(Thirty-five) Yi
The national treasury is empty and people are in panic. How can there be so much gold and silver?
But the leader of the Zhuhe faction set his sights on the wealthy households in Bianliang City.
Be upright and confident, and speak righteously and sternly.
It was clamoring that the national crisis was at hand, and the wealthy men in Bianliang City who had been favored by the emperor should contribute as a matter of course.
As for the main fighting faction, Li Gang took the lead in opposing these peace terms.
This is tantamount to overestimating the material resources of the Song Dynasty and supporting the Jin Kingdom like a tiger.
Putting aside the huge amount of compensation for the time being, cutting off the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian was tantamount to throwing away all the barriers to the founding of the country. Yi
Originally, the lack of Yanyun's sixteen states left the Song Dynasty wide open and passively defensive.
Now, if these three-state barrier land is ceded again, in the future, if the Jin soldiers invade the south, it only depends on their mood, and Bianliang will no longer be able to resist.
It can be said that this approximately 10%, although it bought a temporary respite, it also meant that from now on, Bianliang City became the possession of the Jin people.
Even if you surrender, you may not be able to survive.
Zhao Huan was particularly unhappy. The Jin soldiers were fierce and had completely replaced the Liao army in the past few years. Now the Song Dynasty was even less able to resist.
These courtiers first did not agree with his peace proposal, and then they did not agree with the terms of the peace negotiation. Do they have to watch him die tragically under the butcher's knife of the Jin Dynasty before they give up?
The ancestor Zhenzong was able to sign the Chanyuan Alliance with the Liao Dynasty. The Liao and Song Dynasties were considered brotherly countries. The Song Dynasty gave the Liao 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 pieces of silk every year, with the Baigou River as the border, and exchanged money for peace. A hundred years of peace between Song and Liao. Yi
The Liao Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, so why couldn't he follow the example of his ancestors and re-sign an alliance with the Jin Dynasty to seek peace in the Song Dynasty?
With this thought in his mind, Zhao Huan asked.
As soon as this question came out, not to mention the main war faction, even the main peace faction couldn't help but hold their breath.
Sunge: I have seen stupid people, but I have never seen such stupid people.
Although the Chanyuan Alliance signed by Song and Liao also lost some land and paid annual tribute, it was essentially a product of geopolitics.
After the Chanyuan Alliance, the two countries of Song and Liao maintained a balance of power for a time, so that they could maintain a century of peace and promote the development of border economies.
But what about the covenant with the Jin people? Yi
It was clear that he had given up the Song Dynasty, but he was still complacent.
"Guan Jia, things between Song, Liao and Song and Jin cannot be compared."
The elder man of the Qin family gritted his teeth and spoke under tremendous pressure.
At that time, the Chanyuan Alliance was established with Daliao because the Song Dynasty was not afraid of Daliao and Daliao was determined to negotiate peace.
Nowadays, the Jin people are so ambitious that no matter whether they cede land or pay compensation, it is impossible to feed the Jin people.
What's more, that's five million taels of gold and fifty million taels of silver in the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian.
Losing power and humiliating the country, a hundred times more! Yi
Zhao Huan was speechless as he looked at Zuo Sijian, who was holding a wat board in his hand and with his head lowered. He was obviously very humble but showed an unwillingness to admit defeat.
Zuo Sijian and the Wang family were related by marriage. Almost everyone in the Wang family agreed with the peace negotiation. Even Qin Zuo Sijian's father-in-law, Wang Zhongshan, stated the benefits of the peace negotiation. However, the Qin man was particularly active in the main fighting faction.
He and Li Gang made him experience the feeling of being roasted on the fire every time.
It was as if he was rushing to give money and land to the golden man.
When the Supreme Emperor was on the throne, he could not even defeat Daliao, which was already in decline. So how could he be forced to maintain his integrity in front of the Jin people who had defeated Daliao?
This group of people will only make things difficult for him!
He didn't want to do this for a day. Yi
Zhao Huan curled up his lips and smiled coldly, "Zuo Sijian has been changed to official duties and is subordinate to Zhang Bangchang, the envoy to the Hebei ceding territory."
Aren't you unwilling to negotiate peace?
Don’t you deeply feel that you have lost your power and humiliated the country?
Then he decided to let Zuo Sijian, surnamed Qin, be the envoy to cede territory.
He wanted to see if these hard-nosed and tough-talking people would dare to argue in front of the golden man.
Seeing this, Li Gang begged for mercy.
Zuo Sijian still had the heart to resist gold for a moment. Yi
But Zhao Huan waved his hand and said, "You will go out to direct the military first, and we will discuss this matter slowly."
"Not in a hurry."
"You have the important responsibility of guarding the city, and the safety of the country depends on you. How can you be so fast-talking in this court for a long time?"
"Go down."
The voice was calm, even tinged with reliance and trust, but there was no room for doubt.
Zhao Huan also felt very complicated. On the one hand, he wanted to rely on these people led by Li Gang to defend Bianliang City, but on the other hand, he was deeply disgusted that these people prevented him from abandoning the city and escaping.
If it weren't for these warring factions, maybe he would have been living happily in the south of the Yangtze River like the Supreme Emperor. Yi
By then, his surname was Zhao, and he was still the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
That's all south of the Yellow River, and south of the Yangtze River. He can still rule across the river with the Jin people.
Even he could understand the situation, couldn't these war-fighting factions understand it?
Li Gang took a deep look at Zhao Huan, sighed, turned around and left the court.
Blindly cede, lose Hejian and Taiyuan, and if the Jin soldiers approach again, will the Central Plains be completely destroyed?
If Zhongshan is ceded and His Majesty flees south, it is not safe.
Do you really think that the Jin man's request for the three towns was just a whim? Yi
The official family was really blinded by the blind pursuit of cession and peace, and their meager existence.
A blind eye cannot hear any objection.
At this time, he could only tell Qin Zuosi that he would be blessed.
Sunge was too lazy to look at Zhao Huan any more, but turned his attention to the eldest son of the Qin family.
Just a moment later, the elder man of the Qin family's back seemed to be bent a little more, and he continued to speak in one breath, "The official, I am incompetent, and I can't do this well. I hope the official will choose someone wiser."
The voice of the eldest son of the Qin family was dejected and dejected, and there seemed to be some doubts.
He had self-doubt and wondered what he was insisting on. Yi
It was obviously right, but it offended the officials.
Is it possible that as a minister, the most important thing to do is to think what the officials want and make the officials happy?
But this was not his true intention as an official.
I still remember that thirty years ago, when asked by Mrs. Li, he could say without hesitation and without hesitation that he wanted to bring glory to the family, that he wanted to be successful in his studies, that he wanted to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, and that he wanted to punish evil and promote good to relieve the people's worries.
More than ten years ago, he would still be ashamed of his selfishness.
There should be justice above selfishness. Under selfishness, there should be a bottom line.
After serving as an official for ten years, he also kept in mind his original intention and had no regrets in his heart. Yi
It seems, of no use.
This country is still declining day by day.
And he was often rejected and scolded by his father-in-law and wife.
Now, he is disliked by the officials again.
Sometimes, he would also wonder if he would not be struggling as much as he is now if he had not married into the Wang family in high school.
What should he do, what is the right thing to do.
He really worked hard to defend the Zhao family's orthodoxy and wanted to protect his family and country. Yi
At this moment, Sun Ge felt that his whole body was extremely hot.
She had reason to suspect that if this continued, she might be burned to the point of smoking and then disappear.
The eldest son of the Qin family!
