Xuanhe seven years.
August 1125 AD.
The Jin State took the Zhang Jue Incident as an excuse and went south to attack the Song Dynasty.
Above the imperial court of the Song Dynasty.
"The official family, the golden thief and the wolf are ambitious. Our Song army is unable to resist. Only by suing for peace can we gain a chance of survival. When summer comes, the Jin army cannot stand the heat of the Central Plains and will naturally retreat!"
"Yes, officials, as long as we agree to seek peace with the Kingdom of Jin, Bianjing City will still be our Bianjing City!"
"I second the proposal!"
"Guan family, please seek peace!"
The central forces headed by Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan all advocated seeking peace.
These two people are both ministers and prime ministers, but in fact there is the shadow of one person behind them, and this person is Cai Jing.
At this time, Cai Jing was already in power for the fourth time. He was already dim-sighted and had no idea of fighting against the Jin people. All he could think about was ceding land and paying compensation.
People such as Li Gang were not in the court at this time. They were building a defense line on the northern line to resist the Jin army's attack.
It can be said that the current court is full of surrender factions, and even if you want to find a fighting faction, you can't find one.
Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, was sitting in the main hall. His face was so low that it was difficult to see what he was thinking on his face.
He was filled with fear.
Speaking of talents, Song Huizong actually had some, and there was a rule in the Song Dynasty at that time that the emperor was not allowed to kill ministers, no matter how serious the mistake he made, he could not kill them.
This led to the fact that most emperors in the Song Dynasty were kind-hearted.
It's nothing more than cowardice.
But Song Huizong didn't sleep last night. He dreamed of a letter sent to him by Taizong.
At that time, the Song Dynasty still respected Confucianism, monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, and the laws of their ancestors. These were all things they cared about very much.
Even the Kong family was named Yanshenggong starting from the Song Dynasty, which shows how much the Song Dynasty valued literati.
This reason may also be related to Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin. The entire Zhao family relied on the army to make their fortune, and then relied heavily on literati in the process of governing the country.
"I see that the Zhao family is in danger, and future generations must remember to obey this edict!"
He remembered it very clearly.
In his dream, he met Emperor Taizong, who wrote him an article "On the Early Years of the War between Song and Jin Dynasties", which clearly explained the current situation.
There are also people including Tong Guan, Bai Shizhong, Qin Hui and others who are currently in the main hall. Taizong said that these people are all traitors.
They are all the criminals who want to destroy our country, the Song Dynasty.
As for the loyal ministers Taizong mentioned, except for Li Gang himself, he had not even heard of the rest.
So last night, he specially arranged for the palace guards to conduct an investigation.
The final result turned out to be that Zongze was just a general judge, and Zhao Ding was just a county magistrate.
Taizong actually let himself reuse these two people.
There are also Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. Because time is too short, the front department has not yet investigated them.
That's probably smaller than the county magistrate.
"Do you listen to your ancestors or not?"
Zhao Ji fell into a dilemma.
He naturally knew that once the Jin army conquered Hebei and Hedong, they would go all the way south to Bianjing.
But he was really panicked. He didn't know how to fight.
He even wanted to pass the throne to the prince, and practice calligraphy as a prince himself, leaving his son to worry about it.
But the ancestral instructions were swirling in his mind.
"My lords, if we fight against Jin, what are our chances of winning?"
Zhao Ji slowly raised his head and looked at the courtiers in front of him. He was wondering if these people could analyze it for him.
As soon as these words came out, the hall instantly fell into a commotion.
"Officials, you absolutely must not do this!"
"Yes, Guan Jia, if we don't sue for peace now, the Jin army will definitely attack Bianjing!"
When they heard Zhao Ji asking what the Jin Army's chances of winning were, these people just panicked.
How could they defeat the Jin Army? The Jin Army's iron pagoda was deployed, and no army in the entire Song Dynasty could compete with it. Many people in the Song Dynasty had even privately sued for peace from the Jin Army. They chose to become traitors.
Including Cai Jing, the prime minister at the time, had long been eyeing Jin Jun.
"Guan Jia, the Jin army is invincible, we have no chance of winning!"
"Officials, think twice!"
They even felt that Zhao Ji should not have any thoughts of resistance.
A sudden moment.
Zhao Ji seemed to have an epiphany. Looking at the faces of these courtiers, he felt that the Zhao family might really be defeated by his own hands.
According to Taizong, even if they sue for peace, the Jin army will not let them go, especially the royal family.
As long as the Jin army reaches Bianjing, maybe nothing will happen to these courtiers, but he, the emperor, will definitely be humiliated in various ways and even killed.
He had always felt that the Zhao family's empire was maintained by these courtiers, and he only had to have fun.
Now when he looked at the faces of these people, he realized.
It turned out that I was wrong from beginning to end.
These people only think about their official positions, or the money they can embezzle and accept bribes.
After all, they don't care about this country.
As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Ji stood up abruptly, changing his usual cowardly behavior, and instead showed a generous look on his face.
"I received Taizong's edict yesterday!"
As soon as Zhao Ji said these words, the officials below immediately knelt down.
"Obey Taizong's imperial edict!"
While kneeling, these ministers looked at each other, seeming to ask, what are the officials going crazy about?
But the next words were like thunder, exploding in everyone's ears.
"Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin and did not follow the teachings of the saints, heaven and earth. This is disloyal. They bought and sold officials for their own benefit, which led to a serious redundancy of officials in the court. This is unjust. Come on, come on,
Put these people in jail and try again tomorrow! "
"Assign Li Gang as the Military and Political Envoy of the Military and Political Council, responsible for all military affairs on the northern front; appoint Zongze as the National Protector General, fully responsible for the military defense of Daming Mansion and Hezhong; appoint Zhao Ding as the Privy Council Envoy; appoint Yue Fei as the Pioneer General..."
Zhao Ji is like a god descending to earth.
The dismissals and appointments of all were spoken in one breath.
And when he finished speaking, all the courtiers present were still confused.
It took about a minute for the courtier to react.
Tong Guan shouted:
"Officials, I don't understand!"
Other ministers came out one after another:
"Officials, how do you make the world's scholars think of you like this? If we are imprisoned in the heavenly prison, what will happen to our country and the country of the Song Dynasty?"
"Officials, you absolutely must not do this!"
These people didn't even think it was scary at first. They thought the officials were joking with them.
With so many ministers, how can the official family tolerate one word from each of them?
But today, they were all wrong.
"Where is the Palace Chief? Where are the Imperial Guards?"
In, in, in!
Zhao Ji had arranged for the Imperial Palace Division and the Forbidden Army yesterday. Fortunately, these two military powers were still in the hands of the emperor. Otherwise, there would really be no way to move these people today.
"Take everyone just now to the prison!"
Only then did everyone realize that their officialdom was serious.
