Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 783

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Zong Ze, a veteran of the Southern Song Dynasty, died.

Ever since he crossed the river, Zong Ze has been planning to kill him back to avenge his shame, regain lost ground, rescue Zhao's daughter, destroy Dazhong, and then go north to Huanglong to welcome back the second sage.

For this reason, Zong Ze gave Zhao Gou more than 20 memorials.

Zong Ze first asked Zhao Gou not to negotiate a peace with Dazhong, and the monarch and his ministers unitedly led the army to kill across the river to restore orthodoxy.

But at that time, Zhao Gou, who had sent Du Chong to restrain Zongze, didn't even listen.

Later, after the Sino-Song peace talks were successful, Dazhong transferred [-] troops from the southern line to the north. After Zongze found out the news, he thought it was a godsend opportunity to regain the lost land, and it might be the last chance. After the memorial, Zhao Gou must seize this opportunity to cross the Jiangbei Expedition, otherwise, it will be too late for regret.

But Zhao Gou still ignored Zongze, making Zongze's more than a dozen memorials like nothing.

Here I have to explain that Zhao Gou ignored Zong Ze for a reason.

Yes.

At that time, Dazhong transferred 10 troops from the southern line, but at that time Dazhong still had [-] troops on the southern line. They were holding on to various important points. It would not take a month or two for the Song army to break through their defense line. , it is absolutely impossible, but within one or two months, the Chinese army can completely withdraw from the northern line, and then make the Southern Song Dynasty's previous efforts come to naught, and then use this as an excuse to kill the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.

In addition to this most important reason, there are several other reasons:

First of all, although Zhao Gou's control over the Song army is stronger than before, there are still many generals who listen to the tune and don't listen to the announcement. Having said that, it is human effort. If Zhao Gou really wants to make a northern expedition, he will definitely be able to find a way to solve this problem.

Secondly, the Northern Expedition needed money. Since the international maritime trade of the Song Dynasty was greatly interrupted, the economic system of the Song Dynasty had serious problems. At present, the Southern Song Dynasty can only rely on relief from the middle of Shu and violent expropriation from its territories. A little money was not enough to barely maintain the operation of the Southern Dynasty court, and the Southern Song Dynasty court could not even provide military expenditures. How could it have the money to go to the Northern Expedition?

Again, the two groups of rebels, Li Cheng and Zhong Xiang, are now getting more and more violent, especially the latter, which has snowballed to 30 to [-]. Suppressing Xiang Zhong's rebel army was unthinkable. Kong Yanzhou led his troops to kill residents, burn huts, and loot their property. The more this group of rebels suppressed, the more powerful they became.

All of the above, made Zhao Gou unable to free up his hands to break the boat.

In fact, it was precisely because of these findings that Dazhong dared to transfer [-] troops from the southern line.

Therefore, Zong Ze's proposition is not entirely correct, at least it has some limitations.

But then again, Zong Ze also saw it well.

At that time, it was indeed Zhao Song's only chance.

At that time, if Zhao Song attacked decisively, the Chinese army would definitely not be able to fully cope with the Jin army on the northern front.

In this way, the Chinese army will face the plight of two-front combat.

Then, Zhao Song tried to lobby Xixia to join the war.

In addition, Dazhong's foothold in the Central Plains was not stable at that time.

It is really possible for Zhao Song to drive Dazhong away from the Central Plains.

It's a pity that Zhao Gou is not the hero who can make such a desperate move.

Moreover, not only is he not the hero, but because the greatest pressure with Dazhong Yi and the Southern Song Dynasty suddenly disappeared, Zhao Gou was also slack and a little careless about government affairs (it may also be because he was very powerless against the current situation in the Southern Song Dynasty, which made Zhao Gou a little self-defeating), in addition, Zhao Gou has been a little greedy for enjoyment recently.

This is not wronging Zhao Gou.

Didn't Li Yan start to build his own palace in Yanjing? Zhao Gou also built his own palace in Lin'an. No, it should be said that Zhao Gou started to build it a few months before Li Yan - Dongnan Eighth Road Timing Division Zhu Sejing made money and went to Lin'an, collecting a total of more than 660 million yuan. Most of the money was used by Zhao Gou to build his own palace in Lin'an.

Moreover, not only Zhao Gou began to slack off, but even Zhao Gou's subordinates did the same.

Among these people, Zhao Gou's two prime ministers, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, were the first to bear the brunt.

Eunuchs such as Ban Kanglu, who was favored by Zhao Gou in the Song Dynasty, were arrogant and extravagant, which caused dissatisfaction among many people.

In addition, there was Wang Yuan who was very favored by Zhao Gou—the Jin people attacked Tokyo and Hedong. Wang Yuan brought Zhao Gou a large army with the Generalissimo's Mansion that he subordinated to Zhao Gou. Therefore, after Zhao Gou came to the throne, he attached great importance to Wang Yuan and praised him as a pillar minister. Made good friends with eunuchs such as Kang Lu. In the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial camp was established, and Wang Yuan was the capital. He was granted the command of the dragon and the guards, and then renamed the commanders of Pengri and Tianwu. The envoys, just catching up, the bandits in the south of the Yangtze River flocked, and Zhao Gou used Wang Yuan as his envoy to pacify the bandits in Hangzhou. He also served as the commander of the imperial camp. It can be said that Zhao Gou was extremely fond of Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan was promoted steadily because of this.

In fact, it wasn't just Kang Lu and other eunuchs and Wang Yuan. The current Southern Song court, from top to bottom, exudes a breath of corruption, without Rui Zhi.

Seeing this, the veteran Zong Ze was filled with anxiety and anger, and repeatedly sent memorials to Zhao Gou, hoping to change Zhao Gou and change everything.

But Zongze's memorial was either blocked by Huang Qianshan and others, or ignored by Zhao Gou.

Zong Ze became sick from worry and anger, and had malignant sores on his back.

At this time, it was reported that Dazhong was going to move the capital to Yanjing, and had already begun to build a palace in Yanjing.

After learning about this, the small imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty began to erupt, and the civil and military officials of the Southern Song Dynasty began to cheer. According to the analysis of the people headed by Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan, Dazhong is going to shift his focus to the north and prepare to fight the Hu people in the north. In the end, moreover, Li Yan began to be extravagant and dissipated, and lost his aggressiveness. Their Great Song Dynasty finally had no foreign troubles, at least for the time being.

This also led to the corruption of Song Dynasty officials who had already begun to become even more depraved.

Seeing that the situation was not only not getting better, but getting worse and worse, Zong Ze finally couldn't get sick!
Zong Ze looked at the generals and said, "I suffered misfortune because of the Second Emperor, Zhao's daughter was taken over by traitors, and my anger has accumulated like this. If you can destroy the enemy, I will die without hatred."

All the generals wept and said, "How dare you not work!"

After the generals went out, Zong Ze sighed and said, "He died before leaving the army, and the hero will burst into tears."

Zong Ze, who was on his deathbed, did not say a word about family affairs, and all his words were full of memories of the Northern Expedition. At the end, he shouted "Crossing the river! Crossing the river! Crossing the river!", and died suddenly at the age of 70.

Knowing Zongze's death, Zhao Gou was not only not sad, but also complacent that Du Chong succeeded Zongze and the court finally took over Zongze's military power.

What's more, Zongze's death and Dazhong's relocation of the capital were combined as "double happiness".

Of course, the Southern Song Dynasty was not all confused people.

He Yu said to the people on the left and right: "I deeply regret that my husband Zongze has the ambition of loyalty and righteousness. He is slanderous and discouraged, so he has no choice but to extend it. Ze is handsome, the righteous men have united, and the thieves have all joined. However, there is a friend Zhang Zhongxiao The master was in the interior, and then Jifu was able to fight outside. Wang and Huang were the masters of the southeast, so Zongze asked to return to the capital. Jieshen dies first, which makes the hero burst into tears, and Gai also holds infinite hatred. What is the difference between Ze's death and Du Chong's replacement, and Jiang Wei's succession of Kongming? Zongze is now stealing It can be used as soldiers, but if Du Chong uses it, the soldiers will all be robbers."

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(End of this chapter)