Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 217 Your name is Qin Hui!

In the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Lin'an.

Since the Jin soldiers entered the Central Plains from the backward and backward Bitter Pass, their lifestyle began to deteriorate at a lightning speed. The princes and nobles headed by the emperor, as well as the officials of the government and the public, began to enjoy themselves. Soldiers large and small were also immersed in the colorful world of the Central Plains and could not extricate themselves, and the military gradually entered a period of weakness.

Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu begged for money - that is, during the reign of Wanyan Sheng, the Jin Kingdom was divided into two forces: one was the dove faction headed by Taishi Wanyan Zongpan and Left Deputy Marshal Wan Yanchang, who pursued a comfortable life; The other group is the hawks with the right deputy marshal Wanyan Zongbi and the leader of the three provinces Wanyan Zonghan as the core.

Wanyan Zongbi has a well-known alias, he is Yue Fei's old rival, the legendary Jin Wushu.

The hawks' program is very simple, that is, to use force against the Song Dynasty, spread the country's authority in all directions, and unify the colorful world of the Central Plains.

However, with the two divided factions, the Jin Kingdom was not as united as it was when it attacked the Northern Song Dynasty. The succession of the Jin Kingdom is more complicated. Generally speaking, it is similar to that of the Song Dynasty. Taizu and Taizong are both brothers. But the difference is that Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng is a man who abides by his agreement. He established Jin Taizu Wan Yansheng. Yan Agu made his eldest son Wanyan Dan the crown prince, and announced that Wanyan Dan would succeed him to the throne after his death... In this regard, Zhao Song was far inferior to the Jin Kingdom.

As for why Wanyan Aguda's eldest son was not established, it was because Wanyan Zongjun died early, so his son could only be chosen as the heir apparent.

Wanyan Zongpan was the eldest son of Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng. He had great influence in the government and the opposition, and the peace faction gradually gained the upper hand. In addition, the Bohai Sea and Mongolia in the north of the Jin Kingdom are also unstable, which poses a huge threat to the Jin Kingdom. This is one of the reasons why the Jin Kingdom seeks peace.

With the joint efforts of Qin Hui and Wanyan Zongpan, in the first month of the ninth year of Shaoxing, the peace negotiation was finally reached, which is known as the "First Shaoxing Peace Negotiation" in history. And because the ninth year of Shaoxing was also the second year of Tianjuan of the Jin Kingdom, this peace negotiation was also called the "Tianjuan Peace Conference."

The contents of the peace agreement are as follows: the Southern Song Dynasty paid tribute to the Jin Dynasty and paid tribute to the Jin Dynasty every year, including 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 bolts of silk; the Jin Dynasty returned Shaanxi and Henan, which were originally under the jurisdiction of the Puppet Qi, to the Southern Song Dynasty, so that they could be rerouted The Yellow River was the boundary; the Kingdom of Jin returned Zhao Gou's biological mother Wei Shi and his brother Zhao Huan. And the bones of Zhao Ji and Queen Zheng were sent back together.

Both parties are very happy with this treaty and are implementing it seriously. Some people think that Yue Fei "has no political acumen" and thinks about "welcoming the two saints" every day and where to place the current emperor. This is really due to a lack of historical knowledge. After all, in the first Shaoxing peace negotiation, Zhao Gou had clearly requested to welcome back the two saints, and the Jin Kingdom had also agreed. There was no question of Zhao Gou being unwilling.

However, the problem was that in July when the treaty was being implemented, Wanyan Zongbi, also known as Jin Wushu, suddenly launched a coup and wiped out all the doves in the Jin Kingdom. From Wanyan Zongpan to Wanyanchang, everyone was arrested and imprisoned.

This was a premeditated political action, because Wanyan Zongpan had planted many party members in the court and was already in danger of threatening the imperial power. Emperor Wan Yandan of the Jin Kingdom would not sit still and wait for death, so he hit it off with Jin Wushu, who regarded the dove faction as a thorn in his side. He immediately launched a coup, charged the dove faction with rebellion, and imprisoned them all.

The first Shaoxing Peace Negotiation did not bring peace, and the main war faction of the Jin Kingdom regained the right to speak in the Jin Dynasty court. In May of the 10th year of Shaoxing, the Jin State unilaterally tore up the non-aggression treaty, mobilized the country's military forces, and prosecuted the Southern Song Dynasty for raising troops.

However, Jin Wushu mistakenly overestimated his own strength. Under the leadership of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others, the Song army won successively in the counterattack against Jin. Jin Wushu not only failed to achieve his strategic goals, but even faintly failed to achieve his goals. The tendency to be counterattacked.

It's just that Jin Wushu is a bit stubborn. Even though I know it won't work, I still want to do it. Instead of reorganizing his troops and waiting for some time to fight again, he continued to allocate grain and grass from the country and led an army of 130,000 to continue southward to invade the Song Dynasty.

Unfortunately, even with all the troops in the country, Jin Wushu could not defeat Yue Fei. After ten years of many battles in Shaoxing, especially after the two battles of Yancheng and Yingchang, the Jin army finally truly understood the bravery and strength of the Yue family army, which made them sigh with joy: "It is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family army! "

The Jin army generals who surrendered to Yue Fei after taking the lead included Commander Wang Zhen, Commander Cui Qing, generals Li Jian, Cui Hu, Hua Wang, etc., and Gao Yong, the commander of thousands of troops under King Longhu. Zhang Zai, Yang Jin and other Jin generals also crossed the river from Hebei and traveled thousands of miles to join Yue Fei. Even Jin Wushu's confidant and Jin Army general Han Chang secretly sent someone to communicate with Yue Fei, willing to surrender. Yue Fei expressed his welcome and sent Jia Xing to reply.

Yue Fei was also happy for the frequent good news, and optimistically told his subordinates that he would break the drinking habit: "This time I will kill the golden man, and I will go to Huanglong Mansion, and I will drink with you all!"

At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Yue Family Army were full of fighting spirit and advanced towards Kaifeng, the old capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. On July 18, Zhang Xian, together with Xu Qing, Li Shan, Fu Xuan, Kou Cheng and other commanders, led the main force from Linying County to the northeast. They defeated about 6,000 gold cavalry encountered on the road, leaving "the fields full of corpses" and captured them. There are more than a hundred war horses. At the same time, Wang Gui sent troops from Yingchang Prefecture, and Niu Gao also led the left army to march towards the old capital of Bianliang.

However, just when the situation in the Northern Expedition was looking good, changes came from the rear.

Unable to conquer the Southern Song Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom prepared to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty again. Song Ting took the opportunity to suppress the generals with heavy troops, especially Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, who firmly advocated resistance to the Jin Dynasty. Wanyan Zongbi said in a letter to Qin Hui: "You have been asking for peace day and night, and Yue Fei is the leader of Hebei Province. If you kill my son-in-law, you have to avenge him. Yue Fei must be killed, and then peace can be achieved."

In May, Yue Fei was in Chuzhou and believed that concentrating on building the city was a strategy of adhering to security, which was not conducive to stimulating the morale of the Northern Expedition. However, Zhang Jun took the opportunity to impeach Yue Fei, saying that he advocated that Chuzhou was invincible and there was no need to build city walls, which deceived the morale of the army and weakened the fighting spirit of the three armies.

So Zhao Gou, who had long been dissatisfied with Yue Fei, took advantage of this and made a big fuss. He talked loudly about "Shanyang is an important place and blocks Huaidong. Without Shanyang, it can be connected and Tai cannot be solid. If thieves come, Su and Chang will be shaken." , denounced Yue Fei for being confused and harboring evil intentions.

Wan Qixi (pronounced the same as "Mo Qixie"), the right admonishment official, also listed three major crimes for Yue Fei under Qin Hui's instruction:

1. A man with a high rank and a good salary, with satisfied ambitions. The past thoughts of success and fame have turned into decadence;

2. Before the battle of Zhe (pronounced "this") and Gao, he violated the imperial edict and did not issue the order at the right time. After a long time, he reached Shu and Qi (pronounced "qi") and returned in a hurry;

3. Saying that Chuzhou cannot be defended depresses morale and shakes people's hearts.

He asked to be dismissed from his position as Vice-President, but he did so out of the blue. After Wan Qixi, the censor Zhongcheng He Zhu and the palace censor Luo Ruji successively came to Shu. Based on the statements of Zhang Jun and Wan Qixi, they also said that Yue Fei "was ordered to raise troops, but he stopped as far as Longshu and did not advance; "I was ordered to send an envoy, but I wanted to abandon Shanyang and not defend it." He was "arrogant and unscrupulous." He also persuaded Zhao Gou to punish Yue Fei quickly and "give him a free temple as a warning for disloyalty."

On August 9, Yue Fei was dismissed as Deputy Privy Envoy and assumed the idle post of "Wanshou Guan Envoy". Yue Fei invited himself to return to his old residence in Lushan, Jiangzhou to rest.

Yue Fei had no troops or power at this time, but the persecution against him was still pressing.

Under Qin Hui's instruction, Zhang Jun took advantage of the internal conflicts within Yue's army to force Wang Gui, the commander of the capital, to frame Yue Fei, but Wang Gui surrendered. He also bribed Wang Jun, deputy commander of Zhang Xian's ministry, to come forward and accuse Zhang Xian of "treason," thereby implicating Yue Fei and ordering him to Someone wrote a complaint on his behalf.

Wang Jun took advantage of Zhang Xian's absence and first sent the complaint to Wang Gui. Wang Gui then sent this information to Qin Hui's confidant Lin Da Da. Lin then forwarded this status to Zhang Jun of the Privy Council. Soon Zhang Xian arrived, and Zhang Jun arrested Zhang Xian.

Zhang Jun set up a private court and tortured Zhang Xian to extract a confession. With no results, he actually fabricated Zhang Xian's confession "in order to collect Yue Fei's writings to conspire against him." Qin Hui sent Yang Yizhong, the commander in front of the palace, to secretly arrest Yue Fei and told him, "Yue Fei must come alive!" Although Yue Fei knew that Yang Yizhong had bad intentions, he still followed him resolutely.

On October 13, Yue Fei was thrown into Dali Temple Prison, after his eldest son Yue Yun was also imprisoned.

Yue Fei faced the interrogation righteously and sternly, and revealed the old tattoo on his back with the four characters "Serve the country with all your loyalty". The presiding judge He Zhu was moved when he saw this. He Zhu found out about Yue's injustice and reported it to Qin Hui truthfully. But Qin Hui said: "This is what the Lord intended!" He changed his order to Wan Qixi to be the chief judge of the case.

Wan Qixi placed Wang Jun's false accusation in front of Yue Fei, and asked: "What debt does the country owe, and you three are going to betray it?" Yue Fei replied: "I swear to the heavenly alliance, I will not fail the country. You and I have done so. Master the righteousness of the Dharma, and do not harm loyal ministers. When I go to the underworld, I will face you endlessly!" Wan Qixi said again: "My husband has not rebelled. I remember that when I traveled to Tianzhu, I left an inscription on the wall, 'How can a poor family contain wealth?' Huh?" Everyone agreed: "Since this question has been raised, isn't it true that we are going against it!" Yue Fei couldn't bear the grief and anger: "I know that I have fallen into the hands of Qin Hui's thieves, and my loyalty to the country will be over once!" He stopped protesting and let it go. Prisoners tortured. Wan Qixi and others tried all their means, but Yue Fei would rather die than falsely accuse himself. He even went on a hunger strike to protest. Only with the care of his son Yue Lei could he barely survive.

On the seventh day of November, the "Shaoxing Peace Treaty" of the Song and Jin Dynasties was reached. The peace treaty was as follows:

1. Between the Song and Jin Dynasties, it was bounded by the line starting from Dashanguan in the west and along the Huaihe River in the east;

2. The Southern Song Dynasty ceded Tangzhou, Dengzhou, Shangzhou, Sizhou, Heshangyuan, Fangshanyuan and other places to the Jin Dynasty;

3. The Southern Song Dynasty professed tribulation to the Jin Dynasty;

4. Pay an annual tribute of 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 bolts of silk to the gold;

5. Jin returned Song Huizong's coffin and Gaozong's biological mother Wei Shi. The following year, Jin envoys came to Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, with an oath, and made Zhao Gou the Song emperor. The national boundaries were also delineated that year.

Look, Zhao Gou was made Emperor of the Song Dynasty, tsk tsk...

The next one who has to sign an unequal treaty to pay compensation after winning will have to wait until he wins the French victory hundreds of years later.

The Dahao River and Mountains from the middle of the Huaihe River in the east to the north of Dashanguan in the west fell into the hands of the Jin Kingdom. Thousands of people were abandoned. Even the many lands recovered by Yue Fei were all handed over to the reactionary group headed by Zhao Gou. When the Jin army returned, they went on a killing spree and slaughtered all the people who had acted in support of the army.

And until the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, these lands never came back.

This is why Fan Chengda wept every word in "Zhouqiao": There are Tianjies to the north and south of Zhouqiao, and his father is waiting for his return home in old age. Holding back tears, he asked the envoy, when will the Sixth Army really come?

Han Shizhong, who was out of work, questioned Qin Hui about Yue Fei's imprisonment. Qin Hui replied: "Although Fei Ziyun and Zhang Xianshu are unknown, the details of their affairs are unnecessary." Han Shizhong said angrily: "My lord, how can you serve the world with the word 'no need to have'?"

On December 29, the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Wan Qixi and others submitted a memorial through Qin Hui, proposing that Yue Fei be beheaded, Zhang Xian be hanged, and Yue Yun be sentenced to imprisonment.

Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty, approved on the same day: "Yue Fei is specially granted death. Zhang Xian and Yue Yun also implemented it in accordance with the military law, and ordered Yang Yizhong to supervise the execution, but sent many soldiers to protect him."

Of course, Zhao Gou knew all of this and even acquiesced in it. Qin Hui'an went back and forth over this matter. This was the perfect candidate to take the blame. Of course Zhao Gou was happy.

The dung beetle and the bedbug got along, and they went together.

Zhao Gou's idea is also very simple. As long as I am a piece of shit, no one can step on me. Of course, some people in later generations thought that Zhao Gou was irresponsible if he did not take the initiative or refuse, and even gave a few words of hypocritical concern, thinking that Zhao Gou wanted to protect Yue Fei. I just don’t know if the person who washes Zhao Gou is a wholesaler?

At this time, Yue Fei was in the prison of Dali Temple, waiting for the last moment to arrive.

Of course he knew that the torture and various punishments used by Qin Hui, Wan Qixi and others were Zhao Gou's tacit approval. But as a loyal minister, he had no resentment towards Zhao Gou. The generals of the Song Dynasty have been jealous for more than a day or two. Let’s not talk about the distant ones, let’s just talk about Di Qing during the Renzong period of Song Dynasty. What about General Mian Nie? Didn’t he also die in depression?

What he was sad about was that all his years of hard work had been wasted.

Not long after, the jailer came in with torture instruments.

"General Yue, we are also following orders." The jailer sighed. Why did they want to torture Yue Fei? However, there were orders from above, so how could they dare to disobey?

Don’t obey? There is an elder and a younger child at home, so you don’t want to work anymore? What will the family eat and drink?

Yue Fei didn't answer, he just looked at a small window above the prison in ecstasy.

"You...do you have anything else to say?" the jailer asked cautiously.

Yue Fei didn't answer. He stared out the window in a daze for a while before speaking slowly.

"Is it Qin Hui who asked you to ask for a confession?"

"Yes..." The jailer's head almost dropped to his chest.

Yue Fei raised his hand with difficulty. Many days of hunger strike and torture had already made his healthy body look haggard. He raised his pen, and just as he was about to write, he felt a chill on his arm.

At some point, it started to snow heavily outside, and the snowflakes drifted into the house through the window and landed on Yue Fei's arms.

Yue Fei had mixed feelings, thinking about his homeland reduced to Hu Shou, the two emperors of Huiqin covered in dust, and his unattainable ambitions. All these things made him feel a surge of sorrow and indignation.

"The sky is clear! The sky is clear!"

Yue Fei trembled and wrote eight big characters on the confession.

Wei Shun, who was literate among the jailers, knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

He only hates the way of the world, where treacherous ministers are in power and the country will be ruined.

The order he received was to put Yue Fei to death in prison. But when I saw Yue Fei looking longingly out of the window, I couldn't help but feel something in my heart.

"General Yue, why not... go for a walk?"

Yue Fei was indeed moved. He glanced at the jailer and simply asked: "No problem?"

"It doesn't matter." Wei Shun nodded heavily.

Historically, it was he who risked his life to carry Yue Fei's body out of Hangzhou City and buried it next to Jiuqucong Temple outside Qiantang Gate. He told no one about this matter, and only told it to his son before he died.

Since Wei Shun said it didn't matter, Yue Fei followed him out of Dali Temple.

The long-awaited cold wind blew, and Yue Fei didn't feel cold, but felt extremely relaxed, even though he was wearing single clothes.

The goose feathers of snow were falling in a squishy way, as if they were also feeling sorry for Yue Fei's injustice.

Yue Fei walked in chains, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When he reached a pavilion, Yue Fei raised his eyes and saw three characters "Fengbo Pavilion" written on it.

Yue Fei went first and walked to the center of the small pavilion.

He stood in the pavilion for a long time, looking deeply at the mountains and rivers in front of him, as if he wanted to imprint the whole world in his heart.

After a while, Yue Fei's voice sounded softly.

"This place is very good, let's do it."

However, Yue Fei waited for a long time, but did not receive the jailer's stick.

He couldn't help but turn around, only to find a man in royal robes with a very familiar face standing in front of him.

"You...are you?" Yue Fei asked subconsciously.

"I am Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty." Zhao Kuangyin's voice could not help but feel a little weak.

Can it be true? Although Zhao Gou is not his direct descendant, there is no difference. Now that his descendants have done such outrageous things, how can his ancestors raise their heads?

Yue Fei wanted to scold this man who was pretending to be a ghost, but he was shocked to find that this person looked very similar to the portrait of Taizu.

Zhao Kuangyin knew that Yue Fei was hesitant, so he stretched out his hand and waved it back.

A moment later, a group of soldiers and horses came out from a short distance away, led by none other than Yue Fei's son Yue Yun, and his general Zhang Xian.

Another group of soldiers and horses came out, and they immediately tied up a few people, namely Qin Hui, Zhang Jun, Wan Qixi, and the remaining one was even more heavyweight - Zhao... ah no, it was Wan Yangou.

Seeing these well-organized and well-armored soldiers, Yue Fei began to beat the drum in his heart.

This...could it be that His Majesty Taizu was really here in person?

Yue Fei could recognize the rank of the leading general at a glance. But he didn't recognize who it was.

Being able to assemble thousands of troops in a hurry, it is the Army and Horse Division in front of the palace - but most of the people in the Army and Horse Division in front of the palace are known to him, Yue Fei. Who can gather such a force quietly, and also under the banner of the Song Army? The most important thing is that these people seem to be warriors who have fought in many battles, even he has to admit that , even his subordinates did not have such fierce soldiers.

Indeed, these soldiers are all veterans of countless battles who followed Zhao Kuangyin to destroy the country. In the First French Empire, they can be directly selected into the Old Guard.

But comparing the Da Bian Dynasty with Napoleon is really insulting to Napoleon.

(Please give me a monthly ticket, please give me a monthly ticket, woohoo, I still have to write when the temperature reaches 38.4...)

(End of this chapter)