History: In the spring and March of the fifth year of Jingkang, Liu Guangshi surrounded Lin'an with 50,000 soldiers, attacking day and night, Fu (Miao Fu) hung the son of heaven in the hall, and led the soldiers to the court. The soldiers were excited, everyone wept, and the morale of hundreds of battles did not fall, and the city was defended.

Time flies in a trance, and in a blink of an eye, it is April of the fifth year of Jingkang.

A tall, thin man, dressed in a yellow robe and wearing a black soft flipper head, was standing in front of a budding peach tree, quietly watching.

His face was fair and ruddy, and he looked extremely healthy, and the beard on his chin was not very long, and he was very neatly groomed. He is the son of heaven of the Great Song Dynasty, the lord of a country, since Lin'an sent a letter of folds quickly, this position has been unshakable, and no one can threaten it.

Beside him, dozens of eunuchs and palace maids stood around, because the emperor fell into deep thought after reading a letter, everyone knew that the official family was thinking about a big matter, and they held their breath one by one, not daring to speak loudly, for fear of worry.

"The spring in the south of the Yangtze River must be very beautiful, and this is still an era without industrial pollution."

Zhao Huan was not thinking about state affairs as everyone imagined, but Lin'an's letter caused him to feel old feelings. He grew up in Jiangbei, studied in Jiangnan, and the green trees, peach blossoms, green mountains, ancient houses, and small bridges and flowing water have all triggered his nostalgia for the past. It's just that while reveling in the scenery and charm of the ancient buildings in the south of the Yangtze River that day, I never thought that I would be able to travel through the millennium and have the opportunity to experience it in person.

The pedestrian division has only been established for half a year, and the number of people has not exceeded 1,000, among them, Zhao Huan has personally trained capable talents with superficial knowledge seen from spy novels, but dozens of people.

From the old to the new, the experience of the true knowledge, the pedestrian division can really play a role, it will be two or three years later.

In various parts of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the movement of troops stationed in the army, the civilian grain harvest, the climate, the trivial matters of the people, and even the trivial matters of the officials eating and inviting them to their homes were gradually compiled and summarized by the sub-divisions in various places and reported to Zhao Huan.

Outside of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the tentacles of the pedestrian division have just stretched out, and they cannot form an effective intelligence network.

This time the Lin'an incident, although Zhao Huan had a premonition, and had already sent a few capable people in the pedestrian division to infiltrate Lin'an and reconnoiter the intelligence at any time, but because of the low status and backward communication methods, when the mutiny occurred, Miao Liu controlled the whole city, and the situation really turned down, and after the envoys sent to Chang'an set off, the information of the pedestrian division had just been on the road.

Thinking of this, Zhao Huan just shook his head slightly.

In the past few months of the beginning of spring, he first politically suppressed and cracked down on many officials at both ends of the first and second ends, repeatedly issued edicts to reduce taxes, ordered local governments to save money and not to waste, and in addition, he categorically refused the Jurchens' request for peace.

"I will raise a million divisions, and I will be poor for a hundred years, and I will never allow the peace I ask for for one day in power!"

According to the edict, Zhao Huan's prestige is high, and the popularity of people in Sichuan and Shaanxi has far exceeded the losses caused by disagreeing with the peace. Shaanzhou, Tongguan and other places, the enemy has no defense, has long been automatically withdrawn, after recovering the gateway of Shaanxi, in a short period of time Chang'an is as Mount Tai, has become the best base for the revival of the Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Li Gang, Xie Liang, Zhang Jun, and Zhao Ding ask to see you."

Zhao Huan woke up from his contemplation, pondered for a moment, and ordered, "See." ”

When Li Gang and the others entered, Zhao Huan had already entered the room, sitting in a precarious position, and did not dare to slack off. Everyone saluted in turn, and Zhao Huan exchanged a few words of greeting as usual and sat down as usual.

Zhang Jun was anxious, and asked Zhao Huan first: "Your Majesty, the ministers already know about Liu Guangshi's army, Jiankang is very close to Lin'an, and at this time, Liu's troops and horses must have arrived in the city, and even the attack into the city is unknown." Your Majesty, how should this matter be handled? ”

Zhao Huan smiled slightly and said to him: "Qing is the prime minister, don't you have any ideas about this matter?" ”

Zhang Jun first marched, and then replied: "The previous Miao and Liu Erren's recital has arrived, and His Majesty has ordered someone to go to Lin'an to issue an edict. Moreover, before receiving the edict, Lin'an may not be guaranteed. According to the minister's opinion, King Kang has abdicated, no matter whether Guangshi supports it or not, His Majesty can no longer make mistakes, and must let King Kang abdicate and must not change it, this is one. ”

Zhao Huan was finally slightly moved, and knew in his heart that this confidant minister of Zhao Gou, after seeing Chang'an for half a year, would no longer have trouble at both ends of the first rat.

Nodding slightly, Zhengrong replied, "This point is indeed important, I understand what Qing meant." ”

Li Gang and others also agreed: "This statement is exactly what the sky is like no other, and it was an expedient measure for Your Majesty that day, and since someone is acting on behalf of Your Majesty today, you can no longer recognize King Kang as the emperor." ”

Zhang Jun said again: "We have the first hand in the literature, although King Kang's abdication was forced, but he himself issued an edict to abdicate, and there is the edict of the Empress Dowager Longyou, and the south of the Yangtze River has been known. However, if Liu Guangshi won Lin'an and supported the restoration of King Kang, it would be difficult for Liu Guangshi to obey the edict and let King Kang come to Chang'an. ”

Li Gang said: "When King Kang comes to Chang'an, he is the emperor and the king of Kang, otherwise, if he stays in Lin'an, he is the emperor of King Kang." ”

He was concise and to the point, but to the point.

Although King Kang abdicated and was even placed under house arrest, as long as he stayed in Lin'an for one day, he still had the possibility of being reinstated, and at least he could exert an influence far beyond the status of a vassal king.

And if according to Zhao Huan's edict, let King Kang Xingye come to Chang'an immediately with the Empress Dowager Longyou, then even if he is given the status of emperor, he can only be a vassal king.

Zhao Huan secretly praised in his heart, this Li Gang is really old and spicy.

Because he asked Li Gang: "What does Li Qing think, Liu Guangshi's behavior is no different from rebellion, how should I deal with it?" ”

Li Gang sighed, he was very unwilling, but he had to answer the emperor's words, and as a military and state affairs of Pingzhang, he couldn't be perfunctory. At that moment, he had to reply: "Only for now, it is difficult to quell Liu Guangshi's rebellion without moving soldiers." Although Liu Bu is not an elite soldier, there are more than 50,000 people in the left guard, and most of them can't hold the city with Miao and Liu Zhineng. The only way to do this is to quickly mobilize a large number of troops, go down the Jingxiang River, and two months later, the troops will come to the south of the Yangtze River. The main general, with the results of the meeting of the ministers, should use Qu Duan as the main commander, Wu Jue and Wu Lan as the deputies, lead 100,000 strong soldiers, and take the lion Bo Rabbit, before King Kang can not re-clean up the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, it is necessary to exterminate the main force of Liu, Feng Longyou Empress Dowager, King Kang came to Chang'an. ”

Although his tone was calm, there was also a helplessness that he couldn't hide.

The Jin people sued for peace, obviously because when they were fighting for the throne of the crown prince of Chenbanbo, they had no intention of going south, Fuping was defeated, the main force withdrew, and they could not compete with the Song army in Shaanxi for a while.

Now the Jin people have solved the problem of the crown prince, although Wanyan Lou died of illness, Wanyan Sa Libu, Saba, Dragon and Tiger King, Bo Room and many other Jurchen households are gradually from north to south, stationed in Hedong, Hebei, Shandong Zhulu, once the upper echelons of the Jin State make up their minds, at any time there are more than 100,000 Jurchens, Han troops, Khitan main forces from Hedong Taiyuan, directly into Shaanxi.

The current military strength of the Song Dynasty is clearly divided into Shaanxi and southeast. The western army is brave and daring to fight, and the field battle can still compete with the Jurchens, and the two departments of Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong in the southeast have nearly 100,000 people, and they are also the main force in defending the territory.

However, things have developed to this point, and it is absolutely impossible to maintain internal peace and resist the situation of Jin. There are no two heavens and no two people, and the expedient measures when Zhao Huan just returned can no longer be used at this time.

The two sides have torn their faces, stood in the ring and fought to the death, and there is no possibility of ending if they don't fight to the death.

After Li Gang finished speaking, the hall was immediately silent.

Everyone knows it's a smart move, but no one wants to speak out first. Although this kind of bloody battle for the throne is necessary and beneficial to the overall situation of the country, no minister is willing to show off in this kind of matter.

Zhao Huan closed his eyes and shook his head, and it was difficult to make a decision in his heart.

Of course, he also knew that with any point of Chinese tradition, culture, history, and even power and finance, it was better to kill Zhao Gou completely.

But at the end of the civil war, all the Chinese men died, and all the people of the Great Song Dynasty suffered from the pain, and it was undoubtedly the invaders who sharpened their knives to benefit.

He thought about it, but he also felt helpless. Even if he himself could accept another person who was the same as him in terms of status and status, those courtiers, soldiers, and people, he took the initiative to be worthless, unwilling, and unbearable for him, the emperor.

"Alas......"

He let out a long sigh and asked Li Gang, "Qing has planned carefully, and I don't have any doubts. It's just that Qu Duan and the Wu brothers went, and the Western Army went out of Shaanxi with 100,000 troops, what if the Jin people came to attack? ”

Li Gang said: "During the Fuping War, the Western Army had a full amount of 180,000 people, and some casualties after the war were also made up. The 100,000 troops mentioned today were recruited from the Shaanxi Sixth Road, and the rest of the troops were replenished by the local garrison troops mobilized by the Sichuan Fourth Road and the Jinghu Road. ”

Zhao Huan nodded and said: "In this way, there are still more than 100,000 strong soldiers in Shaanxi, and the Jurchens will attack it, and they will garrison the city and defend it according to the danger, so it will not be too embarrassing." ”

Everyone nodded, this plan was discussed day and night by Li Gang and Zhang Jun, Zhao Ding and other privy envoys, and many times deduced, under the battle plan that must defeat the enemy in one battle and not delay time, and not too many western soldiers could not be used to go to the expedition, and Liu Guangshi and other rebels had to be under great pressure, and 60,000 main forces were mobilized to cooperate with tens of thousands of local garrison troops, and the number was no less.

Seeing that Zhao Huan was silent, Zhang Jun had a whim, and said to everyone: "If Han Shizhong can send troops to help, even without the main force of the Western Army, it can be done." ”

Li Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "This person is known as a loyal and righteous person, although he has been edicted on the table, admitting that King Kang has abdicated, and only serves His Majesty as the master. However, let him send troops to Lin'an, first, this person is a general of the town guard, and he must not let Jiang Air Defense be weak. Second, he must have been perfunctory, he would not be so eager, and he would not be too ruthless to the old master. ”

They are in the dripping hall of this imperial garden, at this time the spring flowers are blooming, and the wind is gusting, sitting on this garden hall, full of peach and willow green, it is very comfortable.

It's just that in front of the picturesque scenery, the topic of discussion is so heavy and serious, it makes people feel depressed.

After half a ring, Zhao Huan shook his head and said, "This is done in advance and like this, Zhuqing can prepare." However, I thought in my heart that it was better to have a better way, and it would be better not to use swords. ”