There are some records left in the history books. These records are just a cold paragraph: Kaifeng Prefecture was besieged and the city fell on the 70th. That day was Bingchen Day (the 25th) of the eleventh month of the leap month.
Zhang Shuye and his son led the army to fight to the death, and both father and son died in battle on the same day.
The two emperors of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, were placed under house arrest by the Jin people and were captured and returned to the north the following year.
This incident is known as the "Jingkang Difficulty" in history.
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When Jin Bing entered Kaifeng Mansion, he was extremely excited.
The Song Dynasty was unique in history. It had a higher degree of urbanization than other dynasties before and after it. That is to say, the proportion of the population living in cities in the country was relatively high. Kaifeng was the only super city in the world at that time and was the center of world civilization. , for Jin Bing, it is like a jungle man entering a prosperous and advanced world, curious about everything and wanting everything.
But the Jin people did not want to destroy this ancient capital.
They surrounded the outer city, preventing residents from entering or exiting, and then began to demand step by step. They would not enter the city to rob, but they wanted the emperor to cooperate and hand over 10 million ingots of gold, 20 million ingots of silver, 10 million pieces of silk, etc. The court had no choice but to search the people, including more than 7,000 mules and horses in the city, and also asked for Fifteen hundred girls were provided for their pleasure. The emperor had no time to find enough girls, so he had to add his own concubines to the number.
The Jin people did not do it themselves, but taught you that the Song emperor robbed his own subjects.
When there were horrified shouts from outside, Qi'er followed Yun Kong's instructions and locked the front and back doors of Yu Mansion tightly, and then forced his master and Qin'er to go to the backyard together.
When they walked through the corridor and went straight to the backyard, Zhu Zhou felt strange: "Why have we gone too far? We should hide in the cellar!" Yu Mansion has a basement, one of which is to store ice cubes taken from the river in winter. One is for storing gold and silver.
"Before leaving, Taoist Master Yunkong told me to do this!" Qi'er said anxiously, "If they come to rob, the cellar must also be their target!"
Zhu Zhou and Qin'er, who were initially dubious about Yun Kong, now have no doubts as the prophecies have been fulfilled one by one.
Someone knocked hard on the door, yelling at the people in the house to cooperate.
The three masters and servants hid under the shade of the tree. Strangely, in the cold winter, they felt a warmth under the tree. Maybe it's because the leaves like a big umbrella cover wrap the air, which makes it warmer.
The person who knocked on the door spoke in the tone of Kaifeng Mansion, indicating that the person who came to search Kuo was not a Jin man, but a more terrifying compatriot.
Just like the "minions of tigers", people who are eaten by tigers become ghosts controlled by tigers, and become monsters who specialize in helping tigers find people to eat. Therefore, those who help the tiger are more terrifying than the tiger itself.
"What should I do?" There was no movement in the big tree, and Zhu Zhou was very scared. Once the door was broken, the three masters and servants hiding under the tree would be seen immediately. "Will hiding here be helpful? "
Qi'er was also very distressed, thinking about what else Yun Kong had told him.
He remembered: "Gaolu!" He shouted towards the tree, "Save us, save us, okay?"
"What are you talking about?" Qin'er frowned.
"Sir, the Taoist priest told me that this tree is Gao Lu himself. Whether you believe it or not, please ask him to save us!"
Zhuzhou hesitated for a moment, then shook his hands and touched the tree: "Gao Lu, I have treated you well for more than ten years, and now I only ask you for one thing. Can you save us?" Zhuzhou, who was helpless, kept repeating these words. , Qi'er also pleaded hard at the same time.
Suddenly, there was movement in the soil.
Two saplings grew in front of their feet.
The saplings quickly grew leaves, elongated, and grew stronger, growing taller than the three of them. Then they surrounded them like two arms, wrapped around the big tree behind them like two palms, and surrounded them.
The three masters and servants stood in the space surrounded by three trees in surprise. Looking up, they could still see the sky covered with leaves. The shouts outside were still clearly audible, but they became as blurry as the echo in an empty valley.
"This family is a giant businessman, with many shops in and outside the city!" A guide outside the door who was familiar with Kaifeng Mansion assured the imperial guards who knocked on the door. "They sell medicine, cloth, southern goods, facial cleansers and women's makeup powder. , I can definitely contribute a lot of money!”
The forbidden troops outside the door were encouraged and finally opened the door.
They walked directly into the house, and the guide who led the way also followed the imperial army, curious to see the luxurious furnishings in the homes of wealthy merchants.
After searching for a while, they couldn't find the owner, so they robbed more recklessly, taking the opportunity to take possession of the things they grabbed.
The guide who led the way had a clear idea and broke into the backyard. He saw the huge tree and two smaller trees entangled with it.
His heart palpitated, and he felt something strange. He subconsciously walked to the front of the tree and looked at it for a while.
"Oh, it's a couple tree." He snorted and turned back to follow the imperial army and join the robbery.
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Look at the officer! At this point in the story, you must be wondering, where did Guo Jing go after he escaped?
In "The Legacy of Xuanhe of the Song Dynasty", there are only a few lines describing the matter, saying "Guo Jing escaped and fled, the crowd was invincible, and the city fell", and that was it. This is inevitably perfunctory.
It turns out that the following text was found in the later "Xu Zi Zhi Tong Jian".
First of all, Guo Jing fled south after leaving the city. On the way, he claimed that he could be a soldier like Isaac. When he fled to Xiangyang, he used his sharp tongue to gather more than a thousand magic soldiers and stationed them in a cave in Xiangyang. Mountain temple. Xiangyang is surrounded by rivers and is a famous city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
On the 25th day of the eleventh month in the first year of Jingkang, the Jin people entered the palace and stayed in the palace for some days. It was not until February of the following year that they deposed the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji (Huizong) and the Emperor Zhao Huan (Qinzong) as commoners and brought them to the palace. Returning to the north to become slaves, they would become what Yue Fei called the "Two Saints" in the future.
Both emperors later died miserably. There are many versions of how they died due to lack of information.
After the "Two Saints" were captured, the remaining ministers supported the Song Dynasty bloodline one after another. Guo Jing did not lag behind and found a member of the Zhao family's clan. He also wanted to be an important minister who supported the emperor. This move was criticized by Xiangyang Guo Jing refused to listen to the officials' dissuasion. Of course he didn't listen, because he had magic weapons in his hands and a bunch of believers who believed he had magic, so he had no reason to obey.
It was not until April, when someone fled from Kaifeng Mansion to Xiangyang, that Guo Jing's fate was decided. The scandal that caused the fall of Kaifeng Mansion was immediately learned by Xiangyang officials, so they immediately imprisoned him and secretly sent people to assassinate him.
The whereabouts of Guo Jing's body have been unknown since then.
In May, "Kang King" Zhao Gou, who was originally very important in the final defensive battle of the Northern Song Dynasty, finally proclaimed himself emperor in Yingtian Mansion, Nanjing. It was called the "Southern Song Dynasty" in history. In that year, the reign name "Jianyan" was established, so the first year of Jianyan It is the same year as the second year of Jingkang.
After King Kang ascended the throne, he was still chased by the Jin soldiers and fled south. Finally, he finally settled in Hangzhou and established his capital in Hangzhou, renamed Lin'an Prefecture. In the third year of Xuanhe's reign, the number one scholar in Xinchou Branch was He Huan.
At that time, the Jin people had not yet attacked, but the internal and external troubles of the Song Dynasty had already weakened her.
That year, the imperial examination, which had been suspended for many years, was held again. Groups of scholars rushing to strive for fame crowded into Kaifeng Mansion in the capital, hoping to earn fame. Not only did they want to honor their ancestors, but they also wanted to have official positions.
Of course, not every scholar is qualified to go to the capital to take the exam.
Before they can get to the capital, they must first go through four steps.
The first step was that in the second year of Xuanhe, that is, in the autumn before the "Beijing Examination", each county took the "Autumn Examination" as usual.
Scholars who passed the autumn examination were recommended to the "state" by each county.
From the prefecture, he was transferred to the "Tao", which is today's provincial-level unit.
Each Taoist school sent its scholars to the capital in the autumn, and reported to the "Ministry of Rites" of the imperial court in the winter. The examination was not held until the following spring.
This is the "tribute examination" process generally used in the Song Dynasty.
Those scholars who can pass numerous examinations and submit tribute to the court's Ministry of Rites can be called "tribute scholars" or "juren".
Only those who pass the spring examination are called "jinshi".
This Xinchou Ke exam is very special, because the imperial court has not held an exam for twenty-two years. In these years, it has been using the "three sheds method" of school education to select scholars. Therefore, once the tribute exam is resumed, it will be a good time to recharge. The scholars, who had been sharp for a long time, immediately appeared in groups on the official roads and flocked to the capital.
But Luo Wenkui was born at the wrong time.
Luo Wenkui's father was a farmer, getting up early every day to plow the fields and work hard to support his family.
In Luo Wenkui's memory, he had an uncle who often came to get money from his father.
