The stunned Qinzong finally woke up from his dream and agreed to stay in Bianjing. When Li Gang saw this, he was very happy and left the palace. Li Gang came to the Meridian Gate, where the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were still waiting. When the generals of the Imperial Guard saw Li Gang arriving, they greeted him. Li Gang saw a high platform next to him, so he climbed up and shouted to the Imperial Guard soldiers who came over: "Dear Imperial Guard generals and soldiers, I am Li Gang, who is staying in Tokyo. Just now, I have met with the emperor to persuade him. The Holy Lord stayed in Bianjing and led the soldiers and civilians of Bianjing to defend the capital. Now, the Holy Mountain has made up its mind and is determined to defend the city. The Holy Lord Xiaoyu and the soldiers and civilians of Bianjing are united to fight the enemy together to ensure that Bianjing is foolproof, should there be any further encouragement to leave Bianjing Beijing, those who disturb people's hearts will be killed without mercy and will not be spared lightly!"
When the soldiers of the Sixth Army of the Imperial Guard saw this, they rejoiced and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is wise! Long live your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"
After appeasing the soldiers of the Sixth Army of the Imperial Guard in the palace, Li Gang left the palace and rushed to the place where he was staying. Yan Qing, who had been placed in the left-behind office in advance, met with Li Gang. Li Gang appointed Yan Qing as the special assistant of Bianjing City Defense to assist the commander of Bianjing City Defense and General Liu Yanqing in the defense of Bianjing.
Yan Qing was ordered to report to the Bianjing City Defense Headquarters.
After Yan Qing left, Li Gang was about to arrange other matters, and the government office reported: "Reporting to the left-behind master, there is Chen Dong, a student from the Imperial College, who wants to see you." Li Gang heard the report and summoned him in. Chen Dong was immediately summoned into the house.
Chen Dong, a student from the Imperial College, entered the mansion and prostrated on the ground.
Li Gang was shocked when he saw this. He hurriedly left his seat, walked quickly to Chen Dong's side, helped Chen Dong and said, "Chen Sheng has something to say, and you must not do this. I and Chen Sheng were both educated. They only talk about the root cause and the right side of everything, and they are not interested." Those who behave like this, who kneel down and cry bitterly every now and then, are insulting to gentleness, and I can't afford to stay here."
Li Gang said, helping Chen Dong up.
Chen Dong was already full of grief and anger, but was even more sad when Li Gang said it was "insulting to gentlemen", so he burst into tears. Li Gang hurriedly advised: "Chen Sheng, please don't do this. Why did you come to the mansion to ask me to stay behind? Just say it."
Chen Dong cried and said: "My lord, I think how beautiful the Song Dynasty was when we were prosperous in the world! Now we are ravaged by barbarians and the people are miserable. This result is probably because of Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Zhu The six thieves, Meng, Li Bangyan, and Liang Shicheng, committed crimes. The crimes of these six thieves are too numerous to be recorded, and both humans and gods are outraged. Sir, stay behind! The Jin invaders are approaching the city, the border is in danger, and the survival of this city is in danger. At this time, if the above six thieves are not liquidated, This crime cannot be tolerated by heaven!"
Li Gang saw this and felt the same. However, before Li Gang was appointed by Emperor Qinzong to stay in Bianjing, he served as Taichang Shaoqing and was a third-grade civil servant. He was closely related to Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan, Zhu Meng, Liang Shicheng and other treacherous ministers. The status of the thieves is very different. Among them, Li Bangyan is still serving as prime minister, and Tong Guanren is serving as privy envoy. When he was just appointed to stay in Bianjing, he came forward to impeach Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan and others. He would be punished. He mistakenly believed that he had another purpose and had bad intentions, which was not conducive to his current leadership of Bianjing's defense.
With this in mind, Li Gang said to Chen Dong: "What Chen Sheng said is absolutely true. The sins of Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan and others are known to the world, and people and gods are angry. However, Chen Sheng asked to see Ben Liushou, and with Ben Liushou's power, We can’t deal with thieves like Cai Jing.”
Chen Dongdao: "Master Liubei. The students heard that Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and others coaxed the Holy Master to leave Beijing and go south to Xiangyang. It was Master Liubei who tried his best to dissuade him, so he left the Holy Master in Bianjing. The students felt that because of the weight of Liubei, Go ahead and remonstrate with the Holy One and punish Cai Jing, Wang Fu and the other six thieves, and the Holy One will definitely accept it."
Li Gang heard this and said: "Chen Sheng didn't know something. Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan, Zhu Meng, and Liang Shicheng were the six thieves. I stayed behind and hated them to the bone. I hoped that the Holy One would punish them for their misbehavior and harming the country and the people. It is a serious crime. However, Ben Liubei has just assumed the post of Bianjing Liubei, and he should use all his power to defend Bianjing. At this time, the matter of admonishing and impeaching the six thieves will definitely affect the major issues of Bianjing's defense. Chen Sheng should understand , It’s not because I stayed behind and refused to come forward to admonish the Lord, but it’s really because I’m afraid of causing trouble and affecting the major issues of Tokyo’s defense.”
Chen Dongjian said, looking for Li Gang to pay his respects: "Sir Liubei said this, and I saw that Master Liubei was upright and upright in dealing with things, and his moral character was well-founded. The students admired him. Even so, the students should personally write to the Holy One to remonstrate and impeach the six thieves such as Cai Jing. "
Li Gang said: "If this is the case, the imperial court is lucky! The soldiers and the people are lucky! Although I am weak if I stay behind, I will respond from the side and support Chen Sheng when the time comes!"
When Chen Dong saw this, he said goodbye to Li Gang and left the house.
On the third day, before dawn, a scholar knelt in front of the palace gate, holding a letter with both hands raised, requesting an audience with the Holy Emperor. This scholar is none other than Chen Dongye, a student of Taipei University!
The leader of the Royal Forest Army who was on duty in front of the palace saw Chen Dong requesting an audience with the Holy Emperor and immediately reported the situation inside.
In the Qinzheng Hall of the imperial palace, Qin Zong was convening hundreds of officials to discuss the defense of Bianjing.
The auspicious clouds confuse the Phoenix Pavilion, and the auspicious energy covers the Dragon Tower. The smoke-containing willows blow the flags, and the dew palace flowers welcome the swords and halberds. In the shadow of the fragrant sky, jade hairpins and beaded shoes gather on the ridge; in the sound of fairy music, embroidered coats and brocade clothes support the royal chariot. The pearl curtain is rolled up, the gold chariot is on the golden palace; the phoenix feathers are fanned out, and the precious chariot is stopped in front of the white jade steps. The whip sounded faintly three times, and the civil and military teams at all levels were in unison.
Although the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Jin have arrived at the city and the capital is in danger, the majesty of the dynasty cannot be lost, and the atmosphere of the early dynasty cannot be lost.
When the head official of the palace shouted: "If you have something to do, go to work early. If you don't have anything to do, roll up the curtain and leave the court." The head official of the palace had just finished drinking. Bai Shizhong, the prime minister at the time, wanted to do the heavy lifting and asked Qinzong to move south. Suddenly A messenger came into the palace and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Dong, a student from the Imperial College, is asking for an audience." Qinzong listened to the memorial and said, "Since Emperor Taizu, the imperial court has always attached great importance to the participation of scholar-bureaucrats in politics. Miss you. Announcement! Allow the imperial students to enter the palace to have an audience."
The messenger then summoned Chen Dong to the palace to see him.
When Chen Dong heard the announcement, he entered the palace, knelt down on the ground, and shouted: "Long live my emperor! Long live! Long live!" Chen Dong, a student of the Imperial Academy, knelt down to see my emperor.
Qinzong looked down and asked Chen Dong: "Why did Chen Sheng request to see me? Just send me a memorial." Chen Dong took out the memorial from his sleeve and said loudly: "I have submitted a book, please see it. ." Qinzong turned to the head of the palace and said, "Send it up, general."
The head official of the palace took the memorial from Chen Dong, returned to the dragon chair on the stage, and handed Chen Dong's memorial to Qinzong Zhao Huan.
Qinzong unfolded the memorial and read it. The memorial reads:
"Chen Dong, a student of Taizu, weeps and writes: Since Emperor Taizu opened up the territory and expanded the territory, it has been passed down to the Holy Emperor for nine generations. For more than a hundred years, our Song Dynasty has been prosperous in the world. It is so beautiful that everyone abroad admires it. However, during the time of Emperor Taizu, successively There are six thieves, Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Zhu Meng, Li Bangyan, and Liang Shicheng. They collude with each other, take bribes and bend the law, act recklessly, and confuse Sheng Cong. This has led to the invasion of foreign invaders and the misery of the people today. Student Chen Dong believes that today's situation Cai Jing caused chaos in the front, Liang Shicheng conspired in the back, Li Bangyan made grudges in the northwest, Zhu Meng made grudges in the southeast, Wang Fu and Tong Guan also made grudges against Liao and Jin, creating border provocations. At the critical moment of Bianjing, The Holy One should punish the six thieves and spread the word to all the people to thank the world and encourage the government and the public to rise up and fight against the Jin Dynasty, so as to keep the country and the country as stable as Mount Tai.
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Qin Zong was very pleased after reading it.
Before this, Qinzong was the crown prince, and many of the six thieves including Cai Jing were disrespectful. Especially the treacherous ministers and thieves such as Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, and Li Bangyan worked secretly to depose Qinzong as the crown prince and support the third prince Zhao Kai as his successor. Prince. Originally, Qinzong was not willing to succeed to the throne, probably because Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan and others were confused and deceived Shengcong. They wanted to join forces with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. As a result, the Jin invaders invaded, and the Supreme Emperor threw away his sleeves and left. Qin Zong is in a dangerous place. Qin Zong had long hated Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Tong Guan, and wanted to punish them. However, because of the emperor's face, it was hard to do so. Today, Chen Dong wrote a letter, which was used to eliminate Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Tong Guan. Guan and other treacherous ministers and traitors.
However, in the palace, the old and fatuous Cai Jing and the then prime minister Li Bangyan were also present. Wang Fu heard that he had moved south before the Supreme Emperor went to Bozhou for incense. Tong Guan also violated the imperial edict and went south with the Supreme Emperor. Zhu Meng also stayed in the south of the Yangtze River and never returned. Now he wanted to punish Cai Jing and Li Bangyan for their crimes, but he was afraid of disturbing the grass and waking up Wang Fu. , Tong Guan, Zhu Meng et al.
With this in mind, Qinzong said to Chen Dong who was kneeling on the ground: "I know everything Chen Sheng has played! Chen Dong will leave the palace first. I have my own opinions and will definitely give an explanation to the world."
Chen Dong then exited the hall.
After Chen Dong exited the main hall, Qinzong held up Chen Dong's letter and said: "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Chen Dong, a student of the Imperial Academy, is anxious about the defense of Bianjing. He proposed strategies for the defense of Bianjing and is willing to defend Bianjing with his own life. This situation can be described as shocking to the heaven and the earth, and weeping ghosts and gods. Imperial student Chen Dong still has such spirit. You are all high officials of the imperial court, and you should set an example and lead the defense of Bianjing to ensure that Bianjing is safe."
A group of ministers all replied loudly: "I will do my best to keep Bianjing as stable as Mount Tai."
Qinzong nodded and said: "Very good! Very good!"
Li Gang, who was standing among the ministers, was very confused when he saw what Qin Zong said. The night before Chen Dong submitted the letter, he went to the Bianjing Remaining Mansion and said that he wanted to impeach the six thieves Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Li Bangyan, Zhu Meng and Liang Shicheng. How could Chen Dong's letter now in Qinzong's hand be about Bianjing? Defense?
While Li Gang was confused, Qinzong said: "Li Shaoqing is responsible for the defense of Bianjing. After the early court, Li Shaoqing stayed to study and judge Chen Dong's letter. The other ministers can withdraw from the court."
Li Gangjian said, standing still while other ministers filed out.
