Chapter 21, Heavenly White Jade Jing (I)
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The night is like water, the stars are shining, and the crescent moon is like a hook...... This is really a good night scene suitable for pouring wine and admiring the moon, writing poems and lyrics.
However, Song Huizong, who has always been amazingly talented, excellent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and created a "thin gold body" in calligraphy, was reclining on the couch at this time, looking at the pure night sky as pure as water weakly, and his heart was extremely depressed, and he had no mood to compose poetry at all.
At this moment, his name is Emperor Taishang, but in fact, he has become a prisoner of his son Zhao Huan, and he is imprisoned in Longde Palace, and he can no longer see the world of flowers outside, so he can only helplessly look up at the four corners of the sky in the high wall, and the words leaking from the mouths of the palace guards to know the changes in the world.
His trusted and relied on courtiers such as Cai Jing, Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Mian, and Li Yan were scolded by the angry gentry as the "six thieves", and one by one they were either given to death or exiled to the "Far Evil Military Prefecture", and they all "died of illness" halfway.
Genyue, which he spent a lot of money to build, all kinds of flowers, birds, birds and beasts on it were wantonly slaughtered as military rations for the soldiers defending the city. All kinds of flowers, plants, trees and stones transported from the south of the Yangtze River were smashed out by stone bullets used as trebuchets...... Let the so-called "Flower Stone Gang" seem to have become a joke.
But in the final analysis, this miserable end was not his own sin?
- Song Huizong, the "Taoist Emperor" who believed in Taoism, ascended the throne and ruled for more than 20 years, and did not make much achievements in the national economy and people's livelihood, but in terms of poverty and luxury, and extravagance, he was far superior to the previous emperors.
If that's all, it's nothing, with the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, this luxury can barely be afforded. However, this Daojun Emperor is not satisfied with the pavilions around him, spending every day drinking, and occasionally going to prostitute a prostitute. As soon as he saw that the Liao State was weak, he sent the eunuch Tong Guan, who tried his best to destroy the Liao in the country, and took advantage of the fire to rob, completely ignoring the fact that there was a rebellion in the southeast, and Jingdong was a thief swarm (Liangshan hero) - the country was already so unstable, and what was the difference between the Northern Expedition and the Sui Yang Emperor's conquest of Goryeo?
The Northern Expedition will be the Northern Expedition, if this is defeated, it will be okay to be able to recapture the homeland of the Han family in the sixteen states of Yanyun, no one will think it is a bad thing. However, due to the remote blind command of the imperial court, more than 100,000 well-equipped Northern Expeditionary Army of the Great Song Dynasty were defeated twice in succession by more than 10,000 Khitan remnants who had left Germany, which made the whole world see a joke. In the end, I had to pinch my nose and pour out my pocket, and spend money to buy back Yanjing City from the Jurchens.
It's already embarrassing enough to get to this point, but the Daojun Emperor, who is full of artist romantic feelings, still has to celebrate, just to "recover" Yanjing's southern suburbs sacrifice to the sky, it cost tens of millions! Not to mention that there are traitors who are good at touting, fooling Emperor Daojun to go to Mount Tai to seal Zen...... And these extravagant expenses, as well as the New Year's coins handed over to the Jurchens, had to be scraped out of the pockets of the people of the Great Song Dynasty!
As a result, people watched the Shoushan Genyue behind the Yanfu Palace rise day by day, but they were calculating in their hearts when this mountain stone garden built with people's fat and people's ointment would collapse...... Emperor Daojun was tired of the splendid palaces, but fell in love with the idyllic style of the south of the Yangtze River, and ordered countless birds and beasts to be stocked in the Genyue Mountain. Every morning and late at night. The nearby residents could hear the night cries of birds and beasts in Genyue, and the voices of foxes and night owls wafting over the capital, and both officials and civilians felt that this was an ominous omen—almost a prophecy, it had only been two years since Genyue was built, and the greedy and barbaric Jin people had finally torn the covenant that had not dried the ink and entered the army. Although the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers who were reversed and took in the old Liao fugitives gave them the best excuse, everyone knew that even if there was no reason, how could those jackals in the north let go of the weak but fat Southern Dynasty without salivating?
The Hebei defense line, which had been in disrepair for a long time, did not prevent the Jin Yu, and the counties in Hedong, which were full of traitors, also fell in an instant. The surging river was supposed to be the best moat, but Liang Fangping, an inner servant sent to defend the Yellow River, fled when he saw the enemy, and did not even burn the pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, so he let Jin Yushun kill him under the city of Tokyo.
Seeing the Jin army approaching, Song Huizong was frightened, and actually gave up the throne to his eldest son and ran south with his cronies and ministers - it is really incomprehensible that this emperor, who has been on the throne for more than 20 years, would make such a stupid and unreasonable move at this critical moment: the king of a dignified country, when Bianjing was not in danger of subversion, actually fled, abandoned the country and his subjects, and fled to the south of the Yangtze River!
Song Huizong escaped, and he could be relaxed from now on, but he left a mess that was almost impossible to clean up for Song Qinzong, who succeeded him in a hurry.
What's even worse is that you Song Huizong abdicated, just abdicate, flee and flee, and after escaping to the southeast, he fell in love with the throne of Bianliang City in Tokyo, and began to plan to build a new small court in the southeast...... So the finance and taxes handed over to the central government in the southeast were intercepted locally!
You must know that most of the taxes of the Song Dynasty were dependent on Jiangnan, and in the fierce war with the Jin army, the military expenditure of the Great Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly huge, and the finances of Bianliang were extremely embarrassed, and they urgently needed blood transfusion from the southeast. However, at this most critical moment, the southeast's finances and taxes were intercepted by the Emperor Taishang...... looked at the father of this pit son, and actually pushed himself to the edge of the cliff again, and Song Qinzong at that time even had the heart to kill!
At this time, during the first Battle of Bianliang, no matter how mediocre Song Qinzong was, he understood the truth that the soldiers and horses had not moved, and the grain and grass had come first. As long as the food and grass are sufficient, even if the Song army can't beat it, it can hold on, form a confrontation situation with the enemy, constantly harass the enemy, and relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield. However, Song Huizong cut off the logistics supply line of Bianliang in the southeast, and seemed to have the intention of re-ascending the throne and competing with his son for the throne...... As a result, Song Qinzong immediately panicked, and had to sign a humiliating alliance with the Jin army, and spent money to bribe them to retreat. The Song army, which crossed the river to counterattack next, also had to go to the Hebei battlefield under the condition of lack of food and salary, and its morale plummeted to the bottom before it went far, and it was naturally crushed when it was about to fight.
By the time the luck of the southeast finally recovered again, the battlefields in Hebei and Hedong had already gone to the general trend.
Next, if Song Huizong had stayed in the south, he might have avoided the shame of Jingkang and the crisis of the destruction of Bianliang City.
It's just that after the siege of Bianliang was lifted, Song Huizong actually returned to Bianliang with a cheeky face.
Why did Song Huizong return to Bianliang again after avoiding Jiangnan?
——The so-called struggle for fame in the court, competition for profit in the city! Anyone who wants to compete for fame and fortune cannot leave the Central Plains. The land of the Central Plains, like the Tianyuan of a chessboard, is in a key position. If Song Huizong had been living in the south, he might lose his influence soon, who would still remember him as the emperor?
In order to compete for the lost fame, fortune and power, Song Huizong returned to Bianliang again, wanting to wrestle with his son. But after returning to Bianliang, he suddenly realized that this world is really a person who walks through tea, and no one remembers him, the former emperor!
And the notoriety of his escape made the people of Bianliang even more chilling - no one likes a runaway emperor who abandoned the city and ran away!
Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Song Huizong proposed to go to Jingzhao Mansion to train the Western Army and defend Bianliang, but was immediately rejected by Song Qinzong: a fleeing emperor who was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and said what to recruit elites and defend Bianliang, who believes this! Most of them thought of Jingzhao Mansion to seize the military power! Make a coup d'état!
So, Song Qinzong simply tore off the last layer of the painting skin of the father's kindness and filial piety, replaced the palace people, and quieted his father - poor Song Huizong When he did not return to Bianliang, he was still the emperor, and the officials everywhere he went were respectful; But after returning to Bianliang, the henchmen were isolated one after another, and the palace maids and eunuchs around them were all replaced, and they were confined in Longde Palace, and they could no longer see familiar people and do what they liked.
——It was not until this moment that Zhao Ji of Song Huizong finally realized the mood of Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Ming Dynasty in the past, who was forced to abdicate in the Anshi Rebellion.
However, even more unfortunate than Emperor Tang Ming, not long after being confined to Longde Palace, Song Huizong ushered in the second siege of the Jin army.
However, this time he was already in a cage and could no longer run to Jiangnan to escape the military disaster.
The palace attendants were worried all day long. When he was afraid that the Jin soldiers would break the city, Song Huizong seemed unusually calm, or he didn't care.
——From the moment he was escorted into Longde Palace, the survival and safety of the Great Song Dynasty had nothing to do with him.
Even if the imperial court repelled the Jin soldiers and preserved the Jingshi, he would just continue to be imprisoned as a prisoner in this cold palace; On the contrary, if the Jin people broke through Bianliang, he still had a glimmer of hope to be released and set up as a puppet of the Jin people ruling the Central Plains...... Of course, with the shallow political wisdom of the Jurchen barbarians, I am afraid that I can't think of this layer yet; Moreover, as far as Song Huizong's heart is concerned, he would rather not have such a thing.
In any case, the current emperor is also his biological son, and this Great Song Dynasty is also the ancestral inheritance of his Zhao family.
Even if he resented Song Qinzong's ruthlessness and "unfilial piety", he still did not want to see the fall of the Great Song Dynasty.
In the following days, the officers and soldiers of the imperial court were still defeated repeatedly, and various strongholds outside the city fell one after another. Several Qinwang armies organized by officials from other prefectures and counties were either sent back by the lord and traitors of the court and the traitors, or they were beaten to the ground by the fierce Jin soldiers...... The war situation is getting worse day by day, and the ministers of the court are still busy fighting each other.
During the most intense period of the war, Song Huizong, who was in the cold palace, was more closely guarded, and almost cut off news from the outside world. It's just that the sudden scorching heat that violated the season in those days made him uncomfortable and surprised, and even fell ill with heat stroke for a while, and he didn't know what to do...... After he finally recovered, he suddenly ushered in a series of explosive news, and he was scorched on the spot:
——More than 100,000 Jin soldiers were wiped out in one day, and the Beijing division Bianliang turned from danger to safety, and there are ...... True immortals descend into the world, and the Tao is a god?
And...... The emperor himself also had the help of the real people who protected the country, and suddenly he cultivated immortals, and he was able to pull out the mountains and lift the peaks, and soar the clouds and fog?!!
——In the hustle and bustle of the Jin soldiers attacking the city, Song Huizong, who was still calm, couldn't help but be gorgeous and angry at this time:
“…… Outrageous! How unreasonable! I have been cultivating and worshiping God all my life, and I have been extremely pious, but I have not been able to understand my thoughts and get the favor of the gods. And my unfilial son has found an opportunity, and he has already become an immortal? It's really eyeless!! Someone! I want to see my immortal emperor! Since he had such an opportunity to be turned into a true immortal, he never thought of coming to sue his old father! It's really unfilial......"
So, after the dispersal of the dynasty the next day, Guo Jing, the protector of the country, brought a construction order with a strange face.
“…… Build a fairy abode for the emperor? Wang Qiu's eyes widened when he heard the news, "...... In this time of chaos?! ”
“…… Yes, since he has become an immortal, well, to be exact, he has become a human, our Great Song Dynasty official feels that the human palace is too aggrieved, and wants to make a legendary immortal home. Guo Jing shrugged his shoulders and said with a wry smile, "...... Moreover, this time the order was not one, but two—and there was also a Emperor Taishang, who called himself the Emperor of Daojun, who was also looking forward to living a fairy life in his lifetime......"