The mysterious bird of destiny, the beginning of China

Chapter 285: Kill the traitors and promote the virtuous and loyal!
The civil and military officials in the court were already dizzy from Bai Zhi's previous "reorganization", but now they noticed the murderous eyes of the divine bird, and their hearts trembled.

They felt as if the divine bird was going to make arrangements for them!

He began to be afraid involuntarily, and he quickly bent his once straight waist, for fear that the divine bird would notice him.

But they are only deceiving themselves.

Bai Zhi looked at them sharply. For some people standing in the court, Bai Zhi already knew their confidence.

So, he slowly said:

"Li Bangyan, Zhu Meng (mian), Wang Fu (fu), Tong Guan..."

As the voice of the divine bird echoed in the palace, the faces of the people in the court were different.

All the people who were seen looked pale and frightened, and some were even covered in chaff and trembling.

Others naturally saw all this in their eyes. Originally, they didn't know why the divine bird called these people's names, but when they saw their reactions, they immediately understood why.

However, Bai Zhi turned a blind eye to their begging for mercy. No one in the entire hall dared to speak out, for fear that the divine bird would also pull him out and kill him.

"..."

He looked at the divine bird above, his eyes full of expectation.

So much so that in the huge palace, except for the sounds of crying and begging for mercy, it seemed very quiet.

What puzzled them was that the "high-ranking officials" whom they pinned to the ground did not put up any resistance, and looked defeated, as if they had lost the confidence to live.

In their opinion, looking for the behavior of the divine bird in ancient books to speculate on the character of the divine bird made them mistakenly believe that the divine bird would not interfere too much in the affairs of the court, but would only provide guidance in the general direction and specific operations. will be handed over to the emperor.

When the soldiers outside heard the sound of the divine bird, they immediately walked into the hall excitedly. At the same time, they also obeyed the order of the divine bird and pinned all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries to the ground.

I am afraid that everyone who was called by the divine bird at this time has done something illegal!
Among the military generals, only a few generals can stand in this court, and the leader among them is a middle-aged man with a resolute face. Originally, his face was full of powerlessness, but now he suddenly appeared A look of hope.

A long time passed before Bai Zhi slowly spoke:

What the divine bird said shocked everyone. One of them, the divine bird who killed the treacherous minister Cai Jing under Lishan Mountain was just an act to scare the monkeys. At this moment, some officials in the court were detained. Going out is just a lesson.

The entire hall instantly became silent, and you could hear a needle drop!

"……cut!!!"

After the fight was out, Bai Zhi didn't speak in a hurry, but waited for something.

"Your Majesty the Divine Bird, spare your life!"

"Spare my life..."

After hearing the arrangement of the divine bird for them, they instantly became more desperate and quickly begged for mercy and begged the divine bird to spare their lives.

"..."

At this moment, the divine bird finally stopped calling, and then, filled with killing intent, it called the soldiers outside and gave the order.

"...Take these people down!"

"Push it out..."

"Yes!"

They had hoped that the divine bird would appear and lead the Song Dynasty to prosperity, but they ignored that the divine bird would take action against them.

Outside the palace, the crying continued, but the next moment, the begging for mercy stopped suddenly, and at the same time, the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was heard.

The name of the person he called out just now was a treacherous minister during this period, or someone who advocated surrender during the Jingkang Incident.

The Divine Bird actually directly intervened in the affairs of the government, and still dealt with officials on such a large scale!
……

But what they didn't expect was that the divine bird didn't even think of letting them go, but also killed them all!
"Spare your life!"

"The reason why these people were pushed out to behead them must be very clear to you, right?"

This made the people in the hall even more frightened.

However, Bai Zhi didn't respond to their cries for mercy, and just watched quietly as they were carried out by the soldiers.

The soldiers holding them down were quietly waiting for Bai Zhi's next order, waiting for the divine bird's treatment of these dignitaries.

No matter how you put it, it was the resistance that the Song Dynasty later fought with the Jin Kingdom. It should be resolved as soon as possible to prevent changes.

Seeing this, Bai Zhi didn't bother to say more.

There were even more screams and scoldings from the soldiers.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji on the side also listened to the name of the sacred bird with confusion, and looked at the reaction of the people who came out with confusion. The next moment, he seemed to have guessed something.

Therefore, they are actually following the orders of the divine bird!

The sound of the divine bird echoed in the palace, shocking everyone.

"God Bird, spare your life..."

But reality taught them a huge lesson.

"God Bird, spare your life!"

At this time in the Song Dynasty, the emperor was in name only, and it was the Manchu scholar-bureaucrats who really exercised state power!

Even Song Huizong Zhao Ji on the side was a little trembling and did not dare to speak.

The divine bird asked in a cold voice who was still in the court.

He pushed them out and killed many officials, so that the court no longer seemed crowded, but rather empty.

As time passed, screams were heard from outside the hall from time to time, which made the people in the hall tremble in their hearts and bodies.

It was as if they had thought that the person outside would be them in the future, which made them frightened and uneasy.

Bai Zhi quietly watched the reactions of everyone in the hall, even Song Huizong Zhao Ji who was standing beside him.

Everyone was trembling with fear. This time, the officials in the court were pushed outside the palace and beheaded. This should be the most serious punishment in the Song Dynasty!

The crimes of the people who were pushed out to behead by the divine bird were committed. Although there was no public trial, no one present could excuse them.

Seeing that the time had come, Bai Zhi opened his mouth and said:
"I wonder if you know why these people were killed on the spot?"

The voice of the divine bird's inquiry hammered into their hearts like a war drum, causing them to hold their breath.

However, they did not dare to answer the divine bird's question, and they did not know how to answer it.

However, at this moment, a middle-aged man wearing a military commander's official robe suddenly came out, holding a wat in his hand, but his face did not look as fearful as the people around him, but instead looked magnanimous.

"Go back to His Majesty the Divine Bird, I know."

"Speak!" Bai Zhi looked at the military generals who came out of the line. In the Song Dynasty, the status of civil officials and military generals were not equal, but a hierarchical relationship, and the military generals were at the lower level.

In the army, civilian officials are often set up to control generals. Even civilian officials who are not familiar with military affairs can command large armies in battles, and generals in the army have to obey the orders of civilian officials.

At the same time, on the battlefield, military attaches must follow the battle plans previously formulated by civilian officials and must not make any changes, even if the enemy's fighting methods change.

If the generals have military reports, they must upload them layer by layer. If they come and go, the opportunity to fight will be delayed, resulting in the loss of a great opportunity to fight.

This was the beginning of the loss of martial ethics in the Song Dynasty.

If the civil servants are corrupt and the generals are dependent on them, how can they fight?

As the saying goes, the major affairs of the country lie in the military and the sacrificial affairs. The military and sacrificial affairs can overlap, but they also need to be separated. Failure to separate the two will inevitably lead to chaos in a country.

"Because they are all traitors!"

While many officials were staring at the middle-aged man who was leaving the queue, the middle-aged man said so in a loud and firm tone.

As soon as he said this, everyone in the court looked at him in shock, as if they couldn't believe that the middle-aged man in front of him dared to say this, and dared to say it directly without any implicit meaning.

The middle-aged man obviously didn't care at all about the gazes of the people behind him. After he finished speaking, he looked up at the divine bird above, waiting for the divine bird's response.

Bai Zhi looked at the middle-aged general in front of him who dared to tell the truth, and was thinking about his identity.

——Li Gang!
The military generals in the Northern Song Dynasty were the main faction during the Jingkang Incident and insisted on fighting the Jin Kingdom. However, there were treacherous ministers in the court, which made the emperor distrust Li Gang, and he was demoted immediately.

The pro-surrender faction in the DPRK had the upper hand, which was one of the reasons for the Jingkang Incident.

Bai Zhi looked at the middle-aged military general in front of him, nodded slightly, and then, under the gaze of many officials, he agreed: "Good! A treacherous minister should be treated with heavy honors!"

The sound of the divine bird echoed in the huge palace, making the officials in the hall tremble with fear.

Immediately, Bai Zhi turned sideways slightly, looked at Song Huizong Zhao Ji aside, and asked, "I wonder if the emperor has anything to add?"

Song Huizong Zhao Ji, who was wandering in the sky, suddenly heard the divine bird calling him. He quickly came back to his senses and hurriedly replied: "No, there is nothing to add."

"I wonder if the emperor feels something is inappropriate?"

The divine bird continued to ask.

"No... I don't dare! Everything the divine bird said is correct."

Song Huizong Zhao Ji was frightened by the decisive killing scene of the divine bird just now. He was still frightened. When he heard the divine bird asking again, he thought that the divine bird was also dissatisfied with him as the emperor and wanted to depose him as the emperor.

"Since the emperor has no objection, then so be it!"

Hearing the words of the divine bird, everyone in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had escaped a disaster.

Just when everyone in the hall thought that the divine bird had finished speaking, the voice of the divine bird came again, "Emperor, I heard that the emperor sent people to the north to contact the people of the Jin Kingdom and wanted to unite the Jin Kingdom to fight against the Liao Kingdom. Is it true?”

Upon hearing Shenniao's inquiry, Song Huizong Zhao Ji who was on the side quickly and respectfully replied: "Go back to Your Majesty Shenniao, this matter is true!"

"Then what's the result?"

Bai Zhi continued to ask.

"Just yesterday, the envoy to the Kingdom of Jin returned and brought back the results of the first negotiation!"

Having said this, Song Huizong Zhao Ji motioned to the waiter on the side to fetch the relevant documents.

Later, Song Huizong Zhao Ji personally said:

"According to the contents of the document, the request of the Kingdom of Jin..."

"What are Jin Guo's requirements?"

After hearing what Song Huizong Zhao Ji said halfway, Bai Zhi had already guessed in his mind. After all, he knew exactly what the Jin Kingdom's requirements were in history.

"People from the Kingdom of Jin said..."

At this time, Zhao Ji, Huizong of the Song Dynasty, had a look of anger on his face. He looked at the document in his hand. Obviously, the content of the document made him very angry, "The woman asked for the annual coins that the Song Dynasty once gave to the Liao Kingdom. Give it to the Kingdom of Jin intact!”

"Even if the Song Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom attacked the Liao Kingdom together, the Song Dynasty would only be able to obtain Yanzhou!"

Hearing Song Huizong Zhao Ji say this, some of the generals in the hall had angry looks on their faces, and some civil servants also had angry faces, gnashing their teeth, and even began to curse in a low voice the inhumanity of barbarian countries like the Jin Kingdom. present!

Seeing this, Bai Zhi couldn't help but shake his head slightly. At this time, these people in the hall, when faced with unfair treatment, often only resent others, but don't know how to find the reason within themselves.

Between countries, the competition is often about foundation and strength.

Dignity is only on the edge of the sword, and truth is only within the range of the cannon!

If a country is weak, it will naturally not be able to win the respect of other countries. Only when its strength reaches a certain level will other countries sit calmly at the negotiation table and listen to you.

It is like this today and it will be like this in the future!
However, Bai Zhi understood their thoughts very well.

After all, throughout the ages, all countries in China have been powerful at any time!
Especially in the pre-Tang Dynasty, all the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty surrendered to them.

Therefore, it is natural that future generations can't help but be immersed in the past glory of the Chinese nation, but ignore their own strength, so that foreigners can step on their heads, but they still don't know it and are still immersed in their own world.

"quiet!"

Song Huizong Zhao Ji on the side shouted when he saw the reaction in the court. As for the document in his hand, he naturally did not have the courage to continue reading.

After the court finally calmed down, Bai Zhi asked in a cold tone of voice:

"What do you think of Jin Guo's request?"

"..."

Bai Zhi's answer was silence, but their silence was also the answer.

At this time, Bai Zhi could not imagine the situation in history when faced with knowledge at this moment. There must have been many people at that time persuading the then emperor to agree to the Jin Kingdom's request.

But at this time, no one dared to speak out, because the person who advised the emperor to accept the conditions of the Jin Kingdom had already been killed by him!
The corpses were lying outside the main hall, and even the flowing blood had not yet solidified.

The people from the peace faction are dead, and the remaining people, except for the neutral ones, are the war faction.

"What do you think, General Hussar?"

Bai Zhi suddenly looked at the middle-aged general who had just come out and asked him.

Li Gang was excited when he heard the divine bird's inquiry, but his face was still full of seriousness. Then he pondered for a moment and replied: "We must not agree to the request of the Jin Kingdom. At this time, the Song Dynasty is just like the Six Eastern Kingdoms in the pre-Qin Dynasty. The six countries ceded territory and bribed Qin, but they didn't know that Qin's will was in the world. "

"At this time, the Song Dynasty bribed the Kingdom of Jin with annual coins, but they didn't know that the woman was interested in the Song Dynasty!"

After hearing Li Gang's words, Bai Zhi nodded with satisfaction. Those who can leave their names in history are indeed extraordinary people. As the leader of the main fighting faction in the Song Dynasty, he obviously also had extraordinary talents.

After hearing Li Gang's words, Bai Zhi immediately nodded appreciatively, "Good!"

Then he ordered loudly: "In this case, I will make you the general of the country. You can control all the soldiers and horses in the world. If it is not the emperor's or my order, you can do whatever you want!"

(End of this chapter)