Li Chai brought the conditions proposed by Wanyan Zongwang of the Jin Army. Qinzong urgently summoned Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and Li Gang who stayed in Bianjing to enter the palace to discuss the matter together. Bai Shizhong first played: "Your Majesty. The situation in Bianjing is now serious and critical. Since the Jin Kingdom is willing to make peace, even if the request is a bit harsh, it is undoubtedly a good opportunity for Bianjing to get out of trouble. Your Majesty will allow it." The conditions are in order to lift the siege of Bianjing by the Jin army."
When Li Gang heard Bai Shizhong's petition to Qinzong, he couldn't help but said: "It's not that the request is a bit harsh, but it's that the request is too harsh. This is absolutely unacceptable."
Li Bangyan echoed: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Bai's report is very accurate. I agree with it very much, and I second my opinion."
Li Gang saw this and said, feeling even more angry. Li Gang thought to himself, given the current situation, the national treasury is already empty, where can we get so much gold and silver? If you want to get so much gold and silver, you have to let the soldiers search all over the city. This will definitely make every family uneasy, everyone will be frightened, and it will be detrimental to the defense of Bianjing.
So, Li Gang said: "Your Majesty, the Jin army demanded gold and silk. Even all the wealth in the world could not satisfy it. How could a capital city be enough? The three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian were the country's barriers. They were ceded to How can the Jin army establish a country? Besides, General Wang Zhen and Magistrate Zhang Xiaochunzheng led the army and people of Jinyang to defend the city and block the Jin army to the north of Taiyuan, preventing them from going south. If they agree to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian, how can they do it? Didn’t it chill the hearts of the common people, soldiers and civilians, and encourage the arrogance of the Jin invaders, so that they quickly went south to join Wanyan Zongwang’s Eastern Route Army and threaten Bianjing? As for the hostages, the prime minister can go, but the prince cannot go. Your Majesty, Under the current circumstances, we should send eloquent people to discuss the terms with Jin Jun and explain what can be agreed to and what cannot be agreed to. Your Majesty, as long as we talk back and forth for a few more days to gain a certain amount of time, King Qin’s army will arrive. At that time, although the terms proposed by the Jin army cannot be realized, he will have to retreat quickly. If we form an alliance with him by then, he will not dare to despise us, and the peaceful situation will last long. "
Zhao Huan was speechless when he heard the performance.
On the side, Li Bangyan accused Li Gang: "How can Liubei be so stubborn?! If the imperial soldiers and horses can fight, how did the Jin army come to the city? The situation is now so critical, Li Liubei is still covering his ears, deceiving himself and others, and deceiving others. Your Majesty! You have bad intentions and ulterior motives!" After accusing Li Gang, Li Bangyan turned to Qinzong Zhao Huan and said: "Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Jin is willing to make peace. It is really an excellent opportunity. You must not lose it. If you lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity now, There won’t be any more in the future, and it’s too late to regret it!”
Bai Shizhong also accused Li Gang in a weird way: "Li Liushou is very eloquent! If Lord Liushou can repel the Jin army, who would be willing to give so much gold and silver to the Jin army? He can't repel him! Not only can't he repel the Jin army? Retreat, Bianjing is still in danger! Li Liushou wants to be promoted and make a fortune, and wants to leave his name forever, yes, absolutely yes, but you can't bet on the imperial government's country! If Bianjing falls in the future, you and I will be nothing more than a life, the imperial court Where is your country? Where is your Majesty? You are simply stubborn and stubborn!"
In the main hall, Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan besieged Li Gang with words. Sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Huan remained silent.
Seeing this, Li Gang paid homage to Qinzong Zhao Huan and said: "I am reporting to your Majesty. I have short-sightedness and limited talents, and am unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the defense of Bianjing. I would like to ask your Majesty to remove me from all my duties and allow me to serve in Bianjing." For the defense of the capital, Your Majesty will ask for another expert."
Seeing this, Zhao Huan had no choice but to express his feelings, so he comforted Li Gang and said: "Don't be impatient, I have my own opinion. You will go out to command the military first, and we will discuss this matter later."
After Li Gang heard about this, he discussed it slowly and then left the palace in compliance with the order to make arrangements for the defense of Bianjing.
As soon as Li Gang came out of the hall, Zhao Huan said to Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan: "Li Liushou is a stubborn and stubborn person. You two gentlemen should not be on the same level with him. What you two gentlemen played is very much in line with my wishes. What the Jin people proposed is All conditions are agreed to. As for the Jin people's request for gold and silver, Prince Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe of Kaifeng Prefecture are responsible for raising it. As for sending the prince to Jin Camp as a hostage, I will think about it slowly and see which prince is more suitable. ." As he said that, Qinzong suddenly thought of Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others, and then asked: "Do you two know how the affairs of Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others are being handled now?"
Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan looked at each other in confusion.
Qinzong asked again: "Didn't King Shiyong of Kaifeng Palace return anything in return?"
When Bai Shizhong asked, he hurriedly replied to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, this matter is the responsibility of Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe of Kaifeng Mansion. Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe have not reported anything. I don't know how this matter is going."
Qinzong heard the memorial and said: "Instruct the kings of Kaifeng Prefecture, Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe, to drive Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng out of the capital as soon as possible, confiscate all Wang Fu's family property, and carry out other orders as soon as possible."
At this time, Qinzong Zhao Huan planned to use the property of Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others to make up the amount. However, Wang Fu had already fled from Bianjing, taking away all the gold and silver he could. Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng were also ordered to leave Beijing by Wang Shiyong in accordance with Qinzong Zhao Huan's imperial edict. Those two treacherous ministers and thieves were such shrewd people. They had a premonition before this, and they had already arranged for people to transfer their property and were ready to leave the capital. Wang Shiyong has not yet responded to this situation, and Qinzong Zhao Huan is not yet aware of it.
What is the situation? It turned out that in the morning the day before yesterday, Emperor Qinzong ordered Wang Shiyong to replace Zhang Shuye as Kaifeng Prefect, with Xu Bingzhe as his deputy. As soon as the court broke up that day, Wang Shiyong, who was newly promoted to Kaifeng Prefecture Mu, led more than 500 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army and arrogantly rushed to Cai Jing's Grand Master's residence.
Wang Shiyong was previously the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. His position was neither high nor low, but he also had a distinguished reputation. When Cai Jing heard that Wang Shiyong had arrived, he knew that something important had been announced, so he hurriedly welcomed him out of the Grand Master's Mansion.
Wang Shiyong jumped off his horse and shouted loudly: "The imperial decree has arrived! Cai Jing received the decree."
Wang Shiyong did not address Cai Jing by any official title, and Cai Jing already felt something was wrong. Cai Jing then knelt on the ground and replied in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty Cai Jing respectfully listens to the imperial edict."
Wang Shiyong then unfolded the imperial edict and declared loudly: "By the destiny of heaven, the emperor issued an edict: Cai Jing, as prime minister and grand master, formed a clique for personal gain, took bribes and perverted the law, wantonly disrupted the government, deceived the saints, and the crime cannot be pardoned. I remember that Cai Jing is the imperial pen of the Supreme Emperor. , has been in the government for more than 20 years, and is already very old. He has been dismissed from all previous positions and given the title of Secretary Supervisor to take charge of Nanjing affairs. He will leave the capital on the same day. Not only will it be delayed, but he will not be allowed to return to the capital without an edict in the future. I appreciate this!"
Cai Jing heard the order and replied with a trembling voice: "I accept the order."
Wang Shiyong then handed the imperial edict to Cai Jing.
Cai Jing had already anticipated what would happen today, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a demotion!" Cai Jing thought to himself, in this world, who can always be in power!
Wang Shiyong looked at Cai Jing who was still kneeling on the ground and said, "The decree has been announced. Grand Master Cai, please get up!"
Hearing this, Cai Jing came to his senses, hurriedly got up, and bowed to Wang Shiyong: "It's been a lot of hard work for Wang Shangshu to come here to issue the decree, but this old minister is so polite." Wang Shiyong said: "Master Cai is so polite. Exit Officials are also ordered to issue decrees, Grand Master Cai, please obey the decree and leave the capital!"
Cai Jingdao: "I obey the decree. I ask the minister to report back to the emperor. Today, I will leave Beijing with my family and go to Nanjing to take up my post."
Wang Shiyong said: "This is very good!"
Cai Jing looked at Wang Shiyong and said: "I am an acquaintance of Wang Shangshu. The old minister has something on his mind and does not avoid Wang Shangshu. The old minister boldly asked, who is participating in the old minister's performance in front of the Holy Emperor?"
When Wang Shiyong saw the question, he replied: "Is there only one person who participated in the performance of the old master?! In the court, all the ministers participated in the performance of the old master. The old master has been in politics for more than 20 years. How has the old lady's behavior been in the past? Master, don’t you have any ideas in mind?”
Cai Jing replied: "I have been favored by the Supreme Emperor, and I only know how to serve the Supreme Emperor. I have been in the government for more than 20 years and served as prime minister four times. I have made many mistakes, but I have also worked hard."
Wang Shiyong said: "Old Master, please don't talk about hard work anymore. I will tell you the truth. The person who took the lead in participating in Old Master's performance in the court is Yu Shi Sun."
Cai Jing heard this and said: "That Sun Jian was recommended to the Supreme Emperor by an old minister and was promoted to the position of censor."
Wang Shiyong said with a smile: "The old master was once the governor of Kaifeng, but now the governor of Kaifeng is a subordinate. Okay, old master, get ready to leave the capital!"
After finishing speaking, Wang Shiyong left behind a hundred soldiers from the Royal Forest Army to escort Cai Jing out of the capital.
After announcing the decree at Taishi Mansion in Cai Jing, Wang Shiyong led the remaining 400 soldiers of the Royal Forest Army and rushed to Liang Shicheng's Taiwei Mansion. After Wang Shiyong announced the decree to Liang Shicheng, Liang Shicheng burst into tears. Wang Shiyong then left a hundred imperial guards behind to escort Liang Shicheng away from the capital.
After Wang Shiyong left Cai Jing's residence, Cai Jing arranged for his family to leave Beijing.
Cai Jing had eight sons in total. The eldest son Cai Su died early. Cai You and Cai Juan were later executed. Cai Juan was exiled to Baizhou and died. Cai Lin was not punished for marrying a princess. At that time, Cai Jing took his three remaining sons and more than 20 family members, rode in four or five carriages, and under the supervision of the imperial guards, left Bianjing and headed for Nanjing.
Liang Shicheng also left Bianjing under the custody of Imperial Guard soldiers.
Wang Shiyong has not reported this situation to the two prime ministers Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan, nor to Qinzong Zhao Huan. Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and Qinzong himself do not know about it. Therefore, Qinzong asked Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan to urge Wang Shiyong to let Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng leave the capital immediately.
Bai Shizhong then sent people to Kaifeng Mansion to convey the emperor's intention. When the people sent by Bai Shizhong returned to the Prime Minister's Office, they reported to Bai Shizhong that Cai Jing and Liang Shicheng had left Beijing with their families. Bai Shizhong then followed Qinzong's order and seized the remaining properties of Cai Jing, Wang Fu, and Liang Shicheng.
At the same time, Bai Shizhong ordered Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe to speed up the collection of gold and silver from the people, in order to collect the amount required by the Jin Kingdom at any cost.
Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe were ordered to seize the people's gold and silver. Wang Shiyong and Xu Bingzhe were hemorrhoid suckers. They didn't care about the sufferings of the people, soldiers and civilians. They just plundered them wantonly, and as expected, the whole city of Bianjing was panicked and complained.
