Chapter 32 The face of righteousness but doing harm
The words of the Censor He Ye were revealed, like a sword.
Geng Nanzhong's face was ashamed. Seeing that the emperor was extremely angry, Wang Boyan did not dare to persuade him anymore. None of these ministers had the backbone. After being killed by the emperor for several rounds, they naturally began to look at the emperor's face.
"He Qing said so well. Someone came and drove Geng Nanzhong into death row."
"Your Majesty! Please forgive me for your sins! Your Majesty..."
All the ministers were terrified. He was the emperor's teacher. He said he would be sent to the death jail.
"Take Liu Yanzong down!"
The tranquility of the court returned to its revival. The young emperor sat down and scanned the ministers. The incident of Geng Nanzhong made Zhao Huan deeply understand the corruption of the party struggles in the Song Dynasty. He used any means to defeat the other party.
Zhao Huan said angrily: "Some people, as important officials of the court, do not hesitate to harm national defense for the sake of party struggles and their own power, and destroy the country! They are so shameless! The books of sages have been read into shit!"
The ministers bowed their heads and shouted, "I know my crime, please calm your anger!"
Zhao Huan left the court in disappointment. After being angry, Zhao Huan felt that he would die early if this continued, so he simply stopped thinking about these problems and ran to the harem to find Empress Zhu. Before dawn, Empress Zhu in her sleep was awakened by Zhao Huan. After the two of them had a lot of rain, Zhao Huan was in a much better mood in the whisper of Empress Zhu.
After breakfast early in the morning, the emperor arrived at the Heavenly Prison. Li Gang was already waiting for the Emperor in the Heavenly Prison. They came to find Liu Yanzong.
Liu Yanzong had just finished breakfast when he saw the emperor coming, and quickly crawled over like a dog: "Your Majesty, the criminals have a plan to get rid of the enemy!"
"Liu Yanzong, tell me, how many people did Wanyan Zongwang bring?"
"Report to Your Majesty, Wanyan Zongwang brought a total of 30,000 people, of which only 6,000 Jurchens, and the rest were Khitans and Han people!"
"How much rations can you last?"
"Two months at most!"
Zhao Huan and Li Gang looked at each other and were overjoyed.
"Where is Wanyan Zonghan? How many real people are there?"
"Wanyan Zonghan does have an army of 60,000, each of them are strong and fierce." Liu Yanzong said, "but, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang are incompatible."
"How to disagree?"
"Wanyan Zongwang wanted to drive straight into the capital of Song, forcing His Majesty to increase the annual quota and bow down to his subordinates. But Wanyan Zonghan was determined to destroy the Song Dynasty, so he set his sights on Taiyuan and wanted to destroy them one by one!"
My mom! It’s not a good thing!
Zhao Huan said: "Liu Yanzong, didn't you just say that you had a plan to retreat to the enemy? Come on, let's hear it."
"As for orders, Your Majesty, the Jin thieves went south, and the excuse was the Zhang Jue incident, but in fact, it was because Guo Yaoshi, Dong Cai and others revealed the truth and reality of the Song Dynasty to the Jin thieves. Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan dared to be so arrogant. The criminals emphasized that the criminals were ministers of the Liao Kingdom before, not the Song minister. When the criminals were born, they were in the Liao Kingdom. There were many Han people in the Liao Kingdom. They did not want to return to the Song Dynasty for a day. However, they could not come back, and the criminals were not talented and could not bear to watch the Han people suffer. As officials of the Liao Kingdom, they had to do it. If the Han people were unwilling to be officials, the Han people born in the Liao Kingdom would probably be even more miserable."
Zhao Huan was a little surprised. Damn, this guy seems to be very reasonable. So, is it because I blamed him wrongly?
My mother is so happy! I was obviously asking about the strategy of repelling the enemy, but why did he get around the matter of being a loyal minister!
Liu Yanzong, you bastard, are indeed not a good thing!
Zhao Huan said with a straight face: "Speak the key points."
"Damn it! Your Majesty, the Jin thieves are alone in their army, and they will be unable to keep up. Your Majesty only needs to strengthen the wall and clear the country. Within two months, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan will inevitably withdraw their troops! Just..."
"Just what?"
"The Jin thief is fierce, it depends on whether His Majesty's troops can last for two months."
Liu Yanzong's doubts are reasonable. The Song Dynasty's army is famously weak all over the world. It is a grassland nation that can push the Song Dynasty's army back and forth to rub against the ground, without even resisting.
Zhao Huan was also unsure. He was very quick to ask him to kill a few civil officials in the court. If you ask him to command the Imperial City Department to do information, he is also a good player. But the army outside, Wo Ri, has just traveled over here, not long ago, and he hasn't even seen those people in Zhong Shidao.
What makes people feel a little confident at most is Zong Ze, who was appointed to Cizhou.
Only at this moment did Zhao Huan feel that his control over the army was actually very weak, and he had to take good care of this matter. According to the direction of history, Zhong Shidao and Yao Pingzhong's king-sustainment were almost here, so it began from then on.
After hearing Liu Yanzong's words, Li Gang said in obsession: "My millions of soldiers in the Song Dynasty are ready to die, and he will definitely make him Wanyan's little thief come and go!"
Liu Yanzong couldn't help but sneer. Li Gang is quite talented, but he knows nothing about military affairs. If he can win a war just by looking at death, he would be a ghost! What's more, the Jin thieves went south, and some of your descendants in the Song Dynasty ran faster than rabbits! Otherwise, how could Wanyan Zongwang cross the Yellow River in one breath?
"Liu Yanzong, I will save your life first and let you see how I played Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan to death!"
After leaving the prison, Zhao Huan asked Li Gang: "Li Qing, do you think it was to chop Liu Yanzong's head down and hang it at the city gate, or to make a bronze statue and kneel in public?"
Li Gang was slightly stunned and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what Liu Yanzong said just now is very reasonable. He was born in the Liao Kingdom and he is willing to be loyal to the former Liao Dynasty. There are many Han people there. If the Han people are determined to act and stop being officials, the Khitan or Jurchens' simplicity of the administration will probably cause many Han people to suffer."
"What do you mean?"
"Although Liu Yanzong is loyal to the enemy country, he is quite talented. If Your Majesty can conquer him, he can also use it for Your Majesty."
Zhao Huan couldn't help but look at Li Gang with admiration. He thought that Li Gang had a straight temper and would definitely agree to kill Liu Yanzong. Unexpectedly, he said this. It seems that there is a big difference between a straight temper and a person with only a fever.
Zhao Huan thought about it and said that there were many people like Liu Yanzong who were loyal to the Liao and Jin countries. Strictly speaking, the Song Dynasty was the Song Dynasty. If the Song Dynasty had not been weak and could not recover the land of Yanyun for a long time, why would the Han people there be like Liu Yanzong?
This situation is fundamentally different from the surrender of Guo Yaoshi and Dong Cai. I still have to separate them, otherwise what is the difference between it and the keyboard warriors who have been holding on to the stove all day in their minds in the future?
After meeting Liu Yanzong, Zhao Huan ran to see Geng Nanzhong again.
Zhao Huan has no sympathy for Geng Nanzhong. He is Zhao Huan’s teacher, not my teacher. I’m killing him like cutting cabbage!
"The sinners bow to the Emperor for peace!"
"Geng Nanzhong, tell me why you must negotiate peace with the Jin thieves! Why!" The young emperor said angrily, "I don't want to kill anyone! I still have many things to do! I have ambitions that are higher than Qin Emperor and Han Wu! But you are always forcing me to raise the butcher knife! I tell you, I will not be ruthless! At most, I am not aggressive because my talents are not enterprising and I have been chopped down. I feel sorry! But I can digest this kind of regret alone!"
"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, but the old minister is not talented. In the fifth year of Emperor Shenzong's Yuanfeng, the old minister passed the imperial examination and was able to serve the country since then. When the old minister first entered the officialdom, although the Song Dynasty was undergoing reforms by Duke Wang Wen, the court struggled continuously, but the court all spoke of righteousness. Although the Song Dynasty was not as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties, the people's lives were still rich. However, since the previous emperor, the court had turbidity, the civil affairs were declining, Fang La, Song Jiang and others were forced to rebel, the people were resentful, and the military was deflated. How could such a Song Dynasty fight against the Jin thieves again?"
"Geng Nanzhong, your words seem to make sense. I was almost framed by you. I ask you, the people at the city of Tokyo all said that they were fighting to the end. Why did you all want to make peace with the officials who read the books of sages? Could it be that you don't know that Li Gang is indispensable at this stage? You deliberately alienated me and Li Gang, and are also for the country and the king? I really hate your shameless faces who are righteous but do all the harming things!"
Chapter completed!