When the army arrived at Runzhou, the city gate was already open.
When the army just went south, they asked the Jiangnan Bureau to carefully distribute notices to calm the people, so the people in the city were not too panicked, and many people went out of the city to greet the army.
Chao Yong saw an official holding the war horse that he had just given to Zongze, shook his head and said, "Master Zong is gone?"
The official said tremblingly: "Master Zong said that he would not be rewarded for his merits, so he asked the villain to return the war horse to the prince, and he took Zong Ying away."
Chao Yong held a trace of luck and said: "Do you know where he went?"
"The villain asked, Master Zong said that he is looking for a place to live in seclusion, but he doesn't know where to go."
Later, Xu Guanzhong said to Li Lida: "Your people are not keeping an eye on Zong Ying, right?"
The urging judge Li Li smiled and said: "I sent a good team to watch Zong Ying earlier, but they can't disappear."
Chao Yong heard the conversation between Xu Guanzhong and Li Li, and then he no longer regretted it.
He had previously wanted to send people to guard against Zongze's escape, but it would be a little petty to follow Zongze directly; and it would disturb the people if he sent people to intercept him outside the city. He was in a dilemma, so he had to give up the idea of intercepting Zongze.
After resting for one day in Runzhou, the army continued southward and headed straight for Huzhou. Along the way, prefectures and counties watched the wind blow and the local gentry also killed cattle and sheep to express their condolences to the three armies.
When they were still more than a hundred miles away from Huzhou, the Southern Song Dynasty sent an envoy to ask for surrender.
Chao Yong promised to pardon Zhao Zicheng, and Tong accepted the surrender of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Zisong and Jiang You stayed in Huzhou because they were afraid that Tong Guan would kidnap Zhao Zicheng and surrender to Daliang. However, after the news of Zongze's defeat came, Zhao Zicheng first lost the courage to resist and summoned civil and military officials to discuss the surrender. Tong Guan
I also support Zhao Zicheng.
Zhao Zisong and Jiang You were unable to change Zhao Zichen's decision, so they had no choice but to resign.
When the army marched south, Zhao Zicheng led all the remaining officials of the Southern Song Dynasty out of the city ten miles to greet them. The people in the city also lined the streets to welcome them, cheering for not having to go through the war.
For the common people, they are more willing to be the common people. The states north of the Yangtze River have fully opened sales homes, residential homes, Anjiyuan, and Luzeyuan. The disaster victims can get relief in their own states without having to move.
Although the Southern Song Dynasty appointed many famous officials, they did not try their best to rescue the people. Instead, they took the opportunity to recruit young men from the refugees as soldiers.
In fact, the Southern Song Dynasty had no choice. Although the south of the Yangtze River was rich, Fangla had swept across the south of the Yangtze River, and many wealthy people followed Zhu Meng to Tokyo. The Southern Song Dynasty could only directly govern more than a dozen state capitals. It was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and they had no strong pillars.
Set up three courtyards and one garden to help the people.
The appointment of Zongze, Jiang You and others in the Southern Song Dynasty was more attractive to Jiangnan scholars. The people had to eat after all, especially in years of famine, and they pointed to the court for relief. The court's relief was not effective, no matter how high the popularity was,
Everything will be lost.
Not all the army entered the city, but 10,000 Qin and Ming soldiers entered the city and took over the city defense.
There are only 80,000 troops left outside the city. Luan Tingyu has 10,000 veterans stationed on Huainan Road on the north bank of the river. He is preparing to change the east and west roads of Huainan into Jiangsu Road and Anhui Road and start to reorganize the troops on the two roads.
When the whole city was welcoming the arrival of Taiping, in the Zongfu near the Imperial Palace of the Southern Song Dynasty, three carriages were parked in the backyard. More than a dozen people, men, women, old and young, were waiting in the courtyard, as if they were about to go on a long journey.
Zongze listened to the thunderous cheers on the street and nodded: "Prince Daliang has entered the city. Housekeeper, go and call in the soldiers guarding the door. Ying'er, be gentle and don't hurt their lives."
"Yes, Dad."
The four personal guards sent by Tong Guan at the door listened to the sound of thunder in the street and said: "I don't know if Mr. Tong can still serve as an official after he has submitted to Daliang. If he can't serve as an official, our life will probably be difficult.
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"Without the support of Mr. Tong, the emperor of Huzhou cannot surrender even if he wants to. It will take a lot of effort for Daliang to conquer Jiangnan. Mr. Tong can still be considered meritorious. Daliang will not refuse to reward him."
"It's hard to say. I heard that all the chamberlains in Daliang Palace can't hold office. If Mr. Tong doesn't have that status, he might be able to continue to be an official. It's hard to say now."
"Master Tong just wants to save his life, whether he is an official or not is secondary. The Western Army led by Mr. Zhong has already surrendered to Daliang. Without the Western Army, how could Master Tong dare to fight against Daliang."
"We are also from the Western Army. I wonder if the Prince of Liang will continue to use us. All the soldiers and horses on the front line have been disarmed and returned to the field. If we are not allowed to pay, we don't know what we can do."
"Hey, this is life. We want to work hard for Daliang, but Daliang doesn't necessarily want us. But the people in this clan are wanted by the prince to be officials, but they ran away."
"If you were as capable as Mr. Zong, you wouldn't have to stand here anymore."
The four of them were Tong Guan's pro-soldiers from the Western Army. On that day, Manichaeism spread the news of the fall of the Northwest in the city. Most of Tong Guan's 20,000 pro-soldiers immediately dispersed, leaving only 5,000 people left. Later, the northwest surrendered to Daliang.
, the news came that Daliang had wiped out Xixia, and everyone knew that the news at that time was false, but those more than 10,000 people had already returned to the northwest and returned to Daliang. The north was strong and the south was weak, so naturally they would not come back again.
Even among the remaining five thousand people, many people fled to the northwest after hearing that the Western Army had destroyed Xixia.
By the time Daliang moved south, there were only more than 3,000 Tong Guan's soldiers left.
After the news of Zongze's defeat and his surrender to Runzhou came, Tong Guan asked people to take care of Zongze's family. They had to wait for the Prince of Liang to deal with them. Those who could stand out from thousands of eunuchs were all good at reading people's hearts.
After Zongze became an official, in order to show his determination to live and die with the Southern Song Dynasty, he moved his family to Huzhou. Previously, Zongze led troops to the expedition, but he did not bring his family with him.
His wife and young grandchildren are all in Huzhou. Tong Guan doesn't think that Zongze will ignore his family. As long as he keeps an eye on Zongze's family, Zongze will show up sooner or later, and then he can send Zongze to Prince Daliang again.
As for whether the Prince of Daliang will use Zongze in the future, and whether Zongze is willing to be loyal, it is none of his business. He only needs to show his courtesy to the Prince of Daliang.
After Zongze and his son left the city from Runzhou, they went all the way south to Huzhou, hoping to move the old and young.
Huzhou is not big, and many officials and people in Huzhou knew Zongze and his son, so the two had no choice but to change their identities and sneak into the Zongfu.
However, there were many young and old in the family, so it was not easy to leave the city without attracting attention. When Zongze was about to let his family leave the city in batches, Tong Guan had already sent soldiers to take care of the Zong Mansion and informed the people in the manor that they could not leave the city.
It turned out that in order to know the battle situation on the front line as soon as possible, Tong Guan sent some confidants to act as eyes and ears in Beigu Mountain and Runzhou City.
As soon as Zongze asked Zongying to surrender the soldiers and horses in the city, Tong Guan's confidants in the city rushed to Huzhou, and Zongze and his son arrived in the city at the same time.
The housekeeper of the clan came out and said to the four of them: "The old lady has prepared some things to reward the soldiers and horses of Daliang. Please ask the four sergeants to help move them."
"good."
The four of them did not dare to neglect and hurriedly followed the housekeeper to the house.
As soon as I entered the mansion, I heard the sound of wind suddenly coming from behind.
"careful."
A soldier immediately took a step forward and loudly reminded his companions.
Zong Ze and Zong Ying rushed out from behind, raised their sticks, and knocked down the three of them. However, they did not expect that one of them reacted particularly quickly.
The soldier drew his sword and turned around to see that the attackers were Zongze and his son. He was stunned and said, "Master Zong, what do you mean by this?"
Zongze said: "I want to take the old and young out of the city, and I can only offend four of you. The four of you are no match for our father and son. If you are knocked unconscious by us, Tong Guan will not punish you when we go back. Maybe Tong Guan will not have the chance to punish you.
You are offended."
After saying that, he cupped his fists and hit the soldier with the stick in his hand.
Zong Ying couldn't let her father do anything, so she hurriedly attacked from the side. The soldier faltered for a few rounds before being knocked to the ground by Zong Ze with a stick. Zong Ying knocked him unconscious with a follow-up stick.
Zongze saw that all four people had fainted, so he said to the housekeeper: "Let everyone behind, young and old, get on the bus. Let's leave the city while the whole city is waiting for the prince."
Within a moment, all three carriages drove out from the backyard. Zongze and his son did not dare to show their faces, so they squeezed into the carriages and left the house together.
"Lord Zong, please wait."
As soon as the carriage left the house, a group of horse soldiers caught up from behind.
When Zongze heard that he was being yelled at, he had no choice but to get out of the carriage. When he saw that the people coming were the prince's personal soldiers, he clasped his fists and said, "I wonder what the general's orders are?"
The fact that Zongze and his son entered the Zongfu was not hidden from the Jiangnan Bureau. As soon as Chao Yong entered the city, he asked Shi Yong to bring people to invite Zongze.
Shi Yong cupped his fists and said, "The prince invites Lord Zong to attend a banquet at the Huzhou Yamen."
Zongze also knew that Shi Yong would not return empty-handed, so he had no choice but to say to Zong Ying, who got off the car together: "You take your family out of the city first, and I will go look for you later."
Hearing this, Shi Yong hurriedly said: "The prince wants to make great use of Master Zong. Why does Master Zong have to let his family travel back and forth?"
Zong Ying also said: "My mother and I are waiting for your father in the mansion. If the prince is willing to let him go, it won't be too late for us to leave. Otherwise, my father can't leave, and we have to come back. My mother is not in good health, and I'm afraid of the bumps back and forth."
Can't stand it."
Zongze hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then take your family and wait for me at the house."
Seeing that one of the prince's soldiers had brought back the BMW he had left in Runzhou, Zongze got on his horse and headed for the Huzhou Yamen.
After Tong Guan founded the new dynasty, he expanded the Huzhou Yamen into the imperial palace. Although it took a short time, it was built magnificently. However, when Zhao Zicheng surrendered, the palace naturally became the Huzhou Yamen again. Before Chao Yong entered the city, Zhao Zicheng
Have people demolish all the illegal buildings.
A banquet was held in the yamen, with the prince sitting high above. On the right were the generals from Daliang's southern expedition, and on the left were Zhao Zichen, Tong Guan and other newly surrendered Southern Song monarchs and ministers.
The prince did not announce the start of the banquet, so everyone was chatting in the palace.
Tong Guan looked at the empty seat above him, wondering who it would be.
The first one on the left is Zhao Zicheng. According to the official position in the Southern Song Dynasty, this position was originally occupied by Tong Guan, but Chao Yong asked Tong Guan to move one position back.
Everyone was a little curious about who the prince was waiting for at the table, and from time to time they looked at the door of the hall while chatting.
"It turns out to be Mr. Zong."
"No wonder."
When they saw Zongze appearing at the entrance of the hall, everyone suddenly realized.
The most powerful person in the Southern Song Dynasty was Tong Guan, but the one with the highest reputation was undoubtedly Zongze, and Jiang You was even worse. Jiang You only had a reputation for being upright, which mostly came from when he was the censor. Zongze, however, was famous.
He is not afraid of the powerful and loves the people like his own son. His reputation is gained by holding office in various places for thirty years.
After Zong Zezhong became a Jinshi, he first served as county captain and county magistrate in Guantao County, Daming Prefecture, then magistrate of four counties in Quzhou Longyou, Laizhou Jiaoshui, Jinzhou Zhaocheng and Laizhou Ye County, and later he was promoted to Dengzhou Tongpan.
Although his official position was not high, he brought benefits to each place and made outstanding political achievements. His poor official career was simply because he did not want to attach himself to powerful ministers in the court, and he was not afraid of the powerful in the local area, which offended many people.
Tong Guan had also thought about Zongze before, but he didn't know that Zongze had already sneaked into the Zongfu, thinking that Zongze was hiding somewhere. Now that he saw that the prince had just entered the city, he invited Zongze, which added to the intelligence agency of Daliang.
A little bit scared.
After urging Judge Li Li to establish the Jiangnan Bureau, he sent people to infiltrate the area and even directly spread Daliang's newspapers.
Tong Guan spent a lot of thought, but could not stop Daliang Xizuo from spreading news about Daliang. Now it seems that Daliang Xizuo's penetration level may be even greater than he imagined, otherwise he would not have found Zongze so quickly.
Chao Yong stood up and walked down from the high platform, went to meet him, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing, Mr. Zong?"
Everyone in the palace saw the prince standing up to greet him, and they all stood up in a hurry.
Zongze bowed and said: "Thank you for your concern, Prince. I would also like to congratulate the Prince for pacifying Jiangnan. From now on, I will be the common people under the rule of Daliang. I am about to take my family and live in seclusion. Please let me go."
Xu Guanzhong smiled and said: "Zhao Ji and Zhao Zicheng have become my ministers, so why should Mr. Zong be persistent?"
Chao Yong nodded and said: "We in Daliang are not short of elite soldiers, but we are short of capable ministers in governing the world. This year there is a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, and the people are displaced, and they need a capable minister to comfort them. I also ask Mr. Zong to serve as the governor of Zhejiang Road for the sake of the people in the south of the Yangtze River, roughly.
That is Jiangnan East Road."
After saying that, he bowed to Zongze again.
All the ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty were red-eyed when they heard that the prince asked Zongze to be the governor of Jiangnan East Road. The governor of Daliang was in charge of political affairs. The territory of the Southern Song Dynasty was only half of that of Jiangnan East Road, and some state capitals were captured by Master Lu.
In other words, once Zongze surrendered to Daliang, the state capital he managed would exceed all the previous territories of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Nowadays, Daliang only has eight governors: Governor of Shandong (formerly Jingdong Road), Governor of Hebei, Governor of Shanxi (formerly Hedong Road), Governor of Henan (formerly Jingji Road), Governor of Shaanxi, Governor of Gansu, Governor of Qinghai, and Governor of Ningxia, plus eight more
Go up to the newly captured Huainan East and West Road, Jiangnan East and West Road. Zong Zehui became one of the twelve governors of Daliang.
Of course, this was the idea of the surrender officials of the Southern Song Dynasty. In fact, Chao Yong had already given Chao Gai a map based on his memory. The names of Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan roads in front came from his idea.
Chao Yong wants to make 28 roads out of the beam. In addition to the existing Shandong, Shaanxi, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia Eighth Roads, Huainan East and West Roads will be renamed Jiangsu, Anhui Roads, Jiangnan East and West Roads.
The road was renamed Zhejiang
Jiang, Jiangxi Road, and in the future there will be Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, xi zang, xin zhang, Inner Mongolia 16th Road.
In fact, they are the provinces and autonomous regions of later generations.
Although the size of each road and subsequent province may vary, the general location does not.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were originally 23 roads, and Daliang was expanded to 28 roads. However, the territory would also be expanded, but the various state capitals did not undergo major changes.
In other words, there will be twenty-eight governors and twenty-eight general soldiers in Daliang in the future. There are many veterans in Liangshan. It is not difficult to choose the twenty-eight generals, but the twenty-eight governors will make Daliang very stretched.
The governor can be said to be a high-ranking official in the border areas, but in the whole country, he is only one of the twenty-eight governors. There are six ministerial offices above them in the court.
The six ministers of the six bureaus are the second rank, and the ministers and governors of the six bu are all the second rank.
The 28th Route is the territory of the Daliang Empire that Chao Yong plans to build. Of course, after the 28th Route is laid down, Daliang's military front will not stop. However, as the distance increases, communications and troop deployment will lag significantly, so Chao Yong does not plan to
Instead of building roads, we built kingdoms of different sizes outside of China. These kingdoms were attached to the Daliang Empire and had to pay tribute to Daliang every year.
The kings of these kingdoms will all be the sons of Chao Yong. If a kingdom is in trouble, the nearby kingdoms can rescue it without waiting for the Liang Empire to send troops.
Zongze saw the prince bending down to bow to him, and hurriedly returned the salute: "Zongze is just a commoner, how dare he treat the prince as such a gift."
Chao Yong did not get up, but insisted: "I would also like to ask Lord Zong to serve as an official to benefit the people here."
Zongze saw that Chao Yong was very polite to him from Runzhou, and he was moved and said: "The prince is so kind and loving, and Zongze can only repay him with all his heart and soul."
When Chao Yong heard that Zongze was willing to surrender, he straightened up and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I have gained another virtuous minister in Daliang. I just want to congratulate you for this today."
Chao Yong took Zongze's wrist, walked to the second seat on the left, and said, "Master Zong, please sit down. I should have let you sit first, but I'm afraid you don't want to sit down."
When Zhao Zichen heard this, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
His position was the most embarrassing. He was said to be the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, but his name was not justified and his national power was not strong. He was surrendered without being able to block the attack of Daliang soldiers and horses.
When they sent people to ask for surrender, they did not dare to ask for more, but just asked the prince to forgive their sins.
Chao Yong exempted them from their sins as he wished, and only gave Zhao Zicheng a viscount and Tong Guan a baron, without any official positions.
Zhao Zicheng's viscount can still be passed down to a baron, but Tong Guan's title is the lowest and cannot be passed down. Of course, Tong Guan will not have any real descendants.
Although his title is not high, Zhao Zicheng is very satisfied. In the previous Song Dynasty, he was just an idle clan member, and his annual salary was not as high as that of a viscount in Daliang. Now he has been the emperor for a few days, and then another viscount, who is better than most
The results for the Zhao and Song royal families were much better.
Zongze bowed to Zhao Zicheng and sat down under Zhao Zicheng. He was also very grateful to Chao Yong for his arrangement. Although they all returned to Daliang, they should sit according to Daliang's ranking, but today was the first day of Daliang's entry into the city.
If he was sitting on top of Zhao Zicheng, it would definitely not be a good news. (To be continued.)