When the news came that the Ming army was preparing to attack the city, the ministers were collectively shocked. They all came directly to the palace to plead with Zhao Xun to stop the useless struggle and accept the Ming army's request to prevent Lin'an City from repeating the mistakes of Kaifeng.
They lamented the tragic experience of the people in the city after Kaifeng was captured, and asked Zhao Xun to treat the matter rationally and not to fight to the death with the Ming army.
They deeply remembered what happened in Kaifeng City back then. They remembered that apart from the suffering of the royal family, they, the ministers, were not much better.
Most of the ministers had all their property confiscated, and some unlucky ones, because they were too close to the royal family, went north to the bitter cold land of Liaodong with a large number of royals, suffered humiliation, died there, and never returned to their homeland.
This is related to their vital interests. If the Ming army really attacks the city and the Song army really can't stand it, they will make the same mistake again and become a laughing stock forever.
Because the Ming Kingdom has replaced the Jin Kingdom, owns all the Jin Kingdom, and also controls the bitter cold land of Liaodong, it is not difficult at all to exile them to the legendary Five Kingdoms City.
They cannot tolerate their interests being harmed.
They could not and did not dare to pin their own fate and the fate of their family on an emperor who had just ascended the throne.
Who dares to believe that this emperor can turn the tide and help the building from falling?
So not only the civil and military officials of the dynasty, but also the existing relatives of the emperor, the concubines in the harem that Zhao Gou did not take away, and the Northern Song Dynasty clan members who had been sent back by the Ming Dynasty all ran to the palace crying and shouting Li asked Zhao Zhen to protect Lin'an and not let Lin'an be damaged by the war.
They cried and shouted, their voices were very pitiful, and their voices were so loud that they blocked the palace where Zhao Xun was working.
Inside are the ministers and ministers who asked Zhao Zhen to assess the situation.
Outside, the ruling group was crying and begging him to surrender.
Shi Hao stood alone on the other side without saying a word.
Zhao Min felt more desperate than ever before.
Including the main militants who had insisted on resisting, most of the militants who had written to Zhao Hao asking him to persist in resisting also turned off the fire and stopped talking.
When things came to a close, these "hard-core warlords" still cherished their lives and kept silent invariably. Some even mingled with the group of officials who requested Zhao Xun to surrender, exerting tremendous political pressure on Zhao Xun.
This huge political pressure almost destroyed Zhao Xin, making him miserable.
When he knew that all the civil and military officials, emperors, relatives, and relatives were begging him not to continue resisting, he deeply felt the pain of "the king is not the king of the country's subjugation, but all the ministers are the ministers of the country's subjugation".
The officials whose backbones were broken by Jin Guo and Qin Hui's party were unable to straighten their backs again, and knelt down under the intimidation of the Ming Guo army.
Of the hundreds of civil and military officials in the dynasty, only three of them still wrote a letter with their heads on their heads expressing their willingness to live and die with Lin'an City, and even requested to climb the city wall to fight against the enemy and protect the dignity of the Song Dynasty.
These last three expressions of persistence seemed to many people to be ridiculous and meaningless, but in Zhao Hao's view, this was the last comfort in his heart.
Han Yuanji, the chief administrator of Sinong Temple.
The imperial edict deleted the official Lu You.
Yu Yunwen, a native of Zhongshu.
These three names were remembered by Zhao Hao. These three people made Zhao Hao understand that although there were many people in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty who were greedy for life and fearful of death, there were still officials who were willing to stand up straight and be human.
However, just three people could not support Zhao Yu to continue to resist.
He could even think that this was an ultimatum from the ministers.
As an emperor who has just ascended the throne and does not have the support of a stable force, he has no other die-hard supporters except Shi Hao. At this stage, his throne is actually unstable.
Especially at this time, Zhao Gou is not around, and no one is supporting him. If he insists on going his own way, and it really reaches a critical moment, it is very likely to trigger a palace coup and lose the throne.
Zhao Yan, who was extremely tired, finally couldn't hold on any longer.
In fact, this is the ultimatum of the ministers.
Although the military force represented by Yang Cunzhong did not express its position and remained on the city, pretending to fight to the death with the Ming army, but if all the ministers wanted to surrender and did not want to resist, then how could Yang Cunzhong turn the tide?
And at this moment, some ministers really have a disobedient heart.
They planned to take advantage of the absence of Zhao Gou and the unstable and wavering position of Zhao Ji to elect Zhao Tiezhi or Zhao Wanshi, the son of Zhao Ji who was born in Liaodong, as emperor, and lead them to surrender in order to tide over the difficulties.
They did not want to die together with Zhao Yu, nor did they want to be captured with Zhao Yu and go north to lose their free, luxurious and prosperous life.
Originally, the ministers really had no choice. It was difficult to immediately recommend the next suitable emperor except Zhao Yu. However, after the Ming Dynasty sent a group of Northern Song Dynasty clans back, they had a choice.
They have Zhao Ji's son who can be a backup candidate for emperor, and he can become the emperor smoothly. If Zhao Ji is really "stubborn", they will decide to oust Zhao Ji from the throne in the name of treason.
Even if Zhao Gou will be very angry when he comes back, it doesn't matter. Who said you wouldn't be there at the most important time?
You ran away and left us to suffer. Is this right?
Fortunately, Zhao Min did not persist until they decided to use violence.
The ugly behavior of the ministers made Zhao Min completely despair and made him lose his last hope of resistance. He let Shi Hao help him out of the palace. Facing the miserable scene of civil and military officials, royal relatives and relatives, he was filled with grief and anger. Made a declaration.
"Even if I die in battle, I will not surrender. The Ming army can't do anything to me, but you stabbed me hard in the chest, leaving me helpless! I am not surrendering for myself, but for you and others!" You are greedy for life and afraid of death, but you want me to bear the eternal infamy and become the emperor of surrender. How embarrassing are you! How embarrassing!"
After saying that, Zhao Min cried and said something like "I'm sorry to my ancestors, I'm all the subjects of the country's subjugation," etc., and left the meeting palace and returned to his bedroom.
Then Zhao Hao authorized Shi Hao to sign a peace agreement with the Ming army outside the city on his behalf. All conditions were acceptable. Only the issue of the reduction of annual coins mentioned before could be fought for, which could alleviate the Song Dynasty to some extent. burden.
A possible palace coup came to an end, and Zhao Ji's son did not have the luck to regain the throne after all.
In the early morning of May 9th, Shi Hao arrived at the Ming army camp with a heavy heart. He passed through the Ming army's heavily guarded attack formation and met Zhou Zhi and Zhou Zhixue three times.
This time, Shi Hao did not make any more entanglements, but smoothly agreed to the Ming army's request, whether it was compensation, annual coins, cession of land, or tribulation, they all agreed.
This agreement, known as the "Lin'an Treaty", was officially signed.
There was no more entanglement between the two sides, except for the Sui Coin. Because they agreed to the third and fourth terms, the Ming army also made some concessions and adjusted the Sui Coin price to 250,000 taels of silver and The grade of two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silk cloth is the same as that of the Jin Kingdom.
The New Year Coin stipulates that other materials can be discounted and included in the supply of the New Year Coin, but the content of the New Year Coin must ensure the supply of at least one hundred thousand taels of silver and one hundred thousand bolts of silk. That is to say, the discount range is 150,000 taels of silver and fifteen Thousands of pieces of silk cloth.
There are also strict regulations on the scope of discounted materials. Gold can be used, grain can be used, general cloth can be used, and building materials needed to repair the Yellow River can also be used, including the labor provided to the Ming Dynasty to build the Yellow River, which can also be used for discounting.
What can be discounted is basically market hard currency with a wide range of uses, including human resources, which can be used to do things, and there are no luxury goods.
When Shi Hao signed the treaty, although he was heartbroken, he also noticed the difference between the Ming government and the Southern Song government, and realized that this failure was not without reason.
It seems that they really only started the war to do practical things, not for face, reputation or other reasons. The war has a very clear direction and purpose.
Perhaps, even if the army was stronger than it is now, the Southern Song Dynasty would not be a match for the Ming Dynasty.
For some reason, Shi Hao suddenly had such an idea.
Such thoughts made him feel horrified and inexplicable.
