The matter of moving the capital has been discussed many times. Starting from the Battle of Ezhou, whenever enemy troops approached the Yangtze River, the Song court's first reaction was to move the capital. However, it gave up every time because of opposition from courtiers.
Now that I have really decided to move, I feel like I don’t know where to start.
Escape is easier said than done.
Xie Daoqing is over sixty years old. She entered the palace before her hair was born and has lived in Lin'an all her life. Now when she heard Chen Yizhong say that she wanted to go to Wenzhou first and then to Fuzhou, she thought of the long mountains and rivers along the way and the harsh mountains and rivers after arriving.
, I can’t help but feel sad from it.
"As the prime minister said, pack your luggage."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I don't know what items to pack..."
Xie Daoqing turned around and looked around. The decorations in the main hall were so dazzling that people couldn't bear to leave them behind.
She stretched out her hand and touched the ornaments on the pillars, touched the gilded phoenix-head incense burner, and then looked at the bead curtain hung with red emeralds... Her eyes turned red, and she burst into tears.
She couldn't stop crying anymore. She sat down by the pillar and suddenly remembered a poem in her mind.
"The carved railings and jade bricks should still be there, but the beauty has changed. How much sorrow can you have? Just like a river of spring water flowing eastward."
Xie Daoqing likes music and lyrics, and there are many piano players in her court who are good at writing lyrics. The most famous one now is Wang Yuanliang. However, there is no need for Wang Yuanliang to write lyrics today. She already has many words about the sorrow of country subjugation in her mind.
After crying for a while, Xie Daoqing calmed down and ordered: "Just pack some gold, silver, soft goods, and small items that can be taken away."
"Follow the Queen Mother's decree."
"Go and see how much silver is left in the internal funds, and distribute it to the people as travel expenses."
"Follow the Queen Mother's decree..."
After finally handling these two state affairs, Xie Daoqing continued to cry.
It wasn't until Xie Tang came to see her that she shed her tears and sat down again.
"Queen Mother, I heard that you agreed to Chen Yizhong's request to move the capital?"
"The peace talks failed." Xie Daoqing wiped his tears with his sleeves and choked: "What else can we do if we don't move the capital?"
"But...how can we do this?"
Xie Tang was very anxious.
He had misappropriated the property in Jia Sidao Ge Ling's courtyard, and obviously could not move it away, so he was counting on peace talks. After the peace talks failed, he was dejected, but if he thought about it carefully, Li Xia did not accept the peace talks, but he accepted the peace talks.
surrender.
What is the difference between surrender and peace negotiation?
It's just that the emperor has been replaced by someone else, and the Xie family is no longer a relative of the emperor. But even if these two high-ranking officials in Zhejiang towns are no longer in office, they can still have enough money for a few lifetimes.
Then why go to the poor and remote place on Fujian Road to become the king of the mountain? Not only can't you take the money with you, but if you are bitten by poisonous insects on the road, you will die before you leave.
There is no need to work so hard for Zhao.
"How can we move the capital? Has my aunt forgotten what my nephew once told her?" Xie Tang said: "All these courtiers think about is establishing the prince as the emperor, and taking over the power to abolish the establishment. This is the case for Liu Mengyan, and Chen Yizhong
Isn’t that right? My aunt clearly doesn’t want to move the capital, but he forces her to do so. This is the method of a powerful official!”
Xie Daoqing was originally a person with no independent opinions, so he nodded his head as soon as he heard this.
Xie Tang added: "When I heard the news today, the first thing my nephew thought of was Dong Zhuo. He summoned King Qin, but he killed the young emperor and Queen Mother He and moved the capital to Luoyang. Just imagine, when the emperor arrives in Wenzhou and Fuzhou, state affairs will be arbitrarily decided by Chen Yizhong.
How can aunt still say half a sentence?"
"Is this what he was thinking?!" Xie Daoqing was horrified and stood up in fright.
"Queen Mother." Xie Tang changed his tone to a solemn tone and prostrated, "You must never move the capital."
"But if we don't move the capital, what will happen if the Tang army comes?"
"According to what I see, I would rather be the Chai family of the Later Zhou Dynasty than a lonely ghost."
"But...but I have agreed to Chen Yizhong's request to move the capital, and the decree has been issued to the ministers."
Xie Tang said: "It's just regretting it."
"How can this happen? The decree has been issued, and when the ministers force me to do it, how can I control the situation?"
After all, Xie Daoqing lacked courage and knew that he was simply not capable of controlling it.
Xie Tang also felt embarrassed, frowning and thinking.
After a long time, someone from the palace rushed outside the palace and asked, "Queen Mother, the chariot is ready. When will we start?"
Xie Daoqing was stunned and turned to look at Xie Tang.
"It's really a mess. We haven't even decided when to move the capital."
After Xie Tang heard this, he rolled his eyes and couldn't help but think about it.
"Auntie, my nephew has an idea..."
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The sky is getting dark.
Chen Yizhong finally finished his busy official duties at the Privy Council and returned home to prepare some important items in preparation for moving the capital tomorrow.
After walking through the front yard, he couldn't help but stop, put his hand on the pillar, and sighed.
Although this courtyard is small, it is not easy to set up in Lin'an. It is here that he gradually ascends to the throne and is about to show off his talents, but he runs away in a hurry.
"We must remember when we return to the north in the future..."
I felt poetic in my heart.
Suddenly, a servant hurried over.
"Prime Minister Zuo, something happened in the palace. The Queen Mother has been waiting for you for a long time and she is angry."
Chen Yizhong couldn't help but be stunned and said in surprise: "When will the Queen Mother summon me?"
"The Prime Minister Zuo asked the Queen Mother to move the capital. The palace has been decorated and the carriage is ready. The only thing left is to wait for the Prime Minister Zuo."
Chen Yizhong thought for a while, and finally knocked on his head.
It is true that he did not tell the Queen Mother when he would set off.
I've been too busy lately and not calm enough when things happen.
"I was negligent. I will go and explain to the Queen Mother."
Chen Yizhong then returned to the palace.
When I rushed to the palace, I saw hundreds of officials kneeling on the ground asking the Queen Mother to calm down.
"I pay my respects to the Queen Mother." Chen Yizhong quickly stepped forward, bowed down, and explained: "I..."
"Snapped."
Something hit his official hat and then fell in front of him.
That's a jade drop earring.
"Queen Mother..."
When he looked up again, he saw Xie Daoqing angrily taking off the other earring and throwing it towards him with all his strength.
"The foundation of our ancestors is here. I don't want to move the capital, but you have asked several times, but you are just teasing me?!"
Xie Daoqing raised his hand and shouted, turned around and left, ordering Yi Jia to return to the harem.
Chen Yizhong hurriedly apologized and asked for an introduction, but Xie Daoqing refused to see him again.
With a sound of "Peng", the palace door of the harem was closed.
The matter of moving the capital was abandoned.
"ha?"
Chen Yizhong gave a bitter smile and turned around to look back. The setting sun had dispersed its last ray of light on the palace wall.
"The inheritance of our ancestors is here? It's ridiculous."
…
I thought that would be the end of the night, but when Chen Yizhong returned home again, the boy stepped forward to report it.
"My husband, I have a visitor. I want to see my husband. He is sitting in the front hall."
Chen Yizhong frowned and asked impatiently: "Who?"
There was a vague expectation in his heart.
I look forward to that troublesome Wang Xun coming again, just to persuade him to surrender.
But the boy said: "It's Mr. Quan, the envoy of the East Road of Liangzhe Province."
"Quan Yongjian?"
Chen Yizhong was a little disappointed at first, but after thinking for a while, he nodded.
He straightened his official robe and said: "Prepare tea..."
~~
The next day.
Xie Daoqing was still angry and refused to see his ministers.
But the palace door was still opened, and an imperial doctor came into the palace to diagnose Zhao Yu as usual.
Through layers of yellow curtains, Quan Jiu looked at Zhao Yu's lifeless face and said, "He looks like he is about to die."
"So we have to prepare a retreat." Quan Yongjian, who was standing a few steps behind Quan Jiu, responded.
"The country is about to perish, is there any way to retreat?"
"Xie Daoqing is pretending, don't you want to surrender? Ha, she really thinks that Li Xia won't embarrass her, stupid woman." Quan Yongjian said: "But we have to wake up, we have offended Li Xia, he will not let us go.
.”
"It was you who offended him, not us."
"Don't forget that you ordered Zhao Jin to be poisoned, and Zhao Jin is now beside Li Xia, as well as Yan Rong, that poisonous woman. Do you think they will let you go?"
"I wish I had gone crazy," Quan Jiu said, "and stabbed that good-for-nothing to death."
Quan Yongjian didn't understand it at first. After a while, he realized that the "waste" she meant was Zhao Fu.
"Why is my luck so bad? Why did I marry the most incompetent loser in the world?"
Quan Jiu turned around, stared at Quan Yongjian, and asked again: "Is this everything Quan gave me?"
"That's enough, I don't have time to listen to you woman's complaints. The key now is to take Zhao south. I have already contacted you outside the palace, but you need to make arrangements in the palace... Are you listening to me?!
"
Quan Yongjian said and suddenly got angry.
Because Quan Jiu's eyes were always filled with contempt, as if he didn't take him seriously at all.
Her face was very pale, and at this time when everyone was in danger, she even put on makeup carefully. At first glance, she looked like a dignified and beautiful queen, but when she got closer, she could feel a mixture of resentment and madness, which made people uncomfortable.
Comfortable.
Quan Yongjian hated getting along with this sister, but he was a little afraid of her. So he softened his tone after getting angry.
"I am also saving you, otherwise why would I be so busy? Don't you want to be the Queen Mother?"
Quanjiu asked, "When are you leaving?"
"In these few days." Quan Yongjian said: "I have made an agreement with Chen Yizhong, and he will find a way for us to leave in a legitimate way, so that we can call on the world in the future."
"Can it be done? Xie Daoqing surrendered wholeheartedly. She was afraid that Li Xia would blame him, so she would not dare to send Zhao Shi away."
"It is right to preserve blood for the Song Dynasty. As long as Chen Yizhong mentions it, Xie Daoqing has no reason to object." Quan Yongjian said: "When the time comes, he will dispatch troops and horses to escort us... There are many mountains to the south of Wenzhou, and then we will return to
If you don't get to Lin'an, you might as well become the king in Fujian."
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Zhenjiang Prefecture.
The government office that was requisitioned as a marching camp was brightly lit, and Gao Changshou was summoning the generals to discuss matters.
"You have all seen the decree. Your Majesty does not want the war to continue. After we capture Lin'an, there are still people in the Song Dynasty who are resisting in the south."
"Commander, there is a plan in the end."
"explain."
Lu Xiaoyou stepped forward, pointed on the sand table, and said: "Before the commander leads his army down the canal, why not send a small group of cavalry around Taihu Lake and go to Huzhou to block Song Ting's escape route first."
"The water network in the south of the Yangtze River is intertwined. If the cavalry goes south alone, how will it march when it encounters a river?"
"I, the people of the Tang Dynasty, believe that there will be boats along the river to help. Please allow me to give it a try."
"Okay, Lu Xiaoyou takes the order."
A command talisman was thrown out, and Lu Xiaoyou hurriedly exited the lobby.
A soldier passed him by, rushed to the hall, and reported: "Report to the commander, Danyang County has surrendered!"
Then there's nothing to discuss.
Gao Changshou pointed to the sand table and said: "We are only separated from Lin'an by two cities, Changzhou and Suzhou. We are just one breath away from the Southern Expedition to destroy the Song Dynasty. We must not make mistakes at the end. You must urge the soldiers to take care of themselves.
No offense committed, if anyone dares to disturb the people, he will be severely punished!"
"Don't worry, Commander!"
"Let the soldiers have a good night's rest and attack Changzhou tomorrow."