On the way to Kaifeng, the imperial driver stopped overnight in Zhengzhou.
When he was standing still, Li Xia reached out and pushed open the door. He saw Yan Rong getting up and coming over. He snorted at him and closed the wooden door again.
Fortunately, the door was not bolted, so I pushed it again and came in.
Yan Rong saw him coming in, turned his back and said, "Get out."
"You've already been coaxed, can you get angry again?"
"We are going to Kaifeng tomorrow. I feel embarrassed when I think of meeting Zhao Jin. It's all your fault."
Li Xia didn't answer and reached out to hug Yan Rong, but she pushed her a few times.
She didn't really exert any force, and he held her waist tightly, scolding her non-stop.
"The stinky man was eating from the bowl and looking at the pot. He knew she was weak and insisted on tormenting her..."
"What does this have to do with whether her body is weak or not?"
"Are you still making sense?"
Yan Rong reached out and pinched Li Xia's waist gently. Among the people in the harem, she was the most courageous in this regard, but she didn't really pinch him.
"You are so powerful, but she has a heart problem, how can you bear it?"
"Huh?"
Li Xia looked back and saw that Yan Rong's face still had a look of anger, but his eyes showed curiosity.
Although she dared to get angry at him, she always exercised discretion, and more often than not she took the opportunity to act coquettishly.
Of course, if Li Xia were not the emperor, Yan Rong might not be able to tolerate him accepting Zhao Jin so easily.
This is the world of power.
The two of them whispered a few more words, and Li Xia had already hugged Yan Rong to the couch.
"Go away, I don't want to talk to you... If Your Majesty really wants to coax me, let alone go to Kaifeng, do you still want to go to Lin'an?"
Li Xia couldn't help but smile and said: "Since ancient times, the Sui Dynasty conquered the south of the Yangtze River, and the Song Dynasty destroyed the Southern Tang Dynasty. There has never been a king who personally went on an expedition."
"After the Song Dynasty is destroyed, if your Majesty tours the south of the Yangtze River, he must bring his concubines with him..."
"good."
"But we have agreed that when the prisoners are presented in Kaifeng, I also want to be there to see the expression on the Empress Dowager Song's face."
"Do you still care about this?"
"I just want to show off in front of them."
"Okay, aren't you angry anymore?"
"Yeah."
Yan Rong pursed his lips and responded with a very satisfied expression, but even reached out to push Li Xia.
"Your Majesty has the ability to torment Zhao Jin, so don't torment me again."
"real?"
"snort."
The pair of catkins pushed in front of Li Xia circled behind him again...
~~
The next day, Yujia arrived in Kaifeng.
Han Qi'an followed him to the palace and then returned to the Han family's residence in Kaifeng, where he saw Han Chengxu sitting on a rocking chair in the courtyard.
"Father."
"Your Majesty has settled down."
"Yes. This time His Majesty has brought the Queen, the Concubine, and all the officials of the court to Kaifeng. He should stay for a longer time. By the way, Qiao'er is here too."
"Your Majesty is worried about the Southern Expedition. He is afraid something will happen."
Han Qi'an said: "I guess there will be no accidents."
"Let's put it this way." Han Chengxu said slowly, "Your Majesty was worried about something happening in the Central Plains during the Southern Expedition, so he took charge personally."
"yes."
In fact, Han Qian also knew this truth, and there was no need for Han Chengxu to remind him.
"Don't you mind being a verbose father? That's what happens when you get old." Han Chengxu said again, "I have submitted my resignation to Your Majesty. I will return to Guide Mansion after the Song Dynasty is destroyed. I have been wandering outside for a lifetime, and
It’s time for the fallen leaves to return to their roots.”
"My father is not old, and he can still serve His Majesty as prime minister for ten years."
"The Tang Dynasty has no shortage of prime ministers." Han Chengxu waved his hand, "When it comes to His Majesty bringing his concubines to Kaifeng this time, I was thinking that His Majesty took Concubine Ning and Concubine Kang, after all, he is taking away his wife and daughter."
"Father's words are inappropriate..."
"You heard my father say that in the past, His Majesty built something from scratch, built a foundation, and could do things without any worries. But things are different in the future. Many things should not be done without hesitation. Not only did he accept the Zhao family's wife and daughter, he also took the Zhao family's country.
, then the Zhao family should be given some dignity. Wouldn’t it be beautiful to be given a title of king in name only, retain the specifications of the royal tombs of previous dynasties, benefit without any expense, and win the hearts of Jiangnan? Your Majesty has never cared about these things, we
Those who are ministers should do it for him."
"The child understands what the father said."
"If you don't mention it far away, let's talk about Huaizuo Li Tingzhi..."
Halfway through speaking, Han Chengxu forgot what he was going to say and thought about it for a while before remembering it.
"Now that the north of the Yangtze River has been basically captured, only the lone army of Huaizuo is still resisting. Li Tingzhi has a loyal loyalist. It is a pity to kill him and he will not surrender. What can I do? Just put down your posture."
Han Qi'an responded: "Your Majesty also appreciates Li Tingzhi and has sent someone to pass on Lu Xiufu's letter to him."
"Not enough." Han Chengxu said: "If you and Li Tingzhi change places today, and you are loyal to Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty as you are loyal to His Majesty, will you surrender?"
"No surrender."
"Do you know what he is asking for?"
"It's not about glory and wealth, it's about making achievements."
"The Central Plains have been recovered. If he does not need to recover the Central Plains, what else can he ask for to make achievements?"
Han Qian fell silent.
Han Chengxu complained: "My father just said everything, but you are too long-winded and don't listen to my father's words... The major affairs of the country are between sacrifice and military affairs. All the wars that should be fought in the Central Plains have been fought. The one that has not been settled is the sacrifice."
Things."
"I understand, kid." Han Qi'an said: "Surrender Li Tingzhi and promise him that your majesty will treat the Zhao Song clan well and retain the specifications of his mausoleum..."
~~鼷
When Han Qi'an and Li Xia reported this matter, Li Xia didn't understand it very well. He couldn't understand the importance people attached to sacrifices at this time.
"What's the difference?"
"Your Majesty took the name of the country as Tang, with the intention of reviving the Tang Dynasty, and inheriting the orthodoxy of the Tang Dynasty. After the Song Dynasty is destroyed, the name of the emperor of the Zhao and Song Dynasties can be denied, and he can be designated as a separatist vassal town, or even a rebel. In this way, the Zhao family
It’s hard to determine the merits and demerits of three hundred years..."
Li Xia asked: "Then what are the past three hundred years of China?"
"A troubled world without an orthodox dynasty."
"I won't do that."
It has nothing to do with likes and dislikes. If you deny the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty for more than 300 years, you will deny the lifelong beliefs of the subjects still living in Jiangnan, which will be a great obstacle to the unification of the country.
"I know that Your Majesty will not do this." Han Qi'an said: "But if Li Tingzhi and others do not know it, they must be worried that Your Majesty will treat the Zhao family harshly. Then no one will compile a history for the 310 years of the Song Dynasty, and the history of the Song Dynasty will not exist.
The articles of the Song Dynasty have been lost; the imperial mausoleums are unprotected. Once the emperors of all dynasties expose their corpses to the wilderness, their descendants will not be able to offer sacrifices. Only by submitting to the Song Dynasty can these Song ministers seek the qualifications to compile history and protect the mausoleums for the Song Dynasty."
Li Xia hesitated.
After all, he still didn't quite understand this era where the concept of monarchs and ministers was more important, so he asked: "Li Tingzhi... is he worried about this?"
"The change of dynasties, their rise and fall, is not terrible. What is terrible is like the Jingkang change, when the country's face is lost, like when the Mongols destroyed Xixia, and the Xixia writing disappeared."
~~
March 18, Liuhe County.
Li Tingzhi finally agreed to meet with the envoy from the north.
This time it was Deng Yan who came.
Deng Yan was originally a Jinshi in the third year of Song Xianning's reign, but was later sentenced to Sichuan and Shu due to his conviction. Now he is the councilor of the Huaixi pacification system newly appointed by Li Xia.
It was he, not Wang Shu, who advised Li Tingzhi, because Wang Shu's character was obviously not liked by Li Tingzhi.
Deng Yan was much more serious and sincere.
"North of the Yangtze River, only Mr. Li is still resisting."
“I often tell people that I don’t seek to win this battle, but I seek to do my best.”
"Mr. Li has tried his best."
Li Tingzhi said: "My life is still there."
"Your Majesty still wants to keep Mr. Li alive to benefit Li Sheji."
"The Central Plains have been recovered. What benefit can a general like me do to Shengli? It is better to be loyal to the Song Dynasty."
"There are many ways to be loyal to the Song Dynasty, and it is not necessary to die in battle."
There were many reasons that Deng Yan planned to use to persuade Li Tingzhi.
But before he even started talking, he saw soldiers arriving in a hurry and reported to Li Tingzhi in a panic: "Commander, it's not good!"
Li Tingzhi frowned and was about to stop the soldier, but all the bad news was poured out in front of Deng Shan, as if the soldier had done it on purpose.
"The imperial court has abandoned the defense of Yangzhou, and claimed that the commander-in-chief had committed treason, and detained the commander-in-chief's family members..."
"what for?!"
"The details are unclear. We were ordered to go to Yangzhou to ask for help. We finally arrived, but we found that there were no defenders in Yangzhou city and the commander-in-chief's mansion was empty. We only knew that the court had convicted the commander-in-chief..."
Not only Li Tingzhi, but also Deng Yan was stunned.
In order to recruit Li Tingzhi to surrender, Datang actually made preparations in all aspects, from legal principles to human relations, and even the candidates who came to persuade Li Tingzhi to surrender were carefully considered.
Unexpectedly, before many preparations were made, Li Tingzhi had already "rebelled against the Song Dynasty".
After being silent for a while, Deng Yan gave a wry smile and said with a smile: "It turns out that Li Shuai has surrendered. It seems that my trip was in vain."
Li Tingzhi's face darkened, and Deng Yan immediately felt pressured and did not dare to joke again.
On the contrary, the soldier Song who reported the news peeked here from time to time, obviously hoping that Li Tingzhi would surrender...
And Li Tingzhi also thought of the poem in Lu Xiufu's letter again.
He could feel Li Xia's talent and strategy from it.
As a minister and a general, he is not afraid of encountering enemies with great talents and strategies, but comparing the Emperor of Lin'an with the two, the comparison is too harsh...
~~
Kaifeng.
Li Xia has always been in good spirits lately.
He has always acted harshly, but this time he promised to treat the Zhao family well after the Song Dynasty was destroyed. Even though it was a favor without any expense, many courtiers who surrendered from the Song Dynasty were grateful.
Even Zhao Jin was extremely grateful to him, so when she got along with Yan Rong, she also coaxed him nicely and didn't embarrass Li Xia again.
On March 22nd, Li Xia was thinking about the map in the front hall when he saw Jiang Fan rushing there.
"Your Majesty, good news, Li Tingzhi has agreed to surrender! Together, Yangzhou has surrendered..."
This incident was as expected, but Li Xia was still very happy.
He knew that he not only gained Li Tingzhi's submission, but also understood Zhao Song's loyalty.
This is just the beginning, and more and more people will follow in the future.
At this point in time, there is already a feeling that "heaven and earth are working together".
Li Xia reached out and replaced the two military flags on the map, and he could see that there were no more military flags of the Song Army north of the Yangtze River on the map.
All of Jiangbei was captured.
Since the Zhao family was incapable of guarding the Huaihe River, it was obvious that they could not guard the Yangtze River.
The destruction of Li Song Dynasty was nothing more than a matter of one or two battles.
As Yan Rong said, many people in the DPRK are more concerned about the sacrifice of prisoners...