Chapter 36 The Little Emperor's Sharp Sword
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On the moon, Bianjing.
When the Jin army directly killed Bianjing from Hebei and Bianjing was in danger, the power struggle in Bianjing quietly began.
After the crown prince Zhao Heng ascended the throne, the old emperor left to Longde Palace, and Li Bangyan served as the envoy of Longde Palace and Taibao. Li Bangyan was the prince's person and the main planner and executor of this inner Zen, but he successfully won the trust of the old emperor. Li Bangyan served as the envoy of Longde Palace, and the Supreme Emperor was very relieved and believed that he could help him monitor the little emperor, and the little emperor was also very happy. Through Li Bangyan, he could learn about the every move of the Supreme Emperor.
The little emperor had just ascended the throne and obeyed the old emperor. According to the old emperor's wishes, Cai You led the Privy Council and the subordinate minister Wu Min was deputy. A few days later, because the Jin army was getting closer and closer to Bianjing, he needed someone who could trust in the military. The little emperor immediately asked his confidant Prince Zhan Shi Geng Nanzhong to be the secretary of the Privy Council.
On the third day of the first lunar month, the Jin army drank horses in the Yellow River. The old emperor was afraid and used Cai You as the palace envoy and fled south by boat.
As soon as the old emperor left, the little emperor began to kill people and consolidate his imperial power as quickly as possible.
On the fourth day of the lunar month, Chen Dong, a commoner Zhang Bing, under the instruction of Li Bangyan, joined forces with a group of Hanlin and bachelors to write letters, counting the sins of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang, Liang Shicheng, Li Yan and Zhu (Mian), calling them the six major traitors, demanding that the emperor kill them, and spreading them to all directions to thank the world and the anger of the people.
On the fifth day of the lunar month, the emperor issued an order to kill Li Yan.
Li Yan was an eunuch, and it turned out to be Yang Jian's subordinate. Four years ago, Yang Jian died, and Li Yan replaced him as the Xicheng Batian Shou. Xicheng Batian Shou was located in Ruzhou. At that time, all the good lands of the land were well-known, and Li Yan instructed others to report it as a barren land. Even if the land owner held a land deed, he ignored it, so that the land in Lushan County in the county was included as official land. This was not enough. He also asked the original owner to pay the rent according to the tenant official. If there was any complaint, he immediately increased the sentence, and many owners died of punishment. The local area originally had the land tax on the government, and it was transferred to other prefectures and counties for the burden. Local officials and Li Yan were together to help the evil and ruin their lives. Li Yan was therefore listed as one of the "Six Thieves", but he was the lowest-ranking person among the "Six Thieves", and he was the one with the lowest power among the "Six Thieves". He was the Wei Duke (from a fifth-rank official), and was in charge of the Xuan Envoy of the An Dejun.
The little emperor started to attack from the weakest man, which shows that he was very cautious and did not dare to anger the old emperor, but instead took steps to advance.
Then the little emperor dismissed Zhu and released him into the fields.
Zhu is so famous. He and his father Zhu Chong were appointed as the official because of flattering Cai Jing and Tong Guan. Because the old emperor was willing to give strange flowers and stones. Zhu Feng welcomed the superiors and sought gifts for rare flowers and stones in Zhejiang. He then gained the trust of the emperor.
This was why Hua Shigang and Suzhou Yingfeng Bureau were set up. Hua Shigang has been incessant for years. The people were troubled and miserable. All middle-class families went bankrupt and even sold their sons and daughters for their sake. During the uprising, they called for killing Zhu. While trying their best to welcome the emperor, Zhu tried every means to seize the emperor. He also tried every means to seize the power and accumulate private property. His life was bad. He was powerful. Those who flattered were immediately appointed to the official position. All those who did not possess themselves were dismissed. The officials of the prefectures and counties rushed to obey orders and served Zhu. At that time, he was known as the "small court in the southeast."
Zhu knew that the little emperor was going to eradicate the old emperor's confidants. He fled from Bianjing overnight and followed the old emperor to flee to Jiangnan.
At this moment, the king had retired and returned home. The little emperor did not kill him. He demoted his official position from the Grand Tutor to the deputy envoy of the Chongxin Army and placed him in Yongzhou. However, Wu Min and Li Gang submitted a memorial and insisted on killing the king. The little emperor was persuaded by them. He ordered the Kaifeng Prefecture Prime Minister Nie Chang to send warriors to catch up with the king and behead his head.
Cai Jing had already fled south. However, he had a prominent reputation and had a good relationship with the old emperor. Moreover, his disciples and former officials were all over the court and the power was too great. The old emperor did not dare to touch him for the time being.
Tong Guan was in Datong and was with Prince Yun. Now he poses too much threat to Bian Jing, and the little emperor dared not provoke him at all.
Liang Shicheng was an absolute confidant in the forbidden area of the old emperor and stayed to monitor the little emperor. Under the current circumstances, it also had an effect on the little emperor, so the little emperor deliberately kept him small and asked him to convey false information to the old emperor so that he could quickly control his authority and firmly sit in the position of the emperor. Liang Shicheng was extremely afraid and worried about being killed. He always followed the little emperor, staying in a row, trembling, and living like a year.
The reason why the old emperor's inner meditation was purely because of a blind confidence. He believed that he had the ability to control the overall situation, and the little emperor was a puppet. When this crisis was overcome, the little emperor could stand aside. The little emperor finally got this opportunity, how could he miss it? The civil servants in Bianjing finally got the opportunity to redistribute power and interests, so how could they miss it? In addition, the terrible battle for imperial rule lasted for ten years. Now Prince Yun is still eyeing the Northwest. Of course, the little emperors and civil servants in Bianjing should take advantage of this opportunity to completely eradicate this threat. Therefore, the inner meditation is actually a trap. The old emperor lost his clear mind and correct judgment under the tense situation of internal and external troubles, and was deceived.
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In the establishment of the central chief officer, the young emperor was not ruthless and first dismissed the prime minister Bai Shizhong. Cai You, who was in charge of the Privy Council, was in charge of the Privy Council.
The emperor fled south together, so the chief of the Western Prefecture could just appoint letters.
The young emperor ascended the throne and made the greatest contribution was Li Bangyan, so there was no dispute that Li Bangyan also served as the minister of the disciple as the minister, served as the prime minister, and was in charge of the Eastern Prefecture.
Zhang Bangchang was the Shaozhao and also served as the Minister of the Secretariat Shang, and served as the Deputy Prime Minister. The Left Prime Minister of the Shangshu Zhao Ye was the Minister of the Junior Affairs, the Hanlin scholar Chengzhi Wang Xiaodi was the Minister of the Junior Affairs, and the Co-Governor of the Privy Council Cai Mao was the Left Prime Minister of the Shangshu, and the Minister of the Ministry of War Li Gang was the Right Prime Minister of the Shangshu.
Wu Min was in charge of the Privy Council, Tang Ke, Minister of Personnel, and Minister of the Ministry of War, Lu Yundi signed the Privy Council.
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After the Jin army crossed the Yellow River and approached Bianjing, the young emperor decided to fight in person, and appointed Li Gang as the personal camp envoy, Wu Min was the deputy envoy of the personal camp, and Nie Chang, the chief of Kaifeng Prefecture, as the military staff officer, and was fully responsible for the garrison. However, Li Bangyan and Zhang Bangchang saw that there were too few troops in the Kyoto and that a large number of officials in the Beijing fled, and the people were panicked and worried that the capital could not be defended, so they tried their best to persuade the emperor to take refuge in Guanzhong or Jingxiang.
When Li Gang heard the news, he tried his best to stop the advice, thinking that the most urgent task was to unite the hearts of the people and defend against the enemy. The young emperor was moved by Li Gang's words, so he appointed Li Gang as the right prime minister of the Shangshu, and stayed in Tokyo. He appointed Li Tongzhi as the deputy to lead the troops to defend the city. The next morning, the young emperor heard that the Jin army was coming in a mighty manner, with at least 230,000 people, and was so scared that he was disgusted and wanted to escape again.
Li Gang, Li and others tried their best to dissuade him. Li Gang even encouraged the military and civilians to petition in front of the palace, shouting that they would like to protect the country with death. The young emperor was moved. Accompanied by Li Gang, he climbed the city tower and inspected the defenders. The military was motivated and the military and civilians were determined to defend the capital.
On the seventh day of the lunar month and eighth day of the lunar month, the Jin army decided to temporarily quit the battle when they saw that the city of Bianjing was too big, the walls were too high, and the defense was too strong.
Zong Wang and his army spent twenty-five days from Yanjing to Bianjing, traveling more than 2,000 miles, siege all the way, and the soldiers were exhausted. More importantly, in order to win the speed, they were unpredictable and unprepared for attacking the enemy, all the horses arrived in Bianjing in advance. They not only lacked food, supplies, but also lacked siege equipment, and could not fight at all.
Just so happened that Bianjing sent envoys to discuss peace. Zong Wang pretended to discuss peace and proposed the conditions that they thought Bianjing could not agree. He also sent a small group of people to build grass valleys in the surrounding areas, and at the same time reported to Wanyan's mother and Liu Yanzong, who brought the main force to cross the Yellow River as quickly as possible and met with the Selected Front Army.
The Jin army had 200,000 troops from the East Route Army. After conquering Youyan, they obtained 100,000 troops from Guo Yaoshi, with a total force of 300,000. After deciding to attack Bianjing, Wanyan led a 100,000 army to Yanjing and unified the command of the two battlefields of the east and west. Zong Wang, Wanyan and Lan Yan and Guo Yaoshi led 60,000 horse troops as the selection of the front line, and Wanyan's mother and Liu Yanzong led 140,000 horse troops to follow up.
Zong Wang's goal was no longer to plunder Hebei, but to kill Bianjing directly, so it was completely necessary for 200,000 troops to attack south. Bianjing was the capital of the Song Dynasty after all. Even if various messages showed that the number of Bianjing garrison troops was limited, Bianjing was tall and strong, and the Jin army needed time to attack. The king-supporting troops in the surrounding areas of Bianjing will come one after another. If the Jin army could not conquer the city before the king-supporting troops arrived in Bianjing, this operation would definitely be abandoned halfway.
Yanjing was more than 2,000 miles away from Bianjing. It was raided for a long distance. Once it returned without success, retreating would be a very dangerous thing. Now Li Hu was returning from Helan Mountain, and the Northwest Army also retreated from the northwest battlefield to Bianjing. If these two troops entered Hebei and cut off the Jin army's retreat route, it would be a disaster for the Jin army. Therefore, first use the selection of horse army to use their speed to fight to Bianjing, and then supplemented with powerful infantry to ensure the safety of the retreat route. They also plundered and plundered in various parts of Hebei, making a good way to advance and retreat without worry.
However, what Zong Wang did not expect was that the Song Dynasty actually agreed to a series of peace agreements proposed by itself. This was an incredible thing, and the Song Dynasty could accept such conditions? When the Khitans lost Tokyo and Shangjing, they still maintained dignity and arrogance, and even refused to recognize the identity of the Jin emperor, and they only granted a king. A powerful kingdom, a country of etiquette, such as the Jin army did not pose a fatal threat to the Song Dynasty, they actually did not have dignity, shame, and were willing to accept these humiliating conditions? Did the emperor of the Song Dynasty and his ministers go crazy?
Zong Wang couldn't believe it. It was not until Zhang Bangchang, the deputy prime minister of the Song Dynasty, accompanied King Kang Zhao Gou to the Jin camp as a hostage that he forced himself to believe the facts in front of him.
This matter is not only not believed by Zong Wang, but also by Wanyan Talai, Guo Yaoshi and other Jin generals. In their hearts, the Song Dynasty was still very powerful. Although various information showed that the Song Dynasty was in a lot of crises, it was still far from vulnerable. The main purpose of this trip south was to plunder and run away. Everyone, including Zong Wang, did not expect a miracle to happen.
But a miracle appeared before their eyes.
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Chapter completed!