[When Yue Fei joined the army for the second time, the Northern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers in the court were as unforced as ever.

Song Huizong and others, who relied on the means of "redemption" to get Youzhou and other regions, instantly forgot the painful failure of the two expeditions to Liao and Yan, and looked forward to Zixiong as if he was really a saint in the world.

Tong Guan, who commanded the military, was ordered to patrol Taiyuan Mansion, thinking about taking back the clouds, and even wanted to meet Emperor Tianzuo of Liao as a bargaining chip, not caring at all that the people of Hebei were already complaining.

In the same year, Ma Kuo, a famous diplomat in the late Northern Song Dynasty, a participant and founder of the Maritime Alliance, and a general of the legendary anti-Jin rebel army, issued a warning to the Song court, pointing out that the Jin State was likely preparing to invade the Song Dynasty in the south.

Not surprisingly, this suggestion was not taken seriously by anyone, and it was not until June 1125 that the Northern Song Dynasty's Hedong and Hebei routes sent back news that the Jin army had been massively assembled in Yunzhong, Lingqiu, Feihu and other places, and that the Song court monarchs and ministers were still dreaming of going to the kingdom, and it was not until November that they remembered to send Ma Kuan as an envoy to deposit gold to find out whether the enemy had the intention of invading the south.

In fact, it was too late to say anything at this time, and after Yan Zonghan, the famous general of the Jin State, sent Ma Kuo away, he officially raised the eastern and western armies to destroy the Song Dynasty.

Among them, the Western Route Army directly faced Taiyuan City, and the Jin Army was helpless against Jiancheng in the absence of siege means.

Seeing this, the Eastern Route Army chose a way of fighting that was unexpected by everyone, directly bypassing Hebei Prefecture and County and attacking Bianliang, and the troops came to the city in less than a month.

The lone army of the Jin State went deep and completely tore the fig leaf of the upper echelons of the Northern Song Dynasty: in the case of a strong city to rely on and be able to wait for the Qin Wang army, Huizong was directly stunned, and the inner servant woke him up with a potion and said that he would not be the emperor or say anything, and directly asked for a pen and paper to write the edict of succession, and the indecisive Qinzong ascended the throne and changed the name Jingkang.

After the news of the Jin army's crossing of the Yellow River came, when Chao Zaifu unsurprisingly suggested abandoning Kyoto and retreating to Xiangyang, if it weren't for Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang was an iron backbone and Qinzong spat at Xingzi to stop the southern escape, the Jin army would probably have to go down to Bianliang City without a fight.

However, Qinzong is also a person who will shirk responsibility, saying Li Gang, since you are so resolute in resisting Jin, who will you stay in Tokyo?

But in private, Qinzong vividly interpreted his indecision, weakness and incompetence, and under the advice of the Zaifu, he wanted to escape from Bianliang twice, forcing Li Gang, who stayed behind, to worry about defense while chasing and intercepting the emperor.

But even so, they still couldn't stop Qinzong and Zaifu from sending envoys to negotiate with the Jin army to cede land and sue for peace.

And the conditions of the Jin army are also very "sincere":

Five million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 10,000 cattle and horses, 1 million horses of silk, respected Emperor Jin as his uncle, cut the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian, and sent the prime minister and prince to the Jin army as a hostage.

As long as the above conditions are met, the Jin army will immediately retreat.

Li Gang wept blood and kowtowed resolutely against it, and said that he only needed to send a man who could speak well and the Jin army to be false and wronged, and as long as it dragged on for three or five days, the Qin Wang army could arrive, and he would definitely be able to break the thieves with battle.

Qinzong did not say anything about this, but asked Li Gang to support him on the grounds of defense first, and after Li Gang left, he couldn't wait to agree to these conditions.

Soon after Zhao Gou, who volunteered to stand up and was willing to deposit gold as a hostage, a total of more than 200,000 reinforcements from all over the country also arrived near Kaifeng, and more than 60,000 Jin troops saw that they had already obtained the gold and silver from the Song Dynasty in Kaifeng City and the three border towns, so they retreated gracefully.

Qinzong is not without hard spirits, the 200,000 Qinwang army made Qinzong quickly hot-headed and Yao Pingzhong set a plan for a night attack on the Jin camp, but as early as three days before the night attack, the Jin army had already obtained the detailed steps of this plan, which can be said to be very interesting.

After the failure of the night attack, Qinzong once again confessed at the speed of light, and sent angels to the three towns of Hebei to announce the cession as promised, and the Jin army, which had already obtained a lot of gold and silver, also chose to temporarily withdraw when they saw this.

At the same time, the Northern Song Dynasty, which had just passed the crisis, did not care about the national crisis at all, and the scholars followed the tradition and showed the characteristics of the civil war and the outsider:

Some people went to the table to liquidate the responsibilities of Cai Jing and other important ministers of Huizong and the first dynasty, and denounced them as six thieves; Some people say that Wang Anshi's new law and new school is the bane of the country's crisis; Others say that angelic names are unlucky and should be changed; There are also people who bitterly Chen want to severely punish the Taixue disciples who prevented Qinzong from escaping from Bianliang.

The people of Kaifeng, who had just been "robbed according to law" by the emperor and Zaifu, exerted their optimistic spirit of black humor and made up a slip to reflect the current situation:

Regardless of Taiyuan, but too much learning; Regardless of autumn prevention, but spring and autumn; Regardless of the artillery, but the stone; Regardless of King Su, he cares about King Shu;

Regardless of Yanshan, but Nie Mountain; Regardless of Tokyo, but Cai Jing; Regardless of the boundaries of Hebei, it is exempt from the solution; Regardless of Hedong, but Chen Dong; Regardless of the second prince, he is in charge of the prince. 】

The sound of the song echoed in the hall, and the contempt and absurdity in it could not be hidden, and because of the relationship between the later generations and thousands of years apart, there was a little sense of indignation when it was read.

But these are extremely uncomfortable for Zhao Kuangyin.

Although he knew in his heart that this thief was not his heir, he kept telling himself not to blame himself for his crimes.

But think about the grand scene of celebrating the festival that he saw when he entered Bianliang yesterday, and the people who thought about Hebei for him.

Zhao Kuangyin still has a hard time thinking that it is none of his business.

Zhao Pu could see the official's hands behind his back clenched into fists, and he seemed to be extremely unsettled.

At last he heard the voice of the king and old friend who was trying to suppress:

"People who are pragmatic and not vain, how difficult it is to be an official!"

Zhao Pu also agrees with this, after all, it seems that the strategy of the Jin State may not be very clever now, and the soldiers and horses may not be very strong, but when encountering a group of generals with their hands tied, and a group of Emperor Zaifu who wanted to abandon the capital and flee south in case of trouble, and betrayed the country and Gou'an, this Jin country is particularly powerful.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Pu also agreed:

"The original intention of changing the law was to get rid of the old problems for the country, and as a result, the wind of party contention was together, and those who climbed to the top were all party members who fought against dissent."

"The virtuous are not based on their talents, the relocation is not due to political achievements, the sycophants are rampant, the flatterers are full of people, and even if there are people with iron backbones, it is difficult to save the country from danger."

Immediately, the light-fast Zaisukke did not shy away from suggesting:

"Therefore, Your Majesty should be strictly guarded, and do not let the candle shadow axe sound be staged."

These words made Zhao Kuangyin silent, but in the end he nodded.

Zhao Pu's advice is sometimes very straightforward, but as later generations said, it is all dissecting and loyal, so that sometimes it is not very good, but if you think about the group of Confucian scholars who tugged at his sleeve and spit in his face......

As for Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Kuangyin was already thinking about how to go to his Jin King after destroying the Southern Tang Dynasty.

However, it is not necessary to follow the experience of Zhao Guangmei being deposed to the desolate land of Sichuan and Shu in the annals of later generations, so he is not at ease.

But immediately Zhao Kuangyin also had a thought in his heart, this good brother is also idle, why don't you study Buddhism intensively?

(End of chapter)

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