Chapter 7 Killing the Prime Minister in Front of the Five Dynasties
Many people have heard Yue Fei write a poem called "Manjianghong" since childhood, which mentions "The shame of Jingkang has not yet been eliminated, and when will the hatred of his ministers be destroyed?"
However, many people only know the Jingkang shame, but they don’t know how shameful Jingkang is?
This may be the most shameful thing in the entire Chinese history. None of them, the dignity of the Chinese royal family has been trampled on to the point of being worthless.
At that time, Tokyo City was forced to ask for gold and silver. Song Qinzong couldn't take out so much, so he used a woman to pay off the debt.
According to the "Kaifeng Prefecture Profile", a total of 11,635 women were finally selected to pay the deposit at a discount of 11,635 women, including 83 concubines (the little wife of Song Huizong and Song Qinzong), 24 princesses, 22 princesses, etc., with a total of 607,700 yuan in gold, 2.583,100 yuan in silver, and 4,000 palace maids and female musicians were considered gifts. Even so, plus the tribute of gold and silver, Song Qinzong, the great emperor, still owed the Jin people "342,700 yuan in gold and 871,300 yuan in silver."
This is not the most tragic thing. The most tragic thing is the emperor's sister. Zhao Fujin, the most recognized princess in the country at that time, was humiliated to death. All the women in the royal family were rhymed to the Northeast like slaves and forced to be military prostitutes.
The culprit, Song Huizong Zhao Ji, was lit with a sky lantern by the Jin people, and his body was refined with corpse oil, and he died extremely miserably.
Before his death, he blamed all the guilt of the destruction of the country on Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, saying that it was not his personal fault, but a treacherous minister who lied to him.
Whenever Zhao Huan read this history in his previous life, he thought that although the Jin people were hateful, they did one thing right, which was to light the sky lantern on Zhao Ji.
For example, when it comes to how shameless Cai Jing, Li Bangyan and others, there is only one person who eventually leads to the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty, namely Song Huizong Zhao Ji. Those women were dragged to the north like beasts and suffered humiliation, which was also the fault of Zhao Ji.
Therefore, the emperor had no favoritism for Zhao Ji. If it weren't for keeping Zhao Ji, it would be useful. The emperor would now want to find someone to hang him.
The reason why Emperor Zhao Huan had such a thought was not how righteous he was. He felt that as long as he was a mentally healthy Chinese in later generations, he wanted to hang him after knowing the harm of Zhao Ji.
After leaving Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan did not rest. On the first day of his journey back, his nerves were tense. He felt that there were crises everywhere. He felt that many things needed to be deployed. This feeling of uneasiness surrounded him.
At this time, some of Wanyan Zonghan's army had crossed the Yellow River, and a large number of Jin troops were gathering on the edge of the Yellow River. The war in the north was in a tight position, and Zhao Huan could not be sure that after killing Li Bangyan and other lords, he could ensure that Tokyo would not be destroyed.
Just after noon, the cold wind in the twelfth lunar month blew on people's faces, and it was sunny in the morning, but now it was snowing heavily.
Staying in the palace, Zhao Huan felt like a blind man. He always felt that he was completely out of touch with the outside world and felt even more insecure.
Zhao Huan was wearing black clothes and fancy clothes and walked on the streets of Kaifeng. It was so cold that Zhao Huan couldn't wait to come out of the palace in plain clothes and step out of the palace. He felt much more at ease.
Wang Kuian said worriedly: "The official family is cold, the land is cold. I will go and prepare a carriage for the official family."
"No need, don't call me the official family outside, remember?"
"Yes! Young Master!"
Tokyo is prosperous. Zhao Huan has read the books of his previous life. Now he is walking on the streets. Looking around, he has to sigh: It seems that history books are not all whitewashed. The city of Tokyo is indeed prosperous. It’s a pity that it was later captured by the Jin army and became an abolished capital!
He originally wanted to go to a restaurant outside Donghua Gate to take a look. He heard that there were many storytellers there, which were also the most prosperous area in Tokyo, and it was the most suitable for understanding what the people in Tokyo were thinking at this time.
But just now I didn't walk far, so I didn't see anyone walking in groups of three or five in one direction.
Zhao Huan said curiously: "Brother-in-law, where are you going?"
An old man passing by saw that Zhao Huan was dressed in luxurious clothes, and must have been the son of the Gui family. He hurriedly said, "This young master, a great thing is now spread throughout the capital. Now the emperor issued an order to kill four ministers at the Five Dynasties today! This is the first time since the founding of the Song Dynasty!"
After saying that, the old man followed others to hurried towards the Wuchao Gate.
Zhao Huan came to his senses only then. He looked at Xie Dahai and Wang Kuian. Wang Kuian said in his heart: This official family is really a forgetful person. He has forgotten the order he just issued in the morning court.
It was not that Zhao Huan forgot, but that he didn't know that it was this point of killing. After all, he came here through time, and he just came last night, so he knew that he gave orders, but he didn't know where to chop off the heads next.
It turned out that the Song Dynasty was beheaded outside the Five Dynasties Gate in Bianjing, and it was afternoon.
Zhao Huan immediately said, "Let's go, let's go to Wuchamen to take a look."
"Young Master, it's a filthy place, don't go..."
Before Wang Kuian finished speaking, Zhao Huan had already been whispered back with a look.
At this time, many people on both sides of the road leading to Wuchaomen were all holding leftovers and smashing the people in the prison car in the middle of the road.
"Smash him to death! Dog official!"
"Yes! These dog officials have never done a good thing!"
"When Zi Shengming today, he killed these dog officials and eliminated the harm to the people!"
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Zhao Huan heard the scolding of the common people and felt more at ease.
With the support of the people, what else is he afraid of!
He didn't believe that if an emperor loved by the people would kill more ministers and more scholars, the world would be in a rebellion!
As long as he has an army and a people, Zhao Huan is not afraid of anything, even if he does what he wants to do!
When we arrived at the Five Dynasties Gate, there were crowds of people outside the gate, and three people were kneeling, namely Li Bangyan, Tong Guan and Wang Fu. They were all very embarrassed at this time, and they had no ordinary temperament in the court.
"These three are all traitors and evil people. Today, they are wise and wise!" The person who spoke was a young man with a tall figure. He had a strong face and spoke loudly, without any hesitation.
"Hmph! Brother Ziming, no matter how hateful Cai Jing and others are, the emperor should not kill them, let alone in front of these ignorant grass-roots people. This is a slap in the face of us scholars! Taizu's Zushi system does not kill scholars and officials. Today, Zi destroyed the ancestral system. At the least, the government and the country will be in chaos, and at the worst, the country will collapse!"
"Brother Jiefang, I think it is time to kill. The emperor violates the law and commits the same crime as the common people, let alone the scholars and officials. These three people should be beheaded and shown to the public to serve as a warning!"
"Zi Ming, it is the ancestor system that does not kill scholars and officials!"
"So what about the ancestral system? The inappropriate ancestral system should be innovated!"
"Zi Ming, please keep your voice down and be careful to be heard by those who are interested!"
"I am a seven-foot man with a stern stern, so why not be afraid of it!"
The young man on the side shook his head and sighed: "Zi Ming, your personality needs to be changed, otherwise how can you become an official in the court and serve the country in the future!"
Zhao Huan happened to hear the conversation between the two people. When he heard the words of the young man named Jiefang, he cursed in his heart: It turns out that he is a corrupt scholar!
Chapter completed!