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Chapter 6 The Golden Soldiers Go South

Wang De stayed in Jujing Garden, and Zhao Chen followed the eunuchs toward Funing Hall.

Zhao Chen practiced martial arts for three months and achieved his internal strength, and his physical fitness was greatly improved. It was more than five miles from Jujing Garden to Funing Hall. Zhao Chen ran all the way forward and gradually left the eunuchs behind. When he arrived at Funing Hall, Zhao Chen's face did not change at all, and his breathing was very normal, as if he was walking slowly here.

He waited for a while at the entrance of Funing Hall, and several guards had already gone to report. After a while, Zhao Chen truly entered Funing Hall.

At this moment, in addition to Song Qinzong Zhao Huan, Funing Palace actually had dozens of ministers.

The Dazai and the subordinate minister Zhang Bangchang is here, and the Young Master Li Bangyan is here. These are the two prime ministers in the court. In addition to these two, there are other important officials in the court, including Zhao Ye, Wang Xiaodi, Cai Mao, etc.

Originally, when Song Huizong was in power, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others were in charge of the government. However, with Song Huizong abdicating, Zhao Huan had replaced all the ministers in the court with his confidants, and he directly denounced Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others as treacherous ministers! It’s a pity that Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others were certainly treacherous ministers, but Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan and others appointed by Zhao Huan were also famous treacherous ministers in history!

There were several loyal ministers in the Qinzong Dynasty, such as Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Zhang Shuye and others, who were famous loyal ministers in history. However, these people were upright and not favored by the emperor and had long been demoted to various places! Now that there is a major event in the country, the emperor can only discuss solutions with one minister.

Seeing Zhao Chen coming in, Zhao Huan nodded to Zhao Chen and signaled Zhao Chen to stand beside him.

"Father, what happened? But... the Jin soldiers went south?" Zhao Chen asked anxiously.

"Not bad!" Song Qinzong nodded, his face a little heavy.

Zhao Chen felt nervous. Although he had known that the Jin soldiers would go south for a long time, when this incident really happened, he was still a little at a loss!

"My dear friends, tell me, how do we deal with the situation in front of us?" Song Qinzong looked down and said.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty?" Zhang Bangchang stood up and said.

"At the beginning of the founding of the country?" Zhao Huan was stunned and said, "What are you talking about?"

Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the country, our Song Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom had a feud. The Liao people often went south. Every time they went south, they were famous for "Dacao Valley". They just plundered the border and then they would leave quickly! Now the Jin Kingdom is the same as the Liao Kingdom, and they are also barbarians, and their ideas must be the same. They must also go south to "Dacao Valley", so there is no need to worry!"

Song Qinzong nodded. Although the ministers next to him were frightened, they nodded at this moment.

Zhao Chen couldn't bear it and said, "If the Jin soldiers descended all the way south to outside Kaifeng City, what should we do?"

Zhang Bangchang smiled and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, don't worry! In fact, after the last time the Jin soldiers headed south, they surrounded Kaifeng. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again, the court has already held heavy troops in the three northern towns! These three northern towns can definitely block the pace of the Jin soldiers, making it difficult for the Jin soldiers to continue moving south!"

"Three northern towns?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

He learned some historical knowledge, but he still had limited knowledge of ancient geography.

"The three northern towns are Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian! Taiyuan guards Hedong, Zhongshan guards Hebei, and Hejian guards Shandong. The three cities are connected in a line and distributed in the northern plains. The Jin soldiers can only continue to move south by breaking through the three northern towns! The three cities are extremely strong, and now there are heavy troops stationed. The Jin soldiers are barbarians and do not have many siege weapons at all. They cannot defeat these three cities at all!" Zhang Bangchang said.

Zhao Chen frowned. He didn't know how powerful the three northern towns were, but he knew that the Jin soldiers fought from the north to Kaifeng in just three months, and the three northern towns must have not played much role!

In fact, the three northern towns have indeed played a role in history, especially Taiyuan City!

During the Northern and Southern Song dynasties, two famous cities had their war achievements that lasted forever. One was Diaoyu City in the late Southern Song Dynasty, and the other was Taiyuan City in the Northern Song Dynasty. The former was famous for killing the Mongolian Khan, while the latter was famous for its tenacity. In the early Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin promoted the whole country's troops to attack Taiyuan City. With Zhao Kuangyin's strength, it would be difficult to conquer Taiyuan for the rest of his life. Later, Zhao Guangyi succeeded to the throne. He used millions of troops, and the number of crossbowmen alone exceeded 500,000, and surrounded Taiyuan City with the national manpower and material resources, but also used

It took almost a year to conquer Taiyuan City. The Jin soldiers invaded the south, and important northern cities fell one after another, but Taiyuan City remained firm. The Jin soldiers began to besiege Taiyuan City since their first trip south. Until now, Taiyuan City has been surrounded by Jin soldiers for more than half a year. In the past six months, Taiyuan City has not received assistance from one soldier and one soldier, and is still resisting. The most important reason why Taiyuan City fell after that was hungry. Taiyuan City was hungry, and all the food in Taiyuan City had been eaten up, and the city was broken.

The Northern Song Dynasty court had lost contact with Taiyuan City for more than half a year, but they still regarded Taiyuan City as one of the barriers to the north.

"So, Your Majesty, Your Highness, and all the ministers, don't worry! The Jin soldiers went south just to capture the grass valley. Even if it was not, it would be difficult for them to conquer the three northern towns! Let's just relax!" Zhang Bangchang said with a smile on his face.

"What if the three northern towns are conquered?" Zhao Chen said again.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is worried too much! Your Highness is young and he is scared, which is normal!" Zhang Bangchang said disapprovingly.

"You!" Zhao Chen was angry. He wanted to rush forward and kick this famous traitor in history to the ground.

"Okay, Chen'er, you are really young! Now you are only ten years old, what do you know?" Song Qinzong said.

"Father, my son has something to say!" Zhao Chen said.

"What else do you have? Just say it!" Zhao Huan frowned and said.

"Father, the Jin soldiers are strong, and the three northern towns may not be able to block the Jin soldiers! If the Jin soldiers head south and surround Kaifeng, wouldn't the country be in danger? Therefore, for the sake of the country, I think we should not over-believe in the three northern towns. We have other measures!" Zhao Chen said.

"Oh? Other measures? Let's talk about it!" Zhao Huan said.

"We should move the capital!" Zhao Chen said.

"What? Move the capital?" Zhao Huan was stunned. Not only Zhao Huan was stunned, but also Zhang Bangchang and other ministers were stunned.

"Not bad! Move the capital! During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, An Lushan rebelled. Didn't Emperor Ming of Tang retreat to Sichuan, but he still drove An Lushan away? We can also move the capital, avoid the leading position of the Jin soldiers, and then unite the national strength to fight to the death with the Jin soldiers!" Zhao Chen said.

This is an idea that Zhao Chen thought of these days! Since the Jin soldiers are strong and difficult to resist, it is better to move the capital! Whether it is to go to Sichuan, Jiangnan, or even to the west, temporarily avoid the Jin soldiers' edge, and let's talk about the rest later! Although he has been the prince for three months, he is still a student-minded person. Now he mainly wants to save his life! As for what to do in the future, he has not yet gone to this question! In his opinion, moving the capital can definitely save his life!

"Absurd! Your Highness, you are really making a big fuss!" A minister below said coldly.

This minister was named Liu Dong, but he was a loyal minister. When Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was in power, he wrote a letter to scold Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others, and he was also famous in the court. At this moment, Liu Dong heard that the prince was actually going to "mov the capital", and thought that the prince was so timid and cowardly, and was very angry! He thought that although the Jin soldiers went south, they had only conquered a few small cities in the north, and were still more than 3,000 miles away from Kaifeng. Now the prince is actually going to hide. He is so timid. How could this be the demeanor of a crown prince in a country?

"Chen'er, I will never talk about moving the capital again! If I move the capital under the threat of foreign tribes, how much infamy will I leave in the history books in the future? How can I explain it to future generations in the future? Wouldn't I become a foolish monarch like Emperor Ming of Tang?" Song Qinzong said.

He was afraid of leaving "stains" in history, but he did not know that the two emperors were captured and the shame of Jingkang was an unprecedented shame in Chinese history! In history, his evaluation was far inferior to that of Emperor Minghuang of Tang! Emperor Minghuang of Tang worked hard in the early stages, and gradually became incompetent in the later stages, causing the Tang Dynasty to decline from prosperity. However, even so, he could still be called a meritorious and deteriorating. Unlike Emperor Qinzong of Song, he did not leave any good things, and there was no positive comment in history books!

"Father, think about it again!" Zhao Chen said anxiously.

"Come on, take the prince down!" Zhao Huan shook his head and said.

Now Zhao Chen was "invited" by the guards again...

*******

Late at night, in the East Palace, the candles are bright!

Zhao Chen sat at the table without any sleepiness! At this moment, there were still two eunuchs in the room and two palace maids were serving each other.

Zhao Chen was very confused, but he couldn't think of a way to leave Kaifeng City.

"Your Highness, it's already late at night. Why don't you take a rest first?" After a long time, the eunuch next to him reminded.

"Rest? How can I sleep now?" Zhao Chen said with a wry smile.

It was finally time to come to this era. After only three months, was he going to face death?

The night was getting deeper, and a shrill cry came from afar, like a child crying, and the listeners felt cold in their hearts.

"What's the sound?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Highness, this is the sound of a wild cat calling in spring! Take a rest quickly!" said the eunuch.
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