"What do you think will happen to you on the day when Bianjing City is destroyed?"
The old storyteller in the lobby was talking about how Emperor Xiaoci Yuansheng sent people to reward the Jin people's siege troops and horses, which made everyone very angry.
Although less than fifteen years have passed since this incident, in many people's memories, it seems like it happened a lifetime ago.
If these older people hadn't often mentioned it, many people would have almost forgotten what the Song Dynasty was like.
In other words, they don't want to remember it.
Sibeilou's restaurant in Lin'an is completely different from its flower boat on the edge of the West Lake.
Pretty ladies are rare here, even a girl is hard to see.
Except for a few old women who put some tea on each table from time to time, this building was almost entirely filled with young and old men.
Compared with the Goulanwa Restaurant on the next street, Sibei Building not only provides a place to sit, but also allows everyone to eat and drink well.
Although places like this are not uncommon in Lin'an City, there are not many of them.
After all, it has to satisfy all the needs, wants, and needs, and the price cannot be too outrageous... You can do a few things for one price.
For people who have worked hard all day, the threshold here is low enough. Even if a murder occurred on this street, Sibei Tower is still their first choice for recreation.
For the literati, no threshold is the biggest threshold.
Moreover, the storytellers here are so ignorant that they only talk about things that happened in the first year of Jingkang.
You have just entered the rhythm of spring flowers and autumn moon here, and you can't wait to make everyone cry.
Over time, Sibeilou's reputation among the people has grown, and it has become less popular in higher circles.
Following Liu Bang was Liu Qi, the commander of the Ma Army.
Among the three yamen of the Song Dynasty, the front office clerk was in charge of the palace. The matters in Lin'an City were handled by Ma Junsi.
As for the outer city, that is the matter of the Infantry Department.
Speaking of which, Zhao Mi, the commander of the Infantry Division, also came from Zhang Jun's command.
It also took Liu Bang some time to figure out the relationship between these people.
But it was just a rough idea. The most important thing was that he understood what Yue Yun meant when he said, "The Forbidden Army will follow."
It turns out that the most capable soldiers of the Song Dynasty are not outside, not in the hands of others.
But in Lin'an, in his own hands.
At this time, after listening to the storyteller's words, Liu Bang was still a little suspicious that it was a joke made up by people in the world.
Then he asked Liu Qi in a low voice:
"How come you are approaching the city and you still want to reward others?"
Liu Qi also came from the Western Army, but unlike Xiang Guangshi, he was a serious Han Chinese.
If there had not been the Jingkang Rebellion, Uncle Liu Xin would not have been bullied into this state by Captain Zhang.
But having said that, if there had been no Jingkang Rebellion, Taiwei Zhang would probably have been a martial arts master until his death.
Now when the emperor asked, he was not as dumb as Yang Yizhong. He was just stunned for a moment and then remembered that the emperor had a brain injury.
After organizing his language, he replied:
"But it's not a reward. The people in the world don't understand the overall situation and just say some random words."
"It's not a reward... Then it's really bleeding. What, is it a bribe?"
Liu Qi said: "The Jin people do not know the Four Books and Five Classics, and do not understand the teachings of the saints. It is because we thought too well of them and thought that if we gave them property, they would truly keep their promises and retreat..."
"This is not a man-made disaster, but... it is really the Jin people's betrayal. Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty did not bribe the Huns when he was siege by Bai Deng. Who would have thought that the Jin people were not even as good as the Huns."
Liu Bang rolled his eyes at the old boy and said angrily:
"You know nothing! Do you really think that Xiongnu Maodun is a fool? Hundreds of thousands of Han troops were on the road at that time. Do you think he really can't tell the difference?"
"Besides, then... Liu Ji is so good at fighting, even if he fights to the death, he still has to bite off a piece of his flesh."
"You only talk about your emperor's affairs, don't involve others! If you are biased again, I will reward you with some Amitabha!"
After spending a long time with Monk Daoji, Liu Bang still didn't know what Amitabha meant, but Liu Bang felt that these four words were very useful.
It was here now, even though neither he nor Liu Qi understood what it meant.
Liu Qi didn't know why the emperor was suddenly so excited. He just kept echoing his approval and didn't dare to say a word 'no'.
After being scolded by the emperor for a while, he thought that it was not some palace secret, it was something that everyone in the world knew, and the officials would not blame him for it.
In this way, Liu Qicai said seriously:
"The Jin people forced Emperor Huizong to go to the camp to negotiate peace. I, the Song Dynasty, governed the country with filial piety, and Emperor Xiaoci Yuansheng replaced him... Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang ordered me to bow to the emperor and his ministers facing the north to fulfill their courtesy and read out Lower the table.”
"It was windy and snowy, and the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty were so humiliated that they all wept secretly. Only after the surrender was completed, Emperor Xiaociyuan was released."
"The emperor has just returned, and the Jin people came to ask for 10 million ingots of gold, 20 million ingots of silver, and 10 million pieces of silk. Kaifeng is already an isolated city. Even if they plunder everything, it is still not enough."
Liu Bang frowned: "Then, how was it done?"
Taking a gentle breath, Liu Qi said:
"The Jin people came to ask for mules and horses, and more than 7,000 of them were found in Kaifeng City. All the officials went to court on foot."
"The Jin people wanted thousands and five hundred girls. As a last resort, they even sent out the concubines in the harem... There were many who were unwilling to be humiliated, and many died."
"In this way, the amount demanded by the Jin was still far away, so the Jin threatened to enter the city to rob, and also allowed Emperor Xiaociyuan to enter the camp as a hostage. They had to collect the property before they could release the emperor back to the city."
"The city of Kaifeng is indeed empty... To satisfy their appetite, ritual vessels for worshiping heaven, emperor's dharma chariot, books and classics, and Dacheng musical instruments..."
"Every doctor, all the musicians in the studio, all kinds of craftsmen, all the women with the least bit of beauty, all the things that could be used were lost."
"The Heavenly Family is in trouble, everyone..."
Liu Bang's face had completely turned away, and Liu Qi didn't know what the emperor's expression was.
He waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about the Zhao family, let's talk about the people."
Although Liu Qi had an official title at the time, promoted by his father's subordinate, Captain Gao Qiu, he only received a salary and no actual duties.
Therefore, during the Jingkang Rebellion, he was not in Bianjing City.
Now that the emperor asked about this matter... he had no choice but to accuse:
"I really don't know."
The news coming out of Kaifeng Mansion was that the royal family had suffered a great disaster, or that a loyal minister had died for the country.
It's not like Liu Qi has never heard of people asking people like the emperor did today, but it's really not that many.
I don’t know if he heard the conversation between the two, but the old storyteller finally sipped a cup of tea and continued:
"The city of Bianjing has been scraped again and again. Where can we find food in the city? First we look for cats and dogs, and they eat them all. Then they look for rats, and rats eat them all. They eat leaves, and when they eat all the leaves, they starve to death." "
"In addition to the spread of the epidemic, some died of starvation, disease, and freezing, and some hanged themselves or threw themselves into wells because they didn't want to serve the Jin people..."
The old man chuckled: "As long as you want, you can take care of the corpse!"
Although he was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes.
There are many people in this building, but it is also very quiet.
No one laughed with him, and the old man didn't take it seriously, and continued:
"Speaking of corpses, as far as Liuzi in the east, Xijing in the west, Hanshang in the south, and Heshuo in the north, the Jin soldiers killed people like mowing hemp, and the stench smelled for hundreds of miles..."
"If you had been there at that time, you would have seen two or three 'Beijing Temples' along the road for one mile!"
Liu Bang was no stranger to Jingguan.
King Zhuang of Chu did this before, collecting the corpses of his enemies and piling them by the roadside, then tamping them with soil to make a mound.
He wanted to tell himself that this was a matter for the people of the Song Dynasty, and that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was a coward. It was the people of the Song Dynasty who suffered, and it had nothing to do with him.
But after a while, he couldn't convince himself.
Because the old man stood up... The child next to him struck the gong with a wooden hammer, and this story came to an end.
"What you can see: corpses soaked in blood, ghosts crying and gods howling; evil winds blowing over the Han Dynasty, the stars, sun and moon cannot be seen, evil spirits are crossing the river, and it is difficult to distinguish north, south, west, and east."
"Whose young lady has a green servant girl and red sleeves, all belong to the Huma Xiongnu? Whose good son, a young man with green silk hair and a talented man, prefers those fangs, swords and spears."
"In the middle of the night will-o'-the-wisps roam around, and during the day black dogs eat people."
"I can only hear people weeping from Li, there are no birds in the hundreds of alleys in the empty city, there is no smoke, and there are few people walking at the intersection of ten states."
“Gold and pearls are like earth, peace cannot be bought in one day;”
"Luo Qi gave birth to smoke, and several places turned into ashes."
"Bead curtains in green houses, there is no way for beautiful women to escape;"
"The gums are made of gold, but I don't know where the gold points are hidden."
"Wealth pouring into the sky, piles of gold and jade..."
"After all, it is inevitable to take a knife!"
…
"Everyone, this is the end of the matter in Bianjing City!"
The old man sang the lyrics over and over, and he ended it, but it aroused the interest of many people in this building.
Everyone asked him to continue talking and kept throwing coins on the stage.
This kind of limelight is no less than that of the waiters on the flower boat.
"The demonic wind strikes Han Dynasty..."
Liu Bang kept repeating this sentence, not knowing what he was thinking.
