Chapter 450 0445 [Father is kind and son is filial]
Since the prince's family was killed, Zhao Huan became more and more tolerant, and even took the initiative to avoid the prime minister when he saw him.
Of course Zhao Huan knew about the rebellion of Zhu Ming and his son, and secretly hid a copy of "Zhao Ji's Proclamation on Pursuing an Independent Husband". This document was written in Zhao Huan's heart. He read it over and over again until he could recite it, and then secretly burned it to ashes with a candle.
Sometimes, Zhao Huan even harbored resentment and fantasies, and simply asked Ju Ming to rush into Tokyo and kill the foolish king!
Throughout the ages, how could any prince make way for the Prime Minister?
Not only Zaifu, but also made way for Taoist priests.
Because they didn't give way to Lin Lingsu, they actually had a conflict in public, and Lin Lingsu secretly conspired to dethrone the crown prince.
Now that the Jin soldiers were coming to kill him, Zhao Huan's first reaction was to feel gloating about his misfortune.
"Your Highness, Li Yan is here!" Geng Nanzhong rushed in quickly.
After the prince's family order was killed, there was no longer a prince's family order. Now Geng Nanzhong is the first person in the East Palace.
Zhao Huan was shocked: "What does the father want to do?"
Geng Nanzhong said: "Maybe he wants to hunt south and leave His Highness to supervise the country in Tokyo."
"How can I control this country if I don't have many confidants? How can the ministers listen to me?" Zhao Huan only felt fear in his heart.
Eunuch Li Yan broke into the East Palace, but no one dared to stop him. He came to Zhao Huan and said: "The official please come to see him immediately!"
Zhao Huan bowed respectfully and said, "Excuse me, why are you summoned?"
"But our family doesn't know. Please ask the prince to come." Li Yan raised his arm, and the two eunuchs immediately stepped forward and drove Zhao Huan left and right to leave the East Palace.
Zhao Huan was so frightened that his legs became weak, thinking that Song Huizong was going to kill him and establish a new crown prince.
Unexpectedly, he was dragged into the Funing Hall, where there were not only important ministers from the three provinces, but also Song Huizong, who was lying on a chair. His condition had improved and he could talk.
Zhao Huan was carried to sit down, and several eunuchs and guards put yellow robes on him.
Wearing yellow robes, the wonders reappear.
Zhao Huan instantly understood what he meant. His father was planning to run away and let himself be the emperor.
He had imagined countless scenarios in which he ascended the throne, but he never thought of this situation. He immediately asked in horror: "What do you mean, sir?"
Song Huizong was still pretending to be ill, tilted his head and said: "I am so angry that I am suffering from a stroke, and it is difficult for me to take charge of the overall situation. Today I will be crown prince, and I will retire to Longde Palace as the leader of Taojun."
Zhao Huan immediately started to show off his acting skills. His acting skills have matured in the past few years, and he cried loudly: "The Holy King is here, how dare the Crown Prince succeed to the throne? This is extremely unfilial! How can an unfilial person be the emperor? Wow!
woo woo woo woo……"
As he cried, his body twitched, and the prince also fainted.
All the officials were dumbfounded. Each of these father and son actors was better at acting than the other.
Song Huizong's face was extremely ugly. He sent someone to call Geng Nanzhong and took the prince back to the East Palace to rest.
Zhao Huan was carried back to the East Palace and fell unconscious on the bed.
After a long time, Geng Nanzhong quietly ran in and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Highness, the rest of the gang has left."
Zhao Huan immediately recovered from his illness and asked, "My father wants to run away and leave me to defend the enemy in Tokyo. What should I do?"
Geng Nanzhong said: "With the nature of officials, even if the throne is passed on, they will not truly delegate power. His Highness will not be able to control the court after he ascends the throne. He can't even control the ministers, so how can he resist the Jin people? This emperor is absolutely unworthy."
"Of course I know I can't be the emperor, but how can I refuse?" Zhao Heng asked.
Geng Nanzhong was speechless.
The next day, Song Huizong sent someone again and dragged Zhao Huan to speak alone.
"My decision has been made, my son must not refuse." Song Huizong directly ordered.
Zhao Huan still used the same rhetoric: "It would be extremely unfilial to have a prince succeed to the throne if the holy king is established."
Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty said: "I will give you the throne, and it would be unfilial for you not to accept it!"
Zhao Huan said: "It is extremely unfilial to accept."
Song Huizong's tone was gentle, he stepped forward and held his son's hand, and said with deep affection: "The queen and I are old and want to entrust my son with our wealth. My son must not refuse."
Zhao Huan cried and said: "The official family still doesn't know the destiny. In the prime of life, the child must not dare to overstep it."
Song Huizong let go of his son's hand and said angrily: "Come here, give him some clothes!"
Zhao Huan was forced to put on the dragon robe, and even the imperial edict of passing the throne was prepared.
Suddenly an envoy from the Kingdom of Jin came. Song Huizong thought that we could still discuss it, so he quickly summoned his ministers to meet the envoy.
The Jin envoy held his head high and raised his chest, his nostrils pointing to the sky and said: "The Emperor (of the Jin Kingdom) has ordered the Prime Minister and the Prince Langjun to divide their troops into two groups to punish the people and punish them..."
He just said that this war was all started by the Song State, and also scolded the Song State for its cruel treatment of the people, while the Jin State sent troops to relieve the people.
Bai Shizhong looked at Li Bangyan, and Li Bangyan looked at the floor.
Then he looked at Cai You, who was playing with his sleeves.
As the prime minister, Bai Shizhong could only ask himself: "How can we slow down the troops and retreat?"
The envoy of Jin replied: "It's just a matter of ceding territory and becoming a vassal."
The ministers did not dare to express their position, and even sent the Jin envoy to stay in a hotel as a gift.
Cai Tiao has returned to Tokyo to become an official again, and his relationship with Cai You has not yet reached the point of shouting and killing. After leaving the palace, Cai Tiao said: "This envoy is just here to inquire about information. It is better to behead or imprison him."
Let the Jin soldiers know the real situation in Tokyo, and maybe they can hold on to the city and scare off the enemy!"
"Kill the envoy and there will be no room for slowdown!" Cai You shook his head repeatedly.
Song Huizong was preparing to escape, but Tong Guan, Cai You, and Bai Shizhong, the important ministers, hoped to spend money to buy peace.
They planned to bring thirty thousand taels of gold to ask Wanyan Zongwang to withdraw his troops.
I couldn't get out the thirty thousand taels, so I had to bite the bullet and go to Song Huizong.
"There is no money in the internal funds, only these two gold cups are left." At this time, Song Huizong was still crying about poverty.
He took out two gold urns, melted a hundred taels of gold, and let Cai You figure out the rest.
At this moment, an urgent report came from the south: "The red thieves have captured Ye County!"
In fact, before Ju Ming set out from Xiangyang, Zhang Guangdao led the Nanyang army and set off in advance to occupy Ye County. The county magistrate surrendered without spending a single soldier.
The Western Route Army of the Jin Kingdom also had people surrendering almost all the way to Kaicheng, but most of those who surrendered were Han Chinese from the Liao Kingdom!
More than 100,000 Han people from the Liao Kingdom were resettled in the border areas of Shanxi. The imperial court plundered the food of the people in Hedong to feed them.
As time went by, food was insufficient, and the Han people in the Liao Kingdom were hungry for a long time, and it was inevitable that they would feel resentful.
Many Han people from the Liao Kingdom were also organized into the Xiang army, and the officers were all Han people from the Song Dynasty. Mixed with them were the Song border troops. The Song soldiers complained that these Han people from the Liao Kingdom had squeezed out their own food, pay, and military resources, and had no influence on the Liao Dynasty.
The Han soldiers beat, cursed and insulted at every turn.
The conflicts between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger!
When Wanyan Zonghan came to kill, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were still loyal and brave. For example, Sun Yi, the guard of Shuozhou, dared to lead his troops out of the city to fight against the elites of the Jin Kingdom. As a result, in the middle of the battle, the Han soldiers of the Liao Kingdom suddenly opened the city gate and surrendered, and Shuozhou City was destroyed.
Wanyan Zonghan won.
Wuzhou and Daizhou are all like this. There are always Liao Han people who guard the city as internal support.
Daizhou defender Li Siben led his troops to hold on, but was directly captured by the Liao Han people and surrendered.
After reaching Xinzhou, it was finally Song General's turn to surrender...
"The Zhu thieves are hateful, the Jin soldiers are arrogant and rude, and the Zhu thieves are taking advantage of the situation!" Song Huizong was shocked and angry. He knew that there was no way to stay in Tokyo and he had to flee immediately.
If we don't leave, the golden thief is in the north and the red thief is in the south, Song Huizong will become a turtle in the urn.
This foolish king did an incredible job. Not only did he take away Tong Guan, Cai You, Zhu Meng and other favorites, he also took away Tong Guan's victorious army. They were the only troops left in Tokyo that could still fight!
Watching the Emperor's carriage and boat leaving, Bai Shizhong said in pain: "After all, we are still not favored, and the official family will not take us with them when they go south."
Li Bangyan was furious and whispered: "If Mr. Zhu's troops come to the city, are you willing to surrender the city?"
Bai Shizhong showed surprise, held Li Bangyan's hand and said, "Brother Shimei actually has such a connection, why didn't you tell me earlier? Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu both served as officials in the Song Dynasty.
As a Han Chinese, I naturally understand the etiquette system. The Jin people are tyrannical, and I will never dare to surrender."
Li Bangyan asked: "Don't make any noise about this matter until Mr. Zhu arrives at the city."
When the two men were discussing, King Yun Zhao Kai was also angry.
After all, my father passed the throne to the prince. I am talented and intelligent, so how can I be inferior to that useless prince?
However, the Jin soldiers were about to kill them. Although Zhao Kai controlled the Imperial City Division's troops, he did not dare to seize the throne rashly. What if he grabbed the throne but was attacked by the Jin soldiers and captured the city? Moreover, the Zhu thieves were also killed from the south.
Come on, it's really uncomfortable to be attacked from both sides.
King Yun Zhao Kai decided to endure it and wait for the Jin soldiers and Zhu thieves to withdraw, and then lead the Imperial City Division to seize the throne of the emperor!
Zhao Huan was forced to become emperor, and he was somewhat responsible. He held the first court meeting to discuss defense matters: "Who can you recommend, who can protect Tokyo without losing it?"
Wu Min, who was temporarily promoted to deputy prime minister, came out holding a wat board and said: "Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang is worthy of a great responsibility!"
Deputy Prime Minister Zhao Ye immediately objected: "Li Gang, Zhang Gen's son-in-law, is also the brother-in-law of Zhu Thief. Now that Zhu Thief has broken through Ye County, he may kill Tokyo at any time. Let Li Gang guard Tokyo. Aren't you afraid that he will surrender the city to the traitors?"
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But Li Bangyan stood up and said: "Li Gang is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and has long severed ties with his father-in-law. Everyone knows this, and your majesty has no doubts about his appointment."
Li Bangyan really thought that Li Gang was acting, and he felt that he should cooperate and join forces to dedicate Tokyo to Ju Ming.
After Bai Shizhong communicated with Li Bangyan, he also had the same idea, and immediately said: "I also think that Li Gang is worthy of a big job!"
Zhao Ye looked at the two prime ministers in disbelief. They were both friends who asked for favors in front of Song Huizong. Do you have any way out in private? You didn't even tell me!
Zhao Huan gritted his teeth and looked at Wu Min and Li Gang, feeling both hate and love in his heart.
Geng Nanzhong had already told Zhao Huan that Li Gang was planning everything behind the scenes, and He Su, who was demoted to the local government, was involved. They pushed Wu Min out to seek the Zen throne for Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Huan felt various emotions in his heart. He became the emperor only because of these loyal ministers!
After the meeting, the new leadership team will be determined.
Bai Shizhong was appointed as the Grand Prime Minister and Li Bangyan was appointed as the Young Prime Minister. They were still the left and right prime ministers.
Geng Nanzhong, a former minister of the East Palace, was in charge of the Privy Council.
Wu Min continued to be promoted and served as a minister (first deputy prime minister).
Li Chao also knew the affairs of the Privy Council and was responsible for the dispatch of grain and grass (this man was a sinkhole during the Jingkang period).
Li Gang served as the Minister of War, responsible for the military affairs in Tokyo and surrounding areas.
Nie Shan served as the prefect of Kaifeng and assisted Li Gang in defending the city (Cai You promoted Nie Shan to be the general manager of Yunzhong, but because he reached out to Tong Guan's territory, Nie Shan was thrown back to Tokyo.)
He Su was demoted and served as the censor Zhongcheng.
Before He Su returned to Beijing, Wu Min and Li Gang began to impeach Wang Fu.
Zhao Huan also hated Wang Fu because Wang Fu conspired with King Yun to seize the crown prince.
Wang Fu had already run away with his wife and children. Zhao Huan couldn't bear this and secretly asked Nie Shan to send people to hunt him down.
Before Wang Fu left the capital, he was killed by a group of warriors. His family was so frightened that he ran away crying. Soon the body was discovered by villagers, who learned his identity from his family and immediately sent it to the government.
Of course Zhao Huan would not admit it and claimed that Wang Fu died at the hands of bandits.
Wanyan Zongwang led the East Route Army of the Kingdom of Jin and had passed Yue Fei's hometown of Tangyin, which was 200 miles away from Tokyo.
Zhang Guangdao led an army of more than 10,000 people, but they arrived at the foot of Yingchang City, 180 miles away from Tokyo.
