Chapter 230 Zhao Ji flees south (1)
Qinzong knew that Tong Guan escorted the Supreme Emperor to Bozhou to offer incense, and he intercepted it, but did not intercept him. However, tens of thousands of people wanted to accompany the Supreme Emperor to Bozhou, and Qinzong did not know about this situation. Qinzong thought, if all the people in the city went south, who would protect Bianjing? Therefore, Qin Zong was greatly panicked. Qinzong immediately issued an order: "Order Zhang Shuye, the shepherd of Kaifeng, to immediately close the south gate of Bianjing. Except for court officials who are ordered to go out on business, all officials, soldiers and civilians with their families, etc., are not allowed to leave the city."
Zhang Shuye replied loudly: "I will obey the imperial edict!" Then he resigned to Qinzong, took Xu Ce out of the hall, and made arrangements to control the city gate.
At that time, Huizong Zhao Ji left in a hurry and only brought with him a few harems such as Queen Xiangong Wang Fanying, Queen Xiansu Zheng, Queen Xianren Wei, Wang Guifei, Qiao Guifei, Cui Guifei, Yang Xianfei, Wanyi Lin Yuemei, and even Mingfei Master Li didn't have time to notify. Therefore, Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Li Bangyan, Zhu Meng and other treacherous ministers and traitors did not know that the Supreme Emperor had left the capital. Gao Qiu was away on business, and he didn't know that the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji had left the capital and went to Bozhou to offer incense.
Cai Jing also learned about Huizong's whereabouts from the troubled people. Although Cai Jinggui was the prime minister and a bachelor of the current dynasty, his information may not be better than that of some common people. The family members of some common people worked beside the Emperor and served the Emperor. If the Emperor made any move, the servants would immediately know about it and pass it on to their families. Not to mention such a big thing as the Jin soldiers approaching Bianjing City and the Emperor going south to offer incense. .
When some servants in the palace learned that the Supreme Emperor was going south to Bozhou to offer incense, they knew that the capital was in danger. They hurriedly reported this information to their families, and the news spread from place to place. The common people who learned the news thought, since the Supreme Emperor has left the capital, how can the capital be saved? So, everyone panicked, packed their families and people, swarmed out of the city, and followed the Supreme Emperor southward to find safety.
After the people in Cai Jing's mansion learned of this situation, they hurriedly returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion and reported the situation to Cai Jing. Cai Jing was frightened and panicked when he got the news. Cai Jing was so shocked that the Supreme Emperor went south to Bozhou to offer incense without notifying him in advance. This showed that in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor, he was no longer useful. What was panicking was that with the Supreme Emperor gone, the capital would not be safe. Once it falls, the lighter ones will be plundered and the heavier ones will lose their lives. This is no joke. You have to run! At this time, Cai Jing didn't care about anything. He hurriedly asked his followers to bring gold and silver, and his family took three carriages to the south gate to escape from the capital.
Cai Jing rode a sedan in front, followed by three carriages with family members behind him. With more than a dozen government officials leading the way, he finally arrived at the south gate of Bianjing. The soldiers guarding the gate blocked the government officials who were clearing the way in front with guns. The government servant in front of Cai Jing's sedan was usually arrogant and had never been stopped by anyone. Now he was stopped by the gatekeepers. He was furious and loudly rebuked the soldiers: "How brave! This is Taishi Cai's sedan and his family members' Carriage, you wait until the soldiers are so brave that you even dare to block Master Cai’s sedan?! Why don’t you avoid it!”
Seeing this, the leading school officer took a step forward and said, "Listen, Yamen, we are ordered by Kaifeng Mansion to guard the city gate and strictly prohibit court officials, soldiers and civilians from leaving the city without permission."
Cai Jingwen, who was sitting in the sedan, heard the conversation outside the sedan and was very angry. He thought to himself, I am the prime minister and grand master of the imperial court, and am I in charge of his Kaifeng mansion? What do you mean by leaving the city without authorization? Can I be called out of the city without permission if the Grand Master of my dynasty leaves the city? Do you want to report it to Kaifeng Mansion? ! This is really unreasonable! Angry, Cai Jing opened the sedan curtain and said to the leading school officer: "Your sergeant, come to my sedan." The colonel saw the sedan curtain move, and Cai Jing's old face was revealed behind the curtain, and he heard Cai Jing step into the sedan. Go forward, quickly move forward, come to the sedan, look at Cai Jing in the sedan and bow. Cai Jing asked: "You sergeant, do you know who I am?" The school officer replied: "As for the Grand Master, you are Grand Master Cai." Cai Jing roared angrily: "Since you know the time, Grand Master Cai, why do you stop me?" Your sedan chair?!" The school officer bowed to Cai Jing again, and replied in a neither arrogant nor humble manner: "To tell the truth to Grand Master Cai, we have received an order from the Kaifeng Prefecture that no official will be allowed to leave the city with his family." Cai Jing was a little less angry. After a while, he said to the school official: "Did Zhang Shuye, the shepherd of Kaifeng Prefecture, order the Grand Master's sedan chair not to leave the city?" The school officer replied: "That's not true, it's just that the Kaifeng Prefecture issued an order from the Holy One. , all officials from the DPRK and Central Government who are taking their families out of the city will not be allowed to leave. I ordered the Grand Master Zhongweidao to take their families out of the city." Cai Jingjian said, and suddenly lost his temper. The school officer stood up straight and looked businesslike. The school officer thought to himself, the current crisis in Bianjing City is all caused by you and other treacherous ministers and traitors. Now that Bianjing is in crisis, the army and the people will suffer. You are about to run away in sedan chairs, high carriages and horses. How can there be such a thing? Waiting for something? ! You'd better go back obediently and wait for the new emperor to take care of you!
Cai Jing in the sedan chair had no choice but to abandon his family and go out of the city alone, so he suppressed his anger and ordered the government officials: "Go back home!" After hearing the order, the government officials turned around and shouted, He scolded the soldiers and civilians who were blocking the road, and protected Cai Jing's sedan chair and the carriages of his family members, and returned to the Grand Master's residence.
At this time, Tong Guan was escorting the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and had already left Bianjing for dozens of kilometers. The Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, who was riding in the sedan chair, was extremely panicked and wanted to get as far away from Bianjing as possible. Behind Zhao Ji's sedan, for several miles, followed the people fleeing from Bianjing. Zhao Ji's sedan was surrounded by more than a thousand elite soldiers and guards, and he hurried southward.
Tong Guan was riding on his horse, following closely beside the sedan chair of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji.
Zhao Ji in the sedan talked to Tong Guan from time to time to understand the progress.
Tong Guan told Zhao Ji: "The Supreme Emperor has won the hearts of the people. There are tens of thousands of people, soldiers and civilians who followed the Supreme Emperor out of the city, stretching for dozens of miles. It is a spectacular sight!"
Zhao Ji, who was in the sedan chair, saw this and hurriedly ordered the bearers to stop their arrogance. Tong Guan didn't know what the Emperor meant by asking him to stop his arrogance, so he hurriedly ordered the bearers to stop their arrogance. The Supreme Emperor got out of the sedan chair and said to Tong Guan: "You have brought a horse, and I will ride on it and ride with you." Upon hearing this, Tong Guan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it! This mess has disturbed the Supreme Emperor. There was a mistake, and I cannot afford it, and I deserve death!"
The Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji said: "It doesn't matter. I want to see Bianjing again, and I want to be with my people." Tong Guan said hurriedly: "The Supreme Emperor, let's go to Bozhou to offer incense. It can take as little as one month or as long as several months. Then he returned to the capital. Bianjing was left here, unable to go anywhere. In the future, he would still belong to the Supreme Emperor. The people followed the Supreme Emperor southward, out of loyalty and protection to the Supreme Emperor, and would not abandon the Supreme Emperor. The Supreme Emperor still rode in a sedan chair. convenient."
The Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji said: "I know how loyal you are. If you really want to ride on a horse, you can get some fresh air and feel bold. To be honest with you, when I was King Duan, I sang galloping horses and hunted everywhere. He also has some skills." Tong Guan said: "Of course! The world knows the power of the Supreme Emperor." Tong Guan knew that the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji had a whim and wanted to share the joys and sorrows with his people, so he ordered his soldiers to bring a horse. Zhao Ji was overjoyed and got on his horse. Tong Guan hurriedly approached Zhao Ji to protect Zhao Ji, who was not good at riding horses. After Zhao Ji got on the horse, he turned the horse's head. Tong Guan asked in surprise: "Why did the Emperor turn the horse's head?" Zhao Ji said: "The Queen is seriously ill. I want to visit the Queen."
The queen Zhao Ji was talking about was Wang Fanying, Queen Xiangong. She was seriously ill at this time. When Zhao Ji left Bianjing, he saw Wang Fanying was very ill with a look of sadness on his face, so he couldn't bear to abandon Wang Fanying and wanted to leave with Wang Fanying. . Wang Fanying knew that Zhao Ji's name was Bozhou Jinxiang, but he was actually taking refuge in the south. He couldn't bear to drag Zhao Ji down, so he insisted on staying in Bianjing. Zhao Ji refused, so he arranged for Wang Fanying to go to Bozhou together.
Zhao Ji rode his horse to Wang Fanying's carriage and asked Wang Fanying through the curtain: "How are you traveling, Queen?" Wang Fanying was lying in the carriage. Hearing Zhao Ji's greetings, Wang Fanying struggled to get up, but failed, so he hurriedly said to the maid next to him. "Go back and ask the Emperor, I'm fine!" The maid hurriedly said to the outside of the curtain: "Go back and ask the Emperor, the Empress Dowager is fine."
When Zhao Ji saw that Wang Fanying was answering in person, he got off his horse, got on the carriage, opened the curtain, and entered inside the curtain. When he saw that Wang Fanying was lying down and unable to get up, he felt very sad and shed tears. Seeing this, Wang Fanying forced a smile and said to Zhao Ji: "Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for visiting me. I am fine. Your Majesty, please get out of the car. Don't worry about me anymore." Zhao Ji grabbed Wang Fanying's hand and silently said Speechless.
After a while, Zhao Ji arranged for Wang Fanying to just rest and recuperate. When he arrived in Bozhou, he arranged for the best doctors to see him. After settling in, Zhao Ji got off Wang Fanying's carriage and got back on his horse. Zhao Ji continued to walk back. Tong Guan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please turn the horse's head. In front of you is the Huiji Bridge. You should hurry up and cross the river." Zhao Ji said: "It doesn't matter. It won't be too late after I appease the people and return." Tong Guan was helpless. , had no choice but to follow the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji to appease the people.
Following Zhao Ji's royal motorcade were tens of thousands of people from Bianjing. Seeing the Emperor on horseback, they came to offer condolences in person. They knelt all over the ground, bowed their heads, and shouted: "Long live the Emperor! Long live!" Long live!"
Zhao Ji rode on his horse and waved his hands to make the soldiers and civilians stand up. Zhao Ji said: "You and other soldiers and civilians will follow me south and work hard all the way. When you arrive in Bozhou, we will provide you with accommodation so that you can live and work in peace and contentment without any bumps in the road."
Zhao Ji's horse was on the side, and Tong Guan was afraid of an accident, so he urged Zhao Ji to return. Zhao Jila turned his horse's head, followed Tong Guan to the front, got off the horse, and got back into the sedan chair. Tong Guan urged the soldiers and horses to advance rapidly. After a while, we arrived in front of Huiji Bridge.
