From the first year of Jiankang to the eighth year of Shaoxing, Emperor Gaozong's reign has been a full twelve years.

In these long twelve years, Zhao Gou has gradually grown from an eighteen or nineteen-year-old hairy guy, experienced various hardships and tests, and has crossed the age of establishment.

A total of ten prime ministers and deputy prime ministers have been by his side during this period of time and have done their best to assist.

Among them, there are Li Gang, who is upright and ruthless, and Huang Qianshan, who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the first rat at both ends; There are both the bombastic Fan Zongyin and Zhang Jun, as well as the Baht Lu Yihao; Of course, the indispensable is the feminine and vicious Qin Hui, and so on.

Regardless of their respective positions and political opinions, these prime ministers were undoubtedly the elite of the early Southern Song Dynasty, and they were all capable people and celebrities selected from countless officials and scholars.

To paraphrase an idiom, these prime ministers are "bright for a while, and each has received it for several years." With their careful assistance, Gaozong Zhaogou's imperial technique matured day by day.

Although the appearance of Feng Shixing, Zuo Fengyilang, was a little sudden, and although Feng Shixing's remarks made Gaozong a little flustered, Emperor Gaozong found a way to deal with it in less than a cup of tea.

I saw Emperor Gaozong covering his face with his long sleeves, losing his voice in pain, and crying and whimpering: "Feng Qing's family, you are so terrible, 'I can't bear to hear the words of the cup', I govern the country with filial piety, how can such cruel words as cooking human flesh and making human meat buns come out of my mouth?" ”

Saying this, Emperor Gaozong stood up from the dragon bed, did not announce his retreat from the dynasty, and staggered back to the harem, leaving a group of stunned ministers.

Wow. Gaozong's move is too fierce. No effort is required. Just a few cries easily broke up the attack of the ministers, and by the way, he also gained a good reputation for filial piety.

At this time, who dares to say that Gaozong is incompetent, I am anxious with him!

In this way, at the strong insistence of Emperor Gaozong and the two prime ministers, the peace talks continued

A few days later, the envoy of the Jin State, Wuling Simou, officially entered the imperial palace of the Southern Song Dynasty. In front of Emperor Gaozong and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the conditions for the peace talks of the Jin State were read out:

1. Return the Zigong Palace of Emperor Huizong; 2. Return Emperor Gaozong's biological mother; 3. Return to Henan and Huaibei regions; Fourth, the southern dynasty is called a minister and a tribute to the gold lord; 5. Gaozong canceled the emperor's title; 6. The Southern Dynasty cancelled the name of the country and became a vassal state of the Jin Domain.

As soon as Wuling Simou's words fell, there was a commotion in the court.

The reason is simple, this condition of Jin Guo is too much.

Not to mention anything else, just saying that the emperor and the country name were canceled made the ministers unconvinced. Because even if it was Liu Yu's puppet Qi regime before, although he was said to be the sub-emperor, at least the emperor and the country name were complete, and the dignity was still there.

And now. According to the Jin state, the Southern Song court would be completely reduced to a vassal state. And Emperor Gaozong can only be a courtier of the Jin State.

Such an arrangement is how acceptable to the face-oriented Southern Song Dynasty people.

Most of the civil and military officials in the court were full of anger, their eyes were fierce, and they were eager to rush forward and give the arrogant Jin State envoy Wuling Simou to cut thousands of knives and break thousands of corpses.

The atmosphere in the court was depressed and angry, and a cloud of anger was brewing in the sky above the court, and there was a tendency to erupt, and it was only owed to one initiator.

At this critical moment, our Emperor Gaozong cried again.

At that time, he "choked up, raised his sleeves to wipe his tears", and asked Wuling Simou: "How is my queen mother, how is my brother Emperor Yuansheng, how are my queen and the other royal relatives okay?" ”

Emperor Gaozong's cry was really powerful, like a drop of dew, which not only easily dispelled everyone's anger, but also overwhelmed the Southern Song Dynasty officials who had long prioritized filial piety.

Emperor Gaozong's cries and questions not only easily settled his own officials, but also made the envoy of the Jin State, Wu Lingsi, very embarrassed.

How did he answer this question?

He couldn't say truthfully: The women of your old Zhao family are very good as comfort women, not only serving the officials at all levels of our Jin country super coolly, but also fruitful and giving birth to a lot of offspring, even Zhao Gou You have a lot of brothers and sisters and cheap children out of thin air.

In addition, the men of your family have become qualified and excellent farmers in the field work for more than ten years, and have played a significant role in the agricultural production of Dajin Kingdom.

Although these are all facts, if you really say that, wouldn't you slap Emperor Gaozong in the face in front of everyone? Should this peace talks continue?

Thinking about it, Wu Ling Simou only used a diplomatic phrase to answer:

"But hopefully the peace agreement will be made soon."

Wuling Simou's answer made both Emperor Gaozong and Qin Hui breathe a sigh of relief. This golden man is still knowledgeable.

In this way, Emperor Gaozong expressed his greatest sincerity to the envoy of the Jin State, not only personally made a decision, agreed to all the terms, but also immediately sent a special person to escort the envoy back to China

Wuling Simou left satisfied, the pressure on Emperor Gaozong and Qin Hui did not decrease but increased, even those magical tears of Emperor Gaozong were still time-sensitive.

In a word, few Song people can accept the harsh terms of the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, Prime Minister Zhao Ding made a move.

Zhao Ding proposed to Emperor Gaozong: "It's okay to lose money, but the emperor and the country must be kept no matter what." ”

Once this proposal was made, it was approved by the Manchu officials, except for Wang Shu and Qin Hui.

Not long ago, Wang Shu was still the governor of Ezhou, and belonged to Yue Fei's colleague and subordinate, and the two of them can be called like-minded, both of whom advocate serving the country in a straight line, reporting directly to the country, and repaying grievances with grievances.

Therefore, Wang Shu resolutely opposed peace talks with the Jin State; Even if there are peace talks, you have to beat them up first.

As for Qin Hui, this slave of Wanyan Chang, of course, he will give whatever the Jurchens want.

Although Zhao Ding's proposition was very moderate and neutral, for Emperor Gaozong, who was eager for peace, it was tantamount to making trouble and obstructing his good deeds.

Emperor Gaozong was furious and said in the court: "Scholars are plotting for themselves! When the envoy was in Mingzhou, I didn't ask again, even though I worshipped for a hundred years. ”

Emperor Gaozong is talking about the past eight years ago.

At that time, it was still four years of Jianyan. After completing the Yan Wushu, he searched the mountains and patrolled the sea. Hunt down the monarchs and ministers of Gaozong. At that time, I was afraid that Emperor Gaozong would make some concessions to the Jin soldiers. None of the ministers will object.

Hearing the emperor say this, the ministers fell silent.

This time is also that time. Emperor Gaozong insisted on saying this, which was clearly just spreading wilderness in disguise.

At this time, a minister named Li Yi came out and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to listen to the opinions of the three generals Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun on this matter." ”

Emperor Gaozong felt that it made sense, so he issued an edict to let the three generals come to Lin'an to discuss matters.

If the military can support the peace talks, or if they do not oppose it. This will be of great help to Emperor Gaozong in suppressing the ministers of the court

After the emperor's edict was issued, Zhang Jun arrived the fastest, followed by Han Shizhong, Yue Fei has been procrastinating, and walked from Ezhou to Lin'an for a whole month before he barely arrived.

Along the way, Yue Fei continued to write chapters to oppose peace, and the direction of the court was sloppy, only saying that it would be discussed again and again. Yue Fei became angry and wrote a resignation letter directly. From now on, he will go home to farm, and he will no longer be an official.

Gaozong was forced to be helpless. I personally wrote a letter and said, Aiqing, you come to Lin'an, can we talk in person?

Seeing this, Yue Fei had no choice but to go on the road.

Compare the mood of Emperor Gaozong and Yue Fei at this time.

Yue Fei was undoubtedly anxious, and he looked very iron-clad and steel-clad look.

Is it naïve or naïve that the emperor ignored the hatred of the country and the family and the enemy suddenly proposed peace for no reason, and actually agreed in a hurry?

This does not seem to be a major national event, but just a momentary whim between the leaders of the two countries, or a momentary impulse, is it a child playing with mud and sand?

Emperor Gaozong's mood was a little complicated.

On the one hand, Gaozong longed to follow in the footsteps of Zhenzong Zhao Heng and sign a contract with foreign races in exchange for a hundred years of peace and stability in this dynasty; On the other hand, Gaozong was also worried about what would happen in the future if it was really a conspiracy of the Jurchens, and he was separated from the civil and military officials.

Of course, Emperor Gaozong was also very tired of Yue Fei's repeated resignation requests.

At this time, Emperor Gaozong's mind appeared again the scene of the Huaixi Mutiny a few months ago.

As long as you are not happy, resign; As long as you are not happy, you will rebel.

What a dangerous subordinate this is!

If he is on the battlefield, Zhang Jun will always fall behind others; But when it came to going to Beijing to meet the emperor, he ran faster than anyone else.

This time, Zhang Jun took the first place again.

It's a pity that Emperor Gaozong didn't give him a good face.

It is no wonder that a general who has no outstanding military achievements, a general who is known for running away, no matter how high his position, is difficult to be respected by others.

Of course, Zhang Jun also has a place to be praised by others, that is, - love of money. His love for gold and silver treasures has become a legend in Lin'an Mansion.

One day, Emperor Gaozong was in a good mood and took Qin Hui, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun out to play.

A harlequin took out a copper coin and said that this is the treasure of the immortal family, and the true nature of the person's previous life can be seen through the square hole in the middle. After obtaining permission, he first took care of Zhao Gou.

Harlequin's face was full of piety, "This is the Emperor Star".

Then he shone at Qin Hui and turned into a look of awe, "This is Xiangxing." ”

When he shone on Han Shizhong, the harlequin's face changed greatly, as if he was scared into a cold sweat, "This is Jiangxing!" ”

In the end, the harlequin shone the copper coin to Zhang Jun, only to see him take a left and right photo, up and down, and he was still confused for a long time, like he didn't recognize what appeared in the square hole.

Zhao Gou and the others were impatient and ordered him to tell the truth.

The harlequin said that he couldn't see anything, but he only saw General Zhang sitting in the eyes of Qian......

As soon as these words came out, they caused the whole hall to laugh, which was really in one sentence.

Since then, China has another allusion -- losing money.

There is more than one legend that Zhang Jun is obsessed with money.

Zhang Jun is too rich, and as a general, he is actually afraid that there will be thieves in the house to steal.

Later, he came up with a way: he cast the silver into a large silver ball of one thousand taels, and these silver balls were round and heavy, and they could not be held, lifted, or carried.

Even if it is a thief of the world, there is no way to take them away.

It's just that the casting process of these silver balls is so good, both smooth and too heavy, that it is extremely difficult for Zhang Jun to move them himself.

After a long time, everyone gave them a name, called "helpless...... (To be continued......)

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