Seeing the sixty-year-old white-haired Emperor Rongde kneeling tremblingly and crying, Su Yonglin sighed secretly and stepped forward to help her up.
"It was my original intention to destroy the money. It was just an accident that I discovered you. I did not destroy the money to save you, so you don't need to thank me."
Zhao Jinnu burst into tears and kept sobbing.
"I thought that I was destined to be buried in a foreign land in this life, and I no longer dared to hope for the day when I could return to my motherland. The general destroyed the gold, rescued the guilty people like us, and rekindled the kindness. The gold slave is old and has nothing to repay. I wish to be a cow in the next life. Become a horse to repay the general's kindness!"
As she said that, she knelt down and kowtowed to Su Yonglin again. Su Yonglin quickly helped her up, shouting "No, no, no, no."
Regardless of his status, he was unwilling to accept the kowtow from a sixty-year-old woman.
After Zhao Jinnu expressed his gratitude, everyone knelt down and expressed to him that they were willing to work as cows and horses in the next life to repay his kindness.
A crowd of people knelt down and kowtowed to him, but he had no time to help him up, so he could only endure it, feeling filled with emotion in his heart.
Just because of his personal identity, he still had some sympathy for these people, but from the bottom of his heart, he didn't feel how pitiful these people were, and he didn't feel that they deserved to be rescued.
Maybe these people have done evil before, maybe these people have not done evil, but as members of the country's ruling class, when the country fails, they deserve to be punished like this.
Just like the current group of Jin Kingdom dignitaries, if the Jin Kingdom fails, this group of Jin Kingdom dignitaries who have the absolute majority of interests will be picked out by him as a model to start liquidation.
Powerful men must be killed, and he has indeed killed many of them. Although the women were not killed, he was sentenced to reform through labor with prison terms ranging from three to five years to ten years.
As members of the ruling class, they have been well-clothed and well-fed since childhood, enjoying the blessings of the people, and living a happy life, so it is normal for them to be treated like this when their country is ruined and their family is in ruins.
Moreover, when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, how can they be the only ones who are captured and killed?
Thousands of people died tragically under the iron heel of the Jin army, and more people were kidnapped to the Kingdom of Jin and became slaves. They died tragically without leaving a single name. Don't these people have a share in this account?
In contrast, although they were in a miserable situation and suffered mental pain, they did not lose a bite of food. No matter how painful their minds were, didn't they still eat so many more years of food and survive until now?
Compared with the current ending, perhaps the best ending in history is that they died in a foreign country and could never be redeemed.
But now, they have actually received salvation in a certain sense.
Su Yonglin couldn't help but sigh, sometimes, reality is really full of black humor, and fate always likes to joke with people, and always likes to inadvertently surprise or scare people.
Afterwards, Su Yonglin treated them to a delicious meal.
During the dinner, Su Yonglin asked about the birth situation of these immediate relatives in the Kingdom of Jin, so they introduced their children born in the Kingdom of Jin to Su Yonglin.
However, Su Yonglin only asked out of politeness, and he knew the specific situation very well.
The boys who could be brought were all of the Zhao family's blood and were born to Zhao Ji's sons. All the boys who were not of the Zhao family's blood were included in the Jin Kingdom's powerful list and were prepared to be killed in public trials.
It didn't matter to the girls. No matter who the father was, since he had a mother named Zhao, he was not sent to the Huanyi Camp for labor reform.
There are quite a few of these second-generation people. They are basically in their twenties, and some are still young monks in their teens. They look at Su Yonglin with timid eyes, even a little fearful.
Afterwards, Zhao Jinnu found Su Yonglin again and carefully asked him if he could let go of the boys born to her sisters in the Kingdom of Jin.
Because Su Yonglin was conducting large-scale public trials and executions of Jin Kingdom dignitaries. Every day, Jin Kingdom dignitaries were beheaded and killed, and all the men in the family were killed.
Some of the concubines or daughters of Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan gave birth to boys for the powerful people of the Jin Kingdom, raised them, and later relied on their support. Now those boys may have grown up and are also on this killing list. .
So they wanted to see if they could intercede and save their children.
Su Yonglin refused this request without hesitation. Female offspring can still be discussed, but male offspring are definitely not allowed.
"No, they have a special status. They are dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom. They must die. They will not receive preferential treatment because they are from you. I personally regret this, but the policy cannot be changed."
Zhao Jinnu's mouth moved, as if he had something to say, but in the end he didn't say it, and his eyes dimmed a bit.
Finally, she nodded slightly, stopped asking, and accepted the ending.
Among the dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom who were killed, there should also be children she gave birth to.
But this is not within the scope of Su Yonglin's concerns. He will not let go of any of the male dignitaries of the Jin Kingdom. They will all die, including the little emperor Wanyan Guangying.
As a symbol of the Jin Kingdom, as a representative of the overthrow of the Jin Kingdom, he must die. If he does not die, the Jin Kingdom will not be destroyed, and his regime does not need him to continue to live.
So it's just a matter of time.
After the banquet, Su Yonglin gave these descendants of the Zhao and Song royal families some money, cloth and food, and arranged for them to live together in certain courtyards in Zhongdu so that they could recuperate.
Then he asked this group of people to wait for a reply from the Southern Song Dynasty. As soon as the Southern Song Dynasty responded, he would arrange for everyone to go south together and return to their homeland.
After settling the miserable Zhao family, Su Yonglin personally wrote to Zhao Zuoliang.
In the letter, Su Yonglin judged that Zhao Gou would definitely send another higher-level envoy to Shandong to meet with Zhao Zuoliang, and further test the Liberation Army's attitude towards Zhao Song and his future thoughts.
They may have land and political demands. In this regard, Zhao Zuoliang can practice Tai Chi, but do not discuss this issue head-on with them.
Then he handed over his trump card.
The descendants of the Northern Song Dynasty royal family and their second and third generation descendants he found in Zhongdu.
Zhao Zuoliang could ask Zhao Gou if he wanted these people. Of course, even if he said no, Su Yonglin would forcibly send them back to the Southern Song Dynasty and let Zhao Gou "reunite" with them.
These are all your brothers and sisters!
Then you can wait for Zhao Gou's reaction, which should be enough to make Zhao Gou unable to think of negotiating the land issue with the Liberation Army in a short period of time.
During this period, Su Yonglin wanted to speed up the reorganization of the army, complete the formation of the Liaodong Corps, and then attack Liaodong to completely eliminate Wanyan Yong and his remaining forces.
As for Guanzhong, there is another relatively powerful organic army of the Jin Kingdom, which can be said to be the last elite of the Jin Kingdom. Su Yonglin is not ready to eat them in one bite for the time being.
It will be their turn after Yan Yong is eliminated, so there is no rush now.
However, Su Yonglin was still very interested in what they would do when they learned the news of the fall of the Jin Kingdom, how the Southern Song Dynasty and Xixia would react, and whether a war would break out in Guanzhong before then.
Judging from the current situation, Su Yonglin could only watch and watch the possible game between Jin, Song and Xia in Guanzhong.
In early May, Yu Yunwen returned to Lin'an, brought the news he had received after his mission to the Liberation Army, and reported it to the emperor and the big bosses in the prime minister's team.
Then the emperor and the big bosses held a meeting. In response to the goodwill statement of the Liberation Army, they believed that the Song Dynasty's diplomacy had achieved an initial victory, and further contact would follow.
Judging from what Yu Yunwen saw in Haizhou, they confirmed that the Liberation Army was transforming in the direction of political power and was not a simple violent group. This was an ominous omen.
However, Zhang Jun also pointed out that the extent of this transformation process needs further observation. If it is only a very elementary transformation, don't bother. The most important thing is that they did not hold an imperial examination.
At the same time, judging from the fact that the Liberation Army has gained great military exploits and prestige and has a huge military strength, the Liberation Army needs to be handled carefully by the Song Dynasty and cannot be reckless or reckless.
Regarding the true news that the Liberation Army had indeed defeated the Jin Army and killed Wan Yanliang, Zhao Gou swallowed and reluctantly admitted it.
But he soon began to worry about the possibility of the Liberation Army becoming completely political and becoming the second Jin Kingdom.
