Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 584 Zen position (please subscribe!)
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Although the West Route Jin Army was dragged under the city of Taiyuan by Wang Ti and Zhang Xiaochun, the Jin Army still had an East Route Army.

Soon after occupying Yanjing, Wanyan Zongwang led the army to leave Yanjing City, and then marched all the way south.

At this time, all the northern border passes of the Song Dynasty, such as Songting Pass, Hancheng Town, Fujiakou, Shimen Town, Yehu Pass, Gubeikou, etc., were lost, and the officers and troops guarding these passes were defeated. , has been imprisoned by the Jin people; Jingzhou Zhizhou Wu Zhen has fled from the sea; Jizhou Zhizhou Gao Gongwo and Fang Zengping have led the soldiers of the tooth team to flee south; They fled one after another; Lin Liangji and Lu Kuo, governor of Shunzhou, fled into Yanshan; Ge Feng, governor of Zhuozhou, had fled before;

It was precisely because of these people's non-resistance, coupled with Guo Yaoshi and other surrendered generals and second ministers, that Wanyan Zongwang made up his mind to continue marching south, preparing to continue to expand the results of the battle.

For such a result, these guardians have an unshirkable responsibility, but the greater responsibility lies with those in power in the Song Dynasty, that is, Zhao Ji and others.

As early as when the Jin army was preparing to invade the south, Zhan Du, the prefect of Zhongshan Prefecture, had repeatedly reported to the police, saying that the Jin people had signs of invading south, reminding the court to make early preparations.

But Zhao Ji, Tong Guan, Cai You and others didn't take Zhan Du's call to the police seriously at all.

Not only did Zhan Du report to the police, Cai Jing, the magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture, also repeatedly reported the movements of the Jin people. Cai Jing even used a silver medal horse to report to the court urgently, and notified all the key passes, saying that the Jin people had invaded Qinghua County with large soldiers. , plundered the residents, burned down the huts, and destroyed the saltworks.

however--

Cai You, a member of the Privy Council, thought it was just a local conflict on the border after receiving these alerts.

Coincidentally, at this time Zhao Ji was holding a suburban ceremony at the Circular Mound (Temple of Heaven) in the southern suburb of Tokyo.

The so-called suburban ceremony is the grand ceremony for the emperor to worship the heaven and the earth. It is a symbol of the emperor's status and a sign of the legalization of the regime. Worshiping the sky on the winter solstice is an activity that the rulers of all dynasties have attached great importance to. It is a national ceremony.

The etiquette of worshiping heaven in the Song Dynasty was mainly manifested in the "three-year-old one-parent suburb system", that is, once every three years, on the winter solstice day in November, the emperor personally presided over the sacrifice to Haotian in Yuanqiu, the southern suburb of Tokyo.

This suburban ceremony is actually different from the ceremony of worshiping heaven held by the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty in person every year, and it is also different from the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven by the ministers of later generations.

The "three-year-old one-parent suburban system" is said to have begun with Qin Shihuang, but it seems that it was not really implemented before the Song Dynasty.

The "three-year-old one-parent suburban system" in the Song Dynasty was custom-made during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, and has been handed down since then.

For some reason, Zhao Ji attached great importance to holding grand ceremonies. During the 25 years of Zhao Ji's reign, he personally presided over [-] grand ceremonies, including Nanjiao ceremonies and Mingtang ceremonies.

Cai You, Zhao Ji’s good friend, knows very well that Zhao Ji attaches great importance to the big ceremony, so Cai You suppressed these alarms, fearing that Zhao Ji’s interest will be spoiled——Cai You believes that it is not too late to deal with these matters after the suburban ceremony is over .

Cai You couldn't help not telling Zhao Ji about these things, and even Prime Minister Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan didn't know about it.

Cai You dared to do this, not because he had no support at all—Cai You thought that Tong Guan would be safe in person on Hedong Road; and Guo Yaoshi was guarding Yanshan Road, and the ever-victorious army would be able to compete with the Jinren.So, not bad these days.

After five days in a row, Guan reported more and more urgently, and Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan also knew about it.

Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan worried that if these customs reports were made public, it would cause chaos among people, so they concealed them together with Cai You.

In the past few days, Cai You, Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan went to the Dutang every day to discuss and discuss, and they didn't leave until dark.

However, no one knows what the three of Cai You are discussing.

It wasn't until Tong Guan escaped from Taiyuan that the Jin army's invasion surfaced.

At this time, the West Route Army of the Jin Army was already besieging Taiyuan City, and the East Route Army had already begun to move south.

On the second day after Tong Guan returned to Beijing, Jin envoys Salu Mo and Gao Qingyi also came to Tokyo.

Sa Luhu and Gao Qingyi bluntly stated that if the Song State wants to quell the invasion, it must cede territory and become a vassal.

At this time, Cai You, Tong Guan and others felt the urgency of the situation, so they reported these to Zhao Ji.

However, Cai You and Tong Guan did not dare to say that Guo Yaoshi and the Changsheng Army rebelled. They only said that the Changsheng Army was besieged and the Jin Army began to move south.

When Zhao Ji heard the news of the earthquake, he asked Cai You, Tong Guan and others to quickly find a way to stop the catastrophe. If it couldn't be done, he ordered Guo Yaoshi to be the envoy of the Yongqing Army, named King Yan, Zhang Linghui the County King, and General Yan The land was ceded to Guo Yaoshi and let Guo Yaoshi guard it for generations.

From Zhao Ji's performance and response, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Ji is afraid.

Wanyan Zongwang led the East Road Golden Army to cross the Baigou River very quickly. Along the way, the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and they were about to reach the Yellow River.

It's not that the Golden Army of the East Road has never encountered resistance.

In fact, the Jin army was frustrated when attacking the two mansions of Hejian and Zhongshan. The army and the people resisted desperately, and Zhan Du even turned Zhongshan into an ice city by pouring water into ice, causing the golden soldiers to return without success again and again.

Later, Wanyan Zongwang deceived the major generals of the two prefectures of Hejian and Zhongshan to be unable to fight. It can also be said that Wanyan Zongwang was so bold that he bypassed the two prefectures and went straight to Tokyo.

Seeing that Yan Zongwang was about to hit the Yellow River, and the next step was to cross the Yellow River and take Bianliang City directly, Zhao Ji hurriedly ordered the crown prince Zhao Heng to be the shepherd of Kaifeng.

Kaifeng shepherds were not often established in the Song Dynasty. Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong both served as Kaifeng shepherds first, and then succeeded to the throne.

At this time, Zhao Ji ordered Zhao Huan to be the shepherd of Kaifeng, and his purpose was naturally to let him stay in Tokyo to resist the Jin army, while he himself planned to travel south to Huaihe and Zhejiang, that is, to flee to the south.

Soon, Zhao Huan entered the court, and Zhao Ji ordered Zhao Huan to remove the goldfish worn by the prince and give him a paifang jade belt.

According to the regulations of the Song Dynasty, the paifang jade belt was only used by the emperor.

(There are actually exceptions to this. When Wang Anshi recovered Xihe, Cai Jing recovered Qingtang, and Wang Fu recovered Yanjing, they were also rewarded by the emperor with arranging square jade belts.)
At this time, Zhao Ji gave Zhao Heng Paifang jade belt, probably to show the ministers that Prince Zhao Huan can give orders as the emperor during his stay in the capital.

Later, Zhao Ji bestowed on Zhao Huan two small court officials and two palace concubines.

This is also precedent.

At the beginning, when Zhao Ji succeeded to the throne, Queen Qinsheng (that is, Queen Mother Xiang) gave it to him with two maids. These two maids are Zhao Ji's two queens-the late Queen Wang (Zhao Huan's biological mother) and the present Empress Zheng.

From Zhao Ji's series of practices, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Ji is ready to let Zhao Huan stay in Bianliang, Tokyo to help him withstand the thunder, and even has the meaning of giving Zhao Huan the seat of Zen, while his old man is going to the south to pray for the gods to bless the Song Dynasty Get through this calamity smoothly...

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