Jingkang Chapter A Lonely City and Ten Thousand Mountains Section 82 Abolished
Qiu Muling Zhonglian, who was on duty on the southern city wall, discovered the battle situation in the distance, he hurriedly sent troops to press the Jin soldiers, and at the same time received the cavalry coming to the city, the Jin soldiers began to turn the focus of the attack, towards the city, Xuanzan and others took the opportunity to retreat.
On February 24 of the second year of Jingkang, Empress Zhu and the crown prince had returned to the palace ban, and Zhang Shuye's health was better. In the few days when Huyan Geng went out to look for Empress Zhu, the Song and Jin armies were in a stalemate under the western city wall, and the Song army recaptured part of the city gate and city wall, but did not clear the Jin soldiers on the city wall. The Jin soldiers' counterattack was not violent, perhaps because the Jin soldiers believed that they had the emperor of the Song Dynasty in their hands, and they were not willing to fight to the death anymore.
"Shu Kang, Wang Jieshuai said, you have always had unexpected ideas, and the old man wants to hear your thoughts. Can you not only save the official family, but also make peace without humiliation. "In the Privy Council, Zhang Shuye asked Hu Yangeng what he meant, to get Zhao Huan back with peace, but don't call him a tribute.
He first brought Liu Ju, Wang Yu, Zhe Yanzhen and others to discuss. The current situation is completely divorced from the past experience of these people. From the emperor, the emperor Taishang, to Dazai, Zhongshu Shilang, and several departments of Shangshu, they were all wiped out by the Jin soldiers, and outside the north and west walls was the joint camp of the Jin soldiers. In the past few days, the Jin soldiers have all used the emperor to coerce Bianjing to surrender, and Zhao Huan has sent three holy decrees from the Jin camp to make peace. Although the queen and the crown prince have been recovered, the holy decree is the holy decree, and how can it be ended if they always resist the decree and disrespect it.
Everyone discussed it and had no clue, so they brought Hu Yangeng here.
"There are three conditions given by the Jin people, one is that there are 10 million gold ingots, 20 million silver ingots, and 10 million silk horses; Second, it was ceded to the north of the Yellow River, and all the Yellow River crossings such as Zhengxian were handed over to the Jin people for control; Third, the Great Song Dynasty called the Jin people a minister, and paid two million silver and silk coins every year. ”
Hu Yangeng raised his eyes and looked at the people present, in addition to the more familiar Zhang Shuye and Wang Yu, there was also Xu Bingzhe, the prefect of Kaifeng. He knows Xu Bingzhe's reputation in history, "Grandpa Jinren". Originally, according to what he thought, an emperor like Zhao Huan would be gone if he was gone. But Xu Bingzhe was present, and he didn't dare to say all his thoughts, so he said: "The last general is just a martial artist, and he doesn't dare to talk about war and major events." ”
"Shu Kang, our military ministers should not have put their beaks in war and major events, but the important ministers of the DPRK and China have all been taken captive, and Zhang Xianggong supports them independently. If you have a proposal that can help the prime minister, it is a good thing for the country, and there is no need to scruple. Since Wang Yu said so, Hu Yangeng could no longer shirk it.
He thought about it carefully, Xu Bingzhe didn't seem to have much energy in Zhao Gou's dynasty except for the infamy of "Grandpa Jinren", so he said boldly in front of Zhang Shuye, and it was Zhang Shuye who made the final decision, abandoning the emperor's black cauldron, and Zhang Shuye had to carry the largest share.
Hu Yangeng deliberately said it very casually: "Then it depends on what Zhang Xianggong and Jie Shuai value more?" The common people, the society, or the officials? ”
"The people can still talk about it alone, but how can the society and the official family be separated. Do you always recite the words of Master Mengzi, meaning to put the people first? ”
"The gold thief came south this time, and his plan was nothing more than four things: income, land, money, food, and goods." Hu Yangeng explained to everyone that the Jin people were the first to plunder the population this time, and every time they captured a city, they would first capture the strong women of the people, and turn the people into slaves of the tribe. And plundering the people is the most harmful, not only the wives of the people are scattered and their families are ruined, but every time the Jin people add a mouthful, one more person can be used to produce, so as to become stronger and stronger, and the hope of the revival of the Great Song Dynasty will be weakened.
The relationship between population, labor, and social production, Hu Yangeng only knows a few vague concepts, and he can only describe them as much as possible according to the level that Wang Yu can understand.
"If the country wants to prosper and develop, it must have people to cultivate and weave in the south, build projects, and pay taxes on grain. If there are no people, there is no society, there is no king, and the people must not abandon them. ”
Wang Yu nodded: "This is not for you to say, Zhang Xianggong and we will never hand over the people to the gold thieves as slaves." ”
It seems that Wang Yu didn't fully understand what Hu Yangeng was saying, but as long as Zhang Shuye could promise: "Never hand over the people to the Jin people as slaves" is enough.
Hu Yangeng looked at Uncle Zhang, and Uncle Zhang nodded: "What the marshal said is my heart, and there is no reason to send the children of the people to the enemy." "Okay, with his words, Hu Yangeng can use the topic to play.
"Not only can you not hand over the people to the gold thieves, but you cannot give the people's goods to the gold thieves, for if the people lose their goods, money, and food, they will freeze and starve to death, and that is no different from being taken captive."
Looking at Wang Yu's expression, he acquiesced to this article, and Uncle Zhang was still hesitating, but if he wanted to let the people freeze and starve to death, it seemed that no one present had the face to say it.
Hu Yangeng continued: "The people are the most important, and then the society and the king, the community and the ancestors. With the wealth of the ancestors, in exchange for personal security, that is unfilial piety, my Great Song Dynasty to rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, to the disobedient son, are all beheaded, how can you take the ancestral inheritance to exchange his life. ”
"You mean ......" As soon as the words came out, everyone present was dumbfounded, this is clearly saying that Zhao Huan is not filial.
"For Jin Chengchen and New Year's coins, if the official agrees, it is unfilial. If a subordinate agrees on behalf of the official, he is trapping the official's family in unfilial piety, and being a courtier is disloyal. Hu Yangeng wanted to say more, Wang Yu shouted: "Shu Kang, retreat." ”
Hu Yangeng saluted Zhang Shuye, Wang Yu, Xu Bingzhe and others one by one and said goodbye. Xu Bingzhe let go of his body and did not accept his courtesy. Orihiko had already run out to change his clothes.
Hu Yangeng left the Privy Council and returned to the Yujin Garden camp, and in the evening, Wang Yu also came to the camp: "Shu Kang, what you said today is a capital crime." ”
Hu Yangeng pretended to be frightened and fell to the ground: "Please save my life." ”
Hu Yangeng secretly analyzed the current situation at both ends of the war. The biggest motivation of the Lord and the Lord, Zhao Huan, including the gang of the Lord's henchmen, has been captured by the Jin people. Now Zhang Shuye, Wang Yu and others, who are in charge of Kaifeng City, will undoubtedly fight to the death with Jin Bing. Liu Ju is the main battle from the heart, and he lost confidence in himself after the loss of Zhending, and will only follow Zhang Shuye's advice. Zheyan is a wall grass, Xu Bingzhe is only the prefect of Kaifeng, his official position is still a little short, and he has no soldiers in his hands. As long as Zhang Shuye and Wang Yu are convinced, Bianliang can persist in the War of Resistance.
Now the only thing that can hinder Zhang Shuye and Wang Yu's determination to resist the war is the so-called "righteousness of the monarch and the minister", and they can't leave Zhao Huan alone. Now Hu Yangeng is doing work for Wang Yu. He wanted to explain Zhao Huan: It shouldn't be saved, it can't be saved, it can't be saved.
Since he followed Wang Yu in Taiyuan, the two can be said to have a friendship between master and apprentice. He started from here, and today Hu Yangeng was already in the public and said, "Zhao Huan is not filial", then Zhao Huan can still have his good when he comes back, so Zhao Huan can't be saved.
But just his life is Hu Yangeng, how can he stop Wang Yu's loyal heart from making trouble.
So Hu Yangeng told Wang Yu the second meaning, Zhao Huan should not be saved. The argument is very simple, the Son of Heaven died in Sheji, and he couldn't even keep Sheji, and Zhao Huan should commit suicide and martyrdom. This is talking to Wang Yu in private, Hu Yangeng's words are more direct, the death of the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan, and the 400,000 reinforcements in Hedong are all caused by Zhao Huan's mediocrity and cowardice, Zhao Huan Zhao Ji father and son, "When you hang on the east wall to thank the world, you will not see Taizu Taizong after death." ”
"The mistakes of the official family, we have to talk about it." Wang Yu still felt that as a courtier, he should get the emperor back first, and then talk about anything else.
So Hu Yangeng said the third meaning, Zhao Huan couldn't be saved: "Dare to ask Jieshuai, if you make peace, how to deliver?" "If we pay for the gold and cut the land, will they send the emperor back?" Jin Ren has no credit, "What should I do if people just sit on the ground and start the price, and what if people further say that they want to use the Huai River as the boundary?" The emperor is in the hands of people, and people want to play as much as they want.
"So what do you say?" Wang Yu has no feelings for Zhao Huan and Zhao Ji, it is nothing more than the containment of the status of a monarch and a minister, since he was persuaded by Hu Yangeng, he asked what to do to "be a whole minister and be righteous." ”
"The crown prince is in charge of the country, and the queen is hanging the curtain. Regency of Jang Sang-gong. ”
Wang Yu thought for a while: "I'm afraid that Zhang Xianggong doesn't want to bear the infamy of the minister." ”
"Then find a few more civil servants who insist on resisting to co-rule. This dynasty is the Son of Heaven and the scholars to rule the world together, the Son of Heaven is young, so he has to be the regent of the scholars, and when the Son of Heaven is an adult, he will return to the Son of Heaven. ”
This is a train of thought that Wang Yu has never thought of, and he didn't dare to make up his mind, so he had to say: "Follow me to see Zhang Shumi as soon as possible." ”
Wang Yu can be said to have no time to seek a life for the country, and he discussed with Zhang Shuye in private, so he was very direct and told Zhang Shuye about the suggestion that the prince should be in charge of the country and the queen would hang the curtain.
Hu Yangeng looked at Zhang Shuye's expression nervously, if Zhang Shuye did not agree and insisted on keeping Zhao Huan back, then Hu Yangeng's follow-up actions would lose his righteous reputation, and the resources that could be mobilized would also be limited.
"Abandoning the official family and ignoring it seems to be contrary to the way of the minister."
As soon as Uncle Zhang opened his mouth, Hu Yangeng knew that he had complicated things. Zhang Shuye's loyalty was to the entire court of the Song Dynasty, not to Zhao Huan himself. How to be beneficial to the imperial court, Zhang Shuye knew very well in his heart, what to do to be more beneficial to the Song court, and in this time and space, Zhao Huan did not know the grace of Zhang Shuye, nor did he say "Ji Zhong worked hard" before being captured by Jin Bing, and Zhang Shuye did not have any feelings for Zhao Huan. He was just worried that it was not in line with the way of the people.
Hu Yangeng said: "Xianggong, the Jin soldiers' detention of the emperor and Taishang is nothing more than a strange commodity to live in. But this strange commodity is only valuable if it is sold to the imperial court. If this dynasty resolutely does not make a bid, then this strange commodity is useless, and the Jin people are nothing more than a burden in their hands, then they will put the emperor back to us, so the crown prince is the most beneficial to the emperor. ”
"If the golden thief puts the emperor back, how will the prince deal with himself?"
"This is to only let the crown prince supervise the country, not let the new emperor ascend the throne, the prince is young, he doesn't understand anything, his own father takes the throne back, and the prince himself doesn't know anything. And the prince is so small, the emperor will not be jealous of him. ”
Uncle Zhang said in his heart: "That's not necessarily. ”
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