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Chapter 547 0544 [The guilty minister Zhao Ji, pays homage to His Majesty]

"Zhao Ji is being escorted to Beijing!"

Under Han Zhen's deliberate laissez-faire, the news that Zhao Ji, his son, and a group of ministers would be escorted to Beijing today quickly spread throughout Tokyo.

The people of Tokyo never miss an opportunity to watch the excitement.

For a time, both sides of the Royal Street, which was more than ten miles long, were crowded with people watching.

At noon.

Accompanied by the sound of uniform footsteps, a group of soldiers took the lead on the Royal Street.

Following closely behind were prison vans.

In the prison car headed by him, it was Zhao Ji who was imprisoned.

At this time, Zhao Ji had been dressed up by a special person sent by the palace before disembarking. He was wearing a bright red dress and a straight-footed turban.

This is a ritual system. The emperor is the emperor. Even if he is a prisoner at the moment, he must have the dignity he deserves.

Because of this, when Yelu Yanxi was captured and faced with the rough treatment of Wanyan Lou's family, he was so angry and cursed the other party as a barbarian.

boom!
The moment they saw Zhao Ji clearly, the crowd suddenly burst into an uproar.

Feeling countless pairs of eyes falling on him, Zhao Ji felt so embarrassed and angry that he simply closed his eyes.

Zhao Kai's psychological quality was even worse. Those looks of surprise, teasing, or ridicule made him want to crawl into the cracks in the ground.

"Look, my father has grown much older."

"They say that Jiangnan Water Village raises people, but it doesn't look like that. My father is almost worse than me."

"Third brother, not much has changed."

"Third brother."

The two brothers Zhao Mo and Zhao Zhen were among the crowd, chatting happily and looking gloating.

They couldn't wait to applaud Zhao Ji and Zhao Kai for being escorted to Beijing.

From their perspective, that's true.

They are also biological sons. When the Jin people went south, Zhao Ji, their father, abandoned them and only took Zhao Kai to escape to the south. Would they have no complaints in their hearts?

Why are your brothers and sisters suffering in Tokyo, while you, Zhao Kai, are living a happy life in the south?

Now that things are getting better, my father and third brother are also back. As a family, it’s time to be reunited and tidy.

Not far away, Zhao Gou was also among the crowd. Although his face was expressionless, he was actually happy in his heart.

He had the same thoughts as the two brothers Zhao Mo, and they were very upset about the fact that their father only took Zhao Kai with him instead of himself.

It is human nature to worry not about scarcity but about inequality.

"kill him!"

"Kill this bitch!"

"Death to the thief!"

Suddenly, the onlookers on both sides of the Imperial Street became furious, and rotten vegetable leaves and fruits flew towards a prison car like raindrops.

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look and saw that it was Cai Jing's prison car.

This guy was already extremely old, his beard and hair were all white, and he looked decrepit, but he was still alive, huddled in the prison car.

Zhao Kai, a young man, was bound to get seriously ill on the way to escape, but Cai Jing, an old man, managed to hold on despite all the hardships. It can only be said that his vitality was too tenacious.

If we want to say who the people of Tokyo hate the most, it must be Cai Jing, the leader of the Six Thieves. Not only the common people hate him, but also the merchants, landlords and gentry, and the scholar-bureaucrats hate him even more.

I don’t know how many Yuanyou Party members were ruined by Cai Jing and their wives and children were separated.

They even built a monument to Yuanyou's party membership, and engraved the names of officials who opposed the new law on the monument, labeling them traitors.

This is serious murder and heart-breaking.

How can we not hate those Yuanyou Party members and their descendants?

In order to help Song Huizong make money, Cai Jing had come up with countless ideas over the years, risking his life to cut off people's leeks.

Putting aside the Hua Shi Gang, the salt introduction method alone is enough for the people to eat their flesh and drink their blood.

It is precisely because of the salt introduction method that the price of salt more than doubled in just a few years.

Salt is a daily consumable. If you don't eat it, you will really die. Even if you eat less, you will feel weak. How can you work?
This is simply a fatal blow to the people.

So much so that there is a song circulating in Tokyo: Hit the bucket (Tong Guan) and pour the vegetables (Cai Jing), and that will be the good world on earth. In the Guangyun of the Song Dynasty, the pronunciation of "jie" was jiai, the fourth tone, so this sentence, when read in Heluo Yayin, rhymes extremely well.

Rotten vegetable leaves and bad fruits rained down on Cai Jing's prison car.

Even though they were blocked by the wooden fence of the prison van, there were so many of them that they would still be hit.

Even Zhao Kai in the front and Qin Hui, Huang Qianshan and others in the back were affected.

The soldiers responsible for escorting him didn't care and allowed the people to vent their anger.

Zhao Ji couldn't help but secretly rejoice when he saw it.

Fortunately, he was smart and took Cai Jing out early to take the blame, otherwise the people would be the one to blame him now.

Along the way, Cai Jing was also beaten all the way.

Seeing that the old thief was about to die, the soldier responsible for escorting him yelled: "Stop, don't hit him again!"

Cai Jing still has to be escorted to the palace to be judged by His Majesty, but he cannot die here.

Hearing this, the people stopped.

After dozens of prison cars, there are ox carts, on which countless gold, silver, pearls, antique calligraphy and paintings are piled.

The motorcade was extremely long, with no end visible at a glance. There were at least a thousand vehicles.

These are the money seized by the Qi army in places such as Jinling and Hangzhou.

Zhao Ji fled south, but emptied all his money. After arriving in Jinling, Cai Jing helped him get a lot of money to repair the palace.

However, before the blueprints of the palace were completed, Qi Jun came and gave Han Zhen an advantage.

In addition, many distinguished officials fled south with Zhao Ji, and their combined property was also quite large.

And these are just a very small part of the war dividends.

The real gain was the land and population of the entire South.

But even so, it was extremely considerable. This sum of gold, silver, jewelry and antique calligraphy and paintings was enough to offset all the expenses of the Northern Expedition and the Southern Expedition, and there was still a lot leftover.

Let the already full national treasury become even richer.

In Yanfu Palace, Han Zhen was sitting on the dragon chair.

In the main hall, all the civil and military officials lined up neatly. Although they all tried their best to keep a straight face, the excitement in their hearts could not be suppressed and was beyond words.

At this moment, a chamberlain came into the palace and announced: "Your Majesty, the Puppet Song Emperor Zhao Ji, Emperor Zhao Kai, and a group of officials have been escorted to the imperial city."

"pass!"

Han Zhen said loudly.

Not long after, Zhao Ji and his party were escorted into the main hall of Yanfu Palace with iron chains on their hands and feet.

Seeing Zhao Ji, Wu Min, Zhang Shuye and other old ministers of Zhao and Song Dynasties, their expressions were complicated.

Although the other party was foolish and absurd during his reign, after all, he was once a king and a minister, which can't help but feel a little sad.

Looking around the familiar Yanfu Palace, Zhao Ji looked at the tall, heroic and domineering Han Zhen.

Xie Ding took a step forward and yelled loudly: "Why don't you, the prisoner below, bow to Your Majesty when you see him?"

Ugh!
Zhao Ji lamented in his heart, knelt down on his knees, bowed and paid homage, and shouted: "Zhao Ji, the sinner, pays homage to your majesty."

Proclaiming one's vassal status and paying homage is a surrender ceremony, which is equivalent to a surrender signature for later generations.

It is equivalent to telling the world that Zhao Song has died and completely surrendered to Qi.

From now on, no one will ever start an uprising under the guise of Zhao Song's restoration of the country.

Take Li Nanjia for example. Her ancestor Li Yu removed his title from his country and was demoted to the lord of Jiangnan, where he paid tribute to Zhao and Song Dynasties.

Even if Li Nanjia raised the flag of rebellion, he would never mention the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Because from a legal point of view, the Southern Tang Dynasty had already surrendered to Zhao Song, and the ancestors even accepted the title of Zhao Song. If the Southern Tang Dynasty was mentioned again, it would not be able to stand up legally.

Again, it’s true!
Righteousness is very important.

But the Ming Dynasty was different. Chongzhen hung himself from a crooked neck tree, and this was how the Southern Ming Dynasty came into being, including the subsequent banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.

The reason is that Chongzhen did not surrender!

(End of this chapter)