The rise of the prince

Chapter 824 Etiquette and Respect

The sixth day of September is definitely a very meaningful day for the whole Kingdom of Jin.

Just when there was a panic in the Dajin Kingdom, the imperial guards led by Pu Chayi were defeated, the Jing army approached the city, the Tatars also went to the north of the capital, and when Yan Zongbi's army in Liaodong was defeated and fled north, the Jing army sent an envoy.

At this time, the entire Dajin Kingdom was already in jeopardy. Everything happened too fast. In just half a year, the Dajin Kingdom reached its current state.

Many powerful and wealthy families in Shangjing have already begun to flee north, but fleeing in this situation is also dangerous. There is a possibility of bumping into Tatars or Jingjun, no matter which one will not end well.

Therefore, the emperor had to be more cautious when he wanted to flee north. If he was found out when he left the city, it would be no joke.

Liu Xu, Pu Chayi and other important ministers have been struggling with this matter recently. They are also thinking about who and what they need to bring with them, and they also need to quietly find out the action rules of the Jing army who often walks outside the city in an open and aboveboard manner. anger.

Since late August, Wan Yanli has been furious with incompetence endlessly, scolding Pu Chayi for being incompetent, and Wan Yan Zongbi for being a traitor for not coming to rescue him.

People also became thinner and irritable, with sunken eye sockets, no one dared to say anything to the emperor, and they all stayed away from him.

The only thing Liu Xu and other loyal officials can think about now is to keep the emperor and the state of Jin Guozuo, not because they love the emperor so much, but because they respect the former emperor.

If it weren't for the legacy of the late emperor, if it wasn't for the gratitude for the kindness of the late emperor, it is unknown how many people are still willing to stay in Shangjing to live and die with the emperor.

At the critical moment when everyone was cautiously and anxiously preparing to choose an opportunity to flee north, Jing Jun sent an envoy to ask to meet Emperor Dajin.

Jin Guo attached great importance to it, received it in the court, and summoned all civil and military officials.

The envoy of Jing Jun was young and dressed in military uniform. After seeing the Emperor of Jin and his ministers, he was also very proud. He even directly said that he only kneeled down to the Emperor of Jing, not the Emperor of Jin, and refused to kneel down. .

At that time, a grumpy general came out and clamored to kill, but the young envoy was not afraid at all, and even showed disdain in his eyes.

Because he was able to serve as an envoy mainly because he was from the area of ​​Yanshan Prefecture. Before joining the army, he went to the Kingdom of Jin to do business and knew Chinese, Khitan and Jurchen.

His Highness had told him before leaving that the Jurchens did not dare to touch him, if they dared, after his death, Jing Guo's army would step down to Shangjing to avenge him.

He was extremely confident and proud, not just him, the brothers in the army had always believed in His Highness's words, because His Highness never broke his promise, His Highness led them to be invincible and unrivaled.

Just like the once mighty Dajin Kingdom, what does it look like now?Even if the opponent is the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, in his eyes, he is just a defeated opponent!

Sure enough, many civil and military ministers of the Kingdom of Jin rushed out to stop them, and vaguely heard someone whispering something like "Killing him is equivalent to suicide".

The emperor of the Kingdom of Jin looked very bad, but he didn't speak, probably he also wanted to live.

The envoy conveyed the message that Jing Jun was willing to negotiate with the Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin. Three days later, on the ninth day of September, he would be at the post station [-] miles south of Shangjing.

Moreover, Commander Jing Jun, Grandson of Emperor Jing Guo, and Privy Envoy Li Xingzhou reminded him that he hoped Jin Guo would show proper etiquette and respect, otherwise the negotiation would be difficult.

The words were very arrogant, even the attitude of the envoy was very arrogant. No one in the court looked good, but no one dared to refute it. This is the last straw for Jin Guo
After sending the envoy away, everyone was silent. Is it peace talks or escape?

There are two roads ahead, but it seems that there is no need to think about it. If you escape, you have to consider the risk of being caught by Jing Jun and the Tatars, and Shangjing and surrounding towns will also be lost. Dajin will really lose half of his country, or even worse.

Although the peace talks are humiliating, it is possible to keep going to Beijing, and there is no danger to life.

Comparing the two, there is almost no controversy.The only thing to consider is how much Jingguo people will want
There is also how to appease the emperor's self-esteem, so when the great writers in the hundred officials are playing, all kinds of reasoning, citing scriptures, and talking, the main purpose is to comfort the emperor, peace talks are not embarrassing, peace talks are not surrender, not surrender , don't think too much, Your Majesty
If the emperor objects, I'm afraid they will all jump up and scold "Why did your Majesty rebel?" After all, everyone wants to survive.

"The envoy said arrogantly that their commander demanded that our country must show corresponding etiquette and respect, otherwise there would be no peace talks." The little eunuch said in a low voice.

In the queen's bedroom, the little maid next to her was poking a charcoal fire, and the light of the fire made Pu Chaling's fair and beautiful oval face red, adding a bit of enchantment, and the little eunuch was reporting something to the court.

The hall is warm, warm to the heart, and it will naturally be warm when the heart is at ease.

No matter how humiliating the peace talks or disguised surrender would be to the Jin Kingdom, how unbearable it would be to the emperor, and how much infamy it would leave, there was only one thing for them for sure, and that was their lives saved.

As for the country, the emperor's face, they would consider it when the Jin Kingdom was strong and prosperous in the past, and they would be proud of the Dajin. Now that they can't protect themselves, they can only prioritize themselves.

"I may also go at that time." Pu Chaling thought to himself, the other party made it very clear that the corresponding etiquette and respect was for them to treat each other with the etiquette of welcoming the Suzerain of the Kingdom.

This is an insult, and it is tantamount to announcing it to the world. From then on, the Kingdom of Jin regards the Kingdom of Jing as its suzerain.

But they have nothing to do, soldiers are approaching the city, if they don't agree, they will wait for the country to be destroyed, and if they agree, there is a chance of life.

Since she wanted to meet Li Xingzhou with the etiquette of seeing the suzerain, then as the head of the harem, Empress Dajin, she had to accompany the emperor to the scene.

Thinking of meeting the legendary character, she was actually very nervous and scared.

Not to mention whether the rumors that Li Xingzhou is a cruel man who eats children is true or not, this person has beaten the Dajin Kingdom to the brim in half a year, and the 10,000+ army was defeated. The king of Liao, who had never been defeated, was also beaten away.

These kinds of things make me shudder just thinking about them.

How many people's blood is on his hands?Pu Chaling couldn't imagine it. It is said that the people of Jin State rumored that he had been murderous since he was a child, and killed 10 rebels in Jing State when he was sixteen or seventeen.

Later, he also fought on the east side of Taihang Mountain, killed the army left over from the Northern Han Dynasty, destroyed the Liao Kingdom, captured the Liao Kingdom emperor, slaughtered all the male members of the Liao Kingdom royal family, and ruined all the female family members!

And their 10,000+ army of the Kingdom of Jin has been wiped out in half a year now
Nowadays, as long as the name of Li Xingzhou is mentioned, the people of Jin Kingdom will tremble and fear involuntarily, angry and powerless, and the fear will spread in their hearts.

At that time, how to maintain dignity in front of such wicked people, and how not to annoy the murderous demon king by showing fear. After all, the life and death of everyone in Shangjing depends on his face.

The more she thought about it, the more Pu Chaling felt her hands and feet became colder, and the originally warm palace became cold again, so she hurriedly asked the little maid to add more charcoal fire.

In early September, a wave of rebellion broke out in the Zhongxing Mansion, instigated by the diehard loyalists of the Kingdom of Jin.

Li Xingzhou of the Zhongxing Mansion did not intend to return it to the Kingdom of Jin, so he cleaned up the mess himself.In front of the new army, the rebellion was quickly quelled, and the new army captured more than 600 people.

Most of these people were Jurchens, but there were also Khitan people, Xi people, and Han people. When they saw Li Xingzhou, most of them knelt down and begged for mercy, saying that they were just being used by others because of their fascination.

Li Xingzhou selected 110 people under the age of [-] to serve as auxiliary soldiers, and all the rest were beheaded for public display. The severed heads were piled up into a hill higher than his own.

On the contrary, Li Xingzhou became numb to this. He even executed thousands of defenders in the two states who resisted stubbornly before.

Compared with when he first came to this world, he would think wildly and even think a lot every time he killed someone, but now he actually takes it for granted, and has become more numb and cold-blooded.

Sometimes he even thought of the killings of Bai Qi, Temujin and others, and felt that if it was him, it might be the same.

In fact, his current situation is somewhat similar to Temujin’s Western Expedition, but Temujin’s situation is more cruel, with an army of 10,000+, traveling thousands of miles. Unfamiliar areas of the population.

If he didn't want to die, and didn't want his soldiers and soldiers to die, killing was almost unavoidable, because it was impossible for him to divide his troops to guard each city.

So there are two choices, one is to trust the local strangers, and feel that if they surrender, they will surrender, it is impossible to rebel, and they will not stab themselves in the back again.

Most of the graves of people who have such a naive idea of ​​the human heart are three meters high, and there are countless dead without whole bodies.

One is to kill, kill until the blood flows into rivers, kill until the heart is frightened, since you don't trust, then kill!

It is true that Temujin bears a lot of infamy, a butcher, a genocidalist, a lack of humanitarianism, and he has also received a lot of moral condemnation from later generations.

But for his soldiers, it is undoubtedly very lucky to have such a monarch. He never considers being responsible for his opponents, he only considers being responsible for the soldiers who were born and died with him.

It doesn't matter how many or how many enemies die, but my brothers are not allowed to touch anyone, this is his morality in life.

Perhaps because of this, he was furious for hundreds of Mongolian businessmen and three envoys. In a fit of rage, he trekked across mountains and rivers and traveled thousands of miles across the country. With 10,000+ people, he managed to destroy the overlord of Central Asia in an enemy territory with a population of tens of millions. Hualazimo.

This kind of viciousness who is not smart at all, has no tolerance at all, and does not care about benefits, is the person who you touch me today, and tomorrow I will kill your whole family regardless of the cost. This kind of viciousness has convinced many people on the grassland.

Probably because of this, he is supported by countless soldiers, his subordinates are like clouds, and his four sons are all good at fighting. This may be another kind of personality charm.

With such an opponent, Li Xingzhou always feels a lot of pressure.

But Temujin has some things worth learning, such as the unreasonable ruthlessness to protect his own people.

While sending envoys, Li Xingzhou also dispersed the troops attacking the states before gathering. If the Jin people dared to move his envoys, he would directly lead the army to attack Shangjing.

Even if it's not in his best interest, he'll fight anyway, being too smart isn't always a good thing, and sometimes you can't care too much about gains and losses.

However, Li Xingzhou overestimated the courage of the Emperor of Jin. On September [-]th, when he led the army north to Beijing, the envoy returned safely, even bringing a valuable gift from the Jin.

The envoy excitedly told him that the people of the Kingdom of Jin agreed to all his requests and were willing to go to the post station twenty miles south of the capital for peace talks on September [-]th.

Then he clarified who gave the gift and handed it over to Li Xingzhou. Li Xingzhou let the young envoy stay. He had the courage to go to the Emperor of Jin alone. These were the rewards he deserved.

(End of this chapter)