Jiankang Mansion, where the emperor resided in Ye, was the temporary court of the Song Dynasty.
The Palace Front Division, the Imperial City Division, and the Royal Forest Army have long surrounded this place.
Not only here, Jiankang Prefecture has also implemented military control, and there are soldiers coming and going everywhere on the streets.
In fact, not only inside the city, but also outside the Healthy City, north and south of the Yangtze River, there were military ships everywhere, patrolling and actively defending.
Although ten days ago, in the north of the Yangtze River, under the arrangement of Liu, the Zhizhi envoy in the west of Jiangsu, Huaihe and Zhejiang, Qi, the commander of the left army in Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jia Hezhong, the commander, Wu Chao, and Wang Zuo, the fourth general of the Chinese army, set up an ambush.
Defeating more with less, they defeated the Jin army, killed thousands of households in Gao Jingshan, and captured hundreds of people, making it impossible for the Jin army to gain a foothold in the Zhenjiang area.
However, the Jin army located on the left bank of the quarry consisted of 100,000 people, and even the gold owner Wanyan Liang personally marched there, threatening the safety of the Yangtze River at all times. Therefore, the people of the entire Jiankang Prefecture were in panic.
We must know that when Jingkang was hard to come, the Jin army crossed the Yangtze River several times and burned, killed, and looted in Jiankang Prefecture. The local people thought of the lessons learned from the past. Is there any reason not to be frightened? In panic, various rumors spread
Nature is flying all over the sky.
In fact, those who were most worried about the Jin army's march south were Left Prime Minister Zhang Jun and Right Prime Minister Chen Kangbo.
When news of the Jin army's approach to the river reached Lin'an, the capital was in chaos. Civil and military officials sent their families away one after another, and Zhao Gou also wanted to "float on the sea to avoid the enemy." Only Zhang Jun, Chen Kangbo and Huang Zhong's family members stayed in Lin'an, and
Firmly opposed to escaping to the sea, Zhao Goucai expressed his "personal expedition" and continued to resist.
In other words, Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo were under great pressure to force Zhao Gou to "conquer personally". They were stationed in Jiankang Mansion, and under great pressure from the court and local governments, they gave the strongest support to the soldiers in front, and even more so to the generals.
Wang Quan and others who did not act changed their generals before the battle, and sent Ye Yiwen and Yu Yunwen to the front army to express condolences.
On the evening of November 8th, a messenger covered in sand and dust rushed into the capital, bringing the news that the Jin army had arrived at the quarry in the early morning of that day. It also brought the news that Yu Yunwen, a member of Zhongshushe, had organized his troops and was protected.
Zhao Gou and several ministers were silent for a long time at the news that the real people of the country had sealed the boat to help and were preparing to fight. After a long time, they sighed. Zhao Gou said: "Let God accept your fate and pass on the order. From tomorrow, the nine gates of Jiankang Prefecture will be under martial law and the army will be under martial law."
Be prepared to defend the city!"
After suffering for two days, on the morning of November 10th, Zhao Gou met with the main officials accompanying him. Everyone was silent for a long time in the government office lobby. In the end, Zhao Gou asked: "Zhang Aiqing, Chen Aiqing, the Jin army soldiers were quarrying, Yu Yunwen
The whole army is ready to fight. How is the battle going? How is the battle going? Is there any report?"
Zhang Jun first looked at the officials and found that there was a faint sarcasm in the eyes of countless officials, but he had no choice but to answer truthfully: "Back to the emperor, there is no report on the war situation at the moment. As soon as there is news, the veteran will report to the emperor immediately."
Zhang Jun was the leader of the war faction, but many of the civil and military officials present were from the peace faction. They kept writing letters, asking the emperor not to take personal risks and to avoid the enemy at sea. They even impeached Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo as emperors.
Mind in a place of danger.
"There is no news, maybe it is good news." Zhao Gou sighed.
At this time, I felt a lot of regret in my heart.
If I had known that the Jin Kingdom was so unfaithful, why were they so anxious to kill Yue Fei?
Keeping Yue Fei to make the people of the Jin Kingdom fearful, I can sit firmly on the throne of the emperor.
Thinking that he had been under the threat of the Jin for most of his life, Zhao Gou's mind was wandering and he sighed casually: "Zhang Aiqing, now that Jiankang Mansion has nine gates under martial law, then give me a decree.
, let the common people and gentry in the Gyeonggi area take refuge in the city when necessary."
But Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo frowned.
Given the natural dangers of the Yangtze River, allowing people to enter the city at this time would definitely cause panic.
So Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo looked at each other, and the former said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to do this. Our army has the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and as your Majesty has testified, our army's morale has greatly increased, and we will definitely be able to defend the enemy in the north of the Yangtze River."
"Prime Minister Zhang's words are wrong." Tang Si, the political counselor, stepped back and said: "It is true that the Yangtze River is naturally dangerous, but the Yangtze River is thousands of miles long and there are more than 100,000 Jin troops. They attack separately and our army defends
How can we defend the Yangtze River if it is impossible to defend and defend it? You can see that the gold master Wan Yanliang is quarrying. There are also Jin troops in Zhenjiang to the east. It can be seen that they are flexible and difficult to fathom. According to Weichen, since the Yangtze River cannot be defended,
Instead of defending, it is better to lure them with benefits, appease them with laws, restore the border cities and pacify their chiefs, then the Jin people will go away, the Yangtze River will be safe, and your Majesty can rest easy."
"Inducing him with benefits and pacifying him with laws?" Chen Kangbo snorted and asked: "Mr. Tang, do you want the emperor to surrender to the Jin people and use our heads to appease the Jin people?"
The last time his head was chopped off to appease the Jin people, it was Yue Fei.
However, after Yue Fei's death, the Shaoxing Peace Conference only lasted for twelve years, and the financial backer Wan Yanliang once again went south to conquer the country. This shows that the enemy's appetite is simply hard to fill.
Tang Situi smiled faintly: "Xia Guan didn't mean that."
After saying this, he returned to the ranks of the ministers without saying a word.
Zhao Gou glanced at it and understood.
Although Tang Sidei stepped on Qin Hui's head and came to power, he still did not change his position as a peace minister.
His statement was actually telling Zhao Gou that if he wanted to check and balance Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo in the future, he would give up and do the hard work.
Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo glared at Tang Sihui fiercely, but could not say a word.
Zhao Gou didn't say anything, and after a while he said: "As a favor to you, please postpone the discussion until the details of the quarry war are reported."
Tang Si Tui was overjoyed and knew that Zhao Gou was seeking peace again. He quickly thanked the Ming Emperor and said:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. I am afraid that this quarrying war is already a disaster. Yu Yunwen, a member of Zhongshushe, is very loyal and devoted to the country. I admire him. But after all, he is a scholar and has no military knowledge. He is protecting the country.
The real person in the country knows the art of Fengzhou, but does not understand military strategy. Since Wan Yanliang, the financial lord, is marching south, of course he is fully prepared. I am afraid that Yu Yunwen has already been defeated and died for his country, and Fengzhou may have surrendered to the enemy."
"What?" As soon as he said this, Zhao Gou's heart suddenly tightened and he could hardly breathe.
"Fengzhen's magic skills reach the heavens. I promised him to publish his Taoist mantras to the world. How could he betray me?"
"Your Majesty, the people who occupy the Central Plains today are the Jin people. The Jin people are powerful. Feng Zhou wants to publish his works all over the world. Only the Jin people can do it. What's more, of the three disciples he has accepted, two are from the north and the other two are from the north.
One of them has been living in the north for a long time, so I have to worry. Your Majesty, please immediately issue an order to capture Feng Zhou’s apprentice and guard Pang Yong in front of the infantry hall, and imprison him to prevent any unexpected events."
Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo turned around and glared at Tang Situi.
Isn't this too shameless?
You don't hesitate to torment people like this in order to get the upper hand.
If someone is Feng Zhenren and he is fighting at the front, you are going to arrest his disciples and imprison him. This is simply shameless.
But Zhao Gou remained silent, feeling quite justified in his heart.
The peace minister, Wang Zhiwang, saw that the time had come, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think Tang Xianggong's words are reasonable. In my opinion, the situation in the quarrying war must be very bad, so your Majesty might as well take advantage of it."
This is an opportunity to accuse Fengzhou of surrendering to the enemy and destroy his Danxiao Palace to soothe the hearts and minds of the army and the people!"
At this point, the peace faction has dominated the situation, and ministers from the peace faction continue to come out to accuse Feng Zhou of interfering in state affairs and restraining the emperor from injustice.
A guy who practices Taoism gets too involved in military affairs and affects the emperor's mind. This kind of monster must be killed, otherwise how can we negotiate with the Jin people?
In fact, Feng Zhou was just a pawn used by the ministers to counterattack.
Their goal, of course, is to recruit the war ministers headed by Zhang Jun and Chen Kangbo, so that the peace faction can take power.
It's just that the battles in the court are always indirect attacks and there is no direct confrontation.
"Your Majesty, sealing the boat without killing people is not enough to make the people angry!" Just when the ministers of the Lord Peace Party were unanimous in their voices.
Zhao Kui, the left minister of the Ministry of War, suddenly held up a memorial and stumbled into the government office lobby with a red face. Before he could salute, he shouted: "Your Majesty, Tangbao! The quarrying paper has been delivered! We just arrived in the capital!"
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"How is it? Have the Jin conquered the Yangtze River?" Zhao Gou stood up nervously and asked.
In full view of the civil and military officials of the court, Zhao Kui, who was blushing, coughed first, then knelt down and shouted excitedly at the top of his voice: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor on the great victory! The great victory in quarrying! Yu Yunwen defeated the Jin army with 20,000 troops.
An army of 100,000! Killed tens of thousands of enemies! Captured over 10,000 enemies! Killed nine Jin generals and captured six alive. Feng Zhou, the real protector of the country, and Xin Qiji, the deputy commander of the front department of the palace, captured the gold master Wan Yanliang alive and seized his inheritance.
Jade Seal! And the total casualties of our army are less than 700!"
"What?" In the government office hall, everyone's eyes widened, and Zhao Gou shouted like crazy: "The entire army of one hundred thousand Jin people was wiped out? Wan Yanliang was captured alive? It was God who saved me,
God helps me!"
The civil servants and generals present were all shocked at first, and then bowed to Zhao Gou together: "Congratulations to your Majesty, congratulations to your Majesty!"
Here, the voices of Tang Situi, Wang Zhiwang and others were both high-pitched and trembling.