Although Lin'an City is a big city, if the outer city is lost and only the inner city is left, it will not be able to hold on.
A fortified city like Xiangyang City could not hold on for long after the fall of Fan City, which is enough to show the powerful siege ability of the Ming Dynasty.
How could it be possible to withstand the influx of Ming troops with only an inner city?
Don't die too miserably, that's the best outcome for everyone.
So Shen should just shake his head.
"It cannot be stopped. Once the outer city wall is lost, the morale of the military and people in the city will collapse. No matter how strong the inner city wall is, it will not be able to withstand it."
Shen Gai looked at Zhang Shi and whispered: "What do you want to say, please tell me directly. I have nothing to worry about now."
"What I'm saying is that if the war ceases now, the conditions can still be negotiated. If the city wall is breached, everything will be over."
Zhang Shi frowned and said: "Although Yu Yunwen is crazy, he has one point that is right. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to overthrow the Song Dynasty, there was no need to put forward so many conditions. The reason why the conditions were raised shows that the Ming Dynasty did not seem to intend to overthrow the Song Dynasty. Song Dynasty.
No matter what the reason was, the Ming Kingdom was not prepared to overthrow the Song Dynasty. In that case, why should we force the Ming Kingdom to overthrow the Song Dynasty? Xianggong thinks that according to the content written in Su Yonglin's "Hongwu Political Theory", if the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Song Dynasty, would we still be alive? "
"Of course not. We all have to die. Based on our status and the things we have done, we are what Su Yonglin calls a model of a superior person. We all have to die."
"So, once the Ming Dynasty breaks through the outer city wall, we may not be able to die in time, let alone others?"
Zhang Shi said in a low voice: "In today's situation, the Ming Dynasty did not really try to overthrow the Song Dynasty, maybe because of the Yellow River, or maybe because of something else. Although it will be a matter of time, but even if there is a glimmer of hope, we can't Easily give up the chance to live.
As long as we survive this crisis, we can think of ways to leave a way out, or escape to other countries to live anonymously, or fake death and escape to live anonymously somewhere in the countryside, but this will all take time to arrange.
But at the moment, we really don’t even have a way out. No matter what happens, we are all fish on the chopping board. We can only pray that the Ming Dynasty’s knife will fall later. At this time, if we want to ask for a way out, we must definitely We can't count on others, we can only rely on ourselves. "
"How can we rely on ourselves?"
Shen Gai squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang Shi: "Jingfu, you seem to have a solution?"
"I have indeed thought of a way, but this method cannot be accomplished by myself alone. It requires the help of my husband to make it possible."
"How can I take action? How can I, a condemned person who has been crippled, take action? This sounds new, please tell me."
"My lord, if we want to keep our glory, wealth, and family, we have to kill Yu Yunwen, force the current officials to abdicate, and support the new emperor to ascend the throne! Revise the national policy, negotiate peace with the Ming Dynasty, and end this war!"
Zhang Shi lowered his voice very low, but his tone was very firm.
Shen Gai heard it very clearly, his pupils shrank, and he was shocked.
"What are you talking about? As a minister of the Song Dynasty, how could I do such an unfaithful and unjust thing? You...you are trying to kill me!"
"My lord, please be clear! This is the only way to go for the present plan. Otherwise, the Ming army will attack the city tomorrow and will not stop until it is defeated. By then, the Song Dynasty will fall, our lives will not be saved, and our families and clansmen will be killed by the Ming Dynasty." Kill Jue! Is this the ending your husband wants?!"
Zhang Shi took a step forward, knelt in front of Shen Gai, raised his hands with a ferocious look and said: "Today's officials, out of their own selfish interests, insist on rejecting the conditions of the Ming Dynasty and insist on continuing the fight. It would be fine if they can win, but they are fighting Do you win?
Since the beginning of the war, has the Song Dynasty won a single victory? Not even once! Knowing that there is no chance of winning, he still acts like this, forcing millions of people in Lin'an City to endure the killings of the Ming army with him, forcing all of us to die without a complete body! Does your husband want to watch his family members die in front of him? ! "
Shen Gai's face turned pale.
"But...but...but we are ministers of the Song Dynasty, how can we do such a thing...What is the difference between this and rebelling?"
"This is for the survival of the Song Dynasty!"
Zhang Shi said resolutely: "The foolish king is incompetent and cannot save the Song Dynasty. He drags the entire Song Dynasty to its destruction for his own selfish purposes. I am sorry for the ancestors of the Song Dynasty and for the people of Li who were brutally persecuted by the Ming Dynasty. It is really unethical and unfair." Incompetent and unjust! How can such a foolish king help him to stabilize the world?"
Shen Gai was shocked by this statement.
But thinking about it carefully, he also felt that he was full of unwillingness.
The stupid things done by the emperor led the Ming Dynasty to attack southward, causing such disasters, but everyone had to bear the consequences, and even faced the tragedy of family destruction and death.
How could they be willing to endure such a thing?
This is not the treatment of a Confucian official!
And should I say it, my head really hurts, and my heart really hates me.
It's obviously not something I did, but you want to slander me? And you hit me so hard! You wish you could smash me to death!
Thinking of this, Shen Gai suddenly felt a huge burst of resentment and injustice in his heart.
I worked hard and tried my best for the Song Dynasty, but I ended up with this ending? Do you just want to die with this selfish emperor like you?
Damn it, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world. This world belongs not only to you, the Emperor Zhao, but also to us scholar-bureaucrats!
Shen Gai clenched his fists, and the anger in his heart surged up one after another, until his heart was burning so much that he could no longer hold on.
But he still had a trace of hesitation.
"But after all, the official is the emperor, the emperor, and we are the ministers. If we do this, isn't it..."
"If the king treats his ministers like his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart and soul; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as a fellow countryman; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as a bandit!"
Zhang Shi said resolutely: "When he slandered you for colluding with the Ming Dynasty, when he slandered you for being rebellious, and when he threw a teacup at your head, he already regarded you as a piece of shit!
He doesn't trust you and puts all the blame on you. How can such a king be qualified to be loyal to others? What's more, he also said he would deal with you after the war! In this way, no matter whether Song Dynasty can win or not, will the fate of Xianggong be good? Sir, you should wake up! "
Shen Gai suddenly felt enlightened and had a profound understanding of Zhang Shi's statement.
If he wins the battle, he will be dealt with by Zhao Zhen, and he may die.
After losing the battle, everyone was liquidated by the Ming Dynasty and died even more miserably.
No matter what, it is a word of death, and there is no possibility of living.
In this case, why do we still watch our own end without trying to find a way to survive for ourselves?
"What you said...makes sense."
"So, we should plan the action immediately. After the action, we can support anyone to ascend the throne. At that time, the Prime Minister will take charge of the government, and immediately negotiate peace with the Ming Kingdom to solve all problems. When the Ming Kingdom withdraws its troops, the matter will be done!"
Shen Gai looked at the excited Zhang Shi and suddenly had a question.
"Jingfu, why are you encouraging me like this? Could it be..."
Zhang Shi nodded without denying his selfishness.
"My father devoted himself to serving the country, but he died tragically at the hands of the emperor. If he had been wise and powerful, I wouldn't have dared to do anything to him. But he kept making stupid moves and being incompetent, which brought the Song Dynasty to where it is today. We are all facing the situation of family destruction and death. !
Seeing that not only my father died innocently and tragically, but my entire family was dragged to death by his incompetence. How could I endure such a thing? Even if this matter is extremely risky, I am still willing to give it a try! Avenge your father! Seek the possibility of continuation for the family! "
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