"Qin Zhongcheng, not far ahead is Xiangzhou. We are about to enter the territory controlled by the Yue Family Army of the Great Song Dynasty."
A Jurchen named Tata, who acted as a guard against the centurion of the Jin Kingdom, reported this to Qin Hui in the carriage.
Throughout the whole process, both the expression on his face and his tone were quite polite.
Upon seeing this, even though this was not the first time Qin Hui had encountered such an expression and tone, he was still a little flattered and seemed a little unaccustomed to it.
No way! Who called more than half a month ago.
Not to mention facing such a Jurchen, even an ordinary Jurchen, Qin Hui would have to smile to please him.
It's like a dog that keeps wagging its tail after meeting its owner.
Suddenly, such a person who used to have to work hard to please himself became someone who took the initiative to please himself. Not to mention, Qin Hui was not used to it for a while.
Of course, although he felt a little uncomfortable, he still felt a little angry and raised his eyebrows in his heart.
But when he thought about the reason why these Jurchens who once wished their eyes could grow to the top of their heads had such an astonishing change.
The whole person feels a little bad...
Today is already November 22nd of the first year of Maode.
Since that day, Emperor Wanyan Wu of the Jin Kingdom, together with a group of nobles, civil and military officials, had discussed in the court how to deal with the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty.
On the second day, Qin Hui, who had been threatened and warned by Wan Yanchang, took his wife Wang, and under the protection of this Jurchen to defeat the centurion and fifty or sixty golden soldiers, he began to hurry
The land returned to the Song Dynasty.
Before leaving, what did Wan Yanchang tell him?
After handing over millions of money and treasures to him, I told him one thing clearly:
After returning to the Song Dynasty, I must use this money to help them lobby hard, and make sure the Song people give up their plans for the Northern Expedition.
As long as such a task is completed, there will naturally be more benefits.
If not, all the good and scandalous things he did in the Jin Kingdom, which were tantamount to betrayal and surrender to the enemy, would all be publicized in the Song Dynasty, and he would not have a good ending.
It is precisely for this reason that after hearing the saying that "I will soon enter Xiangzhou and return to the territory of the Song Dynasty".
Qin Hui sighed in his heart. Tarta, who used to be so awesome and coaxing, was actually so arrogant and courteous.
I couldn't help but raise my head and look forward. Although there was still a long distance between Xiangzhou City and I couldn't see anything now, I still couldn't help but keep looking over.
The emotions in my heart are quite complicated.
On the one hand, he had long been accustomed to the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, but his time in the Jin people's territory was indeed quite unaccustomed to him.
Being able to return to the Song Dynasty and Kaifeng, I was naturally very happy.
On the other hand, he is very worried now, or to put it another way, he doesn't know how to complete the Jurchen's explanation when there is no way to turn back.
In Qin Hui's view, it was almost an impossible task to persuade the Song people to give up the Northern Expedition.
Because since the Battle of Zhuxian Town, the situation between the Song and Jin countries has turned around; just like the Jin Kingdom in the past was unwilling to let go of such a big piece of meat as the Song Dynasty.
How could the Song Dynasty let go of such a big enemy as the Jin Kingdom when it clearly had an absolute advantage?
Just when Qin Hui was worried about this matter, a voice behind him said: "My lord, are you worried about the Song Dynasty's withdrawal of troops? I have some ideas here."
After hearing this, Qin Hui immediately became energetic.
The person who spoke was none other than Qin Hui's wife, Mrs. Wang.
The Wang family is not a simple person. She is the granddaughter of Wang Gui, the famous "Prime Minister of Three Edicts" during the Shenzong period of the Northern Song Dynasty. She is definitely a queen of a famous family.
Hu Biao and the others were even very familiar with each other. The dead eunuch Tong Guan and Tong Taishi were the godfathers of the Wang family.
Therefore, after Wang, a woman from a good family and with extraordinary knowledge since childhood, spoke, Qin Hui immediately asked:
"Oh, ma'am, what's your clever idea?"
There was a look of expectation in his eyes as he spoke.
As for Wang, a relatively pretty woman at her age, she was between voluntary and forced during this period of time in the Kingdom of Jin.
Qin Hui no longer cared much about what happened with those Jurchens.
After hearing this, Wang immediately stated his plan:
"What else can we do? It is said that a gentleman can bully the enemy. The Song Dynasty court was different from the Jin Dynasty. It always cared about the opinions of the people, especially scholars.
The concubine's natal family is still very popular among officials and scholars in the Song Dynasty.
As long as the officials send some goods to them, they will probably come out and say, 'God has good virtues for living, and it convinces people with virtues'; as long as enough people say it, it will always have some effect."
Under such a statement, Qin Hui immediately felt a sense of enlightenment.
He is also a scholar, so of course he knows very well what some of them are.
After feeling relaxed, he immediately said to Mrs. Wang affectionately: "Madam, you are really my good wife~"
When Mrs. Wang heard such a compliment, her eyes became as charming as silk on the spot; but before the two of them could do anything else, they suddenly heard in their ears that the Jurchen was plotting to defeat the centurion.
Tarta, who was said to have had an unclear relationship with the Wang family, roared in horror: "No, the enemy is attacking, everyone must form a formation quickly..."
Three days later, there was an article like this on the front page of the Song Dynasty Times:
...According to an urgent report from Deputy Privy Envoy Yue of Xiangzhou, three days ago in the border area of Xiangzhou, Qin Hui, the former censor of the Song Dynasty, and his wife Wang, encountered the famous bandit "One Ear" in the area.
After a fierce battle, Qin Yushi was shot by more than twenty arrows and was beheaded to death by the owl.
A woman from the Xi Wang family even died after the valley road broke apart after being humiliated by everyone.
After hearing the news, Deputy Privy Councilor Yue quickly dispatched a large army to encircle and suppress "One Ear" and all his subordinates. However, after seeing that the thief had caused a huge disaster, he immediately broke up and fled without a trace...
I also heard that the Jin people took the initiative to release the Qin Yushi back to the Song Dynasty at this time.
The purpose of the attack was to return the plundered royal nobles, civil and military officials of the imperial court, a piece of gold and silver, and to surrender to me, the Song Dynasty, in exchange for stopping the Northern Expedition.
Our reporter interviewed the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, the Privy Councilor, and Duke Hu Yitong of the State of Qin about this matter.
Hu Gongyan said that Wanyan Wu was begging to buy a false emperor who had stolen a high position, and all the Haidong Jurchens were fearful of power and unethical; this time they were begging for mercy, just to delay time.
When he regains his strength someday, he will definitely remain ambitious and continue to spy on my flower-growing artifact.
Therefore, there is no mention of giving up the Northern Expedition. I, the Heavenly Soldiers of the Song Dynasty, will personally rescue all the royal nobles, civil and military officials.
I also warn Wanyan Wu to beg the false emperor that if we don’t want the whole clan to be destroyed when our Heavenly Soldiers from the Song Dynasty arrive, it’s best to tie ourselves up in front of our army’s formation and leave some way for the Jurchen clan to survive.
If not, destroy its species and exterminate its descendants...
In short, the content expressed in the above headline news is:
Qin Hui and his wife met a thief on their way back to the Song Dynasty and died, a tragic death.
It's a pity that the 'one ear' escaped, but it doesn't matter, the Song Dynasty has already gone to sea to capture the documents, and this evil thief will be brought to justice.
In addition, the grandsons of the Jin Kingdom should not think about the good thing of stopping the army.
Putting down your arms and surrendering is your only way to survive.
Not to mention that in such a "Song Dynasty Times", the Jin people did not know how many good horses were killed and were sent back to Shangjing.
Seeing the above content, Wanyan Wu Qimai and other senior officials of the Jin Kingdom had to give up their last fantasy while cursing.
Regardless of the fact that the Northland has already entered the season of ice and snow.
They began to mobilize as much as possible, using all the power they had at hand.
Facing a group of Han people, Liao people, Xi people, Bohai people and other local powerful people, they are now separated from each other. They each have their own ideas and begin to think that they are snakes.
The Jurchens mobilized all men above the age of fourteen and below the age of sixty.
He began to frantically build weapons and armor, and even forced a group of Han master craftsmen to think of ways to build some ballistae and gunpowder weapons to fight the enemy.
In the city of Kaifeng, Hu Biao put down the "Da Song Times" in his hand.
To the singer, a factory owner from the East Factory, he nodded and said:
"This matter has been done well, but there shouldn't be any consequences, right? If this is the case, we will have a better reputation. I'm afraid we will be bad on the street again."
After hearing this, the singer answered confidently:
"I'm worried. Only One Ear himself knew that our Dongchang was instigating this matter; other bandits thought it was just an ordinary robbery.
The guy 'One Ear' has taken advantage of the troubled times in the past few years, and his subordinates have stained the blood of many people, and they have been dealt with long ago, but dead people can't speak."
After hearing this, Hu Biao also let go of the last worry in his heart.
Yes, that's right! That thing about Qin Hui being attacked on the way was not an accident at all.
Since the battle in Zhuxian Town, although many local powerful men in the Northland have not taken the initiative to defect to the country with great fanfare so far.
But the secret contact in private and the goodwill are not done less at all.
Let Dongchang's intelligence network in the Northland expand rapidly.
Therefore, when Qin Hui and his wife were riding in a carriage and had just arrived near Yanjing, the relevant information was sent to the singer and Hu Biao through flying pigeons.
Without any hesitation, they made a plan to kill Qin Hui and his wife halfway.
Why? In the Song Dynasty, there was a stinking rule about not punishing scholar-officials.
Even when that guy Geng Nanzhong voluntarily confessed to the top crime of surrendering to the enemy and treason during the joint trial of the three departments, there was still huge public opposition to the decision to execute him.
To be more precise, it was a group of scholar-bureaucrats who raised objections.
In essence, it doesn't matter to them whether Geng Nanzhong dies or not. The key is that they cannot lose such a privilege.
I think after Qin Hui comes back, even if they produce relevant evidence, it will still be a problem to kill him.
So Hu Biao and the others simply killed this pair of thugs on the way to avoid a quarrel when they came back.
As for why Hu Biao had to kill Qin Hui and his wife? In a world like this, they actually didn't have time to do so many wrong things. Is it necessary to do so?
Just kidding! Hu Biao and the others are just a group of ordinary people. They are not judges on the plane who talk about evidence and reason. What they want is someone who understands their thoughts and has their own grudges and grudges.
If I really want to let Qin Hui go, I won't be able to sleep even thinking about it after I go back...
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As time continues to pass, it has arrived in December of the first year of Maode.
After a heavy snow began to fall, Kaifeng City also entered winter, and the temperature suddenly dropped.
However, in Kaifeng City, as the various preparations for the Northern Expedition were steadily advanced one after another, the atmosphere in the entire Kaifeng City became more and more heated.
Especially now, the shortened training of the new recruits in the boot camp has finally been completed.
As a planned army gradually began to form, even some women in the city who only cared about three meals a day felt the footsteps of the war getting closer and closer.
Thanks to the presence of a large number of veterans, the formation process of the now fifteen divisions has been relatively smooth.
The only small problem is how to arrange things for Hu Biao and others, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi, Gao Chong, Yu Yunwen, Yang Cunzhong, these famous anti-Jin generals in the early Southern Song Dynasty.
Talents, no matter where they are placed, will always be talents.
Among these people, Yu Yunwen, the youngest, is only sixteen or seventeen years old now, but in just a month, during the training in the recruit camp, he has already stood out because of his outstanding performance far beyond the others.
As a result, the list of these people fell into the eyes of Hu Biao and others.
Combined with some personal information and resume, you can see, good guy! Isn’t this some names and characters that are familiar to them in later generations?
As for how to arrange these people, should we promote them while they are still there?
Such things made Hu Biao temporarily call everyone over and have an impromptu short meeting tonight.
After some deliberations, Hu Biao knocked on the back of the table, interrupted the quarrel among everyone, and began to say: "Let's do this, we won't do the trick of encouraging others.
Let’s talk about it! Today’s new army of the Song Dynasty is completely different from the previous army. Even some of the original generals may not be able to convert into firearms troops.
Therefore, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun, and Yang Cunzhong, the three of whom have rich military experience, can first arrange a company commander.
With the abilities of these people, I believe they can still stand out based on their solid military exploits.
When the time comes, just follow the rules of the military and be promoted normally.
As for Liu Guangshi, he was a bastard among the four generals of ZTE. He became famous only because of the times. During the Northern Expedition, let him transport grain and grass, and then wait to be eliminated by history.
As for Yu Yunwen, I think it’s best for him to go to the Navy to gain some experience, so that he can cultivate a seed for the great voyages after we leave.”
After saying this, Hu Biao turned to look at the imperial concubine and said:
"Don't say that we don't promote our style. Gao Chong, a fierce man, can be your guard, but be careful about the impact. Don't just talk to people about poetry and poetry?"
Hu Biao's warning was mainly because after seeing Gao Chong's name, the girl's expression became quite excited.
"Go away, you don't believe me~" After hearing this sentence, the imperial concubine lost her composure in a rare manner.
In the following time, he solemnly explained:
"Indeed, after hearing the name of Gao Chong, I was quite excited at the time, but that was just based on the excitement of fans seeing their idol.
So let Gao Chong go to the cavalry division and become a company commander, it would be a pity to stay with me."
In response to such a statement, Hu Biao immediately nodded, confirming the arrangements for the above personnel.
In the following time, everyone did not even have a late-night snack together, and began to disperse in a hurry; after all, they are now so busy that they are almost crazy...
After everyone left, Hu Biao glanced at the clock in the corner and found that the time on it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.
It should be noted that this kind of boss clock is a new product recently launched by the Department of Commerce.
It is a product that Hu Biao and others put forward a concept and then developed by some jewelry craftsmen; with the skills of these people, as long as they have the concept, there is no problem in processing it.
Although it's a little bigger, I finally don't have to rely on a watchman to tell the time.
Even though it was already late at night, Hu Biao sat at his desk again after washing his face with cold water and stimulating his energy.
But this time, he did not continue to review official documents, but began to organize the language and write a book called "Hai Guo Tu Zhi".
Specifically, in the book, it is proposed that the world they currently live in is actually a huge sphere.
The most important thing is that it introduces the terrain, population, how to get there by sea, etc. on each continent on this sphere.
Among them, Hu Biao emphatically explained.
In the island country across the water from them, there is a huge Iwami Silver Mountain, which contains 200 tons of silver, which is more than 50 million taels.
If we use the island country as a springboard and use the monsoons and ocean currents to go all the way east, we can reach two continents that are many times larger than the Song Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Xixia, and the Western Regions combined.
The land is so fertile that crops can grow by just throwing seeds; gold, silver, furs and other specialties are abundant.
The indigenous people living above are all descendants of merchants with yellow skin and eyes.
Although he occupies a precious land, he still lives a backward life like a barbarian.
If we go straight south from Quanzhou, after bypassing the large and small islands of Java, there is also a large island several times the size of the Song Dynasty.
There are only some sporadic indigenous lives above, it is a land promised by God to grow flowers.
In short, Hu Biao wanted to use such a book to inspire the Song Dynasty to start a big voyage; to occupy all these treasures early on.
Let all the teeth of future generations, including John's family, be eaten away.
It is precisely for this reason that he drew many pictures of "Gallen Ship", "Clark Ship", "Treasure Ship" and so on at the back of the book.
Although it looks a bit ugly, it can be used as a reference for subsequent craftsmen to avoid making some detours.
As for why this book is still called "Hai Guo Tu Zhi"?
That was Wei Yuan who wrote this book. This big boss who was originally known as "the first person to grow flowers and see the world with open eyes" in history was actually a fellow countryman of Hu Biao.
