Chapter 1,339 Will

Shangyifang is the aristocratic district of Xingqing Mansion, and it was also the area hardest hit by the chaos, which directly wiped out more than half of the Xia Kingdom's high-ranking officials and aristocrats.

Now the remaining ministers are outside Wuying Palace, and a New Army medical team is carrying out rescue work for Bingchang.

When the officials of Xixia were in a panic, a team came from outside the palace gate. Gao Zunyu personally accompanied an official wearing a purple robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a goldfish bag.

The senior officer was in his thirties, about the same as Bingchang, with a kind face and unusually bright eyes. When he glanced at the group of Xia officials, they all felt like they had been seen through by him.

In front of the officials was Zhang Yuzheng, the Minister of Rites of Xia State who had been sent by the Empress Dowager Liang to take charge of the peace talks. Su You did not see him at all until he captured the Xingqing Mansion and received a thank you note from Bingchang and invited Su You to go to Wuying Hall for negotiation.

After the important matter, Su You released him as a guide.

Wei Mingji, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, worked hard and came forward: "Wei Mingji, the minister of the Fan Kingdom of Xia, respectfully welcomes the great scholar of the Celestial Dynasty, the Duke of Fu."

Su You looked at Wei Mingji and said, "I have read your letter. The writing is very good, but the reasoning is a little lacking. I have always admired your late Lord Jing Sigong, so please forgive me."

Wei Mingji bowed and said: "I don't dare bother the great scholar. The king is still waiting in the palace. I'm afraid..."

Su You glanced at the main hall: "This main hall is arrogant..."

He looked at the officials of the Xia Kingdom again: "It seems that you have the highest qualifications. Please come into the palace together and let us all bear witness."

Wei Mingji quickly bowed: "How dare you disobey your orders."

The main hall was very cold. Bingchang was lying on a big chair with a pale face. When the soldiers of the New Army saw Su You and Gao Zunyu coming in, they all stood up and stood at attention: "See the Duke of the State, Xiangtong!"

Su You waved his hand and asked the soldiers to move across several piers. After some courtesy, he sat down.

Bingchang's heart was filled with regret. After leaving Muzhai, he should have entered the Song Army camp as soon as possible to ensure safety.

As a result, he was bewitched by the sergeants and worried that the Song people would hinder his revenge, so he thought of making cooked rice from raw rice to kill the Liang family and avoid future troubles forever.

However, the Liang family's power in the city far exceeded Bingchang's imagination, and the response of the Song people was also beyond his expectation. Instead of following up on the chaos, they retreated to the west gate to protect themselves, allowing the imperial party and the rear party to kill each other in the city.

, there was chaos in the city for a while.

The destructive power of the rebel army in the dark night, plus the hundreds of thousands of refugees who had entered the city before, was very terrifying. In the end, the armies were killed and plundered so much that they lost their restraints. A fire not only burned half of the city, but also the entire scenery.

Ren Palace.

The Empress Dowager Liang was burned to death in the palace, so the charge of matricide was firmly pinned on Bingchang's head.

You can guess how much of this is done by Song people, but you have no evidence.

Liang Yibu's crossbow actually didn't do that much damage. There was only one wound, which was obviously caused by a sniper.

That was Tian Yu's third mission. After the army took over Xingqing, his mission changed from protecting Bingchang to assassinating Bingchang.

Perhaps it was God's will that Liang Yibu's assassination and Tian Yu's shooting happened almost at the same time, so Bingchang was not shot on the spot. Instead, he escaped the blow to the heart and was shot in the abdomen.

But it's just a delay for a while.

Su You inspected Bingchang's injuries, sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I am visiting the famous doctor Tang Shenwei, who is treating the injured in the north of the mountain. I have ordered him to come here at night to diagnose and treat your Majesty. You don't need to worry."

Bingchang had an inexplicable trust in the young man in front of him who was about the same age as himself: "Bingchang will die today. Before he dies, he would like to hear what the Duke will do to our Xia Kingdom."

Su You said: "The king can rest assured that the little prince Qian Shun was protected by the palace maid Manjusri and hid in the well during the fire in Jingren Palace. He escaped from the chaos and fire. Now he has been rescued by the army and is safe and sound."

"I don't want to hide it from you. Your mother has died in the fire. No matter what she has done before, the king of the country cannot escape the crime of matricide."

"So Lord Xia's kingship will definitely be snatched away, but I can guarantee you that I will send Qian Shun to Bianjing and ask the top scholars of the Song Dynasty to educate him. Even if he can no longer be a king, he will be a The prince has no problem."

Bingchang breathed a sigh of relief: "Where is Mr. Liang?"

Su You said: "Liang Yimi has already committed suicide in Zhuangzi in the south of the city out of fear of crime. Liang Yibu has been cut into a pulp for assassinating the king. There was no one left in the Liang family in the massacre last night. Oh, by the way, only Liang Yi Duo Mi was imprisoned because he asked to return power to the emperor immediately, offending your mother and Liang Yi Mi, but he escaped this catastrophe."

Bingchang smiled, truly happy.

Su You continued: "There are still two issues. One is the surrender of Shunzhou City, the Queen, Ren Duo Baozhong, Weiming Awu's 80,000 regular troops, 100,000 centimes, and 50,000 Makui. .”

"The second issue is the problem of the military department of Baimaqiang Town in the north, the commander of Jialiang's Tugan, the second Yeli tribe, and the 100,000 troops under his command. The king needs to issue two edicts, ordering them to abandon their weapons and surrender."

Bingchang's pale face once again had a look of resentment and anger: "If I depose the queen now, will you stop me, Duke?"

Su You thought for a moment: "Liang Yiduo is my friend and a rare talent in the Xia Kingdom. He was imprisoned for asking the king to be restored. Although he is a member of the Liang family, his behavior is different from that of other members of the Liang family. , so I want to ask a favor for him."

"As for Empress Liang, that is a family matter of the king. I am not in a position to interfere, but I can follow the king's wishes."

Bingchang nodded: "That's very good."

Su You said: "Then I will ask the king to order Wei Mingji to draft the decree, and then invite all the ministers to go to the palace and read it in public?"

Bingchang nodded again.

Wei Mingji stepped forward and drew up the royal edict: "

The king often expressed his sincerity and looked up to the dusty abyss to listen. He did not avoid repeated acts of malfeasance, hoping to bring peace to everyone.

The Liang family was promiscuous and fierce, and their hearts were full of dissatisfaction. Since the age of the year, they have been gifted, and the market has been eliminated. They are short of money and have a piece of silk to ten thousand coins.

Moreover, due to the years of hard work and grievances, the people in the Hengshan area did not dare to farm, and the people in the Hengshan area were poisoned and starved to death.

For a moment, he used his power to control his ghosts and dared to destroy and humiliate him.

The king's master went out to conquer, denounced the guilty, and helped the people in danger, but nothing was gained.

Open up the brightness of the sun and moon, expand the creation of heaven and earth, complete my territory, and restore the order of my ancestral temple.

Deep kindness and eternal virtue can never be exhausted.

I ask my ministers: If you are willing to accept the promise, don't be loyal and diligent. It is better to surrender to the enemy and obey orders. When the enemy is worried, you can perform meritorious deeds. Obey the imperial court and restore normalcy to the state affairs.

I will consult my descendants: I will be honored with nobility, I will be a vassal for generations, I will be diligent in my duties and tributes, and I will not slack off in my years. I want to return to China, and I will receive tribute from distant regions; I will use it to stop fighting, and the common people will be prosperous.

Remove the garrison troops at the border, keep the oath sworn by the ancestors, honor the loyalty of ministers, and stay with Sui forever.

The king inherited the inheritance of his ancestors and appointed a queen to assist and rectify the palaces.

However, Liang's behavior was stubborn and noisy, his virtue was not worthy of his position, he was extravagant and imprisoned, and caused chaos in the country.

He defended the king's master and tortured the soldiers and people. His crimes are hard to be seen in history, and his faults can only be written on a slanderous tree.

Now he is deposed as a commoner, and he is consulted by the old people, and is stolen for his own benefit.

Tell the world, and the messengers will know and hear."

Bingchang listened to Wei Mingji finish reciting it tremblingly, and nodded slightly: "Announce all the ministers to come to the throne, use the treasure."

When the ministers entered the palace and listened to Wei Mingji read out the edict, they couldn't help but look at each other.

Bingchang raised his hand: "This is my order. After using the treasure, I will ride quickly to Shunzhou, Baima, Heishan, Heishui, and Gansu military commanders."

The ministers bowed and tied their hands: "I will obey the king's orders."

Bingchang said: "Then please step aside and I will talk to Yixi Weishe."

Su You cupped his hands and said, "If the king needs me to accompany him, then Gao Zunyu and Weiming Shangshu cannot leave."

A wry smile appeared at the corner of Bingchang's mouth, and he sighed: "It would be great if all the ministers in the world were as prudent and law-abiding as the Duke..."

Su You cupped his hands and said: "Su You is mediocre and dull. He is favored by His Majesty. He is in vain for his salary and does not work for the Lord to smile."

Bingchang sighed: "Actually, I also have ministers like the Duke..."

Su You nodded: "The Xia Kingdom also has its own virtuous ministers. In the past there was Fu Ping Hou Yeli Renrong, and in the latter there was the country's elder Li Jingsi. They are all figures that Su You admires."

"It's a pity that I arrived a few days late and couldn't meet Mr. Li Guolao."

Bingchang said: "There is another one, you will definitely meet him."

Su You handed over his hand again: "The Xia Kingdom has experienced chaos caused by the Liang family, and the people are waiting to be cared for. I am asking the king to recommend some wise ministers and return the twenty-six counties to bring peace."

Bingchang said: "The Xia Kingdom has many good generals but few civil servants. Liang Yi is mostly buried, and Wei Mingji is already considered one of the best... But there are still two people with both civil and military talents. If they are adopted by the imperial court, they should be

The blessings of my Xia people."
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