Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 450 0445 [Father is kind and son is filial piety]

Since the prince's family order was killed, Zhao Huan has become 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 even secretly hid a copy of "Zhao Jixiu, a Dufu".This message was written to Zhao Huan's heart. He read it repeatedly until he could recite it, and then secretly burned it to ashes with a candle.

Sometimes, Zhao Huan even had resentment and fantasies, and simply let Zhu Ming go to Tokyo to kill that stupid king!

Throughout the ages, how could any prince make way for the Prime Minister?
Not only Zaifu, but also made way for the Taoist priest.

At the beginning, because he didn't make way for Lin Lingsu, there was a conflict in public. Lin Lingsu secretly linked up the matter of abolishing the crown prince.

Now that the Jin soldiers were coming to kill, Zhao Huan's first reaction was to feel gloating.

"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 No. 1 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."

"I don't have many confidants, how can I control this country? 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 go to the palace immediately!"

Zhao Huan bowed respectfully and said, "Why are you summoned?"

"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 went weak, thinking that Song Huizong was going to kill him and make another prince.

Unexpectedly, he was dragged into Funing Hall. There were not only the important ministers of the three provinces, but also Song Huizong who was lying on a chair, his condition improved and he was able to speak.

Zhao Huan was carried to sit down, and several eunuchs and guards directly 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 by this, sir?"

Song Huizong was still pretending to be sick, tilted his head and said: "I am so angry that I am suffering from a stroke, and it is difficult 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 over the past few years, and he cried loudly: "How dare the Crown Prince succeed to the throne when the Holy Emperor is here? This is a great act of unfilial piety! How can an unfilial person be the emperor? Wow!" woo woo woo woo……"

As he cried, his body twitched, and the prince fainted.

All the officials were dumbfounded. The father and son were each 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 in bed.

After a long time, Geng Nanzhong ran in quietly 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. How should this happen?"

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 is there any way to refuse?" Zhao Heng asked.

Geng Nanzhong was speechless.

The next day, Song Huizong sent someone to drag Zhao Huan to speak alone.

"I have made up my mind, my son must not refuse." Song Huizong ordered directly.

Zhao Huan still said the same thing: "It would be unfilial to the prince to succeed to the throne if the holy king is established."

Song Huizong said: "I give you the throne, if you don't accept it, it is unfilial!"

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 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, 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..."

It is nothing more than saying that this war was started by the Song Dynasty, and also scolding the Song Dynasty for its cruel treatment of the people, while the Jin Kingdom 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 delay the retreat of the army?"

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 opinions, and even sent the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to stay in a hotel.

Cai Tiao has returned to Tokyo to become an official again, and his relationship with Cai You has not yet reached the point of fighting or killing.After leaving the palace, Cai Tiao said: "This envoy is here to inquire about information. It is better to kill or imprison him to prevent the Jin soldiers from knowing the reality of Tokyo. 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 the important officials Tong Guan, Cai You, and Bai Shi hoped to spend money to buy peace.

They planned to take 3 taels of gold to ask Wanyan Zongwang to withdraw his troops.

I couldn't get out the 3 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 100 taels of gold, and let Cai You figure out the rest.

At this moment, an urgent report came from the south: "The Zhu thief has 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 West Route Army of the Kingdom of Jin also had people surrendering almost all the way, but most of those who surrendered were Han people from the Liao Kingdom!

More than [-] 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 State were also organized into the Xiang Army, and the officers were all Han Chinese from the Song Dynasty. Mixed with them were the Song State border troops.The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty complained that these Han people from the Liao Kingdom had squeezed out their own food, wages and military resources, and frequently beat, cursed and insulted the Han soldiers from the Liao Kingdom.

The conflicts between the two sides are getting bigger and bigger!
When Wanyan Zonghan came to kill him, the local soldiers of the Song Dynasty were still loyal and brave.For example, Sun Yi, the defender 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 captured by Wanyan Zonghan.

Wuzhou and Daizhou were all like this. There were always Liao Han people guarding the city as internal support.

Daizhou defender Li Siben led his army to stand firm, 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 a great job. He not only took away Tong Guan, Cai You, Zhu Meng and other favorites, but also took away Tong Guan's victorious army.Those are the only troops left in Tokyo that can still fight a little!
Watching the Supreme Emperor's car and boat leave, Bai Shizhong said in great pain: "We are still not favored after all, and the official Nanshou will not take us with us."

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 have also served as officials in the Song Dynasty. They both As a Han Chinese, I naturally understand the etiquette system. I would never dare to surrender to the tyrannical Jin people."

Li Bangyan instructed: "Don't say anything about this matter, wait until Mr. Zhu's soldiers arrive at the city."

When the two people were discussing, King Yun Zhao Kai was also angry.

After all, his father passed the throne to the prince. He was talented and intelligent, so how could he be inferior to that useless prince?

However, the Jin soldiers were about to kill him. Although Zhao Kai controlled the Imperial City Division's troops, he did not dare to seize the throne rashly.What if you seize the throne, but the city is captured by the Jin soldiers?Moreover, the red thieves are also coming from the south, and it is 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 evacuate before leading 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, and Zhu thief's brother-in-law. Now that Zhu thief has broken through Ye County, he may kill Tokyo at any time. Let Li Gang defend Tokyo. Aren't you afraid that he will sacrifice the city to the thief? "

However, Li Bangyan stood up and said: "Li Gang is loyal and patriotic, and has long severed ties with his father-in-law. Everyone knows about 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 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 all friends who had invited favors in front of Song Huizong together. Do you have any retreat in private?You didn't even say a word to 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 everything was planned by Li Gang behind the scenes, and He Su, who was demoted to the local area, was involved. They pushed Wu Min to seek the Zen throne of Song Huizong.

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 to the post of Shilang (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 governor of Kaifeng and assisted Li Gang in defending the city (Cai You promoted Nie Shan to be the 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 it 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 they ran away crying.Soon the body was discovered by the villagers, and their identity was learned from the family members, who 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 Jin State and had passed Yue Fei's hometown of Tangyin, 200 miles away from Tokyo.

Zhang Guangdao led an army of more than 180 people, but arrived at Yingchang City, [-] miles away from Tokyo.

(End of this chapter)