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Chapter 459

When Lu Zhi heard the movement, he hurriedly wanted to run away. Seeing this, Li Qiong rushed forward several steps, grabbed Lu Zhi with both hands, and ordered him to tie Lu Zhi up. Zhang Jing couldn't see it and said, "You can always discuss everything, why did the medicine seize the imperial officials without authorization?" Li Qiong shouted sternly: "The court is so confused, what else am I doing here? If you want to survive in death, surrender to Liu Yu quickly!" Zhang Jing was furious and scolded: "If you surrender to Liu Yu, you will be a traitor!"

The commander Liu Yongheng and the commander Qiao Zhongfu and others shouted in unison: "Everyone can be punished by traitors, and we should fight the thieves for the country." Before he finished speaking, Li Qiong had already drawn his sword and unsheathed them and ordered the soldiers to kill Zhang Jing and others. Zhang Jing, Liu Yongheng, Qiao Zhongfu drew his sword to resist, but after all, he was outnumbered. After a fight, the three of them completed their lives one after another. Li Qiong led the entire army of 40,000 people, carrying Lu Zhi, and rushed north to the Huaihe River.

Lu Zhi shouted to Li Qiong, "How can I see this traitor Liu Yu?" Li Qiong asked someone to lead Lu Zhi forward, and Lu Zhi scolded angrily: "Rebel slave! I will die if I die, and I don't want to cross north." Li Qiong still didn't want to kill Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi said loudly to everyone, "Liu Yu is just a rebel minister, who doesn't know? Are there no heroes in your army, and just willingly surrender with Li Qiong?" Everyone was very moved, so more than a thousand people stood still. Li Qiong was afraid that the morale of the army would shake, so he assassinated Lu Zhi with a knife, and then rode his horse to cross first and surrender to Liu Yu. After Lu Zhi died, his hair and silk was left on the ground, and someone picked it up. He returned to Wuzhong and handed over to Lu Zhi's wife Wu. Wu cried westward and even hanged himself.

When Zhang Jun heard that Lu Zhi was killed, he regretted not believing in listening to Yue Fei's words, which led to this change. Zhang Jun impeached him and tried to resign. Zhao Gou asked Zhang Jun, "Can Qin Hui succeed after you go?" Zhang Jun replied, "I thought Qin Hui was talented the day before yesterday. I recently worked with him, and only then did I realize that Qin Hui was really ignorant." Zhao Gou said, "Since that's the case, it's better to be Zhao Ding again." Zhang Jun kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty has a clear understanding, and you can be said to have obtained the right person." When Zhang Jun retreated to the court, Zhao Gou immediately issued an edict to order Zhao Ding as the Secretary of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Privy Council, dismiss Zhang Jun as a scholar in Guanwen Hall, promoted the Taiping Xingguo Palace in Jiangzhou, and removed the Governor's Office.

However, Qin Hui originally expected to become prime minister, but was stopped by Zhang Jun, so he naturally gritted his teeth and hated him to the core. Qin Hui instigated the censors to submit comments to attack Zhang Jun one after another. Zhao Gou was confused by Qin Hui and planned to exile him. Just then, Zhao Ding begged for the imperial edict to appease Huaixi. Zhao Gou asked, "You send Zhang Jun out first, and I will punish him for the imperial edict now." Zhao Ding replied, "Zhang Jun's mother is old, let alone Zhang Jun has the merit of serving the king."

Zhao Gou said unhappily, "The merits and crimes are not worthy of each other. I only know that if the merits are rewarded, and if the crimes are punished." After Zhao Ding retreated, an internal order was issued and exiled to Lingnan, Zhang Jun District. Zhao Ding took the approval document and refused to issue it, and dated his colleagues to submit a report to the full explanation. The next day he entered the court, he defended Zhang Jun. Before Zhao Gou's anger was calm, Zhao Ding paused and said, "Zhang Jun's crime is just a mistake. No matter who is in the world, all the plans are always perfect. If a setback fails, he will put it to death, and others will be regarded as a fear. Even if they have strange plans, who dares to propose it? This matter is related to the overall situation. It is not my personal protection for Zhang Jun alone." Zhang Jun recommended Zhao Ding, and Zhao Ding also saved Zhang Jun. Both of them could not bear past grudges and not even a good character.

Wrong. Zhang Shou also begs for pardon for Zhang Jun. Zhao Gou then only surrendered Zhang Jun as Secretary-General, divided into Xijing, and lived in Yongzhou. Li Gang submitted a memorial to rescue him again, but received no reply.

Since Zhang Jun resigned, Zhao Gou remembered Yue Fei again, so he urged him to recall Zhang Jun and his original position in the official uniform. Yue Fei strongly refused, but Zhao Gou did not agree. Yue Fei had no choice but to enter the court to wait for punishment. Zhao Gou comforted him and ordered Yue Fei to go to Jiangzhou to serve as reinforcements from Huai and Zhejiang. After Yue Fei took office, he came up with a counter-espionage plan, asking the Jin people to depose Liu Yu, and then submitted a memorial to request the restoration of the Central Plains.

In the past, the Jin Dynasty established Liu Yu as emperor, and Talan persuaded Nimoji, so he was able to succeed. Nimoji once stationed in Yunzhong. After the tyrant Wanyan Dan ascended the throne, he summoned him to the court as prime minister. Gao Qingyi also followed him into the court and was appointed as the left prime minister of the Shangshu. However, Pu Luhu and the two of them were in disagreement and wanted to harm them repeatedly. Gao Qingyi saw through the hidden information, so he persuaded Nimoji to take the opportunity to usurp the throne and become independent, and to get rid of Pu Luhu by the way, but Nimoji did not dare.

Soon, Gao Qingyi was guilty of corruption and was arrested and imprisoned. Shanwuyi begged to remove him from his position, deposed as a commoner, and spared his life, but the financial owner refused to agree. Before Gao Qingyi was executed, Shanwuyi came to the court in person and said goodbye to him. Gao Qingyi cried and said, "If you had listened to me, how could you be today?" Shanwuyi could only sobb. Shanwuyi was beheaded in a flash, Shanwuyi cried and returned. Then the financial owner punished Shanwuyi's confidant clerks several times. Shanwuyi was very depressed, so he went on a hunger strike and died of drinking.

Liu Yu lost a powerful foreign aid, and because he was rejected by the Jin people after the defeat in Outang, the Jin people already wanted to depose Liu Yu. After Yue Fei found out the news, he tried to get rid of Liu Yu. Just then, Yue Fei's subordinates arrested a spy from the Jin army, and Yue Fei decided to use the spy to carry out a counter-espionage plan. He ordered people to take the spy to the lobby and conduct an interrogation in person. He did not torture him, but pretended to admit the wrong person.

After the spy was brought, Yue Fei asked as soon as he met, "Aren't you Zhang Bin sent by our army to Liu Yu? I asked you to agree that Liu Yu would use a trick to lure Jin Wushu to capture Jin Wushu. Why haven't you come back yet? I later sent someone to Liu Yu to investigate the situation. Liu Yu had already agreed to use the joint attack on the Yangtze River with Jin Wushu as bait to capture him alive in Qinghe. There was no news for you to go there, but now you have been caught back. What's your intention? Why don't you come quickly and come with the real trick!"

The Jin Dynasty's secret agent was afraid of being killed by Yue Fei, so he pretended to be Zhang Bin. Yue Fei wrote a letter, which said that he would jointly plan to capture Jin Wushu alive with Liu Yu, and used wax to seal the envelope and hand it over to the secret agent. He also told him to be careful on the way and to send the letter to Liu Yu safely, so that there would be no losses. The Jin Dynasty's secret agent expressed his intention to make meritorious contributions and hoped that the general would forgive him.

The spy naturally ran back to the Jin State camp and handed the letter written by Yue Fei to Jin Wushu. After seeing the letter, Zong Bi became more jealous and suspicious of Liu Yu. He immediately rushed to Wanyan Dan and reported it in detail. It happened that Liu Yu sent an envoy to the Jin State, requesting that Liu Lin be appointed as the crown prince, and requesting to send troops to invade the south.

It turned out that Li Qiong led 30,000 troops to rebel and surrender to Liu Yu. Liu Yu was very happy. He met Li Qiong in Wende Hall and appointed him as the governor of Jingnan Army and the governor of Hongzhou. Li Qiong persuaded Liu Yu to invade Song, but Liu Yu asked Jin for reinforcements and said that Li Qiong wanted to serve himself. At this time, the Jin Kingdom had already intentionally eliminated Liu Yu, fearing that his troops would be difficult to control, so he said that Li Qiong might have surrendered.

He ordered Liu Yu to disband Li Qiong's army.

The Jin Dynasty had already planned to depose Liu Yu, and Liu Yu also asked for troops from the Jin people. The Jin Dynasty appointed the Jurchen Wanhu Shuba as the Left Chief Supervisor of the Marshal's Mansion to station troops in Taiyuan, and the Bohai Wanhu Databu also served as the Right Chief Supervisor of the Right Chief Supervisor. Therefore, the Shangshu Province reported that Liu Yu had no achievements in governing the country and should be abolished. On November 18, the Jin Dynasty abolished Liu Yu as the King of Shu.

Before, Wanyan was the first to be the commander of Wanyan Chang. Jin Wushu said that he had invaded Bian in the south and deceived Liu Lin to Wucheng. He immediately commanded the cavalry, surrounded and captured Liu Lin from both sides, and then ran into the city. Liu Yu was shooting arrows in the martial arts hall. Jin Wushu led three cavalrymen to break into Donghua Gate, dismounted and grabbed his hand, and went to Xuande Gate together, forcing him to ride on a weak horse. People on both sides showed sharp blades to hold him hostage and were imprisoned in Jin Mingchi.

The next day, Jin Wushu summoned hundreds of officials to pronounce an edict to blame Liu Yu, and used thousands of cavalry to surround the palace gates, and sent a small school to patrol the streets and alleys, threatening: "From now on, you will not issue your military service, and you will not charge your exemption money. Kill people who look like beasts for you, and ask your old master Shao Emperor to come here." So people's hearts were slightly calmer. Xingtai Shangshu Province was established in Bian, and Zhang Xiaochun Quan Xingtai left prime minister Zhang Ang was the prefect of Mengzhou, Li Ye's prefect Daizhou, Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, Li Qiong, and Guan Shigu were also the chiefs of a county. The Jurchens Hu Shahu were left behind in Bianjing, and Li Qiong was the deputy left behind. Each army ordered soldiers to return to farming, and the palace people could get married. They received more than 1.2 million taels of gold, more than 1.6 million taels of silver, more than 900,000 hu of rice, two million shovels of silk, and more than 98.7 million shovels of money.

Liu Yu begged and said, "There is nothing we have to do to be sorry to the Dajin." Wanyan Chang said, "In the past, the young emperor of the Zhao family opened the capital, and the people burned themselves to death. The crying sounds could be heard from far and near. Now you have been deposed and no one pity you, why don't you blame yourself?" Liu Yu had no choice. The Jin soldiers forced him to leave, and he expressed his willingness to live in the Han Qi mansion in Xiangzhou. Soon he and his son Liu Lin were moved to Linhuang. The Jin Kingdom appointed Liu Yu as King of Cao and gave him land to live.

When Yue Fei heard that the Jin Kingdom had been trapped, he immediately asked Han Shizhong to submit a memorial at the same time, asking to take the opportunity to fight north. However, Zhao Gou was deceived by Qin Hui at this time. Of course, he also hoped that he would be determined to be at peace, so he would not think about the northern expedition. Coincidentally, Wang Lun came back from the Jin Kingdom and told Zhao Gou that the Jin Kingdom promised to return the coffin and Empress Dowager Wei, and was willing to return the land in Henan.

Zhao Gou said happily: "If the Jin people can agree to what I want, there is no need to worry about it." Five days later, Zhao Gou sent Wang Lun to the Jin Kingdom to welcome the coffin, and discussed going back to Lin'an. Zhang Shoushang said: "Jiankang is the old capital of the Six Dynasties. It is majestic and can control the Central Plains in the north. Besides, there is a natural chassis of the Yangtze River, which is enough to resist the strong enemy. Your Majesty's mat has not yet been sleepy. He also wants to go south, Baisi and the Six Armies, which is too diligent and wasted the people's strength and national benefits. It is better to be less safe than this, and it is enough to comfort the people in the Central Plains."

But at this time, Qin Hui was just winning, and Zhao Gou was fascinated, so he was not willing to listen to his loyal advice! Zhao Gou then set out from Jiankang and returned to Lin'an. Prime Minister Zhao Ding was also enlisted by Qin Hui, saying that Qin Hui could be a great task and recommended him as the right prime minister. Zhang Shou saw that the court was even worse, so he tried to resign and became the governor of Wuzhou. Qin Hui was actually appointed as the Right Pushe of the Shangshu and the envoy of the Privy Council. Yan Dunfu, the Minister of Personnel, said: "The treacherous man has entered the prime minister and has no hope of recovery." The courtiers also said that Yan Dunfu said the wrong thing. Unexpectedly, as soon as Qin Hui became prime minister, he honestly carried out the word "peace".
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