In the next few days, everything seemed to be following Ye Yiwen and Zhou Linzhi's guesses.
In addition to the normal court meetings, Zhao Gou also summoned Zhang Jun many times, sometimes once or twice a day, and sometimes twice in the morning. He even had to talk to Zhang Jun late at night, and even held Zhang Jun back. he is gone.
This makes some people feel envious and jealous. They feel like they are soaked in lemonade, with a sour smell all over their body.
Zhang Jun also looked very proud of himself. He looked several years younger. Those who didn't know better thought he was a new "good man" who had just gained fame from the roll call outside Donghua Gate.
According to the news circulated in the court, Zhao Gou asked Zhang Jun many things that needed to be done to organize armaments, asked Zhang Jun how to deal with the Jin army's invasion, asked Zhang Jun about the weaknesses of the Jin army, and the key to the Song army's victory.
Zhao Gou seemed to regard Zhang Jun as his only adviser, neglecting all other ministers and favoring Zhang Jun only.
A small reward is given every three days, and a big reward is given every five days. They give money and gifts. If it weren't for the fact that Zhang Jun is old and has more ambition than strength, I am afraid that even a woman would not give him less reward.
As a result, more and more people were dissatisfied with Zhang Jun, including many people from the main war faction. They all felt that Zhang Jun had gone too far.
They all felt that Zhang Jun had gone too far, not to mention Tang Sidui and Shen Gai, who were very difficult to deal with.
Therefore, when Zhang Jun put forward a series of suggestions at the great court meeting to organize armaments and prepare for the Jin army's southern invasion, there were always many people who opposed it.
Zhang Jun quarreled with the scholars, and had fierce quarrels with his opponents every day, and the two sides had a great time arguing.
Wang Lun, who was well aware of the inside story, watched all this with cold eyes, feeling that everything was going down according to Zhao Gou's script. Zhang Jun could not escape from the emperor's Wuzhishan or the big web being compiled.
Maybe he is so proud now that he can get whatever he wants, but when he finds that what he really wants to do is impossible to accomplish, what should he think?
Zhao Gou's dragnet caught all the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, and no one could escape the upper limit he set for the Southern Song Dynasty. He was very proud of this.
However, the only place where he could make the decision was the land actually controlled by the Southern Song Dynasty.
But beyond that, there is nothing he can influence.
He thought that his political skills were exquisite and could dominate the world's trends, but he never thought that the northern land was turbulent and the situation was undergoing drastic changes.
No matter how sinister and sinister he is, he can only influence this corner of the Southern Song Dynasty. As long as he detaches himself from it, relies on his own efforts, and gets rid of his influence, then Zhao Gou will be nothing.
In Su Yonglin's eyes, Zhao Gou is just an ugly person.
At the end of February, when the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty were still arguing over Zhang Jun's proposal to comprehensively rectify the military preparedness of the three major theaters, and when the examination papers for the thirty-year imperial examination in Shaoxing were being intensely carried out, a shocking news came from Huaibei. information.
The benefactor Wan Yanliang died, the entire army of 500,000 was annihilated, and the Liberation Army achieved complete victory.
This news can be said to have ended all the debates in the Southern Song Dynasty court in an instant. Even the proud smile on Zhao Gou's face when he watched the civil and military officials in the court froze in an instant.
What?
Wan Yanliang is dead?
The entire army of 500,000 was wiped out?
Was it the rebellious Liberation Army that achieved this feat?
Are you kidding me?
The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty were all stunned the moment they learned the news, and then from the bottom of their hearts or instincts, they asked the emperor to strictly investigate and punish the source of the news.
Even the literati who were waiting for the results of the second round of the imperial examination sincerely did not believe the news and turned to "well-informed people" for more reliable sources.
They don’t believe that the rebel-led Liberation Army in the north can defeat Wan Yanliang and his half-million-strong army. They don’t believe that a group of rebel thieves can do what even the Song Empire’s army couldn’t do. They don't believe it.
If this is true, doesn’t it mean that the Jin Kingdom, which had suppressed the Song Dynasty for thirty years and took away half of the Song Dynasty, no longer exists?
Doesn't it mean that the cavalry that made the Song Dynasty army helpless has completely disappeared?
And those who did all this were actually a group of rebels?
They don't believe it.
This point was implemented from top to bottom in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Gou took an unprecedented initiative and asked the Privy Council and other important military agencies to immediately arrange for personnel to go north to investigate the news. They must bring accurate information back to Lin'an. If there is any omission or discrepancy, they will not be spared.
The emperor's words caused his ministers to run away and their legs were broken. The entire Southern Song Dynasty's external intelligence search agency was forced to put an end to the "salted fish" link and was forced to move northward helplessly and actively explore northward for important intelligence information.
They must know what happened to Wan Yanliang, what happened to the Kingdom of Jin, and what happened to the Liberation Army...
After a series of actions, Zhao Gou once again convened his top ruling team, summoned all the prime ministers and the big guys from the Privy Council, and held a meeting with them.
The first person to be questioned was Zhang Jun.
Because when Zhao Gou asked Zhang Jun about the Liberation Army before, Zhang Jun firmly believed that the Liberation Army would most likely not be able to survive and would be torn to pieces and eaten by Wan Yanliang, and then Wan Yanliang would go south with the power of victory. To attack the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty needed to prepare for war.
Zhao Gouda began to do psychological construction at that time, feeling that he must keep his throne no matter what.
As a result, this guy couldn't get rid of Zhao Gou, and it felt like all the psychological construction was in vain.
Not to mention Zhao Gou, even the officials felt that their quarrels and inner torture for more than a month had been in vain and became meaningless.
All their arguments came from the Jin Kingdom and originated from the Jin Kingdom's southern invasion. Their arguments only came about because of the Jin Kingdom's southern invasion. If the Jin Kingdom was finished, what would be the point of arguing over and over again?
Therefore, many people pointed their fingers at Zhang Jun, who said that there must be a battle between the Jin and Song Dynasties.
"Deyuan, tell me, what do you think about this matter?"
Zhao Gou looked at Zhang Jun with an unkind expression.
Zhang Jun was actually very embarrassed, or in other words, he was about to get cancer from embarrassment, but he also felt that he was wronged.
Who would have thought that Wan Yanliang could be so slutty?
Can an army of 500,000 people attack the Liberation Army to make a comeback?
Although this is just a rumor at the moment and it is not yet certain whether it is true, but what if it happens?
What if it's true?
Feeling the malice of the emperor and his colleagues around him, Zhang Jun coughed slightly in embarrassment.
"Your Majesty, it is not yet certain whether this matter is true or not, and whether it is false news spread by the Liberation Army in order to confuse the Jin people and even the Song Dynasty. The matter needs to continue to be investigated to determine whether it is true or false, so it is better to stay calm for now. impatient."
Indeed, we still don’t know whether this news is true or not, so it would be inappropriate to conclude that there is something wrong with what Zhang Jun said.
But as time went by, more and more news was sent from north to south, and more and more evidence showed that the Liberation Army really won the battle, and the Jin Army was really crushed to pieces.
However, the Southern Song Dynasty court and the people were still reluctant to believe this fact.
Not to mention the imperial court, the rhythm among the people was particularly lively. Those scholars who had just taken the imperial examination and were waiting for the results to be released happened to be bored and discussed these matters enthusiastically in restaurants and teahouses in Lin'an.
These idle and bored scholars can be said to be masters of rhythm. Zhao Yanyu, Wang Zhi and others who are very famous among the scholars are proficient in history, so they talked about Wushu of Jin Dynasty to Wan Yanliang, and started troops from Liaodong from Jin Dynasty. When it comes to their crossing the Yangtze River, we come to the conclusion that this story is most likely false.
How could a group of Jin rebels defeat the Jin army?
Only a few people think this may be true, and believe that there is no smoke without fire, and there is no reason for such news to spread in the streets and alleys, but under the pressure of the rhythm storm of the majority of people, their voices cannot be heard.
However, the storm of rhythm could not withstand the real sword. In mid-to-late March, the state armies along the Nanjing Road unanimously sent news that dumbfounded the court and the people of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Dengzhou, Tangzhou, Caizhou, Yingzhou, Shouzhou, Suzhou, and Sizhou in the states along the Jin-Nanjing Road completely changed their flags, and the occupiers raised their flags and called them "Guangfu Army".
