where the Qingyun infantry comes in.
With the help of this battle-hardened warrior division, Zhang Shuye's confidence doubled, and he immediately began to plan to cross the river to quell the rebellion. At the same time, the soldiers and horses of all roads and governments in the Central Plains and Shandong areas have successively assembled in Luzhou. Jianghuai Cao Cheng and others, who were attached to Chu Tianya before and after the First World War in Wutongyuan, are now in charge of soldiers and horses in Shandong, and now they have to respond to Chu Tianya's greetings. They were so anxious that they were panicking, and now they have a place to use again, that is, they have the hope of being promoted to become rich, so they rushed to Luzhou and followed Zhang Shuye to participate in the counterinsurgency.
Within a month, Zhang Shuye's soldiers and horses had expanded from less than 50,000 at the beginning to 200,000!
Soon, Zhang Shuye's counterinsurgency army was divided into three routes and approached the city of Hangzhou! All the way is to break the enemy's pioneer Yang Zaixing, who broke through several lines of defense laid by Zhao Gou in front of the edge of Hangzhou, and no one can stop him all the way; All the way is Xue Yu's Qingyun slashing infantry jīng Rui, specializing in attacking the fortified city of Houchi step by step; On the other hand, the main force of the Chinese army led by Zhang Shuye personally swept away all the rebel strongholds and forces around Hangzhou with a devastating and decaying momentum, and steadily surrounded Hangzhou.
Zhao Gou has become a turtle in an urn.
At this time, Chu Tianya issued a military order in Tokyo - except for the war criminal Zhao Gou, the rest of the rebels are willing to surrender, and they can all be spared death! Those who win the first level of Zhao Gou will be rewarded!
Zhang Shuye, besieging Hangzhou without attacking, listened to the strategy of the military advisor Shi Liai, and once again launched a psychological offensive in the city of Hangzhou. Countless leaflets were arrowed into the city of Hangzhou.
In this way, Zhao Gou once again became the target of public criticism. Inside and outside Hangzhou, whether it is a general soldier or a beggar, they all want to kill Zhao Gou to quell this war, and win a way for themselves, even a road to development!
Zhao Gou's head was worth a hundred times overnight!
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The rebellion in Hangzhou has been going on for nearly half a year. Chu Tianya has been living in Tokyo City for almost two months. On this day, a letter came from Luoyang, saying that Princess Wei was about to give birth.
Chu Tianya had long been thinking about Xiao Linglong and the child in her belly. Anyway, the situation in Tokyo has also stabilized, and when I heard the news, I immediately began to prepare to return to Luoyang.
So, the king and the emperor of Wei once again set off eastward for Luoyang. This time, the eastward journey was not as hasty and wolfish as the last time, in addition to a large number of Imperial Guards escorting the whole process, there were also ninety percent of the civil and military officials, the literature and books of the vast majority of the famous government offices, and most of the materials and treasures of the treasury.
In other words, it's clear that the capital has been moved!
Because of the previous "Xixing", this time the "quasi-relocation of the capital" did not cause too much panic. The government and the opposition had anticipated this matter for a long time, and most of the officials, generals, and military and civilian personnel had also been prepared for it, so it was carried out in an orderly manner.
On the contrary, there were some stubborn old masters who saw the mighty emperor driving the horses, and cried there crying and saying that "the century-old foundation of the Great Song Dynasty has been ruined", and they were all blown away, and at the same time, some particularly stubborn and bad guys were arrested and put in prison for "criticism and education".
Whenever the old is broken and the new is established, it is inevitable to encounter such a thing. Chu Tianya ordered these voices and things to be suppressed, and did not let it affect the entire "overall situation of moving the capital".
Just as the emperor's team was about to set off, a telegram flew in from Jiangnan, sending a piece of good news-
After more than two months of siege of Hangzhou, Hangzhou finally collapsed from within. The leader Zhao Gou was killed in a military admonition, and Zhao Ji, the emperor who had been weak all his life, was stiff this time, stabbed his own son with a knife, assigned several henchmen to kill Zhao Gou, and at the same time booby-trapped Liu Guangshi and several other Zhao Gou's followers. Then, Zhao Ji opened the gate of Hangzhou and surrendered to Zhang Shuye.
Along with the good news, there are also the heads of Zhao Gou and Liu Guangshi and others!
The Hangzhou rebellion was put down!
When the news came, the government and the opposition and the people cheered together. Chu Tianya held a celebration banquet at the ceremony before the emperor drove the people and horses westward.
Hearing this news, the Great Song Dynasty was full of joy, singing and dancing. The subsidence of the civil war made the people rejoice far more than the defeat of the Jurchen invaders.
The emperor's affair was delayed for a few years.
Just when Chu Tianya was about to leave again, he received news from Luoyang Kuaima Starry Night - Princess Xiao Linglong of Wei gave birth to a baby boy!
Almost at the same time that Chu Tianya received the good news from Hangzhou, Xiao Linglong gave birth to a son, and the mother and son were safe!
For the first time in his life, he became a father, and Chu Tianya was really happy!
From the official family to the ordinary commoners, all came to congratulate the king of Wei and asked the king of Wei to name the prince. Chu Tianya's heart was full of joy, where can he settle his mind to think of a good name, and he said excitedly - according to the family genealogy ranking of my Chu family, the son of the world is the "gram" generation; When he was born, it coincided with the good news in Hangzhou, so he named him - Chu Kejie!
The official Zhao Huan is also generous, Chu Kejie was born a few days ago and just had a name, and he was named the "King of Longcheng County" and the hundred households of the city, which should be regarded as a meeting for the son of the Chu family!
Longcheng Taiyuan is the hometown and place of Chu Tianya. The official family named his son the king of Longcheng County, and his intention was extraordinary.
Now Chu Tianya's mood can be described in only one word - returning to his heart like an arrow!
So, the emperor drove his men and horses to set off immediately, hoping that Luoyang would go quickly.